DAY 1: MEMORY

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Juvia stood at the entrance of the now abandoned guild hall, beside her Gray.

It's been years since the guild disbanded, long after all the old members passed or moved on with their lives.

It was terrible, the day it all ended, but Erza, who had been the current master, wanted to focus on her family with Jellal and opted against having to balance both jobs.

It didn't come as a shock, seeing that everyone had moved on, but coming back to this very hall caused unknown tears to build up in the water mage's eyes.

"We haven't even entered yet, and you're already crying." Her husband said from beside her, causing a watery chuckle to escape her lips. "It's been almost 8 years, but it seems like forever."

The reason for the visit still came as a mystery to the pair, but they had decided to visit and reminisce. Their two children stayed at home with their beloved Uncle Lyon, allowing the couple to visit peacefully.

They wouldn't be alone, considering that Lucy had planned the entire event. After a squeeze of hand by the ice mage, the two stepped inside.

It was dusty, broken tables and chairs from previous fights scattered around. The bar that used to have a smiling Mira now sat empty, vacant bottles of alcohol behind it.

"This used to be home, it's crazy seeing it like this." Gray said beside her, taking in a sharp breath. Juvia nodded, tears now falling from her eyes.

"It was the first place Juvia ever considered home, it was my happiness. And," she said, turning to Gray and placing a hand on his cheek, "it was where Juvia met you, Gray-sama, it was where you showed me sunshine."

He smiled, leaning down to kiss her, if not for a fire dragon slayer entering the guild and letting out a scream. "Oi, ice princess, you here?"

Gray sighed, turning away from his now laughing wife to look at Natsu.

"Yes Natsu, now that you're here are we going down to the library?"

Lucy, who had entered right after Natsu did, nodded. The pair exchanged actual greetings before making their way down the creaky steps, coughing due to the dust escaping the wood.

Each former member made their way around the room, picking up a bundle of scrapbooks. They huddled in a circle on the floor, ignoring the dust, and sat down.

"These pictures were after the Grand Magic Games, of the victors." The celestial mage said, opening up one of the albums in her stack. She smiled widely at the first page, handing it over to Juvia. "I still regret being taken away by guards and missing the fight."

"Man, we did great during that battle." Gray said with a laugh, his gaze on the picture in front of him. "We defeated Lyon and Sherria together, and I remember Lyon was so pissed for losing."

Juvia laughed, ignoring the tears that slipped out of her eyes, and rested her head on her husband's shoulder. "Juvia's really happy Lyon-sama ended up with Meredy, although that battle was a good one."

Moments passed in the small group, tears slipping out accidentally alongside pictures being taken out of albums and hidden in pockets.

"Remember the fight against Zeref?" Juvia spoke up, looking at the other three mages. Natsu let out a groan, shaking his head. "One of the most frustrating moments of my life."

"That's because you turned out to be evil," Lucy said with a giggle, "but you helped Fairy Tail in the end."

"And we had that one year where Fairy Tail disbanded," Gray began, "everyone went their separate ways but a certain someone didn't leave me alone."

His gaze turned to the water mage, who giggled and kissed his cheek. "You left Juvia for Avatar though, didn't you?"

"I actually thought he went rogue and I was gonna kill him." Natsu snorted, Gray rolling his eyes immediately after. "I could have fought you, you know that right?"

"I'd still beat you!" Natsu stated, a muscle in his bicep flexing itself as his hand formed a fist. Gray scoffed, "You didn't beat me before and you won't beat me now!"

The two tackled each other, the wives watching them fight on the dusty floor.

"Do we stop them?" Lucy said, causing the bluenette to laugh. "Leave them be, it's just like old times, isn't it, Lucy-san?"

The blonde celestial mage nodded, unshed tears in her eyes. "It really is."

Almost an hour of fighting later, the two girls managed to pull the wizards away from each other, sitting down in a circle once more.

"You know," Lucy began, breaking the small moment of silence between the four, "I really hoped that the guild would last long enough for our children. I wanted them to grow up here, learning magic and coming to the guild everyday. I wanted them to go on adventures and jobs with us, I wanted them to have a guild mark before they could even speak. I wanted them to live in Fairy Tail, not have to tell stories and pictures."

Lucy let out a small sob, Juvia leaning over and hugging her, tears falling from her eyes as well.

"I just wish we had a way to bring it back for the new generation, you know?" The blonde said, after sniffling and wiping at tears.

Juvia sat silently for a moment, then spoke up. "What if we bring it back?"

Natsu let out a mix between a chuckle and a sigh. "Even if we did, we don't have a master."

"We have Laxus!" The bluenette said, "We have everyone who'd be willing to come back, we have our guild hall that we can rebuild, we have all the memories that are enough to motivate us to rebuild. Laxus has always wanted to be guild master, and he can be."

The group pondered the thought for a moment, Gray pulling out his communications lacrima, and dialing a number.

"Hey, Erza, we have a plan." He began, and soon after, former members of the guild had decided to meet up tomorrow and rebuild a new Fairy Tail, for the next generation.

The couples parted ways, allowing Gray and Juvia to go home to their children, who were already asleep.

"I can't believe you managed to convince everyone to rebuild the guild." Gray said with a laugh, "But then again, I'm not even 100 percent surprised."

Juvia laughed, changing out of her clothes into pajamas, then turning to the ice mage. "Juvia wants her children to grow up mages of Fairy Tail, and be proud of it."

The couple climbed into bed, Gray's arms wrapped around Juvia. "I know in the beginning I neglected you, but now I'm really glad you stayed by my side, even after all these years." He stated, a smile forming on the water mage's lips.

"I love you, there's no other place I'd rather be than beside you." She turned to him, placing a kiss on his lips.

When the couple pulled away, Juvia noticed something on the foot of the bed, where Gray had tossed his pants (he still had the habit of tossing around clothing ane not CLEANING UP).

She sat up, picking up the item that turned out to be a picture. "I took it from one of the photo albums, I thought you'd want it." Gray said, sitting up beside her and wrapping his arm around her waist.

It was of the two, after the war with Zeref. Gray had given her his answer after the battle ended, which turned out to be a kiss in the middle of the battle field.

Somehow, a guild member had captured the moment in a picture. Juvia smiled, a tear falling from her face as she turned to her husband. "I love you."

"And I love you." The ice mage said, leaning down to press another kiss to his wife's lips.

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