Chapter Eleven: Messing With The Queen
Erza Scarlet was furious, and that was never good. Every time the short tempered redhead got angry, the result would always turn out to be something ugly, and this was no exception. This time, the girl was angry because she saw a 'certain someone' hanging out with her friend. Yes, we are talking about Gray Fullbuster being that 'certain someone' and Juvia Lockser being her friend.
The main reasons for her anger were because last night she had a fight with her friend, resulting them both to get angry at each other. She didn't talk with Juvia ever since, and the next morning she found her hanging out in the hallways of their school with someone she absolutely despises. So, obviously, Erza would get angry. And now she had the perfect revenge planned.
Earlier, she got the news that a new student was joining her club. And she was extremely happy to see that it was indeed Gray Fullbuster. Oh, he doesn't know what's coming for him, she thought to herself in glee, a smirk easily forming on her face. Get ready, Fullbuster.
And with the student council president taking a personal interest in him, Gray Fullbuster was officially doomed.
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"What did you say her name was again?"
"Scarlet. Erza Scarlet."
"She's the student pres? And she's scary?"
"Yeah."
"She's your club prefect?"
"Yup."
"And she hates you?"
"No, she absolutely despises me, and the feeling's mutual."
"Oh," the pink haired boy said, then going deep into thought. After a second or two, he spoke again, "You do know that most of the time the person you hate is the one you end up marrying, right?"
"What the hell?" Gray exclaimed, annoyed now. Even though his friend had a point, since that was what they showed in stories and movies, he refused to acknowledge it. "I came here for help, Natsu. If I wanted to make my situation worse by listening to crap, I would've just gone to someone else."
"But you didn't."
"Because everyone else was busy, but that's beside the point. Can you just tell me what to do now?"
"Well, since you chose me as the person to go to for advice–"
"There was no one else to go to."
"–It is my responsibility to help you. However, in this case, I cannot really say much because I've never met this 'Erza' chick before. I'll still try to help you somehow. She sounds pretty scary to me from the sounds of it, and me being the knowledgeable person I am, I'd say that you have absolutely nothing to do about this. So the result is that you, my dear friend, are doomed."
Pleased with his words, Natsu Dragneel turned to look at his friend, who was, however, not amused. After a few seconds of silence, Gray just turned to leave, displeased with whatever 'advice' was given to him.
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"So," Erza started, "We are going to start off with what we did last session. Everyone knows their sector of work, so get to it. As for the newbie… well, come to me later on. Now, we will have absolutely no slacking off, and everyone will pay attention to their work. I do not want to catch a single one of you doing anything else except that. Your progress will be checked today, so work hard. That's it for now; to your stations everyone."
In almost an instant, all the people went off in different directions. Gray braced himself, walking forward coolly. Honestly speaking, he was nervous as hell, but he obviously wouldn't let the girl know anything about it. And so, he did his best to not show any signs of being inferior to her, even though they both knew that he most certainly was. Once near her, he coughed to get her attention. With that still not working, he repeated the action. Erza had noticed, of course, but she decided to play around with him for some while. After coughing for three more times, Gray became annoyed and was about to take an action, but she beat him to it by turning around.
"Oh," she said, almost in disgust. "So it's you. Sorry, you're just not that noticeable."
Gray had the urge to come up with an epic comeback, but he couldn't think of one so he just clenched his teeth. "What should I do?"
"Pardon?"
"I mean, how can I be of help?"
"Oh, I doubt you'll be of any." Getting insulted again, and not being able to take it anymore, Gray simply stormed off. Obviously, Erza didn't like that at all since she had planned to take this further, and followed him right outside to his car.
"Hey, where are you going?" Without answering, Gray kept moving forward, and so the girl spoke again. "Hey! Stop!"
"What?" he turned, clenching his teeth once again. They both came into an abrupt halt, and Erza decided to speak her opinion.
"I don't want to see you around my friend anymore."
"Your friend?"
"Yes, Juvia. She's too naïve and innocent, and people like you will most definitely corrupt her. I just don't want her to get into any bad influence, so I suggest you stay away from her. If you don't, I will not hesitate to do everything in my will to get you off her. And that will be bad."
"She's your friend, you say?"
"Yes, we've been friends for quite a long while now."
"Do friends deceive each other?" The sudden question caused Erza to freeze, and Gray took this as an opportunity to go further. "Do friends betray each other? Do friends not support each other's wishes? Do friends become selfish? Because from what Juvia told us, you did all that, so you cannot be classified as her friend."
"How dare you–"
"Insult the mighty Erza Scarlet?" he finished for her. "Well, what exactly are you going to do about it? From what I can see, we are off-campus, and so you cannot go around saying that you are the student council president because it doesn't matter. You see, without all your high positions in the school which only sound powerful, you are nothing. Right now, you don't matter to me because you don't mean anything, and nor does your 'power'. With exclamatory marks, may I add."
And with that said, Gray simply walked away, leaving behind a shocked and gawking Erza. However, the shock soon turned into rage as the girl clenched her fists.
"I don't matter?" she said aloud to no one in particular. "Oh, I will prove you wrong, Fullbuster."
