And welcome back to the next chapter of this story. This one is a little short but it will start change on from the next chapter. I can tell you that next chapter is the last one that will follow the manga. Meaning... we'll head into my own version with twists and turns! I think you guys will love it ;)
Brainy girl: You'll have to wait and see. But you'll see how Juvia is in this chapter ;) And at least one other guild in the next chapter!
Rez: I thought it was just magic that Carla learned but I may be wrong.
Chaos: *gasp* Maybe that is why there is nothing on Kera! Guess we'll just have to wait and see!
Lingering will: Yup! And to the next person who is on the list!
Marty: I know, but there's a little something at the end of this and next chapter is going to change the boring. We kind of reached the stage where we get started for the real action! And we all love Natsu's actions ;)
Zwack15: Yes I did since I'm putting my own twist on this, but there's also a reason behind it.
The group of three wizards have been on the road for a while heading to one village in particular. It was a few hours later when they finally arrived at the sight. Natsu and Wendy stopped seeing the village, completely in shock.
Lucy sighed knowing why it was like this. "Here it is Rainfall Village."
"Really?" Natsu asked looking at Lucy. The group were looking at a village that was standing under rain. The thing is… they were standing outside the village completely dry. It seemed only the village was being rained on.
Happy flew around. "Wow! It's just raining in the village!" He said before running in and out of the area of where the rain was falling.
Lucy rolled her eyes. "Stop playing around guys. We need to find Juvia. There has to be a reason why it's always raining here and knowing her, it can't be anything good."
Natsu sighed and the group entered the pouring village. They were soaked in mere seconds. Wendy looked around the place and noticed something strange. "It doesn't look like anyone's living here."
Lucy scrunched up her nose. "Yea… you're right. I wonder if Juvia is even here."
The Dragon Slayer sniffed the air and pointed ahead of himself. "Juvia's that way. I can smell her."
"That's still strange to hear." Lucy muttered but smiled softly. Even though he acted really strange sometimes he was still a caring guy.
"Lucy, are you blushing?" Wendy asked and immediately the blonde was snapped out of her little world. "Wha? No! I wasn't blushing! You must be seeing things because of the rain."
Happy chuckled as he flew beside the blonde. "But Lucy you were definitely blushing! I can see it!"
"Shut it cat!" Lucy snapped.
They kept on wandering through the village until Natsu saw someone sitting on a bench in the distance. He grinned and started running towards the person. "Hey! Juvia!" He called waving his hand.
The person, who turned out to be the blue haired mage, started to look up at them. Her eyes went wide as she saw them running towards her. At first she thought she was seeing Gray in front of her, but then it turned out to be Natsu and Lucy with Wendy.
"Natsu… Lucy… Wendy." She said looking at the three people in front of her. She couldn't believe it. "What… what are you doing here?" She asked obviously confused as to what they were doing in this village.
Natsu grinned. "We've come to get you. How've you been?"
"But… everyone went their own way. Even Gray…" She muttered slightly looking away.
Lucy looked at the sky. "Could you, um… stop the rain?" She said hoping that they could stop getting soaked.
Juvia though shook her head. "I am sorry, I can't stop… I'm too sad…" All of a sudden she collapsed. Natsu quickly dashed forward and caught her. It took her a minute before standing up straight again. "Sorry… I… I've been out… too long." She said holding her head.
Lucy pulled her along while supporting her. "Come on, we should get you inside."
Juvia nodded slightly. The water mage led the group to her house. Inside Lucy led Juvia to a bed making her sit down. Wendy then walked over to her and felt her forehead. It was a little warm but nothing to worry about. With a quick spell of healing magic she made sure Juvia wouldn't get sick.
The water mage looked up at the others. "What… what are you doing here?"
Natsu grinned. "We're bringing back Fairy Tail!"
Juvia sat there shocked for a moment. Had she heard him right? Did he just say Fairy Tail? "What? But Master disbanded the guild. Gray and I left together. I thought…"
"Wait. Gray is here?" Lucy suddenly asked.
The pink haired Dragon Slayer crossed his arm. "I thought I smelled him here. So Juvia, where is that ice stripping wizard?"
The woman in front of them went quiet as she looked down at the floor. "Gray…" She started taking in a deep breath. "Gray left… half a year ago."
"He left?" Natsu shouted slightly and Juvia nodded her head softly. She looked up at Natsu a few tears in her eyes. "It was all of a sudden. We traveled together, trained together, ate together… we done almost everything together. But one day, Gray said he had something important to do, but he wouldn't tell me what. I kept on pestering, wanting to know where he had to go and I didn't let him leave. Until one day he simply vanished. I Haven't seen him ever since."
Lucy looked worried hearing this. "So he simply… left? Without saying anything?"
"What a jerk." Natsu growled. "When I find him I'm going to pummel some sense into him. Leaving a friend behind."
Wendy sighed. "So you don't know where he is?" She asked slightly.
Carla rolled her eyes. "If she knew she wouldn't be here."
Juvia sighed. "I tried looking for him, but could never find him. So I decided to wait. Wait till he comes back."
Natsu shook his head slightly before turning around to the window. He looked outside at the rain. How could Gray just simply leave Juvia? Yea he left the others too, but… he didn't think that the guild would disband. Also he left a note. Gray didn't leave anything behind.
He rubbed his forehead. "This is all messed up." He muttered. Quickly he turned around and gave Juvia a look that made her flinch back slightly. "Juvia, I promise to you that I will find Gray for you."
Juvia looked shocked. "Y-You will?"
He nodded. "Yes, and I'm asking here if you wouldn't mind joining us. With more people we could find the others quicker. Also you can see Gray sooner."
"Natsu." Lucy called pulling him back. "Can't you see that Juvia is hurting? Also I don't think that she's completely healthy. Who knows how long she's been out in that rain. She might get a cold."
"I will come."
Everyone looked over at the water mage. Lucy and Wendy looked a little shocked but Natsu grinned. Wendy walked up to her a little unsure. "Are you sure Juvia?"
The blue haired woman nodded. "I will help in any way I can. I want to help bring back Fairy Tail."
Natsu smirked. "Sweet! Another person down! Now we only have to find the others!"
"And where do you think we're going to find Gray?" Lucy asked pushing him slightly. Natsu flailed his arms around as he lost his balance for a few seconds. "I don't have anything about his whereabouts in my notes."
"No sweat! We'll head over to Sabertooth. They're around here right?" He asked glancing at his friends.
Happy flew up. "That's right! Sabertooth is in the area! Who knows! Maybe they know where Gray is."
Natsu nodded. "And maybe they know about the others as well."
Lucy sighed scratching her head. "I guess it's worth the try. I mean… where else are we supposed to go?"
Wendy looked up at Juvia who was getting herself ready for the trip. "Juvia, do you know anything about the others?"
Unfortunately she shook her head. On the other hand, they didn't really expect her to know anything, just maybe where Gray was, but that was a lost cause. "I have wondered where the others were as well, but with Gray, I never thought about it. I was happy with him!"
Lucy smiled. "Well, no worries, we'll find them. Natsu can find anyone."
The pink haired Dragon Slayer nodded. "Yea, everything will turn out alright!"
Wendy glanced over at the water mage. "You good to walk?" Juvia just smiled and nodded her head. She stood up and smirked at the others. "I'm ready to go."
Somewhere else in Fiore a black haired man ran through a dense forest. He kept on jumping over roots and ducking under branches as he kept on running. Behind him he could hear footsteps. His eyes went wide slightly when an arrow hit the tree beside him.
Gritting his teeth he quickly looked behind him to see the men running after him. "Oh for god's sake…" He muttered before dashing down another road. He had to get these men off of his trail. He couldn't go back like this. They'd know then…
Turning around he moved his hands up. Several ice spikes erupted from the ground stopping the men that were after him. He could already hear shouting from the back and a smirk grew on his face. That would slow them down. Just to be sure, and to buy him some more time, he casted an ice wall so they couldn't get through immediately.
For another few minutes he kept on running through the forest, taking twists and turns so he could get rid of the people. They were following for a while now and he was glad he could take a breather…
Up on a tree.
He leaned himself against the trunk breathing hard. He couldn't even believe how long he'd been running. "Man… this might have been… the longest I have run. But I'm glad I was able to lose them."
He looked around and noticed that the others hadn't found him and that he probably lost them by now. He sighed in relief while leaning his head against the tree. He held his stomach catching his breath.
He grabbed something from his pocket and held it out in front of him. It was Lacrima phone. A new but very useful device. He pushed some buttons before holding it to his ear. A few seconds of hard breathing later he spoke up. "Hey, it's me."
"Found anything?"
He shook his head. "No… empty… well except for a group of pissed of wizards. They were ready to chop my head off!"
"Damn it…"
He could hear a sigh from the other line before the voice came back. "Alright, listen Gray. We have to recollect our thoughts. Come back and we might find out a new lead."
Gray smirked slightly. "No worries, but before I come back there's one lead left. Found it in the town earlier on."
"Alright, but when you're done, come back."
He chuckled. "Alright, alright, geez, keep your pants on."
"Gray!"
He hung up and leaned against the tree again. "Man… six months and still nothing." He looked down to the ground and sighed. "Well… it looks like I'm heading for the next town. Ugh… I hate running around, but it has to be done."
He slung his feet around and jumped back to the floor. He dusted his pants off before standing up straight, stretching his back. The Ice Wizard looked around and sighed. "Well off I go!"
With that said, Gray started walking through the forest again. The forest calmed him down and cleared his mind but still after these past months one thought never left his mind.
I shouldn't have left Juvia like that…
Juvia has joined the gang and we know where Gray is! Yep! He's not with Avatar so this is the first huge change I put in. Well I hope you guys enjoyed it somewhat even though not much has happened. But we're almost there seeing what the others have been doing. That's right, maybe a few more chapters and you'll see what even Kera has been doing! Anyway, don't forget to leave a review behind and since this chapter was a little short the next one will be up tomorrow!
Until next time!