Sunday morning Gray and Natsu would finally meet their room mates. Gray met his first, his room mate was Lyon Vastia the son of a wealthy bank owner and once he received a proper college education on economics he would inherit his father's business. He was a little older than Gray, definitely had more money than him, and from what he heard from rumors he had better luck with the ladies than him too.
"So you're my new room mate." The white haired young man said when he and Gray finally met.
"Yeah I am. It's nice to finally meet you." Gray said.
"I hear that you're in Professor Gildart's class."
"I am."
"That's a very advanced class which must mean that you're very smart and responsible."
"I guess."
"That's good because that's the kind of room mate my dad wants me to have. My last few room mates have been what most people call...Party animals. Dad said I had to get someone more serious or he wouldn't pay for my tuition."
"He sounds strict."
"Well you know how fathers are. Always having such high expectations for their kids especially their sons and they push them so hard to succeed. Judging by how advanced you are, you're dad must've been like a drill sergeant, am I right?"
"Actually um...My dad didn't exactly get a chance to push me." Gray sighed. "He and my mom died when I was just a kid."
"Oh man." Lyon said. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know."
"It's alright. No harm done."
"Still I shouldn't have been so in sensitive."
"It's fine really. It's not like I was left alone after they died. My aunt took me in, she's pretty much the only family I have left."
"Again I'm so very sorry. Why don't I buy you a coffee?"
"That's not necessary."
"I insist."
"Okay."
Funny enough, both Gray and Lyon preferred ice coffee over regular and after getting their drinks they sat down to talk about what subjects they would be studying and what went on their social lives. As they talked, Gray found that he actually liked Lyon.
"So any girls in your life besides your aunt?" Lyon asked him.
"Well there's two."
"Oh really." He gave him a sly grin. "And they say that nerds can't get girls."
"Oh no it's not like that. One of them is just a very good friend of mine, we tried dating but it just didn't work out."
"And the other?"
"The other is someone I've had my eye on for years but so has my best friend."
"That's a problem."
"No kidding."
"Do you ever fight over her?"
"No. We agreed that if she ever was interested in one of us we would be mature about it."
"Good because believe me nothing is harder than two best friends being in love with the same girl."
"If I may ask who is this girl that you and your pal are pining after?"
"Lucy Heartfilia."
"As in Captain Jude Heartfilia's daughter? The super popular and pretty blonde who is considered a goddess to some hormonal boys?"
"Not exactly the words I'd use but yeah."
"Dude she's way out of your league."
"You think I don't know that?"
"What about your friend? Is he a better catch?"
"No. We're both on the same level of loser."
"Oh come on you're not a loser. But I don't think you'll end up with Lucy Heartfilia. After all she is dating Loke Leonhart the wealthy and sophisticated heir to the Leonhart trading unit. Rumors say that a marriage proposal is in the works."
"Seriously? But they've only been together for three months."
"They both come from rich families, no doubt their parents are already planning the wedding."
"Well that's peachy."
"Don't give up a hope, I'm sure you'll find someone who will be in to you."
"You think so?"
"Sure you're a catch."
"I don't know about that."
"Hey you're smart, handsome, funny, not to mention you're a guy who's close with his aunt. The ladies will go nuts for that."
"And you know this how?"
"I've had plenty of girlfriends. I know what the ladies like and with my help you could probably win over ten girls."
"I seriously doubt that."
"Listen why don't you come meet me later this evening? We'll go out and I'll introduce you to some of the local beauties."
"I don't know."
"You got anything better to do tonight?"
"Not really."
"So you'll be there?"
"I guess."
"Great. See you tonight." Lyon walked back toward their dorm.
"Who knows?" He called back. "You might find your perfect match on this campus."
"Yeah right." Gray mumbled as he started to walk in the opposite direction, his gaze not leaving Lyon's retreating figure. "As if the next girl I see is going to my soul mate."
On cue he bumped right into Juvia who was carrying a box. They both fell over and she ended up dropping the box which spilled out a few books.
"Juvia?" He said confused by her presence.
"Gray!" She gasped in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there."
"No it's my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going."
"Oh no, there goes the books." She said.
"Here let me help you get those up."
They both bent over and started to pick up the fallen books, putting them back in the box.
"Not that I mind your presence but what are you doing here?" He asked her.
"Didn't Ur tell you? The theater classes I'm taking was moved to your college."
"How come?"
"That lunatic who attacked the fair the other day bombed the science lab of my old college. The explosion destroyed the lab, the theater, and several dorm buildings."
"Was anyone hurt?"
"A lot of people were taken to the hospital. Two died and that was the science teacher and a local chemist who was visiting the campus. That makes five people this man has murdered."
"You were caught in all that were you?"
"No I didn't but that man scares me. H can he just kill so many people without any remorse? I hope the police catch him."
"If they don't then Blue Tiger and Red Dragon will, trust me."
"I just hope no one else is killed by that awful man and my brother has it in his deluded mind that Red Dragon and Blue Tiger are working with him. I do love my brother but the ideas he comes up with..." She rolled her eyes. "But still I'm really scared of what that man might do next. What if he comes here?"
"Don't worry Juvia I'll tell Blue Tiger to keep an eye on you and make sure that this Black Demon freak doesn't hurt you."
"It's not myself that I'm worried about. It's you and Natsu and my friend Meredy and so many of my other friends who go to this campus. You all mean so much to me and if something ever happened to you I don't know what I would do."
"If something ever happened to me?" He asked making her blush when she realized what she had said.
"I mean if something happened to you all." She said looking down at her feet. "Well I've taken up enough of your time. I better get these books to the theater director. I'll see you around?"
"Yeah. Sure."
She hurried off and Gray went to call Natsu to inform him of what Juvia had said about Black Demon bombing her old campus.
"So that's five people he's killed?" Natsu said over the phone.
"Yep. That's what she told me." Gray replied.
"I don't understand, how did we miss that attack?"
"I don't know but we'll have to be on high alert now."
"My thoughts exactly. Hey I'll talk to you later, my room mate is almost here."
"Okay. See ya."
Gray hung up and Natsu stood in his room waiting for his new room mate to arrive. The door to the room was opened by the person who Natsu would be sharing said room with. But when he saw who it was he thought that he was going to puke. There, standing in the doorway was the person who haunted Natsu's nightmares from age 11 to 15, the person who had spent many years tormenting him without mercy, the person who was the bane of his existence, Laxus Dreyar.