A/N: Hello! How are you? :D I am back with a new story this time, along with the sequel I am currently writing! And this time I decided to do something funny and refreshing to lighten the mood of the current and upcoming chapters. Just something before I'll let you go on with the chapter: if HM dares to kill Juvia, he's doomed :P haha. As you already know I don't own Fairy Tail. So go on with the chapter, hope you like my new story :)
Juvia had made her final decision. After a lot of thinking and a lot of storms devouring the city of Fiore because of her unstable emotional state (she had gone there to think more clearly), the bluenette decided the best thing for her and her beloved Gray-sama was to let him go. The water mage felt her heart crushed as she concluded to that result but she couldn't do otherwise. Her feelings were unrequited for too long and she needed to start fresh, to give both of them what they deserved: to the ice mage his freedom and to her a chance to love. And she could have what she wanted. Lyon, the Lamia Scale mage and Gray's childhood rival, courted her and flirted with her since forever. She did to Lyon what Gray did to her and as soon as she realized that she wanted to stop. Why not giving him a chance? She knew he would never be like her Gray-sama… No, not hers, he was never hers to begin with. But Lyon deserved a chance and maybe he was better than she expected him to be. And as soon as she realized that, she decided to drop the sama honorific as well. He was her friend after all, why calling him that? Even though she knew it would be difficult to follow her decision, she felt confident about her new beginning. She had her family with her after all, her beloved friends who cared for her and cherished her. And Gray would always be by her side but only as a nakama. And now she knew that for sure. With that thought in mind she packed her stuff and decided to go home.
Gray was sulking in a corner of the bar, being in no mood for stupid flame brains, irritating iron dragon slayers and any other kind of trouble. He was so tired after the last mission he pulled off with Erza, it was an S-class mission after all, and he needed some time for himself. But other than the usual stupid Natsu who was buzzing around annoying Lucy, everything seemed suspiciously too quiet. Erza was gone for another job, Gajeel was eating iron and talked with Panther Lilly and Mirajane served the rest of the fairy tail mages. Everything seemed in place, right? So why did he have the feeling that something was missing? The moment he was ready to take another sip of his drink the door opened and a certain blue haired mage entered the guild. Oh right! Juvia! Where was she all this time? As soon as realization hit him, Gray went pale. He missed her? He missed her presence? OF course he would, she was his nakama after all.
"Oi Juvia!" he called for her and she turned her gaze and stared at him. Gray spotted something unfamiliar in this gaze, like something was lost but he didn't give too much attention to it. She smiled at him so he thought that everything was ok between them, but he couldn't expect what would happen next nor the rest of the fairy tail mages could.
"Hi Gray-san." Juvia greeted and every single mage's jaw dropped, including Gray's. He thought he didn't hear well. Was he just called Gray-san? The sama honorific was gone? Maybe she did a mistake he thought and passed by it.
Juvia didn't bother to approach him, she walked towards Mira instead and sat on the bench.
"Good morning Mira-chan." Juvia greeted casually.
"Hello Juvia." was the only thing Mirajane could say still shocked from Juvia's behavior a second ago.
"Are you ok?"she finally asked the water mage and she grinned.
"Juvia feels better than ever, Mira-chan. Why you ask?"
"Oh nothing, if you say so… Gray is over there and he is sitting alone…"
"Yes, Juvia knows that." Juvia stated matter-of-factly.
"Won't you go and sit with him, this is the perfect chance for…"
"Thank you for the advice Mira-chan but Juvia has some other stuff to do. She has missed doing jobs, so she will go to check on the mission board." She announced proudly and Mirajane was ready to faint. Had she heard right? After Juvia approached the mission board, she glanced at Gray who was sitting at the table with a dumbfounded look on his face. Had he also heard what had Juvia said? And how did he feel about that? Before having a chance to ask him, the ice mage left the guild with his head down being sceptical and the hands in his pockets.
The next day the guild was surprisingly quiet. Gray entered the room and found only Mirajane standing behind the empty stool and polishing the glasses.
He didn't even bother to greet her, he just sat in front of her, already in his underwear.
"Your clothes Gray." Mirajane shrugged as if it was something normal and Gray looked at his body and cursed.
"Oh shit." After he put on his clothes he sat again in front of the white-haired beauty.
"Why is the guild so empty?"
"Everyone has gone off to a job. They seemed so determined to work on some missions today."
"That's weird." He announced and before he could ask for a drink, Juvia entered the guild. Even though he didn't remember it at first, the moment he laid the eyes on her, her weird behavior the day before came back from his memories. He stared at her but he couldn't spot something that was actually changed. Her outer appearance seemed the same and her eyes looked as warm as ever. So why did this sudden change happen?
"Good morning Gray-san, Mira-chan." She greeted and went straight to the mission board with Mirajane and Gray eyeing her suspiciously. What the heck was going on? The water mage had gone through some mutation or something while she was away?
"Oh, I actually forgot! I have a mission for the two of you." Mirajane announced happily and that drew the two mages' attention.
"What? Why?" Gray asked spontaneously and instantly regretted his question. He turned to look at Juvia and was ready to justify himself when he saw her smiling. She didn't get affected at all by his comment, she stood restless next to him with no hurt expressions and broken smiles. No heart-shaped eyes, no squalling next to him, no extravagant declarations of love. Nothing.
"I mean how come you chose the two of us?" Gray questioned and Mirajane smiled.
"I chose you because there is no one else available. I am sure you'll do just fine." She said and handed the paper to him.
"Juvia must go with Gray-san? Or is there another mission?" the water mage finally spoke making once again the other two speechless. Mirajane was now certain that something weird was going on and so was Gray. But they couldn't figure out what.
"This one has a very big price but they need two mages. And I think it was ideal for you, after all water and ice can combine very well."
"Ok, Juvia will accept it since there is nothing else more notable than this mission." The bluenette shrugged and Gray finally concluded to the fact that she was on drugs.
"When do we have to leave?"she turned to Gray and he hesitated.
"Ermmm, the paper says that we have to go as soon as possible."
"Ok then, see you tomorrow at 9 o'clock at the train station Gray-san. Save the rest of the details for tomorrow." She spared him a smile and left.
"What the hell happened just now?" Gray asked clearly agitated and ripped off his clothes brutally leaving him on his birth suit.
"Please cover yourself Gray." Mirajane said but the ice mage was already gone, ready to cause some disturbance with his butt naked walk around the crowded streets of Magnolia.
A/N: So how did you find it? well, the main secrets of the plot hadn't been revealed, there is a major cliffchanger coming in the next chapters and I hope you'll enjoy it and find it as funny as I did when I first thought of it. As for the rest, you know the drill, leave a review :) until the next chapter!