Chapter 3: Battle in the alley
Teusday 6th of September, on the streets of Magnolia town, at sunset…
Erza was walking down the street, when suddenly, she was pulled in an alley. Where she landed hard on her back. "Oof! What was that?" She said as she opened her eyes to see a figure, with bleu hair and a tattoo across his eye, standing above her. "J-Jellal?" She said to him. "Not quite, Erza." He said back. "Siegrain!" Erza exclaimed as she tried to stood up, but Siegrain was faster and kicked her down again. "What's the meaning of this, Siegrain?!" She demanded. "The meaning of this, my dear, is payback." Siegrain said with an angry look.
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At detention…
"Take this, flame brain!" Gray shouted. "Ice make: Lance!" And with that he slammed his play card on the table. "This attack will take 12 of your life points, enough to defeat you" He added with an smirk. "I don't think so, popsicle. I'll counter your spell with my Roar of the Fire Dragon! That is 16 attack points, I win." Natsu replied with his own smirk on his face.
"Cheater!" Gray exclaimed. "You didn't have enough mana for that spell, and you know it, salamander breath!" He shouted to Natsu. "Cheater? Are you brain-dead or something?" Natsu replied. "That spell costs 5 mana. Look at the table 5 mana cards, you perverted moron." He said. "What did you call me?" Gray asked. "You heard me. Or do you have ice cubes in your ears?" Natsu replied. "That's enough, you're dead." And with that Gray jumped at Natsu.
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Back at the alley…
Erza was slammed hard against the wall, and slid to the ground. "Paypack?" She asked. "Payback for what?" As she asked this, Siegrain walked up to her, and said. "For Max, For Jet and for the fatso. Your friends beat up my friends, so I'll repay Natsu and Gray by beating you up." "Your friends?" Erza asked. "They are not your friends, they are your puppets. They do things for you so you don't bully or beat them. That is not friendship, that's more like surviving." She said. "Friends, puppets, I don't care how you call them." Siegrain said with a shrug. "The thing is, they were under my protection, and they knew that. And still they chose to hurt them. So, in other words, they defied me. And no one defies me." He said with his demeanor turning angry again. And now, Erza stood up and said. "I understand now. You're just an angry little boy who wants to beat me up. Well, fine. But don't expect it to be easy."
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Back at detention…
Natsu and Gray were still rolling around the classroom fighting, with tables and chairs flying around, trashing the whole room. "I'm not gonna lose to you, Gray!" Natsu shouted as they broke apart. "Right back at you!" Gray replied. And with that being said they took off to each other, ready to fight a bit more seriously.
But before they could reach each other they were stopped dead in their tracks by an angry shout. "WHAT DO YOU BOYS THINK YOU ARE DOING!" The clearly angry Makarov shouted. Natsu and Gray both looked at Makarov before pointing to each other and saying at the same time "It was him principal, I didn't do a thing." They put their foreheads together now. "Don't lie to Makarov, you liar." They also said at the same time. But before they could argue any further, Makarov interrupted. "You damn boys will never learn, won't you." And with that he smacked them both on the head, knocking them out.
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Back at the alley…
The legs of Erza and Siegrain collided in mid-air, and they both jumped a bit back. "You move pretty well, I had not expect that." Siegrain said. "I told you, it wouldn't be easy." Erza replied with a smirk. "Then it's time for me to get serious." And with that Siegrain launched toward Erza. Too fast for Erza to react, she received a punch to the gut, followed by an uppercut to the chin, making her stumble back and fall.
Sitting up straight, Erza didn't notice that, Siegrain's feet was moving towards her head. His feet pinned her head hard against the floor. "I thought this wasn't going to be easy, Erza?" Siegrain said with an smirk. "Shut your pie hole, you bastard." Erza replied with venom in her voice. And she winched when Siegrain's foot pinned her head down harder. "I don't like your tone." He said.
But they were interrupted by a voice, coming from the begin of the alley. "what's going on here?" The newcomer asked. Erza and Siegrain both looked in the direction of the voice to see Lucy standing there. "Get away from here Lucy, this guy is dangerous!" Erza shouted to Lucy. Lucy now understanding the situation, replied with "I'm going to get help." And she turned and tried to run away. But Siegrain was faster, and caught her, before she could leave the alley. He slammed her head against the wall, knocking Lucy out.
Then he himself felt a sharp pain in his leg, and he fell to his back. Looking up he saw Erza standing with a piece of wood in her hand. "I will not forgive you for this, you fiend. Take this." She said as she brought the wood down, attempting to smack Siegrain in the face with it. But he caught the wood between his palms, and kicked Erza against the knee, forcing her down. Then he smacked her across the face with the piece of wood, knocking her out as well. Now standing up, he said to himself "I hope you guys like this, Natsu and Gray. I hope you will learn your lesson from this." And with that being said, he fled the scene.
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Later, at the school gate…
"Later, man." Natsu and Gray said to each other as they parted ways to go home. Having walked a few meters, Natsu's phone rang. He saw the caller was Erza and he picked up. "Hi, Erza. What's u-." before he could end his sentence, he was interrupted by a crying Lucy at the other end of the line. "N-natsu! Come t-to the hospital-l p-please! Erza has b-b-been attacked!" Natsu replied with "I'm on my way." And with that he put his phone in his pocket, and took of to the hospital.