Hello… meet me again in this third chapter. It took long enough to be published, huh? Sorry~~~… but I'm afraid that it will be much later for the next week since I have my mid-term test for the next week. So I doubt that I'll be able to touch my PC. ==,
I'm kind of disappointed because I only got one review for the last chapter. Mou~~… do people have no interest in GraJu pairing? XC But, screw it up. I'll keep continue this as far as I can. Nevertheless, there's still a warning of hiatus for this story X9.
Anyway, I want to say me greatest thanks to Its2dark2read for the review. Yeah, your review gave me spirit to write more ^,^ So, I think I'll dedicate this chapter for you XD. Enjoy….
***Fairy**Tail***
SOMEWHERE I BELONG
Disclaimer : Fairy Tail and all of the character isn't mine. I'm merely a fans of Gray Fullbuster and cannot hold the urge to write a fict about him. And 'Somewhere I Belong' by Linkin Park isn't me either. Though I believe if you had known it already ('==)a
Warning : (*I like writing this part X9) This story may be OOC, error spelling and grammar since I'm not a native English speaker, AU and the most important is; this story isn't the first priority, so the possibility of being hiatus is quite high.
***Fairy**Tail***
Chapter 02: Fairy Tail Free School
"G- Gray… Fullbuster…?"
The certain boy Juvia called raised an eyebrow, "Do I know you?"
Juvia gasped from this question, but soon, she got her composure again.
'No wonder he doesn't remember Juvia anymore. It has been seven years after all… and beside, Juvia's hair and appearance have been changed.' Juvia sighed inwardly. But she had no intention to give up.
"A- ano… we met once… seven years ago. That time Gray…-san saved Juvia from a bullying. And also…" instead of continuing her words, Juvia let a shy smile spread across her pale face and she inwardly said, '…Gray-san taught Juvia to smile and make Juvia's gloom cloud went away.'
Gray stared at her before let out an 'oh'.
"So… so Gray-san remembered Juvia?" the girl asked excitedly but Gray just nonchalantly walked pass her.
"Dunno'" he stated coldly.
The slender shoulder of the young lady lowered sadly. For seven years she had waited for her encounter with the kind boy who helped her in the past. It should be a fate she finally saw him in this school. But Juvia was kind of disappointed seeing the cold reaction from that 'kind boy' that was supposed to be her childhood 'prince'. Where was the warmth of the boy gone?
"I see…" Juvia mumbled softly toward the boy's back but her saddened eyes were fixed on the cement floor. She couldn't blame Gray thought for forgetting about her. For God sake, it had been seven years and also… what was she said about the change? But Juvia was still so sad about change of her childhood prince, about the change from warmth to coldness.
"You changed your hairstyle"
The girl lifted her face up in surprise for hearing the statement of that cold boy. Gray was standing few feet away from her, back facing Juvia. He looked hesitant at what he was about to do. In the end he shrugged and said, "I remember it was being rolled up"
Juvia's face brightened. 'Gray-san does remember Juvia!' she yelled mentally.
"Ye- yes…!" the blue-haired girl turned around so her whole body was facing the boy's back. "Ju-…" before she could finish her sentence, she heard a furious yelled from the inside of the building.
"GRAY FULBUSSSSTEEEEERRRR! COME BACK HERE, YOU CLASS-SKIPPERRRR!"
"Shit!" the raven-haired teen cursed while looking at the source of the yell.
Juvia turned to see it as well. All she could see was just a glimpse of yellow, white and grey color. If it was a human, how fast it could be. In a second, Juvia heard a 'thud' following by a groan from Gray. The new student turned again to the riot source and found Gray lie on the ground with a whip tip clung around his foot. And in front of him stood a short, blond-haired girl wearing the same uniform as Juvia. But the blonde's was a long sleeves shirt that was being rolled up like Gray's. She also didn't wear the yellow sweater like Juvia. She wore a pair of short boots, chocolate-brown in color. Hey, was boots allowed in this school? Oh, yeah, sure. It was a free-school after all.
"Where do you think you're going, Fullbuster?" said the blonde teen in triumphant. She playfully pulled the whip she held so Gray's feet being jerked as well.
"Stop it, Ashley! And it's not your business on what I'm going to do!" Gray snapped as shifted his position into a better one.
"Of course it's my business here, Fullbuster! Do you forget who I am?" the girl called Ashley snapped back. She pulled the whip again quickly and harshly—looked like she like to do it—making Gray's feet jerked again. Gray hissed, demanding the Ashley girl to stop.
Ashley glanced to Juvia who she noticed just a second ago. The blue-haired teen twitched under the blonde's glance.
"Who are you?" Ashley asked.
"A-… ano… Ju-… I mean, I'm Juvia Loxar. I'm the new student here from today" Juvia bowed. Ashley made an 'o' with her mouth.
"Ah, since you're a new student, you surely want to meet master, right? Don't worry. I'll take you to his office." Ashley turned her body to face Juvia properly and gave Juvia a grin. Juvia smiled back, relieved that she found out that Ashley was actually a nice girl thought she looked rather violence.
"Come on, Gray. I'll bring you to class as we-…" Ashley pulled her whip and surprised as realizing if her whip felt much lighter that before. She looked at her whip and saw that Gray wasn't tied by the whip again. Instead, she saw Gray ran passed the gate in a surprising speed.
"GRAY! COME BACK HERE, YOU—… ARGH!" Ashley yelled desperately as stomping her foot angrily.
"Juvia is sorry… I mean, I'm sorry. Because you talked to me then Gray-san was able to escape" Juvia apologized guiltily. Ashley turned her attention to the new student while stroking her delicate fingers across her short-blond locks.
"Nah… it's okay Juvia. It's not your fault after all. Gray is always like that." Ashley waved her hand as neatened her whip and securely hung it on her belt. "By the way, I haven't introduced myself, right? Sorry… I'm Lucy Ashley. Nice to meet you." Ashley grabbed Juvia's hand and shook it. Her eyes which were brown like honey—but it was a bit darker—gleamed with excitement. And for Juvia to just looking at it, made her spirit up. What a strange sensation, huh? Ashley's hair was blond in color, it only reached her nape and she wore a small skull-like hairpin.
"Lucy Ashley… so that's mean, Ju- I can call you Lucy-san?" the blue-haired teen asked excitedly. Ashley smiled.
"Actually I prefer to be called Ashley." She stated and invited Juvia to come inside the building. "Come on, Juvia. I'll take you to master's office."
"Master?"
"Well, he's the principal of this school. Some call him master Makarov, Gramps… even old-man, like that Gray" Ashley chuckled. Juvia made a silent 'oh' with her lips.
"Looks like master Makarov is a kind person…" Juvia stated in astonishment thought she'd known it. First impression never lied. Ashley nodded in agreement.
"Yup, he is. But I warn you one thing, he's a big pervert." Ashley added in a serious tone. Juvia blinked.
"Eh?"
"Just see it by yourself…" Ashley teasingly winked, making her new blue-haired friend shivered. This reaction of Juvia's made the blonde burst to laugh.
"My… don't worry, Juvia. If he tried to do something inappropriate to you, don't be hesitant to smack him off. We used to it after all…"
"O- okay…" Juvia stammered nervously.
"By the way… you know Gray? Because… hmm… he isn't a kind of person who would tell his name easily to a stranger. So it's rather surprising that you know his name," Ashley asked curiously.
Juvia shrugged, "It's a kind of long story…"
"I can wait to hear that later. We're in master's office now…" Ashley pointed at the name board that hung above their head. It spelled 'Principal Office'. And Juvia realized if they'd stopped in front of a big wooden double-door.
"Well, go ahead," Ashley tilted her head toward the door.
"Ashley-san, can you please wait for Ju- I mean, can you wait for me here? I'll make sure it doesn't take too long. I'm alone here and it makes me nervous…" Juvia pleaded. Ashley gave another smile and nodded.
"Sure. I have nothing to do after all…"
"Thank you very much, Ashley-san!" Juvia gratefully squeezed Ashley hands before walked into the principal room.
The so-called principal room was so simple. It's cream-colored and not too big. The furniture was mostly chocolate-brown or black in color to make a good balance with the pale-colored wall. On the other side of the door where Juvia stood, there was a big table with a board name of 'Principal' on it. There were also a laptop, and some utensil or anything you could find on a table of a principal. Behind the table was a comfortable chair and there sat the short old-man Juvia met before, Makarov Dreyar the Principal.
"Excuse me…" Juvia called. The latter lifted his head from the laptop and saw Juvia standing by the door. At once, the old-man's face turned bright and greeted Juvia back.
"Oh… Juvia-chan, welcome… welcome…" Makarov cheerily pointed a chair in front of his desk, signaling Juvia to sit there. Juvia shyly walked toward the chair. Slightly confused by the way the principal welcomed her. Calling his student with honorific '-chan'? It was… out of normal.
"Good morning, sir." Juvia bowed politely before sat on the chair. Makarov chuckled for Juvia's action.
"No need to be that polite. Anyway, call me just 'master Makarov' or 'Gramps'. 'Sir' seems didn't suit me well." he said kindly.
"But—…" Juvia confused. Makarov waved his hand.
"We are family here. Politeness isn't needed here. We just have to be close and be open. Isn't it what a family has?" Makarov smiled that made Juvia stunned in awe. Really. This principal was different. While other principal—like Phantom Lord—would act all big and mighty as if they were a king, but Makarov didn't. He even expected to be treated lower than his true status. As if he wanted to be his student's father.
"Sure, Master…" Juvia smiled back. Makarov looked satisfied with his new name from Juvia.
"Anyway, Juvia-chan… ready to meet your classmate?" Makarov took out a paper from his drawer and handed it to Juvia.
"Sure…" Juvia replied shortly. She saw at the paper and found that it was the map to her class and the whole school building, her schedule and also her class.
"Err… Master…" Juvia called as noticing something unusual from her schedule. "Why Juvia has too many break times?"
Makarov raised an eyebrow in confusion. But after a realization hit him, he chuckled lightly. "They aren't 'break' time, Juvia-chan. Those are your free times."
"What's the difference?" Juvia sweatdropped as Makarov chuckled again.
"It's a period when you're free for doing anything. As for break time, it's a time when you may take a break" Makarov explained. Juvia dumbfounded stared at him but she nodded in the end.
"Well, you'll understand when the time comes. As for now, you can go to your class."
Juvia immediately stood up and bowed lightly before turned around.
"Oh, and Juvia…" Makarov called quickly before his new student totally left the room.
"Feel free to show the true you," he said casually, but Juvia knew if the meaning beyond those words was quite deep. Juvia smiled in respond.
"Sure, Master. Thank you,"
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"So, did master do something to you?" Ashley asked in amusement as seeing Juvia walked out from the room. Juvia giggled.
"You lied. He's nice," responded the blue-haired amusedly. Ashley pouted.
"I didn't lie. Well, indeed, there's a time where his perverted side awaken. I guess this time isn't the time" she shrugged. "Come on, I'll take you to your class."
"You know where Ju-… where my class is already?" Juvia asked disbelievingly as following the blonde along the corridor. Ashley nodded in respond.
"You're a second grader, right? Same as me then. Here, this way," Ashley turned toward another corridor. "You know, this school only has one class for each grade. So, your class is obvious." Ashley explained and giggled when saw Juvia's reaction.
"You must be kidding, right?"
"No, I'm not," Ashley winked. "Anyway, it's the time for you to tell me about how you could know Gray, right?"
Juvia hummed as thinking where she could start her story from before said, "It was about seven years ago…"
***Fairy**Tail***
A place where you felt like you could reach the sky with your hand.
That was where a teen named Gray Fullbuster now, doing nothing but lie on a cool cement floor. His hand absentmindedly stretched upward as if trying to grip the blinded sun that looked like a small ball in front of him now. He sleepily stared at the clear-blue sky. Blue. It somehow reminded him to a girl she met just last morning. Her hair was blue too, like this sky.
What was her name again? Gray supposed to remember it very well now since that girl mentioned her own name over and over again since she was addressing herself as the third person.
Juvia… yeah, that's it. Her name was Juvia.
And where Gray had ever heard that name? He was sure if he had once heard that name. Far before he met her today.
That girl said seven years ago. Did they meet seven years ago?
Actually Gray remembered something about her. He was unsure if it was really seven years ago or not. But he remembered the same hair color as Juvia's. He also remembered the unique style of that hair, rolled up in the end. Gray let his mind wandering around and he saw a glimpse of the blue hair owner, a cute childish face, pale with a pair of dark big orbs. The last time he saw that face, it was covered with dirt and mud, also wet from the neverending rain.
He then slowly closed his eyes, ready to dive into the dream land.
'Ah, yeah. That little girl…'
***Fairy**Tail***
"I see… aww, I'd never though Gray would be that adorable when he was a little" Ashley commented as holding her giggle. Juvia also smiled dreamily.
"Yeah… he's Juvia's savior… Eh, err… I mean, he's MY savior." Juvia said abruptly. Ashley looked at her in confusion.
"Seem like you like to talk as the third person," the blonde commented. Juvia blushed in embarrassment.
"Sorry… it's a bad habit," she said sheepishly. Unexpectedly, Ashley burst to laugh.
"That's okay. I cannot see the oddity in speaking as third person. Instead, I find it unique and interesting. Oh, you'll be surely fit here. This place is full with a unique people." Ashley winked.
"But Juvia's father said that it's inappropriate…" the blue haired teen murmured sadly. Ashley waved her hand dismissively.
"You are you, your father is your father. That's freedom if you know what I mean." Ashley grinned. Juvia lost her words as digesting her new friend's words. but then her smiled widened and she nodded.
"Sure. Thank you, Ashley-san!"
"Throw away the honorific, please…" Ashley sighed. "Just called me Ashley. I prefer that way."
"Okay…" Juvia nodded again. "But Ashley, if you don't mind me asking, why you prefer to be called Ashley instead of Lucy?"
The blonde girl smiled meaningfully before answered, "You'll find it out if you meet my friends."
It took not so long time to reach Juvia's new class and at the same time, Ashley's class.
"Here we are…" Ashley pointed at a blue slide door in front of them. On that door attached a board name that said; Second Grade. Juvia looked around the corridor and saw two other class rooms. In front of the second graders class, there was a similar door that led to the third grader class. While on the right side of second grader, there was a class for the first grader.
"ALL of the class rooms are in this corridor?" Juvia's eyes widened from the realization. Ashley chuckled sheepishly.
"Well, what do you expect then? This school is small. But beside the class rooms, we have many club rooms." Ashley sighed. "As if there will be many student register here,"
"I see…" Juvia muttered.
"Let's come inside," Ashley invited and harshly opened the door.
"Ashley! What do you think you're doing? People who're studying inside will be disturbed!" Juvia yelped in horror seeing Ashley harsh move and the loud sound from the door. But the blonde teen ignored her.
"Ashley, we were you?" asked a hoarse voice from inside the room. Juvia couldn't see the face because she was hiding behind Ashley's back.
"Like usual, Gildart-sensei. I was chasing Gray." replied the blonde casually.
"Oh, so did you manage to catch him?" asked Gildart.
Ashley rolled her eyes, "Like usual. He has a pair of pretty fast feet."
"I see…" came the reply from the teacher. "That's Gray for you to know," he added in amusement.
Juvia hesitantly peeked from Ashley shoulder. Since the blonde was a bit taller than her, so she had to tiptoe. At once Juvia saw a middle-age man with mud-color hair. He had moustache and beard that wasn't shaved cleanly. However, that man who were supposed to be Gildart-sensei looked friendly and nice.
"Who is she?" Girldart asked curiously after seeing Juvia. The blue-haired girl abruptly showed herself and bowed respectfully toward the teacher.
"A— ano… name's Juvia. Juvia is the new student here."
"Oh, so you're the chick Makarov talked about last morning? I see… I see… come inside, please miss…" Gildart smiled and waved his hand, inviting Juvia to come inside.
Juvia then walked inside the class room, following by Ashley who went to her seat immediately.
"Okay, Juvia-chan. Can you please introduce yourself to us? Tell us your name, likes, dislikes… anything." Gildart said and nodded as the signal for Juvia to start. Juvia turned to face the class that suddenly become quiet for her appearance. At first, the blue-haired girl gasped seeing the condition of the class.
'What a small amount of the class!' she gasped mentally.
In that class there were only about fifteen students in total. Less than half of Juvia's old class that could reach the number of forty. But then Juvia remembered what Ashley said back then.
'This school is small'
Taking a deep breath, Juvia began her introduction with a smile.
"Hello, name in Juvia Loxar. Juvia is from Phantom Lord Academy." She said as friendly as possible. But she was wondering when she got a gasp of surprise and whisper from every corner of the class.
"You're from Phantom Lord? For real?" asked a girl with grey-colored hair and wearing glasses in shock. Juvia blinked in confusion for their reaction.
"Yes, Juvia is…" answered the latter.
"What are you doing here?" asked another student. Now was a boy with spiky pink hair. From his voice Juvia could tell that he was furious. Suddenly the new student got a bad feeling.
'What is Juvia doing here? And what's with this cold reaction?'
***Fairy**Tail***
Yeay! Another chapter finished! So my lovely readers, what do you think of it? In my story I add Edo-Lucy or Lucy Ashley. Why? Because I like her and I need her! ^^ However, she and Lucy Heartphilia aren't the same person. Heck, they even didn't relate by blood or anything, completely stranger. So how come? They had the exact same face. Humm… who cares? X9
And also, can you guess who was the 'grey-haired girl wearing glasses'? She was 'Laki Olieta', another minor character from Fairy Tail. I like her, too. Too bad that she rarely appear.
Okay, that's all. I hope you enjoy it and I'm sorry for any mistakes about this story, like the grammar. Sigh… Anyway, please review and tell me if I made any mistakes…. XC