An Unplanned Reunion, and an Even More Unexpected Proposal

As the morning sun rises, a shadowy figure with his clothes in tatters approaches the Crime Sorcière wizard guild's headquarters. He smiles as he starts talking to himself. "I'm finally going to see you again after all these years, Ultear."

Meanwhile, inside the guild…

Ultear, and Jellal are going over plans to destroy the Naked Mummy dark guild while Meredy went to the upstairs bathroom. "Why the hell are we bothering with this guild full of monkeys. With their level of brain power, they'll kill themselves off by tomorrow," Ultear said with annoyance obviously in her voice. "I know this guild may not look like much," Jellal started, "But any dark guild is our enemy, no matter how useless they seem."

*knock knock* "Who's that?" Ultear asked. Jellal then hid in the basement and told Ultear, "If it's a member of the magic council, tell them I'm not here." When Ultear opened the door, she was shocked to find the face that was there. "ZANCROW!?" Ultear said with a combination of fear and surprise. "Wee hee hee hee, we meet again Ultear." Just as Ultear was about to respond, she heard a flush from the bathroom upstairs and Meredy coming out. "What did I miss, Ultear?" When she saw who was at the door, she immediately glared at Zancrow and began to attack.

" Maguilty Sodom!" Merudy said as she shot the blades at Zancrow. Zancrow managed to dodge them all. "Wow Meredy, is this always how you welcome back someone you haven't seen in 7 years," Zancrow said in a joking manner. Ultear started glaring at him. "Look, Meredy told me you nearly killed her back on Sirius Island, so don't expect me to be nice to you." Jellal then burst out of the basement. "Hey, what happened?" Jellal asked, "Who's that guy? Is he from the magic council?" "No, he's just some guy who used to work with me and Meredy in the Grimore Heart. Anyway, what're you doing here?"

"Well, I actually wanted to tell you something, Ultear", Zancrow said as he got on one knee and took out a small black box. "Ultear, will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Ultear started blushing 20 shades of red with her eyes bugging out of her head, Jellal laughing his ass off, and Meredy crying and pleading with Ultear not to say yes. "W…w…w…what's with this all of the sudden?" Zancrow, warmly smiling (or at least, as warmly as Zancrow is capable of), said "Because I love you, I always have." "This is the first I've heard of this," Ultear said with disbelief still on her face.

"Well, don't you remember the last Valentine's Day we spent together?" Ultear was trying to remember, but it was hard due to it being 7 years ago. Then, she started to remember piece by piece.

7 Years Ago…

It was Valentine's Day, but most of the Grimore Heart either didn't really give a crap or didn't know it was the day…except for Zancrow. He had gotten a box of chocolates for Ultear for Valentine's Day. He was looking around for Ultear until he found her at the edge of the ship.

"Hey Ultear," Zancrow started with his best smile and sweetest voice he could possibly do. Ultear turned around to see Zancrow there. "Hello, Zancrow. What's with the box?" "Oh…uh…well…its Valentine's Day today, and I thought I'd get you something."He gave Ultear the box and tried to compose himself while Ultear studied the box. "Ultear…will…will you…be…" Before Zancrow could say something else, Ultear tossed the box aside. "Sorry, I'm not hungry right now, but thanks anyway." Ultear then noticed that Zancrow was actually crying. "Zancrow, why're you crying?" "I'm not crying! I've just got something in my eye!" "But, tears are coming out of both of them." "It got into both of them. I have to leave." Zancrow ran back into his room on the airship, crying and heartbroken, and stayed that way for the next couple of days.

Back to Present Times…

"Zancrow, I…I…I had no idea," Ultear said with a hint of regret, "I was just so focused on finding Zeref that I never paid any attention to the obvious signs that you gave me." Ultear also started remembering Zancrow complimenting her battle outfit, offering to protect her when a giant Master Makarov threatened to kill them, and other little things that he did over the time they've known each other. Zancrow's face then burst into a huge smile. "Does that mean you feel the same way I do about you?"

"Well, I don't know," Ultear admitted. "How about this, you and me will go on a romantic date. If I like it, we'll be girlfriend and boyfriend, but we'll wait on the marriage. If I don't, we could always be friends. Also, whether I like it or not, you'll become an official member of Crime Sorcière. Sound good?" Zancrow bent his head down to think, and nodded his head. "Alright. Get ready for the best date you've ever had and will ever go on." "Well then, see you tomorrow at 12." The minute Ultear left the room, Zancrow got a horrified look on his face.

"What's wrong, Zancrow?" Jellal asked. "I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A DATE BEFORE. WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO?" "Well, maybe you could do some research on what to do on dates by watching other couples and what they do on their dates and use that for your date with Ultear," Meredy said. Zancrow looked at her for a couple seconds as he cried tears of joy and bear hugged her. "THAT'S THE BEST IDEA I'VE EVER HEARD! THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEREDY!"