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It belongs to Mashima-sama. I'm just a fan trying to make a story about my OTP!

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CHAPTER 499 SPOILERS:

We begin with Gray and Juvia under Invel's Ice Lock, they're losing consciousness, can't think, and questioning why their body is doing something against their will. Invel says Gray is going to win like he thought and that he needs him to awaken to the dark side to become a warrior to defeat E.N.D.

"Zeref is the one to defeat Acnologia and take over the world, but E.N.D is an obstacle to that."

They proceed to fight each other continuously each against their will and overpowering one another. Juvia at first says she doesn't want to hurt Gray and tries to resist.

She proceeds to commit suicide upon herself to free Gray from Ice Lock. He is in shock. He didn't want to hurt Juvia either. He proceeds to also kill himself. Gray says he wanted to protect and care for Juvia. (He thinks of her as more than a friend).

Invel's says that this course of action was beyond his calculations.

Gray proceeds to kill himself and the two of them lay motionless.

Juvia seeing this says "why did you?"

The two of them lay motionless as Invel stands in shock.

Juvia leaves one parting gift with Gray. She cast a blood transfusion magic on him that she learned secretly just in case. She says, I'm living inside you, so I'm not sad because my life belongs to you.

Gray responds "I'm serious about you now, so wake up." Gray has a flashback to all his interactions with Juvia.

Thanks to Juvia's parting gift Gray stands once more against Invel, this time seething in rage the likes he's never experienced before...

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Ice and water clashed, snow and rain dancing around each other as two reluctant figure fight against each other. Looking at it, one would think that the nature is in rage and a calamity is about to break. The surrounding is too cold for any normal person to survive but the struggling forces in the middle of the snow covered battle field either don't feel the cold anymore or stop caring about it at all because they are too focused on how to end the tragedy they found themselves trapped in.

Gray Fullbuster, Fairy Tail's resident ice mage. The cold one who has a dark past that made him think that all the people he ever loved died because of him. He's not just fighting an enemy; he's fighting himself inside, too. He's trying to control his action because he's in a fight where he doesn't want to win. Not when it means killing or hurting someone so special to him. Not when what he has to do is put even a scratch on the blue haired woman shackled at the end of the chain bonding them. Maybe he was right, all the people he ever loved really died because of him and here's another one yet to add on the list. The one that would really leave him void within. Someone whom he would rather have himself killed than hurt.

Juvia Lockser, former member of Phantom Lord's Element Four and resident water mage of Fairy tail. The one chased by the gloom of her rain. A young woman who never knew happiness before she found a place which she calls home in Fairy Tail guild where she found the man she loves more than anything else in the world. The same man restrained at the end of the chain that rings her neck and locking her consciousness. A chain that would break once one of them lay dead on the ground. How cruel is that to make her hurt her Gray-sama? Why does she have to be in that situation? Anyone knows that she would rather run a sword in her heart than to lay an offending finger on Gray's body. She loves him so much to even think of hurting him even after all the rejections he gave her in the past. She will still love him even if he would never return her feelings. He is the only one she's going to love in this lifetime and the life after death and to life she's going to have.

Their sufferings can be seen in their eyes and the one responsible for their misery is watching them with pure mean gleam in his eyes. For Invel Yura, the winter general of Alvarez Empire, there's nothing more entertaining than to see people do as he commanded and he do enjoy seeing people fight against their will but cannot do anything to defy him. He's cruel and that's what made him so powerful. That particular battle is one the he likes the most as of yet. It's too obvious that Gray Fullbuster and Juvia Lockser share a very strong connection and seeing it breaks in very front of him is pure pleasure. Two powerful mages going against each other and overpowering each other in every blow is a sight to behold.

The side of Winter General's lifted on a vicious smirk when the fighting mages both draw swords out of their respective magic. One made of water and one made ice. It looks like the fight will end soon enough and he is very much sure that the dark haired boy will win and by killing his friend his darkness will emerge. Soon enough the warrior that will kill E.N.D will be born from the darken heart of the boy who is about to end the life of an important friend.

But Invel's amusement is short live as the next movement of his puppet mages is not what he calculated they would do. Juvia Lockser lifted her water made sword in the air as well as Gray Fullbuster but their weapons did not clash. To his surprise and to the mages nearby shock, the two didn't move to throw deathly blow at each other but swing their swords to end their own life.

Time seems to stop as both Fairy Tail mages slowly fell down on the grounded, wounded and bleeding.

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Juvia's world seem to be spinning so fast and the last coherent thing she saw before falling down was Gray doing the same thing that she did and to her it made no sense. Why would he do such thing when from the very beginning he already knew that she would do everything for him to get out of the enemy's spell? There's no need for him to hurt himself. She already set her mind that she's the one to sacrifice her life for him. She moved her head to see him lying close to her and his hand reaching out for her. "W—Why... Why did – you?" she asked out of breath and in pain when their hands touched. He's looking at her too and she wants to know why he would want to end his life for her when there are still many things he has to do. He still needs to fulfil his promise to his father to kill E.N.D.

"I c—can't k—ill you. I will n-never d—o that."

Her tears streamed down her face. If he said that in any normal day she surely would be in cloud nine but seeing him say those words with difficulty as his wounds keep on seeping blood breaks her heart in tiny million pieces. "Just l—ike Gra—y-sama didn't let Ju—via die that day. You really are so kind, Gray-sama." she smiled bitterly remembering the day they first met. The day she fell in love with him.

"It's not kindness," he replied in hoarse voice. "It's—" he stopped coughing blood and Juvia panicked. "It—s selfish—esss. I can't lose yo—u. Not you."

"Gray-s—"

"The world be damned but I won't let you die, Juvia," he said moving closer to her. "I can't lose you when I finally a—dmit it t—o my—self that you're not just a nakama to me. Not when I'm fina—lly brave to say that I—love yo—u."

Is she hearing things? Is she hallucinating at times like that? Surely Gray didn't just say that he loves her. He can't say it like that at time like that so she must be dreaming. Right, she's just dreaming – or not because the pain in her stomach where she stabbed herself feels so painful and she herself is coughing blood. "G—"

"I ju—st want you t—o kn—ow. You deserve to know that your love for me is not in vain. It never was. I was just st—upid and a co—ward."

She clenched her free hand and closed her eyes trying to stop more tears. Hearing him say those words out loud is much painful than her wounds. The emotion that coated those words was so bitter sweet it's twisting her heart. She's happy to know that he feels the same way but how can she be glad when he's there holding her hands and dying just like her. It's just so vindictive. Can't they be somewhere else where war and death cannot taint their love? How can she be happy if he's going to die? Given that they are both dying but she never wished for him to die. She wants him to live and be happy. She will never want him to be with her in hell when she knows that he can still live his life to the fullest among their friend, their family. She's obsessed and possessive but she can never be selfish, that's not her nature. "Gray-sama already knows that Juvia loves her more than anything. Gray-sama showed me the sun and brought happiness in my gloomy life. Juvia is so thankful.

That time Gray already managed to get closer to her and sat up beside her cradling her head on his lap as one of his hands is trying to stop the bleeding of her wound. With the little amount of strength left in him he froze her wound close. "I'm thankful too because you brought warmth into my cold life."

She lifts her hand on his cheeks. "Gray-sama, Juvia loves you. I. Love. You and I am willing to do anything for you."

"You d—"

"I only live because of you and a life without you will be full of rain and I don't want that. Gray-sama live in sunshine for Juvia." She closed her eyes as she summon what was left of her magic and performed a spell she never knew she would be able to use but glad that she tried to learn. Blood transfusion magic that she thought might be useful in cases like this and she was right. At least she can leave a part of her in him. She by nature is liquid and so thus blood. She would give her life to save the one who showed her sun and made her see what true love is. "G-Gray-sama, don't ever be sad. Juvia is living inside you, so I'm not sad because my life belongs to you. F-forgive me but please don't forget about the girl chased by the rain who saw the clear blue skies for the first time because of you." For one last time she gave him the smile she always has for him. A smile that she wants him to remember, not the sadness she's suppressing inside because she has to leave him like that.

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I'm soooo full of negative energy right now and I no longer know how to keep calm with all the chaos going on in the fandom so please forgive me if this work of mine is so full of angst. This is not that long and I'm not sure when will I be able to post the next part so for now please let me know what you think about this fanfic!

Yours Truly,

YoseiNoAme