Yes indeed! The new chapter is in ladies and gentleman! There's a little OCness, but you guys don't mind. I'm trying to make it as less as possible, guys. Enjoy!


Chapter 2: Quality time

"It's a good thing we got you kids out of there in time. I forgot to announce that the security of the vault went up." Makarov sighed with relief. Levy didn't like the sound of that.

"What do you mean?" she asked timidly.

"The reason why you said that it was hot in there, it has a torture mechanism for any burglars trapped. If we had waited any longer, you both would have fried like eggs." The old man said with odd casualness. Levy sweat dropped.

The recent events that took place with getting stuck in the guilds high security vault with a certain dragon slayer has been a bit eye opening. She's agreed with Gajeel to spend more time with him, but Levy wasn't so sure. What did he exactly mean when he said that they should hang out more often?

Later that day, the young girl decided to look for a job from the request board. She could pick a nice job for her team Shadow Gear since they haven't been on a quest in a while. They were on break , but now Levy needed some cash to pay her rent. "Hm, what to choose, what to choose" she hummed looking at the different fliers.

"Oi, Bookworm." Gajeel's rough voice sounded behind her. She looked up at him with puffed cheeks.

"Don't call me that." She protested. He just grinned in amusement.

"You looking for a job? You can come with us, Shorty." He said confidently patting her head.

"You mean go on a mission with you and Pantherlily? B-but I was going to-" she began, but Gajeel cut her off.

"Come on, Short-stuff. Besides, it'll be nice to have you around." Gajeel said a matter-of-factly. He didn't seem at all bothered by what he said, but his words made Levy blush a bit. While she was busy over thinking that recent statement, she almost missed what Gajeel said next. "We already have a job picked out."

She sighed accepting his offer. Levy hasn't done many jobs without her two right hand men by her side. Deep down inside, she was very eager to be joining Gajeel in his mission. She felt like he now accepted her as an equal. Maybe only a little bit.

"Tommorow, we'll meet at the train station at nine. Pack a lot of stuff, it will be a long trip." He told her. Levy wished that he would smile more. It was random, but she found herself thinking about that when he walked away from her, still wearing that neutral face of his.

She self-consciously led herself back to her table, taking a seat in between her two best friends Jet and Droy. "Levy-chan, did you find us a mission?" Jet asked first.

"You know you have your rent do so we decided to let you keep all of the money this time." Droy said. Levy never thought this would be so hard. She had to turn them down. Sighing sadly she exchanged sweet smiles to both of them.

"Actually…I-I'm going on a mission with Gajeel and Lilly this time. Sorry guys." She apologized. Both of their mouths dropped despairingly. They looked almost as disappointed as when she excepted Gajeel to be her partner for the S-class tournament.

"B-but we always go on missions together." Jet protested. Droy nodded in agreement.

"You guys are big boys. You can handle a job without me." She said optimistically. She felt bad leaving them like this, but it was for the best. They were the closest team in the guild, but Levy could use a breather from their over-protectiveness.


Later that day, Levy was in her apartment at Fairy Hills. She had just packed her bags for the mission to come. Right now she was reading comfortably in her bed which was perfect atmosphere for no disruptions. Though distractions she had despite her environment.

Levy continuously pondered for the reason why Gajeel had asked her to accompany him. He did mention that he wanted to spend more time with the tiny script mage, but she didn't think that he'd actually want to go through with it.

She momentarily stopped reading as she thought of the iron dragon slayer. She hugged the open book to her chest. I'm a little glad that he's noticing me now. She thought, closing her eyes contently.

There was a sudden tap on her window that almost made the bluenette jump out of her skin. Standing up, she scurried over to her window that happened to be open. She was surprised when she saw Gajeel hanging from it. He raised his hand in a greeting gesture. "Yo."

"Gajeel! What the hell are you doing here? Erza would cut out your entrails if she saw you here!" Levy hissed. He crawled his way into her room. Getting up, he dusted himself off casually.

"Don't worry, I'll be in and out." He seemed to be sniffing around for something.

"What are you looking for?" she asked him.

"Mm, nothin', why would you think that?" he sniffed traveling around the room, a little occupied with his search. Levy didn't mind him looking around but he crossed the line when he dipped his head into her drawer. She happened to keep her underwear there. Levy's face turned a considerable shade of red.

"Don't look in there! Stop that!" He looked up at her with one of her bras hanging from his teeth. "Give that back!" she tried to pull it away from him. She had noticed the thing that he was looking for. The underwire of the bra. It just so happened to be made of iron. "No! You can't eat it!"

"Why not? I'm hungry." He let go of the piece of under clothing. She quickly stuffed back in her drawer.

"There's other places you can get food you know!" she said pushing him back towards the window where he came from. "Magnolia has a junk yard, go there."

"I would but they kicked me out because they say I 'thin out the product' or some shit like that." He said in air quotes.

"Oh, you mean when they melt it down and sell the iron for prophet." Levy explained. "Did you come here just to eat?"

Gajeel smiled innocently. Levy has never seen that face before. He was like a starved and lost puppy looking for table scraps. She sighed taking pity on his growling stomach. "Ok, fine I'll feed you."

"Alright!" he cheered.

"Stay right here, I'll be right back." She told him. She cracked the door open and slipped through just in case someone was out there. When she saw that the coast was clear, Levy peeked back in her room. "One last thing: Don't. Touch. Anything."

"Aye, sir." He said with not much emotion in his voice. He's obviously been around Happy to much. Heavens knows why. Once she was gone, Gajeel stared at the door where she left. He got bored after twenty seconds.

Gajeel sniffed around her room, practically finding nothing, but books and papers and ink bottles (He accidently spilled some. Shh…) His nose led him to her bed, since it smelled sweeter than everything else in this room. It's not that he liked sweet things it's just that it was her scent.

Undeterred, he climbed into her bed, sniffing around it. It had her scent all over it. It was very sweet and fruity almost like strawberries. He couldn't get enough of it. His head went under the pillow and stayed there for a while. Why does she smell so good? He asked himself. The bed was also very warm as if she had recently been in it. She probably has.

Before Gajeel had invaded her bed, it was neatly made. But now he had tangled himself in the sheet sloppily. He was actually kind of stuck. Gajeel blew the strands of hair away from his face in surrender.

Levy snuck back in the room minutes later. "Why are you in my bed?"

"He just shrugged which made him fall off the bed taking the covers with him. Levy pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration.

Gajeel sniffed the air. "I smell something good." He quickly untangled him from the sheets making his way over to Levy who held a plastic container. She sat on the floor and he followed in suit trying to reach for the food.

As Gajeel chowed down on the grilled chicken she brought she remembered what she wanted to ask him. "Gajeel, you never did tell me what we're doing for this job." She brought the subject to attention. Gajeel mumbled incoherently as he ate, not really forming real words.

He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out the flier for the job they took on. When she looked at it, her eyes almost popped out of her sockets when she read the description. 8,000,000 jewl to escort priceless magical items. "Hm, I wonder why they'd pay so much for a job like this." Levy breathed.

"They said…somethin' about…asking other guilds…but they always let…thieves get away…" Gajeel spoke in between bites.

"These thieves must be pretty smart then." Levy looked at the flier once more in wonder. Gajeel swallowed his food.

"Or pretty strong." Gajeel said with excitement. "This job is a winner, I had to literally pry it from Salamander's hands." He boasted. Since he was done with his meal Levy was ready for him to leave now. She pushed him towards the window.

"Yes, yes. It's gonna an interesting job, but good night Gajeel I'll see you in the morning." She said.

"Alright, alright. See ya, Short-stuff." He grinned at her before he hopped out the window. Levy giggled silently to herself. He can be too much sometimes. She looked over at her now disheveled bed. She smiled softly.


The next day, Levy walked with Gajeel and Pantherlily to the train station. "What's wrong Gajeel? You haven't said anything this morning. Is something wrong?" Levy asked the dragon slayer.

"Uh, yeah. I just didn't get enough sleep last night." He sighed tiredly. And it's all your fault. He thought bitterly. He couldn't get the tiny script mage out of his head. He didn't know why, but she walks in his dreams now. He thought about the past and how bad he hurt her. He found himself greatly regretting what he did. He sometimes wished that he could go back in time and erase all the bad deeds he has made in the past. Really deep down, he wanted this just to get her approval.

"You can sleep on the train. It'll be a long trip anyway." Said Lily. Gajeel refused. There was no way he was going to sleep on a train and let his guard down. What if there was a train derailment, or a hijacking. Too many scenarios were thought in his head. There's no way he could sleep a wink.

Five minutes after the train departed, Gajeel was out like a light. Levy watched the other sleep soundly. He looked very peaceful, and even cute. She was very tempted to draw on his face.

"Do you know why he didn't get sleep?" Levy asked Lily who was making himself comfortable on her lap.

"Beat's me. The guy was just tossing and turning in his sleep the whole time as far as I know." He said with a care free face. Levy wondered if anything was bothering him. She thought back to last night, but she couldn't think of anything that could have caused that behavior.

It took at least an hour and a half until they made it to their destination. "Well, we're here. Go ahead and wake him up." Lily said to Levy. She looked at him as if he was insane.

"I'm not waking him up. You wake him up." She protested. Honestly she was afraid to disturb him. He was like a sleeping dragon. Something that you usually would not try to wake up. Even Lily looked reluctant to wake him.

"O-ok fine, I'll wake him." Lily moved towards the dragon slayer and shook his shoulder. "Gajeel wa-ngh!" Gajeel had his hand around Lily's tiny neck choking the poor Exceed. Then he woke up stretching.

"Oops, sorry Lily." He let go of him.

"Don't mention it." He rasped.

Leaving the train station, they came upon the area around them. The place they arrived at was named The Serra de Malaguerto Mountains. Levy gasped. She has never seen mountains quite like theses before. Saying that those land masses were big would be an extreme understatement.

They were defiantly beautiful mountains. They were covered in luscious trees and foliage. "Wow…" Levy breathed. Levy breathed. Though Gajeel was less taken by the view.

"Come on let's get this over with." He said gruffly as he walked on. Levy and Lily followed. "Are we working for a museum or something?" Lily asked.

"It's actually the place where items are stored before they're sent to the museum." Levy explained. She studied the job flier for the address. "There it is." Levy pointed to a large building that looked like a wearhouse.

"Looks busy." Gajeel commented. It was bust indeed. People were carrying boxes saftely concealed, taking them here and there.

As they're little group got closer, some people noticed them. One of them came up to them. "I'm sorry, this is a restricted area, you can't be here."

"We're Fairy Tail mages. We're here for the job." They all showed their guild marks. The man straightened.

"Oh! How rude of me. Um, even the cat?" he pointed down at Lily.

"Hey, watch it buddy." Said Lily, crossing his tiny arms over his chest. The guy flinched when he heard Lily spoke.

"Uh-um anyway. Follow me." He said deciding to not ask. "My name is Clyde, I'm in charge of transportation. I'm in really big trouble if the items get stole on the way to the museum so I'm counting on you to make sure I have a safe journey. The guy before me lost his job because some priceless items were stolen from his transition." He explained.

"Sounds simple enough." Gajeel grunted.

"Just to warn you, the people after these items aren't just normal thieves. There actually mages from another guild."

"Huh? Why would they do that?" Levy asked curiously.

"We don't know, they've never explained their reasoning."

"Then all we have to do is kick there asses." Gajeel said casually. Clyde was momentarily frightened from Gajeel's piercing eyes that could strike fear into anyone.

"W-well, like I said I'm looking forward to working with you." He said timidly.


Later that night, Levy, Gajeel, and Pantherlily sat on the roof of the carriage harboring the precious cargo. They were traveling up the mountain and the scenery took Levy's breath away. "Sugoi…the view is incredible! And it's such a warm night tonight." She sighed.

Gajeel huffed. What was so great about this? They were just a bunch of dumb mountains. He watched how her eyes sparkled as she gazed out towards the environment. For a moment he thought of her as looking cute. He frowned. What are you thinking Gajeel? He scolded himself. 'Cute was certainly not in his vocabulary.

He needed to stay focused on the problem at hand. They were on a mission for Christ sake. He closed his eyes, beginning to strain his ears. He caught a whiff of something strange then heard a twig snap. "Brace yourselves guys. We have company."

Both Levy and Lily was on guard. Something that was inhumanly fast jumped out of the bushes and made the boar stop abruptly. The carriage lurched forward. A mysterious man appeared on top of the carriage were they stood. "So they sent more mages huh?" The guy scoffed. "I hope you're more entertaining than those other weaklings that dare try to defile me."

"They only sent one person? Ha! This outta be interesting." Gajeel grinned widely in excitement like he does when he meets a worthy opponent.

This doesn't look good. Thought Levy.


Yes, finished with this chapter! The next one will be put up as soon as possible! Please review and tell me what you think so far!