Sorry for taking forever with this; life has been crazy lately. Enjoy this one-shot from The Last of Us

Also, does anyone else have chapters that upload with text all screwed up? Cause its happened to me quite frequently. FF needs to get their stuff together.

It was winter time and food was harder to come by. Juvia decided to do most of the hunting since Gray was injured and showing signs of infection. She hoped to find medicine for him soon, but the best she could do was to keep his strength up. She made sure Gray was comfortable in the basement of an abandoned house they found, grabbed her bow and arrows and mounted their horse and took off into the woods. She managed to snag a couple of rabbits but then, she came across a deer and a buck no less.

"You sir, would make a fine meal," said Juvia as she raised her weapon. She fired, landing a shot on the buck. It wasn't an instant kill but she hit a vital spot and knew it would be a matter of time before it bled out. She followed the buck all across the woods using the blood trail to guide her. The trial led her to an abandoned mining facility. Eventually, she found the buck lying on the ground barely breathing.

"Don't worry; it'll be over soon," said Juvia taking a knife and stabbing it in the heart killing it instantly.

Juvia then heard footsteps. She quickly raised her weapon.

"Who's there?! Come out!"

Two men; a man with a green jacket and white scarf covering his head and an older looking man with a long nose, long thin black mustache and narrow eyes came out from behind a tree. The older man held up his hands.

"Hello...we just want to talk," he said.

"Any sudden moves and I put one right between your eyes," Juvia threatened. "Same goes for your friend. What do you want?"

"I am Jose. And this is my friend Aria. We're from a larger group of women, children - we're all very, very hungry."

"So am I," replied Juvia with her bow still taunt.

"Well, maybe we could trade you for some of that meat there. What do you need? Weapons, ammo, clothes-"

"Medicine," cried Juvia. "Do you have any antibiotics?"

"We do. Back at the camp," replied Jose. "You're welcome to follow us-"

"I'm not following you anywhere! Your friend can go get it; he comes back with what I need, the deer is all yours. Anyone else shows up -"

"You put one right between my eyes," finished Jose.

"That's right."

Jose looked at his friend Aria. "Two bottles the penicillin and a syringe. Make it fast."

Aria looked at Juvia and then Jose. He nodded and took off. Juvia kept her arrow on Jose.

"I'll take that rifle," she demanded.

Jose obliged and laid the gun on the ground. She picked up it after putting her bow away and aimed the rifle at Jose. He suggested getting some shelter from the cold while they waited. Juvia agreed and had him drag the deer along with them. They settled into an old building and sat by the fire. Jose made several attempts to get Juvia's name but she never said it. All she could think about was Gray and getting him the medicine he needed. Suddenly, a Clicker was heard and came barging into the building. She shot it, but Jose pulled out a pistol and finished it off. The two of them fought off the ambush of Infected and Clickers; using the facility as their shooting grounds. When they finally got rid of the last one, they went back to where the deer was left.

"Do you believe that things happen for a reason," asked Jose.

"Why?"

"You see; this winter has been especially cruel. A few weeks back, I sent some men out to a nearby town looking for food. A few came back. They said that there was this crazy man who took most everyone out. And he was traveling with a woman, with hair just like yours." That made Juvia jump up and aim the rifle at Jose. "Don't get upset. It's not your fault. Put the gun away Aria."

Juvia turned and saw Aria with a gun pointed at Juvia.

"No way Jose. I'm not going to let her go!"

"Lower the gun," said Jose. Aria did so. "Now give her the medicine."

Aria stepped toward Jose while tossing the bag of medicine to Juvia.

"The others won't be happy about this."

"That's not your concern," stated Jose.

Juvia inched her way to the medicine and grabbed it.

"Get out of my way," she demanded of Aria, still pointing the rifle at them.

"You won't survive for long out there. I can protect you," pleaded Jose.

"No thanks," said Juvia and she disappeared. She raced back to her horse and ran as fast as she could to where she had Gray. Once she secured the horse, she went downstairs to the basement where Gray was lying.

"Gray?" Gray could only grunt a response. "I only managed to get a little bit of food. But, I got you some medicine." She moved his blanket and his arm to lift up shirt. The spot on his side was stitched up crudely and it looked infected. She had to act fast; she quickly got the syringe ready and injected him with the medicine. She then laid down beside him as he fought the chills the infection brought on. "You're gonna be ok." She said it to try to reassure him, but also for herself.

The next morning, Juvia woke up to hearing voices outside. She sneaked upstairs and looked out the window. It was Jose's men; it had to be. She went back downstairs to get her things and to check on Gray one more time.

"I'm gonna draw them away from here. I'll come back for you."

She hesitated at what she wanted to do next; part of her had been wanting to for a while now. But, with things the way are now; best not to have regrets. So, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Be safe," she whispered and then left. He probably didn't even know she did it, but she felt better with herself for doing it. She carefully got the horse out and began to ride through the area. She two of them talking, unaware she was there until one of them grabbed her. She took her knife and stabbed him in the throat. The other two saw and began to shoot. She got her horse to gallop, dodging the bullets and men trying to grab her. Just as she thought she made it, someone shot the horse dead. After falling off the horse, Juvia tried her best to escape the men who were still after her; she took a few of them out. She got to an old lodge and used that as her shooting grounds. She found a way out but it was blocked off. She was about to leave when Jose grabbed her from behind. He had her in a sleeper hold. Eventually, she passed out. She woke up in some sort of cell, and to someone chopping something. As her vision became clear, so did what was being chopped. She saw a human hand being shoved off the table. She let out an audible gasp which got the attention of the butcher, Aria. He left, giving Juvia a chance to rattle the cage she was in. Hoping for a weak spot to be exposed.

"How are you feeling?"

It was Jose, coming with a tray of food.

"Great," she said sarcastically.

Jose knelt down and slid her the tray of food. A plate of meat and cup of water.

"You should eat. I know you're hungry. Been out for a while."

"What is it," she asked giving him a steely expression.

"It's deer."

"With some human helping on the side," she asked in dsigust.

"No. No. I promise. It's just deer meat."

"You animal," Juvia spat as she knelt down and ate the meat. She had to admit; it tasted good.

"That's rich coming from you. Seeing as how many men you and your friend killed."

"They didn't give us a choice."

"And you think we have a choice? You kill to survive and so do we. We have to take care of our own. By any means necessary."

"So what now? Are going to chop me up into tiny pieces," glared Juvia.

"I'd rather not. I still would like to know your name."

There was a pause; till Juvia shoved the tray back at Jose.

"You're so full of it," she spat standing up.

"I've been honest with you, so don't you think it's your turn? It's the only way I'm going to be able to convince the others."

"Convince them of what?"

"That you can come around. You have heart. You're loyal and you're special."

Jose placed his hands on Juvia's. She stared at him; anger boiling inside her. She knew that look in his eyes. If they weren't going to eat her, they'd breed with her. She snapped his fingers and tried to grab the keys but was unsuccessful. Jose grabbed her arm and jerked her against her cell door, causing her to lose focus and fall down. The blows to her head were not pleasant feeling.

"You stupid woman! You are making it very difficult to keep you alive. What am I supposed to tell the others now?"

Jose began to walk away, feeling pain in his fingers.

Juvia wiped the blood coming from her nose.

"Juvia."

"What?"

"Tell them that...Juvia is the woman that broke your stupid finger," she snarled.

"How did you put it? Hmm? Tiny pieces? See you in the morning, Juvia."

Jose walked out leaving Juvia to plan her escape and also worry about Gray and hoped the medicine did its job.