The promised chapter is here! Your reviews keep me on going guys, thank you! If you're wondering how long this series will go on, I'll say for about 15-20+ chapters. Since there's not much of Irene and Erza stories around here that has many chapters , a dedicated fan got to do what needs to be done. Anyways guys, hope you enjoy this chapter :) R&R!

She finds it hard to grasp to reality.

She feels her eyes rolling to the back of her head but she tries her best to stay focused. She tried to ask for help or anything, but her mouth just seems to babble incoherent sounds and she feels so damn frustrated.

There was suddenly something she felt that must've came near her because the feeling delivered something awful right up to her chest, she let out a small whimper because of it. She wanted to shoo it away but her whole body aches so, so much. She's feeling lightheaded, maybe it was because of the wetness she feel like she's laying on.

She wanted to open her eyes so much, regain consciousness and- but oh, she feels so sleepy and exhausted at the same time. She can't fight it, and so she rests.

It was a very dangerous situation. Thousands of demons and different kinds of mutations suddenly appeared out of a portal all around the kingdom of Fiore. The army was fighting too along with hundreds of wizard guilds. Fairy Tail got split up into pairs and groups.

"Erza-san!" Wendy screams behind her, "Your state will worsen if you continue and try to defeat that demon!"

Erza winces as she holds her katana, both of her hands are bleeding furiously but she can't afford to stop. "I have to. Until somebody comes and take you and Carla to safety."

Wendy wipes the gushing blood away from her chin, "Rest for a while and let me fight! Please, Erza-san!"

The requip mage grits her teeth, "Wendy.. We're both already badly injured because we already took down about hundred of S-Class demons, and if I lose my life here then so be it." She then jumps up and stab the humongous demon's abdomen, "I will gladly give my life for your future along with Carla's"

It's true. Wendy's dress is already bloodied, cuts and wounds were all over her body and some of her skin is burned. Erza is covered in stab wounds and she's already limping. Besides, their magic power was running low. The sky dragon slayer's eyes welled up in tears then shook her head.

"No! You're my nakama, and I won't let you do it!" The bluenette wrapped her arms around the redhead's waist, "Please. This time let us be the one to protect you."

Erza tilted her head to the side and looked at the younger mage, she then sighed and nodded. "I'll back you up after I recovered enough magic power."

Wendy smiled at Erza, "Thank you Erza-san. Now treat your wounds!"

The redhead shook her head and smiled for a bit at her nakama, "You'll own that demon up. Carla, you know what to do."

The exceed grinned, "No need to tell me Erza-san."

And so the two went off and attacked the demon, leaving the armored mage to heal.

In the end, they all defeated the enemies and met up at the center at the Crocus. Fairy Tail, Mermaid Heel, Lamia Scale, Sabertooth, Blue Pegasus, and the others met with each other and were invited at the feast the King hosted. Some would think it was an overkill, but seeing the damage the monsters did, it was completely discarded. It was also saddening to know that some guilds lost a member or two in the fight.

She never once tried to go up to a battle without trying to rest even for a moment when she saw Wendy nearly getting torn by the demon.

There's something cool, like the cold sweet jelly Mira served for her sometime earlier months, that spread from the middle of her abdomen and then slowly envelopes her whole body. It feels nice. And before she can once again lose the ability to think, she remembers thinking it was like a teal blue jello that she experienced. Magic, it must be.

When she gathered enough energy to open her eyes, she was disappointed for she could only open her eyes- more specifically, eye since she can't lift her left one, slightly and she was angry that the energy she gathered got taken down by a speck of dust that managed to got itself on her eye.

There was another thing, too. Her discomfort immediately went away as she picked up a strong magic that, she suspected, created a shield around her so that nothing could disturb her rest. She should be weary and be panicking, for all she could know this person is taking her captive. But there's also this feeling she do not know what is that made her feel secure on it's presence. And so she rested once more.

When she found energy to move her body, she groggily opened her eyes and slowly scanned her surroundings. 'Where exactly am I..?' She thought, and then she realized something. Her injuries are gone!

With a quiet gasp, she slowly examined herself. She then concluded that it must be the magic she experienced earlier. From deep, large stab wounds to little cuts, gone. She can't even see a single bruise on her skin!

But then suddenly, she felt something... obscenely powerful. A presence. She shivers at the feeling, but she thought it feels kind of familiar. She's so conflicted. She could've sworn she knew this magic.. She didn't bothered to think about it anymore because she felt something warm touching her on the shoulder.

That action made her sit up straight so fast that it surprised her visitor. But what made her gape and stare is how this person looks so much like her. The scarlet hair, the brown eyes, the nose, the lips.. Just who this might be?

She felt adrenaline coursing to her veins when she noticed it's already late dusk, she worried about her other guild mates and how are they doing in the war. Subconsciously, she traces the invisible pattern of their guild's insignia on her left arm- and she noticed her clothing is much cleaner and different from what she wore a couple of hours ago, somebody must've changed her clothes.

But of course, her thoughts immediately went back to the person beside her. The person.. Her eyes widened in a sudden realization. This magic power. It's a magic she's familiar with, for she already had experienced it.

"You..."

The woman smiled at her shakily for a bit,

"Yes, it is I."

And Erza Scarlet knew she have to stay here for a while.

Who said I was going to make them interact much in this chapter.