As the day gently drew to an end, the wedding in the samurai garden began. As tradition said, the wedding would start with the couple receiving greetings and wishes for their new life, from their friends/and or family, or in this case, their fellow samurai and Kuniochi. Juvia was wearing a pure white traditional wedding kimono, a a wedding hood, one that only exposed her face and completely hid her beautiful blue hair, her face had been brushed with white powder, and her lips had been painted redder than Erza's hair, this was also one of the only times that one would ever see Juvia smiling, much more than when she was fawning over Gray, no matter how hard she tried to hide it. As they walked from room to room, the reactions they received ranged from a simply:

"Have a good life together" from Natsu, to which Gray was tempted to punch him, just beacause he wanted. To a deep speech from Elfman about how Gray would now finally become a man, and Mira eventually had to pull him away since he ended up just rambling about being a man and how manly he was. Soon they had been around to everyone but Makarov, and for the most part the greetings they had received had been very nice, and helped raise the mood for both of them. The old man sent them a warm smile and bowed for them.

"So the time came for you to marry" he said smiling at Gray warmly. Gray nodded, sending him his own smile. "And I can see that you caught yourself quite a catch" he said smirking pervertedly at Juvia, to which Gray sent him an annoyed look, and Makarov burst into laughter. "Oh don't be so sensitive Gray, even if I was your age I wouldn't have a chance with this one, seeing as she is completely addicted to you", he said with a large grin on his face. He placed his hand on the young mans shoulder, "I wish both of you a good life, now and forever".

Gray sent him a large and warm smile, and bowed to him, "Thank you master" he said, his voice filled with respect and happiness.

"Oh and be gentle with her" he whispered to him grinning, to which Gray grinned with him, and Juvia blushed.

After the incident with the pervy general, they returned to the main hall, the hall where all the samurai and had their official meetings, the other samurai and kuniochi were already waiting, sitting gracefully on each their pillow, their katana's resting on their laps, all wearing their finest clothing, all the women on the right side and the men on the left. As Juvia's father was , no available at the moment, it was Makarov's job to walk her to the shrine, the couple took their seat in front of the priest. A shrine maiden* stepped up and swung the ceremonial cleanser, a large club with paper squares woven into it. The cleanser was done in order to wish for a great future for the couple, as well as keeping dark spirits out of their lives.

Next came the sake drinking, as of tradition they would share three cups of sake. The three cups were stacked gracefully atop one another, as Gray took the topmost one, the shrine maiden filled it gently, and Gray drank the sake in three sips, he then gave the cup to Juvia and she drank the remaining sake. The second cup was done in reverse, with Juvia starting and Gray finishing. With the last one they both drank from it in the reverse orders. Another cup had been given to each of the guests, they were filled with sake, and they emptied them in one swag.

The ceremony continued, and the rings were brought forth by the priest, the rings were made of silver, with a blue and red band embedded into the ring, and the mark of Fairy Tail stamped on them. The priest stood up. "Today we have come to unite the fates of these two young members of this noble clan, we wish that out ancestors may accept their engagement in marriage" he passed them the rings, "Will you Gray Fullbuster, Samurai of the Oda clan, representative of the Fullbuster Family, take Juvia, Kuniochi of the Oda clan, representative from the eleminated Loxar Family, as your lawfully wedded wife to be"?

"Yes" Gray said placing the ring on Juvia's finger, his face grounded in a glad and warm smile, his hands gently trembling of nervousness.

The priest turned to Juvia, he face was stiff, trying to control her excitements, but she could not keep herself from letting out a tiny little smile. "Will you Juvia, Kuniochi of the Oda clan, representative from the eleminated Loxar FamilyGray Fullbuster, Samurai of the Oda clan, representative of the Fullbuster Family, take Gray Fullbuster, Samurai of the Oda clan, representative of the Fullbuster Family, as your lawfully wedded husband to be".

"Yes" she said, now unable to keep herself from letting out a very wide and happy smile.

"By the power I have been granted by the gods of our world, I hereby pronounce you to be man and wife, you may now kiss you wife" he said, nodding as Gray gave Juvia a long and passionate kiss. Juvia had finally gotten what she had craved for so many years, she was basically fainting of happiness from the event. The couple stood up and turned, the samurai and kuniochi raised their katana, forming a tunnel of blades for them to walk under, lowering it with stale faces once they passed by.

The fest continued outside, smiles and gifts were exchanged, Natsu was even forced to give back the money Gray had given him, plus a little more. Besides that they were given enough to buy plenty of things for their new home, they had removed the walls between their two rooms, which were located beside each-other since she had threatened Loki with intense pain if they didn't change. The sake flowed freely, and like the night before, many people would wake with hangovers the following morning. Of course the cake was eaten happily, especially Erza that managed to eat no less than 7 pieces. The food consisted of lot's of fish: pike, trout, even some fugu*, several different kinds of served rice, and slices of oxen bigger than Makarov. Needless to say, nobody held back from this wonderful meal. And first when the clock struck 3:00 AM did Gray and Juvia retire for the night.

"So I guess were married now" Gray said, smiling at his wife.

"Yes" Juvia said smiling, "Juvia feels like this is just a dream, Juvia loved you for so long, yet you never showed any sign of returning my feelings, Juvia was beginning to lose hope".

"I'm sorry" he said, rubbing the back of his head, "I just thought of you as a friend for a long time, I thought you were in love with Leon".

She shook her head, "No, Juvia only one person could be for me for, and that is you Gray-sama" she said hugging him.

"I feel the same way" he said and kissed her head, and closed the door behind him, locking it with a nice click.

The next morning Gray awoke beside his new beautiful wife, she was holding onto him so hard it was hard for him to breathe, with a happy and innocent smile plastered on her face. He only remembered the former night vaguely, he remembered having drunken a ton of sake, and even some of the expensive wine they had saved for the occasion. His room looked normal, albeit very large now that it had been combined with the room next door. Suddenly he heard footsteps outside of the door, a ton of footsteps, he wiggled out of his wives arms, and opened, all in the household were walking towards the main hall, and in a castle that held 40 Samurai and Kuniochi, 30 noblemen including the leader of the clan, 3 generals, and nearly 100 servants of all kinds, it surprised Gray greatly that they were all heading in the same direction.

"Hey Flame-Head" he yelled when he saw Natsu on the other side of the hall.

Natsu sent him an annoyed glare, "What is it Ice-Brains"

"Where's everybody going" he asked

Natsu sighed with annoyance, this was wasting his time, "Our lord called everyone in the household to the main hall, though I don't know why"

In the main hall sat the lord, behind his ordinary screen, beside him sat Makarov to his right side, and a young blonde girl, wearing a white and gold kimono sat to his left, alongside them sat many other nobles. Though it was still impossible to make out any facial features, one could clearly see that he was a very small and heavy man, in one hand he had a very large fan, and on his head sat his a traditional hat. In front of the lord sat a line of 4 samurai, Erza, Jellal, Laxus, and Mirajane, they were the top tier, the strongest samurai in the entire clan. In the next couple of rows sat the remaining Samurai, including Loki, Elfman, and Natsu. In the back sat all the servants, chef's, guards, and other members of the household.

The lord cleared his voice, and began his speech. "I great you my people, it has been a long time since I last had a message to convey, however this is of the utmost emergency" his voice had a hint of sadness in it. "The war in the south has worsened, and we have sent reinforcements, however they will first arrive in a couple of days, and we fear that the southern base may be at risk"

While not emoting it, everyone in the whole room feared the same thing.

"Our enemies have grown stronger, and some of the samurai have fallen, however they will know that we will pray for them tonight. However in order to protect the nobleman and noblewoman that reside at the base, we have chosen to transport them to this base, I ask that the following Samurai step forward and help guide them" he cleared his voice once more. "Natsu Dragneel, Loki, Elfman Strauss, and Mystogan, you are to leave in exactly two hours, you are to arrive at the southern castle before tonight" he cleared his voice again, it was clear that his health had been deteriorating, "I would also like to have the Strauss family to remain seated, that is all, and you may be dismissed".

And with that everybody left, but for the Strauss siblings, the lord, and Makarov. The siblings sat down in front of their masters, bowing deeply.

"Who might you be" the lord said with a stern voice as he pointing his fan at Lisanna.

Lisanna bowed gently, "Good day my lord, I am Lisanna Strauss 3rd child of the Strauss family, I have been sent here by my father to get away from the war" she said with her normal smile plastered on her face.

The Lord ignored her reaction, partially because he could not see her face, "You three may already know why I have asked you, and only you three to stay here" he said, he knew that it was obvious.

"It's our father, isn't it" Mira answered, her voice was stern and emotionless, though she was clearly worried for him.

The lord nodded gently, and the Strauss siblings felt a wave of fear gush over them.

"Is father alright" Lisanna asked, unlike her sister she made no effort to hide her concern.

The lord shook his head gently.

"I-Is father" Elfman asked, knowing he didn't need to complete the sentence.

"He's not dead, if that's what your implying" The Lord said, gently placing his fan on his chin, "He was struck down by an enemy samurai, however he survived long enough for The Trimens to rescue him, however" he said pausing to breathe, "He has lost his arm in the fight, he will not be participating in this war any longer.

"But My Lord" Elfman said suddenly, "With all due respect My Lord, our father is one of our best generals, you would not shame him by".

"Ny decision is final Elfman" The Lord said, his voice filled with anger and determination, "We have already lost 4 samurai, I will not lose one of our best generals, you are to obey my decision, you are to guide him and the rest of the nobles from the southern base, to her, is that clear".

Elfman gritted his teeth, "Yes My Lord" he said bowing, hiding his anger ridden face.

"Good" he said, calming down significantly, "You are now dismissed, Elfman you leave in 2 hours".

"My Lord" Lisanna said abruptly.

"Yes" he said, confused but decided to listen.

"May I please accompany them, I wish to see my father".

"Lisanna you cannot be seri-" Elfman began

"Stop" The Lord said, interrupting Elfman, "Young woman, what makes you think that you will be capable of joining the samurai" he asked, curios of her abilities.

"Well" she said gently, "I can do one thing" she said, clenching her pendant.

"Show me" he said curiously.

Two hours later

"Is everyone ready" Mystogan saidm his mask covering his eyes, his spear on his back, and mounted on a beautiful brown steed.

"Aye" Natsu said, mounting his cinnamon colored steed with it's long flowing red man, and his naginata on his back.

"Yes" Loki said, alongside his Bokken was a long katana, his mount was a beige horse with a huge flowing brown mane.

"Wait just a minute" Elfman said, riding a very large white horse, with a flowing black mane his Chigiriki by his side. Soon after him came Lisanna, wearing padded leather armor, on her side a small dagger.

"Hello there" she said bowing gently, "I hope that you will take care of me on our journey".

TBC

Okay sorry again, but let me tell you, this was just f**king annoying, I was finishing the chapter, when my internet jumped, and I lost half the chapter that I had to rewrite, and at 1 AM in the morning, you want to sleep, anyway what is Lisanna's skill, well I have several ideas, however I want to see what you would like to see, so if you have an idea, post it as a review. With that said, 20 reviews on the 3rd Chapter, let me say this, I have a dream, a dream that states that I may have 100 reviews by the 20th chapter, will you help me, please. And here are the replies to reviews:

AIIR: Your completely right, did I do better here?

casey10rok: YESSS YESSS YEEEEEESSSSSS glad you like it =D?

Maiden Warrior: Yes it does take balls to do something like that, where does she get that pendant WAIT AND SEE!

NaTsu Lisanna: Longer chapters sorry no 2600-3000 words is hard enough. More NaLi, yes expect more soon.

Cantthinkofaname: I'm goanna call you Nathan from now on.

XxShyxX: Glad you do, expect more

Fire Girl 108: No you don't, nobody does, not even me

So I only really have one explanation, though it deserves to be explained:

A Shrine Maiden: A shrine maiden was/is much like a nun. However there are many differences, one of them is that a shrine maiden was not forced to have chastity for life, if she was to find a husband she could really so anything sexual, so the maiden part is kind of misleading. Another difference is that a Shrine Maiden was not forced to serve the church for life, and if she could find a replacement she was allowed to leave, the last main difference is probably that the Shrine Maiden is still as common today, not to say nuns aren't in the world still, there are just not as many as there used to be.

See ya soon =D