Disclaimer: Hiro Mashima owns FT, not me. If I was, I'd make Gray the most badass character in the series.

A/N: I'm not a fan of NaLu so yeah... Haters gotta hate. GraLu all the way! There are also some bad words but they're usually placed with an *.

Loving the Gangster

Summary: Lucy Heartphilia, she's just a normal student in Fairy Tail Academy. She's smart, kinda athletic, slightly popular and most of all, she hates gangsters. Gray Fullbuster, he's the guy that every girl stares at. He's cool, handsome and athletic but he belongs to the school's most badass gang, The Hardcore Heartbreakers. Will Lucy learn to love someone like Gray Fullbuster?

It was the first day of school in Fairy Tail Academy. The cherry blossoms' petals fell to the ground in a pleasant way. Some students scurried to the bulletin board while others chattered about how cold the winter was and how fun the spring vacation was. Lucy was with her best friends, Levy and Natsu. Levy rushed to the bulletin board and left Natsu and Lucy behind.

"How's vacation?" Natsu asked and carried Lucy's sling bag that contained a sketch pad, a notebook, a pen and some accessories. "I never knew you liked ahem... putting on some accessories." Natsu's cheeks reddened and looked straight.

"Vacation was fun and I've always wore some accessories." Lucy placed her palm on her face and sighed. She grabbed her bag and put on the accessories. Alluring earrings, decorative bracelets and a cute necklace, she looked glamorous.

Lucy and Natsu kept on talking until the 8:00 bell rang. They hurried to the bulletin board and checked their sections then galloped to the auditorium for the opening ceremony. They stumbled on a stampede and had a hard time reaching the auditorium. Students ran like it was the end of the world until they finally reached the place.

Lucy and Natsu sat next to each other even though they were in different classes. Levy was out of sight so the seat to the right of Lucy was vacant. The 8:30 bell rang and the principal walked to the stage sluggishly. He began his speech and talked about student obligations and rules.

"Is someone gonna sit here?" A student asked. Lucy shook her head and the student walked away. She felt the silent and cold atmosphere around, not to mention, the boring speech of the principal and closed her eyes.

She fluttered her eyes open and saw a male student sitting next to her. It wasn't Natsu, the student wore a jacket and his hair was raven black. The guy glanced at her for a moment. Lucy, shocked, tried to grab Natsu's hand but he wasn't there. No one was there at the auditorium except for the two of them. Lucy got her bag and dashed to the door of the auditorium.

The guy sitting next to her was actually Gray Fullbuster. He's listed at the 'Top 10 Most Famous Students of Fairy Tail Academy' ranking 3rd. He's commonly known for being one of the coolest and most athletic guys in the academy making him that famous. He's also that popular because of the 10-person gang or badass group he joined, The Hardcore Heartbreakers, the group composed of only the coolest guys in the academy.

The gang did several bad things in the academy making them the most badass and the most popular in the academy. They were a bunch of rebellious bullies that kept on pulling an unpleasant prank to others. The principal warned them but there were no changes. They were almost expelled but luckily, they had good grades. Lucy hates them even though they were kinda smart because she had a bad experience to them, something she'd never forget.

Lucy opened the door and saw the glaring eyes of the president of the student council, Erza Scarlet. She was a redhead and ranked 1st in the 'Top 10 Most Famous Students of Fairy Tail Academy' because of her unwavering charisma, brilliance, and beauty. She glared at Lucy and grabbed her along with Gray Fullbuster to the Student Council Office.

"What were you two doing in there? Aren't you two supposed to introduce yourselves to the class around this time? Don't tell me you did that thing?" Erza gasped in shock and drank the water on the table.

"Erza-senpai, you got us wrong! I wouldn't do that kind of thing, never with this guy." Lucy shook her hands and sweated. Her face was all blue looking in disgust.

"So you were actually doing it with every guy except for this guy? That's against the rules! I'm gonna go report this to the principal while you two stay here." Erza walked out of the room and hurried to the principal's office leaving Lucy with Gray Fullbuster.

Both of them never spoke a thing and waited for Erza to come. An hour passed by and Gray decided to pull off his shirt. He unbuttoned his uniform and took a piece of cigarette from his pocket. He held a lighter on his right hand and slowly lighted the cigarette.

"What are you doing!? You know that that thing you're doing isn't allowed here." Lucy shrieked and grabbed the lighter. She pulled the cigarette and threw it to the trash bin. When she was about to slap Gray, someone knocked on the door and appears to be the Student Council President, Erza Scarlet.

Gray pulled Lucy to his chest feeling the huge breasts of Lucy. Lucy shrieked but Gray covered her mouth. Erza opened the door and saw Lucy on top of Gray with Gray all shirtless.

"YOU TWO ARE COMING WITH ME TO THE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR'S OFFICE!" Erza screamed to the top of her lungs echoing all over the academy. She was drenched in sweat and grabbed Lucy and Gray's hand and they headed to the Guidance Counselor's office.

"Erza-senpai, it's not what you think! Please senpai, believe in me. I would never do such a thing! I'm still 16 and I've still got many things to think of other than what you think." Lucy escaped Erza's grip and ran off going to her classroom with tears falling down.

The recess bell rang just in time that Lucy made it to her classroom. She went in and everyone was glaring at her. Everyone was in disgust knowing that she skipped class the first day. Lucy sat at the far right corner of the classroom with no seatmate and ate her snacks and wiped all the tears.

"Yo, Lucy! It's recess time. Wanna go have recess with me and Levy? I'll be treating you." Natsu grinned at Lucy at the back door of the classroom. He showed off some money signalling that he'd treat Lucy.

"Nah, I've got my own snacks. You don't need to treat me." Lucy said also wearing the same smile as Natsu. Natsu walked away looking sad.

Lucy ate her snacks slowly and noticed that everyone went outside, leaving her alone in the classroom. She continued eating her snacks until someone unexpected came in. It was the guy that gave Lucy a bad image to Erza Scarlet, Gray Fullbuster. Gray went in and smirked at Lucy. He sat to the right of Lucy and put his feet on top of his seat.

"What are you doing here? Are you in the same class as me?" Lucy looked down and asked Gray.

"Apparently, yes. I never thought that you would be in the same class as me. It must be fate. Hmph. " Gray said.

"Fate, my ass! You gave Erza-senpai a bad image about me. You know, you should just stay away from me, you b*tch." Lucy screamed but Gray covered her mouth again. They stared at each other and Lucy became silent and Gray blushed. Gray uncovered Lucy's mouth and went outside.

"Oh, looks like Gray-kun is interested to you." A white-haired girl came in and sat on the seat of Gray. She's Mirajane, she's ranked 4 in the 'Top 10 Most Famous Students of Fairy Tail Academy'. She's sexy, pretty, smart, athletic and kind. She's every guy's favourite next to Erza Scarlet because of her kindness.

"Mira-senpai, since when were you here?! Did you see the whole thing?" Lucy was shocked and dropped her food.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I won't tell a soul about what happened in the auditorium, student council office and in here." Mirajane smiled and picked up the food of Lucy and gave it to her.

"Y-you k-know about what happened to me and Gray today? How did you... How did you know?" Lucy asked and raised her eyebrow.

"Of course, Erza and I are the best of friends so of course I know." Mira winked and patted Lucy.

Recess has ended and everyone went to their respective classrooms in a more orderly way. Gray went inside the classroom and all the girls had eyes shaped like hearts. He sat next to Lucy then all the girls glared at her. Mirajane sat in front of the classroom so Lucy has no one to chat with during class time.

"Class has started. Everyone sit down now and keep quiet. I'm Professor Macao Conbolt. I'll be teaching you Classic Literature from this day on." A teacher came in inside the classroom and everyone sat and froze like the teacher was so strict to its students.

Professor Macao talked about the fundamentals and principles of Classic Lit the whole period. Some students slept while others were throwing paper messages at each other. The professor didn't notice so it was kind of a smooth session for him.

Mathematics and Language came next after Classic Lit but the same atmosphere was in the classroom. Some were participative while others were not. The lunch bell rang and some students went outside their classrooms to eat. Natsu didn't come to Lucy's classroom so Lucy ate with Mirajane.

"So how's Gray-kun as a seatmate?" Mira asked as she let out her lunch box that contained some sushi and rice balls.

"He doesn't talk at all..." Lucy took out her lunch box that contained rice and tempura. They talked about how boring the class was and how funny the teachers were.

Lunch ended faster than what was expected. Natsu never came to Lucy's classroom and afternoon classes started.

"Good afternoon, students. I'm Sagi Tarius. Call me Sir Sagi. I'm gonna be your PE teacher for the whole school year. Now let's talk about the different activities we're gonna do..." Mr. Sagi talked about the activities and requirements for the PE class and ended earlier so that the class could have some free time.

Gray took his bag and went outside of the classroom. He banged the door and everyone didn't do anything. Lucy stood up and went to the windows side. She saw Gray walking out of the academy without the guards interrogating him. The next teacher came in and everyone went back to their seats.

*Dismissal*

The bell to dismissal rang and Lucy went home earlier than the usual. She didn't meet with Natsu or Levy and hurried home. Along the way, she stumbled onto a bunch of delinquents and dragged her to a small alley. They removed their shirts and smiled at Lucy. A guy went into the scene and wore a blue jacket hiding his face with the hood and smoked.

"Go out of the way, you b*tches!" The guy stated. He threw the cigarette and stepped on it. He kicked, punched and jabbed the delinquents and they ran leaving their shirts. The guy took off the hood and it was someone Lucy didn't expect...

It was...

To be continued

One chapter done! Whew! I'm sure everyone knows who the GUY was who saved Lucy but let's see if there was someone who guessed it wrong... *sigh*