It's Complicated

Chapter 4: Snowflakes, Full moon and a Sweater

My... head... it hurts. I opened my eyes slowly; my vision was still a little blurry. What the-? I blinked twice to adjust my eyes to the surrounding.

"W-what happened?" I choked on my words. My voice sounded hoarse, my body was still trembling.

"Gray-sama! Juvia is glad you're awake! Juvia thought Gray-sama will be gone forever!" I heard Juvia say as she hugged me tightly, suffocating me.

"J-Juvia. I-I can't breathe!" I told her.

She instantly let me go and began to apoligize. "Goume. Juvia is just so happy."

I blinked again, my eyesight finally clearing. I saw Juvia seating beside me, her face eyes filled with tears. I sighed and took pity on her. I just can't stand to see a girl cry. "Hey. Stop crying." I told her gently and wiped the tears that were now flowing down her cheeks.

"G-gray sama..." She muttered.

I slowly put my hand away and scanned the place. All the guild members were up on their seats with relief written all over their faces. Team Natsu (except for a certain purple-haired girl & Erza) and Juvia were all seating around me.

"How long was I out?" I asked the blonde who was busy wiping my face with a wet towel.

"About half an hour." She replied.

I groaned as I felt another headache coming.

"Gray-sama! What's wrong?!" Juvia panicked.

"I-It's nothing." I lied. I halted Lucy's hand and began to stand up.

"Gray! You idiot! Don't move around like that!" Natsu scolded.

I didn't listen to him and continued. I walked towards the culprit and stared down at her angrily. "Let's settle this outside... flat-chest." I said, emphasizing those last two words which made her twitch.

"You're on... pervert." She accepted my challenge.

She settled her cup on the table and stood up. I led her outside the guild and took a stance. She calmly followed and stood away from me, almost half a block away.

"ICE MAKE HAMMER!" I charged towards her and waved the ice mallet with all my might. I wasn't definitely backing down from a fight. And I certainly won't go easy on her. She leapt from the ground. I missed. I looked up and there was no sign of Elizabeth. Where did she go?

"Gray-sama! Look out!" I heard Juvia warn me.

I turned to look back but it was too late.

"Lightning kick!" She shouted.

Light surrounded her, and with a split second I was thrashed to oblivion. My back fell on the hard bricked ground. Much to my dismay, I felt another wave of tension flowing down my body. "Arrgh!" I yelled painfully as the plight of current kept electrifying my worn out self.

"GRAY-SAMA!" I could faintly hear Juvia running towards me.

Regaining some strength I pushed her away. "This isn't over yet!" I shouted and quickly got back on my feet.

"ICE MAKE SHIELD!"

People started crowding but then quickly ran away as the ice continued to freeze everything in its path, charging towards Elizabeth. The girl charged back, gaining speed; Light emanating her.

BOOOOSHHH!

Lightning crashed with Ice; it certainly caused a commotion. The explosion echoed throughout Magnolia, the sound could've reached a person's ear within ten miles away. It was all over. People crowded the site again, this time probably wondering who the winner could be. The place was filled with cheers as I barely stood up. The once hard ice I summoned became soft snowflakes falling down from the sky, my vision was again blurred, but this time it was from a mist that covered the whole place. I saw a figure walking towards me; gracefully coming out from the cloud of smoke, snowflakes adding mystique to the situation.