Turf Wars

Chapter 3 – Math

Sorry it took so long to update, the semester just ended so I have last minute papers and tests to study for on top of finals. But now that my semester is over I will be able to get more chapters out so expect a couple in the next week.

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Lisanna glanced at her phone, the small light flashing, notifying her of a new text. She put her pencil down for a moment and shifted her math textbook so that Gildarts wouldn't see her text. She unlocked her phone and the picture of her and Sting at the beach during summer break popped up, dotted with the apps she had on her phone.

How did Mira take the news of the schools merging, Lisanna read. Of course everyone is curious. Mira is Magnola's biggest success, going on to be the most sought after model this side of the continent. And she was the one who ran the school prior to graduating, leaving her legacy behind for her younger siblings to keep going. She had more school spirit for Magnola than all other students combined. Why it took so long for someone to ask was the surprise.

Let's just say the principal got more than an earful. The girl typed back real quick, as she looked up at the chalkboard to where the math teacher had his back turned. She hit send and glanced over at Sting who was copying down the practice problems before going back to taking her own notes.

Lol, im guessing she called him up and yelled at him for a couple hours? What did she say to you and elf? Came the reply. Lisanna glanced up real quick to see if the coast was clear. Gildarts was still writing away, mumbling, most likely about how Cana stole his booze again.

Yup. She told us to not let Saber take out spots as the top dogs and that if we mess up, she's coming here and kicking everyone's ass, the silver haired girl responded with a shudder. Mirajane was famous for being a skilled fighter, having several black belts in several fighting styles and the ruthlessness of a demon. If she saw you as a threat. If she liked you then, well you counted your blessings. Lisanna could see out of the side of her eye Sting shudder too. He had experienced Mira's wrath first hand when she found the hickey on Lisanna's neck last year.

"And that everyone, is how you solve inequalities," Gildarts smiled triumphantly as he turned back to the class, revealing the whole chalkboard filled with unintelligible scribbles. The smile quickly dropped when he turned around and saw a student asleep, and in a small class like this, it was noticeable. "Wake up brat!" the man roared as he chucked the piece of white chalk in his hand at the mop of pink hair in the back row.

Everyone turned and watched as the chalk his the center of Natsu's forehead, shattering on impact. Elfman winced, knowing how hard Gildarts can throw after being on the receiving end of a couple chalk throws himself last year. But to his and everyone else's amazement, Natsu went unfazed. Not even a twitch. The transfer student kept on snoring away, his arm on his book and head cradled in the hook of his elbow.

"How the hell? Elfman started, looking back to Gildarts.

The math teacher stood there, mouth agape as for the first time since he started teaching, a student didn't wake up after being hit in the head with his chalk.

"It's no use," Rouge started, catching everyone off guard. Despite it not even being a week since he came, Magnola students already knew he was the quite type that rarely talked. "His head is as thick as a dragon's hide. A teacher at Saber once picked him up and tossed him out a window and even then he only woke up for a couple seconds before falling back asleep."

"You're kidding?" Sting asked, but deep down he knew the answer.

"Nope," Cobra answered as he played with his phone. "I saw the thing myself. It was some funny shit, 'specially the look on the teach's face."

"That's not normal," Levy commented from the front row as she got ready to open one of her books.

"He ain't normal," Gray commented as he got up and walked over to Natsu.

"Where the hell did your clothes go?" Gildarts yelled as he watched the teen who had stripped down to just his underwear.

"Gray's a stripper so it's a natural habit for him," Cobra said as he furiously tilted his phone every which way.

"Temple run?" Sting asked, glancing over at the other boy's phone.

"Yup."

"Natsu, wake up!" Gray yelled as he sent a kick flying toward the sleeping student. His foot connected with Natsu's face and the boy's head jerked back, but still he did not wake.

"That normally wakes him up," Gray grumbled, clearly disappointed that the giant red welt appearing on Natsu's face was not enough.

"Hmm," Gildarts said, scratching the stubble on his cheek. All the students, except Natsu, turned toward him. "I'm done with today's lesson and we still have a couple minutes of class so how about this: whoever can wake Natsu first, gets twenty bucks?"

"Deal," was the unanimous response as everyone jumped out of their seats and rushed the pink haired teen.

"Wait!" Gildarts called. "We gotta do this in an orderly fashion," the man said as he looked at all the students. "How about we form a line, Gray at the back since he already tried to wake Natsu, that way if he wakes, we can tell who woke him."

There was a momentary pause as the students all looked at each, then a frenzy of movement and screeching as desk were pushed out of the way to make room for the line.

"Juvia is surprised you are taking place in this Levy, you are normally gentle and reserved," the blue haired girl commented as she took her place behind the bookworm.

"There is a new book I want that happens to be $19.95," the smaller girl replied with an evil grin. The things she was willing to do to get her hands on books.

"Okay asshole, prepare to wake up!" Cobra called as he bent down close to the boy's face.

"What's he doing?" Sting asked as he watched Cobra take a deep breath and exhale in Natsu's face.

"Cobra is notorious for his stank breath. It brings instant death to small and animals and kids, like it's a poison or something" Gray answered from the back of the line.

"Oh god, he's right, I can smell it from here," Lisanna said as she plugged her nose and covered her mouth as Cobra stepped to the side.

"Nothing?" Cobra roared, "You little shit," he growled before stepping to the back of the line.

"Give me a sec to recover," Lisanna said as she coughed, Cobra's breath still lingering in the air. "Okay," she said after a minute. Lisanna reared her arm back, a fist formed before swinging it down, full force into Natsu's ribs. A cracking sound was heard and the boy shuffled his feet a little and turned his head, but otherwise, remained asleep. "Seriously? He slept through a broken rib?!"

"My turn!" Elfman called, "Let me show you how a real man wakes someone up!" The giant teen grabbed the desk and with a surge of energy, flipped it upside down, sending Natsu sprawling to the ground, the desk landing on top of him and his math textbook hitting him in his manhood. The only reaction was a hand that reached out and swiped the book away. "This is bullshit," Elfman said dejectedly before heading to the back of the line.

"It's nothing personal dude," Sting said as he came up to the side of Natsu, "but Lis's bday is coming up soon and I need some extra cash to get her the gift she wants," the blonde said as he lifted his leg up and slammed his foot down into Natsu's crotch.

The teen shot up immediately, his body shuddering as he fell back down and rolled onto his side, in the fetal position. But the snoring did not stop and his eyes remained closed. "I'm positive he doesn't have a dick if that didn't wake him," the boy said glancing at the other guys in the room, including Gildarts, wince and grab their own dicks at the thought of that happening to them.

"I'm sure this won't do a thing to him if Sting didn't wake him with that," Levy said as she stood up in a nearby chair to drop her three thousand plus page book on Natsu's head. As she predicted, the boy didn't even flinch.

"Juvia knows she can't wake Natsu up so she'll drop out of the competition," the taller blue haired girl said as she stepped to the side to let Rouge go.

"No way he's gonna wake Natsu up," Sting said as he watched the black haired teen squat down next to Natsu and gently push his shoulder.

"Natsu," Rouge started in his typical quiet voice, "Erza is coming."

The reaction was far from expected. Natsu jumped right up, eyes wide in fear as his head turned every which way after hearing the dreaded name of the only person he truly feared. "I haven't forgotten my promise, I swear!" he shouted, thinking she was watching him.

"Calm down Natsu, Erza ain't here, thank God," Gray said as he glared at Rouge. Why he hadn't thought of bringing her up was going to eat at him for a while.

"Don't' scare me like that Rouge!" Natsu said as he slapped the teen on his back playfully.

"Sorry," rouge said as he headed to Gildarts and stuck his hand out, expecting his money.

Gildarts grumbled but reached into his back pocket and grabbed his wallet, pulling out a twenty and placing it in Rouge's hand.

"How are you feeling?" Levy asked as she watched the pink haired boy look around, either still expecting Erza to show up or because he was confused as to why the desks were all pushed to the side, she couldn't tell.

"Fine, why?" Natsu asked, oblivious.

"No reason," everyone shouted together, making Natsu look at them with a tilted head and confused look, but the bell rang and he forgot all about it, opting to grab his bag and head out. Gray, Rouge and Cobra followed, and soon the other students were heading out as well leaving Gildarts twenty bucks short and in charge of putting the desks back the way they were.

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So I know that Natsu would have woken up if Gray hit him, but I had to make it funny and I needed to mention Erza in some way since she will be a big player soon. Hope you enjoyed.