A/N: Do you ever read a story on here and the author's writing is just so amazing that you begin to question if your own writing is even close to how good theirs is? No? Just me then. Anyways thank you all for the follows, reviews, favorites, ect. I was on such a roll after posting chapter nine and that I busted this chapter out in only a few hours *pats back*. Thank goodness for my roommates staying up into the wee hours of the morning so I stayed up until 3 am with them writing this chapter. Okay so basically things are in the works and in the next couple of chapters there will be some major warnings on the content. For now I hope you all enjoy this chapter!

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"I have to talk to you,"

Levy narrowed her eyes. "You first," she commanded and slowly got up from the ground.

Gajeel watched her every move carefully, noticing how she was pale and wavered for a split second. "Fine, I think we should first move to somewhere we can sit down," he said before turning on his heel.

Levy nodded behind him and followed him into her house. Once they were inside she went to the kitchen and washed the dirt from her hands, then took a seat in the living room across from Gajeel. He looked concerned and had a troubled look on his face. Levy sighed and quirked an eyebrow waiting for him to continue with what he wanted to talk about.

He ran a hand through his raven colored locks and scratched his head. "Okay Shorty so we have a problem. There is someone terrorizing my sister," he began.

"We knew that," Levy commented only to be glared at by Gajeel. "Sorry, go on," she said sheepishly.

"So this person isn't just someone random. They either know of you or know that we are connected in some way. The person who entered Wendy's room left a blue lace ribbon on her bedside table. And it wasn't just any old ordinary blue ribbon or some sort of mockery. It was definitely one of yours, and that's not even what's botherin me the most. Erza said something about using Wendy to get to me. But why would they want to get to me with blue lace ribbon. They have to know me, the real me," he said finishing with a grunt.

Levy's face remained stoic while Gajeel explained. His words struck a plethora of nerves within her causing the worry to only grow inside of her. Shit. "Gajeel," she whispered unsure of how to start with what she had to tell him.

He gave her a quizzical look and waited for her to continue, but she stayed silent. "Shorty?" he prompted, nothing.

Shit he knows about Gajeel and how am I going to keep this from him. No one is going to come out unscathed if I continue with whatever we have. It's only been a few months, maybe I can end things? But he would he trust me to keep his secret? I WAS ONLY KIDDING WHEN I SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO KILL EACH OTHER! I DIDN'T MEAN IT! "Shit!" she exclaimed out loud without realizing it.

Gajeel's red eyes immediately searched her face for what was going on in her head. "Levy what the fuck is going on?" he asked.

"Gajeel we have a bigger problem," she began and Gajeel nodded his head running out of patience. "Okay it's huge. But I know who placed the ribbon. Before you start making wild accusations it wasn't me," she glared and paused waiting for him to interrupt. When he remained silent she continued. "The guy who attacked her, Jose Ramirez, I know him. He knows me, more importantly. He isn't using her to get to you, he is using both of you to get to me. He was trying to send me a message of sorts," she paused to take a breath but Gajeel cut her off.

"What the hell? You didn't say anything when I talked about him before?!" he growled feeling slightly betrayed.

Levy pinched the bridge of her nose and got up from her chair. "I know Gajeel. I didn't think it was worth mentioning. He is part of my past but he likes to make petty crimes in random cities, I figured it was a coincidence," she said in a rushed tone and paced the room.

Gajeel got up and grabbed her to hold her still. "What is the bigger problem?" he hissed and narrowed his eyes into almost slits filled with fury.

"He paid me a visit not but a few minutes before you arrived. We can't continue to see each other. He will kill me or you…or Wendy. I like you the most out of most humans that I have encountered or been with so I think this should stop," she said whispering the last words. She felt them sting as they escaped her lips. She didn't want him to go away, but she also didn't want to be skinned alive and filleted like a fish.

Gajeel let go of her as if her skin burned his very touch. Feelings he completely hated resurfaced, and they clenched and squeezed his heart. Before he could kill her on the spot Gajeel stormed out of the bluenette's house and got in his car to leave.

"Dammit," was all Levy could say as she watched him leave. She took a seat on her couch and allowed a few tears to escape. She wasn't one for crying being a serial killer and all, but there was something about the raven-haired man that was her undoing. So she did just that and unraveled on the couch in a heap of regret and pain.

Gajeel drove in silence and slowly unraveled himself. Levy's words hurt and he didn't want to even remain in her presence. He saw nothing but red the entire drive home. But a familiar car still parked in the lot washed away the red. Wendy was still at his apartment, probably packing up her things. Gajeel raced from his car to his door and walked into his apartment. He waited for Wendy to start complaining or ranting at him, but instead she poked her head from her bedroom and saw Gajeel standing solemnly in the doorway.

Wendy had never seen such a sad look on her brother's face, not even when their parent's left them or at their funeral. Something was off and she knew it. "Gajeel?" she asked carefully not sure how he would react. When he didn't reply she walked up to the brute and stared into his red eyes.

Gajeel watched his sister check him over while he remained silent. He wanted to kill but couldn't and he wanted to see Levy but that couldn't happen either. His life was becoming chaotic and it was solely because of some guy from Levy's past. In an instant an idea formed causing Gajeel to walk straight to his room ignoring Wendy, and slam the door.

Wendy scoffed at his actions and went back to her room to finish packing. She decided that Gajeel simply needed to be alone and she wasn't going to interfere with that.

Once inside his room Gajeel took out his laptop and began searching everything there was to know about Jose Ramirez. If he was going to interfere with his life, Gajeel was going to find him and kill him.

His fingers typed rapidly on the keys as Gajeel tried to find anything he could, yet all he found was the case files from other police stations. The files held his basic information along with a few photos of Jose's victims that were brutally tortured and left to die. Gajeel almost couldn't stomach the disgusting things the man had done. How does this guy tie in with Shorty? He questioned himself while he searched.

You would've known if you had stayed and listened to the girl. The voice in his head had decided to come out and play but Gajeel didn't want to hear it. He pounded on the side of his head a few times and the voice went away.

A light knock on the door interrupted his research and Gajeel let out a sigh. "Come in," he said to the door.

Wendy appeared before him with a saddened expression. Gajeel wanted to console his sister but the nagging voice of reason in his head only wanted to kill things and make things right with the other bluenette in his life. Gajeel knew telling Wendy to stay with Erza was the right thing to do. People that knew Wendy would never forgive him if something were to happen to her.

"I'm going to head to Erza's in a couple of minutes…Cant I just please continue to stay with you?" she pleaded one last time.

Gajeel shook his head. "Wendy you will be safer with her. I can handle myself but with you here… If anything happened no one would be happy. It's only temporary," he added the last bit not wanting to argue with his little sister.

Wendy hung her head and leaned against the doorframe. "I'm going to miss you," she whispered and quickly wiped the tears away before they fell from her chocolate eyes.

Gajeel felt the pang of guilt for making her cry but internally shook himself. He had to catch this freak before anything else could happen. "Wendy come here," Gajeel commanded beckoning her over with his hand. Wendy complied and slowly made her way over to sit next to Gajeel on the edge of his bed.

"I'm working on figuring this whole thing out. It wont be too long until you are back here," he said turning to the girl next to him.

Wendy continued to cry silently, catching the tears before they fell down her face with the back of her hand. She hated crying around Gajeel, he was always so tough and she felt as if she had to be just as tough. Without a second thought she turned and hugged the brute. Gajeel slightly gasped in surprise at her action. He hardly ever showed affection towards the girl, it simply wasn't in his nature, but for some odd reason he hugged the girl back. He even held her for a brief moment allowing Wendy to place her head on his chest.

"I'm sorry I'm being difficult. I just didn't ask for any of this and I feel like it's partially my fault," she confessed looking up at her brother. Gajeel couldn't help but look away at her gaze.

"Wendy none of this is your fault so get that dumbass idea out of your head. I'm gonna set all of this shit straight. Think of spending time with Erza as finally getting the sister you never had," Gajeel said jokingly trying to lighten the tension in the room.

Wendy nodded her head slightly and sighed, "I guess you're right. I don't know about her being a sister, she can be pretty manly," Wendy said with a giggle.

"You sound like Elfman," Gajeel teased and gave a short laugh. "Wendy you'll be fine. Everything will be fine," Gajeel said more for himself than for his sister.

Wendy once again nodded and got up from the bed breaking their embrace. "I should get going, I'll see you soon?" she asked as she headed for the door. Gajeel got up and followed her out of his room.

"Yeah kid, I'll find this asshole and let Erza take a shot at him," he said reassuring her.

Wendy gave him a smile and gathered her things. Before she could walk out the door Gajeel grabbed her and pulled her into one last brisk hug and squeezed her tightly. Just as quickly as he had pulled her in, he released Wendy and sent her out the door. Wendy smiled and waved as she pulled out of the parking lot. Gajeel closed and locked his door before returning to his laptop. His searching led long into the night and by the next morning the brute had little to nothing in information to add to what they already had. With a grumble the brute closed the screen and headed off to sleep.

Levy cleaned herself up and got off her couch. By the time she had finally calmed down between fits of various emotions it was already past midnight. She didn't feel safe in her own house knowing how easily Jose could be watching her at any moment. With that thought in her mind she hastily went to each of the windows and locked them before closing the shades and curtains. She swiftly moved about the house and locked every opening she could think of and ended in her room.

Levy let out a breath once she was safely in her room, yet she still couldn't shake the paranoia of being watched. She opened up her closet and found the revolver she kept hidden then grabbed a few blankets and sat in her bathtub. The bathroom was the only place in her house that didn't have a window and only had one door. It was essentially her safe room. Throwing her blankets and pillow over her she brought out her phone and checked the service, it was fine. Levy let out a shaky breath and closed her eyes, however every small noise set her on high alert. A scratching at the door nearly caused her to scream, but she cursed herself and opened the door. An angry Lily came prancing inside the bathroom and meowed in defiance at her forgetfulness. Levy let out a laugh and relocked the door. With the cat settled in her lap and gun resting to her side, Levy once more closed her eyes and drifted into sleep.

The next morning she awoke and checked the time on her phone reading 10 AM. She sighed in relief and quickly got ready after locking her bedroom door. With her body clean and dressed the bluenette made her way out of the bedroom and out to her car to head to the bookshop.

Once finally within the comforting confines of her bookstore she let out the breath she hadn't known she held in. Customers came and went as the morning passed by. Levy sipped on her coffee courtesy of her friends Jet and Droy from the coffee stand and read her mystery novel. The day slowly ticked by causing Levy to become antsy, she couldn't shake the feeling that Jose was close by. She also couldn't help but want to go find Gajeel and apologize for not telling him from the beginning, but who was she kidding…she didn't apologize. "And everything was going to so well," she mumbled to herself.

"And you hid your secret so well," Jose said from in front of the counter.

Levy glared and ignored the man by stuffing her nose inside her book. She had about enough of him showing up out of nowhere.

"Did you tell your little pet to go away?" he purred, his eyes glistened with wickedness.

Levy kept her face as calm as she possibly could before she spoke. "What's done is done. I don't want anything to do with you. I left for a reason now leave," she seethed with anger.

Jose simply chuckled at her response and reached out tucking a stray hair from the bluenette's face. "But I'm your lover. You know you will never escape me again. I'm here until they figure something out, I have been leaving clues in some of my past masterpieces. It's really only a matter of time until they figure it out," he said toying with the knickknacks on the counter.

"Leave. Now. Or I will call the cops," she threatened grinding her teeth. The red she kept away from her vision was starting to return and overwhelm her senses. If the voice returned she would go ballistic and lose herself as well as her cover.

"Do that and I will cut that pretty little bluenette up into tiny little pieces and make her watch as I do so. Do not test me pet." He replied curtly keeping his gaze locked with hers.

Levy couldn't stop herself from gasping but continued to glare. He was winning and she knew it, there was nothing she could do. Without a second thought she closed the book and brought all of her attention to the creep before her.

Jose grinned when she shut the book and brushed a hand down her arm, bringing goose bumps as it cascaded down her smooth skin. He hummed at her reaction and shook his head lightly. "You're so pretty pet. I'll see you around. Be careful," he whispered before he left the bluenette standing in silence on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Levy needed a shower. He touched her and all she could do was think of Gajeel. She needed to talk to him before Jose did something to expose either of them. Yet, she waited. Levy waited and watched for two weeks. Jose showed up every now and then, each time he played with her or touched her in some way making her feel sick. There was truly no way of denying that he had won this round.

Levy sat quietly in her bathroom and closed the door. She quickly checked around her to confirm he couldn't watch her and brought out her cellphone. Her fingers diligently dialed the number soon she heard the voice she needed to hear.

"No," Gajeel's voice sounded on the other end.

"Gajeel, please just listen to me," she said in a hushed tone. She heard him briefly grumble in defiance.

"Fine, what?" He asked.

"I'm coming to your boat. I need to talk to you in private, away from any listening ears or prying eyes. Jose won't leave us alone until he gets what he wants," she hurriedly spoke.

"What does he want?" Gajeel cautiously asked.

"Me. Now meet me in two hours. I'm going to pretend to drive and meet friends so he doesn't suspect anything. Please show up," she said and hung up.

Gajeel sat steadily on the post of the dock next to his boat. Levy was already ten minutes late and he had begun to worry. Why am I worried? This is all of her fault. She probably just lured me down here to kill me or for that creep to expose me.

The sight of blue hair interrupted his thoughts as well as his doubts. Levy quickly ran from the parking lot, down the steps, and towards Gajeel. She was nearly out of breath by the time they unhooked the boat and set out to sea. She held out a bag and tossed the items inside onto the makeshift table. Gajeel gave her a curious look but remained seated not giving her a second look.

"Gajeel please for the love of all that is unholy please fucking look at me," she pleaded heatedly.

He grumbled and crossed his arms. "Fucking fine. What?" he asked.

Levy opened the files and Gajeel's eyes went wide. "Gajeel he means business. This is what his victims look like and these aren't even the ones that are listed on the police reports. He is insane. Probably more so than us. I need you to listen to me," she asked more than stated.

"I'm listening," Gajeel growled.

"You can't get mad either," she added holding his ruby gaze.

"Fine whatever, but you, you little lying bitch, better tell me the whole truth," he commanded.

Levy nodded and let out a sigh that one hurt. "Okay I will. He used to be my…mentor? I guess. But he created this weird complex with me and began to get somewhat obsessive. He was also becoming more reckless and psychotic. He hurt me while we were, um, taking care of business and after that I left him. For years I have been trying to escape him, I honestly don't know how he found me. Anyways, he's mad that I was with you. That's probably why he attacked Wendy to get to you. He said he's been leaving clues to expose who I am," Levy paused at her last words. She felt exposed and nauseous. None of this was supposed to happen to her.

Her mask faltered a bit and Gajeel saw the scared girl that secretly hid beneath. She was truly terrified of what would happen if everything came crashing down. He wanted to punch her in the face, but he wanted to kill this Jose man even more. He was not only destroying her life, but he would eventually destroy his own as well.

"Levy," Gajeel finally spoke catching her attention.

Her eyes searched his and couldn't find any emotion whereas hers wouldn't show anything but. Gajeel closed the space between them and his arms pulled her in closely. Without any contemplation he placed his lips desperately at first and then passionately on hers. Levy whimpered at the contact she so desperately had been yearning for. They hadn't spoke in weeks and it was worse than torture. Gajeel carefully sat down in one of the side seats and pulled the bluenette onto his lap. Levy felt extremely vulnerable and hated it, but the closeness of Gajeel's body was what she needed. Despite her sociopathic tendencies, she still yearned for touch and had serious feelings towards the brute, whether she admitted them or not.

His hands searched her body and familiarized himself once more with the plains of her body. He had managed to suppress the yearning for the bluenette through copious amounts of booze and mixed drinks. However all of that yearning was quenched with the touch of her body. Despite being angry with her not telling him everything, Gajeel still loved the petite woman. Love…is this what that word is associated with? Gajeel paused and pushed Levy slightly away from his body.

"I'm sorry," she said quietly when he pulled away.

Gajeel shook his head at her apology. "Shrimp. Don't apologize. We need to devise a plan to get rid of this psycho."

Levy nodded her head in agreement and turned to the files that lay on the table. "We can start with those," she said.

Both Levy and Gajeel got to work talking and working out a plan of action to kill the creep without raising any suspicion. They also both agreed to meet at the boat once a week to get away from prying eyes. Gajeel knew Jose had been watching him, but he made sure that the creep only heard or saw things he wanted him to. Levy did the same and stayed in a hotel room instead of her house. It was simply too big for her to keep track of where things were.

After a short while the two had a scheme devised and Levy tucked the files away into her bag. Gajeel watched with curiosity as she did so.

"How did you get pictures of those old crime scenes?" Gajeel inquired.

Levy brought her eyes down. "I didn't. Jose took them. He liked to keep photos of his victims as trophies," she explained.

Gajeel shook his head. He didn't have any more words left for Levy's old visitor. There simply weren't enough to describe the sick freak. His eyes wandered over to Levy who was not sitting next to him. He drank in her features and smile unsure if after their plan he would ever see them again. He wanted to fix things but simply didn't know where to start.

Levy adjusted her hair that had been tied up in the midst of their conversation and Gajeel watched as she did so.

"Shrimp I have a question," Gajeel said pausing for a moment. When Levy didn't say anything he decided to continue. "How did you develop the whole blue lace ribbon thing?" he asked.

Levy's eyes widened for a second and her eyebrows furrowed in contemplation. "Um, well, I liked the chase. I always left a clue that said I had won, but come and find me. I couldn't leave anything else like DNA. I didn't develop the habit until after I had broken away from, well you know."

Gajeel listened intently and grunted when she stopped. "You're something else."

"What?" she asked puzzled by his comment.

"You kept us stumped Shrimp, at the office. We never had any other leads. I admire you for the trademark and it sparked my darkened self's interest. I felt like you always left them to leave a message," he said.

Levy giggled and gave Gajeel a smile. "I left them more often because of you. I was trying to get the great Dragon Slayer's attention," she laughed.

"Well you got my attention Shorty, and not just the dark side of me," he stated.

Levy felt the blush heat across her cheeks and turned her head away to look out at the water. "I'm sorry I got you into all of this," she said softly and turned her head back to look at the brute before her.

Gajeel shrugged in response, "I'm fine. The one you should be apologizing to is Wendy but she doesn't know you are mixed up in all of this. I guess I will have to think of something else." His eyes darkened at the mentioning of his sister. It had been a few days since they had spoke with each other. Levy caught the darkness and felt a pang of guilt. She had put his family in danger. She even kind of liked the young girl. Gajeel's touch brought Levy out of her thoughts and back to reality.

His hand traveled slowly from her arm up her shoulder and to her neck. She couldn't help but tense with his hand at the back of her neck but his voice pushed away the tension. "Shrimp, I-I don't know how to tell you. I mean I know what I want to say but I'm not exactly good at the emotional sappy shit," he began only to be cut off by Levy's hand.

"Then don't. Show me. I don't like emotional sappy shit anyways," she said and planted herself in Gajeel's lap. He smirked at her placement and brought his arms around her.

"We may not come out of this alive," he commented into her neck as he nuzzled into her soft skin.

Levy nodded and shrugged. "I'm okay with that if we go out together,"

Gajeel chuckled at her remark and nipped her skin. His fingers grazed and caressed her most sensitive places as the boat rocked and swayed. Levy let out light moans and lust filled whimpers at each tantalizing touch brought by the man she loved. She caught herself on that word but internally laughed at herself, of course she loved him, she was willing to die for the man. With that she lost herself. She allowed her moans to become louder and her fingers wandered around Gajeel's studded skin. Her nails met his back as he sucked and nipped on her flesh. He then traveled south and went to work sucking on her hip bones. It was sexy and pleasurable. She ran her hands through his wild locks as he undid her shorts and made quick work of her undergarments. Levy sat half naked waiting for Gajeel to finally ravish her body.

A/N: Aww Gajeel does have a heart… only for bluenettes apparently. Thank you for reading and make sure to leave a review! This chapter was a bit longer but eh I couldn't find a good place to stop. Anywho big shout out to my constant readers and supporters you guys really helped me continue to write. I'm excited to put more chapters up because things are starting to get extra juicy and I couldn't keep Levy and Gajeel on a bad note for two long it just didn't feel right. Okay thank you all for the reviews and whatnot. Kay bye! ^_^

Guest Levy: First of all, I was wondering where you went! :D Also, I was initially going to make Romeo the hooded figure but I just couldn't do that to poor Wendy so kudos to you for seeing that :) Thank you so much for reading my stories and the sweet review. I promise that I won't leave you all hanging and wondering. I have a few stories that I was reading that went on hiatus and it made me so sad so thank you for having patience. :)

Jukimari: Aw thank you! :) I hope you enjoy this new chapter! Thanks for reading :)

Mechanical-Rose-Sama: Yes Jose isn't my favorite to write simply cause I feel like a creep. But you'll be seeing Mr. Jose for the next few chapters. Unfortunately he isn't going away anytime soon. Thank you for reading I hope you enjoyed this chapter :)