I am really sorry this took so long, between debate, band, and a family emergency I just didn't have much time to write. I hope tyhis chapter makes up for that time though!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail... which saddens me
Chapter 11: Get Out Alive
Gajeel shot up after Cana was shot off of him, looking around to see who did it, since Gray wouldn't shoot a demon and Levy was too weak to do anything. His eyes fell upon none other than Cecilia McGarden, holding the tiny gun Gajeel had given her earlier. Just as Gajeel had predicted the gun was strong enough to blow back a demon, typically it would destroy the demon but Cana was considered one of the higher demons so it just blew her back.
"Man, you were right Gajeel, this gun may be tiny, but it pack a punch. Can I keep it?" Cecilia asked, marveling at the small gun that fit perfectly in her hands. "As for you she-devil thing, don't go hitting on my daughter's boyfriend!" Cecilia snapped at Cana. Cecilia's sudden outburst shocked everyone in the room, well everyone but Gray who was smirking at the scene in front of him. I swear I will destroy that stupid smirk of his after I save Levy, Gajeel swore, getting tired of his pretentious smirk.
"M-Mom he's not my boyfriend!" Levy said, though she was clearly blushing. Despite the situation they were currently in Gajeel couldn't help but think that Levy was rather cute when blushing. Before anyone else could put their 2 cents into the whole thing Gray snarled, seeming mad that his newest 'play toy' interrupted the scene in front of him.
"Be quiet you idiotic brat," Gray hissed and then a bone chilling smirk came on his lips as his tail swerved around to the front. Gajeel's eyes widened as he realized what Gray was planned, but before Gajeel could do anything Gray's tail shot forward and buried itself in Levy's stomach. An eye piercing scream rang out from Levy as new bright red blood flowed from the newest wound.
"Levy!" both Cecilia and Gajeel cried in sync. There was nothing either of them could do but watch as Gray smirked and slowly pulled out his tail from Levy. This caused Levy to cough up blood, a small pool of blood now sat at her feet. Gray flicked the blood off of his tail as if it was some disgusting substance, which only angered Cecilia and Gajeel further.
"She really is such a hassle. Honestly Gajeel I do not see what you see in this stupid little girl, I am going to guess her looks because that is all she has going for her. Other than that there is nothing really remarkable about her. She is whiny, a brat, she just isn't worth it," Gray told Gajeel simply. Gray then took Levy's face in between his two fingers. Normally Levy would try to pull away, but the pain from the most recent stab wound made it to where she couldn't move. Instead Levy settled for just glaring at the demon lord. "However she is remarkably beautiful, so I guess that makes up for it," Gray said, then started to lean into kiss Levy. Levy squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting to see another minute of the scene before her or come to terms that a demon was about to kiss her.
"Unhand her you filthy demon!" Gajeel roared. There was no way he was going to let someone else kiss Levy in front of him. Plus, if I know Levy she hasn't kissed any guy before because she just hasn't ever thought of liking a guy, Gajeel thought furiously. If anything Gajeel wanted to be Levy's first kiss more than anything else. Gray turned and smirked at Gajeel, if he could read Gajeel's thoughts, not that that would be shocking. Demons of higher power tended to have strange powers.
"Oh? You should wait your turn," Gray told Gajeel with a harsh laugh afterward. Gritting his teeth Gajeel knew he couldn't face off with the Underworld Prince in the Underworld, since the Underworld made demons stronger while at the same time weakening angels. Most people agreed that the same would happen in heaven if a demon ever got into heaven, which was pretty much impossible.
"You stupid demon! If we were on the surface I would wipe the floor with you!" Gajeel hissed with a steely glare. His glare unphased the prince and actually seemed to amuse Gray.
"I am sure you could give me an equal fight if we were on the surface, too bad for you that we aren't," Gray told him with a huge, wicked grin. Pathetically Gajeel knew he was right and just chose to glare at Gray, hoping Gray would just unhand Levy who seemed to be in a lot of pain and extremely uncomfortable with the thought of Gray kissing her. Suddenly Gray gave a shrill laugh at the pathetic look on his face. "You know what, since you look absolutely miserable at the thought of me kissing your precious Levy I will throw you a bone," Gray told Gajeel simply before throwing Levy at Gajeel. Shocked at being suddenly thrown Levy let out a squeak that Gajeel would have found cute if the situation was different.
"Levy!" Cecilia shrieked, worried that her daughter who was still bleeding badly from Gray's stab wound was now being thrown around. At the moment what Cecilia missed most was Levy just saying how every day was boring, rather than her getting tortured because of who her real father was. Why did her powers ever have to come out? Why did she have to fall in love with Gajeel? Why did Jellal ever let her come down here?! Cecilia wondered as she watched her daughter fall straight into Gajeel's open arms with a thud, it probably just hurt her more.
"Shhh, Levy, shhhh," Gajeel said trying to console the whimpering Earth Angel in his arms. He too was wondering why Levy ever had to fall for him since it had brought on most of her torturing from Cana. "I am here now, I am going to make sure we all make it out of here alive. Trust in me and I promise everything will be okay in the end," Gajeel swore to her before lightly kissing her forehead. Despite herself Levy blushed at the simple gesture.
"G-Gajeel, I-I am sorry for b-being so much trouble," Levy managed to say through the pain. How does Erza deal with a life of adventure? Levy wondered as she winced from another wave of pain bubbled up from the wound.
"Don't apologize for anything, most of this is my own stupid fault. If I wouldn't have hit you, if I wouldn't have let you out of my sight, none of this would have happened," Gajeel told her, his voice revealed just how broken up the entire thing was making him. Finally he got another chance at love and he let her get tortured. Yep, he made great boyfriend material. Levy brought up a shaky hand to cup his cheek and gave him a small smile, making Gajeel's heart break.
"I could never hate you, besides I shouldn't have said what I had about Cana. I love you Gajeel, nothing will ever change that. Plus, you came to save me, which is all I could ever ask for," Levy pointed out, her voice still shaky from the pain. No matter what Levy endured she could never just stop loving Gajeel, it just wasn't an option anymore.
"I don't deserve you," Gajeel told her softly, holding her closely and stroking her hair. Levy tried to hug him, but flinched from the pain from trying to move. "Shhhh, don't move, there is no reason to," Gajeel told her.
While Levy and Gajeel had their little 'moment', Gray decided he wanted things to be ever more interesting. Quietly, as to not draw attention from the happy couple, he moved over to a rather distraught and confused Cana. "I am so sorry Cana, I guess Gajeel didn't actually love you," Gray commented with fake pity in his voice. Despite Cana almost always being beside Gray since she fell from heaven the she-devil never could tell when he was faking emotions or actually being serious. "Looks more like he is madly in love with that cute, little Earth Angel," Gray pointed out with a slight smirk.
"B-But he said th-that he wanted to become a d-demon, so he could b-be with me," Cana stuttered, tears starting to well up in her eyes. Wow, I have never seen Cana so upset, she really does love Gajeel. Ah, young broken love, my favorite, Gray thought, containing his smirk. The moment he let himself smirk Cana would know he was just riling her up to make more fireworks to amuse him.
"I am so sorry Cana, but it looks like that was all an act in order to save Levy," Gray stated trying his best to sound upset. "What are you going to do now?" Gray asked her, his smirk starting to break through. Luckily for him, Cana was too distraught to notice that Gray was playing her.
"I can't believe this," Cana whispered, her voice so soft Gray barely heard her. Then, in a flash, her eyes went from hurt and distraught to fiery and angry. "If I can't have him then no one can!" Cana hissed.
"So who are you going to kill? Levy or Gajeel?" Gray asked her, his smile curling into a sinister smirk. It was truly going to get interesting. Who would win, a demon or an angel? Cana stopped a moment to think about it, before making up her mind.
"Gajeel of course, he lied to me," Cana said, her voice showing her feeling of betrayal. Rather ironic that she feels betrayed when she betrayed Gajeel first, but it seems she has blocked that fact out of her mind, Gray thought.
"Then what are you waiting for Cana dear? Kill him. He is weak here in the Underworld, his power is slowly draining out of him every second he is here, and you are stronger since demons are harder to kill in their natural habitat. Once you kill him I bet his little Earth Angel will be crushed," Gray told her, stifling back a maniacal laugh. It had been a while that he had had this much fun in the Underworld, typically he had to go to Earth to get any fun like this.
"Yes, if I can't have him no one can!" Cana screamed and without another word she bursted into action. Cecilia's eyes widened at the sudden speed that Cana was able to get. Even in the Underworld demons didn't typically get that fast, that she knew of anyway. The same way Levy and Gajeel grow stronger because of their love Cana must grow stronger due to her love for Gajeel, Cecilia thought nervously. The saying 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' seemed to be appropriate here.
"Gajeel! Levy! Look out!" Cecilia yelled to the couple, who wasn't paying any mind to their surroundings now that they were with each other. Both were simply relieved to be with each other again, which would normally be fine, if there wasn't a raging demon who wished to kill Gajeel to make sure no other woman got him. Sadly her yells were a moment too late, as Levy was ripped out of Gajeel's arms before either one made a move towards Cecilia's warning.
"Levy!" both Gajeel and Cecilia yelled as the Earth Angel slammed into the wall, hurting her worse. They both grimaced as Levy let out a small yell from the pain, making Gray laugh quietly to himself. Cecilia could truly see why he was to be the next Underworld King.
"How dare you betray me Gajeel!" Cana screeched as she started to lash out at Gajeel. Cana's nails turned into fine claws as she started to claw at Gajeel's chest. With all of his might Gajeel tried to push Cana off, knowing full well it was just hurting Levy worse to see him get so beat up. How dare she say I betrayed her though! I didn't leave her when she fell! She left me to become a demon, what did she expect? Of course I moved on to someone better, Gajeel thought as he tired to fight. Try as he might though, Gajeel couldn't throw Cana off. The celestial energy that the Underworld had been draining out of him was finally taking its tole on him.
"G-Gajeel," Levy said, her voice strained and pained. With every slash of Cana's new claw like nails part of her heart broke for her love. She tried to get up, but the pain was so overwhelming she could barely move. Come on Levy! Move! You have to move! If you don't Gajeel could die and it would be your fault because he came down here to save you! You have to save him now, Levy yelled at herself. As she yelled at himself she felt something bubble up inside of her, similar to all those months ago when she first met Gajeel and when she had fought Cana the first time. Closing her eyes she pulled that power to the surface and finally stood up. It was finally her turn to save Gajeel, no matter what.
In a sudden burst of energy, shocking everyone in the area, Cana was sent flying off Gajeel and into a wall. Cana hit the wall with a painful thump, but that was the least of everyone's concerns. Everyone's eyes went to the small Earth Angel, the only one who should be able to use that much energy at once ever, who was deeply hurt. With Levy wounds she shouldn't be able to move, yet here she was, sending a higher demon flying with her power. If this is how much power she has when hurt I would hate to see how much power she has when she is completely fine, Gajeel thought with a shutter. Then it hit Gajeel, Levy was still an angel, therefore if she used too much celestial power she would die.
"Levy! Don't use so much power! It'll kill you!" Gajeel yelled at her, desperate to get Levy to stop. Everyone else was in stunned silence over the scene before them.
"Th-this shouldn't be possible. I mean, maybe it could happen if she was a head angel, but she is merely an Earth Angel. They aren't even as strong as their angelic forms! Just how strong is this girl?!" Gary wondered aloud, speaking what was on everyone's minds. Levy paid their shocked looks and words no mind as she used her power to wrap herself in an angelic glow, helping her move. Gajeel recognized this as an advanced Anti-Angel technique that helped an angel who was fatally wounded move until the battle was over, but sadly it used up a lot of power so only the best of the best could use it. It wasn't too long ago that Gajeel had finally mastered it, so to see a simple Earth Angel use it was quite scary.
"Levy, you need to stop. You are going to kill yourself!" Gajeel told her, becoming increasing more desperate and worried. Levy didn't know the connection between life and angelic power very well yet, plus she couldn't even control her power well, though the technique she was using said otherwise. Slowly, and a little clumsily, Levy walked over to Gajeel and took his cheek in her hand, giving him a gentle smile.
"You have always saved and protected me, let me return the favor. We both know that you don't want to fight Cana and you are too weak in the Underworld to put up a good fight anyway. Sit back and relax, let me take care of this," Levy told him sweetly before giving him a gentle kiss on the forehead. Both her words and the gentle gesture left Gajeel speechless, somehow he couldn't find the words to stop her no matter how hard he tried. "Trust me, and if you don't completely trust me, trust in my love and determination to make sure you are okay," Levy told him, determination shown in her eyes. That look was a look he had given many people before and he knew there was no stopping her now.
"O-Okay, just make it out alive, okay?" Gajeel said horsely. Cecilia tried to speak up, but Gajeel stopped her. This was Levy's fight now, there was no need to stop her. Besides, something told him that Levy was going to win and put an end to this nightmare.
"Thank you, both of you, for everything. I promise I will make it out alive," Levy told them before training her gaze unto Cana. Cana had finally gotten up from her hit and was looking a little shaky. This shakiness only made Levy smile, she was going to win this.
"I won't let you live! You took Gajeel from me, he is mine!" Cana hissed at Levy, staggered over to the Earth Angel. The look of malice in Cana's eyes scared even Gajeel, but Levy seemed completely unphased by it.
"No, Cana I didn't take Gajeel from you at all. You let him go the moment you turned your back on heaven. No matter what you say you know that you pushed him away. It was only a matter of time before he fell in love with someone else," Levy stated. The fact that Levy was right just made Cana angier, but made Gray want to bust out laughing. This girl really is interesting, Gray thought to himself.
"I am so sick of you! Die!" Cana screamed before her tail darted out and stabbed Levy straight through the chest.
"Levy!" Cecilia screeched, falling down to her knees and starting to cry. Gajeel couldn't even cry out, he was speechless. After everything him and Cecilia did they didn't manage to save her, she still died. It seemed like the entire situation was impossible, yet it was happening right before his eyes.
"Don't think you are getting off that easily," Levy growled at her, grabbing onto Cana's tail which was still buried inside of her. Cana's eyes grew wide at the crazed look in Levy's eyes.
"Y-You can't do anything. Y-You'll be dead soon. H-Human bodies are weak," Cana stuttered. Even though Cana knew what she was saying was true, Levy's gaze was absolutely terrifying. Where was the terrified little girl from a couple months before? Did she change that much or was death just making her feel like she was bulletproof or something?
"Yes, human bodies are weak. I am sure you know a lot about that, but I am an Earth angel so it'll take me a little longer to finally die. You, however, will not have that luxury," Levy told her with a smirk. "I feel sorry for you, but if I allow you to live you will only torture MY Gajeel even more and I can't have that. I do hope you understand," Levy said the last part with her voice dripping in sarcasm. Before Cana could claim Levy was bluffing a blinding white light came from Levy's hand, obliterating Cana with its celestial power. The power was so strong that it bubbled over, affecting everyone else in the room including Gray who hissed from pain.
This can't be happening! It should be impossible to obliterate a higher demon like Cana with celestial power only in the Underworld! Much less have that power bubble over and hurt me, their prince! Just how powerful is she?! Gray thought, astonished by what just happened. Once the light faded, revealing that Cana was indeed nowhere to be seen, Levy fell to the ground with a dreadful thump. Finally Gajeel was able to move again and ran over to Levy, cradling her in his arms.
"Hang in there Levy, we will get you out of here and get you healed. You just have to hang in there a little longer, can you do that?" Gajeel asked her, holding her closely. Cecilia was desperately trying to find anyway out so they could save Levy.
"Gajeel, I just had a demon's tail rammed through my chest, there is no way to save me," Levy stated to him simply, a weak hand cupping his face. There were tears in her eyes, but her face was in a small smile.
"N-no! Y-you can't just die!" Gajeel told her, tearing starting to form in his own eyes. Levy's shaking hand brushed away his tears, trying to give him a reassuring smile.
"Don't cry, I will just become an angel. I am sure we will see each other again, we are destined to be together I believe," Levy told him, her breathing becoming labored. It wouldn't be long before the small, blue haired girl would die. "Before I die, can I finally get that kiss?" Levy asked weakly, feeling herself fade fast. The only reason she was fighting so hard to hold on the little that she could was so she could finally get a kiss from Gajeel. Once she got that her life would be truly complete. Granting her last wish, Gajeel leaned down and kissed her. As they kissed a bright, blinding light enveloped around them. Immediately Gajeel recognized it as a high level transportation spell, which was only supposed to be used in heaven because if you use it anywhere else you would surely die.
"S-Stop, you'll die quicker," Gajeel told her, breaking their kiss. It was inevitable that Levy would die, but Gajeel wanted to hold onto every second of her life. Every second where they could truly be in love with each other without having to battle heaven.
"I know, but I wanted to get you and mom out because I love you both so much. I'm sorry that I didn't make it out alive," Levy said as the light started to vanish. Gajeel let himself cry and held her close. Once the light was gone, Levy was completely dead. Both heaven and hell could hear the wails and cries of Cecilia and Gajeel that day as they cried over Levy's dead body.
What will happen to Levy and Gajeel now? Will they ever be able to date? How will Cecilia fare after losing her only child? FInd out all this and more in Chapter 12: Heaven
Please review! I love hearing your thoughts and opinions. Since there are only two more chapters left in this (I know, it saddens me too) I need some ideas for the next one. A sequel? New story? Any couple you wanna see? I dunno, you tell me!