CHAPTER 8

[A/N: Ok guys as promised here's the next chapter! I think your gonna like this one a lot XD Kyia12; you are the 70th reviewer! Thank you so much for your lovely reviews everyone! Especially WaterdragonMaverick and RockingCass12; you guys are always the first to comment on my latest chapters. So anyway… read on and enjoy… COZ I JUST REACHED 100 FOLLOWERS BABY! XD]

"I swear the second I see Natsu again I'll make him experience a pain far worse than death" said Erza angrily.

She had her arms folded and was tapping her foot impatiently while glaring angrily at a piece of newspaper on the floor.

"E-Erza, I don't think its that big of a deal though…" said Bisca as she tried to calm down the red-haired President who was now in her demon-mode.

"Of course it's a big deal Bisca! We are about to have guests from another school coming over any second now and this goddamn hole in the floor is still not fixed, I mean what kind of idiot thinks he can fix a hole in a wooden floor with a friggen newspaper!?" yelled Erza while pointing at the spot on the floor.

Bisca sweat dropped, "Well, maybe you shouldn't have pummeled his face in there just coz he accidentally dropped the arrows he was carrying?" she asked nervously; trying not to enrage her further.

Erza's cheeks went slightly pink "W-well he shouldn't have been carrying more than he could handle, it's his own fault for not knowing his own limitations" she said in a huff.

"Eh, but didn't he just trip over your sports bag?" asked Bisca, she didn't know why she kept asking her these questions but it was kinda funny watching Erza get flustered like this.

"Th-that's still no excuse for suddenly ditching the work I gave him, I just know he's off slacking somewhere, I can feel him silently mocking me from a distance for not keeping a closer watch on him" she said with a scowl.

Bisca thought now was a good time to let her questions drop, there was no winning an argument with her anyway, in the end all it would do was make you tired, and she needed to be ready for the competition.

"Sure sure, while your busy with that I'll just make sure that all the girls are ready to greet the competitors when they arrive" said Bisca while she went over to the rest of the archery club members.

"And now that I think about it Gajeel is taking his sweet time in the bathroom as well, don't tell me they got into a fight? But then again I haven't received any calls so they could also just be ditching, but they could also be-"

Erza just kept muttering to herself about what Gajeel and Natsu may or may not be doing that the girls got a little concerned about her sanity, having three boys being forced to obey your every whim seemed enjoyable, but when those boys are Natsu, Gajeel and Gray it just seems like a boat-load of unnecessary stress.

"A-ano, Bisca, is Erza gonna be ok to compete?" asked one of the competitors concerned.

"I-I wonder about that too Kinana" said Bisca while sweat dropping.

"By the way I heard that Laxus-sensei was going to be the supervisor for this competition, but I don't see him anywhere though" said Kinana while placing a finger on her chin in thought.

"True, although knowing him he's probably just taking his sweet time, must be nice having your father for a boss" said Bisca with a hand on her hip as she shook her head disapprovingly.

"Ladies…"

"Gaah!" screeched Bisca and Kinana at the sudden voice that came behind them, clutching onto each other in fright expecting to see Laxus; they sighed in relief when they spotted Erza instead.

"…Ahem, while I agree that Laxus-sensei is not the most motivated teacher, including Gildarts, *cough*, it would be wise to still treat him with respect, you can leave the bad-mouthing for when you get home" said Erza with a completely serious face, like she was trying to save them from something, well in truth they would need saving if Laxus actually did hear them though.

So they just nodded their heads in agreement.

"Also, when I told Elfman about Laxus-sensei supervising today… his reaction was rather… weird" said Erza while raising her eyebrow curiously.

"What do you mean by that?" asked Bisca putting her hands on her hips.

"Well… he lost all colour in his face and started muttering something about 'blood' and 'so scary' oh, he also mentioned something about 'the most violent thing he had ever seen' and then he walked off in a daze" said Erza holding her chin with her thumb and forefinger while she remembered what she saw.

Bisca and Kinana paled, just what did Laxus do to Elfman to freak him out so much?!

"Strange… oh well, I'm sure it's nothing" said Erza as she shrugged her shoulders.

The girls mouths' dropped, she let it go so easily!

"Oh ladies! I brought our honored guests!"

The girls turned to see Evergreen, followed by the competitors from Mermaid Heel entering the archery dojo, with Kagura and Mira standing next to Evergreen.

Erza walked up to Kagura and bowed slightly "Welcome to Fairy Tail Academy's archery dojo, my name is Erza Scarlet; President of the archery club" she said respectfully.

"My name is Kagura Mikazuchi, President of the archery club at Mermaid Heel Academy for Girls, please take care of us" she said while bowing as well.

"And this is our school's supervisor; Mirajane Strauss" said Kagura as she introduced the white-haired beauty who bowed in greeting.

"Oh, aren't you Elfman's older sister?" asked Erza when she recognized Mira's last name.

"Why yes I am, its very nice to meet you Miss Scarlet" said Mira with a smile.

"Yes, nice to meet you too, Elfman speaks of you very fondly" said Erza with a smile.

Mira's cheeks went slightly pink, but it was barely noticeable "Ara ara, I'm so embarrassed" said Mira as she put a hand on her cheek.

"I'd introduce you to our supervisor but for some reason he appears to be a bit late" said Erza with an angry face.

"Oh is that so? I hope he's alright" said Mira with a look of concern.

"Hmph, and here I thought that Fairy Tail's teachers did their jobs thoroughly, how disappointing" said Kagura with a look of disgust on her face.

Now if this girl was in Erza's school she wouldn't have hesitated to teach her a lesson, but Erza bit the inside of her cheek and clenched her fist, trying desperately to keep herself from beating her to a pulp.

Lucy was in shock at Kagura's attitude; that was just downright rude, she could feel the tension building in the air and didn't know how to react, so she was starting to panic a little.

"Oh don't pay attention to Nee-san, she's just a little stuffy right now coz she hasn't seen Er-chan in a while, this is their way of saying Hi!" said Milliana to Lucy, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"I-Is that so?" said Lucy sweat dropping, not fully believing in Milliana's view.

Hey, she is naïve but she's not an idiot; she can tell when two people don't want to be in the same room together.

"Er-chan!" yelled Miliana who suddenly glomped Erza out of nowhere.

"M-Milliana, calm down, hah~, its good to see you too" said Erza as she gave Milliana a smile after putting her down.

Milliana giggled like a school girl "Ya feelin' spiffy?" she asked.

Erza gave Milliana a warm smile "You bet, and you?" she asked.

"I'm all pumped up and ready to go, I've been practicing real hard for this, so you better be on your toes Er-chan!" said Milliana all hyper.

Erza looked at Kagura who was currently scowling at Milliana's behavior, Erza just sighed in frustration.

"Kagura I-"

"-I suggest we begin the competition then, come along now Milliana" said Kagura as she walked back to her team with Milliana waving behind her.

Erza's face showed disappointment, but she shook it off and mad a determined face instead, right now she had to focus on the competition now, not her problems with Kagura.

"Alright ladies, line up in order of rank; from lowest to highest, and then sit when the greeting is done" said Erza to her team members.

"Hai Senpai!" they said in unison.

The respective teams faced each other, but Lucy wasn't sure where she should go, so she sort of ran around like a lost puppy for a while, until Kagura grabbed her by the shoulders and shoved her near the top with her.

Lucy was a little surprised that Kagura placed her so high up but Kagura gave her a small smile of reassurance.

"Don't worry, just do your best and you'll be fine, I trust your abilities" she said.

Lucy knew that Kagura was only trying to reassure her but instead she just gave her an upset stomach, all this faith in her was making her sick.

"Lucy-wucy? Ya feelin' ok?" asked Milliana who was standing on the other side of Lucy, she noticed that she suddenly looked paler than usual.

Lucy swallowed a lump in her throat, she had to calm down and focus, not freak out.

She sucked in a breath and let it out slowly, a new look of determination in her eyes.

"I'm good Milli, just a little nervous" said Lucy honestly with a nervous smile.

"I kinda am too, but don't worry, just do your best, that's all that really matters, ne?" whispered Milliana with a smile.

And somehow she managed to cheer Lucy up, coz she felt like the weight on her shoulders was lifted clean off. She gave Milliana a grateful smile.

"Arigato Milli, somehow I feel much better" whispered Lucy gratefully.

"Tehe" said Milliana with a cat-like grin [A/N: Sigh… another pun, I'm too tired to laugh though].

"Ok, since the Fairy Tail supervisor appears to be running late I guess I'll just start us off then" said Mira with a smile.

The archery teams were lined up and facing each other, their hands on their sides while holding their bows, they were all silent, waiting for Mira's signals.

"Bow" said Mira.

The teams then bowed slightly to their opponents "Se… no…"

"Onegai shimasu!" yelled both teams together; they then lifted themselves up from bowing.

"Great, please be seated" said Mira.

The girls got down and sat on their knees and placed their bows to the side and their hands on their laps.

Erza and Kagura were facing each other, both keeping a neutral expression in order to hide their emotions from each other. Erza glanced at the blonde girl a few places down from Kagura who was sitting next to Milliana. Erza raised a brow curiously; she knew all the archery competitors because of the last competition, but she had never seen this girl before and was curious.

Just then Lucy glanced in Erza's direction and caught her looking at her, Lucy felt a little embarrassed and blushed a little, but she gave Erza a kind smile of admiration just the same.

Erza was caught off guard by Lucy's smile, she thought that besides Milliana, all the girls in the archery club with Kagura didn't like her very much, so Lucy's smile was unexpected. She returned the smile and nodded her head slightly in acknowledgement.

"Ok, now first up is-"

"Sorry I'm late guys"

Suddenly Mira was interrupted by a strong voice that came from the door of the dojo, she stiffened slightly and turned around cautiously.

A blonde-haired man with an odd-looking scar over his right eye was in the doorway, fixing his tie with one hand while wiping the sweat off his brow with the other. His large muscles flexed slightly while doing so.

Erza let out an exhausted sigh; NOW Laxus decides to show up? He really was cutting it close.

"Some moron thought it would be funny to lock me in the men's room, if I find out Natsu had anything to do with this I swear I'll-"

Laxus stopped mid-sentence when he saw a white-haired woman staring at him with a blank look on her face. His face was blank as well and they just stood their in silence.

Lucy's mind was going wild; she suddenly started thinking that these guys may have just experienced love at first sight and was silently happy for Mira, buuuuttt…

"Laxus?" asked Mira with shock in her voice and faced him fully.

"M-M-M-Mira?!" yelled Laxus backing away slowly his complexion paling slightly.

…she was DEAD WRONG.

"Fufufufufufu~ it seems you didn't hear me when I warned you not to come near me again~" said Mira with a smile laced with evil.

The girls from Mermaid Heel were now as white as paper, they had heard Mira's angry voice before, but this was something else entirely; this voice held murderous intent 0.0

Not only that, but her aura was extremely dark and deadly looking, and her eyes were now glowing a dangerous red. She was slowly walking closer to Laxus and he was backing away, but with every step back he took she took a step forward.

The girls were completely confused by Mira's sudden hostility, not only was this extremely confusing for the Fairy Tail girls; seeing such a kind teacher suddenly turn so demonic, but this was also new for the Mermaid Heel girls. They were all too shocked to move; even Erza was at a loss of what to do.

Mira was slowly closing in on Laxus, then he suddenly hit the wall of the dojo and began to panic.

"N-n-n-now Mira… c-c-calm down" said Laxus as he tried to soothe the angered beauty.

Yeah, not the best move Laxus…

"I'm going to kill you!"

To avoid scarring any readers for the time being we'll go check on Natsu for a bit…

Natsu was wandering through the hallways with his hands in his pockets, and a bored look on his face. "Man, wonder why Elfman wanted me to lock Laxus in the bathroom? Well it was fun anyway so I don't really care" he said.

He started grinning to himself remembering how annoyed Laxus sounded when he found out he got locked in.

He was about to head into one of the classrooms to take a snooze when he suddenly heard someone yelling.

"Natsu! Get your ass out here 'fore I kill ya!"

Natsu turned around to see Gray running towards him at max speed, he didn't have any time to react and ended up getting clothes-lined by him and landed on his back.

"What the fuck man!?" yelled Natsu as he got up off the floor extremely pissed off by Gray's sudden ambush.

"That's my line pal! Do you have any idea how long I've been scanning this fucking place for you!?" yelled Gray.

They were both grabbing each other by the collar and glaring at each other.

"Well you found me now what the hell do you want?!" yelled Natsu slamming his head onto Grays'.

"You idiot, do you have any idea how pissed off Erza is right now!? If you don't get your ass back to that archery dojo it's not just gonna be your life that's in danger, but she's gonna try and kill me too!" yelled Gray slamming his head back at Natus's.

They stayed glaring at each other in silence, neither one of them wanting to back down, then suddenly the silence was interrupted…

'Let me break the ice, allow me to get you right, let you warm up to me, baby I can make ya feel-' "This is Gray" he said, answering his phone.

"Dude, get a new ringtone" complained Natsu after Gray let him go to answer his phone.

Gray sent Natsu a glare from the corner of his eye then refocused his attention on his phone call.

Suddenly his face formed a shocked expression "W-what!? S-say that again!" he yelled into his phone.

Natsu raised a curious brow then tried to listen to Gray's call.

"You mean to tell me that Elfman's big sis is beating Laxus to a pulp right now in the archery dojo!? Your kidding right?!" yelled Gray.

"What!?" screamed Natsu, shocked by what he just heard; he had only ever met Elfman's older sister once and she seemed like she couldn't hurt a fly, let alone start a fight with LAXUS of all people.

"Put it on speaker Gray!" yelled Natsu as he hunched himself closer to Gray while trying to listen.

"Fine, just back off dude" said Gray as he placed his phone away from his ear and pressed the speaker button.

"Okay Cana, keep talking" said Gray.

"Like I said dude, its like being at a live mixed martial arts tournament! Elfman's sis is pulling off powerhouse moves here, and Laxus can barely dodge em!" yelled Cana, she sounded extremely shocked and excited, the boys glanced at each other both thinking the same thing, "Cana, are you drunk right now?" they asked simultaneously, both wearing deadpanned expressions.

Well you can't blame them right, this IS Laxus, and Cana has been known to say weird shit when she's drunk.

"No ya friggen morons! Here listen!"

They waited for any sound to be heard then suddenly they heard a loud crash…

"Stay still you bastard so that I can kill you!"

"Why the hell would I stay still then!?"

"Graaaahhhhh!"

"Mira-sensei, please put the arrows down!"

"What the hell is wrong with that woman!?"

"I should have warned them about this!"

"Girls quick try to hold Mira-sensei back!"

"Ehhhh!?"

"I don't wanna die!"

"That's an order!"

"Eeeehhh! W-we'll try Kagura"

Gray and Natsu's faces were laced with shock; so this wasn't one of Cana's drunken tirades, this was actually happening.

"Holy shit" said Gray as he tried to collect his composure.

"See what I mean, its like-"

"-Cana, who the hell are you talking to at a time like this!?"

"E-Erza! I-I'm just telling Gray what's going on-"

"-Gimme that!"

"Kyaa!"

Gray and Natsu could no longer hear Cana's voice and started to panic.

"C-Cana?" asked Gray.

"Cana's got other things to worry about right now"

"E-Erza!?" said Gray and Natsu in shock, they paled at hearing the serious tone in her voice; they hoped that Cana was ok.

"Was that Natsu I heard just now?" she asked curiously.

"W-well, th-the thing is…" started Gray, unsure of how to fix this situation.

"Whatever, that's not important right now" she said.

"Ehhh?!" yelled Natsu and Gray in shock.

"I need you boys to go get Makarov right now, he's the only one who can stop this chaos!" she ordered.

"A-are you sure you don't want us to come over there and help-"

"Baka! We need Makarov, you guys won't be enough!" she yelled angrily, interrupting Gray.

"Waaah!?" yelled Natsu.

Gray sighed, annoyed by this whole situation "Wakata, we'll bring him over as soon as possible" said Gray.

"Are you serious right now!?" yelled Natsu, he was in the mood for a fight and Gray and Erza were stealing his thunder.

"Shut it Flame-brain" said Gray annoyed, he knew better than to disobey Erza, she already sounded ready for battle.

"Good, when you find him, just tell him that Mira and Laxus are in the archery dojo together; that should be enough to get him to run here" she said.

"Got it" said Gray.

"I'm counting on you boys" said Erza, and then she hung up.

Gray flipped his phone shut then sighed from exhaustion "Well it can't be helped it is an order from Erza-Natsu!?" Gray thought he was talking to Natsu who WAS standing right next to him but instead he saw him running down the halls heading straight for the archery dojo.

"You idiot! What the hell do you think your doing?!" yelled Gray who started to panic.

"There's no way in hell I'm gonna miss a fight with Laxus! Now that he's injured I may actually have a shot at beating him!" yelled Natsu as he started cackling like a crazy person.

"Oi oi, that's fighting dirty, more importantly; if Erza catches you you'll die!" yelled Gray.

"As long as I can beat Laxus it'll have been worth it!" yelled Natsu as he turned the corner and was out of Gray's sight.

Gray just stood there with his hand outstretched and his eyes turned into little dots from shock.

Gray then turned around and started running to the principals' office a saddened look on his face.

"Natsu… it was nice knowing you"

"What…"

"The hell…"

"Is going on?" said Gajeel and Levy when they entered the archery dojo.

Most of the Mermaid Heel girls were trying to hold Mira back as much as possible, but she was slowly slipping out of their grasp. While most of the Fairy Tail girls were trying to calm Laxus down and prevent him from attacking Mira, he had lost his patience when she kicked him in the groin and he felt his anger charging up [A/N: Are these puns getting annoying to you guys?].

The entire dojo was in chaos; all the equipment was scattered everywhere, all their gym bags were mixed around, arrows were either lying on the floor or lodged in the walls; which caused Levy and Gajeel to pale.

Basically; it looked like a tornado had been swept through the building while a wrestling match was going on.

"Let… me… go…" said Mira as she tried to pry her students off of her.

"M-Mira-sensei… c-calm down… please" said Lucy who was holing onto the back of a girl who was clutching Mira's waist. Well that was as close to her as she was willing to get at least.

"Laxus, cool it down" said Erza who was grasping Laxus' shoulder trying to calm him down; there was only so much abuse he was willing to take.

"That little… I'll get her for this" growled Laxus.

"You will do no such thing" said Erza, grasping his shoulder tighter.

"What did you do to Mira-sensei!?" yelled Kagura as she approached Laxus, her eyes filled with anger.

"Excuse me?" growled Laxus, he was not in the mood for this, in fact he just wanted to get the hell out of there.

"You must have done something to anger her; she has never acted this way before! So I'll ask you once more… what. Did. You. Do?" she asked, glaring at Laxus.

He was about to take a step forward but Erza beat him to it.

"Kagura, now is not the time to ask these questions, for now we must focus on calming them both down" she said with authority.

Kagura's scowl deepened "First of all; I don't take orders from you, and secondly; we can't possibly calm her down until we know what the problem is and then remove it. And right now it is very clear that the problem is him" she said while pointing at Laxus.

"Tch, what a pain" said Laxus

Erza scowled at Kagura "This is not how to solve the problem, for now we will keep Laxus calm while you take care of Mira-sensei" said Erza, she turned around to keep her focus on Laxus.

"Well why am I not surprised, you always were one to defend the wrong side" said Kagura angrily.

Erza stopped dead in her tracks and glared at Kagura angrily "What was that?" she growled.

"You heard me Scarlet, always trying to put the villain in a better light to fool others, have you no shame!" yelled Kagura.

"Your bringing up issues that aren't important right now, but if you want to bring up bad habits you were always the one to place blame on one person for a problem" said Erza with a scowl but she kept her voice calm, only slight irritation could be heard.

"How dare you…" said Kagura.

"Don't dish it out if you can't take it back Kagura" said Erza folding her arms over her chest.

Kagura kept silent for a while, breathing harshly, her eyes downcast. Then she looked up and smirked cruelly at Erza.

"At least I didn't run away" she said.

And that was the last straw for her…

Her eyes widened for a second and then she charged at Kagura; tackling her to the ground.

"You bitch!" yelled Erza.

Kagura and Erza were now rolling over each other, trying to get on top of one another.

"That's my line Scarlet!" yelled Kagura.

They started pulling each others hair and skin on their faces; the fight was just getting more and more out of hand.

"Hey get her off of Kagura-san!" yelled one of the girls.

"Why don't you get her off of Erza, she's the one who provoked her!" yelled another.

Thus the fight between Mira and Laxus was made even bigger when the archery girls as well as Erza and Kagura joined in.

"Wh-what's going on here, why are they fighting each other?" said Levy terrified, she had never seen something so scary before, she felt herself shivering in fear.

Gajeel notices this and for some reason he doesn't like it, he wanted to get in the fight, but he was reluctant to leave her on her own right then.

He was about to say something but a sudden blur of pink hair made him swallow his words.

"Alright Laxus, where are you?!" yelled Natsu when he entered the dojo, but he wasn't expecting what he saw; he thought that only two people were fighting, not everybody!

"W-what the hell got this started?" he asked in disbelief, and then he saw red hair in the middle of the brawl and realized it was Erza, and she was fighting with someone.

"Are you fucking kidding me!? Even Erza's fighting!?" he yelled in shock; he wouldn't expect Erza of all people to be involved in this kind of fight.

"Guys please calm down!"

He heard one person trying to still the fighting, but it was pretty clear that her efforts were being wasted. He tried to find the voice of the person through the crowd but came up short.

Suddenly in front of him appeared a person with blonde hair that looked strangely familiar to him, but before he could see a face that persons' foot landed straight into the hole he covered up and tripped, thus ending up falling on top of him.

"Kyaaaaaa!" she yelled.

Natsu hit the floor, landing on his ass, the person lying on top of him. His vision went blurry for a second and so did the girls, but then as their eyes met their vision started regaining focus.

When they recognized the person in front of them their eyes widened…

"Natsu!?"

"L-Lucy!?"

[A/N: FINALLY! Our dream couple reunites! I hope you guys aren't too mad at me for taking so long getting them to meet again, but at least the other couples made an appearance ne? Tell me what you think by leaving a review! Arigato! ;3]