Naevy's Note:
This is my forth story for Gruvia Week. This story is an aftermath after Avatar arc. Gray advanced his demon slayer magic, but he became a demon. He was saved by Natsu and he meets Juvia for the first time after 6 months without seeing each other.
Prompt: Demon
Watch out spoiler!
Reconciliation
By Neavy
Gray closed his eyes, he roared. This Gray is not Gray you know, he is a half demon now. Half of his body is covered by black fur and he had a little horn on his forehead, his fingers turned into claws, and also he had a tail.
He had a hard fight with his former nakama, Natsu Dragnel.
But, he must lose this fight, before he blasted him with his Demon Slayer magic, Natsu beat him first.
"Guren Bakuenjin!." Natsu casted his ultimate spell from Dragon Slayer Secret Art.
Gray cannot do anything, his body was numb. In a few seconds, he was defeated.
Gray opened his eyes.
His sight is becoming a half dark now, he looked around.
'This place…' he thought.
He knew this place, even though he was not being in there for a half of year. This place is his house, no, not his house, but their house, with the bluenette girl.
His sight was not so well, but he can recognize who was sleeping on a bed beside him, is that the bluenette girl and he got a bad feeling about her; she didn't look good in her sleep.
''Juvia…." He called, he tried to rise from bed, but there's a hand resist him to rise.
"You can't wake her, Ice brain." Natsu were sitting beside him, his face looked serious.
"You! you did this to her?!." Gray yelled to Natsu, Gray is mad.
"Can you low your voice? She's getting better when you are unconscious for almost a week!" The pink head talked hard to Gray.
Gray didn't say a word. He looked Juvia from a far.
"Ah... Gray-san is waking up, finally!" Wendy came with first aid kit box, her face looked happy.
"Wendy."Gray murmured. For a year, he hasn't see their face, but when he saw his nakama, his heart felt so peaceful.
"I must change your left eye bandage…."Wendy explained him before taking off his bandage.
"Sorry Gray… I made you lost your left eye." Natsu apologized.
No words came from Gray's mouth. He knew what happens. He were becoming a member of dark cult, he almost turned into demon, and he left Juvia and Fairy Tail for his ambition.
"It's alright… I think this as my punishment. I should never leave guild and her." Gray murmured when Wendy changed his eye bandage.
"There's no such thing as punishment." Natsu said.
"Yeah… but how about her?" Gray asked.
"Talk to her whenever you can… she's been looking for you for a half of year in her rain." Natsu explained.
"I knew, and also the guild, I am sorry for losing my mark." Gray said. He was shocked, but he wanted to change the mood.
"Fairy Tail is disbanded." Natsu explained.
Gray devastated.
"Are you making fun of me?" Gray asked angrily.
"No, Gray-san. Natsu-san wants to build Fairy Tail again." Wendy explained.
Gray was smiling, his guild is never Dy.
That was a second day after he is conscious. He could hear birds' chirping from outside of his window. Gray wanted to rise and lean on his pillows when a pair of hands was trying to resist him again.
"Gray-sama, please don't wake up." That voice, Gray knows that face, the bluenette girl.
"Juvia." He said.
Juvia smiled weakly, "Gray-sama."
"Don't you are sick?" Gray showed his worries to her.
She shakes her head, "Juvia is recovery from a bad fever, she is thankful because she can see Gray-sama again."
Gray closed his eyes. This girl should not fall in love with him. She is always so kind to him.
"I am a bad guy, Juvia. I apologize everything that I did." His voice was shaking; Gray turned his face from Juvia. He felt unworthy and shamed at the same time.
"You should kill me now, kick me, beat me… I am an unworthy person. I am a demon now; I was a member of a dark guild." Gray said.
Silent. Juvia didn't say anything, neither Gray did.
Suddenly, a soft hand pulls Gray's face hard. Juvia showed her upset face, Gray knew her answers; she will leave her.
"Yes.. Juvia admit that she frustrated, she was waiting for Gray-sama everyday. She worried that Gray-sama hungry. She worried Gray-sama can not sleeping. Thankfully, Gray-sama is back. Gray-sama is looking good… even Juvia could not see Gray-sama's beautiful eyes again." Her hand caressed his face now; Gray's right eye became watery. Juvia's face looked so sad and tired.
"Why you always so kind to me?." Gray asked.
"Juvia loves Gray-sama. She could not hate Gray-sama just because he is a demon. Because Juvia believes him as a good man." Juvia anwered, she showed Gray her soft smile but she cried softly.
Gray hold her hand, he can't resist his tears.
"I miss you…."Gray whispered.
The water mage nodded to him.
"And of course I miss our guild." Gray added.
"Juvia miss Fairy Tail too." She said when she wiped his tears, there's no words came from both of them.
They will help Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, Charle, Gajeel, and Lily for finding their friends and return to their home, Fairy Tail.***