Chapter 62: The Power of Love

A/N: Hello. I am going to be quick because I'm excited for this chapter so shout out to sashaXmafuyuFOREVER and brucie86 as always. NOW we are down to five more chapters TOTAL in the story and this might be the biggest tear jerker. That's because we have arrived at the moment all GRUVIA fans have been waiting for: Juvia vs. Gray. Here we go! ENJOY!

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Start of Battles (Juvia POV)

Juvia lands on the roof and is immediately pulled aside by Lucy who says, "Ok Juvia, you know what to do. Show that bastard what he left behind, show him how much you hate him and show him the fruits of your labor. I'll be watching over you. GO!"

Juvia nods and look at the lacrima and see he is in the room next to the biggest room and it is a very average room. 'Juvia is excited! Such a meaningless room, perfect for showing her indifference to Gray. It is perfect for Juvia.' Juvia runs to the hole and jump down into the room, and lands soon afterwards.

Gray hears something behind him and looks at Juvia, saying, "Lucy, so you finally came… Wh- who are you?"

(POV Change to Gray)

I see a woman in front of me with blond hair and blue eyes, but isn't Lucy. Instead she looks just like Juvia. Safe to say that I am floored by her appearance, 'No way, this can't be Juvia. My Juvia's eyes are never filled with that much hatred and anger. Those may look like her eyes on the surface but they're not hers.'

Then as if to confirm my thoughts, the woman said, "Sol's name is Sol. Sol will now kill you, Gray Fullbuster. Die." And suddenly she charged and kicked me square in the jaw, sending me flying away from her and into the wall.

I hit the wall and bounced off, landing on the ground with a thud but I don't even realize it. 'That was just how Juvia kicked her enemies! That little jump spin that adds power to her kicks! But there's no way this is Juvia… no, there's no chance.' I get up and groan as I do so, saying, "Well, as you know my name is Gray Fullbuster. Now where is Lucy? And why do you look my missing wife?! HUH?! DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS?!" I yell and the woman scoffs.

"Please refrain yourself from yelling useless nonsense. Sol will crush you, there is no need for Lucy to come here and do it. As for your wife, she is dead. Juvia Fullbuster died a while ago." Sol said and I felt my usually cold body heat up in rage from her comments.

"NO! She is alive! I know it! Now tell me where she is, I know you know! TELL ME! Ice Make: Prison!" I yelled and ice came forth and trapped her inside of a cage of ice. She merely laughed and liquefied herself to get out…

'No… no this can't be. She talks like Juvia. She fights like Juvia. She has magic like Juvia. She looks like Juvia. But… this can't be my Juvia. This can't be!' I paused for a moment than asked her, "You. Are you Juvia? Juvia, is that you babe?"

"Like Sol said, Juvia died. She died two years ago. Now, there is only Sol." She said and charged me and yelled, "Water Nebula!" Two pillars of water came forth and came at me. I threw my hands up and froze the water and let her come at me. I dodged her kicks and all of her other attacks before she yelled, "Water Slicer!"

It was then that I knew that I was fighting Juvia. 'Her attacks are even the same… This is Juvia! But something is wrong here, it's like she doesn't remember me or like she was brainwashed… Natsu you bastard. Lucy you captured her back then and then together with Natsu, brainwashed her. But just how bad is the brainwashing? I have to find out now!'

I let the attack hit me and it cut open my shirt, which was still on since I had kicked my stripping habit after I lost Juvia. It exposed my torso that had a new addition to it, a tattoo that had the initials G.F. + J.F. in a heart that was pierced by an arrow. She saw the tattoo and scowled, as I said, "Juvia that is you. What happened to you? What did Lucy and Natsu do to you? What did they tell you?"

"They told Juvia the truth! That everyone in Fairy Tail forgot Juvia and left me for dead! That they did not care and that you especially were indifferent to her! For a whole year you did nothing until you got bored and wanted me back so you could use Juvia again! And that you lied about what year it was so that Juvia would come back thinking that Natsu-san and Lucy-san lied to Juvia! Well Juvia will let you know that she will no longer let you use her! That foolish Juvia that you knew died two years ago. This is the new Juvia, no this is Sol!" She yelled and I was shocked by how deep Natsu and Lucy's deception went.

'My gods. Just how far did they go in brainwashing her? She thinks it's been two years since we got separated. It's been only one though, how did they convince her of that? And that we didn't care that she was gone? I mean we had a funeral and everything, and I went looking for her while I was training. I got this tattoo to remind myself of my goal, this scar on my face fighting demons that I thought had her captive. I never thought she had died, there was no proof, no body for me to see and believe. I never stopped believing. I cared too much for her for that to happen. But how to show her that this is the truth? I guess there's always just saying it. Yeah I'll do that.'

I moved closer to her and tried to tell her what was on my heart, but instead got a kick to my face in response. I go flying into the wall and hit it hard, then she runs up and knees me in the gut so hard I almost lose the contents of my stomach.

I rest on the floor, on all fours and catch my breath, and as I do I try to tell her again and say, "JUVIA! Listen to me! Just…" but I never get the chance to finish my statement as she charges at me again and kicks me in the gut and sends me into the wall again. I land on the ground again and try to catch my breath again and say, "JUVIA! STOP THAT! Listen, please listen to me!"

"NO! Enough of your lies, you made Juvia feel welcomed and loved but Juvia now knows it was all a lie! You never loved Juvia! You never cared for Juvia! You never felt the way Juvia did! You only wanted Juvia for your own personal use! Well Juvia's eyes have been opened and reborn as Sol's eyes! You may not call Sol by her real name because you have trampled all over that name! NOW! fight!" She yelled and I knew that talking was going to get us nowhere.

'Fuck, now what? She's clearly too far gone and caught up in Lucy's lies, and I have no way to convince her. But I can't fight her, I love her too damn much to risk hurting her. AGH! What do I do? Do I try and talk and get through to her that way or…' My reverie is interrupted as she runs up and yells, "Wings of Love!" A massive whirlpool of water appears and swallows me up, the current to strong to escape. I cannot move either, the current too strong to allow for movement, which means I can't freeze the water.

'Fuck! I have no choice! I'll just have to take the assault for now and try and convince her later. For now, I must survive this onslaught!' I brace myself as I am finally spit out of the whirlpool and hit the ceiling so hard I thought I might break through it. I don't, and fall down to the floor but never reach it as Juvia is there and kicks me. I keep flying after that and hit the wall, and she is there again to knee me into the wall even further. I feel the cool air of the outside on my back and fall to the ground, on all fours as I catch my breath and try and recover some strength before the next onslaught. 'Damn! She is way stronger than before! Lucy and Natsu must have trained her and made her like this. She's on a whole other level than a year ago, she's almost as strong as me and other than Laxus I'm the strongest Fairy Tail mage here. Damn, I think she broke some ribs on that last attack. I need to convince her that she's been lied to, but I don't know how… WAIT! THAT'S IT!'

I jump and yell at her, "You wanna fight? Fine! Follow me!" I turned to the wall and saw the hole was too small to sneak through so I yelled, "Ice Make: Ice Impact!" A hammer comes out and is specially made to destroy walls, so it does just that and the entire wall is destroyed. I run outside and run towards where I know I have something that I can use to convince her: our old house.

(POV Change Back to Juvia)

Juvia chases after Gray and see that he is leading her in the direction of the house they used to share and Juvia wonders, 'Why would he lead Juvia there? It makes no sense to Juvia. Let us see just what vile plans he has in store for Juvia.'

Juvia chases after him, not gaining any ground on him until we reach the house and he breaks down the door. Juvia follows him in and is immediately floored by what she see inside the house. There in the main room, is a beautiful ice sculpture of two people, one man who is holding a woman's arm lovingly. The woman looks very happy and is looking at the man, her eyes full of love and wonder of the man. The man has the same look on his face and both of them have a ring on, wedding rings Juvia realizes. These people in the sculpture are two people Juvia recognizes, as they are Juvia and Gray. 'Did he really make this for me? For when I disappeared? Was he telling the truth?'

"Juvia, you know how this specific type of my ice make magic works. Look at the base, it has the years the sculpture has been around for, and this is the truth. This magic cannot lie no matter how much the creator might try." Gray said and Juvia looked at the base of the statue. She gasped as it read, 'X798, X799.' The years that supposedly had already passed and was missing a year, a year that clearly had yet to come.

'Did- did Lucy-san and Natsu-san lie to Juvia? Is Gray telling the truth? Does- does Gray-sama actually love Juvia?' I wondered until he grabbed Juvia's hand and led Juvia to our bedroom. And what Juvia saw made her break into tears. On the bed, on the side that Juvia slept on was the hat that Juvia had worn the day she disappeared, and next to it a glass of water that Juvia always had for when she woke up.

And in that moment, Juvia did wake up. She realized that her Gray-sama did love her like he said he did and that she had been lied to. Gray-sama came up to her and pulled her into a tear-filled hug, both of us crying as we realized we were finally reunited. "I told you, or at least tried to, I love you more than you will ever know." Then he turned Juvia so Juvia faced him and then claimed juvia's lips in the most earth shattering kiss that he has ever given Juvia. We stay like that, having the most passionate kiss of our lives until we hear a crash and look to see what it was.

Then we see that it is the woman who caused all of our pain, Lucy Dragneel.

(POV Change to Lucy)

"Shit. I'm too late." I said and reached for my keys as I saw them get spells ready for me and I yell, "Open gate of the water-bearer! Aquarius!" Aquarius appeared and stopped their spell from even being launched by washing them away with her water. I then ran outside to get even more open space and see that Gray had frozen the water and the couple was outside with me.

"Lucy! You lying bitch! You lied to my precious Juvia! You caused her untold pain and now we as Fullbusters must show you what the consequences for that are!" Gray yelled and I rolled my eyes, 'I could beat these guys without even breaking a sweat. Easy.'

"Whoa there stripper. Rain woman, Juvia, listen to me here." A new voice said and I turned to see Gajeel here, "Listen, Lucy may have lied to you, but it was for your own good! This guild is falling apart and is filled with hypocrites! She was trying to save you! Like she did with me! I chose to get out now! The stripper is bad news for you, he was the whole reason this mess got started, because he wouldn't fight Lucy seriously. Even though you were there and he should have fought all out to protecte you, he didn't. No he put his own personal choices before your safety and now, here we are. Join me Juvia. Leave Fairy Tail again and rejoin us! Join Ronin, of your own choice this time!"

I whispered to him, "Gajeel, did you join us?"

"Yeah, the Redfoxes are at your service. Levy is already working to establish a connection with those in Naito and the others that are on their way there. She should be done soon and I'm here to help you out, because Juvia isn't buying it." He said.

"Juvia doesn't care! Her heart yells to her to stay with Gray-sama because he truly does love Juvia! Now move aside or fight with the traitor of Juvia's trust." She yelled as if on cue and I sighed.

"Gajeel, you know about the saber's plan obviously so go and find your dad and make sure everyone is safe. When the connection is established, go to the others and join them. Protect them and take Joi with you. Go now before you get caught up in this, I'll take care of them." I said and Gajeel hesitated before nodding and leaving.

I then sighed again and turned to see Aquarius and the couple fighting already, and I soon joined the fray, none too happy that it was now my turn to fight.

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A/N: Gruvia fans, rejoice! My master plan of bringing them back together so they can fight Lucy worked! And no one, hopefully, saw it coming! I hope you guys liked it, and I mean all of you guys who read. We are now down to four chapters so, Remember! READ AND REVIEW, OR FAVORITE OR FOLLOW EVEN IF YOU SO PLEASE! ADIOS!