Chapter 3: Spirit of Competition
HEY EVEYONE! I'M BACK! I JUST FINISHED THE S-CLASS TEST SEGMENT ON THE ANIME, AND I DIED LIKE 12 TIMES! IF NATSU ACTUALLY GETS A NEW OUTFIT, I AM GOING TO GO AND PERSONALLY MUDER ALL THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE ANIME =D ALSO, I OFFICALLY HATE MAVIS FOR BEING TERRIBLE AT MAGIC AND SENDING THEM 7 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. WHATEVER, I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF HER, I HOPE SHE GETS BETTER. SHE IS CUTE, DON'T YA THINK? D=
ALSO, SORRY ABOUT STING. I HAVEN'T MET HIM WHERE I AM AT IN THE ANIME, BUT MY FRIEND RECOMMENDED HIM TO ME. SO I AM USING HIM, AND MAKING UP A PERSONALITY FOR HIM. IF I PUT HIM IN LATER, I WILL TRY TO FIND HIM IN THE ANIME FIRST.
IMPORTANT!
IF YOU READ THE 1ST CHAPTER, YOU SAW THAT GAJEEL WAS THE TEACHER. I AM EDITING IT SO FREED IS THE TEACHER, AND I AM ADDED GAJEEL AS A CHARACTER IN THE STORY. SO, ILL PUT IT IN AGAIN WHEN HE COMES IN, BUT DON'T GET CONFUSED!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL OR ANY OF IT'S CHARECTERS.
WARNING: YAOI, BOY X BOY, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, ITS GETTING MORE INTENSE!
Chapter 3: Spirit of Competition
Natsu woke to a single sunray hitting his face from the window across the room of where he slept. He slowly cracked open his eyes, but quickly shut them because of the sunlight. "Uhhhhhnnnnnn." Natsu moaned, rolling over away from the bright light. After a moment, Natsu sat up and looked around the room, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
Not five feet away from him, Natsu saw Grey, sitting in one of the desk chairs, watching Natsu with a large book in his hand and a smile playing on his lips. "You are the world's greatest pervert. Get the hell out of my house, bastard." Natsu said drily.
"Ah, yes. Good morning to you too, Pinky." Grey said in an amused tone. Grey had an infuriating habit of starting conversations like that.
Natsu just stared blankly at him. "Get out of here, you pervert!" He yelled, throwing one of the pillows at Grey's face. "And seriously, give me the key back." Grey blocked the pillow easily with an outstretched hand.
"What, I'm not allowed to check up on my cute little friend?" He asked, standing up. He walked towards the shorter boy, smiling.
"No, you're not." Natsu said as he approached. "What are you do—umph!" He tried to say, but Grey bent down and kissed Natsu strongly, effectively cutting him off. Not knowing what else to do, Natsu brought his fist up and punched Grey square-on in the chest. Hard.
"Owwww," Grey complained as he stumbled backwards. "What was that for?" He asked, his eyes hurt.
"Seriously, dude." Natsu said as he climbed out of bed, blushing hard. "You have got to stop it with the kissing thing. I'm not your boyfriend."
"Nah," Grey said. "You're just too cute for your own good, Pinky. I can't help but kiss you." He smiled. "Especially when you blush." That only made Natsu blush deeper. "And don't worry, you'll be my boyfriend soon."
"Just get out already!" Natsu said, embarrassed. He pushed Grey out the door. "Let me take a shower, seriously!"
"Alright, alright, Pinky!" Grey said, walking down the stairs. "I'll see you at school." He opened the door and walked out. "You are coming today, right?" He asked, poking his head back in the door.
"Yes, I am!" Natsu said from the top of the stairs, irritated. "Just get out of my house."
"Fine, Fine." Grey said, going out the door again. "See ya later, Pinky." He closed the door, laughing.
"Argh!" Natsu yelled to himself. "I hate that guy!"
(A/N Skipping the whole shower, eating, brushing teeth part cause that's not important)
Natsu locked to front door behind him as he walked out of his house. He walked down the street, pondering Grey's actions as he walked to Fairy Tail High. He decided to take a shortcut through a long alleyway, to save the time of walking around a large supermarket. He was halfway through it when he heard a malicious voice behind him.
"Well, lookie here." The voice said. "We caught ourselves a little Fairy, now didn't we?" Natsu snapped around to see three guys wearing Phantom Lord uniforms. Phantom Lord was a rival school of Fairy Tail, located on the other side of town. The kids tended to be more muscle than brains, so they tried to jump Fairy Tail students fairly often.
"Great, it's you idiots." Natsu said drily, causing the one who spoke before to narrow his eyes. Natsu heard running footsteps behind him, and saw two more Phantom Lord students cutting of his escape route when he looked back.
"Guess I'm gonna have to fight you guys, aren't I?" Natsu said in a tired voice as he threw his book bag up against the alley wall.
"I'll show you, Fairy!" The first guy ran at Natsu yelling, aiming a punch at Natsu's face. Natsu easily dodged down, and punched the boy in the stomach, making him fall over. A second guy came at Natsu from behind. Natsu planted his left foot down, and swung his right foot around in a powerful, arcing roundhouse kick, which connected with the guy's face. He slumped down, probably unconscious.
The next three guys all came at Natsu together. Though Natsu was good at fighting, he couldn't handle all three of them at once. Two grabbed his arms from behind, while the other punched him hard in the stomach, momentarily quelling Natsu as the breath was knocked out of him.
The first guy got up again. "You're a tough little Fairy, aren't you?" He said. "Well let's see how tough you are after this!" He wound his fist up, and brought it hard and fast at Natsu's face. It hit him in the jaw, and his head snapped to the side. That was going to leave a nasty bruise.
Natsu slowly turned his head back to the first guy, who was smirking. Blood trickled out the side of Natsu's mouth and he glared at the Phantom Lord murderously. "How'd ya like that, Fairy?" The guy asked triumphly.
"Pathetic." Natsu said, spitting out blood. The guy's eyes narrowed.
Suddenly, Grey came flying at the first guy with a jumping roundhouse kick. He hit him straight on in the temple, and the guy slumped down to the ground, unconscious. Using his forward spinning momentum, he then kicked the guy who was holding Natsu's right hand in the stomach with both feet. Grey landed on his hands, and flipped over onto his feet in a fighting stance.
Natsu took advantage of the moment when Grey kicked the guy on his right to free his hand. He brought his hand over his body in a vicious uppercut to the guy on his left's jaw, and Natsu yanked his left hand free. It only took the two of them a couple more seconds to knock out the rest of the guys. Grey went after the third grunt, while Natsu finished up with the two that were holding his arms.
At the end of it, they were both breathing heavily. "What the hell Grey!" Natsu said, his pride wounded. "I had it totally under control!"
"Yea," Grey said sarcastically. "I could tell that by the way you were being held down and beaten senseless." He took a step towards Natsu, concern in his eyes.
"Don't you dare kiss me again." Natsu said, pissed.
"I won't." Grey assured him. Grey twisted Natsu's face so he could see where Natsu was punched. "Are you ok?" He asked. "That looked like a pretty hard punch."
Natsu pushed him away. "I'm fine!" He said, flaring up. He walked over to the side of the alley and picked his book bag up. "Come on, we need to get to school." He said.
"Alright, fine." Grey said, sighing. They walked out of the alley, and Grey picked his book bag up from where he left it.
"Wait a minute…" Natsu said, thinking. "You were stalking me, weren't you?" He looked at Grey angrily. "I thought I told you to stay away from me!"
"Alright, A, I wasn't stalking you as much as making sure you got to school alright, and B, you told me to get out of your house, not to leave you alone." He said, half smiling half smirking.
Natsu grunted. He knew there was no way he was going to win an argument with Grey over something like that. "I was doing just fine on my own, I don't need your help with every little thing, I don't care how much you want it."
"Well…" Grey said, dark happiness creeping up in his voice. "You owe me either way for saving your ass out there." He smiled darkly.
"W-What do you have in mind?" Natsu stuttered, fear in his voice.
"How about you be my boyfriend?" Grey said, slinging his arm around Natsu's shoulder and pulling the shorter boy in to him.
"What! No way!" Natsu yelled, pushing Grey away from him. "Not much in this world that would make me agree to that."
"Fine," Grey pouted. "How about… dinner and a movie tonight?"
Natsu shot a glare at the raven haired teen. "Tch, fine." He said grumpily. Grey just smiled.
It took the pair a couple more minutes to reach the school. When they got there, Ezra and Lucy were in the courtyard, talking.
"Hey Ezra, Lucy!" Natsu yelled over to them as he and Grey walked towards them.
"Oh hi Nat—" She stopped abruptly when she saw Natsu's face, which had begun to turn and dark purple. She glared at Grey, who once again had his arm slung around Natsu's shoulders. A dark aura formed around her, and students in a couple hundred meter radius ran for cover from the student council president's wrath.
"GREY!"She yelled, running over to the boy and picking him up by the collar of his shirt. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO NATSU?" She shook him back and forth like a rag doll.
"Ezra Ezra!" Natsu said, waving his arms back and forth as he tried to get her attention. "It was Phantom Lord who did this, Grey actually helped me!"
"Huh?" She stopped shaking him the moment she heard those words. The dark aura dissipated from around her. She let go of him, and Grey crumpled to the ground like a popped balloon. "That sorry excuse for a student helped you?"
"I swear Ezra; sometimes you can be so dense." Natsu said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly. "Phantom Lord had me pinned down, and Grey came and saved me."
"Pinky's right, demon girl." Ezra glared at Grey, who was finally picking himself up off the ground. "Ummmm…. I mean, he is right, o great esteemed Ezra." He didn't want to piss her off again.
"Alright, in that case, I'll let you live." She said curly, making Grey sweat drop. "But know, if anything like this ever happens again." Her dark aura returned. "I will make you pay with your life!" Grey crawled back a couple feet in fear. "Okay then, have a good day!" She said, smiling brightly.
Grey breathed a sigh of relief once the scarlet haired girl was out of earshot. "Seriously, how dense is that girl?"
"More than you'd know." Natsu replied. "But never let her hear you say that, or her boyfriend, Jellal."
The first half of the day passed pretty peacefully. Gildarts, the math teacher, yelled at Natsu for not showing up for class the day before, until Cana, his daughter, threw a book at his face for not noticing the ugly bruise that took up most of Natsu's face. Evergreen and Reedus also had their own little "talks" with Natsu about not showing up the day before as well, but other than that, noting eventful happened.
It really started to get interesting at lunch. Natsu was walking out to the courtyard with Grey, when Grey realized he had forgotten his bento in the classroom. He walked off, leaving Natsu to start lunch on his own. Natsu sat down at a table and began eating.
It hadn't been thirty seconds before a particular classmate of Natsu sat down next to him. Said classmate had long, spiky black hair that went all the way down his back, as well as metal piercings all over his face. "Hey Natsu." The boy said.
"Oh, ummm… Hey Gajeel." (A/N Ok peoples, I know, it's Gajeel, and he was the teacher in Chapter 1. I have decided to change that, and make Freed the teacher instead. Just know that, Gajeel will become one of Natsu's followers! =D) Natsu said awkwardly, blushing. Gajeel was one of the people who pursued Natsu romantically, even though he was a boy. Natsu had his own small fan club of admirers throughout the school, mostly made up of boys.
"You didn't show up to P.E., I was really worried about you." Gajeel said, leaning his face closer to Natsu's. P.E. was a favorite class for Natsu's admirers, if they were lucky enough to be with the pink haired boy. They loved to see him sweaty and out of breath, they found him really cute like that, and it also really turned them on.
Gajeel was going for a kiss, obviously, and Natsu could tell by the multiple times Grey had approached him like that.
"Hey, Gajeel, stop it…" Natsu said, blushing harder as he leaned back, away from the approaching boy.
"But you're so cute, Natsu." He said, his breath ghosting against Natsu's face. Natsu had nowhere more to back up to. Gajeel was still moving in, his lips only inches from Natsu's. Just as his lips were about to land on Natsu's, Gajeel was yanked back. Very violently.
Natsu looked up to see Sting, another one of his admirers, had grabbed ahold of Gajeel's long hair, and used it to rip the black haired teen away from Natsu. "Keep your lips away from him, metal-boy." He sneered at Gajeel, who was in a mess in the dirt. Sting swiftly sat down next to Natsu, placing an arm around Natsu's shoulders.
Sting placed two fingers under Natsu's cheek, and used them to turn Natsu's head so he was looking at the yellowing bruise on the salmon haired boy's face. "Oh Natsu, what happened?" Sting asked, the concern and worry genuine. "It wasn't that mutt, was it?" Sting asked, referring the Gajeel.
"N-no, it was Phantom Lord…" Sting was going to probably try and kiss him as well. Sting began to slowly, seductively, lean his head in closer towards Natsu's. Natsu was spot on.
"Oh Natsu," Sting said softly. "If Gajeel did it, just tell me. I'll protect you from that pile of scrap metal." His voice was very, very dark. "Let me prove my love to you…" Sting's face was just a couple of inches from Natsu's, and the shorter boy could feel the blonde's breath on his cheek.
"Hands off him!" A loud voice shouted from behind Natsu, saving him from a dreaded kiss. "Kissing a cute boy when he doesn't want it isn't a MAN!" A large hand was placed on Sting's forehead, and a second later, the blonde was propelled backwards in the Gajeel, who was just standing up.
A strong pair of hands went under Natsu's shoulders, and he was lifted up, his back placed on a massive, muscular chest. It was Elfman, the third most devoted Natsu fan, after Sting and Gajeel, who always fought over first. The platinum haired teen placed a protective arm around Natsu's chest, keeping the other boys away from the prize.
"Oh, thanks Elfman!" Natsu said cheerily. Elfman, even though he was very devoted to Natsu, was one of the only people who didn't try to kiss him on a regular basis. Elfman, even though he loved Natsu, treated the boy more like a little brother, who he protected from the other boys the best he could.
Sting and Gajeel jumped to their feet, enraged. The only two things in the world that brought them together were Natsu, and another boy trying to take the blushing boy. Other than that, they were bitter rivals. "Get your filthy paws off Natsu!" Sting yelled furiously at Elfman.
"Yea, Natsu only likes us! Isn't that right, Natsu?" Gajeel said, turning on the onyx eyed boy, who was currently trying to quietly slip from Elfman's grasp.
"Well… That's not true…" He froze, sweat dropping. Natsu hated it when they tried to make him pick favorites. "I like you all…" He said awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head.
"No!" The three other boys all yelled at once. "I'm your favorite, aren't I? Hey! Stop copying me! No, you stop copying me!" They glared at each other for a second, then all jumped together in a massive fist fight.
"No." The three boys stop in mid fight. "Pinky belongs to me." It was Grey, smirking as usual. He had Natsu around the shoulders, holding the boy tightly so he wouldn't escape. "Isn't that right?" He looked down at Natsu, who was struggling in Grey's arms.
"Ah!" Natsu yelled, surprised as the other three at the sudden appearance of the new boy. "Hey, let me go!" Natsu struggled harder, but Grey would not let go.
"Yes you do, Pinky." Grey said, turning Natsu so that his head was facing Grey's. "And this proves it." Grey quickly leaned his head down, sealing his lips on Natsu's.
Natsu's eyes widened, and he struggled for a couple seconds before finally ripping his head away from the raven haired boy's. "Arg! What the hell, Grey!" Natsu yelled, blushing like mad. Grey just smiled fondly before releasing the shorter boy from his grasp.
The other three boys stared in shock, their mouths open. Gajeel was the first who snapped out of it. "Why you little… I'm gonna killed you…"
"How dare you place your dirty lips on Natsu's divine!" It was Sting, his voice filled with dark malice.
"That was not a MAN!" Elfman.
The three boys advanced upon Grey, a dark aura surrounding them. Nothing brings three people together like hating a fourth! (Or was is two hating a third… whatever, two and three don't apply here.)
Natsu scrambled away from the four boys, but Grey held his ground, letting them advance upon him.
Gajeel was fast. He struck out at Grey's face at a blinding speed, but Grey was faster, catching the black haired boy's fist, and punching him in the stomach. Soon it had become an all-out war. It went on for like that for a couple minutes, yells and puffs of dirt everywhere.
"Stop it, NOW!" The four fighting males stopped, mid punch at Ezra's voice. "What are you four doing?" She asked sternly.
"Nothing!" They all yelled together, putting their arms around each other's shoulders. "Just a friendly little brawl, that's all." They smiled plasticity.
"You know I don't tolerate fighting!" She yelled. "Now, since you are all such friends, why don't you go and wash your uniforms, together?" She glared at each of them in turn.
"Yes Ma'am!" They said fearfully before running off. Though they all hated each other, Ezra was worse than anything any of them would be able to do.
"Ezra turned to Natsu, concerned. "Are you alright, Natsu?" He nodded. "What were they fighting about, do you know?" She asked
"I have no idea…" Natsu said, looking everywhere but at Ezra.
"Oh!" She said, placing a fist in her palm. "They must have been fighting over strawberry cake!" She said. "I'm such a genius!" Ezra believed that strawberry cake was the answer to everything in the world.
'You're so dense, Ezra' Natsu thought fondly. He chuckled.
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WELL, WHAT DID YA THINK? THIRD CHAPTER, I MAY MAKE IT A BIT LONGER, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL WAIT ANY MORE, SO HERE IT IS. TELL ME IF THERE ANY MISTAKES IN ANY OF THE CHAPTERS, BUT DO NOT GO HATING ON HOW I SPELL GREY'S NAME! SOME PEOPLE DO IT GRAY, SOME DO IT GREY, AND SOME PEOPLE SAY GAZILLE AND LUVIA! I CAN SPELL IT HOWEVER I WANT TO, I'M THE AUTHOR! *RANT OVER* WELL, I HOPE YOU LOVED IT, PLEASE R/R!