Outside Lucy's apartment...

Lucy's keys laid abandoned on the floor from the Celestial mage's previous encounter with the Ame-onna where Lucy was easily taken captive by Juvia.

Natsu walked slowly back to her apartment to wait for her his head lay low. He was worried for his friend, but he was not going to lock himself in his home to watch a movie and eat sweet. No he was going to lock himself in Lucy's apartment to watch a movie and eat sweets until she came back! Suddenly his foot kicked something making a metallic clicking sound. He looked to see there laying useless on the floor Lucy's keys. Natsu had know Lucy for some time now and even if she was strong (and damn that girl knew how to kick), she would never leave her keys behind like this. She placed her keys in a level of importance that was bigger than her own life.

Natsu took the keys in his hands and was quick to notice two things, first Lucy was not alone when she had dropped the keys, second was that she was about to fight someone before she lost her keys. Whoever took Lucy was very careful but there was still a small trace of their scent in the air, enough for him to follow a trace.

Meanwhile...

Levy followed the Kurogane as Jet and Droy settled for looking for the Ame-onna. At first they had decided that it would be Jet and Droy who would follow Gajeel but after they noticed how much distance Juvia had covered it was decided that Jet's magic would be the only one able to follow Juvia's 'walking' pace. As they couldn't stop fighting over who would go with Levy she decided it was for the best if she took on Gajeel alone. None were happy with this arrangement but it had to be done and now Levy was following the Kurogane alone. It was 9 AM and he was still wondering around the city in circles every so often laughing a little. It was so early yet it still seemed as if no one was up. He speed up a little and Levy only groaned in response as he took a turn in the next ally.

"You should really stop that shorty" he said the moment she turned the ally. She was already half-asleep and the moment she stopped walking she lost balance and felt to the ground. "Ugh don't tell me already tired?" he mocked but as he moved her a little he noticed that she was fast asleep. Someone had sent the kid after him and they had surely underestimated him. He took the girl in his back like a sack of potatoes. It was still a few hours till the curfew allowed civilians and regular guild members out. He still had time to take her home without being found out. He lifted her on his arms amused at how little she weighted. He walked out the town into one of the mountains where there was only a small path surrounded by piles of scrap iron with a main pile in the center a good place to be alone and a good place to hide the kidnapped girl you found in town.

He laid her in his bed that was also surrounded by iron pieces and handcuffed her just in case she tried to escape. He was also tired though and just because a little girl had tried to follow him it didn't mean he would not sleep in his bed in his own bed. The pipsqueak had gotten herself caught and he wasn't going to suffer because of that! He shoved her a little to the side so that he would fit himself in bed. He pushed her off bed and she fell to a pile of iron scratching her arms and back. As bad as he could be, Gajeel was not going to let a little girl sleep on the floor injured because his big body was too large to fit both of them in bed. He lifted her still unconscious body placing it on top of his own. The moment he felt her soft breathing against his chest having a funny feeling on his stomach as if he had swallowed bat and they were all flying around in his stomach maybe they were looking for an exit. He felt heat though his whole body not knowing the reason why he only stared at her face in amazement his thoughts going far from what a young man should be thinking of a small girl. He was not a pervert not that type of pervert at least. He was not going to do that with a girl, it was something many members of his guild would do when they wanted a woman they shouldn't have. Those man lacked morals just a Gajeel did, but he was a dragon-slayer making it very different.

Dragons had only one mate something that was done to prevent overpopulation. It was something written in their magic that because of its nature was also transferred to dragon-slayers. Gajeel would have one woman and he was doomed to stay with her for the rest of his life or he would lose his magic and possibly his life. There was something strange in her though, it was like her smell was intensified ten times over any other woman he had ever crossed in his life! The urge to mate was too intense blinding as he never noticed when his lips touched hers finally taking him out of his drunken trance regreeting every instance. He finally closed his eyes hoping his dreams wouldn't betray him into choosing a girl (that judging by her size could be half his age) turning her into his mate, forever.