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Levy McGarden felt a cool breeze blow against her as she walked to Fairy Tail with a book in her hand. She probably should have known better than to walk and read at the same time but this book was really good, and she was almost to the end. As she continued to walk an eerie feeling came across her. She halted her steps for a second to look around at her surroundings. The streets around her were suspiciously empty but nothing else stood out to her. After seeing nothing she concluded that she was just paranoid and went on walking. She picked up her pace slightly but remained reading her book.
If she wasn't so interested in her book she may have seen the man magically appear out of nowhere before it was too late. However, she was and the mysterious man wearing a ski mask bumped into her and knocked the book out of her hand. She jumped back away from the man who was good few feet taller than her. His eyes stared at her with a strong intensity that made her want to curl away. The man looked like he was getting ready to attack her.
Acting fast, Levy used her script magic to try and hit him. However, before the attack could hit the man shot out a bolt of lightning that destroyed her magic. The man didn't even look like he was trying that hard which made Levy gulp. This man was much stronger than her and she needed help. She tried to run past him but he was too fast. As she tried he pushed her back so hard she fell down a few feet away from him. Levy needed help and she knew just who to call. She remembered exactly who she planning to meet at Fairy Tail. One of the only people who could hear her from where she was. The man who would kill this masked attacker for touching her.
"Help!" Levy screamed as loud as she could. "Gajeel! Help Me!"
At Fairy Tail Gajeel sat at a booth with a beer waiting on the shrimp. He was growing bored waiting for her. Salamander was with his newly discovered mate, and Pantherlily was off doing a solo mission. He had nothing to do except wait for Levy. At least, until he heard something that made his blood run cold.
"Help!" a familiar voice screamed. The voice was a few blocks away and quiet even for his dragon senses to pick up. He convinced himself that he was just hearing things to make up for being so bored. "Gajeel! Help me!" That time he was sure he heard correctly.
Gajeel jumped up from the booth, scaring most of the guild members since they couldn't hear her scream. He ran out of the guild and towards her before anyone could ask what was wrong. Someone was hurting Levy and that was something they were certainly going to have to pay for. He shook off the blush on his face and followed her scent.
Levy jumped up and tried to fight her attacker again but was met with the same result as last time. Her script magic was no match for his lightning but she still couldn't figure out why he seemed to be holding back. She needed to catch him off guard and then maybe she wouldn't need to wait for Gajeel to get here.
'If he's even coming,' Levy thought. She ran up to the man as if she was trying to escape again. When he went to push her back she prepared another attack. Surprised from being caught off-guard the man attacked with more power than he previously had. The bolt of lightning not only matched hers magic but overpowered it and she was hit. The attack hit her so hard she went sailing back into a tree and hit her head. She looked up at the man and was confused to see a shocked and maybe even worried look on his face. She didn't have time to question it when a voice came from behind her.
"Levy!" Gajeel shouted as he saw the girl against the tree. He ran up closer and growled dangerously at the masked man who hurt her. "Iron Dragon, Iron Fist!" Gajeel landed the attack right against the guys jaw and sent him backwards. Before Gajeel could attack again the man disappeared in a bolt of lightning. "What? You coward! Come back here and fight me!" He was going to continue shouting until a groan reminded him of why he was here.
"It's okay Gajeel," Levy said weekly. "He's gone now so we can just forget about it."
"Forget about it?!" he exclaimed. "Levy do you realize what he could have done to you if I weren't here?!" He went to her side as she tried to stand up. He guided her over to a rock and sat her down on it. "He could have kidnapped you Levy, or even worse he could have…" Gajeel didn't want to finish his thought. He didn't have to as the petite bluenette wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into an embrace.
"Thank you," she whispered to him. Tears were string to build in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. "I know what he could have done, and I'm so thankful that you came to help me, but I really just want to forget about it. Please?" Gajeel sat their stunned for a second. He didn't want to let it go but he could tell by the tone of her voice that she really did.
"Okay shrimp, but if I run into that guy again he will to pay, and just do you know," he said pulling away from their embrace and looking her in the eye. "I'll always be there to help you." They both blushed at his words but are also glad he said them. Tears were about to fall from her eyes for entirely different reason as she pulled him into another hug. They sat there for a few moments until he pulled away and rested his forehead against hers. It took them a few moments before they realized how close they were and they both blushed again, but neither moved.
Levy's heart sped up and her breathing got a little heavier. They looked down at each other's lips simultaneously and then back up. They stood their frozen staring each other in the eyes. Almost as if they were daring the other to move. Levy thought about all the possible outcomes and debated whether she should move forward or go back. However, she didn't have to as Gajeel decided for her.
She reacted immediately when his lips landed on hers. His hands tightened around her waist to pull her closer. Their lips moved together until the need to breathe became too much. They stayed together, panting slightly. Both debating what to do until a sound erupted that Gajeel didn't expect.
Levy started laughing. It was small, but a laugh. Apparently, something was humorous about the situation and he pulled away from her until she clarified.
"I'm sorry but it's just, it took us so long," she laughed. He gave her look as if she was crazy before she spoke again. "C'mon Gajeel, I don't know about you but I've had feelings for you for a while now and I can't believe we just now did something about it."
Gajeel grumbled something and crossed his arms. He kind of looked like a child pouting but Levy found it adorable. She went up to him and wrapped her arms around him which he, with slight reluctance returned.
"Don't be like that." She tried to lean up and kiss him again but without his compliance she was too short. She gave him her best puppy dog face which he ignored. "Fine," she grumbled. She kicked him in his leg which brought him down to a better height. Then she gave a kiss which he somewhat returned. After she pulled back and he stood back to his full height. She thought he would glare but was happy to see that he let out his small signature laugh.
"Geez short stuff, didn't know you had a kick like that in you," he said. They stood there for a few more seconds before he spoke again. "You okay to walk? When you called I kind of made a scene at the guild. They might be curious about what was going on." She groaned at the thought of the guild.
"Oh no, its going to be just like Natsu and Lucy isn't it." Levy froze at the thought of what happened with her best friend. "Wait a minute, she better not have. She wouldn't, would she? There is no way she would do that right?" Levy continued to ramble on about how someone wouldn't do such a thing while Gajeel stared at her confused.
"Hey, what are you rambling on about?" he asked. Levy stopped her ramble but he could still see the gears spinning inside her head.
"C'mon," she said grabbing his hand and pulling him off to the guild. "I've got a demon to kill."
It then clicked in Gajeel's head who she was talking about and the same rambling Levy was doing happened in his head. If she was right then he had a fellow dragon slayer to murder.
Levy slammed open the doors to the guild and walked over to the bar dragging Gajeel with her and ignoring the stares they were getting. Her eyes were focused on the white-haired demon behind the bar with a sickly-sweet smile and a blond dragon slayer in front of her.
"It was you, wasn't it?" Levy asked even though the answer was clear.
"What are you talking about Levy?" Mira looked down at their intertwined and let out an obviously fake, surprised gasp. "Oh my Mavis, are you guys finally together?" She squealed.
"Cut the crap Mira," Gajeel snapped. He turned to Laxus with rage in his eyes. "You hurt Levy, didn't you?!" He got the attention of the whole guildhall who were all confused aa to why Gajeel looked like he was going to break Laxus in two.
"Wait Gajeel, don't kill him yet," Mira said. "Okay yes it was part of my plan but it didn't go exactly how I wanted but still had its desired effect." Mira smirked at the end.
"What do you mean?" Levy asked.
"Well, you guys are together right so it was a mission accomplished." Mira was trying to make it sound as sweet as she could so Gajeel would quit looking like he was going to murder the blond dragon slayer.
"No. What do you mean it didn't go exactly as planned?"
"Oh, that wasn't my fault. That was all Laxus so he can explain."
Laxus shot the demon a glare as she threw him under the bus. "If I remember correctly it was your plan that you dragged me into."
"Yes, but you were the one who screwed it up so jus- "
"Will someone just explain?" Gajeel snapped. He was growing more impatient by the second when he just wanted to punch Laxus in the teeth.
"Yeah," the entire guild hall chorused. Laxus turned so he could talk to, everyone apparently. He let out a sigh as he started.
"Okay, Mira asked me to help with her little plan to get these two together. At first, I told her no but she can be a very… convincing woman, so I gave in." He looked to the girl who had the most innocent look on her face. "Anyway, my job was to pretend to attack Levy and scare her until Gajeel came to help her. Then I could leave and they could have their little moment. Everything was going fine until short stuff over here decided to get tricky and caught me off guard. I accidently used too much power and knocked her into that tree."
"I'm sorry you two," Mira apologized. "Levy was never supposed to get hurt." She bowed her head in shame. Even though, how sincere her apology actually was, was debatable Levy let out a long sigh.
"It's okay Mira. I'm fine and I guess everything did work out." She looked back to her iron dragon slayer who didn't look pleased at all and his glare on Laxus hadn't lessened in the least. "Gajeel," she warned. "We agreed to let it go." He didn't look happy about it but did sigh and nod his head at her.
"Hey Metal Face, you actually got tricked by one of Mira's plans!?" Natsu laughed, walking to the bar with Lucy trailing behind him.
"You got tricked by it too you Pyro!" Gajeel yelled back. They both got ready to fight each other.
"Boys!" both Lucy and Levy yelled at their respective partners. Both sat down beside their mate, grumbling something about how they would settle this later.
Gray made a whipping motion that neither saw as he went to grab a beer. Mira smirked as she watched him get tackled by a blue-haired water mage who was rambling about how she couldn't wait for her and her precious Gray-sama to have a moment like the other pairs had.
"Don't worry Gray," Mira mumbled. "Your time is coming." She cleared her throat to get the attention of the guild hall. "So, as you have noticed my scheming has led to two of my favorite ships becoming canon. Well, I'd like to inform you all that this is only the beginning." The entire guild hall was silent from fear of the bartender's plans. "Watch you back Fairy Tail, because you'll never know when I'm going to strike again."
There was a collective gulp from everyone.
Well, here is the second chapter. Sorry it took a little while to get out but the next one should come faster. Now everyone knows Mira's got a plan up her sleeve. Who's next? You'll have to read the next one to find out. Thank you all for reading and I would appreciate it if you wrote me a review.
BYE