Author's note: I had most of the chappie done for some time now. So why not wrap it up and get it published? lol

lexie loves anime , Gajeel is definitely NOT a boobs-man. I mean, COME ON! All of the Fairy girls are REALLY gifted, and then, there's Levy. Not flat chested, but seriously disadvantaged. And how does Mashima-sensei drew her? BOOTYLICIOUS!

kn (long number and too lazy to copy it) , well, she did have something to drink at the club... and she ain't no Cana...


CHAPTER 4: Fight

The next morning, the three woke up refreshed. After going to the bathroom, Levy went to the kitchen to prepare some breakfast. Gajeel and Lily joined her moments later, taking a seat at the table. Levy served them tea and went back to the stove.

"Busteeed…" Lily sang in his cup. Gajeel looked curious at him, sipping his tea. The Exceed noticed his confusion and whispered. "Saw you last night nuzzling Levy behind her ear." Gajeel spurted his tea, coughing violently.

"Are you OK?" Levy turned from the breakfast to give the Dragon a checking look.

"Yeah, yeah… cough, cough Just a little something in my throat cough." He gave her an awkward smile and turned to glare darkly at his Exceed. "Not a fucking word."

"You liiiiiiiiiike her." He dodged Gajeel's hand with a laugh.

"Don't you dare tell her…"

"Relax, man. I already knew you have feelings for her. The whole guild knows, actually. So why won't you go all the way? Whenever you seem to wanna make a move, you back away. She's not gonna reject you, you know."

"How do you know? You don't even know our history…" Gajeel slumped back on his chair with a bitter look.

"It's obvious she feels something for you. The only one who doesn't notice that is you." They kept their voices low enough so Levy couldn't hear them.

"… I shouldn't be allowed to feel…" Gajeel pinched the base of his nose, Lily seeing his hand shake slightly.

"Come on, it can't be that bad…"

"I beat the shit out of her and her two goons, then crucified them to a fucking tree!" Gajeel watched the shock form on Lily's face, turning his gaze away in disgust. "And I used my own fucking nails to… mark her as a Phantom Lord victim…" The Dragon Slayer placed his face in his hands, tangling his fingers in his hair.

"Oh…" The heavy silence that fell between them was sickening. Luckily, Levy shoved the plates under their noses, bringing them back to reality.

"Eat up before it gets cold. We're gonna bust a dark guild today. Isn't it exciting?" Levy was almost bouncing in her chair.

"Yeah…" Gajeel pushed his food with his fork.

"Oh, stop your excitement, it's too much." Levy said with a sarcastic tone. "What's with you two? It's gonna be a piece of cake! Easy four million jewels! And we'll finish in record time, too! Sheesh… What does a girl have to do to get you fired up?"

"Yay, we'll get home faster than two weeks…" Gajeel bit too hard from his fork, munching thoughtfully.

"Don't sound so disappointed, I might think you like going on missions with me." She smiled provocatively, watching Gajeel with amusement, realizing he bit the fork as well. "I'm sorry if I'm too hyper… I always get like this before busting up dark guilds." Levy continued her breakfast.

"Wait… You went on missions like this one before?" Gajeel came back from his reverie.

"Yeah, team Shadow Gear has busted up four small dark guilds." She said proudly.

"And you didn't tell me about it?" The raven haired man gaped at her.

"I told you I can handle myself. And why should I have told you anything? It's not like you care…" Levy's voice had a hint of sadness.

"Because they are dangerous! And those two idiots always get you in trouble! And how do you know I don't care? Cuz I d…" Gajeel stopped himself from saying more and looked away from a blushing bluenette.

"I can handle myself just fine! I survived four dark guilds, so I can't see why you'd complain now." Levy looked away. "And those two idiots have kept me safe for a long time before you came along!"

"Yeah, I can remember how safe they kept you the first time we met…" Levy snapped her eyes to him, Gajeel realizing he went overboard when her eyes filled with tears. "I'm… sorry, it didn't came out right…"

"You jackass! That was years ago! I can't believe you'd have the nerve to bring that up again!" Levy's fists trembled as she struggled to keep her tears from overflowing.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking! I didn't mean it like…"

"What exactly did you mean, then?" Levy looked him in the eyes defiantly, waiting for Gajeel to finish his excuse. "It's one thing not thinking what comes out of your mouth, but you just crossed the line!" Levy got up from the table, grabbed her plate and went to the sink, where she started scrubbing it too forcefully. "Asshole…" She whispered, letting her tears fall silently. She heard the chair screech on the floor as Gajeel got up and headed for her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Levy… I'm sorry…"

"Don't touch me!" The bluenette slapped his hand away, hiding her face. Gajeel looked hurt at the petite girl for a long moment, then turned without a word and started packing. Lily didn't dare say a word. Levy was seriously pissed as she packed her magical tent, and ignored Gajeel completely. They walked in silence for a couple of hours, searching for the dark guild. It was almost noon when they could see the base of the mountain where Aeron was supposed to be.

Lily flew in front of them, searching from above.

"I can't sense any magical beings except you two. And there doesn't seem to be anything here except rocks."

"Okay, Lily, thanks. Hmm…" Levy looked around, pondering, when, suddenly, Gajeel lunged for her, yelling a "LOOK OUT!". The bluenette looked shocked at him, then snapped her head where she was a moment earlier. Several men with sharp looking swords were smiling wickedly.

"And, here I thought you'd be serious about joining our little fun club… I'm a bit disappointed, you know…" The man that served Levy in the bar whirled his gun on his finger. Before he could point and shoot, Levy activated SHIELD after SHIELD so the magical bullets wouldn't hit them. Gajeel sprung to his feet and lunged himself to the slower guild members, activating his iron scales and clawing his way through the sea of attackers. They were pouring out from somewhere, Gajeel realizing the whole guild was cloaked in some sort of invisible wall. Pantherlily had his hands full, transforming in his battle form as soon as he saw Levy and Gajeel safe. Levy quickly disposed of several guys that surrounded her and followed Gajeel to aid him. In minutes, most of the dark guild members were unconscious on the ground, Levy keeping her hands at the ready and her feet in a defensive stance. Gajeel was glued to her back, grinning widely.

"Finally! I thought I'd never get some fighting done!" Lily soon joined them, sharing Gajeel's wide grin.

"Don't relax just yet. Do you feel that?" Levy scanned around her, seeing nothing.

"Yeah. It's making my skin prickle." Lily tried to see beyond what was visible to the naked eye.

"Show yourself!" Gajeel bellowed at the thin air.

"My, my… How impatient… Frey doesn't show himself to any low life." A voice boomed all around them.

"Frey? That's Master in ancient tongue. Are you this guild's master?" Levy activated a SHIELD, feeling something very dark and very powerful was about to show itself. The man didn't show himself, but he started pouring attacks one after another, Levy trying very hard to keep the SHIELD activated. At one point, her magic dissipated, escaping a few attacks. All three mages got hit by some sort of explosion, getting thrown backwards like ragged dolls. As soon as they were down, more explosions surrounded them, Levy yelling in pain once a couple of explosion hit near her and threw her and Lily on the stony wall of the cave behind them. Lily returned to his chibi form as more explosions hit the ground, raising dust all around them. Levy could hear Gajeel's strained voice and the slashing and swishing of the air as the two men fought.

As the dust settled, Levy could Gajeel's body covered in iron scales, feeling her skin prickle from his growling. He lunged himself to a laughing Frey and slashed wildly at him with his claws. The enemy summoned an explosion when he touched Gajeel's chest, throwing him on the hard rock of the cave. Levy yelled at Gajeel, but he was unconscious. She saw everything in slow motion as the man lunged himself at Gajeel with a wild smile, getting ready to impale him with a magical spear that materialized from his hand. So she got up, ignoring the pain that ripped through her small body and ran like her own life depended on it.

"Gajeel! GET UP!" She swished her fingers and created a SHIELD as soon as Levy got in front of her fallen partner, raising her left hand to increase the defensive magic, but the force of the hit was too great even for her defensive spell. A sickening crunch made Gajeel twitch. Then a horrible laughter filled the silence that followed, a thud and a yell of pain as Levy was kicked away from her nakama.

"You thought you could be able to save him?" The man cackled like a maniac as he activated a magical circle inches away from Gajeel's body. He sneered, sending the sharp sword at the unconscious body, but he froze. As dust settled, he could see Gajeel's iron pole had stopped his attack. The Dragon Slayer placed his right hand on the ground and pushed himself up, growling. The dark guild Master trembled slightly, seeing Gajeel's magic unleashed around him like a purple mist.

"Secret Dragon Magic... Iron twister!" For a brief moment, the attacker had the chance to see Gajeel's killer look in his red eyes, sending chills all over his body. He gasped as Gajeel twisted his body so fast, creating a tornado filled with iron shrapnels. Frey yelled in pain as Gajeel made sure each shard would hit every inch of his flesh. A moment later and the enemy fell on the ground with a horror stricken look on his face.

But Gajeel wasn't finished, especially after he dared a glance Levy's way. He felt like dying right there once he saw the blue strands mixed with red and her left hand resting on the ground in a weird angle. More blood poured from underneath her, and he suppressed the wish to go to her and tend to her wounds, but making sure they wouldn't get attacked again was prioritary. So he transformed his arm into an iron sword and headed for the man lying on the ground.

"Gajeel, stop! Whatever you're thinking right now, it's not worth it!" Lily's strained voice came from somewhere behind him, but he payed no attention to him. He wanted to end the life of the one who dared touch the petite mage. Gajeel lifted his sword, ready to strike, the demon inside him rejoicing at the imminent kill. "GAJEEL!" The Dragon Slayer stopped inches away from the man's heart, half disappointed he was interrupted. He looked back at Pantherlily with bloodshed eyes, coming back to his senses. He transformed his hand back, took Frey by the throat and lifted him off the ground.

"Stupid mistake." Gajeel whispered in his face, shoving his iron scaled forehead in the man's face and pouring punch after punch until the man collapsed unconscious. Gajeel turned around with a disgusted look and hurried to Levy. He turned her gingerly and gasped.

"Fuck... Lily, water!" He commanded, ripping strips of cloth from his shirt. The Exceed wobbled his way to a nearby water fall, rummaged through Levy's pack for a bowl and went back to Gajeel as fast as he could, considering he was badly hurt and out of magic. Once he got back, Gajeel dipped one of the cloths in the water and shakily wiped the blood from Levy's face in search of an open wound. He needed not search for long, several cuts soiling Levy's blue hair. He tried as best as he could to stop the bleeding, tending to her broken arm next, creating two iron poles and securing it. Once Levy was mended as best as he could in his condition, Gajeel collapsed on the ground next to Levy.

"Gajeel... You're bleeding..." Lily noticed the red liquid oozing from his right side. The Dragon Slayer struggled to get up, wrapped some cloth around his waist and squeezed it hard, wincing. Two broken ribs... Possibly some internal bleeding… This will take a while to heal...

"Can you fly her out of here?" Gajeel asked hopeful, but he already knew the answer.

"No... I'm out of magical power... I'm sorry..." Pantherlily felt horrible for being so weak, but the Dragon placed a hand on top of his head and ruffled his fur.

"Don't be. You fought bravely. You gave them hell. I'm proud of you. I'll get us out of here." Somehow

"There's a city 15 clicks from here, closer than Baishan. They have a hospital, too."

"Perfect. Rest now." Gajeel scooped the Exceed and placed him on his shoulder. He went next to Levy, took her in his arms and off he went, wobbling unsteadily. His side screamed in pain and he was exhausted, feeling no more magic running through his veins. He walked for hours, his eyes blurring from the blood loss. His only comfort was the weak heart beat of the small bluenette. After what it felt like ages, Gajeel saw the small town. Just a little more... He thought heavily. As soon as he got into town, he could feel the stares directed at the three. And for good reason, because Gajeel looked horrible. His clothes were ripped beyond repair, he had multiple cuts and bruises and was bleeding heavily from his right side, his hair was a mess, a black bundle mixed with dirt, leafs and small branches, and blood. Plenty of it. The small girl he was carrying looked worse than him.

Levy's arm was in a metal cast, holding the broken bones in place. The blood running through her blue strands were soiling the earth with Gajeel's each shaky step. He had no idea how he got to the hospital, feeling he lost his wits a couple of times. Probably his scent helped him get there. His knees gave in after he went through the automatic doors, collapsing next to a couple of nurses.

"We need a doctor..." Gajeel managed to whisper before he lost consciousness. A moment later, he could hear from somewhere far away the worried voices of several nurses and doctors, but he was unable to muster any strength to say anything. He was out cold again.

TBC


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