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(A/N)- get ready for a surprise~

Chapter 13

Fights and Reasons

Lucy's POV

"That stupid Natsu," I grumbled to myself as I put all my stuff away in my locker. "Him and his little pranks. I swear he's a real kid sometimes. Ohoho, I'm so gonna make him pay. Literally." And now I'm talking to myself. Oh I'm gonna get my revenge. A wicked smiled formed on my face as a plotted for my upcoming shopping trip. I'll make him max out his credit card and make him owe the bank and make sure he stays broke for the next month! Thank you, Grandine.

Letting out a sigh, I shook my head, a smile crept onto my face. Thinking about it, our little feuds always makes things interesting.

Anyways, time to meet the others in the courtyard. It's free period!

SLAM!

Two arms slammed loudly to the either side of me just as I closed my locker door. I rolled my eyes, thinking it was Natsu since he does it often now (always trying to make me jump from the noise). "What do you want, Natsu?"

"You want that idiot over me?"

I froze, my back still against this person. That wasn't Natsu's voice. Glancing at the arms trapping me, they weren't Natsu's either. His was tanner and gave off a warm feeling. These were cold.

My blood went cold when I realized who it was. I've been trying to avoid meeting anyone of them all day, but I finally let my guard down and this happens. "What are you doing here?... Sting."

"Look at me, babe," he whispered into my ear.

I gritted my teeth, not moving. "Don't call me that." I felt cold hands grabbing my shoulders and suddenly my back was pushed harshly against the lockers. I was met by his icy blue eyes and that big ego smirk.

"What do you want?" I kept my cool, glaring at him. There's no way I'll show fear in front this creep.

"What else do I want? I want you." He has that look in his eyes full of lust.

I frantically look around. Dammit, we were alone in an empty hallway. And his grip on shoulders kept me from moving. Sting noticed my searching eyes and chuckled, "Well, would you look at that? We're all alone. Isn't that perfect? No one can interrupt us."

Sting moved so fast, the next thing I knew my arms were held above my head with my wrists in an iron grip and his lips were on my neck, giving wet, slobbery kisses.

"No! Stop it!" I whimpered. I tugged and tried to move but his whole body was pressed up against me, holding me in place. "Stop it! Please, stop!" I cried out.

"Yes, that's it," Sting whispered. "Scream for me." Then he bit my neck. Hard. "You're mine."

I let out a yelp in pain. Oh my god, he did NOT just bite me!

Using as much strength as I could muster, I pulled my legs free and kneed him hard at a guy's weakness spot. "That is for touching me!" I screamed with rage. When he doubled over in pain, I took the opportunity to punch him for good measure then kick him further away from me to make my escape. "And that is for thinking you can claim me like I'm a toy!"

Then I ran. My eyes were blinded with tears but my body knows where I needed to go.

I heard footsteps running towards me. I willed my legs to take me faster.

Natsu... help.

Normal POV

"Lu's late," Levy said, saying what was on everyone's mind. "It's not like her to be late."

Gajeel shrugged, "Maybe she stayed after a little with some teacher."

But Levy shook her head. "That's not like her. She would've given us a heads up. I wouldn't worry much if it was five minutes. But it's been fifteen."

"I'm sure Lucy's fine," Mira comforted. "She can take care of herself." Although she didn't sound worried, her eyes told otherwise, and Laxus caught that.

Natsu scoffed, "Well that blondie better get her quick. I'm getting bored."

Gray snickered at that. "Why? Can't stand to not have your girlfriend by your side?"

"Well at least I have a better chance getting a girl, you stripper!"

"In case you haven't notice, flame-brain, we have the same popularity status!"

"Boys! Sit!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

Erza shook her head, letting out a sigh. These boys can be exhausting. And they ruined her concentration. She shifted her position on the grass next to Jellal. Something had been bothering her. "Jellal, don't you feel it?"

The other Slayers tensed, knowing exactly what they were talking about. Jellal nodded, "Yeah. Especially during this time when they can be in the courtyard. I don't like it."

Ever since the morning announcement that Sabertooth will be visiting for the day, the rivalry tension skyrocketed. They gave each other glares every time they see each other. Fairy Tail and Sabertooth have a long rival history, and it only grew with each generation, especially this one.

Juvia decided to speak up finally after her little incident this morning. "I heard one of them talking earlier." It caught the others attention. "I overheard Orga and Rufus saying something about a plan." She hugged her knees closer. "And I don't think I like it."

"What did they say?" Gray pressed on.

Laxus nodded, "I know Orga isn't good at being quiet, so you must've heard something."

"I only caught a few words... But it was enough for me to understand the big picture." She looked up at Natsu like she was mostly notifying him this. "I heard the words 'girl', 'have his way', 'revenge', and 'naughty'."

Natsu's frown deepened, a dangerous glare in his eyes.

"I guess you can figure it out from there," Juvia inquired. She knew he was dense sometimes (well, most of the time) but when it comes to something important, he's smarter than you think.

Now that Erza, Jellal, and Juvia had mentioned these things, it began to dawn on Natsu. He's been feeling it all day, his gut feeling telling him something and he was now just starting to process it in his mind.

"Something's wrong," Natsu suddenly stood up. "I'm going to go find Lucy."

But Lucy had already found Natsu. And there she was, running to him.

"NATSU!"

Natsu's POV

I thought that I would be happy to see her. But it killed me. Seeing her expression killed me.

I watched her at my frozen state as she dodged some people. But then was pulled back by something hidden from view.

That's when I snapped. I unfroze and sprinted towards her, pushing people out of the way.

"Get your hands off her!" I punched that thing that was pinning her to a locker. Hard in the face. I think it broke his nose. But who gives a shit?

"Natsu!" Lucy was free and I grabbed her into a hug. Immediately, the rest of the Slayers came. Gray, Gajeel, and Laxus took care of Rufus, Rogue, and Orga respectively. Now they were all in a pile, surrounded by the Dragon Slayers.

"You okay?" I asked Lucy, concerned.

She nodded, still snuggled into the crook of my neck. "I will be." My sharp eyes suddenly caught something hidden behind her blonde hair that was messed up somehow. I took my hand and pushed it out of the way to reveal her neck. This action caused her to wince nervously.

What I saw disgusted me more.

On her neck was a large hickey and I could make out teeth marks. I growled lowly and dangerously. "He did not…"

I let go of Lucy and left her to Levy and the girls. I had some business to take care of.

I grabbed Sting's collar and bashed him against the lockers. Hard. I gripped his neck as I snarled at him. "That was your plan?" Thanks to Juvia, I was able to find out.

Sting chuckled, "Too late though. She'll have to live knowing that I marked her. She's mine."

"You did not mark me!" Lucy screamed. "I am not yours and never will be! What are you, a dragon?!"

"Oi! I'm the only dragon here!" I shouted.

"Oh not now, Natsu!"

Having that mini argument with Luce, Sting took that opportunity to get free of my grip. He kicked my stomach and had me doubling back.

"Alright, that's it!" I shouted, staring Sting down. "Shit is about to get real!"

"I'll take you on right here, right now!" Sting challenged.

"Ohh, you're so gonna regret this." I have been waiting so long to get into an actual brawl with this guy. "But not right here. Too cramped in the hallway. TO THE COURTYARD, PEOPLE!"

It started off with a race to the courtyard. Once there, neither of us wasted time and got right down to business.

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"

Fairy Tail and Sabertooth students have all gathered in the courtyard, cheering. The main members of each school at the front row, yelling at us. This only made me fired up even more. I enjoy a good battle.

Normal POV

Natsu landed a nice uppercut to Sting's jaw and finished with a roundhouse kick, knocking his opponent over to the ground.

Natsu breathed heavily, but knew it was far from over. Sting doesn't stay down for long.

While Sting was on the ground breathing hard, his friends took the opportunity and was about to jump in.

...But they were stopped immediately.

Rogue made the first move and charged at Natsu. Natsu saw, and he just stood there, not even bothering.

Because Gajeel got it covered. He came from the side and punched Rogue so hard he flew off several feet in the air before he slid down to the ground. "NO ONE," Gajeel declared, "is allowed to disrupt this battle between Salamander and blonde boy!"

"It's Sting!"

Gray and Laxus came up on either of Gajeel's side. "If any of you want a battle," Laxus cracked his knuckles, "you can get one courtesy of one of us."

"Does that include us?" someone jumped high up and landed in the circle clearing.

"Oh hell yeah!" Jellal shouted. "I want some action myself!"

Minerva, who joined in with her followers, Flare and Angel, smirked, "It's not proper for a man to fight a woman."

"That's not what's gonna happen though," Jellal smirked back. "'Cause you're considered a friggin' demon to me!"

"I would love to join you, Jellal!" Erza stepped in.

"Hey, blondie!" Flare called out and caught Lucy's attention. "We got a score to settle."

"Oh hell yeah we do!" Lucy got pumped up and jumped up to show them her signature move, "Lucy Kick!" and just like that, Flare was knocked down.

"You want one too, Angel?" Lucy smiled wickedly to the white haired girl.

"Give me your best shot!"

Off to the side, Mira shook her head, "My, my, what chaos this is. So many battles going on."

"EVERYBODY, STOP!"

All fights ceased when they heard two forgotten people shout their lungs out. It was Natsu and Sting.

"Can you please let us have our battle?!" Natsu shouted in annoyance.

"This one is more important right now!" Sting added, equally annoyed.

Gray shouted back, "The spotlight isn't always on you two!"

"Well right now it is, Stripper!" Natsu kicked Gray out of the picture and turned to Sting with a grin, "Now where were we?"

Sting returned the grin, "I believe I was about to do this to your face!" And the fight started up again.

The crowds cheered noisily, and everyone had forgotten that free period was over a long time ago. It seemed like everyone had gone out to witness the epic battle.

Lucy watched with her girls and narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips, "You know, they're enjoying this too much. I don't think they even remember why they're fighting in the first place."

"What makes you say that, Lu?" Levy asked.

"Because they're both smiling," she pointed out, "like idiots."

The rest of them nodded, agreeing. "I see what you mean," Erza said. "They're trying to draw it out."

"They're definitely enjoying this wayyy too much." A different voice said behind the girls. When they turned around, they gasped to see her.

"Yukino!" they all shouted and ran to all give her a crushing bear hug. The white, short-haired girl laughed and returned their hugs.

"Oh my gosh, it's been so long!" Lucy gushed, especially excited to see her friend again. Yukino Aguria used to attend Sabertooth before she moved away two years ago. "What are you doing here?"

"I heard that Sabertooth was visiting Fairy Tail so I came here in secret. And guess what? I've returned and staying!" Yukino announced causing another round of excited squeals from the girls.

"Thank god!" Erza cheered. "Does this mean you'll be cheer captain again? I do not want to see Minerva in that position again."

Yukino giggled, "I'll try out and hopefully get the position again."

"Oh you definitely will, sweetie," Mira smiled encouragingly.

"So I heard what happened earlier at the beginning of free period," Yukino mentioned. She looked at Lucy worriedly, "Are you okay? I know what he did to you."

Lucy rubbed her neck, laughing nervously, "Yeah, I'm fine. How did you hear about it so quickly?"

"Oh please. This is Fairy Tail vs. Sabertooth news. It always spreads like wildfire. Is that what they're fighting about?" Yukino then smirked, "Natsu got protective of you and fought to defend you?"

"Oh shut up! He's protective of all of his friends."

"Mainly you 'cause you're his-"

"No I'm not!"

"I know what happened at Levy's party."

"LEVY! MIRA!" Lucy shot those two a glare.

Mira cried out, "Why do you automatically assume it's us?" She added a sad pout.

"Ohh, sooo many reasons."

Yukino laughed at Lucy's reaction. Even though Fairy Tail and Sabertooth had a long rivalry, the girls managed to be friends with Yukino. She was also a main Saber and even hung out with Sting and his friends. So Yukino knew the situation between Lucy, Natsu, and Sting.

"Anyway, I'm sorry what Sting did to you," Yukino bowed her head apologetically. "He's gotten worse ever since I left."

"Oh no need to apologize, Yukino," Lucy patted her head playfully. "And yeah you're right. But I guess it's because...he misses you." Yukino blushed and looked away bashfully.

Mira noticed this and perked up, "Am I missing something?" Looking closer at Yukino who shyly looked away with more of a blush on her cheeks. Mira's eyes widened big and round and squealed loudly, "Ahh! No way! You and Sting?!"

"S-shut up, Mira!" Yukino covered Mira's mouth.

"You two want to explain to us something?" Mira raised an eyebrow.

Lucy sighed, there was no way getting away from Mirajane. "Sooo, here's the story. During the years when Natsu and I were like arch enemies and stayed away from each other, Sting came into the picture and one thing led to another and we...dated."

A loud gasp of shock and horror was heard from her girls. "So that's what he meant at the beginning of the game," Juvia breathed.

"Yeah. Anyways, it was like a few weeks, we didn't even kiss because the only reason I dated him was to get my mind off of...something. So we broke up, and we got separated, blah, blah."

Yukino continued the story, "When I first came to Sabertooth, I met Sting. One thing led to another and we became really close."

"Did you guys date?" Mira pushed.

"Uh, no...but…"

Lucy shook Yukino's shoulder lightly, "Come on! Are you still hesitant? I know it's true."

"You don't know for sure!"

"I do! I do! He does! He does!"

"I ship it! I ship it!" Mira jumped up and down. "I will call it...Stiyu!" The rest of the girls caught on and started squealing as well.

"No. No. NO. NO!" Yukino kept denying. "Besides, if he did like me then he wouldn't have done that to you, Lucy! He probably still likes you!"

"You and I both know that's not true," Lucy insisted. "Sting isn't good with showing his feelings, like most of the guys we know, and I guess he was...heartbroken. When you moved, he probably regretted not telling you."

"You make it sound like you're so sure he likes me," Yukino deadpanned.

"Because I do know for sure. He couldn't do anything to you because you were so far away and I was the closest one so he decided to hurt me."

"What he did to you," Yukino said sadly, "I'm sorry. I'm sure he didn't mean to harm you badly."

"Yeah I figured ever since you got here." Now that this reason has popped up, Lucy didn't feel too hurt anymore. "Besides, Natsu can deal with it for me."

"Is that why they're fighting?"

"Mm, yeah. Natsu got angry because of what Sting did to me. But then I'm pretty sure they forgot the reason and are just fighting for the fun of it."

"That's Sting for ya," Yukino giggled.

"I think it's about time they stopped," Lucy tapped her foot impatiently. "I mean, seriously. Aren't they even tired?!" Lucy grabbed Yukino's arm and waved the girls to follow her. "Let's end this thing already or they'll hurt themselves even more."

They pushed their way up to the front row again to see they crowd still cheering hard which only made Natsu and Sting fight harder and longer.

Lucy cupped her hands around her mouth to project her voice, "HURRY UP AND FINISH IT ALREADY!"

Natsu whined, "But it's just starting to get fun!"

Lucy couldn't help but laugh, "You two totally forgotten why you're fighting in the first place."

The two paused for a moment, looking utterly confused. "Why were we fighting again?" Natsu scratched his head.

Sting shrugged, "Eh, who knows? But she's right. It's time for me to make the finishing move and win this!"

"In your dreams, ya loser!"

Now they've both begun to make their attacks stronger, really getting serious. "Go, Natsu!" Lucy cheered. Natsu definitely heard her based on the wide grin on his face. But she could see that Sting's face wasn't like that at all. His friends were cheering him on as well, but Lucy can guess that's not what he wanted.

"Hey, Sting!" she called out, momentarily getting their attention again. "Don't worry, you can have a girl cheering you on too!"

"Wha?" Sting titled his head in confusion. Lucy took this opportunity to pull Yukino out who was hiding behind the crowd. "And here's the girl you've been missing!" Her blunt, cheerful announcement caused both to blush.

Sting couldn't believe his eyes. "Yu-Yukino."

Yukino smiled shyly, "H-hi, Sting."

(A/N)- Ohhhhh SURPRISE!

Look who made her appearance. I'm not gonna be brutal on Sabertooth, especially Sting. So again, SURPRISE!

Hope you liked it, everyone! Please review! And my poll is still up, I have two ties right now and I want to break it.