AN: Bonus Love Fest Chapter (its early as I'm away on the 31st)
Side note: any words with / surrounding them mean the writer requests that you to ignore them and read the word in bold.
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Differences
In a house not to far from Magnolia a couple sat in silence, enjoying being in each others company. One was busy looking at a bookcase, selecting which book they wanted to read next, whilst the other was busy tinkering with a new contraption he had been working on. The house was plain and made purely of wood and stone, inside it was no larger than a cottage with enough room for one bedroom upstairs and kitchen and living room downstairs, the bathroom was just away off to the front entrance. It was certainly tiny, yet it was all the space the pair needed. For their true home was far more grander than anyone else's and all were welcome in its great hall.
"This is my favourite book! Do you mind if I read you some of it, I think you might like it." A female spoke, her voice always sounded like bells when she opened her mouth, the way she smiled always lit up the room. The room was dark only a few candles lit the living room they were currently sitting in. She held the book in both of her arms, hugging it to her small chest with loving care.
"Go ahead." A deep grumble muttered as he lent over and turned a lampshade on to brighten up the room to stop her eyes from straining. "What makes it so great anyway? You've got hundreds of books that are your favourite!"
She blushed, "This is about my ancestor! Whom I inherited my blue hair from." He huffed looking over at the book, he couldn't make heads nor tails of the wording, it certainly wasn't from Earthland.
"You can read that? I know you can read other languages but... That is just symbols!" he eyed her suspiciously, yet turned his face to neutral as she looked at him venomously. He wasn't going to argue with the girl before him. Her wild green eyes could brighten anyone's mood, yet anger her and it was the last thing you'd want to see.
She was one of several children that had peculiar eyes. They were almost lizard like, with slits but were even more beautiful in the glistening sun, or when they were filled with passion.
"Its an ancient language, its Draconic, its been passed down in my family and in some of the other families we learnt it so we could read our family stories."
He mumbled, "I never got taught that..."
Clearing her throat she moved and sat next to her black haired partner, opening the ancient pages carefully she began to read the first page, she had no need to translate into her head before reading, she had the entire book memorised.
"Shrimp, I write this -" she began,
"Who starts a book with Shrimp?"
"Shh!" She pushed her elbow into his side, grinning a white fanged smile, her green eyes meeting his own amber orbs.
He smirked back, getting the hint and ruffled her azure hair held up with a black bandana, pulling her close to him, wrapping an arm around her waist as she began.
Gajeel looked at the pages before him, the quill held awkwardly in his hands, would it survive the hundreds of years it needed to wait? Would she remember who he was? Taking a deep breath he had managed to track someone down who would give it to her at the right time.
As the quill scratched over the pages his red eyes filled with a clear substance he wished he wouldn't shed again. In front of him a picture of all of the people he held in his heart. The Fairy Tail guild, there at the forefront stood his bluenette with the brightest smile hugging onto his exceed friend. His heart ached. He was alone with only four others for company again.
He took a deep breath, it had taken him years to complete the very short book. The Tail of the Blue Headed Redfox.
"Levy..." he breathed, his callous fingers stroking her smiling face, looking directly into the lacrima camera.
"Shrimp I write this as I say goodbye I will never forget one day that I watched ya read. The day you stood up to my waist. I will never forget how small yah are in /com-cop-copari-/comparison to myself. Your persunaleity /was/ shone brighter than the sun. It reached to me iron core an melted it away. Allowing me to stop hatin myself and enjoy the world around me. You showed me the light and stopped me from falling back wards into the dark."
The bluenette sniffed as she carried on reading turning each page delicately, knowing how it read,
"I know it hurts right now, /no-ing/knowing that we will never see each other again. We all love you and ever one. /But/ Unfortunately we lost our emblems yet we still maneged to create a new cymbol. The cymbol of Fairy Tail sits in are hearts for ever more. Even the others have their own guilds in there hearts."
"I was cold an showed you know care I beat you I hurt you and /yah/ your nakama. Once I joined I could not of been more /scared/ surprised. You greeted me with no hatred. You are the most loveble incredible, Wonderful, funny shrimp I've ever known and will know. /Eym/ im writing this to show you that I aint stupid and I no how to write. You taught me that you taught me to expand my /vac-/vocabulary, I aint the best at writin I no and I no ive made mistakes here and there. So dont shout at me if this shit isnt right."
"Squirt told me that differences make us stronger and I want to disagre but she told me that we are complete /oposits/opposites. We were at differant sides of the world. But we worked always we fitted like pieces of well oild machine. Yah tactics helped us to use our strengths and weak/nesses in are battles. You saved my life remeber? When all I wanted was air yah came in like heven. Do you remeber when we spoke about what you liked? That make me laugh, you told me that yah loved my metallic scent, yah loved the way you felt safe, even the songs I wrote you liked even thoe your face said somethin complete different Shrimp. I never told yah anything that I like about you, did I? I guess now is the best time to tell you how I feel about yah. Since no one else can see this mushy shit. Everythin I love your smarts, your glasses the way you spell the words of your magic. Yah iron always tasted sweeter than any thin else ive tasted. It makes me crave it more. There aint much around here at the minute we are movin to a better place. /Nat/salamander knows of some one who lives in this time know idea how he nos. Maybe bunny girl said somethin to him."
"Ive stared at this page for weeks now and all ive come up with nothin, I do not know how to tell you how much I love yah. What will yah call him? Im guessin its a boy the way he kept kickin yah at night. I wanted to get in there and stop the little fucker from hurtin yah"
"Levy not a day goes by that I dont think about yah and the little one in yah belly. I actually wanted to see them grow up and hold them. I was scared I might hurt em the way me hands are so big and tough, and yours are so tiny and delicate. I wanted to see yah grow big, to see yah belly get bigger, could you name it good? None of this after your dad shit. I do not want another fucker usin my name!"
The bluenette giggled, thinking of the name her great grandfather had been called Tetsu, then Cobalt then her father was called Nickel.
"Hey, Vana? What's up?"
The bluenette giggled again, her bell like laugh ringing through his ears, "my family ignored his wishes... We're all named after minerals. He was the Iron Dragon Slayer and so we are all named after him. Even me, my name is Vanadium... We're all named after Iron... Just like your named after the shadows..." She smiled as a tear fell down, "I kind of wished to meet them all... he sounds like a great man."
"Hmm... He certainly seemed to care a lot Vana. Wait, he was a Dragon Slayer? Like my own ancestors?!"
"Mhm!" She put a finger to her lip thinking back up the family tree he came from, "Yours is Ryos right?"
The black haired man pulled the bluenette of his side, nodding silently as he squeezed her softly "Hey. This seems too personal to read, Who is writing this?"
"My ancestor Gajeel Redfox his wife left it to her son, and its been passed down in my family ever since."
"Its almost over Kage, at least let me finish it..." her green eyes sparkling. He let a small sigh escape his lips, pressing them gently on her forehead, wiping away the stray tear that fell down her cheek.
"Shrimp it has been many years for me, I have learnt more with Wendy, she continued to teach me when she found my letters to you. She even made me re-write some of it! She told me I should put them into a book for you. And so I will. I hope this reaches you, Sting and Rouge remembered when we were sent back to our own time... We all feared we'd forget our memories but we have retained all of them. We have moved on, forming our own guild. Perhaps you've heard of it in your time? I hope the little one is doing well. I have saved up jewels for you, perhaps they will be worth something to you in the future. I wish I could marry you, I wanted to. I had a ring I crafted especially for you. I have hidden it in the spot you know well. Tell bunny girl her ancestor has taken us in. She is truly incredible, unfortunately salamander took it too hard but he come round over the years. He is still tearing destruction at every turn, Wendy has grown, she is taller than you! I'm still unsure of what year it is, but I suppose I don't want to know anymore. It reminds me of how far apart we are."
"I have thought this over the many years as I sit in my old age I look at the faded picture of the guild members in front of me, I have forgotten half of the names, several faces have disappeared. But I have never forgotten your name. Your height. Your soft voice. Your brilliant mind. The incredible articulate world you live in, I miss your blue hair, it was a perfect compliment to my own black. Unfortunately its now starting to grey. Natsu has buried several items for Lucy, along with Sting and Rouge. We have all hidden items for our partners. I don't know about Wendy, she has been very reserved. Perhaps in time she will come around."
"The days are growing longer here, I am sorry Levy. I'm the last one. It has been a long road. Even through all our differences. Our ups and downs. Our arguments, our fights. Even our loving. I have never stopped loving you. I miss your smile lighting up a room. I miss the laughter, the way you loved every single person with all of your heart, and still you had more room to love me. The cold hearted bastard that almost killed you and Lucy. My iron feels as if its cracking, no longer as strong as it used to be. Your kind words seem almost lost on me. I haven't spoken to anyone in so long. Its been so long I don't even know what day it is. Or even what year it is. I am travelling to my final resting place Levy. I will wait patiently until I get to see you once more. I will wait to see your perfect face, your hazel eyes and even your many bandanas. I only wish I had stolen one before I left. As a reminder of you. I will rest where I saved you, and where you saved me Levy. I will wait until the very last star has fallen on that island. Levy McGarden. You are my Redfox wife. Have more adventures for me. Grow old with our child. Teach them their father was a bad ass. Tell them that even in the darkest of times, that no one can stand the light, and we must be given a hand to move forwards. I Love you Levy. My Shrimp. My wife.
Gajeel Redfox. The last Dragon Slayer. Your Dragon."
Levy stood in the clearing she remembered. The circle of tree's growing awkwardly from the damage, many had unfortunately died from being magically cut.
"Gajeel..."
She hugged her belly as she knelt on the ground, stroking the iron cross that stood in the middle of the forest, in one hand she held a small opened box with trinkets, jewels and the book. Her tears fell on to the iron cross she lent over. Her heart had broken twice now. He had been through so much in his life, to be thrown backwards into a world of unknown...
"I miss your strong arms... Your soothing rumble of your voice whenever I was upset... I miss your inquisitive nature... Even if you tried to hide it. Its only been a weeks days Gajeel... But. You've lived a whole life already without me. I miss you so much it hurts... I don't know how to move forwards with out you... I love you and I hope you will be proud of me and our little one..."
Levy lent over once more, holding tightly onto the box and kissed the iron cross, expecting it to be cold only to be pleasantly surprised at how warm it was.
"I Love you Gajeel Redfox, I discovered your guild, and its still going strong to this day. I thought you'd like to know that. Dragon Tails is a fine guild one that you'd all be proud of." Kissing the cross once more Levy began to move to stand up, her swollen belly causing her to struggle, in an instant a large furry hand took her arm and lifted her gently up.
"Lily..." Her bottom lip shook at she looked into the red eyes of the exceed. His own eyes struggling to hold back his emotion as he pulled the bluenette into an embrace, stroking the back of her head allowing a small purr to escape his mouth.
Closing the book the bluenette sniffed, lovingly stroking the cover of the book. "Hey... You're part of the guild they created... You can't cry. Its not in your nature... Your too tough for that. You know Shrimp certainly fits you perfectly... Gyaha!"
Vana moved the book and quickly grit her teeth at the nickname. "if my father was still around he'd kick your ass!"
"Yeah well he aint here... Shrimp!"
"Grr... Screw you Kage!"
The pair playfully bickered into the night, the ancient book sitting on the table beside the sofa as Vana got the upper hand and sat on Kage's lap. Her deep green emblem on her back showing a dragon looking at five stars. Kage laughed, a deep rumble as his red eyes looked into the green ones before him. His emblem on his right forearm, his was coloured black and was of the same guild as Vivianite. Dragon Tails. The five ancient dragon slayers guild.
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AN: I purposely put spelling errors in with Gajeel's writing. He isn't the most articulate :) after all he's a guy and doesn't always listen! I had this idea in my head and I really wanted to get it out to you all. Please let me know what you think, I went a different route with differences... But I hope you can see what I was trying to achieve. Many Thanks!