Chapter 9: Resistance


The first bell rings indicating the end of their geography lesson. As soon as the teacher walks out of the room, Doranbolt-sensei entered. He is their Chemistry instructor.

The whole class stood up and bowed to give their respect. "Please sit down." He commanded.

"Today, We will have to perform an experiment and it will be done by pair." He started.

"Alright! Luce, be my partner!." Natsu blurted out with excitement.

"Arghh, that idiot." Lucy cursed.

"I'm sorry to break your happiness, Natsu. But I'll be the one who get to choose your own partner." Almost half of the class was disappointed.

(Two minutes later)

"So that's it.. I guess everyone now has a pair."

"Ano, sensei, Gray doesn't have one." Lisanna spoke while raising her hand to get the teachers attention.

"I'm good. I can do it alone." Gray said.

"Then, if you say so.. We could-" Doranbolt-sensei was cut off when the door suddenly slammed open.

There stood a blue-haired girl panting heavily, sweat visible on her face. "Oh, it's rare for you to be late in my subject, Ms. Lockser."

"Juvia is sorry sensei.. I.. I overslept this time." She reasoned.

He didn't asked for more questions. "Then Juvia, you'll be Gray's partner."

"H-hai!"

"Okay, In five minutes, I expect that all of you will be there in our Science Laboratory. I'll be going ahead." He instructed before going out.

Juvia quickly put her belongings in her desk and grabbed her notebook and pen. Gray was about to leave when he noticed something in her.

"Are you sure, you overslept?" Juvia's body became stiff.

"O-of course!." Gray smirked. He grabbed her hand and tried to looked at her knuckles but Juvia was quick to react.

"What are you trying to do?" She questioned him, hiding her hands.

Gray smiled and tapped her right shoulder before following their classmates. "A friendly advice, if you don't want to be expose, hide the evidences neatly." He stated, just enough for Juvia to be heard.


Lucy, Levy and Lisanna are stealing glances from each other for awhile now. They are not really sure how to comfort their friend who's angrily kicking a can on the street.

"J-juvia, don't you feel bad?" Lucy said.

Juvia stopped and sweetly smiled at them. "Feel bad for what, Lucy-san?"

They were taken aback by the sudden change of Juvia's behavior. Not that they're terrified, but rather they find it amusing.

"The can." Levy answered.

"The can?" Juvia repeated with a questioning tone.

Both Lisanna and Lucy rolled their eyes. Seriously, how dense could she be? Both of them pointed at the crushed can in front of Juvia.

"Oh! So, that's what you mean." Juvia robbed the back of her head shamefully. "Hehe, Juvia is sorry.. She have a lot in her mind lately."

Lucy put her arms around her. "Nah, that's alright Juv. You seemed irritated since this morning." The other two nod in agreement.

"Really? Maybe you're just imagining. " She reasoned.

"Well, if you're not yet ready to share it with us, it's okay.. We can wait." The girls smiled.

"By the way, what happened to your one hand? Whats with the bandages?" Lisanna asked curiously. The other two also looked at Juvia.

"Now that you mention it, this morning when you came late, I didn't noticed them." Levy stated.

"Oh, this?" She let them see her hand. "Don't worry.. As you know, Juvia was asked by Doranbolt-sensei to clean the laboratory after our class ended.. To make it short, when she was taking out the trash, she got tripped due to her clumsiness and her hand landed on the shards of glass that she was supposed to throw."

"Well, that's not really what happened." Juvia thought.

"I can't even imagine myself getting cut." Lucy exclaimed. "Does it still hurt?"

"Nope.. J-juvia means yeah.." Juvia stated.

Lisanna glanced at her phone and noticed the several miscalls of her older sister. "Ah, guys.. I think I'm going ahead. I have to help Mira-nee in our bar."

"Me too, I guess.. I didn't know its this late already." Levy said.

"As for me, my driver is here to pick me up." Lucy pointed at the car that is parked a few blocks away from where they were.

All of them sighed. "I guess, this end our day. See you tomorrow!" Lucy was the first one to bid goodbye. Followed by Levy and Lisanna. Juvia's the only one left. She remained in her position for a few minutes.

"Juvia should keep going then." She said then left.


A dark purple-haired beauty walks out the door of an expensive clothing shop. She was about to leave when her eyes caught a certain blue-haired person walking passed the store. She smiled deviously as if she was plotting a sinister idea.

She run to catch up with Juvia and when she's in pace with her, she tapped the shoulder of the blue-haired girl. "We meet again, Juvia." She grinned.

Juvia was surprised to see her or should she say, any member of 'his' family. "N-nice to see you again, Ultear-san." Unsure of her reaction.

"Oh, come on Juv! Loosen up will you." She said to ease Juvia's tension.

"Juvia was just surprised to see you here." The blue-haired girl responded.

Ultear smiled again, the kind that send shivers to Juvia's spine. "Ne, Juvia.. What do you think of my little brother?"

Juvia's sweat dropped. "H-he's fine, I guess?" Honestly, what's with that sudden question?

"Great! Then come with me!" Ultear pulled the blue-haired girl's arm. She excitedly dragged Juvia to her car.

"W-wa-wait! Ultear-san, just wait!" Juvia said, still being pulled by Ultear. "Juvia can't go with you! You know, she have a part time job today.."

"From now on, you're not working there" Ultear responded.

"What!?" Juvia exclaimed.

"Don't worry, darling.. I have a better job for you."

"But, that's so sudden. Juvia never even have the chance to say goodbye!" Juvia tried to loosen the tight grip of Ultear. She gotta admit that this woman is stronger than she expected.

"They already knew."

"What!? How!? When!?"

"Geez, Juvia.. Stop asking questions.. Just behave yourself and come with me." She thought that only Mira and Erza could shut her up, but she didn't expect that even Ultear could.

Resistance is futile. That's the one thing she learned from both Ultear and Ur-san. Like mother, like daughter, indeed. She just hopes that, there's no party and dresses involve this time.


A/N: Yo minna-san! Your irresponsible author is here! Yeah, I know.. It took me a long time to update a new chapter. Forgive me, my beloved readers. Education is my top priority as of now.. But as I always said, I will not abandon this fanfic.. Gruvia is literally my life! Thats it for now, bye! 😊😊