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"Hey, what presents have you planned?" The girls were huddled up together in a circle, helping each other with the winter cold, Mira was trying the glean our Christmas plans.

"I plan to give Gray a jacket for what it's worth, I mean, he would just end up taking it anyway" Lucy said with a sigh. "Other clothes just don't work with him, he would lose them, so you got any ideas?"

"How about treating him to dinner?"

"Won't that just come off as super lazy and have no thought put into it? Besides, I don't think Gray would be happy having me treat him to dinner, even when we split the bills, he always takes the bigger portion."

"How about something hand-made? That shows sincerity."

"That could work, I'll have to think about it. Juvia, how about you? What do you plan to give Natsu?" Juvia thought about it for a while, Natsu does seem pretty happy about everything, there really isn't anything that Juvia can give Natsu that'll make him happier than he is now.

"Juvia has no idea, there's still two weeks, Juvia plans to us that time to think about it."

"I see, you have it rough too huh? That's what happens when you have a boyfriend." Loretta commented. "I'm just planning to go back home and spend it with my parents, father said that mother is coming back to see how's my magic training going."

"Good luck," Mira said with a smile. "I'm sure you'll impress her. And about Juvia's problem…hmmm…" Mira placed a finger on her chin for a good five seconds or so. Then she started laying out the situation. "Natsu is the type of person that's happy with whatever he gets, as long it has memories in it, he'll even cherish rumble. Why don't you…you know, give him a great meal. Natsu won't really mind it."

"Juvia think that she's explore Fiore and see if there's anything interesting to give him." As Juvia made her way out of the door, everyone else gave Juvia words of encouragement.

The cold winds of winter made Juvia miss being with Natsu—Juvia will miss it even more once she starts travelling—he's the perfect heater, when he's around, Juvia can get away with wearing less stuffier clothing. But now, Juvia is tucked tight with a black winter coat, a navy-blue scarf, and two pairs of trousers. Juvia is now heading to Natsu's house to tell him that Juvia is going to be away for a while. Thankfully it hasn't started snowing yet so, Juvia can still see the road and knows where to go. Once it snows however, Juvia will need Natsu as a guide until she gets used to it.


"Natsu? Are you in?" Juvia opened the door to Natsu's house, seeing the dragon slayer fully packed and ready to go, Happy was sitting on his shoulders, taking full advantage of his body heat. "Where are you going? Do you want Juvia to come with you?"

No, I need to do this alone, with Happy of course."

"Aye!"

"So, what's up?" Natsu grinned.

"Well, Juvia is here to telling you that Juvia is going on a journey too."

"What a coincidence! Us too! What're you doing?"

"Juvia won't tell you unless you tell Juvia why you're going." Natsu's face became awkward, trying to hide something from Juvia.

"Natsu, no secrets, we're a couple, trust Juvia."

"I'm going to get you a Christmas present…" Juvia was shocked, we had the same idea! This makes thing so much easier to explain! "Now! Why are you going?"

"The same reason as you." Natsu's eye got a fiery blaze and to be honest, Juvia's passion was boiling as well.

"We'll see who's is better!" "Let's see who gets the better one!"

"If I win…you'll have to move in with me!" Juvia's head overloaded instantly, living with Natsu, tha—that means…we'll have kids!? We're out in the middle of nowhere, no one can hear…hear us, does that mean we can go as crazy as—no! We're nowhere near that level! First comes kids, then marriage, then dating—Juvia got it backwards! Juvia took a while for her brain to make a proper response that's not mumbling and strange sounds.

"Wha—that's not fair! You want Juvia to lose on purpose!"

"Why would I want crappy present?"

"T—then, if Juvia wins, you'll…you'll have to be Juvia's dress-up doll for two weeks! And, you have to listen to what Juvia says for a week…"

"You know I hate that!"

"But…but…Juvia wants to see you in different clothes…you keep finding excuses to avoid it. Besides! You made such an outrageous request!" Juvia's rational side took over, Juvia won't have her kids live in this small house! For the kids's happiness, this cute house needs to go! "Juvia will lose on purpose if the stakes aren't at least this high! Do you even know how much trouble moving is!?

"Juvia will have to bring all the furniture, decoration, appliances and more! Especially the bed! Juvia's bed is better than your hammock. Furthermore, can this small house even fit another person? Also, if you don't at least—" Before Juvia could keep on ranting, Natsu covered Juvia's mouth.

"I got it! Sheesh, I'll make the house bigger if you have to move in, I'll help you move as well, happy?" He released Juvia to give Juvia a chance to speak.

"What about Juvia's friend? Juvia will miss having her friends as roommates."

"You can stay there at weekends!"

"Then we have a deal."

"Remember, we have to be back three days before Christmas, we need to help the town celebrate as well. Only one item each, no help from others. Are you fine with that?"

"Yes!"

"I won't lose!"

"Neither will Juvia!"

"By the way, how do we know who wins?" Natsu tactlessly destroyed the competitive vibe.

"Well…we can have some judges. How about, Mira, Master, Lucy, Levy and Bisca?"

"Why is gramps the only guy?"

"Because most guys are tasteless! We'll have Alzack-san instead of Levy then."

"Fine."

"Why aren't I a judge?" Happy raised his paw.

"Because you're going with Natsu, you'll be too biased."

"Hey buddy, go tell the others what happened, we need to give Juvia time to pack her bags, start boxing everything while you're at it!"

"You wish, be prepared to have every picture taken and shared to the female guild members!" Juvia ran off to pack her bags. Juvia won't lose, Natsu, you will regret this! Be—besides, Juvia can move in once we get…married.


When Juvia and Natsu got to the train station with our destinations in mind—we're going separate ways. Juvia found that the Fairy Tail members were formed two distinct groups, one with a sign that says 'Team Natsu' the other 'Team Juvia'

"How did-"

"This happen?" Juvia finished.

"I got…carried away…" Happy admitted with a fresh-looking fish in his mouth. So, he got bribed. Juvia should've expected this. Useless cat.

"Go get those pictures for us Juvia!" Mira and Cana shouted.

"Natsu! Don't mess this up! You're a real man!" Elfman bellowed.

"Alright!" Master announced. "You two, get ready." The trains arrived with a loud rumble. "Go!" The two of us made a mad dash to our respective trains, never once, did we look back.

Now seated on a train, Juvia was looking up at where Juvia is going. Juvia has heard of a cotton plant that's more resistant than usual. It'll be perfect for Natsu that goes on fights a lot. Juvia can make the perfect set of clothes for Natsu. If this doesn't work out, Juvia can move on to the next areas of interest.

Alderweed is a village that's famous for the cotton clothes produced. The village's main source of income is from the cotton plants called Heek. The cotton made from Heek is resistant to magic and physical attacks. The growing requirements of this plant is difficult to replicate so it can't be mass produced into common clothing.

Travelers who are visiting this place should make an effort to experience the unique surroundings in Alderweed. Alderweed is a place that's teeming with magic and researchers has yet to figure out why. Due to this, most of the residents over there practice magic and incorporate it into their daily lives more so than the other places in Fiore.

After closing her book, Juvia grew excited at the thought of checking out a unique place in Fiore. And it's only over half a day of travelling, compared that to the trips that Juvia goes on with Natsu. Speaking of him, Juvia is worried about his motion sickness, and Juvia comfort him this time, worse, Juvia and Levy didn't find any viable remedies for him. Worst, Juvia is with Natsu on a trip! Since Juvia is going to such an interesting place, it's a shame that we didn't come together. Then again, Natsu might just burn down the cotton…

Upon arrival to Alderweed, Juvia first noticed the faint magic power abundant in the village. Stepping out of the train station, Juvia laid eyes on a queer village, a good portion of it was nothing but fields, the houses were huddled in the middle, it was completely surrounded by fields upon fields of worked ground a long strip of dirt seems to slash the village and fields in two. Even stranger, plants are still growing in winter and yet, the temperature is the same as back in Magnolia. Juvia spotted out that only the fields closest to the houses had Heek Cotton growing, the rest were barren. Although Juvia can't a good look at the plants, the sheer whiteness coming from the plants tells Juvia that they shouldn't look too far off the ones Juvia has seen before.

And that Juvia in the village, the hosues here all have one defining feature, they all have weather equipment. From thermometres to anemometres, each village house was equipped with the tools to tell the weather. Guess they don't need a weather report from an outside source. Juvia found a stout man with a bushy beard in winter clothing looking at Juvia with eyes of a tour guide.

"Is this your first time here?"

"Y—yes."

"And you want some fabric, yes?"

"Yes."

"Sadly, the plants you see here aren't ready for harvesting yet, perhaps next year. I can take a reservation if you want, how much do you need?"

"Umm…do you have some in storage? Juvia really needs the fabric soon."

"For Christmas?"

"How did you know?"

"Why else are you in such a hurry?"

"Then do you have any?"

"We do but, they'll be harder to get."

"Why is that?"

"You see, Heeks are a stubborn plant, they tend to grow optimally in the right conditions, anything else, they just slow right down. And recently, we've come across a 'dry spell' so to speak, we haven't had any good weather in months! Because of that, our reserves are running low."

"So that's how it is." Juvia was planning to head straight to her next destination after hearing about the village's predicament.

"Although, there is a way you can get to our reserves right now. But, I don't recommend it."

"Please tell Juvia! Juvia will do what she can to help!" The man laughed heartily.

"That's being young for you! I'm Nick, the village head. Been growing fluffers as long as I can remember."

"What does Juvia have to do?"

"You see, are watering supply has gone dry for some reason." Nick-san pointed to the indentation a couple steps away from us. "That's the water we usually to water our plants. But, since it dried, we have to use magic to water them. Now for normal plants, that would have been the end of it. These ones are picky you see, if it's not water from that river, it grows even slower."

"So you want Juvia to find out about the river."

"Yup, we've sent people there already but, they all came back injured, they said that a monster attacked them."

"Juvia understands, Juvia will go investigate the problem, if she can, Juvia will also get rid of the problem. In return, please give Juvia the fabric need to make a set of clothes."

"You got yourself a deal!" Juvia followed the dried river upstream, Juvia still has no idea why only the fields that are close to the houses are being used but, Juvia is assuming it has something to do with the picky growing conditions.

Juvia's trek lead up a forest, not a very lively one, every tree was stripped bare of their leaves. A few animals wandered around, most of them are sleeping or left for a warmer place. The roaring winds made Juvia wrap her scarf even tighter, pulled down her hat and leave only the eyes and a small part of Juvia's cheeks. Sadly, still no signs of water in the river. However, Juvia could pull small droplets of water from the river, unlike the river back in Alderweed. Juvia is getting close! Juvia needs to quickly head to her next location.

Rumbling and groaning came from deeper in the forest—still along the river. Juvia ran towards it, hoping that is the source of the river blockage. Juvia found several large eggs wedged into the river. On the other side, clear green water was lively sloshing back and forth. The problem was, a massive lizard with yellow scale, a scary horn and claws that could rip Juvia in two. It stared at Juvia with caution, it then started to slam it tail on the ground all the while bobbing its head up and down, hissing menacingly. This is going to be harder than Juvia thought! The lizard lashed it tongue at Juvia with absurd speed. Juvia dodged it with the help of her magic, redirecting it away from Juvia.

"You're blocking the river; can you please move your eggs out of the way?" Another hiss in response. "Then Juvia has no choice." Juvia's magic swelled up and prepared her next move.


Thanks for reading! I decided to let you guys pick which one will win, I'll drop a poll so that you guys can vote in it. Probably a bad idea because this story only get a hundred or so visitors per chapter but, I really want to do it.

If nothing goes wrong, it should be in my profile

For now, the poll only lasts five days , I can always extend the time limit. The next chapter will just be Juvia running around Fiore to find potential items for the gift.

Until then, I hope you enjoyed! And please go vote! Also, if I did the poll wrong, please teach me how to do it right.