CHAPTER 12!

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Natsu couldn't recall a time where he'd had so much fun talking with someone. Lucy really was such an interesting person; he never would have figured that she would be interested in the same music as him!

I mean how many girls nowadays actually listen to real rock music!?

The answer; very few, at least those he knew of anyway.

He was genuinely shocked when he found out she knew about his favorite band Dragon Force, and that she was a fan of them like he was.

They started questioning each other about what they're favorite songs were.

Lucy said her favorite was 'Evening star' while Natsu declared that 'Fire and flames' was his.

He then found out that she absolutely loved guitar solos, and wished that she could learn how to play, or at least know someone who could play.

She told him that she would always get goose bumps whenever she heard them.

Natsu was grinning ear to ear when he heard this because he actually knew how to play the electric guitar; he was nowhere near as good as Dragon Force though but he figured he'd catch up eventually.

So to celebrate finding a person with the same taste in music as him he flipped out his cell and started playing some of their best songs; specifically starting with 'Evening star' just coz Lucy loved it.

Then they started singing along to the music together, playing a little air guitar and bobbing their heads to the beat.

Natsu knew he wasn't the best singer out there, but Lucy never made any comment on it. And it came as no surprise to him that she could sing as well; was there anything this girl couldn't do?!

Well for now she can't walk but that's not the point.

He never knew a girl could actually look angelic while bobbing her head and singing along to rock music.

Music still blasting from his phone, he asked Lucy if she was ready to head out and was about to pick her up in a bridal hold again, but she heavily protested against it; saying that she at least had to try walking a little bit on her own.

Natsu huffed in annoyance; this girl wasn't kidding when she called herself stubborn, but she was hella fun to tease though.

He started teasing her about how she was too shy to be carried by him; which caused her face to blow up (coz he hit the nail on the head, but of course Natsu couldn't pick up on that), she then started yelling about how he was wrong and that he was too arrogant for his own good; which made him cackle a little.

After he finally decided that she had had enough teasing he reluctantly agreed to carry her the way she wanted; him being her own human crutch. He couldn't ignore the feeling of warmth that spread through him when he wrapped his arm around her waist, but he would have been damned if he let it show on his face.

And Lucy wasn't fairing any better, she was starting to rethink letting him carry her this way, for some reason this felt more intimate than the princess hold and it was making her blush slightly.

Natsu felt a slight tension in the air from their situation, so, claiming he was fully prepared for the consequences he made a joke about something he knew would piss her off.

"You know I could have carried you, you're not so heavy that it would have been a problem for me" he said with a smirk.

Lucy felt her eye twitch in irritation, her face quickly regaining its normal coloring and she gave Natsu a death-glare that could have rivaled Erza's.

"Would you care to repeat that last sentence, Natsu?" she asked, her voice laced with irritation and anger.

Natsu shuddered slightly at her glare; she had looked a little too much like Erza there, but then played it off with a casual grin as they continued on their way back to the dojo. They had just made their way outside the main building.

"Just kidding Lucy" he said with a chuckle.

Lucy pouted then huffed at his idea of a joke, turning her head away from him. Did he not understand that talking about a woman's weight is an extremely delicate topic!? The only time a man should be allowed to bring it up is if to ask if they've lost weight!

Lucy began grumbling incoherencies while her cheeks were puffed out to show her irritation. If he wasn't carrying her right now she would have punched him or something.

Natsu couldn't help but snicker; she was so easy to tease, and it was so fun to see her reactions every time.

"You know I'm kinda impressed that you're actually a fan of Dragon Force, not only that but you can sing along to most of their songs too" he said with a grin.

Lucy blushed at his complement, she was about to retort but then a sudden scream stopped her.

"OH MY GOD! HE VIOLATED HER SO BADLY THAT SHE CAN'T EVEN WALK ON HER OWN!"

Lucy looked for the source of the voice and saw her best friend Levy with a terrified look and she was pointing at her.

"Huh?" she and Natsu asked in sync, both with confused looks on their faces.

"Someone get that thing away from her!" yelled Levy.

Natsu recognized the person who was yelling at him "Oi, your that chick who kicked me in the face!" he yelled while using his free hand to point at Levy.

"And who are you calling a thing!?" only then picking up that she had just insulted him.

"L-Levy-chan what's the matter?" asked Lucy, concerned over her friend's sudden crazy behavior.

"Oh Lu-chan, you poor thing, I'm such a bad friend… I allowed him to take your innocence away right from under my nose! It's entirely my fault that you're hurt now!" cried Levy, guilt making her emotions go crazy.

"Huh?" asked Lucy who felt totally lost, while Natsu just looked at her like she was some kind of alien.

Lucy didn't understand the whole 'taking her innocence away' thing, but was Levy actually blaming herself for her twisted ankle?

"N-No no Levy-chan don't be silly, its my own fault I got hurt, but luckily Natsu helped to make it hurt less, he wouldn't take 'no' for an answer no matter how many times I said I was ok" she said with a smile.

Levy; completely misunderstanding Lucy's words, felt something inside her snap, she was burning with rage.

"You said 'no' and he still dared to touch you?" she asked in a low growl, venom laced in her words.

Lucy blinked in confusion, why was Levy so mad over her ankle, it wasn't like he did anything wrong, did he? If anything she was the one at fault for being stubborn.

"Levy-chan…?"

Gajeel just watched the scene while trying to keep in his laughter by covering his mouth with his hand, he knew exactly how the Shrimp had interpreted what the Blondie said, and the fact that she had no idea made it even more hilarious.

Oddly enough he was the only one there who had any idea of what was going on, while everyone else looked at them in confusion.

"Lucy, what's going on?" asked Natsu while scratching his head; completely lost on this blue-haired girl and her anger-management problems, hell Erza seemed more in control than her… and wait didn't Gajeel say that she wanted to kill him, if so why was she looking at him like he was a math problem she couldn't understand.

'Lucy…?' thought Erza and Gray.

Their eyes widened in realization; this girl was the one Natsu was dreaming about the other day!

Gray looked over at Lucy then looked at Natsu in shock; this well… super hot chick… was the girl Natsu had a dirty dream about.

Typical, the day he finally discovers he has hormones it's a total hottie who is waaay out of his league, why does this stuff always happen to Natsu!?

Gray sighed in pity "There's no way in hell Natsu can get a cute girl like that" he said with pity.

He seemed to have forgotten that Juvia was standing right next to him; while she looked perfectly ok on the outside, something exploded inside of her and completely overwhelmed her mind.

'Cute… cute…? He thinks Lucy-san is cute?! What does this mean!? Why does my heart feel like it's in so much pain!? Does this mean that Lucy-san is… is… my rival in love!? Noooooooooo!'

An ear-piercing scream made all of them flinch, when they turned to the source of the voice they saw the short blue-haired girl charging towards Natsu at high speed. He had no idea it was coming so he didn't manage to dodge in time, and was tackled to the ground.

"I'm going to kill you!" yelled Levy; eyes glowing red with anger.

Natsu flinched, afraid for his own life; he never imagined that he would die like this! He always thought he would go down fighting or saving kids from a burning building, hell even from motion sickness! He never would have figured that he would be murdered by a short blue-haired girl!

"Levy-chan!" cried Lucy in shock, her eyes as wide as saucers.

"L-Levy-san, control yourself!" yelled Juvia in shock, having been awakened from her fantasy world by Levy's 'battle cry'.

At this point Gajeel could no longer contain his laughter; he was rolling on the floor while clutching his stomach, practically howling at the situation he found it so funny. Tears were even forming in the corners of his eyes.

Gray and Erza just stood there flabbergasted; what was the right way to handle a situation like this anyway?

From what they could tell the short blue-haired girl seemed to think that Natsu had somehow violated this Lucy girl, but… this was Natsu, there had to be some kind of misunderstanding, he wouldn't know how to violate a girl even if he wanted to!

A dark aura seemed to be escaping out of Levy, pooling out like a dark mist, and her eyes had a red glow to them, even her hair seemed to be waving around like tentacles.

Levy gave out a dark chuckle and grabbed Natsu by his scarf, bringing him closer to her face "You sick bastard, for touching my best friend in such a way… there is only one punishment you deserve…"

Natsu gulped, and her dramatic pause was only making him even more terrified, he had no idea what her problem was, what did she mean by 'touching in such a way'? All he did was wrap her ankle! Was this girl so possessive over her best friend that no one was ever allowed to touch her in general?!

"… Castration… with a plastic spoon" growled Levy with an evil smirk.

Natsu paled and flinched and instinctively clenched his thighs together, while Gray and Gajeel's hands instinctively flew to their nether regions to shield them from pain. They all made a pained face at the mere thought of what Levy suggested.

Even the girls thought Levy had a few screws loose to even think up such a scary thing. Lucy was panicking, it seemed like she had somehow set Levy off and made her attack Natsu; though she had no idea why, so she hopped over to Juvia hoping that she might be able to provide some answers as to Levy's feral nature.

"J-Juvia, what's going on, why is Levy attacking Natsu?" she asked panicked.

"Uhm…"

Juvia was at a crossroads, she didn't think it was such a good idea to blab that the whole reason they came with in the first place was to threaten and intimidate him to stay away from Lucy; she would be so pissed at them. On the other hand it seems as though he violated Lucy yet she had no idea about it?! Unless… somewhere along the line there was a misunderstanding?

"A-ano, L-Lucy-san… you know that that boy is the Salamander correct?" she asked cautiously while pointing at Natsu, also trying to understand the situation better.

"Well yeah, he confirmed it for me" said Lucy, not understanding the reason for the question but hoping it would lead to an answer to all this craziness.

"Okay, so when he… w-when you left the dojo, w-where did you go… a-and what exactly did he do to you?!" yelled Juvia in panicked embarrassment; she wasn't sure she wanted the answer to this question but she needed to know!

"Eh? Well I twisted my ankle earlier so Natsu took me to the infirmary, and then he helped me fix it up so it doesn't hurt as much anymore" she said, still sounding confused.

Juvia paled, so… Lucy was fine…? She was still pure…? That means that Levy was… oh shit.

Juvia placed her trembling hand on Lucy's shoulder; making her nervous in the process, and looked terrified at Lucy.

"J-Juvia? Is something wrong?" Lucy asked nervously, Juvia was scaring the living crap out of her, but she tried to remain calm.

"L-Lucy-san~ w-when you went missing… Levy-san thought that the Salamander had kidnapped you… a-and that he was d-d-doing n-n-n-naughty things to you… s-s-s-so when you came back injured… she kinda… g-g-got the wrong idea and thought that you were v-v-violated…" said Juvia nervously.

She wouldn't want to admit out loud that she had thought the same thing, so she just chose to leave that out for now… or forever.

"Eh…? Eh!?" screamed Lucy in a panic, her face red from what her friends were thinking.

No wonder Levy was freaking out so much!? But…

"What the hell made you guys think that Natsu would violate me!?" she asked in an embarrassed tone, what was wrong with her friends!?

Juvia cringed at what Lucy said; internally crying at the way things had developed.

"Well for one; the rumors about him made us think so, and don't yell at Juvia! It's partly your fault for explaining yourself in such a way that Levy-san had gone crazy like that!" yelled Juvia.

"Somebody please get this girl off of me!" yelled Natsu as he tried to crawl out of Levy's grip, but she had a tight grip.

Lucy and Juvia looked away from each other and looked to Natsu, and then they looked back at each other.

"Juvia thinks that maybe we should leave this argument for another time" she said with a worried expression.

"Good idea, at this rate Levy might actually kill him" said Lucy with the same expression.

They looked back at Levy and took note of how absolutely terrifying she looked; they paled and had tears in the corners of their eyes from fear.

"Demo(but)… how are we gonna get her off of him?" asked Juvia in a panic, comical tears running down her cheeks.

Lucy and Juvia were hugging each other in fear.

Gray was looking at them with mild interest, in all honesty he loved watching Natsu getting the crap scared out of him, and by such a small girl no less; he couldn't pay for entertainment like this!

He noticed Juvia and Lucy holding each other really close, and being the kind of man that he is he couldn't help but say "That's kinda hot".

"You're disgusting you know that?" said Ultear; who was fortunate enough to overhear him, and had an evil smirk on her face.

"Crap" he said; knowing full well that she would somehow blackmail him with what she heard.

Lucy bit her lip and pulled back from the hug and held Juvia at arms length; giving her a serious look.

"A-At this point I think… we only have one option" she said with a pained expression.

Juvia's eyes widened in shock "L-Lucy-san… you don't mean…?" she asked.

Lucy nodded her head slowly, "I do, its cruel I know, but there is no other way" said Lucy looking at the ground in defeat.

Everyone looked on in curiosity, even Gajeel, who had finally stopped laughing, was wondering what they were talking about.

"Sh-she'll be so mad at us Lucy-san. Last time we did that she didn't speak to us for weeks!" Juvia protested, what Lucy was suggesting was just too much.

"If she ends up in jail it'll be even longer than that! And for such a ridiculous reason!" reasoned Lucy; at this point they really had no other choice.

Juvia looked down in defeat "…"

"We'll do it together, that way we both take responsibility, ne?" said Lucy, trying her best to reassure her worried friend.

"Someone get her off! She's aiming for my family jewels!" yelled Natsu as he tried to crawl away from Levy's tiny fists that were aiming for his most sensitive area.

Juvia sucked in a breath and looked Lucy in the eye with newfound determination.

"Yosh, Juvia is ready" she said.

Lucy nodded her head in agreement. They both turned and face Levy who was currently strangling Natsu in a triangle choke-hold.

"Heh~ so that little shrimp knows some wrestling moves huh?" said Gajeel impressed.

"Levy!" yelled Juvia and Lucy.

Levy stopped attacking Natsu and glanced at them, wondering why they would stop her in the middle of her torture.

They took a deep breath and then…

"At the end of the Phoenix Priestess, Éclair dies!" they yelled.

Levy's eyes widened and her jaw dropped to the floor, she felt her body go completely numb. She released Natsu from her choke-hold and he collapsed on the floor gasping for air.

Her whole body had gone white and she felt her knees give in, causing her to fall on them to the floor.

"A-a-a… I-I-I… w-wha… h-how could y-y-y-you spoil it…? I-I-I-I-I was gonna watch it this weekend… a-a-a-and then you drop such a huge bomb on me so suddenly…?" said Levy with tears pricking at the corners of her eyes.

Lucy and Juvia's eyes were filled with guilt as they exposed Levy's greatest weakness.

When it comes to books Levy already knows everything before anyone else, so she was always one step ahead, but, when it came to movies Levy would always be the last to know anything.

Lucy and Juvia had accidentally discovered this when they were discussing the movie 'The Amazing Spiderman 2'. When they had accidentally mentioned the ending in front of Levy, she was so devastated that she refused to speak to them for at least 2 weeks due to the shock.

She was known for her wild way of overreacting to small things, but this was a little too dramatic for it to be considered normal at all.

Erza, Gray and Gajeel all deadpanned at what had just happened; seriously!? That was all it took to get her off of him!? Talk about anti-climactic.

"Wow… I have never seen someone so… broken after hearing a spoiler, I feel kind of bad for her" said Ultear with a pitying look.

Gray and Gajeel glared at her with vacant expressions; not believing what they were hearing.

"Funny I didn't think sadists had those kinds of emotions" said Gajeel.

"They don't, maybe this is a sign that she's become bipolar?" said Gray.

"Don't make me come over there boys" warned Ultear with an evil smirk.

"Ahhhh! Levy-chan!"

They turned their attention back to the girls and noticed that Levy was lying on the ground… unconscious.

"She fainted from the shock! Water, someone bring Juvia some water!" yelled Juvia in a panic as she rushed over and tried to revive her friend and started fanning her face. [A/N: Hahahaha, Juvia asking for water, pft!]

"Seriously!? She nearly killed me, and I'm lying right here, what the fuck is with this preferential treatment!?" yelled Natsu in annoyance as he got up on his knees.

"Wow, ash-for-brains used a 4 syllable word… maybe that chick made the blood rush to his brain or something?" said Gray in shock; Natsu wasn't what you would call… smart.

"At least I'm smart enough to know that it's not normal to strip in public!" yelled Natsu as he pointed accusingly at Gray.

At hearing this Juvia turned away from Levy and directed her attention at Gray; hoping to get another view of his amazing figure, but she was disappointed to see that he still had his clothes on.

Gray looked down to make sure he still had his clothes on, when he saw that it was all there and accounted for he sent a smug look at Natsu.

"I'm still wearing my clothes you blind idiot!" he yelled triumphantly.

"Wait a minute then check again!" yelled Natsu.

Erza pinched the bridge of her nose in irritation; she wasn't in the mood for their shit right now.

Lucy was just confused about what they were saying; was this raven-haired boy a stripper or something? And who were these people here anyway? Lucy recognized Erza, but she had no idea who these other people were; are they friends of Natsu's?

Lucy had to do a double take when she saw a guy with long pink hair and a ton of piercings all over his body, his faced looked like it wore a permanent scowl; she couldn't help but think that his hair seemed to contradict his tough-guy demeanor, then a thought came to mind.

She hopped on her good foot toward the pierced man until she stood a few feet away from him.

Gajeel saw someone approaching from the corner of his eye; he turned and saw the blonde girl bouncing towards him like she was some kind of bunny… gihi… a bunny-girl.

She looked scared of him, which didn't really bother him in the least, he liked knowing he could inflict fear into others just by looking at them, but she also looked like she wanted to ask him something.

"What? You got somethin' you wanna say bunny-girl?" he asked in his usual brash tone.

Lucy flinched at his tone, but then she looked at him in confusion… did he seriously just call her 'bunny-girl'? Where the hell did that even come from? Was it because she was hopping earlier?

… Jerk.

Lucy tried to swallow up her nervousness as she tried to ask him something; she still wasn't used to talking to guys, but she would have to learn eventually right? And what better way to start than by talking to the scariest-looking guy she's ever seen in her life?

"Ummm… I was just wondering… are you and Natsu by any chance… related?" she asked innocently.

Gajeel's eye twitched and he felt a large tick mark appear on his forehead.

"Huh?" he growled out, trying the best he could not to snap at the girl.

"Well I mean, you both have pink hair, and I really don't think that you would dye your hair that colour so it must be natural, and… I don't know a lot of people with pink hair so… I just figured that you guys must be relatives… or something…?" said Lucy nervously, for some reason this guy seemed offended at her question so she tried to explain herself.

Gajeel sighed in annoyance; he was so gonna get Salamander back for this, this was way worse than being mistaken for being him, actually being related to him sent a shiver of disgust down his spine.

"The only reason my hair's pink is coz those two retards put a paint-bomb in my locker" he explained while pointing at Natsu and Gray.

"And I've been trying to wash this pink shit outta my hair for the past three days but it wont come out!" he yelled in annoyance while gripping his hair in frustration.

Lucy flinched and looked at him with pity; looks like she unknowingly opened up a wound he was trying to forget about… oops?

"So to answer your question; no, there is no way in hell that I would ever be related to that walking pyromaniac, who cant even remember his own birthday without asking someone for hints!" yelled Gajeel.

Lucy sweat-dropped; clearly this guy had unresolved issues with Natsu that were pissing him off.

Natsu and Gray; who had stopped arguing when they heard Gajeel yelling about a paint-bomb, had very different reactions to their conversation:

Gray was covering his mouth, trying to suppress his laughter; he and Gajeel both had faces of disgust at the thought of being related to each other, and it was hilarious to look at.

Natsu's face was pale and he looked like he just saw the most disgusting thing in existence; HIM? Related to GAJEEL?! That's like mixing dragons with porcupines! It's just so wrong!

Kagura had long since walked away from that group of what she would call deviants, and went over to where her sister was curled up and placed her hand gently on her shoulder, making her flinch.

"Milli, its ok, Onee-san is here now" she said in a soothing voice.

Milliana looked up at her sister, tears still in her eyes but she managed to stop shaking.

"K-Kagura-nee?" she asked; her eyes too blurry to confirm if it was her sister.

"Yes I'm here, the fights over now, its safe" she said in a motherly tone, a small smile on her face.

That was all it took for Milliana to jump into Kagura's arms for comfort.

"Kagura-nee!" she yelled.

Kagura hugged Milliana until she stopped sobbing then looked at her from an arms length.

"Ok, all better now?" asked Kagura with a small smile.

Milliana wiped her eyes then nodded.

"Good, now lets see if we can do the same for Mira-sensei" said Kagura who glanced pityingly at her sensei.

Heck she didn't even know why she was crying in the first place, all she knew was that it had to do with that blonde-haired teacher; and right now his ear was being pulled by Fairy Tail's headmaster.

She didn't have time to worry about him now, all that was important was trying to calm Mira-sensei down from her crying fit, she wondered just how much water this woman could hold, considering that she had been crying for a while now.

"Uwaaaaah!" cried Mira.

Kagura sighed deeply; very annoyed with how things had turned out for the day. She walked over to Mira and knelt down in front of her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Mira-sensei, I think that's enough crying for now, don't you agree?" she asked while trying not to sound like a mother talking to her naughty child.

Mira looked at Kagura and sniffled, one of the students handed her a tissue to wipe away the smudges of eyeliner that had formed on her face and to blow her nose.

"Your absolutely right Kagura" said Mira, as she finished wiping her face. She stood up off the floor and wiped down her skirt.

She turned and looked at all her students and then bowed slightly "Please forgive my behavior ladies, I am truly sorry that you had to see that" she said apologetically.

"Oh no Mira-sensei, we don't blame you at all!"

"Yeah, I mean you wouldn't have reacted like that if he didn't deserve it right!?"

"Even the Headmaster thought it was ok!"

"I think he should have been beaten worse coz he underestimated her!"

Mira looked at her students in awe, they were so sweet, she thought she was gonna cry again.

"If anyone should be apologizing it should be me, I allowed the fight to escalate until it was out of control" said Kagura with a look of self-reprimanding.

"Kagura-chan…" said Mira.

"ALRIGHT LISTEN UP YA BUNCH OF BRATS!"

Everyone looked to the source of the booming voice and saw the Headmaster standing on a wooden stool in the middle of the dojo.

Everyone was wondering where the stool had come from before he started speaking again.

Makarov cleared his throat "Considering the gravity of the situation I feel that this is not something we should just ignore. I am aware that our schools have never been on friendly terms, especially because of our archery rivalry, but we have never had a fiasco such as this! At least not with this school anyway" he muttered the last part so it wasn't heard very well.

The students stared at him in silence, curious as to what he was going to do and whether or not anyone was going to receive punishment.

"Now I do have an idea as to how we can solve this matter but… I will have to consult with the Headmistress of Mermaid Heel first. Therefore I ask that you be patient and non-violent, *cough Natsu cough-"

"Hey!"

"-As we try to come to an agreement, thank you" he said, he then hopped off the stool and stepped outside to make a phone call.

Kagura folded her arms and looked at Makarov with a thoughtful expression.

"I don't think negotiations with that woman will make any difference here" she said.

"Oh come on now, she's not that unreasonable" said Mira in reason.

"You do remember who you're talking about right?" asked Kagura with a skeptic look.

Mira sweat-dropped, if she thought about it Kagura had a point.

"You make a good point, but maybe Makarov could convince her?" she said hopefully.

"Mira-sensei… this is Mistress Porlyusica we're talking about, you know; the woman who hasn't changed her mind about how she thinks humans are disgusting even though she herself is one, no matter how much we try to 'convince' her otherwise?" said Kagura with a grim expression.

"Ehehehe, etto… lets just wait and see?" said Mira nervously, not having much else she can say at this point.

Kagura raised a questioning brow but didn't comment any further; knowing Mistress Porlyusica she'd just yell and tell him to shut up and let them go home, or something along those lines.

Just then Makarov came back inside the dojo, an unreadable expression on his face; Kagura figured it was a face of defeat…

"Looks like we have reached a solution"

… Or not.

"What did you do now old man?" asked Laxus who was still sitting cross-legged on the floor with his arms crossed, he knew he wasn't going to like what Makarov had planned, he knew him to well to think that this was going to be a conventional kind of punishment.

A grin broke out on Makarov's face and then he said…

"We are going to form an inter-school counseling club for everyone in this dojo after school!"

…

Eh?

"EEEEHHHHHHH!?"

[A/N: Phew finally done! What is Makarov thinking!? Wait till next chapter to find out :D Please don't forget to review my lovelies!]