After school the next day Levy ran to a tree near the tunnal and tried to knock her hidden backpack out of the lowest branch. She kept jumping but she was too small to reach. Soon she began to sulk, kicking the tree she sighed and folded her arms. She was mumbling to herself when a man walked over to her, he wore a purple shirt and brown trousers with his ginger hair tied in a ponytail. "Need help?" He smiled at her and taked her bag down to give to her.
"Thank you" Levy bowed. "The names Jet and you are?" He winked at Levy and leaned a little closer to her. "Levy McGarden" she steped back a little. "Sorry but I'm running late as it is." She added. Jet nodded. "I understand. I'll be talking with your father later Miss McGarden. You interest me" He said. Levy blushed, bowed again and ran off holding her bag tight. Reaching the tunnel Levy showed the guards her pass, they frowned but let her go past. Half way through the tunnel Levy got changed out of her uniform and into her lower district clothes. As she was putting her uniform in the bag she fell backwards hitting her head on the wall knocking some loose bricks. She rubbed her head while looking at the bricks. She began pulling them out of the wall to see a hole deep enough to hide the bag in, she did. Putting the bricks back Levy then pulled out her lipstick and drew a cross over the bricks. She ran to the enterance to the lower district, wiping her make-up off and rubbing dirt on her cheek, she had to hold her hat so it didn't fall off. When she reached Gajeel he frowned at her "You're late" he said.
"I... got.. held up.. by a guy... wanting to buy me.. I'm guessing" Levy stutted, out of breath. "Buy you?" Are you a prostitute or something?" Gajeel looked at Levy shocked. Levy suddenly got her breath back "No!" She was offened. She huffed and put her hands on her hips "When I'm old enough a men will bid for my hand in marrage. The highest bidder will become my husband and I must do everything he wants. Until such man has bought me I must be pure" Levy frowned. "So you're a life prostitute?" Gajeel laughed. levy softly punch his arm which made him laugh more and she sulked for a bit but when she looked at Gajeel smiling at her she couldn't help but giggle.
The two of them walked together talking about the rules of the higher district when Levy saw a large group of people stood around a black cat. She stopped walking to see what they were doing. Gajeel noticed and looked too "A gang. They're lots around here. They're feared by everyone, leave them alone" he said. "Are you afriad of them?" She asked "No, people fear me. I'm in one. The Fairy Tail gang" Gajeel smirked "That's the Raven Tail"
Levy looked at the gang when suddenly a girl with long red hair in a dress top and short kicked the cat into a wall. Levy gasped and covered her mouth in shock. "How cruel" slowly Levy's hands became fists "Hey!" Levy marched up to the gang frowning angry. "Levy stop!" Gajeel shouted but she ignored him. "Who the hell do you think you are?!" Levy demanded the gang but when they all turned and glared at her she lost all her rage and replaced it with fear. "Y-you hurt an innocent creature. T-that's not very nice" she shuffled nervously. They all laughed at her a small fat man with facial hair grabbed Levy's wrist and pushed her to the floor.
"Who do you think you are?" He grinned "Flare, she doesn't want you to hurt the little kitty cat" "Perhaps I should hurt her instead then" Flare, the red head, grabbed Levy's hair. Suddenly Gajeel grabbed the back of Flares neck. "Let her go" he hissed in Flares ear. She let go of Levy's hair and Gajeel threw her at the others"Fuck off!" Gajeel growled at them "This girl is protected by Fairy Tail." The gang looked at eachother and then ran away Gajeel frowned at Levy "You don't make my job easy do you?! What the hell were you thinking?!" He yelled. Levy looked up at him with big, sad, watery eyes. Tears ran down her face as she began shaking "I'm sorry" she whispered. Gajeel sighed, rolled his eyes and sat on the floor next to her. After a moment of silence Gajeel said "It's okay. You just care too much. I guess thats a good thing, sometimes"
Levy nodded a bit and wiped her eyes before jumping to her feet "where's the cat?!" She gasped. Gajeel looked at Levy as she looked around. She found the cat curled up in a corner bleeding from a cut at the side of it's eye. Levy slowly and carefully picked up the cat, took it over to Gajeel and sat back down. She held the cat close and gently patted it's head. "He's so cute" Levy smiled. "Just like you." Gejeel teased. Levy blushed and frowned at him "Oh shut up" she said. "Can we keep him?" Levy asked. "We?" Gajeel raised an eyebrow at her "We don't live together" He laughed. "He can sleep at yours and walked around with us during the day" Levy smiled. "I can hardly afford to look after myself yet alone a cat" Gajeel frowned. Levy looked down sadly "I guess you're right" she said. She stroked the cat behind his ears untill he purred. Gajeel sighed "You'll have to give him a name if you want to keep him" Levy smiled happily "Thank you" she looked at the cat" Hmmm Pantherlily" she added.
"What kind of name is that?" Gajeel asked confused. "Well Panther sounds like a lower district cat name and Lily sounds like a higher district cat name" Levy smiled. Gajeel looked shocked "You're smarter then you look" he said. "Hey!" Levy sulked. "We need to tend to it's injury" She looked sadly at Pantherlily. Gajeel gave her a wipe from his pocket, Levy frowned but took it anyway and she cleaned Pantherlily's cut. He meowed and gently licked Levy's hand. She smiled and picked up Pantherlily, rubbing her nose on his, he purred again. Gajeel watched Levy, he smiled and thought to himself 'She's not as bad as I thought. I guess being with her is okay.'
The next few days became routine. Levy would go to school then run to the tunnel, getting changed half way, hiding the bag and meeting Gajeel at the entrance with Panterlily. They would walk around the ruins talking about the higher district, teasing eachother and sitting down with Pantherlily.