Sorry this took so long to update! I had life beating me to a pulp and it wouldn't let me go until tonight but, it's still tugging me away from the computer so, sorry about that! I hope you like chapter 4!

It was at least ten in the morning and Levy and Gajeel were still walking toward, what they suspected to be, the library. They had set out early in the morning after waking from a restless night. Mainly because Levy would not lie still the entire night out of pure excitement and Gajeel was still pondering what in the world was going on with his body whenever the female mage had contact with him or even looked in his general direction. It didn't help that they were alone in the woods together so, Gajeel couldn't distract himself with sparring or even speaking to Lily. Gajeel was yanked out of his thoughts at the sound of an exasperated sigh.

"It wasn't that far away when we set up camp last night! It's like it moved!"

The dragon slayer chuckled at the impatience of the blue haired mage walking a few paces ahead of him. Of course she would be anxious to find books that no one had seen in a century.

"Calm down shrimp. We'll get there when we get there. 'nd buildings don't move! You of all people should know that."

Levy turned to him, looking as though she was about to say something but, Gajeel spun toward the trees to their right. His arm had quickly stretched out in front of Levy, offering protection but, from Levy's view point, there was nothing she needed protecting from yet, she inched closer to her tall companion anyway.

"Gajeel?"

She whispered, gently placing her hand on his back, causing his body to stiffen even more and, fisted his shirt between her tiny fingers. He glanced at her and motioned for Levy to be quiet by placing a finger to his lips with his free hand. Levy nodded and stared in the direction where Gajeel was looking. After a few minutes of them standing like that, Levy let go of him and turned to continue walking.

"There's nothing there Gajeel. We're wasting ti-"

"GET DOWN LEVY!"

Immediately, she felt her body fall against the hard ground by a rough shove and she covered her head with her tiny hands, hoping they would suffice for protection. She heard a growl and knew right away that it had definitely come from Gajeel but, his was met by another, lower growl that had her eyes widening. She looked up at Gajeel and found him fighting with a large beast that resembled a large cat but, was as large as a bear and had teeth and claws that seemed to revel those of a dragon. Or, so she thought since she had never seen one. After spotting Gajeel and the beast, she realized that there were two others hiding in the foliage surrounding them.

"Gajeel! There are two more!"

Quickly, she scrambled to her feet and grabbed her magic pen to throw anything at the beasts that were now closing in on the two still fighting in the middle as the two wrestled back and forth. The beast clawed at Gajeel leaving deep scratches on his arms and chest but, Gajeel was hitting him back with his iron posts that were formerly his arms. Levy wrote out fire and threw it at the two dragonbears, which is what Levy decided to call them in the midst of the chaos, that were stalking towards her. Once the fire hit one of the beasts, it roared, running in a circle, catching the surrounding greenery on fire. Miraculously, the dragonbear who's fur was excellent kindling for a flame, managed to scare off the third dragonbear and ran headfirst into the one who Gajeel was fighting with, the beast roared and Gajeel took that time to land one final blow against the beasts' heads with his iron posts. The dragonbears collapsed, one on top of Gajeel and one on the forest floor, not 2 feet away from the fierce dragon slayer, unconscious, most likely dead, and he threw aside the one on top of him with ease. Levy ran over to him with wide eyes.

"Gajeel! Are you alright?!"

She began inspecting his wounds that ran deep and long across his skin.

"Eh, I've had worse. No use worryin' shrimp."

"These are still bad Gajeel!"

Levy immediately got her small medical kit out of the pack that remained on her back and set to work with cleaning his wounds, eliciting the occasional curse from the lips of the intimidating dragon slayer once she applied a healing salve Porlyusica had given her that she knew would burn but, would speed up the healing process.

"Guess there are some weird creatures in this forest. I was wondering when we would see one."

Gajeel snorted in response.

"Just a matter o' time. What in the hell were those things anyway?"

"Nothing I've ever read about. I was calling them dragonbears in my head."

She mumbled, a little embarrassed at the pathetic name she had come up with on the spot. Gajeel chuckled and her blush deepened, spreading to the tips of her ears.

"How bout zivotinja?"

Levy regarded him with a surprised glance as she wrapped gauze around his injuries. The dragon slayer shrugged with indifference.

"It means beast."

Now, it was Levy's turn to chuckle.

"I know it means beast but, I'm surprised you knew."

Gajeel snorted again, waiting for her to finish with his bandages.

"Surprised I'm not dumb?"

"No, more impressed."

She looked up at him as she finished with his bandages with a wide grin, making her eyes crinkle in the corners and again, he felt a spark. It began in his chest and spread slowly throughout his body, making his body shiver with a slight pleasure and his heart fluttered.

Fluttered? Am I a damn girl now?

He cleared his throat and stood, extending his hand to Levy who had finished packing up her supplies.

"Let's go find yer library, Midget."

The small mage placed her hand in his, letting her body be gently pulled from the ground and set soundly on her feet. She wanted his hand to remain in hers. She felt safe when she physically knew where he was in correspondence to her but, the tall man dropped her hand once she stood and Levy felt as a disappointment take her over until his hand touched the top of her head and ruffled her bright hair.

"C'mon Bookworm."

She smiled again, happy that he wasn't seriously hurt and walked alongside with her trusted companion.

It wasn't more than twenty minutes that the two had been walking together before they managed to find the tall, square building in the middle of a clearing with overgrown, swaying grass and wild flowers bending to the will of the slight breeze that found its way into the clearing. It seemed untouched by the vicious forest Levy and Gajeel had just come out of. The short female was awestruck by how beautiful the whole area was. The building seemed older than originally thought with its structure being rectangular stretching toward the deep blue sky that was now visible because of the lack of trees.

"Gajeel! We found it!"

The dragon slayer smirked as she squealed in happiness and clapped her hands together, bringing them up to cover her mouth with a smile. He realized that this was the Levy he liked to see, her being so excited and happy, with her smile curving her luscious lips.

Okay. I need ta see Porlyusica when we get back. I have ta be sick.

He was brought back to the real world when he noticed Levy running towards the building they had been searching for these past few days and had miraculously found, thanks to the woman who decided to accompany him.

"Oi! Be careful, Bookworm! We don't know what's in there!"

He jogs to catch up to her, as she halted in place, looking at something on the ground. He was gaining on her and was about to breeze past her when she yelled for him to stop where he was and for him to not go any further.

"Wha's goin' on, Midget?"

The tall man asks as he stops by her side.

"Runes. Meant to kill any living thing that passes over them."

At that moment, a butterfly with bright orange and yellow wings, flutter over their heads, towards the building and right into an invisible fence of electricity, frying it's tiny body into ashes. Gajeel stares at where the butterfly was, just moments ago.

"What the hell?"

"That's not the only thing. It's designed to keep anybody out, sure. But, it's also designed to not let anyone leave if they manage to get past them. Whoever made these did not want whatever is in that building to leave."

He smirks at the blue haired woman next to him that continued to do things that amazed him.

"Gonna crack the rune Bookworm?"

Levy smiles almost evilly, putting on her ruby glasses and grabbing her pen out of her pocket.

"If it's the last thing I do on this mission, I swear I will crack this rune by night fall."

Dun dun! I hope you liked Chapter 4! Sorry it took me longer than last time to post it. Please PLEASE review! Also, I generally post information about my fanfic updates on my tumblr! So, if you become impatient and want to know when the hell I'm going to post the next damn chapter, ask me! or simply look for the posts! My tumblr is fullmetalfairytailhunter. I want to thank everyone for all of the support I've been getting up until now! It's fantastic 3 thank you everyone, review, read, and enjoy! I will see you all next week!