Alrighty guys! New chapter is now up! Been a week, yeah, but that ain't stopping me. 13k words for this chapter, more than what I've written in the past so I'd say that is pretty satisfying for me.

Guest (1): I'll definitely consider them. I already got a couple for both Erza and Mira to learn. Adding a couple more wouldn't hurt.

HavenofUmbar: When the time comes, they will. I don't plan on having any boring fights with other universal foes against Yusuke rest assured.

Guest (2): I'm actually not lol. I kinda disliked that play episode as well, so I'll be skipping over that.

Guest (3): It's a good idea...maybe in the future once she gets better control.

Guest (4): We'll see when we get there haha.

Guest (6): Don't worry, I write whenever I have time. With the rate I'm going, I'm looking at an additional 10 chapters before the end of the year. it generally takes me around a week to get a chapter done, revise it, and post it. So definitely a ton more in the very near future.

Guest (7): All I can say is that it'll happen before the Edolas Arc. It does seem to be awhile, yes, but that's when I have it planned. As for the situation I already have that planned as well of how things go.

So that's basically it for now. I will say that I might have put a certain someone a bit OOC at the parts where they're unintentional. I'm still trying to get in their heads, but in time I'll get it mostly down.

Anyway that's that. Hope ya'll enjoy!

Onwards!


'...I wonder what I'll have for lunch today…' Yusuke idly thought while lazily looking to the side...while in front of the Council.

"Yusuke Yasai! Are you paying attention?!" Councilman Org bellowed out.

"Uhh, of course." Yusuke replied eyeing the bearded man again.

It was currently in the late morning after Yusuke had dinner with Mirajane a few days ago. When he arrived where the guild was currently being built at, Makarov called him over. The Master of Fairy Tail had apparently been called in and about the whole Phantom incident and had to inform the Saiyan that he's been summoned as well. The Old Man insisted the Council the reason, but was told that he'll know soon enough depending on Yusuke's actions.

Though when he arrived, there were only eight out of the nine council members present. Councilwoman Ultear was nowhere to be seen.

"...As I was stating...with your recent actions as of late is rather...interesting." Org continued. The Saiyan sighed in exasperation.

"And?" He simple replied. A vein popped out of Org's forehead, some other members were shown annoyance, Siegrain was just seen with his eyes closed with a small grin, and Yajima just sighed.

"...we've come to receive clarification of reports showing that you, recently, were able to cancel out a Jupiter Cannon fire from Phantom Lord and was able to defeat Jose Porla, the Phantom Lord guild master."

"I would assume a lot of people have told your little army that. If so I don't know why I would be called here. What a waste of time." Yusuke spat out.

"You insolent-!"

"Now Councilman Org, we can simply abide then. Why don't we do so right now?" Siegrain said. Org took in a deep breath and let it out.

"We have called you here that in the loss of Jose Porla, we hereby...grant you the title as one of the Ten Great Wizard Saints...will you accept?" Org asked with reluctance.

"There's that again...Wizard Saint?" Yusuke asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Correct. You will be noted as one within Ishgar. Following that you defeated Jose Porla who is now defected as a Saint, you will take his place as one of the Ten. You will be requested by the Council if need be with no qualms."

"Okay, so a name that I don't need and will be a suck-up to the government then."

"How...dare you?! You would talk ill towards two of the great positions in the continent?!"

"Look here geezer, you know very well I don't use magic. I use my own set of skills. So being called a Wizard Saint would be pretty ridiculous. And I don't want to be involved in the democracy you got going here. I refuse to be one. Now if that's all then I'm out of here." Yusuke stated as he turned heel towards the large wooden double doors, opened them and walked out. He could hear cursing from various members behind him and he couldn't help but laugh quietly to himself. "Tch, how ridiculous..."


"You got back quickly, what happened?" The barmaid asked as she set down a mug in front of the black-haired teen.

"Nothing much. They just asked me something that I turned down." He replied lifting the mug.

"...what did they ask you?" Mira asked with genuine curiosity.

"They wanted me to be one of the Saints." Yusuke replied simply. The white-haired maiden eyes widened and dropped her towel. Makarov who was sitting nearby spat out his beer.

"T-They asked you to be...one of the Ten Great Wizard Saints…?" Mira asked incredulously.

"Why did you refuse Boy?" Makarov asked looking over at him.

"Why would I need it? I don't use magic, and being with the Council doesn't sound any better." He shrugged. Mira regained her composure and simply giggled at him and Makarov sighed while rubbing his eyes. The Saiyan spotted Erza nearby looking at job requests. '...she had a distant look in her eyes this morning when we were training...hm.' Yusuke stood up and started to walk over to her.

In front of the request board Erza was currently looking for a job to pass the time. The redhead had her mind away from things ever since Yusuke and Mira had their date. In Erza's guts, it wasn't a good feeling and she had come to realize that she was jealous. Did she really have something going on for the black-haired teen?

'It's...so confusing...' Erza thought. She shook her head and continued to wander the request board with her eyes.

"Hey Erza." Yusuke said out of nowhere, next to her.

"Y-Yusuke!" Erza jumped a bit.

"Lookin' for another job to do huh?"

"Y-Yes...I am…" She said while still looking at the papers. Her heart raced a bit at the close proximity they were at. As far as Erza knew, both him and the barmaid had only gone to dinner together. She wanted to get rid of the feeling she had ever since and decided that maybe doing a job would be best for her. An idea went through her mind and she turned her head towards Yusuke. "Do you want to go on one with me?"

"Heh, what a coincidence. I was just about to ask the same thing." Yusuke chuckled. She looked at him full wide-eyed.

"Really? What for?"

"Just wanted to talk with you is all. So, wana do the honors of picking one?"

Erza looked back at the board to observe the papers once again and caught one that went for eight-hundred thousand Jewels. She reached out to grab it with her gauntlet covered hand. Yusuke looked down and eyed the paper she held.

'This is…' Erza thought in her head, slightly widening her eyes.

"Protection wanted in an upcoming high class ball. Rumors of thieves may plot to steal a family heirloom displayed in the ballroom...Alright sounds easy enough." Yusuke said. '...guess I should go buy that white shirt now…'

"Very well. We leave in an hour." Erza said.

"...just us two?"

"I did mention 'with me'." Erza pointed out.

"You sure the others shouldn't come?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes." Erza said with a stern glare at him. He sweatdropped a bit.

"Well, alright then." Yusuke shrugged.

"I'll be back at the site until then." Erza said, walking away from all of the construction. Yusuke went back to the bar where just Mira was at.

"Going on a job again?" The barmaid asked.

"Yeah, Erza just picked one. We'll be leaving in about an hour." Yusuke replied.

"What is it?"

"Protecting something important from a rich family. We'll be going to a ball soon."

"A-A ball…? As in...a dance party?" Mira asked surprisingly.

"Yeah, we should be back in a few days since it's not until tomorrow night." Yusuke said.

"...and I assume that the whole team will be going?"

"Actually, she just wanted me to come along. Well, least there's going to be less damage this time...I hope," But something occurred to him that this one was going to be a job that'll take awhile, rather than just a few hours. "I should pack some stuff then…well, see ya later Mira."

"B-Bye…" The barmaid waved at him as he flew off from the construction zone. She struggled to keep a calm face as she was sweating a bit. Just him and Erza alone on a job for a few days? She felt her blood boiling a bit at the thought. She inhaled and exhaled quietly to calm herself. 'It...shouldn't be that bad...should it?'

Unknown to her, the Fairy Tail Master continued to drink out of his mug with closed eyes. He internally chuckled to himself.


"...hope I got everything…" Yusuke said as he checked his bag again for all the clothes the Saiyan was going to have for a few days. During the time he left the teen went to the same store he and Cana went almost a few days before and bought a white dress shirt and black tie that he thought was enough to go to the future ball in. Of course, the Saiyan put in the same clothes he wore with his dinner with Mira in as well. It should suffice. Nodding in approval, he closed his bag and headed out of his apartment and flew to the construction site.

Erza was already there as she was seen sitting at the makeshift bar in her usual Heart-Kreuz armor. He landed down in front of it, and caught Erza's and a few others' attentions.

"Are you ready?" The Knight asked him.

"Yup, let's head out." Yusuke replied gesturing a thumb in a direction. Erza stood from her stool and started to float in the air. She started to go higher and soon flew away. Yusuke did the same while still holding his bag.

"Come back soon Yusuke!" Mira called out. The Saiyan looked back down to see Mira looking up at him from the bar.

"This'll be easy, don't worry!" Yusuke shouted back and waved at her. He turned to where Erza left and shortly flew after her. He caught up with Erza in no time and went right next to her. They were now outside the forest that was connected to Magnolia, still heading to their destination. "Better than the train huh?"

"Yes. I'm glad you taught me...and that I'm able to do so." She said with a smile. Her face made a look of recognition of what Yusuke said an hour earlier. "You said you were going to ask me on a mission together to talk...what about?"

"Oh, right. We can worry about that later when we get to the city. Wouldn't want us to get distracted for now do we?" He said looking at her. She nodded in approval and looked ahead again. The Saiyan grinned and figured a bit of light play would excite things in their flight. "Though, it would help if we picked things up a bit."

"What are you saying…?" The redhead asked with raised eyebrows, looking next to him.

"Think ya can go faster than the way you are now? Think of this as more practice." He replied with playful eyes.

"Fine, I'll show you." Erza said while frowning a bit. She looked ahead again and concentrated on bringing out more energy. With all of her practice of firing off Ki blasts, she knew how to draw it out easily now. Erza did so, and while Yusuke kept at the same speed he's been using, she started to fly ahead of him.

"Not bad, bring out some more and go faster!" The Saiyan called out. The knight looked back towards him, looking a bit unsure. "Go past your limits! Push yourself!"

Erza narrowed her eyes. She looked ahead again and tried bringing out more of her reserves. To her slight surprise she managed to go faster than before. Yusuke upped his speed a bit, still trailing behind her, all the while smiling.

"You're gonna have to do better than that! You have plenty more to bring out!" Yusuke taunted a bit.

"I'm...not so sure…!" Erza shouted back. The Saiyan went ahead and flew under the knight with his front body facing her. She looked down to see him with his arms crossed and held a smirk on his face.

"Now I don't think that's the Erza I know. C'mon!" Yusuke gibed. Erza's eyebrows twitched a bit at his actions. Here he was, easily able to maneuver himself the way he's doing right now. Erza might have gotten good and used to flying by now; a few twirls and spins here and there, but she couldn't constantly handle what Yusuke is doing.

The redhead tore her gaze from him and looked ahead again. She frowned in concentration, trying to break past the barriers she thought was there.

Yusuke felt her bringing more out again. His eyes slightly widened as he saw a visible white haze around her body. She flew ahead of him once again at a greater speed than the first time. The Saiyan turned his body around and put his arms to his side.

"She brought out her aura...impressive…" Yusuke said smiling. She was a few meters ahead of him, and he matched her speed in an instant, catching up to her. He saw her sweating and squinting her eyes a bit at the rate she's going. "Having a hard time?"

"...hardly…" Erza said trying to be nonchalant.

"I guess you haven't noticed then…" Yusuke said smirking a bit at her. She eyed him curiously.

"...noticed what?"

"Let's stop for a second." Yusuke announced. They both did so and floated in midair. Erza was seen panting a bit. "Alright, take a breather for a moment, let me show you."

The Saiyan backed away from her. He brought out his Ki and his white aura flared around him as wind picked up. Erza was currently staring at him idly.

"Now you do it." Yusuke said as the winds died down.

"M-Me…?" Erza asked with raised eyebrows.

"Simply let it out around your body." He instructed. She looked down and balled her fists. Erza blinked in surprise as she managed to do so a few seconds later as a dim white light surrounded her person. The redhead looked at her armored hands, her scarlet hair fluttered slightly from her aura, and a slight breeze came from her.

"This is…" Erza started.

"Your aura. It's a start. With more control you'll be a force to be reckoned with." Yusuke said with a grin. Erza relaxed her body to allow her reserves to rest. She looked up at him with a smile.

"I really am improving…"

"What? You think my methods wouldn't work? I'm hurt Erza." He feigned in jest.

"I…" Erza tried to say. The Saiyan laughed, both relieving her and slightly annoying her at the same time.

"I'm kidding. But really, you started to already improve the first day you trained. Showing progress like this proves you can go even further." Yusuke turned his head in the direction where they need to go. "C'mon, shouldn't be too far now where we need to go. One last push."

"Right. Let's continue." Erza said nodding. They both flew off again heading to their job location.


Yusuke and Erza landed firmly on the ground near the entrance of the city of their current mission. It was rather ordinary looking. Stone roads with normal modern looking buildings. Stalls were set up selling merchandise, people crowded the streets, lamps were set up in between buildings. Both Fairy Tail members started to walk through the crowd.

"So where are we going to meet them?" Yusuke asked. Erza pulled out the job request out of nowhere.

"It seems to be deeper into the city where many of the wealthy residents are." She answered.

"Eh you got the paper, I'll just follow your lead."

"Could have done so in the first place…" She muttered.

With more exploring through the city, they eventually came to the area of the rich. Erza led Yusuke to the house they were suppose to meet their clients at. But saying it's a house is a bit of an understatement.

"Hmm. Typical rich environment...tall walls, metal gates, lush grass...and the mansion far away from us." Yusuke humored as both of them stood in front of a tall metal gate. A guard near it walked up to us.

"Hold it you two, state your business." The gruff man said.

"We are from Fairy Tail. We accepted a job for this family for the upcoming ball." Erza stated showing the guard the job paper. He looked at it and nodded his head. He turned around cupping a hand to his mouth.

"Open the gates!"

The metal gates smoothly opened a moment later, inviting the two Fairy Tail members. The both of them started to go in and looked around their surroundings. The walk was going to be a rather long one as the mansion looked as if it was almost a mile away. Out in the distance on either sides of them were more grass in good health within the walls. Tall hedges decorated on top of the grass in various shapes. Trees were neatly organized around them, as if the trees were man made.

"Okay, I'm flying there. This is too boring." Yusuke said as he flew away to the mansion. Erza sighed but agreed that it was a bit of a walk. She also followed his actions and flew after him. A minute or so, they both landed in front of the mansion. It was gold and white, glistening under the sun. A fountain can be seen behind them inside a large oval roadway. "Yup, typical rich people."

"Let's try not to get distracted." Erza said while walking up to the golden-brown colored double doors. She knocked on it with a clang due to her metal-covered hands. A few seconds later one of the doors opened to reveal a butler.

"Ah, I presume you are the mages that has accepted the job?" The butler asked.

"Yes, we are from Fairy Tail." Erza stated as she showed the mark on her left arm. Yusuke did the same as he rolled up his gray sleeve to reveal the white mark under his left forearm.

"If you would follow me please." He said walking inside. Both Fairy Tail members walked inside and the door closed behind them. Inside, rooms with open doorways with light shining through were seen. The walls were painted white, half pillars were seen as if they were merged with walls in gold color. The floor they walked on were tiles that were polished.

"Another comment…" Erza started looking next to him.

"Hey I ain't saying anything." Yusuke said using his arms to defend himself.

After a couple of turns in hallways, the butler led them to room that had a double wooden door that was closed. He opened one to reveal a bright room of the sun shining through windows on their left with several bookshelves hugging against the wall on their right. In the center of the room was a decorated rug and on top of it were two red leather couches facing against each other and a oval table in between them. Erza and Yusuke saw two people sitting on one of the couches facing them looking to be in the mid-forties.

One of the people was a man who had ruffled dark gray hair sticking in several directions. He had facial hair that went from his sideburns to his chin. He wore a regular brown suit with a white dress shirt underneath and red tie tucked inside his jacket. Finishing off his appearance were black shoes he wore.

The other person was a woman. Her brown hair was elegantly put into a bun. She wore a light gold colored dress with straps on her shoulders, her cleavage openly presented. Her look was finished off with simple white slip-ons.

"Hello there mages. Please, have a seat." The Man politely instructed. The Saiyan and Knight did so by sitting on the couch closest to them.

"It's wonderful to have our request accepted in time for our ball. We graciously appreciate it." The Woman said. "Please allow me to introduce myself, I am MaryAnn Rutherford."

"And I am Phillip Rutherford." He said bowing his head a little.

"No need to be so formal Mister and Misses Rutherford. I am Erza Scarlet." Erza greeted.

"Yusuke Yasai. It's a pleasure." The Saiyan greeted.

"Let us start things off by showing you the heirloom we keep." Phillip said going behind the couch.

He lifted up a glass case in the shape of a cube. Inside the case were various accessories. Two bracelets made out of gold with a ruby, sapphire, emerald, and opal gem on them. Carvings were seen on the gold of the bracelet. On a small mannequin that only displayed a neck and upper torso, it wore a gold necklace with a simple, but rather large, diamond in the middle. if one would squint closely, they could see carvings cleverly on the gold of the necklace as well.

"One of my ancestors was a smith. He enjoyed making several accessories, and these happen to be his greatest works. We plan on giving them to our son and daughter in the upcoming ball, however due to a close acquaintance of ours, he's informed us of a plot by thieves planning to take these away from us tomorrow night." Phillip explained.

"We've been planning this for months now and to have it canceled out of the blue would be just terrible. So we decided to ask help from any guilds that would accept this." MaryAnn said.

"You can put any worries to rest. Fairy Tail will ensure that nothing goes wrong during the whole event." Erza stated. The Saiyan next to her nodded in agreement.

"Thank you so much…! Here are your invitations for the both of you." Phillip said reaching to his inner pocket and taking out two envelopes. "Simply show these to the person at the door. Then you may begin to observe any unusual activity. We hope to see you at the beginning throughout the end."

Erza reached and took both envelopes with a thanks and handed one to Yusuke. Both Fairy Tail mages stood from their couch ready to leave.

"We will be here tomorrow evening as instructed." Erza said.

"Thank you. We appreciate it again for the help." MaryAnn said. The Knight and Saiyan left the room and soon out of the house back to the city.


"So what do you wana do? We still got a whole day ahead of us and tomorrow. It'll be awhile till the ball." Yusuke asked with his hands behind his head.

"...we can go looking for an inn first. There just so happens to be one close to our clients. We can check-in there." Erza said.

"And after?"

"...w-we'll come to that after we set down our belongings."

Erza led Yusuke to an inn just near the outskirts of the wealthy community. They went inside and walked up to the front desk.

"Hello there! One room for two?" The lady behind the desk asked. Erza blushed at sharing a room with Yusuke while the latter was currently looking to the side rubbing the back of his head with slight pink dusting his cheeks.

"N-No...we'll have two rooms for one each please…" Erza managed to say.

"There's no need to be shy!" The lady chippered. The redhead slammed her fist on the desk with few chips of wood flying in several directions. The girl jumped back a bit while the black-haired teen sweatdropped.

"W-We will take two rooms!" Erza said again with redder cheeks.

"O-O-Okay ma'am…" She said while reaching under the desk. The lady pulled out two keys chained with a slip of paper that had a number on them. "H-Here are your keys. They're right across from each other...E-Enjoy your stay!"

"Thank you…" Erza said while taking one of the keys with her face still red. Yusuke did so as well and leaned in a bit towards the girl.

"Sorry about that...she can be...a bit over the top at times. She's really nice though." Yusuke whispered to her sheepishly. The lady simply chuckled.

"Yusuke!" Erza called out.

"Coming…!" The Saiyan replied going towards her. The redhead continued to walk while Yusuke went next to her. "A bit overboard don't ya think?"

"...it couldn't be helped." Erza said not looking at him.

"Eheh…"

They arrived at their rooms shortly after. Yusuke's had the room number "217" while Erza's room that was across from his had the number "216."

"Let's get everything settled in then come back out here." Yusuke said. The redhead nodded and used her key to open her door. The Saiyan did the same and went inside. The room was rather plain. A single bed against a wall in the middle of the room that was enough for one person with a nightstand and a lamp to the left of it. A dresser across from it, a porch that he could go out to and look down on the streets, and a bathroom door to the left of the bed as well.

He settled down his bag on the soft bed and began rummaging through his belongings. He pulled his jackets, tank tops, pants and underpants he was going to wear in the next couple of days. He left his suit and shoes for the ball in the bag and figured he'd just bring it out when the time comes.

"Not much for me to unpack really…" Yusuke looked ahead at the porch he had. He walked over and slid the glass door to the side and stood on the balcony. He stretched and gathered some fresh air. A minute later he figured it was enough. "Better head back."

The Saiyan walked away and closed the sliding door behind him. Grabbing his keys and walking out of the room he saw Erza already waiting in front of her door for him with her arms crossed under her bust, if her armor wasn't in the way.

"Alright, got any plans for today?" Yusuke said while locking the door to his room.

"Why don't we just...walk around and see what interests us." She suggested.

"Sounds good to me."

They walked out of the inn, now wandering around the streets where various stores and vendors were out and about. Erza stopped in her tracks and eyed one specific store. Or rather, a bakery. Yusuke stopped shortly after and looked behind him to see her eyeing the store with sweets in them. He couldn't help but chuckle at her for wanting some.

"Alright, let's head on in." The Saiyan said while still laughing a bit. He walked towards the bakery with Erza behind him. When they went inside, she beelined towards the baker behind the class counter.

"May I have a slice of your strawberry cheesecake please?" Erza asked with enthusiasm. The baker nodded and walked to all of the baked goods that was displayed for all to see. He reached in where Erza's favorite cake was and grabbed a slice to put on a plate. The redhead brought out a few Jewels and handed them to the baker and accepted the plate with a thanks.

"I'll have the same as her please." Yusuke said walking up to the man. He nodded and went to get another slice of the strawberry cake and handed it to the black-haired teen. Yusuke brought up a few Jewels as well and paid the baker. With the plate in hand, he walked over to where Erza was sitting at.

"Mmm…" She moaned with her eyes closed while having a fork in her mouth. Yusuke sat across from her and began to dig in as well. Erza went ahead and pierced the cake for another bite, but remembered what Yusuke said back at the request board. "You said you wanted to talk to me?"

"Well we're talking right now are we not?" Yusuke teased.

"Obviously…"

"But, yeah. I was just wondering if you're feeling alright or not." He asked. Erza stopped the fork midway to her mouth and looked at him.

"What do you mean?"

"This morning during training, you looked like you were out of it." Yusuke said with a bit of concern. While the three of them were in the woods still practicing firing off their Ki blasts, he couldn't help but notice Erza having a blank expression most of the time, as if she was in a trance.

"I...don't know what you're talking about." She said looking down at her cake.

"Man you're bad at lying."

"Really Yusuke, I'm fine." Erza stated. In reality, she was more than fine. She figured she could get away from her thoughts between him and Mira on this job. Not at this moment unfortunately.

Yusuke wanted to say more, but relented and went back to eating his own slice of cake. Erza looked up a bit to eye him as she put another piece of her treat in her mouth. As she ate, she couldn't help but bite her lip at her own curiosity.

"H-How was your dinner with Mira last night?" Erza asked while eating another piece.

"It was nice. A bit of small talk here and there while we ate. After that we just walked back to her house." Yusuke summarized. He left out the intimate parts, not because he was embarrassed; well slightly, but he didn't think it was necessary to tell them to Erza.

"Nothing else happened…?" She asked while biting on her fork. The Saiyan's thoughts went back to Mira telling her about her past, to holding hands with her, and her kissing him on the cheeks. His heart raced a little but again, he didn't think it was necessary to put out those details.

"Not really. We ate, talk and we left is just all about what we did."

"I see." Erza said simply while finishing the last of her cake. She felt relieved that that was all they did last night, but was still somewhat jealous that they went to some fancy restaurant. Then her thoughts went to the ball that they were going to go to tomorrow night. Her eyes widened at the revelation and couldn't help but smile in triumph. 'Maybe this is my chance…'

"Want to go now? Or do you want more?" Yusuke jokingly asked as he finished his own slice of cake.

"We can go now. Let's walk around some more." The Knight replied as she stood up and headed out to the door with the black-haired teen following behind her.

In the city they continued to walk for the rest of the day. They stopped and went past various shops and sellers on the streets. Another type of store Erza managed to spot with her eyes that was best suited for her. It was a blacksmith shop that had all the equipment a smith would need to craft weapons and armors. A forge, furnace, stone wheel, anvils, a blower and various tools littered the small area. Both Fairy Tail members went inside the shop where they figured most weapons and armors would be sold.

"Welcome! If you see anything you want to buy, feel free to come on up and purchase it!" The shopkeeper said. Inside the wooden building, various weapons ranging from swords to daggers to axes were hung on the wall and display cases. Suits of armors were worn by mannequins were set up against the walls.

Both teens browsed around the store. Erza eyed and picked up some weapons that interested her. Yusuke saw a large broadsword hanging against a wall. The seller came up to him.

"Interested sir?" The shopkeeper asked.

"Ehehe, not really. Blades aren't really my style." Yusuke replied. "But I would like to hold it if you don't mind."

"It's quite heavy, we had to get several other people to carefully carry and hang it on the wall."

"Ah can't be that bad."

"Can't be what bad?" Erza asked walking up to them.

"Think you can lift this Erza? Guy says it's pretty heavy." Yusuke asked her.

"Ooh! Titania of Fairy Tail?! Maybe you can!" The shopkeeper exclaimed. Erza eyed the broadsword in front of them and walked up to it and both men backed up a bit to allow her space. The Knight grabbed the hilt of the sword with both hands and was able to lift it up with a bit of a struggle.

"The weight on this is troublesome for someone my size…" Erza said pointing the sword to the front of her with little shaking.

"Here lemme try." Yusuke said as he wrapped his left hand around a space on the hilt that was covered by Erza. She let go of the sword, expecting him to drop it a bit. But to her slight surprise it stayed where she let go of it. Yusuke lifted the sword up with his left arm with ease and swung it in front of him a few times. "Hm, not bad I guess."

'Don't know why it still shocks me...he did manage to easily lift up Lullaby…' Erza thought as she shook her head.

"Wow you must be pretty strong." The shopkeeper complimented.

"Heh, thanks." Yusuke walked back to where the sword was hung and placed it back. He faced the Knight next to him. "See anything?"

"Not today. Maybe another time." Erza said. She headed towards the door. "Let's go."

"Have a nice rest of the day!" The shopkeeper said.

"You too!" Yusuke said back at him as he walked out of the door and went next to Erza. "So, day's almost over. Still got something in mind before we go back to the inn?"

"Well…" Erza began, she didn't really have anything to be honest. Her day with the black-haired teen was pretty lax, but enjoyed his company nonetheless. The scarlet-haired knight still wanted to do more before retreating back to their quarters though. For the umpteenth time today, her eyes rested on a building, or rather a restaurant in front of them. 'Will...will he do it?'

Her cheeks reddened as she glanced over at him, who was looking at her questioningly. Erza stopped and looked at her armored feet, and her hands shook as she clenched them into fists.

'Why is this so hard…!' The scarlet-haired beauty thought with quivering lips. She shut her eyes in frustration.

"Uhh...Erza?" Yusuke asked as he stopped next to her. He saw she was shaking a bit and had her eyes shadowed by her bangs. A moment later she shot her head up to look him in the eyes. The Saiyan could see her blush visibly with hardened eyes but trembling lips. She firmly pointed to something which he followed with his eyes. He blinked a couple of times at the targeted restaurant. 'Does she…?'

'W-W-Will you have d-dinner with m-me?!" Erza proclaimed. Her blush deepened to a color that would put her hair to shame. Yusuke looked back wide-eyed at her proposal. He's only seen her like this once in the time they've met.

'She's so nervous...How can I refuse?' Yusuke thought as he blinked again to regain his composure. Erza retracted her arm and looked away from him.

"I-I'm sorry! I...I seemed to have crossed the line...we can forg-"

"N-No. I'd be happy to go to dinner with you." Yusuke said smiling at her. She looked back at him full force with eyes wide as saucers, her flustered face still present. "How bout we go back to the inn for now and get ourselves ready? With a restaurant like that I'd assume you'd wana prepare?"

"R-Right...I-I'll see you there." Erza hastily floated upwards and shortly flew to the inn they were residing in that just so happens to be nearby. Yusuke stood in his spot for a moment taking in what happened.

'First Mira and now Erza…' Yusuke thought as his hand went through his hair. He sighed as he looked at the sky with the setting sun and walked back to the inn.

In Erza's room the redhead was currently naked in the bathroom shower. Her hands against the tile wall, and whether her red face was from the heat of the water or her thoughts she didn't know at the moment. But was most likely her thoughts as she kept feeling her heart racing at a fast rate. She looked down at her feet to shield her face from the water and relaxed her breathing.

"I could have done better...but he still agreed…" She said, silently congratulating herself. She turned off the water, now feeling more refreshed and grabbed a couple of large towels wrapping her hair and body. She stepped out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. Erza placed her index finger and thumb on her chin to try and figure out an appropriate outfit for the night. Thinking of the dresses she had through on her, she bumped her right fist on her left palm like a gavel and grinned. 'That'll do...I hope he likes it…'

Finishing her thoughts, her body glowed brightly.

Across from the knight's room, Yusuke was now finishing buttoning his white dress shirt with the very top one being left alone so he wouldn't choke to death. He had already put on his dress pants with a belt latched around it along with his leather black shoes. The Saiyan picked up the black blazer and put his arms through it and making himself comfortable in it by patting it down. He eyed the black tie hanging from his bag and figured that he wouldn't wear it just yet.

"I better make sure the envelope is safe…" He said walking over to his normal clothing thrown on the bed. He lifted up his gray jacket and reached into the pocket to pull out the envelope. He opened it to find a gold card with cursive writing on it. He opened up the card to read it inside. "You are cordially invited to the Rutherford Ball. The signature Rutherford stamp is proof of genuinity. Present this to the reception to be allowed into the festivities that night. They sure love their gold though…"

He closed the card and put it back into the envelope, and proceeded to tuck the envelope inside his inner pocket. Looking at himself again, he nodded in satisfaction that he was ready. The Saiyan sensed Erza just outside their doors, figuring that she must be all ready to go. Yusuke started to head out of the room. When he opened his door, he was greeted with a sight that could rival Mira's look on their dinner date.

"Do you like it...?" Erza asked while looking at him in the eyes and her hand rubbing against her other arm. She wore a purple dress that loosely hugged her body all the way down to her legs and was slitted all the way up to her upper thigh. Several colored flower-like designs decorated the sides and hem of her dress. The strands supporting the piece criss-crossed above her bust and around her neck. Her cleavage was shown through a diamond shaped opening below where the strands intersected. She wore white arm gloves that went all the way to her biceps and stood on red high-heels. Finishing off her appearance, her scarlet hair was tied into a loose bun with a bit of her red hair flowing behind her head and her bangs continued to decorate her face.

"Y-You look amazing..." Yusuke said after swallowing a lump in his throat.

"...you look great as well." Erza complimented while walking up to him. She reached up and adjusted the collar of his white dress shirt so that it was over his black blazer. The Saiyan's face heated up as her face was close to his. She finished it off by patting it in approval, but she soon realized the intimacy she was doing as her cheeks were flushed once again and stepped back. "S-Sorry, I don't know what came over me."

"I-It's fine, but thanks. I guess I didn't realize it myself." He said chuckling. "So, you all ready?"

"Yes. Let's head out." Erza nodded and walked first. Yusuke shortly followed her and both were soon out of the inn. Lights from street lamps now decorated the city and the redhead continued to walk to their destination with the Saiyan now next to her.

After a few minutes of walking and turning a couple corners they soon came upon the restaurant Erza had her eyes on.

Its name was La Rose Élégant brightly displayed. The front of the building was rather plain. Squared windows that showed the inside were placed on either side of the mahogany double doors with golden handles. The walls were concrete and painted in black. Lamps hung on either side of the double doors between it and the windows. Both Fairy Tail mages walked up to the door and the male reached out to open the door.

"Ladies first?" He said smirking.

"Thank you." Erza said smiling back at him and walked inside. He followed behind her and looked around as he walked in. Inside, pillars used to support the building were stripped in design, colored with gold and brown. Egg-shaped chandeliers hung on the white; but looked as if it was a golden-brown color from the dimly lit lights, ceiling with rings around it, tables were scattered on the clean, polished wooden floor with clean white cloths on them with brown leather chairs. Customers in fancy outfits sat everywhere with waiters and waitresses; that all wore pantsuits and vests, that were caring for their guests. Off to the side he saw a woman in a brown ponytail wearing a black frilly dress in front of a counter. She saw the two new customers and walked over to them with a smile.

"Hello! And welcome to La Rose Élégant! Dinner for two?" She asked.

"Yes." Erza answered. The lady grabbed two menus and gestured a hand forward.

"If you both would follow me please." She said while walking away, leading both the redhead and black-haired teen. They arrived at one of the tables near a window that had a three-prong candle already lit on the white cloth and napkins neatly folded with silverware inside. Yusuke and Erza sat down opposite each other while the woman set down a menu for both to look at. "Someone will be right with you to order any drinks. Enjoy your stay!"

With that, she walked away leaving the Knight and Saiyan to themselves. They both opened up the menus looking over at the various dishes, drinks, and appetizers.

'Hehe...pretty pricey once again...I think I got enough money…' Yusuke thought as he flipped a page. A moment later a waiter came up to their table.

"Hello there. Have you figured out what you'd like to drink?" He asked

"Water is fine for me."

"I would like glass of red wine please." Erza said. Yusuke eyeballed her but didn't comment on it.

"Very well. I'll come back with your drink shortly." The waiter walked away from the table, scribbling on the check.

"I didn't know you drank." Yusuke said.

"Not very often...very rarely actually...I figured this would be a good occasion. Is that alright with you?" Erza said.

"I don't mind." He shrugged and looked back at the menu. Just as the waiter said, he came back a minute later with their drinks in hand and placed them to the respective persons.

"Shall I allow you a few more minutes to browse around?" The waiter asked.

"I'm ready." Erza said.

"Yeah I think I am too." Yusuke said closing the menu.

"Very well, what would you like?" The employee asked. Erza told her order first, and then Yusuke after. The waiter picked up the menu's from under their arms and walked away to the kitchen with their order in hand.

"So, is that what you're gonna be wearing tomorrow night as well?" Yusuke asked.

"I plan on having a different one." Erza said while taking a sip of her drink. "I imagine that is what you brought?"

"Yeah. Just got this shirt today actually. Bought a tie as well, but, I didn't really want to mess with it."

"Ufu, don't know how to tie a tie?"

"Uhh...not really actually." The Saiyan said sheepishly.

Just like the night before for Yusuke, the dinner went on with some small talk between him and Erza. During that time the redhead kept drinking her wine and asking for refills. She's had two so far and on her way to the third one, and was getting a bit wobbly. Eventually the food they ordered came nearly an hour later. As per usual for the Saiyan, he immediately went to dig in while still keeping his manners. Erza however, was holding on to her silverware and simply eyeing the plate of food in front of her.

"Uhh...Erza you gonna eat?" Yusuke asked putting a fork full of food into his mouth.

"H-Huh? Oh...r-right…" Erza stuttered while looking at him. Her face was red at the moment and she was swaying left and right a bit.

"Are...you alright Erza?" Yusuke asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm...fine!" She exclaimed as she downed the rest of her third glass of wine.

'Oh no…' Yusuke thought as he frantically sweatdropped.

"I...I think I'll *hic* have another one…" Erza said while lazily raising a hand to call their waiter over.

"Erza I don't think you should drink anymo-" Yusuke started but the female wizard slammed a hand on the table interrupting him.

"I'll have another!" She said, trying to glare at the black-haired teen.

"Is something the matter?" Their waiter asked as he walked back to their table.

"Pour me another!" Erza shouted shoving the empty glass in front of the waiter's face.

"Uh, n-no. We'll have our check please, and take the food back with us." Yusuke said while looking sheepishly at him. The waiter nodded in response, understanding and left. "T-Thanks…"

"Yuuusukeee whyyyyyy?" Erza whined with comical tears flowing out of her eyes.

'Man she's a whole other person while drunk…' Yusuke thought while staring at her wide-eyed. The waiter came back with a check in hand as well as two boxes for takeout and a bag.

"Here you are sir." The waiter said, handing Yusuke the materials.

"Thanks." The Saiyan reached into his inner pocket for a wad of Jewels enough for both him and Erza and placed in on top of the check, giving it back to the waiter. "Keep the change."

"You have a good night sir and madam." The waiter bowed and left them. Yusuke quickly opened up the boxes and placed both his portion of the food into one and Erza's into the other. He closed both simultaneously, stretched opened the bag, placed one box over another, and put them inside the bag, tying it to close it. He went over to Erza and wrapped his arm around her shoulder to make her move out of her seat.

"C'mon let's go back Erza."

"...okaaay…" Erza slurred with her head tilted to her left side. Yusuke guided themselves out of the restaurant and out into the open streets.

'Don't people usually get like this after they had like ten glasses or something? Man she must not be a heavy drinker.' Yusuke thought while still guiding her through the night streets. He stopped suddenly when he sensed several people nearby around them.

"Well...lookie what we got here. Hehehehe…" A deep voice said.

"Looks like we're getting ourselves lucky tonight!" Another said.

Out from the shadows of alleys, a group of six men came up to the two Fairy Tail members. Yusuke narrowed his eyes looking at them.

'Ah great...these kind of guys it sounds like.' The Saiyan thought while keeping an eye on them.

"Hey buddy, looks like she's a bit much for ya. Why don't we handle it from here?" One said.

"I'll pass shithead. I suggest you get you and your goons get the hell out of here before I curbstomp all of you. Literally." Yusuke threatened.

"Well if you're gonna play it like that, get em guys!"

All of them charged in grinning madly at their prey.

"Yuuusukee...whaat's gooing on…?" Erza said wobbling her head.

"Sorry Erza, hold on tight if you can." Yusuke announced as he lifted Erza from the ground and jumped high in the air over the group of men. He landed on top of a roof and gently set the redhead down along with the food that his finger kept through a loop. "Uh, stay here for a moment."

Yusuke phased out from the roof and immediately went behind the group of six. He charged forward and forced two to faceplant on the ground which crumbled underneath them, leaving them unconscious. He quickly got up and struck one directly in the face, sending him flying to a wall. The impact from it knocked him out as well.

"Shit…!"

"Anyone else wants their face pummeled?" Yusuke declared cracking his knuckles.

"Man let's go! This is not worth it!"

The rest fled the area quickly and was soon out of sight. Yusuke sighed and shook his head. He flew to the building where he left Erza and landed next to her.

"Hehehe that was amaazing~!" Erza laughed while clapping her hands childishly.

"Sigh...Let's continue on back. Better if we flew in the first place…" Yusuke picked up the bag of food.

"Flyy~!" Erza wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. The close contact made the Saiyan blush as her chest was firmly against his. Shaking his head, he wrapped an arm around her waist and flew back to their inn.

Landing in front of the hotel, Yusuke let go of Erza but she didn't let go of him.

"Erza we're here." Yusuke said. Erza parted her face off his neck and looked at him with half-lidded eyes.

"Oh...okaay…" Erza slowly unwrapped her arms around his neck and started to walk towards the inn. Her steps looked liked she was limping, and her head kept going from side to side as she walked and had a goofy smile. Yusuke sweatdropped and went to assist her. When they walked inside the inn there was, thankfully, only the lady receptionist behind the counter. When she eyed them she gave Yusuke a knowing, smug look.

"It's not like that!" Yusuke shouted.

"I didn't say anything." She said looking to the side. Yusuke sighed and continued to aid Erza back to her room When they reached it, Yusuke noticed that she only had her dress on and nothing else.

"Erza you have your keys right?" He asked.

"...I dunno." Erza said while having trouble standing.

"Is it...in your pocket dimension?"

"...I dunno." She said now stumbling onto him. He caught her with his arms and sighed once again.

"Alright I guess I got no choice…" Yusuke reached into his pocket and pulled out his own room key, opened his door, turned on the lights and closed the door from behind. They walked further inside and Yusuke led Erza to the bed. He gently set her down so that her whole body was lying down. He scratched the back of his head at her next action.

"It's so fluuffyy~!" Erza said in glee spreading out her arms and legs out on the bed.

"Well, guess I'll just sleep on the floor…" Yusuke said as he took off his blazer to set it on the cushion of a chair.

"Hey...Yusuke...what do you think of me?" She asked with a bit of seriousness, even while being drunk.

He looked back to the bed after setting their food down on the table to see Erza staring up at the ceiling with her eyes still half-lidded.

"What do you mean?"

"Am I...pretty?"

Yusuke blinked in surprise. "What makes you think you're not?"

"...I'm always hiding behind my armor...I rarely get out of it since I feel insecure...As if someone will end up taking me away...just like back then…" Erza said as she got quieter. Yusuke was listening carefully.

'...she must have had a rough past...just like…' Yusuke intentionally didn't finish his thoughts as he shook his head. "For the record Erza I don't think you're pretty."

"H-Huh…?" Erza looked at him with slightly widened eyes. She struggled to keep herself awake at this point.

"I think your pretty beautiful, I said so before we went out tonight didn't I?" The Saiyan complimented while trying to unbutton the wrist of his shirt. The redhead, even though in her state, felt her heart race by his comment. "Strong, kind, and dependable as well."

"I see…" She uttered looking at the ceiling again. Erza blinked, still trying to keep herself awake. A small smile crossed her lips. "Thank you...that feels...nice."

Yusuke looked at her again after he finished fully unbuttoning his dress shirt. He smiled when he saw her smile on her face and was now asleep. He took off his shirt revealing him in his black tank top and placed the white clothing on top of a chair and went to the bathroom. Inside he turned on the sink and filled his hands with water to splash his face. He rubbed his face up and down and looked at the mirror in front of him.

'I wonder what she meant…' The Saiyan thought solemnly as he placed both his hands on the side of the sink. A moment later he walked out and went to his bag and pulled out his sweatpants. Checking to see Erza was still asleep, he went ahead and took off his dress pants and quickly put on the gray sweatpants he uses for sleeping. 'I wonder if there's any spare blankets.'

Yusuke walked to the dresser across from the bed and opened it to reveal nothing but a few hangers. Pursing his lip to the side, he closed the dresser and headed back to the bed. He took one of the pillows that the redhead wasn't resting on. While near her, he noticed a pin that was latched onto her hair.

'That...shouldn't be good now should it?' Yusuke thought as he reached his hand out to pull the hairpin. When he did the scarlet hair flowed freely around her and the pillow she was resting on. He set down the pin on the nightstand and finally covered Erza with the blanket that was already present on the bed. She shifted to her side getting more comfortable, letting out a quiet moan. Yusuke threw the pillow on the carpet floor and eyed his black blazer. He took it off the chair, shut off the lights and went ahead and laid down with his jacket covering him.

'Hm...sleeping on a hard surface...haven't done that in a long time…least I got a pillow instead of leaves this time.' He thought amusedly while his head rested on the palms of his hands while still on the pillow. He shut his eyes letting darkness take him over for the night.


The sun had risen enough for people to wake up to. In the inn the Fairy Tail mages resided in temporarily, Erza fluttered her eyes open by the light shining through the room she was currently in.

'What...What happened last night?' She thought while lifting herself up from the bed. The redhead looked around the room she was in and noticed a few things. 'I don't remember having a balcony to my room...and why am I still in my dress?'

A sudden headache coursed through her head as she held it tightly, and quietly gritted her teeth while shutting her eyes.

"Are...you alright Erza?"

"Keep the change."

"...I'll curbstomp all of you. Literally."

"I think you're pretty beautiful...strong, kind, and dependable to."

Erza's eyes shot open, remembering most of the events that took place last night. She looked around once again to see if the black-haired teen was nearby. Moving from her spot on the bed, she finally caught sight of said teen lying down with his back towards her on the carpet next to the bed. Erza's body glowed as she requipped to normal pajamas, wanting to get out of her dress.

'I asked him out to have dinner in the first place only to have ruined it...and he took care of me through it all.' Erza thought while looking down with a bit of a saddened expression. She heard stirring up ahead and saw that Yusuke was coming around. He rubbed his eyes to get the sleep out. The Saiyan yawned and stretched at the same time.

"Yusuke…" Erza softly called out. He looked up to see her looking down at him on the bed. But her cheeks were red and he noticed her having a sorrow expression. "...I'm sorry."

"Hey...don't be sad. Nobody got hurt did they?" He said while lifting his upper body up.

"If you don't count those men from the night before…" She said chuckling a bit.

"So you remember huh?"

"Just...about everything...after I drank that third glass of wine up to where…" Erza stopped as she felt her heart beat faster. "...where you said I was...beautiful and dependable."

The redhead looked away from him in embarrassment while the Saiyan blushed a bit remembering what he said to he as well.

"I meant it." Yusuke said simply.

"Thank you again…" Erza said smiling. "It's...shameful of how I acted last night…"

"Well beside from seeing a side of you that was, honestly, fun." He teased while she began to pout a bit. "Can't be that bad could it? Least we're away from the guild."

"I would most likely never hear the end of it…" Her eyes widened at the realization. She threw off the blankets and immediately went over to the black-haired teen, straddling him and pulling his tank top towards her. "If I hear a peep from anyone besides you...I will know you told them...is that clear?!"

"Calm down haha...Of course I won't tell anyone. My lips are sealed don't worry." Yusuke said throwing up his hands in defense. She let go of him and sighed.

"Still...it's so embarrassing…" Erza grimaced. 'Especially in front of you…'

"I know what will cheer you up, how about some training between the both of us today. I know Mira is missing out but…"

"Yes! More practice the better." She exclaimed while raising a fist in front of her with determination.

"Well alright then. Go on ahead back to your room and get ready. You could use a shower from that bed hair you got." Yusuke said smirking. Erza blinked and felt her head. True to his word her scarlet hair was going in several directions when she slept.

"Right..I'll get on that."

"The hairpin you had on last night is over there near the food. I took it out thinking it might've done something while you slept." Yusuke said pointing his thumb over at the nightstand. The redhead nodded and let herself off of him to walk over to the desk. She took her pin and walked towards the door. "I'll wait for you outside the room then we can go."

"I'll try and be quick." Erza said. She opened the door and left his room, back to her own. The Saiyan got up from his spot and headed to the bathroom to get ready for the day.


"More." Yusuke instructed with his arms crossed.

"Nng...!" Erza gritted her teeth and her arms shook in front of her. Her aura brought out more force than before as she exerted her energy. It dissipated a second later and she fell to her knees, panting.

"Alright, we start again shortly."

A couple of hours have passed by after both have woken up from their slumber. They went to a nearby forest outside the city and began their training there. Yusuke wanted to test out the limits of Erza's usage of Ki and how high she's able to reach it. Throughout Yusuke's time training Mira and Erza he found that their power have grown ever since. Erza more than Mira is a fact that the white-haired barmaid has been out of combat for a while. He figured that he needed to push her more than he did with the redhead soon. But for now, his focus was on Erza.

"Think I can borrow one of your swords for a moment?" Yusuke asked.

"Why?" She asked, now sitting cross-legged.

"I want to show you something, figured this would be a good time actually."

Erza brought out a hand and a second later a normal sword that she uses appeared in her hands. Yusuke walked over to her and grabbed it by the hilt from her.

"Thanks." He walked over to a nearby rock. The Saiyan forcefully swung the sword against it, shattering the piece of earth. He looked back to the redhead who was simply observing him. "Now considering that I used brute force and didn't use Ki that time, this will be different."

Erza quirked an eyebrow at what he said, then blinked in realization.

'It's possible to use Ki with weapons…?!' She thought surprisingly. Yusuke walked to another boulder. He narrowed his eyes a bit as he concentrated.

'I really am not a sword type of guy...but seeing how Trunks do it from time it shouldn't be that hard...uh could it?' The Saiyan thought hopefully. Thinking he got it down, he swung the sword in a sideways arc, contacting it with the boulder. To his surprise and Erza's it went through like butter. But it didn't end there as the force from his energy gathered from the blade went past the boulder, which half of it laid on the ground, to the forest slicing several trees a few meters ahead. 'Okay, I guess the power I used was a bit too much…'

"Incredible…" Erza uttered wide-eyed. She stood up and walked over to him. "That's possible in using Ki with a weapon?"

"Manipulate it well enough and you definitely can. But, considering you're more used to blades than I am, you'll probably have more control than me." Yusuke explained.

"What do you mean more control?"

"The trees ahead of us was unintentional. I was only aiming for the rock here but I guess that I put more force into the sword than I thought." He said handing the sword back to Erza. "You can basically bring out your Ki easily enough to try and become one with your weapon. In some situations it can be really deadly. If you don't control it properly then you might end up causing more havoc than intended like I did just now, or you might not do anything at all if the power is too little."

"I see...I basically focus my energy towards the blade?" She asked.

"That's how I did it." He shrugged.

Erza grabbed the hilt of the blade with both hands and closed her eyes. Just like how she had done before with Ki blasts and coating herself in aura, she focused her energy outwards from her hands to her blade. Feeling a pull, she opened her eyes. Yusuke smirked as he saw the blade glow dimly.

"You got it, now try it." The Saiyan said pointing at one of the boulder's half. Erza lifted her arms over her head.

"Haah!" The Knight swung down on the rock and just like they predicted it was cut in half, as well as some of the ground beneath the boulder.

"Not bad. Definitely better control than me at how often you use weapons to fight." He complimented. Erza requipped the sword back to her dimension.

"There are many possibilities you could use with Ki, aren't there?" Erza asked.

"Like you wouldn't believe. Alright let's get back to training. Bring out your energy again." Yusuke instructed.

"Right!" Erza nodded.


Erza flopped on her bed in exhaustion after her training. Considering they didn't have to go the guild like they usually do, Yusuke decided that a few more hours into past noon today wouldn't hurt. It definitely didn't harm the Titania, but she was dead tired. Though discovering that her talents with weapons along with combining her newfound abilities did brighten up her day.

"In time...I'll definitely be strong enough…" Erza said to herself. A knock on the door interrupted her rest.

"I know you're tired in there Erza. Let's grab a bite to eat! The best way to get your energy back." She heard Yusuke say outside. She couldn't help but chuckle as his mind often thinks to eat.

"I'll be out shortly!" She called out. Erza forced herself off the bed and went to get cleaned up.

Outside in the hallway, Yusuke kept a thoughtful expression while he was waiting for the redhead.

'Wonder what I could do to Mira... I could replay what I did with Erza when we flew over here. Maybe that'll work…' The Saiyan thought. Considering today that he only trained Erza, he'll need to give more attention to Mira as she wasn't there with them during this session. The door opened to reveal Erza in her normal Heart-Kreuz armor.

"Ready when you are." She said.

"Hey I was just waiting on you. Haha, c'mon, let's go find a place to eat." Yusuke teased as he walked away with the knight following behind him.


Their day went on normally as it would yesterday before black painted the city. After eating their fill and feeling replenished, they went about the day enjoying each others company. Much to Erza's joy, they once again headed to a bakery that obviously had her favorite cake to eat. While it may not be as the same back at her own regular bakery she often goes to in Magnolia or Mira's at the guild, she still enjoyed it nonetheless. The day continued on until it was nearly evening and they headed back to the hotel to prepare themselves for their mission.

"God I hate ties...how do I even do this…" Yusuke said in ire as he was in front of the bathroom mirror, already donning his suit, save his tie. All he managed to do was bring it under and around his collar of the white shirt. Frustrated, he took it off, walked out of the restroom and threw it on the bed. "Nah, I don't need it."

Feeling his blazer above his torso, he felt the envelope within. Reaching inside he pulled it out and took the card out to make sure everything seemed in place. Nodding in satisfaction he placed it back inside his jacket. The Saiyan walked out of his room with his key in hand only to bump into Erza as she was coming out of her room as well, all dressed up. Yusuke stopped in his place and blinked several times looking at her.

"I did say it'd be different tonight. How's this one?" The redhead asked with a hopeful smile. Her hair was currently tied similar to how it was during their dinner the night before. She wore a mostly black dress that firmly hugged her body and went all the way down to her legs until it changed to a shade of red. A slit was shown going all the way up to her upper thigh, the two straps of the dress went over her shoulders and she finished off by wearing black heels.

"Wow, you look stunning this time." The Saiyan complimented. Erza blushed at his comment and looked to the side. When she looked back at him, she noticed something off.

"Where's your tie?" She asked. Yusuke just waved her off.

"Ah I don't need it. Who wears em anyway?" Erza walked past him through the door he hadn't closed yet. She spotted the black tie that was thrown on the bed and picked it up.

"Here. Now." Erza commanded. Yusuke sighed in defeat and obliged. When he was near her, the redhead went ahead and wrapped the tie around his neck and under his white collar. Adjusting the length needed, she proceeded to tie the tie on him. Once she was done she straightened out the collar over the blazer as she did last night. Erza stepped back to view her handiwork, and nodded. "Better."

"Yeah, yeah. Thanks." Yusuke said with a bit of exasperation.

"We shouldn't be late. Let's go to the party now." Erza said.

With everything needed on their person, or in Erza's case, in her pocket dimension, they proceeded out of the hotel and towards the mansion they visited the day before. It took quite a bit of a walk to get there as the scarlet-haired beauty didn't want to fly, thinking their outfits may get ruined, but eventually made it as soon as the ball started. They walked up to the receptionist showing their invitations and were allowed to go in.

Inside the ballroom, tables were littered everywhere. Be it ones with glass and plates for the guests, ones that had trays of food and beverages, and some having gifts as a token of appreciation for showing up to the party. Streams of lights decorated the ceiling, chandeliers added more lights to it, an orchestra of the finest classical music was seen near the stage. A dance floor wide enough for over half of the guests present, and finally on the middle of the stage was the Fairy Tail members objective of protecting for the whole night.

"Wow, looks like they went all out." Yusuke whistled.

"It sure is a lot to take in." Erza said.

"Miss Scarlet, Mister Yasai, welcome." Both heard MaryAnn say. They looked to the side to see her and her husband, Phillip, walking up to them. The wife was currently wearing a beautiful, frilly, white dress while the husband wore a sharp regular black tuxedo.

"We're overjoyed to have you both here tonight, for many reasons." Phillip greeted.

"You have our assurance that nothing will happen Mister and Misses Rutherford." Erza said.

"I am confident that will be the case. Until we present our possessions, be keen until then."

The Rutherford couple bid farewell to the two members and walked into a crowd of people.

"So...I guess we just walk around?" Yusuke suggested.

"It's best if we keep close to the case on the stage." Erza said. She walked off towards it with Yusuke behind her. Along the way, the Saiyan couldn't help but notice the selection of fancy food that was presented for everybody.

"I...think I'll catch up to you in a bit. I, uh, gotta check something out." He said walking away. Erza looked back to see him already gone amongst the crowd of people.

"He better come back soon…" Erza sighed and continued.

Over at the long tables, various delectables went from one end to another. When Yusuke arrived, he couldn't keep a grin down that was wide as the cheshire cat and rubbed his hands together. He saw shrimp, cheese, crackers with different topping on them such as cream cheese, truffles, salmon roe, etc. Desserts such as various slices of cakes in wide variety. A couple of chocolate fountains with bread and toothpicks decorated to the side of it. Empty glasses with bottles of wine behind them were out for anyone to drink.

'Man I've been eating fancy these last couple of days, while paying still, I could get used to this. Especially if their offering it for free.' Yusuke thought still keeping his grin. Grabbing a small plate, the Saiyan started to pick things off from the trays.

Over at a table sat a lone Erza. She was currently sitting with one leg crossed over another and keeping an eye out on the glass case and everybody nearby around her. While doing so she kept tapping her foot on the floor all the while thinking.

'Where is he…?' She thought as she looked to the sides.

"Looks like you got a good view from here." Yusuke said behind her. She turned around to see him with a few plates full of food. Erza narrowed her eyes at him.

"...you went to go get something to eat?" Erza deadpanned.

"I think it'd be an insult if we weren't helping ourselves. Besides, it's not everyday we get to have snacks like these." He grinned and sat down next to her while setting the plates on the table. "You're free to try some if you want."

The redhead looked down to see the food he had picked up. She saw several but eyed the plate with cake on it. While it not being her usual strawberry, it looked more raspberry and it piqued her interest. Begrudgingly, she reached out to it and shyly took it away. The Saiyan grinned and popped a cube of cheese into this mouth.

"See anything suspicious while I was away?" Yusuke asked as he picked up a cracker.

"Nothing out of the ordinary." Erza said while eating the cake. "People have just been walking around and talking to each other. No one has been near it so far."

"I guess we'll just have to wait then."

And waiting they did. As the night of the ball went on, more people arrived to enjoy their time. The orchestra started to play their instruments, and gradually people started to go on the dance floor. Both of the Fairy Tail mages kept glancing back at the heirlooms and the people around them, but so far everything went on normally.

"You know, I kinda wish something would happen already." Yusuke said with a hand to his face and elbow propped on the table.

"If nothing does happen then it's for the best. It would mean that no one innocent would get hurt and everybody here present is satisfied." Erza said with her arms crossed under her bust and legs still crossed over one another.

"To me, that would mean they would plot something else. It's best if they showed up and are dealt with as soon as possible." Yusuke said. Their short conversation ended and they kept watch of the people. Then, the lights dimmed a bit and the stage lit up.

"Welcome ladies and gentleman! We sincerely hope you have been enjoying yourselves thus far!" Phillip announced as he walked on stage. Applause and cheers were induced as soon as he said that. He gestured his hands to calm everybody down. "Now as most of you may know, part of tonight is about my son and daughter. MaryAnn and I have decided, that from one generation to the next, to pass on our prized possessions."

From the side of the stage, two people showed up walking towards Phillip. One was a man with brown hair and had a bang going to the right side of his forehead . He wore a similar tuxedo as Phillip, but the shirt inside was black and the jacket and pants were white. Another was a woman with silky black hair that went down to the shoulder of her neck. She was wearing an elegant baby blue frilly dress.

"Everyone please welcome my son Arnold and my daughter Cynthia!" Phillip announced. The crowd went into an uproar once again to welcome the two newly arrived people. The siblings bowed to the crowd showing their appreciation. "And now! The time has come for them both. We will now present the heirlooms!"

Two people in suits came walking to the stage and headed towards the glass case.

"Get ready." Yusuke said. Erza nodded in response and they both stood up. With a nod from Phillip, the two men at the case started to lift the glass off. Upon doing so, they gently set it down on the floor. Not a second later, the lights in the whole room was cut off. Everybody started to make noises, slightly panicking.

"What's going on?!"

"Who turned off the lights?!"

"Hey! Watch where you're stepping!"

Erza tried to keep an eye on everything, but in her vision all she saw was pitch black. Yusuke however didn't bat an eyelash as his focus was still on the stage.

'FIve people still...eight now?!' Yusuke thought as his eyes widened. He floated in the air and headed straight for the stage and flared his aura to life illuminating the room. The two men that were lifting the glass up were now on the ground, not moving. Yusuke sensed that they were still alive and came to the conclusion that they were simply knocked out. He quickly recognized three people in suits and face masks that were not on the stage in the first place and was currently in the middle of grabbing the prized accessories for all to see.

"Heh, caught red-handed." Yusuke smirked as he stayed afloat above them.

"Shit! We need to abort!"

"The smoke! Hurry!"

One of the thieves reached inside and grabbed a ball but before slamming it down on the ground Yusuke appeared next to him, grabbing his wrist to prevent him from doing so.

"Can't let you do that now can we?" Yusuke twisted his wrist forcing him to drop the smoke bomb and caught it. The Saiyan quickly chopped the back of his neck, rendering him unconscious. He looked over at the other two thieves and quickly appeared behind them, hitting the back of their necks as well, resulting in them falling on the stage floor. The lights were quickly back on and Yusuke's aura died down.

"Oh, bravo! You managed to secure everything!" Phillip thanked. Everybody saw the whole spectacle and the next thing they did was applause once more but for their hero. Yusuke sheepishly waved back and started dragging the three thieves out of the stage. More of the Rutherford servants came up to check on their two friends that were in the middle of unveiling the heirlooms and carefully picked them off the stage. When the Saiyan reached to the side, he raised an eyebrow and saw Erza hovering over two bodies.

"Uhh...who are they?" Yusuke asked.

"I found them near the light switches to the room. They were panicking that you were able to take down those three. I managed to catch them before they fled." Erza explained with her hands on her hips. "If you didn't light up the room I might not have seen them."

"Well hey, nice job for both of us then." Yusuke smirked. Phillip shortly came towards them from the stage.

"I cannot thank the both of you enough. It seems as if our friend was correct on people trying to steal from us. You have our eternal gratitude." Phillip said bowing.

"Please raise your head Mister Rutherford. We simply caught the ones responsible and nothing else." Erza said.

"Still, you have our thanks. I will reward you both momentarily. After that you may do what you please. Stay or leave is up to you guys." Phillip said and walked away.

"Still, a bit anti-climatic. Don't ya think?" Yusuke asked.

"May not be a thrill, but at least it's done and we don't have to worry anymore." Erza answered.

"So, what do you wana do after?" The black-haired teen asked. But before Erza could answer, the wealthy man came towards them again holding Jewels in both of his hands.

"Here is four-hundred thousand Jewels for the both of you. You have our thanks once again. If you continue to enjoy the festivities please do so. If otherwise, then I bid you both a good night." Phillip said. With that, he walked away once more back to the party. Yusuke placed the cash inside his jacket while the redhead went ahead and let it glow so that it went to her pocket dimension. She walked past him and eyed the dance floor near the stage. The orchestra continued to play and this time, it was one for slow dancing.

"...maybe, would you like to partake in dancing with me?" Erza slowly asked looking back at him with a small smile.

"D-Dancing...?" The Saiyan stuttered. He scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "...I, don't really know how to dance."

"It won't be that bad. It's simply slow dancing. I'm sure we can improvise..." Erza said with a bit of a blush.

"...'We'?"

"I don't dance either Yusuke. So we're the same." She chuckled. The Saiyan looked at her surprisingly.

"Hehehe, I guess we are." He said walking over to her. He saw people were dancing slowly on the floor, some following the rhythm of the orchestra and some just enjoying their time. Yusuke reached out a hand towards the redhead. "Shall we?"

Erza looked at his open hand and felt her heart race. Her cheeks reddened and she gladly interlocked her hand with his.

"Mm." With a nod from the female knight, they both went down the stage and towards the dance floor. Some of the people allowed the two to pass through, making somewhat of a path for them. They reached the middle and faced one another. Erza let go of her hand with his and boldly embraced him by wrapping her arms around his neck. Face still flushed, she rested her head against the base of his neck. The Saiyan with a fast heart rate at the moment felt his cheeks heating up at the action. Letting instincts take over, he placed his hands on her waist and softly rested his chin on top of her head. Similar to how it was with Mira, Yusuke caught of whiff of Erza's scent. Only this time it was nice smell of strawberries that lingered around her. Feeling more flushed, he closed his eyes and steadied his breathing. They slowly moved around each other as the music went on.

'This is...' Yusuke thought with a small smile.

'...nice.' Erza thought in content.

A few minutes passed by as they continued embracing on another. Eventually the music ended and went into a more upbeat rhythm. Both Fairy Tail mages stopped and - much to Erza's disappointment and Yusuke's slight disappointment; to his surprise - they both let go of each other. The knight looked at him with a content smile.

"That was nice..." Erza said instinctively tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I enjoyed that as well..." Yusuke said with a smile.

"Shall we retire back to the inn?"

"Yeah, I think I'm all ready for a night's rest." The Saiyan said stretching his arms. Erza giggled a bit and gestured him to follow her. They made it out of the mansion and took in the fresh air out in the night. Figuring that they only intend to head back to their hotel, they decided to fly back and enjoyed the wind against their skin. Landing in front of their temporary quarters and heading inside, they reached their respective doors.

"Despite the small disturbance, tonight was pleasant." Erza said.

"Hm, ate fancy food, took out some thieves, got our payment...dancing with you." Yusuke said with some red on his face. Erza's face flushed a bit as well remembering being so close to him. "...it was definitely satisfying."

They faced their bodies in front of each other and both looked the other in the eye. The Saiyan blinked and smiled, getting out his room key out of his pocket.

"I'll see you in the morning Erza." He said turning around and opening the door to his room.

"Yes...have a good night Yusuke." Erza said opening her door as well. She looked down on the floor, and clenched her fists. Steeling herself, she turned around. "Yusuke."

"Yeah?" He asked turning around. Just as he did so Erza came up not a second later with her right hand resting on top of his shoulder and left hand pressed against his chest. She lifted herself and placed a kiss directly on the Saiyan's left cheek. Yusuke's eyes widened in surprise and felt his face heat up once more. The redhead retracted and simply smiled at him.

"I'll see in the morning." Erza said all the while still smiling. She turned and walked inside her room, closing the door behind her. Sighing in content, she prepared herself to sleep for the night. 'Good enough for now…'

Yusuke blinked as he stood still out in his doorway with a hand on the cheek where he was kissed at. It caught him off guard completely just like what Mira had done on their dinner date. Shaking his head, he went inside his room and closed the door behind him. He looked up at the ceiling and sighed deeply, his heart still racing.


Whoo! Done! So I did mention that a certain someone which was obviously Erza might have been a bit OOC throughout, which again, parts that were unintentional. Except during the drunk part lol. That was fun to write. I'm aware that she's drunk during the 4th FT OVA as well, but comparing 3 glasses to a whole bottle (if I remember what I saw), I kinda think that could change her demeanor a bit lol.

Wizard Saint. Outright rejected that lol. Part of the reason would be ridiculous like it was explained in the beginning.

Not much else to say but expect the story to move on in the next chapter. by the time you're all reading this i will have either started to write it and it'll be up in about or around a week, or it's already posted for any future readers like a month from now lol.

One last thing which is obviously a Big Thank You for everybody enjoying my first fic so far. I grant you all good fortunes!

Until then.

Timestamp: October 22, 2015