A/N: I love you guys! Thanks for the reviews! now it,s time for some minor Jerza! Enjoy!
Juvia was a mess. That was the simplest definition. She'd spent the whole night crying her eyes out and now she had dark circles under her eyes in addition to the red, puffy eyes. If anyone saw her at this time, she'd have to give some explanations.
Don't get distracted Juvia. Don't get distracted. You have to focus on winning for your team and your guild. She was calming herself down amidst the pain in her heart.
"Juvia! Come on out for breakfast!" Meredy chirped entering the room but stopped short seeing the state Juvia was in. "Juvia?" She asked, worriedly, touching her friends shoulder. Juvia looked at Meredy and broke down into tears, covering her face in her palms.
"Ultear!" Meredy called out, now completely panicked. "What is it Meredy?" Ultear walked into the room and went wide eyed on seeing Juvia.
"What's wrong Juvia?" Ultear asked with concern.
"I… Gray…he…*hic*asked*hic*…" She broke into more tears and recited the night's incidents to the two worried girls. "I*hic*don't know…" She trailed off.
"Juvia…" Meredy tried to bring out a few soothing words, but didn't know what to say. She knew best how much Juvia loved Gray because she had felt it once, 12 years ago, on Tenrou Island.
"Juvia," Ultear said in a very calming tone. "It's okay to love someone above your own life, and to love them forever. But… don't let that love control you or your decisions. You must learn to control it." She paused and looked into Juvias deep blue eyes. "And if Gray loves you or feels anything for you or understood how he felt about you when you left, then he should be able to tell you that honestly and not through… clues. So stop crying and come on out, we're having individual battles today. And if it's you against Gray," She smirked "kick his ass for being an absolute jerk."
"Do you think she's going to be fine?" Rogue questioned. He wanted to make sure that Juvia was all right and if he didn't, he'd face an angry Gajeel.
"You heard that?" Meredy yelped.
"Dragon slayers have a good hearing." Sting replied nonchalantly.
Gray couldn't believe what he'd asked Juvia. He felt like an insensitive moron after Juvia ran. He asked the girl who had loved him more than her own life if she still cared for him. If Erza and Mirajane found out, he'd die.
"You all right Gray?" Erza asked.
"Yeah, I'm all right." Gray needed to solve this problem on his own. So to change the subject he asked, "Why are all the girls so excited?"
"You didn't hear?" Gray shook his head. "Lisanna and Sting got together, courtesy to Juvia."
Gray was dumb-founded. He wanted to ask Erza how Juvia got them together but they were called to the arena to get ready for Individual battles.
"All right people! We have individual battles today! We will randomly choose 2 people to fight against one another from different teams. The first battle will be between Twilight Ogre and Mermaid Heel. The second battle is between Blue Pegasus and Quatro Cerberus. The third one is between Lamia Scale and Sabertooth. And the last battle will be between the Fairies and the Falcons!"
A loud cheer went among the crowds with screaming fans.
"Now the shuffling lachryma does its magic and here you go! Envy of Twilight Ogre vs. Kagura of Mermaid Heel!
"I'll win this." Kagura announced confidently. "If you do, I'll shave my head." Envy mocked. Kagura smirked and charged. After a breathtaking fight, Kagura stood victorious.
"I expected nothing less from her." Erza praised the sister of her dear friend Simon.
"Now we have Ichiya of Blue Pegasus against Bacchus of Quatro Cerberus!"
"My parfum shall defeat you. I'll win this for my Erza!" Ichiya sparkled. Erza fainted and Jellal sweat dropped. "Whatever." Bacchus stated and took a swig of beer.
Bacchus won the fight much to the disappointment of the Trimen.
"Next we have Lyon of Lamia Scale against Flame of Sabertooth."
Both the boys smirked before fighting. Flame used fire magic, justifying his name. This led to a fist fight between Natsu and Gray as to which element was stronger until both were bonked on the head by Erza. In the end, Flame stood victorious much to Natsu's excitement.
"And now for the final fight!" A pause. "Amazing! This will be one of the best battles that the games have ever seen. It's Time against Swords. Ultear Milkovich vs. Erza Scarlet!"
The crowd had never cheered this loud before. Ultear and Erza entered the arena with a smile on their faces. Jellal, Gray, Natsu, Sting and Rogue were shaking in their boots.
"This is going to be one hell of a scary fight." Lucy's teeth were chattering.
"Give me your best, Ultear."
"I won't hold back, Scarlet."
"And the fight begins!"
"Requip! Heavens wheel armour! Blumenblatt!"
"Luminous minutes!"
"Requip! Sea Empress Armour! Water Slash!"
"Flash forward!"
The battle was fast moving with quick attacks and almost no defenses. "We cannot see what is happening! Who will be the possible winner?"
"This is scary!" Meredy exclaimed to Juvia who was watching the match carefully.
The fight was into the last minute. The last thing the people heard was a yell.
"The match is over!" As the smoke cleared from the arena, people were holding their breaths in anticipation.
"It's a draw!"
Both the girls were lying on the ground exhausted and clothes in tatters. One could easily make out their heavy breathing from the way their chests were rising and falling.
"Erza!"
"Ultear!"
The team members were in the arena. Wendy was healing Erzas worst wounds and out of the corner of her eye, she could make out someone crouched over Ultear, healing her.
After the worst wounds were taken care of, both the girls were taken away to the infirmary by the medics.
"They took the fight too seriously." Wendy said.
"They'll be all right." Jellal reassured Wendy, his face etched with worry and concern for Erza.
Lucy noticed Lisanna coming towards them after talking with Sting.
"Ultear's in an equally bad shape. But their healer was able to take care of the worst wounds." Lisanna reported.
"Healer?" Natsu asked.
Lisanna nodded. "A girl who was born with healing magic. It's very rare."
"I want to see Erza." Jellal said and the guild nodded in agreement. "Alone." He added.
"Oh." Lucy said.
Jellal made his way into the infirmary and noticed Erza on the bed with bandages on her face and limbs.
"Did you have to take that fight so seriously?" Jellal asked.
"We just wanted to give those people what they wanted to see." Erza replied, smiling.
"What if something even worse happened to you?" Jellal asked, pissed. "I don't want to see you getting hurt, Erza. You're all that I got." He whispered the last part.
"Jellal, I…"
"You want to fight for our guild. I understand that. But don't put that above your own life and health. I won't be able to bare it if anything were to happen to you."
Erza had tears in the corner of her real eye. "Jellal, I can't make promises that I can't keep. I'm sorry."
"I know." He replied before leaning into kiss her on her lips.
A/N: Hope you liked it! The idea for a fight between Ultear and Erza was random. Let me know what you thought of that. And I was thinking of pairing up Rogue and Meredy. Let me know your thought on that too. Till next time then! Bye! (That could be next Saturday or Sunday.)
