"Premonitions"

Chapter 11: Memories are Carved

The iron dragon slayer and his companions finally arrived but what he saw wasn't expected.

Acnologia…?

His fellow guild members ran away from the circle of writings. He had no idea what was going on, only that the Chaos Sprouts had summoned the Black Dragon. His knees trembled. His voice dried up in his throat. But what scared him out of his wits was that Natsu was standing directly below the dragon with Erza as the others ran away.

Gray nearly jumped at the iron dragon slayer the moment his eyes averted to his piercings. Dark blue met bloodshot colored eyes. Gajeel could barely move. All of the memories came flooding at him. Soaking him with those pitiful and despicable memories. Like the rain, soaking his every bone.

Pitter.

Patter.

Drip.

Drip.

Drop.

Without another word, Gray handed him the water mage he had carried like a sack of potatoes and little Ur who was trembling with fear and ran back to stand with Titania and Salamander. He stood there dumbfounded. Barely speaking, barely breathing, he was feeling useless.

He had seen 'Bunny Girl' trip over a rock and throwing Igneel on the ground. She quickly recovered and picked up Igneel, throwing her heels in the process. Then the scent of tears filled his nose. He glanced over to his side and Levy was tearing up.

Rain…

"Gajeel! Promise me, you won't leave me!" the iron dragon slayer was dumbfounded at the bookworm's request but still he nodded. Levy ran as fast as her feet could take her to the Chained Scriptures. He had no choice. He ran with her, leaving the women and children behind. But this was the least he could do, right?

"Oi, Levy! What are you planning to do?" he didn't call her 'Shrimp' anymore. He didn't have the courage. For the first time in ages, he was cowering in fear. His eyes grew wide when he noticed the bluenette blinking her tears away. He went silent.

"Solid Script" Levy started as she made a stance and took out a plum. "Erase!" one by one, the characters vanished in a white light. Levy was sweating and panting. The timer on the Sakura Tree blasted, like a nuclear bomb. Smoke and ashes filled the area.

The smoke had cleared and ashes were falling like snow. Along the grasses, Levy had collapsed. Gajeel ran to her side but what shocked him the most was the absence of magic power on her body. Cries followed, but to Gajeel it was mere silence. Rage had filled his eyes as he carried Levy, in bridal-style to the water mage and stellar mage.

"G-Gajeel-kun?" the battered water mage managed to squeak out to him.

He gave no answer.

"Levy! LEVY!" the crying stellar mage grabbed Levy and laid her on her lap. Tears ran down her pale cheeks. No, Levy wasn't dead, but she was out of magic power and that's the same as being dead when you're a mage.

"I could help!" Jellal insisted. All eyes were on him. As if telling him the useless, hopeless word"How?" He wanted to help, yes. And so did Ultear and Meredy, but it seemed hopeless. Jellal nodded to Ultear, as if having a conversation with her eyes and ran off to Natsu, Erza and Gray who were hopelessly firing at Acnologia.

Using his meteor, he snatched up the three and ran back as to where he had left the others.

"Where are you-?!" Natsu's vein popped but his demeanor calmed when he noticed the seriousness on Jellal's face.

"Thanks…" Gray's voice went ice cold.

"Jellal? What are you doing here?" Erza searched for possible evidences of him being a thought projection but found none.

"It's been a while, Erza" Jellal replied as he dropped the three of them as to where the rest of them waited.

Acnologia turned its gaze to them. Its eyes were damp and cold, just like how they remember it. It let out a loud roar but not the dragon roar. If it was, they could have been smithereens by now. They could have been memories. Pieces and pieces of memories.

"Mama! Mama! I can't find Horologium's key!" Igneel tugged on Lucy's ripped orange blouse. Lucy looked around and finally found a silver gleam just a few meters from Acnologia. She ran.

Each time the stellar mage's feet would touch the ground was similar to stabbing knives. Like the feeling of Little Mermaid when she walked on the lovely shores of the crystal clear beach. Blisters and blisters were formed on her feet. Natsu's voice echoed through her mind as she could distantly hear him. She was hearing his warnings. But she was happy, despite all the tears, because finally she could feel Natsu cared for her.

As she picked up the gleaming silver key, she threw it to Juvia with all the strength that was left of her. The water mage jumped and successfully caught the key and handed it to Igneel. Forgetting about every care she had for 'Gray-sama', she ran to Lucy.

"Lucy!" rain started to fall as Juvia watched the stellar mage gape in horror at the dragon behind her. "LUCYYY!" Juvia ran as fast as she could. Oh, how she wished she had the magic of speed right now. The gods hated her, didn't they? She tripped over a small stone and scraped a knee. She didn't care. She tried standing but fell right down and felt that she had broken a bone somewhere on her left leg.

Strong arms coiled itself on her waist. She looked up to see who it was. Gray-sama? He wrapped Juvia's other shoulder on his and walked back to the others. He was wobbling, they were wobbling. This was better than a dream but, no blush had crept up on the water mage's face.

"But-But Lucy-san!" she protested. The ice alchemist merely pointed at Jellal who was using meteor and dragging Lucy away from the huge merciless, ruthless dragon. Gray was running low on magic power, and so was everyone else. Something was draining their magic power.

Drip.

Drip.

Drop.

The rain was haunting Juvia, no everyone.

Not just Juvia.

"Wasn't it raining like the last time you showed Juvia the clear skies, Gray-sama?" Juvia smiled sadly to Gray.

'Sama' was like food for his tormented soul. Yes, he had told her never to use 'sama' again, but he couldn't stop the happiness that was dripping out of him. His stomach felt weird, like butterflies overpowering his every sense. Now he felt it. He felt love and happiness. Not just the typical 'nakama love', but the 'I want to be together forever with you' kind of love.

"Yeah" he nodded. "Juvia…" he started to confront. No it wasn't the best timing and all but he wanted to say it now. He might never get the chance again. Ever. "I love you" came cascading out of his mouth, like waterfalls or a rainbow. He could feel his cheeks flaming up but he gave no care.

"Juvia…Juvia is at loss for words…" the water mage said as she stared at Gray with pure awe. Gray nodded and smiled. That's what he really wanted in the first place. "I love you too" she squeaked out. For the first time, she wasn't using third person. As much as they wanted to kiss, but gathering with their nakama was priority.

They had seen Jellal hover above them with immense speed and carried Lucy with him. Gray also carried Juvia in bridal style and ran to the others.

Just as they arrived, the children had formed a circle around Igneel while holding out their hands. The little dragon slayer slash celestial mage raised his hand with Horologium's key. "Open the gate to the clock, Horologium" he muttered, almost to himself. The said celestial spirit was dropped on them. His little compartment had opened and swallowed the children. He stood up only to let the others see the children fully intact inside him.

Juvia crawled to the clock. "Will Juvia see Ur again?" she said as she knocked on the glass door.

"'You will see Ur again, Mama', she says" Horologium tapped Juvia's head.

"When? When will you be back, Seigrain?" Erza ran to the clock as well.

"'Soon, Mom. Soon', he says " Horologium shrugged. "'Daddy Jellal! I never got a chance to meet you properly but, let me tell you this'" Seigrain waved to Jellal. "'I love you Dad! See you soon! Next time we'll have some Father-Son time, okay?'" he waited eagerly for Jellal's reply. His jaw dropped but managed to nod anyway.

Yellow light swallowed them. In a flash they were gone. Erza went flustered after realizing her conversation with her future child. She turned her gaze to Jellal who was as flustered as her. Juvia sighed in contentment as well. Acnologia roared again. This time he was flying over to their direction. All of them had been at loss of magic power after Acnologia sucked it for his dragon roar.

Drowsiness crept in as everything turned pitch black. All of them fell flat on the grassy ground.

. . .

"Acnologia! NO!" Lucy screamed.

The blonde tossed and turned on her soft and fluffy bed. Wait. How the hell did she manage to reach her apartment? Lucy cracked her eyes open. She immediately jolted up and tossed the blanket on the floor. She had noticed some sweat beads on her forehead.

Was that all a dream?

"Shut up, Lushyyy! You're noisy!" Natsu turned away from Lucy and faced the wall.

"Aye" the blue fur ball also managed to mumble as it snuggled closer to the pink-haired dragon slayer.

"You two…" a vein popped on Lucy's forehead "HOW DARE YOU SLEEP HERE?!" she kicked both of her teammates out of the house.

Lucy sighed. How in the world did they get there in the first place anyway? As she was making her way to the bathroom, to wash away all the bad memories or her "dream", she tripped onto something. She had the feeling that this had happened twice this day. When was it again?

"Mama! Mama! I can't find Horologium's key!" Igneel tugged on Lucy's ripped orange blouse. Lucy looked around and finally found a silver gleam just a few meters from Acnologia. She ran.

Each time the stellar mage's feet would touch the ground was similar to stabbing knives. Like the feeling of Little Mermaid when she walked on the lovely shores of the crystal clear beach. Blisters and blisters were formed on her feet. Natsu's voice echoed through her mind as she could distantly hear him.

Memories came flooding to her, making her think it wasn't a dream. She looked at her feet and she was in shock. She had tripped on Natsu's bag which was filled with clothes. So it wasn't a dream!

"IGNEEL!" No wonder my clothes are battered and I have blisters too.

. . . . . . . . . .

"Gray-sama! Ur! Ur" Juvia fell flat on the wooden floor with a loud thud.

Wooden?

Juvia slowly got up. She rubbed her eyes to clear out her vision. Her mouth went open when she saw the oh so familiar baby-blue curtains draping the place. She was back at her room. When and most importantly how? Her gaze turned to the sleeping figure on her bed. It was the familiar raven-haired shirtless man.

Gray-sama…

Gray groaned. He slowly got up and looked at Juvia who gaped at him. He tried to wave but she was in shock. He looked down and found no shirt. He muttered curses as he looked around the room looking for something to cover up. Juvia wasn't gaping at him for being shirtless, no, she was used to it. She was gaping as to why the ice alchemist was their on her room.

"Oh Juvia, why were you shouting my name earlier?" Gray stated as he wore a shirt he found inside his bag.

"Ano…Juvia…wait…what was Juvia going to say again?" Juvia tilted her head in confusion as she stared at the ice mage who shrugged. She tried to stand up but pain shot on her left leg and she fell back down. When did Juvia…?

"Lucy!" rain started to fall as Juvia watched the stellar mage gape in horror at the dragon behind her. "LUCYYY!" Juvia ran as fast as she could. Oh, how she wished she had the magic of speed right now. The gods hated her, didn't they? She tripped over a small stone and scraped a knee. She didn't care. She tried standing but fell right down and felt that she had broken a bone somewhere on her left leg.

Juvia's eyes widened. She snapped her fingers. That was when she broke her leg!

"Wasn't it raining like the last time you showed Juvia the clear skies, Gray-sama?" Juvia smiled sadly to Gray.

"Yeah" he nodded. "Juvia…" he started to confront. He could feel his cheeks flaming up but he gave no care.

"Juvia…Juvia is at loss for words…" the water mage said as she stared at Gray with pure awe. Gray nodded and smiled. That's what he really wanted in the first place. "I love you too" she squeaked out. For the first time, she wasn't using third person.

Now she had remembered Gray confession. Her face heated up as she felt steam blowing out of her ears. She fell back on the floor with dizzy eyes and her hands clutching her chest. Gray ran to her. But then she managed to squeak out "Ur-san!" before totally losing consciousness, leaving Gray bewildered.

. . . . . . . . .

"LEVY! METALICANNA!" Gajeel jolted up while waving his hands in the air.

Where am I? Wasn't I dying just a few moments ago? Gajeel looked over to the left side of the bed. Levy had just snuggled closer to him. He averted his gaze to his surroundings. He was surrounded by a wide array of books. Endless rows of books greeted him. Was it all a dream?

"Gajeel? What's wrong?" Levy sat up and yawned as she rubbed her eyes. Then everything went clear. "PERVERT!" Levy screamed at the top of her lungs as Gajeel ran out of the room. He hadn't done anything perverted, why was Levy acting that way? He was only there to help take care of Metalicanna, right?

As he closed the door behind him, he broke into cold sweat. The temperature dropped around him. When he turned around, he had found a glaring Titania staring at him.

Fuck.

. . . . . . . . . .

Another rowdy day started at Fairy Tail.

Natsu kicked open the guild doors as he screamed to no one in particular. His hair was bedraggled, like he just woke up. And oh, he just did. He was scratching his head sheepishly, mumbling about how Lucy kicked her out of her house. Happy was following him, also half sleepy and mumbling about how weird Lucy could get.

They sat down on the table and fell back into dreamland.

Sweet.

A few minutes later, Lucy arrived at the guild. She was limping but nonetheless she ran at the request board. She panicked and looked at each job. Her rent was due next week. After a few moments, she ran to Natsu and Happy's table and woke them up, trying to make them understand that she needed to pay her rent.

After three hours, Lucy still hadn't woken up the two. She sighed and sat on the available chair next to Natsu. She was brushing a few strands away from Natsu's face. Different array of thoughts clouded her mind. A loud bang broke the guild doors into pieces, making Lucy break her trance of thoughts.

"Ow! OW!" Gajeel's voice echoed across the room.

The rest of the guild members went deadly quiet.

Oh shit.

Titania's angry.

"E-Erza, we could talk this out!" Gray yelped.

Erza had been dragging the two men from Fairy Hills to the guild by ear. She was lecturing them about not entering Fairy Hills without permission because they were boys and not to sleep with the girls there. Gray was a different story. Erza had found him without a shirt on Juvia's room with Juvia on his arms because Juvia was unconsious.

Wait. Didn't he already find a shirt that time? Well, he stripped them off again.

The Titania was so upset that she didn't listen to the boys' complains and the girls' explanation. She started beating the two to pulp.

Aye.

Typical day it was.

Three hooded figures entered the guild. Master Makarov followed closely behind them. Mirajane turned to them and handed them the guild stamp. The three people took off their capes and revealed the faces of Jellal, Meredy and Ultear.

"Where do you want your stamps?" Mirajane said. The said people pointed different areas on their bodies as to where they wanted it to be.

"Je-Jellal…"Erza shakily stood, watching Jellal who smiled sweetly at her. The Titania had thrown the two men across the guild and ran to the blue haired mage. "What-What is the meaning of this? Master!" Erza stammered.

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A/N: I'm not going to end it so soon. KUKUKU. So did you like it? Did 'ya? Did 'ya?

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