The Alternate End.

A/N: This is the original ending I had planned for the story, I wrote the other one from free flowing ideas, I don't like to interrupt my thought chain when I write so that's how it came out. However. I really really love this one! And I hope you guys do to!

"Rahhh!" Juvia had hit him head on with her scalding water cyclone. "You're going to regret that!" He grumbled as he tried to freeze her cyclone. Juvia put even more force behind her attack as her blue waves whipped around in the wind. "Ice-make shackles!" he whispered at he held off her water cyclone with one hand and used the other to make the shackles, holding her wrists above her head in thin air causing the cyclone to dissipate as they lifted her off the floor. "Look how the tables have turned. Now what will you do?" He chuckled as Juvia struggled to break them off. "You really are a remarkable water user." He eyed her up and down. "What should I do with you? I really can't decide." He scratched his chin in thought.

"Nothing." Juvia spoke confidently, "waterbody!" the watermage said changing her body so it was completely liquid as she slipped out of the shackles back to the floor. "Water cane!" A strong lash of water whipped at General Invel hitting him side and legs.

"Time for you to learn some manners little girl!" He shouted "Freeze!"

"Juvia!" Gray shouted as he raced towards her as Invel froze her solid. "Leave her alone! Ice geyser!" Gray threw in his hands to the floor encasing Invel in ice but not before he had sent a froze Juvia spinning towards the ocean. Crap! He thought. He wasn't going to get to her in time. He had to try.

"And where do you think you're off to!" Invel roared as he broke free of the geyser. Geez, doesn't this guy ever give up? Gray thought as he kept on running to the spinning watermage. "Ice-make wall!" Gray was met with a thick wall of ice. Perfect. He thought as he absorbed it. "Wh-what are you?" Invel asked completely freaked out by the fact that Gray had just consumed his ice.

"I'm an ice-devil slayer." Gray smirked at him. "And you just pissed me off. Big time." He cracked his knuckles. Juvia would be fine. She could breathe underwater and that ice would melt in the ocean. "Ice devil's Zeroth long sword!" A purple sword of ice appeared in Grays hand as his black tattoos appeared up his arms turning one of his eyes a bright pink.

"I've never heard of an ice devil slayer." Invel pondered the thought, or had he? He couldn't quite recall. Not that it mattered he would crush Gray like everyone else. "Cold Excalibur." This time he used both hands to cast his weapon, just in case. The two icemages ran and jumped towards each other as their swords clashed, powerfully, sending ripples of magical energy across the beachfront kicking up some sand. Grays Zeroth sword sent out a powerful wave of ice magic towards Invel making him gasp as it froze him solid. I'd like to try and see him break out of my ice devil magic. Gray smirked as he turned to face a frozen Juvia who hadn't made it to the ocean after all. Crap! He thought as he raced over to her, placing her in his lap as he absorbed the ice, thawing her out. She was so cold, her body was trembling and her lips almost as blue as her hair.

"Juvia…" Gray murmured as he held her in his arms.

"Ring magic." Invel said, breaking through Grays ice. How the hell did he just do that?! Gray gritted his teeth. "Lightning strike!" He shouted as bolts of lightning rained down on Gray and Juvia.

"Shit!" Gray shouted as him and Juvia were struck. Lightning's her biggest weakness. "Ice-make shield!" Gray desperately threw his hands above them towards the sky, casting a shield above their heads as the bolts kept on striking down on them. "Leave her alone! It's me you're after!" Gray shouted to the white haired ice wizard.

Invel smirked "Oh but this is much more fun." he twisted another ring on his finger. "Thunder cane." A cane of thunder snaked towards the two Fairy Tail mages, Gray was still casting the shield above their heads to stop the lightning bolts, he couldn't block this attack to.

"You bastard!" Gray growled as the thunder cane smacked into Juvia sending her flying away from him before she hit the sand like a rag doll, still unconscious. "Juvia!" He called out to her but there was no response as the thunder cane kept hitting her followed up by some lightning bolts. What the hell? Gray looked up the bolts had stopped over his head and where now only striking Juvia. The heavens opened as rain poured down and the sky turned as black as the night soaking everyone through almost immediately. Juvia, Grays eyes went wide as he felt all her emotions. Remembering the first time he felt her in the rain. It was when they lived together in those six months; the best six months of his life. Until he left her and screwed it all up. It had shocked him at first, the rain, Gray couldn't work out why he kept feeling tides of sadness wash over him as he stood in the garden after turning Juvias dinner date down. It was only when he walked around to the porch and saw the silent tears rolling down her red cheeks that he understood. He knew they were close, they had an unexplainable bond, it made him angry to know that he had caused those feelings. So, he had gone up to her and said rather rudely that he was hungry and dinner out sounded like a nice change he hadn't meant to say it quite so coldly. The watermage had smiled that heart melting smile as the rain ceased and the sun had come back out. Gray now stared over at the watermage lying in the sand, his anger boiling over, she was down for the count yet this heartless prick kept on attacking. Did he want to kill her? Grays blood ran cold. He would not let happen. "Ice Geyser!" Gray placed his hands on the ground again, infusing his devil slaying magic with the attack for good measure, as he ran to the watermage a horrible feeling creeping over his skin. The icemage sunk down to his knees in the wet sand and he picked her up, cradling her, her body still cold and oddly limp. He felt like his heart had stopped beating as he checked for a pulse. His eyes grew wide in panic as he felt all over her neck frantically. He couldn't breathe. She couldn't be. He hadn't told her how he felt about her yet. He hadn't apologised for leaving her. He hadn't kissed her. "MEREDY!" Gray screamed in a pained voice as Juvia lay in his arms. Meredy and Lyon hobbled over to Gray their eyes wide.

"No she can't be." Lyons voice cracked. "Juvia!" He shouted to the heavens.

"She's still here, I can feel her in the rain. Just." Gray was clutching at straws. "Meredy, can you cast sensory link on us?" He eyed the pink haired mage who looked at him questioningly. "If I can't tell her. I need to at least show her." He closed his eyes sending a silent prayer to Mavis.

"What's sensory link?" Lyon asked

"It's a link that I can forge between two people who have strong feelings for each other. It allows them to feel what the other is feeling. I cast it on Juvia and Gray on Tenrou island." Gray stared at Meredy. On Tenrou? That must've been when I felt all those weird emotions and pain when I was tracking Ultear. "Like I said, they have to have strong feelings for each other." Meredy finished as she cast it, forming a heart like bracelet on Gray and Juvia, Gray recognising it instantly. So I had strong feelings even then. His heart squeezed in answer. Of course I did. As the link set in Gray was overwhelmed as he sensed Juvia even stronger, her life was flickering and a lump formed in Grays throat. "Juvia…" He began as Meredy and Lyon walked away from the pair giving them some space. "I've wanted to tell you for so long now." He stroked some of her damp hair off her face. "But now it's too late." The tears started to fall down his cheeks just like when she had comforted him at his parents grave. "I don't want you to leave me too. You just can't." Gray opened his heart to her, letting out all his pent up emotions, letting them flow through the sensory link as he felt his heart cracking, leaking, breaking. "You promised….we promised….. to keep on living….." He whispered his voice and body shaking as he was consumed with sadness. The rain was getting lighter and Gray wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. He remembered all that they had been through since Juvia had joined Fairy Tail, how she had changed his life with her brilliant smile and loving personality, how he hadn't responded in fear of losing her. And now he was losing her and his biggest regret was not showing her how he felt. He had held himself back during those six months, occasionally letting himself slip up and those moments he had, he had been so completely happy and carefree. Juvia and him hadn't just trained together. They had lived together like normal people. They had shared secrets and past memories of sadder times, his parents death, Ur's death, her parents death and abandoning of her, her time at Phantom Lord. She too was a different person now. Or she had been. She was perfect in every way possible, physically and emotionally. She had so much love to give. Gray couldn't imagine her not living. "Please come back to me…." He whispered as he placed a trembling kiss on her forehead holding her into him. He stared down at the watermage as tears continued to roll down his cheeks the sensory link on both of their arms flashing. That couldn't be good. He had lost her. A few more moments passed as the rain continued to fall on Hargeons beach front, Grays ice geyser still holding the ice mage captive. Grays thoughts turned red. That bastard had killed Juvia, and oh boy was he going to pay. Gray felt his control snapping as the devil slayer mark grew up his arm, he was delving into the darkness. It was numbing his pain. Gluing his heart back together with its slick black tendrils. His mind narrowed in anger shutting everything else out. Almost.

"Gr-Gray-sama…" The body in arms choked, Grays eyes flew to the watermage as the darkness inside him dissipated and the tendrils around his heart all but vanished along with his tattoo. The watermages blue eyes flicked open, hazy at first darting around before settling on Grays. "Gray-sama!" She squealed sitting upright in his lap straddling him as she threw her arms around his neck. "Juvia had the strangest dream… she dreamt she died." She whispered as Gray wrapped his arms around her waist, new tears of relief flowing down his cheeks as he sobbed. He had nearly lost her, and himself. He nearly succumbed to the darkness, she was his light.

"You don't even know the half of it." He whispered back to her his head buried in her blue waves not wanting to let her go again. Meredy cut off the sensory link as her and Lyon smiled at the two mages from a distance.

"Took him long enough." Lyon mumbled smiling at Meredy, he wasn't going to let her get away from him like Sherry.

"I'm so glad you're back…" Gray mumbled into her hair as he pulled back to look into her eyes which too were glistening with tears. He cupped her face in one of his hands taking her all in.

"Back? Gray-sama?" Juvia asked feeling unnerved this wasn't like Gray-sama, had her dream really been a dream? Gray-samas reaction seemed to tell her that her dream was very real. A loud shattering sound behind them caused both mages to turn around. Winter General Invel was up again, dis-shelved but up. Gray and Juvia scrambled to their feet to, Juvia noted that her magic was low but not completely gone, her body felt fried. Literally.

"So you survived after all. No thanks to your boyfriend." Invel snarled at them. "He isn't your boyfriend though is he? How can you bear to be with someone who doesn't return your feelings?" His eyes pierced Juvias, she had no idea how Gray-sama truly felt about her, but if his actions just then coupled with what she had felt whilst she was 'dreaming' - she was sure that she had had a sensory link cast on her, were anything to go by then he did feel something for her.

Gray wrapped an arm around her waist holding her close next to him. "You know nothing about us or our relationship." He said coldly, so coldly, that if words could freeze anything those words would. Gray turned to face Juvia his eyes growing softer as he stared into those deep trusting blue pools. "You ready to do this?" He smiled at her as she nodded. Over a year ago Juvia would have fangirled at that sentence, but now she was more mature, she felt more stable in their relationship - whatever it was.

"Yes Gray-sama." She replied as the both stripped off the top half of their bodies. Juvia just in her bra. Gray noticed, a lacy one at that too.

"Wh-what, they strip together?!" Lyon turned crimson at the sight hiding behind his hands.

"You do know you're in the middle of a battle right?!" Meredy shouted at the two mages who were smiling at each other.

"Of course! We're just getting down to business." Gray grinned at Meredy then back to the blunette.. "Juvia…." He blushed. "Where is the corset, I thought we agreed. No distractions." His face flushed completely crimson.

"Gray-sama! Juvia only has one and it's in the wash at Fairy Hills!" She pouted before looking down at her bra. "Does Gray-sama not like this bra?" She asked blushing as Invel, Lyon and Meredy sweat dropped. Are they mocking me? Invel thought as he watched the situation feeling too awkward to do anything. Juvia was nice to look at too.

"Wh…What no! That's not it!" He waved his hands in front of him before scratching his head and rubbing his face in embarrassment. "It's a lovely bra! But! Gah!" He took the confused watermages hands in his. "Let's just do this." He said taking a deep breath calming his thoughts and his hormones. He opened his eyes again meeting Juvias, both of them settling their emotions, focusing as the wind whipped up a gentle spray of sand around them. Juvia felt a rush of warmth flooding, spreading through her as Gray held her hands and looked into her eyes.

"Activate second origin!" They both spoke calmly as their eyes locked onto one anothers, their hearts quicken into one heartbeat.

"Ice Geyser!" Gray shouted imbuing it with devil slayer magic throwing his all behind it.

"Wings of love!" Juvia shouted at the same time, feeling Gray-samas magic and hers mixing, melding, uniting as one. Their unison raids were always beautiful, always perfect. Lyon and Meredy stared on in shock at the sheer perfection of the raid, their bond clearly shown in the beauty and power of the attack, Invel powerless against them. Nothing was a match for them together. When the raid was over Juvia turned to Gray. "We did it Gray-sama!" Juvia squealed throwing her arms around his neck as he wrapped his around her waist.

"We did." He held her for a few moments longer enjoying the warm feeling that spread through him every time he did. Gray pulled away from her keeping his arms around her as she placed her smaller delicate ones on his bare chest. "I can't wait any longer Juvia." He whispered her eyes growing wide as his voice grew a huskier tone. "My answer." He whispered again moving his face closer and closer to hers as their heart beats grew quicker and quicker, their lips meeting, sending shivers and heat through them both from their head to their toes, setting every nerve on fire even though the kiss was only a gentle and sweet one. Juvias lips were sweet and plump like honey, Grays matching hers with a soft juicy firmness. They broke apart as the rain got heavier causing Juvia to shrink away from him slightly. Gray tightened his grip on her pulling her back to him as he chuckled at the rain that washed over their bare skin. He pressed his forehead against hers, noses touching as he stared in her deep blue eyes, he could get lost in them forever. "I love you Juvia." She stared at him wide eyed her blue orbs dancing as he fiddled with the ends of her hair, heart in his mouth.

"Juvia - I love you to Gray-sama!" Her melodious voice washing through him, a lot higher pitched than normal as she slid her hands up his chest to his neck as she kissed him, feeling the rain on his lips and body as she slipped her hands up into his wet black hair deepening the kiss as unspoken words and buried emotions burned between them, nothing could ever come between them. Their passion and love for each other burned like the sun. Gray and Juvia both learned that what doesn't kill you - makes you stronger.

A/N: So I wrote the alternate (original) ending anyway :-D I prefer this mushy one! What did you think of my almost dead Juvia, I actually shed a few tears writing that scene! Hope you like it! If you like this Gruvia fic, then please check out all my other Gruvia oneshots and story!

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