I activated my Soul sight as I ran through the forest searching for Wendy.

"Where are you, Wendy..?" I whispered to myself impatiently.

"WENDY!!" I yelled.

I was getting furious.

I stopped when I seen a waterfall flowing beside a cave.

I seen a few souls hiding out in the cave.

I jumped down and slowly walked to the cave, my face plastered with anger and agitation.

-

When i entered the cave, i stopped as soon as I seen him standing over Wendy as she was crying on her knees.

"(F/N), you found us!" Happy said happily.

"Jellal..?" I whispered.

"What did you do to Wendy and Happy..?" I asked calmly.

"Sorry..I'm so sorry. I had to.." Wendy cried.

All of a sudden Brain was knocked into the floor and I was knocked into the rock wall by Jellal.

Jellal left the cave casually.

"(F/N)!!" Wendy and Happy yelled as they tried to pull me out from under the rocks.

I stood up with blood dripping down from my head to the side of my face.

"(F/N), you're bleeding! Let me heal you!" Wendy said as she put her hands close to my head.

I grabbed her arm.

"It's not bad..don't waist your magic on me. I heal faster than humans, so I'll be fine...there's someone else who needs you more than anyone right now." I said.

Brain punched his fist out from under the rock.

"We have to go..now." I said.

I put Wendy on my back and ran.

I jumped up high.

Magic was heading towards us while we were in mid-air.

"Happy, get behind me!" I said.

I faced the spell and held one of my hands out in front of me.

My soul formed a barrier in front of us and blocked the attacks.

Wendy's grip loosened from around my neck and she fell off my back unconscious.

"Wendy!" I yelled.

Just before she landed, I teleported to the ground and caught her and took off running again.

"Happy, fly us to Erza!" I said.

"Aye!" Happy picked us up and flew.

"What's wrong with Wendy!?" I asked.

"She must have used to much magic when she healed Jellal." Happy said.

-

Gray, Lyon and Sherry were grouped up together about a mile away from Erza, fighting Racer. It's crazy how he keeps getting back up..

'Damnit..i'm afraid i'll kill him if i use to much power. How much can they take? How much can i control?' I thought frantically.

Natsu was with Jura, Ren and Eve.

And Ichiya was alone.

Natsu's p.o.v.

"Oh, hey..look guys. That little guys trying to say hi." I said as I watched a small chipmunk wave at us.

"Huh?..oh yeah. He's a cute one, isn't he?" Eve asked.

"Indeed." Ren said.

"Wait.." Jura said defensively.

Several men and women in red robes showed themselves up in the trees. They were holding a pencil and a sketchbook.

All of them put their powers together and turned that chipmunk into a gigantic Wyvern.

"H-Huge.." I said as the ginormous Wyvern towered over us.

"It's pict-magic. It's not that dangerous." Jura said.

Suddenly I was slapped into a boulder cracking it in half.

"It's dangerous!" Eve yelled.

"So you wanna fight, huh!?" I yelled with an excited smile.

I jumped up and did a wing attack against it's face.

It got angry and raised itself on its two back legs.

I lit myself on fire and headbutted the beast in it's chest.

I got under it.

"Fire Dragon: Roar!!" I yelled, my fire raising the Wyvern off the ground.

White smoke appeared in the beasts place. When the smoke vanished, all that was left was the chipmunk from before.

I approached it with a sinister smile.

"I wonder..do chipmunks taste better rare or well done?" I said.

The chipmunk shook and hid behind it's tail.

It suddenly turned into a different monster.

"We have to take out the mages!" Jura yelled.

-

(F/N)'s p.o.v

"Come on, hang in there, Erza." I said.

Just then, Racer showed up in front of us and kicked Happy, making him drop us.

I caught Wendy and glided over to Happy and caught him and teleported to the ground safely.

"Gray?" I asked.

"Get going! Erza needs you!" Gray said.

"What about you? Can you take him?" I asked.

"Just go! I got this!" Gray yelled.

"Thank you, Gray. Kick his ass for us!" I yelled and ran.

Gray made a huge ice wall behind him.

Racer face planted the wall and fell to the ground.

"You're not going anywhere! Your fights with me!" Gray yelled.

-

I focused my power to my legs and jumped.

"Where are they..?" I said to myself while looking around.

I activated my soul sight and found them.

"There they are." I said.

I landed right beside Lucy and set Wendy and Happy on the ground.

"(F/N)! You made it!" Lucy said in relief.

"How is she?" I asked.

"Not doing to good. The poisons about to reach her heart. We need to hurry." Hibiki said.

"Come on, Wendy. Wake up.." I said while gently smacking her cheek.

She opened her eyes and leaned up.

"Where am I?" She asked.

"(F/N) rescued you from the enemy and brought you back to us. Wendy, Erza's in trouble. She was poisoned. Can you heal her?" Lucy asked.

She nodded yes and crouched down beside Erza and started healing her.

"(F/N), you're bleeding." Lucy said as she carried bandages over to me.

"I'm fine, really. It's just a scratch." I said.

"You don't have to play tough with me..let me help you." She said.

I sighed and nodded 'okay.'

Erza leaned up.

"What happened?" She asked.

Lucy finished wrapping my head with a bandage.

"You were poisoned. Wendy healed you. How do you feel?" I asked, helping her to her feet.

"Normal. I'm okay. Thank you, everyone, Wendy." She said.

Wendy nodded.

All of a sudden a beam of black energy shot into the sky.

"What the hell is that!?" I asked shockingly.

"Nirvana! They found it! This is bad.." Hibiki said.

"Do you know what it does, Hibiki?" I asked.

"Yes..Nirvana is a legendary Magical item that has the power to turn light to darkness and vice-versa. This works when people are wavering in their emotions and forces people to change alignments between light and darkness. However, for all the darkness it turns into light, the same amount of light is turned into darkness. Four hundred years ago, Nirvana was created by the "Nirvit", a race of humans who remained neutral during times of war. To try and keep the world in peace, they constructed Nirvana to force people into stopping the wars that ravaged the world at that time. After succeeding, Nirvana became a symbol of peace and the Nirvit made it their home. However, for all the darkness that it had turned into light, Nirvana took more and more darkness upon itself. It turned its residents, the Nirvit, from light to darkness and made them fight amongst themselves until it was impossible to survive." Hibiki said.

"How do you know all of this?" Lucy asked.

"Archive magic. It allows me to convert information into magical data, which can be stored, enabling me to gain access to previously stored information." Hibiki said.

I leaned against a tree with my arms crossed and started thinking.

"What's the matter, (F/N)?" Erza asked with a concerned look.

"My race..my power..they're both wavering between light and dark. I'm just a little concerned." I said.

Everyone except Hibiki looked toward me anxiously.

"Nirvana and Oracion Seis will be the least of our worries if you turn.." Erza said.

I looked up with determination.

"No. I control light and dark. On my duty as a Fairy Tail wizard, i'll stay neutral." I said.

They all smiled.

Wendy started to cry again.

"Wendy..?" Erza asked as she knelt down to her.

"I'm so sorry..i had to revive him..i had to revive Jellal.." Wendy muttered.

Erza formed a shocked look on her face.

"Where is he?" Erza asked with a serious look.

"He's over there." I said as i pointed at the beam of black energy in the sky.

Erza stood up and started walking to the beam.

"Erza.." I said.

She stopped without looking back.

"Jellal.. He's not a bad person.." I said.

Erza formed a half smile and whispered "I know.." and she walked off.

-

Natsu's p.o.v

"Where did everyone go?" I asked myself while looking around for the others.

"I can't believe i lost them.." I said while scratching my head.

"Hahaha..all alone, i see. Not good on your side."

I looked up and seen someone floating in the sky with wind surrounding him.

"Uh..yeah, but who are you?" I asked.

"Huh!? Who am i!? How could you forget!? It's me, Erigor! We fought over the lullaby flute! *Tch* Ever since that day, i've been training and training to be strong enough to defeat you!" Erigor yelled.

I smirked and enveloped my body in flames.

"That's just pitiful..if all you've been thinking about is revenge then you haven't grown one bit. But wow, i guess i should be flattered. I didn't know i was that important to you." I said.

"N-No! I don't care about you! I- Dammit! Prepare yourself, Natsu Dragneel!" Erigor yelled.

-

(F/N)'s p.o.v

"I guess i should get going as well." I said.

"You're leaving?" Lucy asked.

"Of course. I have to stop Nirvana." I said as i walked off.

"I'm coming with you!" Lucy yelled.

"No. Stay with Hibiki and Wendy. I can take care of myself." I said.

Lucy stared at me in worry and loneliness as i vanished into the woods.

-

About fifteen minutes later

I sensed several people hiding in the woods close to me.

I stopped.

"Listen guys, you don't want to mess with me. I'm to dangerous for you to play with. I could kill you with zero effort." I said.

Thirty or so people stepped out with confident looks on their faces.

"Is that so? You actually think-"

Without moving, and with no effort, i created a shockwave fifty meters far and wide knocking them all out and completely demolishing every tree, bush and twig within those fifty meters.

They were still alive, but barely.

"You idiots.." I said with a sigh.

I pulled a small spear out of my chest.

-

"And that's the last one.." I said as i impaled the last dark guild member in their chest with my soul spear, healing him.

"They won't wake up for a few hours. That should leave Fairy Tail enough time to stop Nirvana." I said as i put the soul spear back in my chest and continued walking.

-

It was getting a little dark. The sun was going down.

"Almost there." I said to myself.

Suddenly the beam of black energy turned white.

"Uh-oh.." I said to myself silently.

The earth started shaking.

Below the white beam of energy, something started to emerge from the ground.

It was an old city. A city on six gigantic legs.

It started moving.

"Shit..shit, shit, shit." I said frantically as i ran after the moving city.

I seen some people running up one of the legs of Nirvana.

I activated my soul sight.

It was Natsu, Lucy, Wendy and Gray, along with Happy and Wendy.

It was about a mile away from where i was.

I focused my power to my legs and ran.

I got there in a matter of seconds and jumped onto one of it's legs.

"Come out, damn you!" I yelled as i attempted to summon the power of my dragon side.

My body gave off immense shockwaves one after another as my dragon horns slowly grew from my head.

My body glowed white.

My hair turned completely white.

My eyes turned gold.

My canines sharpened.

It took all the strength i had just to stay in this form.

"DRAGON GOD....ROAAAAAAR!!"

I let out a gigantic wave of white energy point blank onto the leg.

That single attack exhausted me greatly.

But i managed to crack it's leg.

"Just a little more.." I said tiredly.

"This could damage me pretty badly..but i have to stop this thing.." I said.

I exhaled..

"Soul...explosion.."

All of the Ethernano within a mile radius absorbed into my body.

Everything went quiet for a few seconds..and then...

'BOOOOOOOOM!!!!'

My soul exploded, completely destroying the leg i was on and crippling another leg. The explosion was so loud it hurt everyone's ear drums.

Nirvana tilted over, almost bringing it down.

It still stood but it was slowed down greatly.

I was already falling to the ground.

My vision was blurry.

I blacked out before i hit the ground.

-

"(F/N)!!..(F/N)!! Please..please wake up!!"

It was Erza's voice.

I opened my eyes.

"Stay with me, (F/N)!" Jellal said as he was running while carrying me bridal style.

He stopped and laid me down, resting the back of my head in his hand.

"Jellal..is..that you?" I asked quietly.

"Yes..it's me, friend." Jellal said with a wistful smile.

I was bleeding from my eyes.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"Were on Nirvana." Jellal said.

"Ah.." My eyes felt heavy and they started to shut. I felt like i could sleep for days.

"No! Don't fall asleep, (F/N)!" Jellal said.

It sounded like i was hearing his voice from underwater.

"He needs energy!" Erza said.

"Energy? How do i give him that?" Jellal asked.

"He absorbs it from ones soul." Erza said while grabbing my hand and putting it on her heart.

"No, I'll do it." Jellal said as he grabbed my hand and put it on his chest.

"Jellal.." Erza said.

A few seconds passed but nothing was happening.

"Why isn't it working!?" Jellal said frantically.

I slowly and weakly slid my hand up his shirt and stopped when i reached his chest.

"It..works by..skin contact.." I said tiredly.

I started to absorb his soul.

My veins glowed white all the way to my heart.

I stopped and raised up while clenching my teeth and holding my heart in pain.

"Ouch.." I whispered.

"What's wrong?" Erza asked worriedly.

I waited for the pain to pass before i answered.

"I'm fine.." I said as i stood up.

When i absorb a soul, i take on that soul's emotions. When i absorb a piece of a soul i only feel that soul's pain for a few seconds. That's what happened just now.

Out of all the emotions i absorbed, Jellal's hurt the worst.

I felt nothing but remorse.

"(F-F/N).. Your form.." Erza said quietly.

I looked to Erza and saw my reflection in her armor.

I was still in my dragon form.

I was shocked at what i was seeing.

I changed back to my normal form.

"Oh..Sorry if i scared you.." I said while looking away.

"N-No-" Erza tried to say.

"Why..do i have directions in my head? A map. And a timer. What happened while i was out?" I asked.

"All of Oracion Seis has been taken out, including Brain. But..now he's back. But with a different personality. He's calling himself Zero. And he wants nothing but destruction. He's a complete psychopath.. (F/N), listen, there are six lacryma in each of Nirvana's legs. You managed to take out a leg and cripple another but the lacryma still remain. We need to take them out in order to stop Nirvana. But the problem is, Zero is at one of those lacryma waiting for one of us to get there. Natsu sensed Zero at lacryma one.. We thought it best to let you go there since you are the strongest out of all of us. We had no idea you exhausted all of your power when we made that decision. Are you able to handle the task?" Jellal asked.

"Yes." I said without hesitation.

"Jellal. You gave me the power to stand up and fight again. And i'm grateful for that." I said and walked away.

"I won't let your sacrifice go to waist." I said while walking away.

Jellal sighed with a smile and fell to the ground. His power completely exhausted.

"Good.. I'm glad i could be of help." Jellal muttered while he thought back to our fight at the Tower of Heaven.

-

I slowly walked through the tunnel of the first leg in a daze.

My eyes were open but i wasn't staring at anything.

"I was right..that spell did damage me. It feels like i'm soulless.." I said with no emotion.

I stopped when i saw a pair of shoes on the floor in front of me.

I looked up and i was face to face with a long white haired man with red eyes.

"And who might you be?" He asked.

"I assume you're Zero..?" I asked quietly.

"That's right-"

I cut him off by gently flicking his forehead and he flew back into a wall with great force.

He coughed up blood and looked at me in shock.

"Just..what the hell are you!?" He yelled.

I knew what i was doing, but i was still in a daze.

"Answer me, you demon!!" He yelled.

"Demon...huh?" I muttered.

My demon horns started to emerge from my head and my eyes turned completely black. I don't know why my form started changing.

A light black fog covered my body.

Zero started trembling.

"This must be the lacryma.." I said while looking at the big sphere in the middle of the room.

I teleported in front of him and grabbed him by his neck, picking him off the ground while slowly walking over to the lacryma.

He grabbed my arm gasping for air, trying to break free.

"Just a few more seconds and i'll let you go.." I said.

I was waiting for the time limit in my head to reach zero.

"Okay..now i'll let you go." I said while focusing my power to my arm.

I threw him through the lacryma, destroying it.

Nirvana started to collapse.

Before Zero hit the ground, i teleported to him catching him by his leg and smashing him into the floor.

In that moment, i could only feel one emotion. Pleasure.

Pleasure from beating someone senseless.

I started repeatedly punching him over and over while having a small and pleasing smile on my face.

"(F/N)! Stop!"

Out of nowhere, Erza ran after me and embraced me.

The ground beneath us broke and we started falling hundreds of feet towards the ground while her arms were around my neck.

My soul came back to me and my eyes widened when i realized what Erza was doing.

My heart dropped.

While we were falling...

Erza's soft lips..

Were against mine.

Erza pulled back gently and looked into my eyes.

I changed back to my normal form.

"That isn't you, (F/N).." She whispered.

Just before we hit the ground, i put a barrier around us to break our fall.

I lied there with Erza on top of me just staring into each others eyes.

I was speechless.

My heart was pounding so heavily.

She held her hand against my cheek with a loving smile.

"I don't want to see my (F/N) like that.." Erza whispered.

I sighed and closed my eyes.

"Why did you have to go and do that..?" I whispered.

My outlook on Erza instantly changed.

My heart felt so very warm.

She softly pinned my hands with hers to the ground above me and she gave me a long and passionate kiss.

She pulled away slowly with lustful eyes and stared at me with a smile and got off me.

"Guys! There you are, we've been looking for you!" Lucy said happily.

Everyone else was with her.

I leaned up and rested my arm on my knee.

"Good job, (F/N).. you went and fell for someone else.." I whispered to myself.

I stood up and walked over to them.

"Good job everyone. I'm glad you're all safe." I said.

"Guess it's time we head back home, huh?" Natsu said.

I looked over to Jellal.

"What are you going to do?" I asked aloud.

Jellal looked at me.

"I'm not sure.." Jellal said as he looked to the ground.

All of a sudden a barrier formed around us and the kingdom's guards approached us.

"What the hell is this?" Natsu said.

"Don't touch the barrier! If you do that, you'll be knocked unconscious." A man in glasses stepped foward.

"We are looking for Jellal Fernandez. Give him up and we'll let you go." Lahar said.

I looked over at Jellal.

No one said anything.

'What do I do..?' I asked myself.

Jellal placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Jellal..?" I said.

"I'm the one you're looking for. I don't intend to put up a fight. Just take me." Jellal said.

"Hey..wait.." I said as I reached out for him.

"So you're Jellal..you scum..i'm sure you'll be put in prison for the rest of your life for what you've done." Lahar said in anger.

"Jellal!" I called out.

"Don't worry, my friend. I deserve this. It's okay." He said.

"You don't! What you did, it wasn't you! You don't deserve this!" I yelled.

Everyone remained silent.

I heard quiet whimpers behind me.

I looked over my shoulder.

It was Erza.

My eyes widened.

'Oh..i see now..' I said to myself.

I gave up and tilted my head toward the ground.

I balled up my fists.

The guards let down the barrier for Jellal to get out and put it back up around us.

I walked towards the barrier.

Lahar was standing just outside of it.

"Shouldn't you be more worried about Oración Seis..?" I whispered.

"Huh?" Lahar looked at me in agitation.

"(F/N) don't!" Erza shouted.

I clenched my teeth and gave Natsu a 'help me out' look.

Natsu ran up to me and beat on the barrier.

"Let em' go!" Natsu shouted.

"Stand back!" Lahar yelled at us.

"If this barrier wasn't here i'd kick your ass.." Natsu said in a sinister rage.

"Yeah?" I said.

I put my hand on the barrier and sent energy into it making the barrier shatter.

As soon as it shattered, Natsu did do what he said he was going to do.

The guards surrounded Natsu.

Everyone else except Erza joined in.

I didn't lay a finger on the guards. Because they were from the magic council. They jumped on me, trying to make me fall.

I pushed them off of me and got to Jellal, extending my hand toward him.

"All of you, stop it!!" Erza screamed.

Everyone stopped and looked toward Erza.

"Take Jellal away. I'm sorry on behalf of my friends. Please forgive us." Erza said.

I lowered my hand.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Jellal smiled.

I exhaled.

"Okay.." I said.

The guards put Jellal in the carriage and all of us watched in silence as he rode away.

I clicked my tongue and started walking.

"Wait, where are you going!?" Natsu asked.

"I'm going home.. we did what we came here to do." I said silently.

I looked over my shoulder and locked eyes with Erza. I gave her a weak smile before i looked ahead of me again.

'I'm so stupid.. I knew but I still let it happen.. I knew she was in love with Jellal..' I thought to myself.

"How stupid.." I whispered.

"What's stupid..?" Wendy asked.

I looked down at Wendy.

I had no idea she was there.

"How long have you been there?" I asked.

"Ever since you said you were going home."

"So why are you walking with me?"

"You looked sad." She said.

I kept walking in silence.

I crouched down in front of her when she wasn't looking and she bumped into my back. As soon as she did I picked her up.

She let out a small squeal.

"(F/N)..? What are you doing?" Wendy asked.

"Can you make me smile?" I asked seriously.

"Make you smile..? But I don't know what I can do to make you-" She seen me bite my lip out of sadness.

She paused for a few seconds and then hugged my neck and rested her head on my shoulder.

We walked home the rest of the way like that.. And i didn't smile even a little the whole way.

-

A couple hours later

It was around three in the morning. Wendy had fallen asleep on my back.

I went to the girls dorm and inside her room and laid her in bed and covered her up.

I locked the door as i left.

I stood out in front of the girls dorm looking up in the sky.

The moonlight shone brightly over Magnolia.

"This sucks.." I said.

All of a sudden someone came up behind me and wrapped their arms around my waist, hugging me.

"Mirajane..?" I said.

"You got it right.." Mirajane said silently.

She let go and walked in front of me.

She looked into my eyes.

With no emotion, my eyes filled with tears and they slid down my cheeks.

She hugged my neck.

"What's wrong..?" She asked.

"...just a heartache..." I whispered.

"Hey.. you know I love you, right?" She asked.

"No. I haven't noticed." I said.

She gasped and looked at me with her cute mad face.

"Dummy.. Of course I love you! And so does everyone else in the guild." Mirajane said.

I looked down at the ground.

She placed her hands on my cheeks and raised my head back up.

"Well.. what do you say?" She asked.

"About what?" I asked.

"Oh don't tell me you don't know. It's basic logic. Like when someone says 'Thank you' and the other responds with 'You're welcome."

My face got a little red and I looked away from her eyes.

"I love you, too." I whispered.

She smiled and kissed my cheek.

"Good. You better." She said while wiping my face.

"Thank you.." I said.

"You're welcome. Go get some sleep. You've earned it." She said while patting my head.

"Yeah." I said as I walked away.

"Hey." Mirajane stopped me.

I looked back.

"What about my kiss on my cheek?" She asked.

"W-What?" I asked shyly.

"Well..?" She smiled.

I walked up to her and she turned her face and I planted my lips on her left cheek.

"Thank you, (F/N)." She smiled.

I nodded and walked away.

-

The next morning

It was a rainy afternoon and I was sitting at a table alone with my head resting in my hand.

'We can't avoid each other forever.' I thought to myself.

"You okay, little bro?" Kitsu asked.

I didn't answer.

"Hello, little brother." She said.

I still didn't answer.

"(F/N)!" She raised her voice.

I snapped back into reality and looked at Kitsu.

"Yeah what?" I asked in a agitated tone.

She jumped a little at my tone.

I've never shouted at her, i've never aimed my frustration towards her. I've always spoke with a soft voice.

She was surprised and also a little sad about my tone toward her.

"I'm sorry.. are you okay?" She spoke softly.

"Yeah.. I'm fine. Sorry, i didn't realize it was you talking to me." I said.

"It's okay." She said silently as she sat beside me in silence.

"What to do..?" I whispered.

"Huh?" Kitsu asked as she leaned closer to me.

"I was wondering what we should do." I said.

"Oh. Well there really isn't much we can do today with all of the rain. Don't worry, we can do something tomorrow." Kitsu smiled.

"Wish there was something to take my mind off things.." I said.

"So there is something wrong." Kitsu said.

"No." I said.

"Jeez.." She sighed.

"Come on, Elfman!" Mirajane shouted.

"You should be ashamed of yourselves! You aren't men!" Elfman said.

"Were sorry, really." Jet and Droy said.

"Elfman!" Mirajane shouted.

"Coming sis! I was lecturing these two about getting knocked out on a job and leaving Levy to fend for herself." Elfman said.

"Well, at least they came back alive." Mirajane smiled.

"Mira.." Jet and Droy said happily.

"You're to forgiving, sis." Elfman said as they walked out of the guild.

"Wonder where they're going at a time like this." I said.

"No idea." Kitsu said.

"They're visiting the grave of their little sister, Lisanna. Today is the anniversary of her death." Erza said as she sat down in front of me.

My heart dropped.

I was so very nervous in front of her.

I made sure to look the other way and not make eye contact.

"Oh..i remember hearing about that." Kitsu said.

Erza looked toward me.

I felt her eyes on me.

"(F/N).." She said.

"What..?" I whispered, still looking away from her.

"Can we talk..?" She asked.

Erza looked at Kitsu and she got up and walked to the bar counter leaving the two of us alone.

Erza got up and took my hand and we went to the infirmary.

When we got in, she locked the door behind her.

"What's so important that you have to lock the both of us in the infirmary?" I asked.

She sighed.

"I didn't want anyone else hearing this.." She said.

"Go ahead then." I said.

Erza stayed silent as she looked to the ground.

"I love you, (F/N).. I want to be with you.." She said.

That warm feeling came back into my heart.

"You're in love with someone else, Erza.." I said.

She knew that i knew.

"I know.. Jellal is my first love. He was there for me at the Tower of Heaven when we were kids. He named me Scarlet. But.. at the same time, i feel the same way about you, (F/N)." She said softly.

I stood there with my right hand on my waist as i looked her in the eyes.

"And you don't think you're just substituting Jellal for me?" I asked.

"No.. I know that i love you." Erza walked up to me and placed her hands on my shoulders.

"Enough that i'd want a life with you." She said.

"I don't know if i love you.. But i do know that my heart yearns for you.. Would that be called love?" I asked.

"I wouldn't know any other word to explain that feeling except love." She said.

She buried her face in my chest and clutched her hands onto my shirt.

She looked so fragile and defenseless as her body shook, waiting for my answer.

I looked away.

"Okay.." I said.

She looked up at me wide eyed.

"What?" She asked in shock.

"What? Didn't think i'd say yes?" I asked.

All she could do was look into my eyes.

"Hey.. can we kiss?" She asked.

Her cheeks were tinted red.

She took my hands in her own and i kissed her lips again.

We broke apart and smiled at each other.

The guild started shaking.

"An earthquake?" Erza asked me.

"I don't know. Let's go check." I said.

Before we could open the infirmary door, everything started going white and inaudible.

I opened my eyes. Everything was black.

I felt dirt all around me.

I was buried underground.

"Please.. somebody! Anyone!"

"Wendy?" I said.

I released a shockwave that removed all of the dirt around me.

"Wendy! *cough* I'm here!" I shouted while rubbing my eyes, trying to remove the dirt from them.

"(F/N)!" Wendy ran into my arms.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked.

"I-I don't know. I think it's just us here.." Wendy said.

A fist emerged from the ground.

I grabbed the hand and pulled, pulling Natsu out from underground.

"What the hell just happened!?" Natsu yelled.

"Where is everyone!?" Happy yelled.

"I think.. this is the way to Edolas.." Carla said.