Part Two A Week Later, New Year's Eve Lucy was in the guild hall late at night to celebrate the arrival of midnight. Cana was on her fourth or fifth drinking contest, beating everyone dumb enough to challenge her. Mirajane and Gajeel stood on the stage singing a duet. Natsu was nowhere to be seen. After five days of harassing Lucy, he had withdrawn. Some feared he might quit the guild, but Lucy knew Natsu had too much love for this group to do something that drastic. He would sulk, he would probably not want to speak to her and Gray for a long time, and eventually he would go back to being the same wild, destructive, playful Natsu she knew.

Cold, Gray Winter - Part One by Rhov, literature

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Cold, Gray Winter - Part One

Fairy Tail GrayLu fanfic, Rated T for language and mature situations. A one-shot told in two parts (because DA said it was too long as a single file.) Part One It was winter, the time Gray loved best and hated most. Winter was the season of jollity, refreshing snow, a time when the world was cleansed as white as a bride, pure and unstained by the travesties of Man. Winter was also a painful reminder. The snow made him think of his home, happiness with his parents, crushing heartache when his town was destroyed and his family and friends stolen by a demon. The cold that felt so good on his skin also reminded him of Ur and Lyon, that brief ti

I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 13 by Rhov, literature

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I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 13

Chapter 13 - My Pride Three Days Later Lucy had rushed through the Spirit World to talk with the Spirit King and set up this exchange. She gave Gray three days, but that was almost no time at all in the Spirit World. Still, when Gray mentioned just how easily he could die, it had scared her, as if he was jinxing himself into an early death. How often had she felt intense dread for his life? She could get shot, blasted, cursed, just about anything, and she would return to the Spirit World to recover. Gray, on the other hand, could die, and that would be the end of the man she loved. She once calculated, with how many times one of the Celestia

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I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 12

Chapter 12 - The Lioness and Her Master Many Years Later … but only a few months in the Spirit World Lucy fumbled with two knitting needles. "Like this?" Aries had her own knitting in her lap, and she reached over to help the blonde Lioness. "No, like this. Through there, over, and…" Lucy dropped her stitch. "Oh shoot! I'll never get this scarf done before Erza's party." Virgo walked forward. "Leader, I have taken the liberty of making a gift you may give to your friend." She pulled out from behind her back a gorgeous scarlet red scarf made from shimmering silken yarn dotted with silver sparkles like stardust. Lucy's mouth drop

I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 11 by Rhov, literature

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I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 11

Chapter 11 - All That Matters Shortly after that battle, Gray moved out of Erza and Jellal's home and into a little apartment not far from where Lucy used to live. After the trouble he had fighting, Gray began to train his ice magic more, yet he continued to meditate and work with the Celestial Spirits as well. Gray wondered how some people could master multiple forms of magic. It was certainly a difficult task. Still, he was stubbornly determined to succeed. The day of Erza's baby being born was fast approaching. Gray stopped showing up in the guild, determined not to waste any of his free time with meaningless brawls and drinking. He wante

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I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 9

Chapter 9 - Limitations Gray had begun to settle in at Jellal and Erza's home. As her pregnancy advanced, he helped out around the house. Months passed, and soon Erza had to stop doing missions. Gray helped the couple out by paying rent, buying groceries, and he even assisted Jellal in setting up the baby room. He spent most of his time at the guild, laughing with the gang, drinking matches with Cana, and of course freezing the pants off Natsu whenever the flame-brain annoyed him. He could almost pretend everything was back to normal, except he would turn to the counter where Lucy always sat, about to ask her who was right, him or Natsu, onl

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I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 8

Chapter 8 - Determination and Depression Many Weeks Later Natsu sat at the bar counter in the guild hall. All around him, conversations mixed and blended into a murmuring cacophony of voices. Conversation in Fairy Tail seemed to be a living thing, pulsing, swelling, ebbing, part of what made the guild such a great place to hang out between missions. Natsu ignored most of it as he watched Mirajane make him a drink. Then one voice suddenly came through all the droning noise and sharply pricked at his ears. "I saw that Ice-Make guy out in a field today. I thought he was training, but he kept shouting something about a lion. Gave me a start!" Na

I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 7 by Rhov, literature

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I Leave You, My Pride - Ch. 7

Chapter 7 - Homecoming Gray walked through the iron gates of the majestic Fairy Tail guild hall and gazed up at the castle-like structure. A sense of pride burned through his veins at the banners that fluttered with the breeze, making the fairy printed on them appear to be alive and flapping. He had helped to construct this building. Although the guild lost it for a while during their seven-year absence and had to move, they got it back, their true home. He looked at areas he had personally worked on, and he remembered the sweat and laughter of that time. "I'm home," he whispered with a sigh of relief. He walked in and passed the souvenir st

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