Chapter 3: Intrigues
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"I'm at her apartment first, Ice Pants!", Natsu called out and began to race to Lucy's apartment. Gray following not far behind "Never, Fire Breath!" At the same time the two mages stood in front of the Hearfilia's door. Without knocking they simply went in.
"Lucy?", Natsu called out, but they got no answer. The only sound in the apartment was the running shower. "She's in there.", Natsu grinned perversely and opened the bathroom door, when the water stopped.
The males had expected to see the blonde, but instead it was Juvia, reaching for a towel on the floor next to the shower. The three stopped all completely frozen in shock. The first one to regain her composure was Juvia. She screamed in surprise and aimed a Water Slicer in the males' direction.
A couple of minutes she sat on the arm chair on the other side of the couch Natsu and Gray had sat down on. The bluenette fiddled nervously with her skirt as she apologized for attacking them. "Juvia had thought you were some burglars. She is very sorry for attacking you." "It's alright Juvia, by the way where's Luce?", the salmon haired male grinned. Gray's face was furrowed into a frown. "Lucy-chan just went to get some lunch for us.", the bluenette smiled at the two. As if she had been called the entrance door opened and Lucy rushed into the room.
"Juvia! Something happened at Fairy Hills, they're talking about it in the guild. Hurry.", the bluenette nodded to the two males and followed her blonde friend. The two were not aware of being followed by Natsu and Gray, as they hurried to the guild.
"The fire started last night. We don't exactly know where, all we know is that we searched for Juvia, as she would be able to put a stop to it with her magic. We found her at Lucy's apartment and asked her to come with us. Instead of doing so she only grinned evilly and stated she didn't care.", Lori explained and Juvia was frozen on the spot. Erza turned to the bluenette, after acknowledging her presence "Is this true Juvia?", she asked. The bluenette denied it and Lucy added that Lori and the others never showed up at her apartment.
"Don't you think it's suspicious that there's a fire at Fairy Hills when none of the old members are present?", Gajeel voiced emerging from the shadows with Levy. "So you're saying it was us who started the fire?", Lori challenged and Levy sighed "No he's just saying that it was not Juvia's fault. She would never act like you described to us.", she calmly stated. "You're her accomplices, admit it.", a blonde minion of Lori demanded and Gajeel snorted. "We're her friends. We believe her right, guys?", most of the few older members of the guild nodded.
"Oh really do all of you believe her story? Gray, what do you say about this.", at Lori's question Gray stayed silent. Gajeel's fists clenched at this and was about to throw a punch at the Ice Mage when Juvia spoke up. "Let it be Gajeel-kun. He believes them. You can't blame him though, seems like it's word against word here. And more seem to believe Lori. It really is a pity what happened to our family after they joined. Since you're so sure it is Juvia's fault that Fairy Hills burnt down, what do you want me to do for punishment.", Juvia sighed. She knew she had no chance against the huge number of new members that were all against her, not to mention Gray. That he was believing Lori really took all energy from the bluenette.
"See she's confessing that it's true. ", Lori grinned and a dark haired male at the back yelled "Throw her out of the guild." "Stop this nonsense!", Mirajane suddenly screamed through the noise. "This is not your decision. Let her talk to the master. I'm sure he can figure something out." Lori had to hit her smirk when she demanded "So you're just favoring her because she's one of the original members. I demand democracy. We should vote. All those in favor of letting that traitor stay in the guild lift their hand.", original members raised their hands. Macao, Wakaba, Romeo, Wendy, Gajeel, Levy, Lucy, Natsu, Erza, Mirajane, Lisanna, Eflman, Evergreen, Bixlow, Freed, Laxus, Cana, Gildarts, Makarov, Reedus, Nab, Laki, Max, Warren, Happy, Carla, Lily, and some of the newer members, that believed Lori's actions took it too far, raised their hands.
"Now all of those in favor of throwing her out lift their hand." The numbers were equal. Only one person had not given his vote: Gray. All eyes were on him, as he seemed to be in an inner conflict.
Juvia's heart, and world stopped when his icy voice cut the silence "Please remove her mark."
Medaka-chan- The first few chapters will be a bit more for the GraLu fans, but don't worry it will all resolve to NaLu and Gruvia. Because my heart beats only for them... Wait it stopped beating after reading Chapter 334. I'm not really one to write yuri or yaoi. It's not that I don't like it. I just can't write it for some reason.