Ok guys! Back with another chapter of Gruvia: At the GMGs! This first bit is Lyon's conversation with Mira (somebody asked personally to include that scene. Thank you guys so much for the reviews! I honestly never thought anyone would read my fanfics, much less review them!) So thank you all very much for your kindness and patience! Here's Chapter 4!
Lyon was walking around town. It was the day before the GMGs, and he was sightseeing. He spotted a familiar looking white-haired maiden with a Fairy Tail emblem on her left thigh. She was wearing a swimsuit, for whatever reason.
"Hey! It's Mira, right?" The ice-make wizard asked.
"Yeah, that's me! You're Lyon from Lamia Scale, correct? You're competing in the Grand Magic Games?"
"Yeah, I'm totally gonna kick Gray's butt in the GMGs, and I'll impress Juvia-chan, too! That's what I call killing two birds with one stone…" Lyon's train of thought resembled that of Juvia's as he started fantasizing about a certain rain woman.
"Well then, Lyon, there just so happens to be a spare room at the inn where Juvia is staying…" Mira said, gesturing widely with her hands. From what Lyon could gather, Mira, the match-making demon, had a new plan in the works.
Oh, great. Lyon thought. Here we go.
Mira told Lyon that he should make Juvia breakfast in bed, and then invite her out to go sightseeing after the GMGs. Then, Elfman came in, shouting something or other about manliness. He needed Mirajane to judge his manliness, or something. Lyon couldn't tell.
"Bye, Lyon! Good luck with you know what!" Mirajane called, looking over her shoulder and giving Lyon a wink.
Great! Juvia is going to fall head over heels for me! Lyon thought giddily. I'll have to thank Mirajane later.
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Back to the Present ….
"Mommy?" the little girl said.
Juvia stared at the little girl. Then, upon being called 'mommy', Juvia's maternal sense took over. She scooped the little girl into her arms.
"Juvia doesn't understand this." Juvia said to this mysterious little girl. "But Juvia doesn't think that Juvia needs to understand right now. You are the small child from my dream, and that must mean something significant."
"Mommy…" the little girl whimpered. Juvia felt warm tears against her upper arm, where the girl's eyes would've been, if Juvia could see the girl's face. As if hearing Juvia's thoughts, the girl looked up at Juvia with tear-filled eyes, resembling her own.
"Mommy…"
"Come on, now. You know more words than that. Tell me your name, darling child. Juvia needs to know your name."
"You… you are most definitely my mother. She talked in third person most of the time, just like you do. My name… my name is Taimizu. Tsumetai mizu means 'cold water' in Japanese, so you named me 'tai-mizu'. Taimizu is my name." The little girl said, still sniffling.
"How interesting. Juvia supposes that Juvia and Gray are your parents, and that since Gray is cold and Juvia is made of water, we named you that."
"Yes. That is what you told me when I was smaller and asked what my name meant."
"Now, though, Juvia is confused. When did I tell you that? Where are you from? How are you here?" Juvia said, shaking her head. "Tell me, Taimizu. Is this a dream? Is this merely one of my delusions about my beloved Gray? Am I still lying in my bed, dreaming all of this?"
"No, Mommy. You are awake. And I am very much here, and I am very much you and Gray's little girl."
Then, Lyon burst in with a pack of bandages. He spotted Juvia and Taimizu in a tight embrace, but decided not to pay it any mind. Juvia's feet were still bledding, and a pool of scarlet was forming on the hard wood floor of the inn.
"Taimizu. I'm going to need you to get away from Juvia's feet, please. I need to wrap her cuts with these bandages."
Taimizu, noticing Juvia's bleeding feet for the first time, jumped back in horror.
"Mommy! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! Lyon, help her!" Taimizu said, frantically jumping out of the way for Lyon the help Juvia.
"Taimizu, it's fine. It doesn't hurt. In fact, since my body is made of water, I quite frankly don't know why I let those glass shards cut me in the first place. It is my fault. I was too busy looking at you when you came in."
After apologizing again anyway, Taimizu helped Lyon bandage her mother's feet. When they were all done, Lyon decided that he had some questions to ask.
"What in the world is going on?!"