A group of Fairy Tail wizards have been hired to safely deliver the princess of Fiore to a naval transport, The battle causes an injury for a mage that brings back something no one thought could be returned.
Gray and Natsu stood back to back, sweating and tired, trying to hold back the group of wizards attempting to intercept the princess of Fiore. There were at least three dozen strong mages taking on the guildmates. Steam rose from the ice and fire touching and impeded ground visibility to the point that the others in the party could not be seen from where the duo stood.
Gajeel and Juvia used their unspoken bond to read each other's movements and anticipate their next dual attack on the enemies. Juvia was quick to use her water lock on a large mage with the ability to turn others to stone and Gajeel blasted the man's partner with a striking blow from his iron fist.
Wendy and Carla kept a watch from overhead to ensure that the path they intended on sending the second team on was indeed clear of enemies, and were prepared to give the signal for the next leg of the mission whenever there was a clear shot.
Levy and Lucy hung back by the tree line trying to keep Princess Hisui out of the direct line of fire while the others attempt to clear a path to her naval transport. Lucy had summoned Sagittarius to pick off approaching enemies with his bow as levy dropped script as quickly as she could summon it.
Laxus, and the Thunder God Tribe grabbed up the princess and quickly boarded the ship as Freed set up runes to protect their departure to sea. As the Princess escaped for her journey with the rest of her hired protection the squad on the beach put as much space between the departing ship and the adversaries on the beach as possible.
The group of attempted kidnappers began to disperse and shot their last spells and attacks toward the fairy tail mages as they made their way toward their own waiting transport. A large sweaty brut shot a fireball toward Levy which immediately caused Gajeel to spring toward her and knock her out of harm's way, during his heroic rescue of the solid script mage a foe sent a frenzy of wooden stakes from his magic circle into all directions.
A low gasp was missed by all but the three dragon slayers. Juvia staggered back a few steps into the lapping tide and Gajeel peeked up over Levy's head to see the water mage had been pierced while in transition to her water form, her upper body solid and bleeding from her chest while her legs turned liquid sinking into the water she fell backward. Wendy and Carla swooped down to heal her but could no longer locate Juvia in the sea beyond the wisps of blood in the waves.
"Carla, what do I do?!" Wendy screamed with tears flowing down her cheeks, "I don't know where she is, how can I heal her if I can't find her?" Wendy then began to send her magic out in wide bursts, hoping to hit the area containing juvia's water body, but through the tears she could barely breathe.
Gray noticed the commotion and raced to Wendy's side and tried to understand what had the girl so upset, Gajeel had waded into the water and began calling for Juvia, "Damnit Rain Woman, pull yourself together, you gotta be strong and do this," he hit his knees, "I'm sorry I left you vulnerable, I got distracted. Don't be letting the current carry you away, pull yourself together now!"
Gray paled and gulped, Juvia was out there in her water form being pulled away by the sea. "She's hurt isn't she?" he asked Wendy and received a small nod as an answer as the dragon slayer continued to attempt to heal the mage she couldn't seem to find. Gray walked past Gajeel into water that nearly reached his guild stamp, he began to talk to Juvia and hope she could hear him. "Juvia, please, listen to me and come back, I need you to try your best to be solid long enough for Wendy to get your strength up." As he pleaded with Juvia his fears became evident to everyone around them as the water dropped in temperature and small patches of ice formed near where he stood. "I can't lose you Juvia, not again, we can't keep doing this. I need you, everyone else I loved has died and you can't do that to me." He paused and whispered "to us." He had a flash in his mind of the night they finally got together, after Lucy received her award and Juvia began stripping off garments with a few drinks in her system. He remembered how his face heated when he saw her bare flesh exposed, dragging her out by her arm to a quiet corner to scold her. He stared down at her resting on her knees in her skirt and corset in front of him, his eyes drifting over her pale skin to see a scar. That scar. The scar that nearly took her from Earthland. He remembered stumbling over the words he spoke to her, all at once confessing his true feelings and claiming her as his. Most of all he recalled the look in her eyes when his words registered in her brain, the color in her cheeks and then the feel of her arms around his neck and lips crashing together at last. NO. He chilled the entire beach with his resolve as he shouted for Juvia. "Juvia! Come back to me, we have waited too long for you to go like this. We have a future! You aren't leaving me now so get back here!"
A consciousness in the water heard muffled voices. "Pull yourself together and come back to me, I love you." Love. Yes, I know love. I can feel a form around me, I just need to pull these particles together and make it work. I want to get back to those who love me. I need to. A blast of magic hit the consciousness spinning it throughout the particles, arms and legs tangled and intertwined. A Body! See I am doing it! Oh, the water is making me strong, this body can move…and stand…but what's this? I should bring this too….
As the water grew colder a form began to appear, still obviously water a transparent body pushed against the icy water and managed to stand. The form appeared to be carrying something, but Wendy wasted no time using her magic at full force toward the approaching figure. Legs became opaque, but were without boots or shoes, when thighs gained pigment it was clear that there was no clothing, and what shocked the group most of all was that the figure was not Juvia, but carried an unconscious Juvia in it's arms. A torso and naked breasts caused the group to blush, but as much as they wanted to look away to give privacy the shock of the situation kept all eyes transfixed as shoulders and a neck gained the appearance of pale skin. Finally after what seemed like an eternity a face and head of dark head came into view and Gray swiftly grabbed Juvia from the woman's arms and held her close with his eyes never straying from those of the person who just delivered Juvia to him. UR.