Hello, beautifuls! I am BACK with another attempt at a fairytail romance! This story will contain Gruvia, Nalu, and Gajevy; however, this is a Gruvia story.

I have Fantasyandromancelover to thank for this great idea of a story. I hope I live up to your expectations, friend!

Now I present to you, the first chapter of, "Raining Desire"

The Rain Woman

The streets of Magnolia were flooded with men of all ages as the new issue of Sorcerer Weekly had been released. The eager townsmen were rushing towards the many stocked stands with stacks of magazines.

"Did you hear? This edition has photo shoots from Fairytail!" One man cheered.

"That place is full of troublemakers, but they sure do have some hot females," another added.

"No way!" one gasped, "Lucy is wearing the Salamander style black and gold bikini?!" One shouted.

"Mirajane is a sex goddess in anything she wears," another groaned.

"Woah, you guys. Check out page 45," another drooled.

"Juvia looks so hot in a swimsuit!" One shouted. "Who knew she had such a nice body under all of those clothes!"

"Pig tails and a navy bikini," another said with a nose bleed. "You think she'll marry me?"

"You can have her as long as I get a glimpse of Lisanna!"

"Erza is way better!" one drooled

"Holy Cow, look at Cana in that pink string!"

As the men continued to gawk and talk amongst themselves, a hooded figure walked stealthily through the crowd and grabbed his own copy of the magazine. He left the group of drooling men as he began to flip through the pages, stopping as he came across on one of Juvia's more modest, close ups. He ripped he page from the book and carefully folded and tucked it away into his coat pocket, tossing the magazine into the garbage.

"The Rain Woman," he muttered with a smirk. "I'm close. Soon, you will be within my reach once again, Juvia, dear."

Meanwhile across town...

Juvia, Lucy, and Wendy sat alone at a table in the Fairytail guildhall. They chatted quietly amongst themselves as Carla returned to the table with some sweets for the girls to share. Juvia held a steaming cup of coffee in her hands as she suddenly sneezed.

"Are you getting sick, Juvia?" Wendy asked.

"No, no," Juvia replied as she waved her hands. "Juvia is fine."

"Are we still down for our spa trip tonight, ladies?" Levy asked as she and Erza walked towards their table. The reequip mage reached for a strawberry tart from the table.

"Yes!" Lucy cheered as she threw a fist in the air.

"Spa trip?" Natsu asked as he and Gray walked into the hall. "I want to come with!"

"Aye!" Happy added.

"No!" Erza spoke as she turned. "No men allowed," she glowered as crumbs fell from her lips.

"Yes ma'am!" Gray and Natsu shouted in unison, still terrified.

"Sorry about that, Tomcat," Carla muttered as she sat in Wendy's lap. Happy nodded and blushed as he looked away.

"Juvia is sorry, darling," Juvia whispered as she walked towards Gray and clasped her hands together.

"It's cool, I didn't want to go anyway," Gray replied, nonchalantly.

"Juvia will plan a romantic getaway for just the two of us when we return!" She cheered as she threw her arms around the ice mage.

"So creepy!" Gray muttered as a light blush dusted his cheeks. He shrugged Juvia off of him. "Just make sure you guys are safe, alright?" he blushed before turning away and elbowing the fire mage.

"What was that for, ice pick?" Natsu barked.

"Chill out, ash breath," he replied. "Let's pick a job since the girls are busy this weekend."

Natsu nodded with a smirk as Happy landed on his head. The girls at the table all fell down simultaneously. Only Erza remained standing.

"You two?" Levy asked.

"On a job?" Lucy asked.

"Together?" Wendy finished.

"Count me in, too," Gajeel added as he and Lily walked up.

"Gajeel, too?" Juvia asked, shocked.

"A little bit of male bonding never hurt anybody," Erza commented.

"Easy for you to say," Lucy muttered.

"With shrimp being gone, I won't have anything to do around here," Gajeel answered honestly, causing the script mage to blush. "Besides, I might get to pound some sense into these two knuckle heads during down time," he added as he cracked his knuckles with a grin.

"It's on, let's pick a hard one," Natsu smirked at the challenge. The trio headed towards the quest board. The fire mage paused for a minute before turning back to the girls. He walked towards Lucy. He put his hand against the wall next to Lucy, pink dusting her cheeks.

"Natsu?" she asked "What are you-"

"Make sure you guys be safe, and try to..." the last bit of what he said was muttered.

"Don't mumble, Natsu," Lucy groaned. "Speak up."

"I said try to stay away from other guys that at the spa, got it?" He returned as he blushed before walking away towards the board, steam coming out of his ears. Gray and Gajeel caught what he said before their faces lit up as they looked to the group of girls.

"Y-yeah," Gray muttered. "Stick together," he said as he made brief eye contact with Juvia, "Like you said, girls only." She smiled at him as he as he followed the fire mage.

"No guys allowed," Gajeel said firmly before following them.

Juvia, Lucy, and Levy each had steam coming off of their extremely red faces. Erza snickered at the boys before turning back to the group. Wendy chuckled as she sat Carla on the table. Gray spared them one last glance before his stripping habit "took over" and his shirt mysteriously ended up in Juvia's lap. They all act tough, but they're all softies for their women.

"Well, should we depart?" Erza asked.

"Y-yes," Juvia answered, smiling softly as she folded the shirt and sat it back into her lap.

"We should meet at the train station in half an hour," Levy spoke. "The train to Akane leaves in forty-five minutes, so that will give us time to buy tickets and board."

"That sounds good to me," Lucy smiled as she looked to the three boys arguing over the job. The girls picked up their belongings and left the guild hall. Natsu looked to the table and looked back to the guys.

"Did you hear that?" Natsu asked.

"No, I don't have dragon ears, flame head," Gray answered.

"They're going to the hot springs in Akane," Gajeel told him. Gray looked to the board and scanned over it before he quickly snatched a job from it.

"This is a transport job that will take us to Akane by horse carriage. If we leave now, we can beat the girls there. How's that sound?" Gray asked. The two dragon slayers paled slightly before nodding their heads. The group headed over to Mirajane who had overheard everything and had already cleared them for the job.

"The carriage will be here in five minutes with the cargo loaded. Two of you have to ride inside with the cargo at all times, so Gajeel and Natsu will have to trade out," she told them.

"That's fine, thank you Mira," Gray replied as he led the guys outside to wait for the carriage. Shortly, it arrived. A man hopped down and opened the carriage door revealing the bounty inside.

"Now, gentlemen, which of you will be riding and guarding my master's newest golden statue?" the man asked.

"That's a huge statue," Gray pointed out.

"My master is quite rich, he wants his precious statue taken to him unharmed," the man swooned. "Now, in you go!"

"I ain't riding in that stupid thing," Natsu groaned.

"I will then, I'm a bigger man than you anyway!" Gajeel challenged.

"How about both of you ride it and see who can last the longest?" Gray challenged further.

"ITS ON!" The two slayers growled before jumping into the carriage. The man chuckled before slamming and locking the door. He hopped back onto the carriage.

"Off we go," he chipped. Gray nodded.

'We should just get there before they do,' Gray told himself as he walked slowly and stared at the sky. 'Hopefully…I don't get why I'm so worried about her going on such a simple little trip, but I am.' He groaned as an image of Lyon among other flirty guys talking to the water mage floated through his mind.

"Screw them," he huffed as he kept pace with the carriage. 'She only needs me.'

Gray was brought from his thoughts as he saw the two sick dragon slayers hang their heads out of the carriage window.

"Hey, *blerg* Gray, I think *hiccup* Gajeel is losing his *blagh* nerve, maybe you should take his place," Natsu groaned.

"Shut up, *hiccup* idiot *blerg*," the iron dragon slayer retched.

"You guys are so gross, man," Gray chuckled.

Back at the Guild hall…

The hooded figure slowly made his way though the front doors. He passed by each of the tables, earning wonderous glances from the people around him. Arriving at the bar, he was greeted by the guild's master.

"What can I do for you, lad?" Makarov asked with a raised brow. The hooded man slowly removed his hood, revealing blue-green, fluffy, short-wavy hair. Deep, cerulean eyes looked up to him.

"I came here in search for Juvia Locksar," He spoke, his voice portrayed kindness. "She and I grew up together, and I heard she had joined fairy tail."

"I see," Makarov said suspiciously.

"Juvia isn't here right now," Mirajane cut in. "She is out on a spa trip with other girls in our guild."

"Ah, the spas in Akane, I assume," He replied.

"What do you want with her? And who are you?" Makarov asked.

"Awful suspicious, aren't you?" the man chuckled. "My name is Nami Yamado, I am nineteen years old, and I am a water mage. If you must know, I am looking for Juvia so that she may be my wife," he stated proudly.

"Good luck with that my boy," Makarov spouted.

"I don't think Gray would like that," Mirajane added.

"Who is Gray?" he asked.

"Juvia's love interest," Mirajane told him.

"I see," he murmured. "Well, I am off. Thank you for everything," Nami said as he pulled his hood back on and exited the hall.

"What a strange boy," Mirajane wondered aloud.

"Something was a bit off about him," Makarov said, crossing his arms.

"Don't worry, if Nami does go to the spa, Gray, Natsu, and Gajeel will be there to stop him. They took a job so that they could guard the girls," she chuckled.

"All is well," he sighed.