Zuvia

Let Me Catch Up With You

Zeref looked at the fallen people around him. From his wild eyes to soft gentle ones, Zeref immediately felt sorry for what he had just done. "I'm so sorry; I didn't even get to know your name." He looked at the unconscious Meredy and Juvia and he sighed. "That's good; at least you guys are okay." He turned to leave them just on the ground. He had no reason to be in this age. This wasn't his time line. Why couldn't he just die?

"Nngh!" Zeref stopped dead. The noise had paralyzed him and he sensed movement from behind him. He slowly turned round to see the blue haired mage stirring from the floor. Her clothes were tattered and torn and the amount of wounds that she had on her was unbelievable. She tried to stand up by pushing herself off of the floor, but to no avail, she was just too weak. She looked up in defeat and was shocked to see a figure standing not too fay away from her.

"Gray-Sama?" was the simple words that tumbled out of her mouth. She squinted her eyes as if the sun was blinding her, then they finally refocused. "Zeref! What are you still doing here? Wait, Juvia must get you!" He watched as she tried to stand up yet again. "Juvia must get you, because Gray-Sama told her to!" He watched her with sad eyes as she tried to get up. This was his entire fault! If he hadn't been angry, she might still be able to gather enough strength to get up.

He walked up to her slowly and watched as she tensed as though she were afraid of him. "W-what are you going to do to Juvia?" She tried to move backwards, but her body wasn't responding with her brain. Shit! Why can't Juvia move? She was getting angry with herself for not moving, yet part of her wanted to stay there and see what he would do. He approached her and bent down. Juvia scrunched her eyes tightly and waited for some sort of attack to hit her. When nothing came, she opened her eyes in confusion. She could feel a pair of arms wrap around her waist and snake under her arm.

"I'll help you up, seeing as you are already awake now." The water mage stared up at him in awe as he pulled her up from the ground. "Zeref? What are you going to do to Juvia now?" He continued to lift her up until he got her propped up against a tree. He sighed and moved away. "I'm not going to do anything. I don't deserve to be in this day and age. I should just die for all of the lives that I took, for all of the sins that I committed. It won't be fair on all of the people that I killed if I'm still alive and they're not."

Juvia saw his face fall and his eyes moved to Zancrow. In her mind, Juvia was sort of glad that he was dead. Who knows what he would have done? She turned her head back to look at the man in front of her. She was surprised when she got a clear view of his face. His hair style was sort of like Gray's; he had the biggest brown chocolate eyes that she had ever seen. What shocked her the most was that he looked young. He looked about her age, or maybe even younger. Was he really from hundreds of years ago?

"Yes, yes I am." Juvia clamped her hand over her mouth. She hadn't meant for that to get out. Zeref rested his sad eyes on Juvia. "I'm sorry for what I did. Will you kill me now?" Juvia looked appalled. She hadn't expected for that question to come out of his mouth. "No, Juvia will not kill you. It just wouldn't seem right to Juvia." If it could actually be possible, Zeref was sadder than before." Juvia could feel her magic coming back slowly and she was regaining strength.

She tilted her head to one side to observe him some more. "Why do you look so sad? Juvia doesn't understand why you look so sad that you can't die." The man just sighed. "My magic is dark. That's not how I want my magic to be. I don't want to get angry so easily now. It shouldn't be part of me." Juvia nodded. Although she knew that he was the reason for all of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him. She had tried to capture him just because Gray told her to, not knowing anything about the man in front of her.

"Juvia is very sorry. Why don't you just try to do the right thing from now on then? Wouldn't that be easier? If Zeref was to die now, he might feel regret when he was to die." Zeref shook his head. He didn't know why he was still here talking to this girl, but something made him attached to her. "I know that I would feel fine if I was to die. There's nothing left for me right now. You don't understand pain." Juvia felt like laughing at the statement. "Zeref is right, Juvia does not understand pain. Juvia feels pain. Wherever I am, there is always rain following me. That was until I met Gray-Sama. He made the rain stop. Maybe, if you just try to find the right person to talk about these things, than maybe you will feel fine afterwards. Just have some friends and that way, you won't regret anything."