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The Tower of Heaven trembled.
Jellal watched her, grinning faintly; His eyes flashed, and incredible power throbbed around him. Erza took a deep breath, flushed. She was unable to look away.
Without saying a word, without moving, he made her feel like such a woman…
She could feel a tingling heat in her hips, crawling along her skin.
"We need to talk, Erza." Jellal said, and his voice was smooth, captivating. The corners of her mouth quirked up, and her heart fluttered.
Erza marveled at him. He was like a star, radiant like a celestial body. Blinding magic surged around him, through the room; he stood in the center of it, god-like, and even the air seemed to warp around him, nebulous and Ethereal.
"O-Okay-" She breathed, unable to refuse him anything. Erza tried to pose herself seductively, sexily, on the ground. The redhead adjusted herself, and spread her legs a bit, raising one knee.
He tilted his head, just a little, studying her face. Jellal stared pensively up and away, into the corner of the throne room. She glanced up and gave him a dazzling smile; her heart throbbed in her chest.
"Careful…" She exhaled, rubbing her cheek with one hand. "Your magic is about to collapse the tower-"
He trained his eyes on her, calmly. She shivered, watching him, and her stomach clenched, breathless. "It won't fall." He said simply, staring away. Jellal raised one hand. The tower stopped shaking immediately; Erza blinked, and her eyes widened in realization, a light blush tinting her cheeks.
"You're holding it up." She remained quiet for a moment, averting her eyes. Her voice was warm and soft. "You're already holding up the tower…"
He let his hand fall. The celestial body magic around him was dizzying, like a blinding corona. Her chest heaved, and she felt tears welling up in her eyes. Her shoulders slouched, and she mumbled nonsense.
He's holding the tower of heaven aloft, absentmindedly. She felt her body reacting to his presence in the room, heating restlessly up; in awe of the man she loved with every fiber of her being. Erza rubbed her legs together, bright red, unconsciously shifting. She took a deep breath, shaking her head before flashing him a beaming smile.
(At that very moment, Outside on the beach)
"She did it…" Meredy stared up at the tower of heaven, bewildered. She blinked, fidgeting, and Tears welled up in her eyes. "She did it."
"That power…" Natsu smiled softly, crossing his arms over his chest. Proudly, he glanced over at Gray and Cobra. "Am I right-?"
"There's no mistaking it." The ice mage agreed.
Delighted, Juvia pranced about through the pouring rain. Cobra and Midnight exchanged a look, and Angel heaved a tense sigh of relief. The Lacrima spire shivered, and Cobra paused for a moment, clearing his throat.
"Actually, we need to hurry inside."
Meredy sucked in a tight, panicked breath. Suddenly distraught, she whirled around. "Oh my god, Oh my-"
"What-?" Natsu grabbed her arms, as she paced about; Clearly panicked, she met his eyes. Her mouth opened and closed, ineffectively.
"We need to be inside right now-" Midnight amended, sparing the trembling tower a passing glance.
Racer was gone in a second, vanishing into the structure, and Angel squeaked something, clutching at her face. "Let's go, let's go-!"
"Let's go-?! Let's go, what-?" Gray chased Meredy and Angel into the building, utterly bamboozled. Cobra and midnight followed, exchanging terse instructions, calling out to the rest of Crime Sorciere. "You can't be planning to interrupt them-"
"The main support pylons are on A-3 and B-2," The poison dragon slayer hissed, seizing a shuddering pillar in both hands. He called on all his magic to stabilize them.
Angel laughed, staring over at Gray. She stammered a chuckling sigh. "Are you serious, god no…"
She pointed a wall of summon spirits at another massive column, steadying it.
"Juvia doesn't get it…" The water mage wondered aloud, utterly lost. Helplessly, she glanced back and forth from Gray to Midnight. "What are we doing-?"
Midnight ignored her, hurriedly grabbing Natsu's shoulder and gesturing at a fourth shivering pillar. "Hold that up, would you? Also-" He turned to Gray, eyes narrowing.
Meredy stalked over, hyperventilating. "Quickly, quicklyyyy-"
"Someone explain for Fairy Tail, please-" Angel called out, brushing the hair from her eyes.
Meredy rubbed her arms, anxiously. "Okay, okay. Okay." She nodded, distracted.
Natsu peered over at the younger mage, fascinated. He held another two columns up, grunting. Gray was already erecting new pillars of ice, that braced the ceiling to the floor; steadying the structure, wordless.
"The tower was unstable already-" Meredy rubbed her temples with her knuckles, trying to control her breathing. "It was practically coming down when we got here. The battle upstairs must have jarred it loose, and it should probably be falling right now-"
Natsu blinked and Gray shuddered. Juvia wailed, helplessly extending her peripherally useful water streams up to the ceiling; desperate to help.
"Jellal must be holding the tower up, as we speak…" Meredy whispered, hushed. She glanced out into the structure from between her trembling fingers. "We have to stabilize it for him!"
"Preferably a few minutes ago, to be exact." Midnight droned, flatly, staring warily into the creaking walls.
"…Why?" Natsu wondered aloud, weakly. "If Jellal is holding it up, it's fine. Something like this would be easy for him-"
"Exactly." Cobra sighed, muscles straining in his arms and back.
"Exactly!" Meredy squeaked. "If Jellal has his full power again, holding the tower up would be so easy he wouldn't even really notice whether he's doing it or not-"
Gray took a deep breath; Understanding dawned on him, all at once. His eyes widened a fraction. "Oh, shit."
"Yes." Angel grumbled. She covered her face with one hand, groaning. "Yeah."
"Yes!" Meredy yelped, shoving the ice mage gently from behind. Gray grinned, shakily, and erected another few columns of ice. "If he gets distracted, the whole tower could crumble before he realizes that he stopped keeping it stable-"
Natsu rubbed his head, nervously. "Sure, but…Distracted? This is Jellal we're talking about-"
Midnight snickered, and Angel chuckled, shaking her head. "Well…What do you think they're doing up there?"
Gray nodded, gritting his teeth. More and More Ice flowed up to brace the ceiling, slowing the tremors in the building's foundation.
Juvia gasped, covering her mouth. Bright red, she turned to Gray and Natsu. "Oh…Oh, Juvia also wants-"
"Something pretty distracting, right-?" Angel added, pursing her lips.
"Now that you mention it…" Racer appeared beside them; having finished piling tons of rocks from floor to ceiling in the other halls of the lacrima tower. "I'm kind of worried about Erza. Didn't we…Didn't we come here in the first place, because he said he didn't want to rape her-?"
"Oh, He did not say that!" Meredy snapped defensively, bright red. She fumed, crossing her arms. "He said his self-control was slipping, and he didn't want to take any chances-"
"No, you're right." Racer shrugged, staring up at the cieling. "Either way."
Gray chuckled, forming another set of ice pillars. "Oh, please."
"Nothing to worry about." Natsu grinned, shaking his head. "I've read Erza's diary. It's nothing but sexy fantasies, about him holding her down and pulling her hair."
Angel blushed, stifling a gasp. Meredy choked on her breath, crimson red; she stared wildly over at the fire dragon slayer.
"If he's raping her right now, she'll be thrilled." Natsu shrugged, waving his hand dismissively. "She won't stop talking about it for years."
"She'll be bringing it up decades from today." Gray grunted. "She'll probably enforce it as a guild holiday, and make everyone participate in cheerful remembrance."
(At that very moment, in the throne room)
The re-quip mage trembled, turning slightly around on the floor.
"How do you like my armor-?" She flashed him a smile, shakily. Erza opened her legs further, setting one arm under her breasts. She peeked up at him, meeting his flashing eyes and glanced hurriedly back at the ground. Erza took a deep breath, relishing the tingling feelings of bubbling warmth rippling through her chest.
"I think you may be using the term 'Armor' very liberally." He arched a brow, and glanced over at her, grinning. He was luminous, and she whisked her head nervously away, hoping he wouldn't see the blush spreading through her cheeks.
She slid forward, just a little. Erza wrung her hands together in her lap, trying to call his name, but her throat went dry.
Jellal glanced over at her. He raised one hand, silently, and blinding golden flames burst to life around it; snapping Erza out of her reverie. She pressed her fingertips to her lips, transfixed, breathing tight and shallow. He held his hand out, towards her, and the flames of rebuke streaked through the room, to either side of her; she blinked. The fire stilled for a moment before raging up, sealing them both inside a wall of brilliant gold.
She tilted her head, curious. The redhed flipped her hair over her shoulder, thoughtfully, and touched her breast. It occurred to her that he was keeping her in place; Erza's eyes widened a fraction, and she peered up, giggling weakly.
Jellal cast her a brief look, ruffling his hair. The insane pressure of his powers weighed her down, and she opened her mouth to whisper something, flushed.
"I'm…I'm yours." She quivered; smiling softly at him, tilting her head and leaning forwards. "Are you going to have sex with me?"
"Yes." He answered dryly, grinning. He lifted a hand, staring down at it before clenching his fist. "There's nothing I can do to prevent that anymore."
Erza's breath hitched in her throat, meeting his eyes; She adjusted herself, winded, on the floor. Peeking up at him, she wrapped an arm eagerly around her leg, feeling a swelling warmth boiling up in her hips…She stared into his eyes from the ground, bright crimson and trembling.
The knowledge that he was going to have his way with her flooded her mind. Erza's voice bubbled out of her, tiny and incomprehensible.
She buried her hands in her hair. Erza looked nervously away, breathing heavily, and a droplet of sweat made its way down the side of her face. Jellal took a step towards her; his eyes were wild, and his face was calm and stoic.
Her feelings for him were singing loudly in her heart and mind; ringing through her body, and she saw flashes of every memory they'd ever shared.
He rubbed the bridge of his nose, and she swayed slightly in place. Erza hummed to herself, with a light blush dusting her cheeks, tears pouring from her closed eyes. She saw him saving her, as children. The redhead hunched over, with both hands on her knees. She saw him in handcuffs, she saw him on the beach, kissing her. It was so vivid, and he was right in front of her, now…
He stared at her with wide brown eyes, approaching dangerously. His heart raced in his chest as his body tensed.
Jellal stared at her, calculating, still glowing with brilliant magic power. Memories of her, of hurting her, breaking her heart, of loving her, filled his mind. His eyes drifted shut, grinning.
She nodded and turned slightly, trying to compose herself, pursing her lips. The redhead wiped blood and sweat from her eyebrows with tiny, shaking fingers; He stopped just in front of her, towering radiantly above her, as if standing in the heart of a blinding star.
She slouched her shoulders mindlessly, happy tears streaming down her face. Erza bit her lower lip, hanging her head, and tears spilled down into her lap, onto the floor. "I'm yours…" She murmured weakly, in a breathy voice. She cried, and his heart strained.
He stilled. The tension between them was thick, desperate, and he felt bound to her; tied to her by every thought or feeling he'd ever had. He glanced offhandedly to his right.
She covered her mouth with one forearm, chest heaving, choking back a wringing sob.
There was so much she wanted to say, she wanted to cry, she wanted to beg for his love and attention. For him to forgive himself, to let his pain go, to live with her and love her, to concentrate his energy and time on her…
"Erza." His voice rang through the room, clear and cool. It cut through her, and she brushed a strand of scarlet hair anxiously behind one ear, mewling quietly, strangled.
She whimpered something, rubbing the underside of her thigh; Erza peered poignantly away, quivering and flushed. "I…I love you…" She managed. The redhead smiled softly, breath catching in her throat. Her eyes glistened with a watery sheen.
The tower trembled, and Jellal looked up before steadying it again. His eyes flashed, and his powers rippled through the room. Erza felt the force of his magic throb through her, and panted, gasping. Her hips rolled a bit, heat climbing between her legs.
Jellal trained his eyes on her again. She lowered her gaze, and her lashes brushed against the hollows of her red cheeks; He saw himself binding her, murdering Simon with Altairis, in his mind. She glanced up at him, and he watched her nibble her lower lip, heard her sigh softly, wiping tears from her eyes. His desire for her raged in his chest.
He stiffened, scattered memories flashing through him. His eyes narrowed at her.
Erza squirmed, heart racing, reaching down between her legs with both hands. She shook her head. "Touch me…" She whispered, in a tiny and enticing voice. Her blush darkened, tears drying to streaks on her face.
He twitched, grinning, and averted his eyes. "Before that, Erza…" He replied, dryly, tilting his head. Jellal raised a hand, and ripped a small lacrima shard out of the ceiling above them, telekinetically. He formed it in silence with magic, compressing it. Erza watched.
When the tiny lacrima assumed the shape of a diamond, she swayed in place. Her eyes widened.
The rain poured down, heavy and torrential, outside. It spilled into the throne room, and steam coiled up around them, hissing faintly, as Jellal touched the crystal with two fingers. A gleaming white magic circle swirled around it, and golden flames of rebuke concentrated themselves inside it. The diamond glowed, brilliant, and Erza stared up at it, transfixed, as it floated above his palm.
Tears welled up in her eyes. She covered her mouth with both hands, breathless.
It can't be…This…
"I've sealed some of my guilt into this lacrima, Erza." He said, calmly. She shook, tears streaming down her face. Her stomach dropped.
Somehow, she had an inkling of what he was doing…
Ex-V: Did you have fun? I really hope so!
It took me an extra week or so, But I've been hard at work at school; I had some stuff to catch up on, but I did manage to write this and about four of my other stories another few chapters- If you're into it, I'll upload the next chapters when I finish editing them; within the next few days or so, keep an eye out for me!
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