I've decided to make the mermaid au into a multi-fic instead of just one massive one-shot considering how long it had became. This is based off of Yuuba's beautiful drawings and It's been a long time waiting I'm sorry for that but It's here now :D lol Enjoy my lovelies.

Juvia sat in her usual spot on the ocean floor admiring the tropical fish floating around her head. She smiled holding a hand for one of the fish to sit on. Her favorite, a blue gray fish swam over, and began nuzzling her face. The mermaid smiled and pushed it away slightly.

"Now you know you should be afraid of Juvia fishy," the fish only continued nuzzling the mermaid making her laugh. Mermaids didn't tend to have fish for friends considering they were their main source of food but some odd ones did. Juvia preferred to stick with seaweed and fish that weren't her favorite colors when choosing her meals like her friend here. She would never eat him, he was too pretty.

She began picking some ocean flowers putting a yellow one in her floating blue hair. She grabbed a smaller one tying it around her fish friend with some seaweed. The fish began shaking trying to remove it only making Juvia laugh harder. The fish started jumping around her face trying to tell her something.

"What is it?" Then she felt it, movement in the water behind her. Several feet behind she felt a school coming. Juvia felt her heart constrict. She quickly grabbed her fish friend swimming as fast as she could away from the oncoming danger, but they were already on her the best she could do was hide behind a large rock.

Her fish friend began wiggling in her hands not enjoying the confined space. "Shhh, please Juvia can't let them know we're here." The fish stopped wiggling momentarily looking at her. She dared look around the corner seeing what she feared most. A school of sharkfolk, she felt her body grow cold. If they find her she's dead.

She quickly went back behind her rock trying to think of an escape route without catching their notice. She looked around; currently they were in a coral reef. If she could duck and weave fast enough they wouldn't be able to keep up. Hopefully one of their fins would get stuck and she'd lose them. That was a crummy plan basing most of it on luck but right now that's all she had, without her sisters for help, she couldn't exactly attack.

"I smell something." She made a little squeak quickly covering her mouth. They noticed her already, damn it, she was out of time now. She glanced around the rock noticing there were three of them, two boys and a female. Any hope she held she could feel it leaving her body when she noticed just how outnumbered she was. Juvia clenched her fist. Damn it if she was going to die today she would die trying!

"We should split up and look. We haven't had a good meal in a while." The dark haired one grinned maliciously. The others agreed and started swimming in opposite directions. Two of them were heading her way the other one was luckily swimming away from her. She held her breath as she noticed one of them swimming a couple of rocks away from hers. It was the dark haired one from earlier. Then she felt her heart speed up.

No. Out of everything that was happening to her now just no! This couldn't be happening. Why was he attractive?! She couldn't let herself think like that! The mermaid held her breath as he swam right past her. Luck actually seemed slightly on her side his other friend was also swimming farther away from her. Currently it was only her and the dark haired shark. One on one, now those odds she could work with. Juvia noticed him sniffing looking around trying to find her. At that very moment the fish bit her trying to break free from her grasp. She hadn't noticed she was squeezing the poor thing, but now she was doomed. Her blood would give her away. The shark instantly turned towards her giving her his early malicious grin. That thing she said about luck was a lie because it was not on her side, at all.

She jolted from the rock swimming as fast as her tail would let her. She knew he was right behind her, but she wouldn't dare look back to see. Her only hope of escaping would be to dodge him and hopefully lose him in the coral's reef. Juvia swam even faster with renewed hope. She ducked and weaved through the coral's pushing herself through the small openings, hoping he was too big to follow her. After a while when she felt slightly safe she dared look back noticing she was alone. She found another rock sliding down its surface to sit on the oceans floor catching her breath.

"Come out come out where ever you are little mermaid," Her heart went cold. She sobbed a little into her hand. After all that work he was still right behind her. She was so very tired, that escape took all her energy, this was it. She cried a little remembering her friends Lucy and Gajeel, she wouldn't be able to tell them how much they meant to her. So many others she would never get to see again like Meredy, Jellal, and Levy.

"Gotcha!" She looked up to see the sharkboy behind the rock she was hiding behind. Up close she noticed all the little details that she missed earlier. How his hair was inky black floating around his head and how his eyes were a beautiful dark grey the same color she loved. At least if she was going to die it would be from someone handsome. She had to stay positive somehow, right? He swam closer to her face. She felt the tears begin spilling down her cheeks. No matter how handsome he was she didn't want to die. She began shaking slightly at her imminent death.

"Oi, stop looking like that! I… I'm gonna eat you so… stop making that face!" Gray felt his face flush. He hadn't eaten a mermaid in a while and he was starving, but he couldn't with her making that face! Damn it she was beautiful all mermaids were but she was on a different level, with her big blue eyes currently glistening with tears and her pretty blue hair floating around her in long waves. Why did she have to have that damn flower in her hair making her look even more innocent and cute?! He felt his stomach growl. Nope no matter how beautiful she was he was going to eat her.

He grabbed her shoulders and he felt her shaking. She was making this rather difficult. He'll just have to explain how the world worked. Make it easier on her make her understand, "Okay listen closely because I won't repeat myself. It's a simple rule, eat or be eaten. Your fate is to end up in my stomach so stop looking like that. Just close your eyes, and I promise to make it short and sweet."

"Okay," She breathed out softly placing her hands over her eyes ready for the end.

Fuck! She somehow became even cuter then before! Another day without food it seemed, he wasn't going to last at this rate. He let go of her, "You spoiled my appetite. Next time there won't be any mercy got it?!"

"What?" There was no way she heard him right.

"Go before I change my mind!" He growled showing off his razor sharp teeth forcing her to gasp in fear. She noticed his face was slightly red. She swam away slightly ready to escape, but he looked so morose she couldn't leave him. Even if he was going to eat her he had decided to let her go for some reason. She looked at his stomach noticing his ribs were protruding slightly showing how skinny he was becoming. He hadn't eaten in a while and yet he still chose to let her live.

Juvia swam up to him slowly with him looking at her curiously before placing a chaste kiss on his lips quickly bolting as fast as she could back home. She felt her face heat up, she's never been so bold before, but she liked it. Alright this was a new Juvia! She narrowly escaped death and this was her reward to be a better mermaid. When she reached her home she noticed Lucy sitting at her desk writing. She swam up to the girl hugging her as tightly as she could with all her might.

"Juvia? What's up… could you… please let go… I… can't breathe." The blue mermaid let go of her friend smiling. She never thought she'd see her again but there they both were alive and well.

"Juvia is just so glad to see you Lucy," She smiled at the blonde with tears in her eyes as she began sobbing uncontrollably. The blonde quickly pulled her into an embrace without question ready to comfort her friend.

"Gray did you find her?" Lyon swam up to him looking desperate. They were all desperate at this point they hadn't eaten in over a month they needed food. He sighed; he shouldn't have let her go.

"No I lost her" Gray looked at Lyon from under his eyelashes seeing him clench his fist.

"We'll get the next one. Don't beat yourself up over this," Lyon patted Gray on the shoulder smiling sadly. Gray felt a pang in his chest, how could he put that mermaid over his brother and sister? Ultear also swam up to meet them. Great now he had to break the news to her as well.

"Did you find her?" Ultear looked at him expectantly.

"No" he looked down not able to look either of them in the eye for what he's done.

"It's okay Gray the next one for sure." Ultear smiled swimming ahead of them already on the search. Lyon followed leaving Gray alone with his choice. Gray looked to where he let the blue mermaid leave remembering the kiss she gave him. Damn it, she has really fucked him up more than he already was.