A/N: I am soooo sorry if this is crappily written. *Sigh* I don't have writer's blood flowing through my veins like some.

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"You're sure it's this way?" Erza ways, directing the question at Natsu.

"Yep. It's up here.."

"I can't believe you didn't tell us that you found the village!"

"Yeah? Well you didn't ask! And I was tired anyways. It's not like we were going to pack up the tent and just head down there!"

As it turned out, the dragons slayer and his Exceed had actually found the village they were looking for. It wasn't far from the area they set up camp at after all; in fact it was where they had found their firewood. They had bought it, unbeknownst to the others. Although, it did make sense now, since the wood was so neatly cut up.

"We could have gotten there faster you pink haired idiot!" The ice mage accused.

"Who stuck a pole up your ass popsicle!? You're just grumpy cuz you had to sleep out under the stars. What's the matter? Couldn't handle the great outdoors!?"

"NATSU!"

"ENOUGH! Why do I always have to get in between you two idiots!" The furious redhead whacked their heads together, hard.

Apparently nobody was in a good mood after the long night. Gray himself was moody partly due to the fact that he'd rolled over on some poison ivy while sleeping, with no clothes on of course. And there may have have been another additional reason as well, that only Juvia knew of. The atmosphere was almost hostile. Juvia tuned out the senseless bickering of the others as she questioned whether what had happened between her and the ice mage was a dream or not. He cold acted as if nothing had happened, but she expected that from him.

Still, the blunette wanted badly to talk to him about it. She wanted to know what it meant; if he still had any desire to be with her. After all, it could have just been an impulsive move. The hypnotic nature of moonlight was notorious for blinding people with lust. She tried not to let it get to her, and was good at it after all the practice she had from being rejected so many times.

But as they walked, there were several moments when the water mage thought that she saw him staring at her in the corner of her eye. She knew better than to look back. The distraction wasn't needed. Not now.

"Hey look! I think that's the place!" Lucy said, pointing at a tiny nearly primitive seeming village.

"That's it all right!" Natsu replied, beaming.

When the team found their client, he told them all about what they were up against. Women were disappearing left and right, without any trace of where they'd gone. None of them had any motivation to leave and there was no pattern other than gender.

"We need to rule out the obvious locations, it's just…. none of the villagers are willing to travel up on the peak of Mt. Wasatobe. There are so many frightening creatures up there." The man told them.

Heading out to investigate, Erza made a hypothesis. "Since that's the only nearby location that they haven't checked, it's only logical that we investigate up their first." She said, stopping near the foot of Mt. Wasatobe "We should split up into teams; Lucy, Natsu and Juvia can be in one group." She then turned to Gray. "And Gray, you and I can be the other."

They all nodded their heads in agreement. "Natsu, you and your team can head towards the top. Gray and I will take a look around the base of the mountain."

Lucy looked less than thrilled. "Do we seriously have to hike all the way up the mountain? Maybe you and Gray should go since you're better fighters. I'm sure there's way more danger up there." She tried to reason in her favor.

"Are you kidding Lucy? We have me!" the dragon slayer pointed out. Happy took the opportunity to insert an insult here."Besides Lucy, you really need the exercise!"

"Shut up cat!"

"Juvia's not a bad fighter either, and the peak of the mountain isn't necessarily where we'll find them. They could be anywhere, maybe not even up there at all." The requip mage pointed out.

So the team of three headed up the mountain, searching for clues. By the time they had climbed up three quarters of the mountain, the pregnant mage was exhausted and feeling nauseated. She began to feel dizzy and once her vision started to falter she found a nearby rock and tried to sit down.

"Ummmmm… can we stop here just for a minute? Juvia's tired."

"You're telling me! Let's rest for a little Natsu." The blonde said, finding a spot on a boulder near the blue haired girl.

The pink haired dragon slayer for once didn't protest. "Well…. I'm not tired but I guess if you guys have to stop we can." He said blankly staring at the two girls.

Juvia was sure that it wasn't good for the baby to tire herself out. She was beginning to have regrets about having come on this mission, but it was too late to back out. Having thought about it more, the blunette realized it wasn't the best decision after all, nothing was worth risking her child's life. Even if it meant the others wouldn't understand. They didn't have to.

"Hey Juvia, you okay?" Natsu asked, still looking out over the mountain view.

Juvia took one last deep breath, so as not to sound short of breath. " Yes, Juvia's fine, why do you ask?"

Lucy was also puzzled. "Yeah, why?" She questioned, almost jealous.

"It's nothing; I just thought you looked tired is all."

The blonde looked over to the blunette and she shrugged. The two exchanged confused looks, though Juvia was more paranoid than the other girl that maybe it meant something. Could it be that the dragon slayer was keeping what he knew a secret? Impossible. How could he know about her pregnancy when she hadn't told anyone from Fairy Tail? It didn't make sense. The only person who knew anything about it was the father; and he would never reveal her secret against her wishes, let alone reveal it to Natsu of all people.

She can't sleep out here in her condition!

That's right. He did say that didn't he?

"Natsu-san?" She started but was cut off by the sound of giant footsteps approaching. Feeling a large presence behind her, Juvia slowly turned around to see a massive Vulcan standing behind, looking more than ready for a fight.

"Nother Pretty Wo-man!"

Alarmed, she didn't react quick enough and the vulcan hit her; hard causing the pregnant mage to fall to the ground as hard as possible, nearly blacking out. The creature snickered and went over to grab her. Horrified, she picked herself up off the ground and sent an attack at her opponent.

"Water slicer!" Since vulcans weren't incredibly strong, it didn't take much to defeat the monster with the joint effort of all three. Soon an unconscious vulcan was lying in the dirt.

"You know what this means? I bet it's the vulcans who have been taking all the villagers being the perverts they are!" Lucy exclaimed.

"You're right Lucy-san. We should look around for more." The water mage replied, trying to the overwhelming fear and agitation she felt. She had just taken a hard fall, one that may have affected the baby.

Unaware of what was going on higher up on the mountain, Erza and Gray continued to search for signs of the missing villagers. The ice mage's efforts were half-assed as the memory of what he did the night before still replayed in his head. He felt ashamed at himself, taking advantage of her at such a moment. They both knew that he still didn't know exactly what it was he felt for her, but logic was not a factor at the time.

Her hair, her skin, her eyes, all beautiful. And her other assets, well, the dark haired man couldn't think of a word to describe them without being disrespectful. She was a woman for sure, but in the moonlight she had seemed like something surreal. She was more than a woman; she was a sorceress, keeping him spellbound with every move. Every one her features whether seen with the eyes or not, were captivating. For once, the man felt that he was the one who couldn't keep control of himself. So many times he had pushed her away out of fear. So many times he had told himself that she was insane, that there couldn't be a relationship.

"Gray?" The ice mage finally looked up as his redheaded partner said his name. "Is everything all right? You seem like you're more aloof than usual today." She said, ignoring the fact that he was scratching his back incessantly.

"Huh?"

"What's going on with you?"

"Nothing." Erza stood waiting for him patiently.

"Well….. it's just…." He tried.

"It's about Juvia isn't it?"

He gritted his teeth "What makes you think that?"

"I've known you for a long time, that's all."

The ice mage paused before answering. "It's just that there's been a few issues between us."

"Well that much is obvious." There was an awkward silence as she hesitated to continue. " Have you done what I suggested? Made things clear with her?"

"What the hell's that supposed to mean!? How can I make things clear when I don't even know what it is I'm making clear!?" He couldn't contain frustration at this point. It had been building up and now the dam was breaking. All his defense mechanisms had been destroyed.

"Gray, you're making it harder than it has to be….why don't you go with your gut? I think..."

He cut her off "I know what you think! You think this is all so simple when it's not! She's got issues to resolve."

"So do you. Maybe you can help each other out." Erza advised. It was hard for her to not meddle with their relationship, but watching the two of them progress was like watching paint dry. It needed a little speeding up.

"She's acting funny, she's hiding things from me. How can we have anything when she's not honest?

" You're not being entirely honest either." At that, she knew she had hit the nail on the head. The ice mage pretending he was preoccupied with searching, as if he had suddenly forgotten what they were talking about.

"Gray... don't you think that for once it would be a good idea to listen to your own emotions?"

Again didn't 'hear' her. The redhead sighed and followed him, but stopped in her tracks when she heard sound of a group of people coming towards them.

"Erza! Gray!" The celestial Spirit mage came running up to them followed by Natsu, a perturbed looking Juvia, and a whole group of women who were, presumably from the village.

"What happened?" The ice mage questioned. His attention was then turned to the blue haired girl who had a hand on her other arm, as if bothered by something. "You okay?"

"What? Oh, sure Gray-sama! Juvia just got a few scrapes that's all."

Distressed and exhausted from what had happened on the mission, the water mage approached the door to her dorm with a slight stagger, nearly missing what was on the ground below her. She felt something that seemed like plastic touch her feet. She looked down to see a beautiful bouquet of roses at her feet. Attached to the flowers there was a small note,

If you're ready, meet me for coffee on Saturday at 3 pm, at Risa's Cafe

Love,

Lyon Bastia

She should've known that he was not just going to leave her alone. He was the father of her baby after all! It's not like he would just disappear from her life. Maybe if it were any other person, they might. If it had been some random guy she had a one night stand with, he would probably be happy to high tail it out of the whole complicated mess. Juvia had given Lyon a 'get out of jail free' card but because of his feelings for her, there was no way he was going to take it. She hated to admit it, but it would be a whole lot easier if he didn't want anything to do with her or the child.

But as she thought about it more, the pregnant girl realized how unfair it would be to exclude the father from being apart of his child's life.

It was Wednesday, so she had a little while to think about it, luckily. The silver haired mage was probably aware that she a friendly reminder to start thinking about their future again.

Banishing the problem from her mind,the rain woman entered her room, set the bouquet aside on her desk, and sat down on her bed, thinking about the mission and their encounter wit the vulcans. As she laid there under her soft puff another worrisome thought came to mind.

What if I had a miscarriage?

The water mage sat up. She had had some spotting, but hoped it was nothing serious, since it was common for there to be some of that during the first trimester. Still,she had to see a doctor. But before that, she needed to tell someone.

"Hello? What the fuck do you want Juvia? It's 3 in the morning!" Juvia could hear something heavy make a thud on the other side of the line. After a few shuffling noises, the man finally answered, sounding groggy like he was half asleep still.

"Gajeel-kun? Juvia's sorry, but she really needs you to come over; right now. She needs to ask you a favor." She said, holding the phone up to her ear.

"Can't it wait?"

"It could, but it's better if it's dealt with now."

"Arrrgghhhhhh! Rain woman….. this had better be good! If I find that you're calling me over for something stupid like that time you called me over to squash a cockroach on the floor, then I'll have to kill you."

"…"

"Hey, I was just kidding! Damn it, I'll be over in a sec."

"No, it's okay Gajeel-kun. I'm not upset with you. Just come over and I'll tell you everything."

The pierced man was perplexed. "…. Kay. "

As he was speaking, something stole the water mage's attention. She set the phone and listened, cautiously staying quiet.

" Crunch* Munchmunchmucn* CRUNCH munch munch munch* Crunch Crunch munch munch* CRUNCH"

There was an odd noise coming from the kitchen. It was very peculiar, she didn't think she had mice, and besides it was far too loud to be a tiny rodent. Juvia looked around and picked up the nearest weapon she had available, which was, by chance, a broom. She didn't know what she was doing, but she had seen it in all the movies, although it was normal something more like a baseball bat. As she approached the kitchen The frightened blunette inched over to the frame of the door leading into the kitchen and took a peek around the corner. Right in the center of her field of view sat a shadowy figure who appeared to be standing over by the counter near the window. The light of the full moon filtered in around the intruder, giving off a silhouette.

"Who's there?! Juvia's armed and dangerous! She will not show mercy if you don't leave now!" She warned in the most threatening tone she had.

The sound of crunching could still be heard as he remained where he was,

"These cheerios are so damn stale, and there's no milk! When the last time you bought groceries?"

Juvia flicked on the light switch to see a familiar pink haired boy leaning against her counter, eating what looked like, the cheerios she left out a few nights ago.

"Natsu-san!"

"What?"

"What do you mean what!? Why are you here!?"

"Why are you holding a broom?"

"Self defense."

"…You're a mage though." He reasoned.

"Right." The blunette blushed a little out of embarrassment. She sometimes did things that truly made no sense. Setting the broom down against the table, she awaited the answer to her first question.

The dragon slayer took his time eating before answering. He set the bowl down on the counter and put a hand to his mouth, as if musing. "Ya know…. I'm not really sure." He sniffed the air. "You smell weird."

It was hard to tell if Natsu really meant exactly what he was saying, or if he was playing dumb. But if he wasn't playing dumb, then she wanted to play it safe. "Juvia just showered so…."

"Not that kind of weird. There just something different about you." Natsu went over to the the fridge and began searching for food. With his head stuck inside he went on "Have you told anyone you're pregnant yet?" The way he asked her was almost casual, catching the pregnant girl off guard.

"W-what do you mean? Juvia's not pregnant!" She said, instinctively defending herself. "I-I mean….."

"Don't lie. You smell the exactly like a pregnant woman!" The water mage was speechless. "So I take it you didn't tell Gray yet? You might wanna tell him soon I don't know if he'll appreciate…"

"No, you don't understand! He doesn't need to know yet! It's not his problem."

"That's a funny way of looking at it, I mean he's partly responsible right? Shouldn't he…."

"He's not responsible. Er… I mean…." She took a deep breath before saying the words out loud. "He's not the father."

Natsu's jaw dropped like the ball on New Years. He put his pinky in his ear, as if cleaning it out. "I'm sorry, I think I heard you wrong, what was that?"

The water mage closed her eyes and put a hand to her forehead, almost ashamed. "Gray-sama is not the father, Lyon-sama is. It was all a mistake, but I plan to keep the baby. It's not her fault this happened."

The dragon slayer blinked his eyes and processed her words. "You're having a baby…. and it's Lyon's?…. and you already know it's a girl? Wow. I've been in the dark." Natsu scratched his head in confusion.

"No, no. Juvia just addresses her as a girl so that she can feel more close to her." She explained looking down at her belly. She couldn't help but wonder if the little person was listening to them.

"What -the-FUCK!" Came the familiar voice of Juvia's crass best friend. "So you're replacing me is that it !? You couldn't wait five minutes for me to get here!?

"Calm down man! I came over here by myself, and anyways I don't think You should Be here Considering this is a GIRL'S dorm!" Natsu reasoned, though not a good one.

"You're a Guy too, you Retard!"

"Well, whatever! That still doesn't give you an excuse."

"PLEASE!" The two dragon slayers whipped their heads around in response to the frustrated mother-to-be whom they'd forgotten about. "Juvia has a VERY bad headache, so be quiet!" She commanded like she was the new Erza. Pregnancy could shrink a woman's tolerance threshold, until it barely existed. Although it did feel good to snap at others for once.

And with that the two fell silent and gave her their full attention to the emotional woman.

Natsu sat up on the counter and crossed his arms. "You gonna tell him?"

"Tell me what!?"

The pink haired dragon slayer answered for her."You mean you don't smell it?" Natsu scrunched his eyebrows together in confusion. "You're with her more than me, and you haven't noticed that scent?"

The iron dragon slayer flipped through pages of the memory book in his head, searching for some sort of clue as to what was going on. But like an unlisted phone number from a phonebook, he couldn't figure out what the other dragon slayer meant. Sure, she smelled a bit hormonal, but other than there was nothing abnormal about her smell. Whether it was Estrogen or Progesterone he could smell them all when they increased, but that was just a part of her never ending womanly cycles, nothing out of the ordinary. It was only hormones…..hormones…..hormo-

Suddenly it clicked. What he was referring to. Gajeel then switched his gaze over to the very uncomfortable rain woman standing next to him who was sweating an ocean. "You Mean you're…..Oh my GOD! Fuck Fuck FUCK!" Juvia put her hands up in front of her, motioning for him to calm down. But he couldn't stop the avalanche from happening. "You're…. PREGNANT!" The snow drowned the pregnant girl. The iron dragon slayer yelled with no regard for keeping an appropriate 'indoor voice'.

"It was an accident Gajeel-kun, it really was!" She said, flailing her arms.

"Why didn't you at the very least wear a condom?! And what about that stripper!? I swear I am going to kill-" His head was spinning so fast that he thought it was going to become unattached from his shoulders.

"No!" Juvia let out another sigh of frustration. The kitchen light was pounding on her head, and feeding the headache and nausea she felt from the stress. If she had her way the light would be off, but she couldn't just stand there in the dark having this conversation. That….. would be weird.

"It's not his." Natsu interjected.

"What?!"

"Yeah yeah yeah, I had the same reaction. It's that Lyon guy. You know, Gray's almost-brother from Lamia Scale?" Gajeel's jaw dropped the same way Natsu's had and his red eyes near popped out of his head. He stared at Juvia as if to ask if there was any truth to his statement. She supposed she should be angry that Natsu had let the cat out of the bag like that, but secretly, she was relieved that the burden was off of her for the moment. The blue haired girl nodded her head as she bit her lip.

The iron dragon slayer felt dizzy. "Do you realize what this means? Juvia, you're gonna be a … a…. a….."

"A mother." She finished. Feeling the weight of the situation finally get to her, the pregnant mage couldn't help but let a few tears stream down her cheek. It wasn't like the first few episodes of crying, but it was still painful. Luckily, there weren't enough tears to use at the moment.

The two dragon slayers exchanged panicked glances and had a silent battle over who was going to speak next. In the end, Gajeel lost the fight since he was closer to her than Natsu.

"Juvia… you know I errrr… think you'll make... an okay mom. I mean you've always had that annoying maternal instinct." His attempt to console may have been futile, but it was the best he could do.

When she replied, her voice came out sounding shaky and pathetic. "B-but, she's n-not r-r-ready for this. S-she wanted to b-b-be married when this happened... w-with G-G-G-Gray-sama!"

It was the fire dragon slayer's turn. He put a hand on her shoulder. "You'll be alright. Sure, it's not exactly something you had planned, but ya know some of the best things in life come unexpected." He smiled a genuine, Natsu smile that was only reserved for the most meaningful of moments. Although they weren't the best of friends, his encouragement was exactly what she needed at this moment. For a second she felt a strong fondness for him. Truthfully, they had never really gotten to know each other, but if there were ever a time for them to bond, it was now.

Remembering her main concern that she had on her mind, Juvia continued, "Natsu-san, on the mission with the vulcan and everything, Juvia's afraid that something may have…"

"I know. That's why I came over here; to make sure you're okay."

"Oh, well that's very kind of you. But Juvia still needs to make sure the baby is okay. It would be nice if she could go to a doctor, but she doesn't want to go alone." She looked at her pierced friend. "She was wondering if you could go with her." She asked using a sweet tone.

"What? You want me to bring you to the doctor? Why me!?"

"No one else knows but Lyon-sama, Natsu-san, me, and you."

The man groaned and answered with reluctance. He was no match for Juvia's manipulative ways. "Alright, fine, first thing in the morning, but you're damn lucky I'm feeling compassionate right now!"

Juvia moved forward and wrapped her arms around her Phantom Lord comrade in a hug. "Thank you, Gajeel-kun, so much!"

"Hey Hey HEY! You know i don't like that crap! Get off!" He said harshly, but didn't make any attempt to escape her. The rugged man was all bark and no bite. Juvia knew it and she took advantage of it as much as she could.

When she was finished she turned to the pink haired dragon slayer who was standing there patiently with his arms crossed. The water mage stood in front him and nodded her head in respect. "Thank you also, Natsu-san. Juvia knows we aren't all that close… but she's glad that you care this much."

He started walking over to the window, with his arms folded across the back of his head. "Yeah, no problem. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." He hopped up to the popular entrance above the sink. "But if you really still want to keep it a secret, then be sure not to go near any dragon slayers cuz I guarantee they'll smell it, unlike this idiot here." He gestured to Gajeel.

"Shut the fuck up. I noticed, I just didn't think anything of it got it?"

"Whatever. Juvia, I hope everything works out." And with that, the fire mage was gone.

Juvia gave a wry smile to her friend.

Her shook his head. "You are one big mess, you know that?"

She shrugged her shoulders and gave a wry smile. "Sorry."

A/N: Again, so sorry for shitty writing. You may complain if you want.

Ummmmm... but aside from that I just want something clear about miscarriages. She didn't have many symptoms, but there are some cases where the symptoms don't show up until weeks later, if you didn't know. So she does have reason for concern.