A/N: Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the super late update! I got busy with other stuffs and wasn't able to update the fic. Thank you so much for reviewing! That means a lot to me! So here's the update! I hope you guys would like it :DDD and don't forget to keep reviewing! It may help me to write a better chapter ! Enjoy ~
Disclaimer: i don't own fairy tail. I only own Chloe and her sisters.
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Peach Diva 8/8/13 . chapter 4
I am MADLY IN LOVE with this fic! Chloe's personalities resembles Gray's at some point, though not all the time :) She's also kind and sweet like Juvia, she's such a awesome character! Can't wait for the next chap, update soon please X3
Rep: oh thank you so much!
gamer123 7/26/13 . chapter 4
i love this story will there be more capters ?
Rep: yes, there is! Sorry for the delay!
pokefairy7/24/13 . chapter 4
I figured you got it from avatar but not korra. The last airbender, actually. Kitara uses it right?
Rep: oh yeah, you're right! Thanks for the correction :D
Mrs. Murasakisama 7/21/13 . chapter 4
WOAHHH THIS IS SO COOL! Will they figure out that Chloe is from the future?! And will they find out that she's Gray's and Juvia's child?! And what's happening in the future?! And will Chloe help make her parent's relationship better?! OMG PLEASE UPDATE SOON I CANT WAIT!
Rep: hahahah thanks! uhm.. maybe? Let's just see :P
X Mika-Chan X7/19/13 . chapter 4
Awww it just got interesting, please update!
Rep: thank you and updated :D sorry for the delay :D
PokeKid 257/10/13 . chapter 4
Great story! It's the most interesting concept I have ever read. Definitely has great potential! It's different from other Gruvia stories and told from a different point of view. Really interested to see happens next so do update soon :D
Rep: Thanks! and it's updated! so sorry for the delay :/
Chapter Five: Making Up
" A fight is always a good way to know somebody better."
After all the ruckus of my resemblance of Gray, I continue to ignore him as we go to the station today. Neither of me or Gray said anything to each other. Serves him right, I don't have anything to say to him either. I made myself clear to him that I don't like him. No , not the slightest. The situation is rather awkward and it made Wendy and Lucy to look at me with their eyebrows raised at me. Well, I try to ignore them as much as I can. But it seems that I can't do that forever huh?
When we arrived at the station, I tried my best for 'ignoring' Gray and hurriedly go to the seat which is near the window. And as soon as the train begin to move ; I take a look at Erza who literally punched Natsu in the stomach so that he 'passed out' during the journey. I heard from Wendy that he had somekind of motion sickness. To be honest, the whole journey isn't that bad because my father still in his 'silent treatment' , and I thought that he'll be like that for the next 2 days or so. How do I know? Heck, he always did that when he is mad at me back when I was little. Though he is a complete different person now back home. Like I said, the journey isn't as bad as I think, and when the sun falls ; Gray is already asleep next to Natsu and Happy. It only leaves me with the girls now (Including Carla).
"So, how's home, Chloe?" Lucy asked as she looked at me.
How's home? What's with that question? I sighed as I looked at Lucy with my furrowed eyebrows before I take a quick glance of my father who is now sleeping. When I take a quick glance at him, I feel like somebody is looking at me with a grin.
"Someone's staring."
I heard Carla said as she looked at me with her usual arrogant look. What is it now? Don't tell me that she is going to begin her 'lecture' about staring and began with the teasing. Or stating some facts or something.
I frowned.
"Awwh, you're so adorable Chloe!" Lucy exclaimed, slightly laughing.
Adorable? What is she talking about? I am not adorable! A light blush appears on my cheeks when Lucy said that I'm adorable. Though, the others might mistook it with something else. And since there's a rumor going on with me 'crushing' on Gray, they must've think that blush has the connection with my feelings towards Gray.
"I-I'm not a-adorable!" I yelled at Lucy, still blushing.
Erza, at the other hand ; looked at me for awhile before she smiled and closed her eyes.
"How cute." She said.
Can you imagine how red my face right now?! I think I might want to literally 'vanished' from this train right here, right now. I made a face at both of them and they all literally laughed at me.
"It's alright, Chloe! Falling in love is not a sin!" Wendy encouraged me.
Seriously. I'm not falling in love with my own father. Are you out your mind, woman?! Even after saying that I resembled Gray and Juvia at some point, Wendy still thinks that I'm crushing on Gray.
I sighed a bit as I take a look at the window. It seems that Lucy has forgotten her own question about my 'home'. Which I'm relieved that she didn't ask about it again. Or else, I wouldn't know how to explain things about my family condition to her. I can't actually tell her that 'hey-I'm-from-the-future-and-I'm-gray-and-juvia's- kid' kinda thing to her now, can I?
She must thought I'm crazy or something.
Appearantly, the time passed too quickly. It's either I'm spacing out or the train is moving too fast. In a blink of an eye, the train has stopped and once again I get to see dad's irritated expression on his face before getting off from the train.
"Let's head to the inn for today. Tomorrow's going to be the big day." Erza told the rest of the team. All of them nodded in agreement (well except for Natsu who is still fainted because of Erza's previous actions) and we headed to the inn as planned. And as I expected, I was in the same room with Wendy and Carla. While Lucy and Erza are In the same room. And that leaves Natsu will be sharing a room with Gray.
Huh.
Will they be alright though? Seeing their love – hate relationship, it must be hard for them to be 'not fighting' each other and sharing a room like that? Maybe they ended up destroying the inn in the process. I made a slight frown when I take a look of the room once again.
"Don't frown, Chloe! I told you before, right? Frowning doesn't suit you!" Wendy told me as she unpacks her things.
I blinked at her before looking at myself on the mirror. It seems that I frowned without realizing it. Since when I did that? Weird, I thought before taking off my bag and throws it to my side of the bed.
As I throw myself on the bed as well, I noticed that a piece of paper falls down from my bag. It seems that I didn't zip it properly. I picked it up before Wendy and Carla could notice it.
"….."
My black eyes widened as I looked at the piece of paper which turns out to be a piece of photo. It's an old photograph of my family when I was like three or something. I can see my parents' smiling face, along with my sisters and me. I looked at it blankly before decided to take it back to my bag. In that photograph my family looks so happy, and peaceful. How did it all go away like that? What caused it?
What broke my parents' love to each other?
All of this thinking made me sick, but at the same time I was so damn curious about the whole situation and I can't seem to calm down for some unknown reasons. I need answers, but just don't know how to find it. I have no one in this era. No friends. No family.
Nothing.
"Chloe?"
I heard Wendy's voice which snapped me back to reality. I lifted my head and take a look at the twelve year old girl who is now showing me her confused, yet puzzled expression. Carla doesn't say anything about it this time, but she still looked at me with a raised eyebrow.
"I think I'm going to go out for a bit," I told wendy as I grabbed my bag. "I need some air."
Wendy looked at me for awhile and then she nods.
"Alright, just make sure you came back before midnight. It's dangerous out there."
I could only nod and reply with a smile and then just like that, I lead my legs to the door and I left the room. It's nice for me to have that understanding girl as my roommate. I couldn't imagine if my roommate is Lucy. She will forbid me to go out in the middle of the night and she might ask me what's wrong. I sighed as I looked at the balcony of the inn. I thought of clearing my head at the balcony but then I saw somebody who is standing at the corner of the balcony.
At first I don't really recognize who the person is, but as I approached him ; It became clearer to me.
It's my father.
I blame my bad luck for running into him in the middle of the night. And I'm not in the mood for fighting either. But I can't just go back to my room right now. Since I know I couldn't even sleep with my head messing up with me.
"Who's there?"
I heard his voice as soon as I landed my feet on the balcony's floor. Oh it seems that somebody's over cautious about something. I folded my arms before approaching him in the process.
"It's just me." I replied.
Gray's face turns annoyed from cautious. He frowned before turning away as I stand next to him. This is not my best scenario, but at least he's not giving me the cold shoulder like he did back home.
"What do you want?" he asked.
I rest my arms on the balcony. "Can't sleep. I need some fresh air."
He raised his eyebrows for a bit and then he turns his head to a straight direction. Sure, he's annoyed by me. But it seems that he doesn't hate me or even dislike me. We stayed silent for awhile before I decided to break the silence.
"Can't sleep too?" I asked
He rolled his eyes. "It's not really your concern, is it?"
So, even when he is not that cold like he did back home, he's still hard to approach huh? Especially when he's pissed at me after I said that to him yesterday. Well , I'm not saying that it's his fault which made me to dislike him the way I did right now. To be honest, his seventeen year old version is not that bad. Maybe I should give him a chance? Maybe that way I can change how he is in the future?
"Rude much?" I frowned a bit. "Of course it's my concern. We're a team, you and I."
Gray chuckled, more like a mocking chuckle. " Tch, yeah right. Says the one who disliked me from the start. What is your problem anyway? I didn't even talk to you!"
Yeah well, I admit that I'm rude for saying that from the start. But I just can't pretend to like him from the start, can I ? Especially when I think about the older version of him back home.
"Sorry," I told him. "I'm being irrational yesterday."
He raises his eyebrows.
I sighed.
"You remind me of my father. I'm sorry for my rude behaviour. So…truce?"
What the hell am I saying? Isn't he my own father? This is so not me. What am I thinking telling him that kind of stuff? What'll happen when he got suspicious of me and demanded the truth? I am so stupid.
"Oi, oi. I'm not that old!" he protested.
Yeah well, technically.
I smirked. "Nah, you're exactly that old, Gray."
That's awkward. Calling my father with his name is really weird. Though I must admit that I called him with worst names before. But calling him with his first name is just so weird!
"Whatever. " he rolled his eyes once again. "Then? You're having a rough relationship with your father or something?"
Rough, isn't the word. Maybe a dead relationship is the exact word to describe my relationship with my father. We didn't even talk to each other. And with my sisters 'gone' to study, my relationship with dad is even worse than before. Acting cold to each other is one thing, but then I started to curse whenever he's around which led him to hit me instead.
"It's not 'rough'. Maybe 'dead' is the right word," I told him as I turn my head to him. "I don't like my father very much. Since he takes everyone I love from me."
Gray's jaw dropped and he looked at me with his serious black eyes. I gulped for a while before cursing myself for telling him that kind of stuff. Why am I being honest to my own father? Especially when he's the one who took everything away from me? The one who makes my mother cry? The one who made my sisters cried every night? No matter what I used to vow that I didn't give any damn to the man who took everything away from me. But now I just doubt it.
Maybe I did give a damn to him. Maybe, that's why I came to this era in the first place.