We all stood against the wall as the teacher looked over a piece of paper then he looked at us all and nodded, "Alright class, were going to be playing basketball for the hour so I'll be calling off two teams. Team A and team B, when I'm done team A will go to the left side of the gym and team B to the right side. So Team A: Gajeel, Juvia, Laxus, Sting, Cana, and Lyon." I saw some of the guys give each other fist bumps and Juvia looked devastated.
"N-no…I can't be on the opposite team of my dearest Grey!"
"Come along Juvia, we don't fraternize with the enemy." A white haired male said putting his arm around Juvia's shoulders and pulling her to their side of the court.
"B-but…but…" She mumbled as he kept on dragging her away."
"Lyon prepare to have your ass kicked!" Grey yelled.
"Alright, alright." The teacher said. "Now team B you should know who you are, get to your side of the gym and we can start the game. Natsu, Grey, Droy, Jet, and Lucy all walked to the other side of the gym with me trailing slowly behind them. "I'll give you each a minute to go over your game plan." The teacher walked away while looking at some papers.
"Alright so this is what we are going to do…" Grey said but then was interrupted by Natsu.
"Hey who said you get to be the team captain?!" Natsu snapped.
"I'm the clear choice!"
"Like hell you are!"
I heard Lucy sigh then she shook her head, "I'll be the captain of this team."
"What?!" Both Natsu and Grey yelled.
"What do you know about basketball?" Natsu said.
"What's there to know? You put the ball in the hoop, right?"
"It isn't exactly that easy." Grey said.
"Yeah, yeah." Lucy said waving away their concerns. "Now, all in favor of me being team captain, raise your hands." I slowly rose my hand then Droy and Jet did the same. "Well then it's settle." Grey and Natsu grumbled for another minute. "So their team might be kinda tough to beat…since they have really good players on their team."
"Yeah, I can't believe they have Laxus on their team." Jet said looking worried.
"Who's Laxus?" I asked curiously.
"You see that big guy with the short blonde hair and the jagged scar going through his face?" Grey said. I looked over to him, and he was talking to Gajeel almost looking board. Oh wow…he is he a little bigger than Gajeel, that's a little alarming.
"I heard Sting is nothing to laugh about either." Droy said.
"Sting?" I asked once again.
"Sting is the one leaning against the wall with the smug grin on his face." Lucy said. "You'll be fine, then they are Lyon over there talking to Juvia." I looked and saw Sting first, he had blonde hair but it was a little bit longer and looked a little bit more styled. I saw the same white haired guy who dragged Juvia away. So that is Lyon? Hmm he seems pretty harmless, a little pushy but harmless. I watched him with his arms still around Juvia. Juvia was watching Grey with a creepy intensity, Grey wasn't even aware of it.
Before I could say anything I heard the whistle blow and the teacher giving us instructions to start the game. We all got into position, my nerves were having me shake slightly. I watched both Gajeel and Natsu look at each other with an almost angry gaze. The ball was tossed into the air and Gajeel managed to jump and get the ball away from Natsu. He dribbled it to our side of the court with our team trying to stop him and his team blocking our team mates from attempting the steal the ball. I tried to move past Lyon but he was fast and blocked me every time.
"Sorry but that's not happening." He said as I attempted to get past him again.
Gajeel made the basket then Natsu stole the ball and halfway to the other side of the court Grey held up his hands for an opening, which Natsu threw it to him and Grey managed to make the goal. This went on for a while, until Laxus took over the team and he was scoring points left and right. Between him, Gajeel, and Sting they were a super team. Every time Juvia managed to get the ball she would fake tripping by Grey, and the ball always managed to get into Grey's grasp. Eventually they stopped giving the ball to her, not wanting to lose any points.
I looked at the scoreboard that the teacher was keeping and then looked at our team. Only Natsu and Grey were still looking determined to win. Lucy was still trying but she didn't have as much spirit as she first did when we started. If only I could score some points for them, I wouldn't feel like a complete failure then. On their team it seemed only the guys were really trying, not that they would hand the ball to the girls. Cana didn't even look like she really cared. Every time I got the ball it managed to get smacked out of my hand by the other team. At one point when the teacher wasn't paying attention, Gajeel mockingly just plucked the ball out of my hands. Ughh, I'll show him!
I backed up towards their basket and held out my hands as Grey looked for an opening to throw to someone. I waved my hands frantically saying I was open and thankfully Grey threw it to me having no other choice since everyone else was being blocked. He threw it to me, and when I turned around towards the hoop Laxus was towering over me smirking, he jammed his elbow in my side. I cried out in pain and feel on my ass letting go of the ball.
"Laxus I saw that!" The teacher yelled, "Levy you get thee shots to make it in their basket, have at it."
I slowly got up off the ground dusting myself off, Laxus tossed me the ball smirking. I fumbled with the ball not wanting to let it go, as it nearly bounced out of my hands. Laxus and Sting laughed. "There is no way she is making a basket." Laxus said to Sting. Gajeel just watched me with a straight face, I was surprised he wasn't laughing with them. I shook my head needing to focus.
I looked up at the hoop and gulped realizing just how tall it actually is. Whenever I tried to make a basket I never really looked at the hoop for too long. I sighed and took a deep breath then jumped slightly as I threw the ball trying to make the shot. The ball went up in the air a little but it didn't even come anywhere close to the netting.
Sting grabbed the ball and tossed it back at me, "You got two more tries." I gripped the ball and nodded.
"C'mon Levy you can do it!" Natsu yelled.
I took another breath then pushed the ball up into the air as high as I could, it went up pretty high but when it came down it almost hit me in the head. Sting and Lyon were gripping each other's shoulders while cry laughing. I realized that I didn't even angle it towards the net, it just went up in the air over my head. I grabbed the ball and tried once again but when I threw it with all my might it hit Laxus in the head while he was looking at his phone. I heard Jet and Droy gasp, and I was a little scared myself when Laxus gave me a death glare.
"Eh…." I cringed and backed away from him. When Sting and Lyon saw him get hit in the head with the ball they were on the floor laughing. Well…that isn't good, I may have just made an enemy. A very large and intimidating enemy.
I walked back towards my team and Lucy patted my back and gave me a reassuring smile. The game went on and I mostly tried to stay away from Laxus but when I saw the ball I tried to grab it not even realizing that I came up behind Laxus and when he moved his elbow trying to grab the ball he slammed his elbow into my face and I felt a throbbing pain in my face when I feel to the floor. I felt something wet on my face and I slowly touched my nose seeing blood on my finger. Everyone was standing around me in a circle, a few of them asked if I was okay but I wasn't sure who.
"Look Lucy." I said holding out my finger to her to show her, "I'm bleeding." My vision got really blurry and it felt like cotton was in ears because everyone sounded very muffled then I passed out.