Hey guys, it's been too long since I updated, well, at least for me anyways. So here's the next story, if you guys don't understand why I chose the fairy tales I did, I'll explain at the end. Well, here's JerZa, brought to you by ScarletHanazono.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or any of its character, Hiro Mashima does.
Red Riding Scarlet
Erza woke up to a killer headache. Where was she? All she remembered was reading from a book and she woke up here. Erza looked around and saw she was on the ground, her red hair splayed across the grassed filled plain.
"Erza, come inside the house," a woman yelled.
Erza was confused, since when did she have parents? Slowly, she turned her head to see a a tall woman with bright blond hair and a motherly scowl on her face. Erza didn't recognize the woman at all.
"Do not let me repeat myself again young lady, come inside the house right now," the woman said again.
Confused, Erza stood up and went inside an old straw cottage with the woman. The woman smile as she went deeper into the cottage, coming back out with a weaved basket.
"Now Erza, please go deliver this to your grandmother," the older blond said.
"Grandmother?" Erza asked, this was all happening too fast.
"Grandma Porlyusica, she lives in the woods," the woman said, pointing towards a cluster of trees.
"Now Erza, be careful, don't talk to strangers and don't wander off," her "mother" warned.
This was freaking Erza out, why was she here? Where was the guild? And why the fuck was she wearing a pretty red dress with a matching red hood? She couldn't just stay here, she had to find everyone else. Erza was about to bolt when the blond woman placed her hands on Erza's shoulder and kissed her forehead.
"And watch out for the big bad wolf, Jellal Fernandes."
Hearing this, Erza perked up, Jellal was in those woods? If he was, she was defiantly going to see him. Erza waved goodbye to the woman and rushed towards the woods, her scarlet hair waved freely in the wind, she need some answers.
Jellal POV*
Jellal Fernandes woke up in a cave, in the middle of the freaking woods. He felt weird and rather cold. He found out a couple of minutes why as he stepped into broad daylight.
"The fuck?" He yelled loudly.
Jellal could deal with wearing jeans and a t-shirt instead of his usual gear, but he could not tolerate having wolf ears and a newly grown tail. He kept looking at his grey tail, swaying back and fourth as his ears twitched. He mumbled some curse words and started walking around the dark forest, trying to find his way to civilization.
Erza POV*
Erza ran through numerous bushes, dodged a dozen tree, and kicked some poisonous snakes. Even if Erza didn't have her armor, she still could kick ass. She's been wandering in the woods for about 10 minutes but saw no sign of Jellal. Worried, she picked up her pace and ran faster, not caring where she was going.
"Jellal!" Erza said, her voice echoing in the vast woods.
There was no reply, only the sound of the cicadas. Erza decided to stop running and take a break, Jellal could handle himself, he did try to rule the world once. Erza splashes herself with cold water from a nearby stream and opened her basket. There were dozens of cookies, bread, and other sweets stored inside, no wonder it was so heavy. She decided to just eat one strawberry flavored cookie...
Jellal POV*
He's been wandering in the woods for heavens know how long. Jellal saw some snakes, rabbits, bugs, and a couple of squirrels. He was seriously starting to feel like a hermit now, locked away from the outside world. He continued to head east, thinking he'd be out of the woods soon if he headed in the same direction.
"Jellal!" He heard his name being called by a feminine voice.
"What?" He replied but there was no answered, maybe he was too far away?
He decided to go towards the voice, thinking that it was one of his guild mates. He turned around and headed north, towards the lighter section of the whole forest, hoping to escape whatever this thing is and soon.
Erza POV*
It turns out, Erza did eat one cookie, well, all the cookies pressed together into one that is. It was around mid day so the red head needed to continue her search to find Jellal, then escape this...what the heck was this anyways? Ignoring her thoughts, the Titania stood up and brushed some crumbs off her dress and started to run in the direction she was going earlier.
"Jellal Fernanades, where are you?" She mumbled to herself as she ran.
It's true that she love that guy, since they were kids. Even though he's done some messed up things, the old Jellal was still inside him. As she ran, she heard echoing footsteps. Before she could stop though, a figure shot out of the bushes and smacked right into her, pushing the girl to the ground. Erza was about to punch the rude person who couldn't even see were they were going but saw a flash of blue hair at the corner of her eyes.
"Jellal!" Erza exclaimed.
"Sorry," he mumbled and apology as she lifted himself up, staring directly at the blushing Titania.
Erza was pinned to the ground, Jella's arms on both sides of her head while his one of his knees were between her legs. Realizing this, Jella's face turned redder than Ezra's hair. He coughed and awkwardly stood up, smoke practically shooting out of his ears.
"It was an just accident," Erza said a couple of minutes later, her cheeks tinted pink.
When Erza stood up, she finally took in Jellal's full image and snickered. Offended, Jellal turned around at the smirking Titania.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"Y-you have a t-t-t-tail," Erza giggled which was so out of character.
"It was there when I woke up," Jellal said, embarrassed.
"When you woke up?" Erza questioned.
"Yea, I woke up in a cave and found these," Jellal pointed to his ears and tail.
So Jellal experienced the saw thing she did? Erza sighed in relief, she wasn't really crazy. Erza then felt the wind shift. She wouldn't even care if it wasn't for Jellal, who went stiff. She saw his "ears" twitch and his tails flopping down, no longer swaying lazily.
"What is it Jellal?" Erza asked.
"I smell humans," he replied.
"Humans?"
"Yea, about twenty or so of them," Jellal said as he sniffed the air again.
"Where are they?"
"Near."
Jella pulled Erza into the bush as they heard footsteps coming closer. Erza was about to protest because Jellal had his hands on her butt when she finally saw it, it was Eisenwald, the dark guild Erza had defeated with Lucy, Gray, and Natsu. What were they doing here, weren't they arrested by the magic council?
"Hey boss, where is she?" Erza heard a voice ask.
"That scarlet brat should be here," Eisenwald grumbled.
By scarlet brat, did he mean Erza? This ticked her pretty badly, knowing she could easily defeat this dark guild just by transforming into her heaven's wheel armor. The Titania got out of the bush, ignoring Jellal's hands grabbing her wrist, though she did feel embarrassed.
"Why are you looking for me?" Erza asked.
"Oh look, if it isn't little red riding scarlet," Eisenwald sneered.
"Red riding scarlet?" Erza asked in confusion.
"You down even know your own name, you're really are an airhead," the man laughed.
"I don't know what you're talking about but I've already defeated you and I'm going to do it again," Erza said.
"Oh?" Eisenwald said with amusement.
"Re-quip!" Erza yelled but nothing happened.
Shocked, Erza tried again but was met with the same results. Panic started to seize Erza, why could she re-quip into her armor?! Seeing this, Eisenwald began to laugh, the sound echoing through the vast forest. That's when Jellal jumped out, putting his arms in front of Erza, shielding her away from the laughing maniac.
"How bout you pick on somebody your own size?" Jellal said darkly, nobody gets to hurt his little angel.
"Oh, and aren't you the big bad wolf?" Eisenwald said sarcastically.
"So what if I am?" Jellal replied.
"Aren't you suppose to hunt down the little girl and hurt her by eating her grandmother just like when you hurt this brat in The Tower of Heaven?" He smirked.
Jellal looked utterly shocked, then his eyes darkened. Erza could feel the energy radiating off him as Jellal started to shake.
"I might have hurt Erza in the past but I'm doing everything to make up for it," Jellal said, anger boiling in him.
"Jellal," Erza said, a softness was in her eyes.
Suddenly, Jellal's body was covered in a yellow light, he was using heavenly body magic. Erza stepped back a bit, knowing how powerful Jellal really is, likewise with his counterpart, Mystogan.
"Heavenly blast!" Jellal yelled, a flash of light came from his hands and aimed itself towards Eisenwald.
"You have to do better then that to defeat me wolf!" Eisenwald laughed and dodge, letting the blast bit his minions.
The battle went on, Jellal blasting, Eisenwald dodging. Erza felt angry, why was she some helpless little girl, waiting for Jellal to save her. Clenching her fists, she stared at Eisnewald. Erza calculated that he was exactly 4 seconds vulnerable after he dodges Jellal's attacks with his wind magic. Quietly, Erza snuck away through the bushes.
Jellal POV*
By now, Jellal was tired, he used too much magic for one day already enough as it is but now he had to continue fighting Eisenwald. Wiping sweat off his forehead, Jellal planned to use another heavenly blast. Jellal prepared himself as he concentrated.
"Heavenly...blast!" Jellal said, putting all his energy into the shot.
Like the first time, Eisenwald dodged it easily, laughing at how weak Jellal really was. Jellal felt defeated and unworthy of his beloved. While Esienwald laughed though, the tree behind him rustled. Before anyone had a chance to react, Erza shot out, kicking Esienwald right in the head, sending him falling towards the ground.
"Erza!" Jellal caught the airborn Titania and landed her safely back on the forest floor.
Most of Esienwald's army was wiped out, the few left ran away, abandoning their leader behind. Erza went and hauled up the semi-conscious villain by the collar of his shirt.
"Why did you come to attack us?" Erza said harshly.
"It was our duty to capture you and kill that wolf," Eisenwald coughed.
"Who made you do this?" Erza continued her questioning but Eisenwald had become limp, obviously unconscious like the rest of his guild.
When Erza turned to face Jellal, she saw that he had a pained look on his face. The ex-quip Mage ran up to him, checking for bruises.
"I'm fine Erza, I'm just troubled that I wasn't able to protect you," Jellal said with a hurt look in his eyes.
"Jellal, you warned me when Esienwald was coming, if you didn't, I
would've already been dead," Erza said with a smile on her face.
Jellal could feel his cheeks warm up. Erza reached down and took Jellal's hands, surprising the blue haired wizard. Jellal blushed even redder when Erza pulled him and walked towards Porlyusica's house. They were walking in the woods, hand in hand like a couple. Jellal couldn't be any happier.
Erza POV*
Erza was embarrassed, she was holding hands with her first love, her only love. As she walked through the woods, she thought about everything. She woke up in a plain, got sent into the woods, met the "wolf" Jellal, battled Esienwald again, and now going to Porlyusica's.
"Hey Jellal, what do you think we're doing here?" Erza asked.
"Must've been that spell Levy read," Jellal answered.
"You remember?" Erza asked in disbelief, her memories were kind of hazy.
Before she could ask another question, they arrived at a cottage. Erza guessed this must be where the healer lived. Herbs were planted in rows, flowers bed bloomed brightly, and smoke was coming from the chimney which meant someone was home. Erza gulped, she had brought the half empty basket with her, a little beaten up but still held shape.
"Porlyusica?" Erza poked her head through the doorway, there was no answer.
Erza decided to wait for the pink haired woman. She dragged Jellal into the living room and sat down on the couch, there was no televison so the two sat in an awkward silence. Erza decided to break it since Jellal was never going to anyways.
"Hey Jellal, where do you think everybody is?" Erza asked.
"Dunno, probably not here cause Natsu would've burned something down already," Jellal replied.
"Um...Jellal?" Erza asked shyly, so out of character.
"What?" Jellal thought along the same line, Erza was not like this.
"Did you feel anything when we were holding hands?" Erza blurted out and blushed.
"Um..." Jelllal was more embarrassed, his face redder then Erza's hair.
Erza mistook his silence for a no and turned away sadly. She probably ruined their friendship by asking such a silly question, of course Jellal doesn't have feelings for the Titania. Seeing a depressed look on his love, Jellal touched Erza's cheek, surprising the redhead.
"Erza...I did feel something, it was probably love," Jellal said and blushed, this was so weird for him to say.
"Jellal," Erza whispered his name and leaned in.
They kissed, it was very shy and intimate. Both if them had never dated that much since Erza was a fearsome warrior and Jellal tried to kill humanity. Erza felt her face warming up as they parted, she never felt like this before.
"Again," she mumbled unconsciously.
Jellal smiled and took another kiss from Erza's lips, kissing her more passionately now. Soon, Erza was situated on Jellal's lap and they were fully making out. Jellal started kissing down her neck, leaving a few love marks to let people know that Erza was his. The blushing Titania could only gasp and moan as Jellal bit her ear. The couple was drunk on love and didn't hear the door open. Porlyusica walked in on the two to be teens and couldn't believe it.
"What are you doing in my house?!" Porlyusica said and threw a lamp at Jellal and Erza.
Noticing this, Jellal pulled away from the Titania's mouth much to her displeasure, and shoved her down onto the floor. When Erza opened her eyes, she saw Jellal's hands...on her breasts! She yelped a bit, surprise at the sudden contact.
"I'm sorry," Jellal mumbled when he realized what he was doing.
"I-I-it was another accident," Erza blushed profusely.
Their attention was turned to Porlyusica, she was angry at them for storming into her house and just kissing in her couch, that's why she hated people. Erza apologized and explained why she was here and handed her "grandmother" the basket. Porlyusica seemed to soften as she smiled a bit, it barely noticeable.
"All right, you too have passed this princess realm, congratulations and join your two friends," Porlyusica said.
"What ar-," Erza said but was cut off when the old healer clapped her hands.
A bright light started to engulf them. A little bit worried, maybe even scared, Erza grabbed Jellal's hands. The light continued to shine and suddenly, they were transported through universes. Erza buried her face into Jellal' s chest as the blue haired wizard stroke the worried Titania on her head.
"We're here," he whispered in her ear.
Erza cracked an eye open and saw that they were in a circular room with white walls and a giant blue lacrima crystal in the middle. Erza also saw two figures staring at them in amazement.
"Lucy, Natsu!" The redhead said and ran over to hug them.
All of them thought that Erza was acting way out of character, she would just usually nod and smile at something like this.
"Erza, you okay?" Natsu asked.
"Yea," the Titania smiled then.
"Hey Jellal," Lucy waved.
"Hey Lucy, Natsu," Jellal smiled and came for to Erza, interlocking her hand with his.
Erza's face started heating up. She tried to push Jellal away but he wouldn't budge. Lucy sat there with a smile on her face and a gleam in her eyes, was obvious that these two won't ever be separated again.
"It was quite a passionate kiss there huh?" Lucy teased.
"You knew?!" Erza squeaked and buried her face into Jellal's chest.
"Yup, this lacrima showed your whole journey," Lucy giggled.
"Hey, what is this place anyways?" Jellal asked sice Erza was trying to hide her face.
"Oh, this is the "ending realm" of what you've been through," Lucy said and explained what she had learnt from Nirvana earlier on.
"So Levy, Gajeel, Gray, and Juvia could spend an entering in the underworld?!" Erza was shocked.
"Yes, but they're Fairy Tail mages so they won't give up," Lucy said encouragingly
Erza smiled and sat down next to Lucy, being sandwiched by Jellal in the process. They all turned to the lacrima and saw and a reading Levy McGarden, her face was as happy as can be.
So there's some JerZa fluff for you. It took me two days to write this on my IPad, then another 30 minutes proof reading this, and about ten minutes uploading this chapter. Hope you all enjoyed this story and there's more to come. A lot of you can probably guess who Levy is since she's a bookworm and Gajeel is misunderstood and looks like a monster. Thanks for all of you who've read this far and please review!