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Good. Evil. Darkness... Light. All these aspects of the World play such an important life, Yura. Your mother didn't learn... I don't want you to end up like me, as well.
What about Erza-nii-san, Mommy?
Erza and I... Our past... We go way back...
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Demonic Flame: Friends Clash!
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The scarlet haired requip assassin woke up groggily, her head had a splitting headache as she sat upwards. She noticed that she was on cobblestone and in a building, the roof of the building falling apart as well. Where was she? The last thing she remembered was a flashing white light... And wind...
Then she woke up here.
Erza held her head and looked up, the sky a dark gray colour. Where was everyone? She got separated from them... And...
Crystal...
Erza frowned on the mere thought of her name.
'You feel betrayed, don't you Scarlet?'
Titania gasped, looking around to see where the female voice was coming from. Erza growled, standing up on her own and staggered a bit, bandage wrapped katanas forming in both of her hands.
"Show yourself! Come out!"
'I mean no harm, Scarlet...' The voice whispered, 'Crystala Dragnela is Master's Daughter... How does that make you feel? To know that one of your own has relations to your enemy?'
Erza's grip on her swords tightened, "Crystal is my friend! Just like Gray who had his father; Silver, in Tartarus, this is no different! Crystal is still Crystal!"
'Is that so...? Even when she knew? Fullbuster's a different story, he didn't even think his father was alive. Yet, Master's Daughter knew but she didn't tell you... Secrets... Secrets can kill...'
"No..." Erza looked down at her katanas, shaking her head, "No! Stop with your pointless mind games and show yourself, coward!"
'Coward..?' The female voice chuckled, 'The only coward here is Master's Daughter. She didn't have the guts to tell you and because of her actions, it will cost you all your lives. Demonic Flame will prevail, Fairy Tail will be in the dust.'
"You're wrong!" Erza yelled, "Stop with this nonsense, I demand that you face me! Your guild will pay for all it has done to us! To the citizens of all different countries! For what they did to Crystal and her unborn child!"
'Oh please, Scarlet. Don't act as if you care for that woman. You use to hate her, didn't you...?'
The scarlet haired woman froze for a moment, her head began to feel fuzzy again... Her vision slipping in and out of darkness and light. Erza shook her head.
"That's in the past..."
'Is it really? Don't you feel betrayed? Hurt? From the secret she kept? Don't you remember how incredibly annoying she was? How ignorant and stubborn?'
"We were little children... I didn't know any better..." Erza bent her head down, "I didn't know the meaning of cherishing your friends... Crystal... She was going through a rough time and yet I had to make it worst..."
'Don't you remember how she almost got Dragneel, The Strauss Sisters and Fullbuster almost killed during a mission she went on? Remember how she was never there for you?'
Her scarlet bangs covered her face.
'Poor Scarlet... She left you at the worst time... Only thinking of herself, so selfish, isn't she?'
The swords in her hands disappeared, her hands went to hold her head as if it were in pain. Low groans came from within the assassin's throat.
Memories of what happened the years Crystal was gone. Jellal came back and took her to the Tower of Heaven as a sacrifice but she was saved by Natsu in the end. The memories of her childhood came flooding back into her mind of how she was a slave...
Humiliated and beaten... Shamed and forgotten...
When Lucy joined and Phantom Guild came to take her away, they needed everyone they had yet she wasn't there to help. Granted that they did get her back in the end but just barely...
The incidents with Wendy and the Cake Shelter Guild... When Lisanna came back from Edolas...
They needed her there with them...
'Don't fight it... Give into it, Scarlet. She left you to go train for so many years, even when Fernandez came back, she was never there for you... Even when she came back, she never once considered spending quality time with you.'
'Don't you think she should pay for the loneliness she left with you? Almost getting her friends killed? And top of that, she always wanted to show off in front of everyone. Especially Dragneel and Heartfilia...'
"I... Uhnnnn... Lucy was... Crystal... She..."
'All she brought back was sadness. Nothing more. Wasting everyone's time with these so-called mental illnesses she had just so she can get attention... Make her pay for all she's done! Make her pay for all the heartache and tragedy! A member of Fairy Tail doesn't bring down their friends, now do they?'
'They bring them up...'
Erza raised her head up, another iris was around her dark brown one. It was bloodshot red along with her eyeball itself. She had dark circles underneath them both.
'Kill her... Make her pay for what's she's done.'
A sinister smile came to her lips, "Yes..."
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"Ahh, my head..." The sky blue haired woman sat up slowly, her head had a throbbing headache that made cold sweat trickle down her forehead. She looked down at herself, still in the clothes she had. Some bruises and scratches here and there but nothing too serious.
A flashing, white light. Then some strong winds. Then she ended up here...
Crystal sat on cracked stone, pieces of the floor breaking apart. Her dark blue eyes scanned her surroundings, finding a pink haired man lying on the floor, not too far away from her. There were two directions, both of them dark.
Crystal rose off the hard, stone surface and walked slowly towards the unconscious rose-coloured haired man and kneeled before him. He too, had tiny bruises and scratches but nothing too serious as hers.
"Natsu... Hey, wake up..." The bluenette shook his body gently but got no response. She shook it with more force and to her relief, she heard a low groan or what seemed to be a growl from him.
"Natsu?" The salmon haired man rolled over to meet her, opening his eyes and revealed his dark jewels hidden beneath. He sat upright, holding his head.
"You have a headace too? I do too."
"Crystala..." Natsu growled, facing her with a slow turn, "You... You... Why didn't you tell me..?"
Crystal looked away, bending her head slightly, "I was going to, honestly but I... Just didn't know how to tell you or the others! That's what happened back at the house, he told me!"
"And here you were, telling me about my secret of being a demon... 'Secrecy isn't good Natsu'." Natsu mimicked a line she had told him long before all this happened. Crystal narrowed her eyes at him.
"This is different! I honestly didn't know any of this! Do you think I will approve of any of this? No, I won't but after the War-"
"You have alot of questions to answer. From everyone, including me."
"And I will answer them. Now, we should find the others or find a way out of this place..." Crystal got up, lending him a hand. Natsu took it within his grasp as he felt her pull him up off the ground.
"Where are we anyways?" The pinkette questioned her. In response, she shrugged her shoulders.
"I dunno either. All I remember is a flashing light then some really strong winds... Then we ended up here..." Crystal placed her finger on her chin.
"It is possible we're in the their guild. If so, then Taskimada and his goons are here as well."
"But how did we end up here? Where's our guild? And Yura?!" Natsu gripped fistfuls of his hair, groaning loudly in anger, "Gahhh! This sucks!"
"And we're separated from everyone, that's also bad. We should stick together and find them, especially Yura. If my theory is correct then everyone should be here as well just in separate parts of the guild. Tartarus' Guild was big so then maybe this one is too-"
"Yeah, yeah. Let's go and kick some Demonic Flame ass!" Natsu pumped his fist up, a small flame lighting. Crystal gave him a small smile.
"Together."
The ground below them started to rumble, the floor started to break apart along with it shifting from side to side. Natsu covered his mouth, a pale green colour forming on his face. The walls of the place they were in began to fall apart as well.
"I don't feel so good..."
"What's happening?!" The two started to levitate high in the air, going farther away from each other as if something were pulling them away. The two hung unto the broken apart floor, trying to get back on the ground.
"Crystal! Grab my hand!" The pinkette extended his arm towards hers, Crystal did the same.
"I'm trying!"
So close yet so far away... Their fingers met for a split moment before the gravitational force pulled them both into opposite directions, deep within the darkness.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" They both yelled, going out of each other's sight.
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Whatever force pulled Crystal away from Natsu, the force made her go into the darkness and she ended up somewhere else. Like in a different part of the guild but how did that happen? This guild sure is strange, reeked dark magic.
She fell flat on her face, white, hot needles shot through her head. However she got here, she fell hard. The bluenette got off the floor and stood up crooked, her vision blurry.
Crystal looked up towards the holes in the roof. The sky was a dark gray, the loud sounds of thunder boomed, making the cobblestone ground shudder with every impact.
The sky blue haired woman looked around at her surroundings, a familiar smell filling her nostrils.
Strawberry cake and rain. Only one person had that scent...
Erza.
Crystal let a small smile come to her lips as she spotted her scarlet hair in the distance. Without a second thought, she ran towards her, calling her name but got no response.
"Thank goodness!" Crystal grinned, looking at the scarlet haired woman who had her back turned to her. Her hair was in one, she wore a white bandages around bust.
Her pants were to her ankles, they were red and had yellow flames imprinted at the bottom of it. A black outline going around the flames on her pants.
"I found you, Erza! I dunno where we are but I have a theory that we're in Taskimada's guild. I know you probably don't want to see my face right now but all of your questions will be answered after the War!"
Bandage-wrapped katanas formed within Erza's hands.
"I got separated from Natsu but I'll tell you afterwards. We need to work together," Crystal smiled, "So, what'd ya say, Erza?"
The grip on Erza's swords tightened, turning around slowly and slashed at Crystal with both katanas. The bluenette reacted quickly, putting her arms in front her face and took the impact.
The blades cut through the long sleeves of her jacket, blood dripping down the swords. Crystal jumped backwards away from Erza, looking at her arms in shock.
"What's with you,nErza?!" Crystal growled, looking at the deep cut wounds that leaked out crimson blood. The sky blue haired assassin took a good look at her friend, noticing the dark circles underneath her red eyes.
Wait. Red eyes?
Titania came charging at Crystal with both of her swords in hand, looking to swing at her again but she jumped backwards again away from her.
"What's wrong with you, Erza?! Why are your eyes red?!"
The scarlet haired woman didn't listen, instead, her body glowed a golden yellow colour as her clothes and weapons changed.
Almost every part of the armor she requiped was seemingly made of silver metal. The upper part of this armor only consists of a small breastplate that is composed of feather-shaped plates pointing upwards with a large metal flower on the front which extends along her hips. Her biceps are covered by metal straps and her very large plated gauntlets sport feather-shaped plates at the edges.
Her waist is circled by large, decorated plates reminiscent of feathers that lie on a long skirt. She wore a pair of plated boots which is partially hidden under her skirt, each sporting metal ornaments shaped like wings.
Erza also wore a neck guard made of feather-like plates and a tiara with prominent metal wings. The armor also sports two pairs of large metal wings which adorn Erza's back, composed of metal feathers which get longer and larger at the edges.
In her hands, pair of simple swords with blue embellishments along the blade that feature feather-shaped handguards.
Heaven's Wheel...
The sky blue haired woman hissed, her eyes narrowing.
"Shit." She cursed underneath her breath, watching Erza fly up in the air, charging back down at her.
Crystal took out her Blue Fire Dragonslayer Sword and blocked the attack of Erza's blades, the ground below them shook as the wind circled around them for a second. The bluenette gritted her sharp fangs, her eyebrows knitted.
"Snap out of it, Erza!" Crystal tried to reason with her. Erza, however, had a large smile on her face, pressing down harder.
A light blue circle appeared behind her, the smirk on Erza's face turned wider.
"Dance, My Swords!"
Multiple different swords came behind her, Crystal cursed as she glared at her scarlet haired 'friend'. The swords charged at a fast rate at her, sending her flying back from the impact, head first into the hard cobblestone. The swords came back to her as it disappeared.
Erza came down to the floor, her face turned back into an expressionless one as her feet moved towards the gray mist that surrounded Crystal but she stopped abruptly.
Suddenly, a blue glow illuminated the gray mist as it disappeared. The sky blue haired woman erupted from the mist, her dark blue eyes had an angry and resentful gleam to them. Her sword had a bright blue glow to it, looked as if it were vibrating.
Her body had mere scratches but her face had the most. A large slit across her left cheek, blood dripping down her face and lips.
"I've fought you one too many times to know most of your spells in your armors. Heh, and people call me the strongest," Crystal wiped the blood off her chin, "I really don't want to fight you, Erza... But you really are pissing me off."
The scarlet haired woman rose one of her hands up, different type swords surrounding her in a circular motion.
"Erza... Snap out of whatever you're under! I will not hesitate to fight you! Don't make me do this!"
Her hand dropped, sending all the swords that were circling around her directly to Crystal. The bluenette sighed, holding up her sword as tears formed in her eyes.
"I'm sorry... You made me do this..." The sky blue haired woman jumped in the air, raising her sword above her head.
"Blue Fire Dragon's: Roar!" She slashed her sword downwards, a large spiral of sapphire blue flames came out from the sword and deflected all the blades Erza had directed at her.
The scarlet woman reacted fast, requiping into a much more suitable armor for fighting fire.
Flame Empress Armor. This armor is predominantly dark red in color, but also has orange and black parts, with the orange parts being shaped like flames and the other parts being reminiscent of Dragon's limbs. It consists of the following parts: the breastplate, the gauntlets and the greaves.
The breastplate lacks pauldrons, revealing Erza's shoulders, and extends down to cover her groin, revealing her legs and, in a way, being reminiscent of a one piece swimming suit, with an orange part covering her breasts and another one circling her waist like a belt. The black parts are mostly decorative, with the exception of the one covering her groin. The breastplate also possesses a pair of Dragon-like wings attached to it. The gauntlets sport prominent orange decorations, along with small claw-like protrusions on the hands.
The greaves are shaped like Dragon's claws which possess orange-colored knee guards and black parts which extend up from the knees to the upper part of the thighs. In addition to all of this, while donning this outfit, Erza's hair is tied into a pair of high, long pigtails by clips, resembling Dragon's horns in some way.
Erza jumped out of the way, holding her orange and red sword in her hands. The two had a stare off for a moment before dashing at each other, their swords clashing as a sonic boom of air came from their swords colliding with each other.
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The pink haired man rose off of the ground, looking around at his surroundings. He was somewhere else again...
He internally groaned, he was on top of a ledge. A huge, gapping hole in front of him, from what he saw, the sky was a dark gray that strongly resembled the clouds of when a storm was goiny to occur. There were lightening flashes, small twisters in the distance. Thunder boomed with every flash of lightening.
"The hell?" Natsu raised an eyebrow, looking down at his feet. He walked a bit closer to the edge to see what was going on, there were several more floors. The earth was cracked and dried up as if a drought had passed through.
The winds were beyond powerful, hitting him in the face like a truck. Natsu turned around and saw an unconscious, short white haired woman in an orange top along with purple shorts. The pinkette gasped, running over to her.
While he was running, he caught smell of a strangely familiar scent. He stopped in his tracks, looking around to see where it could be coming from.
Coconuts with a hint of blackberries.
'No...' Natsu shook his head, going towards his unconscious friend. He knelt down and held her in his hands, shaking her slightly.
"Lis? Lis! Wake up!"
The white haired woman groaned, slowly opening her blue eyes to meet his gun-metal gray ones. Lisanna sat up, rubbing her eyes.
"Natsu...? W-where are we?"
"I dunno, actually. I just found ya here but Chrissy said that we could be in the Demonic Flame guild."
"Chrissy?" Lisanna raised an eyebrow, "You found Crystal-san?"
"Well..." Natsu rolled his eyes, "I wasss with her but then some shit happened. No time to explain! We need to find the others! Defeat some people, kill Taskimada, go home with everyone, get married and have babies!"
He cheered as he stood up, pulling her up with him. A light blush coated her cheeks, making him cock his head slightly.
Then it dawned on him, "Oh! No-no! Not with you, I meant! I meant with Crystal- gahhh! Not you, Lis! I'm not insulting you or anything but I just- ahhh- I should shut up now..."
"Yeah, that's for the best..." Lisanna giggled.
"Aight', let's go! We need to hurry!" Natsu grabbed her by her wrist, running the way he found her with speed, despite all her protesting to slow down.
'Noo... Crystal's gonna be heartbroken! That can't be... That scent... I can't... She's here?! No... That-that's someone else... Please let it be someone else...'
Natsu frowned, 'I wonder what Crystal's doing right now... I hope she's okay...'
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The sky blue haired woman stood up straight, holding her sword in her right hand as she heavily panted. Bruises all over her body along with slash marks and slits. Her head had a streak of deep red blood down her forehead, her pink lips red, stained with her own blood and Erza's blood.
Erza, however, was in worst condition. She had burnt wounds on her pale skin, blood running down the side of her chin. Large slits on her cheek and one across her nose, near her eyes. Deep wounds embedded on her thighs.
She was her Robe of Yūen, a traditional Japanese styled kimono that had her thighs and chest exposed. The kimono's sleeveless and also a type of purple along with pink. Flowers imprinted at the sides of it and wooden sandals to match.
In her hands was a bisentō, a large Japanese polearm similar to a halberd. The blade has a cove at the start of the blunt side of the blade, a small hole above the cove, and an even smaller hole above the small hole.
The two heavily panted, glaring at each other.
"I..." Crystal breathed, "I don't want to... Fight you anymore... E-Erza..."
The scarlet haired woman just kept her scowl, her eyes narrowed at the bluenette. Crystal had no energy left to fight Erza, neither of them did. They've been at it for such a long time, tired and deprived of strength. Breathless...
She had to negotiate. She had to rely on getting her out of the Mind Manipulation...
Or they both die like this.
Erza held up her sword, looking ready to strike her once again until Crystal dropped her sword, making the scarlet haired woman raise an eyebrow at her sudden change in behavior but she still kept her sword up. The bluenette lifted her hands up in defeat, walking slowly but cautiously towards Erza.
"Erza... I... I don't want to fight you anymore. I never wanted to... Look, I surrender..." She walked a bit closer, Erza gripped the handle tighter. That made Crystal stop.
"Don't you see? Whoever's doing this wants us to be out fast. Take out some of the strongest ones first and kill the others, they're using you, Erza. You have to fight the control!"
Erza lowered the blade a bit, Crystal smiled softly as she took a few more steps toward her.
"Fight whatever entity is controlling you! The Erza I know won't just let someone take control over her like that! You're Erza Scarlet; Titania! Queen of the Fairies! A proud member of the Fairytail Assassination Guild! Not someone's puppet!" She walked closer.
Titania lowered her sword a bit more, looking off to the side as her eyebrows furrowed.
'What are you waiting for, Scarlet!? She's right there! Hurry up and kill her!'
Water pooled up in Crystal's eyes, putting her hands down, "I want my Erza back... The one I grew up with. The one who I considered my closest friend..."
"My big sister..." Erza gasped, lowering her sword completely as she faced Crystal, tears forming at the corners of her red eyes.
"I..." The scarlet haired woman spoke before her sword disappeared out of her hands, they went to her head as she let out an ear-piering scream that made Crystal cringe slightly.
"I WON'T DO IT! CRYSTAL IS MY FRIEND! NOT MY EMEMY! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Tears streamed rapidly down her cheeks, "Leave me alone! I won't do it! Crystal is..."
"My little sister..."
'Play that way then, I'll come and kill you both myself! How dare you break my control!? I'll have your head, Scarlet! Both you and Master's Daughter!'
With that, her eyes returned back to its normal colour. Her brown eyes going back to its original size as the dark circles underneath her eyes disappeared. Erza lost balance, tipping over her two feet and falling into the arms of Crystal, on top of her bust.
"Erza..." Crystal raised her up, looking at her eyes and letting a small smile of relief come to her lips.
"C-Crystal..." Erza looked up at her, frowning, "You need to get out of here."
"We both need to. I'll carry you if I have to," She placed Erza to stand up on her own.
"No... I mean, you need to get out of here, now. Without me..."
"W-what? You... Can't be serious..."
"There's no other choice. I'll fight her on my own," Erza faced away from her, her outfit changing once more into her normal fighting robes, two twin katanas appearing in her hands.
"Her? You're in no condition to fight! Let's just get out of here!" Crystal pleaded.
"I'll fight till my last breath... Which will probably happen now, I still have faith I will win. But if I don't, tell everyone how much I love them," Erza smiled, "After the War, when you have kids, name one after me."
"You're going to be there with me as well! For my wedding! When I have kids! We're gonna grow old together and die together! Scaring the shit out of people as ghosts..." More tears came to her dark blue eyes, "Just like we talked about when we were children... There must be another way!"
"If there was, would you think I'd be suggesting this?" Erza's bangs covered her eyes, "This is the only way, you need to leave me..."
"No!" Crystal protested, "I won't leave you!"
"Crystala!" Erza bellowed, turning around quickly, "There's only a matter of time when Haruka Yuuki will arrive! I don't want you getting hurt any more!"
"But... If you don't make it, I'll never see you again..." A tear slid down her cheek, Crystal covered her face. Erza gave her a smile.
"You know, when we were younger. I'd tell you 'good riddance' if you said that to me..." Erza sighed, "You were a pain in the ass... After we were transferred into the guild, you always hung around. Always bugging me even when I told you to leave me alone."
"You were annoying. You were so incredibly annoying... Painfully outgoing and so damn stubborn. You would never listen to anyone, not even Master... Even when I knew what you went through, I still ignored you whenever you wanted to play."
"All these years when we were younger..." Erza narrowed her eyes, "I loathed you. I hated you. Despised you... For such a long time..."
"I don't give a fuck! Hate me now! Hate me in the future! Hate me in the past! I'm not leaving you, Erza!" Crystal hiccuped, "You were my first friend and I love you! You were...!"
"How many times must I tell you?! Crying never solves anything, Crystala! How long are you going to be a spoiled, crying child and grow up for once?!"
Tears streamed down her red cheeks, dripping unto the broken up cobblestone below.
"What's more important to you?! Our memories?! Your guilty conscious?! No! It's the ability to save our friends! To have a family and live a prosperous life! You can lose everyone else or you can just lose me!" Tears came to Erza's eyes.
"Now hurry up and leave! Natsu isn't coming this time! Taskimada's all up to you!"
The bluenette wiped away her tears.
"SCARLETTTTT!" A loud voice came from all the way at the end of the hallway, Erza gasped loudly.
"I love you... Erza Scarlet, I love you so much..."
"Yeah, I know! NOW GO FAR AWAY FROM HERE!"
Crystal shook her head constantly before running off, taking up her sword and putting behind her back. She gave Erza one last glance before running off again, tears blinding her vision.
'Watching her run off like that...' The scarlet haired woman frowned, 'It makes me feel... Hurt... My chest had a sort of tightness to it...'
Out of nowhere, a woman in red, Chinese kimono styled wear came dashing towards Erza. Her long, pink flowed in the wind as a bun at promptly on top her head, her bright green eyes filled with disgust and anger. Her thighs were out and as well as her chest.
She held a two bladed sword in her hands. A golden belt wrapped around her waist, paper in a little pouch she had connecting to her belt. She had red, flat shoes on.
Haruka Yuuki. One of the 10.
"SCARLETTTTT!" Titania held up her swords but wasn't able to deflect the harsh attack of Haruka's twin-bladded sword. She was sent flying back into the cobblestone, seeing that Crystal was out of plain sight.
'I meant what I said... I hated that little brat she was long ago but my chest is on fire...'
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"Erza! Come play with me!"
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'I can't...'
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Erza; 10 years old
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"You shouldn't shut everyone out, Erza!" The small, sky blue haired girl pouted her pink lips.
"It's always good to have someone by your side! Never be ashamed of your friends! It's not a crime to protect the people you care about!"
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Erza; 11 years old
"Bath time"
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The scarlet haired girl sat in the bathtub of Fairy Hills, her face getting constantly splashed by all the water that Crystal threw at her face. The bluenette giggled, holding a soapy, yellow, rubber duck in her hands.
"Come on! Play with me, Erza! Isn't this fun!?"
Erza growled in annoyance, standing up and going out of the bathtub. She grabbed a towel and moved towards the door until a voice stopped her.
"Wait! Where are you going?!"
"I have no time for your childish games, Crystala! Levy and I have a job to do, I have no interest in playing with you."
Crystal frowned as tears came to her eyes, "Please... Don't go... You're the only person that stayed this long with me..."
Erza grimaced, how could she say no to a pleading voice like that? She placed the towel back on the hanger and got back into the tub to meet a smiling girl.
"I'm not staying long."
"That's okay! As long as you at least spend a little time with me!"
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'My chest... Even if those feelings are still lingering from time to time... I...'
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Erza; 15 years old.
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"I'm going on a mission, it'll take me a while," The sky blue haired teenager said, walking towards her scarlet friend who sat alone by the river.
"I'll be back in two weeks time."
Erza sat up, dusting herself off, "Take Natsu or Gray with you. I don't want you getting hurt."
"I'm not a baby, Erza. I can handle myself!" Crystal puffed her cheeks, "I don't need any man to protect me!"
"You were almost killed the last mission. Stop being so stubborn and just take one of them with you. Or at least take Mirajane."
"I said I'm good!"
Erza sighed.
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Erza; 10 years old
"Broken toy"
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"You see! I told you so! You never listen to me and now your toy's broken and you're crying like a baby!" Erza scolded the 9 year old Crystal. The bluenette wailed at her broken up doll she had just gotten for her birthday from Lisanna.
"G-g-g-gomenasi, Erz-Erza! I was just bringing it here so I can p-play with you!"
"Play with me?!" Erza tisked, "Honestly. Go play with someone else for a change! Like Natsu or Gray! Or Lisanna! Geez, for the last time, leave me alo-"
"They don't wanna play with me..." Crystal sniffled, cutting her short on her sentence, "You're the only person who's my friend... I like when we play together even when you're mad at me..."
"A 'friend'? What's a 'friend'?" Erza seemed genuinely curious as to what this 'friend' thing was all about. Crystal wiped her tears away, putting a finger on her chin.
"I... Um..." She smiled, "I don't remember!"
The scarlet haired girl sighed, "You're hopeless..."
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Erza; 24 years old
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Erza and Crystal sat down by a river stream that was near their guild. The sky blue haired woman rubbed her slightly big stomach with a smile, the gentle breeze blowing passed her face.
"You're happy now, right?" Erza questioned, "This is what you wanted. A family, marriage and friends..."
Erza didn't expect Crystal to answer but when she did, it made her gasp softly.
"Yeah..." Crystal faced Erza, her dark blue eyes staring into her brown ones, "It's so nice to finally be at peace and to settle down with a family..."
Her smile turned bigger as her eyes softened, "To be with all of you. It's nice, really... I'm definitely not depressed anymore..."
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Tears dripped out of her dark brown jewels, rolling off the side her face and into her ears where it dripped on the floor.
'Those days I spent with you... Were one of the happiest days of my life, I'll cherish them, even from beyond the grave...' Erza sat up, taking her swords in her hands as she got back up and stared at Haruka who held up her blades at her.
'I... Hated you for such stupid reasons and I'll never forgive myself for neglecting you like that...' Tears trickled down her cheeks, 'I'll miss you...'
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'I'll miss you so much, Crystala Dragnela... I wish, I could make it up to you, dammit... You suck... I'm gonna miss you badly, your flaws and all...'
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