Author's Note: Okay, so here's the second game. I'm not going to lie...I was really really torn between choosing the out come for this one. Either way I have my reasons, and I hope you enjoy.

Also I do not own Fairy Tail.

Chapter Eleven - Round Two?

It was finally Monday evening, and the first day of school at Magnolia Heights Prep had officially ended. After school let out, Wendy suggested watching the game with some of her new friends, however to her luck Lucy went ahead and made an offer they couldn't refuse.

"Oh wow I can't believe you and your dad let us in here to watch the game!" Medly cheered while clapping her hands as the group of friends sat in the middle section of the completely empty South Gate Arena in downtown Magnolia.

They all helped themselves to tiny snacks as the scoreboard/videoboard that hung above center court was beginning to broadcast FBA games, but more specifically the showdown between the Magnolia Fairies and the new franchise the Oración Seis.

Wendy smiled and agreed with her new, elder friend. "Yea this is so amazing! To think I was just planning on watching it back at my apartment."

Sherry grinned as she kicked her feet up. "Yea? Well you're in luck with this group. We're always watching the FBA games now a days."

Sherria, her little sister had to explain. "Yea, but to be honest Lucy and Yukino are the only ones who try to like it for the sports. The rest of us sort of just like looking at the players more than the game…"

Yukino let out a soft blush as she sat on the end. "W-well I mean I'd be lying if I wasn't enjoying that too. I can only thank Lucy for actually getting me interested in the sport itself."

Meldy giggled. "Yea, true that. Lucy you're kind of a dork sometimes."

Lucy smiled, knowing she was only teasing. "Well I pride myself in that aspect of my life…"

Sherry then looked up to the large TV. "Oh Lucy. We know you have a crush on at least some of these boys plying ball. This sport isn't that great to keep you locked away in this stadium half the year."

Meldy then tapped her chin. "Wait, did you date that one kid from Magnolia U a few years back. He played basketball, but I don't remember his name…?"

Lucy sat up. "Ahaha and you won't. I don't like to talk about that…" She then looked to her new friend before her old ones could continue harassing her. "So Wendy! Were you at Natsu's first game?"

Wendy smiled. "Yea, he got me seats in one of the boxes over on that side of the stadium. It was really cool."

Lucy frowned. "Did you have somebody to watch with, or were you by yourself?"

Wendy nodded. "Oh, my aunt P came in Saturday to watch, but she probably won't see too many more games."

Lucy waved her hands. "Well listen, I sit in this box seat every home game with my dad and the GM. If you're ever looking to go we'd love to have you."

Wendy let a little tint of red cross her cheeks as she smiled with excitement. "Really? That'd be amazing! Thanks!"

From there the girls enjoyed a night of laughter and athletics as the FBA games of the night fell under way.

Now, we go across the town of Magnolia, inside a fairly large apartment complex in the downtown section of the city.

Here, Juvia Lockster sits in a set of all blue pajamas and enjoys a tiny bowl of ice cream as she waits for the exact same game to come on. However, in addition to the game she also held a text book of sorts on her lap. It appeared to have images and descriptions for cooking lessons all over it.

"Oh I'm not looking forward to that exam tomorrow night…I just hope it's going to be multiple choice like our instructor said it would be." To be honest, when Juvia asked Bora for money to go on vacation, it wasn't the only money she needed.

Because of his very long days and nights in his office, Juvia had decided to pick up a few online classes from the local Magnolia University. She had to take out a few private (secret) loans to fund her little ambition, but in the end she was hoping it would help her achieve a new path to the culinary arts.

Juvia really enjoyed cooking, but she was never very good at it. After she started dating Bora, she tested a few of her first ever meals on him and he loved them more than anything. The only problem was she only knew a couple of good dishes, and the others were pretty lousy. As a result the girlfriend of a very successful entrepreneur became awfully inspired to form her own dream of becoming a chef for a restaurant. She always hated the fact that he worked and she stayed at home, and she really wanted to give back to him for being such a supportive boyfriend. Therefore, Juvia had decided to let her little secret stay in the shadows until she passed her classes and earned a certificate or degree.

However, despite her impending exam she was having a hard time focusing on her text. "Oh I can't wait to see if Magnolia can win again…I mean there are a few other reasons why I'm watching this game…" She smiled as she reminisced about her favorite hunky small forward playing for the Fairies.

Yet, despite her free roaming mind, the next scene the pre-game camera caught gave her a little smile. It showed her loving boyfriend Bora sitting alone along the court sideline. Whenever he had to visit other branches of his company he always made sure to schedule meetings to match the location of his favorite team's games. As mentioned before Bora sold boats, but more specifically very expensive ones such as yachts and deep sea fishing boats. Luckily for him Cait Shelter is right off the coast of the northern sea, and gave him a very large opportunity to house a branch of his company down along its local docks and marinas.

Then, the camera moved and returned to a shooting Natsu and angry Gajeel in warm ups. Juvia sighed and held her hand on her heart. "Oh well. I hope for Bora the Fairies can win this game…"

However, despite her mind being at ease, something seemed a bit off. Once the camera left Bora's seating area, the same white haired girl Gray found in Bora's car came to take her seat beside the man. She was dressed in a very expensive white blouse and navy blue pants with matching high heels as she crossed legs and gave him a suggestive smile. Her deep blue eyes and white hair matched her outfit perfectly, and her smile suggested she had known Bora for a while.

"Well, Bora at first I was a little ticked off that you took me to a basketball game, but now I'm actually a little excited." She smiled and winked as they shared an armrest.

The shady man nodded and took a sip of water. "Well, Sorano I'm glad I got you to meet me on this trip. I would have hated leaving you down at the Cait Shelter office while I had all this fun. After all you are a very valuable asset to the company…" They gave each other very friendly smiles as the stadium began to fill up more, and the two teams began to exit their warm ups.

However, as the Fairies took their place across the court at their bench, Gray kept his eyes on his familiar acquaintance. He then looked to Gajeel. "Hey man, that Bora guy that loves you so much. Is he dating that quiet blue haired girl?"

Gajeel had to jog his memory. "Oh, that nut job Bora? How should I know? …I guess they're around each other a lot."

Gray never pointed over to Bora's seat as he kept up his concern. "Okay man…just thought I'd ask."

"OKAY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR THE FIRST HOME GAME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY!"

The crowd erupted as the man who used to be Brain's assistant let out another yell over the intercom. "AS YOU KNOW, OUR FORMER CAIT SHELTER CHIEFTANS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REDESIGNED INTO A NEW AND EXCITING TEAM! SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADEU, HERE THEY ARE! YOU'RE VERY OWN ORACIÓN SEIS!"

Natsu growled as the fans went nuts. "Man this is bull! Why doesn't he announce our names!?"

The announcer continued. "AT POINT GUARD. HE HAS THE FASTEST HANDS IN THE LEAGUE. GIVE IT UP FOR THE ERIK GREENE!"

Fans lost it as a red haired player with the number 1 and the name "COBRA" printed on his jersey came onto the field. Natsu let out a chuckle. "Great, these idiots have their own nicknames plastered on their jerseys, too. Talk about lame."

"UP NEXT, HE'S THE SON OF YOU'RE NEW COACH AND OWNER, AND HE ALSO HAS THE FORMER FRANCHISE RECORD FOR MOST POINTS PER GAME, GIVE IT UP FOR MACBETH CAPRICCIO!"

Then, a very pail man with semi-long black hair came out with the number 2 and the name "MIDNIGHT" on his jersey.

"UP NEXT, COMES A PLAYER NOT NATIVE TO FIORE! HE'S KNOWN TO HAVE FASTEST FEET OF ALL POWER FORWARDS, LET'S HERE IT FOR ERIGOR EISNEWALD!

Then, a very scary looking man with pail white hair and blank eyes emerged wearing a #3 and the name "REAPER" on his jersey.

"OUR FOURTH PLAYER CONTINUES THIS STREAK OF QUICK BALLERS! HE IS WITHOUT OF DOUBT THE FASTEST PLAYER IN THE SPORT! HE MAY EVEN BE THE MOST ATHLETIC MAN I'VE EVER SEEN PLAY THE GAME! PLEASE GET ON YOUR FEET FOR SAWYER MAJIMA!"

This fourth player held a number 4 on his jersey and had the name "RACER" above it, while also sporting spiky blonde hair and a slim metal chin strap and goggles.

"FINALLY, HERE HE IS, THE TALLEST MAN YOU WILL HAPPEN TO FIND IN THE FBA! STAND UP AND CHEER FOR THE ONE AND ONLY RICHARD BUCHANAN!"

Finally, the last player had the number 5, and held the name "HOTEYE" on his jersey as he also wore a very poufy head of orange hair, and a very thin moustache over his lip.

The Seis dressed in all black jerseys with accents of dark red, while the fairies wore their scarlet red away jerseys with white and yellow strip down the sides.

Everyone took their places as Makarov yelled to the court. "OKAY YOU NUMBSKULLS! TRY PLAYING WITH PATEINCE TONIGHT!"

Gajeel grinned. "Ain't nothing to worry about, old man. We're all agreeing it's time to get a win for Magnolia."

Laxus shared his mentality, but didn't show it as he met the familiar Mest at the center circle, along with Hoteye across the half court line.

"Well I must say, let the better team win! Oh Yea!"

Laxus rolled his eyes to the only friendly looking Seis member. "Yea sure, Richard, or Hoteye…man I'm not sure what to call you freaks anymore."

Mest let out a smirk as the whistle hit his mouth and threw the ball in the air. Laxus barely missed it again as Hoteye reached out and grabbed it with his overly large hands.

"Here it is Cobra! Oh Yea!" He tossed it to his smirking Point Guard as Natsu met up with the Seis player on his front.

"So tell me, why'd ya change your name to that stupid energy drink crap?" Natsu asked without hesitation.

Cobra laughed. "HA! Man I heard you were dumb Salamander, but damn, you think this is a tea party or something?" He smiled and crossed the ball over, faking the rookie out and whizzing down the mid court.

Luckily, Gajeel stepped in and delivered a hand. "Tea Party? HA! You Idiots need to work on your insults!" Gajeel roared as he violently stepped into knock the ball out of Cobra's arms, but sadly he forgot the fact that he was once again playing too physical.

"Dumb Ass." Laxus silently spoke as the other ref blew his whistle.

"Foul on number #11, Redfox. First foul for Magnolia!" The more serious looking ref with glasses and brown hair looked to the score table and left his signals as Cobra stood up.

"Ah come on! Are you blind!? I was going for the rim! That's at least two shots!" He yelled as Gajeel tried making a defense.

"Lahar that was the right call." Mest said as he took the ball. "Seis gets the inbounds here." He stepped off the court and waited for Cobra to stand at his side.

"Fine. I'll get it in without you idiots." He smiled as he looked right for Hoteye.

"…Here it is!" He then crossed field and landed the ball right in Midnight's hands.

The pale looking shooter let out a sinister grin as he smiled. "Ha, this was almost too…" He went up, but a large hand swatted the ball and knocked it to the center ring. Then the body attached to the hand ran to it, grabbed the ball, and quickly let in a layup with the other nine players following from behind.

"OH MY!" The shocked Seis announcer yelled. "LAXUS DREYAR FORCES A TURN OVER AND GETS THE FAIRIES THEIR FIRST LEAD OF THE SEASON!"

"HEHE! ALRIGHT!" Natsu smiled and raised his hand to high five his Center, but he blonde scorer was having none of it.

"Just don't let Cobra run right past you, okay?"

Natsu scowled back to Laxus as he ran down court. Then the ball came in and Cobra brought it back down to the Fairy side of the field.

"Man, you little pixies must be kiddin yourselves if you think that dunk is gonna save you." Cobra said with a smirk.

Natsu glared back at him. "Just come on! Ain't no way I'm falling for the same move twice!"

Cobra raised an eye brow. "How dumb do you think I am?" He then looked to Racer running around the high arc. Quickly enough, he delivered a swift pass to the running Small Forward, who darted around dribbling the ball with Gray right on his tail.

"AGH! HE'S SO DAMN FAST!" Gray yelled as he tried keeping up with Racer.

"Hehe." Sawyer smiled. "You fools are always the same. You try to keep up with me, but in the end you fail!" He then darted back a step and delivered the ball to Midnight.

Midnight made no comment this time as he sent the ball up and delivered a beautifully arched 3 pointer to take the lead by one.

Fans cheered and the announcer rang out again as Laxus, Gajeel, and a very upset Jellal ran down court. Gray was still recovering from his metaphoric broken ankles as Natsu helped him back up.

"Come on, this party ain't over yet."

Shot after shot, foul after foul, dunk after dunk, and cheer after cheer. The score changed every single possession, and if one team ever got lucky enough to hold a two possession lead, the opposing team came in and adjusted their play to keep it level.

Now, we find ourselves in the final 30 seconds of play. The Fairies find themselves down by 5 points, and the shot clock is still a factor due to it being at 24. Both teams are out of time outs, and every player reemerges back onto the field as Fairy Tail uses their last one.

All the Fairies looked ready to play, with the exception of Laxus who was having a hard time coping with his team's good but sloppy style of play.

Natsu followed him and looked him in the eye. "Hey man, what's your deal?!"

Laxus squinted his eyes. "Natsu I'd wait til after the game if you wanna…"

"OH CUT THE CRAP!" He yelled back to the much taller center. "WE'RE 30 SECONDS AWAY FROM GETTING YOUR FAVORITE TEAM A BIG WIN!"

Erza looked from the sideline with wide open eyes as she turned down to Makarov, who silently kept his passive stare up to Natsu.

Laxus looked speechless. "My favorite…?"

The fiery Point Guard kept it up. "AND BELIEVE ME WHEN WE DO IT, YOU AIN'T GETTING A LICK OF CREDIT WITH THAT KINDA ATTITUDE!"

Gray, Gajeel and Jellal stopped walking as they all looked to the confrontation, and Gray spoke up. "Hey guys save it til the game's over…"

Natsu looked to Gray. "NO I WON'T! YA KNOW WHAT!? EVERONE OF YA COME HERE!"

Gajeel looked just as pissed as Laxus, but followed Jellal, Gray and the bench Fairies as they all took a huddle. Erza and Makarav remained outside to watch.

Natsu took the inside for himself. "Now I don't know how it felt to play on this crappy team last year, but I watched you guys every single game." He now got angry eyes from the veterans. "Believe me it wasn't easy, but every time you guys lost, I saw every one of ya lose the fire as each game went by!"

No one said a word as he went on. "Then you got Tartaros, Saber City, and all these other teams who get whatever they want just cause they win! WHY THE HELL CAN'T THAT BE US!?"

Nothing.

"When I walked in to Crocus on Draft night I had 32 teams lookin' my way, but only one of them had my attention! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK IT WAS!?"

Jet spoke out in silence. "The...Fairies?"

Natsu looked him in the eye. "WHO?"

Jet, and now Droy and Elfman spoke with a little more confidence. "The Fairies!"

"WHO!?" Natsu now turned to everyone else, expecting the same energy and answer.

"THE FAIRIES!" Replied everyone but a smiling Gajeel and a serious Laxus.

"I STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!?" Natsu chimed back with anger.

They gave him something to hear. "THE FAIRIES!"

Natsu roared at the top of his lungs. "WELL HOW STRONG ARE YOU FAIRIES!?"

Bickslow decided to make a joke. "Ha! Way too strong!"

Natsu couldn't keep a straight face, and let out a laugh as he raised an eyebrow and replied. "HOW STRONG!?"

Elfman ate Bickslow's answer right up. "TOO STRONG!"

Natsu still wasn't impressed. "HOW STRONG!?"

Everyone else liked the answer too. "TOO SRONG!"

"HOW STRONG!?"

"TOO STRONG!"

This carried on as the opposing crowd began to boo and the refs started blowing the whistle, yet as the Fairies kept yelling, Gajeel looked to Laxus.

"Hey, the kid has the fire now."

Laxus closed his eyes and held his hand in the middle. "Okay...it's about time the Fairies went in there and kicked some ass."

The team broke with a cheer and re-emerged onto the field as Gray went to inbound the ball. Mest handed Gray the ball and as he threw it in to Natsu, the fiery Point Guard took it down the court.

Cobra tried to hold in a laugh as he looked Natsu in the eye. "Glad to see the cheerleaders finished their little moment."

Natsu never gave him an answer as he dribbled the ball.

"Kid, do you really think you're still in college? No one give a shit if they win or lose here, it's all about getting paid and getting on camera."

Natsu never replied as he scanned his own players for a move. The clock was ticking into the 20s.

Cobra let out a smirk. "HA! WELL MAYBE I'LL JUST KNOCK YOU BACK TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE!" He stepped up and swiped at the ball, but Natsu had gotten better as the game progressed and quickly switched hands as he dribbled by Cobra with ease.

Sadly he wasn't going to be fast enough for an approaching Racer on his position. As a result he passed it inward to the towering Laxus, who looked awfully impressed to receive a ball from Natsu.

Without any hesitation, he passed it back to a semi-tall Gajeel, who had no effort fending off Erigor and Midnight. Yet, he knew his shot was usually poor, and both teams still had a foul to give so he knew to expect contact when driving it in.

As a result, Gajeel faked out the Seis and delivered a pass to Gray Fullbuster, who had earned a lot more confidence in his style of play. Thanks to Racer not being on his man, Gray found an opening, but sadly he had to pass it off because Racer was after all the league's fastest player.

Finally, Jellal took the pass, and without Midnight standing in front of him he obviously went up for a shot. However, as he released, Cobra came up and tried to knock the ball out of his hands, but since the ball had already made its ascent, the refs blew their whistles and the entire court fell silent watching the ball float to the rim.

After taking it's time in mid-air, it rolled in the net with a silky smooth swish and secured a go ahead 3 pointer, yet with the ref's whistles, Jellal went to the line.

"AH THAT'S BULL SHIT MEST!" Yelled a very angry Cobra who really had no argument to make. Luckily for him swearing doesn't earn you a technical in the FBA.

"Shut it!" Yelled the very quiet but angry Brain from the empty Seis sideline. "Just watch the turn around." Despite the possible 4 point play, Brain still knew his team would be up by a single point.

The fans booed and yelled as Laxus and Gajeel lined up on the box lines. Jellal focused with his one shot as his teammates and coaches were watching.

"Oh please let him make this…" Thought the very concerned assistant coach, Erza. "If he scores here, we can force a turn over and take the lead…"

Jellal couldn't think like that and had to focus on the now. As roars came from the fans, he silently dribbled the ball a couple of times, and lifted his hands upward to make his shot.

Laxus stood by and never felt his heart beat this fast in his life as the ball soared up and passed through the hoop without touching the net. The scoreboard changed into 89-88.

Now, Cobra and Racer let out a smirk as the Fairies took the other end of the court. 12 seconds remained on the clock as Cobra took the ball and slowly dribbled it down, but as he did Natsu ran up and tagged him on the arm.

"Foul on #00!" Yelled Mest. This gave Magnolia their final team foul and sent the Seis into the bonus. Luckily however, this last foul took the ball to the side line.

Laxus observed the new set up and grinned. "This is much better…normally it's bad when they get the ball closer to the rim, but now he has all of us to take defense…" He then looked to a determined Natsu lined up to guard Cobra.

"Nice job, little man."

Then, Laxus took his place by Hoteye and waited for Erigor to inbound the ball. The Reaper kept a pealed eye on the court and noticed only 10 seconds remained. He then smiled and passed it to the very tall Hoteye, who had no problem palming the ball while he held it back to try and draw contact.

"Well, I must say it's a shame to see you Fairies lose this way." He said with a supportive smile.

Laxus let out a grin. "Oh yea, I totally agree."

Hoteye blinked twice. "HEY WAIT THAT'S MY…!?" He stopped as Laxus repeated his catch phrased and failed to draw a foul as Laxus swiped his hand and sent it to the center court.

Everyone scrambled for the ball, yet somehow by a random stroke of luck, Racer's speed didn't catch up to his hands and the ball tipped off his nimble fingers and went to Gray.

Gray looked confused until Laxus let out a shouting command.

"NATSU!"

Without a second though, the rookie small forward looked down the court to see a lone head of fiery pink hair.

"Agh damn it…" He mentally sighed knowing Natsu was the team's shortest player. "…Don't screw this up Natsu."

Either way, he had no choice as Cobra was too slow to meet the Salamander. As a result Gray hurled the ball down court as time quickly ticked off.

Natsu never let the smile leave his face as he grabbed the ball, twirled around, and jumped as high as his tiny feet could take him, quickly attempting his first ever dunk.

Getting the ball to the rim, the only thing Natsu remembered was smacking the hard ground on his hammer of a fall, and as the ball fell through the rim, a roar of angry Seis fans erupted.

Natsu's 9 teammates ran over to lift him to his feet, shouting and cheering hysterically as the game's final buzzer made its round.

Okay, I had them win. YAY! ...Yay? I'm still not sure how I feel about it. If you couldn't tell, the first half of the chapter was written with the outcome of them losing. It's funny because I went in having the idea they'd lose, and they still won, so in a way I was faked out too! Woo!

In any case this chapter captured what I wanted it to. Wendy getting closer with her senior friends, Juvia's back story was explained, Bora is sketchy, the Seis are ass holes, and the game was cool. The cheer Natsu did was cheesy, but it worked!

Anyway, this means a lot for the Fairies! Natsu made his first dunk! I hope he survived the fall...next chapter coming soon!