"From this day forth, his name shall be Snow!" Wendy deemed. It was as if she was queen and she was knighting someone; giving them a title of utmost importance.
"Snow? What the fu-" but Gray stopped himself from cursing seeing as there was a child present but more so because of the demonic look he was feeling from Erza. "Uhhh what the f-f-french toast!" he corrected himself, laughing nervously while scratching his head all the while. "Why that name?" he decided to ask, changing the subject smoothly.
"Well just look at him! Doesn't he just look like a fluffy snowball?" Wendy held up the puppy to Erza and Gray so it was more obvious.
"He does!" Erza shouted completely agreeing! "He does look like a little-wittle-snowball! From now on your name will be snow!" Erza seemed to be overjoyed with the given name.
The puppy barked happily, also pleased it finally had a title to call its own.
Gray on the other hand was less pleased. He thought the dog should be called something much cooler like Lazer or Huntelar! Or-Or better yet, Lockon! Yeahhh… Lockon sounded cool. Oh wells, it's Erza's dog anways. Snow would be the mutt's name for the rest of his dog-on life. No pun intended.
"So what should we do to celebrate his name crowning?" Wendy asked.
"Ummm I have no idea… Since you named him, what do you think we should do?" Erza asked, completely unsure of any ideas.
"Do we really have to do something? It's a dog. You guys barely even remember my birthday yet we're celebrating that little cotton ball having a name?"
Gray's pleads were sung to closed ears however. The girls ignored him. However Snow did not. He jumped from where he was sitting and tackled Gray. Erza turned giving a brief glance at the two, amused at Snow mauling Gray.
"Look! My baby is already proving his usefulness" Erza cooed teasingly. Wendy laughed knowing, no harm would be done to Gray. Snow was only a baby; his teeth were nowhere near grown or sharp yet. Wendy thought for a little while longer and then it finally dawned on her.
"Hmmm…. Ah I got it! We'll go to the park and play with Snow!"
"That's a great plan! Wendy you're amazing with ideas!" Erza hugged the little girl; she was just bubbling with greatness.
Wendy blushed, happy to receive a compliment from her unknowing role model. Having Erza around was great. She's the big sister Wendy always wanted. And Gray… well you cannot NOT love him.
"Like right now?" Gray asked through muffled sentences. He was finally able to pull Snow off of him, spanking the little dog softly making it run quickly back to Erza's side. "I don't wanna! Not with this dog! He attacked me!"
"Stop whining Gray and come on" Erza ordered. Snow started rubbing against Erza's thigh making whiny noises, indicating he wanted to get picked up. Erza obliged and picked him up holding him eye-level to her.
"Did the bad man hurt you?" Erza asked, baby talking the little Snow. "Don't worry, when you grow all up, you'll kick his butt for me ten times worse!"
Gray shook his head, for once not even wanting to argue. The only one that was hurting right now was him. The dog practically ate his arm. Theirs baby teeth marks all over.
"Oh, and call Natsu and Gazille to come to the park as well! I'm going to call Lucy and Mira. It'll be like one big party for Snow!"
"Yes mistress." Gray mumbled sarcastically.
Upon arriving at the park Natsu and Lucy were already there. Both still had on their uniforms and backpacks, key note that they had just left school… how suspicious. Gazille and Mira both said they couldn't make it. How EVEN more suspicious of them…
Lucy instantly ran to the puppy, infatuated with it on first glance. Erza and Wendy smiled, knowing the feeling was the same when they first saw Snow.
Natsu on the other hand made his way over to Gray, and elbowed him lightly. "What's with the mutt?" he whispered.
"It's Erza's dog. She just got it."
"Ohh cool… So we're really here to celebrate Erza having a puppy."
"Yuuup" Gray drawled.
"How exciting"
"I know. But there is one positive though Natsu."
"What's that?" the pink haired boy asked, instantly interest forming on his features.
"The dog is like a female magnet. One day, we should take it for a walk… if you know what I mean."
Natsu eyes instantly lit up. Gray smiled and Natsu grinned from ear to ear.
"Yeah, I totally know what you mean! We can use the dog… to get girls… to recruit them to our school!"
Gray smacked himself in the face. That was totally not what he meant. Well at least not the last part.
The girls sensing the boys were drifting off decided they should do something else other than ogle and pet Snow.
"You guys want to do something?" Erza asked.
"Like what?" the two asked simultaneously.
"Ummm… I don't know. How about we play a game or something? We are at the park after all"
"Ohhhh I know!" Natsu shouted! "Let's play some football!"
"I don't know about that" Lucy commented. "First some of us here have never even touched a football our entire lives. And second and most important, we don't even have a football."
"But I do! It's in my backpack!" Natsu took off his backpack and pulled out said football.
"You actually carry a football with you everywhere!" Lucy asked, completely bewildered.
"Yeah! Why, is that not normal?"
"Not really…." Lucy, Gray, and Erza mumbled all at once.
"Well are we playing or what?" Natsu asked, really fired up. Then again, when is not?
"Uhhh…" Gray looked towards Erza and Lucy who shrugged. It didn't really matter to them. "Alright then football it is" Gray announced.
The group nodded and headed to a good flat area of the park. Erza walked Snow to one of the bench's nearby and tied his leech onto it, that way the little mischievous dog would not run away. Content with Snow being safe and tied up, she jogged back to the others.
"So how are teams split up?" Natsu asked.
"We have to make sure we have equal talent on each team! Natsu and Gray cannot be on the same team" Erza stated, making clear that there would be no uneven teams.
"Ok well that solves one problem. And what should we do about you guys?"Gray motioned, pointing towards the girls.
"Well there are three girls, including Wendy…"
"I-I want to be on Natsu's team!" Lucy shouted out, a little nervous at first.
"O.K." Erza said slowly, a little surprised at Lucy's boldness. Though she had to admit, it was sort of cute. "Then I guess I'm on Grays. But what about Wendy, I know you want to play too right?"
"Yeah! But it's ok if I don't. I can sit and watch with Snow." Wendy did not want to cause any hassle. She was more on the sporty end but she was perfectly content with watching the adults play.
"Naa you're going to play kiddo! Wendy, you will be steady quarterback" Gray proclaimed, grinning at Wendy.
"What's that?" She asked.
"It means you will throw the ball for both teams. You are a neutral player."
"Ohhhh! So does that mean it doesn't matter who wins because I will win as well?"
"Uhh…" Gray scratched his head. Her cuteness knew no bounds. To ask such a pure and childlike question showed just how innocent Wendy truly was. He smiled and patted the girl on the head. "Yup, I guess so. You win no matter what."
Wendy smiled back and pumped her first in the air.
"Yeahhhhh!" she screamed! "Alright! I'm steady father-back!"
"It's quarterback" Gray mumbled. But didn't have the heart to correct the child.
"Hey that's not fair! How come she gets to win no matter what?" Natsu whined.
"Natsu shut up!" Erza commanded.
"She's just a little girl stupid!" Lucy scolded.
"When I was a kid we had no special treatments! I had to win and lose!"
"Yeh, but then again she's a little girl. You were a little animal" Lucy teased. Natsu pouted but Lucy just smiled. She could almost remember the days when they were kids. Natsu was such a little troublemaker. And to make matters worse, even as kids him and Gray used to fight.
"Alright we got offense first" Natsu said, instantly forgetting about Wendy, and now focused on football.
"That's fine with us" stated Gray. "Right Red?"
The titania nodded.
Lucy, Natsu and Wendy got into a huddle discussing what their plan of action would be.
Erza took this chance to also discuss a plan on defense. She made her way to Gray and poked him in the side.
"So what do you think their planning Gray?" she whispered.
"How should I know?" the teen whispered back.
"Well you are a quarterback right?"
Gray nodded.
"And aren't quarterbacks technically the brain of the team?
Gray nodded again.
" Sooooo…. what do you think they are planning" Erza asked again. Hoping this made it clear that whatever he thought they were up to was better than what she would probably come up with.
Erza really knew how to make gray feel dumb. Nevertheless, he smiled and decided to think.
"Well if you put it like that, I think… I think they would try to pass it to Natsu for an easy score. He is a pro receiver after all."
Erza nodded agreeing.
"Alright then you cover Natsu. I'll cover Lucy like a decoy and when the ball is about to be thrown, I will rush over and help you double up on Natsu."
Gray looked at Erza in shock. She was actually calling a pretty remarkable play. For someone with no football experience to call a play like that, it was amazing.
"Impressive Red. That's a great plan. It's good to see your not just beauty but got a little brain in you."
"Naaa… I'm just not stupid like you guys. I don't need training and practice to think strategy" Erza teased, smiling at Gray. He smirked, grinning back.
The group got into their places. The touchdown spot was the trees about 10 meters away from where they were gathered. It was decided that would be a reasonable distance and touchdown zone.
Wendy then got into position, and Lucy and Natsu took their spot on either side of her.
Gray and Erza followed in suit; Erza in front of Lucy, Gray in front of Natsu.
The guys stared each other down, both smiling competitively at one another.
"You ready ice breath?"
"Let's do this fire-for-brains"
The girls on the other hand, it was more like a one way street.
"I'm going to run you over Lucy…."
"Ahhhh Erza, your scaring me…."
Wendy then made sure everyone was ready. She looked at both sides, and then called out the phrase to start the play.
"HIKE!"
In an instant Lucy and Natsu took off running, Gray and Erza covering as best as they could. Gray and Natsu were really going at it. But Natsu was getting the better of Gray. Receiver was HIS position after all. Even if Gray was an amazing quarterback, his defensive skills were just average. Over at the girls, Erza was more focused on Wendy than on Lucy. She had Lucy beat in stamina and determination. She was just waiting until Wendy got ready to throw the ball.
And then it happened. Wendy stood back and got ready to throw. In that instant Erza stopped covering Lucy and ran over to Gray to help him block Natsu from catching the ball.
They succeeded! The ball never got into Natsu's hand. However… that was never the plan.
"Go Wendy! They fell for it!" Natsu screamed.
Wendy was not aiming for Natsu at all but Lucy! The ball was soaring to Lucy and all the blonde had to do was catch it. With no one to block her, it was an easy catch and Lucy scored the first point of the game.
"Ohh yeahhhh!" She screamed. Natsu smiled and both of them jumped up and down. Natsu hugged her tightly causing the blond to blush outrageous colors of red and pink. Wendy also joined in on the celebration. Gray and Erza on the other hand shook their head in failure.
"I thought you said they were going to throw it to Natsu?" Hand on her hips, she interrogated Gray.
"H-Hey I thought they was. But I guess they thought we were going to think that too, and so they threw it to Lucy. It's not my fault. Football is a mindgame. You have to outwit your opponent."
Erza nodded understandingly. However that did not stop her from giving off a threat to Gray. She wanted to make sure he was playing 110%. Erza was a competitor.
"If we do not win, you will do whatever I say tomorrow. In other words, you will be my slave for a day."
"What the fu-"
But before he could finish Erza ran off to Wendy. 'Damn her, she's such a demon…'
"Come on Gray, we have to plan!" Wendy yelled.
Gray nodded and headed over to Erza and Wendy. As much as he was angry at Erza for making such a one-sided threat, he completely understood her. He did not want to lose either. Natsu was like a brother to him. Sibling rivalry was all they knew. There was no way in hell he'd want to lose to Natsu. With that settled he ran up to Wendy and Erza and the group got into a huddle.
"Alright so what should we do?" the little girl asked.
"I don't know, I'm counting on Gray. What should we do?" Erza repeated, this time turning and looking at Gray.
Gray smiled sheepishly, a little embarrassed at the attention and faith Erza was putting on him. Usually she had little faith in him. School projects and such whenever they were partnered up, she had no confidence in him. She watched over him like a hawk. To actually hear her say "I'm counting on you," it was pretty shocking.
However he would tease her about this moment later. Right now, he really did have to figure out a plan to score against Lucy and Natsu.
"Well…" Gray began. "We're at a disadvantage. Natsu is a pro receiver, so he can get the ball thrown whenever and probably catch it. I am a pro quarterback… but Wendy, you are the quarterback for this game. I may not be able to play that position but…"
Gray continued to think. What could he do? He's a quarterback but Wendy is steady quarterback. So how could his talents be put to work?
"But what?" Erza asked.
He continued thinking until it hit him. "Of course! I can't play the quarterback position since Wendy is quarterback, but that doesn't mean I can't help her think like a quarterback! Alright I got it. Wendy, you're going to pump fake!"
"Pump fake? What's that?" Both Wendy and Erza asked.
"Well, it's just as the name suggests. So here's what we're going to do…"
The group got lined up again, ready to start.
"How'd you like that last play? We tricked you guys didn't we popsicle head?" Natsu teased.
"It was pretty good, I'll admit… pizza face" Gray retorted.
Lucy now looked at Erza, confidence surging through her after making that catch earlier.
"I-I-I'm not scared of you anymore!"
"You should be" Erza threatened.
"HIKE!"
The round started in an instant. The pairs were off; Natsu covering Gray and Erza covering Lucy.
'As long as Wendy does what I told her, we should be fine" Gray thought.
Erza and Gray ran full speed towards the end zone, making sure to signal each other as they ran, not to bump into each other. Natsu and Lucy stuck close to them ready to block the ball at all times.
Wendy got ready to throw, and stepped back. She then threw her arms forward in Gray's direction with all her might. Natsu who was watching Wendy the whole time saw that she was aiming for Gray. "Lucy it's coming here!"
Lucy ran off Erza and came to help Natsu cover Gray. But this time it was Gray's turn to smile.
"Got ya!" He smirked, once Lucy was now covering him with Natsu.
Wendy had only made the motion to throw. However the ball never left her hand. Gray told her to act like she was throwing it, either to Gray or Erza, it did not matter. Gray knew Natsu was going to be watching Wendy and so he would either call for help or go help Lucy as soon as Wendy would decide on who to throw the ball to. That would leave one of them open. And Wendy was ordered to throw it to that open person. In this case it was Erza.
Wendy threw it as hard and she could and in a matter of seconds the play was over and Erza had scored, tying up the game at 1-1.
"Oh yeahh! Uh huh Uh huh Uh Huh!" Erza ran over to Gray and gave him a solid punch in the chest!
"Nice plan Gray!"
"Nice catch" he answered back. And with that said, he smacked her on the butt playfully and ran back to starting spot.
Erza however did not move. Her face wore a mask of complete and total embarrassment. Red was not even close to the color that adorned Erza's face. DID HE JUST TOUCH MY BUTT! Her eyes grew wide and her fists clenched. "Gray fullbuster! You per-"
"Round three is starting come on!" Wendy yelled stopping Erza short from spazzing out. Gray just smiled wickedly getting in to his position in front of Natsu. Erza ran over to her spot, in front of Lucy.
"Y-Your dead!" Erza stated flat out. There was no if-ands-or-buts about it. No pun intended. She was going to kill him after this game.
"W-W-Who me?" Lucy asked eyes wide with fear. "Natsu I don't want Erza, let's switch" the blond pleaded.
"Hell no! I don't want that enraged beast on me!"
Gray just chuckled knowing the comment was for him. He said nothing but just smiled, truly enjoying the moment. He couldn't help but think Erza had such a hard personality, but such a soft bum. It only caused him to laugh more.
"Hike!"
Authors Note: Finished! Sorry for the wait guys. I would explain but it would totally take way too long. So yeah, let me not bore you guys with the details and go straight into answering you reviews. =]
PressTheResetButton: They will happen oh so soon. As a matter of fact, a defining moment is going to happen on the next chapter coming out. Hahah.
MyLittlePrayer: Lmao. I decided to pick Snow as the little dog's name. haha. But thank you for giving thought. =]
Scarlette Shizuru: The puppy sort of does remind me of Gray. Haha. Annoying, bad, overly-playful. Haha.
Anonymicus: NaLu Has been added just for you. =]
Key Of The Heart: hahaha. You are oh so welcome =] And I'm really happy I made your day. Ahhh sorry for the long wait though in updating. Ahh I'm such a jerk. Hahah. But the next chapter will be a really defining moment for the two. Plus did you read the latest chapter of Fairy Tail? One of my friends said it had a Grayza moment! Ahh I have to read it when I have time!
X'Thea'X: Woot woot! Yeah! Grayza grayza! Hahah. =]
Lola: Hmm… I thought about that earlier on. But then I casted her aside didn't I? lmao. Maybe, I'm not sure. And thank you! Hahah. I try to be as descriptive as I can, that way anyone can see what I am seeing. Or reading in our cases. Hahah.
thunder-fiend: Yo man! Hahah. Good seeing your still with me! And yeah I knowww! But cats can't talk in the real world so I had to make them humans. Or could they?….. Hahahah!
Meowzzzz: Yup! I remember. Hahah. I can't forget that name! =] And it's cool. Haha. We all are busy from time to time. Glad you liked the moments.
Rosie the Rocker: hahaha. That was a pretty cute moment. Hahah. Tough love is so much fun. But it's soon going to get less tough and more love in the next chapter. =] But still keep Erza's bad ass personality. Hahah. We can't make it too easy for Gray.
karu-14: Hahah. Thank you! Yeh, there really is not that many. But that's alright. Who needs quantity when you can get quality! Hahaha. =]
Weee: That would be such a funny name. haha. Imagine if Erza is in the park, and someone else has a dog and their like "Hey Grayza! Come Here!" I wonder what Erza would think? Hahah.
Immafairy: A fairy huh? Well fairy I have a question for you! Do all fairies fly? Lmaoo
NoctLightXIII: Hahah totally! And I just realized your name! Like I saw it but now I realize the significance! Hahah. Noctus is cool, but Light! Ahhhh! I played the game, and beat it. Soo much fun. Lightning was amazing. =] So badass! Almost like Erza! Hahah.
Shadowangle98: Thank you! Hahah. If I could blush I would. Lmaooo.
Ann Kei: Hahah. You're so lazy not to help think of a name! Hahah. But fine, I gave him a name. =] Snow… hahah.
Andreya Halms: Lmaooo. I did name him something totally random. But it had connections. I was eating Ice cream. But me and my family, we all call it Sweet Snow. And so I was like hmmmm…. Hahahha. And his name turned out to be Snow! And yeahh! Juvia is no bad guy. I love her a lot. I just love Grayza MORE! Lol.
OPrincess ShinigamiO: Yeahhh! I totally know what you mean. See if you can slowly see, I am not really mentioning Mira and Gazille that much anymore. Reason why is because I started this story a long time ago. Way before Gazille and Levy were Cannon. And so I just paired Gazille and Mira. But then like 5 weeks later, Levy and Gazille were Cannon. -_- hahahah.
Killer Angel: I updated today! Hahaha. Please killer Angel! Don't kill me! Hahah.
Heaven's Crest: They totally are! Ahhhhhh! Hahaha. Mashima! You Better put them together or else! Lmao.
Luvandia: Ahhhh! Back when I was in highschool I was obsessed with that show. But…. You might hate me. Lmaoo. I hated Inuyasha. I was more of a Sesshoumaru fan. Hahahah. =]