Hello. I wanted to say that when I wrote the last chapter I was confused on what was actually happening at the end. Erza didn't pick gray up until after her fight so I was way off. I'm going to have to make some changes to the actual story. Like she runs into one of the seven kin with gray so she sets him down to fight or something along those lines. Then gray gets up and finds ultear and fights with her. After erzas fight she realizes that gray is gone and finds him again, beaten and takes him with her. I would also like to apologize for being around two weeks late. I did not plan for that, but things were stopping me from writing. So I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Juvia's P.O.V.

Once erza was out of sight, juvia looked at meredy. How dare that brat insult gray-sama like that. Make him number one on her killing list. That's crazy.

"Juvia won't let you hurt gray-sama! He's my comrade and close friend and I would never let you hurt any of my comrades of fairy tail!" Juvia glanced at meredy so menacingly it gave meredy the chills.

"I don't care about your comrades or if you would fight for them or not. My only goal is to kill gray and everyone who tries to stop me." Meredy shot a pink beam towards juvia and cut her side.

"Ack!" Juvia fell. She felt something hard against her back and inwardly questioned it. She slowly got up and balanced herself. How was she able to hurt her. She was made of water.

"I'm using a stimulater. Even though you're made of water I can still hurt you." Juvia's eyes widened at the realization.

"But then..."

"I linked you and gray together since you two seem to be close friends. You two can feel the same thing at the same time. If I kill you, I kill gray too." Meredy smirked. She then looked so confused as to why juvia's face was so red.

"Me and gray-sama are linked? I can feel what he feels! He must be up against some kind of tree." Her face was bright red and she felt like she was steaming in the rain.

"I'm going to use that link to kill gray!" Juvia froze. She turned and gave meredy this demonic stare.

"You're going to use my love for gray to harm him!" Juvia ran towards meredy and used her water to slice her up. Mersey's scream of pain rang through juvia's ears.

Meanwhile...

"The hell!" Gray fell against a tree and took a look at his side. He was bleeding. He questioned how that even happened. He didn't remember fighting anybody serious yet. "Dammit, this hurts!" He placed his now crimson red hand over his wound to put pressure on it. He needed answers now.

"You're mine lord zeref..." He heard ultear whisper. He was spying on her and he wanted and needed to know more about her. She is his master's daughter. He knew her and the other kin were looking for zeref, but he didn't know why. He was trying not to cry in pain at his side, but it was proving difficult.

"What the hell? My face is on fire!" He felt his face in horror as he was blushing? What for? He looked to his wrist because she noticed a pink glow to it. It was some kind of bracelet. "What is this?"

Back to juvia

Juvia ripped off a piece of her clothing to wrap it around her wound. It stung at first, but the pressure felt nice. She felt horrible for having gray-sama go through her feeling and her pain, but she can't change the past and the only way to save gray-sama is to survive. And survive she will.

"Once you and gray die ultear will finally see that I am worthy of her love!" Meredy seemed to be in her own world so juvia decided to strike.

"Water slicer!" She pointed her hands to meredy so that her water could hit her. Meredy barely dodged the attack, but she did dodge. Juvia growled in frustration. This was not going too well at all.

"You almost got me..." Meredy's laugh sent shivers down juvia's spine. "It's weird how we speak of the same gray yet one of us hates him and the other harbours feeling for him." She glared at juvia.

"Its not weird, it is what makes us human. Not all of us are going to have the same opinion about a person." Juvia answered. She didn't know exactly what is fueling this girl to kill her beloved gray. Why does she following this ultear around like a lost puppy?

"That's going to be what kills you in the end, juvia?"

"What?"

"Your love for gray will get you killed..." She shot a yellow beam at juvia and hit her arm.

"Ahhh!" Juvia screamed. She knows that gray can feel her pain so she tried to heal herself as quickly as she could. She ran towards meredy and heat up the water around her to burn her.

"But how- her magic power is increasing!" Mersey's eyes hardened at the observation. Juvia was too busy to notice the look on her face. Juvia threw meredy through a tree with her water, but then felt pain herself.

"What the!" Juvia fell in the water and could barely see Mersey's figure standing up.

"I linked all tree of us together. If one of us die in battle then gray will die as well. That is why I shall be the one to kill myself in order to kill gray!" Meredy had two swords to her throat, ready to kill herself when juvia stabbed her own leg. They both screamed and held on to their now bloody leg. Gray probably did the same thing.

"Sorry gray-sama..." Juvia muttered.

"You hurt yourself, knowing gray felt it, to save him?" Juvia held on to her leg and nodded slowly. Meredy slowly got up and bent a little to adjust to the pain in her leg. "You're smart, I'll give you that. But its too late for you, for me, and for gray. We will all die today either it be by me or by you."

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why do this for ultear! Why go through all the trouble and kill yourself for her? Why is she so precious to you?" Juvia was getting frustrated by this girl and she wanted to know why this girl wanted to follow in ultear's steps.

"Because...because she saved me. My home was destroyed, my family was dead and there was nothing and no one left. Then ultear came. She told me that everything was going to be alright and I had a reason to live, that I was lucky to have survived everything. She helped me and made me powerful and gave me purpose in life and gave me a reason to die, a reason to fight, and a reason to live. I had my reason to live and I found it. Now I have my reason to die." Meredy created another sword right above her head and was ready to try again when the sword broke.

"Juvia's sorry that all happened to you..." Juvia ran up and hugged meredy. Her story was for one goal and one goal only. That was to kill gray. She never lived her life as a child and she isn't now. Her childhood was ruined and juvia will be damned if she'll just let it go on for a minute more. Meredy's sword shattered into a million pieces and disappeared. Meredy cried on juvias shoulder as juvia did the same.

How did she know all except for what I told her? Were my memories shared through the link? meredy thought. She couldn't stop the years that rolled down her face and the last thing she said before passing out was,

"Ultear..."

Juvia cried for seconds more before feeling the heaviness in her eyes and how her head pounded. "Gray-sama, please stay safe until I can find you." She passed out into the shallow water as the rain finally cleared up.

Meanwhile...

"Ahhh!" Gray felt the pain in his arm and yelled. He saw ultear look back and wondered if she heard him. He was so confused as to why he was so hurt. All he did was sit there and then he was getting beat up. "Why the hell won't this rain let up!" His hair was drenched in sweat and water and he wiped his bangs from his forehead. He had to pit pressure on all three wounds as he silently grunts in pain. He saw ultear walk away and he sighed in relief. He knew he shouldn't have followed her.

"Ugh." He slammed his head back against the tree and tried to think of anything, but the pain. His mind traveled back to the pink bracelet magic on his wrist. All this pain has someing to do with it. Maybe its some kind of human link and one of his guild members are getting the shit beat outta them and he has to also endure it. Great. He hissed as the rain pelted his wounds. He wishes someone would help him already.

"I don't think I can walk, my side is killing me." Blood trickled down his side and onto the ground, making a patch of brownish red grass. He uses the tree to his advantage and helps himself up. He sat there for a moment, contemplating on where to go and what to do about his wounds. They weren't too deep, but they hurt like a bitch. He looked over to where ultear was to make sure she and other enemies weren't around. He started to limp away in the right direction. He heard a noise and stood his ground.

"I may be weakened, but I can still fight." He said under his breath. He looked toward the bushes when they rustled, but saw no one so he turned around and kept moving until he toppled over, almost. Someone had caught him and wrapped their arm around the side of his waist that wasn't cut set him straight. He looked to his savior.

"Erza..." He had a hint of a smile, but stopped when he realized shat he was doing.

"Need some help?"

"Not from you."

"Too bad." He was grateful she was there. He didn't know how much farther he was going to make it. Once he felt it was okay to walk, they walked slowly back to a place where they could recover. Erza had a few scratches while gray was a bloody mess.

"Gray, are you crying?" Erza asked him. His eyes felt swollen and he felt the tears roll down his face. He quickly wiped his tears away.

"Ugh, yes, its this stupid bracelet!" He showed her the pink link bracelet and they both watched as it disappeared. Gray then felt a hundred times lighter. "Thank Mavis." He looked to erza and saw her smiling widely at him.

"Why are you so smiley?" He asked her.

"You should really appreciate what juvia does for you. A women like that is hard to come by you know and she's waiting for you. Stop being so shy and a douche and just talk to her." She went from smiling angel to stern devil. He looked away due to her glare and embarrassment.

"I know..." He felt his face heat up and he looked towards the ground. Why do they have to talk about this now?

"Good."

hey guys. I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. I want to apologize again for such a long wait, but I hope this chapter is good enough to make up for it.