A/N: Okay let's just assume that Juvia and Wendy make their way to the Avatar HQ and break Natsu and Lucy out of imprisonment, and they are now trying to find Gray and attempting to get out of there. I wrote this at four in the morning so excuse my sense of logic and typos.
I couldn't think of a good way to open this so sorry about the beginning.
(Excuse my terrible way of naming stories. Tell me if you have a better name)
She stood her ground, not budging an inch, not letting their attacks reach her whatsoever the whole time. Her water was boiling with determination, her opponents didn't get within five meters of her and her friends. Lucy and Natsu stood behind her, their hands still bound by the anti-magic chains but they were still kicking and hammering all they could without using their powers.
She didn't care about the fever, she didn't care that she felt like her legs would give way any second now. The thought that the amount of enemies in front of her might be too much never even dared to cross her mind. All Juvia could think of was how she could only see the colour grey, and the raindrops that fell in buckets obscured her vision but that didn't stop her from her goal.
Somewhere along the way, Natsu and Lucy had managed to get across the courtyard, and had taken a bunch of the cloaked enemies with them. Now, Juvia stood alone in the middle of it all, chest heaving, dress torn and muscles aching with exhaustion. She felt faint, but all the pain suddenly felt far away when she saw the figure approaching her.
"Gray-sama!"
She wanted to run over to her long lost prince, to hug the air out of him and never let go, but she stood where she was, not bothering to stop the tears of relief running down her cheeks.
"What are you doing here Juvia? Leave now!"
That wasn't what she expected to hear. A small crack emerged in her heart at his words but it didn't matter. She had found her Gray-sama and he was okay.
All of a sudden, a searing pain ripped through her body like a knife. She clutched her stomach and groaned, sinking to her knees as the pain tore through her whole body. She felt as if someone had poured acid through her veins, like a thousand wasps were stinging her insides, she felt faint and her vision went blurry with the agony.
"Juvia!" cried Lucy.
"Juvia-san!" She heard Wendy's voice somewhere off into the distance. Then, another giggly female voice.
"A rainwoman hmm? How perfect," the girl giggled. Juvia barely made out a female figure stepping in front of her as she lay on the ground, "my poison will run quickly through your water body, you'll be quick to snuff out."
"Mary! Stop!" Juvia perked slightly as she heard Gray's rough voice call out, before her consciousness slipped away from her.
Suddenly, she was standing in a field. A field full of…wheat? No, it was grass, but the grass was golden. Shimmering in the intense sunlight. A rough breeze flew through the endless looking field, kissing her cheeks softly, and there seemed to be no one around.
Juvia looked down and noticed that her shredded clothes were gone, and she was wearing yellow, japanese style robes, with golden cherry blossom designs along the long sleeves that covered her hands. Where is Juvia? She thought.
"Ah, you must be Juvia."
The blunette turned to find the sound of the voice and stopped short. The woman had short cut, black hair, a slender figure, wore similar robes to Juvia's and looked a lot like…
"Ultear-san?" The woman chuckled softly and smiled, she had a warm smile.
"No no, you're thinking of my daughter." At these words, Juvia felt her breath catch in her throat, she stared openly at the woman in front of her, her mouth agape and her azure orbs wide.
"U-Ur-san…Gray-sama's teacher…"
"That's me. And you're the infamous Juvia I keep hearing about?"
"Uhmmm…" the younger girl couldn't process any words, so she just nodded meekly. She was so confused, she had no idea where she was and why she was wearing these robes and why she was talking to her Gray-sama's dead teacher who somehow knew about her- wait.
"Is Juvia dead?" The sad look on the older woman's face spoke for itself. Immediately, Juvia started panicking.
"Juvia died? Oh no what will happen to Gray-sama and the others? Of course they are strong without Juvia but Lucy-san and Natsu-san are still unable to use magic! And Wendy-san can't fight for very long on her own! What will Gajeel-kun say when he finds out Juvia's dead? Will Gray-sama miss me? Juvia is only eighteen she's too young to die-"
Ur placed a palm firmly over her mouth to shut her up. Sighing deeply, the woman explained, lowering her hand "You're not properly dead, Juvia." Her voice was more firm and to the point and her expression was hard and cold, completely different from the warm motherly impression Juvia had gotten from her earlier.
"You are on the verge of dying though." She pointed her finger upwards, "The breeze isn't normally that strong. It's trying to take you back." Juvia relaxed slightly, but not completely. She was still dying.
"What should Juvia do?" She asked nervously. How would she get back to her friends?
"There isn't much you can do." Ur shrugged. "I suppose you can sit and wait to see what happens."
"O-okay."
Ur began to walk in one direction and Juvia decided to walk with her, since there didn't seem to be anyone else around. The ice mage didn't protest, in fact, she smiled at the younger girl.
"I've heard quite a bit about you you know."
Juvia blinked at the woman. "How have you heard about Juvia? Juvia's never met you before."
"I suppose I'm partly responsible for that." a gruff voice sounded. Both girls turned around and Juvia felt her heart stop and a dozen painful memories flooded through her mind.
"Silver-sama?" She barely choked out. Here, in front of her was Gray's dad, the very man she had been forced to kill. And even though Gray had forgiven her for it, she still couldn't have stopped the nightmares and the heartache that haunted her. She had taken a life, and not just any life, the man she loved had lost his father, because of her.
"It's nice to see you, Juvia-chan." He gave her a hearty smile, as if he wasn't looking at his murderer and actually walked up to Juvia and hugged her. All before whispering in her ear. "Thank you so much. I wouldn't be here without you."
At those words, Juvia burst into tears on his shoulder, she felt so embarrassed and tried to stop but it seemed impossible to control her stream of tears. Silver simply patted reassuringly on her back and hugged her tighter before pulling away.
"J-Juvia is sorry…"
"No need to be. You made me happy, Juvia-chan, and now," he gestured behind him, and Juvia noticed a woman about the same age as Silver standing behind him, with white hair similar to Mira's flowing in the wind behind her, she too wore golden robes, and had a sweet smile upon her face. "now I can be with Mika."
"Gray-sama's…mother…" She was so beautiful, and Juvia realised that Gray had inherited her smile. But Mika seemed more open to giving her smiles whereas a genuine smile like this rarely came out of Gray.
"Silver wouldn't stop talking about you, Juvia. He went on and on about you fighting the necromancer, and you and Gray doing a unison raid at the Grand Magic Games." Ur placed a hand on the blunette's shoulder. Juvia was still crying but she began to smile now.
"Ehh? Silver-sama saw the games?"
"Oh yeah, I watched the whole thing from far. You two seemed so close, forgive me for thinking you were his girl." Juvia felt a fresh blush adorn her cheeks at that comment.
"I feel so sad that I never got to see my little boy grow up." Mika inquired, "What is he like as a teenager, Juvia?"
"Gray-sama is wonderful. Before Juvia joined Fairy Tail, she was part of a dark guild of some sorts," she paused, looking around to see if any of them gave her a look of disapproval, none of them did and so she carried on: "Back then, the rain followed Juvia wherever she went, and Juvia couldn't do anything about it. But then Gray-sama…" She smiled to herself at the memory of their first battle, "Gray-sama sealed Juvia's darkness," She noticed Ur's eyebrows raise at this, "and brought light into Juvia's life. That's when Juvia knew…" She stopped herself.
"That's when you knew what?" Silver asked, he looked like a child listening to a story, wondering what happens next.
"That's when Juvia knew…that she was in love with Gray-sama." The blunette finished.
A silence settled upon the group, only the rough rustling of the golden grasslands could be heard. Then, slowly, a bright smile set upon each of the older persons' faces.
"I knew it!" Silver practically yelled.
"Oh, you two would be a cute couple I'm sure." Mika giggled.
"Does he know about your feelings?" Ur asked, with a raised brow.
"Well yes, but Gray-sama doesn't think of Juvia in that way."
"That boy doesn't realise how lucky he is to have a girl like you who's there for him. Oh don't worry sweetheart. I know Gray and from what I've heard, he seems to like you a lot." the ice mage said, "That kid doesn't let anyone that close unless they mean something to him."
"Juvia."
Mika approached the young blunette slowly, and took her hands in her own. "Look after my little boy for me? I know I haven't seen him since he was a kid, but I can guess he can get himself into trouble a lot."
"Got that right." Ur mumbled.
"Juvia promises to do her best." The girl couldn't surpress this warm feeling that bloomed in her chest. She may be close to dying, but she was here with her Gray-sama's family. She was meeting the very people who brought up the man she loved, and, even if she may never see him again, she would always be there for him, just like Mika, Silver and Ur. The whole scene just made her teary eyed again.
"Aw come on, girl. Don't cry again." Ur stepped forward and wiped her eyes, then, she thought for a second before taking something off her wrist.
"You know what? Take this." She gestured for Juvia to give her hand and the water mage did so, Ur put something on her wrist and stepped back as the new owner examined it. It was a bracelet, made entirely out of ice, but the ice had been moulded so it resembled frozen teardrops.
"Gray made it for me for my birthday once. He claimed that it was just a small ice-make trinket but he wasn't very powerful and I could tell how long he'd worked on it."
"Ur-san, Juvia can't accept this…"
"Nonsense, girl. I'm sure Gray wouldn't mind. It's simply a sign that you're one of us now. Believe it or not. You're a part of our family too."
The ice mage stepped forward and hugged Juvia, and this time both of them felt tears coming on. Before breaking apart, Ur whispered something in her ear. "Do something for me, tell Gray I said: 'I love you.' Tell him exactly how I said it."
"Yes, Ur-san." Juvia felt the wind pick up again, this time so powerful that her hair flew into her face and her dress flapped around her ankles. She felt the world tilt again and watched as the three adults in front of her smiled, the breeze didn't seem to affect them at all. Mika latched onto Silver's arm and whispered something to him, causing him to chuckle before yelling out "Remember! I want 33 grandkids Juvia-chan!" Ur crossed her arms and simply nodded towards the blunette. Juvia smiled brightly at all of them before feeling her feet leave the ground and a blinding light engulfing her, like she was being swallowed by the sun (she really hoped that wasn't the case). Her consciousness left her once again, but this time, it was more like drifting into a relaxing sleep.
It's nice to know that Gray-sama's family are always here for him. Supporting him like that. Juvia will do the same for as long as she lives.
Ur, Mika and Silver let their waving hands drop by their sides, all standing in comfortable silence.
"Is she gone?" A voice called out from behind them.
Ur turned and smiled at the short old man approaching them. "Yeah, she's gone."
"Good."
"May I ask, why didn't you want Juvia to see you? Wouldn't it be nice for her to see a familiar face?" Mika questioned.
"I don't want her knowing what happened to me. She'd tell the others, and I don't want them mourning for me rather than fighting to get their guild back."
The three others nodded understandingly.
"I suppose a lot of thanks goes to you too, Master. Without you, I don't think Gray would've found happiness if he hadn't joined Fairy Tail." Ur said.
"And he certainly wouldn't have found Juvia-chan." Silver added cheerfully.
Makarov chuckled and stared off into the clear blue sky, even if he had passed on and left the world behind, he'd never forget Fairy Tail and his children who drove him crazy every day.
Let's just hope they don't destroy all of Fiore without me there. He thought.
A/N: Okay so yeah, as much as I want to deny it, I really believe that Makarov has passed on. It would leave room for Laxus' character development cuz he'll be the next guild master right? I think Natsu'll find out that Makarov died and then go looking for Laxus to tell him or something.
THERE WILL BE A SECOND CHAPTER. It's fresh in my mind, I just need to write it okay? The next one will be from Gray's POV and I don't know when I'll publish it because I'm busy with school but It'll most probably be published before the next chapter of ISYA (i really need to work on that one).
R&R? This story makes sense right?
~Alexa