Selene jumped back, placing her hands out as gray magic circle appeared, "Diamond Cannon!" Several diamond spikes shot out from the magic circle and quickly made their way to Veronica without delay..

"Pft!" Veronica snorted before leaping into the air over the spikes, aiming a thick ball of poison in Selene's direction. The Diamond Dragon Slayer placed an arm forward, it morphing into a diamond shield to take the ball of poison.

"Ha!" Selene smirked, then winced as the poison started to eat through her diamond shield, a sizzling sound emitting from the two meeting. "Ah!" She shook the poison off, panting. "Geez…!"

"Watch out, it's powerful…" Veronica snorted, and then rushed towards Selene, throwing punches at the diamond-coated girl. Under normal circumstances the diamonds would provide an excellent defense against normal attacks, this time, however was not the case. Veronica used her telekinesis to open up holes in Selene's diamond coat, using the opening to land a hit wherever she wanted. Veronica was not getting rid of the diamonds, but she was merely exploiting them, which did not make Selene very happy.

"Grr…" Selene growled lowly, morphing her left arm into a diamond sword, swinging it wildly at the dark mage in attempt to get some space. Her plan worked somewhat as Veronica took a step back with a few cuts on her clothes, which only angered her.

"That's it…" Veronica formed a very thick and dangerous ball of poison, using her telekinesis to pull Selene closer against her will, pulling ball of poison back. "I'm done with you!" Veronica threw her arm forward, opening a hole in Selene's diamonds as the hole of poison made direct contact with her stomach, causing a large purple explosion.

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Gray continued his trek through the forest; he heard the shockwave from earlier, and the sound of an explosion from afar. However, he was not close enough to either location to check out what happened. All he could do was walk, and that is exactly what he did. He groaned softly as he realized he was lost, and was making no progress. "Great…I'm lost…" He sighed, turning around, jumping at the sight of Melody. "W-WHAT THE!?"

"HIIIIIIII!" Melody had hearts in her eyes at the sight of Gray, grinning widely. "I FINALLY FOUND YOU!"

"I thought you got shot!?" Gray shouted, backing up.

"I did! By that stupid gunslinger! But he's not here right now, and it's just me and you!" Melody calmly placed her fist into her palm, a silver magic circle appearing. "Silver Make:.."

"Water Slicer!" A dense, yet powerful wave of high-pressurized water nearly struck Melody, but she jumped back, avoiding the attack.

"Who did that!?" Melody asked, looking around.

Juvia stepped out from behind some trees with a glare, pointing her arm forward, "No one will bring harm to Gray-sama while Juvia is around."

"And who are you?!" Melody glared at the water mage who was standing protectively in front of Gray.

"Juvia?! What are you doing here!? You know what, never mind," Gray said, shaking his head.

"Juvia will handle this…thing, Gray-sama," Juvia said, keeping her eyes locked onto Melody's.

"Gray-sama is MINE," Melody replied, her eyes piercing right into Juvia's; and just like that, everything stopped. Juvia's eyes widened, her pupils shrunk as she turned her head, her hair shadowing over her left eye, while her right one was twitching. "Love…Rival…"

"…" Gray slowly backed away from Juvia and Melody, realizing this wasn't going to be a pretty fight at all.

"Gray-sama is Juvia's, and Juvia's alone!" Juvia clenched her fist, miniature cyclones of water forming around her fist. "Juvia won't let a tacky girl such as Melody to take Gray-sama away from Juvia!"

"Pfft! That's cute!" Melody pointed her hand forward, a silver magic circle appearing, "Silver Make: Lance!" A silver magic circle appeared, shooting out silver lances towards Juvia. Much to Melody's surprise, the lances phased through Juvia's body, having no effect. "What the…?"

"Juvia's body is made of water! Melody cannot defeat Juvia, and Juvia won't lose Gray-sama's affection!" Juvia held her hands to her sides as small cyclones of water appeared around her fist. Juvia then ran towards the Silver Make mage, landing a series of water infused punches that caused Melody to step back.

"Gah!" Melody shook the hit off, and then leapt into the air, raising her hands above her head. "Silver Make: Hammer!" A silver hammer appeared in Melody's hands and she brought it down on Juvia, only for it to phase through her body as it hit the ground.

"Melody's silly tricks won't work on Juvia," Juvia said with a cold expression, her glare not leaving her face. However, a questioning look appeared on Juvia's face as she noticed her love rival giggling.

"That's cute, Juvia thinks she's immune to my attacks…" Melody smirked as a surge of electricity went through the hammer and into Juvia's body, causing her to yelp out in pain as she took a step back.

"W-What? How did Melody…" Juvia took a few pants to regain herself, but she had no time as Melody swung the electrified silver hammer sideways at Juvia, sending the water mage through a tree.

"Electric magic too, deary," Melody replied as the silver hammer faded.

Juvia sat up, wincing in pain. "Juvia won't lose…" Juvia then stood up, extending her hands as dense, sharp water shot out from them. "Water Slicer!"

"Silver Make: Wall!" Another silver magic circle appeared and a silver wall shot out from the ground. Even though it provided a good defense, Juvia's attack broke through the wall, causing Melody to skid back across the ground. "You little…" Melody regained her composure as she stuck placed her hands forward, a yellow magic circle appearing. "Thundershock!" A bolt of lightning shot out from Melody's hands and towards Juvia, who barely rolled out of the wall to avoid the attack, but her leg was hit and she let out a groan of pain.

"Ah!" Juvia didn't allow her leg injury to slow her down as she stuck her hand out, a dense ball of water appearing around Melody as it trapped her, Juvia's anger causing the water to heat up quickly. "Water Lock! Melody can drown…" Juvia then gave an innocent, cheerful smile as she watched Melody struggle for air and from the scalding water.

"GURGLE!" A yellow magic circle appeared high in the sky as a thunderbolt struck Juvia from above, causing Juvia to lose focus on the Water Lock, and scream from pain. When thunderbolt faded, Juvia was on her knees, panting as sparks danced wildly around her body from the attack, smoke also flying from her body. "Silver Make: Pillar!" A silver magic circle appeared under Juvia's body and an electric coated silver pillar shot up from the magic circle, the electricity dealing damage to Juvia as she flew into the air, letting off another yelp.

"J-Juvia won't lose…!" Juvia quickly shifted her body around, aiming legs at Melody. "Here Juvia comes!" Juvia preformed a dropkick on the unsuspecting Melody, her feet landing right on Melody's chest, causing Melody to stumble back.

"Alright…I'm done playing around…!" Melody grabbed her shirt, and threw it off, revealing her bra.

"ONLY GRAY-SAMA DOES THAT! MELODY'S A COPY CAT! …And stripping does not work well with Melody," Juvia giggled at her last comment.

"Alright you…Gray-sama is mine!" Melody pulled her hand back, a silver magic circle appearing once again. "Silver Make: Arrows!" Several silver arrows coated in electricity flew towards Juvia. Juvia dodged the first two arrows, but the other struck her in the arm, exploding into a surge of electrical energy that flew through Juvia's body, causing her to groan in pain.

"Agh!" Juvia pulled her other arm back, "Water Cane!" Juvia's arm extended forward into a whip of water and she swung her arm wildly at Melody, attempting to land a hit. Melody was agile, however, dodging each of each of Juvia's strikes with relative ease before lunging forward with her hand out, another yellow magic circle appearing as she placed her hand on Juvia's chest. "Bye," With a sadistic smirk, a large bolt of electricity shot from Melody's hand and blew Juvia threw several tress. Juvia lost her hat, her coat was ruined, and her body covered in bruises and cuts. Luckily, for Juvia, she landed a few feet from a stream. It was not a lot of water, but she could use it to her advantage. Melody slowly walked over to the downed Juvia, smirking. "Any last words, "Love Rival?"

Juvia's eyes twitched at the word. She was never called a love rival in such a tone before, and it set something off. She realized that this woman would truly try to take Gray away from her, causing something inside of her to snap once again. Juvia stood up, extending her arms forward. "Water Beam!" A high-pressurized beam of water shot out from her hands, striking Melody right her stomach, causing the girl to hit the tree. "NO one will take Gray-sama away from Juvia!"

"Gray-sama is mine, you wench!" Melody rubbed her stomach, looking down to see the large bruise Juvia's attack left. "Silver Make: Claw!" A large claw shot out from the magic circle, once again coated in electricity as it slashed Juvia's midsection. Juvia's water body easily negated the attack, as she only took very little damage from the electricity. But Melody left the claw where Juvia's midsection was, smirking. "Got you." The claw then let off a powerful discharge of electricity, shocking Juvia's aquatic body as it manifested back into her physical form, the claw now pulling back from her midsection, leaving a deep wound as it did so, causing Juvia to fall to her knees once again, panting heavily.

"Juvia…won't…lose…for Gray-sama…" Juvia stood up slowly, the water from the stream circling around her hands, "Water Punch!" Juvia rushed forward towards Melody once more, her latent power showing as she landed devastating punches all over Melody's body, causing the silver haired girl to yelp in pain from every punch thrown, eventually falling onto her back, writhing in pain.

"Water Nebula!" Juvia would finish this battle here, two large columns of water forming, eventually merging into one as the attack slammed into Melody, creating a large, watery explosion. When the water calmed down, Melody more or less drowned from Juvia's final attack, bringing a smile to the water mage's face. "Juvia…won…" Juvia's eyes closed as her body went limp, causing her to pass out. However, Gray caught her just before she hit the ground, smirking slightly.

"I knew you could do it, Juvia…"