Fairies Choice
Chapter 14- Bullies And Friends,Part 2
A/N: I need more reviews,especially from my regular reviewers. And favorites too. The story is finally gaining some momentum :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its character or content.
-Fairy High A Wing,Second Floor. The Old Library-
"You're kidding,right?" Gray asked. He was sitting on a blue,dusty couch.
"No,I'm %100 serious." Natsu answered. He was on a chair sitting next to Rogue and Lucy.
"Then you're an idiot." Sting said,looking annoyed. He was leaning against a wall.
Everybody nodded in approval.
"What? I'm really serious." Natsu insisted.
"You wanna take on Orga alone?" Lucy asked,with a skeptic voice.
"Yeah,I can totally take him out." Natsu said,looking anxious.
"Come on,man. He'll wipe the floor with you." Rogue said,while smirking.
"That's exactly what he'll be thinking!" Natsu yelled excited. He jumped from his chair.
"Huh?" The other four asked,surprised
"That arrogance will be his defeat. He has too much over-confidence in his strength and giant-stature." Natsu started explaining.
"Dude that's not over-confidence,it's observation." Gray said,causing the others to laugh.
"Haha! Very funny. So listen."Natsu continued his explanation.
"I'll make it seem like I'm defeated and then while his rejoicing with victory,I'll take him out when he's most vulnerable." Natsu said,with a devilish grin in the end.
"Yeah,it could work. Assuming he doesn't kill you with the first punch." Sting replied. Earning a glare from Natsu.
"Or you know, put you in a coma." Sting continued,making everybody laugh.
"On the more serious note,should we call more people? I mean we might be at a disadvantage here." Rogue asked.
"I'm not sure." Gray said,looking confused.
"Why?" Lucy asked.
"Well,right now it's not so serious but if we bring in more people this whole ordeal might get dangerous." Gray said.
Everybody pondered on Gray's last remark for a while.
"Yeah,but if we don't ask for back-up we might get our asses kicked." Sting said,breaking the silence.
"Okay,yeah but that'll be it. The other scenario seems more dangerous to me." Rogue replied.
"Other scenario,huh? The one where Jiemma gets involved because his adopted-son got beat up. Fuck! I shouldn't have hit him,I fucked everything up." Lucy thought to herself.
She started rubbing her temples to calm herself down.
"I'm gonna kick your ass when I get home Bora. Your half-assed information didn't say anything about an adopted son,shit!" Lucy thought.
"I think we should go by ourselves." Gray said,after finally making up his mind.
"You mean the four of us?" Rogue asked,causing Lucy to slap Rogue in the shoulder.
"I'm here too,dumbass." Lucy said before frowning.
The guys stood in silence for a while,awkwardly looking at Lucy.
Then Natsu started laughing,followed by Gray and Sting and Rogue.
They laughed for a minute until Lucy gave them a glare.
"What's so funny?" Lucy asked,looking pissed.
"No offense,but you're a girl." Sting said,after he finally stopped laughing.
"What does that supposed to mean?" Lucy asked,causing Sting to laugh again.
"You know,it means you're not suited for this stuff." Sting said.
"Oh,is that so? No offense,but you're a leech who sucks onto girls arms when they reject you." Lucy replied.
This shut Sting up but caused a silence.
Rogue snapped his fingers in the air.
"Oh no she di'int!" Rogue mimicked a southern female voice causing Natsu and Gray to laugh out loud.
"I-I,I'm so-sorry about that." Sting earnestly said,causing Natsu,Gray and Rogue to slap each others mouths.
"Did he just apologized?" Gray whispered.
"Yeah,I guess so." Rogue replied in a whisper.
"Shit." Natsu whispered back while Lucy was staring at Sting.
"Y-Yeah,well you should be." Lucy replied to Sting's apology.
"I really am." Sting replied with a sorrowful look.
Lucy made a "Tch" to his response.
"She's kinda mean." Rogue whispered to Natsu and Gray.
"Yeah." Natsu agreed.
"He said he was sorry and all she could say is "You should be". What's up with that?" Gray whispered,thinking Lucy couldn't hear them.
"I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS!" Lucy yelled causing the three guys to hug each other.
"S-Sorry,Lucy." Natsu apologized for the group.
Lucy frowned and then turned to Sting.
"Well,anyhow. If you don't do stupid shit like that again,I guess I can forgive you." Lucy said,causing Sting to smile.
"I-I won't." Sting said before giving Lucy a warm smile. Lucy smiled back
"Ohhhh! That's touching." Gray said,looking disgusted.
"Yeah,I feel like puking now." Rogue said.
Natsu nodded.
"What the hell? You guys told me to forgive him!" Lucy yelled,annoyed.
"No." Natsu gave a short response.
"We never said that. Did we?" Gray turned to Rogue who shook his head "No".
"Yeah,we never said that." Gray said.
"Yeah,he's a dick. You shouldn't have forgave him." Rogue said,Natsu and Gray nodded in approval.
"Well,what's done is done." Sting replied.
"Right,Luce?" Sting asked towards Lucy with a goofy smile.
"Don't call me Luce." Lucy replied.
"Okay." Sting said then frowned. The guys laughed and then Lucy smiled.
"So,what are we gonna do?" Natsu asked,changing the topic.
"We're gonna do what Gray suggested. But if they do call for back-up I'll have Lyon and Freed nearby, just in case." Rogue explained.
"Sounds okay to me." Sting replied. The other three nodded.
Lucy put her hand in the middle,causing the others to look.
"Come on guys." Lucy said,making her motive clear.
Natsu put his hand on top of hers and then Gray and Sting then Rogue. They formed a circle
"You ready?" Lucy asked. The guys nodded.
"Let's go kick some ass!" Lucy yelled before they broke the circle and raised their fists.
"YEAH!" The others yelled.
Lucy reached the door nob of the Library and lifted the door slowly,causing the break to lift and the door to open.
They left the Library and started heading to the school entrance.
Erza's mind was out of place. She couldn't focus on anything. Not the class,not the teacher. Not even Lisanna,her close friend who was talking to her right this second.
"So,I'm afraid I won't pass this semester." Lisanna finished her sentence,which Erza wasn't paying any attention to.
"Huh?" Erza asked in confusion,causing Lisanna to frown.
"You weren't listening? You're so mean." Lisanna crossed her arms.
"I'm sorry,Lisanna. My mind was somewhere else." Erza replied.
"Is it Jellal?" Lisanna whispered.
"N-No,I was thinking about the Kendo Nationals were coming up." Erza lied her ass off.
"Yeah,right."Lisanna replied. She knew Erza wouldn't say anything.
"Why won't you just admit,Erza?" Lisanna asked,sincerely.
But it didn't have the impact Lisanna was expecting.
"Like you're one to talk. Have you told Natsu how you feel?" Erza counter-attacked.
"Wha-what? We're ju-just friends,E-Erza. T-There is n-nothing to tell." Lisanna replied in panick.
"Yeah,I thought so." Erza was already aware.
"Okay." Lisanna said. Surprising Erza.
"I-I l-like Natsu. E-Ever since we were children." Lisanna said and then took a huge breath.
Erza hold her shoulders and smiled at her friend.
"But,he doesn't like me." Lisanna continued.
"You can never tell that unless you tell him how you feel." Erza replied.
"Yeah,I don't kn-" Lisanna was interrupted by the door suddenly opening.
"Sensei,Principal would like to see Erza Scarlet and Lisanna Strauss in his office." A breathless Levy read from a note on her hand.
"Oh,they can go." Sensei replied.
Erza and Lisanna got up,and started folowing Levy.
"Why does the principal want to see us?" Erza asked.
"He doesn't." Levy replied.
"What? Then why did you-" Lisanna started but Levy interrupted her by pulling both of them to a corner.
"Lucy is in trouble. So are Natsu and Gray." Levy said in a hurry before telling the story of how she had eavesdropped on their conversation.
After she was done,Lisanna was looking panicked whilst Erza was a little calmer.
"We should help them. Those guys are bad news." Erza decided.
"Help them? We're girls." Lisanna pointed out the obvious.
"No kidding! You guys find Gajeel and Loke." levy ordered before she started running away from them.
"What are you gonna do?" Erza asked before Levy could disappear from their sight.
"I'm gonna find some help." Levy yelled before she exited the school.
"This is dangerous Erza. You know what those guys are capable of. Maybe we should call-" Lisanna started but Erza interrupted her.
"No,we can take care of our own. Come,we should find the others." Erza said before she started walking up the stairs.
"Okay." Lisanna said as she started following her.
After School,Outside Of Fairy High-
"No problem so far." Sting said as he and the other four were walking in the solitary old farm next to their school.
"Maybe they were scared." Natsu suggested.
"I highly doubt that." Gray replied.
"So,why haven't they came after us?" Natsu asked.
"I don't know." Gray replied.
"I have a question. Why the hell did we have to go through this desolated old farm?" Lucy asked.
"Because I parked my car outside of here." Sting replied.
"Oh,then I want to change my question. Why are we going to your car?" Lucy asked again.
"We discussed this Lucy. To keep you safe." Gray replied.
"Keep me safe? Why especially me?" Lucy asked towards Gray.
"That's cause you were the one who kicked him in the balls." Rogue thoroughly explained.
"Yeah,that was awesome!" Sting said before laughing.
"Well,it certainly felt awesome." Lucy said causing the others to laugh.
"We're almost there." Sting said.
The car was visible now. It was about a hundred feet away from them when they heard a voice coming from behind.
"Hey you guys!" A voice called out to them from the behind,a voice they all recognized.
"Where do you think you're going?" Rufus asked just as the five in front of him turned back to face him.
"Shit." Natsu silently said when he turned back to see Rufus and Orga who were followed by nine other men.
"Fuck,he really did call for back-up." Gray said. He knew they were outmatched.
"Rogue." Sting silently said,causing Rogue to bring out his phone from his back pocket.
He pressed "Sent" to a message he had prepared earlier.
"I sent it. But I don't think it will be enough." Rogue replied to Sting.
The group of 11 closed in on them.
Gray decided he couldn't recognize most of them. Apart from Rufus and Orga,he could recognize only Dobengal. Who was a senior in they're school. The others were older,but weren't Jiemma's men,that much was obvious.
"So,who are these guys?" Gray asked just as Rufus was approaching.
"Just some street bums who owe me some money. Now,I believe we have something to settle,don't we?" Rufus said,before he started smirking.
"Leave us alone man,and we'll drop it." Sting suggested.
"I'll think about it. But the blonde bimbo has to apologize to me first." Rufus suggested with a devilish grin on his face.
"You bastar-" Natsu started to walk towards Rufus but Lucy interrupted him.
"Fine,I'm sorry. There,happy?" Lucy asked.
"No,I think it needs to be more sincere. Come closer." Rufus said while leering towards Lucy.
"You bastard. If it wasn't for your daddy!" Lucy thought but still started to walk towards Lucy.
The guys panicked when they saw Lucy accepting.
"Lucy,you don't have to do it." Rogue said.
"Yeah,we're not scared of these bastards." Sting said,Natsu and Gray nodded in concern.
"It's okay guys." Lucy replied.
"I'm sorry I hit you." Lucy said when he reached Rufus.
"I accept. Now let's reconcile with a final hug." Rufus suggested.
"YOU!" Natsu said but Gray stopped him. There were too many of them.
"Whatever."Lucy replied and hugged Rufus.
They hugged for a few seconds until Lucy started to pull back from the hug.
But at that moment,Rufus pressed his lips against hers. Shocking the four in front of him.
Lucy tried to escape his grasp but Rufus pulled him harder.
Natsu and Sting jumped towards Rufus,but Dobengal stepped in front of them.
Natsu punched him,causing him to stagger,but was kicked in his abdomen from a guy standing behind Dobenbgal.
Gray tackled the guy who kicked Natsu,causing him to fall to the ground.
Lucy was trying hard not to bite and tear off Rufus's disgusting lips.
But she finally had it when Rufus tried to grab her chest from under her shirt. She bit as hard as she could,causing Rufus to push her.
Lucy fell to the yellow dried up grass while Rufus's lower lip and the tip of his tongue were bleeding.
"You bitch!" Rufus yelled before he launched himself towards Lucy.
Rogue stepped in front of him and blocked a kick with his shoulder.
Natsu and Gray were fighting the two half-stoned street bums in front of them while Sting was pushing Dobengal back with a kick.
He throwed a right uppercut,knocking Dobengal off his feet and crashing is to the ground.
Natsu and were fighting like a tag team against three guys. The one on the middle punched Gray's stomach but was met with a right uppercut from Natsu. Then Gray tackled a guy who was launching himself towards Natsu.
Orga was just standing in the back,watching.
"This is stupid." He decided,but he still didn't do anything.
Rogue was fighting Rufus while the others were holding off the eight bums. But after a while,the numbers of enemies started to push them back. They were starting to take hits.
Lucy got up and stepped on Rufus's shoe as hard as she could,giving Rogue a chance to tackle him to the ground.
The five gathered and formed a circle. Rufus got up too.
Orga finally got bored and started to walk towards the five who were surrounded.
"You guys will pay." Rufus said before he spat some blood.
They readied themselves for a beat-down. They were already tired.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" They heard a female voice shout from the back
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"E-Erza!" But it wasn't just Erza.
She had Lisanna,Juvia,Loke,Lyon,Freed,Gajeel and Juvia with her.
"You guys messed with the wrong group." Lisanna said as they approached the crowd.
"I won't forgive anybody who tries to hurt Gray-sama!" Juvia yelled.
"Oh,great." Gray silently muttered. He was more frightened then whom Juvia had threatened.
"Save me the dramatic speeches. I just want to kick some ass." Gajeel said before he clenched his fists.
But Erza was more reasonable.
"If you guys leave now,this won't have to get bigger than it is." Erza said.
The group surrounding their five friends withdraw.
She was sure they could win. Only Orga would be a problem,but if she and Gajeel co-operated they could win.
But Rufus started to laugh,he seemed like he was going crazy.
"It's already gotten big,you redheaded bitch! I'll teach you what it means to mess with me!" Rufus yelled and then he whistled as loud as he could.
More people started to came out of the woods. About another ten of them.
They were now almost 2 to 1.
But the ones who just arrived seemed worse to Erza in shape. Some were even carrying knives.
"This is dangerous. Somebody might get hurt. What am i gonna do?" Erza thought just as panic started to spread in her mind.
"Now,shall we start?" Rufus said before he made a wicked grin.
"What're we gonna do,Erza?" Gray asked. The ones in front of them looked like a bad crowd.
"I-I..." Erza didn't know what to say.
But at then they heard a loud engine noise.
It was getting closer to the farm. Everybody turned to look what was coming.
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A black car stormed into the farm,leaving dust in the air as it came closer. The car started drifting,causing the entire farm to be left in the dust.
"Showoff." Lyon muttered.
"Dodge Charger? That's Laxus's-" Gray said but was interrupted when the black Charger came between the two groups by drifting.
Four people came out of the car.
From the back seat,a girl with light blue hair and a tall muscular guy whose black hair was slicked and gathered at the back of his head.
"Levy? A-And Bacchus?" Lisanna asked as the dust cleared.
"Hey,guys. Sorry I'm late!" Levy yelled cheerfully.
From the right front seat,Laxus came out. Who was overshadowing Bacchus in the manner of height.
"Laxus?" Natsu said before he smiled.
And the pilot door opened,much to the shock of everyone.
A guy with blue hair and a red tattoo on his eye came out with his hands on his pocket.
"That's the guy from the library!" Lucy thought in excitement.
"J-Jellal?" Erza asked in surprise.
Jellal turned towards the group and gave a bright warm smile.
"Hey,everyone!" He waved before a yell interrupted him.
"JELLAL!" Rufus yelled.
"Oh,Rufus." Jellal said.
"What the hell are you doing?" Rufus asked in a demanding tone just as Jellal sat on the hood of the car with Laxus and Bacchus next to him.
"No,what the hell are you doing?" Jellal asked back.
"You bastard! If my father hears about this he'll-" Rufus started but was interrupted by Laxus's laughter.
"What's so funny?" Rufus spat.
"I love it how every time you have a problem you go "My father will!" Laxus mimicked Rufus's voice.
"Yeah,I don't see the guy next to you doing that." Bacchus agreed with a laughter pointing towards Orga.
"You bastards!" Rufus yelled but was interrupted.
"Rufus,you know I like these guys. If you mess with them,you mess with me." Jellal said,surprising everyone. Including the group behind him
"Should that scare me? If my father-" Rufus is interrupted again.
"Yeah,I'm sure Jiemma would like to hear how you got beat up by a girl." Jellal said with a smirk.
Rufus was shocked,he didn't see that coming.
"Jellal,you're over-confident because our father seems to take a liking to you." Orga decided and put a hand on Rufus's shoulder.
"Come on,Rufus. We should leave." Orga suggested.
Causing Rufus to grit his teeth in defeat.
"One day,Jellal. One day." Rufus said in a threat voice and then stormed off.
Orga,Dobengal and the bums followed suit.
Everybody sighed in relief as they left. But Lucy was shocked.
"This guy! Even though we were outnumbered,he managed to make them withdraw. Is he involved with Jiemma somehow?" Lucy's mind was filled with questions.
"You guys,thank you." Lisanna thanked on behalf of the rest.
"Don't mention it." Laxus replied.
"Yeah,it wasn't a problem. This kind of stuff makes my soul quiver!" Bacchus said.
"Do you guys need somebody to drop you off?" Jellal proposed.
"N-No,thanks Jellal." Erza said.
"Jellal? Feels like I heard that name before." Lucy thought.
"Well,we should hit the road." Laxus said.
"Yeah,the house need some repairing." Jellal agreed as he opened the right front door this time. Laxus opened the pilot door and Bacchus sat on the back seat.
"See you guys." Laxus said as they drove away.
It took a while for the group to pull themselves together. Erza broke the silence.
"Then,let's head to Yajima's. Lucy,you come too. We'll talk about some things." Erza said and Lucy nodded.
A/N: Writing hand-to-hand combat isn't really my thing,I know :D But I had fun writing this chapter. As you can see,Lucy is starting to unravel somethings in her mind. And I know that Rufus might seem a little OOC but that might change. Write what you thought about the chapter in a review :D
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