Yay! getting onto my next chapter here! My back hurts. So, sorry for the hiatus. If you hadn't read my profile, I was on a hiatus due to some rewriting, and personal issues. Soo, I hope this chapter repays for everything? Right? So, without any distractions... Here I go! ICY RAIN!

Gray and Juvia were just leisurely talking when a sudden move caused the table to flip over. They looked over, and saw Natsu, snickering at mainly Gray. "Ha! That's what you get, Ice Princess!"

"Oh yeah? Here I come, Flame Brain!" They were about to charge at each other when a dark aura was felt. Erza was walking closer and closer to the two fighting boys. "How many times had I told you not to fight?" They hugged each other in fear. "n-No! We were just playing a game! Nothing serious!"

She glanced over at Juvia, who nodded frantically. Erza smiled. "Oh. Okay." She walked away, and ordered her strawberry cake. As always.

Then, the guild doors flew open, revealing a small blonde girl, and, surprisingly, Happy. They were both damaged. The blonde girl had scars all over her arms, and legs. Her hair was almost covered in blood. Happy had some minor bruises, and cuts.

Natsu ran to the door, eyes horrified. "L-Lucy?"

She slowly looked up, and saw Natsu. Her face was covered in dirt. "N-Natsu? I'm glad I made it to you..." She fainted. "Oi! Lucy! Wake up!"

Everyone dashed over to where they were, trying to help. Mira carried Lucy to the infirmary immediately. The blue cat was treated by Erza. Natsu came up to the cat. "H-Happy?"

"Natsu!" He opened his wings, despite the injuries, and hugged Natsu. "Happy, what happened?" He asked, his voice dangerously low. The said cat, started crying. "She was attacked her father! They're looking for her this very minute!"

Natsu growled, but Gray put a hand on his shoulder. "Natsu. Calm down."

"Calm down?! How could I calm down?! My best friend was utterly beaten by her own father! And you expect me to Calm down?!" Natsu shouted angrily. Gray didn't cringe. "Yes. Don't worry, Natsu."

That was the first time Gray called him by his name.

"We'll protect your friend. We are Fairy Tail."

The guild started shouting, and cheering. "Yeah! We are Fairy Tail wizards!"

Natsu looked down, and smiled. "Yeah. You're right. Thank you, Gray."

"No problem."

Juvia came up to Gray, and smiled. "That was very sweet of you, Gray-sama. You made Natsu happy."

Gray scratched the back of his head, and slightly blushed. "Well, we are nakama**, right?"

"Yeah. We are all nakama." Juvia answered.

"Uhh, anyways," Gray said, changing the subject, "how are you two related?" The question was directed towards Natsu. He sighed. "Well, before I had come here, to the guild, Lucy and I were neighbors... I guess. We had met at a local park."

Natsu was sitting at the edge of the cliff, staring at the sunset. "Igneel, where are you? Why did you leave me?" He said quietly to himself. Then, a blonde girl came running. She noticed the salmon headed boy.

"Hey, why are you sad?" She asked. Natsu faced the new girl. "My father suddenly left. I don't know where he is now..."

Lucy nodded, "I know how you feel. My mommy is in the sky now."

Suddenly, Natsu smiled. "Ne, you want to be friends?" Lucy brightened up, "Yeah!"

Happy came out of nowhere. "Aye!"

"Oh, and this is Happy!"

Lucy laughed. "I'm Lucy!"

"I'm Natsu!"

They played for the rest of the day. It soon grew to nighttime. Lucy was laughing when a gruff voice was heard. "LUCY! What are you doing?!" The man appeared from the shadows. "f-Father?"

He pulled her hair, and dragged her away. "Let me tell you not to run away again. If you do... You know what'll be your fate."

Natsu was horrified. He tried to run after her. "Lucy!"

You could see tears running down her cheek. "...Natsu..."

"Happy chased after them, but they just cut him down. Last night, Happy disappeared. I figure that he tried to help her on his own." Natsu said, finishing up the story. Gray nodded. "I see."

Erza came up to the trio- Natsu, Gray, and Juvia-. "I just checked up on your friend, Lucy, Natsu. Mira said she's in stable condition, and is healing up fine." Natsu sighed in relief. "Whew! Thanks, Erza."

She smiled. "You're welcome."

Juvia smiled, "Juvia is glad that Lucy is better now. It makes Natsu happy." Gray turned to her, "Yeah." Juvia suddenly fainted, her whole face red. Blood was running down her nose, and she had swirly eyes. "Hey! What's wrong?!"

Erza then punched Gray in the head. "Put some clothes on! You're ruining Juvia's childhood! Even if you are her boyfriend!"

Gray looked down, and noticed that he was only wearing his dark blue boxers. "AH! Where are my pants..." He started searching everywhere. The guild snickered. "He didn't deny the fact that Erza said that he was Juvia's boyfriend." One said to the other.

"Ah! Here they are!" Gray exclaimed, and put his clothes back on. Juvia was then starting to awaken. "Ah. Juvia had this weird dream. She saw Gray-sama wearing nothing!"

Gray blushed. "y-Yeah! It was only a dream!"

Everyone laughed. Mira then burst out of the infirmary. "Lucy's gone!"

I hope you don't mind that I added some NaLu... Haha... I needed some development on Natsu, right? Though, I haven't done any on Gray and Juvia. -_-" That'll be coming up soon though.

Next update will be soon. I update in order. First, I update my new story, I've been looking for you, them rewrite a chapter in I'm here because of you, then update Our Adventure! and then update The Popsicle Stick, and then Icy Rain!

Its all a big cycle!

So.. Updates might be a little slow... Haha..

Nakama**- It's basically a comrade.

Until next time.

Reviews are appreciated! BYE!