Little | Future Jerza

Chapter 9 - No Escape

"Now they're gone and you're wishing
you could give them everything."

− Nelly ( Just a Dream )

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C h a p t e r ⠀IX -
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀N o ⠀E s c a p e

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Pound, beat, clash.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Drops of the pulse, throbs of the heart and the sound of a glass had just broke into a millions of pieces in the mind. Nothing more could explain the feeling of horror that pass through each one's bodies. However, Jellal and Erza seem to be the most panicked ones.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Jeraline and Eric henceforth to pins and needles. They were worrying for their parents; now that they've heard a huge story about ages ago, they had no idea what will punch the clock. They were just feeling the same as Jellal and Erza anyway, shocked, full of fear.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Jellal was not himself. He wasn't the brave, clever Jellal that everyone knew. Him backing away was the result of all his sensations. He was not acting like himself, at all.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Corresponding, it was the past that just saved their lives right now; Milliana with Milly, Wally, Shô and. . . Kagura. There wasn't a reason why everyone is afraid however, their actions bestowed the bad luck. Everyone that was facing Jellal and Erza looked at them, worried and surprisingly, with tears.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀No one knew what Kagura was feeling, though. Her back was facing Jellal and Erza, and the people in front of her couldn't see her face, which was covered with pure black contrast. She looked calm, but Erza had a thought if she was angry, making her frightened.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erza narrowed her eyebrows, thinking of all the possibilities of the disaster that will come. What she was thinking, she couldn't possibly allow that to happen. Jeraline unexpectedly looked at her, noticing her anxiety.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Mama, nani −" Jeraline broke her sentence when her mother pushed her to the side and went in front of Jellal, giving him a trauma. She gripped Jellal's arm, except her gaze was completely focus at Kagura, who still wasn't looking at them.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Please, Kagura, minna. . . It's already over −" Erza was cut off my Milliana, beginning to carry Milly.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Īe, Er-chan," Milliana said as Erza looked at her when Kagura started speaking, making Erza gulp, changing her eyes again.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Nee-san. . ." Erza was surprise that she still called her that. "I know it's over, why would you think I'll still fight about something that's so outdated? You've even saw that I saved you from those cottonmouths."

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Jellal had never heard her voice either, his heart still pounding by a fluke. He tapered his eyebrows, trembling like he was not his age too.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erza suddenly broadened with confusion, forgetting of that fact. "Then why are you here?"

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Silence filled the train room right after that question that Erza asked, except it was easily done with, with Kagura actually speaking again, after taking deep breath.