A/N: Ah, sadly...there are just two chapters left. Umm, I'm already crying. Hope u enjoy this one a lot.

An extra thanks to all who reviewed last chapter. ^^


"I will show Lyon-sama." Juvia muttered to herself determinedly, as they entered the monstrous building named scary house. As soon as they entered, they saw nothing but pitch darkness engulfing around them. They took every step cautiously from here, while Lyon mentally prepared himself for it.

"Juvia if you're scared, you can hug me." Lyon offered with a wry smile.

"Alright...Lyon-sama." Juvia replied, grabbing his shoulder. "But Juvia is not scared at all."

"We'll see about that." Lyon answered with a large smirk.

Just then a faint light seemed to be coming from somewhere and the room glowed up instantly.

"Oh, was that meant for scaring us..?" Lyon asked and just as he said that, he accidently hit an animal hide behind him or at least that's what he thought until he turned around to face a ferocious beast standing before them.

"That's humongous." Lyon commented at the beast. Juvia gasped too, but to her extreme astonishment, she realized who/what it actually was.

"Its Elmann-san's take over soul," she suddenly placed a hand over her mouth, as she said it.

"Ah...no I'm not a bit afraid of this beast." Lyon said, pulling Juvia's hand. "Let's go, Juvia."

They prepared to go but then suddenly, Elfmann gave out a roar at them. Both of the stopped in their tracks but none spoke or screamed.

"Be a Man!" he said after a while. Juvia giggled. Lyon flinched. "A man...what're you saying?"

"Lets go from here Lyon-sama..." Juvia tugged at his hand, chuckling a bit to herself.

"If that's what you call a scary house...the first thing here was not scary at all." Lyon said, as they moved ahead, crossing his arms waywardly.

"Yeah...you're pretty right." Juvia agreed with a vague smile.

Just then a demon-like creature, who looked a women, came swinging down upon them from above, spreading its bat-like wings in the air.

"Another one...was that a bat? Looked to me more like a vampire with wings. This time a women. Bah! Not enough scary," Lyon concluded after a second's thought.

"It was...Mira-san." Juvia told herself, gasping.

"Said something..?" Lyon asked suddenly.

"Nopes..." Juvia lied.

"Lets move on then..." Lyon gestured her to come with him.

"Yes..." Juvia nodded.


"Now...this ought to take him out," Gray mused to himself, who was hiding in the closet somewhere above. "Here goes, Ice Make: Skull."

A skull suddenly landed in Lyon's hands and he just merely looked and blinked at it, before realizing what it was. Juvia gave a short scream this time. "Oh, Lyon-sama...put it down."

"Aha! You're scared...aren't you?" Lyon said. "Humph...not enough scary..." he said, throwing it away.

"Wow! You're brave, Lyon-sama." Juvia praised him slightly.

"That was supposed to take that damn bastard out. Why didn't it work?" Gray thought, grimacing.

"Yeah...Juvia I can always protect you." Lyon boasted. "Woah! Is that a scarecrow?" Lyon said, looking over to something ahead with shock.

"BTW, why has it got wings?" Lyon gulped slowly.

"Lisanna-san..." Juvia trailed slowly. Lyon fainted on the spot and Juvia had to catch him just in time. Lisanna couldn't help but giggle at Lyon's state.

"Oh great! Lyon-sama, you're afraid of a scarecrow with wings...but not of a ferocious beast, or a vampire or even a skull. Wake up!" Juvia said, shaking him.

"Oh! Is that your boyfriend, chick?" came a voice from farther ahead. "I'm glad that he's already fainted...otherwise I would've made him to faint. Now, I have to go on a date with my boyfriend. See you later," she said, waving to her.

"Aquarius-san?" Juvia asked again, wide-eyed.

"Oh Juvia," Lyon said, finally waking up. "How long was I out?"

"Well, just for a while now." Juvia explained, dropping sweat. "Let's get outta here as soon as possible, Lyon-sama."

"Yeah..." he agreed.

Meanwhile, Natsu laughed somewhere ahead hidden in a closet above, just like Gray with Happy.

"Well, Happy are you ready?" he asked.

"Well, you know, Natsu...I can't take out a ghost's voice that properly but I can take out only a cat's voice..." Happy answered.

"I know...all the best, Happy!" he cheered.

Lyon And Juvia had now reached the last room of the scary house which contained the exit door.

"Happy...your turn," Natsu reminded.

"Aye, sir!"

"Meow-w..." the drawling voice of the cat's echoed a hundred times in the room.

"What...was that?" Lyon ventured, grabbing Juvia's shoulders apparently quite afraid himself.

"Come on. That's just a cat's voice." Juvia said, comfortingly. Better be Happy, she thought.

"Haha! Lyon got scared Natsu," Happy said victoriously. "Do your best!"

"Aye! Of course, I'll do my best. I'll show that bastard for real. Don't worry Gray. But I'm not doing this for you...this is for Juvia," Natsu said, resolved.

"Phew, finally the door..." Lyon said, as he reached for the knob and let Juvia out immediately. "Thank god."

"Here I go!" Natsu said. "Roar of the Fire Dragon!"


He was about to leave too, just when something scorching hot hit him from behind.

"Arghhhh-!" Lyon fell out of the door shouting, and suddenly rubbing his burnt back. "What the heck?"

"What happened Lyon-sama?" Juvia asked, rushing to help him.

"Someone burnt my ass from behind." Lyon replied, still sore in his back.

"Oh..." Juvia said, thinking. Natsu-san, Great Job!

"Why are you smiling like that?" Lyon asked suddenly, pointing at her face.

"Oh...it was nothing..." Juvia denied, as she shook her head.

"Fuck this...why is my ass burnt?" Lyon continued swearing, back to rubbing his back.

"Does it pain a lot over there?" Juvia asked, turning slightly worried.

"A bit...but otherwise, its ok..." Lyon replied.

"So, Lyon-sama, I won the bet. Didn't I?" Juvia asked, remembering about their bet.

"Yeah..." Lyon admitted his defeat, rather slowly. "So, what do you want me to do?"

"How about this...Lyon-sama? You cross-dress like a women and belly dance in front of a whole crowd, downstairs." Juvia suggested brightly.

"Whaa-t?" Lyon asked, sweatdropping.

"Come on, Lyon-sama..." Juvia encouraged him. "Show me the guts you have."

Lyon dropped his profound gaze at her and sighed pitifully to himself. "Right."


"Pah!" Lyon spat, the red lipstick still smeared across his whole face. "It was disgusting...the guys there almost kissed me in the mouth. So ridiculous," he said spitting more wildly.

"I bet...it would've looked gay!"

"You bet..." Juvia answered smilingly and gave him a thumbs-up, much to Lyon's annoyance.

Soon, they had walked into the last floor of the mall.

"Lyon-sama...I think its enough for today. Let's get back to the guild now..." Juvia requested him.

"Okay...but we haven't had any real fun yet. Wanna take a ride or something?" Lyon suggested.

"Which ride?" Juvia asked in a flat tone. "There a loads here, Lyon-sama."

"I think it'd be better to take that one..." he said, pointing to a large swan-ride ahead.

"But, Lyon-sama...its for lovers." Juvia protested a little, blushing.

"Come on. Aren't we already on a date here?" Lyon corrected her.

"Ok...just one ride then." Juvia nodded, quite unwillingly.

As they drew closer to the ride, which was a magnificently beautiful metallic swan-made ride with two exclusive seats actually meant for lovers and equipped with a long water tunnel which was supposed to carry the ride to the end. What Juvia noticed was not the ride, but the person who stood stationed next to it. Juvia noticed that she looked extremely like Erza, in her feathery new white swan-like costume, which looked like her new ex-euip and with that, she also wore a large beak in her mouth, to keep her identity hidden from Lyon.

"Here is our free ride to our 100th costumer. Welcome," Erza declared, offering them to step inside the said-ride.

"Let's go in, Juvia..." Lyon said excitedly.

Lyon stepped in and before Juvia could after him, she felt an arm tugging at her shoulder. She turned around to see Erza smiling at her and muttering, "Happy birthday Juvia and good luck. We have a surprise for you inside."

Juvia just blinked stupidly at her and entered the ride.

"What was that women telling you?" Lyon asked curiously.

"Nothing..." Juvia said, wondering what was the surprise that Erza meant that awaited her here.

"Ah finally...we're inside. And we have all the peace to ourselves now." Lyon stated blissfully.

They finally entered the tunnel darkness, only to be surrounded by a multitude of dancing colours circling together in the air, afterwards.

"Yeah..." Juvia said, her cheeks getting tainted at the sight.

"Wow...its beautiful." she stated afterwards.

"Juvia...please close your eyes for a while." Lyon requested in his most gentle voice. "I have something to show you."

"What is it?" Juvia inquired nervously.

"Well..." Lyon said slowly. "If you'll close your eyes...I'll tell you."

"Ok..." Juvia said closing her eyes.

"At least...I could cuddle you first." Lyon said, pulling her close to him.

"Stop it...what're you doing? Is this what you've got to show me." Juvia yelled, opening her eyes irritably.

"That bastard...enjoying the ride too much." Gray commented wistfully, banging hard on the metal he was hanging on.

"Juvia...close your eyes. And this not what I wanted to show you." Lyon said.

Juvia closed her eyes again, this time a bit more skeptically.

Lyon slowly but cautiously drifted closer to Juvia, inch by inch, closing in the distance between them, as the silence grew longer. He was now just an inch away from her mouth and Juvia realized what he was up to, feeling clearly his warm breath fall slowly upon her porcelain face. "Lyon-sama..." she said, without opening her yes.

"Yeah, Juvia..." Lyon backed a little at her stern voice.

"That's so cruel of you..." Juvia had raised her hand, enough to slap Lyon on the face, but she had her eyes still closed and made no move.

"Are you angry with me...Juvia?" Lyon asked apologetically, seeing her raised hand.

But before Juvia could answer him, his seat flung open from behind and he was thrust forcefully out of his seat into the flowing current of water below. And then the seat closed comfortably, as if it had just been disposing off garbage. Juvia gaped at the whole scene in utter bewilderment.

"Hey...what the..." Lyon gasped, trying to keep his face above water. "Juvia...help me."

"Lyon-sama..." was all Juvia said, still stunned at her place. It took her a while to realize that there was already someone beside her in Lyon's seat.

"That bastard...taking advantage of you all along. See, I didn't allow it." Gray stated, smartly.

"Gray-sama..." Juvia gasped in wonder at the man beside her. "You're here...too."

"Gray..." Lyon said, his face turning livid now. "You idiot...why did you have to do this to me?"

"Because...you're a big loser. And an idiot too." Gray said, sticking out his tongue at him.

"We getting outta here. We don't want you trailing behind us..." Gray said, speeding the ride away from him.

"Hey come back here!" Lyon shouted after them.

"Leave that, moron...won't you Juvia?" he told her.

Juvia just nodded weakly, now that she'd completely forgotten how to react with her heartbeat racing a millions times faster then.

"Juvia...are you sick or something?" Gray asked, eyeing her with confusion.

"No..." Juvia answered, she had begun hyperventilating now. "So...was the surprise that Erza-san told me about...you?"

"Yes...of course." Gray smirked at her, knocking out her wits completely for a split second.

They soon saw light coming from the end of the tunnel, indicating that their ride was now over.

"Happy Birthday Juvia..." Gray wished her, trying to sound vivacious and drifting closer to her, making Juvia feel jumpy and nervous each second.

"Gray-sama...what're you doing?" Juvia asked finally, unable to find out his true motive.

"Come on now, Juvia. Unlike that idiot...I didn't ask you to close your eyes. That's how you end it, right." Gray stated flashing his heartwarming smile her, almost blowing her senses away for another time.

This must be a dream! Juvia wondered, blushing madly, watching Gray drawing closer to her each second their lips just inches apart from each other's now.

OMG, this is not reality. Juvia might as well faint! No...Juvia must as well be going to die if it were!

Juvia strangled to keep her racing thoughts aside, as Gray's hot breath fell upon her rosy cheeks.

With both of their heartbeats racing against each other's bodies, and Lyon certainly out of their way now...will they be able to make it finally and kiss?


A/N: *Phew* Finally ended. How was this chapter? Tell me and review.