There were a lot of discussions in the main hall of Fairy Tail, most of them gravitating toward the two new romances that blossomed in recent days. Natsu and Lucy was a couple now, as were Gray and Juvia. The coincidences were that Natsu and Gray both had a brass bottle attached to their belt, which was curious, to say the least.

While people were talking, Erza was listening to them, watching the two couples with a smile. She knew that they would eventually get together; it was fairly obvious to her. Happy for them, she wondered if she could ever have this kind of relationship with Mistogan, better known to her as Gerard. Both of them knew that they loved each other, but Gerard had the bad habit of always taking the blame for actions he had no control over. Thinking he did not earn the love of Erza, he forbade himself something she knew they both desired. Lost in her thoughts, she did not see the arrival of Tajia at her table, sitting in front of her.

Tajia, informed by Lucy and Natsu, knew about the failing relationship of Erza and Gerard, who both were S-class mages. Armed with two powerful mages and two genies at her disposition, she knew she could tackle Erza if need be.

-Is something wrong, Erza?

Snapping out of it, Erza realised she had been daydreaming about stuff she had no control over. Turning her attention toward Tajia, she replied:

-No, nothing is wrong. I was just happy that Natsu and Gray both found their special someone, that’s all.

Aware that Erza probably thought of Gerard while looking at them, Tajia continued their discussion speaking in a curious tone.

-Don’t you have a special someone too, Erza?

-It-It’s complicated...

Erza, not wishing to talk about her love life at all, rose up from her chair, walking out of the hall. Tajia, seeing that the strategy she had used on Juvia would not work on Erza, knew she had to resort to something perhaps a bit more on the offensive.

Erza, entering her home, locked the door behind her, needing to think about something else than her love life or Gerard. Sitting on a comfy couch, she picked up one of her steamy romance novel, thinking that reading about the romance of an imaginary character would divert her thoughts to something else.

Tajia, accompanied by Natsu, Gray, Juvia and Lucy, were going toward the home of Erza. Speaking in a commanding tone, she told the four of them:

-Listen up, all of you. I wish for no one to notice anything we are doing as a group starting now.

Lucy, activating her genie magic, enveloped everyone in a special aura, making sure no one noticed them. To the random citizen passing next to them, they were invisible and silent.

-I want you Lucy, as well as Juvia, to listen closely to my plan. Lucy will summon Aquarius, flooding the inside of Erza’s house. Once the building is filled with water, Juvia will drain it all with her navel, turning it into a part of her, including Erza. I will do the rest when we reach this point. Firstly, I wish Erza would not think about evacuating her home.

Juvia, granting her wish, removed the instinct from Erza’s mind, making her unable to quite her house unless helped. Hearing what their mistress aid, they both replied with joy:

-Understood mistress, it shall be done as you requested.

Turning into their genie form, having no need to hide their true selves to the general population, they flew to Erza’s house. Arriving there, Lucy grabbed her keyring, picking Aquarius key, turning it in the air, summoning her while saying:

-Open the gate of the water bearer! Aquarius!

Aquarius, appearing next to her, was surprised by Lucy’s appearance, pondering what had happened to her and where were her legs. Lucy, looking at her summon, told her:

-Go forth and use your water magic to flood this home. Make sure your flow infiltrate completely this home.

Listening to Lucy, Aquarius saw something different in Lucy. She was far prettier for one, irradiating a certain commanding presence. Compelled to obey her without any witty retort or insult, Aquarius did as she was told, filling this building with water, hoping this would satisfy Lucy, her mistress.

Erza, lost in her book, quickly returned to reality, as water was filling her house in a rapid fashion. Feeling certain wetness near her ankles, she could literally see the level rising at an alarming rate. Unsure about what to do, she tried to get on an upper level, climbing on her table, wishing this would stop. Clothing herself in an armor enabling her to breathe underwater, she had to find a way to make all this water go away. Not having enough time, the water filled her entire home, putting all of her stuff as well as herself underwater.

Aquarius, seeing that her job was done, bowed before Lucy in respect, then said:

-My work here is done, mistress. Anything else you wish for me to do?

Lucy, satisfied that her summons had finally learned to respect her, especially with her hypnotic beauty, replied respectfully to Aquarius:

-No, you have done your task well. You can return to where you were before I summoned you, or better yet, with Scorpio if that is what you wish?

Aquarius, smiling with glee at the prospect of being near her boyfriend, accepted the offer quickly. If this was to be a new step in their relation as summoned creature and keybearer, Aquarius was all for it.

Sending Aquarius away, Lucy turned to look at Juvia, who had to play her part now. Juvia, getting closer to the small lock on the door, she touched it with her navel, linking the lock with her belly button. Releasing the lock with her magic, she let the water pour inside her navel, absorbing it as a new part of herself.

Erza, feeling an incredibly strong current travelling toward her door, had immense difficulty to keep in place being pulled away in a very swift manner. Approaching the lock at a dangerous pace, Erza began turning into a liquid form, which alarmed her greatly. Passing through the lock, the current stopped, with her being stuck in a dark place.

Juvia, having finished the draining of this home, felt the small presence of Erza within her belly. Having gained no weight nor changed in any way from the large draining, she wondered how Erza felt in her stomach. At this moment, Tajia arrived, carrying a white brass bottle in her right hand. Bowing before her, Lucy and Juvia said:

-It has been done, mistress. What do you require of us now?

Tajia, pleased that everything went smoothly, inserted the tip of the bottle inside Juvia’s navel, just like the way she did to capture Lucy. Widening and deepening the belly button of Juvia, Tajia only had to wait for Erza to be captured.

Erza, seeing a spot of light, tried to move her consciousness out of this dark place. Entering the tunnel, she only hoped it would be her salvation.
Juvia, feeling Erza moving out, felt pleasure, as she saw Erza entering the bottle. Tajia, victorious, pulled the bottle back, having successfully captured an S-class mage. Rubbing the bottle, a puff of white smoke went out of the tip of the bottle, forming the silhouette of Erza.

Erza, in her genie form, had her hair in a long ponytail, wearing the same outfit and jewels as Juvia and Lucy, her color being white just like her bottle. Bowing before Tajia, she spoke in a respectful and devoted manner:

-Thank you for releasing me from this bottle, oh great mistress. I am your to command from this day on to eternity.

Knowing what to do, Tajia spoke to her new and powerful genie:

-Is it true you love the man named Gerard?

-Yes, mistress.

-I wish you would hypnotize and seduce him in the way you see fit. Make him your bottle-bearer just like Natsu is to Lucy. Make him unable to resist your sheer beauty, then take your time with the result when you are done.

-Your desires are orders mistress.

Disappearing in a puff of smoke, she transported herself and Gerard to a place they both knew very well. It was the little unknown part of the beach where they first kissed, a place full of happy memories for the both of them. Gerard, confused and surprised at what was happening, found himself staring at Erza in awe. She looked even more beautiful than before, wearing a belly dancer outfit that complimented her curves and beauty to near perfection. After a moment, he looked elsewhere, finding himself unworthy to even look at such a gorgeous woman, to which Erza replied:

-Look at me, you know you want to. I want you to; in fact I need you to look at me. Am I not splendid?

She sure was, he thought. Erza, however, deserved much better than him this he was sure of. Erza, seeing him react as he always did, used her magic on him, forcing him to look at her, activating an hypnotic aura at the same time.

-Stop beating yourself over nothing; stop taking the blame on everything! I love you and I know you love me, why make it so complicated?

The hypnotic aura had a great effect on Gerard, making him unable to avert his gaze elsewhere, captivated by every part of Erza. Her beautiful face, lips begging to be kissed, her eyes, her hips and slim stomach, her breasts, she was sublime. If only he deserved her...

-Stop thinking about what you deserve or do not deserve, stop your penance. Don’t you want to be with me? You don’t deserve me, fine, but I want you, because you are the most important person in the world to me.

Having no time to reply, Erza rushed him, kissing him passionately on his lips. Caught by surprise, Gerard began returning the kiss with the same passion a few seconds after it started. The kiss washing his dirty opinion of himself, essentially brainwashing and hypnotizing him, he was in bliss.

Breaking the kiss, Erza looked at him with need in her eyes. Dirty thoughts coming from her romance novels entering her mind, Gerard knew what she wanted. Lying on the beach, they would take their time, trying to make up for such long time lost where they could have been brave and honest in their desires.