Letters to a Prisoner
Letter 7; Busted~
10 days have passed since they decided to all help prove Jellal's innocent. Their progress has been quite well, that's for sure.
"That's tiresome...ouch, my shoulders hurt!" Gray complained, wiping a sweat from his forehead.
Juvia immediately snapped from her thoughts and moved behind Gray, "Gray-sama, if your shoulder hurts, please, let Juvia massage it!" she offered cheerfully as always when she tried to impress her precious Gray-sama.
"O-oh, it's okay, Juvia..It's not really—" Gray stopped when she put her strength. "Ouch, it's good."
"Really, Gray-sama?" Juvia beamed as he nodded, she continued with a smile on her face then.
At the same time, Lucy is also massaging Natsu because he's tired and he said that his body is sore everywhere. "Thanks, Lucy! Want me to do it for you?" He said.
Lucy blinked, taken aback by Natsu's offer. She blushed a bit then giggled, "Sure" She put her hair in a ponytail and let Natsu begin massaging her shoulder.
CRACK!
Erza, who's been sitting there, eating her cake with Jellal wondered, "Did I just hear a crack?" Jellal shrugged.
"Yosh, guys! Thank you for your helping, we could't do it without you."
Mirajane smiled sweetly, and her expression changed drastically when she saw an unfamiliar figure behind Erza. Reacting quickly, she grabbed a knife and pointed it to the stranger. It ended up stabbing the wall, nearly cutting the stranger's cheek.
As expected from the former student council president, who's also terrifying...
"Who are you?!" Natsu demanded, pointing an accused finger to the stranger.
The stranger appeared to be a woman with long black hair and soft eyes of the same color, lips coated with a red lipstick. She turned everywhere for an exit and found none. She locked eyes with Gray and let herself relax. "You're...Gray, right?"
Gray nodded, still uncertain about peculiarity of the woman. "Then I'm not your enemy," she said, earning a look of shock from everyone.
She smiled and continued, "Believe me, I'm not an enemy to those who were once friends with my mother, Ul. Even though I work under Siegrain Fernandes."
"Siegrain...!"
"Yes, I am his friend who collects information. My name is Ultear, may I help you with your plan? I will help people who were friends with my deceased mother...right, Meredy?" Ultear said, and a girl with short pink hair showed up from the window. "This is Meredy, my friend."
"Pleasure to meet you..." Meredy doubtingly said, quite shy as well, as she approached Ultear and clung to her arm like her companion was her very own mother.
The teenagers silently debated, until Erza finally accepted Ultear's help. "You'll be a great aid to us. Can we trust you to not reveal our plan?"
Ultear and Meredy nodded. "Okay, here is how it is..."
Siegrain yawned, bored in his room. Ultear hadn't been informing the latest information to him, making him wondering if something's wrong. Shrugging his shoulders, he grabbed a chess board and started playing by himself.
Suddenly, his window opened, and there she is, Ultear. He sighed and scowled at her, "Finally! Now, what's the news?"
Ultear pulled out a letter from her sleeves, and gave it to Siegrain, who looked at it questioningly. "I found it in the yard." Nodding acknowledgingly, he opened the letter. "Please read it."
"Siegrain, I want you to meet with me at the Park at 19:00 (7:00 p.m.) sharp. Alone. Signed, Erza," read the letter. A smirk formed on his face as he crumpled the paper and threw it away. "Ultear, I want you to come with me at 19:00 p.m to somewhere. But don't let yourself be caught."
She nodded and left his room through the window. On the roof, she bro-fisted with Meredy, a mischievous smirk on her face. "No suspicion! All that's left is the busting part."
At the Park, 19.00 p.m
"You finally came. I've been waiting," the red headed stated, locking her brown eyes with the his.
Siegrain shrugged his shoulders, "Of course I'd come." The bluenette's eyes hardened as he saw the other person accompanying them. "And what is that poor excuse of a brother doing here...?"
Jellal's gaze fixed on the ground, Erza scowled and yelled. "Excuse me? You're the one that's really despicable! You are the real criminal! You used Jellal, your own brother and threatened him to take your place in prison!"
"Erza...That's quite amusing; you know that it's not true," Siegrain retaliated, letting out a short, bitter chuckle.
"Lies, I have all of the proof, right here on this paper!" triumphantly exclaimed Erza, as she pulled out the newfound evidence.
Siegrain snatched away the document from her hands. "See?! Don't try to hide it anymore! You're the real criminal here!" scolded the scarlet haired maiden.
Siegrain started to laugh maniacally, and at that Jellal frowned. "Guess I can't hide it anymore, huh?" He ripped the papers. "Well, what do you know? The proof is all gone now~ You no longer have any proof! Yes, I am the one who killed those trash which they call human lives, they deserved it! There, are you happy now?! But I still have a way to keep your mouths shut...Ultear!"
They keep a shock expression as Ultear appeared, "Shut their mouths, don't let them escape" However, Ultear didn't budge at all.
"W-What are you doing, Ultear?!" Ultear threw him a wink and a slyly smirked.
"Sorry, but I'm on their side!"
Siegrain grew mad, "You scum!"
Erza gave out her own dark laughter, making Siegrain turned to face her and see that she held a recorder. "I recorded everything that you said, all I have to do is to give this to the council, but it seems that they're here already!"
"Siegrain Fernandes, you are arrested for the all the homocide that you have committed and that you had deceived us and used your own brother. You are in custody for the rest of your life! Guards, take him away!" Doranbolt and Laharl shouted in unison.
The criminal cursed, and glared at Erza and Jellal, along with their comrades.
"All is well now. Jellal, I'm sorry for arresting you," Laharl said, bowing in apology. Jellal just shook his head.
"It's fine, so...I'm free now? I...can live like a teenager now?" The council nodded, a smile formed to his lips. Jellal let out a sigh of relief.
Erza smiled and pulled him into an embrace, "Finally, you're free..."
Jellal, who was taken aback from the action, returned the hug and smiled ."Yeah, I couldn't have done this without all of your help. Thank you!"
"Saa, let's party!" Natsu shouted with Gray, grinning like an idiot.
A/N; I KNOW I KNOW THAT IT WAS A VERY CRAPPY ENDING AND ALSO CHAPTER
I have decided that next is the final chapter T_T I will guarantee that I will take a quite long time to write it because it will be quite longer than usual..
now review, I'm freaking tired right now TT_TT
BUT DON'T FORGET THAT beta-ed this chappie, so give her a round of applause! Titania, OUT!
