Secretly GrayLu by MangaJuiceXD
Summary: I'm sure Gray and Lucy have a platonic relationship, but would you want to know some behind the scenes of these two? I'm sure no one in Fairy Tail knows about the two's feelings…
Prologue:
Juvia:
Drip… Drip… Drip…
Juvia… can't believe it…
Drip…
Juvia looked the small piece of glossy paper in her hand. She could hear her breath go faster and faster…
It can't be!
Water is slowly running down her hands and towards the picture… she watched in a mix of twisted horror and delight, as the water washed away the colors of the picture… however, water alone is not enough to erase its existence.
She created a half smile…
There must be some mistake!
Drip… Drip… Drip…
He would never do this!
GRAY-SAMA!
For a moment, Juvia saw a flash of lighting, followed by heavy thunder… Her heart! She couldn't take it anymore! Her hand which held the picture… Her beloved Gray! Gray! He… He… He…
It just hurts so much! Wasn't Juvia enough?
"Isn't that an interesting picture, miss?" An old man's voice behind her said.
Juvia spun around, and to her horror, she saw a bald man covered with circle-sh spots (do you think it's warts or it's just normal? People here in Fiore are just so weird!), thick green eyebrows, and yellow teeth. He had a smaller frame, and was wearing some kind of brown sack cloth, which might had come from a far away monastery, Juvia must have pitied him, because she tried to give him some change to buy food.
"I don't need any money miss," he said.
Juvia, just looked at him.
"It's hard to love somebody, especially if they never looked your way." He paused and looked at the picture in Juvia's hand "He shouldn't have kissed her."
Kiss!
Juvia's eyes grew wide. Somebody acknowledged her feelings for this ice mage.
"You could make him yours, you know…" The sly old man said.
Juvia felt her heart beat within her…
Gray-sama, Juvia loves you very much… You should know that Juvia has no intentions of hurting you… Gray-sama, how could you betray Juvia like this? How can you kiss Lucy-san?
Drip…
"I could hear tears dripping down your heart… you could have him…"
Drip…
Have him? Juvia must have him!
"I could help you have him…" The old man said to the confused girl.
Drip…
"I could make him yours…" The old man continued with a sinister smile, "Juvia of Fairy Tail."
9: Juvia's Man: PART 1
Gray:
It was another day in Fairy Tail. A few weeks might have passed after the ill-fated Isla de Verona mission. So far, team Natsu did a few minor missions, just enough to pay for their own rents that month. Like all days in the guild, everyone was noisy: Cana and the others drinking, The shadow gear are doing crazy stuff with others (well, except for Levy reading something serious in the corner), the Raijinshu are at one corner doing their thing, Mirajane and master Makarov talking as usual by the bar, Erza having some discussion with Pantherlily, Lucy giving some fish to Happy and Carla while Wendy giggles slightly over the two cats, and… a typical day would always consist of, Natsu and Gray fighting about something pretty small again.
All of the sudden, the guild's door flew open…
Everyone became silent, the activities stopped.
Juvia stood at the door way: there was a different aura around her, like she was emitting waves of unknown magic…
"GRAY-SAMA!" she said as she walked rapidly towards him. "You are Juvia's now!" and then she kissed him full in the lips. Gray's eyes suddenly grew wide in shock, while the guild gave mixed confused reactions.
…
"Juvia is under a spell." Master Makarov told the ice mage in private. With him were Mirajane, Erza, Natsu and Lucy. "Only a sneaky mage with evil intent on the guild would do that… and that is: Edward."
"Edward?" Gray and Natsu said in unison.
Makarov closed his eyes to pause then looked up to them "Edward Mooringan, he uses people's strong emotions in order to infiltrate the guild, hard to admit, but we were friends here in Fairy Tail. We had dreams of being the guild's master."
"Master?" Lucy exclaimed. "And… he was an ex-member?"
"That's right" Mirajane said with a smile.
"How does his magic work?" Erza asked.
"He uses emotions. First, he gets a victim, casts a spell on them, and then tells them to do whatever they want. The problem is: if the victim doesn't get anything he or she wants they rebel against the guild…"
"So, we can't resist Juvia's advances on Gray?" Lucy exclaimed with such emotion that Gray looked at her.
"Yes, we must play along, because if we resist Juvia she might start to rebel against the guild. If that happens, the magic would spread to other guild members. The magic works like a disease."
"No way would that happen!" Natsu exclaimed "I must catch that Edward guy and save Juvia!"
"Hold it Natsu," Erza said then looked at Makarov "I have a feeling that this Edward guy wouldn't show up easily if he knows he is going to get caught, so I suggest that we play along and let him think that we didn't know that Juvia is under a spell, when he shows up, that's the time we would catch him."
…
"Gray-sama, please accept my love!" Juvia said as she encircles her arms with his. Gray looks at her and said something stupid like "Don't you think we are going too fast?"
"Juvia has waited forever for this moment to arrive!"
Gray felt dizzy. Juvia's perfume lingered too long in his nose that he would rather create an ice wall between them. He started to wonder when did this happen? Juvia's greatest wish is to be with him? But why?
Juvia likes me? That fact is too much for Gray to handle.
He started to look around the guild: happy faces of people greeted him. Were they playing along too?
He had to calm his thoughts, he thought of her.
Lucy, where are you?
His eyes scanned the guild once more: he found her by the counter talking with Mirajane and Levy.
"Gray-sama, where are you looking?" Juvia said to get his attention again. "It's getting boring here in the guild, let's go out and have a date!"
"A-what?" Gray said in shock.
"WHAT?" He heard Lucy say across the room.
Was she listening?
"Lucy, is there anything wrong?" Levy asked her.
"Wrong?" Lucy said a bit nervously "Nothing is wrong… Gray can go out with anyone else… It's… It's just that… the weather outside seem inappropriate, I mean, it looks like it's gonna rain right?"
"It's cloudless sunny day outside Luce," Gray said.
"Really?" Lucy said "Then maybe going out isn't a good idea, since you burned easily."
"I don't!" Gray said "I can pretty much do anything I want under the sun"
"Prove it!" Lucy challenged him
"I will!" Gray said and held Juvia's hand. Juvia blushed deep red with love, while Lucy blushed deep red with anger.
"Hey," Mirajane intervened, "Calm down guys… Lucy, do you perhaps think that you're just… jealous?"
Lucy gave a laugh "Me? Jealous? Of course not! Gray and I…" she looked at him then back to Mirajane "Gray and I are just friends,"
Gray and I are just friends
just friends
friends
FRIENDS!
"Fine," Gray said and shot Lucy a look "Juvia, let's go outside, I think I need some fresh air,"
"Gray-sama," Juvia blushed deeper as she felt his hands tighten their grip around hers.
"There's just too much tension here," He looked at the water mage "Let's go,"
"Um… Gray," Mirajane said "Your clothes?"
Gray looked down.
Sh*t!
…
Lucy:
"That Man, what's with him?" Lucy muttered as she stared at her cold ice glass of water in the counter. She sighed, making Mirajane and Levy look at her.
"What?" she asked them wide eyed.
"Uhm… Lucy, we were just wondering, maybe you have some certain issues with Gray," Mirajane said with a kind tone.
Issues?
"What she means is," Levy said "Maybe you…"
"Maybe you like him," Mirajane finished. "Don't you think so Lucy?"
Lucy felt her heart leap when the words "Like" and "Gray" are said in one sentence. Like Gray
Why does she feel like this? Is this normal? Is it because he has been with her for a long time? Don't you think it is just possessiveness? These feelings that she is feeling right now, is she allowed to feel them? Maybe, this is just craziness… Feelings are vague and foreign to her. It's like walking on some uncharted territory, no map, no guide… sometimes, these feelings feel…
"Wrong," Lucy told them "maybe I'm just concerned with him because he is my teammate, and besides, he really burns easily, you know, like that time when we came home from Isla de Verona; he had multiple burn marks…"
"Well, that could be the reason, but I think he just gets his burn marks from Natsu," Mirajane said.
"Whatever," Lucy said "Gray is just a friend… and why the heck are we even talking about him? We must save Juvia, right?" she soon spotted Natsu randomly entering a fight with Gajeel. "Hey Natsu! We must follow Gray and Juvia now! We must save them!"
The salamander whined "But Lucy, Gajeel and I are…"
Lucy hit him square in the head and dragged him out of the guild.
…
"So, what does Gray-sama like doing?" Juvia asked her date as they strolled around the park. The day was sunny, but Gray didn't mind, for he wore his white trench coat. Juvia wore her usual blue dress, in her hands; she held her purple polka-dot patterned umbrella.
"I like ice, and snow," he answered, and then he created a beautiful ice figurine of a girl under an umbrella. "Hope you like it… it's you,"
Juvia took the delicate ice sculpture in her hands. The image was her, the details were accurate, and she could feel her eyes go wet with tears… Juvia never thought she could be this happy! In her appreciation, she decided to give Gray a kiss on the cheek.
Unknown to the couple, standing a hundred meters away from them was Lucy and Natsu, hiding themselves by the bush.
"How dare she do that!" Lucy said, her fists shaking. The sight of the two mages being lovey-dovey together was enough to make her feel so agitated.
"Doing what?" Natsu asked "But, I must admit, Gray is doing a good job dating her,"
"Can't you see they aren't doing anything?" Lucy said as she held the Salamander's scarf and then shook him violently. "At this rate, how can we save Juvia?"
"Is that really your concern Lucy?" the blue cat suddenly said.
"Happy?" Lucy said "How did you get here?"
"Happy is always with Natsu!" the cat answered.
In the bright sunny day, Lucy could feel heavy dark clouds of rain above her, it might look comical to others, but it doesn't feel comical at all. She suddenly sat in the ground, hugging her knees.
"Lucy, what's wrong?" Natsu asked her. He sat down and stared straight at her. Lucy felt her heart thump when she saw his face staring directly at her. For a moment, it seemed that Natsu was able to look within her soul. What was she thinking? Could that be genuine concern in his eyes? Does he know what she is going through? Then, there is Gray… Gray… for the past few weeks, they had been so close but so far at the same time… maybe, maybe… he just sees me as a friend.
"N-Natsu?" Lucy said as she returned his stare.
Thank you for being there for me.
A/N: Oookayyyyy… another cliff hanger… this was meant to be a one-shot chapter, but, it got so long.
..And… I kinda hate reading long chapters in the internet, so I try to somewhat break them down into bits. Sorry about that.
I am sorry too if I haven't updated for so long, I recently had a new job and now, it takes me 2 hours going and 2 hours going back, so yeah, its very time consuming… not to mention being so tired that I wouldn't be able to lift a finger and type!
I'm so sorry! *bows to the ground so low until forgiven* Hope you like the concept of this story!