I love the title I gave for this chapter...it's very punny :D and this is another one of my favorite chapters. Please enjoy and review!

P.S. this is also the last chapter I have typed up thus far...but I will be back soon, I promise!

Chapter 7: Fishing for Fantasies

"Gajeel," a familiar voice whispered.

Gajeel groaned a bit, he did not want to wake up. He and Lily had spent most of the night making their way to outside of the library. So now, he was asleep under a tree getting at least a few hours of sleep before he had to go into the library.

"Gajeel," the voice said again.

Gajeel sighed internally, he knew who it was, and he didn't need to open his eyes. It was Droy, apparently, Jet had told Droy to wait by the library until he brought more help. Gajeel could tell from the smell alone. The fat man was a little scared due to Levy's sudden disappearance, Droy also smelled like plants…so it was easy to tell.

"Don't wake him up," Pantherlily said, "It took us all night to get here and Gajeel has spent most of the night running…"

Gajeel felt a small smile tug on his lips, 'that's my partner…always has my back'

"But, he's a lazy oaf…" Lily said shrugging.

Gajeel's smile disappeared as a frown appeared, 'what the fuck?'

Lily knew Gajeel was listening and he was mentally padding himself on the back. However, Lily needed Gajeel to find Levy. Lily had to bring out the big guns.

"Droy, "Lily began, "If I remember correctly, both you and Jet had a crush on Levy…"

"H-how did you know?" Droy asked as his face turned beet red.

"Mirajane," Lily said waving it off, "but I think I know some else who might have a crush on her…"

Gajeel's eyes flew open, was Lily going to tell Droy about his crush on Levy? But he was not willing to risk it.

"Who is it?" Droy asked impatiently.

"Lily," Gajeel said gruffly as he sat up straight.

Lily turned to Gajeel and gave the man a small knowing smile. Gajeel's eyes narrowed at Lily.

"We need to find the shrimp,"

"Can I finish my story first?" Lily asked, trying not very hard to irritate the iron dragon slayer.

Gajeel didn't say a word, so Lily turned to face Droy when his tail was pulled and lifted off the ground.

"That's my tail!" Lily snapped.

"I know," Gajeel dead panned, placing Lily on his large shoulders.

"L-Lily," Droy tried to get Lily's attention "Who has a crush on Levy-chan?"

Lily could feel Gajeel's daggered red eyes on him and felt his tense body.

"It's nobody special, just someone from another guild," Lily waving it off.

"Do you know his name?" Droy asked curiously.

"Not at the top of my head," Lily shock his head and shrugged his shoulders

Droy relaxed and nodded, while Gajeel stayed slightly tense, trying to decide if he should yell at Lily or stay quiet until Droy leaves.

Pantherlily needed to change the subject…and fast!

"Droy," Pantherlily cleared his throat, "tell us what happened,"

Droy explained what happened, giving as much detail and information as possible to the two of them, so that it would be easier to find Levy.

Gajeel sighed once Droy finished his story.

'You got yourself in a hell of a trouble,' Gajeel thought to himself.

"Lily, looks like we have to save to the Shrimp's ass…again,"

"It appears that is the case," Lily said nodding in agreement.

"If you need any help I-"

"Droy, I have Pantherlily to help me out," Gajeel pointed out.

"And it may get messy soon, so I suggest you gain some distance before you get in the cross-fire," Lily suggested.

Droy gave a disappointed sigh, then nodded, "Gajeel," Droy began with a confidence in his voice, "If anything happens to Levy…"

Gajeel rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, I know, I know the guild will be up my butt,"

Droy stared at Gajeel for a moment, then walked to Kape, eventually disappearing down the road.

Once Droy was gone, Gajeel turned to his cat. "You owe me," Gajeel hissed at Lily, once Droy could no long hear the two walk toward the library.

"For what?" Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Don't play dumb," As Gajeel snared as he grabbed Lily's scruff, so that both were looking eye to eye.

Lily crossed his arms, "We both know that you have strong feelings for Ms. McGarden."

"And you were going to tell Droy…of all people?!"

"I was not!" Lily protested.

"Then what were you doing?!" Gajeel asked, now questioning Lily's sanity.

"Black mailing you so can get off your sorry ass so you would be Levy's knight in shining armor,"

Gajeel rolled his eyes, "Oh, while we're at it, let me kill a dragon!"

It was Lily's turn to roll his eyes, "girls fantasize being rescued by their lover, prince, or knight from evil,"

Gajeel raised a studded eyebrow, "Alright, there are two things wrong with that," he began, "one I was evil and two, I' neither of those."

"True," Gajeel frowned, "But it will make you look good and she may even consider you as a lover."

Gajee's frown darkened, "That ain't gonna happen,"

"Are you sure…think about it for a minute," lily said with a smirk.

Gajeel sighed and thought for a moment. He could feel his heart beat begin to pound in his chest, his cheeks were getting warm, and best of all in his mind. He could picture Levy with him, both of each other were enjoying each other's company and warmth.

"Alright let's get the shrimp," Gajeel said, breaking his imagination to focus at the task at hand. Gajeel placed Lily back on his shoulder.

"Right," Lily said with a nod.

Gajeel walked to the library door and just when he was about to grab the door handle when a question occurred to him.

"If girls picture guys as knights, what do they picture themselves?" Gajeel asked turning his head toward his cat.

Lily thought for a moment, "I think they picture themselves as princesses…" Lily said, taking one of his paws and rubbed his chin.

Gajeel blinked a few times and imagined Levy in a beautiful yellow-orange ball grown dress and a small golden tiara on top of her head. The image of Levy made Gajeel blush a little and then imagined her smiling. Gajeel couldn't help but blush harder.

Lily grinned, "Are you blushing?"

"No! Why would I?" Gajeel asked.

Pantherlily just smiled.

Gajeel just frowned, "Stupid cat," he mumbled opening the library door.

Once Gajeel opened the door and stepped inside and were in a sea of books.

"…Holy crap…" Gajeel gazed in awe.

"Please don't use that language in here!" an elderly woman said.

Both Pantherlily and Gajeel turned to look at the woman. She was old, had short white hair, pale skin, and wrinkles.

"We are sorry miss," Pantherlily apologized.

The woman huffed and walked away behind one of the many book cases.

"Crazy old bat," Gajeel grunted.

Pantherlily gave him a look.

"What?" Gajeel asked, acting like he was innocent.

"…Nothing," Lily shock his head.

Gajeel gave a curious look to his cat, and then turned his head to one of the book cases aisles. "We need to find the spot where Shrimp was last seen," Gajeel muttered loud enough for Lily to hear.

Lily nodded his head, "agreed,"

Gajeel's nose led the way to Levy's bag.

"That must be Levy's bag," Pantherlily said as Gajeel lifted the heavy looking bag.

"No doubt, this is hers," Gajeel said as he sniffed Levy's bag. It had the small of ink, paper, and a hint of citrus.

For Gajeel, if her smell was on his pillow, he would refuse to take his nose away from the fabric.

"How heavy is the bag," Pantherlily asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Gajeel lowered and raised the bag for a moment, "about 30 to 40 pounds…give or take a few pounds."

Lily frowned, "it can't really be that heavy…"

Gajeel raised an eyebrow, "Do you want to try lifting it?"

"Sure," Lily shrugged

Gajeel set the bag back down on the floor as Lily transformed into his warrior form.

Lily walked a few steps to the bag then lifted it, he did not say a word. Althuogh he raised an eyebrow.

"She's something…" Gajeel grinned reading Lily's mind.

"She exceeds my expectations…" Lily said lowering the bag so it rested back on the floor again.

"You can say that again…" Gajeel mumbled as he looked around a bit.

"Is that what impresses you the most about her?"

"What?"

"She exceeds expectations?"

Gajeel shrugged, then blushed, and then glared at the cat, "I'm guessing you had someone you liked when you back in Edolus?"

"Actually, I spent a majority of my time in the army and I did not have the desire to find a significant other."

"…So, you're having fun teasing me about mine?"

Lily just smiled.

"No kiwi juice for you,"

Lily gave a slight frown and then shook his head, "let's get back to the task at hand," he sighed

Gajeel nodded and sniffed around the area taking a few steps in direction and then the other. A frown formed on his face…it was a mixture of frustration and confusion. The giant man then blew air out of his noise and then crossed his arms.

"Worried?" Lily asked turning back into his chibi form.

Lily got a disapproved look from Gajeel, "No, her scent just disappears…"

Lily frowned, that was odd, "Okay, tell me, what have you figured out so far?"

"We entered the same set of bookshelves in the same as the Shrimp did," Gajeel folded his arms, "grabbed a few books," then Gajeel's face began to frown slightly. "Then it was in this area," Gajeel gestured around him, "is when she disappeared."

Lily frowned too, "I see your point of concern,"

Gajeel took a step forward, when he heard a creak. It was soft and he could barely heard it, but it was there.

Gajeel turned to look at Lily to see if he heard it too…he did. Both were looking at each other.

"…Do you think?" Gajeel began.

"it makes sense…" Pantherlily reading Gajeel's mind, "That Levy had stepped over the trap door and she somehow she found the lever that opened it…but how did she open it?"

Both were looking at each other for a moment.

"Books," they said in unison.

"So if one of the books opens the trap door. She must have activated it, allowing gravity to pull her down."

Gajeel laughed, "I love having a smart cat,"

Pantherlily chuckled

"Hey!" Gajeel barked at his cat.

"I didn't say anything," the cat shrugged his shoulders.

"Come on cat," Gajeel grunted, "we need to start pulling out books,"

Lily nodded, he was glad his partner was back to his normal self...or at least close to his normal self.

With a new source of confidence, urgency, and determination both took the books off the shelves.

Pantherlily took a small stack of books and set them aside…while Gajeel…well, he would toss them on the other side of the aisle. The books would land with soft 'thuds' as they landed on the floor and on top of other books.

"Gajeel, I think we should be more careful these books," Lily said as he placed a few books gently on the floor.

"Why?" Gajeel asked without looking at Lily.

"Well," Lily began, "What would-OW! Lily rubbed his head, "watch were you toss those!"

Gajeel turned to face Lily and mumbled a small 'sorry' from him then turned back to toss more books over his shoulder.

Lily knew that was the best he was going to get.

"Like I was saying…what would Levy think?"

"Of what?" Gajeel asked.

Lily rolled his eyes, 'so dense' he thought, but Lily kept his composure, "You throwing books over your shoulder and letting them drop like dead flys."

Gajeel froze for a moment, and then continued to toss the books, "Books aren't my thing…"

Lily shock his head, 'If you care so much for Levy, then you should care a little about the books,'

"Ghihihi!"

Lily looked up and saw Gajeel pointing to the last book on the self. "Lily we're going to fish for some Shrimp!"

Awwww...Gajeel is a big softy...how cute!

"Oi, I am not...how would you like it if I grabbed yer hair for a few hours?" Gajeel sneered

I snicker, "I'm surprised anyone likes you"

"Oi, Levy likes me!"

"Ha, you did not deny it!" I shouted

Gajeel's face turns a bright red, "Fuck off" he mumbles looking away from me

** This is the Author, I have finished the story and I would to ask of you a favor, I would like you to go to the last chapter of the story called 'The Surprise'. Don't worry, it does not ruin the ending if you want to continue with the story And if you do not want to continue, this is your chance to decide on the next story I write...please vote before the end of February. I really want to know your thoughts :)**