I'm posting this really quick. It's almost 4 in the morning where I live and I have to clean the kitchen still. I'm curious what you guys will think of this chapter because Natsu and Lucy are both kind of at fault. Lucy starting to show her more crazy side and this is where the game starts. Have fun and tell me what you think!

Lucy stared at the paper shoved in front of her face in annoyance, the 53 percent mocking her patience with the idiotic pink haired boy who sat next to her. She faced Natsu with a forced smile, lips tight and eyes crinkled at the corners. He looked amused while leaning an elbow against his desk and smirking at her like he found her entertaining. It made Lucy sigh, but she continued to smile at him as positively as she could. But that was fucking hard. Lucy didn't know if Natsu was doing it on purpose or if he really was stupid, but every single test they have taken for the last two weeks has ended in the same outcome. Natsu fails it, she has to tutor him because her teacher asked her to, and it's not like it affected Natsu because the teacher always allowed him to take the test over because he really did seem to absorb the information better when she taught it to him. But even if she tried to teach him ahead of schedule so he could do decently on the first test, he would always fail it even though she just repeats what she taught him for the second test and he does perfectly fine. It's like he found her annoyance entertaining, and failed just to make her struggle. Lucy knows he's been trying to get her to be a little more sassy with him like she was the first day she tutored him, but Lucy refused to crack again. She has been nothing but nice to him and Lucy knows he's looking for a reaction, so she refused to be his entertainment.

"Ya know, man…" Gray chimed in across from her. "You could always, I don't know… ask her to hangout instead of failing a test to get her attention."

Levy snorted beside her. "Shh, Gray. I don't think he's realized that yet."

"Of course I have!" Natsu dropped his paper on his desk and looked at them like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Luce would refuse, so this is the only way."

Levy gasped. "So he finally admitted it."

"Admitted what?" Natsu looked confused, and it made Lucy grumble in annoyance. Oh how much she just wants to punch him in the face is unimaginable. The things she would say to him, and the things she would do to him… no, nothing inappropriate like you're thinking. Lucy just would stomp on his foot and hit him where the sun doesn't shine! She would yell at him until she could finally breathe again. That would seriously feel amazing…

Wait a fucking minute… Lucy held her breath. She could do all those things. She can take her frustrations out on Natsu as Lu. Why didn't she think of this sooner? Now Lucy feels like an idiot concealing it like her main girl Elsa did. Let it go… just let it go man…

Lucy had to suppress a smile as she dug her phone out of her bag and clicked through it. Everyone around the little lunch table looked at Lucy oddly because she didn't normally take her phone out, but it was lunch and the teacher wasn't in the room so she should be okay. The four of them made their desks into a square while they all ate, which really wouldn't be a bad experience, if Natsu wasn't always teasing her. But he always annoyed her and Levy until they agreed and it's not like Lucy could really be rude to him.

Lucy made an expression like something dawned on her and she typed a "response" in her phone. "Oh darn, I can't study with you today Natsu."

"Why you have plans?"

"Yes… I have an engagement with my father. But I forgot I had plans with Levy and her friend today too."

Levy raised a brow at her, but she seemed to catch on. "Oh… I don't think she would want you to talk about it with Natsu though."

"What, why?" Then his lightbulb went off. "Wait, is it Lu?!" He looked between her and Levy in excitement. "Are you going shopping with her, Levy?! Can I come?!"

"Why are you still into her, Natsu?" Gray looked at him like he was insane. "She's kind of crazy and rude."

"She's not crazy!" Lucy's eyes widened. "She just has a lot going on. I know she can be mean, but I still like her."

How would he know she has a lot going on? Unless… Lucy snapped her gaze over to Levy who looked at her a bit bashfully with a hand clasped behind her neck. Ugh, she told him something… it probably wasn't very personal, but Natsu must have wanted some kind of explanation for her behavior. Hopefully Levy didn't share too much.

"Anyways…" Lucy turned her attention back to Natsu. "she says you can come, if you want. She's in a great mood and just can't wait to talk to you."

Lucy ignored Natsu's cheer, and Levy's snort. This was going to feel so fucking good.

Lucy excitedly slipped her little blue jean shorts on, her body barely being able to contain her excitement and jitters. She's been concealing for a while… like a little less than three weeks so this will feel fucking amazing. Lucy decided to put her hair up in a loose bun, then slipped a dainty necklace on of Levy's, and a grey tank top that hung low under her arms so you could see the bandeau she was wearing. She finished her look with a some winged eyeliner and a pair black converse. She didn't even look like herself so Lucy had no doubt in her mind that Natsu wouldn't notice who she was. This is how Lucy would like to dress… really casual and comfy, but she's always forced to dress in study clothes by her father. Plus the clothes she wears as Lu always look better on her. Her regular clothes don't do justice for her figure.

"Ready, Levy-chan?"

"Yep!" Levy grinned at her wearing one of her many rompers with detached sleeves on her biceps. "Natsu won't know what hit him."

Literally. Lucy laughed at the voice in her head…

They made their way out of Levy's house and to the shopping plaza with all the stores. The streets were pretty busy with high school students like them, but even though she saw people from her school, nobody seemed to recognize her. By the fountain in the middle of the street, Natsu was leaning against the cement bench with one hand in his pocket and the other scrolling through his phone. Lucy had to say… he looked very attractive wearing a dark pair of warn jeans and a baseball T. She bit her lip as the two of them approached him. "Natsu!"

Lucy called out to him with a wave, and he stood up as fast as a bolt of lightning and started to walk to them. Lucy did one better and jogged up to him. She opened her arms for a hug, but dodged Natsu's when her tried to pull her in, then Lucy brought her knee up to hit him where it hurts. Natsu cursed as his knees dropped to the ground, and she stood there in triumph with her hands on her hips while Natsu clutched at his manhood for dear life. That's what he gets for putting her through hell the past few weeks.

"I… should have known that was too good to be true." His voice was hoarse and it made Lucy snort.

"Very true." But then the thought of Natsu defending her sanity popped in her head, and she crouched down next to him while patting his back. "There there… it'll be okay."

"Are you bipolar?"

Lucy's brows furrowed in deep thought. "Not that I know of…" but Lucy just shrugged, stood up off the ground and got behind Natsu. She slid up onto his shoulders and tugged on his hair. "Mush, peasant… I am your noble queen."

Levy laughed beside Natsu as he stood up straight with no further complaint, and tightened his hands on her thighs. They were awfully rough and calloused and it made Lucy blush a bit. Maybe she shouldn't have went on his shoulders.

"How ya feeling down there." Levy meant his… man parts, but Lucy wasn't all that interested. He deserved it for all the hours she's spent tutoring him when he really didn't need to be tutored. If Natsu just listened in class, Lucy is sure he would do fine. It's not like she's a better teacher than the actual teacher.

"I'm forever bruised. How is Lu supposed to have my babies now?" He did not just say that. Lucy squeezed his neck hard with her thighs, making Natsu clutch onto her for dear life. "I-I'm sorry… I take it back." She released him and Natsu sighed in relief. After multiple deep breaths, he spoke up again. "Damn, what got you in such a bad mood?"

Oh, he wants to know? Well Lucy will fucking tell him! "There's this narcissistic asshole who's harassing me everyday just to get a rise out of me for his own entertainment."

Natsu nodded seeming to be thinking about it thoroughly. "Well he's an ass. I would never treat you like that."

Oh the fucking irony! She literally had to stop herself from laughing. Levy on the other hand, didn't succeed. She laughed so hard she had to stop walking and catch her breath. Lucy would think it was funny, if Lucy didn't know what she thought was so hilarious. "So you don't harass anyone at school, Natsu? Not even a blonde heiress to only the richest family in this city?"

Lucy glared at levy and tried to sway her foot around so she kicked her, but Levy dodged it. She didn't so much as care that Levy was talking about her, Lucy just didn't really like people to talk about her family name. The Heartfilia businesses weren't her own hard work. Yes, Lucy's father and mother built the company from the ground, and they should be proud of their name, but Lucy did nothing to be proud of. She's working hard to earn her fathers respect, and yes, he likes her to be called Heartfilia, but Lucy wants to be able to hold her achievements in her hand, but she doesn't have any. She has nothing special about her. So the Heartfilia name didn't feel right. She didn't like to be labeled as a Heartfilia. She has done nothing to earn that name.

"Oh, Lu! I gotta tell you about this girl."

"Go on," Lucy rolled her eyes, brow starting to form a crease between them. "I would love to hear your opinion."

He didn't catch her sarcasm. "Well you know her! Her names Lucy and she's best friends with Levy. She's like really smart so I fail all our tests to make her mad so she has to tutor me, but she never has a reaction. She does this thing where her brow ticks when she's annoyed and she always covers her mad face with a smile that is the exact opposite of happy. She hilarious and so amusing."

"It sounds like you're having such a great time at school."

"Oh I am. She's so funny. I try to make her give me that bone chilling smile as many times as I can throughout the day. My record is 43. She's just so amusing and it's funny to see her suppress her rage everyday. I want her to explode so bad..."

"Natsu… I would stop talking." Levy warned next to him, noticing her best friends fingers clutching in Natsu's hair and trying to stop herself from yanking it out. "You'd be surprised how fast things can get around. You wouldn't want Lucy to hate you, now would you?"

Natsu's grip tightened on her thighs as silence sounded around them for a good ten seconds. Lucy's eyes were dark as she waited, this sudden cold chilling her bones. "She's just a girl in my class. All I really care about is Lu."

Lucy's heart dropped to the pit of her stomach. She doesn't know why, but that annoyed her like he's never done before. He's such a dick. Trying to only show his good side to Lu. But news flash, Natsu, you may be sweet to Lu, but she's not the only person he has to woo. And he's really digging his own grave here. He's such a dick. He thinks he's being considerate? He thinks that'll impress her? Natsu may like Lu, but Lucy is a part of her too. Lucy is who she is every day, and Lu is a very dramatic version of herself. Lu is the person she has no restraint in because she's not a real person. Lu can be a bitch and she will have zero fucking regrets about it. But Lucy… yeah, she may not speak her opinions like she wants to, and she may have to pretend to be someone she's not, but the compassion she shows to her friends, to her father… the hard work she puts in to everything she does… that's also the real Lucy Heartfilia. Lu is an unrealistic version of herself. If Lucy could be herself everyday as Lucy, she would not be a jackass to everybody she runs into. She has morals, she has boundaries. Lu is character that she can take out all her frustrations in. Lu is how she stays sane. But Lucy is more Lucy than Lu, and if Natsu can't respect that part of her, then he doesn't love her. He loves the dramatic version of herself. He loves the her full of drama and entertainment because Natsu just loves to be entertained. She not just some show to be watched for entertainment. But if Natsu wants a show… oh, she will gladly give him one. She will have him hanging on the edge of his seat in anticipation and then, she dump him like garbage once she's got him where she wants him.

"Natsu, put me down darling." She could practically hear the the pounding of his heart at what she called him, but this was only a game to her. This was her entertainment. Natsu wants to watch her like she's amusing, well she'll do the same to him. She laugh at his cluelessness, string him along but his little heart which is "in love" with her. Yeah right. He doesn't know her. He knows nothing about her. So she'll fuck him over for once in his life. And all the shit he puts Lucy through will be worth it because she's fucking over the hotshot right under his nose. Damn this feels amazing. This power, this need to be a massive bitch. It made her excited… she could feel that sensation clouding her mind again and take over her sanity. She wasn't thinking straight. And once Natsu set her down, she couldn't stop herself from tugging him by his belt loop over to an alleyway between buildings and pushing him against the wall. Lucy breathed hotly against his collarbone and licked her lips dramatically with seductive, clouded over eyes. "You wanna play a game, big boy?"

Natsu's gaze was sultry while he looked down at her, his hands coming down to hold her waist against his body so they were literally touching. "I'm down."

"I'm the game master. You fuck me over and you lose. The thing is… you don't know who I am. You don't know when I'm watching you or where I'm watching you from. But you should know… my eyes are always on you. I know things you don't want to show me. You make one false move, and you're cut."

"How do I know if I lost? And what do get if I win?"

"You won't know. You could have already lost, and I'm just fucking with your douchbag head. You still want to play?"

"You never answered. What's the prize if I win and how do I even win?"

There's no way he's winning since he's already out of the game, but he can't know that. "If you manage to sleep with me before a certain point, you win, and you get me as the prize. I'm all yours, you fuck. But you should know what you're getting yourself into. I'm not some easy prey that will lay on a bed and wait for you to feast. You think you're hunting me? No, you're the one being hunted, and I'll break you."

Break you with lies, secrets that fuck you up in your sleep. She'll break you with seduction and have him crawling on the floor at her feet. He thinks he can beat her? Ha, he doesn't know what she's been through. He doesn't know what she's endured, the pain she's suffered both emotionally and physically. He doesn't know how fucked she is in the head or how psychotic she can be. And these are the parts of her that she shows no one. Not even Levy. He thinks he can win? No way. He would be smarter giving up this game and moving on to find some slut who finds him appealing. She has morals… she has a fucking brain and there's no way in hell his winning this. Not on her watch.

"You're on."

He held her by the chin and tried to move her lips to his, but Lucy pushed off him with a hard shove then walked out of the ally while flipping him off. "Then let the games begin. There's no rules… I don't give a fuck what you do, but keep in mind that you're trying to woo me. I wouldn't press anymore button than you already have."

Lucy walked past Levy who had been watching the whole time, the bluenette sending Natsu a scolding gaze before she followed her and placed a hand on her arm. "Are you okay?"

"Just peachy." Lucy sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair. "Of course karma comes back to bite me in the ass. This was supposed to make me feel better, not aggravate me even more."

"You'll figure it out."

Yes she will and she'll make Natsu burn. Maybe it's not right now, but she will feel good when this is all said and over. She just has to.