Minty-chan: Finally updated! Sorry guys! I hope you enjoy this very late chapter~ ^v^

"Gray-sama! Where are you?" Juvia exclaimed worriedly. They were still trudging through the desert, after who knows how long.

"Over here." Gray replied bluntly. He didn't choose to be with her, but he couldn't say he was disappointed. She could get pretty angry, and Juvia was strong when that happened.

"Juvia would like to know what that yellow thing is." She said, pointed in the distance.

"I don't know." He replied. Gray focused his eye on the mysterious object, but it was too blurry. He couldn't tell what it was. Then he realized. It was moving too quickly for him to see. It was a sandstorm. "Wait, that's a- THAT'S A SANDSTORM!" He exclaimed.

"Eh?! Juvia is worried! What should we do?" Juvia said, walking briskly in circles. "Should we run?"

"What do you mean, run? That'd be tarnishing Fairy Tail's name! We fight it, obviously!" He exclaimed. The storm was inching forward, little by little.

"Alright, Gray-sama. Juvia is ready."

"Okay. Let's attack on three. One, two, three!" They both ran forward with all their might, preparing for one of their strongest attacks.

"Water slicer!" Juvia shouted, the large, forceful blades shooting out towards the sandstorm. The sandstorm only slowed down a little.

"Ice Make: Lance!" Gray commanded. The lances shot out, not doing much damage. The sandstorm came closer, and was glowing. Was it a magic black storm? It inched even closer to Juvia, and it looked like it was going to strike her. Quickly, Gray said, "Ice Make: Shield!" It had protected Juvia from the blow, but had shattered right after.

"Water Nebula!" Juvia shouted. The columns hit the storm directly, and the storm turned smaller.

"Juvia, we have to do this." Gray said, taking her hand. Juvia almost passed out, but then remembered she was in the heat of battle. She nodded, and they shouted,

"UNISON RAID!"

They started to glow a bright blue, then two magic seals appeared, one on top of the other. Large pillars of freezing water blasted around the sandstorm, the water then froze into needles, and they rained down on the opponent. The sandstorm exploded into dust, and Gray and Juvia were safe. However, in front of them lay a young man, no older than 17. He was beaten and bruised up, his brown hair thick with mud.

"Hey you." Gray said, kicking his stomach.

"Gray-sama, Juvia doesn't think you should do that." Juvia said worriedly.

"It's fine." He replied. The boy coughed some water up, then slowly opened his eyes.

"W-who are you?" He asked, confused, but then saw the Fairy Tail guild emblem, and his eyes widened in shock. "I-I'm so sorry! I only did that because it was a command! I didn't want to do it!" He stuttered.

"So you were the one who caused all this trouble." Gray said. He balled his fists, as if he was going to beat him up. Juvia realized this, and said,

"G-Gray-sama, Juvia doesn't think that is a good idea..." She trailed off. Gray, on the other hand, walked towards the young man.

"Fine. Tell me what you know, and I'll let you off." He said.

"T-the Dark Faeries are the base of this problem..." The boy said, looking up at him with wide, scared eyes.

"Where are these 'Dark Faeries'?" Gray asked.

"I-I don't know! I'm sorry!" The boy said.

"Fine. Go. Now." He answered. The boy scurried away.

? POV

I finally transformed back. Those Fairies aren't that bad, they put up a good fight. In fact, in my pitiful form, I was actually hurt. They'd make good Dark Faeries.

As I walked back to the guild, I was greeted by Riku and Saera, the twin barmaids.

"Welcome back, Master. Did you find anyone good?" Riku asked, her purple pigtails swishing around as she turned to talk to me.

"I have. Those Fairies I was going after, they managed to beat the sandstorm form."

"Not bad, I would say. Don't you agree, Riku?" Saera asked.

"I do, I do." Riku said.

"SOME BOOZE NEEDED OVER HERE!" I heard a slurred voice. It was Inko, drinking like usual. His black hair was ruffled and greasy, his tan skin dirty.

"Coming!" The twins said, getting some alcohol for the already drunk man.

"Let's resume our journey, Gray-sama. Are you hurt anywhere?" Juvia questioned.

"No, are you?" Gray replied.

"Luckily, Juvia is not injured." She said.

"Okay, as you said, let's continue." He said. And so, they kept walking through the hot desert, finally understanding why it was called the Desert of Fury.

Minty-chan: I hope you enjoyed! Dark will be writing next chapter! :)

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