Okay, just a few things before we begin!

This is a LyoRay fanfiction (Lyon x Gray) cause that's my OTP. This takes place during the Avatar Arc in the manga (or the anime if you're reading this by the time the anime has reached that part). There has been some alterations such as:

. Lyon went with Lucy, Natsu, Happy, Wendy and Carla in search of Gray

. Wendy managed to heal Juvia quickly so Juvia, Wendy and Carla caught up with the group before they reached Avatar

. All of them have been captured after Gray defeated Natsu in a fight

. Happy and Carla are being held on the other side of the guild's building away from the captured mages who are being held in cells underneath the guild

. They are also all wearing handcuffs that prevent their magic but they're not tied together behind their backs like usual

. Gray joined of his own accord

Um, that should be all for now. Oh, and it's before Operation Purify. Have fun reading, hope you enjoy! Also I do not read the manga, but I only read this arc cause I saw a picture of Gray on Google while finding pics for a video and wondered what it was all about (he looks like Silver xD) so I ended up reading part of the manga - the anime is so close to this arc and I am so excited to see it animated and for there to be more fanfics about it and everything awesome like that cause this is one of my favourite arcs~ Ahem, other than that I don't read the manga, so no terrible spoilers and I apologise for screwing something up but...eh, there ya go.

Lyon's POV

We'd been stuck sitting in these cells underground for at least three days now and still no sign of Gray since his fight with Natsu. We heard his voice every now and then, and Natsu often scented his presence nearby, but he hadn't come down to show us his face. The members of this Avatar guild that had come to see us (only to torment and sometimes abuse) had been the ones called Mary, Jerome and Goumon.

Mary and Goumon were the ones who preferred to abuse us when given the chance, but it was Jerome I was planning to keep an eye on. He mentioned his 'closeness' with Gray way too often for my liking. How much he seemed to be around Gray, how much time they spent together, how they seemed to know practically everything about one another. Tsk, yeah right for that last one, Gray doesn't share his past or feelings with just anyone. Heck, Natsu had known him for 9 years or so before he found out about Gray's past so I doubt this guy knew anything at all, and if he did it was just a blatant lie.

But what really irked me and yanked on my chain was when he would sprout 'desirable goals' of taking Gray to bed someday. Juvia was almost sick the first time he told us this kind of stuff, but I just felt a rage building inside me. Nobody knew it but Gray was actually my lover, and we kept it hidden well. If I ever became angry at something someone did or said about him then people automatically put it down to the fact we cared for each other like brothers, vice versa with him. If this blond jerk ever laid a single fingertip on Gray in my presence or even eyesight then I'd make sure to attack him til he was dead. No kidding, I hated this guy that much.

So like I said, three days had passed and we were all anxiously waiting for the moment when we would see Gray again. Especially me... He remembered our relationship, right? I know it'd been a year since he and Juvia had brought Wendy and Carla to Lamia Scale* but he couldn't have forgotten what he meant to me. Suddenly we all perked at the sound of footsteps coming towards us and a muffled grumble of what seemed to be annoyance. My heart was pounding and soon enough Gray stood before us. He looked so different...he was...well if you didn't know him well enough then he'd look threatening and could even frighten you.

I immediately noticed the horrid black marks that covered almost the whole left side of his body. Where the marks covered his eye, the eye was no longer that beautiful dark blue I could easily drown in, it was a horrid blood red. Natsu shot him a dirty look which he ignored and Juvia looked like she was conflicting with being happy to see him or to be scared of him or to be relieved that he was okay since he'd apparently just upped and left the poor girl at the house they shared for six months (lucky bitch...bet she tried a few advances on him too).

"Gray, what's going on?" Lucy asked curiously with a hint of fear in her voice.

"Gray-sama..." I heard Juvia whisper to herself.

Gray looked around at us all before his eyes landed on me. I kept sat against the bars of my cell, joined together beside Natsu's, and slowly looked at him from the corner of my eye. His lips parted as if to say something before Jerome's voice called out and Gray turned to look over his shoulder.

"Ah Gray, dearest, I see you've come to visit your old friends".

"I told you, I gave all that up. Fairy Tail means nothing to me now, it's long gone".

He didn't mean that, did he? No, what was I thinking? Of course he wouldn't say something like that. Fairy Tail disbanded a year ago when Natsu left for some personal training with Happy and he was now trying to gather everyone up and bring Fairy Tail back together. I watched the two interact carefully. Gray seemed hesitant around Jerome, brows furrowed only a touch in annoyance. So I was right, they weren't as close as Jerome had said. Seemed to me like Gray hated him.

"Now, now, don't let your anger out just yet Gray, you can save that for screaming my name once I have my way with you" the dirty blond purred.

"Heh, I'd rather die at the blade of your Dark Sword than let you do such a thing". That was my boy, he still had that snarky attitude I loved.

"Well that can be arranged after I no longer keep you as a virgin".

"What if I'm already not a virgin, Jerome? Then what?" he taunted. "Brair always did have that little lovesick look in her eyes whenever I walked in the room, and who knows what happens at night behind closed doors in this place? Not to mention the doors are somewhat soundproof".

He was good at taunting a person, I'll give him that, but I knew he was lying. We could all tell he was lying, except Jerome of course.

"You and Brair? Oh please, I can very well tell you're gay or perhaps into men more than women but I doubt you and Brair would ever go that far, even if you two do train quite often with one another".

"Like I said Jerome, who knows what goes on behind closed doors at night in this place?"

"Tch, fine, have it your way. But someday I'll get you in my grasp and I won't be letting my delicious prey go".

"You make me sick, you know that?"

"Sick with desire perhaps. Ta ta Gray, don't forget the meeting tonight about what to do with your little friends here".

"Like I could forget...get out of here Jerome. And stay the fuck away from me too".

Jerome just grinned and disgustingly ran his tongue up the side of Gray's neck before walking off back up to the guild's floor. Gray just suppressed a shiver until he'd left and then proceeded to wipe at his neck with his gloved hand, a pure look of disgust and hatred in his eyes. It made me proud that he hadn't moved on to anyone, but did that mean he was still with me in secret?

"You let that freak touch you like that?" Natsu asked, a dangerous tone in his voice. I bet he wanted to rip Jerome to shreds too just for touching his best friend in such an intimate way.

"Not if I can help it, but he's a sneaky little fucker. Sometimes you can't tell when he'll strike or what he'll do". Gray then walked closer to my cell and sat down against the bars that connected my cell to Natsu's. I know I previously said that I wouldn't be able to help myself in attacking Jerome until he was dead if he ever touched Gray but I can't exactly do anything with anti-magic cuffs on me locked in a cell, can I? I hesitantly reached out a hand and placed it through the bars onto his shoulder, making him look over at me and a silent message passed through our eyes before he turned back. I still love you. "Are any of you hurt badly?" Nobody nodded and he let out a relieved sigh. "I'll tell you guys now, I joined of my own accord. I'm still searching for the book of E.N.D. I have to find it...I made a special promise to defeat that demon and if I don't find that book then I'll be damned".

"Juvia believes in Gray-sama. Gray-sama must do whatever it takes to fulfil his promise to Silver-sama".

"Thanks Juvia, I know I can count on you if I need to". That made the damn girl blush a bit but I forced myself to see it as a blush of being praised genuinely, not just by the man she loved so badly. Too bad he was already mine. Oh, and if you're wondering then Gray is no longer a virgin thanks to me and a little night time frenzy once upon a time. Just so you know. He looked at me over his shoulder. "And what brings you with them?"

"Looking for you and your stupid antics before you end up in trouble".

"Fair enough". He smirked. "Well, I can't stay here for much longer or who knows what Jerome will preach about next. Jeez that guy needs a bloody muzzle or even a shock collar on him before I end up punching his lights out or worse. Bastard clearly doesn't know who he's messing with, I tell you". He stood up and stretched a bit, I was fighting the urge to yank him back down and kiss the life out of him before he left again. He sent me a wink before trotting off back upstairs, leaving us in the dark once more.

Soooo~ is it any good so far? Should I continue it? And things will be in normal POV from now on if I do continue it, unless you guys want it continued from Lyon's view?

* = I believe as a headcanon that Gray and Juvia took Wendy to Lamia Scale before setting off on their own