Chapter 39- Her and Him
The doors of the guild burst open. All heads turned to the entrance. Everybody was quiet. Nobody was doing everything. The eerie silence suffocated the guild. Down looking heads were not uncommon. Through the door firstly came Lyon Vastia. This majorly attracted Gray's attention. Another mage entered the guild. She had ice-blue hair almost a shade of white and light crystal blue eyes. She wore a plain white strapless dress and no shoes. This girl was the winter mage, only known to those who had engaged in battle. A third walked in, it was Natsu. Following him was a fourth…
"JUVIAAAAAAAAAA!" screamed the guild in tears,
The rain woman lifted her head, that's my name…. Juvia.
"Rena-san, who are these people?" Juvia asked Rena,
"These are your guild mates…" said Rena, "Including this perv…" she added gesturing to Natsu.
"Juvia thinks Lyon-san is a pervert to. Lyon-san and Natsu-san staring at Juvia's naked body is indecent." confirmed Juvia.
"Juvia-chan, I don't know your guild mates either, Natsu-san will have to introduce you…." said Rena,
"Juvia!" called Lisanna pulling the water mage into a hug.
"WATER-LOCK!" shouted Juvia,
"Juvia?" questioned Lisanna,
"I'm sorry Lisanna-chan, Juvia-chan doesn't have memories of anything…. Some may call it… Amnesia…" explained Rena.
"So we're not love rivals anymore…." mumbled Lucy,
Cana chuckled, "That was the first thing you had to say to her?"
The spirit and mood of the guild had significantly lifted upon Juvia's arrival, although no one really got the chance to suffocate her in hugs because she had forgotten them which left a slight sad toll to linger.
"This is Lisanna-san?" Juvia questioned,
"Yes…" Natsu told her with a swallow staring at Lisanna.
"Is Lisanna-san Juvia's friend or foe?" asked Juvia,
"… Well you used to call her your love rival… but now you're good friends…" said Natsu hesitantly.
"Oh." said Juvia releasing Lisanna from the water lock, "Who was Juvia in love with?" she asked.
Gray's eyes that had never left her since she walked in, widened. He was frozen on the spot as every pair of eyes in the hall drifted his way.
"Him…" said Lyon pointing across the room, "His name is Gray. Gray Fullbuster."
Juvia tilted her head to a side… "Why is he wearing no clothes?"
"Shit, where are my clothes!?" exclaimed Gray.
"Oh I have them." said Cana,
"Why do you have my clothes?" Gray's eyebrows furrowed,
"You would never find them again after losing them four hours ago. I saved them for you, so you're welcome," Cana replied.
"How come you're not drunk for a change?" asked Gray,
"You just noticed?" added Cana, "I think I got so depressed, confused or frustrated for drinking."
"That is definitely strange coming from you." said Gray now fully clothed.
"You have a bit of a dilemma now…" said Cana to Gray whilst looking toward Juvia, "It has certainly turned the tables now that you're in love with her and she doesn't remember you."
Gray blushed.
"Don't say that!…. I'm not in LOVE with her…." he denied,
"You can't lie to me Gray…." mused Cana standing from her table and walking away.
…
"Hello Juvia, I'm Lucy!" said Lucy happily extending a hand to her,
"Hello Lucy-san, we used to be friends?" questioned Juvia,
Lucy laughed nervously, "Yeah, something like that."
Maybe we'll finally have the chance to be really close friends? thought Lucy.
Since when did Lucy start being her usual self again? wondered Natsu.
"Juvia-chan, would you like me to introduce you to everyone?" Lisanna offered.
"Juvia would like that, Lisanna-san."
"Please, just Lisanna is okay." chirped Lisanna.
Lisanna began leading Juvia away toward the bar letting a painful gaze leave the dragon slaying pinkette Lisanna was still madly in love with.
"Juvia-chan, this is Mirajane and Kinana! Mira-nee's my big sister and runs the bar with Kinana. We all use take-over magic. Mira-nee has demon soul, Kinana has serpent soul, and I have animal soul!"
"Juvia is pleased to meet you, Mira-san, Kinana-san." said Juvia.
Lisanna continued introducing Juvia to the other guild members, and the members of the remaining Crime Sorciere that still hadn't left town and came to the guild. But Lisanna got to Natsu and Gray, who for once were having a serious conversation in a hushed tone, then she began feeling uncomfortable and found the situation, unnerving. She paused before approaching them.
"Juvia-chan, I'll introduce them to you later. They must be in the middle of something important, it is very unusual for them to just talk to each other despite being on the same team. They usually communicate via brawl see." Lisanna giggled half-heartedly flashing Juvia the best cover-up-fake smile possible.
"It's okay Lisanna, Juvia can wait." said Juvia comfortingly but still in her cold rain woman mode.
….
"Gray, we need to talk." said Natsu sternly pulling Gray aside.
"What do you want? And don't say a fight because I'm not in the mood." said Gray.
"I heard about what happened between you and Lisanna…" Natsu began,
Gray wanted to say something. At least that it didn't mean anything or he was drunk or even just something to cover it up and assure Natsu he got the wrong idea. But Gray couldn't say anything, it may have even been appropriate to say, cat had caught his tongue.
"You can't deny it happened can you? How could you Gray?! I thought we were friends!? I know we're not friends that tell each other everything and all that shit, but you still crossed a line!" Natsu growled in a hushed voice trying to compensate yelling.
"Natsu, what do you want me to say you!? I was drunk, Lisanna must have told you that! It didn't mean anything! I'm sorry that it happened, I truly am! But there's not much I or anyone else can do about it now, so let's just move on!" Gray took a swig from a small glass bottle of alcohol held in his right hand.
Natsu threw a punch that smashed the intoxicating substance housed in glass in his hand to the ground.
"Would you stop drinking! You don't even know what you've done Gray! But you can have her now, she's all yours cause I'm done. And if you pursue Juvia even now that she doesn't remember you, you had better tell her the truth right away because she deserves more than lying scum. You were so important to her, she was so loyal to you even though you didn't return her feelings, and even though you continued to push her away." Natsu wanted to roar but restrained himself.
"Natsu, I don't love Lisanna! Get that through your thick skull into your flame-brain! It never meant anything and never will!" Gray argued.
Shadow cast of Natsu's down looking eyes.
"But… what if Lisanna had been pregnant… and you were the father… what would you do then?" Natsu shakily asked,
"Natsu… you don't mean to tell me she was pregnant? Do you?" asked Gray nervously,
"WAS pregnant Gray… She lost the child… and she didn't know who the father was… But if you were the father and she kept the child… what would you have done?" Natsu demanded sternly.
"Fuck…" swore Gray under his breath. He took a deep breath and then swallowed, "You know I couldn't leave Lisanna's child fatherless… Natsu…"
Natsu muttered something under breath. There was a swift iron fist to Gray's gut making him fall to the ground coughing up blood. Natsu turned on his heel and marched out of the guild doors.
….
"Lisanna may go after Natsu-san if she wishes. Juvia will be fine, Juvia knows Natsu is special to Lisanna." said Juvia,
"No, no, I'm fine. I'm going to stay here with you." Lisanna replied.
Instead, the blonde celestial mage chased after Natsu.
"Shit." cursed Gray staring after Natsu and Lucy bursting out the door.
….
"Natsu! Wait!" called Lucy,
"Just go back to Sting!" Natsu spat running off,
"NATSUUUU!" cried Happy flying behind him.
(Happy was previously with Charla and Lily).
Lucy stared down at the ground. She couldn't understand…. It was all so confusing… so much had happened in so little time. Her brain was in overload mode, why doesn't anything make sense?!
Meanwhile,
"Yukino… please don't leave me again…" pleaded Sting,
"You didn't hesitate to class me as trash back when we were at Sabertooth after that match, who the hell do you think you are telling me not to leave you!? Weren't you one of the people to kick me out?! What do you think you're doing being disloyal to Lucy for?" Yukino retaliated.
….
Lucy walked back into the guild hall, head slightly hung and a sad look in her eyes. She sought comfort in letting her eyes settle on Sting, only to find him in an intense conversation with Yukino. All of a sudden her lion spirit appeared before her making her jump. He had a limp girl in his arms with long black hair, a tight fitting black dress, and red ribbons twisting around her limbs.
"NINA!" cried Rena, who was standing nearby Lucy,
"Please, stop there. She isn't well, can you take her to Porlyusica, Lucy?" asked Loke,
"Yeah- yeah of course, let's go. Rena you can come to… Porlyusica is up in the infirmary luckily…"
Lucy led the way to the infirmary with Loke and Rena following close behind her. Upon entering the infirmary, Loke dashed to the nearest bed and placed her down gently.
"Where did she come from?" asked Lucy,
"She appeared in the celestial world a couple of earth days ago. She said she'd been stabbed, but she couldn't fully heal in the celestial world, so I had to bring her here so she could be treated like any other person." explained Loke.
"Am I missing something? Why did she need to heal in the celestial world?" Lucy inquired,
"She's half celestial spirit, half human/mage." Rena answered,
"How is that possible?" asked Lucy wide-eyed.
"That's a very, very long story Princess…" began Loke…
"Story time!" claimed Rena in excitement.
"And it's my story, not yours, Loke…" said a very weak voice.
"You shut up! You pipe down! And you be quiet, you're in no state to be moving around!" scowled Porlyusica pointing to Loke, Rena and Nina whilst working at Souless's wounds.
"No. Thank you Porlyusica, but I'll be fine, I need to tell this story." said Nina still very weakly,
"I hate humans!... It can wait! Just lay down and be quiet and the rest of you, get out!" demanded Porlyusica.
Reluctantly, Loke, Rena, and Lucy left the infirmary and headed back to the guild hall. There was a number of,
"What happened?" s
and,
"What's going on?" s
and even,
"Who is she?" s.
Lucy sat at one of the tables in the centre of the hall and the members of Fairy Tail and Crime Sorciere crowded around her, Loke and Rena.
"Her name is Nina." said Lucy,
"A former member of Silence." added Rena,
"And partial celestial spirit." finished Loke.
"That's what she meant by she couldn't die!" exclaimed Mirajane.
There was a number of whispers and small conversations around them between the crowd.
"So what exactly is this all about?" asked Levy.
"But I know some of her story," said Loke,
"LOKE!?" cried a shocked guild.
"I had a life, long before any of you." he reminded them.
"She said it was her story to tell…" began Lucy,
"Meh, she's always sour like that." shrugged Leo,
"That's true." added Rena.
"It all began, let's see… about 500 hundred years ago if I call correctly?" began Loke,
"500 YEARS!?" more shocked voices….
"Something like that… Actually, Lucy, would you mind calling out Virgo? She probably knows more about the beginning than I do." requested Loke,
"VIRGO?" asked Lucy shocked,
"Yes Princess, Virgo." Loke responded calmly,
"Gate of the Maiden, I open thee, Virgo." summoned Lucy.
The blue eyed maiden appeared before them.
"Virgo, you still remember the day you met Nina?" asked Loke,
"Of course, Leo." said Virgo, "That was back when I was human, before the time of the celestial realm."
"What? There was a time before the celestial world!?" Lucy's eyes widened further,
"Of course, there is a time before everything, Princess." said Virgo. "I even had a name back then. My name was-"
"Ellie-chan?" asked a voice.
Heads all turned to the girl approaching them.
"Nina?" questioned Virgo,
"Ellie-chan?" questioned Nina,
"It's been decades… Please, my name is Virgo now." said Virgo nonchalantly.
"Virgo huh?... you'll always be Eleanor to me, Ellie-chan!" smirked Souless.
"I knew you had a heart!" smiled Mirajane,
Nina frowned, "I would punch her if I wasn't still recovering from a stab wound right now." she muttered.
"What was that?" asked Mira sweetly,
"Oh nothing." Nina falsely smiled. "Loke, I did say it was my story to tell!" she growled.
"Well then now all four of us are here together, why don't we tell everyone together?" asked Loke.
"Like old times…."
YYYYYEWWW! Another chapter down!
So I hope everyone liked this chapter, it's not a lot of romance I know, and getting into a bit of OC ness, but this story tends to move kind of slow…. Yay or Nay?
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Next chapter is Nina's story and some of the relationships and stuff like that… A few relationship filler chapters coming at the moment.
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~Hermit!