AHHH! I am alive?! Sorry for the really late update, I have been crazy busy. Regardless, here is the new chapter and I hope everyone likes it! Thank you to everyone for your support! By the way, in a couple chapters this story is going to get real emotional.


Memories of you and I- Chapter eight.

"If a man cannot understand the beauty in life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him."
Criss Jami


"What happened?" Lucy, who was the first to recover, screeched.

Juvia, snapping her head a the direction of the voice, let out a cry, "Lucyyyyyyyyy," The water mage dropped the man and ran toward the said girl, tackling her in a hug.

"Juvia?" Gray said, "What the hell happened?"

"Owner," Juvia sobbed into Lucy who was still throughouly confused as she awkwardly pat Juvia's back, "The owner appeared from no where."

Everyone, apart from the four girls, sweat dropped, "All this because, he scared you?"

"But we were not expecting it! Plus this cave is creepy!" Juvia wailed.

Erza sighed as she raised a hand to her head, "So why exactly did you scream 'salmon turkey'?"

"Ah," Juvia laughed nervously, "It just kinda came out."

"..."

"Well, anyway. We should take him back to the resort with us, we can't just leave him in here." Lucy muttered as she and Juvia broke apart.

"Juvia supposes that Lucy is right." Juvia muttered as she walked over to observe the unconscious man.

"How did you knock him out?" Gajeel scoffed as he tossed a crying and delusional Levy over his shoulder.

"Juvia punched him."

Gray, Gajeel and Natsu laughed, while Lucy shuddered and Erza pat Juvia on the pat in congratulations.

After the group had picked up the unconscious Levy, Wendy, Carla and Hitoko, they set off in the direction they had come. Juvia squeaked at every sound made in the cave, subconsciously edging closer to a certain ice mage.

"Gray-san?" Juvia whispered to the said san beside her.

"Hm?" Gray replied, turning his attention onto the bluenette.

"Juvia has too tell you something later. Something that can't be said now."

Gray's eyes widened and much to his annoyance his heart beat sped up, he quickly nodded his head and turned his eyes onto the cave walls. The ice mages mind was running wild, thoughts of their previous conflict and tension finally being solved and things returning to normal came to mind.

The black haired mage felt a small smirk appear on his face at the thought of things returning to normal.

The blue haired mage felt a shiver run down her spine at the thought of the previously seen cage.


Natsu threw Hitoko down onto the floor of the main entrance to the resort. The mages had now returned and Levy, Wendy and Carla had awoken from there shock and were now glaring at the owner.

He was starting to stir, and one kick from Gajeel finally woke him up. His eyes darted open and he let out a gasp, climbing across the room and away from the angry pairs of eyes that were all glaring down at him.

"You finally woke." Erza sniggered, cracking her knuckles in anticipation.

"Uhh," Hitoko spoke, sweat dripping down his forehead, "What is this?"

"You were in the cave!" Juvia suddenly yelled at the man, a dark expression on her face, "How could you scare us like that? What the hell were you doing there?!"

"I was merely taking a walk when I noticed you girls lost. I was just trying to help."

"Help?" The water mage cried, throwing her hands in the air for emphasis, "Is giving us a heart attack help?"

"Juvia," Gray muttered, placing his arm in between her and Hitoko, "What exactly happened?"

The bluenette pouted and took a step back, "Well, we were sight seeing, yeah, sight seeing around the resort. And we came across this cave, so we all went inside to explore. Than this guy appeared from the shadows and scared us all too death."

Hitoko scoffed and stood up, brushing his clothes back into place, "I think this is all a misunderstanding. I was looking around too, and I just happened to bump into you ladies. I apologise for scaring you all."

Juvia and Levy shared glances, knowing that they had their suspicions of the resort and the fact that they were still the only ones who knew about the cell, they decided to stay quiet.

Levy turned her head, faking a small smile and waving her hand, "No need, we over-reacted a little. Lets just all forget about this, okay?"

"Levy!" Gajeel cried out in protest, not catching on.

Levy simply replied with a sharp elbow to the rib, and a very fierce glare.

"I agree, we all need to focus on the disappearances." Hitoko smiled, "Speaking of, what are your plans of investigation."

Erza narrowed her eyes, "Well, we were planning to all look around today and see if we can find any clues."

"Right. Well, I wish you all good luck. And I advise for some of you to check the fields, there is a lot of coverage there, and also the mountains, apparently somebody spotted a tent or something up there."

Erza just nodded her head and thanked the man as he walked off and down the hallway.


"Well, I suppose we should split up." Lucy suggested.

"Bags the forest," Natsu exclaimed, grabbing Lucy's hand and pulling her toward the door.

"Wait!" Erza exclaimed, earning the attention of everyone, "We need to be careful, okay? I feel uneasy about this, just make sure to stay together. And everyone, be back by dinner."

"Sure thing," Gajeel muttered as he dragged a protesting Levy toward the exit, "We have to mountain."

"Gajeel! Don't just decide these things on your own!" Levy cried, her cheeks puffed.

After Gajeel and Levy, Natsu and Lucy had left, Erza looked around the small room warily.

"Well, Wendy lets go." The red head said, stretching her arms.

"Hey! Wait a minute! Who am I meant to go with?" Gray sweat dropped as he watched the small girl and her cat stand up and adjust their clothes.

Erza looked back at him, and he certainly did not miss the little smirk she was wearing, "Um, Juvia of course."

Gray's eyes widened and he tried to protest, if not for the pale hand that tapped him on the shoulder.

"It's okay Gray-san. This way Juvia can tell you what she needs too."

Maybe he would have been more convinced that everything would have been okay, if not for the fact that they were not exactly on good terms right now and that the water mage had a very very worried expression.

"Okay, you two take the beach and Wendy, Carla and I will take a look around here. I think something is off about this resort." Erza stated.

They all nodded and split up, all agreeing to meet back in the same room by five.


A very awkward and annoyed Gray walked behind a very deep in thought Juvia. The ice mage made sure that he put some distance between them as they walked along the shore of the beach. They were not too far from the resort, but far enough that there were now Guests around. And that fact made Gray even more uncomfortable.

She isn't going to confess to me, is she? I thought she was with Lyon now. What the hell is wrong with this girl. I do not understand her at all.

His thoughts were interrupted when the said girl stopped in her tracks and turned briskly around, her face lighting up as if remembering something.

"Uh," Gray began, sweat dripping from his forehead, "What is it?"

Juvia opened her mouth but stopped, abruptly grabbing the ice mages hand and dragging him toward the end of the shore, "It is better if Juvia shows you."

"W-what!" Gray choked out, he felt his face heating up and he mentally cursed himself.

Where the hell is she taking me?! What does she mean 'show me'? What the fuck!

And much to his surprise, confusion and curiosity, the girl had led him the the end of the beach, where the sea met the face of a mountain; and beyond the passage of sea was a cave.

"Juvia?" Gray muttered in confusion, "You're taking me back to the cave?"

Said girl turned around and looked up him, noticing how close they were and the situation they were in, she quickly pulled her hand away; her cheeks flustered.

"U-uh, yeah!" She said, "When we were searching here, we found this cell like thing. Juvia thinks it's really peculiar, since the cave is so conveniently secluded from the resort."

Cell? Gray's whole body stiffened, his eyes narrowing at the girl.

"You mean, you had too tell me about a cell?"

Juvia nodded her head, "Juvia couldn't say anything earlier, since the owner was there. She thinks that it is better to keep it secretive, considering that he was there in the first place."

The ice mage's face flared in embarrassment, realising that he had been wrong all along. He rose a hand to his eyes and slightly turned away from the water mage, trying to conceal his read face.

"Gray-san?" Juvia asked, "Is something wrong?"

Composing himself, he decided that the case was the first priority and that he would cringe at his arrogance later on, "Y-yeah. Lets just go, okay?"

Juvia nodded and her face equally matched Gray's when he took her hand and began to lead her toward the cave.


"Natsu, wait up!" Lucy cried in annoyance as she desperately tried to brush leaves out of her face.

"Your too slow, Luce!" The dragon slayer called out, turning around and laughing.

"Erza said too stay together!" Lucy huffed, stomping her foot.

"What could happen in this forest?"

"You could burn it down," Lucy muttered to herself as she pressed onward through the thick greenery.

Thankfully Happy had stayed at her side, so technically Natsu was all on his own. But the blonde knew that he would be quite capable of protecting himself.

She grunted and mumbled under her breath as she pushed through the forest, mentally cursing Natsu for dragging her into this situation.

Lucy had felt off ever since they had arrived, and being left behind in a deep forest wasn't helping her. She couldn't blame Natsu though, for he was the densest person she knew. But the blonde had felt an extremely strange vibe as soon as she met the owner. And ever since, things had been getting more and more convenient.

Everything here was way too organised. And she wasn't the only one who had noticed.

When a loud branch snapped behind her, snapping her out of her thoughts, her blonde locks flew as she whipped her head toward the sound. Her brown eyes widened and she took a step back when she heard the sound of footsteps.

When the bushes started rustling, she grabbed one of her keys for safety.

"Natsu! It's not funny!" She chocked out, her voice half cracking.

"What's not funny?"

Lucy let out a startled shriek and turned around to see the pink haired boy standing behind her with a confused expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" He asked

"Y-you! You weren't doing that?" Lucy cried, placing a hand to heart in an attempt to calm it down.

"Doing what? What are you talking about, Lucy?"

The blonde glanced behind her and saw nothing out of the ordinary. She half wondered if it was just her imagination, of if she had actually heard someone following them.

"N-nothing. Come on Natsu, lets just go."


I apologise for the late update, the next chapter should be up at the latest next Saturday or so. Please review and tell me what you think so far!