CHAPTER FOUR

I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL.

"Gajeel don't do this." I cried. I knew why he was doing it. I knew that he had no choice. Never again would I let this happen. I never wanted Gajeel to make that face. I broke his heart making him wrapped the rope around me and the tree. Samson looked up at me while I was crying. If I saw it Gajeel saw it.

"Well Princess is this your new lover?" He bent down to whisper in my ear. "I swore I wouldn't ever do this to you again."

"I am sorry, Gajeel. I should not have done this." That didn't seem to help anything. "Gajeel?"

"I am going to kill your lover now. Maybe you with learn to think more in the future." I couldn't see anything past his stiffened back. Eight years since that day. So many things had happened since then. Yet life keeps coming back to this, our nightmare.

"Gajeel!" He no longer listened to me. The old blood thirsty brute was back. Samson never knew what hit him. I forced myself to watch everything. The hits and the power. Samson didn't stand a chance yet he tried to protect me or use me as a shield. Gajeel just changed to close combat.

The gore was nothing I had ever seen. All the damage Gajeel did to Shadow Gear was nothing compared to the pool of a man in front of me. Both his legs, arms and most of his ribs were broken. The bubbles told me Samson was still breathing. White jabbed out of red in a heap that was no bigger than my kitchen sink. If he survived this it would take a miracle.

"Maybe now you will stay away from our Princess." Gajeel growled after sniffing the air. Lily turned to guarded me when the glowing eyes turned to us.

"Lily let me out." The Exceed gave me an unsure look. "Trust me." He caught me before I hit the ground. Gajeel released a feral growl. "Back away from me."

"Levy-"

"Just do it!" I refused to my eyes off the beast in front of us. I would never be afraid of Gajeel. "I am not going to let you get hurt." Lily's gripped tighten. The noise from Gajeel became deeper, louder. "You are his best friend but if you don't let go of his prey he will take you out." Gajeel's hands became razors. Lily backed away in submission.

"You should run, Shrimp." I ran across the field towards him. I knew he was going catch me when I leap at him. Our lips met making him bend into me. For our second kiss it was not bad. His teeth seemed more pointed, his need sharper and my willingness higher.

"I love you." I whispered into his lips. He pulled me into him. Looking into his eyes I saw them snap back to his normal. He pushed me to an arms length looking me up and down.

"Shrimp, you shouldn't love me all I do is hurt you." He said putting me down. "Lily take her to the house."

"Where are you going?" My hand missed his cape. My heart feel to the ground. He didn't want to look at me.

"You broke his mind twice. Let him be alone." Lily pulled me away. "He will come back when he feels like it." This was not a good thing that he was alone. I didn't want him to wallow in self hatred. It was my plan. I should be the one that he was angry with. I did not deserve love from him.

That was all I could think about. When we got to the house. While I sat near the fire. Not even when Gajeel returned to us. I couldn't even face him. "Oi Shrimp." My hands flew to my face.

"Gajeel be nice to her. She is blaming herself for what happened. She hasn't stopped crying since you went black."

Nothing more was said. I do remember having someone strong hold me at I cried so hard it hurt. His warmth. His humming of my favorite song. Then the heavy snoring closer to dawn that woke me. There was one male on either side of me.

The ruins lay all around us. The remnants of the protection runes on invisible walls around that. The kitchen was complete for the most part. Next to the farthest wall the stairs to the basement. Someone had gone to get wood, laying in the stove. Out of my pack I pulled my bag of rations. Gajeel was the first to wake.

Melted iron held warm on the steel table I magicked. Nuts and bolts lay beside it in a box. I had never figured out how to make breakfast for the dragon slayer so I guessed. BBQ fish spicing them with just some salt and pepper for Lily. Myself, just toast. I wasn't very hungry.

"What is the occasion?" Gajeel asked. He downed the cup of hot metal.

"I cook like this for Shadow Gear too." I lied. "You two just don't come on missions enough." I said sitting across from him. Our eyes never met.

"If I wasn't already married I would take you as my wife." Lily said with his mouth full. There was only hints before but I was sure that I had never heard Lily talk about his home in Edolas. "On the way back we should stop at the village."

"Sociable visit?" Gajeel teased. I was sure that my face was red. My thoughts went to visits I wanted with Gajeel. Feeling guilty about it in the same second.

"I don't see why not. I will get to work." Taking in a deep breath I waited for that first initial blast of runes. It was nothing I had ever felt before. Everything was hot, cold, sensual, guarded, loving, hate filled. Words came from the rune wall as well as the house's remaining walls. The ground opened up right before the glasses were swatted off my face.

"You could have killed her!" Lily said. Gajeel held me.

"Shrimp?" I could hear them but my chest hurt. "Oi Shrimp you have to breath." Gajeel shook. "Levy!"

Despite the pain I caused him just a few hours before this his eyes were filled with concern. Nothing on my body moved but I wanted to touch his face. "Place your hand on her belly. Gently push it in." Lily commanded. I turned to the Exceed. "Don't be scared." Almost immediately I was coughing. Gajeel pulled me into his chest.

"Thank you." I whispered into his chest. The tears fell just for the pain in my head.

"So not doing that again." They fussed over me for a good hour. In the mean time I worked on translating what I did remember.

"Hows it going?" Lily asked when I groaned.

"I need to take a break." After I cleaned everything up I went to the well. Around the corner I saw Gajeel leaning on the wall. His head in the crook of his arm. To say that it pulled on my heart strings would be an understatement.

"Shrimp?" His eyes didn't even open. "What is going on?" With a single hand I turned him to face me. "What can I do for you?"

"Tell me what you are thinking now."

"I am thinking about how you scare the hell out of me. I honestly don't know what I would do if you were not coming home at the end of this. At the same time I was to beat some common sense into you. Why didn't you do a walk through before you put the glasses on?" I never thought I would see so much emotion in his blood red eyes.

Gajeel didn't know what hit him as I latched my arms around his neck. "Gildarts says that fear is good for development of magic and soul." He puffed up in defense. "I say it is just being human." I kissed him. This time it was not to calm him down. It was not in the heat of battle. I needed to kiss him so he knew I was alright.

It was a spark that began the flame. Gajeel's hands gripped my ass, holding me higher as he put his back to the wall. I smiled when he groaned into my neck at my moan. His massive hands gripped my thighs to wrap around his waist. My hands tangled in his mane releasing another groan. I wanted to hear more of that. I wanted more of him as I arched in to him.