Fairy Tail High

Chapter 7: Swimming is fun

"Come on brats, get those legs pumping!" A tall, lean woman yelled. She had sky blue hair that hung down to just above her navy bikini bottom, that was lined with bright white detailing, and a face that was riddled with annoyance. Her dark blue eyes gazed down at the water below her, clipboard in hand, whistle round neck, she began to call out names of the students she was torturing, or teaching; it depends how you look at it really.

"Lucy, what are you waiting for?" The blonde woman looked down at the salmon-haired boy in waist deep water beneath her, she hugged herself closely, concealing her chest and very revealing white bikini top, while she stared at the rippling water. "Is it cold?" Lucy asked shakily as she dipped her toe into the water, "You're being such a baby Luce. It's a pool, it's not gonna hurt ya!" Natsu exasperated, looking up at her. "Yeah, but what if I-," She began, but was interrupted by a very angry looking teacher, "Lucy! Get in the water, would you?! I'm trying to teach a lesson here!" The woman yelled from across the pool, the blonde mumbled something under her breath before sitting down to slide into the pool, "What was that?!" The woman, with dog-like hearing, angrily asked. "Sorry," Lucy said loud enough for her teacher to hear, "Sorry, who?" She looked down to her clipboard, then up again, disapproved by how many names there were on the list compared to around the pool.

Said pool was outside, towered over by the school building, but with a good amount of sun light, due to where the sun was in the sky at this particular time. It was encased in a six- foot tall metal wire fence, not so much for protection, but more so to make it separate from the shedding trees and paths around it. One of the paths connected the metal wire fence's gate to entrance of the changing/shower rooms and the other cut through the grass to the equipment shed. Inside the fence there were three rows of staggered blue stairs, along the long side opposite the building.

"Sorry, Miss Aquarius." Lucy said as she entered the pool, shivering slightly at the sudden temperature change, even though it wasn't that great. "Do some warm up routines with pinky 'til the rest of this class decides to show up," Miss Aquarius instructed looking at her clipboard again. The blonde looked at the boy next to her, he was sulking slightly, "Pinky..." His voice was almost a whisper as he spoke, staring at the water.

Watching his childish actions, caused Lucy to let out a small giggle. While Natsu was feeling sorry for himself, she took some time to look him over; he was wearing fiery orange swimming-trunks, which had a black and yellow flame design creeping up one leg, that hung to just below his knees. The only other clothing he wore was his classic striped scarf, that he had tied around his head like a very thick bandana. "Oh, and Pinky!" The (still) angry woman called, Natsu looked over to her, still pouting, "Take that off your head, you can't swim with that on! Plus, you look retarded." She said the last part quieter but still loud enough for people close to her to hear and snicker because of. He grumbled something under his breathe before moving his hands up to his head to untie it. As he did this, Lucy watched his muscles in his arms and shoulders move, almost mesmerised by the way they relaxed and contracted gently while used different amounts of pressure to move his scarf-bandana. He got out of the water, using his right arm to push himself up, then his left leg to step onto the pool side, cradling his precious scarf in his other arm. The boy walked over to the benches, which were covered in towels, and placed it neatly nest to a red towel; presumably, his. He walked back quickly, jumped in the pool and caused a tidal wave-like splash, completely soaking Lucy, who hadn't taken her eyes of him for even a spilt-second.

"Natsu!" She shrieked, "I'm all wet now!" She whined, he simply laughed at he, "What did you expect, Luce? You were watching me the whole time, you should've noticed. Plus, it's a pool, you're gonna get wet." The blonde blushed at the accusation, stepped towards him and started laying small punches against his muscular, and surprisingly hairless, chest. "Shut up! I know it's a pool, you don't have to tell me!" He suddenly grabbed both her wrists, one in each of tanned hands, and held them either side of her chest, "I was only kidding!" He laughed with a smile, "You don't have to get all flustered." As he looked at her, Lucy suddenly became embarrassed, remembering what she was wearing and by how close to her he was standing but for some strange reason she didn't mind that much.