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Chapter 3: The Iron Dragon's Roar

"I can't be what I want to be. I need to be as strong as fire. I need to save my Clan. It is for the best. I hope they know that they have been loved. Even if they don't remember me, I hope they'll know that."

—Bluefur to Oakheart,

Warriors: Super Edition: Bluestar's Prophecy, Pg. 475

Lavi sat on top of a brightly colored roof watching the sky turn purple as the sun set for the day. The stars were coming out and you could almost see the moon already. The cool evening air ruffled his long red hair which was held back in a ponytail.

His companion beside him Twyla, who was a purple colored talking cat, sat next to him also enjoying the evening view. "It's so nice to just sit back and relax and let all your worries go away...right, Twyla?" Lavi laid back on the tiles and closed his eyes.

"Yes it is." Twyla smiled peacefully and closed her eye halfway, letting the breeze ruffle her fur. "But should you really be laying down on the job?" She said playfully looking over at her friend.

"But it's so nice outside. Beside nothing has happened yet. And I haven't felt this peaceful in a long time. Ever since..." Lavi trailed off and let the sentence hang.

Twyla had a feeling what he was going to say, but she knew that he didn't want to ruin the moment.

As night fell and more stars appeared in the darken sky. Twyla could feel something wasn't right. "AHHH!"

Lavi had jumped up immediately, something he had gotten used to during his Bookman training and being in the Order, "Twyla what direction did that come from?" Lavi brought out his hammer from it's holster.

Twyla's ears twitched trying to pick up the sound, ever since her right eye had been blinded her senses had gotten better. "That way."

She sprouted her wings and her and Lavi took off in the direction. Once they had gotten to the area, they looked around.

"No one seems to be around here." Twyla said sniffing for a scent. As Lavi took a look around the streets.

Her blue eye widened, "Lavi watch out!" She called from on top of a roof.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted something coming toward him. He dodged and right where he had been a second before, remains of a wall now remained there. Lavi looked in the direction the sudden attack had come from and ready his hammer.

"Gihi." He heard the stranger laugh strangely, as he walked into the moonlit part of the alleyway. "You dodged that attack fairly way, Fairy scum." The man had long black messy hair with regular clothing and a feathery thing on his right shoulder.

'Fairy scum? Does he know I'm from Fairy Tail? Wait! That could mean he's from the Phantom Lord guild.' Lavi thought as he studied his opponent closely and got ready for any sudden attacks.

"Your from Phantom Lord, right? What's your name?"

He grinned. "Not even the wimpy fairies know who I am? The name is Gajeel Redfox the Iron Dragon Slayer, and you won't even live to hear that name again."

Lavi's eyes widen at his name, as he was caught off guard by Gajeel turning his own arm into an iron pole.

"Lavi!" Twyla swooped down and carried him off before Gajeel could attack again.

"Gihi seems like these wimpy fairies are smart after all. But not that smart." He said looking over at a huge tree that stood in the center of the town.

"Lavi! Lavi, are you okay?" Twyla called for the hundredth time. She had set him down on a roof somewhere far away from Gajeel.

"Twyla...that was Gajeel...Kanda's and Alma's son. The one I had left with that dragon...And he tried to kill me." Lavi couldn't get over the scene that had just happened. 'How did he turn out that way?'

Twyla watched him as he laid there on the roof tiles. "Hahaha." Lavi laughed and grinned. "Just like old times. Right, Yuu?" He said quietly looking up at the moon and stars.

She watched as he slowly fell asleep and smiled lightly. He looked so peacefully when he is asleep but whenever he's awake, he always seems to be haunted by his memories. Lavi hadn't told her everything about his past. Since a lot of things were touchy subjects. But he told her enough to get the situation.

She was happy that he thought of her as something like family. Since like him she had never truly known her real parents. Twyla touched her eye patch and remembered her horrible memories that she didn't want to remember. She shook her head to clear her head. Seems like everyone has memories they don't want to remember. But...they can't forget either since it's a part of what made them who they are today.

Twyla laid down beside Lavi. She drifted off to sleep as a happy memory came to her mind, of when a lonely man picked up a lost injured stray cat and they became a family.

But there was one thing they had forgotten about, the scream they had heard.

"What happen?"

"Fairy Tail..."

Conservations drifted in and out as Lavi and Twyla stared up shocked at the three figures who hanged there on the tree, battered and bruised. "So that's what he was doing there... We could have stopped him if we had been there. If only...we had been watching more closely."

Lavi clinched his fist. Twyla looked up at him concerned. She place her paw on his fist. "Don't worry about it, Lavi. Nothing could have have stopped this. And this is no time to be dwelling in the past. These people are still alive and they need medical attention."

Lavi's hand loosen and he lightly held her paw. "Your right. I'm sorry, Twyla." She smiled lightly at him.

At that exact moment Natsu's team had appeared. "Excuse me. I'm from the guild." Erza said passing through the crowd.

Lucy stood there shocked with tears. "N-! Levy-chan.."

"Jet! Droy!" Gray yelled shocked as Happy stood behind him with tears and shock written all over his face.

Natsu looked as angry as a dragon would.

"Phantom..." The crowd parted as Master came through.

"Master..."

"Wrecking our shoddy bar I could bear with...But no parent can remain silent after seeing their children's blood." Master's patience broke with the shattering wood of his staff. "This means war!"

Lavi sighed and looked up at the sky. Knowing from experience that nothing good came out of war. But this time it cannot be avoided, especially when the people you think of as family is injured like this. Of course he'll fight with Fairy Tail, he's been in the guild long enough to know Jet, Droy, and especially Levy.

But he also wasn't participating just for that. It was the promise he had made long ago to his friends. That he would protect their children and watch over them till his time in this life was over. And he would never break his promise to his most closest friends and family, and also to his beautiful wife, Lenalee Lee.

A/N: Hoped you enjoyed this chapter! I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Even though it's a little short. It feels like the chapter is long when writing it, but it's really short when going over it. Anyway thanks to xXcandalovespancakesXx and MoonShade-Wolf for reviewing. And thanks to everyone else who favorite, story alerted, etc. Next Chapter will be about the Fairy Tail battle and Lucy's past. I'll probably be ending this Gajeel arc next chapter or so. Have a great day! Read and Review Please!