Lost in the rain

Juvia V.S. Gray

Ahhh, since they haven't shown Tartaros yet in the manga, i decided to make my own characters... D: I don't like making OCs, but what could i dooo? Please read and enjoy~

Gray wondered whether or not the world had just ended. He waited for the earth to just explode and wither away after she just said that. He would've laughed, if it weren't for the seriousness in her eyes and the deep gut feeling he just couldn't shake off. She was definitely the Juvia he knew. What has Tartaros done to you?

A frown was set on his face as he silently thought of freezing Tartaros to a bloody pulp, and he looked at her with new found determination. He already lost her once; he wasn't going to lose her again, she belonged in Fairy Tail, and nowhere else. The ice mage strolled up once again and grabbed her arm without as much as muttering a word and proceeded to pull her with him. He didn't mind if she forgot about him, all that mattered was that she was safe and back in fairy tail. Or so he thought.

The bad feeling in his gut wouldn't leave and he looked on sadly, thinking about all the memories they shared together, gone forever to her. No. Gray clenched his other hands with determination. No. Not forever. He vowed to himself.

Shadow watched helplessly as his Juvia was being pulled away by the ice maker imbecile and roared in anger. He's eyes darkened and the lollypop in his mouth dropped to the floor. A smile stretched across his face, giving him a rather foreboding look rather than a friendly one. Dark shadows began leaking out of his form, filling the air with a sinister aura and the skies with menacing shapes. Juvia watched helplessly as Shadow's anger grew out of control and struggled out of the handsome stranger's grip. Juvia blushed. HANDSOME? She was not, absolutely not meant to fraternise with the enemy! She shook her head, to clear the wild thoughts.

Juvia transformed her arm into water, slipped through the stranger's hold and dashed up to Shadow, she gave him a blast of water. Shadow stopped his attack realization flitter across his face, gave Juvia a small smile, and then fainted. She sighed. It was a newly developed attack. It uses up most of the user's magic. She turned around towards the stranger, and her eyes narrowed at him. No matter how handsome he was, he's good looks couldn't fool her.

He began to take his shirt off, and Juvia dropped her defences and started to stutter with embarrassment. She tried to ignore the fact that he was VERY, VERY good looking, face and all. WAS THIS HIS ABILITY! INCREDIBLY GOOD LOOKS TO DISTRACT HIS OPENENT! What a fierce some foe...

"W-w-what are you doing!"

Gray threw his shirt on the ground. He watched as her face light up red, and raised an eyebrow. He sent her a mocking smile, his eyes lighting up, with mischief, but with a soft edge to them.

"I'm going to fight you, fighting in clothes is very uncomfortable... want me to take off my pants as well?"

Juvia could feel steam come out of her ears. She closed her eyes to calm herself, and then after a few minutes, she managed to out up her serious facade again.

"What do you want with Juvia?"

Gray sighed exhaustedly, and gave her a pained smile. "I'll take you back by force... if I have to,"

Juvia couldn't get her head around what he was saying and then went into an attacking position. She held up her hands and directed him, pleading eyes.

"I don't know you, but I can't forgive anyone who attacks Tartaros!"

He eyes were hidden by his long black bangs, as he looked down. He clenched his hands, digging his nails into his skin. "TARTAROS IS NOT YOUR GUILD!" He yelled angrily.

Juvia flinched at his shouting, but then stood her ground. Still with a calm expression and moved her hands around. A blast of water came at Gray but he did a summersault and dodged it, hands in pocket. His face was emotionless, and he held out his hands. He froze the water with one hand action, and Juvia watched amazed as the piece of ice broke into thousands of shards. He could create ice that fast? Fairy Tail was stronger than she thought. Juvia knew she was going to be in one heck of a fight. The water mage swung her arms around her and sent out two crescent water blades at gray. She looked baffled at her his determined face and barely dodged a blast of ice.

She held out her hands quickly. "Water lock!"

Gray groaned out loud, remembering that attack, and then was surrounded by her high pressurised water sphere. He moved his hands, with great effort, and then froze the orb. The sudden change in density cause Juvia to lose control of the now-ice-orb, and the ball smashed onto the grounds and shattered into pieces. He lifted himself up with great difficulties, gasping and coughing, and Juvia stood on the spot, perplexed. No one has ever broken out of her water lock before. It was like he knew it was coming. Water and ice... Must be destiny. Juvia blushed. NO! NO! NO!

Gray stood up, and steadied himself. The ice alchemist closed his eyes and concentrated, slammed his palm and fist together. "Ice make cage!"

Juvia found herself in a sturdy cage made of ice in a puff of mist. She swiped a hand at the cage, and sent a few water blades at the bars, but they wouldn't break. She frowned, must be some strong alchemist magic. Gray walked up the cage, stood on one spot and crossed his arms over his bare chest.

"Juvia... Come back with me... Come back to fairy tail"

The blue haired mage widened her eyes. Come back? What was he talking about? She honestly felt like answering with a yes, but she couldn't leave her guild. Everyone there seemed like a family, even though she forgot, she bet that she was extremely close with them. She couldn't help feel like she knew the stranger, but every time she tried to remember, her head would throb with pain.

"Let Juvia out!"

"Not until you say you'll go with me"

"I guess this leaves me with no choice" She murmured.

Juvia placed her hands in a strange pose, one that gray had never seen before, he watched her cautiously, yet alert at the same time.

"Water... dragon..."

Juvia lifted her arms in the air, and the very ground they were standing on began to shake with such force that Gray had trouble standing up. The air suddenly felt very dry, as if all the water in the atmosphere was being sucked up. Levy and Gajeel began tumbling around, and Levy stumbled, and nearly tripped when a large muscular arm stopped her. Levy licked her lips as the air around them was losing all moisture.

"You're too clumsy, Shorty"

Levy shot him a glare, and noticed something strange. She spied a strange man in the distance, and he smirked. The Tartaros goons they were fighting earlier began to disappear with the flick of the stranger's wrist. Levy gasped, as he quietly crept away, into the shadows. Levy's eyes widened in realisation and then groaned.

"Ahhh, Gajeel, we've been fighting sturdy illusions all this time!" She told him, but there was a nagging feeling, that somehow she was wrong.

"Are you fricken kidding me! Ahh, this just makes me wanna pummel Tartaros even more!"

Levy dragged the dragon slayer who was currently seething with anger, with her to where gray and Juvia were currently fighting.

Gray watched with amazement, as a large dragon made purely out of water, materialised and broke through his ice make cage as if they were as delicate as glass, and not the strong ice magic he put into them. Juvia swung her hands forward, and the dragon advanced to strike gray. He instantly raise an ice shield up, but was pushed back by the sheer force of the dragon hit him, his shield broke into pieces.

Gray puffed with exhaustion. Juvia looked like she was having trouble holding up as well. Juvia has gotten ALOT stronger, he thought to himself. It must have taken a lot of magic to conjure up something so big.

Whist keeping one of her hands out she swiped her hands to send out a few water blades at Gray. He dodged them quickly, but failed to dodge the dragon, which encircled his body and binded him. Ah, dammit, the water blades were a distraction. It felt like her was immersed in water, and he could feel himself suffocating. With strained effort, he held up a hand, and froze part of the dragon he was submerged in. The ice broke into pieces and he roughing made contact with the ground, despite his injuries, the ice mage got up again. Juvia was impressed at his fast ice making skills and his ability to thinking quickly.

The water mage could feel her strength quickly dissipating. Using her arms, she broke the water dragon form apart, and a tidal wave was upon gray. He quickly surrounded himself in a shield of ice, but the force of the current of water was too much for him, broke his ice shield, and then swept him away. The torrent of water swept him into a building and inflicted some damage onto him. He groaned, and struggled to get up, in shoulder high water, most of the water rushing downwards.

Levy and Gajeel spied the torrent of water rushing into town. Gajeel spied his old friend standing a few houses from them. The two mages had told their fellow Fairy Tail mages to get off of dry land as the large dragon they've witnessed earlier fell apart, and large amounts of water flowed from it. They had decided to travel on the high rooftops of the houses, whist they tried to get to Juvia.

"JUVIA!" He roared.

She acted like she didn't hear them, and continued to stare at the scene below her. She looked at if she was having an internal conflict with herself. Gajeel was about to run towards her, when the illusion man cut him off. The metal dragon slayer's gazed darkened, and he quickly went to strike him.

The man conjured up another illusion, this time a large bear.

Gajeel laughed forebodingly. "I know they're illusions you ass, now let me through before you're in for a world of pain"

The man laughed with humour. The bear brought up a claw and stuck Levy who stared surprised at the bear. To his horror, the claw penetrated her arm, and blood was seeping out of the wound. What kind of Illusion was that?

She was pushed back from the attack, and dangerously her foot dangled off the edge. Gajeel dodged the bear's other attack, grabbed Levy and jumped to another house.

The illusionist walked towards the two, and with a smile, and twinkle in his eyes. "As you can see, my 'illusions' aren't like any illusions you've ever seen. Gajeel stood in front of Levy, and growled.

"Illusion or not, you're going down"

The man's smile only widened, and Gajeel swore that his face might break. Why was he smiling?

The ice mage watched with horror at the large tidal wave threatening to drown Magnolia. Using the last of his strength Gray tried to freeze the water and hold it back from annihilating the town. The strong torrent managed to break through, and he silently cursed himself, whist the water continued to rush. He spied Juvia at the top of a house, and heard the citizens screaming in dismay.

The blue haired mage had a look of pain cross her face, then she swiped her hands, and the water materialised into nothingness. His eyes softened. That was the Juvia he knew... Kind... The Ice mage slumped to the ground, with Juvia walking away. He's breathing was shallow, and laboured. He wanted to go after her, but he couldn't seem to control his body.

The Tartaros guild master finally appeared out of nowhere and walked up to Juvia. His cold dark blue eyes were contemplating, and he placed a hand on the water mage's shoulders. Gray's eyes were half-lidded, and he was nearing unconsciousness. The two began to walk away, but the ice mage swore to himself that she turned back to look at him, before walking off, for good. A part of his delusional wish? Ah, why was he so pathetic and weak? He mentally bashed himself, but then nodding off into a deep dark slumber...

Levy, her right hand limp went over to Gajeel who was on a cursing spree. They looked at the damage in front of them, and flinched. Levy spied more members of fairy tail rushing towards them.

"Hmp, that's why they left" Gajeel spat, angrily. "A buncha cowards"

"Even so, no doubt they're very strong..."

"..."

"Strange... there were only 5 people here from Tartaros... that's not near enough to be considered a guild..."

"Perhaps they're like the oracion seis?"

Levy thought for a bit. "No... Even the oracion seis had smaller dark guilds working for them... I have a feeling that... that's not all their members"

Gajeel just yelled out in anger and made his way towards the rest of fairy tail. Frustrated with himself: for letting Tartaros for getting away, for letting Juvia getting away, and most of all for letting Levy get hurt...

LOL! To make up for my failness for my other stories, i updated this one for all you lots~ :D I hope you liked this action packed chapter! It was fun writing Juvia's and Gray's battle. What happened to Juvia to make her so strong? Perhaps you'll find out soon. For now please enjoy this chapter with my love, and tell me what you all think :) IDEAS WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT D: Thanksss~

Ja ne,

Marina-chan~