Aw man I'm so late on this -_- School, health problems, you know how it is.

WELL. At least I posted something on valentine's day!

Bit boring though. I'm not a sports person.

Recap:

Lucy froze, worried that Juvia might jump at her. As quickly as a scowl formed on Juvia's face, she sighed and closed her eyes. "I don't even have enough energy to yell at you. Just leave."

Lucy nodded her head and quickly headed off, sighing in relief. When she got home, she remembered to text Natsu that she arrived safely.

Time flew by. Even though Lucy was getting used to being around company, she felt a bit lonely since she couldn't get into contact with Virgo as much. It was her dad who usually picked up the phone.

But the Sports Festival finally arrived. Lucy was going to be busy for a few days. Everyone was encouraged to join at least one, so Lucy, along with plenty of other people, joined track. Because of Levy, Lucy was forced into long jumping, only to find out that Levy wasn't even in it.

"I hope you've all been preparing!" shouted Gildarts as he tied a white sash around his head. Cana came around and handed everyone a sash as well. "We're going to be going up against Wakabe and Macao's class! We are not going to lose! Losing is not an option! Do not bring this team down! Everyone with me?!" Gildarts got on top of his desk and threw his hands up in the air, waiting for his class to roar.

"What about the other teams?" asked Mini.

"No one cares about them!" continued Gildarts as he got off his desk. "The schedule of the sports is posted literally everywhere, so you shouldn't have trouble figuring out what's happening. The first event will be martial arts, so everyone, don't worry! We've got Erza on that!"

"And me!" exclaimed Natsu with a raise of his hand.

Lucy looked over at Erza's empty seat and wondered where she was.

"Alright, student!" said Gildarts. "You better be on time for the events! I'll meet you all outside for the opening ceremony!"

Everyone got up from their seats and noisily made their way downstairs. Lucy stuck with Levy. "Where is Erza?" Lucy asked.

"Since she is the student council president, she has to make a little speech to the school."

"Erza is amazing," Lucy said with awe.

"Let's sit together, Lucy!" exclaimed Natsu, coming out of nowhere.

"Gray and Gajeel are going to be lonely without you," said Levy as she hopped down to the bottom of the stairs.

"No we won't," said Gray, also coming out of nowhere. "Because we'll also be sitting by you guys."

Levy pouted. "And here I thought I was going to have Lucy all to myself!"

Outside, the chairs that the Fairy Tail Guild set up were being occupied by student after student. The team spent hours setting up the school for this moment.

"Hurry!" started Levy. "Before all the chairs get taken! I don't want to stand up the whole entire time!"

Levy led Lucy and the three boys to an empty row and they quickly took their seats. Levy was on the edge, followed by Lucy, Natsu, Gajeel, and then Gray.

"Why the hell am I all the way over here?" growled Gray as he crossed his arms.

Natsu turned towards him and stuck his tongue out.

"Good Morning, Fairy Tail High students!" exclaimed Marakov as he stood on top of the platform. All the students hushed as they listened to their principal. "Today is the long awaited Fairy Tail High sports festival!"

The crowd cheered. Makarov continued.

"I am very proud to be the principal of such hard working students. Remember, this is just for fun! Don't beat yourself or others for losing! Now I'll turn the time over to our student council-"

Erza snatched the microphone from him. "Student council president speaking! Forget what Makarov just said! Win, win, win! Give it your all!"

Students cheered loudly, and half of the body stood up with their fists in the air.

"You can stop when you're dead!"

Coach Taurus was heard in the background. "And make use of your sexy bodies!"

Erza placed her hands on her hips. "Let the games...begin!"

"What's the first event again?" asked Lucy as she got up with the rest of the dispersing crowd.

"Martial arts," said Natsu with a grin. "And I'm in it!"

"Me too," said Gajeel.

"So am I," said Gray. "But since Erza is in it, we'll most likely win."

"Are there a lot of people participating?" asked Lucy.

"Levy," started Gajeel. "You should explain how it works. I'm still not even sure since I never pay attention."

"Well…" pondered Levy as the four made their way to the gym. "If more people from the same class joins a competition, then their chances are of scoring their team points are higher. Only first, second, and third get points. Fifty points, thirty points, and ten points. But those only count for some competitions that have more than two teams competing against each other. If there are too many participants who are from one class, then other teachers have to force their students to join or eliminate some. Track is always on the second day because there are so many participants and the event takes a long time. That's basically it. Third years always try the hardest since it's their last year here, but I know that we are definitely going to win this year!" Levy punched the air as they neared the gym. Gray, Natsu, and Gajeel left to quickly get ready. They were supposed to change into something comfortable to move in.

Lucy felt like her head was spinning from all the confusing information.

Once the girls stepped into the room, screams, shouts, and applause were heard.

"Yeah! Go Erza!"

"I love you, Erza!"

"Mirajane is the best!"

"Mirajane!"

Once the two girls got a better view, they saw Erza and Mirajane in their tank tops and sweat pants. The two were looking at each other, but it wasn't in a friendly way. It was scary.

The sweet aura that Mirajane had was gone, and it was replaced with a killer's intent.

"I didn't know Mirajane…" started Lucy as she continued to stare curiously.

"Erza is another one of Mirajane's childhood friends," started Levy. "When Mira was younger, she was uncontrollable. People called her Mira the Terrible because of how much she got into trouble. She picked fights, stole, lied, and etcetera. Once Erza showed up, Mira finally found herself a worthy opponent. Not even our hot blooded Natsu could withstand Mira's wrath. She started calming down on her final year of middle school."

"Why did Mirajane act like that before?"

Levy bit her lip. "Her and her siblings...had family problems. Mira was practically the only one taking care of her little siblings."

More participants started to come in.

"Are they going to separate the boys and the girls?" asked Lucy.

Levy chuckled. "Yeah. There's going to be one winner from the boys and the girls, but we all know that the boy's side doesn't stand a chance with some of the best fighters in the school in our class. As for the girls...it's going to be a tough battle between Erza and Mirajane. Erza couldn't participate last year because of student council business, and it made her sad since she looked forward to it."

The girls and the boys split into two. In the back of the gym, there was a large whiteboard with an equally large tournament bracket. The freshmen were going to start first.

They're all so skilled, thought Lucy in awe.

Lucy didn't know how long it was before Levy started talking again since she was so engrossed in the fights.

"I bet everyone is patiently waiting for Erza and Mirajane," said Levy as she clapped along with everyone else. "I can't wait! This is going to be so awesome! Oh, look! It's over already!"

"Our class is going to fight the other second years?"

"Yes! It's not going to be much of a fight though."

Levy was right. Erza was up against a girl from Macao's class. She was knocked out of the ring a second after they were told to start. It seemed the same way on the boy's side.

Coach Capricorn walked up to the boys and told them something inaudible. A moment later, Natsu raised his hand. "I will fight for Gildart's class!"

Gajeel pushed him. "Like hell you will! I'll do it!"

"You two are way too thick headed anyways. I'll do it," said Gray as he crossed his arms.

Levy leaned towards Lucy. "It seems like too many boys from our class won and Capricorn needs to eliminate someone."

"I just need two!" said Capricorn. "We'll settle this over straws!" The coach brought out a few straws out of nowhere and held them out. "Choose wisely."

The three boys each grabbed hold of a straw and pulled. Natsu and Gray cheered while Gajeel''s eye twitched. He got the short straw.

"Oh no…" pouted Levy. "I was really hoping to see him fight…"

Capricorn patted Gajeel's shoulder.

Levy cupped her hands around her mouth. "Gajeeel! Come over here!" She started waving her hands around to get Gajeel's attention. He looked at her through the crowd and gave her a small smile.

Once Gajeel stood next to the two girls, he grunted. "I always lose at that game."

The second years made way for the third years, and all eyes were on Mirajane. She seemed like her average self without Erza standing next to her. Lucy felt like the upperclassman was out of place, since she seemed way too sweet to be in a fight.

Mirajane was up against a girl named Kagura. Lucy's seen her around school before and noticed that she always looked expressionless. Kagura's long black hair was fashioned with a white headband, and her narrow brown eyes were wide open and focused.

"This is going to be interesting," started Levy. "Kagura is a really good fighter as well. I'm not sure if she can match Mirajane, though…"

"Kagura is creepy," commented Gajeel. "I don't think I've seen her talk to anyone before."

The fight started. It was almost like someone flipped Mirajane's switch, and she was back to the way she was earlier. Evil aura and all.

Mira threw her fist at her opponent, but Kagura gracefully side-stepped. Mira continued throwing hit after hit, but Kagura kept dodging. Finally, the raven haired girl started attacking. Her face still looked as impassive as ever.

"I can tell you're getting tired," said Mirajane with a smirk as she crouched down for a sweep kick.

Kagura was standing an inch by the circle of red tape and didn't have time to move. Mira's sweep kick sent her to the ground, past the tape.

"Go Mira!" shouted Levy. Everyone threw their hands up and cheered.

As Mira was enjoying the spotlight, Lucy centered in on Kagura. Her face showed no sign of defeat as she got up and dusted her clothes off. She walked away from the gym floor, and Lucy pushed her to the side of her mind.

"Gray is up against Lyon…" said Gajeel.

Lucy's eyes widened. "Uh-Oh…"

As Natsu and Erza wiped out their opponents, Gray and Lyon were still at it. It seemed as though their strength was equally match and they were both noticeably breathing heavily.

"I love you, Gray!" cried Juvia from somewhere in the crowd.

Lyon looked crushed. Whatever energy left him came back, and he attacked harder and faster. Gray couldn't keep up and was eventually kicked out of the circle. The silver haired male looked over at Juvia as he panted.

Juvia looked down.

It was Natsu's turn to go up against the victor, but Lyon forfeited.

Natsu got mad and stomped his foot like a little child as he ordered Lyon to come back and fight him, but he was ignored.

"White team gets fifty points," said Capricorn. Natsu continued to pout.

Finally, the fight that everyone has been waiting for. Erza and Mirajane stepped inside their circle.

"Erza is definitely going to win!"

"No way. Mirajane is going to kick her ass."

Bets were being placed throughout the gym. Even the teachers were joining in.

The fight started, but Lucy already had trouble keeping up. It seemed like their limbs were blurred with how fast they were, and Lucy was surprised they still had so much energy.

"Give up!" cried Mirajane. "You don't stand a chance!"

"I've kicked your ass so many times in the past. What makes you think I can't do it again?" questioned Erza, throwing a punch.

"You haven't been practicing as much, have you?" Mirajane grabbed her wrist. "Been spending too much time with him?" Erza stiffened. Seeing her window of opportunity, Mirajane tossed Erza out of the circle.

The whole room was silent.

After a few moments, Capricorn cleared his throat and said, "Green team gets fifty points!"

"What the hell just happened…" questioned Gajeel. They all watched as Erza and Mirajane stared at each other before they both took off to get changed. Some students helped set up for basketball.

"Gajeel and I have to help with some food stalls now," said Levy, turning to Lucy. "Will you be okay? I'm sure Gray and or Natsu will join you in a moment."

Lucy smiled and nodded her head. Once she was alone, she noticed Lisanna get together with her team dressed in blue jerseys. Only two classes were participating in basketball, which made it much easier for scoring. Lucy knew that there were a couple of events going on at the same time as basketball, but she didn't want to move from her spot.

"Lucy!"

Said woman turned her head to see Natsu jogging up to her. When he got to Lucy she said, "Congratulations on winning."

Natsu scoffed. "Winning by default is not really winning. That damn Lyon. I was really hoping for a good fight. I'm just surprised Erza lost quickly."

"Yeah...do you know what happened?"

"I have no clue. It's no use trying to find her for the rest of the day, though. Student council business. She's just lucky that she at least got to participate in something."

The game started. Lisanna dribbled the ball and protected it from the person behind her. She quickly passed the ball to one of her team members and then looked at Natsu and Lucy.

This kept happening throughout the game, which made Lucy uncomfortable. She was sure Lisanna didn't like her being so close to her crush, so while Natsu was busy cheering on Lisanna, she quietly walked away.

"I wonder where I should go before long jump starts," Lucy questioned herself. She noticed a large group of people gathered around the large school swimming pool and decided to give it a look herself.

On top of one of the diving boards, Lucy saw Gray in his white swim cap and dark swim trunks. People cheered for him as he got into his diving position. The coach shot the starting pistol into the air and all the males dove gracefully into the water.

He's fast! thought Lucy. In no time at all, he was well ahead of the pack.

"Fifty for white, thirty for orange, and ten for yellow!" cried the swimming coach.

Gray pulled himself out of the water and the girls nearly fainted. Lucy's face boiled from heat. The coach, who was also a woman, had a flushed face as well. "Fullbuster! Get your trunks!" she cried.

Gray turned around towards the pool, which made the girls on the other side blush. He saw his black swim trunks floating on top of the water.

After everyone recovered from the incident, the girls stepped up to the diving boards. One of them was Juvia.

"I'll win for you, Gray!" she cried as she fastened her goggles on her face. The girl next to her was tall and had long light blue hair. She scoffed at Juvia as she fastened her goggles on as well.

The starting pistol was shot once again and the girls were in the water in an instant. It seemed to Lucy that Juvia and the girl next to her were somehow part of the water itself.

"Yeah, Aquarius!" shouted a male in the crowd. He had dark skin and half of his hair was red while the other side was white.

Aquarius sped up, as if she was holding back the entire time. Lap after lap, Juvia tried to keep up, but she wasn't able to finish first.

"Fifty for green, thirty for blue, and ten for purple!" cried the coach.

Lucy walked up to the wall to read the schedule. Long jump would be starting soon and she needed to get to the field. She jogged the way there and saw Elfman and Lisanna.

"Hey, Lucy!" said Elfman as he waved her over.

"How was basketball?" Lucy asked Lisanna.

The underclassman smiled and said while throwing her hands in the air, "We won!"

"That's not much of a surprise," commented Elfman as he rubbed his sister's head. "She's an amazing basketball player.

"How about weight lifting?" asked Lisanna.

"I'm a man. I won because of my manliness."

"Students!" called Coach Taurus. "Line your sexy bodies up behind the red tape!"

Lisanna quickly stood at the front, ready for the coach's signal. When it was given, she sprinted as fast as she could, jumped, and then landed on the sand.

"Six point seven meters!" shouted the coach's assistant. "Excellent!"

After raking the sand, it was Elfman's turn. "Wish me luck!" he said to Lucy who stood behind him.

Instead of a graceful landing, like one that Lisanna pulled off, Elfman somehow landed on his face.

"Let it count!" said Taurus.

The assistant measured the faceplant. "Five meters!"

Lucy breathed in deeply as she waited for the sand to be raked. She felt nervous, but when she heard the signal, her legs moved on their own. After jumping in the air, she felt like everything was happening in slow motion. She has never jumped so high before, and loved the feeling of cutting through the wind. Lucy dropped on the soft sand and then quickly moved out of the way.

"Seven meters!" said the assistant. "Even better than Lisanna's!"

Lisanna pouted.

Lucy quickly left the event without knowing who won. She bought herself a drink from the vending machine and moved herself to an unoccupied room.

"This day is almost done," she sighed happily. She was tired, even though she only participated in one sport. Lucy opened the tab to her soda and it let out a loud hissing noise.

Footsteps came into the room. Lucy turned around to see the brown haired girl named Sophia. They looked at each other in surprise until Sophia narrowed her eyes.

"You," she growled.

Lucy gulped. Everyone was outside, so there would be no witnesses around when Sophia drives a knife into her heart.

All off a sudden, Sophia's eyes softened and then narrowed just as quickly. "You better watch yourself tomorrow, Blondie."

Lucy shivered as she watched Sophie exit the room. Gajeel walked by a few moments later, and did a double take when he noticed Lucy from the corner of his eyes.

"There you are!" he said. "Levy sent me to find you. Cana is doing gymnastics and we thought you would be interested to see it."

"Cana? Gymnastics? Seriously?"

"I know, right? Come on, you can drink your soda when we get there."

The two made their way back to the gym where the mats were set up. The gymnasts were at one side of the room stretching. Except for Cana. She was looking around for someone.

Levy found Gajeel and Lucy. "There you guys are!" she exclaimed. "I was looking everywhere! They're just about to start their floor routines!"

One of the girls stepped onto one of the corners of the mat and waited for the music to play. When the first beat was heard, she started sprinting. She jumped and then started doing flips to the other end of the mat where she struck a pose.

"Amazing!" exclaimed Lucy.

The beat went on, as did the girl as she did flips and mixed in a few dance moves here and there. Girl after girl performed until Cana finally stepped forward.

Lucy observed her. Cana's brows knitted together as she looked down. "Why does she look so...sad?"

"I don't know…" responded Levy. "Maybe she doesn't want to perform…"

Cana regained her composure and stood up straight in her white leotard. Slow music started playing, and Cana started moving. She was graceful and poised, which surprised Lucy. Cana would always be hunched over in class and showed no sign of grace, but when she stepped onto the mat, she was a completely different person.

"It's like she's doing ballet!" exclaimed Levy as she put her hands on her cheeks. "She looks so beautiful!"

Cana danced to the center when she heard Gildarts yell her name.

"Cana! You got this!"

Cana's head snapped towards Gildarts as she posed for the long beat. She smiled. Then, the beat suddenly became fast, and Cana was flying across the mat. It was almost hard to keep up with how fast she was moving, and here and there she would pose. When she finished, everyone was screaming her name.

After the judges decided the winners, they passed it onto the coach who was at the pool earlier.

"Ten points to green, thirty points to red, and fifty points...to white!"

Lucy threw her hands up and cheered with Levy. "Cana's the best!" they cried.

As students helped with putting stuff away, Levy asked Lucy, "Are you going to come watch volleyball? I'm playing!"

The three walked outside where four different nets were set up, far enough from each other so that it wouldn't be disrupted by another group. Levy ran over to one with other white team students.

"We could win this easily if Erza was here. Lisanna's team is probably going to dominate," said Gajeel, looking at the other team.

"Don't say that," said Lucy. "Levy is a good player."

"Yeah…" Gajeel looked at Levy, and Lucy saw a bit of sadness in his eyes.

White team was up against the orange team. There was a girl there who had curly pink hair and pale skin. When the ball came to her, she whacked it over the net. Orange scored.

"Aires normally doesn't do sports," started Gajeel. "But she's insanely good at volleyball. Not as good as Erza, but probably good enough to win."

Lucy watched as the white team struggled to keep up with the ball. Two girls collided and bumped heads, which caused them to visit Mavis.

"Orange team wins this match!" said Coach Capricorn. "Now it's orange against blue!"

Levy walked up to Gajeel and Lucy in defeat. "We totally sucked."

"You tried your best," comforted Lucy.

"But it wasn't good enough!"

"Yes it is," said Gajeel. "Win or lose, you still did an amazing job."

Levy looked up at him with a smile. "Being nice doesn't fit in with your appearance, Gajeel."

"Shut up!"

Lucy checked the time on her phone. "Isn't this pretty much one of the last events? Are we allowed to go home now?"

"Attention!" came Makarov from the speakers. A painful feedback followed. "Thank you all for your participation in today's sports festival! We'll see you again tomorrow for track! Have a wonderful evening!"

"You can't leave," said Gajeel. "You're part of the club, which means we have to stay and help clean up."

Lucy grunted.

After what seemed like years, Lucy finally picked up the last piece of trash. Everyone but some of the Fairy Tail Guild members who went home. Sighing, she did so as well, hoping that no one drunk would approach her again. She held onto her house keys in her pocket, just in case.

As she was walking, Lucy spotted a pink haired man with a familiar white scarf leaning against the railings overlooking the canal. She approached him. He was wearing a large backpack.

"N-Natsu?" she stammered. He turned to her. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you since the basketball tournament…"

"I had to leave early," he responded as he continued to look out into the distance. "I was called back into the apartments. The landlady found out about Happy and now…"

"She kicked you out?"

Natsu nodded his head.

"What about Happy?"

"He's in my bag. I'm supposed to come back tomorrow to get the rest of my things, but I don't even have a place to stay the night."

"Well...what about Gray? Can you stay with him?"

Natsu sighed. "The guys I know who would let me stay with them either live in the student apartments or live with their rich parents who hate me. I guess this is okay...It's not the first time that I've slept outdoors before."

Lucy bit her lip. You can sleep over at my house. I have two extra rooms. Was what she wanted to say, but after what happened with Lyon, it didn't come out. She then started to question what kind of life Natsu had.

"Don't feel bad," started Natsu as he looked at Lucy with a smile. "It will be okay."

His smile was so genuine that it made Lucy's eyes water. He was about to ask what was wrong when she grabbed his wrist and started running.

"Where are you taking me?" questioned Natsu. Lucy didn't respond. When they stopped in front of her house, Natsu sighed. "Luce, I would never do anything bad to you, but I don't think this is a good idea."

"Natsu, I'm not going to let you sleep out in the streets where there are drunks and crazy people roaming around at night. Just...think of it as a way of protecting me. Just in case anyone decides to break in."

Natsu smiled. "Thank you, Lucy."

...At least it's Natsu this time! :3 But uuuugh so much sports. Whhhyy. *Cries in a corner*

I'm sure a lot of you may be thinking that the events and stuff were kind of weird, but...yeah. They were. I just wanted to mix a whole bunch of things together.

Oh geez I have to share this story...You don't need to read this if you don't want to...so when I was living in the Philippines (I was about ten/eleven at the time), our school had a sports festival (or whatever) and I signed up for swimming because my mom was a champion swimmer back in the day. I wore a bikini and I stuffed my bra with fabric from my blazer because the top was so thin...and on top of swimming really badly and coming in last, the fabric came out and was just floating around for everyone to see. I died. xD