A/N: I am having a lot of fun with this fiction and I am glad you guys like it!
Natsu opened his eyes and yawned he turned his head and looked out the window, "Hm is it still raining?" he got up and walked to the window he frowned he could sense minute amounts of magic energy in each droplet is there another wizard here he thought to himself, no this energy is uncontrolled whoever is doing this doesn't know how to control it he thought about the innkeepers favor is this what he was talking about, he opened the door and walked downstairs he greeted the innkeeper who turned to him with a large smile.
"Is there another Wizard in this building?" Natsu demanded
The innkeeper looked at him in surprise "How did you find out?"
"I can sense the magic energy in the rain outside, whoever is making it doesn't know how to control it am I correct?" Natsu asked
The innkeeper nodded and Natsu continued "I am assuming you want me to teach this person?"
The man nodded again and Natsu looked down for a moment "I will teach her how to control the rain, but beyond that my knowledge of water magic is minimal at best."
The innkeeper smiled "Please follow me." The man walked past him and Natsu complied.
The two walked to the top floor and the man knocked on the door in front of him, Natsu could barely here the voice but as the man in front of him opened the door he assumed they were permitted to enter.
"This is Juvia, the first magic user to be born in this village in almost 20 years, we have no one to teach her and that is why we requested a wizard the beast was a problem but there are hundreds of them in the forest we hunt them for food out main predicament is we need someone to teach her." The innkeeper explained and Natsu nodded in understanding
He walked into the room and sat in front of the blue haired girl and he smiled at her "Hello Juvia, my name is Natsu I am from Fairy Tail and it is nice to meet you."
"Are you here to take me to your guild?" Juvia her voice incredibly flat.
Natsu shook his head "No, I am here to help you."
"How can you help me," Juvia spat "No one in this village can help me."
Natsu heard the door close behind him "I am not from this village Juvia, I am from Magnolia and I am a wizard like you."
"You are not like me you wear armor, if you really used magic you wouldn't need it," Juvia stared at him unblinkingly "No one is like me."
Natsu shook his head "I use a different magic than you," he summoned one of his swords and pulled it from the air "See, my armor is a conduit for my magic kind of like a second skin." he smiled at her.
She had no reaction.
"There are many water wizards like you Juvia," Natsu continued "You power is just unrefined you don't know how to turn off the rain do you?"
Juvia shook her head.
Natsu stood up "Come on then let's go outside you are not going to learn how to control it in here."
Juvia raised an eyebrow at him "But won't you get wet, I do not wish to make you uncomfortable."
Natsu shrugged "It cannot be helped, I told the man who run's this building I would teach you how to control the rain as payment as he wouldn't accept my money."
They stepped outside and Natsu pulled the hood of his cloak up, he walked to the centre of the street and beckoned for Juvia to follow him, she watched her as she walked towards him, as he expected the water glanced around her so she didn't get wet at all.
"Why are you shielding yourself from the rain?" Natsu called out
Juvia looked at him surprised "I do not know how I am doing it."
Natsu nodded and pointed towards the sky, she looked up and saw nothing but gray clouds "You are making those clouds, you are pulling water vapor together using your magic, then the rain falls and recollect it and put it back into the clouds making an endless cycle," Natsu explained
Juvia tilted her head as she looked at him "So how do I stop it?"
"Water in essence is flow," Natsu answered "What you are doing is fighting that flow, stop fighting it Juvia."
Juvia nodded and took a deep breath, Natsu looked up at the sky and smiled he flicked his hood back "Well done Juvia."
Her eyes snapped open and she looked around her "It was as easy as that?"
Natsu nodded "Magic is not the difficulty the difficulty is created in your own mind, we all create obstacles for ourselves some of us just need a little push."
Juvia smiled "So what are your obstacles Natsu?"
Natsu smirked "My obstacles are out of reach." was all he said,
"So what now?" Juvia asked
"You are welcome to come to the guild with me," Natsu said tilting his head "As I said we have many skilled magic users of all different kinds you may find a teacher or you could teach yourself, controlling water is not the most difficult form of magic and everyone tends to lean towards their own styles."
Juvia nodded "I wouldn't mind having a look at the guild."
Natsu nodded "We can leave as soon as you are ready."
Juvia bolted back inside the inn and Natsu chuckled, I really thought it would be more difficult than that I guess she is just talented he thought to himself looking up, the sun had started coming through, he requipped to his standard armor with his sword slung across his back he looked around and the as he turned left he was met with the face of the old man from yesterday, he stumbled back slightly.
"Oh, I am sorry I did not mean to startle you," the old man said quickly "I see you taught Juvia to control her rain."
Natsu shook his head "I barely did anything, she is just goof at letting go I guess."
The old man nodded "Hm, well we have a little present for you."
Natsu raised an eyebrow and followed the old man's point, he saw the horn of the animal he had killed the day before it had a few large gems affixed in the sides and was lined with various other stones and things. Natsu sighed what did these people think he was going to with that "Thank you for the gift." he said kindly, maybe we can hang it up in the guild hall or something.
Juvia tapped him on the shoulder "I am ready to go." she said excitedly.
Natsu nodded, he picked the horn up and held it above his head he tested it a few times by bending his elbow and pushing it back above him, it was heavy but he was confident he could carry it back to the guild.
Juvia looked at him in shock "You can really carry it that easily?"
Natsu turned his head to look at her "Well it's not easy, but I can make it back to the guild at least."
Juvia nodded and the two set off.
Erza sat with her head flattened on the table in front of her with a groan "I finally know how Natsu's feels with me around, ugh If I am this annoying no wonder he left before I got back."
"That's not true Erza," Mirajane smiled at her as she lifted her head "He left to try and get his mind of you."
Erza blushed slightly "Why would he do that?"
Mirajane shrugged "It's all in the eyes, he was worried about you so he left to try and focus on something else."
"Is that so?" Erza chuckled
Mirajane nodded "What's so funny?"
"So this is another one of those, last time who was it Gray and Levy, if I remember correctly." Erza laughed
Mirajane's eyes narrowed at her "For your information it was Gray and Cana and if you turn around you will see why I said it."
Erza turned her head, Cana seemed to have passed out drunk and Gray had caught her Erza slumped "Erza has passed out from alcohol Mira, you know what she is like she is determined to beat the master in a drinking contest."
Mirajane blinked at her "That reminds me your birthday is coming up soon isn't it?"
"How does someone passing out from alcohol abuse remind you about my birthday?" Erza asked shooting a questioning look at Mirajane.
She shrugged "That wasn't it, it just occurred to me."
"Yes, it's my birthday tomorrow." Erza answered absently
Mirajane seemed to stiffen, oh I don't have very long then she thought quickly.
Erza sighed "How long do you think until Natsu gets back?"
"It wasn't very far away," Mirajane answered "He should be back soon, why are you worried about him Erza?"
Erza shook her head "No I need to apologize to him for all these years of irritating him, it has occurred to me what it feels like recently."
Mirajane rolled her eyes "If you really irritated him that much why would he keep you around?"
Erza opened her mouth but closed again as she had no good reason.
"And you shouldn't be so hard on Lucy, you are the only one she knows in the guild and I seem to remember you doing the same thing to Natsu on your first day, in fact you lived with him for a year!" Mirajane exclaimed
Erza nodded "All right all right, I won't be so hard on her." she stood up and began to walk away before Mirajane called out, she turned around.
"Where are you going?" Mirajane asked
Erza thought for a moment "Home." she said flatly before continuing out.
"Natsu I can't walk anymore I need a break." Juvia complained
Natsu looked around and saw a bar for wizards, maybe I can pick up on a few things while I wait, he dropped the horn with a loud crash and gestured for Juvia to follow him inside. Natsu walked to the bar and sat down, Juvia followed and sat down beside him looking around shyly.
"Relax, everyone here is a wizard and no one is going to hurt you, it is just a rest stop basically." Natsu explained.
He tuned out most of the conversations and focused his hearing around a few tables he had seen with a few suspicious characters sitting at it, something caught his ear "So you got the Lullaby for Erigor?"
Natsu turned his head three members of a guild sat a little away from him, he looked at Juvia "Stay here." he told her and she nodded before Natsu seemed to just disappear.
"You gentlemen wouldn't happen to be talking about Erigor the reaper, I owe that old man a drink," Natsu said with a smile and a cheery tone "Oh, and Lullaby the death flute huh I wouldn't bother with that the thing is impossible to unseal."
"Oh, Yeah well what about this you Fairy Tail Fly." a man in a white jacket stood up and waved a small wooden flute with a skull on it in front of Natsu's face and Natsu let an almost sinister grin cross his face.
Natsu grabbed the flute in his hand and squeezed the flute splintered, the men backed away from him "So you three are members of the dark Guild Eisenwald."
Natsu cracked his knuckles and rolled his neck as the three stood up and faced him "It is still three against one!"
"Just the way I like it," Natsu growled "Nice and easy."
"Just try it!" the man in the white yelled, Natsu watched a few shadows rush towards him and he smirked, before practically blinking out of the way he charged forward toward the man and landed a heavy blow to his stomach the man doubled over and coughed Natsu followed it up with a elbow to the back of the head, before turning to the other two, the both turned to run from him and he caught them by the collar's, he hit their heads together to knock them out, he turned to the barman "Call the military and have these guys locked up." he said quickly
The barmen nodded and moved to his phone, Natsu turned to Juvia "You ready to go I would like to make it home by the end of today."
Juvia nodded and ran up to him "You are really strong," she praised with a smile "Are all the wizards in Fairy Tail like you?"
Natsu thought about it for a moment "Well most of them, we aren't called Fiore's top guild for nothing." he smiled.
"Oh, I was meaning to ask you why are you in such a hurry to get back?" Juvia asked
"It is one of my oldest friends birthday tomorrow I can't miss it." Natsu smiled as he hoisted the horn above his head again.
"Is it a girl?" Juvia asked curiously
Natsu nodded and peered at her "Why is that important?"
Juvia smiled "You like her."
Natsu blushed slightly "N-no I don't you don't even know her at all how would you know how I feel about her?"
"So you admit you do have feelings for her!" Juvia exclaimed victoriously
Natsu glared at her "Shut up."
She did as he was told and walked along staring at her feet "Have you tried telling her?"
Natsu shook his head.
"Are you going to?"
Natsu shook his head again.
Juvia glared up at him "You had better be joking!"
Natsu was surprise at her sudden outburst and he looked at her with a raised eyebrow
"You are strong and when you aren't being all angry and mysterious you are actually really nice," Juvia snapped "In fact I think any girl would be lucky to have you."
Natsu sighed "You are not going to let this go until I agree to tell her are you?"
"If you don't tell her I will do it myself." Juvia said sternly
Natsu grumbled and picked up his pace, why do I manage to find all the Troublesome girls.
A/N: Mirajane's evil plan is working, haha next chapter is going to be fun to write for me and I hope you enjoy it and this one!