Luckily, I'm on winter break so here's an update my dears.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately for me, Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima who is my all time favorite mangaka and I aspire to be him. *bows*

Her head hurt.

A lot.

She placed a pale hand on top of her head, wincing as she saw blood. It made sense that her head hurt, she was bleeding. She felt like crying out...but she couldn't. Her voice had disappeared, her vision sucked too.

"HEY! HEY!"

Without warning her hand gestured to the male rapidly running towards her, "WATER LOCK!" She cried as she winced in pain, her head throbbing in pain. She felt unstable as her vision came back, tears forming in her eyes when she was able to see once more.

Gajeel.

He was suffocating in her water lock. She was hurting him. "GAJEEL-KUN!" She gasped as her comrade hit the ground, bruised and soaking wet. As she ran over to him, she noticed that she had bruises too. She looked at her surroundings...the guild...Phantom Lord...her guild had been in ruins.

She had no memory of what happened.

"Gajeel-kun..." She tried to hold back tears but failed miserably, "...Ga..Ga...Juvia...is...SO...sorry..."

The male snorted, "Oi! Waterworks! Stop with the tears already. We're under attack...so stop being a priss and start acting like the element four bitch that 'ya are."

The bluenette just shook her head. Despite what Gajeel said, he would always be wrong. It was her fault...it was all her fault. She wasn't strong enough. She made too many mistakes. She was detrimental to the guild. To Gajeel.

To herself.

"Ah!" Juvia whipped her head around her room, it was just a nightmare.

The same nightmare she always got.

She glanced at the clock: 3:04. 3:04 am...she had woken up 3:04 am because of a stupid nightmare and she didn't have to be at work until 8:00. This was why she couldn't be a mage, this was why she couldn't join Fairy Tail, the reason why she couldn't look at Gajeel.

The reason why she couldn't look him in the eye.

She didn't have time for to dwell on her personal problems. The bluenette sighed as she rolled out of bed, her silk nightgown just above her knees, her hair a mess. She took a few breaths as she made her way to the window, a cold chill caressing her pale skin.

The air was cold.

But not a bad cold...a refreshing cold. A cold that tried to snap her out of her stress, and it was doing a good job. She gazed out the window at the light drizzle, wincing at every tap when the rain hit her window.

She was the rain woman...a name given to her by others. Not particularly one she would pick for herself. True, she was once a powerful water mage from the famous element four back before her guild had disbanded, but rain woman?

The rain came when she was sad.

She hated being sad.

She hated the rain.

Juvia sighed as she ran a hand through the curls of her hair. It was no use going back to sleep now...she'd just have the nightmares again. She had retired from magic quite a few years ago, it always took her by surprise how Gajeel managed to move past the Phantom Lord incident and got himself in Fairy Tail.

Good for him.

She, on the other hand, decided that it would be in everyone's best interest for her to give up on being a mage so she took a job as a barista. She had no idea that her co-worker would also be a mage who had turned her back on magic too. Juvia couldn't lie, the coffee shop was miraculous.

For the first time in her life, she was able to smile and giggle with her new friend Lucy. She was able to give people coffee, it was wonderful. She also happened to meet two guys, the darker haired capturing her heart. "Gray-sama..." She managed to whisper as she gazed out the window. She bit her lip as she grabbed a long coat and draped it over her body, casually slipping her feet into a pair of flats.

She figured she'd take a walk around the neighborhood in an attempt to pass the time.

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"GRAY YOU ICY BASTARD!"

Gray rolled his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, he wished Mira hadn't told them to go and get this guy especially at three in the morning. Mirajane had ordered Natsu and Gray to go get the master's grandson Laxus. Gray didn't understand why this was a thing that had to be done at three in the morning though...luckily, Mira had sent Cana to accompany them since they had no idea where the guy lived.

"Chill the fuck out dragon boy. It's way too early to be yelling on the streets hun."

Gray smirked as the brunette female chugged down her bottle of beer before tossing it into an alley. Natsu grumbled as he leaned against a wall, he could be sleeping right now if it wasn't for Mira pairing him up with this bastard and the female drunk.

"So...where does this Laxus guy even live?" The dragon slayer questioned as he crossed his arms behind his head.

Cana shrugged, "Somewhere a couple blocks down...I've never been there sober."

"Are you implying that you've only been there wasted?"

"Look. Laxus' house isn't somewhere that people tend to go. I'm not saying nothin' happened...Laxus isn't like that. I think he's into Mira...I'm just saying that when I'm drunk and when I'm sober are two COMPLETELY different things."

Gray nodded. "So we just check like every house?"

Cana nodded, "I suppose so. It shouldn't be too hard."

Natsu groaned as the three mages checked various homes in attempt to find Laxus Dreyar. Why did Mira need Laxus now anyway? The pink haired male yawned as he rested against a street pole, his sleep filled eyes fixated on a figure across the street. He rubbed his eyes as he stared harder before grabbing Gray by this hood as Cana knocked on another door.

"What is it you little-" Gray squinted at the figure who was slowly walking along. It was a slender, feminine figure with blue curls falling down her back. She clutched a long black coat against her body. "Juvia?"

The bluenette looked over at the sound of her name and blushed furiously as she met eyes with the ice wizard. She turned away as he and Natsu ran over to her.

"Juvia? What are you doing out here? Do you have any idea what time it is?!"

"Yeah. And you wouldn't happen to know where Laxus Dreyar is would you?" Natsu really needed to get home.

Juvia shook her head sadly as she turned to look at Gray, "G-Gray-sama...w-why are you out so early...?"

"I could ask you the same."

"J-Juvia just needed to clear her head...that's all..."

Gray raised an eyebrow, clear her head about what? He watched as she released her grip on the large coat, and allowed it to fall delicately off her shoulders and to her waist only being held by her elbows, exposing her light purple silk nightgown. Gray felt his face flush in embarrassment...she was dressed so indecently...at least for being outside..."J-Juvia...you might want to put your coat back on..maybe...just a suggestion..."

"Like you're one to talk strip-OW!" Natsu sneered at Gray as he rubbed his arm.

Juvia's eyes widened as she stared down at her body, her practically see through gown hugging her cool pale skin. "Ah! Gray-sama! T-this is NOT what Juvia wants you to think of her! Juvia is very very very-" The bluenette gasped a little as the raven haired male pulled his shirt over her head and slipped her arms through, she could've sworn there was a slight blush across his cheeks as he looked away from her. "Gray-sama..."

"Yeah. Now head home okay. You shouldn't be out right now."

Juvia continued to stare in shock as she tugged on the shirt but nodded anyway. Gray ran a hand through his hair as the female quickly stalked off to where she had come from. She shouldn't have been out at this time. Especially not dressed like that, seriously. It was hard enough for him to process her being a renegade mage...it was even harder to process that the coffee girl was a renegade mage who went out at three in the morning in skimpy little outfits nonetheless.

"Uh. Guys, I can't find Laxus' house..."

Gray shot his head up at the brunette as Natsu groaned. He had almost forgotten why he was out here in the first place.

"Are you freakin' kidding me Wanda?! You fuckin' drunk! I thought you knew where Laxus lived! Ugh!"

Cana rolled her eyes as she grabbed the dragon slayer by his scarf, "Dragon boy, shut the fuck up before I shut it up for ya'! And I've told ya' it's CANA. CA-NA." She released the male and he fell hard onto the pavement. She turned her attention to Gray and cocked her head slightly, "Fullbuster, where's your shirt?"

Natsu slowly got up and dusted himself off, "He's a pervy stripper. That's what he does."

Cana rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms across her chest. Natsu chuckled as he walked over to Gray's side, who was still caught up in his own train of thought, "He gave it to Juvia, she was wearing nothing but her nightie."

"Juvia? That's Gajeel's friend right? How do you guys know her?"

Gray bit his lip, his eyes remained downcast. "Coffee..."

Cana pouted as she made her way between the two males, throwing her arms over their shoulders before chuckling maniacally. "Well, this was a bust! How about we head to the liquor store on our way back to Fairy Tail, huh?"

"Oh you would love that wouldn't ya', ya' drunk?"

Cana smirked as she hit the pink haired male across the head, and the three of them headed back towards the guild.

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Juvia remained crouched behind the dumpster as she clutched the shirt that Gray placed on her, closer to her body. He had taken his shirt off, and gave it to her.

That would fuel her many fantasies for at least two weeks.

She had to admit, it had peaked her curiosity that Gray and his friends were out at this time and now she knew why. They were a part of Gajeel's guild...they were mages!

She didn't know if this excited her or not. Both her and Gray were mages...they could be this phenomenal mage couple. However, he was in a legal guild and she had decided to abandon her life of magic. It was like a Shakespeare play, what was she to do?

She pressed her palm against her cheek as she watched him walk away with his friends. Gajeel wanted her to join Fairy Tail, and she had to admit, with her friend Gajeel there along with the added bonus that Gray was there, it was looking quite appealing. The question was, was she ready to join a guild again?

She didn't know if she was.

She'd confront Lucy about this later. She'd probably like to know that the pink haired guy that she had a crush on was in Fairy Tail...but right now she had to get back home.

She did have a shift to get to later, after all.

Can I just say that I LOVE writing AU Cana? It's so much fun to me lol. Also, I have like a variety of ideas for different Fairy Tail AU fanfics but I don't know if I should post them yet (I don't know if I should juggle updating a bunch at a time lol)...we'll see.

As usual, I hope that you guys enjoy and feel free to leave a review.

~Arigato, Mari :)