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Rank: S
Mission: Restore an ancient demon sword originally created by Zeref. It was stolen from the undeground caves of what used to be part of the Nirvit civilization. The sword holds immense magical power and possesses the user who wields it. It's whereabouts are currently unknown, but it is suspected to still be in its original place. There is fear that it might fall into the wrong hands, therefore someone with well intentions must find it first. The quest may be dangerous though for there are many uncharted islands and towns near the destination. A well rounded, adventurous and strong team is requested.
Reward: 2,000,000 jewels
Wendy hopelessly stared at the flier. It kind of worried her. Items that belonged to her...family, on the verge of getting stolen? Didn't anyone know how to honor those who have passed? But...an S-class mission? Ridiculous. She could never take part of it.
Even so...
The Nirvit...
Master...
Caitshelter...
She shook her head nervously.
"I-I can't!"
Before she knew it, tears started to stream down her face as she remembered her 'guild' members. She...she missed them. They were her family! But master had said she found a new family. Her friends at Fairy Tail, a real guild. But she knew deep down, Caitshelter would always be her true home, one that could never be replaced. In the midst of her dilemma, she felt a warm arm snake around her shoulder.
Wendy turned to the snickering man and she quickly wiped her tears away.
"N-Natsu-san!"
The flame mage only grinned and ruffled her long dark blue hair.
"Hey, whatcha looking at, Wendy?"
She put her hands up and started to wave then, attempting to shoo Natsu away.
"N-Nothing! Absolutely nothing! Don't worry about it!" He looked at her, examining her flushed expression.
"I don't think so!"
He swiftly moved from in front of her, to behind and glanced at the paper. Immediately his eyes widened and her breath hitched.
"T-This...!"
Wendy sighed and squeezed her eyes shut, shaking her head again.
"It's nothing, really!"
"THIS IS 200,000,000 JEWELS!"
The sky maiden's eyes opened.
"Eh?"
"200,000,000 JEWELS! I can't believe it! Wendy, we got ourselves a job! Go get Gray and Erza! Lucy'll be thrilled! This'll take care of the rent for a while! And then we can go to a hot spring and relax...and ahhh that'll be so fun!"
Wendy stared wide eyed at the hyper friend of hers and nodded excitedly.
"Mhm! Ok!"
She sprinted toward the nearby shirtless man and started jabbing him in the stomach.
"Gray, Gray! Natsu said he found a mission! It's like 200,000,000 jewels of a reward! Let's go! Where's Erza? It's an S-class mission though...So...We kind of need her to tag along..."
"Woah, really! That's sick! We should get on it right when Erza comes back. She's on a mission with...him right now."
His features darkened and the petite girl realized she just hit taboo.
"E-Eh? Is that so? Alrighty then, we'll wait for her to return... It's going to be so fun, right?"
He smiled lightly and patted her head.
"Yeah..."
…
Just recently Makarov had enforced a new rule that as long as an S-class mage was present, anyone ranked B and higher could go on an S-class mission. The rule was made especially for...them. Erza and Jellal needed to raise money for finding a new apartment.
Afterall, Jellal couldn't live on the 3rd floor forever. He couldn't let himself be that indebted to Fairy Tail. They had already done so much for him. The least he could do was help improve Fairy Tail's reputation and make some earnings himself.
And S-class jobs paid the best.
So he and Erza had recently been going on a lot of missions together. There was just one problem though.
He had to dress like Mystogan.
After the whole jail-breaking, escape, replace, and run incident, Jellal had to live as Mystogan. Well in public at least. And he had learned 3 things from this lovely experience of cloaks, masks, and more cloaks.
1. It was quite suffocating.
2. It was so damn hot in the summer when you're wearing 4 layers of cotton cloaks.
3. The reason Mystogan didn't talk much was because when he did, the sound refused to travel outside the 1 foot boundary.
But other than the excruciating heat, lack of conversation, and lack of air, all was well.
The increased number of missions with Erza gave him infinite amounts of time to share with her. And simply put, he loved his new life. He would never give anything up for it. He cherished every moment of it, still fearing it might be long dream.
A never ending dream.
But the golden smiles, indulging brown eyes, and silky scarlet hair of his live told him otherwise. It was then that he realized that this ecstasy was not a dream, but in fact a beautiful reality. Being able to look at her, laugh with her, love her, and live for her.
It was truly something he thought could only be achieved through an unreal illusion. But here he was, in the beautiful reality, filled with Erza Scarlet. Jellal wouldn't have it any other way. The couple was on the way back from an easy and simple job, retrieving some stolen items. They were a few miles away from the guild and decided to take a detour around town, to introduce the area to Jellal.
Titainia lead him around, pointing out various locations that may prove useful. He silently followed her, admiring her elegance, beauty...ah...it seemed as if he could drink in her existence forever, only ending with the urge to devour it all and make her his. Just one look and he knew.
He knew that there was nothing, no power, no object, nothing, in this world that could be as wonderful as her; for the poor guy was in love.
In love with every single detail about her.
He wanted to know. He wanted to know more about her. Had she changed over the years? What did she like? What did she hate? What was her weakness? Why did she love a bastard like him? There were so many questions...
And some he knew he didn't want to hear the answers to. The male sighed and gazed up.
"...And this is the clock tower. It's located in the middle of... uh...Jellal, are you listening?"
He turned towards her and stared.
"Huh? Oh. Yeah, I'm listening..."
She stared back questioning him. In the end, she decided to let it go. It had been a long day. The dawn was slowly creeping in, and both were exhausted.
The duo left on the mission a few days ago and they had just finished yesterday night. Erza insisted on resting for Jellal's health, but he refused to stop. So they had been on the carriage ever since and just got off when it reached the city of Magnolia.
As they walked down the roads of Magnolia, Jellal suddenly grabbed her hand and dragged her in the opposite direction of Fairy Tail. Erza followed along for a few minutes before stating the obvious.
"Uh...Fairy Tail is that way..."
The redhead said as she pointed behind them. Jellal simply grinned.
"I know. There's a fancy diner somewhere here right?"
He continued to hold her hand as they both walked to the nearby restaurant.
"Well yes, but it's way to classy. There's no way we can go in dressed like this." Scarlet thumbled the end of her skirt between her 2 fingers.
She was a mess.
A dirty, torn up skirt, along with her usual white blouse and blue ribbon. She had taken her armor off and tied her hair in a long ponytail. He on the other hand, was even worse. Jellal looked like her just came out if a horror movie about creepy night stalkers. On top of that, his hair stuck to his face, and he was sweating like a pig.
Maybe Mystogan took pills that helped reduce sweat. Which resulted with him not showing up anywhere because the pills cause excessive drowsiness.
Hah.
Go into the most expensive diner in Magnolia dressed like they were? Pfft. They wouldn't even be granted permission to walk on the floor. Let alone enter, sit, and order.
"Right...Wait, let's go shopping then! That way, it'll be a thanks for going on missions with me. You know, just as thanks between friends?"
For some odd reason, the words that should have brought joy to her, tugged at her chest and pained her to hear it.
"As friends?"
Jellal didn't quite catch what she said and responded with a 'hm?'.
"Huh? Oh, nothing. Never mind. Yup. That'll work. We should get going. The clothing stores are on the opposite sides of the restaurant."
He sighed and sweatdropped.
"E-Eh? Is that so..."
She laughed lightly and said, "Man! Weren't you listening, Jellal?"
He waved his hand nervously.
"Ahhhhh..."
She took it in hers and lead him to the line of shops.
Operation: Get into that rich-people diner, start!
...
"Wow...that took a long time. 10 hours huh? Just to clean ourselves up and buy some suitable clothes."
Jellal nodded and molded his finger into hers again.
"Yeah..."
"Hey...Jellal, where did this money come from?"
He chuckled softly and tightened his grip.
"Oh, you know. Just the use. The salary from my part-time job at that maidcafe."
It was completely sarcastic. Yet when Erza imagined it, she couldn't help but burst out into laughter.
"Ahahaha! Maid cafe! Aw, you'd look so cute!"
Jellal blushed and turned towards her.
"I was kidding! Jeez! It's just some extra money I made from making bets with Natsu..."
She giggled as they turned the corner to the restaurant.
"All right, if you say so~"
"Erza...!"
...
Fine dining, was it? Erza believed it should have been 'fine wining'. There was alcohol, lots of it. Entrees with miniature models (edible?) of food. Only the finest of silverware and it was made of gold. Which was a total waste though. The thought of stealing the fork actually tempted her.
Damn rich bastards...
With their hand crafted fancy schmancy forks, and whatnots. Who needs solid gold silverware? But surprisingly enough, Erza wished her time with Jellal could go on like that forever. She sincerely had fun.
It had been a while since she could let loose and enjoy herself. Scarlet wanted to call it a date; but was it? He said that it was just to repay a favor... She sighed and began poking at the tiny piece of delicately crafted pepper (which might she say, was 20 too many jewels) with her fork, her appetite flying out the window. Jellal curiously stared at her before gently caressing her hand.
Softly, he asked her "Erza, what's the matter?"
He chuckled softly and grinned.
"The food's not gonna get any cheaper if you stab it."
She smiled mockingly and laughed sarcastically. His eyes narrowed as he held onto her hand tightly.
"Seriously, what's bothering you?"
"Nothing."
"Uh, there's obviously something."
"I SAID THAT IT'S NOTHING."
"Wow. Someone's on their period."
She immediately withdrew her hand and slammed it on the table.
"Dammit Jellal! Why does there always have to be something? I told you there's NOTHING wrong. Just leave me alone!"
And he frowned. Leave her alone? Why would he do such a thing? How could he do such a thing?
"What? How could I do that? Erza Scarlet, are you crazy? I will never leave your side, ever."
She scowled and tears were beginning to form, but she held them back. No. She wouldn't cry. Not now. Hah, the battle had just begun.
"Why?", was the only thing she managed to say.
"Why? Silly, because I love you."
"A-As a friend...", she whispered under her breath.
"Well...I'll tell you the answer depending on...your reaction."
"Hn? What reaction?"
He shuffled through his bag and pulled out a tiny black box with silver engraved letters that spelt out her name. He got up and down on one knee. Holding the box with both hands and raising them up, he opened the petite case bringing shock throughout her. Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open as she stared at him.
"Oh god no. Jellal Fernandes, you have got to be kidding."
He smiled his usual gentlemanly smile and opened the box.
"Erza Scarlet, will you..."
-to be continued-
WOOH I'M EXHAUSTED. Stuck in Chinese school with nothing to do = write fanfics! I'm really sorry about the late update. But I was planning to update on time. Except, fanfiction was having a bunch of glitches and I couldn't submit a new story or update an old one. Sorry! But I made this chapter extra long and a double update! Thanks for reading and please review!