I did my best with the birth scene! I hope it feels natural. Obviously I left things out like checking the baby and cleaning up and such, but I felt like this chapter was already getting long enough. Also big thanks to rao hyuga 18, Amanny, dareaderreads, and Copperreign12 for the reviews! You guys make my heart burst, and make me want to write more 3

"Oh no!"

Lucy whipped her head around. Juvia had stood up, and underneath her was a wet spot.

Gray jumped out of his chair. "Is that-?"

Juvia nodded. "Yes, my love. Juvia's water broke."

Gray's face paled. He grabbed Juvia's hand and looked around for Wendy. Thankfully, the little girl heard the commotion and was already making her way toward them. Gray gently tugged Juvia along behind him, making their way to the infirmary.

Juvia was panting with the effort of moving to the upstairs. She had been having twinges and tiny contractions throughout the day, but they were very minor and only sporadic so she didn't give any thought to it. When she finally reached the bed, she felt the first painful contraction.

"Don't lay down, yet, Juvia-chan. I want you up and walking around. Your labor needs to progress more until we get you in position. Gray-san, help her walk around the room. I will be back, I just need to get some supplies." With that, Wendy went into a large closet attached to the room.

Gray took Juvia's hand and walked her around the room, keeping one hand on her back. After about eight minutes, Juvia felt another contraction. She leaned against Gray, waiting for it to pass. It wasn't unbearable, but definitely was not comfortable. Gray waited for her to be okay, and then started walking her around the room again.

Wendy came out of the back closet holding a gown, extra sheets for the bed, and paper pads that she put down on the mattress. "In case she wants to lay down," she explained. She brought over the gown and said, "Okay, Juvia-chan, I want you to change into this. Gray-san will help you. After that, I want you to keep moving around, and I will monitor how often your contractions are. If you get tired, you can lay on your side, or sit down in this chair, or even on the birthing ball. Every so often, I'm going to have you lay down so I can examine your pelvis."

Juvia took the gown and Gray helped her take her dress off. Before she could put the gown on, another contraction hit. She grabbed Gray's hand, and he let her use him for support. It only lasted around 30 seconds. Gray held the gown open for her to put her arms through and helped her over to the bed so Wendy could examine her.

"Okay, so you are only 2 centimeters dilated right now, Juvia-chan."

"Great," Juvia panted as another contraction hit her.

Gray and Juvia walked around the room, pausing every so often as a contraction hit for the next hour. When Wendy checked Juvia again, she was 4 centimeters dilated and her contractions were consistently five minutes apart and more painful.

"Juvia… hurts," she managed to get out after one particularly bad one. It felt like someone was reaching inside her, grabbing her internal organs, squeezing, and then trying to pull them out of her body by force. Gray was using his magic to cool his hands and massaging her lower back, which helped a bit, but overall, she was in a lot of pain.

She moved to the birthing ball, and rocked back and forth on it for the next two hours, only stopping when a contraction hit her, which was around every three minutes. Gray rubbed her back and murmured soothing words to her, but she had had enough of that.

"Gray! Why did you do this to Juvia? This is all your fault!" she sobbed, still rocking on her ball.

"Juves, I'm so sorry." He reached out to brush her hair out of her face, but she pushed his hand away.

"No! Don't touch Juvia!"

He immediately stopped rubbing her back. Wendy tried hard to contain her smile, but she just couldn't help it, she had to let a small one out. Gray noticed and frowned at her.

"Gray-sama… Juvia hurts… Why isn't Gray-sama rubbing Juvia's back anymore?"

"Wha-? You told me not to touch you!" Gray's face looked scandalized, making Wendy struggle even harder to hide her amusement.

"No! Juvia would never!" Tears streamed down Juvia's face. Another contraction hit her and she had to stop talking. "Juvia loves Gray-s-s-sama-a-a."

Deciding to save Gray, Wendy had Juvia get back on the bed for another pelvic check. She was 6 centimeters. Juvia went back to her ball and Gray back to her side.

"Juvia, do you want me to pull your hair back for you?" Gray asked her, noticing how sweaty she looked.

Juvia nodded. Gray went behind her and pulled her hair into a ponytail, making sure all of her hair was in place. Another contraction hit her and she grabbed Gray's wrist and squeezed.

"Ow! Shit!" Gray tried to pull his hand away, but Juvia maintained her grip for the entire 60 second contraction. "Juvia, that hurt!"

Juvia glared at him so intensely he was reminded of her Phantom Lord days. "You deserve it," she growled at him. "Gray has to deal with one itty bitty arm pain but Juvia is having to push a watermelon out of her poor tiny vagina. So shut up!"

Gray's mouth popped open. He shut up.

"Gray-sama…"

"Uh, yeah, Juvia?"

"Juvia is thirsty…" Another contraction hit her. "Owww," she moaned. "This is all your fault and if Gray hadn't got Juvia pregnant she would be having fun at Lucy's engagement party right now instead of being ripped apart from inside!"

Gray's mouth popped open again. He had never had Juvia yell at him or insult him in any way. This was vastly different from any experience he'd ever had. To be fair, it did make sure her demands were met much quicker than they could have been. Gray grabbed a cup and filled it with water before Juvia could even have another contraction. Unfortunately for him, another one happened right when he got back.

"Aaaahhhh!" Juvia reached for Gray's hand and grabbed it, not realizing it was the hand holding her cup of water. The cup flew out of his hand and sloshed all down his shirt. Throughout her scream of pain, Juvia squeezed Gray's fingers together until they turned purple. As a result, her scream was joined by his.

When her contraction ended she looked up at him with a glare. "Where is Juvia's water? You said you would get it for me!"

With a Herculean effort, Gray managed to remain calm. He simply said sorry and went to get a fresh cup, massaging his fingers the whole way. When he got back, he made sure to set the cup of water down before another contraction could spill it.

Wendy checked Juvia again. "Look, Juvia-chan! You are 8 centimeters dilated! You are getting so close!"

"Juvia can't do this," she cried, tears mingling with the sweat pouring off her face.

Gray wiped her face off with a cold rag. "Juves, you are doing so good. God, you're so strong."

Another contraction hit her. They were coming every 2 minutes now, and lasting almost as long. "Juvia… hates… Gray…" She squeezed his hand. Hard. "Why… did… I… agree… to… babies…"

Gray winced in pain. "Aaahh. I-I love you so much, Juvia. Just keep breathing."

Another contraction. "I… just… want… to… be… done…"

Wendy grabbed Juvia's other hand. "Good job, Juvia-chan. Breathe in time with Gray-san, okay?" She made exaggerated breathing movements with her free hand.

Another contraction. "I… am… so… tired…"

"You're amazing, Juvia. You cannot believe how proud I am of you." Gray pushed Juvia's hair out of her eyes and gave her an encouraging smile.

"You… ruined… my… Valentine's… Day…" she sobbed.

Gray chuckled. "I love you, too, Juves."

After about 20 minutes, her contractions slowed down a bit. Wendy checked her again. "Juvia," she said seriously. "You are fully dilated. It's time to start pushing, okay? What position feels best to you?"

Juvia grunted. "Squatting," she said.

Gray helped her stand up from the birthing ball. He helped her steady herself in a squat before another contraction could hit. Wendy positioned herself in front of Juvia, while Gray was behind her supporting her.

"Juvia needs to push!" she ground out through her teeth as another contraction hit her.

"Okay, Juvia-chan, next contraction I want you to push until the count of three. Push like you are going to the bathroom, alright?"

Juvia nodded tightly. At the start of her contraction, Wendy started counting to three slowly. Juvia bore down and pushed as hard as she could. Gray murmured encouraging things in her ear and wiped her sweaty hair out of her eyes.

"Okay, good job, Juvia-chan!" Wendy smiled at Juvia. "Rest for a minute, take some deep breaths."

Juvia pushed for an hour and a half before Wendy told her it was time for the big one. Juvia's eyes got big. She looked at Gray. "Gray-sama, Juvia's not ready."

Gray kissed her forehead. "Juvia, you have been laboring for the past 7 hours. I am ready to meet our baby and so are you. You are going to be such a good mommy."

Juvia's eyes filled with tears when Gray called her mommy. She gritted her teeth and nodded her head. "Okay. Juvia is ready."

As her contraction hit, she pushed with everything she had in her. She felt nauseous, her head ached, her vagina felt like someone shoved a hot poker right up it, and she was the most tired she'd ever been in her life. She screamed and pushed harder.

Wendy gave a tiny little shout and said, "The head is out! Okay, Juvia-chan, one more push! You are so close to meeting your baby!"

Juvia took a deep breath and pushed again, tears flowing down her cheeks. A baby's cry could be heard through the whole guild.

"Okay, Daddy," Wendy said with a huge grin, "come and meet your baby girl!"

"Oh, Gray-sama!" Juvia cried out. "We have a baby girl!" She laughed and cried all at the same time.

"I am so proud of you, Juvia," Gray said. He kissed her on the forehead and walked around her to where Wendy was holding his baby girl. Gently, oh so gently, he took her from Wendy, and said, "Hi, baby girl. It's your Daddy. And this is your Mommy." He held her up in front of Juvia.

While Gray was holding the baby, Wendy delivered the placenta and placed it in a bowl on the table next to the couple. Gray and Juvia barely even noticed; they were too busy getting to know their daughter. Juvia was brought over to the bed to finally, finally lay down, and Gray placed their little girl in her arms. Juvia brought her right to her bare chest and laid her skin to skin. Gray laid next to Juvia on the bed, his face resting against hers, as they watched the newborn. He didn't even realize he was crying.

Covertly Wendy, who was feigning cleaning up, snapped a few pictures of the new family. She thought that Gray and Juvia would love to see these pictures later.

"Juvia is so sorry she yelled at you today," she murmured.

Gray chuckled. "It's okay. I probably would have yelled, too. Besides, she makes it all worth it, don't you think?" He leaned forward and pressed a kiss to their baby's face, and then gave Juvia one.

"This is the best Valentine's Day Juvia has ever had." She smiled and cupped her hand around the baby's little fingers.

Wendy came then to cut the placenta and give Gray a towel to clean the baby off. "Do you want me to go get anyone to see the baby? Gajeel and Levy are still here, and so is the rest of Team Natsu."

"Juvia is okay with that." She smiled at the baby. Ever since Gray handed her the little girl, her eyes never left her.

"Me too," Gray added.

Wendy nodded and went to bring their friends upstairs to see the new family. She was back a minute later, Gajeel, Levy, Natsu, Lucy, and Erza following her. Lucy, Levy, and Erza all cooed and came right over to Juvia and the baby. The boys both went to chat with Gray, who never went farther than a few feet from his family, his eyes never leaving the dark hair and chunky cheeks of his baby.

"She is so beautiful, you guys," Lucy said, her hand reaching out to stroke soft little cheeks.

"What is her name?" Erza asked them, smiling into the baby's face.

Gray grinned at Juvia. "Her name is Mikado Ur Fullbuster." He gravitated closer to the bed.

Natsu pulled Gray aside, Gajeel following curiously. "So how was it?" he asked.

Gray's face paled slightly. "She yelled at me. I never thought I would see the day."

The boys both laughed hard, and Gajeel clapped Gray on the shoulder. "I told you," he said. "I told you it was bad."

Erza, meanwhile, had taken the baby from Juvia and was rubbing her hand over Mikado's dark hair. The baby's eyes peeked open to see who was holding her, sensing cold metal instead of Mommy's soft warm skin.

"Oh, she's got your eyes, Ju-chan!" Levy exclaimed.

Juvia's eyes were getting heavy, and her head drooped a little bit back on her pillow as her friends held and cooed over her daughter. Mikado gave a sharp cry, and Juvia's eyes snapped back open. Her arms opened instinctively, and Erza handed the baby back.

"I think Mikado is getting hungry," Juvia said tiredly.

Wendy bustled around them, shooing everyone out, saying mom and baby needed to rest. Gray came over to the bed and sat down on the edge, watching as the young blue-haired girl taught Juvia how to get Mikado to latch.

After Juvia fed their newborn daughter, her eyes drooped even more. Gray took the baby from her. "You need to sleep, Juvia," he said. "You did a lot of work today. Let me hold her for a bit. It's my turn."

Juvia tried to protest, but Gray wouldn't let her, and she fell asleep within minutes.

Gray turned to his daughter, leaning back against the headboard of the bed. "Hi, baby girl. I love you so much." He noticed he was crying again, but didn't care. He pressed a gentle kiss against Mikado's dark curls, never wanting to let her go. As Juvia slept peacefully next to him and his daughter napped in his arms, Gray realized how truly lucky he was to have his family and his guild.