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Disclaimer : Um. If I owned FT, NaLu would be hardcore by now?

"LINE UP, KIDS! IT'S DODGE BALL TIME!"

Some of the students cheered, and some of them groaned. Lucy, personally, was still sore from walking around so much the day before. She rubbed her neck as the coach chose two students to be captains and pick their teams. Rather, if 'choosing' could be described as Erza and Natsu pretty much stepping up before the coach could say anything.

"I pick Mira."

"Gray."

"Juvia."

"Freed."

"Cana."

And it continued like that. The game pretty much became a boys vs. girls type thing, and while Lucy knew the girls are scary as hell, the boys are still really tough opponents. Lucy looked around, seeing the girls' weakest team members were herself, Aries, and Levy, and the weakest the boys had was Max, Droy, and Jet.

Lucy shuddered. She had a feeling this would not end well.

"My main goal is to be hit first so that I can be out of here before it gets bloody," she giggled with Levy.

Levy shrugged, "I just wait in the back, be one of the last ones left, and forfeit. My life is more important than my pride."

The two laugh together and stick around each other towards the back. Although Lucy's original plan was to get out as soon as possible, the rate at which the balls were flying were too scary to voluntarily get hit.

One by one, the girls and boys started dropping out until she, Levy, Lisanna, Erza, Mira, and Juvia were left. On the other side Natsu, Gajeel, Jellal, Freed, and Gray were left.

"You really think you guys are gonna win against us?" Erza stood in a fighting stance with Lisanna, Juvia, and Mira at her side with menacing glares. Levy and Lucy were in the back somewhere playing rock, paper, scissors.

"Isn't that what we should be saying to you? After all, we have five strong players. You have four strong players and two weak suits," Natsu raised his eyebrows and looked at Levy and Lucy.

The two, suddenly feeling stares, turned for their sixth round of putting down the same sign.

"Uh, hi!" Lucy waved. But then, as she saw what was happening to the four girls in front of them, she quickly shouted, "Watch out!"

But it was too late- they had gotten Mira, Juvia, and Erza while their backs were turned. Lisanna, who may have been the weakest of the four, still managed to catch the ball thrown at her with her most cat-like reflexes. And like that, Freed was out. Also, with Juvia out of the game, she started clinging to Gray, who knew he couldn't play with her on him and forfeited.

"We leave this to you, Lisanna! Show them our anger for playing such a dirty trick!" Mira and Erza yelled.

"Okay, I know we're not doing much, but that still kind of hurt," Lucy mumbled to Levy. She shrugged in reply.

As it was, Levy, Lucy, and Lisanna were left of the girls' side. On the boys' side stood Gajeel, Jellal, and Natsu. Three on three.

"It's our win!" Jellal, meaning to show off to Erza, grabbed a ball and threw it. Unfortunately for his ego, Lisanna was still a pretty good catcher. Jellal sulked off to the side.

Although she lasted for a good while, Natsu threw the ball at her foot, and she ended up getting out, as well.

"This will be easy," Gajeel snorted, and Natsu smirked.

"Blondie!"

Lucy looked up from picking up the ball that had rolled by her foot. She was poking it with her foot like it would give her a disease.

Levy eyes flickered back and forth between the two.

"Yes?" she piped up, sweat forming at her brow. She and Levy couldn't do this! They could just forfeit, but she was a little too scared of Erza to do this. Levy pretty much had the same idea. Suddenly, then, an idea struck her.

"May my teammate and I have a moment to strategize?" she asked.

He guffawed, "Sure! Not like it will help any!"

"Ugh, moron," she muttered quietly.

"What was that?" he stopped his bout of laughter and scowled.

"Nothing!" she throws her hands up in surrender and practically scurries away to Levy, "Listen, we're going to try to get out ASAP, right? Well, as long as we throw the ball in their general vicinity, they'll catch them to get us out. It will look as if we tried but lost, avoiding a very long game of us dodging their balls."

Levy nods, "That's brilliant! As long as I can figure out how to aim."

"Wing it, I guess?" Lucy shrugs. She and Levy had many things in common- having no sports talent whatsoever was one of them.

Levy and Lucy ran out to each grab a ball, immediately tossing them straight towards (as well as they could) to their opponents. This time, though, they both just swerved out of the way. They both tried again, but to no avail.

"It's like they know our plan- but why would they keep us in on purpose?"

Suddenly, Gajeel caught one of Levy's throws, and then tagged himself with it.

"Hey! That's not allowed!" To that comment, Gajeel walked off the court with a growl, which quieted Lucy.

"Listen, Blondie- if I win with the next three throws, you have to go out on a date with me."

Lucy was sure if she had been drinking water, she would have spit it out comically. Or perhaps choked. Or maybe tried to drown herself.

"W-what?" sh practically wheezed.

"What? Am I speaking in German? I said-"

"I know what you said. But-but- I'm... I'm so boring! Why would you want to go out on a date with me? I have a r-really pretty friend. I can set her up with you! I-"

"Shut up! I said what I said, and I'm going to win," he smirked and threw the first ball, which Lucy managed to dodge, "Come on, Shortie, hit me with your best shot."

He threw another ball before Lucy decided- he only had one more chance. She might as well try to get him out.

She picked up a stray ball, and threw it as hard as she could. When he reached out and caught it with no effort whatsoever, she sighed. At least she only had one more ball to dodge.

"So when's our date?" he stretche.

"What? What do you mean? You haven't hit me yet."

"Blondie, I never said out on only my throws."

Lucy wanted to cry. She wanted to hit something. She wanted to yell that he tricked her. But she was outsmarted.

And now she was screwed.

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