Gumlee (6) ~ School of Aaa

That weekend, Gumball got a reply from Alfie. He'd sent an email to warn him of his arrival at Christmas.

Cool, you better get me a good present then! I haven't seen you in ages, can't wait! ; ) xx

Gumball looked at the reply, awkwardly wondering if he should ask about this break up Albin had been talking about. Eventually, he asked:

Me either! You been seeing anyone or do I have you to myself this year? 

There was no reply- but then Gumball had no idea what time it was for him. He could be asleep- or at work- or he could be ignoring him. Why would he be ignoring you? Stop being paranoid. He told himself firmly and refused to even check his email until the next day, which happened to be Monday, and he got distracted from his original plan by the activity at school.

When he got into his classroom that morning, the air was thick with tension. He asked the other teachers what was going on, but they hadn't noticed anything strange- they barely knew what he was talking about. But Gumball felt it. Something was going to happen. It was more or less confirmed when Ice Queen stepped into his room and smiled.
"What's going on, Ice Queen?" He asked, alert and nervous, while she was calm and composed. 
"You pick up on the smallest things," She admired as she moved over "There's going to be a fight. Can you get ice bags for us?"
"A fight?" The Prince repeated, shocked "Between who? Why?" Ice Queen narrowed her eyes slightly "Oh uh, yes, I can get ice. Sorry." A satisfied 'hmph' came from the woman as she leaned into a counter.
"Between Mar- uh, Vampire King and Fire Prince." Her lips twitched in annoyance at her mistake, before she continued "Over a girl."
"Seriously?" Gumball frowned "He's only just got here, how can he be fighting over someone he's just met?"
"Well, I told him to." Ice Queen replied matter of factly, before she straightened and started to leave "Don't interfere unless I tell you to."
"You like telling people what to do, don't you?" He murmured, slightly annoyed, but had to apologise under her frosty glare.
"Get ice, my sweet prince." She said again, before sweeping out of the room.

~

"Gumball! Did you hear about the fight?" Fionna burst in at the start of break and jumped at him "Vampire King and Fire Prince are outside right now!" He looked over, feeling reluctant and resigned. Blood made him uneasy, to say the least, and he wasn't allowed to intervene if it got serious. It was up to Ice Queen... However, he got up and went out with the blonde girl and Cake, where a crowd was steadily forming.
"Hey, uh, look, I was drunk, I don't really want to fight..." Fire Prince was mumbling and the Vampire smiled in relief.
"Ah good, so I can take the girl without any trouble?" He purred coyly, and the Prince sharpened.
"I never said that!" He snapped "This isn't a fight over her!"
"I think it is," The King replied, an amused glint in his eyes while his face remained serene "You're free to step down, but then you'll lose her. Not that you even have her, but you know what I mean."
"Where's Ice Queen?" Fire Prince whirled round and took a step towards her "The girl has to be here for us to fight over her- and she isn't either of our subjects so how exactly does this work? Huh?" He bared his teeth viciously which made the Queen scowl.
"It's my understanding that you both want her as a subject, am I wrong?" He opened his mouth but she had turned to Abracadannie "Find her, and quickly. I showed you her picture, right?"
"Yeah." The girl spun and ran off while Ice Queen stepped forward.
"Does either one of you want to stand down?" Silence "Fine, then do you have a name for her to take on if she joins you?"
"Zombie Cat," Fire Prince decided instantly "Or ZC for short." They looked at the Vampire, who was shielding his eyes from the sun with a casual hand.
"Schwable." He replied with great amusement, and the crowd murmured in confusion "An inside joke between me and you," Fire Prince scowled at him as he remembered what he was talking about.
"Poor girl," Gumball murmured to Fionna "I wouldn't want either of them as a Prince. Or King." Fionna nodded in agreement.
"Do you want any rules for the fight?" Ice Queen silenced the muttering.
"To win," The King started slowly "The loser has to admit defeat, or surrender." 
"Agreed. Not the face." Fire Prince added.
"Not the face? You damn wimp." The Vampire King chided "Do I have to agree to that?" He motioned to Ice Queen.
"No, you both have to agree." 
"I'll hit you in the face if I have to, hot shot. No weapons."
"Fine."
"One on one."
"I refuse." Fire Prince grinned slightly, hoping to phase him. He looked as relaxed as ever.
"Only one other, then."
"Fine, but subjects only." The King laughed and agreed, much to the shock of the audience.
"Is there a time limit?" He continued like it was nothing and the Queen shrugged.
"If you need to miss some lesson, I'm sure the teachers will let it go." She smiled coldly and Gumball grimaced slightly- her control never ceased to bring chills.
"No time limit then?"
"Fine." Fire Prince paused as he tried to think of another rule. "If someone is knocked out...?"
"We should try again another time. Unless they want to back down." The King smiled suggestively at the Prince, who swallowed lightly. "Do we talk about the terms concerning the girl?"
"Like what?" Fire Prince asked.
"I don't know much about this subject business," He reminded "But talk to her or anything like that without her or my permission, and you're punished in some way. Can we agree on that?"
"Punished how?" He queried.
"How about the lunch hall one?" Ice Queen suggested, and Vampire King blinked at her in confusion, but didn't question it when Fire Prince agreed.
"Likewise. Anything else?" Fire Prince asked, as Abracadannie came back, dragging the girl from the weekend party out into the circle.
"She's young," Gumball noted in surprise as Ice Queen towered over the mucky blonde haired child and spoke quickly and quietly to her. She looked annoyed, but Ice Queen probably didn't leave much option for her.
"Begin when you're ready," The Queen stepped away, pulling the girl with her, and the two boys tensed. Fire Prince called in a small boy called Flambo who quickly raced up and attacked the King, who had troubled matching his speed, but the hits he received were weak. Fire Prince stood, apparently waiting for something, and then moved as Flambo wrapped himself around the King's neck and swung to unbalance him. He kept him unbalanced and tore at his head to distract him as Fire Prince sent heavy punches into the Vampire's stomach. Vampire King swung Flambo round into the Prince and kneed his stomach. The boy went down- winded, while the Vampire blocked and threw punches at the Fire Prince. His face was red with scratches but Fire Prince still seemed annoyed that his plan seemed to have failed. Suddenly he feinted, and as the black haired boy fell for it, the Prince swung his fist up right into his eye. He reeled and stumbled, but when Fire Prince tried to take advantage of it he darted and tripped and pushed simultaneously, before jumping on him. Fire Prince slammed the Vampire into the ground by his dark locks and blood bursted from his lips. The crowd reacted excitedly while Gumball put a hand over his mouth in horror. At first the King was disorientated, but he was still on top of the Prince and quickly fired a few punches across his sharp features. They rolled and tore and bit and hit at each other until the King was on top again and forcing the Princes hands down to the floor. They paused, panting.
"Give up," The Vampire told him, and the Flame Prince laughed.
"You're way more injured than me- how can you say that?" The King spat blood out tiredly.
"I thought you would have realised." He murmured, before bring back a leg and slamming it in between the Prince's legs, who jerked and yelped. "I'm going to count down to five, and if you don't give up, I'll do it again."
"You crazy- you crazy bastard-!"
"5..."
"You can't-"
"4.."
"You know how much that- don't-"
"3..."
"FLAMBO HELP! Flambo!!"
"2..."
"I GIVE UP!" His breathing was crazed with terror as he looked at the Vampire- whose blood was covering his resigned expression. Slowly, they pulled apart, and the crowd parted to let the Vampire King disappear, being led by Ice Queen, who grabbed Gumball on the way into the halls where his classroom was.

~

"You did it, and that's the important thing." Ice Queen was saying to him as Gumball handed ice and tissues.
"You're very much the devils work, Ice Queen." He muttered, leaning back "He'll be needing ice way more than me right now."
"Nonsense- your eye is already black."
"Yeah but everything for him is probably swollen, and not in a good way if you know what I mean," He nudged Gumball, grinning, who looked back disapprovingly "Ah, you're no fun." He whined, just as the girl- uh, Schwable, stormed in.
"Who the fuck do you think you are?" She snapped furiously "Fucking stride into this school and you're a King? For what fucking reason other than you're licking this slut out?" She seethed, motioning to Ice Queen
"Careful," She replied coldly, but the girl continued anyway.
"Do I not get a say in this shit? Isn't this whole system supposed to help students get a say?" The Vampire King blinked at her boredly through his good eye.
"Are you annoyed because I called you Schwable?" He asked, a tint of mocking in his voice that made the girl step forward and slap him across his already red cheek. Schwable panted quietly, a little shocked by herself, and no one else made a sound or moved. The King's one eye was opened just enough for Gumball to see his anger, and slowly he stood up and turned to her. "What exactly is it that you're pissed off about, bitch?" He asked quietly.
"I-I didn't want to be a subject-" She stammered
"But you wanted to come to a party. When you're underage, and obviously have little control over your drinking." He interrupted "If someone had called the police for something like noise and there was no one to make sure you didn't get into trouble-"
"I had Fire Prince! He said he'd-"
"Did he invite you?" The King looked shocked and Schwable momentarily looked guilty for revealing him "I suppose he supplied you with drinks, too?" She didn't reply "Are you stupid?"
"Wh-what?!" Schwable demanded "Just because I went to the-"
"No. You don't understand." He practically growled "When a boy invites you, alone, to a party like that, and gives you drinks, you say no. Don't you understand what he wanted from you?"
"What-? What do you mean?"
"Why do you think we got into a fight in the first place?" He challenged her, and she stepped back, trying to take in what she'd just heard.
"He... he was drunk-" She stammered finally.
"Was he drunk when he invited you? When he handed you drinks?"
"Stop it- He's not- he wouldn't-"
"You can go ask him yourself if you want to talk to him." The Vampire King moved to pick up his ice pack but Schwable pushed it away.
"It's not true. He cared about me, you're just jealous-" He laughed, interrupting her.
"I'm so sorry," He chuckled "I asked him, at the party, to prove that he knew you when he wanted your unconscious body. I asked what your name was." He flicked his dark hair back "He told me it was Schwable."
"YOU'RE A FUCKING BULLSHITTER!" She screamed, shoving him and running out. The pale teen tutted and turned round, grabbing the ice pack and sitting with his back to them. Ice Queen folded her arms.
"What an idiot. I'd be half tempted to let him have her." She muttered harshly.
"She's just upset." A grumble informed from the corner. Ice Queen watched him for a bit before sighing. She walked out slowly.
"Go back when you feel you're ready, and honestly, I wouldn't waste much time on that girl. Don't worry about her." Ice Queen shut the door behind her and Gumball suddenly found himself alone with the King. Awkwardly, the pink haired Prince decided to check his email to avoid having to talk to him.

Haha, no worries you pervert! I'm alone. Learnt a good few tricks while you were away, what about you? 

Gumball stared. Tricks??? What kind of tricks? Well, okay, he could guess... shit, he didn't know any tricks! He hadn't been with anyone since... well, Alfie. Gumball bit his lip in embarrassment, had it really been that long? And now he had to wait until Christmas... He swallowed, suddenly realising what this meant for him. The next few months would be torturous waiting for sex.. and he knew tricks... oh glob, someone save me!