I am sorry I have posted so much so soon, it's just that I have nothing else to do.
Hurricane
Chapter four
Gajeel sat, looking out the window on a chair opposite Juvia's spot on the floor. Beside her, about a meter away, sat a very pretty blonde girl who Juvia decided to get the courage to talk too.
"I'm Juvia Lockser, city 9." She smiled, hoping that the girl would respond.
The pretty blonde girl turned her head and looked up at Juvia. She had chocolate brown eyes that Juvia thought were very warm. The girl gasped and grabbed Juvia's hand, shaking it rather harshly.
"I am Lucy of city 1. Wait! Lucy Heartfillia, that's my last name." Lucy smiled back and the two laughed, "City 9? Isn't that a farming city?"
Juvia nodded her head, "Yeah, it's mainly just greenery. Most of the population is in Twilight Ogre."
The train titled from side to side as they passed through the city. Through the windows the famous decaying buildings of city 2 flashed. Everyone inside was chatting and occasionally cheering. Juvia felt strangely comfortable yet completely uncomfortable.
Lucy's eyes sparkled, "Oh! That sounds so nice! City 1 is just buildings and skyscrapers. I would have loved to live in the country."
Juvia smiled and inwardly sighed. The open spaces of city 9 were beautiful for sure, but were used for terrible ways. Proles were constantly forced to relocate into the countryside to be out of the way. It seemed that the guild people of the city had decided that proles shouldn't have the right to live beside them. Even so, many cities were hidden with multiple groups of proles who would scavenge for supplies.
"Alright! We are here!" A voice bellowed and the two girls looked up to meet the owner. He was a tall and tough looking man with blonde hair who was dressed in complete black.
The doors of the train opened and let in loud gushes of air. Juvia, Lucy and Gajeel stood up and joined the rest of confused trainees who looked out of the doors.
A girl jumped out of the train and landed rather harshly on a building rooftop. She was followed by a few more people who all barely landed on the building.
Juvia gasped and turned to the tall man, "We have to jump?!"
"If you can't do that then you shouldn't have chosen Fairy Tail." He yelled before jumping out himself and landing in a roll on the gravel roof.
"Just go." Gajeel rasped and wasted no time in jumping out himself. He too landed in a perfect roll.
The rest of the members had begun jumping out, followed by the first few recruits. The building wasn't too wide and there wasn't much space left. Juvia and Lucy's hearts were beating wildly in their chests.
Lucy turned to Juvia and yelled over the noise of the wind, "Together?"
Juvia nodded and they stepped backward before running forward and flinging themselves off the train. The wind was harsh and cold and Juvia closed her eyes as she felt herself meet the gravel of the building. She had landed on her knees and fell forward, her hands quickly shooting up to protect her head.
"Good job girls. Last ones."
Juvia looked up at the man wearing black, who had ordered them all too jump. She could see his smug face and the sarcasm which was practically dripping from his expression. The blue haired girl just snorted and helped her new friend to her feet.
"Now, as your first test of Fairy Tail. Were gonna see just how brave you all are." The blonde man spoke and gestured for the recruits to gather round the edge of the building.
Everyone looked down to where he pointed. It was a harsh forty foot drop down and at the bottom of the building was what looked like an old greenhouse with a huge hole in its side. The hole was completely black and one the side of where they all stood. Juvia frowned at looked back up at the man.
"Who wants to go first?" He smiled.
Silence fell over the recruits and the members all sniggered. Juvia looked to Gajeel who just shook his head back at her. Lucy, who stood beside her, looked at the ground. The blonde man who seemed to be the leader was looking through the recruits. Juvia glared at him.
"Me." Juvia spoke, ignoring Gajeel's look of anger and obvious rejection.
She pushed her way through the looks of admiration and nervousness toward the blonde man who just smiled at her.
"Don't question it. Just jump, it'll be easier that way." He nodded at her and took her hand, looking at her tag, "23O."
Juvia pulled her hand away and gulped, walking toward the edge. She peered over and winced, trying to face her head away from the group. Shakily, she grabbed the edge, which was tiled in black, and placed her foot upon it. She heaved herself up and wobbly stood up, her arms spread to even out her balance.
It was worse from her point of view. The drop was big and she couldn't see anything at all inside the black hole. Juvia closed her eyes. She was Fairy Tail, and they were brave.
Stepping forward and off the edge, she could hear the gasps of the group behind her. Wind sent her hair and legs flying as she tumbled downward. Unable to concentrate on anything and too scared to let out a scream, she fell silently as she scrunched her face together.
She landed on her back on something that slowed everything down. Letting out a screech, the sound of metal banging against metal filled her ears. She could feel herself fall down a little more before flinging upward. When everything went still she hesitantly opened her eyes and saw the tiny faces of the Fairy Tail members at the top of the building.
She groaned and rolled onto her side. Whatever she was laying on moved with her and she soon found herself at the edge. She looked beneath her and realised that there was a net placed right where she had fallen. Laughing, she sat up and turned her head around to examine the building. Only to be met with a pair of dark and narrowed eyes.
Juvia screamed and attempted to move backward in the net to no avail. Kicking her legs outward, she decided to roll away from the surprising and frightening eyes that watched her in disbelief.
"Were you pushed?"
Sensing the sarcasm in the voice, Juvia looked up and gasped at the owner. The eyes had belonged to a man of what she guess to be twenty. He had dark and spiky hair that almost covered his pretty scary dark eyes. She just stared at him for a while, completely baffled at his appearance.
He pushed his hand down on the net which sent her rolling toward him. Juvia sat up and glared at him, attempting to put enough weight on the net to lower herself safely to the ground.
"Did they push you?" He deadpanned, watching as she clumsily jumped to the ground.
She gasped and snapped her head up to him, "No! Why do you ask that?! More importantly, who are you and where is Ju- am I?!"
He frowned at her and grabbed her hand, his eyes darting down to read the red writing, startling her, "23O. You might want to step back."
She pulled her hand away and glared at him, yelling when he grabbed her shoulder and yanked her backward. She got into a fighting stance, expecting him to attack her when the sound of metal upon metal filled the room.
Juvia turned her confused eyes back to the next to see a flying Gajeel bounce into the air. She would have laughed if not for the strange man that stood beside her. When Gajeel groaned, Juvia ran toward him and pushed down on the next, sending the man toward her.
"Gajeel! You okay?" She half laughed, helping the said man sit up.
"What the fuck was that?! And where the fuck are we!" Gajeel shouted, easily jumping off the next and holding his throbbing forehead.
"Step back 23O and 23O's boyfriend." The mysterious man deadpanned making Juvia crack her knuckles in anger.
"He isn't my boyfriend!" She seethed, grabbing Gajeel's sleeve and placing him between her and the dark haired man.
"Juvia what's-"
"Laxus is testing the new recruits, aka you, to see how obedient you are when ordered to do something seemingly dangerous. Usually the toughest, like this new one here, would jump first. But this time we got a dainty little girl." The man said as another recruit fell into the net.
Juvia clenched her fists but suppressed her anger as she assumed that the guy was higher than her in authority. She didn't want to get into trouble in her first hour of being in Fairy Tail.
One by one the recruits and members fell into the net, and one by one Juvia and Gajeel got further away from the dark haired man. Gajeel stared bored at Juvia as she placed each new member between them.
When everyone had finally jumped, the blonde haired man dressed in black and the dark haired man, who Juvia noticed was also dressed in black, stood in front of the group.
"Well done." The blonde one spoke, "Surprisingly you all did okay. I'm Laxus and this is Gray. We will be one of the many trainers that you will work under. Training begins today. Welcome, all thirty six of you to the Fairy Tail base of city 2."
The group clapped and Juvia glared at the dark haired man who seemed like he didn't notice. Gray. What kinda name is that? Is he a color?
The said color spoke up, "I'll be your main trainer. All thirty six of you won't make it so make sure you give it your best. I look forward to working with… most of you."
Juvia narrowed her eyes at his last comment while Gajeel raised his hand.
"Whadya' mean we won't all make it?" Gajeel grunted, his glossy bun long gone.
"There are new rules. Protecting the city is one of the highest priorities so we have to have the best members available. Ten of you will be cut if you don't meet our standards. You, from this point, are all fighting against each other to get over the line. We decide your placement depending on your skill." Laxus instructed and everyone angrily whispered to one another.
Lucy and Juvia exchanged looks, while Gajeel, who seemed to be the only one brave enough to say anything audible, spoke up:
"Ten of us?! It's law to let anyone into whatever guild they choose! And it's not law to let anyone change guilds after they have chosen! Where do the ten go if they don't get in?!"
Gray shifted uncomfortably while Laxus chuckled at everyone's worried faces.
The blonde man smiled, "Where else would you go? Of course, to the proles."
Dun dun. I feel accomplished writing this far in. I am happy that more characters are coming and it will only continue from here on out. Thank you for reading!