Hey guys! Since I won't be able to update tomorrow, I updated the last chapter today instead....this is the last chapter of this story "Troublesome Feelings". Now that it has come to this, my feelings of greatfulness and appreciation is really high to all of you who are supporting me all this time. Thanks to all of you!! I will really, never ever going to forget this....though this is my first try in GruVIa fan fiction story, I feel really blessed to finish it with ease....now, I'm writing a new story which is NaLu...Don;t worry though, I will make sure to crack my head to create yet another story about GruVia when I had the chance...please support me on my next journey in writing....I love you guys!! Please enjoy, vote and comment!!!

♥LucyAshleyHeartfilia♥

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“Lucy! Minora! Everyone!”, Arthur’s voice rang out from the ship that was getting closer.

“Nero?!”, Lucy can’t believe that Arthur Nero Jurener was actually aboard the ship and was waving at them with Elric and Tidus by his side.

“Master! Tidus!”, Minora waved back.

“Arthur-san’s really cheery as usual”, Wendy sweat-dropped.

“How much free time does he have?”, Charle mumbled.

“Looks like Jurener-dono left his work to Kurogane-dono again”, Jura said.

“You know them?”, Erza asked him in surprise.

“We’re long time friends”, Jura just said.

“Ah! Jura!”, Arthur greeted him when they were at port. “It’s been a long time. My, that Hakama looks good on you”, he said.

“Thank you. It really is”, Jura replied. “Thank for sending it to me”

“Don’t sweat it”, Arthur shrugged it off. The others went aboard as well.

“It’s good to see you are all safe”, Elric said. “I’m sorry for endangering you like this”

“Every mission has to be”, Lucy just smiled at him.

“Umm, the Water’s Tear”, Juvia surrendered the necklace.

“I see, they bounded huh?”, Elric somehow was anticipating this. “My grandfather must have done this”, Elric went down the ship.

“Where are you going?”, Arthur asked.

“Fulfilling my grandfather’s last wish”, Elric landed the necklace on the ground. “Returning the island’s life”, at his words, the necklace glowed brightly and trees began to emerge. The boulders were cleared and the ruins were restored. Not too long, the island was full of life once again.

“WAHHH!”, the girls screamed in amazement.

“Amazing!”, Jura said.

“The last magic my grandfather has infused in his masterpiece was restoring the island his love was devoted to. He was returning what Muriel created and loved before it was destroyed.”, Elric smiled at them and returned to the ship. “Now they’ll be at peace”

“Let’s go home”, Natsu said. His nausea started to kick in. When the ship rocked, both he and Gajeel made a dash at the side and vomited.

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“Lyon-sama?”, Juvia awkwardly stepped near to Lyon.

“Juvia!”, Lyon was happy to see her. “What brings you here?”

“I…Juvia wants to say thank you…..for everything you’ve done for Juvia…and…well….Juvia is also sorry for all the troubles she caused”, Juvia bowed apologetically to him.

“It’s alright. Every man has to show-off for the woman he loves”, Lyon said with a sad smile.

“About that….Juvia still loves Gray-sama…and it’s not fair…for Lyon-sama to…”

“It’s not yet too late isn’t it?”, Lyon said.

“No, Juvia is certain that she will only love Gray-sama”, Juvia replied flatly.

“I see. Well, I guess it’s understandable”, Lyon started to walk away.

“Lyon-sama, wait…”, Juvia was really guilty for making him look like that.

Lyon just waved his hand back at her. “If that guy makes you cry again, come to the guild anytime”, he said. Juvia smiled and shouted a yes to him.

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“Hey”, Gray apprehended, spotting Juvia alone at one side of the ship.

“Gray-sama”, Juvia was surprised.

Silence filled between them. Juvia grew impatient so she talked first.

“Juvia heard it…..Gray-sama’s voice……somehow…..Juvia felt safe and warm, it seems like Gray-sama was looking out for her. Thank you Gray-sama”, Juvia smiled at him.

“Well, I did something terrible so I have to do it”, Gray excused.

“Oh, Juvia understands”, Juvia looked down and somehow, she’s sad.

“Hey, about…..about before…at the guild…..I didn’t mean it that way. I mean, I’m not using you or anything, I just said it stupidly at the time but I didn’t mean it”, Gray explained, somehow, blushing a little while scratching the back of his neck.

“Juvia understands now. Juvia never meant it as well. About leaving Fairy Tail”

“I know, Lyon told me. I guess we cleared everything now. You’ll go back to Fairy Tail with us right?”, Gray asked her playfully.

“Of course. Juvia misses Fairy Tail”, Juvia smiled at him. Gray smiled and started to walk away. He stopped after five steps.

“By the way, I don’t mind you following me around, see yah”, Gray continued to walk leaving a human tomato behind him.

“KYAAAHHH!”, Juvia exploded in embarrassment. “Gray-sama is so sly”

Somehow, the relationship between the two may be better after all.

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“Land! I never thought I’ll miss you this much!”, Natsu exclaimed in happiness that he was able to hold the meal he just ate without throwing it back up.

“Thanks for bringing us all the way here”, Erza bowed at Arthur and Elric.

“It’s no big deal, I owe so much to you guys”, Elric replied.

“This month’s rent, and for the next month, I can pay for it all now”, Lucy was at her happiest right now, she will not have any problems for her rent at the moment.

“We’ll leave first, we have to report to our Master about this”, Jura bowed for their excuse.

“Thank you Jura-san, send my regards to your guild”, Elric shook hands with him.

“We have to go as well. I believe Master Bob has another errand for us”, Ichiya said.

“Of course. We’ll get in touch in the future”, Elric told them.

“Wendy, Celesta said she definitely wants to see you again so you have to come to the mansion alright?”, Minora shook Wendy to make her agree.

“Y-yes, I’ll definitely visit you”, Wendy said.

“Then I guess we’ll go as well”, Erza said.

“Thank you so much, if it weren’t for you guys I might not be able to fulfil my grandfather’s last wish”, Elric told them. “Especially for you, Lady Juvia. Thank you so much”, she kissed Juvia’s hand as sign of appreciation.

“N-no, you don’t have to. Juvia did what the mission requires that’s all”, Juvia blushed at the gesture.

They said their goodbyes until Elric and the others departed the ports of Hargeon.

“Let’s all go home”, Erza told them. Everyone’s faces were lighting with smiles.

“Welcome back, Juvia”, Lucy reached out her hand. Juvia was taken aback by her thoughtfulness. She saw her teammates smiling at her. She took Lucy’s hands and with tears.

“I’m home”, she said.

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“Arthur, I know you missed me that much but, when are you really going back?”, Elric sounded annoyed.

“Hey Elric? I have a question”, Arthur asked when he was alone with him in his study.

“What is it?”, Elric closed the book he was reading and listened to what he has to say.

“Why did you ordered three guilds to look for the Water’s Tear anyway? It wasn’t part of the Anidrew’s sacred treasures or anything”, Arthur said.

“It’s from a ‘once in a lifetime promise’”, Elric looked outside the window.

“Once in a lifetime promise?”, Arthur asked.

“Yes. It was made between the first Anidrew brothers, Earwyn and Eanri”, Elric said.

“Huh? Now you lost me”, Arthur said.

“You see, when my great grandfather, Eanri found his brother’s body almost dying near the lake, he gave the necklace to him and instructed him to leave the island at once. That’s the reason he was able to survive the destruction years ago”, Elric explained.

“So what’s the promise then?”, Arthur asked.

“From Eanri’s journals, I read that my great grandfather, Earwyn said: “Eanri, I’ll ask one last thing for you. A once in a lifetime promise since I don’t have much time left. Once you leave this island, there will be rumours about something called the Water’s Tear. I want you to retrieve it no matter what happens. That will be the last remnant of my beloved Muriel so you have to get it no matter what! You have to live brother, please. Bind it with this necklace. I’m sorry brother. Take care of yourself for me. Thank you very much”

“So that’s it. No wonder that necklace is reacting so much”, Arthur said.

“They’re together at last”, Elric said, looking at the sky out his window.

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Natsu and the others were walking in the streets of Magnolia. As usual there were many people walking by.

“Looks like I’m separated from everyone”, Gray scratched his head turning his head to look for his friends.

“Ah!”, a man bumped to Gray and dropped something of his belongings.

“Oh, sorry about that”, Gray took the man’s belonging that was dropped on the ground and gave it back to him.

“It’s alright. Good thing it wasn’t broken. Thanks for….AH!!!!”, the man exclaimed when Gray looked at him.

“Huh?!”, Gray looked at him with questionable look in his eyes.

“You’re…….Fairy Tail!”, the man shouted out.

“Ah! You’re that man from Eisenwald!”, Gray recognized the man. “Man, you sure aged a bit”, he said. He was a lot older from what he remembered.

(A/N: for preferences, please refer to Episode 4 of the anime)

“Ah yes, but I’m not in their guild anymore. I’m just a normal fortune-teller as you can see”, he said, making sure Gray sees how he was dressed as. The thing that Gray gave him was actually a crystal ball wrapped securely on a cloth to keep it from breaking.

“Looks like you’re happy though”, Gray smiled at him.

“Oh of course, my predictions are correct after all. Oh by the way, do you want to know your…..”, he stopped mid-way.

“Gray-sama!”, Juvia shouted from a distance. When Gray saw her, he realized something. He waved back at her, indicating that he’ll go to her in a minute.

“About your offer”, Gray turned back to face him. “I’ll have to decline. I’ve tried it once accidentally. Besides, I wanted to see how the future will surprise me. You’ll have to keep it up though; I can tell that you’re very good at it. See yah”, Gray waved goodbye to him leaving the man smiling at what he saw. He made his way to Juvia’s side and looked at her for some time.

“Gray-sama?”, Juvia looked confused at his reactions.

“That guy really has some good fortune-telling”, Gray sighed in defeat.

“What do you mean by that Gray-sama?”, Juvia asked him.

“You saw that guy earlier? Eight years ago, before Phantom attacked Fairy Tail and got stucked in Tenroujima for seven years, he warned me of your arrival. You are exactly what he said”, Gray said and walked away. “Let’s go back to the guild, I have too much surprise in one day”, he said glumly.

“Ah wait for Juvia, Gray-sama! You haven’t fully explained what happened”, Juvia skipped her way to follow him.

What Gray remembered was this exact word from him:

“You’ll get an unexpected visitor. The stars point to trouble with water and women”

“Trouble with water and women huh? I had it worst. She’s exactly what he meant. Troublesome Water woman”, he thought and scratched his head. He looked like he was beaten up real good. Juvia was fidgeting and hallucinating behind him.

“Hey, tomorrow, get a job and I’ll accompany you if you want”, Gray told her so suddenly.

“Eh? EH!!!! Really! Gray-sama will accompany Juvia!!! Juvia is so happy!”, Juvia screamed in delight.

“Yeah, yeah”, Gray shrugged off the idea of what will happen. “I guess I’ll just have to get used to it”, he thought. “Let’s hurry back to the guild already”, he said.

“Right, Gray-sama!”

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