Flash Forward

Chapter 1

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL!

"Go, go Fairy High! We can do this, Fairy High!"

The cheerleaders shouted as loud as they might, pulling stunts after stunts on the sidelines exactly few centimeters away from the court. Right in the middle of the court was two pair of rivaling teams, each with five members of guys that represents their own teams.

A certain salmon haired guy was panting heavily, beads of sweats trailing all over his body. A bright FAIRY HIGH yellow colored text printed on his shirt with a pair of red shorts to get along with it. Using his right palm to wash the sweat that kinda tickled his chin, he struggled to follow the movement of the ball while waiting for it to come on his way.

Right in front of him was a raven haired, somehow shirtless guy marching towards him with full speed, the ball bouncing up and down as he dribbled his way towards the waiting man.

Natsu grinned as both hands cupped his mouth to echo his voice. "Can't you get your ass here just a tiny bit faster goddamn ice princess?!"

The raven haired glared but passed the ball anyway. Of course, not without blurting Tabasco-freak asshole as he does so.

Natsu decided he would continue their provocation later on, right after he kicked the other team's point right out of the bucket. He dribbled few times on his point place, focusing on the basket's direction and how far it is from his vantage point of view. Inhaling some fresh air, he jumped as high as he could while controlling the ball to actually parallel its way to the basket.

"And…. GOAL! This year, Fairy High Team A won the match!"

A roar from the crowds erupted wildly, fangirls screamed their own personal addiction to the teams. Some were loudly squealing, some wailed, some even glared… Without anyone particularly needs to know why.

As the match has ended, the salmon haired grinned as he gave a peace sign to the cheerleading team, especially to one particular blonde who was only smiling back towards his direction. He was about to go after the person before a distant voice of Gray calling out for him to take the commemoration photos with special details on how Erza was waiting made him had to choose a wise choice.

He decided the latter was more urgent, and he kinda wants to live until eighty with all of his body parts intact, so he went to the team instead.

Lucy Heartfilia was proud to say that it was a big success.

They succeed everything they had been betting on doing. The opening, the formation, the prep, everything really. Even the human pyramid was a big success without anyone tumbling or shaking; everyone was proudly standing and the crowds loved it.

It wasn't all about her cheerleading club of course. The basketball club was well known for their outstanding members from last year's new members and seniors. The popular jocks participated too and it heats the people up, especially some fangirls in the sophomores and seniors. Lucy was sure they were gaining several popularities from the new crowd too. She bet the basketball club has gained new fangirls from the freshmen.

The whole opening ceremony this year had gone quite peacefully too- all thanks to a certain school council president's diligent dedication to her responsibility, of course.

But it all went according to plans, especially how the delinquents and troublemakers were being good for the first day. So really, today wasn't only about her cheerleading team.

"Woke up on the right side of the bed today, bunny girl?"

The said blonde turned towards the deep voice that called her. She smiled as she saw that it was no one other than one of her closest friends, Gajeel Redfox.

"Hey there, Gajeel. I didn't see you for a whole day, thought you skipped the most important day of the year." The blonde greeted as she went her way towards the grumpy student instead of walking aimlessly.

Gajeel snorted at the thought, "As if I would. The council is checking up attendance on students from each class this year. Wouldn't want to know what'd happen if I miss this boring ass day..." The man shivered at the imaginary thought, shaking it as far away as possible from him.

Lucy laughed off her assumption, "You have a point." She said, opening her zipper bag as she said so and rummaging through her bag as if she was trying to find something that wasn't there.

"Looking for something?"

Lucy sighed, "Yeah, I think I lost my phone." She smiled sheepishly. "Really, I might forget about it when I was too focused on doing the cheering routine, but I'm sure one of my girls would have taken it from the bench and carrying it for me right now, so I'm not worried about losing my phone." She assured before letting out another deep sigh.

Gajeel raised an eyebrow, "And you're sighing because…?"

"Because of Natsu."

Oh.

"Salamander does cling onto you quite often." Gajeel agreed.

"Please don't refer to him as if he's my pet."

"I wouldn't be surprised if he is blasting your phone to know your whereabouts while we are talking right now." The Black-Steel smirked at the dismay the blonde was showing him.

She groaned as she face-palmed herself, "I don't even want to think about it. I need to get my phone back."

"And fast."

"…. And fast. So I need to get going, nice to see you being here at all by the way. You might want to know that Erza is taking our attendance back in class when I was there."

Gajeel paused for a good moment as he took the time to stare at Lucy. His mouth gaped open like a fish as the blonde only twinkled in amusement while showing non-apologetic countenance.

"You should've said it beforehand! Wait, how long ago was it?!"

Lucy thought about it for two seconds, "About ten minutes ago?" She guessed, "She might be wondering where you were during the opening, so make sure you came up with a good excuse before you went to meet her." The blonde laughed before she waved off and walked away.

Gajeel didn't need to be told twice.

Lucy wasn't anxious.

No, really, she wasn't.

Being a daughter from the infamous Jude Heartfilia Konzern shows just how much she was steeled from anxiousness when she was alone and lost in the public.

But that doesn't change that she was in fact, alone and lost.

Not literally lost, at least.

She knows the school by heart already. Breaking down the school, hiding, and running away along with Natsu after some troubles made her knows her way around here. But she hated being alone, it made her feel lost. Hence, alone and lost.

And that wasn't all. She hated all those stares and disturbing whispers. They were clearly first years and her cheering uniform stands out way too much to be missed out from this crowd of people. It's not like she hated standing out, but she kinda wants to be low right now.

"Isn't she the lead cheerleader?"

"No, I think she might be a vice-captain sort of positions."

"Whatever, she's kinda hot. I have a thing for older babe."

"You should try asking her name."

"No way, you go first!"

Do they even try to be discreet? Guess not. Lucy was ready to storm out of the area before she felt something heavy draped over her head. She saw a flash of pink clouded her eyes before a wide grin mad its way in front of her.

"Yo, Luce! How was the match? Now you have to keep your promise of going to the arcade with me and the guys after school today!"

Lucy blinked at the guy in front of her, "N-Natsu?"

"L-Lucy?" He mocked mimicked her and earning a smack on his shoulder, but it was worth the laugh anyway.

Lucy scoffed as she crossed her arms, "Why are you here? I thought you were stuck in some club meeting at the moment."

"The keyword is: you thought." Natsu grinned, throwing an arm lazily clinging on her. Lucy was about to protest about his weight but she was beaten by a loud voice from the crowds.

"So she is taken."

"Yeah, you guys might need to back off a bit 'cause it's getting kinda hot around here." Natsu shouted back to the freshman, arms still not leaving from his position.

There was humor in his voice, a goofy smile and pretty much he only teased the pansy a little bit, but the freshman looked taken aback by the response that they surely didn't expect. Lucy sighed, wanting to remind about his rude behavior but couldn't deny the fact that Natsu's presence helped herself relief some tension and frustration. So she can't really bring herself to scold him for his impulse.

"You don't get hot." Lucy snorted, "I bet you can even stand outside all day in the summer while it's forty degrees and come back healthy."

"Well, duh. I'm hotter than the sun itself. Not gonna let something as lame as a sun to beat me in hotness."

"Being cocky might be your ruin, Mr. Hotshot Dragneel." Lucy joked, wrapping her best friend's waist with her arms.

"So why are you walking without directions around the hallway?" Natsu asked, changing the topic so fast but sounds so casual when doing so. As expected from Natsu, Lucy thought.

"I was searching for my phone," Lucy narrowed her eyes, "which I expect you haven't blown up with your spams."

Natsu put an innocent puppy look as he faced the blonde, "What spams?" He asked dumbly, but Lucy was a hundred percent sure it was all a fluke. "And by your phone, do you mean this?" He showed a pink cased phone with a flame phone strap tied unto it.

So there was it all along.

Lucy squealed as she quickly snatched the phone from Natsu's grip. "Where do you find it?" Lucy asked excitedly, nearing the edge of her self-control from jumping and doing a happy celebration dance.

"I don't know," Natsu shrugged, "my varsity jacket found it. Try to ask it instead." Lucy rolled her eyes at Natsu's attempt at making the dry joke very palpable.

Oh right, Lucy thought solemnly to herself. She must've put the phone inside the pocket at impulse while wearing it.

"I guess I forgot to take it out when I returned it on your desk." Lucy recalled as she tried to memorize the whole scene. "Thanks for bringing it by the way, you dork."

Natsu beamed, "Well, I was also bored. Need someone to play with since Happy is banned in school."

"And you think I'm the right person for the job?" Lucy joked as she nudged him.

Natsu grinned, "I know you're the right person for the job. So humor me like what you advertise on the paper."

Lucy laughed, her face twinkled in amusement but she had a stuck-up look on her face. "And what makes you think you can buy my humor, Dragneel?"

"Meh, I'm pretty sure a mint chocolate ice cream is a pretty decidable price."

Lucy hummed as she pretended to reconsider the payment, "Okay, you have me now. What are you going to do to me?"

Natsu poked her forehead, earning a protest from the girl as he retreated his arms from her shoulder. His sudden focus quickly averted to the sudden show of a certain raven haired guy. "Oi Gray! Fight me!"

Lucy huffed at Natsu's sudden change of mind. That guy can't stand focused on one thing for a long time to save his life.

"Luigi! Let's race back to the classroom! The loser will be called ugly for the whole week!" Natsu laughed as he went towards an annoyed Gray.

"Natsu, dammit! It's the first day of school and Erza is on patrol-" Gray's words were all deaf ears to Natsu as he abruptly cut the guy off with landing a punch.

"Hah! I get the first punch of the semester!" Natsu boasted proudly and Gray just punched his back with more force.

"I was trying to find my uniform shirt, you flame-brain!"

"Not my fault you stripped in the first day, Ice Bastard!"

Lucy decided it was best for her to take the chance and run as fast as she could to the classroom as they argued because SHE WILL NOT BE CALLED UGLY FOR THE WHOLE WEEK, DAMN IT.

And really, she was still proud to say that today was a pleasant day.

Hey guys! I'M ALIVE!

So I was in the middle of writing the second chapter of Wild Sparks- haha, I'm serious, you can put that knife down-

Ahem, so I was very intrigued by the story, but then I had this writing block. And I know that writing block leads to laziness and not updating FOREVER... So I decided I might only need a change of pace to clear my head instead.

So here you go, an entirely different plots, characterizations, and relations between characters but still with my usual pairing. I know I'm still a new author around here but I'd love supports from you guys if I can ask to!

FYI, I am halfway doing my first story. For you guys who loves the cliche, spies, hating each other flings. Go ahead and check my other story!

This story will be much shorter than Wild Sparks, because it's kinda like my refreshing, change of pace mood of writing. But expect faster updates for this story because it is shorter and easier to write. You have no idea how hard it is to make Natsu and Lucy hate each other in my other story...

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