From Rags to Royalty [Jellal x Erza]

Interrogation

The Next Day . . .

"Hey, we've got to talk!" Natsu's panicked voice shouts through the phone.

"What is it with you now!"

"Jellal's on to me! He's . . . He's gonna find out soon!"

"Did you rat me out!"

"No! But he's gonna find out!"

"No, he won't. I'll make sure of that."

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"Erza."

"Come in."

Jellal opens the door and enters the redhead's room. "I hope I'm not intruding."

"No, no. It's okay." Erza waves him off.

"I was just wondering if . . . if you talked to anyone suspicious the night of the party."

Erza thinks for a minute. "No, not that I can think of." She shakes her head.

"Are you sure?" Jellal presses the subject further.

"Yes, I'm sure. Nobody seemed suspicious to me."

"Hmm . . . ." Jellal hums as he thinks. I have to get Natsu to talk. He thinks. It's the only way. "Well, alright then. I'll be on my way."

After that, Jellal leaves the bedroom. He walks swiftly down the hall towards his office. Once inside, he picks up he phone and dials Natsu's number.

"What? Oh, hello?"

"Natsu!"

"Jellal? Wha-. . . Is everything okay?"

"No, it's not. I need your help."

"My help? With what?"

"I just . . . I just need to talk to you, Natsu."

"*sigh* Okay, okay . . . I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Get here fast."

"'Ight."

Jellal hangs up the phone and leaves his office in a hurry, practically jogging to his bedroom.

He changes his clothes, removing his formal attire and dressing into casual attire.

Natsu arrives at the Fernandes Mansion twenty minutes later. A maid lead him to The Game Room where Jellal is sitting on the couch, waiting.

The maid and Jellal share a look, at which the maid nods. She closes the door and locks it.

"Come sit, Natsu." Jellal calls, patting the area of the couch next to him.

"Uh . . . sure." Natsu replies, unsure. He hesitantly walks around the couch and sits down, not looking at Jellal. "So, . . . what's up?"

"I need you to be honest with me." Jellal's tone of voice and his facial expression becomes serious. "Who told you about Erza?"

"Jellal," Natsu sighs, "what's your deal? Wh-Why is it so important for you to find out how I know Erza?"

"Because she's being attacked by the paparazzi!" Jellal shouts, "She's caught up in a scandal and . . a-and so are you! How can you not care?"

"Scandals are apart of being famous, right?"

"Natsu, who told you about Erza?"

"I heard about her from some people at the party. I'd never heard about her before so I figured that she must be new. I wanted to befriend her. Glad I did too! She's an sassy girl! Way less uptight than Lucy."

"So," Jellal sighs heavily, "you're saying that you just heard about Erza and wanted to be friends?"

"That's right."

"So, how are you going to fix this scandal?"

"It'll blow over after a while. Don't worry so much, you'll get wrinkles."

"I just want her to be safe." Jellal huffs.

"Her?" Natsu asks, raising his eyebrows and grinning. "As in Erza?"

"Uh, yeah." Jellal nods, clears his throat, and shifts on the couch. "I mean, her father works for my family. If something happened to her, then her father would quit and we need his services."

"Suuure." Natsu grins even more. "And Lucy and I are gonna have ten kids."

"TEN KIDS!?!" Jellal's eyes practically pop out of his skull. "Are you serious?"

"NO! Oh, heck no! No, no, no, no, no. We're probably gonna have a son, ya know, to be the successor, but-" The pink haired male cuts himself off and shakes his head.

"I see."

"Have you found a Princess to marry yet?"

There is a pause, a moment of silence, before Jellal answers. "No, not yet." He sighs.

"I could introduce you to some girls." Natsu suggest. "I've got friends all over the world."

"Heh, I know."

"How's Lucy?"

"Uh, . . why? You interested in my fiancée?"

"No." Jellal laughs, "It's not like that. I'm just asking as a friend."

"Oh, well, s-she's fine. Lucy's fine."

"Ok." Jellal nods. "Thanks for coming, Natsu. Sorry to bother you."

"Not a problem, Jellal." Natsu replies, standing to his feet.

"The maid will see you out."

As if on cue, a maid enters the room and escorts Natsu out of the mansion.

Jellal stays behind and thinks about his conversation with Natsu. Certain things caught his eye.

Things that could lead him to figuring out who is behind the scandal.