Hello my lovelies! Please excuse any grammar/spelling errors. For I am only an anime obsessed teenager who desperately needs sleep... and to do homework...
So, Lucy learned that the 'Tattoo' was the Fairy Tail Academy's logo. Apparently all students got one.
"But, what about when you're older? And you're full of wrinkles and you have a weird bird tattoo on your body?" Lucy whined to Mirajane.
"Oh, come on Lucy! It's not that painful, and it's over pretty quick. Life's too short to worry about those things, now, where do you want it?"
"Do the lower class students get one too!?" her eyes widened as she realized that there was a lower class school there.
"Yeah, but they have to get a parent's note."
"This makes no sense. I'm 16, and I'm allowed to get a tattoo? And kids are allowed to get tattoos?!"
"Don't think. Just pick a color and where you want it."
"Fine," she thought for a moment. "On my right hand, and in pink."
"Ok, you heard her, mister," Mira talked to the tattoo guy.
He grunted a response and showed Lucy a shade of pink for approval. She nodded, and he put the needle on her hand.
"Try not to move," he said before beginning.
"Mira!" Lucy cried as the needle broke her skin
The newly tattooed blonde held her hand as she rode in a cab back to campus.
"I can't believe you talked me into that," she groaned.
Mira just sweetly smiled.
"So, where's yours?"
"Oh, it's on my thigh."
"Ok," Lucy stared out the window, trying not to think about her throbbing hand.
"Sports tryouts start tomorrow, have you figured out what you want to try out for?"
"Yeah! I'm going to try out for soccer, and then I was thinking about maybe the boxing or wrestling team."
"But, the soccer team is an all-boys team. There isn't a girls' team here. They tried, but not enough girls were interested. And same goes for the boxing and wrestling team. Boys only."
"Buzz kill," the athlete mumbled. "I don't care. I'm going to make them take me, and they can't stop me."
"I'm just warning you," she sang sweetly. "But I do believe in you."
"Thanks," Lucy half laughed. "What about you?"
"Me? No, I'm not into sports anymore. I used to be, but I got an injury that ended my career."
"What happened?"
"I tore my ACL really bad. The doctors highly recommended not to do sports again, because it's really messed up."
"What did you play?"
"Fousbil," Mira covered her hand while she spoke, clearly trying to hide what she was saying.
"Take your hand off your mouth and speak!"
"Football…"
"You hypocrite!" she playfully slapped Mira, who smiled.
"Sorry, I guess I never really thought of that. In that case, you better make the team!"
"Haha, thanks," Lucy rolled her eyes.
They just pulled up to the school, and they saw a scarlet haired girl getting out of a car.
"That's Erza, she must've just gotten back," Mira pointed to her.
The cab driver stopped, and the girls threw some money at him before getting out.
"Erza!" Mira waved when the red head turned.
"Mira, hey!" Erza waved back, and the two girls went over to her.
"Erza, this is Lucy. Lucy, this is Erza. Lucy just started going to school here, and she's an athlete also."
"Is that so? What do you play?"
"I was thinking about trying out for the soccer team, and maybe the boxing or wrestling team."
"That's a long shot, they're really strict about those things. I would be on the soccer team, but I've found that lacrosse is more my style. I'm also on the competitive martial arts team, I could probably get you in."
"Really?!" Lucy's eyes turned into stars. "I would love that!"
"Can you handle it? You will fight mostly against boys, since it is a male dominate sport."
"Who cares? Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I automatically have limitations on what I can and can't do."
Erza wrapped her arm around Lucy, and squeezed her tightly.
"I like you! Practice starts in three days, and then we will start competing in a few months."
"Sounds great!"
"What is your dorm number?"
"237."
"I'm in 238! I'll stop by your dorm later, I think we will be great friends."
There was that word again, friends. She smiled and nodded, her heart swelling slightly.
"Do you need help with your bags?" Mira asked.
"No, I've got it," she held up a rope that was connected to a monster wagon.
Lucy looked at the mountain of luggage and sweat dropped.
"So much stuff!" she shouted, her eyes bugging out of her head at the sight of it.
"Natsu, get your lazy ass up! It's like noon! Just because it's a Saturday, doesn't mean you get to sleep the day away," Gray pounded on his door.
No response.
He tried the handle, and surprisingly, it actually opened.
"Idiot, probably forgot to lock it," he walked in and proceeded to turn on all the lights. Once he got to the bedroom, he could vaguely see the outline of a teenage body.
"Figures," he muttered, and went over to the window. "Sorry, bud," he opened up all the curtains, then pulled the covers off of the bed.
"Dude," Natsu rolled over, putting a pillow over his eyes in the process. "Not cool."
"Its noon," he deadpanned.
"Exactly. Way too early," his voice was hoarse from not being used, and he reached around for the covers.
"I'll do it. Don't think I won't."
"Sooo scary," he curled up into a ball, and he started snoring in a matter of seconds.
"Alright, you've left me with no choice," Gray shrugged, then walked out and into the small kitchen. He got a glass, put ice in it, and then filled it up with cold water. When he returned, Natsu was still asleep.
"Last chance," he warned.
After a few moments, he dumped the freezing liquid onto the hibernating bear.
"Gah!" Natsu squirmed, and randomly threw punches into the air.
"I'll see you in the mess hall in about 30 minutes, ok?" Gray yelled as he walked out the door.
"Asshole," he whispered while making his way towards the shower.
~Time skip – the next day – sports try outs~
"Alright, we've got Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Loke Celestial, Elfman Strauss…" the soccer coach continued to list off a bunch of other names.
"If that's everybody, then we will begin. First, I'm going to test your speed and endurance. Run-" he got interrupted by someone shouting.
"Sorry! I'm here to try out for soccer," a blonde girl stopped in front of them, and everyone had to hold in their laughter.
"You must be confused," the coach walked towards her, trying desperately not to break out in laughter. "This is an all-boys team. And obviously, you're not a boy."
"I still want to try out. Make me do whatever they do, and if I'm still not good enough, then fine. But just because you've slapped a gender label on this team, isn't going to stop me from trying," she glared at him, and his desire to laugh suddenly disappeared.
"Just go back and play with your make-up and hair like every other girl," Gray smirked.
"Who said that?" she growled, and stepped closer to the boys.
That's when Natsu got a good look at her face. She was the same girl from the other day, and that purple tank top she had on looked awfully familiar. Even though she was absolutely beautiful, he couldn't help but think she was in over her head.
"I did," the raven haired guy stepped forward.
"I bet that I can beat you in a race. If I win, then I get to try out."
"And when I win?"
"If you win, then um… I don't know."
"You dress up in a bunny costume just for me," he smirked.
"You're on, you pervert."
"What do ya say coach?" Gray turned to him.
He thought about it for a moment, and agreed. Fullbuster and Dragneel tied for fastest on the team, he knew this from last year.
"You will race around the track once. First one to cross the finish line wins," they had moved over to the running tack for the race. Lucy and Gray were in a ready position, and took off when the coach blew his whistle.
They were running at the same pace for a few moments, until Lucy somehow started blazing past Gray. He tried to catch up, but it was futile. The blonde was sprinting around the track like there was no tomorrow, and within a minute, Gray was eating her dust. She kept up her speed, and crossed the finish line far before the cocky soccer player.
She put her hands on her hips, and waited for the loser to run over.
"What the – how are you so fast?" he stared at her in disbelief.
"I just am. Now, I believe that I get to try out?" she turned to the coach, who sighed and nodded.
"What's your name, I like to know the people who I beat."
"Gray," he said, his pride melting off of him.
"Well, Gray," she walked over to him until they were inches apart. "LUCY KICK!" she hit him where it hurts, and he doubled over in pain.
The guys started laughing, and the coach even snickered.
"Coach," he whimpered. "She'll – she'll make a g-great player."
He wrote something down on a clipboard, and looked at the blonde girl.
"What's your name?"
"Lucy Ashley."
"Well, Lucy, let's begin. And one of you guys, take Gray to the nurse, would ya? I think he's losing consciousness."
Natsu watched the girl challenge Gray, her spunk was another thing he liked about her. His mouth never wanted to work while she was around, and he was probably going to look like an idiot if he tried to talk.
Imagine that, the most popular guy in school suddenly became a nervous wreck around a girl he hardly knew. It was supposed to be the other way around!
He followed the group over to the racing track, and noticed something when he saw her turn around.
The blonde ponytail, the purple tank top. How had he not seen it before? Sure, he was stupid. But not that stupid.
"Gray, you're about to get it," he couldn't help the grin that spread across his face. A girl, and a hot one too, was about to knock the almighty idiot off his high horse.
"What are you smiling about?" Loke looked over to him.
"Remember that girl a few days ago? She came out of nowhere, and started running laps around us like it was nothing?"
"How could I forget, her rack was huge!"
"That's her."
Loke took off his sunglasses and his eyes widened slightly when he noticed it.
"Wow," he breathed.
The whistle blew, and the two racers were off. Sure enough, the girl passed Gray with ease and beat him like it was nothing. She wasn't even out of breath!
The slowpoke finally caught up and started to ask her how the hell she did that. They talked back and forth, before she went and kicked him where the sun don't shine.
"Ouch," Natsu couldn't contain his laughter, he clutched his stomach and tears formed in his eyes.
"What's your name?" the coach asked.
"Lucy Ashley."
'Who names their kid Luigi?'
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