Later that evening we were still at the guild celebrating our joining. Ryuu and I were sitting at a table watching every one laughing, fighting and dancing around like it was New Year's. I was leaning back in my chair balancing casually on the back to legs while swinging my feet back and forth; Ryuu was as usual wearing his blind fold yet laughing and goofing off with Natsu and Gray. The three rambunctious boys became fast friends and I enjoyed watching them interact. After everything Ryuu had had to endure it was so good to see him happy and full of life.

I let my eyes wonder the guild and noticed Mirajane was starting to move toward were we were sitting. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Ryuu instantly stiffen while she was still out of ear shot and I smirked while leaned over to whisper in his ear.

"Oh man, you lliiiiikkkkeee her." I teased him; Ryuu's head moved ever so slightly toward me and I felt his foot catch the front of my chair as his mouth turned up with a small chuckle but before I could ask what was so funny I felt my chair flip backwards sending me toppling onto the floor with a loud squeal. I l flipped over backward and landed on my stomach my hair completely covering my face and my skirt askew. I snapped my head up to glair at Ryuu who acted like nothing happened and took a drink from his glass still wearing a small smirk. I grumbled slightly flipping my, out of control hair, out of my face as I went on to my hands and knees to get up when a hand appeared in front of my face. It surprised me for a second until I heard his raspy voice.

"Need a hand?" I looked up into the handsome face of Gray, I blushed slightly and took his hand mumbling a small thanks. As he pulled me to my feet, I brushed myself off and glanced at Ryuu who raised an eye brow at me in question and I quickly looked away from him blushing more just as Mirajane appeared at our table.

"Nova?" she asked sweetly "Are you alright? That looked like quite the fall."

I nervously scratched the back of my head and waved her off, "Oh ya, I just lost my balance that's all, clumsy me." I fake laughed though only the guys seemed to ketch it as Mirajane smiled her usually wide smile.

"Oh good, you should be more careful." Ryuu bit his lip to keep from laughing. I sent a death glair flying toward him and he coughed to hide his laughter as turned to Mirajane.

"Did you need something, Mira?" he asked moving his head to look directly at her; which was still weirding me out.

"Oh yes, Master asked me to make sure you both had places to stay." She said sweetly

I blinked a few times before I turned to look at Ryuu, "I haven't thought of that. Have you Ryuu?"

Ryuu leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head letting out a sigh. "I was just ganna have us sleep in the park again."

I nodded accepting his answer, but Mirajane, Gray and Natsu all looked surprised. "What kind of boyfriend are you? Making your girl sleep outside in the dead of winter." Gray shot at Ryuu, when suddenly Gray froze and a visible chill ran up his spine.

"Is Gray-sama jealous of this boy's girlfriend?" asked a blue haired girl who suddenly appeared between Gray and Natsu from under the table. She appeared so suddenly that I yelped and Natsu fell sideways out of his chair. The only ones unaffected were Ryuu and Mirajane; the latter still seemed more concerned with where we were going to sleep tonight.

"You can't sleep outside; we are supposed to have a heavy rain tonight." she said as Natsu rose back to his chair.

"Juvia, what the hell?" Natsu shouted at the young girl as I picked my chair back up and took my seat next to Ryuu.

"Juvia is sorry but Juvia just had to make sure that her beloved's heart was not yearning for another." The young girl, I assumed was in fact Juvia, clung to Grays arm as she stared up at him in totally devotion, which was a bit to much P.D.A for me.

"What... Juvia let go." Gray gently pushed the girl's arms away in annoyance. Juvia then turned her gaze to me and I felt a chill run up my spine at her stare.

"Juvia assumed this young woman was dating the man with the blind fold." She seemed to be demanding her statement to be true, any other answer would be the wrong answer; I could see it in her deep blue eyes.

Ryuu just laughed slightly as he leaned an arm on the table staring off to the side yet directing his voice at everyone in front of him, "While Nova is very talented and beautiful, no. We are not dating." I felt Juvia's eyes sear into my soul at Ryuu's words.

"I see, then it is true Juvia has yet another love rival." She then leaned over the table toward me. So close that I pulled back and slouched in my chair to try and back away, yet she came within inches of my face. "You will not have my Gray." Her voice dripped with the hidden threat in her words and I audibly gulped and nodded quickly.

"Enough, Juvia." Gray barked at her causing her to recoil at his harshness and scurry away. I quickly looked at Ryuu who had both eye brows raised as he gave me a shrug in confusion.

Natsu caught our exchange and chuckled, "That's Juvia she is obsessed with Gray but Gray doesn't have the balls to tell her he is not interested."

"What you say flame brain?" shouted Gray as he stood up with clenched fists. Mirajane sighed before slowly shaking her head, "Gray your clothes."

Gray looked down at himself to find that we was completely naked, "Crap, where the hell are they this time." I felt my face turn as red as a tomato and Ryuu quickly clapped his hand over my eyes before I could see anything to… private. Natsu just smirked as Gray went off to find his clothes, before turning back to us. "So you two aren't dating, hu. You sure act like it."

Ryuu removed his hand from my still blushing face. "Nah, we have been friends for so long we are more like siblings than anything else." He said as he reached for his glass and took a sip, before turning his head back to face Mirajane. "Is there something else, Mira?" I made a mental note to ask him about why he was shortening her name, later.

"Yes, I was saying we are supposed to have a bad storm tonight, you shouldn't be sleeping outside." She said in a sweetly concerned voice.

"Oh don't worry about that," I smiled up at her "The rain won't be a problem. I will just make a tent out of my gold dust for us to sleep in."

Natsu nodded showing he didn't find a problem with our plan, as Gray finally made his way back to our table pulling on the last of his clothes, his t-shirt.

Mirajane on the other hand looked so angry that her aura was radiating a purplish red color. "No young lady should have to sleep on the ground in this weather." She roared causing everyone near us to freeze with fear including myself, Gray and Natsu.

Ryuu on the other hand jumped up so fast he knocked his drink into my lap, causing me to also jump up. "Ryuu! What the…"

"Your right," Ryuu cut me off as he spoke to Mirajane. "That was very unchivalrous of me. I will go and get us a hotel for the night." I was so in shock by his sudden change in character that I squeaked when he quickly turned to face me. "Nova wait for me here." And with that he left me standing there still dripping wet from his drink and speechless from his actions.

Mirajane also quickly change from a scary demon to her sweet waitress self once again and smiled as Ryuu left the guild. "What I caring friend you have Nova." I couldn't help but snort as I wiped off my clothes but she didn't seem to notice as she walked off back toward the bar.

"What was that about?" asked Natsu as he put his legs up on the chair Ryuu had been sitting in, crossing them at the ankles.

I rolled my eyes and huffed as I sat back down across from him and Gray. "Oh Ryuu…um…he just has a lot on his mind." I said trying to not give Ryuu's crush on Mirajane away.

"You guys seem very close." Gray stated flatly, as his icy gaze fell on me.

I tilted my head in confusion and slightly squinting my eyes at him. "Are you normally so high strung?"

Natsu choked mid-way through a gulp of his fire whisky and slammed the glass on the table as he burst into a fit of laughter. "Ya, he is."

"I am not," Gray augured "Today just has me feeling off." He glanced at me briefly before looking back at the crowded guild. Natsu shrugged him off and also started to look around the guild. "Hey where'd Lucy and Happy go?"

"They left for a mission with Erza and Wendy…" Gray started to explain but Natsu cut him off.

"Without us?!" He shouted, jumping up out of his seat and facing Gray. "But we are a team. They can't just take off on missions and leave us behind."

Gray sighed in annoyance for what seemed like the hundredth time since I had met him that morning. "It was some mission that only needed girls."

"Happy's not a girl." Natsu complained as he dropped back into his chair and crossed his arms, looking very much like a pouting 6 year old.

I smiled at his innocence and moved my hand forward causing my magic to appear. A small stream of golden glowing dust started to swirl in front of him and Gray and I slowly formed it into a small golden dragon with dragonfly wings and a slender yet long body. I made it hover in front of Natsu. Both him and Gray seemed entranced but the small dragon, the gold glow reflecting off their aw struck faces.

Natsu slowly leaned closer, "I never saw a dragon like that." He said watching it intensely.

I smiled sadly as I looked at the small dragon, "She was the dragon who trained me to be a fairy dragon slayer." Natsu and Grays heads snapped to look at me. "Her name was Iridessa."