Chapter 29

The now bigger group made their way down the road as Lucy looked at a map to see where they need to head to next, "so where are we heading Lucy?" Wendy asked

"a place called rainfall village" Lucy read before heading off, "apparently it is always raining there"

"I wonder who we'll find there" Kalex said sarcastically

"yeah me too, maybe it will be Erza" Natsu said, oblivious, "I've been itching for a good fight"

"he can't be this stupid?" Kalex asked

"trust me" Happy flew behind the lightning mage, "Natsu is as dumb as they come"

"hey I'm right here" Natsu shouted at the two as they ignored him

It took the group a few days to reach the village, it was small and the entire village was being rained down on while just outside was perfectly dry, "not something you see every day" Lucy said as they walked towards the rain

"rain here, sunshine here" Happy jumped between the rain and dryland, doing a little dance

"so immature Happy" Natsu stood halfway in the rain as he did a dance, "it's better to dance in halfway, halfway rain halfway rain"

Lucy smacked Natsu over the head and they all headed in to the rain, following Natsu's nose. They soon came apon a blue haired woman sitting on a bench alone.

"it's Juvia" Natsu said as he ran towards her

The rain woman looked up as she saw a figure running towards her through the rain, "GRAY, MY LOVE" she rushed towards the figure only to be met with Natsu

"I ain't Gray" Natsu stopped Juvia from trying to hug him

"oh it's just you" Juvia looked disappointed

"been a while" Lucy said as she smiled at the water mage

"so you live here alone?" Kalex asked

Before Juvia could answer she fainted, being caught by Natsu; the group took her inside, put her in some fresh clothes and put her to bed. Wendy examined the woman as the others stood around and worried.

"so what's wrong?" Kalex asked as he looked around her small home

"she has a really high fever" Wendy told everyone, "it must be from being in that rain"

"so this is Juvia's place" Lucy said as she looked around

"I can smell Gray here as well" Natsu said

"Juvia has been living here with Gray" the rain woman woke up, "just the two of us"

"what's with that grin?" Lucy asked as Juvia flashed her a smug grin

"we worked, ate and trained together" Juvia sighed, "and in this bed…"

"THERE ARE CHILDREN PRESENT!" Lucy shouted

"he would refuse to sleep with me" Juvia finished, "it was heaven but one day, black marks started appearing on his body and he went out alone more often, I haven't seen him in half a year"

"who does he think he is just up and leaving like that" Natsu said, "what a dick"

"what every you say pot" Lucy said sarcastically

"hey I left a note" Natsu defended himself

"it doesn't make a difference" Lucy looked away from Natsu, "you still just up and left"

"so you don't know where he is?" Happy asked

"Juvia searched for day but she found nothing" Juvia started to cry, "but Juvia knows Gray will come back, he has to"

"I'm gonna find him and drag him back here" Natsu declared, "we can't revive Fairy tail without him"

Juvia soon fell asleep and the group went outside to discuss how they were going to find Gray, "I have no leads on him" Lucy admitted, "you got any ideas Natsu"

Natsu ignored her and looked off in to the forest, "I'm going to Sabretooth"

"why?" everyone asked as Natsu walked off

"Kalex stay here and look after Wendy and the others, Lucy and Happy come on" Lucy ran after him as they headed towards Sabretooth

After Lucy and Natsu had left, Wendy headed back inside to help heal Juvia. Kalex stood in the back while Wendy worked her magic, "even with my magic her fever isn't breaking" Wendy said as she took a break

"oh yeah" Kalex's head shot up, startling the girl and her cat

"what do you know how to break her fever?" Wendy asked

"no i just remembered" Kalex started looking though his bag until he pulled out a small drawstring bag

"what is this?" Wendy asked as Kalex handed it to her

"one of the first place I headed to on my journey was Crocus, I met a girl there and when she found out I was in Fairy tail she told me she knew you and gave me this for you" Kalex explained

"oh what was her name?" Wendy asked as she tried to figure out who it could be

"her name?" Kalex thought as Wendy started opening the bag, "oh yeah it was Cosmos"

"what?" a fearful Wendy looked it to the bag to find small red fruits, "so sour"

"she said you'd love these" Kalex ate one as his face puckered, "wow they are sour"

Natsu and Lucy rode on the back of an animal as they made their way towards the Sabretooth guild, "there it is" Happy pointed to a large building in the middle of the city

"wow it's massive" Lucy marvelled, "you think we'll find info on Gray here?"

"I can't be sure" Natsu answered

"what do mean?" Lucy asked

"listen up Lucy" Natsu spun around so he was face to face with Lucy, "I believe in Gray but for now I'm gonna have to not believe in him"

"hey Natsu can you….er…just" Lucy looked past Natsu as they raced down the street

"I promise I'll bring Gray back" Natsu looked Lucy in her eyes, "so for now don't question me"

"Natsu…." Lucy looked the fire dragon in his eyes, "TURN YOUR ASS AROUND ALREADY!"

They soon made it to the Sabretooth guild and were greeted at the door by Yukino, "Natsu, Lucy, Happy"

"hey Yukino, been a long time" Lucy hugged the girl, "everything been good?"

"yeah all the work Fairy tail got is now coming to Sabretooth" Orga said, "we've made a killing"

"well watch you back because Fairy tail is making a comeback" Lucy told them

"really?" Yukino asked hopefully

"well I said it didn't I" Lucy told the girl

"well it will be nice to have some real competition" Orga commented

"well look who it is?" Natsu turned to see Sting, who was now fat, approach, "if it isn't Natsu and Lucy"

"yo Sting" Natsu greeted the fellow dragon

"THAT'S STING!" Lucy shouted in surprise

"haven't changed a bit" Sting said

"right back at ya" Natsu said

"ARE YOU BLIND!" Lucy shouted

"so where's Carla?" Lector asked Happy

"she's not with us" Happy told him, "speaking of which, where's Frosch?"

"he's off with Rouge and Milady on a job" Lector answered

"WHERE ARE THEY?" Natsu grabbed the cat

"they just left" a terrified Lector told him, "you could still catch them"

"thanks Lector" Natsu rushed out of the guildhall

"what was that about?" a normal looking Sting asked

"HOW IS HE NORMAL AGAIN?" Lucy asked, surprised

"with a little help from Libra" Yukino said

"why was he even fat to begin with?" Lucy asked

"we decided to have a eat contest and he went a bit over board" Yukino explained

At the city gates, Rouge and Minerva were just leaving the city on their job when they heard a rumble and someone shouting, they turned to see a duct cloud heading for them, "Natsu?" Rouge said as he could just about make out the fire dragon

"we gotta talk" Natsu grabbed Rouge and ran off with him, leaving Minerva alone and kind of confused

Lucy and Happy soon caught up to them but Natsu insisted it was just between him and Rouge so they stayed behind with Minerva. Natsu dragged Rouge away from everyone.

"what the hell is going on Natsu?" Rouge asked

"show me the job request form" Natsu demanded

"why?" Rouge asked

"JUST SHOW ME!" Natsu shouted at him

"fine" Rouge handed him the flyer

Natsu looked at the job request, in big letter at the top it said "destroy Avatar" and went on to explain that Avatar was a dark guild and at the bottom had the reward.

"he must be here" Natsu said before turning to Rouge, "I'm gonna do this job"

"you can't do this, it's a Sabretooth job plus you're not even in a guild" Rouge complained

"I'm with Fairy tail" Natsu declared, "I'll give you the reward but promise that neither you or Frosch will leave the city until I get back"

"why?" Rouge asked him but the dragon slayer was off

"come on we've got a job" he grabbed Lucy and Happy

"future Rouge told me that Gray would kill Frosch but can I trust him" Natsu thought as they left the city, "doesn't matter….."

"Gray is a key part of Fairy tail" Natsu said

End of chapter 29