Disclaimer: Do not own Fairy Tail because if I did... would have done given Natsu Viagra, made Lucy drunk, and handcuffed them together... although by the time I wrote it Lucy would probably have ended up taking the Viagra and Natsu would have been drunk while Happy got handcuffed to Plue...
Chapter 27.5: Raindrop (part 2)
"Juvia is going to make Bora regret he ever saw her." The girl's emotions caused the rain to pick up speed. Her breath came out in torrid gasps as blood pounded in her ears. She focused everything into beating this man. A scary expression haunted her face as she started pulling the surrounding water toward her body.
She heard his voice say, "Be prepared Raindrop, I am a lot stronger than I was back during the Phantom days."
Her heart thumped loudly in her chest as she attempted to circle him, shooting before him before recollecting into her natural body. Juvia took another attack from Bora, but blocked with a barrier.
Dodging his flaming spiral, she closed the distance between them yelling, "Water Claw."
He smirked as the whole area exploded with purple flames sending pelts of rock and dirt up at her but she transformed into water to limit the damage.
"Water Lock!" She said trapping him.
He pounded inside but soon he had used up all the oxygen and his flames extinguished.
"Juvia, let me out! I can't breathe." He wheezed.
"Bora will pass out long before death.. Then Juvia will release her magic."
The water sphere exploded before shooting toward Juvia. Bora screamed, "Red Shower!" The rain turned into falling circles of fire that hit all around Juvia. She did not even notice it, so focused on the man who had caused her so much despair.
"Prominance Typhoon!"
A whirling fire appeared around Juvia. Without hesitation, she walked through the consuming inferno up to the shocked man and...
... kneed him in the groan.
"What the fuck? Why is my magic not working on you?!" As he fell to the ground but not before his foot shot out tripping her. He then twisted into a roll and jumped up a good deal away from her, clutching his stomach.
"Juvia can channel her emotions into her magic, which is why it is a good lesson to never piss her off in a fight. Juvia just wanted to subdue her opponent in order save Virgo. Now she will destroy Bora."
A crazy idea hit her. It was crazy considering she had almost no stamina yet and was running purely off the fumes of her emotions. Juvia threw an attack that suddenly filled the entire area with water. Everything from the Bora to the trees was submerged. Bora yelled, "Red Carpet!"before shooting up out of the water.
Juvia was waiting for him. Her leg solidified enough for her to give him a good kick back to earth.
"Kiss the floor, Bora!"
A wave tossed Bora back into the quickly rising lake with a splash. Juvia floated down toward the surface until she stood perfectly on top, staring at him. She waved her hand as a whirlpool started dragging him under.
"Damn, you really are a freak!"
Juvia paused...
*Flashback*
Sniff. Sniff.
A small Juvia ran into the trees away from the laughing children.
"Don't come back FREAK!" one dark haired child yelled, kicking the ground.
"We didn't want to play with you any way." A little girl with red pigtails called out.
Juvia did not stop.
Even when their laughter and shouts faded, she kept running.
Her feet carried her along a seldom used path to a lake. She then found a deer trail through the brush and fled deeper into the woods, crying.
That's when the rain began.
It was as if the sky cried with her.
For the longest time, she stayed in the woods until she heard the voice of her mother calling her.
Juvia ran to the lady who immediately threw her cloak around the young girl's shoulders. They both had straight blue hair although Juvia's had curled upwards at the bottom.
Her mother scolded her for hiding in such a dangerous place.
"But momma, the other kids are so mean."
Her mother had given her a huge hug. Juvia had allowed herself to become wrapped in the warm embrace before again questioning, "Mom, why don't they like me?"
"Well you are different and they are too young too appreciate that."
"I just want a friend."
"Sometimes when you can't find a friend among the people around you, you'll have to make one for yourself."
Juvia's mother had taught her to make cloth dolls that would be Juvia's friends. So why the others kids sat in their houses complaining about the weather, Juvia played with her dolls.
The sky never stopped raining.
"Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop" She began to chant to take the sadness away as she sowed a new dolls.
Juvia slapped Bora with the never ending waves as her thoughts filtered through earlier times in her life.
"Bora never really understood the Juvia."
The blue haired man managed a hysterical laugh, "You still haven't changed Juvia. You are as gloomy as ever."
She glared at him, knowing he had used those specific words to hurt her. "Juvia cannot believe Bora would mention something so heartless."
The rain began to pour down harder.
In a chilling voice, Juvia added, "You know a human is made out of mostly water, Bora."
He looked at her in horror at what her words implied. Trying to scurry away from her, he started back swimming rather rapidly.
She started to mutter, "Drip. Drop. Drip," as she slowly stalked him.
Juvia recalled how Gray had given her a second lease on life with each step.
*Second Flashback*
A black haired man without a shirt appeared before her (which is strange considering that it is raining).
She mumbled "Drip Drop" under her breath preparing to disembody him. He was with the group that was attacking her comrades. The enemy. And anyone she considered an enemy had to be destroyed.
"Water Nebulla"
Two columns of water shot out at the dark. The man spun around lifting his palm into his fist before the water submerged his figure.
The water immediately turned to ice before shattering into a million pieces.
"Silver World."
The whole area encased in purple ice.
Barely any time left, Juvia summoned all her power to create a water shield around her. It worked for the man's initial blast but the water start slowly growing colder. Juvia boiled the water in hopes of keeping it from freezing.
"Listen!" The man called out to her. "I don't care if you are a woman or a child. If you attack my friends, I will beat your ass!"
"Hurting your friends is what happens in war." Juvia replied before sending more liquid tentacles toward him.
He uses his magic to freeze them again, leaping toward her in the process. He created a long sword as he reached her to slice her but she has already turned to water.
"What the...?"
Juvia whipped her hand toward his face yelling, "Water slicer!" The blades of water cut his body creating.
"Shit!" The bleeding man glared at her before sticking his hands into her body to freeze her from the inside out.
Juvia fell away from him but not before she uses the lower part of her body to tie herself around him making him fall as well.
"He might be too dangerous for me to handle since he is an ice user." Juvia thought to herself, preparing to retreat. That split second cost her as she became cocooned in ice. Juvia tried to melt the ice but it won't budge. Although her attempts cause her to start rolling away.
"Hey wait! Get back here!" The ice wizard started chasing her.
The bottom of the ground opened under Juvia.
Then she was falling, thinking "Maybe the ice will break when I hit?"
But...
The ice disappeared before her arm is snatched. She looked up at the man as he pulled her to safety.
Clutching the hand that he touched, Juvia stated, "But Juvia would not have been hurt if she had hit the ground."
He stood up glancing at her with a shake of his head. In a kind voice, he said, "Was not sure if your body could handle the impact from a fall from that distance."
"But you were trying to kill me earlier."
"I wasn't trying to kill you. Was only trying to 'beat your ass.'"
"There is a difference?"
"Yea one ends with me defeating you and giving you to the proper authorities. The other ends with you dying." The man held out his hand.
Juvia hesitantly accepted, no loner feeling the need to battle.
"Sentencing Juvia to prison might be a death sentence. Juvia has done bad things." She said as he helped to her feet.
"So your name is Juvia? You don't look old enough to do really bad things."
"Why is this always an issue?"
"How does a young girl like you become involved with the likes of these creeps?"
She told him her story.
At the end, he had calmly looked at her with neither pity or anger... instead he patted her head. "My name is Gray, let's try not to kill each other. I'd rather be friends than enemies."
Then Gray had taken to the castle in order to find her a job as a maid. There she had became friends with Lucy, Loke, and Cana. And before Juvia knew it, she had a family again.
Bora began to scream as Juvia waved her arms, making his blood boil.
Her emotions roared to life at the sound. It felt so good to be in control. The hum from a good battle leaving her excited, more so than she had been in years.
"Juvia! Stop! Don't become a monster!" His screams became less as his eyes rolled back inside his head. She dropped him on the grass with the water retreating.
He was still breathing.
"Juvia is only stopping because the Gray-sama would not want me to kill you. And she lives her life for Gray-sama even though the Gray-sama does not appreciate her. It might be hard but loving Gray-sama pushes Juvia to become a better person even if he never returns her feelings. Because Gray-sama save Juvia and she owes her life to him. Juvia appreciates life and living life. She would not want someone else's life to end because once Juvia walked in darkness and if she can change than you to may one day change Bora."
She stood there crying, unaware of her surroundings.
She failed to notice something blurring toward her at breakneck speed.
Right before something hit Juvia's head and her world was plunged into darkness…
(Erza's POV)
A swift blur of red landed on top of the water mage in a deadly crouch.
Erza Scarlet had witness the girl take out Bora the Prominance before recognizing her. She had kept herself hidden among the trees preparing to aid either side until the girl had retracted the water and Erza remembered who she was... Juvia of the Sea, escaped member of Phantom Lord...
The redheaded tracker had thought that watching the Duke's mansion might bring her news about the missing Heartfilia girl. Mystogan had been the one who had given her the idea. Although a demon in connection to Zeref had kidnapped Lucy Heartfilia, Erza and Mystogan agreed that local underworld leader would have more knowledge about the current state of affairs around the territory. Plus Erza was positive that the duke had connection to some demons. She remembered hearing their roars late at night when she had served as a slave in the Duke's mansion before she escaped.
Capturing both of these two felons would come at a fine price, although Erza was a tracker and mercenary she did double in bounty hunting. She had heard Gildarts was traveling with a group of Wizard Council members. Perhaps he would pay her something for these two.
The only question now was how to carry them.
A roar went up from some lonely part of the woods a few miles away.
Erza grinned evilly.
Amarok.
If she could subdue the wolf, he would make a great pack animal.
Materializing a sword in her hand, she turned to follow the sound.
The beast never knew what hit him…
... and neither did the dragon slayer riding it...
Next Chapter: Make a Fist
Writing Bunny: We will get some of Zeref's reasons for why he did what he did… Maybe I can maintain some good chapters that's my main problem (consistency... and staying focused)
Mininimjamaster: Yes that totally makes me a troll [^.^] but its fun! (This reminded me of why I put the disclaimer "If I was Mashima, I would take his trolling to a whole new level.")
HMango: Natsu will definitely react to that kiss. And everybody is fairy tail is screwed….. No… just joking…
Lkityan: Zeref being an ass with that kiss. You'll see.
CuteKitty264: Guess you will have to wait another week for the Zerlu conclusion
Here's a sneak peak to keep you happy:
Lucy tried to get away but her arms hung limply at her sides.
Her body was hopelessly frozen in place. Wanting to gag at the unwanted touch, Lucy tried to concentrate on her only sense that was not making her feel disgusted.
Her hearing.
A strange sizzling noise had happened almost immediately after Zeref's lips touched hers.
One second.
Two...
Zeref pushed her away with a hiss. His hands went to his mouth. A red burn was starting to appear. Small billows of smoke were also forming.
"I see your heritage has not become too diluted. It actually seems to have become stronger. Very good, m'dear." He leaned forward to whisper, "I can sense that you have a secret. Don't worry, I will find out what it is."
A fiery voice behind Lucy snarled, "What the fuck is happening here?"
Lucy felt feeling in her limbs, enough to push away from Zeref back when she heard Natsu's voice.
She stared in wide eyes as the two brothers glared at each other, wondering again how the hell was she going to get out of this situation.
NaluFTfanatic: I thought about making AnnaXAchno ship, but I had Anna be Achnologia's daughter in my story and Andromeda be his mate (Think I referenced this in a couple of chapters before). It was because I wanted to make Lucy a descendant of the Celestial King and of Achnologia…
But...
I use to have this theory that Layla came from the past. She opened the gate in July and was pregnant. Working at L&L made her meet Jude who offered her marriage. They left Love and Lucky around October/November (which would have been about the time Layla would have started showing pregnancy). Then Lucy's birthday is around March/April, which fit with the timeline (because that was when Tenrou island reappeared and she just got her father's birthday gift plus the Spirit King through her a birthday that lasted 3 months (until July))…
When Achnologia killed Igneel during Tartaros… I thought it would be interesting if Achnologia had been Lucy's father and he killed Natsu's father.
And the way my mind worked was… Achnologia X Layla were mates…. Layla escaped into the future after battling Mard Greer and losing END's book. Then Zeref found Layla in the future and told her that Achnologia was not defeated so she needed to bring the dragon slayer children into the future (to save them from the past of being destroyed) so she opened the gate (killing her). Zeref took Natsu to the forest outside of Magnolia (where he met Mavis) so that Markarov would take him to Fairy Tail. He scattered the rest of the dragon slayer children out and erased Lucy's memories, but the pain from watching Layla sacrifice herself to save his brother made him appreciate the value of life which caused him to go to Tenrou island until Fairy tail made Natsu stronger.
Thus when Lucy met Natsu, Bora's spell broke because she either had met Natsu as a child because of her mother opening the gate or because she was Achnologia's daughter and he was Igneel's son and the two were destined for each other.
BUT then I realized that the stuff with Layla giving up her keys at the age of 16 and the whole Caprico/Grimorie heart did not fit.
So I thought that there must have been someone before Layla. A grandmother to Lucy but one that lived back during the age of dragons… who probably looked just like Lucy. Someone like Mavis but one who had a story with Achnologia.
Then Brandish came and destroyed my theory...
... Then we learned about Anna...
And my theory was raised from the ashes like a phoenix (Or resurrected like END...)
Thus my mind shipped AnnaXAchnologia before Mashima even created that character.
