Gruvia Week: Day 4
First
(Written by Darcy)
Juvia's PoV
It quiet day at Fairy Tail. Only a few people were around. Juvia sat at a table, alone, fiddling with the cuff of her jacket. Mirajane was at the bar, fixing a drink for the master.
And Gray was staring at the request board.
Juvia groaned and slammed her head on the table. She was dying of boredom, and tiredness. She was too tired to even stalk Gray.
That's when he approached her with a job in hand.
"Hey. Do you want to go on a job?" he asked.
"Me?! Why me? What about Natsu or the others? Are you going to prank me?"
"Natsu, Erza, and Lucy are having a 'girls' night, as Erza put it."
"But Natsu's a-"
"Don't ask," Gray blurted, quickly. "And I'm broke, and I don't think I'm going on a job with Mira or the master anytime soon."
"I still think you're going to prank me."
"Okay, fine. Don't come then," he said, annoyed.
"Wait! Gray-sama! Juvia wants to go."
"Then lets go," replied Gray.
On the train, Juvia asked, "So what is this job, exactly?"
"It's just to capture some monster that sneaks into the minds of children and possesses them, so they become mass murderers," he told her. "Nothing too difficult."
"R-right…" maybe she shouldn't have come…
They arrived at the town by nightfall. "I'm hungry," said Gray. "Let's get dinner."
"Okay," said Juvia. Dinner with Gray-sama sounded lovely.
They walked along the streets, in search of a restaurant. However, all of the ones they found were all booked.
"There's one," Gray pointed out. They walked inside.
"Two please," he told the waitress.
"Sorry sir, but there's a line," she said, quite rudely.
"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO GRAY-SAMA IN THAT TONE," yelled Juvia, lunging herself at the waitress.
"Okay- alright, Juvia, that's enough now," he said, struggling to hold her back.
"There is another restaurant next door," the waitress said, more politely this time. She was probably just scared of Juvia.
"Thank you," Gray said. "Now Juvia, you can't attack random people like that. You'll get us arrested."
"But she was talking rudely to Gray-sama. Juvia was mad." Out of the corner of her eye she saw him blush. She smiled.
"A roze for zee happy coupelle," said a French florist, handing Juvia the red-petal flower.
"Uh, we're not-"
"Why thank you, sir," Juvia said, elbowing Gray in the side.
"Ow," he said.
Gray's PoV
Juvia skipped ahead of Gray, holding the rose, while he walked behind her, sulking. She opened the wooden door of the restaurant and kicked it open so he could walk in, just before it slammed shut. The inside was nothing like the outside. The flowers were real and there was a fancy red carpet, with small tables littering a large ballroom.
"Crap. Juvia, this is too fancy. I can't afford it," he told her.
"I'll pay," she insisted.
"No, I-" but the waiter was already leading them to the table.
Not only was this place fancy, but it was also obviously for couples. There were no more than two people at a table in the whole restaurant. So when the waiter led them to the most secluded, dim-lighted, romantic table in the room, Gray let out a groan.
"What's the matter?" Juvia asked.
"Nothing," Gray sighed.
The table was already set, with a complete meal. Candles stood in the middle of it, and it was surrounded by flowers that made Gray cough. He took off his shirt and dropped it on the ground. Juvia picked it up.
"Sir, this is a five star restaurant," the waiter said.
"Hey, when did my shirt come off?" said Gray, quite loudly.
Putting it back on, they sat down, and the waiter left.
"Are you sure you're going to have enough money to pay for all of this?"
"Yes. I went on a job yesterday with Gajeel."
"Oh."
He looked at Juvia. She was staring down at the tablecloth, her blue hair falling in front of her face. She looked up at him. He quickly looked away.
They ate the rest of their meal in silence.
In two hours, they had finished their dinner and checked into the hotel.
"I'm sorry. We only have one room left, and this is the only hotel in town," said the clerk.
"Please tell me it has two beds," begged Gray.
"Nope!" said the hotel clerk, cheerfully.
"WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING," he screamed.
"Enjoy your stay!" called the clerk.
Juvia's PoV
Juvia started to set up a spot on the floor for herself on the floor.
"No. I'm sleeping on the floor," said Gray.
"But Juvia does not want Gray-sama to be uncomfortable."
"I'll be fine."
"If you insist," Juvia sighed, flopping herself onto the comfy bed.
Gray turned off the light.
"Goodnight, Gray," she said.
"Mhm."
Gray's Pov
Gray's eyes slowly opened up. But instead of a bright morning sun, it was pitch black out.
A creaking noise came from the door, and Gray swore he saw a figure slip in the room.
"Who's there?" He said into the darkness. He reached for the light switch, and the lamp flickered on.
"What?" muttered Juvia, awakening from her sleep.
"There's someone in the closet," Gray told her. She got up and walked over to the door. Her hand touched the handle, and she pulled it open.
"It's a kid," she said.
"What?" Walking over, he looked in. Sure enough, a dark haired boy stood there, holding a knife. "It's one of the possessed children."
Before they could do anything, the boy drove the knife into Juvia's side. For a moment, Gray forgot her body was made of water, and jumped. But the blade passed straight through her. She then grabbed it right out of his hand, however a new one appeared right where it was.
"Holy crap," she said. "How are we going to make it stop being possessed?"
"Lock it in the closet!" said Gray, slamming the door shut. " We can't kill it, and we don't have anything to help it remember its past. We're just going to have to start the mission now, is all. My guess is that once we defeat the monster, all of the children will go back to normal."
"Um… sure."
"Let's go."
They arrived at the given address, and knocked on the door. An old man answered.
"May I help you?" he asked.
"Yes, we're the two wizards from Fairy Tail, responding to your job request?" said Gray, holding up the sheet.
"Ah, yes. Come in." He led them to a sitting room, and they sat down.
"We're sorry to bother you in the middle of the night, but we came across one of the possessed kids a couple of minutes ago," explained Juvia.
"Why, it's no problem at all. The first one to be possessed was actually my grand-daughter, and she murdered her parents," said the man, looking down at his lap. "Which is why it is so important that you capture this monster immediately, so this does not happen again," he said firmly, standing up.
"We won't let you down," Gray said
And with that, they set out onto the streets.
Juvia's Pov
After about two hours of searching, the mages still had had no luck. Until Juvia spotted the shadowy figure bolt into an abandoned house.
"There!" she shouted.
They ran through the door and up a steep staircase, into a room with a wide-open balcony. There stood the shadowy figure, a stick in its hand.
"Gray-sama, why is it holding a stick?" asked Juvia.
"Shh."
They stood there for a few minutes, doing nothing. The monster made the first move, ejecting a soft black spray that filled the room. Gray coughed, and so did Juvia. Eventually it faded away, but it left Juvia very dizzy.
"Ice make… lance!" The ice shot towards the figure attempting to block it, but at the same time, Juvia attacked it with her water slicer, and it was thrown backwards onto the balcony. Juvia approached it, prepared to finish it off, but it only injected its black magic into her skin. She collapsed from all the dizziness.
The figure stood up, only to find a floor of ice. It slipped, and tumbled over the balcony. Gray leaned over the edge and watched as it landed with a splat on the pavement.
"That was not as hard as I thought it would be," Gray noted to Juvia, who was still on the ground. He leaned over to help her up, but she met the same situation as the monster did. Her foot slipped, and she fell head first over the ledge, and let out a cry.
"Juvia!" Gray yelled, grabbing her waist just in time. She was still halfway hanging over the balcony. She looked up into Gray's eyes. "Thank-" she was interrupted by something she never expected in one million years. Something that she had never experienced in her entire life. Something so unexpected, she could just float away on a cloud and die.
Her first kiss.
A/N: So I'm sorry that this is late, but I wanted to make it longish and goodish. ;)
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Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, it belongs to Hiro Mashima. So… yeah.