This story is on the slow track because it has an author whose mind works slowly. By the way, this chapter came straight from the oven without getting frosted. I'm writing for fun and leisure and also I'm still on the phase that needs improvement so...

Here's the 3rd chapter and yes, there will be a part 3!


Yankee Love

Chapter 3

Magnolia 'Weird' High Part 2

Class 1-A

Natsu found his classroom and entered inside. As he expected, girls around squealed and chattered silently about him. He looked around to find a chair and saw one beside a black-haired guy and in front of him is a familiar white haired girl.

The girl also saw him and excitedly waved, "Natsu!"

Every girl in the class stopped and glared at the white head.

Natsu approached her and said, "I didn't know that you're also in this class!"

"I didn't know too that you were also in here!" Lisanna beamed.

"It's all because Mira-nee had to drag me!" she complained.

"So, how was your trip in the infirmary?" he asked.

"It's just a waste! Mira-nee is overprotective. I didn't even have a single scratch in me!" she replied.

"It's all thanks to you Natsu! You're like my knight and shining armor back there!" she excitedly exclaimed and that was loud enough for the majority of the class to hear. Different girls who were glaring earlier just glared harder and had insulting scowls in their faces. Guys too looked at Natsu as if he stole something.

After all, Lisanna too has her fair share of admirers.

"Tse, knight and shining armor? That was way behind the times! How old-fashioned!" a girl muttered in a low voice beside her friend.

"Hahaha. That was exaggerating it," Natsu joked and continued to walk pass her. He quickly sat at the left of the black haired dude who is just behind Lisanna. The guy took notice of the pink haired fellow and decided to greet him.

"Yo neighbour! I'm Gray. Gray Fullbuster," the guy said in a friendly manner.

"I'm Natsu. Natsu Dragneel," he replied.

After a few minutes, more students filed inside the classroom. Consecutively, a petite blue-haired girl, a black haired guy with a lot of piercings and a white haired guy with a gentlemanly face went inside separately. The piercings guy sat grumpily behind Natsu and the gentlemanly guy sat beside of Gray. The petite blue head sat at the right side of Lisanna and in the front of the gentleman dude.

"Oy Gray! Nice seeing you in the same class," the white haired man greeted Gray.

"You've never change, Lyon," Gray replied with a laugh.

"Oh, by the way, this is Natsu Dragneel," he said and gestured at him. "And this is Lyon Bastia, a childhood buddy of mine," he said to Natsu while gesturing at Lyon.

Lyon said, "Not a product of well breeding but let's all get along."

"Sure thing." Natsu replied with a grin and then the three of them started talking about different stuffs.

"WHY THE HECK ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?!"

Some of their classmates stopped and decided to see what's happening. A blonde yankee is walking inside the room irritatingly after her loud outburst while a blue haired woman tailing behind her. Natsu realized that it was the same creepy blue haired woman from earlier.

'So, I'm not the one she's following to but Lucy," Natsu mumbled in his mind.

"But Lucy-san! Juvia just want to say her thanks properly for saving her the other day so-" a woman with a blue haired wavy hair nervously said.

'Before I forget, I should also thank her for what she did earlier,' Natsu mumbled in his thoughts when suddenly being reminded by the scene.

"I get it already so stop following me. You're giving me the chills!" Lucy exasperately replied.

"O-kay! J-Juvia is terribly sorry!" Juvia bowed and proceeded to sit behind Gray.

Natsu observed the blonde girl. 'She has a rock star and badass kind of style in clothing that made her gain a lot of presence. She's strong and can take down people twice her size. Her aura is really intimidating that you don't want to approach her. She ain't afraid of anybody. Is she really a girl? There's not a streak of feminism in her! Totally not my type but…'

"So, as I was saying. The black ninja character is the strongest avatar-"

Gray paused seeing that nobody bothered listening to him anymore. Natsu is busily drowning in his thoughts while Lyon is in a sort of a trance. Gray waved his hand in front of Lyon's face.

"Hey, Lyon. You okay?"

Gray continued to wave his hand for a few seconds before finally getting a response.

"I think, this is what they probably call 'love at first sight'," Lyon dreamily said while staring off at some direction.

Gray was surprised and confused at the same time. He knows that Lyon may be a little of a romance freak but most of the time he just occasionally flirts with different girls. The reason is because he wanted to fall in love naturally but none of the girls' he ever met sparked his interest.

He pinched his cheek and slapped his face numerously to check if he was just hallucinating.

Apparently not.

"The heck man! I can't believe you're spouting things like that!" Gray yelled unbelievingly and looked at the direction where Lyon is gazing at. He spun his face around and found a blue-haired lady sitting at the back of him.

'Juvia enrolled in this school specifically to thank Lucy-san, her savior, and to start anew. Juvia can't forgive Bora for what he's done! For using and crushing a woman's pure heart, he deserve to die a million times!' Juvia thought to herself while fidgeting in her seat.

'Juvia is pretty sure that she will find someone that can fill her empty heart. A man even better than-!'

"JUVIA HAS FOUND HIM!"

She loudly exclaimed when she saw a good looking black haired man in front of her and slammed her hands on the table dreamily looking at him. Gray was startled and was creeped out at the same time while he nervously backed his head a little.

"F-found who?" he asked.

Finally, Lyon has snapped in his trance and decided to make a move.

"Forget about Gray! I'm Lyon Bastia! And what may be your name, young lady?" Lyon asked in a most gentlemanly voice he could muster while he grabbed the bluenette's hand.

Juvia looking surprised answered stutteringly, "A-ah, J-Juvia L-lockser!"

"Juvia-chan, what a beautiful name," Lyon said with sparkling eyes. He then continued in a prince-like accent, "Tell me more about yourself Juvia-chan so we can get to know each other well!"

"J-Juvia has already found the person destined for her s-so!" Juvia nervously replied avoiding the guys' overwhelming gaze.

"Don't be shy young lady. I'm sure we'll like each other's company! By the way, I'm-"

Lyon continued blabbering about himself while Juvia on the other hand wants to leave to talk to her prince but can't because of the guy's grip. Meanwhile, Gray is in a state of confusion because he had no single idea what the heck happened and is happening right now.

The blonde girl grumpily walked inside the classroom while scanning the area for a seat. After getting stalked by a creepy woman saying thanks to her when she can't even practically remember who she is and what she's done for her really ruined her mood. Now, she's even grumpier when she saw her favourite seat, at the farthest corner of the room near the window, already occupied.

Either way, she approached that seat and stared at the guy sitting in it. The guy noticed her and nervously sweated in fear. Lucy stared long, longer, and longeeer debating with herself whether she should kindly ask the guy to leave and find another place to seat.

She didn't need to ask though.

"You can have this seat Lucy-san!"

Out of fear, the guy immediately grabbed his bag and then he scooted away. Lucy knowing fully well of the why the guy has reacted like that kindly took his offer and plopped down the chair. She was about to put her headphones on and start a preppy music when a loud yelling stopped her.

"YOU!"

A black haired man with numerous piercings pointed his finger accusingly to her and glaring like mad. She looked up and gave him a 'What the heck is your problem dude? Look' and at the same time a 'Do I know you? Look' while raising an eyebrow.

They engaged in a staring contest for a while when Lucy finally retrieved a memory of the piercing guys' face.

"AH, YOU'RE THE GUY WHO HAD THE GUTS TO SPILL MY PISTACHIO ICE CREAM!" Lucy yelled while pointing her finger madly.

"WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR WHATSIT ICE CREAM?! YOU RUINED MY CHANCE FOR GETTING THE PLUSHIE!" the piercing guy loudly declared.

Natsu finally snapped in his thoughts and joined with everyone who was looking at a certain pierced-face guy. Seriously. A plushie?! With his appearance and all, it's really unbelievable that he's interested in those kind of stuff.

"It was pis-ta-chio flavoured you dumbass and that's my favourite! I had to wait long in line to get that!" Lucy angrily spat.

'She's barbaric, always engages in fights, curses… Yeah, totally not my type.' Natsu thought again after seeing her.

"-and the heck, a plushie?! Seriously, you're still interested in those?!" the blonde girl yelled in disbelief.

Everyone nodded in agreement. All except Lyon and Juvia who is currently busy in their own world.

"You don't know how important is that to me! That's the limited edition 'Pantherlily plushie' I've been waiting for so long!"

The piercing guy defended himself like he was getting discriminated.

"A black bear-like cat that looks like a yankee, isn't it cool and cute?"

1.2.3.

The whole class stared blankly in disbelief for who knows how long. Possibly, time stopped on its own. As if all sounds vanished and the only thing you can hear is Lyon's blabbering.

*RRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGG!*

The class bell rang that made everyone come back to their senses. They sat back to their proper seats and decided that they will bury that memory like it didn't even happen.

"We'll settle this later missy," the guy said and sat roughly. Lucy didn't say anything and sat quietly.

*Ehem* "Okay, settle down class."

A man with orange hair and a big muscular body stood in front of the teacher's table.

"As you can see, I'm Gildarts Clive, your homeroom teacher as well as your history teacher," he muttered in a most lazy tone. He sat on his chair sloppily, rummaged his bag looking for something. After seconds of searching, he brought out a thin booklet.

"I'll just check the attendance and I'm giving you a free period. Raise your hand or say you're present so I can identify you to the rest of the class."

The teacher then called the each students' name and finished in a few minutes. He packed the booklet in his bag again and scanned the classroom.

"Welcome to Magnolia High. Hmm… what to say to first years? Ughhh.. I hate introductions in school openings," he muttered under his breathe but still loud enough for the whole class to hear.

"Hmmm.. Read the school guidelines… Follow the rules… Study hard… Don't do anything stupid… Err… Yeah! You fresh meats better brace yourself 'cause this school ain't normal!" he loudly announced with a hyped up expression. And with the way he said it, it must have been straight from his mind without any censor. Then he reverted to his bored and lazy looking face.

"After your last period today, we'll elect the class representatives. You have a full day to carefully think about who you're gonna choose. That's all. I'm off," he said and quickly walked out of class.

'That was fast' is what everyone thought. Their happy about it though, getting more minutes more to goof around before the start of the classes.

Consequently, girls' swarmed around Natsu and bombarded him with questions.

"Natsu-kun, do you have a girlfriend?!"

"Are you still single?!"

"I'm available!"

"What's your type of girl?!"

"I'll be glad to bear your kids!"

Natsu almost choked on his own saliva when he heard the latter. 'Girls' these days are scarily aggressive!' he thought while uncomfortably shifting left and right. He composed himself but still, he couldn't answer all those questions at once.

"Please. One at a time" he said with a forced smile.

"Natsu! The girl said that she'd be willing to bear your children! Give it to her kindly!"

Gray teasingly exclaimed while he and Lyon are laughing crazily while clutching their tummies teary-eyed. Meanwhile, Juvia is hiding in a corner to prevent being ambushed by Lyon and so she can secretly watch his prince.

"Not funny, you two!" Natsu embarrassingly nudged.

The two finally settled down after laughing vigorously. Lyon then noticed that his cute young lady is missing.

"Juvia-chan! Where art thou?"

Juvia then felt a chill in her spine and descended deeper behind the corner upon hearing the white princes' shout looking for her.

"Oy missy! Listen to meee! ARRGGH!"

The piercing guy continues ranting is heard throughout while the blonde didn't even budge. Her face distantly gazed at the window and over her ears are her headphones deeply listening to the music.

"So what's your ideal type of girl Natsu-kun?" a girl impatiently asked.

"Cute and modest types," Natsu said with a wink. The girls almost fainted by the sudden act and some comically did. In the same time, a certain whited headed girl's ears perked up when she heard the guys' declaration.

Lisanna stood up and approached him.

"Natsu! Mira-nee says that we should thank you properly that's why she wants you to join us for lunch later!" she paused to gather air, "Mira-nee is a really good cook. And she cooked way more than enough for us today!"

"Is that so? Let me join you too," Gray said. Lisanna looked at him as if he did something incredibly wrong.

Gray saw that though.

"Sure thing. But can I bring Gray along? It will be more fun with many people!" Natsu replied.

Lisanna sighed disappointingly and simply answered in an angel-like voice.

"Of course."


Yay. Here comes Gajeel, Juvia, Lyon and Gildarts! A few more to come in the future chapters.

~chabelli-chan