Hey Guys! Here's the fourth chapter of FE, and last chapter was received pretty well, as it got 77 views yesterday alone! And to answer your review, Crosswald, my mind was debating between killing off Gray and Lucy or Gajeel and Levy before I put this story out, but Gajeel ultimately won out for reasons you'll see later. I hope you still enjoyed, and that you don't hate me too much! Anyways, standard warning of darkness, and possible triggers (yay, death!) and definite hatred of me by the end of this chapter! Storm Out!
"Seriously!" Natsu yelled from across the small clearing jam-packed with fighting, "They can't give us one day of peace?! Come on!" Juvia allowed herself a small grin before turning to her next target, a smaller man cloaked in black. Blasting him with a jet of boiling water, she glanced around the clearing. Laxus and Mirajane were fighting a large group of wizards at the edge of the clearing, but weren't in need of help. Gajeel was taking down cloaked figures left and right with his Iron Dragon Sword as they tried to get to Levy. Erin and Erza were taking down enemies with a combination of Hurricane Volleys and sword strikes. Gildarts was wading through a mass of enemies and sending them flying using his crash magic. Natsu was sparing no mercy for his opponents, clearly enraged over their role in his beloved Lucy's death a week before. Juvia understood his pain like no one else could, having lost her beloved Gray-sama to these monsters when they were still in Magnolia. Her heart saddened when she thought of Gray. The sarcastic Ice Make wizard had been the one person to truly understand her, and they had been dating for three years when he and Erin had taken the mission to spy on a dark guild known as Hades' Will.
A few days after that, Erin had shown up, heartbroken and carrying his best friend in his arms. While they were preparing to leave, Erin had approached Juvia and asked to speak with her private. Then, he had told her in detail what had happened. How he and Gray had found Hades' Will, how they had been discovered and ambushed on the way to the rendezvous point, and how they had made their escape. At the end of the discussion, and with tears in his eyes, he had pulled a black box out of his pocket and given it to her, saying that Gray had given it to him to give to her. "He said he hoped you would say yes," Erin had said as Juvia opened the box, revealing a silver engagement ring with a deep blue sapphire in the middle of a group of diamonds. Juvia had put a hand over her mouth as a sob burst forth, and she had collapsed to her knees, unwilling to carry on without Gray.
Juvia snapped out of her flashback as a fire bolt struck the ground next to her. Turning around, she let loose a high pressure blast of water at her attacker forcing him to duck to the right as he dodged her attack. Following up with a blade of water that was aimed at his ankles, Juvia engaged in a dance of death with her attacker, who let out an evil cackle as he danced away from all of her attacks and countered with flaming fists and kicks that kept Juvia off balance and prevented her from countering as she wanted to. Finally, her attacker got careless and lunged at her with a flaming left jab, which she dodged and countered with a blast of water that caught the wizard in the chest and scalded his skin to a crisp. As he collapsed to the ground, writhing in pain, Juvia heard a familiar voice call out for her. "Yes, Erza?" Juvia darted across the clearing to the requip mage, using the cover of an explosion from Erin's latest Hurricane Volley to reach the other side of the clearing without taking a hit. "We have to get everyone out of here!" Erza shouted, ducking a blast of magic. "We won't last against their numbers, so as soon as we can we need to move camp!" "Understood, Erza. I'll do what I can." With that she darted towards a group of five, taking them all out with a Water Slicer that took all five of them out.
Twenty minutes later, the wizards of Fairy Tail had taken out most of the attacking force. As they watched the last of the attackers group together, Erza let loose a battle cry and led the final charge towards the enemy. Erin took the opportunity and let loose a Tornado Strike, which took out five of the remaining thirty wizards. Erza and Gildarts paired up, wading through a group of ten with their melee attacks. Laxus let loose a Lightning Dragon Roar, taking down three of them, while Natsu dashed through five more with a Fire Dragon Sword Horn. Juvia struck with a blast of water, knocking two more on their asses.
Eventually, there was only one wizard standing. Erza strode forward. "Do you surrender? For we can continue if you so desire." "Oh, I'll surrender, dearie. The rest of our forces will be here within the hour, and you do look a little worse for wear, so I don't think that you'll survive that one." "Everyone, get moving. We have to get out of here before they arrive!" Juvia nodded, and went to rush through the trees at the far end of the clearing, only to stop as a blinding pain struck her lower back. Crying out, she collapsed, followed by a cackling from the lone enemy who remained in the clearing. "So sorry, gorgeous, but orders are orders. Catch ya later!" With a maniacal laugh, he took off out of the clearing before anyone else noticed what had happened. Finally, a scream sounded throughout the clearing as Cana rushed to her friend's side. "Oh my God, Juvia! Hang on, we'll get you some help as soon as we find somewhere safe!" "There's so much blood. I don't know if she'll make it." Erza said, a look of dread on her face as she picked up the blue haired wizard.
"C'mon, Juvia, stay with us." Cana said, as she stared at the blue-haired woman. Cana had been near Juvia since they had left the clearing, concerned for her friend. Suddenly, a hand grabbed Cana's collar and dragged her close. "Cana. In my…pocket, there….there is a box. Pull it out, please." "Juvia! Save your strength, you're going to be fine." Cana tried to comfort her friend, but Juvia shook her head weakly. "Just do it! There…there isn't a lot of time." Cana did as she said, and held the box out to her. Juvia smiled. "Can you…can you open it for me please?" Cana did, and then gasped as she saw the ring inside. "Juvia, who gave this to you?! It's gorgeous!" "Can you put it on my hand, please?" "Of course." As she did, a look of peace came over Juvia's face. Juvia's lips moved, and Cana leaned in to catch it. Then she sobbed, as Juvia's breath stopped. Cana stood, and turned weeping, towards the rest of the guild.
Erza stepped forward, sadness in her eyes. "What…what did she say?" More sobs wracked Cana's body as she stated the Rain Woman's final words.
"Gray, I do."
Told you guys you were gonna hate me! I almost teared up when I wrote those final words. Hope you guys enjoyed the little bit of action in there, but I'm not very good at writing that stuff yet. If you have any advice, or if you enjoyed, leave a review. Later guys! Storm Out!