I Dare You
Chapter One - I Can't Wait
Hands clapping; some cheering...some booing.
Sabertooth had won with Raven Tail in a close second.
Both Fairy Tail Teams were last. Juvia had failed. Gray had failed.
Gray and Juvia walked back to their teams; heads hung, defeated.
"Just as we all expected, first place goes to Sabertooth! An amazing performance!" Yelled the announcer.
"Boooo! Fairy Tail still sucks even with their main members back!" A voice echoed from the stands.
The negativity of those words sent inflamed chills throughout Natsu's body. He was pissed at everyone, since they were all saying it. He knew they had lost, but it was only the first round; they could get the points back.
"At least the little water girl got a point! The idiot ice boy got his ass beat! I don't understand why they'd pick him to compete this year?"
"Yeah there's no way they would win with him on their team."
"I guess that's why they have two teams."
The endless insults the crowd kept spewing out made Natsu even more pissed, but the fact that their insults were directed only at Gray made his fists burst with flames. He wanted to yell at them, catch them on fire, or at least punch someone. The firm grip Erza had on his shoulder was all he needed to stay put with his mouth shut.
"Don't. Let them say whatever they want." Erza said, clearly trying to keep her calm.
Erza hated that her teammate, her friend, was the center of their attacks. She couldn't do anything to shut them up; she knew she couldn't risk Fairy Tail's position anymore in this competition. She couldn't do anything for Gray.
Gray, head still hung, passed by Lucy.
"I'm sorry."
She couldn't see his eyes, but she could tell by his tone at how pissed he was…at himself.
"It's okay. It's just the first round." Lucy said, trying to sound reassuring.
She failed as Gray walked past her, unchanged by her words.
He could still hear the crowd booing and insulting him. Just him. He hated it. Gray had a quick thought of just running out of the arena; he'd be out, but he didn't like the idea of him running away.
Natsu kept his eyes locked on Gray, even as he passed by; without saying a word. In a way Natsu was glad he didn't apologize to him for losing, but he wanted him to say something. He didn't like Gray acting like this…like he lost.
Gray slowly lifted his head; he could see the door to leave the arena, he unnoticeable quickened his pace. He wanted to leave…now!
"HEY ICE BOY! LOOK UP!"
The outburst caught Gray off guard, so he automatically looked up; instant regret filling his heart. All of a sudden Gray was on his butt on the ground with blood on his forehead coming down his face. He felt dizzy, everything was blurred.
The man yelling to Gray rung in Natsu's ears. He quickly ripped Erza's hand from his shoulder and ran, as fast as he could, in Gray's direction.
"Gray!" Natsu screamed when he saw Gray on the ground holding his head.
Natsu knelt down next to Gray and quickly swung an arm behind Gray to keep him from falling back. He yelled back at Lucy and Erza to get medical aid.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Natsu asked as he tried to look at Gray's wound.
"I don't know. Someone yelled…telling me to look up. I don't know what happened after that. Dammit! My head hurts." Gray said gripping his head tighter.
Natsu felt his blood heating up. He slowly lifted his head to look above Gray. All he could see was a small VIP area for the higher paying, rich, crowd members. Natsu looked at the ground around Gray's body. His eyes quickly landed on a large jagged rock that's been stained with blood. Gray's blood. Natsu's body felt hot…too hot even for him.
"Gray. Did this hit you?" Natsu said with a tense expressionless face.
Gray scanned the rock like he's seen it before.
"Yeah. Damn it was that big? No wonder it hurt so badly." Gray said, now rubbing his head.
"Did someone drop it on you?" Natsu's words were like a snake spitting venom. He can't remember when he had been this pissed.
"What?" Gray said, confused.
The ice mage looked up, himself, trying to remember. He couldn't.
"N…Natsu?" Gray said in a stutter.
Natsu's face went from expressionless to shock as Gray's body began shaking. It would've been worse if Gray had passed out, but Natsu was still scared. Natsu tighten the arm that was around Gray.
"I can't remember what happened."
"I got to get you help. You're still bleeding." Natsu said trying, again, to look at his wound.
Gray kept his hand firmly placed on the wound, as if the pressure lessened the pain.
"You have to let me look at it Gray."
"It's fine…it's just a scratch."
Natsu turned Gray's head so he was looking directly at his eyes.
"Let. Me. Look."
The growl in Natsu's voice muted whatever words wanted to come out of Gray's mouth. Natsu slowly took hold Gray's hand still plastered to his forehead. Gray didn't fight him, he felt too lightheaded to even try.
"Damn." Natsu whispered as he examined Gray's forehead.
"What? Is it bad?" Gray said, trying to sound confident that it wouldn't be that bad.
There was a wide, blood gushing, gash on the left side of his forehead, where his scar was. Natsu couldn't make out the scar. All he saw was blood. He didn't know what he'd been hoping for…he saw the size of the rock. He knew it'd be bad.
"Natsu!" Erza yelled, knowing Natsu could hear her from any distance; running over with two people from the medical team.
"Where's Lucy!?" Natsu yelled back when Erza was in hearing range.
"Her fight with Raven Tail's Flare Corona is next. I told her to stay behind to prepare."
Gray tried to stand when the Doctor arrived.
"Let me examine you here first." Said the Doctor; motioning for Gray to stay seated.
"We need to stop the bleeding." Said his nurse.
"How are you feeling Gray?" Erza asked, concern masking her anger.
"Dizzy, but other than that I'm fine."
Natsu nudged her arm and gestured to the blood covered rock on the ground.
That…? Her eyes pointed at the rock.
Yeah. Natsu nodded.
She looked up.
From where?
Natsu's eyes stayed locked on to the VIP area above them.
Erza's face went blank, but Natsu could feel her anger and he was scared to see what Erza would do.
"Okay we've managed to stop the bleeding. Are you okay to walk?" Said the Doctor.
"Yeah. I'm fin-"
"You said you were dizzy. You're not walking anywhere." Natsu said crouched in front of Gray with his hands out behind him.
"Nat-"
"Get on."
Without a word Gray locked him arms around Natsu's neck and let his weight fall on the dragon slayers warm back. It was almost too warm for it to be normal. He quickly erased that thought because it was normal for Natsu to be this warm. Gray laughed to himself.
"What's so funny?" Natsu said standing up. He was somewhat surprised at how light Gray was.
"Nothing. Just take me where I need to go so I can get down." Gray said, almost in a mumble.
"Sure thing. You coming Erza?" Natsu said looking back at Erza.
"Not yet. Go on ahead without me." She had the same blank look on her face, but her eyes were glued on the VIP section as if she was waiting for someone to poke their head over the side.
Natsu hated waiting to beat someone up for doing this to Gray. He wanted to know who and why…scratch that. He didn't care why. He just wanted to set them aflame until they were nothing but a pile of ash. The thought of revenge made a smile creep up on Natsu's angered face.
"I can't wait." Natsu whispered as he continued walking with Gray stuck to his back.
(A/N) Pretty nervous starting a new FF on a different anime but...I thought it turned out okay. I'm not sure how many chapters this one will have, but most likely it's not going to be too long. Hope you enjoyed! Please Review and tell me if I should continue or not. Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
***RATED "M" for language, violence, rape scenes, and Natsu X Gray yaoi.