MY 10
"Your honor, HE'S NOT GUILTY. For God's sake, would you like me to drag Zeref out and have him confess to his wrong doings! Why can't you ignorant fools understand who the true victim is here! Oh, and I say that with my utmost respect towards you."
Erza hissed between clenched teeth. 'Dammit. Every single one of them. Stupid idiots to the core!'
"Miss Scarlet. Please refrain from using offensive language. Do not forget who you are talking to, child. Respect your elders and this arrogant tone of yours will certainly not help the position you and...that thing are in."
'Thing? THING? What the hell did they call him?'
Erza was furious. No. She wasn't just furious. The redhead was enraged. But she couldn't let her emotions get the best of her. This was supposed to be strictly professional.
Scarlet took a tremendously huge breath and exhaled through clenched teeth.
"I beg to differ, your honor, Jellal Fernandes is not a thing. He is a human being. I presume, similar to the rest of...you. And if you are in fact human beings, you should feel the urge within me and come to your human senses that this man is innocent!"
One of the members scoffed and said "Are you sure it's not your urge to fuck him?"
That did it.
That was it.
The last straw.
Erza's face flushed scarlet red with anger and a murderous aura filled the council court room.
"WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I BELIEVE THAT PHRASE WAS VERY MUCH OUT OF LINE AND IT TRULY IS NOT RELATED TO THE TOPIC. If you want to spread rumors and gossip about shit that never happened, then get out of this court room because obviously sick minded dirt bags like you don't even deserve to be appeased with my presence. Shortly put, GET THE FUCK OUT BEFORE I BEAT YOUR SORRY ASSES INTO THE WITHERED PULP THAT YOU ARE", she spat.
Shit.
Now she's done it.
Ah fuck.
Fuck fuck fuck.
This shouldn't have turned out like this!
The one who made the comment earlier sneered and narrowed his eyes.
"Miss Scarlet."
"Y-Yes?"
"Out!"
"Y-Yes..."
And with that, 3rd time makes a charm doesn't it?
Erza picked up her suitcase, let out an exasperated sigh, and stomped out of the room.
If anything, she was to leave with her head held high.
What could she do?
Erza tried.
She wholeheartedly tried.
But obviously this method wouldn't work.
As she walked down the steps of the court, she turned around one last time.
"I'm sorry Jellal."
Erza then swiftly turned around and walked towards the guild.
"So Erza, how'd it go?"
Hibiki greeted at the door.
"Bad...like...really bad. What are you still doing here? Didn't Blue Pegasus take their leave this morning?"
"Nah, I decided to stay behind. Don't look so mad, Erza! You make it seem like you don't want me here!"
"I don't." She muttered under her breath.
"But I decided to stay behind...for all the lovely ladies of Fairy Tail!"
Such impure thoughts said like they were holy words.
The blond then lowered his voice.
"Plus, blue here has some messages for you."
Immediately Erza's eyes brightened.
"Meet me on the 3rd floor at 4pm. I'll hear it then."
Erza then took a step closer to him.
"Oh. And also..."
She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Thanks."
Hibiki, left in a magical trance, stood there frozen, staring at the redhead from behind.
Erza walked up the stairs to the 3rd floor to report to Mystogan about how it went.
She didn't look forward to it though.
I mean...how could she put it?
She called an almighty council member 'a sick minded dirt bag' and threatened to 'beat their sorry asses to a withering pulp'.
Well that certainly wouldn't cause the man any more stress.
"Erza? How did the case go?"
"About that...um...it didn't go that well."
"You never beat around the bush...how 'not that well' was it?"
"Well...you know...not that well?"
"Erza."
"Ok..." she took a deep breath for the incoming explanation and quickly said "I kinda called a council member a sick minded dirt bag and threatened him to get out or else I would beat his sorry ass into a withered pulp."
Mystogan stood there expressionless.
Shocked.
"E-Erza...YOU DID WHAT?"
"S-Sorry!"
"This...I told you not to let your emotions overrule!"
"I know, I know...But! But what he said! It's...It's absolutely unforgivable!"
Mystogan raised a suspicious eyebrow. He wondered what really would drive the great Tatiana to wits end.
"What exactly did the say?"
"Ok, so I said that they had to be feel the urge I had to fight for what was right...And that guy said 'oh, are you sure it's not your urge to want to fuck him?' I mean...HOW COULD I
NOT EXPLODE WHEN HE SAID THAT?"
The man slightly understood why she became so pissed.
"Erza...but even so, you overdid it didn't you?"
"I know...And I'm really sorry. But if I had the chance to take back what I
said, I wouldn't."
"Right...Whatever. Since that didn't work, I gotta prepare. Anything else?"
"Uh...Oh. Hibiki said Jellal had something to say."
"Ok. You can take care of that. I've got loads of work to do."
"Alright. I wish you the best of luck then."
"Yeah."
-Later at 4pm-
Erza quickly sprinted up the stairs, 4 at a time. But when she got there, the room was empty.
All there was, was a single sheet of paper with a few scribbled words on it.
Erza walked to the table it was set on, and lightly picked the paper up.
Hey Erza.
I have everything set up for archive. I set it so that in a few seconds, Archive will self activate and you can figure it out from their. There should be a search bar. Just search for blue and since I've already used it to connect with him, you guys can have a nice little conversation.
Oh. You can't see him though, and same for him. No visuals.
Try to hurry it up because I can only let this magic run for so long.
I wanted to let you have a private conversation with him since it seems so important. Have fun then!
Hibiki.
Erza crumpled the paper in her hand and softly whispered 'thanks'.
She walked towards a nearby table where archive was already starting up.
Instantly, bright colors illuminated the place in mid air.
A keyboard appeared in front of her fingers, and the screen materialized.
Erza tapped on the keyboard and typed various searches before finally finding Jellal.
She pressed enter, and headphones appeared over her ears.
'E-Erza?'
The sound of his voice brought chills down her spine. How long had it been since she last talked to him?
It felt like centuries.
Though their voices were the same, there was still a different feel to them. Maybe it was because she's been
stuck with Jellal her whole entire life.
His voice reassured every part of her heart to realize that she loved the man. It resounded from within her and she could dream endlessly about it. His voice was calming and sincere. Just him whispering her name, brought warmth from her heart and spread to her
chest.
He felt so close, yet so far.
Her name on his lips.
The thought of it repetitively made her stomach fill with softness and warmth.
'Jellal...'
-Jellal POV-
'Jellal...'
That one phrase alone, said by her, had him determined to do whatever it took to make her smile.
His name on her lips.
It melted him from inside out.
His beloved.
Oh how he wanted to kiss her so bad right now. The lust inside him was burning with passion. But he couldn't let himself think like that!
He did not deserve her.
Erza deserved better. She was fit for someone way beyond him.
Yet, Jellal still longed for her.
He wanted to make her his.
He wanted to mark her and let the whole world know.
He wanted to protect her and never let anything get in her way.
He wanted to see her smile, and savor it only to himself.
He wanted to see her laugh.
He wanted her.
And to think he thought this when only hearing his name on her lips.
'Uh...I need to tell you something...', he said softly.
'Hm? Oh yeah. Sure, what is it?'
'I know this will trouble you...but...I..uh...I Love you.'
If he could see her face, only then would he be able to experience how happy she was when he said that.
No.
It did not trouble her. Not one bit. It drew a smile on her face, and tears to her eyes.
For once in her long period of sorrow, Erza smiled out of pure happiness and it once again brought warmth into her body.
But during the silence, millions of things were going on in Jellal's mind.
'Ah crap I said it! What if she thinks it's a pain? What if she doesn't like me anymore? AHH what am I gonna do?'
He heard Erza sniff loudly, and for those few seconds, his heart stopped beating.
"Thank you...Jellal. For everything. For giving my name, and for loving me. I...I love you too."
And once more, his heart stopped beating. But when it started again, it was thumping terribly fast.
You could even see the 'doki doki' sfx in the background.
'I'll see you in a few days, alright?'
Erza's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, and he nodded.
'Y-Yeah..'
'Goodbye.'
'Bye...'
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