User blog comment:FairySapphire/Random Questions/@comment-24934658-20140701181951/@comment-7418318-20140701194300

Gajeel was alread "taken", though with Mest approaching Wendy only later, that would have been an option.

Do you really think that without Aquarius, Lucy would have been able to beat Juvia in water? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Lucy fan, but the water is Juvia's terretory. Remember it was Minerva who teleported Juvia out of the water sphere.