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What should Juvia do? Because of the shopping Juvia did a week ago, she can't pay the Fairy Hills rent. Standing at the quest board, Juvia couldn't find any jobs interesting, should Juvia just pick a bunch of easy quests? But that's so boring…

"Juvia!" A blur of pink and tan entered Juvia's vision, which soon solidified into a pair of sharp eyes, pink hair and a cheery face.

"Natsu-san! What's wrong?"

"Wanna do a quest with me?" Natsu-san showed a quest to Juvia. Juvia took the paper out of Natsu-san's hand and read it out loud.

"Let's see, looking for a magical gemstone in Greybrook, contact client for more information. The reward is…a million Jewels! That's so much for a magical gemstone! Isn't this an S-class job?"

"No. Do you want to go then?"

"Why not go with your team then Natsu-san." The dragon slayer in question turned huffy and folded his arms.

"Erza and Happy went with Wendy to find some herb, and ice princess is with Lucy."

"Are you angry?"

"Not really." Yep, he's angry, it's kind of cute.

"Juvia understands, Juvia will go with you."

"Really? Thank you!" Natsu-san, tactless as he is, pulled Juvia into a hug! I—it's warm…

"Natsu-san…you're…umm…close…"

"What's wrong?"

"N—nothing." Natsu-san finally backed away and gave Juvia a charming grin. Juvia is steaming! Natsu-san, how do you have no problem with hugging people out of the blue?

"See ya at nine Juvia! I need to pack up."

"Yes…" Juvia didn't move until she couldn't see Natsu-san's silhouette, still trying to process what just happened. Somehow, Juvia made it back home without bumping into anything.

Juvia believes she prepared enough, in her backpack, Juvia has a set of clothes, spare food, a sleeping bag, water bottle and other outdoor essentials. Juvia is wearing a black jacket along with her usual outfit. What Juvia didn't prepare for, is that she is travelling with a dragon slayer, despite travelling with Gajeel-kun before.


"I'm going to die…" Natsu-san was leaning against a window of the train and threw up whatever he had for breakfast.

"It's just like Gajeel-kun."

"Of course! Urck! We're both…uhh…dragon…slayers…uhhh…"

"Is there anyway Juvia can help?"

"C—can you do what Erza will do?"

"And that is?"

"Knock…me…out" More stuff came flying out of Natsu-san's mouth.

"Are you sure? What if you fall to the floor?"

"That's why…Erza lays me down…on her lap…"

"Ehh?"

"P—please." Juvia got up and sat next to Natsu-san.

"Sorry!" Juvia delivered a chop onto Natsu-san's neck, taking him out and laying his head on Juvia's lap. For such a violent way to ease the suffering, Natsu-san's face has content and peace written all over it. Juvia wiped away the gastro-residue from Natsu-san's lips with tissue, giving Juvia full access to his facial features.

This is the first time Juvia has ever seen this peaceful side to Natsu-san. Juvia traced his steep jawline; stopping at the chin; rubbing it slightly; then moved onto his cheek. Juvia poked it a few times and found out it was surprisingly soft, so that's how he can fit so much food in his mouth. Why is Juvia doing this? Juvia started to stroke Natsu-san's spikey hair, earning her several coos from the dragon slayer's mouth. How cute!

Seeing how there is still two hours left to the train ride, Juvia figured that she should do some studying on Greybrook. So Juvia pulled out a guide of Fiore and flipped to the right page. Found it!

Greybrook is a special forest spanning over 150 square kilometres and surrounded by mountain ranges, making it isolated from the rest of the world. This resulted in unique species of wildlife that can only be found in Greybrook to appear. Also due to the mountains, Greybrook receives less sunlight than in other places, the only time when the entire forest is lit by the sun is when the sun reaches the zenith. Other abnormal weather and climate should be expected.

Travellers should expect tall trees and pay attention to the sun's position when visiting this area of Fiore. The recommend route is to cut through (4985 m), the shortest mountain out of the mountain range.

So that's why the pay is so high, we are going to a dangerous place. At least we have to meet up with the client before we head there, we should thoroughly prepare. Juvia thinks that these clothes won't be good enough. Maybe adding another person might be a good idea.

Juvia packed away her guide and stared back at Natsu-san. Seeing his sleeping face somehow eases Juvia's worries. Juvia feels safe with Natsu-san.


We are going to arrive in about a minute or so, Juvia doesn't want to disturb Natsu-san from sleeping but she must. Juvia whispered into Natsu-san's ears while shaking his shoulders.

"Natsu-san, Natsu-san, wake up we're almost there." He stirred slightly. Juvia tried again, this time, more forcefully. "Natsu-san. Wake up, we're here." Juvia changed to patting his shouldered.

"Lucy, not now…" Juvia turned to using her final method: splashing cold water on Natsu-san's head.

"Whoa! What was that for Juvia?"

"For being Natsu-san." Why did Juvia do that? What is happening to Juvia? This feels familiar.

"You're not making sense."

"Come on! We already arrived." Juvia got and took a few steps, numb…

"Yeah, yeah." Juvia stumbled forward into a chair. "Are you okay?"

"Fine. Juvia's legs are just numb from sitting too long. Also, from having Natsu-san—"

"Get on." Natsu-san knelt facing away from Juvia.

"B—but—"

"Hurry up." Juvia climbed into Natsu-san's back.

"Are we really going out like this?"

"Yup." Natsu-san already got out of the train door. Well…this isn't too bad; his back is comfy. We stayed like this in silence until we got out of the train station. The town which out client lives in is quite a charming place. It's smaller than Magnolia but, Juvia can get a good feel over the friendly atmosphere of the place; everywhere Juvia looks, she can see people smiling and laughing. Stone houses were built in organized rows. Some tree was planted here and there, giving the town a nice vibe.

"Juvia, are you fine now?"

"N—no! Just…a bit more, Juvia's leg are still numb…"

"No problem. By the way, do you know where the client is?"

"Master said it's the huge mansion at the top of a hill."

"Let's find it after we eat something, I'm starving."

"You're such a glutton."

"I can't help it, I threw up a bunch." Natsu-san whined like a child.

"Fine, fine, we'll go to a restaurant. But, Juvia isn't paying, Juvia isn't hungry yet."

"Thank you!" We found a place to eat that was pretty cheap. Juvia had a cup of tea and Natsu-san ordered well…everything, more than once.

"Natsu-san, you should eat slowly, no one is going to take the food away from you."

"But I'm hungry." A pile of plates responded, err…Natsu-san responded. That's right, Juvia can't even see her companion because of how much he's eating.

"Are you sure you can pay for that?"

"Yup!" Hearing Natsu-san gulp down something vigorously, Juvia's worries didn't stop. And the mountain of plates didn't help either. "Thank you for the meal!"

"Over here! We would like to pay." A waitress that came over had the same worried look as Juvia has. What if Natsu-san didn't bring money?

"That'll amount to fourteen thousand, six hundred and thirty-nine Jewels please." That's almost a sixth of Juvia's monthly rent! Please have enough money Natsu-san, Juvia is low on money, she needs to buy other things too.

"Here's fifteen thousand." Natsu-san said calmly. "You can keep the change, we're in a hurry."

"T—thank you…please come again…"

"Sure! Juvia, let's go." Natsu-san grabbed Juvia by the wrist and pulled her out of the restaurant hastily. "Big mansion, big mansion…ahh! Over there." Natsu-san pointed to a massive white building in the distance sitting on top of a hill. Natsu-san released Juvia's hand and broke into a run. "Whoever gets there last will owe the other a favour!"

"Wha—That's cheating!" Juvia chased after the cheater. "Natsu-san, wait up! That's not fair!"

"No waaaay!"


"Juvia…you're…pretty fast." Natsu-san said in between breaths, Juvia was heaving too. "But…you still...lost!"

"Cheater…" What will Natsu-san make Juvia do?

"You hit me with magic didn't you?"

"That's because Natsu-san got a head start."

"Then we're even, so it cancels out."

"That's not how it works!" We were bickering at the front door of the mansion, Juvia didn't get a good look at the building itself because Natsu-san decided to have a race but, Juvia can tell this place oozes of money, the door is plenty of evidence. It was made up of dark red wood with a golden door knob. Carvings of deer were abundant around the center. The frame of the tree was made to look like trees that—

"I guess we should enter."

"Yes!"

"I'll cash in on the favour later but first," Natsu-san gave the door two sharp knocks. "we should meet this guy."

"Who might you be?"

"We're fairy Tail wizards in charge of the job."

"I understand, please wait." Diminishing footsteps came from within the door, presumably a servant, a maid judging from the voice.

"Hey Juvia."

"What is it Natsu-san?"

"Why did you come on this job with me?"

"Juvia has to pay her rent but can't find any interesting jobs."

"Good thing I found you right? Otherwise you would've been stuck cleaning someone's garden or something."

"Perhaps. Where did you find that request anyway?"

"I asked gramps for harder quests."

"You can do that?"

"Yup! But only if he thinks you can do it."

"Thank you for waiting, the young master is waiting for you." The doors opened, revealing a stunning brunette wearing a maid uniform. She has gorgeous hazel eyes that is more like topaz gemstones. Her hair was fastened into a bun, giving her a great sense of dignity. "Please show me your guild marks." Natsu-san turned to show the guild mark on his right shoulder and Juvia rolled up her dress on the left side, showing her guild mark. "Please, follow me." The maid led us up a flight of stairs that was covered with red carpet; along a corridor decorated with paintings, pottery and flowers; to a plain brown door. "Young master, I brought the Fairy Tail wizards."

"Come in." The maid opened the doors for us. Natsu-san took the first step, followed by Juvia, then the maid. "Sorry for making you come all this way just to meet me." Sitting at a desk, was a person around twenty with short blond with striking green eyes. If Juvia didn't come from Fairy Tail, this person would have been handsome, but he's average in Juvia's eyes. Juvia really is spoilt for choice.

"No, we're wizards, we're used to travel."

"I see…I guess that's true, wizards really are amazing—" The maid coughed loudly. "Ahh sorry! Please have a seat!" The man gestured to two expensive looking velvet chairs knitted with a rose pattern. "Caroline, thank you for bringing them here, you may take a rest." The man said with a smile, resulting in a blush coming from the maid. She bowed and left the room quietly.

"So, you're the client?" Natsu-san said, sitting down and so did Juvia.

"Yes, I'm Melvin Hart, son of Keith Hart, a Baron. And you two are?"

"Natsu Dragneel."

"Juvia Lockser."

"Natsu-san and Juvia-san is it? Shall we get into business?"

"Yes!" "Of course!"

"Well I'm sure you know that I'm looking for a magical gemstone from Greybrook. The truth is I'm not sure if there is one…"

"What?" Natsu-san looked confused

"I want you two to go in that forest and locate the stone, if it does exist, please bring it back to me. If it doesn't I'll pay you either way."

"If you don't mind Juvia asking, what do you need the stone for."

"T—to propose to Caroline."

"Ehh? But she's your servant!?"

"Actually, she's a daughter of another noble, but she lost a bet against me, so she has to be my maid for the week. We're really in a relationship."

"What kind of play is this!?" Melvin was blushing up a storm, meanwhile Natsu-san was nodding profoundly. I—is that going t—to be Natsu-san's favour!? That's more like a punishment!

"A—anyway, I was planning on proposing for a while now but, I want the make the ring special, we're both rich so, anything expensive will be meaningless. That's when my father told me of a rumor."

"A rumor?"

"Yes, a rumor that a tree that bears gemstones as fruit grows in Greybrook. I tried to go there myself however…"

"You couldn't get past the mountain?"

"That's exactly right, it was too cold for me."

"Maybe that's why gramps gave me the request." Natsu-san cut in.

"Most likely, I told your Master of the struggles I had. I even suggested a fire mage should go."

"But still, if you're paying for us to do it. Then, isn't it the same?" Natsu-san asked.

"Y—you're right…however, after failing three times, I no longer can get the rumor out of my mind."

"Alright, we'll do it."

"Thank you very much!"

"I do have another question."

"Please go ahead."

"How are you going to tell if we are telling the truth?"

"Are you—"

"Don't misunderstand. I will never slander Fairy Tail's name. However, I ain't working for someone that hasn't worked things out." Natsu-san looks…scary and kind of cool.

"Of course…my apologies. I hired an experienced interrogator that can spot out any lie. Also, I hired Fairy Tail specifically because of the reputation."

"Okay! Consider it done!" Natsu-san gave Melvin-san his signature grin.

"Thank you!"

"Juvia, you have no problems right?"

"None."

"Then let's go!" Natsu-san got up from his seat and left.

"Juvia is sorry for his actions, he's a bit impatient."

"No it's fine, I should be apologizing for making you two go somewhere that might be meaningless."

"No problem, Natsu-san like adventuring anyway. Well then, Juvia has to go, we'll come back with the gemstone Melvin-san!" Juvia ran out to meet with Natsu-san.


"Natsu-san wait up!" Juvia grabbed onto Natsu-san's shoulder. "We need to prepare for the trip."

"Why?"

"The mountain range is really cold."

"I'm a fire mage."

"Juvia isn't! Also, the climb is going to be long, we need to pack enough food."

"Fine, I got it."

"First, we need to go to the clothing store." Natsu-san grumbled something about girls and clothing as he followed Juvia to the clothing store.

"Hey Natsu-san, which one do you think is better?" Juvia showed two winter coats to Natsu-san, one black, the other dark blue.

"Does it really matter? You'll probably pick the thing I didn't pick."

"Where did you get that?"

"Every time I shopped with Lucy." Lucy-san again huh…

"Juvia promises she won't do that so please pick one."

"Then, the black one."

"You think so too!? Then I'll get this one. And a pair of warm trousers. Natsu-san, can you pick a hat and scarf for Juvia? Juvia needs to find some trousers."

"Okaaaay." Juvia browsed through different types of wool trousers, ultimately deciding on a brown one.

"Juvia, here." Natsu-san handed Juvia a grey wool hat and a black, blue checked scarf.

"Thank you."

"I'll wait for you outside okay?"

"Yes!"

Alone in the mountains with Natsu-san, this might not be too bad…


Thank You for reading! I'm finally getting around to a story arc, I put it off for a while now because I suck at fight scenes, please give me suggestions on how to improve when that time comes. I might not upload as much due to me rewriting the scene(I suck at fight scenes) if I'm not happy with it.

On the side note, how am I handling on Juvia's slow interest change? Is it too fast or just right? Also, none of you guys told me if their is too much description or not, I think I do too much talking and my descriptions aren't vivid enough. But that's not for me to decide.

I managed not to use our measurement system for a while now and I hope it doesn't bother you as much as it does with me. My work-arounds doesn't really work in a guidebook.

Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoyed. I look forward for your feedback.