Chapter 5: Trial

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Attack

Erza and Kurosaki have just left to the Magical Council to take care of Erza's arrest, the whole Guild was just sitting around in silence doing nothing.

"Let me out! Let me out of here!" Natsu yelled.

"Natsu, shut up." Mira ordered looking at a small red lizard ,that was on fire and wearing a vest and a scarf, that was trapped inside a glass.

"Let me out!"

"If we let you out, you'd just begin to rampage." Mira said.

"I won't! Anyway change me back!"

"If I do that, you'd only go to save her, right?" Mira asked, putting her face closer to the glass.

"I won't! Who cares about Erza anyway!"

"When it's the Council we're facing. There's nothing we can do." Gray said.

"Let me out! I have something to say!" Natsu yelled. "I don't care whether it's the Council or not! Those guys are wrong!"

"If you're innocent but the Council says the opposite then you're guilty." Gray said. "You seriously think they would listen to us?"

"But, we've done a lot of things in the past. Why this time?" Elfman asked while sitting next to Loke and Laki.

"Yeah, it's hard to understand." Laki said.

"There must be something more to this." Lucy said.

At one of the Council's Branches.

Erza, Kurosaki and the frog person were walking down a hall. Both Erza and Kurosaki were wearing Magic Canceling handcuffs. They continued walking until they spotted a man, wearing all white, with blue hair leaning against a pillar. The man looked at them and at that moment both Erza's and Kurosaki's eyes widened.

'Siegram!' Erza thought.

'The hell is that bastard Jellal doing here?!' Kurosaki thought, while the frog person bowed.

"Long time no see Erza." The man said walking closer to them and ignoring Kurosaki. "Don't be so on guard." He said when he noticed that she had her guard up. "This is just a projection, right now my body is in Era. The old men in the next room are also projections. They would hardly come all the way here for such a small matter."

"I see. So this is all your doing, huh?" Erza asked, never stop glaring at the man. "What a meaningless farce!"

"Don't be so harsh. I'm on Fairy Tail's side. But the old men feared that they would share in the blame, so they concocted a plan to push the blame onto someone else. By using a scapegoat."

"Those idiots should at least blame someone that was involved!" Kurosaki said, while glaring and trying to keep his calm. 'Why is Erza talking so casually to Jellal?! Doesn't she remember what happened?!'

"Well, whatever. I just wanted to see you before the trial to warn you." He said before putting his hand on Erza's chin and getting closer. "Don't say anything about the past to the old men." He quietly said so that only Erza and Kurosaki could hear. He said that a few inches from Erza's face while looking at Kurosaki, who had an enraged look, while smirking at him. "For all our sakes." He said the last part before walking away. "Well then, I'll be waiting on the other side of the door. As a member of the Council." He said before fading away.

"Y-You know some powerful people, don't you?" the Frog person asked.

"He's evil." Erza said.

"Erza." Kurosaki said gaining her attention. "You have some explanation to do after this."

Sometime later.

Erza was now standing before the members of the Council. Kurosaki was in the back of the room watching.

"We will now begin the mage's trial." A frog person said. "The accused Erza Scarlet."

Meanwhile at the guild.

"I can't just sit here! Let's go testify in her favor!" Lucy said, getting up from her seat.

"No, wait!" Master said, while seating on his usual spot on top of the bar counter.

"What are you saying?" Lucy asked. "This arrest is injustice! Once they reach a verdict, it'll be too late!"

"It doesn't matter how fast we are, we won't make it in time!" Makarov said.

"But!"

"Let me out! I said let me out!"

"You sure you want to get out?" Master asked.

"Y-Yes…"

"What's wrong Natsu? You suddenly ran out of steam." Master said before releasing a magical blast to the glass causing a small explosion.

"Macao?!" Levi yelled when the smoke cleared and in place of Natsu was Macao.

"WHY?!" Most of the guild asked.

"S-Sorry…" Macao said with a hand scratching the back of his head. "I owed Natsu."

"Then where's the real Natsu?" Lucy asked.

"Don't tell me he went after them?" Gray said.

"Yeah, most likely." Macao said, soon after that the Guild doors opened. When they looked at it they saw Kizami coming in while dragging what looked like a barrel that had wings, a red wig and legs.

"Here he is." Kizami said. When everyone got a closer look they saw that what he was dragging was an unconscious Natsu wearing a weird outfit. "Kurosaki knew he would do something stupid, so he asked me to keep an eye on him."

"Why is he wearing that?" Lucy asked.

"What is that supposed to be anyway?" Gray asked.

"Apparently he tried to discuss himself as Erza so he could take her place."

"In what world does that look like Erza?!" Most of them yelled.

At the Trial.

"The accused, Erza Scarlet. Regarding the incident with Eissenwald and Lulaby, you're accused of having caused damage to Oshibana Station, the destruction of the Ryusika Gorge railway and the collapse of Clover's meeting hall. You're accused of all these acts of destruction." One of the Council men said.

"That's Bullshit!" Kurosaki yelled from the back of the room.

"According to witnesses at the scene, the culprit of everything was an armored female mage!"

"Fuck off! Do I look like a female mage to you?!" Kurosaki yelled.

"You shut up unless you want to spend the night in jail!" One of the Council men yelled.

"Nonetheless, Erza Scarlet is guilty of the charges."

"BULLSHIT!" Kurosaki yelled.

"Enjoy your night in jail!" One of the Council men yelled.

"Oh come on!"

"Erza Scarlet you'll spend the night in jail as punishment."

In the Jail Cell.

"I don't even know what to say to you." Erza said.

"What did I do this time?"

"What do you think?"

"I think that I tried to save you from being accused from something you didn't do."

"And that involved yelling swears in a court room, to the members of the Council!"

"That was a bonus." Kurosaki said while grinning and giving Erza a thumbs up.

"You really are an idiot." Erza said while pinching the bridge of her nose. "You were there with me when we found out that it was just a formality."

"Even so, I didn't like them blaming you." Kurosaki said. They spent the next minutes in silence until Kurosaki talked. "Hey Erza."

"What?"

"Two questions." Kurosaki said. "First, why is Jellal part of the Council? And why were you acting so casual with him?"

"He's Jellal's twin, Siegram." Erza said. "He doesn't have anything with Jellal and the Tower of Heaven. But he still helps Jellal in anything he might need, in this case was keeping our mouths shut."

'Really… His twin? How did she fell for that? I think that if I was in his spot I'd try to stop him before he does horrible.' Kurosaki thought.

"Why did you come here anyway? I could take care of things myself." Erza asked.

"I promised I'd always be there to protect you remember? I wasn't going to let you go through this alone."

"Then why did you leave…" Erza quietly said, but Kurosaki heard.

"I had to." Kurosaki said.

"Why…"

"For starters I wasn't going to refuse one of Masters Requests." He said. "And I was thinking of temporarily leaving the Guild anyway."

"WHAT?! WHY?!"

"I needed to. I might have finished my training with Ezdea but I still had a lot to learn. My power was still difficult to control, so in other words, I was a ticking time bomb. And one day I would lose control of my power and hurt or kill everyone around. So I accepted the request to take care of that so that I couldn't hurt anyone, if I didn't I'd probably be dead by now." Kurosaki said. Erza only stood there eye widened looking at him. "But I promise you." He said breaking the silence. "I'll never leave again." He said.

"You really are an idiot." Erza said while smiling. "Now come on, we better get some sleep. We have to go back to the Guild first thing in the morning."

The next day at the Guild.

"So this whole arrest was only a formality…" Lucy said while resting her head on a table. "I was worried for nothing."

"What about your man to man fight with Erza, Natsu?" Elfman asked.

"Man?" Lucy asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot!" Natsu said. "Erza! Let's continue where we left off!" Natsu said to Erza, who was sitting at a table drinking a cup of tea.

"No, I'm tired." Erza said. However, Natsu lit his hand on fire and started to run to Erza.

"Here I go!" Natsu yelled.

"My, my." Erza said standing up and punching Natsu in the stomach, making Natsu fall in the ground in pain, making everyone look at the scene with a mixture of shock and fear, while Kurosaki started to laugh his ass off. "Very well. Shall we begin?" She asked.

"It's over!" Happy said, making the Guild start to laugh.

"How lame Natsu!" Gray said while laughing.

"Erza's really strong after all!" Elfman said while also laughing.

"What's wrong Master?" Mira asked, before falling to the ground asleep.

"T-This is…" Gray said before he too fell asleep, after that one by one, everyone in the Guild fell asleep and a person who had his face covered, walked in the Guild towards the job board. While he did that, Master, who managed to stay awake, was watching his every step.

"Mystogan…" He said. The man now identified as Mystogan grabbed a job and walked up to Malarov.

"So that's Mystogan? I was expecting more to be honest." A voice said.

"You're always expecting more." Another voice said.

When Master and Mystogan looked to the sources of the voices they saw both Kurosaki and Kizami awake looking at them.

"Aren't you guys sleepy from the spell?" Makarov asked.

"Not really." Both said at the same time.

"I'm going." Mystogan said.

"Hey! Aren't you going to undo your Sleep Magic?" Master asked. Mystogan however didn't answer and walked away.

"…Five…"

"…Four…"

"…Three…"

"…Two…"

"…One…" He said leaving the Guild. The moment he left everyone started to wake up.

"This feeling… Mystogan was here." Jet said.

"That bastard!" Droyt said.

"He's always using such powerful magic." Levi said.

"Mystogan?" Lucy asked.

"He's one of the strongest men in Fairy Tail." Elfman said.

"He does this because he doesn't want anyone to see his face." Gray said. "Whenever he comes around to take a job he always puts everyone to sleep."

"Why does he do that?" Lucy asked.

"Therefore nobody knows what he looks like, except for the Master." Gray said.

"False, I know what he looks like." A voice said. When everyone heard that, they saw a man on the second floor looking down on them.

"Laxus!"

"You were here?"

"That's rare."

"Another one of the strongest." Gray said to Lucy.

"Mystogan is just shy. Keep your noses out of his business." Laxus said.

"Laxus! Fight me!" Natsu, who just woke up, yelled.

"You were beaten by Erza just a second ago." Gray said.

"He's right. If you can't even beat Erza, you have no chance against me." Laxus said.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Erza asked with an angry look on her face, that scared Gray a little because he was close to her.

"I mean that I'm the strongest!" Laxus said.

"Strongest my ass! Me and Kizami already beat you!" Kurosaki said.

"So you guys already came back." Laxus said.

"Hello to you to." Kurosaki said.

"Looks like you're still the same jackass as Five years ago." Kizami said.

"I might have lost five years ago, but now you guys stand no chance against me!" Laxus said.

"Really? I'd like to see that!" Kurosaki said spooking Laxus because he now was next to him.

"How do you do that?!"

"I just walked. You have no attention to your surroundings." Kuroskai said. "Don't you think Kizami?"

"I have to agree." Kizami said from behind Laxus. "He didn't even notice me walk next to him."

"Stop that!" Laxus yelled.

"You're the one who said your stronger than us. So show it." Kurosaki said.

"No!" Makarov yelled. "You guys will destroy the city!"

"Aye." Both Kurosaki and Kizami said in a bored tone before walking back downstairs.

A few hours later.

"Hey Kizami." Kuroskai called. It was now night time and almost everyone had left. Kurosaki was sitting at the bar along with Kizami and Erza, with Mira working behind it.

"What?" Kizami asked.

"I forgot to ask. But how did you and Mira ended up doing… you know." Kurosaki said.

"SHHHHHH!" Kizami ordered Kurosaki to shut up. "Don't go around saying that!"

"If you don't want anyone to find out, then lock the door next time." Kurosaki said.

"We forgot." Kizami said.

"So? What happened?" Kurosaki asked.

"I'd like to know to." Erza said.

"Well…"

End of Chapter 5

Hope you guys enjoyed, next chapter will have Kizami telling what happened between him and Mira, sorry for the small chapter. See you guys next time.