Juvia sat across from Gray silently. He was nervous to say the least. He had just laid it all out for her. Everything from his real feelings about Lucy to why he was leaving. Sure they had a few heart to hearts over the years but never anything like this. It felt like hours had passed until she decided to speak.
"Juvia doesn't really understand Gray's feelings.."he winced. He had kind of expected the response," but she would still like to go with him. Juvia is still very confused...but she still loves Gray," she huffed. He felt the tension leave his body,"Juvia has one stipulation," she finally looked up at him. His nervousness returned slightly.
"What is it?" He asked quietly.
" Gray is not allowed to use his demon slayer magic while he trains with Juvia," Gray was taken aback by the request, but before he could interject she continued," Juvia wants to observe Gray while he trains with his new magic. Juvia will take notes and do research so that Gray can understand himself better," Juvia was slightly blushing but she seemed confident in her words. Gray was shocked. He never would have thought about letting someone observe him while he used the magic his father passed to him, much less research it. He never even thought to look.
"Alright," was all he could think of to say. Juvia was always watching him but he had never thought about using that trait to his benefit. As they worked out the details of their departure he let his mind wonder what other things they could learn about each other.
For the first time since the mission was planned Mira was worried about the future of the guild. Well not so much the guild but the future of several of the guild members. Levy had finally spilled the beans about being pregnant. Team shadow gear was an absolute wreck over it. Jet and Droy were acting like complete babies over the whole situation and it irked Mira to no end. On top of them, Gajeel was being insanely over protective. Mira had never seen the man do so much for the tiny woman. If it had been Mira she would have found it suffocating, but Levy seemed to revel in it. And then there was Lucy. Mira had never seen the poor girl so distraught. She almost broke down and told her all about the mission but knew it would do nothing to bring comfort to the grieving woman. As an alternative she gave Levy a lacrima to communicate with Lisanna. She didn't want to jeopardize the mission, but she thought that if Levy could get periodic updates to share with the girl, it might bring her some comfort. The demon woman was exhausted to say the least. They had spent the last few days helping Lucy adjust to living in Natsu and Happy's house. When the girl woke up and found herself and all of her belongings in the home of the source of her heartache, she went a little crazy to say the least. At first it was just endless wailing, but then she started throwing and breaking things. It didn't matter if they were her's or Natsu's, just chucked it. By the time Mira had arrived, the place was trashed and Lucy was covered in scrapes and scratches. Mira had never seen the girl in such a state. Mira had sedated the girl immediately and put several guild members to work cleaning the place up and making it cozier. She knew the adjustment wouldn't happen overnight, but she hoped the spirit mage could pull through it and return to her normal self. She was brought back to reality when she heard someone clear their throat. She was in Master Makarov's office going over the plans to run the guild while she was away.
"So what do we tell everyone when they get suspicious about you being gone?" Gajeel had the funniest confused look on his face. Mira couldn't help but chuckle.
"Well, I guess you could always tell them I eloped with dear old Lady," the iron dragon slayers brow furrowed further and Levy giggled. Mira laughed this time," I don't know how many of the guild members would buy that though. Since I'm leaving on a supposed mission you can just tell them that I got held up with that," she smiled at the pair. They had spent the entire afternoon working over the logistics of running a bar. Since no one was going to be there to manage the job board the guild had to generate money somehow. She was confident in Levy's accounting skills and left her in charge of who would work where and Gajeel was surprisingly good in the kitchen. That man was full of surprises lately. Although she knew the guild was in capable hands she couldn't help but feel nervous about being away for so long. Hopefully she'd come back and everything would be in one piece.
