"Three months from now, there will be a major event that decides the number one guild in Fiore and it's called The Grand Magic Games! It's a festival in which people compete in various events using magic. During the seven years we were gone, Fairy Tail became the weakest guild in the kingdom of Fiore, so to get back to number one, we decided to participate in the games. But those of us in the Tenrou group have a seven-year "blank", so we may not be able to keep up with the fighting styles of this age. There are three months until the festival, so we're going to have a training camp at the beach!"
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"Did we really need to come to the beach out of all places?" A certain bluenette moaned in annoyance carrying her backpack along with some towels in her arms wearing an all black bikini
"Listen, we're not here to play we're here to train!" Carla proclaimed
"Aye!" Happy saluted as the two were wearing their kitty swim gear
"It's hard to take you seriously when your dressed like that-" Jett and Droy scoffed
"There's plenty of time for training-" Erza began
"They key is variation" She smiled
"We can play hard, eat hard and sleep hard!" She finished as she expressed herself in the water
"Hey wait just a minute, what about train hard?" Jett questioned the relaxed redhead
"THE OCEAN!" Natsu and Gray screamed as they ran towards the water childishly
"LAST ONE THERE'S A ROTTEN EGG!"
"SWIMMING CONTEST-" The two boys raced against each other as Wendy and Vyra set up an umbrella and some towels
"SAND CASTLE CONTEST-" The dragon slayer and ice mage built a big castle using Happy as the flag
"EATING CONTEST-" They then went to the dinning hall to stuff their faces
"SUN TAN CONTEST!" They turned as golden as the sun
"That was fun- I'm ready for a nap" Natsu said as Gray stretched out a yawn
"Look at em' they're kicking back and relaxing-" Jett crossed his arms with a frown
"Well, I guess it's only the first day so we can let them enjoy it" Droy nodded
"First things first-" Erza began standing alongside Natsu, Lucy, Wendy and Gray
"Vyra!" She shouted pointing at the bluenette
"Huh?" The girl sat up with a confused look tilting down her cat eyed sunglasses wondering why the suns raise stopped hitting her
The shadows of her guild mates prevented it
The redhead smirked mischievously "Your going swimming today"
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"Wha-" The bluenette's expression dropped as she was now being lifted up by Natsu and Gray
"N-Natsuuu, Gray! Put me down!" She shouted as she spazzed
Her heart sank into her stomach as anxiety started to whirl
"Come on Vy! We're gonna teach you how to swim!" The dragon slayer smiled
"G-Gray!" She turned to the ice mage hoping he'll notice her sense of unease
Nope.
'Those idiots'
"Who knows, there might be elemental related magic within these games-" Lucy commented
"We have to be prepared for anything!" Wendy cheered
"And I have one of the best teachers here for you Vyra, other than myself of course-" Erza boasted as she stepped out of the way revealing a certain water mage
'Oh hell no-'
"Being an expert in the water, I'm here to help you one hundred percent Vyra!" Juvia shouted as she made an enduring heart felt fist
The moonlight mage sweat dropped before she kicked Natsu upside the head and squirmed out of Gray's arms
The two mages dropped her on the sand as she landed on her back
"Ouch Vy! What the heck!?" The dragon slayer spazzed as he turned around to the bluenette
"Why the hell are you complaining? You just dropped me on the hot sand!" Vyra said rubbing her back
"Yeah after you kicked me in the freaking head!" Natsu spazzed
"I told you two to put me down!" She screamed as she growled at the boy
"Hey, hey, hey, it's okay Vy-" Gray whispered into her ear as he kneeled behind her
"We just want to help you-" Lucy butted in as her face softened
"Water as we know it is your biggest weakness Vyra" Erza proclaimed
"-and is one you need to overcome" The redhead crossed her arms as the bluenette had an unwavering expression staring at the ocean
Vyra was at a loss for words. She knew they were right, but she couldn't. Waves of ptsd were escalating through her body as she began to tremble grabbing a fist full of sand
"HEY NO! I SAID NO!" The girl high pitched screamed grabbing the attention of the other people on the beach as well
She sweat dropped uncomfortably as all eyes were on her
"But Vy-" Natsu's expression dropped from playful to worry
"Just continue on with training, forget it-" She got up and walked to the beach bar
Erza stared at the bluenette as she walked away
"Well, you heard the girl- chop chop!" The redhead said sternly as the rest of the members saluted
"Yes Ma'am!"
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Wendy began studying spells Porlyusica gave her
Lucy was concentrating her magical energy so she will be able to summon more spirits
Natsu was doing fire dragon roars from under water
Erza was on top of a cliff summoning multiple swords
Gray was slicing rocks with his ice
and Vyra was more focused on using her sun form as opposed to her moon form which she has mastered
As the sun slowly began to set, many of the other Fairy Tail members headed back to the resort but one certain bluenette was still out on the beach almost letting the waves hit her toes
"Vyra?"
The girl looked up to see Gray running up to her
"Woah-" The moonlight mage eyed the ice mage up and down
"One day of training does wonders to you Gray-" She googly eyed him
"Well of course it does" The boy boasted putting his hands on his hips
The girl laughed as he put an arm around her
"So do you wanna tell me what happened earlier?" He questioned as she looked back to the glistening waves
"I-"
"Um-"
"There-"
"I-"
"..."
"It's okay Vy, you don't have to-" The boy began now noticing her state of unease
"No, It's fine" She nodded as he pulled out of his grasp
"The tower of Heaven..." She began
"I never seen the light of day, Gray-" She looked over to the boy
"I-I was tortured on that island everyday of my life up until Fairy Tail..."
"You know the story of me escaping that I told to you, Erza, and Lucy? Well, that wasn't the only time..."
"That was more like the eighth time..." The girl said as Gray's eyes widened
"I was there a lot longer than Erza ever was, so there's no way someone can compare my story to hers-"
"I tried and tried again, I would hide under upside-down boats, and make it look like a boat wandered off. Held on for dear life scared. Sometimes I'd let go by accident and drown, drown and drown again, cough up water, choke-" The girl said nonchalantly almost as it was a joke
"They'd see a disturbance and find me, torture me mentally and physically"
"They just never had the guts to actually kill me because i'm Jellal's sister-" She scoffed
"I'm so thankful I met Laxus on that day because-"
"I-it's lead me to you!" The girl shouted- realizing what she just said, she began to blush profusely
"A-and Natsu-"
"Happy-"
"Luc-" The boy cut her off as he embraced her in a tight hug
"I'm sorry-" They both fell to their knees on the sand
"It's okay, you didn't know" Vyra consoled the boy
Gray let go as he exchanged smiles with the girl
What a lucky man he was.
"I-I watched Deliora kill my parents..." He began
"I couldn't do anything, I was just a snot nosed kid. Until I met Ur and Lyon, and I let the same thing happen again-"
"She was really the best" Gray smiled looking over to the girl
"I bet she was" Vyra nodded seeing the enthusiasm with in the ice mage
"Come on-" He stood up pulling her along with him as their fingers were locked
"Together, I'll teach you"
Vyra blushed
"Gray I don't-"
"It's only me Vy, we'll do it together" He reassured the girl
"There's a part of Ur in the ocean, her spirit will protect you and I'm here right with you-"
"We'll take it slow, come on see?" Gray put his feet in the water as she stared at him
"..." She sighed as she rolled her eyes
"...fine..." the girl gave in as she took Gray's hand once again as she dipped her feet into the water
"See? Not so bad, right?"
"No..." Vyra whispered wiggling her toes looking down
"Come on" He moved a bit farther in sitting in the water
"I'm not a child ya know-" Vyra narrowed her eyes as she sat next to him
"Yeah I know, because if you were I wouldn't be able to do this" Gray began as he pecked her on the lips
"Ah, a smooth charmer are we?" The bluenette raised up her eyebrows
"So the first thing we're gonna do it teach you how to float Vy" Gray stood up
"So just lay back and i'll hold you up" The boy put his arms under her back
"This is stupid Gray" Vyra sighed as she leaned back starring at the moon
"If you learn how to float you'll be able to do everything else-" He said as he slowly let go of the girl
"See look Vy! You're floating!" Gray shouted but the bluenette was transfixed onto the moon
Her mind raced and felt herself falling off of the Tower of Heaven...
Her back collapsed as her head dunked under the water, being caught by Gray she sat up and coughed up some water
"O-Okay- I-t-think that's e-enough t-today..." The bluenette stuttered as she stood up
"Vyra, come on wait-" Gray walked over to the girl
"Hey Vy-" The boy leaned down and splashed a wave hitting the girl on the back
She stopped in her tracks as turned around
"Did you just splash me?"
Gray smirked "And what if I did?"
"Hey!" She smacked a wave back hitting him in the face
"The water can be scary but you also can have fun in it too-" the boy said rubbing the salt water out of his eyes
"Fun?" Vyra teased with a smirk
Gray's face flushed "Hey don't get the wrong idea!" He splashed in the water
"You set yourself up for that one ha!" She splashed him back
The next thing you know there was a full on water fight
"Whaaaa! Gray!" The bluenette shouted as he easily scooped her up in his arms bridal style and ran in the water
"I think I won thi-oomph!" Gray began as he laughed tripping taking a tumble in the sand
Leave it to Gray to try and do something romantic and screw it up in the end
"Ouch! Get off of m-me..." Vyra squirmed but was unable to move due to the weight that was on top her body
Her heart began to race as the ice mage hovered over her. What's even more embarrassing was that the two we're still in there bathing suits so they were basically half naked
Well that's normal to Gray, but for Vyra totally embarrassing
Both they're faces started to heat up due to the position they we're in until the bluenette let out a smirk
"So what are you going to do? Are you going to kiss me or what?" She taunted as the boy smirked and leaned down letting his lips collide with her soft ones
She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer as his hands cupped the sides of her face let's fingers play with her long wavy blue hair
One thing about Gray Fullbuster, he was a damn right good kisser
Vyra giggled into his neck as Gray rolled next to her
"What is it Vy?" The ice mage asked
"It's just- I'm really happy" She smiled looking up at the stars
"Tomorrow, let's start training seriously- and bring Fairy Tail back to number one!" She pointed as Gray smirked and nodded in agreement
"You got that right!" He then bear hugged the girl tickling, making her laugh and squirm
"Hahaa Graayy!"
I wanted to do more of a romantic chapter between Vyra and Gray, because I feel like I haven't written enough romance about the two ;)
I'm so excited for the next couple chapters! Honestly though the whole journey of me writing Starlight, Blue these are the chapters I've been waiting to write!
Suggestions! What should I do with Sting? I have a good idea, but I would LOVE your comments as well!
Thanks for reading!
-Julia