A/N: Hi everyone! I'm IllusionalFennec, and welcome to the 6th chapter of Fairystuck—Vacation Gone Wrong.

This chapter is in Gray's POV. Why? Because he's the only character who really was in the best position to cover everything. Lucy is, too, but I already used Lucy twice. I don't want to overdo her too much.

Important note: The dialogue won't be EXACTLY the same as in canon. I should have mentioned that a few chapters ago, because in this chapter, I made it match the dialogue in the anime (except for a small little thing). But it won't always be like that.

Important note #2: Sorry this chapter is so short, but I'm sort of busy (read bottom A/N to see why).

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Chapter 6: Vacation Gone Wrong

—Gray—

The Akane Resort definitely did not fit Gray's definition of relaxing. In any case, it was probably his least favorite vacation yet.

Of course, his opinion wasn't always like that. But when Erza—never mind.

With Lucy, flamebrain, Erza, and Happy, Gray walked downstairs to the casino of Akane Resort. He was looking forward to a good trip, something that would've taken his mind off jobs and the casual, destroy-the-moon crisis that Fairy Tail usually took on for some reason. Yeah, with his luck, that wasn't going to be true.

When they got to the casino, all five went their separate ways. Whilst Gray headed to slots, Erza and Lucy went to play a card game, and Natsu and Happy went to roulette.

Gray was by himself, chuckling to himself about Natsu and Happy as they freaked out at roulette when suddenly, a girl with blue hair appeared. Her blue hair was curled at the end, she had dark blue eyes that shone with excitement, and wore a blue dress with a gold Fairy Tail symbol on a necklace. She looked familiar, but Gray couldn't remember where she was from. It was at the tip of his tongue...

"Juvia has come," she announced.

Then, that's when he remembered. This girl was Juvia Lockser from the Phantom Lord guild. He mentally slapped himself—how could he forget her? He had fought against her!

"You're that Phantom woman!" Gray exclaimed.

"Juvia decided to come along with you," Juvia replied. "Um…can I sit down?"

Gray paused before deciding to give Juvia a chance. "Alright," he agreed.

Juvia hesitated, and then took the seat next to him.

"I heard that Phantom was disbanded," Gray commented.

"Yes, they are," Juvia confirmed. "Juvia is now a Free Mage."

"Where are you planning on going next?" Gray asked. "Wait...let me guess, you want to join Fairy Tail?"

"Yes, Juvia does!" Juvia said.

Gray stared. "But after all that..." he sighed. "Well, I'm not against it, but I'm not sure what the master would say."

"Juvia will do anything!" Juvia exclaimed.

"I wouldn't say that so lightly if I were you," Gray remarked.

Suddenly, a muscular man walked toward them. This man had lightly tanned skin, and white cloth wrapped around his forehead. He wore an eye patch over his left eye—the visible eye was of dark quality—and strands of dark hair poked out from underneath the cloth. His chest was relatively bare, except for a light blue piece of cloth over his left shoulder that had symbols of double-edged axes. He wore boots, and loose black pants, along with a single dark sleeve on his left arm. Along with that, there was an armored metal plate that seemed reminiscent of a skeletal jaw.

Needless to say, he was quite strange.

"Gray Fullbuster?" he asked. Then, there was an explosion, and people all around screamed and ran.

"Juvia!" Gray yelled. Then he turned toward the stranger. "Why, you...Who the hell are you?"

"Where is Erza?" the newcomer demanded, not seeming to notice Gray's words. It seemed more of a command than a question-the type of the question that was also a threat in disguise.

"What?" Gray asked.

"Where is Erza?" the stranger repeated, stepping forward threateningly.

Gray stood up, angered. "You think I'll tell you?" he shouted.

Suddenly, Juvia's water body formed into Juvia herself in front of Gray. "Juvia will not allow you to hurt Gray-sama!" she barked. "Juvia will be your opponent."

Gray blinked. Sama? he thought. "Juvia?" He turned to her.

"Danger is closing in around Erza-san," Juvia reported.

"Sure looks like it," Gray muttered, facing the stranger again.

Then the newcomer seemed to have heard something. "What? You found her already?" he muttered. "Oh, I see..." It was almost as if he were talking to himself. "So I can clean up here? Understood." Then it went all dark.

"Whoa, it went dark!" Gray said, until he realized that what he said was blindingly obvious.

"It's Dark Lineage Magic," he explained, his only visible eye a gleaming red. "Dark Moment."

The moment the spell was spoken, Gray couldn't see a thing.

After Lucy discovered Gray and Juvia, Gray shared their side of the story.

"After it got dark all of a sudden, I figured I'd leave a double and see how things turned out, but…" he drifted off, leaving Juvia to finish the rest of it.

"In order for him not to be discovered by the enemy, Juvia protected Gray-sama in her Water Lock," Juvia finished.

"And thanks to your meddling, he got away!" Gray accused. It was true; he was slightly irritated at Juvia for doing that. If possible, he could have beaten the stranger. Juvia's expression instantly turned into a surprised one.

He decided to change the subject before Juvia felt too bad. "Lucy, where's Natsu and the others?" he asked, turning to said Celestial Spirit wizard.

"I don't know about Natsu, but Happy and Erza have been…" Lucy couldn't finish her sentence, which meant it was something bad…it had to have been something with the stranger that Gray and Juvia had met.

Suddenly, as if on cue, a funnel of fire was released from the center of the casino. Standing there was none other than Natsu, in the center of the ruins of the roulette machine.

Natsu finished his flaming and looked down, smoke billowing from his mouth. "What a creep!" he muttered.

"Natsu!" Lucy and Gray called as they made their way toward him.

"Did something happen?" Gray asked.

"Is it normal to go shooting people in the mouth?" Natsu continued. "That hurt! A guy could get hurt really bad!"

"Um, normal people would be totally KOed," Lucy muttered.

"Such is the Salamander," Juvia muttered in reply.

"That damn blockhead!" Natsu yelled, starting to chase after whoever it was he was talking about.

"Wait, Natsu!" Lucy shouted, grabbing Natsu's shoulder to restrain him.

"What?" Natsu screamed.

"Erza's been kidnapped by those people!" Lucy said. "If they're strong enough to defeat her so easily, then maybe…"

"They kidnapped Erza, too?" Natsu shouted. He tried to tear off again, but Lucy held him tightly.

"We've ought to get some help," she said. "Some help from…"

"You can't be serious," Gray said, suddenly grasping onto what she was saying. "You really think they're going to honor their pact?"

"It's the only help we've got," Lucy insisted. "Alternian Beforus isn't too far away from here. It's much closer than Fairy Tail, anyway. It'd take much farther to reach Fairy Tail. We have to get help from them, just this once."

"What? You mean from Alternian Beforus?" Natsu yelled. "But one of them tricked us!"

"They won't send Vriska," Lucy promised. "But the others will definitely help us, no doubt. Karkat and Nepeta have both helped us already before. They'd extend a hand to help us again, I'm sure of it! I can't send magic messages like Mira can, but we could reach Alternian Beforus by walking. Natsu, Gray, Juvia—do you want to come?"

"What? I need to go chasing after—"

"Please!" Lucy begged. It wasn't often that she begged. "Please let us get help from Alternian Beforus! Those people might be really strong, and we don't know what we're up against. So, just this once? Please?"

Natsu looked at Lucy, then said, "Fine."

Lucy smiled. Then she looked at Gray and Juvia. "Gray? Juvia? Will you two come too?"

"I'll go," Gray answered. "There shouldn't be any harm."

"Anywhere Gray-sama goes, Juvia will, too," Juvia put in.

"Then let's go, then! Can you lead the way with your nose, Natsu?" Lucy asked.

-A Little While Later-

-Alternian Beforus-

Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Juvia suddenly entered the guild building, and found complete chaos.

Vriska was chasing after Karkat and yelling, "I have all the luck! All of it!" Meanwhile, Feferi and Sollux were talking on a pile of...horns? Kanaya was trying to sooth everybody, but to no avail, and Terezi wasn't helping. She was running around with a cane-where had she gotten that?-and shouting about smells about things. Nepeta was drawing things in-was that blood?-on the walls, and Gray could just barely make out shapes such as a heart, a diamond, a spade, and a clover. One girl that fit Lucy's description of the girl Aradia was muttering to herself, a boy with bull horns rolled around in a wheelchair, and a boy with broken glass and missing teeth was sweating in the corner. And, of course, the boy that Gray guessed was John was arguing with a boy Gray presumed was Dave about someone named…Mcconaughey? A girl that Gray knew had to be Rose was on a bench, reading a book about wizards, and another girl was watching from the stairs.

"Hello!" Lucy greeted.

Everyone turned to the sound, staring at Lucy and everyone else with blank faces.

"Why Are You Here?" Kanaya finally asked. "Its Not Like I Dont Appreciate The Visit Or Anything, But You Said That You Were Going On Vacation Somewhere. What Happened To The Vacation?"

"It was a disaster!" Natsu yelled. "Erza was kidnapped, and so was Happy!"

")(appy?" Feferi asked. "W)(o is t)(at?"

"My cat companion!" Natsu said. "He just, uh…got scared of Gl'bgolyb when we came to visit her!"

"How Exactly Were They Kidnapped?" Kanaya inquired.

"That doesn't matter," Gray said. "The point is, they are kidnapped, and Lucy wants you guys to help."

"WHAT? NO! OF COURSE NOT! WHY WOULD WE GET MORE INVOLVED IN YOUR STUPID LITTLE ANTICS MORE THAN WE ALREADY HAVE? HELL, I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED A RELAXING DAY, BUT NO, OF COURSE NOT! YOU FOUR-OR WHATEVER NUMBER GROUP YOU TRAVEL IN, I HAVE HONESTLY NO IDEA NOW-JUST BARGE IN AND START ASKING FOR HELP! WELL, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET HELP EVERYWHERE YOU—"

"Calm Down, Karkat," Kanaya broke in. "Let Them Talk."

"Y34H, 4ND 4NYW4Y, K4RKL3S, W3 4LR34DY S1GN3D 4 P4CT FOR TH3M! W3 H4V3 TO H3LP TH3M, NO M4TT3R WH4T. GOG, 1S YOUR M3MORY TH4T B4D? 1 TH1NK YOUR3 ST4RT1NG TO B3COM3 4N OLD M4N!" Terezi pointed out, laughing at the last bit.

"SHUT. UP," Karkat muttered.

"i, personally, think it's a good idea," Aradia broke in. "we signed a pact, and we have to keep that pact. anyway, if we get in trouble, they have to save us, too. it's a good deal, and i seek to keep it. no matter what karkat says, i'm in."

":33 me too!" Nepeta put in. ":33 it's fur a good cause. erza is a good purrson, and i don't think she deserves to be kidnapped! i agr33 with aradia. i'm going to help them, too, even if i don't actually directly help them! i actually don't want to fight, but i do want to help you!"

"Im In As Well," Kanaya said. "Like Nepeta, I Dont Need To Fight Alongside You, But You Will Have My Support Through This Battle."

The other trolls and kids gave their agreement as well, until only Karkat was left (again). Gray reached the conclusion that the troll was never exactly agreeable to anything.

"UGH, FINE," Karkat grumbled. "YOU'LL HAVE YOUR HELP ONCE WE DECIDE ON WHO TO SEND. HAPPY?"

"Yes!" Lucy cheered. "Thanks, everyone!"

And with that, they left the guild.

Much later on, thanks to Natsu's nose, the four-consisting of Gray, Lucy, Natsu, and Juvia-had arrived at the place where Erza had been taken.

"We'll have to go underwater," Juvia decided. "There are too many guards."

"But how will we breathe?" Lucy cried.

"Hold your breath," Juvia suggested.

"No!" Lucy yelled.

"All of you will have air bubbles around your heads," Juvia explained, "cast by Juvia. They'll help you breathe underwater. Let's go!"

Gray was only slightly scared as they dove into the water, and the air bubble was casted. It didn't alter his sight much, surprisingly. He could easily see where everyone else was.

After some swimming, Juvia suddenly halted.

"What is it, Juvia?" Gray asked.

"Wait," Juvia commanded, almost to herself. "Juvia hears something else."

Everyone else immediately froze in place. Nervously, Lucy asked, "Erm…who is it?"

"Come out!" Juvia yelled.

Gray's heart pounded as the being made its way closer to them.

A/N: What did you think about this chapter? Please tell me in a review! Constructive criticism is all fine and dandy, but not flames. Please notify me of any errors of any kind, like the trolls' quirks.

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Next chapter, "Erza's Past" the four journey to the Tower of Heaven to rescue Erza, and meet a few people along the way!

I'm also sorry to say that this story and my other won't be updating as often. Mind you, I will still update, but I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo this month, which will be taking up a lot of my time. I love both of my stories too much to let them just go on hold for a whole month, but they won't be updated as often. Maybe every one-and-a-half week?