So, I'm actually trying a different anime.
Love the whole Gruvia shit, think it's dead cute and I thought up this story line on the go 'cause I was really fucking winging it 'cause I'm bad and don't plan my stories like a good writer but it turned out alright.
As usual, this will be a continuous story and I will try and update it as much as I can. I've lots of idea for it so it will go on and I hope you like it.
Enjoy you loons.
Gray grumbled to himself as he trudged into the guild and out of the despicably hot weather. He braced himself unconsciously to be hit by the blue haired water mage like he was every day, stiffening automatically as the guilds door slammed behind him and awaited the usual cheers of "Gray-sama!"
But it never came. Gray frowned before shaking his head. Was nice to have a break sometimes, Juvia must not be here yet. Though, he knew that that excuse didn't apply when he saw the familiar blue hair over in the corner of the guild, away from the rest of the members. He frowned again, noticing the worried glances in her direction from her fellow guild mates but they went unnoticed or ignored by her.
Gray made his way over to Lucy, Happy and Natsu who were sitting at a table of their own. Lucy was speaking too quietly to Natsu for Gray to hear, though her eyes were on the water mage in the corner whom was idly staring out of the window. Natsu had narrowed his eyes as he listened before looking up and noticing Gray, relief instantly painting his features.
"Gray," he breathed, and as he did Lucy's head snapped in his direction and her face lit up.
"Gray!" she stood to stand before him, turning her back to hide her face from the water mage who wasn't even looking at her. "Thank goodness you're here!"
Gray narrowed his eyes, turning his head suspiciously. "Why?" he drawled slowly.
"Juvia hasn't been herself all day," she told him, her voice shaking lightly. "She will hardly talk to us! She just got up this morning looking like she saw a ghost before her face went blank. She wouldn't tell us anything and just he went to see Master right away."
Gray arched a brow. "And?"
Lucy narrowed her eyes at his lack of interest but continued. "And, Mira told her that Master is at a meeting so she had just been sat there, waiting ever since." Gray looked over her shoulder to eye the blue haired mage once more, ignoring the tightness in his chest as he looked back on Lucy.
"Well, what do you want me to do?" he asked. "It's none of my business."
Lucy scoffed and even Natsu chuckled from his seat. "Come on Gray, she adores you. If anyone can get some kind of reaction from her it's you." Gray swallowed thickly at that though the blonde went on.
"Look, you don't have to do anything," she told him. "All I want you to do is ask her how she is, her reaction to that could tell us something. Maybe she'll get so excited she'll go back to her old self and turn into a puddle or something."
Gray sigh, rubbing the back of his neck. "Lucy," he warned in exasperation.
"It's not for you," she snapped before quieting down. "It's for me. She'd my friend and she won't talk to me. So please, just ease my mind, will ya?"
Gray sighed again before looking from the water mage to the blonde. With another sigh he walked around Lucy and made his way to the table in the corner, sitting in the chair opposite Juvia.
"Hey," he said gruffly, his eyes cast down to the table top as he awaited for her to scream or faint or something.
But she did neither. She didn't do anything, she just continued to look outside at the sun with an almost scowl on her pretty little face.
Gray frowned, surprised by her lack of response. "Juvia?" he asked, waving his hand before her. She blinked before looking at him in confusion. Her eyes widened before she offered a small, very sad smile.
"Oh. Hello Gray-sama." She said quietly, looking back out of the window.
Gray swallowed. Okay, that will not ease Lucy's mind. Not at all. He tilted his head before speaking once more.
"Are..." he drawled lowly. "Are you okay? Everyone's worried."
Juvia looked back to him before eyeing the guild, Lucy and many others turned their heads away. She sighed before looking back to Gray with a very bright, very fake smile.
"Juvia will be fine," she told him much more cheerfully. "She is so happy you were worried! Is Gray-Sama finally returning Juvia's feelings?! Oh my!" she said this loudly, many sighed with relief around the room, laughing lightly and the tension finally left. Though Gray could see right through her.
She did it on purpose. She knew their plan and wanted to make everyone feel better. Gray was about to point this out when Mira walked over.
"Master is back, Juvia," she told her, smiling. Juvia forced a tight smile before standing and nodding at Gray.
"Juvia needs to go now, Gray-sama," she said quietly. "Thank you for… easing everyone's mind."
Gray's eyes widened. So, she had heard. He watched as she made her way to Master's office with troubled eyes before sighing heavily and stripping his shirt.
"Ah, Juvia, my dear!" Master Makarov said from his desk, gesturing for her to sit before him as she closed the door. "Mira tells me that you need my urgent attention. What can I do for you?"
"Um, Master," she began timidly, standing behind the seat but not sitting. "Juvia has rather unfortunate matters to discuss with Master."
Makarov's eyes narrowed slightly at the seriousness in her voice. She was always such a cheerful girl, one of the happiest out of all his children. He'd never seen her look so small.
"Juvia is… sick." She told him slowly, watching him through careful eyes to take in his reaction.
Makarov frowned at her. "Well, it can't be something Wendy can't fix. And even if she can we always have Porly-"
"I-It's not that simple," Juvia interrupted, her throat growing tighter as she forced out the words. "There is no help for Juvia. Wendy-chan, not even your friend can help her. This is something Juvia is. It cannot be fixed for, for Juvia it isn't really an illness. But…" she swallowed thickly.
"But it does mean that Juvia is going to die."
Makarov recoiled at her words, standing abruptly so his chair tumbled behind him as he made his way over to her.
"Explain." He said in a firm voice, though his eyes expressed his fear.
"Juvia is made of water," she told him. "Obviously, Juvia can take physical form for she can control her water body. But water is not meant to be controlled. Water is a free element. And sometimes, though it is very, very rare in Juvia's people, it fights back."
"How so?" Makarov asked.
Juvia shrugged. "The usual way it would for anyone if there was too much water in their system. You know drinking too much water can kill you. Over hydration is very real. It can lead to water intoxication or dangerously low levels of sodium in the blood. In Juvia's case, both." She took a deep breathe, looking away from Makarov's heart-broken expression.
"The water intoxication only really affects Juvia when she sleeps, though when it comes closer to her time she will have episodes of it during the day. She will seem drunk, though the only symptoms she had been getting from it recently is speaking things she doesn't usually say in her sleep."
She shook her head. "Juvia should be dead already with the amount of water she has in her body, so she has a short while till her time comes. The effects of her illness do not affect her as tragically also since her body is used to fighting what the water can cause. But some water mages bodies stop fighting. It's not will power or anything, it is just something that happens to an unfortunate few of us."
She shrugged as if in dismissal but Makarov's face told her he had not heard everything he wanted to yet. "What is it that is going to… kill you?" he choked out, his voice thick with emotion despite his attempts of hiding it. "You said people who are not water mage's die from it. Is it the low levels of sodium?"
Juvia nodded. "Yes. It is called hyponatremia. Juvia has already had a few symptoms of the water intoxication. Too much water in her brain has led to nausea, headaches and she finds herself rather confused and… lost sometimes. The simplest things disorientate her. She knows next will be the symptoms of hyponatremia which are worse. Her muscles will grow weak, cramping and spasms. She may lose consciousness at times and seizures may occur before she finally falls into a coma. She may remain alive for some time but..." she smiled very, very sadly.
"Juvia is afraid that once she falls into that coma she will never wake up. Her heart will eventually stop beating and she will be gone."
Makarov stopped breathing. His child… One of his children is going to die.
"W-What about the normal treatments for water intoxication and hyponatremia?" he asked in a strained voice though Juvia was already shaking her head sadly.
"This will never go, Master," she whispered sadly. "Juvia is made of water. You cannot take it from her and make her better. It will always remain. Nothing can be done."
Makarov shook his head firmly. "That doesn't mean we can't try." He said. "How long do you expect you have, Juvia?"
"At this rate Juvia has two months, maybe a little over. But not without the symptoms of both water intoxication and hyponatremia."
Makarov swallowed a sob and nodded firmly. "I am going to speak to Porlyusica. I don't want you to argue, Juvia. Whether she can cure you or expand your time with us I will be grateful. I'm not letting you go just yet, my child. Not so soon."
Juvia smiled brokenly and nodded, muttering her thanks.
"Are you going to tell the guild? They deserve to know."
"Juvia knows. She will when she can figure out how. But for now she wants to keep it quiet. Though, inevitably knowing she is going to die soon makes Juvia feel a little depressed. Her friends and Gray-sama already seem to notice."
Makarov looked sympathetically on the girl before nodding, making his way over to the door.
"I understand." He told her. "I'm going to speak to Porlyusica right now. You go and sit with your nakama and try and figure out what to say."
"Juvia understands… Thank you, Master."
Makarov swallowed before stepping forward and hugging her, breathing heavily with sorrow before pulling away and leaving without another word.
Gray watched as the door to Master's office finally opened, he saw the figures of both Master Makarov and Juvia in the doorway though none made a move to exit just yet. He noticed the grave faces on both before Makarov did the astonishing by stepping forward and embracing Juvia. He saw the sorrow on Juvia's face as she returned the hug and the pain in Makarov's as he turned to exit the guild, disappearing within a blink of an eye.
Gray's eyes landed back on Juvia as Makarov was out of sight. She squeezed her eyes tight shut before closing the door behind her. Her eyes were trained on the floor as she made her way back over the seat she was at earlier. Gray tilted his head as she suddenly stopped in the middle of the guild hall, her brow furrowed and eyes drooping. It wasn't until Gray stood that her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she started falling to the floor.