AN: Just wish to apologise for the last chapter... I got things a little mixed up! Sorry!

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Blue and Red flashing lights rolled up the driveway, the sirens blaring was obvious to the whole neighbourhood as they screamed down the road.

Gajeel had no where to run. He held up his hands as the car stopped a few feet away from him.

Two police officers stepped out the door, holding guns above the door frame, shouting at the huge muscular man to get on the ground.

The driver had long green loosely tied up into a short ponytail, with a thin muscular frame. A beauty mark sat under his left eye. The badge Justine sat on his left breast.

The passenger was taller, mildly more muscular than the driver, underneath his hat sat blue ad black hair. His red eyes sparked green with fury. His badge reading as Bickslow.

Gajeel complied, cursing inwardly as his hands were cuffed behind his back. His face pressed into the gravel as Officer Bickslow sat on his back, the other frantically grabbing the cuffs and clicking them together in place.

This is what I fucking get for helping some short stack.

Gajeel was unkindly hoisted up from the ground, his shirt was torn slightly as he was pulled upwards and pushed into the back of the squad car, his head crushed forwards as his large frame was wedged into the back seat.

Several house servants including Rogue ran out the house at the sound of the siren's. Gajeel looked straight at his bothers face. Rouge shouted at the police officers, saying that he hasn't done anything wrong, before Officer Bickslow walked up to him, and demanded if he wanted to be arrested too.

Lowering his head he declined, watching his older brother being driven away with some speed towards the police station to be processed.

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"Levy! I'm so glad your safe! I can't believe you ended up at that guys house?! What happened! Never mind about that Gajeel, the police will arrest him soon enough! I can't understand how you even met the guy let alone allowing him to kidnap you!" Lucy had levy pressed tightly against her huge breasts. Holding her tightly as the car drove straight to her own estate.

"I was so worried on the drive over here! I-I.." Lucy trailed off trying to stay strong for the slightly comatose bluenette.

Everything happened so fast.
So many mixed emotions.
One minute she was treated with respect, the next discovering that she'd been rescued, the last moment she discovered that she was with a dangerous man.

"Lu-chan..." Levy tried pushing her face up out of Lucy's large bosom's

Before Levy could finish her sentence, Lucy interrupted her again "Shh its OK Levy... I'm just so glad that you are safe. Once he's arrested you wont have anything to worry about!" slowly stroking her azure hair.

The car slowly pulled up to the front gates to the large Heartfilia estate. The driver had been allowed to enter as the large black metal gates swung open to and allowing the car to drive onto the grounds. The large buildings on the outskirts loomed over the drive before the Heartfilia mansion sat in prominent position at the end of the drive.

The doors to the car was pulled open with a white gloved hand leaning in, ready to take the hands of the young women. After levering her face up from the blondes bust she took the hand delicately, swinging her legs out of the door and standing up awkwardly, realising she had no shoes on. Nor her original attire. She realised she had left them at Gajeel's.

She sighed, feeling completely out of place once again as Capricorn stared at the shoeless woman.

"Lucy-sama, I believe that the young Miss is currently underdressed."

Lucy took the hand of the other butler and walked around the back of the car to Levy, taking her underneath her wing,

"Capricorn please inform me of any information regarding a Mr. Gajeel Redfox. Please see to it that my father hears none of this." Lucy looked angry as she spoke quickly to Capricorn.

He nodded and bowed, holding a hand across his chest, laying the hand on his heart.

After a few minutes walk to Lucy's own room, Levy sat on her bed, looking up as Lucy stood in front, her arms crossed. She actually looked furious.

"Lu-chan..." Levy croaked before unable to hold back her tears, she sobbed, feeling the slow moving arms wrap around her, the warmth radiating around her. Sinking her face into the body she sniffled.

"H-he... Sa..ved me.." Her red shot eyes looked straight into Lucy's. Crouching in front of the small woman she held onto her best friends hands, cupping them within her own.

"No he didn't Levy... He is a dangerous man... You can't believe anything he said to you..."

"But... I was going to be ...r-ra-ped..." Forcing the words out of her mouth bitterly.

"What?! He was going to rape you?! I'll – I'll!" Lucy shot up angrily shouting.

"N-no! Lucy He wasn't, He stopped me from being raped... I don't really remember much from last night but Jonathan was acting weirder than usual but all I remember is right up until I went to the bathroom..." Levy explained everything in as much detail as she could remember to her blonde haired friend, who still couldn't believe that Gajeel hadn't forced himself on her, and to of gone to such lengths as to make her feel safe.

Levy did however leave out how he scared her when she invaded his own room, but then she was trespassing so it was only right he was a little pissed...

Right?

"Levy.. Lets just forget all about this, I know! This weekend Natsu is taking me to this house party that's just away from his, Its going to be the perfect place for you to just unwind and maybe meet a guy or two"

Lucy nudged her bluenette friend, as she got an uneasy giggle.

"Now.. I think I have a few of your clothes here for you to try on..." Lucy wondered over to one of her many doors in the bedroom, flinging it open to reveal a room almost mirroring in size the bedroom, housing countless clothes. Lucy's personal walk in wardrobe.

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The squad car stunk of heavy drug users, cigarettes, and alcohol. Gajeel knew he was fucked now he was arrested. He just hoped it was going to be a slap on the wrist when he arrived at the station.

Hopefully his parents wouldn't find out...

"Mr Cheney?" an overweight looking woman called his name as she looked through a plastic window.

Gajeel had been cuffed and told to sit and wait until his name was called. He knew the drill well enough. Mainly for petty bet rigging, and for more than once starting a fight and sending the other to the hospital.

Slowly Gajeel rose, his metal boots stomped along the worn vinyl towards the woman behind the plastic window. Leaning his bare arms on the counter his red eyes staring at the woman, she breathed heavily at the sight of the man before her.

"M-Mr Cheney?" She had to confirm he was the correct suspect and began making him answer a series of questions to ascertain who he really was.

"Its Gajeel Redfox, Cheney is my foster parents name." he looked bored with having to explain it every time he was arrested.

"They have no connection to me so I'd prefer if yah just left them out of whatever yah gonna accuse me of."

The woman typed something on the computer in front of her, looking at him directly.

She asked a few more questions before asking him to sit back down with the rest of the rabble. Who were now certainly more interested in the long haired guy sitting next to them.

Nearly an two hours passed before Gajeel was ushered into a interview room. To his horror he recognised one of the two officers from when he was younger. His badge read as Porla.

Gajeel pleaded his innocence explaining everything that happened that night. When questioned about why he didn't contact the police he had no answer, merely shrugging his shoulders.

"I guess I didn't want to get involved with the police again." he eventually answered.

"Now Mr. Redfox, you can understand why you've been arrested can't you? Kidnapping a woman right off the streets... Its a very serious offence. You could even see some real jail time." The man's sour face looked hard at the man.

He looked towards his partner, who promptly stood up and walked out the interview room, placing his back against the door to stop anyone entering.

"Now..." he pressed the stop record on the machine and leaned in closely to Gajeel, his breath reeked of stale smoke and alcohol.

"I can make this all go away you know... You just have to do something for me, just this once. Once more is all I ask and then I will make all the charges go away..." he looked at the papers before him, flicking through some of them a wicked grin spread across his smarmy face.

"Oh ho... Looks like the Heartfilia are going to press a lot of charges against you... You do certainly have enemies in high places..."

Gajeel growled at Officer Jose Porla. He wasn't going to do anything for this man again.

"I suppose... If you wanted to decline my very generous offer I'll just have to remind you of all the other charges you were faced with that miraculously disappeared before the judge. That these might suddenly.. Reappear and you'll be charged with all of them, including some new ones."

Un-cuffing Gajeel's hands he looked straight at Gajeel. He knew he wasn't going to take him up on the offer.

"You wouldn't want assaulting an officer on your records would you now?"

Taking his own fist he pulled it back before slamming it hard against his face, giving off a manic laugh before throwing his body against the table before a shocked Gajeel.

Gajeel fell back and pressed himself up against the wall. He couldn't get out of this. He looked up, a blinking red light caught his attention before the door burst open. Two angry officers stared into the room.

"Jose! What is the meaning of this!?" A red headed woman shouted angrily. Her long scarlet hair tied high in a ponytail. Her badge read Scarlet.

"He's broken free of his restraints and attacked me!" Jose held a hand to his face where he punched, "He needs to locked up immediately! Its a code 111! "

"I don't think so, the camera's got it all on film!" a familiar voice sounded to Gajeel's ears. Laxus stood in the doorway looking demonically at Jose. He held the unnamed officer by the scruff, throwing him onto the floor.

"You are under arrest Jose for perverting the course of justice!" Officer Scarlet looked furious as she tackled the man to the floor as he attempted to flee, she easily over powered him as Laxus cuffed the other officer, both of them leaving the room dragging the two men in tow.

"Don't forget 8pm" Laxus shouted out before the door closed slowly to the interview room which was now utterly destroyed by the rampaging Jose and Officer Scarlet.

Gajeel couldn't process any of the information given to him. He almost took Jose up on the offer just to get out of the potential jail sentence only for the whole thing to take a weird turn. He only knew Laxus, but the red head looked equally terrifying. Now he understood why Laxus had wanted him to at least finish school.

He sunk to the floor being left alone. The camera still flashing a red light at him. Before a small man walked in alone, his white hair and bushy moustache looked familiar. He looked far superior to anyone else he'd seen in the building that day.

Chief Superintendent Dreyar.

He smiled brightly at the long black mane of a man on the floor, his shirt ripped slightly.

"Seems like you've been through a lot son. Perhaps you'd like to explain it to me. If you'd care to follow me."

Makarov wasn't about to re-cuff the man, he looked shaken enough.

Pushing himself up from the floor Gajeel followed behind the small man towards a distant office. He looked around as other police officers, investigators and detectives stared at him, the suspect un-cuffed, walking towards the Chief Superintendents office.

Holding the door open, Gajeel walked into the plain office. Several pictures hung on the wall of Makarov's career, one had him looking incredibly proud with an annoyed blonde man, a lightning shaped scar across his right eye as he completed police training and became a fully fledged officer.

Gesturing for him to sit Gajeel, gingerly took the only chair opposite the basic desk.

"Now. Gajeel." Makarov hopped up on to his chair with ease, now able to get a good look at the man before him. His strong facial features with multiple piercings. Covering his face, ears and arms.

He took a deep sigh "I need to know everything. Including why you've come back here. I warned you the minute you stepped foot back in this town I might not be able to protect you again."

Gajeel avoided eye contact with the man. Before finally biting the bullet. Explaining that he was effectively evicted from his own apartment, in the mean time he had wanted to keep a low profile on his return until he'd earned enough money to find a place to live and find a stable job.

Explaining that despite Makarov's previous warning when he was younger that he needed to stop the illegal bets, he ignored and continued.

The old man listened as Gajeel informed him of how he came to meet Levy and he had intended on taking her back to her own apartment but due to his history he definitely didn't want to contact police.

"Gajeel... Do you believe you could identify the man?"

He nodded,

Stroking his moustache he leaned forwards "You realise that this Levy will have to testify evidence to give us anything to go on." his fingers linking together and he looked forwards.

Gajeel's face sunk, he hardly knew the woman, let alone where she could of possibly gone. He remembered vaguely where she lived, but it was no use.

"I don't know if I will see her a-" He was interrupted as someone spoke through the intercom

"Chief Superintendent, there is an urgent call for you on line 3"

"Excuse me"

Makarov turned around on the chair as he picked up the phone, keeping the line very one sided.

He stood up, looking out the window. "I see."

"Can you prove that serious accusation?"

He sighed deeply, listening to the person on the other end of the line.

Gajeel tried to listen into the phone call, catching a few things here and there. He heard his name said several times. He was sure that this was it. He was done for. Nothing the old man could do would fix this mess.

"Yes I understand."

Hanging up the phone Makarov looked directly at Gajeel.

"Could you explain once more in detail how you came across Levy?"

Gajeel rolled his eyes, he'd been in the station for most of the day by this point.

"I already told yah all there is, I was heading back home after a late night at the bar when I turned down the main street seeing some blue haired woman drunkenly staggering down the road. This fat guy had his mitts all over her." He growled remembering how sick with lust he looked in the face,

"He was shoutin' her name over and over and she just looked like she wanted to get away. So I stopped and grabbed his hand, nothin' bad or whatever. But he ran off like some pig and before I got a decent look he was drivin' off sharpish. The girl didn't look great but she just went on about how she only had two glasses and when she came back from the bathroom she felt very drunk. I dunno. I did offer to take her home but she passed out when I got to her address so I just took her home. Nothing bad was gonna happen, for fuck sake my fucking maid looked after her more than I did!"

Gajeel didn't know how many times he'd have to keep saying the same things over and over again.

Makarov stared hard at the man in front of him, sighing deeply.

"I understand."

"Gajeel, the charges that were placed against you have been dropped. From our sources the original perpetrator has been identified. And as such you are free to go."

Gajeel's jaw dropped. He sat in the chair still unsure if he truly was allowed to leave.

"You can go, you damn brat!"

Gajeel quickly stood up from the chair and took the door handle

"Oh and Gajeel. I'm glad you are home my boy."

"Thanks Gramps..."

Pulling open the door Gajeel quickly headed down the stairs to collect what belonging were taken off him during the arrest and headed out the door to the early evening.

"Fuckin' waste of a day!" kicking the curb as he went about catching his bearings before heading back towards his house.

Makarov leaned back in his chair as he watched the young man leave quickly, remembering looking after him as his own grandson. Laxus and Gajeel grew up together being treated as his own blood, until Gajeel's father disappeared and left him orphaned. Makarov was going to adopt him into the family legally until the Cheney's took him in by some mystery. Perhaps due to them being unable to conceive naturally. Until several years later Rogue was born, casting Gajeel aside. Turning inwardly. His once happy demeanour lost for all to see. Makarov saw a small spark in his eyes when he explained the story of Levy. Causing his grandfatherly love to rise.

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"Levy I can't believe what that bastard did!" Lucy was furious, she finally listened to what Levy was saying rather than brushing it off as shock. She listened intensely to all the details she could dig out of Levy once more, however a good few hours were lost to Levy's mind. Whatever she had drunk took effect very quickly and lasted for several few hours.

Lucy made a series of phone calls to restaurant before being allowed to speak to someone who would deal with her. She discovered that the restaurant had CCTV and demanded she had the footage immediately, informing them that someone will be along shortly to collect it. They complied sharply due to the anger in the sweet blonde's voice. They were well aware that however beautiful and intelligent the girl was her anger was definitely rival to that of her fathers.

"I can't believe this..." Lucy breathed as she dialled another number,

"I need to speak to whoever is dealing with a Mr Redfox, Gajeel Redfox immediately!"

"Who's calling?" the operator replied.

"Ms. Lucy Heartfilia"

"One moment. "

Lucy tapped the table top with her pen, waiting for the line to reconnect. Levy looked worried, she wasn't sure what Lucy was up to, but she knew whatever her best friend was doing it was the best.

"He's currently indisposed can I take a message and pass it on?" the operators voice crackled through the line

"Put me through this instant!"

"One moment. Yes. Please hold, Passing you through to the Chief Superintendent Dreyar"

She looked puzzled, catching the look from Levy she mouthed that it'll be OK and smiled brightly.

"Hello, Chief Superintendent Dreyar, Lucy Heartfilia, I believe you currently have a Mr. Redfox in custody. However he has been wrongly accused. I made the phone call on a Miss Levy McGarden's behalf."

"I see"

"I'm ordering you to drop all charges against this man and release him. In return I'm asking for you to arrest a Mr. White, Jonathan White for attempted rape to Miss McGarden."

"Can you prove that serious accusation?"

"The only evidence I can give you is CCTV footage from the restaurant and an account from Mr. Redfox."

She paused before dropping the bomb.

"Please understand that if you want your funding for the next Policeman's ball then I strongly advice you listen to what I have said and act accordingly."

"Yes I understand"

The phone hung up and Lucy grinned. "I'm sorry I acted rashly Levy..."

Levy, stood up and went around the table, grabbing her friend and embracing her tightly. Burying her face in the crook of Lucy's neck.

"You wanted to protect me Lu-chan..." a small wave of tears fell down her cheeks and Lucy turned and pulled her onto her lap, stroking her azure hair slowly. Calming down the petite girl.

She held her close as they sat and embraced each other. Before Levy moved her head away, sniffing, her hazel eyes puffed with tears.

Lucy smiled, pushing the hair away from Levy's face, before kissing the top of her forehead. Levy blushed at her friends closeness.

"Levy... You'll forget about all of this when we go out tomorrow night! Just think you can let your hair down, hang out with Jet and Droy again"

Levy's eyes flicked with excitement, she hadn't seen either of them in several months. Keeping in contact via emails and phone calls. But keeping her dating off topic, she couldn't hurt either of them.

She nodded happily, her face filling with her signature grin, before hopping off Lucy's lap, "You just want to see Natsu again."

Lucy's face went red as she followed Levy towards the sofa in the bedroom, "No... Well. He did invite me! Do you think... Do you think that he'll ask me officially?"

She sat holding her hands against her cheeks, burning profusely. Her father would be livid if he had discovered she had fallen in love with the likes of a Natsu Dragneel, a man with the unusual talent of controlling fire as a firefighter.

Whenever he went near fire they seemed to become dangerously overheated causing a lot more damage to the property or vehicles that were alight. However the hazardous the situation he could always overcome it much to the superiors horror as he would frequently enter the buildings too dangerous for a sane man to enter and rescue those inside.

That was how he met Lucy.

She had been at a friends house party, sneaking out one night with a few old friends before an arson attack, trapping Lucy in the back bedroom.

The ferocious roar of a firefighter came bursting in through the doors wielding an axe like a mad man before taking off his heat-resistant jacket, covering Lucy's heated body and hoisted her over his shoulder, running out the burning building laughing madly.

His hat sat on Lucy's head. His wild pink hair a little singed. From that moment she had got her self into a few more fire related mishaps, Natsu always there to rescue her, giving her a fireman's lift much to her excitement.

However, it was noted on the fire stations records that she was a repeat fire starter and from then on Natsu was ordered to give her training on how to handle anything electric or gas related to prevent her from causing any more fires.

Instead she had managed to distract him by talking for hours and hours. Each time he tried to explain on how not to start a fire she would change the subject, Natsu slowly felt something for the Blonde woman unsure of what it was but he felt at ease around her, determined not to let another fire start near her again.

Since then they spent what time they had together, however difficult it could be due to her father.

Levy laughed, she loved how the two met. It felt like fate. Her eyes gazed around the pink room, on the top shelf on the wall hung a charred helmet. The one worn by Natsu when he first rescued her on proud display.

She never had anything from her past boyfriends... Even if she could call them that.

"I should head back home Lucy... I have to get organised for work tomorrow morning..." Lucy nodded sadly, but she understood how important her job was to the bluenette.

"Of course, I'll get a car ready for you. Here." Lucy handed the folded clothes that she wore when she arrived. A small grey T-shirt with baggy black trousers. Definitely not for a lady.

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Gajeel slowly walked back home, he realised he'd headed towards Levy's apartment. At the end of the road a car pulled up outside the building, a small blue haired woman hopped out of the seat. Thanking whoever was driving before shutting the door.

He watched as she fumbled around looking for her keys. She didn't have them. In fact she had nothing but her phone on her person. Angrily she sighed, stomping up the few steps and pressing a buzzer on the door.

"Hello? Can you buzz me in... I forgot my keys!"

"Who is this?!"

"Its Levy McGarden, I live in apartment 2"

"I don't know a McGarden! I know a Bevy McNarden, Who are you?!"

"Its Me! Bevy... McNarden... from apartment 2" she gritted her teeth as the old woman spoke through the speaker, clearly not wearing her teeth that day.

"Oh... Why did you not say so?"

"So will you buzz me in?"

"No."

Levy stood looking at the buzzer board. As the old woman hung up on her.

"I can get your keys If you want Shrimp?" a gruff voice was heard behind her.

Her skin prickled as she heard the familiar voice. Turning around slowly, she was on eye level with the long haired man. His red piercing eyes stared at her.

Those eyes...

She could see almost into his soul and it made her feel uneasy. Taking every inch of his face into her memory.

"Like what yah see?" He smirked

"N-nye- What are you doing here?" she squeaked out, a small blush covering her cheeks.

"Since yah got me arrested I'm walkin' home." his smirk quickly left his face. He was pissed, folding his arms.

"I'm sorry I just... My friend... She was looking out for me but Oh... I'm so sorry! I didn't mean for you to be arrested... I'd make it up to you but... Oh I'm sorry I don't even know how I could make it up to you..." she kept apologising.

"I can think of a way" his smirk came back as he tilted his head looking at Levy wearing a khaki shorts and a yellow vest top, his eyes trying to see behind her. She looked good.

She took a step back, her back pressed up against the reinforced door, "I.. Sorry Mr. Redfox but I'm just not interested in you."

She tried looking at him, avoiding direct eye contact. Something about this man, always being there at the right time.

"Please.. when I get my purse, can I take you out to dinner? To thank you for saving me? Its the least I could do. And to apologise for getting you arrested..." she looked weakly at him.

Gajeel watched her every move, she was acting uncomfortable around him, he couldn't understand why, most women were throwing themselves at him. But this bluenette, she was captivating in every way. He nodded not saying a word.

"Yah know you're gonna have to walk quite a ways to get back to my house?" he stepped back as Levy skipped down the steps, standing next to him. He could use her as a leaning post if he wanted to and still be standing straight.

"Yah little short legs gonna be able to keep up?" Levy pouted,

"I'll be fine!" she retorted before stomping off ahead of him.

"Shorty, we're the other way!" watching her storm back past him and heading in the right direction. He chuckled silently to himself watching her strut away.

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Please don't forget I'm English so the American equivalent to Makarov would be Chief of Police. Which is for small to medium-sized municipalities so it would kinda correlate to that of a guild size...

Hope you enjoyed this chapter and sorry about making you wait longer than you thought you'd have to!

Please let me know what you guys think, it means a lot and helps to keep me motivated.