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Previously:
"Don't you see? He's trying to ship you off! I know, I say a great deal and act a great deal too, but after he left, I don't think I can handle Carl alone. Promise me, Gray, no more breaking rules. Please." Meredy said, her eyes shining with tears.
Gray hesitated, and after a pause he nodded and hugged her. "Okay, no more breaking rules."
Chapter 8
ONE DAY BEFORE THE B.L.A.A.R:
Gray trudged in his dirty brown shoes into the hallways of Magnolia Middle School. He took a look at the trophy case, and sighed. It was no longer full of fishes, and the walls were scrubbed clean of his art. The bell rang indicating students to be inside their classrooms. With its fart sound serenading it absent, the bell's ring would cheer up the otherwise gloomy atmosphere in the hallways. A tap on his shoulder woke him up from his thoughts.
"Hey man! It's been so many days since we planned another attack from Project R.A.F.E!" Natsu said, his grin not really reaching his eyes.
"Forget it, Natsu. It's scrapped." Gray said, not looking at him.
"Why, man? I don't understand. It was all going so good. Now it's all ending if we don't do something!" Natsu exclaimed. He pointed to one of the bells. "Look, they already fixed the fart bell! We gotta do something."
"Look Natsu, I already promised Meredy that I won't break another rule. And if I mess again and get caught, do you realize how hurt she'll be? My family's more important than my revenge!" Saying so, Gray stormed away from Natsu's presence.
Gray was already miserable from last night's talk with Meredy. Here he was, trying to impress a girl, while his sister was worrying about the fact that he might get kicked out of yet another school. To top it all off, Meredy decided to speak about a topic all Taboo for Gray. She was right. He had changed after he left. Maybe he was being too selfish. He should have spent more time with those left to him.
He smiled as remembered the day when she was adopted. He was just four then.
FLASHBACK:
"Gray, where are you?" Ur called out from the doorway. Fourteen-year old Ultear saw who she had brought and squealed with delight.
"Oooo…! Mom, they are so adorable!" She said.
Gray was playing with his toy truck, and turned towards the voices. He wanted to investigate who had come, but he didn't need to. Ur walked in with a little girl and a little boy, both holding either hand of hers. The girl looked very little, just two years old. But the boy was looked a little older than her, but also looked a little younger than Gray.
"Gray! Say 'hi' to your brother and sister!"
Gray sighed remembering the scene. Meredy had pretty black hair back then, but she dyed it pink after turning twelve. He remembered her reason for it.
"It's a reminder. I don't wanna forget."
He smiled before heading into his classroom. But he found his way blocked, because many people from other classes were standing in the doorway of his class. Gray frowned in confusion. Pushing his way through the crowd, he came upon a scene between Jellal and Keyes.
"You've got no proof!" Jellal said, his eyes glaring at Keyes. Keyes smirked.
"On the contrary Mr. Fernandes, I do. If you and your class of remedials will follow me outside, I will show you." Keyes announced with a sneer.
The other students parted way, as Keyes made his way outside. Jellal, Gray, Gajeel, Lyon, Cana and the rest of the classmates followed him outside. He led them to the lockers of the remedials. He started opening the lockers one by one.
"Balls! Post-It Notes! Pink dye! Fish food! Spray paints which could be used to decorate the walls!" Keyes announced as each item fell out of the remedial students' lockers. Jellal and his students all had shocked expressions.
"So, as punishment, all of you are suspended for a week and a half!" Keyes announced.
"But tomorrow's the B.L.A.A.R! We can't miss that!" Cana said, shocked.
"Unfortunately, that's what you pay for by breaking rules!" Keyes said happily.
"Excuse me, Principal Keyes, but these children hardly seem to be the masterminds of such an elaborate scheme which the person behind this 'Project R.A.F.E' is really behind. They may not be perfect students, some of them smell weird, but they can definetly not be the people behind the pranks. You're being extremely unfair. Also, even if they were, they wouldn't be stupid enough to leave evidence in their lockers. This seems to be like a set-up." Jellal said, calmly, but his eyes were hard and cold.
"Are you insinuating that this is a set-up?" Keyes said, breathing hard.
"Yes, that is exactly why I said it is a set-up." Jellal said, staring hard.
"I don't like that. Because it sounds like you think this is a set-up." Keyes said, glaring.
"I think that before we do anything like suspend somebody innocent, we should take this matter into someone who has real authority. Like the Superintendent Scarlet." Jellal said.
"Oh I have authority." Keyes said.
"I meant someone having real authority." Jellla repeated.
"You know, Mr. Fernandes, your continuous denials in the face of this shocking evidence, leads me to believe that you must be part of it." Keyes said, stepping closer.
"What…?" Jellal started in shock.
"In fact, I strongly believe that fact." Keyes said smoothly, a smile curling in his bony face. "Here's what I can do, or what power I have to do: I simply have no choice but to fire you, Mr. Fernandes."
The rest of the class gasped, while Jellal's face held shock.
"I'm sorry, but you don't have the power to do that." Jellal said.
"Well, I'm sorry I do. Well, the rest of you, go and pack your bags while we call your parents and tell them the good news. Sorry, the bad news. As for you, Mr. Fernandes, good luck finding another job, without my recommendation." Keyes said, a sneer present on his face.
The class looked at each other in shock, while Jellal looked helpless. Gray looked at all of them.
This was all his fault. And he was going to fix it.
Keyes was mighty pleased with himself. He was calling someone, while his legs rested on his mahogany desk.
"Hello~ I want a tattoo with #1 on my back. When? Oh, as soon as possible!" He said, with a wide grin plastered on his face. It remained plastered until Gray barged in. Then it was wiped clean.
"Yes?" He asked, clearly annoyed.
"Cancel the suspension of my class. Suspend me instead." Gray said.
"Well, you're already getting suspended, so what's the difference, Fullbuster?" Keyes sneered.
"Look, the 'Project R.A.F.E'? I was behind it. And you clearly planted false evidence on my innocent classmates. So I say, let them go. Punish me instead." Gray said in a serious voice, almost pleading.
Keyes smiled wryly, and got off his seat. He walked up to Gray, and placed a hand on his shoulder, and bent his bony face down.
"Look Gray, I have a wonderful proposition to make." He said in a low voice. "Why don't we keep quiet about this meeting? Knowing your position in academics, I can boost it up, and you don't even need to be in the remedial class anymore. Why should you worry about those pathetic losers who aren't even going to get anywhere in life with those low grades? Let them take the fall. What say?" He ended with a nudge in the shoulders.
Gray looked up at him with anger boiling inside him. This principal was pure evil. So what if he was just fourteen? So what he was just a student in this middle school? If rules were so unjust in here, and the head himself the biggest bully, then rules aren't for him.
"You know what I'm gonna say. Let everyone go, before I do something." Gray said defiantly.
Keyes sneered. "What will you do?" he said with a smirk.
Gray, in turn, smirked. He climbed on the mahogany desk of the bony principal. He held up a lighter near the fire alarm. Keyes eyes grew wide. "No, no! Don't…" He started.
"I'm gonna make it rain." Gray said, and lit the lighter. Immediately, the water sprinklers started showering out of every single corridor, classroom, lab, even the freaking gym of the school. Students stopped in their tracks and grinned wide. Cause it just wasn't water. It was a rain of dyed water of different shades.
Juvia who was on her way to the science lab, felt water pouring over her. When she saw that it was pink in color, she grinned wide and looked up. Somewhere in the school, the song 'Classic' was being played.
Studets danced in the rain, savoring the long-forgotten freedom. Even the remedials forgot their worries and danced in joy.
This was the thing that Gray Fullbuster would do for Juvia Lockser. And it did bring a smile on her face. She danced wild, all dignity forgotten. She knew that the person behind it all, had arranged it all for her, or that's what her heart told her.
But, things were far from rosy for Gray Fullbuster. Drenched in shades of blue and orange on his white shirt, he stood smiling at his handiwork. Until…
"That's it! With this final act of breaking rule no 34: No false fire alarms, you are officially expelled! Permanently!" Keyes shrieked.
OMG! So sorry for the long wait! Now what the fudge is gonna happen? Be patient my lovely readers!
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Note: In Chapter 4, Lucy mentioned that Erza had gone to high school. Since I can't edit it anymore, please ignore it. As you can see from this chapter, Erza has another role, which is far more important. She not in high school, she's 29 in this fic. Please understand. Also, Jellal isn't 20 like it was mentioned before, but 27. Yep, Erza is older than Jellal, you Jerza fans, problem? Also Ultear is 24 and Carl is 30. Juvia, Gajeel, Cana, Lyon and Gray are fourteen, in case if anyone forgot. Levy and Lucy are thirteen.
~Tia