Your bloody kiss
by: plauguemuffins
Chapter 2: Pleasure to ease the pain

Levy woke up feeling groggy and her head was pounding, she wasn't in the woods anymore, it was dark and she was laid on some cloth on a wooden floor with a gentle fire across from her that illuminated the room gently, she seemed to be in some sort of hut, rubbing her aching neck she felt two deep puncture wounds crusted with blood and hissed as it stung.

"You're awake then...?" A deep voice grumbled somewhere in the darkest corners of the hut and she glared around meeting to glowing red eyes from the darkness, her fear gripping her heart like a cold winter storm making her quiver as he stalked closer, he was without a top this time letting her see every dip and curve of his muscles, if she wasn't so terrified she would have found him quite attractive.

"Why am I still...alive, I thought you were going to kill me!?" She practically cried, who would have been so cruel? His chuckle echoed around the walls as he sat down a few feet away from her trembling body, her fear so delicious as he tasted it in the air.

"I was halfway through drinking you to death and it dawned on me that you tasted...beautiful, so I decided I'd keep you alive, I'll drink from you whenever I want and in return you can stop running from the king...I'll protect you or I'll kill you myself" he said and she looked at him, her face angry and scared, he was really keeping her alive to be some sort of food source.

"You...you want to keep me alive so I can be your...your...blood slave in return for a monster keeping me safe from another monster!?" She yelled and he rubbed his chin, his fingers gently touching the studs underneath his lip.

"Now you put it that way...I guess you're correct so you either die today or you stay alive and I get to feed off of you" he said and she looked at the floor going through the good and the bad. She didn't want to die but she'd see her parents again, she didn't want to go through the pain but she didn't want to be enslaved by the evil king, she didn't want to be with a monster but she didn't want to be captured by another...screw it all she thought as she looked back up at him, his eyes had never left her and she sighed.

"I guess I should accept your proposal, after all you're not giving me a choice in the matter...but I still get to travel, I don't like staying places for more than a couple of days so you'd have to come with me!" She said wondering if it would deter him and he grunted his reply shuffling over to her and thrusting out a large hand making her flinch.

"Gajeel...the names Gajeel and I don't mind traveling, it's been a while since I've seen the land!" He said with a smile, showing his large fangs and Levy shivered, forcing her own hand into his, the large palm dwarfing her own as they shook.

"Levy...I'm Levy" she answered and he yanked her towards himself as she squeaked, his large torso freezing hers, he was stone cold even in the warmth of the fire. Levy blinked a little, he was...hugging her, his heavy, toned arms encasing her to his cold skin and she stiffened for a moment before relaxing and giving into his embrace.

"Sorry I hurt you..." his voice was low and quiet, she could only just hear him and she pulled away to look at him, her hand knowingly brushing the wound and she winced before looking down at her dress, the fabric was a dark red and her skin was flaking with dried blood, she desperately needed a bathe!

"Do you know where I can find a place to bathe, preferably a hot spring?" She asked pulling away from him and he seemed to tap his finger on his chin as he thought, his metal brows coming together in a concentrated glare.

"There is a spring about half and hour north of here, though it is a popular place for most travelers to go so I don't know if you'd want to bathe there" he said and she didn't want to know how he knew it was a popular traveler bathing spot, she stood quickly, feeling the room spin as she did and she bent over for a second, steadying her head and groaning as her stomach growled.

"I need some food as well since you practically drained me of any energy" she mumbled as she stood up straight, walking towards the door of the small wooden hut, her legs shaking a little as she went and she felt a slight breeze by her side and Gajeel seemed to appear all too quickly as he held open the door for her.

"I can see you're going to make me work for my meals little lady" he said with a smirk and she payed his small insult on her height no heed as she stepped out into the frosty night, she had slept through the day and she was more than comfortable moving around at night, they still seemed to be in fairy wood as the fire flies still glowed and the trees still seemed to illuminate.

"Lead the way then!" She smiled and he made a 'tsk' sound before walking a little in front of her, his head turning to watch her every so often, she was smiling brightly, her hands sometimes coming to gently touch a fire fly that loomed to close, it's lime green body quickly darting from her touch as her giggle would tinkle like the leaves of the glass willows scattered around them.

"Why are you traveling anyway?" He questioned and she looked up as they wondered through the brightly coloured forest, her hands running along the florescent blue vines that were twisting around the bark of a brightly, white glowing birch tree.

"I'm not safe anywhere that king Jose can get to me so I'm heading for the shore, I'm going to jump on the next ship out and I'm going to a different land...I want to be free and eventually stop running maybe live in a small hut outside of a small town and live peacefully by myself" she told him as they wondered and he listened intently as he wondered in the direction of the spring.

"That seems like an awful lot of trouble to just stay away from him, why not just live in his kingdom?" He asked and he heard her give a bitter laugh and sighed.

"Because he doesn't want to make me stay in his kingdom...he wants to kill me, anyone who denies his kingdom of the beautiful is killed, he doesn't like people going against him and I would rather die than be there but I promised my mother I'd keep running so here I am, still running after five years...you'd have thought I'd get tired!" She explained with a chuckle that seemed to be dipped in poison.

"Where is your mother and father?" He asked, he already knew, it was clear when he'd watched her sleep that they had been slain by the king but he wanted to see if she would tell him by herself.

"They're not here anymore...I lost them to king Jose's men" she admitted though she seemed to be keeping some bit to herself so he didn't press any further on the matter and went back to something she'd said before.

"Why do you want to live peacefully by your tiny self, don't you want family or a man?" He questioned and turned his head to watch her glare at the floor from the corner of his eye.

"I don't need a man...I've been doing just fine without one and I'll do just fine then, men are only after one thing when it comes to me anyway and I'm not a whore so I'm staying by myself even if it means staying celibate...I can live with it, people are over bearing and annoying!" She growled and seemed to almost grind her teeth at her remark, clearly she wasn't a very sociable woman.

"So little one...you haven't every done anything, with anyone?" He pressed, his eyes glinting at her and she looked up at his question, catching the red orbs that almost made her heart melt.

"No, I'm not the kind of girl who throws herself into the arms of any capable man, I can take care of myself, men just get in the way with their I'm so brave and handsome attitudes and the need to prove some sort of self worth...no, I'm still virginal, why do you ask?" She grumbled narrowing her eyes on him and he chuckled, she was like a little spitfire, so small and feisty.

"No reason tiny, maybe that's why you tasted so good, there isn't much virgin blood in this world what with women getting themselves married quickly so they don't get carried away by the kings men" he said without shame and Levy watched him as they wondered through the mess of trees that still made her stare in awe.

"Are we any closer to this spring yet, I need to wash this dress before the blood completely sets?!" She huffed as she eyed the large red pool darkening into her white fabric.

"Calm down little fairy, we're almost there, just about five more minutes!" He answered back and she felt her stomach flip at his name for her, he didn't seem to use her name at all in the whole time they'd been talking.

"Will you stop doing that...that name calling I told you, I'm Levy not, tiny, little, fairy, girl or whatever insult comes out of your annoying mouth!" She snapped and he looked at her, stopping for a moment in his tracks with a glare and she stopped, he looked angry and she was terrified all of a sudden, her body shaking but not from the cold.

"Lets get something straight dwarf...I am scarier and deadlier and smarter than you can imagine, I'm superior to you simply because I can kill you, I'm a predator devoid of feeling, the fact that I didn't kill you doesn't mean I owe you some sort of favor, I kept you alive so I can feed whenever I want so don't make me ruin it by ripping out your throat, you do not talk to me like I'm some sort of dog, got that!?" He snarled listening to her heart that seemed to be thumping hard against her rib cage and she looked down at the floor with a nod.

God how she hated this, she had to be some sort of walking buffet for this monster just so he wouldn't kill her anyway all she seemed to get from the deal was a nice body to look at and protection from king Jose's men...was it really worth it. She didn't say anything when they kept moving, she like silence anyway but this silence was awkward and felt unnerving as the vampire in front of her kept moving with her a few steps behind him, watching the floor or the trees, anywhere but him. The sound of water was closing in and he coughed making her look up as he pulled back the glass leaves of a willow tree and showed her the spring, steam was rising off of the green water that was glowing and the rocks were glittering against the dew drops that were forming. She stepped past him, not saying a word as she leaned down, dipping her hand into the water that seemed to be just a little of a fraction more than warm but not boiling. Taking a look around she almost gasped, it was beautifully surrounded by trees and some leaves and vines dipped into the bubbling water, a small waterfall was at the far end of the large spring making a small array of colours glow in it's stream.

"Can you turn around please?" She questioned that vampire who was watching her with his arms crossed against his chest and he glared but turned as she slipped out of her boots, pulling the front strings of her black bodice and letting it fall to the floor, pulling the cornered of her dress up, gently tugging it over her head and she gasped at the cold air that made her quickly step into the water with her dress in hand. It felt amazing, the water completely covering her up to her neck and she sighed, it had been a while since she'd been in a spring and she was happily wading around. "You can turn back around now!" She called as she opened up her dress, and dipped it into the water, the red stain gently bubbling away making some of the water turn red but it faded as she rubbed the fabric together getting the blood out slowly. It took her almost fifteen minutes to get the colour out and she grumbled to herself most of the time, not looking at the vampire but she could feel the hairs on the back of her neck prickle under his gaze. Once the fabric was it's natural white again she waded through the water and laid it on a low hanging branch of a birch to air it out.

"How long do you plan on staying in there?!" Gajeel whined and she took a small look at him, mad and scared at the same time, he was sat against the bark of the oak tree a few feet away from the spring and she wandered into the middle of the water, letting it surround her and she hissed when she dipped her head under the liquid, her wound throbbing at the temperature.

"As long as I wont, if you don't like that then leave!" She snapped and shivered under his glare, his anger flaring as he stood up and her heart relaxed when he seemed to walk around the tree.

"Then I guess I'll just get a bath as well!" She heard him call and dived behind a rock when he emerged again with his trousers and boots covering his man hood, she listened as a small splash came from were he'd jumped into the spring and she groaned. All she wanted was a nice, peaceful bath, not have to worry about a certain vampire ruining it by jumping in with her, she hated how she looked (even though she was wanted by king Jose for her beauty well mainly because he wanted her dead) and she didn't want him to see her. She turned sighing and laying the back of her head on the rock, gently rubbing the crusted blood off her skin and stroking the sore spot of her neck, her mind wondering as she dipped her hands into the warm water and poured it over her face, forgetting all about the vampire who was expertly leaning over the rock watching her.

He let his eyes wonder over the features of the little woman, he couldn't see most of them because they were under the water but it was still a nice show. He'd long forgotten what warm skin felt like, what it felt like to have a heart that slowly thrummed against his chest and he didn't know why but with her he didn't need to she seemed to still all of his thoughts of wanting to kill out of jealousy of the over privileged humans that took their life for granted when that was all he had...life.

"Stupid vampire...thinks he can scare me just because he has fangs...ooh look at me I'm so dark and dangerous fear me blah blah!" Levy grumbled below a whisper as she rubbed her skin making her voice cracked and deep when she was mimicking him.

"Look at me I'm a human that thinks I'm so smart, you do know vampires have great hearing, I would have heard you even if I was on the other side of the spring!?" He snapped and she squeaked, diving away from the rock, looking up and meeting his dark, glistening eyes and dripping wet hair as he scowled at her.

"Gajeel, go away and let me bathe, I'm a woman I don't like to be stared at while I'm...I'm naked!" She screamed and he slipped down from the rock, walking around hit, the water only came up to the bottom of his chest, letting Levy ogle over his soaked, tanned skin, eyeing the scars that formed on his large arms and the studs that gleamed on his flesh.

"Why, I care nothing for what you look like and I'm hungry!" He whined, his hair falling into the water and she shook her head firmly crossing her arms over her shoulders as if trying to shield the chest that was completely submerged under the water.

"Not a chance, I'm trying to get clean...not feed you, go away!" She snapped which was partly true and because she wasn't ready to deal with the pain of his fangs as she turned, moving away from him further into the deeper water.

"I'll just take it then!" He grumbled stalking over to her and grabbing her wrist, listening as her heart sped up and her cheeks flushed though it was clear she was more terrified than embarrassed...like I fucking care! he snarled picking her up so her bare chest was next to his and her wet skin pressed against him.

"Get off of me, I said no Gajeel!" Levy snapped, wriggling in his grasp and he growled tightening his grip around her tiny waist and his other hand grabbed her wet locks, pulling her head to the side as she punched his chest and tried to push him away as tears fell down her face.

"I am no dog, I am controlled by no one, if I was meant to be controlled then I'd have come with a leash little girl!" He snarled not waiting a moment longer as he pulled her head back so her bare throat was laid before him and he licked his lips, noticing how she'd stopped punching him and how her chest was completely visible making a lump form in his throat but he didn't have time for that hunger as he pulled his gaze from the creamy, dripping skin of her breasts. Her eyes were tightly shut as he licked her throat where her wound was, that nasty wound he'd so easily inflicted, his lips grazing her torn flesh gently as he parted them, giving her throat a slow kiss and she let out a moan and both of his hungry beasts growled in return. His fangs slowly penetrated her skin, her cries filling the woodland and her nails dug into his shoulders and he felt her pull herself to him, her head rested on his arm as she sniffled. "Do you want me to ease the pain?" He asked, his voice thick and husky as he removed his fangs from her and she blinked up at him, eyes glistening with tears and her lips quivered as she nodded letting him carry her to the bank of the spring. She whimpered when he laid her back against a cold rock and she shifted to get comfier.

"What are you going to do!?" She questioned frightfully and he gave her a smirk that made her heart jump and her stomach heat up, his fangs seemingly more arousing than scary as he spread her legs, still under the water, her modesty forgotten as she whined when she felt his finger brush her woman hood.

"Pleasure to ease the pain my dear~" Gajeel purred in her ear and she gasped when she felt him place a finger inside of her, a strange sensation starting in her stomach as he pushed it further inside of her and she felt herself grow hotter at his touch. She never felt such a desirable and incredible sensation before as his cold studs brushed against her burning thigh, his fingers pumping inside of her. She laid her head back against the rock panting and moaning as he grinned, pushing in another finger and she cried out, a hand quickly fell against her mouth as she looked mortified and uncaring at the same time.

"What are you haah...doing!?" Levy panted as Gajeel pulled her neck up letting her head rest against him and he growled, eyes glaring as his fingers slipped out of her and she let out a sigh of both disappointment and relief looking up at him as he placed to arms on the rock beside her, his eyes growing a deeper shade of red in the dark.

"You come any closer and I'll rip your throat out!" He threatened and Levy turned her head, spotting the three men in silver armor, the mark of the phantom clan on the belly as they stalked closer...the kings men! Levy hissed inside her head and tried to move but Gajeel had her in an iron embrace...this is not good!