Gray and Juvia stood back to back. They were covered in bruises and growing weak by each hit toward them. Juvia's legs locked up and a dragon turned and shot a ray at her. Gray tackled her out of the way and they started rolling down the hill that was by them. Gray had a strong hold on her as they tumbled down. When they stopped Gray got off of Juvia.
"Juvia's sorry Gray-sama. Juvia's legs locked unexpectedly and she couldn't move." She said looking at the ground. Gray stood up and helped her up.
"It's ok. It looks like the dragons went somewhere else anyways. So in a way it helped." He said running a hand through his hair. Juvia's face lit up and she smiled.
"Juvia's glad she could help Gray-sama!" She said as she grabbed his arm. Gray shook out of her grasp.
"Juvia we need to be serious." Juvia held onto his arm.
"Juvia is being serious Gray! After this is done we could go on a date and see a movie, or maybe we could-" Gray pushed Juvia into the wall. A beam shot between them a second later. "Huh?"
"This is what I'm talking about Juvia. Stop focusing on me. Soon we'll both die!" Gray yelled.
"Juvia's sorry Gray-sama. She won't lose focus again.". Gray started to walk away from her. "Gray-sama, where are you going?" Juvia went to follow him.
"Don't follow me Juvia. It's no good when we're together." He said his back still turned. Juvia's face filled with shock.
"Gray-sama….what do you mean?" Juvia questioned very quietly.
"I'm saying leave me alone. I'll be fine and so will you. There will be no dates between us. Stop getting your hopes up.". He started walking away and took a moment to look behind him. Juvia was staring into nothing with a frozen expression. Gray cursed and walked away. "She'll be fine."
After a few minutes of being alone Gray found himself in front of another dragon. "Let's do this shit head." He cursed sending ice its way. The dragon roared and shot a beam at him. He tried blocking the beam, but it broke through his ice. Lucky for him Elfman saved him. Standing their was Mirajane & Lisanna smiled and bumped fists with Elfman. "Thanks guys."
"It's almost impossible for a non-dragon slayer to destroy one of these alone. We weren't going to let you die like that Gray." Mirs said smiling. Gray thought of Juvia by herself.
"She probably found someone.."
"Who is she?" Elfman asked landing on the ground beside him.
"Ah, it's no one." Gray responded and wiped his brow. MIra blocked an attack and landed beside him.
"Where's Juvia? I saw you two together earlier." Mira asked. The dragon shot again but Gray blocked them with an ice shield.
"We got into a little fight. For the moment we're heading in different directions." He said looking away.
"Gray, is she alone? Didn't you hear what we told you before? She could d-" Lisanna started to say before Gray cut her off.
"I'm sure she's fine. Juvia's strong and by now she probably found someone." He said as Elfman bounded off to fight. Gray was about to go fight too when Mira placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Gray….you know what's the right thing to do. Find Juvia and clear up your fight.". Gray looked away again.
"I know…." he mumbled. Lisanna ran towards him.
"So what are you doing? Go find her already!" She exclaimed smiling. Gray gave a small smile and nodded.
"I'll get Juvia and find you guys." Gray said brushing dirt off him.
"We'll go towards you if we beat it. Good luck." Mira said winking.
"Mmm! You too!". With that Gray was off running towards Juvia. "Wait for me Juvia!" he thought as he ran.