Impossible Love Story
By: CleideJam
Chapter 4: The Unrequited Love
"Where am I? Why is it so dark here?" Erza wakes up in an unknown place and she cannot see a thing. Then she sees a very familiar japanese style sliding door. She walks toward it and slowly opens the door...
"Ahaha! Mother! Father-ahaha! Father is-ahaha! tickling me! ahaha!" a little girl with shoulder length scarlet hair struggles to finish her statement while being attacked by her father.
"Fa...ther...?" Erza still standing on the door way whispers as she recognizes the figures.
A man with short scarlet hair and a pair of blue eyes sits in the living room of the house while tickling her tear-eyed baby girl. A woman with waist length blonde hair and piercing red eyes enters the living room, "Now, dear. Stop tickling Erza-chan. And you two get up, it's time for dinner. Let's go, you two red-heads" the woman says and chuckles while returning into the kitchen. "Yes, Mother!" both the little girl and the man replies in unison.
Erza stares at the disappearing back of the woman, "Mo...ther..." the redhead unconsciously says. Tears are beginning to appear in the corner of her eyes, "Mother? Father? What's going on?" the redhead ponders and begins to enter the kitchen door. However, upon stepping her foot inside the kitchen what greets her is a tragedy that had happened in the past. A tragedy that has always hunted her every night.
"Mother! Father!" the little girl cries loudly with her eyes overflowing with tears. Beside her are the dead bodies of her parents. And around her is a very large fire. Their house is in fire and along with the burning house, Erza's happy family disappeared.
"Mother...Father..." Erza stares wide-eyed at the flashback happening right in front of her eyes. She lowers her head and grits her teeth for she cannot watch her tragic past once again. "I'm so sorry. I'm so weak! I was not able to save you two! Mother... Father..." Erza scolds in her mind and begins to walk away from the burning room. But she quickly falls on an unknown hole set just outside of the doorway-
"Waaa-!" the redhead shouts as if she is falling from a tall building. But when she opens her eyes she finds herself in a sitting position inside of a greenhouse.
"It was just a dream... wait! Where am I?" she asks to no one and tries to stand but stops when she feels an electrifying pain in her side. "Ouch...!" she cries out and trails her right hand on the side that hurts. She feels a cloth and lowers her redhead to see bandages covering her tummy and her long sleeves white polo is open thus revealing her bra and well-toned flawless abs.
"What happened? The last thing I remember the three of us split up and-!" images of what happened in the forest suddenly appears in her head ending with the last image she saw, "the mysterious blonde...she saved me from Jin..." she murmurs unconsciously feeling something warm but quickly ignores the feeling. Erza is about to stand up when she hears the old door of the greenhouse opening, "I see that you had finally woken up" Erza thought it is the mysterious blonde but a kouhai of her school enters the greenhouse with a plastic bag in her hand. The blue-haired kouhai sits beside the redhead and gets something from the plastic, "here, drink this. I know you are thirsty after sleeping for two days" the blunette says and cheerfully smiles at Erza. "Two days?! I was asleep for two days?!" Erza surprisingly asks the blunette looking at her as if the blunette had grown two heads. "Well yeah... We were surprised too. You only got a mild stab on your side but was comatosed as if you were almost killed. Luckily, Lucy-san saw you and quickly asked for my help! She was your savior!" the blunette excitingly tells the story.
"Lucy?" the redhead asks and as if to answer her question the old door of the greenhouse opens revealing the mysterious blonde. The blunette and the redhead stares at the newcomer walking up to them, "beautiful..." the redhead unconsciously says and unknown to her the blunette clearly hears what she said. And a smirk forms on the lips of the blunette, "Seems like The Great Titania has finally found someone she likes... well this story should be interesting..." the unnamed blunette grins in her head.
Lucy halts in front of the two other occupiers of the greenhouse. She looks at the blunette, "Have you given her a drink, Levi-san?" the blonde asks recieving a nod from the blunette. "So her name is Levi... and she is Lucy..." the redhead speaks in her mind shifting her head from the kouhai to the mysterious blonde.
The blunette slowly nods her head and points her index finger at the bottle of Gatorade on Erza's hand. Erza notices what the blunette means and quickly interjects the conversation of the two, "Tha-Thank you! Levi...and err...Lucy" the redhead shyly said and drinks the blue liquid inside of the bottle in her hand. The other two occupiers of the greenhouse look at the blushing redhead. Well, it was already rare to hear the Titania giving her thanks and its even rarer to see her blushing, "Lucy-san really has an impact on Erza-san..." Levy says in her mind while gawking at the cutely blushing redhead.
Erza is getting intimidated by the looks that Levy and Lucy are giving her. She coughs to get their attention, "Lucy, thanks for saving me from Jin. And thank you to the two of you for taking care of me when I was err...comatosed? Anyway, when do you think can I umm... go home?" the redhead timidly asks the two. The two girls look at her as if she has just said something stupid, "Erza-san, forgive me for the word, but are you stupid?!" Levy replies and is about to get interjected by Erza but she beats the redhead by raising a hand in front of Erza to silence her. "Can't you see your situation? You can barely move without feeling any pain. Trust me, that thing hurts more than how it looks. And besides, if you are worried about your welfare
you can always ask for some help from Lucy-san. She is MORE than willing to help. She sleeps with you every night just to make sure you are ok. So what is there to worry about? ne?" Levy proudly informs while she crosses her arms in her chest. Lucy quickly turns her head towards Levy, "Levy-san! You don't need to tell those things to her...and besides it was just necessary for me to do that. Erza-chan was in a very critical condition..." Lucy trails off as she remembers the nights that the redhead would have nightmares. She feels her heart clenching as she remembers the tears flowing from Erza's eyes in those nights.
"Erza...chan... You had really captured my heart and my mind. But will you be able to return my love?" Lucy asks herself inwardly.
Erza looks at the blonde in front of her as if she is analyzing every details of the mysterious blonde. "Lucy...she had really done those for me? But why? Maybe she is one of those fan girls? But she doesn't look like one. Just who is she to worry for me like that? She worries and acts so caring like Mira..." Erza nods her head at that conclusion but quickly raises her head and opens her eyes widely as if she had just realized something bad. "Oh no...Mira..." the redhead unconsciously said aloud getting the attention of the blonde and the blunette. "Is there something wrong, Erza-chan?" the blonde asks concern in her voice. Erza quickly looks at Lucy and stares at the brown pools of her eyes. The sudden action has caused Lucy's heart to beat rapidly as if she had gained a new life.
BADUMP!
BADUMP!
BADUMP!
Lucy stares back at Erza's scarlet eyes, "what is it, Erza-chan?" the blonde asks shyly with a husky voice. The redhead quickly nods her head making scarlet hair to bounce. She reaches for her pocket and smiles when she feels her smart phone, "Umm, excuse me but I need to make a call" the redhead politely excuses herself receiving a pair of nods and with that she speed dials Natsu's number. Erza thinks that calling Mira is a bad idea. The model might panic during their conversation that is why she has called for Natsu.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
While in the mansion of the Fairy Tail...
The entire guild is currently having a meeting due to Mira's insistent. The subject of the meeting is the initiation of a search and rescue mission for the lost redhead. Each member are sitting on their respective seats on the long and wide silver rectangular table.
"Master! Can't we make this meeting fast and search for Erza already! She's been gone for two days!" a very enrage and tearful Mira shouts as she stands from her seat. The cool hunk tries to calm down the model," Calm down, Mira. I know you are REALLY worried but-" Gray tries to calm the model but was interrupted. "No!" the model shouts at him and pushes the hunk away. Gray is surprise as he hit the wall VERY HARD leaving holes and cracks on it. Gray coughs some blood as he stands up, "dammit, Mira! No need to be so violent!" Natsu angrily said as he walks up to Gray's side and help his brother. "Sorry...it's just that... No. forget it. I'm sorry!" Mira said and quickly runs out of the room with tears visible on her face.
Everyone look dumbfounded as they watch the model leaving the conference room. Makarov coughs to get back their attentions, "Alright. Things are getting out of hand now. Aren't there any clue where could Erza be? If we don't do this quick we might face a devil sooner" the boss of Fairy Tail said as he rubs the bridge of his nose.
"Master! The last time we saw big sis is when she entered the forbidden forest of our school" Gray informs ignoring the pain of his broken ribs.
Makarov looks at Gray who is walking limply while being supported by Natsu, "Why did she went there?" the old man asks with a raised eyebrow. Gray sits down carefully, "We were being chased by some gangsters. It was my fault. The leader of the gangsters has a little sister and that morning she confessed to me and I rejected her in a nice way but she cried like a baby and ran to his brother. Master..." Gray looks at the old man with fury in his eyes, "If something ever happens to our sister...please allow us to use our one-hundred percent strength to fight them...Master..." Gray begs as he tries to calm his burning anger.
Natsu also feels angry as he tries to calm himself down, "Gray-"
"Listen to the stereo! Tonight. Tonight."
The pinkette is about to speak when his phone rings signalling an incoming call. Natsu flips his phone open and stares wide open at the screen. Gray notices the silence of the pinkette, "who is it?" the cool hunk asks. The entire guild waits for Natsu's answer. Natsu looks at Gray then at Makarov, "It's Erza" the pinkette announces and gives a toothy smile. He brings his phone near his ears, "Hey!"...
Mira sits silently on their shared bed still crying. "They don't understand. They will never understand me. I know Erza is in danger. I've felt it that time. I felt that same pain when I lost my little sister..." the model succumbs as she clenches her chest.
Unknown to everyone, the moment Erza was stabbed is also the moment that Mira felt both pain and shiver ran in her entire body. The model felt restless since then. She just knew that deep in her mind Erza needs her. She reaches for the framed picture of the redhead and smiles at it, "I know this is not right. I know I am being stupid. But what am I suppose to do? I can't help but fall for you even more even if I know that this love is unrequited. Even if your love is different from my love..." the model speaks to the picture of Erza and lets out a sigh. Mira is about to stand up when the door to their room bursts open.
"Mira! Erza called!" Natsu shouts as he sees Mira.
"Erza? Where is she? Is she fine? What happened to her?" the model quickly stands up and asks.
"I'll tell you the details later. Let's go!" Natsu replies and no more words were said as they-Natsu, Mira and Gray heads to the forbidden forest of Magnolia Academy.
Omake:
As Natsu, Mira and Gray drives towards Magnolia Academy a dumbfounded Makarov stands silently in front of the gates of their mansion, "Oh... I forgot to tell them that it's still weekends and the academy could still be close..." the old man speaks to no one but shrugs away the idea and walks back inside of the mansion. "Fufufu! It's good to be young like them!".
A/N: Whoa. Many of you thought Erza will die huh? But NO! This is just the beginning. And a bit of Erza's dark past was finally revealed! Oh...and will Mira be able to see Lucy? Is Lucy really dead? Wait for the answers! Thanks for reading and reviewing guys!