YAY! I actually saw this in a dream I had two nights ago and turned it into a fanfiction. So I hope you like it
There were thing in this world that Gajeel Redfox did not like nor do. He didn't like stuck up people, or the song 'Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows'. But most of all Gajeel had never been fond of children, (with the exception of Wendy) but when he saw that child lying on the ground. He couldn't bring himself to walk away like the other people did, the iron dragon slayer had just finished a mission and had to pass through the slums of Magnolia to get back to the guild. But while he was walking he saw something in the corner of his eyes; in an ally there seemed to be a child and it (he couldn't see if it was a boy or girl) was surrounded by three men in all black suits. The child growled at them and bit one of the mans ankle causing him to yelp. He noticed the child was bruised and blood, probably on the brink of unconsciousness. The other two men tried to snatch up the child but were soon met by an iron club to the head, the child whipped it's head and stared at Gajeel in wonderment.
"Oui, you shouldn't gang up on a brat"
The third man swore under his breath and grabbed his unconscious companions and ran out of the ally. Gajeel approached the small child whom in return growled at him, Gajeel took this time to take a good look at the child. It seemed to be a girl with short lavender hair and red eyes, up close her cuts were much more saver than he thought. "Hey I'm not going to hurt you" Gajeel said holding out his hand, the child sniffed his hand which confused Gajeel at first. "C'mon kid, let's go get you cleaned up" the child slowly nodded her head and took his outstretched hand in hers.
The two began to walk into the better part of Magnolia towards the iron dragon slayers apartment. He decided he was going to stop by the guild in the morning, "Jikken*" the little girl said suddenly. Her voice was raspy and she held her throat when she spoke, 'probably from lack of water' Gajeel noted. "Is that your name?" the little girl nodded but kept looking forward. "Mine's is Gajeel Redfox" the little girl looked up at Gajeel, her dead red eyes held a hint of hope in them. "You don't have to tell me why those guys were after you, tell me when you're ready" Jikken nodded in understanding, "you're a pretty quiet kid ain't ya?" Gajeel started looking down at the girl who seemed no older than 6. "I'll call you mouse from now on then" 'Mouse' looked up at Gajeel in a confused manner but it quickly changed to annoyance, which in return made the dragon slayer laugh. "Hey if it makes you feel better you can call me Kurogane if you want"
Jikken looked up at Gajeel and nodded once more but didn't say anything else, Gajeel just shrugged and let their walk slip into a comfortable silence. Before the dragon slayer knew it he had made it to his apartment, he then looked down at the small child. "This is my place" was all he said before unlocking the door and leading them inside. Gajeel's house was actually pretty nice, in the living room was a large black couch and a matching love seat. A coffee table and a T.V lacrima was across from them.
"Lily I'm home" Gajeel called confusing the child, but a moment later said exceed flew into the room with a kiwi in his hand. "Welcome back-" the cat stopped mid sentence at the sight of Jikken, "Gajeel who is this?" he asked. "Cat this is Jikken, I call her mouse, Mouse this is Lily" the exceed landed and approached the little girl, "It's nice to meet you, my name is Panther Lily but you may call me Lily" he held out his hand for her to shake. Jikken just nodded shook his hand before turning to Gajeel, she motioned for the taller man to bend down. When he was down to her level she whispered something in his ear that made him howl in laughter, "what did she say?" Lily asked. Gajeel turned to him with a smirk across his face, "she said you're the cutest thing she's ever seen" Lily blushed lightly but smiled at the little girl. "Thank you" he said, the girl nodded innocently. "C'mon little mouse, let's go take a bath" the girl tilted her head in confusion, "What's a bath?" Jikken asked, Gajeel's nose scrunched up in disgust. "'I'll show you just follow me" the little stared at him confused but followed him up the stairs to the bathroom
When the bathroom door opened again after about 20 minutes, it wasn't what Lily (who was just trying to get to his room) expected. Jikken walked out of the bathroom stark naked with Gajeel chasing her with a towel. Lily could see that all her injury was bandaged up including her cuts and bruises. "Get back her mouse, you can't walk around naked!" he hollered angrily. Jikken just shook her head in a determined fashion, "C'mon mouse, if you don't dry off you'll catch a cold" the dragon slayer said through gritted teeth. The little girl made a quick turn and hid behind Lily, "Don't wanna" she said stubbornly, this caused the taller man to growl and scoop up the child and rubbed her furiously with the towel. When he put her down her short lavender hair was sticking up all over the place and she had a pout on her lips. "There don't you feel better?" Gajeel asked with a smirk, Jikken just huffed and let the dragon slayer lead her to his room.
After Gajeel put her in one of his t-shirts he helped her into his bed, he lipped on a pair of sweat pants and slipped onto the other side of the bed. Jikken looked up at Gajeel for a moment before pulling on a stand of his hair, "What is it mouse?" the girl fidgeted slightly. "Thank you...Kurogane" Gajeel turned onto his side to stare at the child, she had a small but gentle smile on her face. "No problem mouse...now get some sleep" said girl nodded and snuggled into the dragon slayers bare chest. Gajeel scoffed and wrapped an arm around the child. But what they didn't know was that they were being watched...
*Jikken is Japaneses for experiment.
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