Mira just turned off the lacrima after the conversation with Juvia and the albino was slightly confused and shocked, mainly because of what the blue girl asked her to do. As Mira put the magical device away, Laxus and Master Marakov approached her and noticed the expression on her face.

They both exchanged a look before Makarov cleared his throat causing the albino to turn to them.

"Oh, good morning master, good morning Laxus-san." Greets Mira while smiling at them, making Laxus raise an eyebrow.

"Good morning to you too Mira, what happened? You seemed a little nervous while you kept the lacrima." Asks the master jumping on top of the counter and sitting down.

"Well...Juvia-chan just called us..." Mira starts making Makarov smile.

"That's good; it's been a while since we heard anything about her... how is she?" Asks the master quietly pouring himself a glass of beer while Laxus sits on a bench in front of Mira.

"...She asked me how to eat a Chorabash." Reveals Mira a little nervous.

The result was as expected, Makarov when he heard the monster's name, immediately spit out the beer with wide eyes while Laxus widened his eyes and turned his head towards Mira so fast that the albino could have sworn she heard something cracking.

"A CHORABASH!?" Exclaim the two mages in disbelief with a mixture of shock, concern and pride.

At that moment, Laxus gets up from his seat at the bar and turns to the master who was coughing, hitting his hand on his chest.

"Grandpa, I offer myself to lead a search party for Juvia-san, we can leave today." Offers Laxus the moment Makarov stops coughing.

The little master does not respond right away, keeping quiet with a thoughtful look before shaking his head in the negative.

"It won't be necessary, remember what she said, that Juvia was going to eat a Chorabash... based on that she must have defeated one for that, Juvia-san knows how to take care of herself, don't worry about it." Makarov declares before let out a cough at the end and curse about kids giving him heart attacks.

Laxus stares at his grandfather for a few seconds before nodding and turning to walk away.

"Laxus." Calls Makarov making the blonde-haired person stop and turn to the master. "Looks like your time in exile has made you care about your comrades more, I'm proud, but don't worry, none of you, Juvia-san knows what she's doing."

[...]

"What the hell is Juvia doing?" Juvia wonders in her head as she walks through the trees with her head down hiding a blush as she carries some bags.

She continued on her way until she reached the clearing of Natsu's cave and his camp, there the boy was looking at her tent while circling it and smelling confused.

One of the things Juvia discovered was that Natsu lost his memory and common knowledge, and most of his vocabulary now consisted of 'Tubia', facial expressions and body language.

However, one thing she cannot let go on the same way anymore is Natsu's current state of attire. Said boy suddenly turned to her and smiled before noticing the bag Juvia was holding.

Slowly Juvia let the bag fall to the ground before removing a pair of baggy pants and looking at Natsu, the two were silent, staring at each other, with Juvia a little blushing. At that moment, the boy ran away and soon the blue girl chased him while holding his pants.

"NATSU-SAN STOP THIS INSTANT! YOU NEED PANTS!" Juvia exclaims running after the boy.

"TUBIA!" This was all the answer Juvia needed to keep chasing the boy.

(A while later.)

Juvia was sitting there with a frown looking at her hand that was erratically releasing some steam; this lasted for a few more seconds before her hand returned to normal. The girl sighed before leaning back and looking at the clouds in the sky.

She had already managed to create steam and use it in attacks among other things, but she still had not managed to make a version based on her water body.

At that moment, a shadow appears on top of her making the girl turn around to see Natsu staring at her with a curious look, the boy was wearing wide black pants with a string tied around his waist, as well as an open jacket that showed his torso.

Juvia also could not help but notice the changes in Natsu, his body now had scales for the most part, plus his eyes were slits and he had horns on his head, his fingers were now claws, but nothing stood out more about him than the reptilian tail.

Not caring much about his change, Natsu walked over to the girl and sat next to Juvia making the girl smile.

"Hello Natsu-san." Greets the girl making the boy smile, however he stops closing his eyes and sniffing the air, after that he faces Juvia confused.

"Tubia?"

"Ah, it must be the smell of steam, Juvia was trying to do a steam version of the water body spell, but Juvia still hasn't been very successful at it." Juvia explains before turning only her hand into steam.

Seeing this Natsu stares at the hand curiously before bringing it closer to his face and smelling the steam, however Juvia immediately cancels the spell and jumps back holding her hand close to her chest and blushing.

The draconic boy stares at her in confusion, cocking his head to the side making a noise in his throat, completely oblivious to what made Juvia look like that.

"He got too close to Juvia's hand, why is Juvia's heart racing so fast? Calm down Juvia, natsu-san isn't thinking rationally, at the moment he's more animal than human, don't take it personally." Juvia thinks before a grunt heard in front of her making the girl finally notice that Natsu has gotten up and is looking at her worriedly.

"NA-NATSU-SAN!" Exclaims Juvia making Natsu jump back slightly scared, making Juvia take a deep breath, calming down.

"What Juvia wants to do is this..." With that, Juvia's body turns into water that swirls around Natsu before completely reforming in the same place she was, with that Juvia turns her hand into steam for a few seconds.

"Juvia is trying to remake the Water body using steam, starting with the hand before going straight to the whole body, but it seems that Juvia is still far from achieving that." Juvia explains with a sigh.

Natsu stared at her for a few seconds before raising his hand and turning it into fire, but unlike when he did his blows or even a torch with his hand, the fire was completely out of control and going out.

With that, Natsu put out the fire in his hand and took a deep breath before it turned into an intense fire that burned steadily, but it was more than just he covering himself with the element was, Natsu became the element. It was at that moment that Juvia's eyes widened, as she understood what the boy meant.

Juvia could not help but laugh as well, something that made Natsu snap back to normal and stare at her in confusion.

"Sorry Natsu-san, it's just funny that you seem to have gotten smarter when you lost your humanity." Jokes Juvia making the boy even more confused, but he soon shrugged before yawning and going back to the cave.

"And apparently lazier." Comments the bluish one after calming down while looking at the boy going back into the cave.

(A few days later.)

A cloud of smoke flies around the trees before appearing in front of the cave and the steam eventually gathers and forms a smiling Juvia. It was not for less after all, she managed to meet her schedule a month in advance after all.

"The training plan worked." Comments Juvia smiling to herself, however that soon changed to astonishment when she felt something impact her and two arms encircle her.

As soon as the woman fell to the ground, she grunted a bit before opening her eyes and looking at Natsu who was staring at her with a big smile.

"TUBIA!" Exclaims the dragon in human form with joy making Juvia let out a sigh, with that she stood up giving Natsu a smile while rubbing his head.

The bluish one smiled at the dragon before looking at her small camp and could not help but feel proud of herself. Since she arrived, Juvia has been able to manipulate steam the same way she manipulated water, most of her spells have gained a steam version, making them more discreet and destructive depending on the temperature of the steam, as well as giving her more ways to act in different situations.

However, that was not the only thing she managed to accomplish, at the same time she could finally end her crush on Gray, she now only saw him as a guildmate and although she was grateful for bringing her to Fairy Tail, Juvia did not. I could no longer see him as a love interest. However while on the one hand it was a victory, it brought a new problem, most of Juvia's time in the guild was spent around Gray, how would it be now?

Before Juvia could get into it any more, she felt a hand holding her arm making the blue girl turn to Natsu who was looking at her with concern.

"Tubia?"

"Ah, it's nothing Natsu-san, Juvia was just thinking..." Guarantees Juvia with a smile making Natsu nod before he makes a determined expression.

"Okay." Declares Natsu making Juvia sigh.

Since Natsu returned to human form she has been trying to teach him more words, however so far she has only progressed with three words Juvia's name, 'okay' and his own name...although he keeps getting it wrong.

At that moment, Natsu's stomach made a noise making the boy cheer up before running into the forest. Juvia faced the place where Natsu disappeared with a nostalgic smile, it was in moments like this that she could see the old Natsu, excited, eccentric, hungry, and although she had gotten very close to the dragon, Juvia ended up wondering what the real Natsu would be like.

Anyway, now she had a more serious matter involving him and the guild, should Juvia take Natsu with her back to the guild? Despite the progress she'd made with him, the pink one was still more animal than human and could get into big trouble if angered, she saw that when a chorabash got too close to her.

Even in human form Natsu was still as dangerous as in dragon form, the chorabash did not even stand a chance. In a second Natsu was on top of the roaring monster and slashed the creature with his claws before turning it to ash with his fire, leading Juvia to question if this was the same Natsu she knew once.

Anyway, the thing was, if she took him into the guild now, that he barely has his memories as a human it could end up in disaster, or worse, Acnologia known for various atrocious and violent acts, but none matched the destruction of all a kingdom. If Natsu killed Acnologia with such ease, would that mean he could decimate a kingdom single-handedly too?

That alone made Juvia feel a shiver, she saw firsthand how delicate Natsu's mental state was now, and even though Juvia is possibly safe from the dragon, she could not be sure about the others.

"Why don't you just ask for my help on this?" Questions Mavis behind the bluish one making her nod.

"You are right; this is too complicated for Juvia to decide alone and..." At that moment, Juvia freezes before quickly turning around with wide eyes to see the first master staring at her with an amused smile.

"Hello Juvia-chan!" Exclaims Mavis raising her hand to the blue one.

"When did you get here?" Asks Juvia looking quickly at the forest, Mavis was still unknown to Natsu and the bluish one had no idea if the dragon could see her or not.

"As soon as he left to hunt and you start thinking about Natsu's situation, however you still don't know the whole problem." Mavis declares seriously making Juvia stare at her confused.

"What do you mean all the trouble?" Asks Juvia worried making Mavis sigh.

"It's his magic, it's completely unstable and out of control, leaking, to put it simply it's like he was a hose and she was stuck. Natsu is emitting a lot of ethernano, which created the rubies you saw in his cave, however it's not just that that worries me, but people, but specifically you." Mavis declares making Juvia completely shocked.

"Don't get me wrong, I think you did a great job with him, but the problem is not that, but that you somehow absorbed his magic into yourself and are already getting the effects." Explains the first master doing Juvia is surprised.

"Effects? What effects?..." Asks Juvia before she gets a look of horror. "OH NO JUVIA WILL TURN INTO A RUBY! WE HAVE TO STOP THIS; NATSU WILL NOT FORGIVE HIMSELF IF THIS HAPPENS!"

As Juvia started to freak out running around the blonde-haired woman, Mavis could not help herself, she laugh. Although they were not nearly as close before, it seems that now Juvia was close with someone in the guild, even more than she was before, in a way it was heartening to see that.

"You're not going to turn into a ruby Juvia-chan." Mavis declares making Juvia freeze and grab the first master by the shoulders.

"Eh?"

"What I mean is that your magical reserves have increased considerably, as well as your senses, you're not going to tell me that you haven't noticed that you've been seeing more clearly, smelling strange smells, hearing the animals of the forest, you're also feeling more pleasure when eat, in addition to feeling more resistant." Comments Mavis making Juvia widen her eyes, it was true, but she was so focused on her own training that she completely ignored it as if it were something occasional.

"But...is that bad?" Asks Juvia making Mavis adopt a thoughtful expression.

"For Natsu? Not at all; for you? Depends; for the rest of the kingdom? Desperate." Declares the first master making Juvia face her, seeing this Mavis sighs. "To make it simple, you are becoming a fourth generation dragon slayer, but every dragon slayer ends up becoming a dragon, what do I think would happen in the future? There would be a new kingdom of dragons and war."

This made Juvia's eyes widen as the implications of this were processing in her brain, plus she was worried about Gajeel and Wendy, they were both dragon slayers, would that mean they were going to turn into dragons?

"No, Gajeel and Wendy are safe for now, what happened to Natsu was...let's say he's a special case." Mavis declares averting her eyes with a dark expression, which worried Juvia even more.

Suddenly the blonde-haired woman's expression lit up giving Juvia a bright smile. "But don't worry, that now Natsu-chan's mark is again at a considerable level so I can help with that, however this can be a little painful for him, but I will manage to stabilize his magic and you will no longer be affected by magic his."

"I see...if this is going to help Natsu-san, Juvia will help in any way she can." Juvia declares with determination.

"Great, now about your dilemma, I think it's better to wait a bit to reintroduce Natsu." Mavis advises.

At that moment a thud echoes behind Juvia, causing the two to turn around to see a fallen deer, at the same time Natsu carried another deer over his shoulder as he returned to the cave.

The two mages stared at the cave in silence before Juvia gave a nod.

"Juvia agrees, we should wait a little longer."

(In the evening.)

Juvia gulped as she was sitting on the floor staring at Natsu in front of her, who was quite confused just staring at her, with that the blue girl slowly turned her head to the side seeing Mavis staring at Natsu with an analytical expression.

When the eyes of the two girls meet Mavis gives a nod to the blue one making her gulp and turn to Natsu.

"Natsu-san, we need to talk." Declares Juvia making Natsu nod.

"Tubia okay..."

"Natsu-san, your magic is a little out of control lately and needs to be... regulated, because the way it is it can cause serious damage to other people, including me." Juvia explains, however what she did not expect was the look on his face. Horror and worry from the boy who immediately jumped on it and started looking for any abnormality and sniffing it with concern before looking at it.

"TUBIA!" Exclaims the dragon worriedly before hugging Juvia, making Mavis laugh in amusement.

"It was even better than I expected." Declares Mavis earning a look from the bluish one whose face was completely red.

"I thought he was going to return to dragon form and destroy everything around us before roaring to declare that nothing could hurt what is his." Explains Mavis making Juvia open her mouth in shock.

"Hi-his!?" Exclaims Juvia confused making the dragon move away and stare at her while Mavis raises her eyebrow.

"...He is a dragon, they are very territorial and considering something of him also includes friends, puppies and lovers." Explains Mavis matter-of-factly making Juvia squeal before shaking her head.

"No, Ma-Mavis, Juvia and Natsu are not like that!" Exclaims Juvia red making Natsu stare confused and Mavis laugh a little.

"Okay, fine, so can we continue?" Asks the first master.

With that Juvia nodded before taking a deep breath calming down and facing Natsu, she needed to do this, it was more important than their future. The thought of that made Juvia's eyes widen, it was not their future, it was his future, yes, exactly that.

"Okay, Natsu-san, there's a way to ensure that you don't hurt anyone else unintentionally, but that way can hurt you a little, but if you don't want to, you don't have to, we can think of another way." Starts Juvia before Natsu lean your forehead against hers and smile.

"Tubia." Declares the dragon before pulling his head away, though he was confused by the blush on Juvia's cheeks.

With that Mavis takes a step forward causing Natsu's eyes to widen as he jumps to stand between Juvia and Mavis, all the while snarling at the first master, however he soon becomes confused not being able to see anything, something that makes Mavis sigh.

"So you can feel me, but you can't see me yet... that's a little disappointing." Mavis declares as Juvia soothes Natsu.

With that, Mavis raises her hand until its level with her face and snaps her fingers. That done, the mark on Natsu's shoulder starts to glow brightly causing the boy to freeze for a few seconds before falling to his knees screaming in pain while holding his shoulder with his other hand.

Immediately Juvia goes to Natsu and holds the sides of his face making him stare, the blue shuddered seeing the pain in the pink eyes and bit her lower lip. Why was it hurting her so much to see him like this? Juvia could not understand, she had never felt like this before besides…from Gray.

The thought made her feel confused, was she liking Natsu? The dragon slayer with the opposite element to her, the rival of her old flame, the new dragon king, her friend... Looking back at the boy, she cannot help but remember all the moments they shared during the two of them. The last few months, the meals, the training, the moment they met, him bringing her animals he hunted, all the times they slept together.

Juvia's eyes widened as tears appeared in her eyes, it was true, and Juvia liked Natsu Dragneel, but was that true love? On the other hand, was it just another crush like Gray?

Looking once more at the boy she cannot help but remember all the looks he has given her over the last few months, it was real, all that affection and concern was real. He's back to being a human because of her, not Lucy, not Erza, not Lisanna, not any of the other girls in the guild, it was her, Juvia Lockser, who brought Natsu back.

It was at that moment that Juvia made her decision, suddenly she hugs him and closes her eyes, the blue color would bring Natsu back, he would return to being human and when that happened Juvia would make her move.

Suddenly the glow increased completely blinding Juvia, Natsu and Mavis; as soon as it disappeared, Natsu who falls on top of her surprises the bluish. Worried, Juvia quickly sits down and holds the humanoid dragon, however she soon gives a crying smile seeing the pink one snoring, he was just sleeping, with that she wipes her tears.

"You lazy dragon…" Jokes Juvia smiling at Natsu before giving him a kiss on the forehead.

(The next day.)

Juvia enters the ruby chamber where Natsu spent most of his time, once there the water mage looked around looking for a certain pink one, when she finds him Juvia can't help but laugh, seeing him sleeping on top of a pile of rubies.

With that, Juvia goes to him and shakes Natsu's shoulder making the boy blink as he stands up and smiles at her.

"TUBIA!" Exclaims the excited boy making Juvia laugh at him.

"Good morning Natsu-san, are you okay?" Asks Juvia making the dragon wave as she sat down.

"OK!"

"Juvia is happy to hear that, however, the time has come for Juvia to return to the guild." Juvia declares, making Natsu's happy expression turn into a sad one, which causes a twinge in the blue girl's heart. "But, you come with me."

This caused Natsu to stare at her with a mixture of happiness and concern, Juvia was initially confused before he looked around the cave at the rubies, causing the bluish one to understand the problem and sigh, she would have to watch out for how territorial he was.

"Don't worry Natsu-san, we can go back to get your rubies later.- Juvia declares making Natsu cheer up and hug her, making the blue blush.

"Well...Natsu-san...before we go I need you to do me a little favor..."Juvia starts making the boy face her.

(At the train station, a while later.)

"Two tickets for magnolia..." Murmurs the train station attendant looking at Juvia and a figure beside her.

The figure had a cape that covered its entire body in addition to a red dragon mask, however although it looked quite simple, the aura that was emitted by the figure made everyone stare at it with a certain amount of dread, it was as if he was a predator waiting to hunt them down.

Juvia shuddered as she grabbed the two tickets before walking away with the masked figure following her towards the train. The figure looked at the confused train before turning to Juvia and pointing at the vehicle.

"Tubia?" Asks Natsu making Juvia look at the train and suddenly get even more nervous, remembering how Natsu initially reacted to trains and vehicles.

"...T-this is a train..."Starts Juvia before the two board and run into an employee who extended his hand to them.

Quickly Juvia gave the tickets to him making the man stare at them for a few seconds before turning to the two.

"Who are you and where are you going?" Asks the man before turning to the tickets.

"I am Juvia Lockser and this is..."before Juvia could say anything Natsu stepped forward making the employee almost piss himself when he felt the dragon's aura.

"NATU!" Exclaims Natsu hitting his chest.

"O-okay" Murmurs the employee before handing back the tickets to both of them. "Everything is in order, you can pass."

Juvia sighed in relief at this before pulling Natsu with her to an empty booth.

"Juvia hopes nothing goes wrong..." pleads Juvia in her head.