It's Gone

"What's wrong, Lucy?" Gray asked the rather depressed mage.

"It's gone...Loke's is…gone…"

Her line was fragmented, but Gray basically understood the situation now.

"Just make another one," he said.

"It can't be replaced."

"Well, guess that true. Then, how about you use this as a substitute?"

"What do you mean…?" Lucy asked, looking up.

What she saw in Gray's arms was an infant-like object created from ice.

"I wasn't talking about a baby!"


Juvia Knows

"Wh- What is that?" Juvia asked.

The blue-haired woman approached Gray and Lucy upon seeing the two of them talking.

Gray, who was holding the ice infant, replied:

"Oh, it's a — "

"Wait! You don't have to say it, Juvia already knows."

"No, I don't think you do…"

"Lucy must have said 'stop' many times, but you didn't listen, right? You just continued—"

"Stop right there."


She's Serious

"Why isn't he making a sound?" Juvia asked.

She continued:

"Do you think he's sick?

"What should we do?"

"Oh no, he's not breathing."

"Get him to a hospital, quick!"

Gray and Lucy looked at each other.

What should we do? She's serious.


Dilemma

"Gray-sama, are you upset at Juvia?"

"Do you want me to be?" Gray replied.

"No, Juvia doesn't want that."

"Then…"

"She shouldn't bring up the topic in the first place, right?"

"No I was going to say…"

The scene zoomed out, showing Juvia tightly embracing Gray.

"Let go of me!"

Juvia doesn't want that either…


She's a Demon

The distinct aroma of food cooking over a fire drifted in the air, causing the group's stomachs to growl.

"Hey, is it ready yet?"

"Are you starving?" Mirajane asked.

Natsu nodded vigorously.

"Good. Then you can wait longer."


Truly a Demon

"Okay, it's done," Mirajane announced.

"Alright!"

Everyone dug in.

"Wow, this is great," Gray commented.

"Yeah," Lucy agreed.

"What did you add in here, Mira?" Erza asked.

"Just a little bit of 'hunger,'" she said with a smile.

Doesn't that mean you just wanted to see us suffer!?


Pointers

Fried was showing off his magic to Samuel.

"Wow, so your ruins make use of hexadecimals as well?"

"Of course; numbers are equally as important as words."

A few meters away, Gray and Natsu were playing a game that Fried suggested.

"Agh…I give up!" Natsu shouted. "Fried, can you give me a few pointers for this?"

Samuel's ears perked up.

Fried ginned, "Sure, —"

"Aahh…" Samuel interrupted. "If you need help, just ask me."

"Eh? Okay, then," Natsu answered.

Samuel sighed in relief.

"Tch, party pooper," Fried muttered.


They Mean the Same Thing

"You got it now, Natsu?" Levy asked.

"Yeah, yeah; the prefix 'in-' mean 'not,' right?"

"Great, then that concludes today's lesson."

Later that day, when all the guild members had left, Natsu wandered around inside the guild hall.

He came across something he never saw before. Attached to it was a sign:

"Caution: Inflammable."

Inflammable means it's not flammable, right?

The next day, Makarov stood stunned outside a burned down building.


A/N: Hope you enjoyed! If so, review! (or don't)

The "Pointers" one might be confusing to some. Those who do understand are probably face-palming, and I don't blame them: I would be too. But hey, at least it doesn't end with Fried reciting the hexadecimal—I couldn't bring myself to do such a thing.

A little explanation is called for, I guess. But as I always like to say, Google it.

This is the last set for a while; this collection will be put on an indefinite hiatus. Fact that there were no reviews last chapter strengthened my decision: not going to continue something that readers have lost interest in.