Chapter 1 A mission for two

A/N: So I've been planning to write a Gruvia mission fic for ages.

I'll have this one which have chapters and I'll do a one-shot based on the manga after 472. I'm rubbish with honorific's so only Gray will have them in this fic! Unless it really affects the story then I'll go back and (try) to put them in correctly! This story doesn't really fit anywhere on the FT timeline but I'd say there relationship in this fic starts around Tartaros where its clear that they are both much closer.

Juvia stood in front of the request board eyeing up the available jobs, she would be taking another one on her own again. Not that she minded too much, of course she'd rather be doing one with her Gray-sama but he was still out on a mission with Erza, Wendy, Natsu, Lucy, Carla and Happy, they wouldn't be returning until late tonight. She always missed him greatly when he was away on missions, she always worried; what if he doesn't return? What if he falls in love with someone else? The water mages imagination went haywire picturing different scenarios of her beloved walking off into the sunset hand in hand with some gorgeous woman, or worse kissing another woman. Juvia didn't realise how red faced she had gotten when a friendly voice spoke up.

"You alright Juvia?" A petite blunette peered up at the watermage "You seem kinda angry." she smiled up at Juvia.

"Sorry Levy." Juvia giggled. "Juvia is just lost in her thoughts again." She smiled back at her guild mate, Levy was so pretty and caring, she sure hoped that one day Gajeel would be able to tell Levy how he feels about her. Juvias mind drifted off imaging Gajeels and Levys wedding and their babies-

"Oi! Shrimp! Are you coming on this mission or not?" Gajeel boomed at Levy from across the hall jolting Juvia out of her daydream. "I won't keep on waiting!" He could be so impatient.

"Well Juvia, I should go before he gets any grumpier! See ya!" Levy turned and jogged off after the iron dragon slayer. Juvia watched after the pair smiling to herself. Those two are so perfect for each other. The water mage turned her attention back to the request board, there really wasn't anything that she wanted to take. After several more minutes, defeated, she walked over to the bar to get a drink. Maybe something new would pop up. She needed to pay her rent after all just like everyone else.

"Good morning Juvia!" Mira smiled at her "You arrived late today is everything okay?" she asked whilst drying a glass.

"Yes Mira, Juvia just spent more time getting ready in case Gray-sama came back early today." She said giving the transformation mage one of her biggest smiles as she adjusted her fur trim hat.

"Oooh isn't Gray the lucky one." She winked "are you not going out on any jobs? I saw you hovering in front of the request board earlier." Mira asked staring at the request board, it had gotten quite empty this week, it was nearly the end of the month and everyone was scrambling to pay their rent.

"Oh. Uh, Juvia didn't see anything that jumped out at her. They're all really easy missions and Juvia feels like doing something that's a bit more of a challenge." The water mage said resting her cheek on her hand yearning for an adventure.

"I have some more to put up in a minute, maybe one of them will take your fancy." Mira beamed at her as she walked off.

Juvia spent most of her day talking to Lisanna and Elfman about their recent missions as she waited for Mira to put the new requests up. The hours ticked by and Juvia began to think that Mira was never going to put them up. Just as she was about to give up she saw her making her way up to the board with a bundle of papers in her hand. Juvia politely waited until Mira had put up the requests before pouncing on the board. The watermage eyed the boards new requests with desperate scrutiny, there must be something here for Juvia. No sooner had the thought crossed her mind, did she see the one she was going to take. It was a request worth a lot of jewels, 500,000 jewel to be exact. That would cover her rent for a few months. The job was definitely challenging, scaring her slightly but also filling her with excitement, reminding her of her S-class missions she had taken when she had been in Phantom Lord. She prised the paper off the board a big smile lining her face just as the big oak doors to the guild opened. Natsu and Lucy walked in arguing about how Natsu had burnt some of her share of the money, Erza, Wendy, Happy, Carla and Gray all walked through the doors behind them, Juvia felt like her heart was about to burst out her chest as her beloved cruised through the guild, hands behind his head making his way to sit on a bar stool, the mission they had been on was an easy one but it offered a hard to find silver key that Lucy had desperately wanted as well as jewels.

"Gray-sama! Juvia hopes your mission went well!" Juvia said as she leaned against the bar next to where Gray was sat. Gray looked up at the watermage as she smiled at him. She's always got such a beautiful smile, the icemage found himself thinking

"Yeah it was easy. I don't know why they even needed to drag me along really." He said scratching the back of his head.

"Hey Juvia did you pick a job?" Mira asked the watermage interrupting the conversation.

"A job?" Gray looked at Juvia suspiciously. She always picked out jobs that the two of them could do together. The pale paper clasped in Juvias hands caught his eye as he reached for it "Let's see…"

"Yep it should be challenging enough for me-" Juvia began excited at the prospect of a challenge.

"You're taking this on your own?" Gray looked up into the watermages dark blue eyes. Damn they're so captivating. He turned his attentions quickly back to the job request in his hands before his thoughts could get the best of him. The job was by no means easy for two let alone one. The job involved going to a village which was atleast a day and halfs travel on foot to take down a gang of wizards - it seemed like it could be a small dark guild judging by the stealing and occasional rape. Juvia would be staying at the clients house as she worked to uncover the members and their leader and defeat them. This job seemed extremely trying to not be S-class. "Hey Mira are you sure this isn't meant to be S-class or something." he placed the request on the bar so the white haired transformation mage could take another look at it.

"I'm sure. I did bring it up with the Master actually but he said that as it isn't a dark guild then its fine to go on the normal requests board, and anyway its just a few wizards right?" she smiled at the pair "But if you're worried Gray you should go with Juvia." Juvia blushed at this, as much as she'd love Gray-sama to accompany her she really did want to do this for herself.

"Juvia can handle herself." He rolled his eyes as he skimmed the paper again furrowing his brow in thought. It was dangerous. He couldn't let her go on her own. He wouldn't sleep at night. "But it seems suspicious to me so I'll come along, ." Mira giggled and Juvia thought she was going to faint right there and then. Gray-sama wants to accompany Juvia on a job! And Juvia didn't even have to ask! Her earlier thoughts of wanting to do it on her own all but vanished; now all the watermage could think about was all the things that could happen between them on the job. He could confess his love for her, or maybe they'd defeat the bad guys and he'd be so impressed with her that he'd kiss her then they would get married and-

"Oi Juvia! Are you even in there?" Gray was shaking her by her shoulders, she had that silly expression on her face, which meant she was in Juvia-land again. He really did wonder what went through her mind sometimes. But then again maybe he didn't. She had become much more mature since the Grand Magic Games not obsessing as much over him, he didn't like to admit it but sometimes just sometimes he missed her launching herself at him after a long mission, he was sure that sometimes when he came back he could see her body twitch as she held herself back keeping her emotions in check.

Gray let go of her shoulders as she seemed to be coming back to reality. "Sorry Gray-sama Juvia was just, er thinking about what to take on the mission." She smiled at him.

"Yeah, right." He didn't believe her. He knew her expressions all too well. "So when are we leaving?" the icemage asked a bored expression on his face.

"Juvia was actually going to leave today… but if Gray-sama is too tired after his last mission then-" she didn't get to finish her sentence

"I'm not tired, like I said it was a really easy job, this ones going to be much more fun." He cracked his knuckles. "Lets go Juvia." Juvia giggled at the icemage he could be so hot headed just like Natsu.

"Okay Gray-sama! Mira, Juvia and Gray-sama will take this job please." Juvia pushed the request towards Mira as she turned to go after her beloved. "Gray-sama! Wait for Juvia!" she shouted as she ran out the guild after him earning amused looks from their fellow guildmates, grabbing Grays arm and linking hers through his as they walked together through the streets of Magnolia. The job was going to be a challenge but with Gray-sama at her side she felt confident. Nothing was a match for them.

A/N: That's chapter 1 done! So what do you guys think? It gets better as the chapters go on!

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