"How come he finished all of his works in just an hour?" Crux couldn't believe himself staring at the pile of works Jellal had done "Siegrain-sama, why is he in hurry?"

"Sorry Crux-sama today is a very important day for him. That was he said" Siegrain sighed and looked outside of Jellal's room "He is probably going with Erza-sama"he thought while smiling

Jellal wasn't sneaking. He was running casually in Magnolia and he didn't care if the other noble families saw him. There were lots of men in Magnolia. Jet and Droy were assigned to trained them and become the Royal Guard.

"Jellal-sama, did you finish your works?" Jet shouted at him when Jellal passed by

"I finished everything! I did the sword lesson yesterday too" Jellal shouted back as he continued running

"That's Jellal, right?" Happy, along with Gray, Natsu, Loke and Michelle, were walking and it happened that Jellal passed them. Michelle stayed at the Scarlet household for five days. Lucy supposed to go with her back to Heartfilia family, but there were lots of trashes (Jiemma and Minerva's stuffs) to throw inside the Scarlet house so she stayed behind

"Why is he in hurry? Not to mention his smile is creepier that usual" Gray asked them

"Who knows, maybe he has a date or something?" Michelle guessed that made their eyes became sharped and an idea popped out of their mind "You are creeping me out"

"Guys, you thinking what I'm thinking" Loke made a sneaky voice and the other three just nodded and they all laughed evilly. The four followed Jellal and Michelle was left alone

"Don't tell me that you are going to tail him?" Michelle muttered and just walked straight and went to the Palace to see Wendy and Carla

Jellal was now in the Capitol and the people there gave respect and bowed down when they spotted him. Girls giggled as they saw the prince and their faces become so red. Jellal just smile and again continued running until he reached the Scarlet Household

"Erza, you don't need to help us here." Mira reminded her

"But, you will all be working" Erza responded but they all pushed her when the doorbell rang. They made a teasingly smile at her

"Here he comes. Don't worry about us. Well then, hurry up and open the door"

Erza sighed and let the others pushed her. Though when they reached the door, she told them to leave her and she would manage somehow. She opened the door slowly, and the image of the blue haired young man stood before her

"Ya, Erza, good morning" Jellal greeted her with usual smile on his face but turned red once Erza greeted back with her natural smile

"Good morning"

The others giggled as they saw the reaction of the prince

"Off you go, Erza" Mira started

"Jellal-sama is here now" Juvia added that made the two became embarrassed

"Well then, we're going" Erza went out of the house and the two of them walked side by side.

"Lucy?" Lisanna called Lucy that was dazing off. Her eyes were glued to Erza and Jellal. "Lucy" Lisanna tapped her and chuckled "Why don't you follow them?"

"Is it okay?"

"Yeah, just tell us what happened later" Laki agreed and Lucy walked away happily and followed the two

"Then where are we going?" Erza broke the awkward silence between them. Even though Jellal asked her to go out, he had no idea where to go. He had planned something but that would only occur at night

"Where do you want to go? I have plans, but that will wait until later" he answered

"As long as I'm with Jellal, everywhere is fine" Erza responded that made Jellal's face so pure red. He was so embarrassed to the extent that he needed to hide his face under his left hand. He was about to say something when Erza again talked "Let's go around the Capitol for now"

"O-okay" Jellal's voice started to quiver and was really embarrassed "I'm such a failure" he thought

"You are so stupid Jellal!" Loke was holding back his anger. The four of them were tailing him and were hiding behind the bushes, corners, and aisles. Loke had the most experience when it comes to girls. That was why he was so disappointed to Jellal. "You are so excited but then you don't have any plans!"

"Loke, calm down, you are not the one in date" Gray reminded him

"But look at what he is doing! It's unforgivable!" Loke stood up but Happy and Natsu pulled him down

"Calm down! He'll see us!" Natsu shouted at him

"Loke is the number 1 womanizer after all so has experience" Happy added

"Huh?! I have a girl that I like" Loke answered and it happened that three of his fans passed by and heard him. They started weeping and Loke felt trouble.

"Guys, stop that will you?" Gray stood up and pointed Erza and Jellal "We will lose them

Loke apologized continuously as they ran after Erza and Jellal. When they finally caught up, they hid behind a vegetable stand where a vendor was confused what were they doing. Loke and Gray were just hiding, but Natsu grabbed the cabbage and covered his face. Same with Happy, he grabbed the pumpkin and hid his face.

"What the heck they are doing?" Loke asked Gray

"I have no idea" Gray responded but shifted their eyes when they heard Natsu responded

"Ninja-de-gozaru, nin-nin"

"Aye-de-gozaru" added by Happy. But both of them received a smacked on the head. Loke and Gray grabbed the romaine lettuce near them and smacked the head of the two

"Not you two idiots!" Loke shouted

"Those two" Gray pointed Jellal and Erza. Natsu and Happy looked at them and both of them made a confused look

"Who the heck is that? But we seemed met them before" Happy and Natsu asked in chorused

"That is Alzack Connel and his daughter Azuka" the vendor answered and the four just nodded in chorused

"I see" they answered but vented their eyes to the vendor who were smiling evilly

"Gentlemen, you sure are going to pay me for the damage you made in my precious vegetables, right?" he asked and the four looked at their hands and noticed what he was talking about. The four stood up and bowed down nonstop and apologized. Loke promised that he would pay him

Meanwhile, Erza was playing with Azuka. Jellal was on his own world thinking how could his first date would be a success. Jellal wasn't in the mood because he didn't know what to do. His long awaited date, was a messed up

"But Erza you are with the prince, we might troubling you" Alzack said while his sweat was running wildly. He could feel that Jellal was not in the mood.

"No, we have a plan later. Right now, we are going around the Capitol" Jellal responded and assured him that they weren't troubling them

"By the way, where is Bisca?" Erza asked then it happened that someone came that made Jellal so stiffed

"Erza-chan and Jellal, what are you doing here?"

Erza made a confused look and was sure that she saw this person in the coronation. The man who came with the Rune Knights

"G-Gildarts, you are still here in Fiore. I thought you already left for your journey again" Jellal's voice shivered and his sweat dropped ceaselessly

"Ah, no, I'll stay here until everything goes back to normal" Gildarts answered then shifted his head to Erza "Hello, Erza-chan. You might not know who I am. I am Gildarts, Jellal's uncle. I know your mother very well"

"H-Hello, nice to meet you" Erza bowed down and smiled at him

"Then, what are you doing here?" Gildarts again asked that made Jellal shuddered. He was too embarrassed to say it

"We're going around the Capitol" Erza answered in his place "Where are you heading?"

"I'm heading back to Magnolia. There are lot of people to train. The Royal Army is doomed you know"

"Oh, training? Can we go there and watch?" Erza asked that made Jellal's eyes so wide

"What is she saying?!"Jellal thought but sighed and agreed on what she just said "At least we can spend our time before dawn"

"Yeah, you are very welcome to go and watch" Gildarts responded

"Awesome, then we'll go there later. We'll just stop by Levy's bookstore" Erza responded and Gildarts waved at them

"Then see you later" he walked out and left them. The four who were apologizing couldn't believe that they just missed something interesting. They didn't know why Gildarts was there

"We better get going then" Erza suggested and Jellal just nodded "Azuka-chan, say hi to your mom" she patter her head and the two started walking again. They went to Levy's bookstore and found Gajeel and Lily eating

"What the heck are you doing here?" Jellal sat down across the two. Erza went straight to Levy and Kinana.

"Question back at you, what the heck are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the palace?" Gajeel asked while chewing

"I'm in break" Jellal answered and just watched Gajeel chewed his steak and Lily sipped on his tea. Kinana served a tea for him and Erza but he had no appetite at all

Meanwhile, the four were waiting outside the Levy's store. While waiting, they spotted a takoyaki stand and bought. They starved while waiting. Loke was indeed in bankrupt because Natsu and Happy bought 'a lot.' They sat behind the bush, sitting on the ground. People who were passing were looking at them and laughing at them

"You guys are so embarrassing!" the four looked up and saw Lucy standing in front of them

"Wluhcy" Natsu and Happy called her in chorused

"It's Lucy. Are you following the two?" she sat down beside Natsu and sighed as she watched him eat the takoyaki

"Yes, they went inside Levy's bookstore" Loke responded as he finished eating "How about Lucy?"

"Same with you, I'm following them since they went out of the house. So far things are good, but Jellal screwed a big time" Lucy chuckled reminiscing how she noticed that Erza was leading where to go "Does he has a plan?"

"He has, but he said that his plan will come later" Natsu answered and he was finished eating too though he ate 20 boxes of takoyaki

"Lucy Scarlet, ah no, Lucy Heartfilia, I assume?" the five vented their eyes in front of them and saw a slim, yet muscular and toned young man of average height with blonde hair, which is kept in spiky strands jutting outwards in every direction, and a smaller, frontal tuft of hair partially hanging on his forehead. He was wearing a blue vest with golden outer edges and inner edges covered by a prominent trimming of gray fur over a short, cream top, leaving his muscular upper abdominals exposed. His arms are covered by dark blue gloves reaching up to his middle biceps, with their upper edges being adorned by light grey bands hanging down several centimeters. He wears loose, cream pants held up by suspenders, attached to the pants' loops by square-shaped rings.

"Who the heck are you?" Natsu stood up and they all followed him

"It's really amazing that I will see you immediately, Lucy Scarlet oops, I mean Lucy Heartfilia" again the young man chuckled

"You know Yukino?" Lucy asked that made the man twitched his face

"Huh?"

"Only Yukino call me that." Lucy responded that made the young man laughed

"It's really is interesting. Fiore is really interesting" He went closer to Lucy and his face was an inch away from hers "You are interesting too, Lucy"

"What the heck are you doing?!" Natsu and Loke shouted in chorused. They immediately grabbed Lucy away from him

"It's just an introduction to a beautiful young lady here" the young man answered. The four glared at him and he was just mockingly smiling at them. He sighed and was about to say something when another young man came

"Here you are Sting-kun!" a young man wearing a blue, sleeveless button-up vest which is left open, and a pants was shouting "Rogue is looking for you"

"Lector see who I just saw?" the man named Sting pointed Lucy and the other man named Lector exclaimed

"You are great Sting-kun! Isn't she Lucy Scarlet, I mean Heartfilia. It's really are confusing"

"Well, just call her Lucy. After all, she's just Lucy"

"Who the heck are you? You are clearly not from here" Natsu was shouting. Lucy was holding him tight because she knew that in any minute, Natsu would snapped and might punched him

"I'm Sting and this is Lector. You are right, we're not from here. We're just visitors from other country. Well, it's just an introduction. You'll know us later on. Let's go Lector." Sting turned around and waved his hand

"Ouji and then that person will surely be glad when they hear about this" Lector muttered that Natsu heard "Wait Sting-kun. We'll go to where Rogue and Frosch first before going to Rufus and Orga"

The two disappeared from their sight and left the five in wondered

"Who the heck are those two?!" Natsu yelled

"But it's sure that we'll see them again soon"

"You think so, Jellal?" The four asked in chorused but their head turned 90 degrees as they realized the presence of Jellal "y-ya, Jellal and Erza"

"May I ask what are you doing here? Of all places" Jellal asked while looking at them suspiciously "Don't tell me you are following us?"

"No! Absolutely not, we wanted to visit Levy" Lucy responded but Jellal pointed out the boxes of takoyaki and made a questionable looked. The four pointed on Natsu and nodded in chorused

"You guys are so mean to me" Natsu complained

"Even so, who are those people?" Erza asked and realized that Natsu was picking up all his garbage

"I don't know but I'm sure that they know Yukino" Lucy approached her and Erza's eyes widened

"Are you sure?"

"Only Yukino calls me Lucy Scarlet, remember?"

"Yukino? Isn't that the person the Mikazuchi head lady is looking for?" Loke reminded them

"We're not sure. We don't know anything much about Yukino's past. We just met her in the boarder of the Capitol when we were 9" Erza responded. The murmuring sound around them could be heard and no one among them was talking until Jellal broke it

"We'll ask them about her because for sure we'll meet again. Let's go Erza" Jellal grabbed Erza's hand and left the five "don't you dare to follow" Jellal waved his hand and the shadow of the two disappeared from their sight

"They left"

"Aye"

"They left"

"Yeah"

Natsu, Happy, Loke and Gray talked correspondingly while looking afar

"Then what are we going to do now?" Lucy asked them but back off when the eyes of the four beamed and they sneakily smiled "you guys are so suspicious"

The four started to run and Lucy just followed them. They ran until they again caught up to the two

"What the heck they are doing here in Magnolia?" They asked in chorused while watching Jellal and Erza walking inside the Magnolia

Jellal and Erza reached the soldier's corner and found the men who were training to become the Royal Army. They were having sword training. Once they noticed the presence of Jellal, they all bowed down and greeted him

"Jellal-ouji and Erza-sama, what can we do for you?" Jet and Droy approached them and made a salutation

"We're just here to watch. I thought Gildarts will be here?"

"Ah" the two scratch their chin and pointed Gildarts. The two looked at the direction they were pointing and saw him being scolded by Cana

"What is that all about?" Jellal asked confusedly

"Well, Cana found out that Gildarts went to see a woman in the Capitol, again" Jet answered

"It's always like that" Droy added

Jellal sighed and just chuckled. He then turned to Erza who was admirably looking at the trainees

"Erza-sama, you want to try?" Jet suggested that sparkled to her ears, though Jellal opposed it

"What are you saying Jet, she's a girl"

"It's okay Jellal. I'll manage somehow" Erza told him and accepted the opportunity

"Well then, follow me and choose your armor and swords" Jet led the way and left Jellal with Droy

"Jellal-sama it's okay. It's just a light swing. She's not like Kagura-sama from the Mikazuchi family who can swing so fast and could defeat our Royal Army in less than ten minutes"

"Kagura?" Jellal asked as he tried to remember the name "I think I know her but I couldn't remember."

"She's the head lady of the Mikazuchi family and she's remarkable in her swordsmanship" Droy led Jellal to sit in a bench

"I see" Jellal responded but his mind was trying to recall Kagura

10 minutes passed and Jet came back followed by Erza who was wearing Armor. Jellal couldn't help himself but admired her in her armor. His face became as red as Erza's hair and hid it in his left hand. He lowered his head and Droy noticed it.

"Jellal-sama, your face, your face! You are very obvious" he teased him

"Shut up!" He exclaimed and that made his face redder

Jellal approached her and asked "how's the armor?"

"It is fine and it's kind of heavy but I can do it" Erza answered

"Let's start with a light swing, Erza-sama. Are you sure with that sword you chose?" Jet told her and she nodded. The two joined the men training

"Why don't you go to her and have a spar too?" Droy suggested but Jellal turned around and sat back on the bench again

"I'll just watch her from here" he answered and stretched. His mind flew around thinking how things would go when it was time to do his plan

His senses return when he heard Droy shouted and the men training were clapping

"What happened?" He asked Droy and he pointed Erza

"Aren't you watching, Jellal-sama" Droy asked him "it's been 20 minutes and they started having a duel with the trainees, and Erza-sama won multiple times"

Jellal turned his eyes to Erza and a duel was starting. Erza bowed down to his opponent and Jet counted to three. In three, the opponent rushed to Erza but she stood still and waited for her opponent

"Watch out!" Jellal stood up and shouted but Erza swings her sword that cut the sword of her opponent. Jellal's eyes widened as the people around started to applaud

"Very admiring, she's the same as her mother" Jellal and Droy looked at their left and saw Gildarts sitting "she should continue that"

"Since when are you sitting there?" The two asked

"I'm here all the time" he answered and made an annoying looked at Jellal "all the time Jellal's mind was floating"

"Shut up Gildarts! Aren't you being scolded by Cana?" Jellal complained. Gildarts explained everything to Jellal and Droy "well it's your fault after all" Jellal commented after a 10 minutes explanation of Gildarts

"Jellal" Erza came in and was already changed. "That was fun" she smiled that again made Jellal so red

"Erza-sama you should continue training" Droy suggested but Jellal again disagreed

"Yeah, that's my plan." Erza chuckled then looked at Jellal "will you be my trainer?"

"Y-yes" Jellal immediately responded that made Droy giggled. Gildarts teased him with his mocking smile

Jellal looked at the time and his eyes widened as big as he could "it's bad!" He panicked "it's nearly dark!" He grabbed Erza's hand and left immediately. They ran and ran, and Erza was just following him

"Where exactly we are going?" Erza asked as Jellal stopped. Erza's eyes widened as a firefly flew in front of her. She looked around and admired the falling petals as the wind breezed. The moon was starting to move up and the stars were appearing. She wondered her eyes and saw the glowing colors of each flower around her. The pond was reflecting the sky. "Lumen Histoire" she muttered. Jellal let go of her hand and Erza moved forward. She looked straight and saw a big cherry blossom tree that was glowing magnificently because of the fireflies flying around it.

"We're in the west side of Lumen Histoire." Jellal approached her and she was admiring the beauty around her

"It's beautiful, so beautiful!" she commented

"Mother told me that this place is your mom's favourite place. She always went here with you when you were a baby"

"Jellal, thank you so much! It's so beautiful" Erza smiled innocently that made Jellal's face so red again but he was so serious with something. He approached her and faced her

"Yeah, it's beautiful" he said while looking straight at Erza's eyes. He didn't care about how red his face was. He noticed too that Erza's face formed shaded of red "Erza is beautiful too" he added and he stroke his hand to her scarlet hair. After stroking, he rest his right hand on her cheeks and he smiled "I'm happy to meet you"

Erza's eyes sparkled as the young man became so sweet in front of her. Her heart beats became so crazy and wild. She put her hand on the top on Jellal's hand that was resting on her cheeks "it's warm. Jellal's hand is so warm" she smiled to him "me too, I'm happy that I met you. That I know you"

The wind blew and the petals from the cherry blossom tree danced around them. The fireflies joined the petals. The moon was shining so bright and the stars were sparkling too. Jellal's face moved closer and closer to Erza. They both closed their eyes as their lips touched each other. Jellal made it simple and quick. That was their first time and they didn't know if it was perfect or not. But one thing they knew, it was the best experience. Jellal looked at her eyes and again he kissed her. This time, he kissed her passionately, as deeper and deeper he kissed her. As the two moved apart from each other's lips, Jellal hugged her tightly, tight as he could as if he didn't want her to let go. Erza hugged back and rested her head on his chest

"I love you Erza! I really do!" Jellal finally said it. He thought that it was uncool and that was not on his plan. The two looked at each other eyes and Erza was about to say something when Jellal's eyes widened and looked at Erza's back

"J-Jellal?" Erza asked confusedly as she noticed Jellal's face became annoyed

"Come out you five over there" he shouted and the head of Gray, Natsu, Happy, Loke and Lucy popped out. Erza was shocked and was embarrassed to know that the five were there watching them "also you four over there" Jellal turned around and again shouted. Michelle, Carla, Wendy and Siegrain came out "You are following us, right?"

"We're here first" Wendy countered "then the two of you came"

"Those five are obviously following you" Michelle pointed Loke and the others who already flocked around Erza and was teasingly smiled at her

Jellal raised his brow and just annoyed by the fact that there were people watching them. Michelle, Carla and Wendy ran towards to Erza. Jellal sighed in defeat and Siegrain approached him

"That was the first time, I assumed Jellal-sama" Siegrain teasingly told him

"Of course it was and it was all messed up. Thanks to everyone" Jellal sarcastically told him "As if I buy Wendy's explanation. You don't know this place, do you?"

"You found out. As expected from you. Mavis-sama told us about this place and she assumed that you are planning to take Erza-sama here. Wendy-sama giggled and suggested to go here" Siegrain explained though Jellal looked at him suspiciously

"Then why are you with them?"

"I wanted to see how things would work out. Were your plans gone well?" Siegrain chuckled that made Jellal pouted

"I told you, everything was not in my plan. Well, one was. The place was a success but I didn't control myself and I just suddenly kissed her." Jellal's face turned red and his attention shifted when he heard Erza complaining

"But everything went well even though you didn't plan it" Siegrain patted his head and assured him

"Jellal, send Erza home" Lucy shouted

"Eh?" Jellal was confused so he joined them too "That's what I'll do, but aren't you coming with us? Or Natsu is planning to take you home?"

"I'll stay at the Heartfilia house for tonight." Lucy answered and Jellal noticed how Michelle hugged her that she didn't want to let her sister go

"I see, well then, the night is becoming deeper. You all go home, and tomorrow I'll see you and we'll have a nice sweet conversation" Jellal smiled at them but they did feel the black aura he was emitting. He held Erza's hand and walked out of the Lumen Histoire

"That is scary" Lucy commented

"Aye, we're a dead meat tomorrow" Happy agreed

But it wasn't the nine of them saw what happened. Not far from where they were, two familiar ladies saw them

"Kagura, let's go" Arania suggested as Kagura's eyes followed Jellal and Erza walking out from the garden

"Erza Scarlet" she muttered. She clenched her fist, turned around and walked out from where they were standing "I shouldn't go here. It was a waste of time and that was stupid" she complained

"Kagura is obviously jealous" Arania thought and just sighed "She's not being honest"

After 10 minutes, Jellal and Erza arrived outside the Scarlet household. They were silent for 2 minutes but that broke when Erza remembered something

"By the way Jellal, I told you that I wanted you to be my trainer, right?"

"Y-Yeah, you are serious with that?" Jellal clarified and that made Erza chuckled

"Yeah, I'm serious about that so it's up to your schedule. Just tell me when"

"Well then, let's start the day after tomorrow. For now, you need to rest" Jellal sweetly told her

"Thank you for today. It was so fun and thank you for what you said" Erza smiled at him "I'll properly answer that"

"I'll wait, don't rush things. Take it slowly" Jellal told her and gave her a kiss on the cheeks "Off you go, good night"

"Good night and take care on your way back" Erza went in the house and once she closed the door, she immediately fell on her knee. Her face was red and her heart went crazy. She touched her lips and reminisced the moment Jellal kissed her, the first time and the second time. She stood up and she couldn't stop smiling. Without her notice, Mira was in front of her

"Why don't you rest for tonight? Or if you can't sleep, why don't you share some fun events to us" Mira winked at her. Erza giggled and rolled her eyes

"As if I could sleep tonight. Let's go" she said and the two went on Erza's room just to find Laki, Lisanna and Juvia waiting for her. She told them about Lucy staying at the Heartfilia family and she then told them what happened. She wanted to stay private about what happened, but Lucy and the others were watching and saw everything happened, so eventually everyone would know about what happened so she decided to tell them personally

On the other hand, Jellal was walking back to the palace and the smile on his face was still there. While walking he passed by two people, the face of the first one was covered but the other one was a slender, well-endowed young woman with short, light-coloured hair and fringes framing her face. That caught Jellal's attention and his curiosity was added when someone called the young woman. A name he knew

"Yukino and Ouji, we're waiting for you two" Jellal realized that the voice was the same as the man earlier

"Sorry Sting and Lector, we just stopped by somewhere" Yukino answered as she turned to Jellal who was walking but the corner of his eyes were looking at them. Yukino frowned and turned back to Sting again "Where's Rogue and Frosch?" she asked

"They are already at the inn where Rufus and Orga are. We'll lead the way" Lector turned around and he and Sting led the way

"Ouji, did you see the man passed by?"

"Yeah, Jellal Vermilion. Indeed, that is a big shock" the man they were calling Ouji answered and the four of them continued walking until they reach the West Inn

Jellal on the other hand, became so curious about Yukino and the mysterious people visiting Fiore. "Who are those people?" he asked himself. He shook his head and ran back to the palace.

Everyone went home safely and Siegrain was called by Crux. Siegrain's eyes were noticed by Crux and pointed it out as soon as he came in

"Siegrain-sama, don't tell me you haven't tell the prince about it?" he asked but Siegrain stayed silent "You should tell him as soon as possible. Don't let him discover it on his own." Crux suggested and gave him a notebook "Siegrain-sama, ah no, is that really your name?" Crux asked as he left the room.

Siegrain stared at the notebook Crux gave and muttered "Forgive me, I, myself, really don't know either"