IRON BOOK
CHAPTER ONE
I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL. I WISH I DID.
I sat in a corner giggling at the dragon slayers and Gray. Lucy and Juvia complaining about the fight. Droy and Jet cheering on Natsu. Loke cheering on Gray, during one of his rare visit to this world. None of them stood a chance against the older dragon slayer. His piercings, spiked hair, fangs, black leather and red eyes, made my slayer the scariest member in the guild. Well Gajeel is not mine. I would love it if he was. Though I shouldn't. He did beat the shit out of me. Oh but the pure primal power is intoxicating.
"Sit down you brats!" The master bellowed over the commotion. Droy and Jet dropped across the table. I closed my book watching Gajeel coming towards my table. The bench bounced me when he sat down. He smiled at my squeak which got him a punch. Like I could hit him and it hurt him more than it hurt me.
"Shrimp?" I glared at him. His smile melted me. As his reward I gave him some iron. "You will make any man a great wife."
"Like I would want to be your wife." I hissed.
"Listen up brats." The room went silent. "We have received a mission unlike any we have ever received. The king has asked for a security detail. It is a three month mission. Normally we would send the S-Class but he has asked certain people." I perked up. "Team Natsu, Juvia, the Strauss Sibling, Laxus and his team." The master waited for the people to group. "I want you to talk to Mira. She has all the details." Missions like this never were for Shadow Gear. My boys were not at the S-Class level. I did wonder why Gajeel wasn't going.
As much as I loved my friends I was disappointed. It had been a while since the island. Natsu has kept Lucy busy. Erza was off alone since Jallel. Gray was not a sociable person unless Natsu was there. Even then he was always with Juvia and/or Lyon. Droy and Jet just didn't want to do the more dangerous mission. Well not unless Gajeel came with. Then those were the only ones that I wanted to do.
"You are in shit, Levy." Gajeel whispered in my ear. The master glare down at me.
"Sorry Master." He knelt on the table.
"I am sending you on a separate mission. Come to my office." The master never did meetings in his office unless it was a S-Class mission. "You come too Dragon."
"What about us?" Droy asked.
"I don't need you two for this one." The master said bluntly.
"Gehe." Gajeel laughed at me as I fumbled with my things. Master left the table. Gajeel watched me pack up. "Why are so pale?"
"It is a S-Class." Jet said making me stumble. Gajeel caught me. "Natsu and the others have done S-Class. This is to test Levy-chan." The floor was my friend so Gajeel carried me up the stairs. Slung over his shoulder I had to catch my breath.
"I promised that I would make you big. I will protect you." He said as he gentle placed me down. "This gets will get us the rank. You are my human partner. I will go one all of the missions."
"I promised to stay by your side. If you die protecting me I am going to beat you in the after life." That came out worse than it sounded in my head. I was trying to be flirty. He just smiled.
"Just get in there Shrimp." My heart stopped out of embarrassment.
Master's office was just as imagined. Neat and tidy. Not a bottle to be seen. Book shelves filled with books our master had lent me when I first entered the guild. There were nicknacks on every empty shelf. "The mission you are going on is a S-Class but I am the client. I want you two to get into The Abandoned Forest. Find the home of the Fire Priestess, Eclair. She gave us permission to take any research that her father did for the council." I cried when Eclair died in Lucy's arms. Lucy understood the pain. It was something I didn't get. I was too young to know my parents.
After that Lu-Chan tried to stay away from the guild. Natsu dragged me over to her house to talk to her. In the end I left them furthering their relationship. Which lead me to Gajeel's house to cry in his arms. I had liked the 400 year old priestess as much as Lucy. She was my first friend that had ever died. It was my idea to follow them just in case. There was nothing we could do for her.
"The problem is going to be that the council also wants in there." I snapped out of my tangent. "You need to get in there, grab as much as you can, return back here with it. If the council is there you need to be stealthy. You three are not to be heroes. I want you back here as soon as possible."
"Aye Master!" PanterLily echoed me. Master smiled. I just may have been hanging out with Happy a little too much.
"Gajeel this is the test for you. If Levy has one hair missing you never get to be S-Class." Gajeel paled. "Levy is like my granddaughter."
"Not a hair. I have promised her as much." Gajeel placed a hand on my back. "I swear as a man." My face heated up. "Levy is very important to the guild." Our master rose an eyebrow. "Are there any other instructions?"
"Just come back alive."
"Aye master." PanterLily landed in my arms. Gajeel's large hand turned me back to the door. "The council?" Never in my life have I disobeyed the council. "I need to grab something. Meet me at my apartment."
"You better!" Lily stayed with me as I broke into the guild S- Class' library. Technically I knew the password however I had never been in here. "Levy, what are looking for?" The deep voice made the the two of us jumped. I swatted him for scaring me.
"Freed-San told me about some books that contained a set of ruins to keep humans invisible." I looked up feeling dread when I noticed one of the titles Freed told me. The red bound book sat a good three shelves above Gajeel's head. Without warning it was now in reach. I gasped feeling his hands on my legs. All the books were on the shelf. "Got them."
"Damn I was liking the view." I looked down. Gajeel could see clean up my dress. "I always wondered if you wore a bra with this dress." The admission and the sudden fall made me squeak. "You better hush or we are going to get caught." His hand cover my mouth as he whispered on the other side of it. Had his hand not been there I would have kissed him. I watched him close his eyes. "All I need is five minutes and then we can go." He turned. I didn't question I just watched him leave.
We waited at the outskirts of town where his cabin was. The cabin had go through a drastic change since Gajeel had bought it. As we let on the mission it was obscured by blue construction cloth attached to scaffolding. Gajeel had not been at the house. He emerged from the forest. Not a word or even a look at me as we started our journey. My devil said he had to get me out of his head. My angel said he just needed to prepare. My heart told me our lives were going to change during this mission.
