Letting go

Chapter 4 - A favour to a masked wizard

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy tail and currently I am craving more chapters, therefore it would be wrong to ask Hiro for ownership of Fairy tail. *sigh*

Warnings: Double Jellal xD

A/N: It's one of the 'oh-god-this-is-so-horrible' chapters, although I can't seem to know why. I just don't really like it, but it's up to you to decide if it's good enough or not *sigh* Btw, sorry about the spellings and grammar. Only scanned it once.

Enjoy!

Day 3

Erza rummaged curiously through the brown shopping bags that were on the counter in the kitchen. She glanced over her shoulder to make sure she was alone and she snatched one of the three strawberry cakes from the bags before settling down against the counter. She snatched a fork and started slowly munching away on the soft texture of the cake that was melting against her tongue. She left out the strawberry on top for the final treat and when she was about to put it into her open mouth Lucy casually walked into the kitchen. She stopped in her tracks and gaped at Erza who also stopped with the strawberry in-between her parted lips.

"Erza, what are you..." Lucy's voice trailed off as Erza closed her mouth and swallowed the strawberry, throwing the fork in the sink and crossing her arms on her chest with innocent smile. Lucy sighed, shaking her head. "Don't act like a kid. I have a lot more strawberry cake, but I hid it." Lucy stuck her tongue out, moving to unpack the bags. While she was doing so, she saw Erza already looking through her cupboards.

"You really love that cake, don't you?" Lucy shook her head again ignoring the desperate Titania.

"Oh, Erza?" Lucy asked, after few silent minutes of her unpacking and Erza not finding her designated target.

"What is it?" Erza answered, turning to Lucy with a pout.

"We should go on a job. I'm running out of money and I have to pay the rent soon."

"Oh okay. We can share the money for the rent. It'll be easier to pay." Erza suggested leaning against the counter and watching Lucy with hawk eyes.

"Sure! I'm going to go ahead to the guild, see you later." And Lucy was gone, leaving the rest of the unpacked bags on the counter, which meant Erza would have to finish unpacking. With a sigh she started putting the food and drinks in the cupboards finding it more interesting then sitting down and watching Lucy do it.

While doing that little job, Erza's thoughts drifted to Jellal and his shy and almost childish behaviour. Although he wasn't talkative, he seemed like a little child, who was lost in a store and couldn't find his mum. He was very observant, like in the Heart Kreuz shop, when he would look at her and she would blush but dismissed his eyes on her to focus on Lucy and the set of clothes she was giving her. However, he seemed to drift of with his mind a lot. Like in Heart Kreuz shop, where he didn't even notice Lucy leave and he was there, in the shop, all the time. Instead of focusing on the blonde wizard he was lost in thought.

She was watching him closely. Especially his behaviour around her friends. He seemed uneasy around Natsu but somehow, managed to be comfortable around Lucy and that was enough for the re-quip mage. As long as he got along with someone, she could be assured that he'll be fine. Not specialized in his own magic. Not like that mattered right now because of the link that suppressed his magical powers. But, magical power was important to every wizard, and Jellal not knowing his was like a little child who couldn't learn their ABC's, which was essential part of childhood.

She sighed shaking her head and moving out of the kitchen to join Jellal in Lucy's bedroom.

Jellal was sitting on Lucy's chair by the desk holding papers, which she recognized as Lucy's novel. Her lips curled into a soft smile, seeing his own, when his eyes where scanning the words on the page. He seemed to quickly adapt to Lucy's house and even dismiss her off telling him not to touch her novel. He seemed amused for a second, before his lips dropped down and his look became intense.

"Should you really be reading her novel?" Erza asked, leaning against the door frame.

Jellal looked up, and back down at the papers. He shuffled around the chair before putting the novel down on the desk and standing up to sit on the bed where he patted the space next to him, his expression rather serious. She sat down next to him warily, looking ta his every move with precaution. He was acting strange. As strange as he could with amnesia. He interlinked his fingers and leaned forward, his blue bangs covering his eyes as he clenched his fingers around one another.

"What's wrong?" Erza raised an eyebrow.

"I had a dream." He stated, his voice devoid of emotions.

Erza tensed hearing that.

"It was like a labyrinth..." He started explaining softly. "I ended up going into a tall grass area and there was a girl. I don't know her, but she had red hair and a cute silly giggle." He exhaled running a hand through his blue hair.

Erza furrowed her eyebrows. Could he be talking about her when she was younger?

"Then everything went dark. Some girl was there. She knows me and said that we'll meet. After this Lucy's scream woke me up." He finished.

"Wait, so you were close to remembering a part of your past but someone got in the way?" Erza asked.

"I think so." He responded slowly.

"Damn, someone doesn't want you finding out. We'll worry about this later, let's head to the guild for now." Erza suggested.

"Okay."

"And don't read Lucy's novel, I'll tell her."

"Yes ma'am."

The guild was quiet. Too quiet for Erza's liking but she figure out why. Mystogan must've come to pick another job to go on. Then it clicked in her mind. The conversation she had with Gran Doma and about having a S class wizard from her guild investigate what happened with System R. Maybe she could still catch the Jellal look alike or even a twin before he was gone. Since Laxus was kicked out of Fairy Tail and Mirajane wasn't able to do such job at the moment, with herself stuck as a babysitter and Gildarts gone she had only one choice and that was to ask Mystogan. She slammed the doors open and entered earning a nod from her master.

"Stay here." She commanded Jellal pointing at Makarov, who patter the place next to him on the bar. Erza walked over the bodies of her comrades sprawled across the floor and headed towards the stairs to go to the second floor, having to go over a pile of bodies that were piled on top of another. Must've been a fight when they fell asleep. Jellal was confused as to what was happening but obeyed Erza's command and headed to Fairy Tail's Master. Her boots shuffled against the floor when she reached the top, Mystogan sitting on a chair, looking at her,

"Master told me you might have a favour to ask." He said, pulling his mask down and revealing Jellal's face.

She nodded. "It's about System R."

"I figure as much after I found out about Jellal being in Fairy Tail and his amnesia. Do you want me to look into what happened?"

She shook her head. "That's what I wanted before but now..." Her voice trailed off as she walked over to the balustrade and leaned against it looking at Jellal having and awkward conversation with a slightly drunk Makarov who seemed to be snickering.

"But?" Mystogan questioned his voice somehow soft, just like his expression.

"It's not really possible. System R doesn't exist any more. I don't think any traces of the magic have been preserved after Etherion fired into the sky. I have another job for you." Erza said.

"I'll gladly help you out."

"Someone's sneaking into Jellal's head when he's sleeping messing with his memories."

"I'll find out what's happening. I'll need Warren for that. I guess it's time to start interacting with other people." He sighed. "I'm going to take him with me right now."

"Like, kidnap?"

"If that's what you want to do." Erza shrugged and he pulled on his mask.

They both walked down the stairs and Mystogan threw Warren over his shoulder earning a confused look from the two onlookers.

"What's going on?" Matsre asked.

"Oh, nothing..." Erza replied bored looking at his retreating form. "He's just kidnapping Warren."

"Oh."

A/N; SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!

I'm really really sorry it's so short D; but I don't have time because of exams and I kind of do want to pass them D;

I have no idea when the next one's going to come out. Hopefully in two weeks time?

R+F!

See ya!