Another rainy day in town t most it was gloomy and depressing, but there was one person in a worst state then the weather. In a cathedral in the middle of town sat a lonely womanly her attire being a blue coat a pink umbrella resting on the side of the bench where she sat. She was known as the person who brought this gloomy rain. People say that it wasn't as bad a few years ago, but it all changed when her grandmother was killed by a few bandits. She was left alone with no one to care for her, she had family in another town over, but she wouldn't leave until her friend came back.
Juvia sat alone on the bench her expression as empty as ever. Twelve years, has it really been that long? She would cry if she had any tears to shed. To make matters worse, her boyfriend dumped her today telling her that all this rain was too gloomy so he left her.
She'll be totally honest that he wasn't the best of boyfriends, but still he was her first and with this being her first broke it still hurts.
The sounds of the large doors of the cathedral caused her to turn around.
There stood a man with a large smile on his face.
"Hello my dear," he greeted. "How are you today?"
"Juvia is alright," she lied. "Is there something you need?" She watched as the man approached her his strangely disturbing smile still on his face.
"Oh, actually there is something you can help me with." He took a seat next to Juvia. "Do you know what causes this town to have so much rain?"
Juvia let out a sigh, it seems it was just another person complaining about the rain. It wasn't her fault, she wishes she could stop it, but no matter what she did it just wouldn't stop.
"Beautiful isn't it?"
Juvia was surprise to say the least, she looks up to see the man looking out at the rain through one of the many windows.
"How can any of this be beautiful?"
The man turned back towards Juvia.
"Miss I know that you're the cause for all this rain," he said in a sultry tone. "Just looking at it makes me wonder how much power one might have for controlling such…gifts."
Juvia was surprised to say the least as the only other people who ever complemented her rain was her grandmother and…Gajeel.
"Why don't you join me?"
"Eh?"
"My dear I am a master of the guild Phantom Lords, and adding you in our family will surely bring greatness to the guild." The man extended his hand to Juvia.
"Juvia is sorry, but she needs to think about your offer."
The man's expression fell for a second before reverting back to his original happy self.
"Well then please, if you could think about it than that will be all." With that he started to make his way towards the exit.
Juvia watched as the only other person in a long time to show her any sort of compassion was leaving. She didn't want to be left alone again just when she finally found someone who showed her such kindness. It's been far too long since anyone has shown her any. Juvia quickly got up from her seat and just as she did the man had already opened the door of the cathedral.
"Wait!" The man turned around as Juvia quickly ran up to him.
"Ah have you decided already?"
Juvia was unresponsive at first, but quickly shook it off.
"Yes, I will join Phantom Lord."
A wide smile grew on the man's face as he opened his arms as a sign of goodwill.
"Excellent," he said. "Well then my dear here is the location of Phantom Lord's guild hall I can't wait to see you then."
"Yes, Juvia is excited to join Phantom Lord…uh Juvia apologize, but what is our name?"
"Jose Porla, but you may refer to me as Master as for being the master of Phantom Lord."
"Juvia Lockser," she said with a bow. "Juvia promises to do her best."
Jose nodded his head and started to walk out of the cathedral.
"I hope to see you soon my dear." With that the guild master walked away and out of sight.
Later that day Juvia was back at the house that was once where she, her grandmother and Gajeel use to live. With her things packed Juvia took one more glance around the house. So many memories both good and bad, it almost pained her to say goodbye to it all. She left a note on the counter in the now empty kitchen still hoping that Gajeel would come back one day. Picking up her bag, Juvia made her way to the door. Grabbing her pink umbrella and opening it, she walked outside and began to journey towards Oakstown where the guild Phantom Lord resides.
It only took a few days of traveling for Juvia to finally reach Oaktown. Some of the towns folk were surprised to see rain when it was just sunny a few minutes ago. Many of them have retreated back inside their homes. Luckily Juvia stopped a man before he went back inside his home to ask for directions to the guild hall of Phantom Lord. Juvia was surprised that the guild hall wasn't in town, but it was close enough for the towns folk to reach it.
A large castle building stood before her, she was speechless to say the least. She had never seen anything as big as it, taking a deep breath she made her way to the entrance.
Upon entering she was greeted by multiple patrons staring her down. Some of them looked malicious and some looked at her with sneer look.
Doing her best to ignore their gaze, Juvia makes her way towards the bar. It was run by a very muscular man with his left eye being blank.
"Um excuse me?" Juvia asked.
The bar tender gave her a stoic look as he was cleaning a glass.
"Can you tell me where the guild master is?"
He nodded his head towards the hall to his left.
Juvia gave him her thanks and walked towards the direction to where he pointed. Before she even took a few steps she was stopped by a few guilds members who been eyeing her down since she arrived.
"Well missy, what are you doing in a place like this?" one of them asked.
"Juvia is sorry, but she need to go." She said clearly uncomfortable. A second blocked her path as she tried to make her retreat.
"Now now no need to rush things here, we're just asking you a question." A crude smile grew on his face. "Why not we have a drink or two and then maybe…"
He was cut off by the sound of the guild doors slamming opening.
His footsteps were loud and heavy; his jet black hair fell down all the way down to legs. Just as everyone was staring at the man, he was eyeing them all back. The symbol of Phantom Lord bore on his right shoulder, his red eyes scanned the room until they found what he was looking for. He then started to march towards Juvia.
Initially she was afraid by his sudden approach, but then something in her told he that this man was very familiar.
Without a word, the tall intimidating man grabbed her by the arm and started to pull her away from his guild mates.
"Oi, we found her first!" one of them yelled. "Just because your some hot shot S-class doesn't mean you can just take whoever you wa-"again he was cut short as he was sent flying by an iron rod that extended from the man's arm. This shut the others up causing them to retreat back to their seats.
After a while when they a were a decent distance away from everyone, Juvia was thrown onto the ground by the man.
Falling on the floor, Juvia glared back at the man who towered over her.
"What the hell are you doing here?" he growled. His eyes were shadowed by his hair as he looked down at Juvia.
"Juvia is here because Master Jose asked her to join Phantom Lord." Juvia responded as she picked herself up.
"Go home," he quietly said. "You were supposed to stay home."
Juvia was confused at what he said her eyes started to scan the man before her and again she was getting some sort of familiar vibe from him.
"Ah, Gajeel it seems you have meet our newest guild mate."
Gajeel's face turned towards Jose who was walking towards them from down the hall.
Juvia's eye grew as she looked up at Gajeel. All sorts of emotions started to swell in her.
"Gajeel-kun?"