Hello everyone! this is my first ever fan fiction, so please read and review, and go easy on me :) I absolutely love Gajeel x Levy and fairy tail!
fairy tail and these characters all belong to Hiro Mashima!
It was a rather normal day in the city of Magnolia, and considering it was a Sunday it was quite peaceful as many of the townspeople had opted to stay in or near their homes for the day.
However this peace was quite abruptly shattered by a very small blue blur, which turned out to be a blue haired woman, racing through the magnolia train station at full speed, shouting profanities and shoving anyone unfortunate enough to get in her way to the ground as she quickly made her way to the boarding platform.
"Hey! Wait for me, I still have to get on!" screeched the woman as she bolted as fast as she could with her large bag down the length of the train to the only car that was still open for boarding passengers.
She had made it half way when her face turned to an expression of absolute horror when she saw the door close, signalling that the train was starting to leave.
"Stop!" she screamed at the top of her voice, but it was completely useless as the train began to exit the station. Practically on the verge of a panic attack, the woman ran back into the station knowing that stopping the train now was nearly impossible.
Shoving people out of her way with her heavy bag, she made a bee- line for the information and help desk, startling the poor woman behind the counter who already looked quite flustered after attending to some other unhappy passengers.
The blue haired woman slammed her hand down on the counter (with some difficulty considering her small height) and glared at the woman behind the desk, who was wondering what in the hell she had done to earn the blue haired midgets' demon-like wrath.
"I need to get to Crocus as fast as possible, when is the next train?" the woman demanded with surprising force despite her small stature.
The lady behind the desk quickly began rifling through a series of time tables, fearing she might get a thrashing from the woman, who was now impatiently slapping her hand down on the desk.
She finally yanked out a piece of paper from the pile and began to sputter in fear of the angry customer, "ah...um, well the next train is not till...Friday."
The face of the small woman in front of her contorted into an expression of disbelief and her eyes boggled. The lady at the desk began to shrink back into her chair, expecting explosive behaviour in the blue haired woman's reaction.
" WHAT?!"
And thus began the woman behind the desks twenty minute long attempt at calming down the panicking blue haired woman, so that she would not need to call in security to drag her away.
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Levy Mcgarden stood opposite the train station, repeatedly slamming her forehead against the wall in frustration and internally cursing her ability to sleep through her alarm. "Crap, crap, shit! I can't believe I slept in!" she thought while her blue wavy hair flew through the air as her head made an impact on the brick wall for the fifteenth time.
"Stupid public holiday. I can't believe they are closing the train station for four days because people are off work, ridiculous!" She said to herself as she began to walk down the street, dragging her heavy bag while also holding her pounding forehead.
Levy began to think about her current situation while she headed to a small cafe a few blocks from the station "I can't stay here much longer, they will be looking for me by now. The reason I chose Crocus was because it's got so many people and it would make it difficult for them to find me!" She cursed again when she realised that she would be unable to return to the hotel she left that morning because it had no vacancies when she had checked out.
"Where the hell could I possibly go now?" She grumbled.
Levy checked her purse and let out a loud sigh, of course travelling from the country of Seven to the country of Fiore had been expensive, and she only had a couple of hundred jewels left. Only just enough to last her the rest of the week, though the hotel she had stayed in was one of the cheapest, the long travel had drained her money stash pretty quickly. She was still counting on finding a job once she reached Crocus so that she could actually earn a living.
Sighing again, Levy decided to avoid the cafe to save money and began to look for a cheap hotel.
"I guess I should plan to stay a little while longer" She thought as she headed towards the district in Magnolia that had most of the cheap little inns lining up and down the streets. Starting there seemed to be the best option.
...
Levy groaned and leaned against the wall feeling absolutely exhausted and fed up. Her search almost seemed to be for nothing since almost all of the cheapest hotels and inns were either completely full, or were in horrible condition with paint peeling off the walls, with leaks and dirty furniture.
Feeling absolutely hopeless, she trudged down the street with a gloomy aura making most of the people passing by immediately cross the road as if her depressing mood was contagious.
Wondering if she may have to beg for suitable lodgings for the next few days and find a small job like helping old ladies for money, Levy stumbled across the road glaring at the billboards lining the streets. She was about to turn down a main street to find a place for dinner when the very last billboard made her stop in her tracks.
She gaped, her jaw almost hitting the floor at what she read and almost face palmed. "I can't believe I missed this! This could work; with this...I may not even need to go to Crocus to get away! She grinned as she read the sign, and began to memorise all of the little details.
"Fairy Tail Circus," She thought, a smile plastered to her face. She knew that running away to a circus sounded completely unoriginal and absurd, but that was also the reason why they would probably never even think to look there.
What also caught her attention was the writing in smaller print in one of the lower corners of the billboard. The words recruiting now stood out to her even more than the rest of the sign, and Levy knew that there was a high chance of being hired even though she didn't possess any talent worthy of being in a circus. Well, not that she knew of anyway. She could always help with maintenance or something.
Humming and giggling, Levy walked down the street in the direction of the circus, imagining herself in a clown suit and travelling all year long in a circus taking her further and further away from the trouble back home in the country of Seven.
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He growled in anger and frustration as he dropped the metal club for the fourth time in the last two hours of practice. He knew he was off his game today, ever since that clash with the rival company on Thursday.
He cursed as he thought about those greedy, good for nothing little shits that even thought about setting foot in their big top and barging into their boss's office, demanding that he hand over the company or they will take it by force.
Just thinking about it had him shaking in anger. "I need to hit something" he thought as he tried to reign in his almost uncontrollable fury. "Damn freakin' Jose and his idiot company to the very depths of hell!"He had once worked for Jose, but that part of his life was long gone and he did not like to revisit it at all.
His thoughts were abruptly interrupted by a smooth, deep voice. "Hey, Gajeel I think we should take a break now".
Gajeel looked up at the dark skinned man standing before him and growled again. "I'm fine Lily, I can keep going" he said as he worked to remove the tension in his shoulders which had built up during his little fit of rage.
Lily sighed and placed a hand on Gajeels shoulder "You're so damned stubborn, you know that? We need to take a break or you will strain your shoulder even more than you should, especially after what happened on Thursday".
Gajeel glanced up at Lily's arm and neck, where a few healing wounds were still visible. Who knew one of Fiore's leading companies would be willing to play dirty, even if it was to gain control of the most successful circus in the country. Whilst fighting off Jose's cronies, many of the members had gotten a few wounds, Gajeel himself had pulled the muscles in his right shoulder after putting all he had into punching the crap out of one of the most troublesome ones. He smiled evilly at the satisfaction of getting to break the guys jawbone to teach him a lesson.
He hated to admit it, but Lily was right. If he strained his healing shoulder even more, he wouldn't be able to perform for a couple of days at least. He reluctantly nodded and Lily smiled, in that nice way of his. Gajeel was glad Lily was his partner, since they both got along rather well and he usually stopped him from doing anything too reckless.
Gajeel grumbled before reaching back to release his long, black, spiky hair from the pony tail. He felt better when it came loose; he preferred it that way, but tied it back when training or performing since it could get annoying.
Lily smiled again, "you need to let it go man, we beat the shit out of those guys and sent them running with their tails between their legs. They won't be coming back".
Gajeel grinned. "You won't believe how good it felt after not kicking some ass for a few years".
Lily frowned. "You really do have some strange and worrying hobbies".
"All part of my charm" he grinned, the late afternoon sun glancing off his piercings and tanned olive skin, adding to the effect.
Both men turned to look at the towering roof of the big top, not far off in the distance. They were standing in an empty field, a great place to practice their act without injuring any unfortunate bystanders that may get too close. It was also very peaceful and helped them to concentrate away from the busy, crowded bustle that was Fairy Tail Circus.
Lily glanced at the metal juggling clubs that were littered all over the ground and sighed. "Well I think we have trained enough for today, we should go back and get ready for tonight or Makarov will come looking for us".
Gajeel grimaced, "If the old geezer even thinks of trying to convince us to wear freakin' leotards again, I won't let you hold me back in kicking his ass into the next decade".
Lily gave him a cat-like grin, "I might just agree with you on that one".
Both men chuckled and began collecting the clubs before heading back to Fairy Tail to get ready for their act.
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Gajeel and Lily both watched the growing crowd begin to file into the big top to watch the performance. The whole of Fairy Tail was buzzing with activity and excitement as the member's prepared for the show. Almost everyone had been out of action, recovering since Thursday causing the show to be moved up to Sunday.
Gajeel was grinning in anticipation. After doing nothing but sit on his ass for the last few days he was exited to finally get the buzz of startling the audience with different techniques him and Lily had created with the juggling clubs and other objects.
Both decided to then head off towards the big top from their caravan to see what was happening with the other members before the show started.
"Oy! Metal head!" A pink haired man shouted from further away."When this is over I'm going to singe that long hair of yours right off!
"You keep your freaky fire breathing away from me, salamander, or I will shave your girly hair off while you sleep!" growled Gajeel, who was not in the mood for talking to the fire eater.
"I would take his warning to heart if I were you Natsu" Lily said, an amused grin on his face.
Natsu's only response was to place the end of his flaming fire stick in his mouth before hurrying away to entertain the crowd with his fire eating techniques, wanting to keep his hair as far from Gajeel as possible.
Walking onwards, Lily and Gajeel avoided Bixlow's voodoo tent (he would always creep them out) and past Greys frozen refreshments stall, which was always popular in the summer.
"Hey ice stripper! Put on some pants before you scare the customers!"Shouted Gajeel.
Grey looked down and noticed that he had almost ended up removing his boxers. "Shit! Where are my clothes?!"
He didn't seem to notice a red faced Juvia hiding behind the opposite stall, holding almost all of his clothes. "Juvia thinks Grey-Sama should remain in his boxers whilst Juvia wards off all female customers "she giggled, before glaring at a pair of girls heading in Greys direction.
Gajeel rolled his eyes at the blue haired woman, though for her this was completely normal.
The two men finally entered the big top, and roughly greeted the other performers before taking their usual place behind Erza Scarlett, the sword thrower and swallower. Being around her always made Gajeel fidgety, since she was bossy, yet scary as hell.
"Only a few minutes to go", muttered Lily. "You ready? "
The raven haired juggler snorted and let a devilish grin spread across his face."I have been waiting for this ever since I stuffed up my arm punching that bastard".
They both exchanged a grin before settling down to wait for their cue.
The sudden sound of instruments and a cheering audience brought anticipation and excitement to Gajeel once again as the show began, with ring master Makarov introducing each act.
One by one each group entered the ring to perform, each one being introduced by a personalised instrumental piece and the ring master giving names and specialities to the audience.
Finally, Gajeel heard his and Lily's introduction and they both stepped out into the ring, grinning from ear to ear. It had only been a few days, but he had missed this feeling of strength the crowd gave him as they cheered while he and Lily expertly threw their clubs into the air in a complex series of routines that had the audience giving standing ovations and encores.
With a last mischievous smile at Lily as they both took their positions, Gajeel began to lose himself in the excitement of the well practiced techniques that had the audience cheering and begging for more.
He couldn't think of anything better than this.
Well that's it for chapter 1! hope you guys like it, please let me know if there are any mistakes. Please read and review and let me know what you think!