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Ice Plus Rain Equals?

Chapter One: Be My Partner

Okay, so maybe a few people in Fairy Tail- scratch that, everyone in the guild knew that a certain Water Mage was 'in love' with Gray Fullbuster. That is, except Gray himself. Anyone could clearly see the two hearts bulging out of Juvia's eyes whenever he was around. All day she would stare at his face of perfection until he left. Not to mention gaping at his abs.

Mavis…. His abs.

Juvia felt her heartbeat race as he casually took off his shirt. Damn, it was so hard to suppress the urge to let out a fan girl scream. Even though she had seen him do this every single day because it was an obsessive habit of his, Juvia could feel her heart fluttering as if it was the end of the world! Maybe she was overreacting with her usage of words right now, but did it matter? Such things were necessary when one was in love.

Juvia hid behind a wooden pillar as she observed him. Perfection? More than that.

Yes, Juvia would admit that she stalked him a bit before. (A bit? More like all the time.) But it was to make sure that her Gray-sama was in safe hands. 'Why did she have to go that far?' Was a question that constantly popped up somewhere in her brain cells. Well, why couldn't she? Was it wrong for her to see if her darling was safe and sound? If not, Juvia would be beside him, protecting him... She let herself fly off to one of her fantasies.

"Juvia," Gray would say in a dreamy voice with shining dark blue eyes. A background full of roses and all things sweet made everything hazy.

"Yes, Gray-sama?" she will coo with her pale cheeks glowing into a reddish color.

"You are the only one for me. I was wrong to not have you by my side. Let us be together forever," Was what Juvia would expect him to say when he would announce his undying love for her. Who cares if it really was cliche?

But in reality, Gray really was calling her over.

"Hey, Juvia!"

In his real voice, Juvia was brought back to the present instead of her daydreams.

"Yes, Gray-sama!"

He gestured at her with his hand and patted an empty seat next to him.

Juvia felt steam blowing from her ears. She felt her face grow hot. Juvia gets the honor to sit beside Gray? Nonetheless, she will accept it. She walked over to him as fast as her legs, now stiff with a robotic elegance, would allow her. They even creaked as she approached him.

Meanwhile, Gray still had an inner conflict battling inside of him. Seeing that the Water Mage still had some difficulty in reaching him, he still had plenty of time to rethink all of this.

Ever since he had walked into the guild, everything felt so... off. It was perfect. The guild was dawned with a serene silence, the kind of silence pacifists would enjoy. What was it to Gray then? It was hell.

Natsu, Happy, and Lucy took on a mission two days ago, and (Mavis, he knew that it would haunt him forever if he said this out loud) he actually admitted into missing that fire-eating moron. As annoying as he was, he preferred to have a day when he would slam his fists unto Natsu's face and vice versa. The first day, he had coped with it, keeping it in mind that he actually had a few days of rest without having the bastard annoy him verbally and physically. But the empty presence of the Dragonslayer depraved Gray of his flare. Not to mention the fact that he couldn't crash in Lucy's place when she locked every single entrance there was to the house. If he considered breaking in, he knew Lucy would be at him for weeks and would've received Mira's title. That imagination just sent Gray some shivers unto his spine.

So what could've brought the flare back? Missions.

The problem? By a miracle, most of the missions had ran out, so as Mirajane was saying, and he had only two missions left for him. Either he would opt to clean a whole polluted river and get paid with two hundred thousand jewels if he makes the body of water sparkle (which Gray thought was a cheap price, considering all the nasty things swarming there), or he would choose to go on a two-person mission to retrieve a lost family heirloom for a rich family somewhere in Seven. The cash? Four hundred thousand jewels. He at least wanted some action, so he decided to choose the second mission instead.

The second problem? He did not have a partner.

Natsu, Lucy, and Happy were already out for the count, so no choosing them. Erza was outside of town doing an errand for Makarov, so he couldn't ask her to go with him. The remaining options? Cana, Juvia, or Levy.

Cana? They were friends, all right. And he'd fought beside her in battle, but Cana was a heavy drinker, and Gray didn't want to carry her large barrels of booze on their way to Seven. That would slow them down.

Levy? He didn't want to cross with Jet and Droy and somehow, Gajeel who were currently fighting over her again. ("No way! Levy is mine!" "No one said anything about that, buddy!" "I don't get why I'm concerned, maggots!" "SHUT THE HELL UP!")

So the remaining option was Juvia. Decent. He'd worked with her in several occasions as well, they even did Unison Raid together. Compatible elements all right. Despite the fact that Gray sometimes thought Juvia was a little dramatic or rather awkward at times, Gray would've preferred her over all the other girls. So he had called her over, hoping that she would accept to go with him.

And currently, her robotic legs were within five feet from where he sat. Sometimes, Gray just didn't get that woman. He had seen her spitting with jealousy, cry with tears of joy and nearly flooded the whole of Magnolia, and he had seen her when she was at her strongest. Yup, no doubt the mission would involve some melodramatic, action sense.

"Hey," he called out. "can you hurry up a little? This is very important," he said and watched as Juvia's eyes grew ten times its size and in a flash, she was already beside Gray. Did she scare him out of his wits sometimes? No, but she was a little freaky.

"What is it, Gray-sama?" she asked.

"I told you that you should just all me Gray. No need for honorifics, all right? We're nakama." To his embarassment, the Water Mage seemed to flush with a red color. Shit. He didn't want her to flood the guild. "D-don't cry! Mavis, don't cry, whatever happens, don't!"

Juvia looked at him brightly, her eyes shining with some sort of depth emotion. "Juvia will do anything Gray-sa-, Gray asks for. Whatever it is, Juvia will do it." she declared proudly.

Gray could've sworn that Mirajane's eyes had a gleam as she took a quick glance at them. Could innocent Mirajane make Gray pee his pants? Absolutely.

His attention focused back to Juvia. He didn't need any distractions. This was good. She'd do anything for him. Huh. "In that case, why don't we go on a mission together?"

Juvia blushed from head to toe. "Gray-s- Gray wants to go with Juvia on a mission? Together?" she sounded as if she couldn't believe it. Gray watched blankly as she pinched her cheeks.

"It is not a dream!" she cried out, tears, oh shit, tears were flowing from her eyes.

Gray waved his hands. "No, don't cry, Juvia!"

The tears immediately stopped.

Gray let out a sigh of relief. It was already troubling enough for him to talk to her about the mission, what more on their way? But he was determined for this. He needed that spark more than ever.

"So, um yeah," he began awkwardly and scratched his jet black hair in one fluid moment with his hand. "It's in Seven, and the money is good. Four hundred thousand jewels to retrieve a lost family heirloom. It's a two-person mission."

Crap. He regretted his mistake when he mentioned two-person.

Steam had blown from Juvia's ears as if she was a train. "Gray-sa- no, Gray wants Juvia to go with him on a two-person mission. How romantic! What wonderful fate Juvia is blessed with!" she mumbled hastily.

Gray couldn't understand her words because she was talking too fast. "So do you want to come?"

"Juvia would love to come!" she responded happily.

"Great, so we have to get on this train tomorrow morning at eight so-" His sentence was cut off as a ripple of wind replaced Juvia's place. The doors to the guild slammed open, and Gray could see her tiny figure leaving dust behind her as she zoomed past the other members.

"Hey!" Gray called out, completely unaware that he took off his underwear (Again). "Where are you going, Juvia, did you listen? Eight o'clock tomorrow at the train station!"

"Yes!" Juvia's shout echoed throughout the building even though she was far away. "Juvia will be at the train station before then! Juvia is excited, now, she has to go to the riverbank so she can freely cry tears of joy because Gray-sa, no, Gray doesn't want her to drown the members!"

Gray scratched his head. "I'm going to be in for a lot, now."

"Gray, your underwear," Mirajane announced.

"Not again!" he muttered and slipped his underwear back on, along with his pants but left his shirt hanging from the chair.

Mirajane smiled, aware of the dark gleam in her eyes playfully observing the scene.

Operation complete.

A/N: The first chapter is now up! :)

Bear with me, because I only had this idea yesterday, so updates might not be regular, but I'll try my best to update!

This is my first Fairy Tail fanfic, so I hope you could tell me what you think of this fanfic through reviews or pms. ConCrit is well appreciated! :)

Also, if anyone had a plot similar to this, I didn't copy it. As mentioned, I made this up just yesterday.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!