"Meredy...I have a question."

The pinkette blinked up at her independent guild creator. "Yes Jellal?"

He glanced at her from the corner of his eye. "When we had ran into Lamia Scale last week... you seemed to know that Lyon character very well."

She blinked, not really understanding where he was going with the conversation. "Well, yes. He's a friend of Juvia's. We also happened to fight together after the Grand Magic Games. We've been friends of sorts since then."

He nodded slowly. "I see..."

Silence followed after that and it was starting to worry Meredy. What could possibly be going through his head at that moment? She knew better. Jellal was obviously being curious about her relationships. She sighed. Weather she liked it or not, he was the closest thing to a brother she had, and he was proving it with his behavior. "Speaking of, Jellal..."

"Hm?"

"Why are we going to Magnolia?"

She saw him tease at the question, but for only a second as he continued to walk a bit ahead of her. "O-Oh, nothing really, I thought it would be nice to visit Fairy Tail."

She narrowed her eyes and raised a brow. He was obviously hiding something. "Even though we're fugitives..?"

He turned his head to give her a reassuring smile. "No need to worry. I asked the Master a few days ago if we could visit and he approved."

She blinked. Oh, so that was where he had went the other day. She continued to narrow her eyes. He was still being suspicious. She sighed again and decided to let it go.

As long as he didn't do anything stupid then she knew everything would be fine.

Putting up their hoods, they walked into the city and avoided as many people as possible on their way to the guild hall. Soon enough, they made it to the doors and opened them. When they walked inside and shut the doors, everyone had stopped to stare.

Now they both looked suspicious...

Meredy sighed before glancing around. Then she smiled widely at the sight of a certain Water Mage and ran over to tackle her to the ground with a hug. "Juvia!!!" In the process of the incident, her hood had flown back to reveal her long pink hair.

Juvia blinked as she sat up. "M-Meredy!?" The girl nodded as she leaned back and smiled. "It's been forever!"

After blankly looking at her face for a minute, Juvia rubbed her eyes before blinking at her again. Then a large smile spread on her face as she gave her a hug of her own. "Juvia has missed you so much!!!" Meredy started to giggle at her friend's reaction while patting her back, forgetting that there was an audience.

Gray, who had been standing next to Juvia before she was tackled, blinked up from the two to look across the room at the other figure. "Wait, if that's Meredy than that means.."

Erza walked up to the other person and was about to question him when he put his hood down, showing her a smile. "Ah good, you're here."

The redhead blinked and most of the guild, mostly the girls, watched intensly as the two locked eyes. "Jellal...W-What are you do-" She was cut off however as he took her wrist and dragged her out of the guild faster than she could squeal.

Speaking of squealing...

That's what Mira and Lucy were doing right now. "IT MUST BE A CONFESSION!!!" Lisanna, who had somehow gotten herself stuck between the two, blinked and was very lost. "Did I miss something?"

Meanwhile, Jellal had dragged poor Erza outside and when she went to ask about it as they stopped, words seemed to falter at the shock of seeing her childhood friend crouch down to the street's ground and looking from side to side as if he was making sure the cops weren't around.

She blinked at him and also crouched down to his level. "J-Jellal..?"

Suddenly his gaze snapped to her and he let go of her hand to put both of his in a begging position. "Please, Erza! I need your help."

Her surprised look didn't change. "Help..? With what?"

He looked around again and then back to her, leaning in like he was sharing a secret. "You see..,there is someone I need to catch and question..." She blinked at him as he continued. "He's stolen something valuable and I need to talk to him."

Erza only raised a brow, but was becoming more and more curious. "How can I help..?"

"I need directions, a distraction for Meredy, and a team."

She stared at him for a long moment as the questions in her head started to pile up. It took her a moment before she decided to ask one. "I can get you a team and I can ask Juvia to distract Meredy, but I need to know where you think we're going to tell you directions. Also, why aren't we just going to take her with us?"

"She can't know about this."

"Why not?"

"She doesn't realize that it was stolen."

He just wasn't making any sense and it was making the poor redhead even more confused than she was before.. "What exactly was stolen?"

At the mere thought of whatever it was, his face took on one of pure shame and agony as he fell on his hands and knees, whispering. "Her heart..."

She blinked, leaning in a bit. "What?"

He sighed and sat up, dragging a hand down his face. "I wasn't paying enough attention and without my realization, he had taken her heart..." She was about to respond, but his face changed into one of firery determination and a grin, causing her to flinch in fear as he continued. "But I won't allow it. Not until I've at least talked to him and he's proven himself worthy!"

She was starting to see the big picture. "So what you're saying is that Meredy's heart was stolen, yet she doesn't realize it, and you want to confront the man and see if he is worthy of her?"

Just when she thought he was going to start laughing evilly, his face turned back to normal as he nodded. "That's right."

She thought a moment, putting a hand to her chin and glancing at him. "So why don't you want her to know about this?"

He glanced away, almost looking guilty. "I...don't want her to be mad at me..."

She sighed, trying hard not to facepalm, but found herself smiling. "Alright then." She stood. "I'll get everything in order." Then she looked down at him with curiosity. "Who is this guy anyway?"

He also stood and turned to her. "Lyon Vastia from Lamia Scale. That's why I need directions, I don't know where their guild hall is located."

She stared at him, not expecting that the situation would become so ironic. "Ah..,about that..."

"JUVIA-CHAN!!!~"

Speak of the devil and he shall appear.

Erza turned to see Jellal with a shocked expression. "He...was coming to visit today." She briefly wondered where his calm demeanor went, but then again, he was obviously in Brother Stressout Mode.

As Lyon was about to run into the guild, Jellal seemed to come back to his senses, turning to Erza calmly. "I still need to speak with him."

Erza, in full understanding of the situation, nodded. "Alright."

And so, both sped around the corner. Lyon had just opened the doors and was about to yell Juvia's name again when some kind of divine intervention, or in this case, a crack fanfic writer, caused him to seemingly disappear from sight, only leaving a slight breeze go throughout the room left behind by the two fast mages in their Ice-Mage-napping, making everyone in the guild wonder where the wind had come from.

Juvia and Meredy, who had been sitting at the bar talking, blinked over at the doors before Meredy raised a brow, narrowing her eyes at the doors, which was still open from the 'wind'. "Jellal?"

Juvia thought a moment, taking her question literally. "Maybe Jellal-san is with Erza-san."

Meredy shook her head as she pointed to the doors. "No, I mean I think that was Jellal.."

Gray walked up next to them with a raised brow as he cleaned out his ear. "I could've swore I heard Lyon just now... Well, he was suppose to come over today for some reason. Wonder what happened."

The two girls shared a glance before getting up with a nod. They were going to find out.

Now we go back to Lyon, who at the moment, was wondering what on earth he did to deserve such attention. For standing over him in an alley about a block away from Fairy Tail's guild hall was Erza Scarlet and Jellal Fernandes, both giving him stern looks. They had just kidnapped him.

What had he done to deserve this..?

The Ice Mage decided to turn to Erza, who he had known longer. "E-Erza? What is this about?" He took into consideration that he could have taken a nap and this was the nightmare that had come from it, but he knew better, this was really happening. He just didn't understand why it was happening.

She crossed her arms cooly but offered a smile. "No need to be nervous. Jellal just wants to talk to you."

Lyon switched his gaze to the blue headed man and stood up with a raised brow. "Have I done something wrong..?" It was meant as a joke because of Jellal's independent guild's purpose, but the man in front of him didn't change his calm, almost serious expression.

"Not exactly. As Erza has said, I just want to talk."

Lyon blinked, curious now. What would he want to talk about with him..? "What is it then?"

"It's about Meredy."

His eyes widened a bit in surprise and confusion. "Meredy?"

"What do you mean, 'Meredy'?"

All three turned to the third voice, seeing with wide eyes that the topic of choice was standing before them with Juvia and Gray, who had decided to join her, were by her side. Her arms were crossed and she looked pretty ticked off.

Jellal started to visibly sweat and stutter. "M-M-Meredy!? What are you doing here?!"

"Lyon!?" Gray pointed a finger at him in surprize.

"Gray!?" Lyon reflected his actions, but soon turned his gaze over to a very angry Meredy, debating running for his life.

She stomped up to Jellal, putting her fist to her sides and getting in his face. "What do you mean 'what am I doing here'!? I would like to know what you think you're doing. I knew it too, I knew you were acting suspicious...So tell me. What do you think Lyon has to do with me?"

Juvia, and her overactive imagination, spoke in excitement before Jellal could even gather the courage to open his mouth. "Does Meredy love Lyon-sama!?"

The two said teens blushed and automatically looked to one another, deepening their blush. Lyon, too shocked to speak, just stared at the girl in front of him. Said girl started to shake from embarrassment and anger, looking to Jellal, who flinched under her gaze. Erza was beginning to understand why her friend didn't want to make Meredy angry...

"You..You.." Her voice was low and her gaze sharp. "Is that what you think!?"

Jellal, regretting his decision to go through with this, was beyond nervous. "W-Well, isn't it the t-t-truth..?!"

"No you moron!!! I like him as a friend! Maybe even a close friend, but nothing more!" She had yelled in his face and he was shocked to stone that his calculations were wrong.

After screaming in frustration and embarrassment, she stormed off, Juvia and Lyon following her to try and calm her down. Jellal watched and while still in shock, fell to his hands and knees.

Gray was standing next to Erza. He blinked at what had just unfolded. "What...just happened? Will Jellal be okay..?" The said man looked pretty out of it in his 'epic fail' position in the alleyway.

Erza sighed and then gave a small smile. "Just another day in the life of Crime Sorciere." She then looked to Jellal with amusement in her features before walking away. "I'm sure he'll be fine. From what I understand, it isn't the first time he's made her angry."

He nodded slowly before following her. "I almost feel sorry for 'im, but then again, maybe he deserved it."

"He definitely had it coming." She replied calmly.

He sighed. "Great, now I get to hear Meredy's complaining, Juvia's fantasies, and Lyon's nonsense..."

She laughed as she opened the guilds doors. "Just bear through it, I don't think Meredy will stay mad for much longer."

He sighed. "I hope not..." Just then, Juvia started clinging to his arm. "Gray-sama! Juvia is so happy you're here!"

"Juvia-chan! Don't cling to him like that! He doesn't deserve it!" Called Lyon, now standing next to them.

Meredy, also standing next to them, turned her glare to Gray. "You're right Lyon, he doesn't deserve it. Juvia deserves much better."

As the three continued to argue with Gray in the middle, the younger Ice Mage turned to look at Erza a few tables away from them. "Erza! Help me!"

She didn't even look his way as she picked up her spoon. "I'm sorry Gray, but I'm in the middle of eating my cake, please deal with the situation on your own."

Jellal walked in about then, calmly sitting down next to Erza. Gray decided to call out to him. "Hey! Jellal, a little help here!?"

Jellal also didn't turn as he sipped his fresh cup of tea that Mira had just kindly brought him. "I'm sorry Gray, but I've already made Meredy mad at me today, so I'll leave her to you. I'm sure you can handle it." Erza nodded as she took a bite of cake at the same time he took a sip of tea.

His jaw dropped to the floor. "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!"

THE END