*Juvia's POV*

Morning came fast and honestly, I am nervous. But I have made up my mind. So I prepared my stuff and went down... Finding my friends and they are waiting for me.

We went on to find the address that the man gave me and we found it before noon.

*Knock knock*

Someone peeped through the door and the man opened the door.

"You came! I hope this means that you agree," the man told me.

"Yes. I hope you don't mind, but my friends insisted on coming," I told him.

He looked over my shoulder and found Wendy, Carla, Chelia and Lyon looking at him suspisciously, "Well, yes. Of course. I would have done the same thing. We're strangers after all. My name is Hiro. I am the one who will be performing the operation, but I would like to introduce you to the one who found the lacrima first."

Surprise is an understatement. We were extremely shocked beyond words to find the person who have found the lacrima, "Jellal Fernandes"

"You did not find me by chance... He knows that you'll find me there by the fountain," I told Hiro, "Long time no see Jellal-san."

Lyon was shocked to see Jellal. I supposed they had a silent agreement to not bring up the past, so they acknowledged one another with a simple nod.

"Jellal-san! Its great to see you here!" Wendy said in delight.

"Where's Meredy?" I asked him.

"She stepped out to buy some cake, I'm starving," he answered with a soft smile.

"I see. You eat cake. You miss her don't you? I don't peg you as the type who loves sweets," I winked at him.

"Well, I guess you could say that," he blushed slightly, "I know you guys already disbanded and there's a rumour that Natsu's bringing you back again... Last time I checked, he's out to the Avatar guild, our supposed to be target, but I don't want to mess with his plans, knowing that the council will also be after the guild and I know that he'll take care of the job... Knowing that one of your nakama is there."

"I guess this is Natsu-san's way of engaging a reunion or something. More importantly, I want to know about the lacrima," I said.

"I found it in one of our missions in bringing down the dark guilds," he started, "I want to try it out or test it, but I can't do it without a water mage. I could have found someone easily, even if water mages are rare, but I remembered you and I want someone who I can trust to get this lacrima."

"I see Jellal," I nodded in understanding, "I think we should start. I don't want to keep Natsu-san waiting."

"Okay. Hiro. You can begin the test now."

"Yes. Miss Juvia, please come with me. Let me set you the expectation that this is not easy and I can't guarantee that you won't get hurt. But seeing that Jellal-san knew you, I trust his judgement that you are strong enough," He said, "he trusts you and he seems to give me no options but to make this successful."

"I see. I will live through it. I am a Fairy Tail mage after all," I smiled at him with a determined look.

"Wait-" Lyon catching up after us. He stopped me and held my hand in his, "No matter what happens, we'll be here for you... Not just us... But I know your friends from Fairy Tail, even if they're not here. Your spirits are one after all. Forget about Gray, we're here for you... I am here for you, Juvia-chan" He said this as he looked straight in my eyes, "I never gave up even if I stepped down... Even if you turn me down, I will never stop loving you and that's enough for me even if you don't love me back. Just be careful Juvia-chan," he let go of my hand after he made his confession.

I smiled at him and kissed his cheek lightly, "Thanks Lyon-san. I know. I'm sorry if I can't reciprocate your intentions. But I am thankful to have you as a friend," I also looked over his shoulder, seeing Wendy and Carla who are smiling though knowing them, they are worried about this whole operation thing. They have calmed down a bit after seeing Jellal. Chelia seems to be indifferent but she seemed to be masking her concern, afterall I'm her Love Rival.

"Don't worry everyone, Juvia will live through this. I'm a Fairy Tail Wizard afterall," I winked at them and left with Hiro to the operating room.

*Lyon's POV*

It took about 1 day and a half to finish the operation. To say, I froze my seat when I heard Juvia's first scream and it took a lot of calming from Wendy and Chelia to refrain me from getting Juvia out of the room. Jellal escorted us to a room where we can rest for a bit.

I froze the whole room when I can't hear Juvia's scream or cries. Not to mention that Wendy took me down just to stop me from freezing the whole building.

I was out for a day and the next day, I went down to look for Wendy and Chelia. Carla was sleeping and I guess the two girls are taking a tour or something.

I found them looking through a window and as soon as Wendy saw me, she called me on.

"They're testing Juvia-san's new power. It was successful," She smiled at me.

I sighed in relief and went over to see how Juvia is. Well, I was amazed to see that she got stronger. And she looked beautiful... More beautiful than before. She's like a goddess of the sea... Not just Juvia of the Great Sea.. She is now the sea itself.

"She can leave anytime. She's okay. She just have to rest a bit so that she can regain her energy. Expect her appetite to be a strong as the other dragon slayers. I'm pretty sure Wendy-san here knows what I'm talking about," Jellal told us and winkd at the dragon slayer.

Wendy blushed at the revelation and just smiled knowing that we know what he is talking about. Dragon slayers eat too much and that's a known fact.

"Well, I guess we just have to wait for her to get used to her new magic. I'll wait here," I told them.

I watched Juvia as she is still getting used to her magic. After 4 good hours, she finally came out and I didn't noticed that I drifted away in slumber.

"Lyon-san," she tapped me lightly and I opened my eyes slowly, adjusting to the light, "I didn't know that you're waiting for me. I'm sorry," she apologized with a guilty face which looked cute on her..

"Ugh, Juvia-chan, no its okay," I convinced her and I gave he a soft smile which made her feel better.

"Okay, if you say so. Where's everybody?" She asked.

"I don't know. Maybe they're eating," I said standing up, "Meredy should be here anytime now," I looked at her, "Want to check if she's here already?"

"Yes. If I'm correct, she's here already. I can smell her. I would like to see Meredy-chan first before leaving to follow Natsu-san and others," she said with a soft smile that adored her face. I still got it bad for her after all these years.

"Mkay. Let's go then," I gestured for her to go first and she did so and I followed her.

We walked along the hallways and we heard voices and laughter coming from the next door on the right so we went in. We were not disappointed when we saw Meredy, laughing with Wendy, Chelia and Carla, along with Jellal at the corner, not really laughing, but just looking amused at the energy that filled the room.

"Juvia-chan!" Meredy exclaimed in delight as the red haired girl rushed to the blunette's arms, "How are you doing? How was the test? I told Jellal-kun that you're the perfect person to bestow this water dragon slayer magic!" She said excitedly.

"I'm okay Meredy-chan. I feel a bit sore and still weird because I'm not used to all these senses. But its pretty cool. I can smell everybody from the room where I practiced my new magic," Juvia told her with a big smile.

Meredy hugged her again, tighter than before, "I'm glad that you're safe, Juvia-chan. I am really worried about you and everyone," she said with tears in her eyes, "Wendy-san told me about everything. I'm so sorry about it, knowing Natsu-san, I'm sure he'll make things okay. And I'm here for you always," she finished.

I looked at Juvia, who's now crying silently from the red-haired's heart-felt sympathy and she hugged the younger girl tighter.

"Thank you Meredy-chan. I am thankful that you trusted me with this magic. Don't worry, I will use it very well," she said with a weak smile, "I'm still hurting, but I know I will be fine. I'm a Fairy Tail mage after all," she finished with a stronger smile that bestowed her determination and strength which will struck anyone with awe unto the Fairy Tail guild.

She walked up to Jellal and embraced him lightly and the blunette man stiffened at the gesture but returns the hug nonetheless, "Thank you so much Jellal-kun. You made Juvia a better and stronger mage. I will forever be indebted to you," she sincerely thanked him.

Jellal just smiled, "Well, consider this as a repayment for what I have done against your guild. I will forever watch over you and everyone, after all, this is the guild that I almost destroyed, now I will aid you and everyone with the help that I can give."

"I will be leaving tonight to follow Natsu, Lucy and Happy. You can stay here and wait for us," Juvia said in a dismissed tone.

I was shocked with her decision, Meredy, Wendy, Carla and Chelia too. Jellal did not seem to be that surprised knowing that Fairy Tail mages are known to put themselves on the line in front of others.

"Wait, no Juvia-san," the sky dragon slayer spoke up, "I can't let you. I will come with you," she said with pure determination.

"No Wendy-san. I don't want any of you to get hurt," she said, "I can't let any of you get hurt."

"Well, tough luck Juvia-chan," I interrupted, "Sorry, but that is not your decision to make," I looked at her seriously in her eyes, to show her that she can't do anything about it.

"What time do we leave?" Chelia asked.

Resigned, Juvia just cried and thanked us. We just smiled knowing that she did that to protect her loved ones.