~Author's Note~
Hey minna! (everyone)
Umm . . . well this is my first EVER fanfic! YAY! 〜(￣▽￣〜)
So go easy on me... *bows* m(_ _)m
First, let me just say that Fairy Tail is one of my all-time favorite animes! I'm addicted to this anime and after reading so many Fairy Tail fanfics I became inspired and decided that I wanted to do my own fanfic! ( ^O^ ) Haha~ So most of my fanfics are pretty much gonna be about Fairy Tail. (*≧▽≦) - My happy face! So...
Gray: "Enough blabbering Pink, Get on with the story."
Natsu: "Yeah, I agree with the perv. Nobody cares."
Pink: "Sheesh, okay, okay... Enjoy the story." (╥_╥)
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Fairy Tail. The genius – Hiro Mashima does!
Chapter 1: Who is Juvia?
Juvia Lockser had just arrived in Magnolia after a tiring 4-day mission. She was exhausted and out of magical energy.
Juvia was temporarily staying in Acalypha town's inn, while she completed her mission nearby. Her mission included, taking out a group of thieves that could use magic. Their magic wasn't too powerful, and she didn't expect to use up all of her magical energy. She had underestimated the group of thieves, but with little difficultly, she was able to defeat them all. After she finished the mission, Juvia had returned to the inn, ready to leave the town. She knew that she would have enough strength to make it back to Magnolia. She could hardly wait to head back to the Fairy Tail guild and her Gray-sama. The inn keeper saw her and immediately knew that she needed some rest. He told her that she should stay a little longer to regain her strength, but Juvia was able to talk the man out of it, telling him that she was fine and that Magnolia was just a short walk away.
She arrived in Magnolia and walked up to the guild hall saying, "Juvia's finally back!" while walking through the front door.
She decided that she would check in with the guild to confirm that she completed the mission, stare at Gray-sama for a little while, and then go home to get some rest.
When she walked in, the first person she noticed was her precious Gray-sama, fighting with an angry Natsu. She saw that the entire guild was a mess and that everyone in the guild was fighting. She also noticed Lucy and Wendy sitting behind a pillar waiting out the fight like usual, but Juvia only glanced at them. They weren't the center of her attention. She stood in the front of the guild gawking at the shirtless Gray. Noting that his muscles flexed with every punch, the way his raven colored hair, covering his eyes made him look even sexier (if that's even possible), and that he suddenly turned to look at her. The look he gave her was the sexiest look she ever saw with a sexy smile to match. She was ecstatic. Her Gray-sama was staring at HER! She stood there returning Gray's look with heart-filled eyes and a goofy grin. Not noticing that Gray wasn't staring at her in affection, but with a look of horror.
-Moments before Juvia arrived at the guild-
Gray P.O.V.
Gray has had enough of Natsu's stupidity. He knew that Natsu was stupid, but he didn't know he was THAT stupid.
It was another normal day at the Fairy Tail guild. Gray was standing at the request board looking through the various requests. Juvia was supposed to come back today and he wanted to ask her if she'd like to come along with him on a mission. After she had got some much needed rest, of course. He had been meaning to ask her for a while now, but never got the chance.
Anyway, Gray was eying a particular request that would seem perfect for the two of them. It was about a sea serpent terrorizing fishermen, and the reward was pretty good. He was ripping the request off the board, when Lucy and Happy walked into the guild with Natsu behind them.
Lucy had a mixed emotional look on her face. A disappointed, annoyed, and angry look. Happy was looking at Lucy with a worried look and talking calmly to her instead of his usual teasing, careful to not make her even more angry.
Natsu was walking a short distance behind Lucy and Happy, with his hands behind his head and a bored look in his face. This must be serious, he thought and walked up to him.
"Hey flame brain. What's going on?" He teased.
Natsu looked at Gray with a slightly annoyed look and answered, "Hey, icy freak."
Gray looked at Lucy; who seemed to have cheered up a bit, was now sitting at a table talking to Wendy. "What's up with Lucy?" He asked.
"I dunno." Natsu replied.
"What do you mean, you don't know?"
"It was just an accident!" he said.
"Huh? What was?"
"I accidentally trashed Lucy's place."
"How did you accidentally trash her place?!"
"I was just trying to squash a bug. Lucy told me to get it so I did." He grinned. "The little sucker was fast too. I didn't realize it, but when I was finally got em' I had scorched most of Lucy's room."
"She yelled at me too." He added with a pout.
"Of course she did you idiot. I hope your going to pay for the damages. Lucy's house is like our teams' headquarters. Now look what you did, you charcoal brain!" Gray yelled.
"Hey, don't yell at me! I said it wasn't my fault, pervert!" Natsu yelled back.
"I swear, you bring misery to everyone around you, loser!"
Just then Natsu and Gray got into one their fights that somehow dragged the entire guild into fighting. Natsu threw a fireball at Gray, which he dodged and it hit Erza instead, singeing some of her hair. Erza then screamed in anger and threw a sword at Natsu which missed and hit Gajeel, who was eating and it escalated into a bigger fight after that.
Gray was so busy fighting Natsu, that he didn't notice Juvia walking through the door. In the corner of his eye he saw blue and instantly turned his head to the gawking water mage. Gray noticed that Juvia had bags under her eyes and a disheveled look. She was obviously tired, but still her usual self. He noticed the goofy smile on her face and the dazed look in her eyes, knowing that she was probably daydreaming again. He started to smile back at her, but immediately noticed an airborne bar stool heading for Juvia. He was all the way across the guild hall and Juvia was at the door. He knew that he wouldn't make it in time to move her out of the way and he just looked on at her in horror, trying to tell her to dodge it. She stood there with a confused look on her face when she came back to reality, by the look he was giving her, completely oblivious to the flying object heading her way.
Juvia P.O.V.
Juvia looked back at Gray with a confused look. Gray was saying something that she couldn't hear. She just read his lips which said, "Get out of the way!" but it was too late. Juvia blacked out. The last thing she heard, was the sound of splintering wood and her guild mates calling her name.
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Gray P.O.V.
"JUVIA!" Gray yelled while holding Juvia's limp body. "Juvia, please wake up!" he shouted, voice trembling.
"Gray, hurry and get her to the hospital!" Mirajane ordered.
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At the hospital, Gray sat by Juvia's bedside slowly caressing her face. Outside of Juvia's room, Makarov, Mirajane, Erza, Gajeel, Natsu, and Lucy stood listening to the doctor's explanation. While the rest of the members that had came, waited in the waiting room.
"Well doctor, how is she?" Makarov asked, worry clearly on his face.
"Well, she had a serious blow to the head. She's actually lucky to be alive." The doctor explained while everyone gasped.
"What the hell?! She could have died from this?!" Gajeel yelled at the doctor.
"Calm down Gajeel." Makarov said to the raging dragon slayer. He knew that Juvia was a dear friend to him, but yelling at the doctor wasn't going to help her condition.
"Hmph." The iron dragon slayer grunted.
"Anyway, we ran some tests and I believe that she may be suffering from a concussion. Her body is weak and it seems that all of her magical energy has been used up. She was probably putting a lot of strain on her body and it's taking a little longer for her magic energy to replenish, " the doctor went on. "Along with the concussion, she has to regain her strength too, who knows how long that will take."
"Oh no!" Lucy gasped. Natsu stood beside Lucy clutching his fists and looking into the room were Juvia and Gray were. Mirajane was wiping away tears. Gajeel was fuming. Erza and Master had shocked looks on their faces.
"But we won't know how serious it is until she wakes up-" the doctor continued. "-if she does." he said the last part quietly, but everyone clearly heard it.
Gajeel grabbed the doctor's shirt, lifting him off the ground. "What do you mean, IF she wakes up?! HUH?!" he yelled. Master Makarov was too shocked to even scold him.
Erza regaining her posture asked, "Is the injury THAT serious doctor? Do you think she is in a comatized state?"
Lucy then excused herself and walked into the room crying. Gray, of course, heard everything through the cracked door. He sat in his chair staring at Juvia, with wide eyes; shock on his face.
"N-no... t-this can't-" he stuttered. "I-I never even told her how I felt about her." he said aloud, not caring if Lucy heard. Tears welling up in his eyes.
"This can't be happening." Lucy whispered, finishing his first sentence.
"All we can do now is wait." Master Makarov said, walking into the room with the others. The doctor excused himself and left, after a nurse called for him for another patient. Gray stayed silent.
"I-It's my fault..." Natsu said quietly, finally speaking. Fists still clenched and head down.
"No Natsu, it's all my fault..." he said suddenly.
Erza looked at Gray with sad eyes. "Gray-."
"It IS my fault!" he shouted. "It's my fault that Juvia's in a hospital bed possibly in a coma! It's all my fault! No please not Juvia!" He said while grabbing his head with both hands. "I never even told her that I love her! I want to see her smile again, I'm so sorry Juvia!" Gray yelled while standing up. Mirajane walked up to Gray and slapped him hard across the face. Everyone was surprised by Mirajane's action.
"What the hell Mira-?!"
"Sorry Gray, but don't you dare blame yourself for this. None of you!" she said, looking at everyone. "It was an accident and don't talk like Juvia's not gonna wake up."
"She's right." Erza added. "We need to be more careful at the guild though."
"Juvia is a Fairy Tail wizard and Fairy Tail wizards don't know the meaning of giving up. Right?" Master Makarov said with a serious tone.
"Right!" Lucy agreed, wiping her tears.
"Yeah," said Natsu.
"She's strong enough to fight this." Gajeel stated, seeming more lucid. "I agree Master."
Gray just looked at Juvia, while staying silent.
A nurse walked in, to check on Juvia. "I'm sorry, visiting hours are over everyone."
"Screw you!" Gajeel said, temper rising again and glaring at the nurse. "That's my friend there, I'm staying!"
"Gajeel!" Erza roared. Gajeel let out a growl and stormed out of the room. "I'm so sorry about him-."
"It's okay," the nurse said. "Don't worry we'll take good care of her. You have my word."
Everyone looked at Gray. "Okay, I'll be back tomorrow." he finally said.
He then gave Juvia a kiss on the forehead and whispered goodbye. The rest of the guild was filled in on what the doctor said and everyone left the hospital. Gray visited Juvia everyday at the hospital along with Gajeel and stayed by her bedside until visiting hours were over.
-3 days later-
Gray sat in Juvia's hospital room with his head on her pillow and her hand in his. He had been up all night watching her, even after visiting hours. The nurse let him stay overnight and he had fell asleep with his head next to hers.
Juvia P.O.V.
Juvia opened her eyes to a bright ray of sunlight shining down on her face. She squinted her eyes from the brightness and attempted to lift her head off the pillow, but she felt an intense pain in her head so she laid back down.
Where am I, she thought. She looked to the left and saw a handsome boy with black hair snoring softly on her pillow.
"Ah!" she squeaked, covering her hands with her mouth. He stirred slightly in his sleep. Then his eyes opened slowly. Suddenly remembering where he was, the boy jolted up and looked at Juvia with wide eyes.
"J-Juvia-" He said. "JUVIA!" he yelled happily, embracing her in a hug and nuzzling her neck.
Juvia just laid there with a shocked face as the boy hugged her. Saying the name Juvia over and over.
"What?" she whispered, her dry voice barely a gasp.
"I'm so happy your okay, you scared the shit out of me Juvia," he said, into her neck.
She suddenly pushed him away, which clearly shocked him because he asked, "What's wrong Juvia?"
"I-I'm sorry-" she croaked. "-but w-who are you?"
Surprise covered Gray's face, then a smile. "Duh Juvia. It's me, Gray?" he said, thinking that she was joking around with him.
"W-what?" she said, voice trembling. Gray's look now became one of confusion and fear.
"I-I don't know you, a-and who is Juvia?"
~Author's Note~
Hey guys! So whatcha think? Do you think I should continue the story, or give up while I have the chance. Anyways, leave a comment in the reviews section to let me know. If you guys like it, then I'll continue with the story and if you don't... Ah, well... you know the deal. Thanks! :D
Gray: "Read and review!"
Pink: "Thanks Gray!" smiles warmly at Gray.
Gray: "Whatever..." he walks away.
Pink: (╥_╥) "He hates me..."