Yo people, I'm back and it's earlier than expected but still, I'm late. It was because we stayed in a hotel and it had Wi-Fi and I was like 'OH MY GROSH', I immediately opened my laptop and typed the things needed to finish this chapter, edited it and KABOOM! I posted it. I was really happy. And Like I told all of you, I can't seem to follow my schedule but I try to.

And BIG thanks for everyone who Followed, Favorited, Reviewed and specially, read my story! Without you guys, I wouldn't be even writing this story! You're all so special to me even though we haven't seen each other yet!

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What's WRITER'S BLOCK? DOES IT BLOCK YOU FROM WRITING OR SOMETHING? AND WHAT IS FORUM? FLUFF? LASTLY WHAT IS COMMUNITY?

Dun dun dun dun~!

Chapter 7: Gray arrived, Lucy believed and Juvia…

Disclaimer: IT'S IN CHAPTER 1 DUDES AND GALS OR WHATEVER.

"Hey guys! What's happenin'?" Natsu said with his usual toothy grin, Juvia smiling at them while Nashi yawned. Everyone crowded them, asking questions.

"People, let me through!" Erza was shoved the people who were crowding Natsu and the girls.

"Auntie!" Nashi said quite enthusiastically, jumping on the red-head's upper part. She hugged the woman and tried to sleep there, she was really sleepy so she kinda slept on Erza. Everyone including Erza was used to this, she always did this to her when she feel sleepy or cold cause' Nashi told her that she's warm and soft. A smile appeared on Erza's face.

Natsu smiled at the scene but even though he was smiling, he was in deep thought. Maybe, just maybe, he was Nashi's father and not Gray. Maybe they created a child that day. That day, everything happened… it all happened so fast but all so slow at the same time. But why would Gray propose to her? Was it because of Juvia and Lyon? And more importantly, why did she say yes?! He had never seen Gray and Lucy looking at each other that way. He had never seen the two as a couple, because he saw him and Lucy as a couple. Being happy with their children, having fun, always with each other, never leaving each other alone…. But all of that changed when he proposed to her and she said yes, everything was all so clear to him now. Lucy never loved him and she never will. Lucy always treats him as a brother. She had never seen him in a way. Gray and Lucy are in love with each other and the two matched each other. They were perfect. That was what he thought, but look at her state right now. She's always crying, she never smiled like what she used to when Natsu was still there, she only gave fake smiles, yes, fake ones, so that she won't worry anyone. But everyone knew that all of her smiles were all fake because they too are doing it with the same reason.

-IN THE INFRIMARY WITH LUCY-

Natsu had been a part of their family for so long that seeing him die would make them change themselves just to forget everything that happened. But because of their appearance just two days ago, made them very happy and changed them back to the happy, destructive and noisy guild they are. But only one hadn't changed. It was Lucy, she still can't believe the fact that Natsu was alive and was so happy. She thought he never will come back. All of those hopeless searches she did just to find him didn't help her. It only let her down. All the hope she had lost. And when it was completely lost, there, he arrived, all happy like nothing had happened. But how can he still be alive? She thought she heard him say goodbye and she also heard the sound of crashing bodies in the water. She heard him say goodbye and for the last time say 'I love you'. What about 'the fire of his life'? Was he just lying? He can't be that good as an actor slash liar, right? That just means that Natsu died along with Juvia when they jumped off that stupid cliff, crashed on the rocks and fell inside the ocean. All of it made sense for her. The man she just saw wasn't Natsu, he died four years ago. Just the thought about Natsu dying made her cry. She couldn't take it anymore so she stood up from her position covered her ears so that she can't hear the guild's noise, trying to stop herself from screaming in frustration. But it was futile, her legs betrayed her body and so she fell on the cold hard ground, still covering her ears. She shouted in aggravation knowing that the whole guild wouldn't hear her because they were all very noisy, so she can't over power the sound that they were making.

"NATSU, I-I'M SORRY… I WAS SO CONFUSED! I WAS JUST SO C-ONFUSED! PLEASE NATSU COME BACK! COME BACK NATSU! I HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER WITH ME! *HINT* NATSU, PLEASE COME BACK! I'M REALLY SORRY! Who am I kidding anyway? He's dead and he can never come back. Tch, maybe I am getting crazy." She was crying while shouting those words. She didn't know that her voice was very loud that it reached her guild member's ears especially Natsu's. All of them gave her sympathetic looks even though they know she isn't there.

They all rushed outside the infirmary. Erza went there too, Nashi in her hands while Jellal was beside her. Natsu and Juvia giving each other side glances each time Lucy would shout something. Suddenly, Mira opened the door, revealing the blonde haired woman that Natsu and Juvia met in the mall.

"You're Lucy?!" Was the first thing that came out of Natsu's mouth. He asked that question because of three reasons. First, Lucy's appearance changed. Second, her smell also changed, that was why Natsu didn't recognize her when they met. He wasn't sure it was Lucy when they saw her hugging Nashi, and Nashi addressing her as her mother. He was having second thoughts that time. Third, her chocolate brown eyes which were filled with happiness and confidence, was replaced by sadness, grief and regret. It added his belief that she wasn't Lucy.

"Natsu-nii… she's Lucy? But what happened to her appearance?" She looked at the long blonde hair; in the end of her hair were curly locks. She was wearing a long sleeved pink T-shirt, and long white skirt. She was so… unlike Lucy. The Lucy he knew was much more different than how she is right now. She was so mother-looking, well that's to be expected because she is a mother now but how can she change her scent? Perfume? No, it couldn't be just a perfume, maybe her magic changed? And what about her eyes? Her eyes were filled with negative things like sadness and regret.

"Lucy love riv— I meant, Lucy…" Juvia muttered softly, clutching on Natsu's shirt. She was teary eyed and she wanted to cry so badly. All of the bad memories all came rushing down. She stood there frozen, looking at Lucy, wide eyed. She couldn't stop herself anymore. Before she knew it, tears are already down on her cheeks. The others didn't notice her, but Natsu did. He knows the smell of Juvia's tear.

"Juvia, why are you crying?" He asked. The sound of worry was obvious in his voice.

She was still frozen on the spot; Natsu shook her slightly to put her out of trance. "N-Natsu-nii…" Natsu sighed and asked her what he asked her earlier.

"Why are you crying? Did someone do something to you?" Juvia didn't know what he was talking about, 'Crying? I'm not crying.' She thought. She touched her face and felt water. Indeed it was water, and it was her tears, she was crying. And she knew why. Bad memories

"Bad memories" She muttered, Natsu stayed silent, still standing beside Juvia.

"You're right. I feel like I want to cry too because of the bad memories… but… I don't want to cry yet." Juvia nodded at him knowing what he meant, she wiped her tears away and smiled at him. He returned the smile and also returned his attention to the blonde who was now in Mira's arms being comforted.

"Lucy, please don't cry. Natsu doesn't want to see you crying. Right now he's here and watching you" Mira was hugging Lucy, attempting to make her stop her wailing.

"N-Natsu's dead, how can he see me when he's dead?! When someone's dead you can never bring him or her back! And all those things that people say like 'I'll be here in your heart', IT'S A LIE! I can never see that idiotic face of his!" Natsu who was inside the crowd had eyes as big as plates. Lucy had changed a lot. She wouldn't say anything like that. She has never lost hope and he knew she'll never say anything like that but right now he heard it with his own two ears. She said it. She had lost hope that he was still alive and it was his fault. His fault that Lucy stopped believing

"I really meant it Lucy. He's over there at the crowd watching you cry and shout. And I know he doesn't want that…"Mira stopped and looked at the blonde, Lissana was behind her, giving her a sympathetic look just like the looks everyone was giving her.

"Lucy, if I haven't seen Natsu with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe any of the things that they're saying. But I just saw him, standing in front of me—"Before she could finish her sentence, Lucy cut her off.

"Yeah, and he hugged you." She said sarcastically

"And he's alive." She ignored the fact that she said that sarcastically and finished her sentence but Lucy still didn't believe her; she truly lost her hope and never believed in anything anymore. Natsu was just going to Lucy and show himself to her so she would just believe what everyone was saying, but he was stopped when he heard a very familiar voice. The one that hurt his sister. Gray.

"LUCY!" Everyone turned their heads including Lucy, Natsu and Juvia, to look at the man who just called her. He just returned from the mission he took. Juvia's eyes again widened in fear, she feared this day to come. The day Gray will arrive and know that she's alive. Even though she forgave him, she was still scared that he might do something to her that she'll regret. She wanted to run away from him the moment she heard his voice but Natsu was holding her hand tightly.

"Natsu-nii, please let go of me." She pleaded but Natsu shook his head not even looking at the mage.

"No." He looked at her with a firm look on his face, "You need to face your fear. You need to face Gray. He won' hurt you anymore. He learned his lesson."

"What if he did?"

"I'll kill him myself." Juvia barely nodded

"Gray-sa— Gray…"

"Gray, you're back…. From your mission…" Mira said, with worried look in her face. She remembered the thing that happened four years ago with her four friends. Now that the four of them are here, she can help them with their problem and she's going to do everything she can to help them. She too, had blamed herself for not being able to stop Gray, Lucy, Juvia and Natsu from doing what they did. Gray proposing and hurting Juvia, Lucy saying yes, Natsu arriving and attempting suicide with Juvia and all that happened while they were gone. All of those things, she blamed herself for all of it.

"What happened to Lucy? Didn't I tell you to stop her from hurting herself while I was gone? Who mentioned Natsu's name? Tell me who?!" Everyone was silent. All of them know the rules. 1) They shouldn't do anything related to Natsu and also Juvia 2) Don't let Lucy hurt herself 3) Stop Erza from hurting someone else (that's Jellal's job) 4) Stop Lyon and Meredy from killing themselves and lastly, 5) Never mention Natsu and Juvia's name.

"Lucy, are you okay?" Gray asked, he was now in front of Lucy

"Leave me alone." She said with a complete poker face. Sometimes she blamed Gray for everything that had happened four years ago, but most of the time she blames herself.

"Lucy, who mentioned Natsu's name?" He asked, for the third time, Lucy wasn't in the mood to talk to him right now. She was too busy regretting

"You, you mentioned him for the third time already!" Some of them tried to contain their laughter but some failed and because of that, they received a punishment from Erza and Ultear and also a glare from Gray.

"Gray, leave me alone. That goes for everyone too, leave me alone. I want to be alone." They didn't move but when Erza and Ultear told them to, they did, they didn't want to face their punishments anymore.

"Thanks Erza, Ultear." They nodded and gave them smiles; the only one left in the room was Mira, Gray, Juvia, Natsu and Lucy. Natsu and Juvia hid behind a pillar inside the infirmary. Only Mira knew that they were there.

"Lucy, please tell me." She didn't look at him and kept the poker face, "Lucy, don't do this again." She still didn't look at him

"Gray, just leave us alone, please?" Mira smiled at him when he started leaving, but before he could vanish he gave them one last look, "Mira… tell me what happened… later." Mira only nodded and then watched him go

"Natsu, Juvia, you can show yourself now." Lucy looked at the direction where Mira looked at

Natsu and Juvia did as what Mira told them to, they slowly showed themselves to the blonde. Her eyes widened when she saw Natsu but that doesn't mean that she believed anyone.

"H-hey, Luce" He waved smiled at her sheepishly; Juvia stood next to him and waved her hand while blushing.

"Mira, fake persons won't make me believe in anything." Even though her heart was telling her that I was Natsu, and her brain was telling her that he was dead, she followed her brain.

"But Luce, I'm the real Natsu!"

"Don't lie! Natsu died! His scarf is in my house! He'll never leave his scarf and he told me that when we did…. D-did… never mind… What I'm saying is, he's dead and that was because of my stupid actions." She looked down on the floor; tears were in the corner of her eyes.

"Luce, I've heard this sentence before. But here I am and I'm alive and standing in front of you." This made the celestial mage cry. Natsu walked closer to the crying woman, he cupped her face that was now wet with her own tears. Natsu made Lucy face him. She felt the warmth in her face that only Natsu made her feel not even Gray. She cried louder remembering Natsu, and her sin. It was her fault he died, she thought.

"Lucy, didn't I tell you not to cry but smile? You don't look good when you cry." Her eyes widened, Natsu told her that. Natsu told her that. He told her that, nobody else but him.

"N-Natsu?" He smiled at her and nodded. She cried and cried until she fell asleep. Juvia and Mira only stood there watching the two while smiling.

"Let's go Mira-san" The barmaid followed Juvia, smiling brightly at the two. She was happy that finally Lucy believed… maybe. Now she has to help Juvia and Gray

-AT THE BAR-

"Mira, what happened?!" Erza and Ultear asked in unison

"You'll just have to wait." She winked at them then left, Juvia followed her still smiling. The two looked at each other, blinked, then walked around thinking about what Mira and Juvia had said.

"Juvia, when will you talk to Gray?" Mira asked out of blue, even though Juvia wants to frown she still kept smiling.

"Maybe… never? I don't want to look or even hear his name. EVER. So can we change the subject?" Juvia smiled at her in an angry way but she wasn't angry at Mira, no. Mira smiled awkwardly then nodded hesitantly.

"O-okay… so what would be our subject?"

"What about… your lives when we left?"

"You won't like it plus it'll ruin your happy aura…" Mira started to wipe some glasses while talking to Juvia, minutes later Erza –carrying Nashi, who is still sleeping-, Lissana, Wendy, Meredy and Ultear arrived and talked to her. Gray still didn't notice Juvia's presence, well, it was because of the others who took shifts 'Job: Prevent Gray from seeing Juvia' because if they didn't do this, Erza, Ultear and also Mira will surely punish them. (Erza, Mira and Ultear are now a team, but not a team for jobs, they're the 'punish team' with Ultear it was now much easier for Erza and much scarier for all of them)

Back to Natsu and Lucy

"Are you really Natsu?" She asked

"Yes, Luce, you know, I really missed you."

"Me too"

Both of them were hugging each other tightly, they stayed like that for about 15 minutes. And every second Lucy tightened her hug.

"Luce… I… need… t-to… b-breathe…"She finally noticed it and broke apart from the hug. She just really missed him so much that she didn't know she was hugging him that tight. And that he was suffocating.

"S-sorry Natsu… I forgot… I just really missed you." She blushed from embarrassment then looked away; Natsu also blushed because he never thought Lucy could miss him that much.

"It's okay." He scratched the back of his head while blushing. Meanwhile outside the door, Nashi just woke up and wanted to see her mother and Erza said she was inside the infirmary but she told her not to go in because she had to talk to someone. She didn't listen to her and she knows that Erza won't hurt her, so she went inside the infirmary slowly and quietly so that no one will notice her.

"Mama~" Nashi said sleepily, she was still sleepy cause' she didn't sleep last night. It was because of Lucy's crying, she was saying stuff like 'Was he alive?' or 'How did he get here? I thought he was dead?' and many more questions.

"Nashi?!" The two said in unison

"What are you doing here?" Lucy asked, full attention to the child

"Natsu-san?" Nashi looked at the Natsu because she noticed that he was holding Lucy's hand

"Honey, don't call him 'Natsu-san', just call him… um…" She thought for awhile then when she remembered something she immediately said, "Papa!" Natsu and Nashi's eyes widened

"Papa?!" They both asked in unison, Lucy just nodded like it was nothing. The family of three is finally in one room, how cute.

"Never mind… momma, I'm sleepy… can I sleep in your bed?" She rubbed her eyes while yawning cutely

"But Nashi, this isn't our house… were in the infirmary honey." Nashi didn't listen to her and continued walking over to one of the beds and then slept.

"Oh, Nashi" Lucy smiled at her sleeping daughter. Natsu looked at her too smiling then looked at Lucy who was still smiling at her daughter. There was a comfortable silence in the room but Natsu didn't like it that much so he started a conversation.

"Lucy… what happened when we left?" Lucy couldn't talk even if she wants to; it was because she was nervous and also scared. What will Natsu say after she tells him everything? Should she lie to him? Or not? What would she do?

"Luce… please… I'll understand it's okay to tell me everything. I ran away for far too long, this problem of ours should be fixed sooner or later, so that you can live a happy life, plus I still need to say good bye to my friends in Demon Tail." He said with a serious look on his face and a serious voice. She was calmed down now by Natsu. Now she didn't hesitate to tell him everything, everything that happened four years ago when they left.

"Here goes nothing…"

AT THE BAR

"Oh My Gosh, Juvia, that happened?" Lissana gasped, hearing about what happened in Demon Tail. They have been talking about Juvia and Natsu's lives instead because she said it was fun in there and they enjoyed every moment in there.

"Yeah! And you won't believe what Natsu-nii said when our master heard about what he did!" They were talking really loud and they forgot that Gray shouldn't hear them or else, he'll see Juvia and then her mood won't be as good if he saw her.

"Okay, so what did he say?" Erza asked, eating her favorite strawberry cake.

"He said he didn't do it then talked about perverted things so that master would forget about what he did!" All the girl's eyes widened

"Your master's perverted?!" Wendy unintentionally shouted, she covered her mouth and shook her head gesturing to NOT answer her question. It was kind of embarrassing because everyone heard it even Gray but the others prevented him from seeing the girls.

"Yup!" Juvia just nodded

"Reminds me of master" Mira giggled, Erza nodded, Lissana watched her sister then giggled, Wendy and Meredy blushed remembering a horrible incident and lastly Juvia smiled sadly.

"I haven't seen master yet, where is he?" They all looked at her sadly

"You didn't know?" Lissana asked sadly, Juvia got curious and so she shook her head

"Master got ill last two years. He didn't stop hoping that both of you are still alive and that you'll come back and he wanted to see you two. He even wanted to look for you two, himself but…" Mira couldn't finish her sentence and started sobbing. She covered her mouth to stop but failed.

"M-master died." Erza finished her sentence trying not to end up like Mira who is now crying and being comforted by Lissana and Wendy

"W-what about Wendy or Porliyusica? Why didn't they heal him?" She sounded desperate. Yes, they weren't close but he was the one who invited her to the guild (I AM NOT SURE) and he was the reason why she was happy

"Master's illness was incurable. Something as blocking Porliyusica and Wendy's magic from healing him." Lissana said, Wendy was in the verge of tears, blaming herself from the master's death.

"Even if w-we tried everything… we couldn't heal him!" Wendy cried

"They even healed master together but… they really couldn't." Ultear wasn't close to crying, but she still felt pity for the old geezer because even after what she did to his children he still accepted her, Jellal and Meredy and treated them as his children.

"I-I'm s-sorry … I-I didn't k-know…. D-does Natsu-nii knows about this?" They all shook their heads. Juvia cried and was now covering her mouth with her two hands, and her eyes widened.

-WITH GRAY AND THE OTHERS-

"I heard Juvia's name, let me go!" He was struggling from Gajeel's grip. They were stopping him from going anywhere from the moment they left the infirmary

"Gajeel hold him tighter." Levy ordered, Gajeel only complained then did what his wife told her to. You're not blind, read it again and you'll see that it what you read was right. Yes, you heard right, he's wife is Levy and he is her husband. They married each other 3 years ago. Erza and Jellal are also married, Lissana and Bixlow are in a relationship, Mira and Freed married and lastly Canna and Laxus, they're married. (Also, the others too are married or are in a relationship)

"Let. Me. Go!" Gray hammered Gajeel's hand with his ice, because of the coldness –he added special coldness- Gajeel's grip loosened and let him go. Gray immediately ran up to where the girls are at the bar and got a glimpse of blue hair, with some curls on the lower part of her hair. No mistake. It's Juvia.

"JUVIA!" Juvia, the others and all of the other guild members stopped doing what they were doing. Juvia turned her head to look at the person who just called her, the voice was familiar, and when she saw who the man was… she quickly stood up, paid Mira and then tried to run away but Gray stopped her before she could even get any further.

"Let. Go. Of. Me!" Erza was about to help Juvia and knock Gray out but Mira stopped her, and told her that it was their problem not theirs.

"Juvia… it's really you?!"

"I am not Juvia! Who are you anyway?!"

"J-Juvia… it's me Gray! Have you forgotten me?! Or did you just forced to forget me because of what happened four years ago?!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"Gray!" Gray looked at his side only to meet Lyon's fist.

"Lyon!"

"Would you stop calling names already? I'm getting confused." Canna complained though everyone except Laxus ignored her.

Gray stood up and wiped the blood out of his mouth using his hand and tried to land a punch on Lyon but Juvia stopped him before he could even do it.

"ENOUGH!" She said in a loud voice

Okay, so we have a Jerza, GaLe, BiLi, FreeRa and Lana. It's the couples that came into my mind… and also… sorry for master's death. I was planning on just making him sick and then got healed when Juvia performed this water purification thingy that she learned from Juvia –the Demon Tail Juvia- but then when I typed things I got carried away in my emotions and so I killed him. He-he I'm really sorry, gomen, I didn't want master to die but I wanted more drama! MORE DRAMA I TELL YA', IT'S WHAT I NEED!

Note- When I make this story I just type whatever that comes in my mind. And I don't know the outcome of this story, what'll happen? Don't ask me cause' I don't know too.