Chapter 1
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Erza Scarlet, a young entrepreneur that has built a company with her best friend Laxus Dreyar. Their company, a famous internet company called Fairytail has become one of the biggest and most profitable companies in all over Fiore. Everything went good when one day Erza get the letter from a bank, saying that her company has a huge debt and she need to pay it soon or she will have to declare bankruptcy.
"What is this?" Erza screamed at her best friend slash the head department in her company. "I thought we are doing good and the numbers still up"
"I don't know Erza. Why don't you ask Mirajane about this?" Gray said to his raging best friend. to have this amount of debt and having to pay this on such a short time will be impossible. Even when they have to sell their assets, their company is done whether they can't pay or when they have to sell.
"Mirajane is not here. And I can't call Laxus" Erza said. The shattered phone on her office proves that statement.
"Maybe they are eloping?" Natsu said but it soon fuel the anger of a certain red head. "I heard that Laxus' family suddenly went good and Mirajabe has two siblings still in school"
"What? They are together? From when?" Erza asked.
"Since the beginning?" Gray said. Gray saw the troubled look on Erza's face, he know that Erza has a thing for Laxus but she never show it to anyone. "Look, we will try to get money, but for a while, this shall be a secret"
"For how long? We only have two weeks. And the possibility of the employee not getting paid this month" Erza said. she feel like crying. She didn't know that her partner could do such a thing and eloping with another employee too?
"As long as we can. I'll try to borrow some money and ask for help. Maybe if we can pay at least half of that, we might bargain for more time to pay the rest and save our company" Gray suggested
"You do that, I'll try to see if we have other choices" Erza said to her team before she dismissed them.
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"Gray-sama" Juvia greeted the black haired man with a handmade lunch. Juvia is a junior intern in the company and will do things that Gray asked her to.
"Not now Juvia" Gray told her.
"Something wrong, Gray-sama? We don't have photo shoot for the day and Erza-san and Natsu-san seems to make many call today"
"Unless you know someone that can pull out ten million jewel in a week, please leave me alone" Gray told her. He didn't know what to do and all of the people he called couldn't help him with money. And there is a thing that they should really count on how much money they owe to that bank and for how long.
"Gray-sama in so much debt" Juvia said as she pulled out a blank cheque. "How much Gray-sama needs?"
"I am not joking Juvia. Laxus made us bankrupt in a day and this company won't last for another month thanks to the corrupt Laxus and Mirajane. Only god knows how much this company actually owe and hopefully just to a private bank" Gray said, he is completely annoyed with the situation they are in. if he can't work in Fairytail, then he can't meet with that woman in the next business convention. And it is only two months away.
"Juvia is not joking too. Juvia has money that Gray-sama need"
"Please leave me alone, Juvia"
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Meanwhile on the other side of the city, A tycoon billionaire Jellal Fernandez just end his meeting and he is about to go to lunch when his phone ring. He saw his sister name in there and he immediately pick the call before he went to grab his lunch.
"Oni-sama" Juvia's voice could be heard from the phone
"Hello Juvia. Aren't you supposed to be working?"
"Juvia is in trouble"
"Is it about Gray again?" Jellal guessed. His sister suddenly said that she want to work at the newly made internet company called Fairytail. Jellal is happy that his sister finally find something she wanted to do after her years of not interested in anything. When he found out that his sister choose to work in Fairytail because she want to be closer to a guy name Gray Fullbuster.
"Yes Oni-sama." He heard Juvia took a deep breath. "Can I have ten million jewel?"
Jellal spurted out his drink when he heard the amount of money his sister asked him.
"What do you need that much money? Are you in debt? What were you doing to get yourself in debt with that much money? Is Gray forcing you to pay his debt?"
"No, Oni-sama. It is not for Gray-sama" Juvia said quickly before Jellal get any weirder ideas. "Fairytail is in trouble because Laxus-sama got himself into a huge debt. If there isn't Fairytail, Juvia won't be able to meet with Gray-sama"
Jellal remembered about the said owner of Fairytail Company. One of them is the fiery red hair woman that is very ambitious towards her work. And the other one is the laidback blonde who looks very bored when they presenting their company at last year business convention. Jellal do invest some of his money to Fairytail Company just because Juvia asked him to.
"I can't give you that much money Juvia. I have responsibilities to report to other share holder in my company when I pull out that much money"
"But Juvia don't want to be separated from Gray-sama"
"I can't just give ten million jewels to someone I don't know" Jellal said. As much as he want to help Juvia, he can splurge that much money to someone he barely knew. He knew how much Juvia want to work arm in arm with this man whose name is Gray. "I am sorry Juvia"
"Oni-sama, do you still have trouble with that woman?" Juvia's voice suddenly turns into cold and threatening.
"What are you hinting, Juvia?"
"Juvia will help Oni-sama if Oni-sama would help Juvia" Jellal knew very well who this woman Juvia said to him is. This woman is someone that his grandfather hoped he is married to when he was a child. She used to be a sweet woman when suddenly she becomes obsessed with him. To the point of telling the whole world that he is engaged to that woman. From that point, Jellal do anything in his power to not be seen with her. it didn't help when she is one of the most wanted actress in Fiore. There are threats from his grandfather to immediately tie the knot to that woman. At the beginning, this is just an empty threat but in the past few months, both his grandfather and that woman has become more troublesome than he thought they would be.
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Erza Scarlet couldn't believe all of her hard work went to the drain when no one can help Fairytail company with its debt. More likely, Laxus debt when he is using the company's name to took money fro only God knows what. She saw the report from when Mirajane was chosen to be the company's accountant and she saw the number was already fabricated from a long time ago. She shouldn't blindly trust her partner and should have checked everything by herself.
When she started this company with Laxus, it was to help Laxus to pay for his university. Then the company grew and Erza asked her two best friend, Natsu and Gray to help her. While Laxus seems to be only enjoying the money Fairytail has made without doing anything to help the growth of the company. One day a woman whose name was Mirajane come to the company and suddenly Erza saw Laxus is eager to come to the company. She should have seen how smitten Laxus was and how suddenly Mirajane can have many expensive things. A mere accountant can buy a Ferrari when the owner of the company only drives the old Honda.
Erza didn't know what to do. She has many employee and it would be hard on them when she told them that Fairytail company is no longer. She would hate to disappoint her employee; they are like a family to her.
"Erza-sama?" Erza heard Juvia's voice from the entrance and she told her to enter the room and don't forget to close the door.
"Is there anything you need, Juvia?"
"What is going to happen to Fairytail?"
"What are you talking about Juvia? Nothing happened to Fairytail" Erza said to the blue haired woman in front of her.
"Juvia heard from Gray-sama about the debt" Erza winced when she heard the word debt. "Juvia want to help" Juvia said as she give a piece of paper to Erza. Erza read the content of the paper and looked very surprised. She was about to ask what did Juvia means when Juvia raised her hand to stop Erza from speaking.
"Juvia want Erza-sama to think about this."
"Why are you doing this?" the usually cheerful and brainless Juvia suddenly looks very smart and calculating.
"Because Juvia wants to stay with Gray-sama"
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Erza Scarlet, never has a boyfriend in her entire life. Has spend many of her time to built her dream company, Fairytail, the true model of an independence woman. Suddenly see the need to find a help from a man. And that man is one of the richest men in Fiore, also one of her employee's brother.
Flashback
"This is a letter, from the owner of Sorciere group owner" Erza asked Juvia. This is a huge thing, because the owner of the Sorciere group is willing to help with their financial difficulty. However, there is the term and condition to that. "How do you get this letter?"
"Juvia is Jellal's younger sister" If only Erza could express how shock she is at that moment. The newest employee in her company is the sister of the tycoon in business industry. Erza remembered from the television and internet that Jellal Fernandez has sister. And if she remembered correctly, she should be younger than Juvia. "Juvia wants to help both Oni-sama and Fairtail because Juvia love Fairytail"
"But you have different family name"
"Juvia use an alias because Juvia want to work in the place where Gray-sama work"
"But, what is it with this condition?" Erza said. Her face is almost as red as her hair.
"Because Jellal Oni-sama need to report back to Oji-sama when the people in the Company found out that he had spend that much money. Both Erza-san and Jellal Oni-sama will have the mutual advantages"
Flashback end
"How can I help you?" one of the receptionist greet Erza. as expected for one of the biggest company in Fiore, even the lobby looks exquisite.
"I have an appointment with Mr. Fernandez"
"Let me confirm that to Mr. Fernandez" the receptionist said as she called someone. After that the receptionist told Erza to wait until someone picks her up to show her the way to Jellal Fernandez office. as Erza wait, she saw how amazing the building, comparing to her company, her company is just plain. If only Laxus be honest to her when he needs money, maybe her company can be as big as Sorciere.
"Ms. Scarlet" Erza heard someone called her name. She saw a woman with her long black hair greeted her. "My name is Ultear Milkovich and I am Mr. Fernandez assistant. Let me show you the way"
"Thank you, Ms Milkovich"
"Just call me Ultear" She told Erza as she pushed the button to the top floor. "Jellal has been waiting for you"
"Thank you" Erza said. Even when she is the owner of a company and Ultear is just an assistant, Erza felt like Ultear actually has more power than she look. Erza couldn't help but notice how plain she looks comparing to Ultear.
"His office is just beyond that glass door, Jellal ordered me to serve you something. Tea or coffee?" Ultear asked her.
"Tea please"
"Don't worry, he won't bite" Ultear said jokingly when she saw how tense Erza's face.
When Erza feel Ultear has gone back to the elevator, Erza took a deep breath before opening the door that will change her fate and hopefully save her company from its doom.
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Jellal Fernadez couldn't believe that this kind of thing could happen to him. When he heard about the plan from his sister, he never knew the dark and manipulating side from Juvia will be this scary. But he realized that this will be one of the ways to help Fairytail and also save him from that woman. He heard someone opening the door to his office and he finally saw for the first time, the woman that would change his fate.
"Mr. Fernandez"
"Ms. Scarlet"
The two of them took a deep breath.
"I accept your help. Including the term and condition" Erza said, Jellal could see her cheek is colored for a bit before she continues. "However I would like to talk about the term and condition in the later date"
"If it is about the debt, as soon as you put your signature, consider yourself to be debt free" Jellal told the red hair woman. "Let's have a lunch tomorrow at the 8th restaurant."
"Okay,And the contract only last until I can pay all of the money I borrowed from you?" Erza asked the blue haired man. She saw Jellal nodded and she took a deep breath of relief. if Fairytail in its best, she could repay all of that ten million plus debt in a year, or around a year and half, maybe she might need to sell some of her personal asset to fasten the process of paying her debt. Erza pull out the paper from her bag and give it to Jellal. She has signed the certificate and it is up to the blue haired man in front of her to seal the deal. He read the content of the paper and signs it without hesitation. As he put the pen, Erza saw him giving her a mischievous smile before saying.
"Congratulation,you are now officially become a Mrs Frenandez"
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AN:
I am a scumbag, who decided to write another story when I have a new idea on my mind. oh well, I have too many ideas after seeing the slow development between these two in Fairytail.
What do you guys think? Should I continue?