A/N: Uhhhmmmm... Just to make this clear, Igneel isn't a dragon in this story. He's like, Natsu's actual dad. Weeiiird. I dunno why I made it that way I just did. Also, this chapter has a special additive: we get to see Erza vs. Jellal and Gray vs. Juvia. Sorry for the spoilers. Oh, and please keep in mind that this is an AU. I changed the personalities a tinsey bit. Okay you'll see I changed them a lot. :3

Chapter Eleven: Involving Dragons and Angry Water Ladies

PART TWO

"Who the hell is th-"

Gray clamped a hand over Natsu's mouth, preventing him from saying anything more. The pink-haired teen struggled, but calmed down when Gray whispered something in his ear.

"Shut up. We can avoid a conflict if we're quiet..."

"Oh, it'dbe a real shame if Juvia couldn't fight you boys," the female voice, strangely monotonous, said. Gray raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, well alright then. Turn the damn light on, would you? If we're found out, we might as well discuss-"

Instantly the room was flooded with bright lights. Gray, in his shock, released Natsu and stumbled back. The room was huge. At least the size of two Grand Central Stations (That thing is HEEYUGE BY THE WAY) and filled a quarter on either side with rows and rows of boxes. A large space was in the middle, and in the center of that, a girl stood. She was blue haired, dressed in a Russion outfit while holding an umbrella. Her eyes looked dead.

"Drip, drip, drop," she deadpanned.

"Uhhhh," mumbled Natsu, dumbfounded. The room was so large. How the hell did it fit under just one bar? Unless... Oh, god.

Gray was unflustered. He had a glare set on the girl.

"You," he growled, "What's your name and where is Lucy?"

"My name is Juvia. Juvia is the Rain Woman, one of our elite. Drip, drip, drop."

"Okay, you can cut out the 'Drip, drip, drip' shit, okay?"

"Um, it's 'drip, drip, drop'..."

"I don't care what it is!"

The blue rain lady glided forward, and Natsu nearly did a double take when he saw that her legs had literally turned into water. She slid across the floor and right up to Gray. He stood there, unmoving, even when she was less than four feet away from him. Natsu was still frozen, his hands up against the wall.

"You..." Her eyes widened, and a hint of a red blush spread across her face. Her dull eyes suddenly had sparkles in them. Natsu thought it was revolting. Gray, however, was oblivious.

"W-what is y-y-your name?" Juvia stuttered, holding her hands together and completely forgetting her umbrella.

"The name is Gray. And you're going to try and stop us from getting to Lucy, aren't you?"

"Well of course," Juvia returned to deadpanning, "That's Juvia's job. There's only one more chamber to go. We couldn't excavate the entire city underground of course. But even if you fought Juvia and your friend went on, it wouldn't make a difference."

"And why is that?" Gray asked, the growl back in his voice.

"He'll definitely be defeated. There are more much, much stronger than Juvia."

"So are you stronger than that guy back in the other room?"

Juvia figuratively froze. "Wait, there's someone else in the other room?..."

"Yeah," Gray scoffed, "You didn't know that? I thought he was one of you..."

"No," Juvia stated, "We never had anyone out there that Juvia knows of." She spoke with such certainty that Gray was taken aback. "Now if you will excuse us, er.. Natsu-sama, Juvia and Gray-sama have some fighting to do."

"Ahhhh okay?"

"Yes, please leave," she said, sending him off with a wave of her hand. Natsu raised his eyebrows and wiggled them up and down at Gray.

"You being suggestive? You're the one who's going through puberty."

"DRAGON PUBERTY YOU JACKASS!"

Natsu slammed the door on his way out. The next room was full of light, like some sort of interrogation block. He squinted, putting his arm in front of his eyes and trying to see.

"Well hello there, young Dragon Slayer."

That voice. It echoed across the room like thunder, bouncing against the far wall and coming back again. The words reached his ear drums again and again, jarring his thoughts and reverberating in the air around him. It was like was in a racketball court.

"You," he growled, his hands covering his ears, "Who the hell are you?!"

"Not a person of consequence," the deep masculine voice insisted. Natsu couldn't tell exactly where it was coming from, but he could somehow sense that it was somewhere above him.

"Where's Lucy?!"

"Oh you'll get your precious Lucy back, once you show me what I need to see," the voice boomed, chuckling slightly.

"And what is that?!"

"So eager, aren't we..."

"TELL ME, DAMMIT!"

"Slow down. I'd think you would at least have a resisting conversation instead of blindly asking what I wanted to know or see. You could at least sound like you were reluctant."

"W-well I-"

"Where is Igneel?"

"What?!"

"You heard me. Where's your father, Igneel?"

"I don't know!"

The voice paused. As Natsu squinted into the bright lights above him, illuminating the large rectangular room. At the far end a man was visible. His dark figure was obscured by the fact that he was wearing a cloak.

"You!" Natsu cried, fire igniting around him. And the man just smiled.

"You're the one that took him you jackass!"

"No," the man replied, his voice darkening, "He left. He left you, and everything he was involved in. It was because of you."

"NO! HE WOULDN'T LEAVE ME AND MY MOM TO DIE LIKE THAT!"

"Oh, but he would!"

Natsu's face scrunched up as he struggled with this new information. He wouldn't allow himself to believe that the man was telling the truth, but he couldn't see how he was lying. He didn't have any proof that wasn't what his father did. And he would keep telling himself that until the day he returned.

"You don't have any proof," he growled, his eyes veiled.

"I don't need any. All the proof I need is in you, in your memories. I'll give you that pitiful blonde girl back, but you'll have to make a deal first. And I can guarantee it will be easy," said the figure.

Natsu grit his teeth. "Fine."

"Well then, let's begin."

One hour later...

"Lucy!"

"Lucy!"

"LUCY!"

Tension seemed to evaporate as one of her deep brown eyes opened. Natsu was kneeling beside her, his face all scrunched up.

"Natsu," she murmured. Her right eye felt like it was crusted shut. Maybe from blood. It was dark and cold, but he could see that she was hurting.

"Here," he mumbled, softly bringing his arms around her shoulders and pulling her up. She gasped in pain and he froze, not wanting to hurt her more. "You okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she managed to say, though weakly.

"Does it hurt anywhere?" His voice was insistent. She caved.

"My back," he heard her whimper softly. He clenched his teeth, lifting her carefully off of the cold ground. She was so weak, even though it had only been... oh god. It'd been many long hours since she'd disappeared. And Natsu had stalled. He'd managed to get into petty arguments about useless things with everyone while Lucy had been here, alone.

He rose, lifting her higher and holding her in his arms. Everything was going to be okay. It had to be.

"So then, Erza. It's been awhile." His smooth tone and deep voice were filling up the darkness. The black mist had subsided for the moment, so she could see the red tattoo that was slightly obscured by his blue hair.

"It has," she agreed tensely. She was trying to keep herself from attacking him. This required her to clench her fists, digging her nails into her hands and biting the inside of her cheek. She took a step forward jerkily, but stepped back again, composing herself. Pangs of yearning to step closer to him were wracking through her, but she couldn't afford to let them get to her.

"Erza," he muttered her name like an incantation almost. She managed to raise a controlled eyebrow.

"What is it? Is there really anything we need to discuss?" she asked.

"No... I just wanted to know if you wanted to get something to eat," he smirked, wiggling his eyebrows. She quickly wiped the stupid grin that had just appeared on her face and nodded.

"I was feeling hungry anyway..."

(Dies from Jerza fluffiness... Yeah I know it's short but more shall come, my lovelies.)

"So you," Gray panted, "Your name is... Juvia? You're good..."

"Yes," Juvia blushed, hiding behind her umbrella for a moment and cooling down. "However, your womanizing wiles will not hinder me!"

As she finished her declaration, she raised her free arm and slashed downward, sending a wave of water toward Gray. Gray crossed his arms and shouted, "Ice Make: Shield!" just before the water hit. Cold steam spurted out from between the two, water and ice.

"I cannot allow you to continue," Juvia deadpanned.

"What do you mean?" yelled Gray, "What's the point anyway?! Why are we fighting?! All we want is Lucy!"

He ran toward her, but just as he did so a gigantic wall of water came rushing toward him. It was hot, but he put both of his hands in front of him and concentrated his magic energy. Slowly, the scalding water began to cool. Then it froze. He had been walking forward the entire time steadily, with one arm extended. All of the ice broke at the same moment.

His, uh, hand, was, uh, touching, uh, something, uh, very... uh, soft. Juvia's eyes widened as she realized just what exactly he was squishing. He immediately fell backward in an effort to escape her oncoming wrath and a slight blush appeared on his face. He'd say it was because any man would have that sort of embarrassed reaction when, accidentally or not, touching a woman's boob but all the Gruvia fans know better.

Juvia froze figuratively. Gray had just exercised a common habit of his, taking off his shirt whenever he was distressed. A red hue spread across her face like wildfire and she began fanning herself with vigour.

"Y-y-y-your advances will not affect me at all! I'm still your opponent!" she cried. He rolled his eyes and stretched his arms up.

"Yeah whatever," he muttered, still quite disturbed.

"BUT JUVIA IS STRONG! JUVIA WILL OVERCOME THESE URGES TO DO SEXUAL THINGS WITH THIS GRAY SA-"

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?! AND WHY ARE YOU TALKING IN THIRD PERSON AGAIN?!"

"DON'T FUCKING ASK ME THAT!"

"Okay!" Gray put his hands up, trying to be the man and keep the peace, "Just calm down a second. I didn't mean any harm, and I didn't mean to offend you or anything." Juvia was still fuming.

"OH WELL NICE JOB OF THAT! JUVIA WAS HAVING A GOOD DAY UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP!" she yelped, steam literally coming out of her ears.

"Calm down!"

"NO!"

"Yo, jackass! I've got Lucy! Let's get the hell out of here!" Natsu's voice rang out, stopping both of the mages in their tracks. Juvia visibly relaxed.

"Well I guess it's time you got going!" she deadpanned, as her hand that was holding the umbrella was shaking.

"Yeah and we gotta get the hell out of here," grumbled Natsu to Gray, motioning for him to follow.

"You got her that fast?!" cried Gray, dumbfounded.

"You doubted me?! And it's been two fuckin hours!" Natsu grinned. But quickly his smile disappeared when he remembered the difficulty of their situation. "Come on," he said, "She's hurt."

Gray's eyes widened. "Uh, yeah. Juvia?" But she was gone. "Oh."

"Let's get the hell out of here," muttered Natsu urgently.

"Y-yeah."

Natsu swore he'd never let Gray off of this one when they returned to the guild.

"Hey, where's Erza?..."

THANKS FOR READINGGGGG!

Next chapter is the last one for part 2. After that we have the 2 week break and so on. :D