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Chapter 3: Combat Matches
"First up! Wendy Marvell and Damien Walker!" Gray yelled. They were both dressed in Fairy Tail's biosuits and entered the ring. The biosuits were jet black and the only feature that signified its origin was a tiny emblem 'FT' at the left breast. They bumped fists in the middle before beginning.
"Knock her out, Damien!" Chris yelled in support.
"GO WENDY!" Levy yelled in encouragement.
"You got this Wendy!" Lucy yelled when Wendy evaded a right jab from Damien. Damien then struck out again with a left punch followed by a right low kick which Wendy easily evaded. Wendy struck out with her left fist which he surprising defended, but now that Wendy was within proximity, she delivered a hard elbow to his chin which sent him flying to the floor, losing the round.
Levy cheered her heart out as congratulations while receiving a smile from Lucy and a smirk form Derek.
"Next up! Lucy Heartfilia and Levy McGarden!" Gray yelled. They both entered the ring and bumped fists in the middle. As much as they were friends, this was a match and that was what they had agreed on earlier.
"Good luck, Levy." Lucy said as she got into battle stance.
"You too, Lucy." Levy answered as she also got into battle stance. They silently circled one another a bit before Levy struck out a right punch which was blocked by Lucy's right hand, followed by a left punch that grazed the side of Lucy's face and it hurt because Levy was stronger than she looked. Lucy shook her head in concentration before she zeroed out her opponent and really went for it. Lucy advanced by throwing combos of left and right punches that were mostly defended by Levy, followed by a discreet midsection kick which knocked Levy back a few steps. Levy bravely struck out with a midsection kick which Lucy caught with her hand and twisted so she fell towards the ground, Lucy winning the round without injuring Levy. That was their objective after all, to not injure one another.
Lucy was awarded by the cheers of her captains and her friends, and a sly smile from Gray.
"Lastly! Derek Adams and Chris Evans!" Gray yelled.
"This'll be great." Lucy muttered under her breath.
"Aw, Lucy! Don't be so down!" Erza said out of nowhere, clasping her hand on Lucy's back.
"It's not that I was unsatisfied with my opponent but I'm unsatisfied with his. I wanted to see him fight and he gets the pathetic excuse of a recruit?" Lucy growled annoyingly as she watched the two bump fists.
"Don't worry about it, there's still the final matches!" Erza said as Chris threw a sloppy left jab which Derek easily countered and threw in a hook to the body, having Chris double over as he just got the wind knocked out of him. Wasting no time, Derek delivered his famous uppercut to the chin and sent Chris flying the corners of the ring earning his victory. Lucy cheered her heart out, because that's what she wanted to do to Chris herself.
LUCY'S POV
After the matches we had all left the arena and I went to the cafeteria to grab some dinner with Wendy and Levy. "I don't know about you guys, but after the matches, I'm starved!" I yelled as I rubbed my growling belly.
Wendy and Levy laughed at me which caused me to turn to them in confusion. "Lu-chan is just so cute!" Levy gasps with a sweet smile on her face.
"I agree!" Wendy giggled which caused me to raise my brow in confusion.
"You too Wendy? You're younger than me though!" I whined, because how could anyone be cuter than Wendy?
"Come on Lu-chan, let's go eat!" She cheered as she pushed me into the cafe. Our little exchange was forgotten as soon as I saw that they had lasagna today because it was my favourite food! I quickly grabbed three plates and tossed the two to my friends before scooping up a large sum of lasagna followed by tea and cookies! Oh sweets, let's hope I can get a shut eye tonight with all this sugar in my system. I sat down at one of the tables and waited for Levy and Wendy to make their choices, they were clearly having a hard time, but before I could even call out to them someone sat down in front of me. I looked at him in confusion until I recognized who he was.
"Mm, what's up Derek?" I asked as I stuffed a piece of lasagna into my mouth and closed my eyes to savour the heavenly taste. Damn, it really tasted good. Then the damned intruder chuckles at me, the hell does he want?
" You look cute like that Lucy."Derek said.
"Thanks, so why you here?" I questioned again, I really just wanted to eat my lasagna.
"To tell you good job today, it wasn't a bad fight that you put up." He smiled.
"Thanks." I answered curtly before laughing a little. "I always thought you were quiet, why do you never talk to other recruits?" I questioned curiously.
"I'm talking to you, aren't I?" He answered as he took my hand and halted me from eating, which pissed me off because I wanted to eat my damned lasagna.
"What do you want Derek?" I spat out. I just wanted to eat my pasta! Can't a woman enjoy her damned food?!
"Go out on a date with me after our recruitment." He cockily says.
I laugh, "Aren't you confident that you'll make it through recruitment and even if you do, what makes you so sure that I'll make it through?" I questioned, although I was pretty sure he was going to make it through recruitment, he was strong.
"Well do you think I'll make it through?" He asked me, drawing circles on the back of my hand, which quite pissed me off, really.
"You? Probably, if you can keep up whatever the hell you're doing." I said before I ripped my hand out of his grasp.
"If I make it through then you'll make it through." He smiled. "So the date after recruitment?" He asked in a kind voice.
"Hmph, we'll see." I said as I picked up my fork to eat again.
"I'll take that as a yes then." He said as he left.
A few seconds later, Levy and Wendy came with their food with a questioning look.
"We saw Derek here, he's hot!" Levy beamed. "What did he want though?" She questioned curiously.
"We just talked, really, nothing too important." I said nonchalantly.
"Your face begs the differ." Levy said with a grin on her face. I immediately halt my actions and put a hand on my cheek to find it slightly warm which causes me to laugh.
"Alright, alright, he asked me out 'after recruitment'." I smiled as the two squealed. Deep down my rock hard heart, I did think it'd be fun to go on a date with Derek.
"You're so lucky! I wish Captain Gajeel would ask me out." Levy mumbled the last part.
"It might just happen one day." I answered because I'll get Erza to pull some strings if Levy makes it through recruitment.
"What about you Wendy? Who would you like to go on a date with?" I asked with a grin on my face seeing as how her face immediately went red.
"W-what?! A-a date?" Wendy asked embarrassed by the idea.
"Right, I forgot how young you were. Okay, let me rephrase the question then. If there was one person you would like to 'hang out' with, who would it be?" I asked, already having an idea of who it was.
"Probably Romeo then, he's very nice." She smiled, red head to toe.
"Aww you're so cuteee!" Levy and I both fawned. She was a little cutie.
"RECRUITS!" Someone yelled, someone's voice that I knew pretty well by now. It was Grays. We all turned around to be greeted with him and the rest of the trainers. "We're going to take you to the tech room. I forgot to mention how we would also need to train you on hacking." He laughed sheepishly, which was kind of cute in my opinion. I slapped my head with my hand, he's your captain Lucy, let's not think about this.