Natsu, Gray, and Jellal stood in the gym waiting on the coach to come in and speak before the game started.

"So you ready?" Jellal asked looking at the two guys as they stretched.

"Hell yeah!" They shouted in unison. Natsu was determined he was gonna win. He had to win that bet with Lucy. It was his chance to finally get her to go out with him. His chance to find out what was going on with her. His start to making sure that she would never leave him again. He didn't tell anyone about the bet. Not even Gray. He wanted this start to be between the two of them.

The guys continued stretching when they heard Jellal speak. "Damn.... those girls are looking fine tonight." Natsu and Gray looked over to where Jellal was starring.

"Wwoooww.." Natsu said with eyes wide as his eyes trailed up the body of the blonde girl across the gym. She was wearing a pair of black knee high boots, a purple skirt that fell about mid thigh, and a tight black blouse that hugged her breasts so perfectly revealing just the right amount of the skin of her ample bosom. She had her hair pulled up in a bun with small wisps that fell around the frame of her face. He couldn't help but stare. She looked over at him and gave a small wave as she smiled. He swore his heart just skipped a beat. He was damn sure gonna make sure he won.

"Yo Ash breath, close your mouth.. you're drooling." Gray said elbowing him in the gut. Natsu leant over and cut his eyes at Gray.

"Dammit, you frozen pea bastard.." Before Natsu could finish his sentence the coach walked up.

"Alright brats, knock it off and pay attention. This is one of our biggest games of the year. Don't let me down. Do your best and let's win this!" He shouted. All the guys cheered and got in position for the start of the game.

The first half of the game started off strong. Natsu was hitting shots left and right. It was going in his favor. Of course he had to give props to the rest of his team too. Gray got in a couple of shots, and Jellal even got a nice dunk in on Sabertooth. He grinned as the buzzer went off letting the crowd know it was half time. He sat down grabbing a bottle of water and chugging it down. The score was 25-12. He was gonna get that date no problem at this point.

The coach rambled on in the background about a couple of different plays, but Natsu wasn't really listening. He was too busy thinking about what he was gonna do with Lucy on their date.

The second half of the game started. Natsu was up against the new guy that everyone had been going on about. He was a tall blonde. His Jersey read STING on the back. He was pretty damn good too.  Natsu wasn't making half his normal shots cause this Sting guy was blocking them left and right.

Natsu passed the ball down the court to Gray who took the shot. It bounced off the rim and Jellal caught it. He dribbled it back and brought it around to Natsu. He took the shot. It rolled around for a second before dropping into the basket. "There you go!" He shouted.

Sting smirked at Natsu, "You think you got talent?"

"I've got more skill out here in my let toe then you have in your whole body you yellow haired bastard." He smirked back. He be damned if he was gonna loose to this ugly piece of shit. 

The score was quickly changing and not in the way Fairy tail was hoping for. Natsu looked at the scoreboard. "Shit," he said irritation dripping from his words. The score was now 55-53. They were catching up quicker then they should have been. It seems this guy lived up to the rumors that were going around about him. But Natsu didn't care. He was gonna win.  He had to!

Sabertooth had the ball they dribbled down the court. It was passed to Sting.  Natsu spun around and accidentally tripped a player trying to get the ball from sting.

"FOUL!" The ref yelled. Dammit! Natsu thought as he slammed his hand on the floor. Everyone lined up and the guy dribbled the ball preparing to take his shot. He aimed the ball and shot. In it went. He lined up and took the second shot, again it went in. Natsu looked irritated as every curse word he could think of came to mind. The guy lined up and took his final shot. It hit the backboard and hesitated on the rim. Please fall out! Natsu screamed in his brain. No luck. It tilted on the edge before falling into the rim.

The score now had Sabertooth ahead by one point. It was now 55-56. Fairy tail had the ball and was dribbling down the court with it. The fans in the stands were going crazy screaming in excitement and anticipation.

"Come on boys, you got this!" The coach yelled from the sidelines. The clock was ticking down. The ball passed to Jellal.

He stopped and looked around for an opening. Everyone was covered. He spun and dribbled the ball a few steps before finally finding an opening for Natsu. "NATSU!" He shouted passing the ball around to the pink haired boy.

"Got it!" Natsu hollered back as he grabbed the ball and ran down the court dribbling it as fast as he could. He looked up at the clock.  He needed to burn a little more time. He looked over at Gray and nodded. Gray nodded back letting him know he was thinking the same thing. He dribbled it back and passed the ball over to Gray. Gray took a few steps ,leaned forward  faked it and passed it back to Natsu.

He looked at the clock again. 12 seconds left in the game. He pushed forward as hard as he could dribbling hard. He had to make this shot! He was gonna make this shot! He heard the crowd chant as he lined up for his shot.

8.....

7.....

6.....

5.....

He took the shot as the crowd got quiet. Everyone's eyes got big as the ball soared through the air. It hit the backboard and fell teetering on the rim.  Go in! Natsu screamed in his head.

The buzzer sounded as.... .

The ball fell away from the basket and hit the ground.