Hey friends! Thanks so much for the favs and follows! I can't believe it got as many in the short time this fic has been up. This chapter is a bit of a lengthy one and also a bit boring sorry! But please read it as it is a setup chapter!


"Man I can't believe I lost!" I threw myself on the ground, half in exhaustion and half in a pout.

"That's what you get for challenging the master of soccer!" Natsu laughed mockingly. "Now you have to do as I say for a whole week!"

I pushed out my lower lip in annoyed defeat. Standing up, I punched Natsu on his right arm. "Fine. But it better not be anything stupid." I told him. "When does this week start?"

His smile grew menacingly big.

..~*~..

Two and a half weeks later school started up. We were in first grade. Luckily Natsu and I were in the same class. And even better we were sat right next to each other. This meant school would be a lot more fun with him to talk to.

"So Lucy," pink head began. "remember that deal we made two weeks ago?"

"How could I not? You've remind me every five minutes today. And class hasn't even started!"

"So I decided that you'll have to do my homework for a week." He laid back in his chair.

"Starting today?" I snorted. "You know that the first week is easy homework Natsu. You'll be wasting your week but sure, I'll do your homework this week." I said and turned towards the window.

"Tsk tsk. Lucy, Lucy, Lucy." He smiled and shook his head. "You should know me by now. I'm gonna save this homework week for a long time. Also that's not all you'll have to do. I haven't decided but you'll be doing other things for me as well."

Just as I was about to get up and punch him in the face the teacher walked in. I gave him the 'you got lucky this time' look and turned my attention towards our teacher. It was a female, who started with introductions and a bit about herself. She then had the class introduce themselves and tell us five things about them. It went pretty smoothly.

The next few weeks of school went by like ice cream on a hot day. Fast. Natsu had made some new friends during breaks and when he would walk around the hallways on "bathroom" trips. So he started inviting them to play soccer with us. I have to admit it was a lot more fun when there were teams to play against rather than just me and Natsu.

"Hey Gray!" I heard Natsu shout one day coming into class. We started arriving at different times because Natsu over slept.

"What's up?" Gray responded.

"You up for a high stakes game after school today?" He asks his raven haired friend.

"What kind of high stakes?" Gray asked cautiously.

Natsu simply smiled menacingly. A smile no one could ever win against. After school Gray, Natsu, Loke, Elfman, and Jet all rushed out of class. But before he was out of sight he stopped at the door, stepping aside to let everyone else leave. I noticed this and quickly cleaned up the rest of my stuff to catch up with him.

"How come you stopped?" I asked him, cocking my head to the side a little.

"Well to wait for you. You are on my team aren't ya?" He smiled genuinely.

"Right." I replied and we headed off.

On our way to the park soccer field I couldn't help but fidget. Natsu only made bets he could win. So I couldn't help but wonder what high stakes he and Gray came up with for this game. Knowing those two it was something dumb like playing a trick on the principal or on the whole school. All I knew was it wasn't going to end well. When we arrived at the park the other boys were already waiting and ready to go.

"Are you ready to lose, flame brain?" Gray insulted Natsu.

"In your dreams ice princess." He retorted.

"Alright guys first team to get to ten points wins." Natsu announced to our group huddle. "Lucy I want you to be goalie today. That cool?"

I stared at him for a moment, confused as to why he wouldn't want me on the field. "Sure, but can I ask why you don't want Loke as the goalie?"

"Cause you're good at both scoring goals and blocking them. Gray is gonna want any chance to score one over on me. And Jet is fast. That leaves Elfman for goalie 'cause he's not that good at scoring. But he's also not good at blocking as many goals as you can. So I need your help with that today. Can ya do it?"

"Sure." I gave him a strong smile.

The fight for ten points was intense. The ball seemed to only go from Natsu to Gray and back again. Jet and Loke were merely back up to the battle between these two rivals. Simply there to get a quick pass and get the ball a bit further up the field and then passed back to Gray or Natsu again. Gray stole the ball from Natsu and quickly picked up speed toward our goal. It seemed to piss off pink head more than normal. I was ready for him though. Even if I was small in size it didn't mean he had the advantage. Making eye contact, Gray smirked. He swung his leg backwards and with the full force of the universe he launched the ball forward toward the goal. I watched as it fast approached. Gray had a way to make the balls curve at the last minute. It had gotten me each and every time. But not today. I watched as at the last second it curved up and to my right. Gray smiled as he watched the ball do exactly as he planned. But I watched as his smiled quickly vanished as I jumped for the ball, stopping it in its tracks.

"Alright Lucy!" I heard Natsu and Loke cheer.

"Damn it!" Gray stamped his feet. "How did you stop that one?! You've never been able to stop those."

I simply smiled triumphantly and shouted at Loke that the ball was coming to him. Gray and Jet ran to cover the ginger haired kid and I threw the ball to Natsu. Who briskly ran across the field laughing. Getting closer to his opponents goal Elfman prepared himself.

"You aren't gonna get past me Natsu!" He told him. "'CAUSE I'M A MAN!"

And with one swift motion Natsu scored a goal. Standing there, half amused half annoyed, at Elfmans decree.

"Hey man?" He said chuckling. "You should probably look behind you and get the ball."

Elfman turned around to find that the ball was in the net. He slouched and yelled something we couldn't understand. Grabbing the ball and tossing it back out to his teammates he gave Natsu a 'watch yourself' glare.

"You should probably get a better goalie." Natsu told Gray. "One more point and I win."

"Yeah, well, two more points and I win. Then we'll see who's laughing." Gray responded.

The next half hour seemed to go on forever. Gray and Natsu were constantly at each others necks when fighting for the ball that the rest of us kind of just watched. Finally Gray managed to get one over on me and the score was 9-9. The next one to score a goal would be the winner. Natsu and Gray went to war. Kicking each other trying to get the ball back in custody. Finally Natsu managed to steal the ball back and race through the field toward Elfman. When he was close enough he pulled his leg back and launched it in the air towards the goal. But to no avail. Elfman had stopped it.

"Ha! Next time you make a shot you better mean it like a MAN!" he shouted and threw the ball to Jet.

They raced across the field toward me with Natsu close behind them. Loke was fast but not as fast as Gray, Jet, or Natsu. What happened next was terrifying. Gray passed Jet the ball and Jet made his way closer toward me. He had never really shown any of his tricks in the last few weeks. So Gray giving him the ball meant they had something up their sleeves. Or Jet did anyway, Gray always managed to lose his clothes. Finally Jet stopped and retracted his leg and then launched it forward kicking the ball so hard it echoed through the park. I watched it, panicking to myself that if I don't get this Natsu will be mad at me for the rest of my life. I couldn't have that. So I shook my head and widened my stance preparing to jump for the ball. When I saw its direction, heading to my upper left, I immediately headed for it, but I caught a glimpse of Jets face that adorned a mischievous smirk. I heard Natsu in the background yell at me saying it's going the other way. And sure enough it curved downward to my right. I must have been super human or something because in the blink of an eye I was there, stopping the ball.

For a moment it was silent. I thought maybe I hadn't caught the ball, but then: "ALRIGHT LUCY!" Natsu and Loke came running from across the field cheering. I stood up still hugging the ball I had just caught.

"Wow, Lucy that was amazing! How'd you do that?!" Loke said in awe.

I simply shrugged my shoulders. Gray and Jet were left open mouthed at my catching of the ball. Natsu and Loke headed back out and I tossed the ball to them. The opposing team on their tails in an instant. Natsu passed the ball to Loke who picked up speed toward the other end, Natsu close behind. Elfman was standing like a star, ready to catch the ball. When he was close enough Loke stopped and pulled his leg back ready to kick the soccer ball with all his might. Elfman watched closely. Finally Loke launched his leg forward and shouted 'CCHHYYYYYAAAAAAAA!" making Elfman shut his eyes and dive for the ball in the direction he thought it was going. When Elfman opened his eyes after hitting the ground and feeling no impact of a ball he saw that Loke had smoothly kicked the ball to Natsu, who then kicked it in when Elfman was diving in the wrong direction.

Instead of celebrating excessively, Natsu and Loke simply stood there, arms crossed and smiles of victory on their faces. I ran to them tackling them to the ground to congratulate them on their victory.

"It was all thanks to you Luce!" Natsu smiled.

"Luce?"

"Yeah, that's your nickname. Like it?" His face was like a barbie doll. Forever smiling.

"Yeah!" I nodded and smiled back.

Gray and Jet sat on the grass in defeat, still unbelieving that we won.

"Alright stripper, you know the rules. I won the high stakes game." Natsu stood proudly in front of him.

"Yeah, yeah. So when is this happening?" Gray asked.

Again, Natsu simply smiled menacingly and walked away.


Okay sheeple! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry if it's a little boring. It's a setup chapter so yeah. In the next chapters to come I will write (hopefully) interesting content that keeps you on the edge of your seat! Thanks so much for the favs and follows and don't forget to review! Let me know what I did right, what I did wrong, what I can improve on and all that stuff! But remember to be nice! Constructive criticism I always welcome. Destructive is not. It makes writers not want to write. ANYWAY! until next time!