The Sword and the Storm

5th story im writing since I can't think of how I want to work on Defiance of Fate atm, definitely not abandoned just coming along slowly. This story will have an OOC Juvia paired with an OC, Hopefully anyone that reads will come to like my version of Juvia. This is going to be my take on the fairy tail world, I want to make a grittier, darker version of fiore and hope to accomplish that here. Most other pairings will be normal ships. Nalu, jerza, elfever, gajevy, all those.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy tail.

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane. -Robert Frost

When it came down to it, Juvia knew she was Destined to be alone. She was cursed, after all, cursed to forever be pursued by the clouds that darkened both the sky and her life. She knew she would never be truly accepted anywhere, for how could anyone stand the deluge. Just as the rain washed away dirt and grime from the paved street she walked on, it also washed any chance at companionship away from her. Sure, some had managed to be around her for short periods of time, but they always left in the end, unable to endure the gloomy downpour that was the one constant in her life. She saw the wary expressions on the townspeople as she passed, wishing her to move along with their eyes, before the fields their crops grew on flooded. Juvia could not blame them, as much as she wanted to at times. They simply didn't want juvia to make their lives more difficult, it wasn't a hatred against her, though many places grew to hate her as well if she stayed too long.

There was only one place she was partially accepted, if only for her power alone, and that was her mages guild, Phantom Lord. she was found by Master Porla when she was in a bad place, and he offered her a place to her her own. While she didn't have many, if any, friends in the guild, they all tolerated her at least, and respected her for her power, for Juvia was a very powerful mage. She was a part of the S-class team of mages called the Elemental Four, and without sounding too prideful, she was fairly certain she was the strongest of the four in outright combat. The only two people in the guild that could outright overpower her were Black Steel Gajeel and Master Jose himself, by Juvia's estimation at least.

She kept a steady pace towards the mayor's office, slightly twirling her umbrella between her fingers, lost in daydreams, dreams of sunlight and clear skies. Walking through the front door she saw the man she needed to see, the tall, portly mayor, with a graying walrus moustache covering his upper lip fidgeting and pacing in his office. He looked relieved when she announced she was here for the job, and pointed out on a map hanging on a nearby wall the last known location of the bandits she came here to capture. She chose a solo mission, as her team only did the most difficult missions together, most preferring to be alone when given the choice. She left the office quickly, the man's farewell of "thank you for coming so quickly, good luck to you miss!" ringing in her ears until she was pack under the pitter-patter of the rain hitting her umbrella, which drowned out most other sounds.

The rain woman disliked trudging through the forest, as it always become muddy too quickly for her liking. She was forced to wear boots for most missions, as any other shoe would soak through straight to her feet very quickly. 'Just another downside to Juvia's burden.' she thought morosely. Juvia found a trail quickly enough, though she had her doubts about it leading to their camp, as it was only one set of prints instead of many sets, such as a group of bandits would leave, as they rarely cared for acts of stealth, preferring to stampede through nature to find an ideal place to set up camp.

The footprints quickly lead her to a clearing, where she saw a young man sitting on his knees in the clearing, long black hair covering his face. She also noticed a knife in his hand, one that was being clenched so tightly she thought he would draw blood. Juvia saw him move it over to his other hand, holding the knife over his wrist. The water mage grew alarmed, and quickly used her magic, "Water Lock!" she shouted, drawing water from the rain and the ground to form a sphere of water around the man and preventing him from moving the knife at all. She approached the man released the sphere when she was close enough to reach out and grasp the hand holding the knife, wrenching the blade from his tight grasp.

"What the hell are you doing!" the man shouted angrily.

"Juvia thinks she's stopping you from making a mistake." she replied calmly.

"A mistake… what the hell do you know about me to call that a mistake?" he retorted.

"Suicide is never the answer to your problems, no matter the severity of them. If you wish to die, you shall have to do so when Juvia isn't around to stop you."

"I'll do just that, now give me back my damn knife and go!"

"Juvia will not, as she refuses to contribute to your death, she will not have that on her conscience."

"You won't have anything on your conscience, it's my decision, and that's also my knife, so give it back."

"Juvia will… on the condition that you tell her why exactly you wish to die so greatly, and allow her the opportunity to try to talk you out of it. Juvia has been through many hardships herself, and understands that some pain may feel as though it is too much to bear, but she is willing to share your load if you will allow her."

"Whatever… just give me back the damn knife and get on with it." she reluctantly handed back the blade to the man, who stuck it in a sheath strapped to his lower leg.

"Will...will you tell juvia why it is you want to die?" she asked hesitantly.

"To put it simply, I have nothing to live for. I've lost too much, and until recently, vengeance was the only thing that kept me putting one foot in front of the other. Now that I've achieved my revenge, I don't have anything else to keep pushing forward for, I just want this to end." he stated plainly and wearily.

"May Juvia ask what happened?"

"I guess. My village was attacked nearly a year ago. I, being a solo mage, was away from home looking for work when I got the news that my home had been attacked. I rushed back as quickly as I could to try and help anyone, but as far as I'm aware, there were less than 2 dozen survivors from a village of nearly two hundred. My father died fighting the invaders, he was the only family I had left, so I was left to mourn him and my burned out husk of a home, unable to salvage anything besides the blades my father had mounted on the wall, as they were his from back in the day and enhanced with magic. I found out it was a group of dark wizards, 4 of them, that attacked the village from each side, crushing the defense. They had kidnapped a few people for unknown purposes i learned, but most of the people were slaughtered… I found out the identity of those that did it, and I've been hunting them ever since." he chose to fall back, laying down on the wet ground and letting the rain hit his face. "I just fulfilled my self-assigned quest today, I found the last remaining dark wizard and killed him, he wasn't even that strong of a mage, just average power, but he had a sinister aura about him. He was hanging out with a group of bandits nearby and tried using them as fodder when he realized he couldn't win, but they barely slowed me down and I got him fairly easily."

He sighed, then continued his story. "I diced my way through twenty bandits for revenge, and honestly, I don't regret it. But now it's over, I have nothing left to fight for."

Juvia looked sad, but remained mostly in control of her emotions, and replied. "Why don't you try living for yourself."

"Don't wanna, I'm a bastard, I know that much about myself. The best parts of me died when I lost the last of my family."

"Then what about finding someone else to care for?"

"Who would want a depressed, suicidal, killer like me for anything. I could die out here in these woods right now, and no one would care at all." he let out a dark chuckle at this. "Like I said before, just leave, you can't stop me."

"Why don't you come with Juvia," she blurted out quickly, wanting to help the broken person lying before her. "Juvia is a member of Phantom Lord, a mages guild, she is sure master would accept you if she put in a good word, you said you were a mage did you not? Anything is better than just giving up and killing yourself, please think about it." she pleaded, blue eyes brimming with tears at this point, though they went unnoticed by the man.

"Why the hell do you care so much what happens to me, you don't even know me?"

"Because… Juvia sees a little bit of herself in you, but while Juvia chose to keep going even though she had no one, you are on the verge of giving up. Juvia has yet to find her own happy ending, but she will always keep searching, as long as she has any hope at all of finding it! She will always get back up, no matter what life chooses to throw at her, because if she doesn't, it feels like she will lose a part of herself that makes Juvia...Juvia" she said passionately.

He remained silent for a moment, weighing her words, then slowly got to his feet, attempting to clean the mud off of himself to his best ability. "A little help?" she jumped, then watched as he turned around. She blasted him with a jet of water, cleaning him up, but soaking through his clothes. "Thanks." he said.

"Does this mean..?"

"Yeah, I'll come with you, if nothing else I can always leave if it doesn't work out." he stated after sighing. Juvia significantly brightened at this, happy she had managed to sway him.

"So, I guess since I'll be travelling with you, we should at least properly introduce ourselves, yeah? My name's Katsuro, I'm assuming yours is juvia." he stated it as a question.

"Yes, Juvia Lockser."

"Right, I'm katsuro toran."

"Well katsuro, would you be willing to take Juvia to where those bandits are? You see, the reason Juvia is even out here is because there was a mission asking for someone to deal with them, and well… you did that job for Juvia, albeit more brutal than she would have, but you completed it for her just the same."

"Yea i'll lead you there, but be warned, it's not pretty."

"Juvia understands."

—-—

After a while of walking, Katsuro began to notice Juvia was getting more withdrawn, becoming nervous, and after 20 minutes, decided to bring it up. "You all right, Juvia, you seem nervous?"

She startled at first, but then looked to him and smiled, "it's nothing Katsuro, it's just… doesn't this rain bother you?"

"Not really, sun's too bright most of the time so i wear sunglasses, but the clouds stop that. Not to mention that fact that it's the middle of summer and the rain is really helping to cool it down. Why, does it bother you?"

She grew sullen and replied, "Yes, it does," she began softly. "For as long as Juvia can remember, these clouds have always followed her, constantly raining. Juvia cannot even remember what the blue skies look like sometimes, what the warm sun feels like. She will never know, because she's curses to be the rain woman." she finished sadly.

"It's not so much a curse, as your magic subconsciously feeding the rain, you know."

"What?!" she yelled. "How? Juvia doesn't feel any drain from her reserves, so it must not be using much."

"Its not, in the grand scheme of things, because you have a stupidly large amount of magical energy. My guess is, it's been that constant drain for so long, that your magical core improved to keep up the clouds naturally, feeding the rain without you ever noticing the drain because it refills quickly. I can think of a few ways to stop it, at least for awhile if you want. One is I can try to help you navigate your core and stop the tendril of magic that's being fed into the clouds yourself. Or I can spar with you until you've burned through all of your magic, then, at least for awhile, you wouldn't be feeding the cloud as your magical energy would be focused on refilling your core. I could also attempt to destroy the cloud, then there would be nothing to feed magic into until you create another cloud, which I doubt you could do subconsciously."

"How do you know all of this? Juvia has been been trying to find help for this all her life, so how do you know how to help me!" she demanded emotionally, even switching into first person, truly showing how much this affected her. "Tell me...please." she nearly whispered, eyes brimming with tears.

"I can sense magical energy, and my father taught me a spell that makes it visible to my eyes, you can even see it, look." she walked closer and examined his eyes, only to find tiny magic circles over the cornea of his hazel colored eyes. "I can see the tendril of magic being fed into the cloud, and I can also see the miniscule amount of magic in each raindrop, it honestly is almost nothing per drop, but it adds up you know. Plus, like you said, you thought it was a curse, so you've been trying to find a countercurse to a curse that doesn't exist. And about knowing how much energy you have, like I said, I can sense magic, and yours is like my own, it's like a raging river coming from your core when you use it whereas most average mages get a stream or creek at most. If you expanded out and focused on creating a magical aura around you, I'm sure it would feel like swimming in the middle of a lake of magic."

"And you have a similar amount of energy?" she asked, flabbergasted.

"Let's just say I'm no slouch when it comes to magic, and leave it at that for now." he stated, then softened his tone. "Now, would you like my help Juvia."

She ran over to him and grabbed his hands, dropping her umbrella into a puddle, "pleasepleaseplease! Please...help me." she begged. "I've lived with this burden for so long, the rain has driven away everyone I've cared about. The woman who took me in at the orphanage when I was an infant, she looked after me until she felt I could survive on my own, then she forced me out of the only home I'd known and told me to never come back, I sat crying in the forest for a full day afterwards crying over what I'd lost. I drifted from town to town until Master Jose found me and offered me a place in Phantom, and even the people in Phantom dislike me, but they accept me because I'm powerful. B-but that's not what I want! I want people to accept me for me! Not because I'm a strong mage! I want friends, family, love, but I've been denied all of that because of this damn rain my entire life! Even my first boyfriend Bora broke up with me after a few months because 'this rain is so gloomy, I'm sorry but I can't stand it anymore.'. Juvia hasn't been in a relationship since Bora because she was too scared of being hurt again. Please take this away from me, help me see the sun again." she finished her plea, tears masked by the rain now soaking her, causing her curled hair to unfurl and straighten out.

"Juvia… I had no idea things had been so bad for you. I'll help you Juvia, and once this is over with, how about you make your first friend by starting with me, though I'd be your friend even with the rain, you might not believe me, but I swear I would never abandon someone so obviously in need of a companion as yourself Juvia." he was astounded at how Juvia had managed to stay sane up to this point, and retain such a kind soul as to go so far to save someone like him when she didn't have to. He swore a vow that he would help Juvia see the sun.

"How do you want to go about this Juvia, which option do you want to try."

She had mostly composed herself at this point, but she was still without her umbrella, not even noticing that she was getting wet at this point, too engrossed in the new hope that had bloomed in her heart, hope that she might be free of the clouds and rain finally. Her blue eyes stared hard at Katsuro, thinking about her choices. "Let's try having Juvia close it herself, so she'll be able to do it later on if the rain tries to come back." Ketsuro smiled gently and said. "Alright, close your eyes and find your magical core, I'm sure someone as strong as you has meditated before and found it, at the very least.

"Yes, Juvia has meditated in the past, but she found it tedious and difficult."

"I'll help you, don't worry. Now then sit down and cross your legs, that's it. Close your eyes and start counting, that's what I do. Count until the only thought in your mind is the next number, then stop thinking about counting altogether. It's an effective way to clear your mind; boring, but effective. Once you've cleared your mind entirely, start searching inwards for your core, it's easier for me because I can sense magic, but it shouldn't be too difficult for you considering how much magical energy you actually have." he repeated this a few times for her over the next several minutes, eventually falling into silence and meditating himself, reaching out until he could feel her magical core, waiting until she finally mumbled. "Found it."

"Attagirl, now that you've found it, search until you've found the tendril, it's the only thing that's using your magic at the moment, so you should be able to find it fairly easily. Once you've found it, sever it at the source, cut it, slice it, like you're cutting a piece of meat, just make sure it isn't connected to your magical core at all, not even a sliver or it'll repair itself." he felt her search out the tendril and cut through it, cleanly separating the connection to the clouds from her magical core. Over the next few minutes he coaxed her out of her deep meditation, as she wasn't used to searching so deeply into her magic and would've taken much longer otherwise.

By the time they had both returned to themselves, the rain had lessened to a sprinkle, and the dark grey clouds had lightened to a light grey, and dissipated enough to let blue sky and sun rays peak through the grey veil. She opened her eyes and stared for a long moment into his hazel eyes, then practically tackled him in a hug, repeating 'thank you's over and over. He just patted her back awkwardly and tried to prevent her from falling into the mud that she'd accidentally knocked him back into, though he realized the fruitlessness of that when he remembered she'd been sitting in the mud for a long while now, at least an hour and a half, probably closer to two by his estimation.

He eventually managed to calm her down, and nudged her shoulder with his own, urging her to look up. When she did, she saw the most beautiful sight, clear skies with the sun poking through the trees, letting rays beam down into the small clearing they were in. "beautiful…" she whispered, red rimmed eyes sparkling in the light.

"You know… I say the light is annoying most of the time, but yea, this really is a damn beautiful view." Katsuro said softly, basking in the view himself, though he glanced at Juvia for a moment and smiled at how joyful she was over something that nearly everyone took for granted.

After letting her bask in the sunlight for awhile, he got to his feet, pulling her with him. "Alright, I suppose we should make for the bandit camp, so you can get proof that they won't be a problem anymore."

"Alright, katsuro, let's go." she replied softly.

So they trudged onwards, through the still wet ground, not stopping for nearly half an hour, until Juvia saw smoke rising in the distance, and pointed it out.

"What's that, more bandits?"

"No… that's just the camp, I left it in a state after the fight with the dark wizard."

He led her through the brush, towards the smoke plume, dreading facing the battlefield again, and dreading showing Juvia even more. "Juvia, can I ask a request of you?"

"You gave Juvia the sun and sky, ask her and she will do everything she can for you." she smiled softly as she said this.

"Well you stopped me from killing myself, so I'd consider us even," he countered. "But anyways, I got off topic. Please Juvia, don't judge me too harshly for what I did here, when I saw that man, I lost myself in my rage, I don't even remember all of what I did to the bandits in my way, they were little more than a nuisance, but I'm sure I was fairly brutal against them. I would hate to drive away a new friend, especially one as kind as yourself."

"Juvia swears to you, on her life, that she will not turn you away for this, no matter what she sees. Though you may see us as even, Juvia still feels she owes you for what you've done for her, and even if she didn't, Juvia can tell you are a kind person as well, just one who has been affected by grief and let revenge cloud your mind. Juvia won't fault you for that, she will make sure she's around to snap you out of it should it ever start happening again. Juvia will be happy being the one to help you carry your burdens."

` "that's a two way street, Juvia. You help me with my burdens and I'll help you with yours. I told you, even if the rain didn't go away, I would still stick around because I see how brightly your soul shines against the darkness around it, I see it and it makes me happy to be able to call such a strong person a friend."

With that, he pushed on, leaving Juvia staring at him for a moment, before hurrying to follow him. They reached the camp quickly, stepping around a wagon to see the carnage that Katsuro had wrought upon them. There was a large group of bodies grouped up in the center of the camp, leading back to the far edge where one final corpse appeared to have been torn apart by great force.

"Like I said before, the bandits were little more than a hindrance separating me from my quarry. When I beat the dark bastard… I gave back what he did to my father tenfold." he stated darkly. Juvia kept her face expressionless and pulled out a camera from her satchel and began taking pictures of the bandits. She didn't take one of the dark wizard, as he wasn't part of the contract. When she was done she put away the camera, then looked at him, hard gaze softening slightly as she put a hand on his bicep to lead him out of the clearing.

"See, nothings changed, Juvia still wants to be your friend. You Say that Juvia has a bright soul, but she has seen darkness up close many times. Trust Her when she says that killing outlaws and a dark wizard won't change her opinion of you." she told him after they were out of sight of the campsite.

"Yeah, guess I was nervous over nothing, sorry about that." Katsuro said sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. They strode through the woods for awhile in comfortable silence, Juvia occasionally stopping to look at different areas that looked nice in the sunlight, a bounce in her step the entire trip back to town.

Katsuro decided to wait outside the mayor's office while Juvia went inside to turn in her contract to the mayor. She greeted the man, then reached into her satchel for the Photographs she took of the bandits, and handed them over to the portly mayor. As he looked through the pictures, numbering around ten, his face grew greener the longer he stared at them. Finally, he viewed the last one, and passed them back to her, choosing to sit in silence for a moment. "I asked you to capture them, you know, not massacre them." he began quietly. "What I saw in those photos would look more like an animal attack, were they not so clearly slashed by a blade. I do not see a sword on you miss lockser, so would you kindly tell me if you have any clues about who exactly did this?" he asked.

"It would be best if the person who did this remained anonymous. The culprit wasn't even after the bandits, but a dark wizard that had joined up with them. From what Juvia gathered, they chose to stand between this mage and their target, which resulted in the evidence Juvia showed you. She assures you, this mage will cause no trouble for your village, and the dark wizard was taken care of in a similar manner to the bandits, so they will also trouble your town no further."

The man stared down at his desk, eyeing a random sheet of paper that he had yet to sign and send off. Eventually he let out a long sigh and said. "I don't like it. I don't like it one bit. If I were able to, I would search out this man and attempt to have him arrested. But… this slaughter is legal, frowned upon heavily, but legal because of their own status as wanted men; I will leave things as they are and trust your word as the job was completed, brutally or no. just ensure he knows that such acts repeated near my town will mean the law being brought down to the fullest extent." he sighed again and dragged his hand down his face, wearied by the events he had seen. "Here is your reward Miss Lockser, 300,000 jewels as promised on the flier, plus a 20,000 bonus for a speedy resolution of the problem."

"Thank you very much, sir. Should you require a mages assistance again, Phantom Lord is always looking for work." with that she stood up and left the office, rejoining her companion who was laying a bench in front of the building, appearing to be dozing, with his forearm laid over his eyes to block the sun. a mischievous grin soon grew on her face, and could Katsuro see it he might fear for his person, but unfortunately he did not, which is why approximately 5 seconds later, he felt himself get doused by a jet of water, and approximately 7 seconds later, he hit the sidewalk as he had fallen off the bench, coughing as water had gone down his windpipe. Eventually he collected himself and mock glared at Juvia, who to her credit, had made sure he was actually okay before starting laughing.

"Could you have at least made the water a little warmer, that was ice cold!" he commented, conveying his displeasure at his current disposition, but Juvia merely giggled and offered a hand to help him up, which he took quickly, beginning to chuckle himself. The duo decided to have lunch before leaving town, stopping at a small cafe near the edge of the village called the beanstalk. The reason they chose this cafe in particular was it had an outside patio with serving tables, and since Juvia was still enjoying the sunlight, they wanted to sit outside.

Juvia ordered some tea and a sandwich as she hadn't eaten anything since breakfast that morning. Katsuro went for just an iced coffee, but at juvia urging him to eat, also ordered a donut for a snack. They sat in comfortable silence until they were done eating, then Katsuro decided to speak while they enjoyed the remains of their drinks. "So Juvia, I think we should talk about what's gonna happen when we're done in this town. Are we staying together, splitting up, what're we doing?"

Juvia looked concerned at the prospect of separating from her first friend, but answered. "Juvia would like it if you would stay with her. You could join Juvia's guild, Phantom Lord. She is certain master Porla would accept you, especially with Juvia's recommendation. We could stay close to each other that way, without one of us having to go to extremes just to see the other. But if you don't want to do that, Juvia is willing to go to those extremes for her first friend, she'll come visit you 4 villages over if you don't want to join Juvia." though she clearly looked like she preferred the first option, not out of wanting the easy way, Katsuro knew, but out of a desire to remain close to each other, a desire Katsuro shared.

"Juvia… I'll admit I'm nervous about the idea of joining a guild, i've been a solo mage ever since I left home when I was a kid drawn to adventure, joining a guild seems daunting," she looked down at this, trying to conceal her sadness. "But I'm willing to try it out, for you." she flashed him a blinding smile and got up to hug him, squeezing the air from his lungs.

After managing to get her off of him, he gasped out, "Damn girl, that's one serious hug you've got, I thought you were gonna break a rib." Juvia blushed but giggled.

"Juvia is a mage you know, she isn't just weak. Though she will admit she thinks she's a hugger, now that she's able to be around people." she got a predatory grin at this and spread her arms out at him, causing Katsuro to give a mock fearful look, before they both started laughing.

—

They decided to head back to Phantom Lord's guildhall on foot instead of by train, so as to allow Juvia more time to enjoy the lack of rain. It was a 3 day walk from the small village they had recently departed from. They realized about an hour out of town that Juvia was lacking in camping supplies, so Katsuro offered her his tent and decided to sleep under the stars, which Juvia was reluctant to accept as she didn't want to make him uncomfortable just because she was unprepared, but he managed to convince her by the time the sun started setting.

Katsuro managed to awe her for the nth time that day by helping her up a tree so she could watch the sunset free of visual impediments. She was graced by a cloud free sunset which lit the sky red and orange. She could see a flock of birds flying in the distance, what species they were she was unable to tell, but they made such a sight with the blood red sky as a backdrop, flying in a V formation against the impending nightfall. Sitting near the top of the tree, Katsuro holding her by the waist to prevent her from falling off, while unnecessary, watching the beautiful falling sun, Juvia was overcome by a feeling she had been missing her entire life, and it took her a moment to realize what it was; upon thinking it over, she realized it was a sense of peace, of belonging that had been denied her until now, and it nearly made her tear up again for yet another time that day. Juvia felt her entire life had done a 180 today, and she suddenly found herself exhausted. She leaned into Katsuro, who tightened his grip in response, and asked. "You wanna go down?" she only nodded with her eyes closed in response. He used his magic, though she didn't notice in her state, to cause a second branch to grow from the tree in front of the one they were already on, and walked onto it so he could swing her onto his back and climb down easily.

About halfway down Juvia burrowed her cheek into his shoulder and started speaking softly, only for them to hear, as though this was a private moment. "You know, Juvia wasn't like this before today. Before you saved her, she was always closed off to the world, unwilling to show emotion because she knew she'd only get burned in the end. But you changed all that, it's like when you helped her stop the rain, you gave her the key to unlock herself, and now she feels freer than she has in… ever, she thinks." she giggled quietly. "Juvia means this from the bottom of her heart, thank you for what you've done for her."

"You don't have to thank me Juvia, you've repaid the debt already, both by saving my life and becoming my friend. After my village was destroyed I didn't see my life extending far beyond revenge, but for the first time in awhile, I'm hopeful about the future." they reached the bottom of the tree, and Juvia hopped off his back and walked sleepily to her tent, bidding him goodnight softly, and literally falling asleep, on top of the blankets. Katsuro covered her up, but left the tent unzipped as it was nice outside that night, not too cold or hot, but perfect.

Before he managed to fall asleep himself, though, he heard a small found fill their campsite, having to strain his ears to hear what exactly it was. He realized after a moment that it was Juvia… lightly snoring, which caused him to let out an unmanly giggle. 'So she snores… that'll be fun teasing material.' he thought amusedly, drifting off into his own quiet snore filled slumber quickly.

AN: next time, three days journey and phantom lord! The juvia Im going for isnt gonna be a stalker who chases after a douche like show juvia, but she will still be the overwhelmingly positive person she is in fairy tail, without the slight creepiness for the most part, idk how different she's gonna be fully yet. Gonna be working on this and the other 5 stories im writing at the moment… this was just the one i had the most inspiration for at the time. Hope y'all enjoyed see yall next chapter. R&R pls, helps a beginning writer to see what he could do better.