Chapter 4 - Asked Out

They sat back down on their stools as she came in, trying to look cheerful. "Cana, Gray-sama! Juvia is sorry, she didn't bring back flowers... she forgot." Forget about Bora, Juvia. He is wretched and mean...

She noticed they looked a little odd. Juvia stared at Cana suspiciously. Is Gray-sama cheating on his Juvia? Gray-sama can not be as bad as Bora!

Then Gray found his voice. "Juvia..."

"Yes, Gray-sama?"

"Um... I... that is..." Gray faltered. He glanced at Cana then back to Juvia and continued more steadily. "Want to go to lunch with me? In two days at that sushi restaurant on Sakura Street..."

Juvia blushed. Gray-sama is asking Juvia to come for lunch! Dear Gray-sama... Can Juvia say yes? Yes to everything... and no to Bora, no, no, no! He is horrible but Gray-sama is kind and sweet...

"Gray-sama... Juvia - Juvia would like to, for sure..." she agreed shyly. Cana grinned.

"Then that's settled! Now," Cana declared, "let's go pick some berries. It's good to get fresh air." (lol look who's talking, Cana)

Juvia winced. "Juvia likes it in here," she protested. Juvia cannot let Gray-sama and Cana meet Bora. She must not let anyone of Fairy Tail meet Bora!

"It'd be nice to get some fresh air," Cana argued.s

"Let's not argue. I agree with Cana, it's nice to be outdoors," Gray said calmly to Juvia.

"But Juvia... No. Juvia does not want you to meet Bora. Bora is out there," Juvia confessed.

Cana looked confused. "Bora? Oh, that guy. I know he used to be a slave trader but he's good now remember? Natsu said that he came with his guys to cheer on Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray and Happy on their play," Cana recalled.

Juvia grimaced. "Juvia knows something else about Bora," she admitted. "Juvia - Juvia..." She looked at Gray. "Juvia used to know him. But Bora broke up with Juvia because it always rained when he was with her and it was so gloomy for him... I'm sorry, Gray-sama!" She felt tears trickling down her cheeks and Cana went over to her and patted her back.

"It's okay Juvia, it's alright..."

Gray grinned. "Sure it's alright. You two stay out here. I'm going out there to kick his butt."

Cana looked sharply at him. "Gray, you can't do that! Juvia what is he doing here?"

"He - he wants to join Fairy Tail! Don't let him join! Don't let him..." Juvia whimpered into Cana's shoulder.

"Of course I won't let him! Second he meets me he's gonna be busted," Gray said firmly.

"Are - are you sure, Gray-sama?" asked Juvia hopefully. "Bora was so mean to Juvia... he broke her heart..." But now Juvia has you, Gray-sama...

"I'm sure." Gray gave her a reassuring smile and walked out the ice palace entrance.

Gray smacked himself on the forehead. "Oh my goodness Gray, you're so dumb. You didn't even ask Juvia where she found Bora!"

He sighed. Then he heard a sound to his right. He looked about himself. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

"Oh okay... I hear my name, I come callin'..." Bora approached Gray. "So obviously I'm Bora. Who're you? And why don't you have a shirt on?"

Gray looked at his bare chest. "Oops. Eh, whatever." He glared at Bora. "You're that guy who broke the heart of my Juvia right? Cuz you're not gonna get away with it..."

Bora looked tentative. "What? All I did was dump her, it was always so gloomy around her..." Then he saw Gray's glare. "Er, you her b-boyfriend or something? Then... I didn't say that Gray! I sooo didn't!"

But instead of attacking, Gray tilted his head and stared, surprised, at Bora. "Gaaah! How did you know my name?"

"What? Th-that's your name? I JUST GUESSED IT! Wow I am one smart dude," Bora said, calming down a bit and looking proud, rubbing his chin. "Well, actually your hair's gray so that's why..." he muttered under his breath.

"Oh shut your mouth," Gray muttered angrily. "You dissed my Juvia and you're gonna pay, Boar! Plus my hair's black not gray!"

"Hey it's Bora not Boar!" Bora yelled, obviously annoyed and a bit scared.

Gray grinned. "Oh really? Cuz you look a lot like a boar to me!"

Bora frowned. "No one calls me that and gets away with it!"

"Oh doesn't look like it to me..." Gray snickered. He put his two hands together and yelled. "ICE MAKE - PRISON!"

Suddenly ice formed and Bora was trapped in a cage. He grinned.

"Buddy, anything made of water doesn't work on me. I got an Evaporation ring and I can make ice or water simply... evaporate..." Bora lifted his left hand and was about to cast Evaporation when Gray grinned.

"You got that wrong, Boar. ICE MAKE - LANCE!" Gray formed ice spears and thrust them through the cage bars at Bora, who was too busy trying to evaporate the cage. He had only gotten that ring the past week and was still practicing using it so it took a while for him. He looked up in time to see the ice lances heading straight at him.

"Wait - what?"

Gray stopped them one inch away from Bora. They hovered in the air so close to Bora that the man didn't dare move.

"Evaporate!" Bora whispered but in his fumbling to dodge the ice lances, he had dropped the ring by accident and it had fell through the ice cage bars. He realized this and grimaced, then looked up at the victorious ice mage. "This is not over yet, you moron!"

wow bora is a weakling lol I thought it'd be fun to include him in the story so I did, but he is really a weakling not cool at all

actually he's one of my favourite fairy tail characters haha