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Orange
Shit...
Gajeel's foot tapped nervously on the concrete floor as he lent over. His elbows firmly locked on top of his knees crushing his hands against his chin. His rich crimson eyes staring hard at the lacrima vision hovering in front of him.
The camera's were floating around the Fairy Tail alcoves filming the fighters waiting to go. All Gajeel could do to stop his body from moving had been to grit his teeth and avoid looking at Levy. However the more he looked through the screen the more her face popped up. He could see the pain and worry in her smiling face as she waved to the camera.
The way her cheeks puffed out as she grinned, how her beautiful hazel orbs squinted as her mouth drew upwards. He wanted to touch her face to pull her in closer. She was only a couple of meters away sitting through a thin wall but that felt like a million miles away to him. He wanted to feel her slender fingers against his rough face, to kiss her deliciously plump lips. Her delectable scent gently wafting over to his sensitive nose brought him to his knees. He would do anything, follow her anywhere, climb the highest mountain or even defeat Zerf himself if it would bring her happiness.
He had the woman that he never thought he deserved yet...
Forcing his eyes shut the pain screaming through his heart coursing through his body, is it that she's ashamed? Ashamed to have the spawn with someone like him?
His ears missed the roaring crowd as the next two combatants entered the arena.
"Gajeel~"
A small hand touched his bare left shoulder, but he kept his eyes shut. Too many emotions were running wrought inside his head, why couldn't he just live with one?
Again the hand went to his shoulder again, this time pushing him gently as the small hand ran across his studded arm, sending chills down his spine. Gajeel's eyes opened as he turned his head with confusion, locking onto Wendy he felt her hand resting close to his leg as she sat next to him, her bare legs covered in bandages swinging next to him.
She pointed towards the lacrima vision, the next battle had already started and ended.
The face of the victor had been plastered up on the screen as the crowd roared loudly.
He felt his heart sink. He missed it. The one he should of seen. All of that anger all of that confusion ebbed away. Now he all he was left with was the gut wrenching emotion of guilt and fear.
Looking downwards he realised he was covered with two thin arms wrapped tightly around him. Stopping his arms from moving from his sides.
"O-Oi..."
"Lets Go! I wanna fight Laxus, Mira AND ERZA!" Natsu roared vehemently as he held a leg on top of the short balcony.
"Natsu! Sit down! You know its not your turn!" Lucy sighed deeply at her boyfriend as flames spurted out of his mouth.
"He's just excited Lu-chan" Levy giggled softly as she watched the cherry blossomed man yelling over the booming audience before waving to the lacrima camera.
Silencing the crowd Makarov waved his hands looking down into at the final combatants alcove before turning his gaze directly on Levy briefly. A small glint sat in his eye before casting his eye over the audience.
The lacrima turned colour over and over as Asuka held it between her hands. Laxus ensured she wouldn't fall before holding the bird microphone out before the young girl.
"You don't have to hold it you know Laxus..." Mira gave a disappointed smile, but the fact he was bonding so well with Asuka surprised the she-demon.
Red, Yellow and Orange were the final colours to be picked.
The lacrima chose its colour as Asuka looked hard at the colour in front of her. Sticking out her tongue she gave a peeking glance upwards at Laxus leaning over her. Orange he mouthed to the young girl. She grinned with a nod.
"Orange Mumma!~" Asuka hopped on one foot as she held it up high next to her head giggling wildly.
Levy felt her stomach turn. Not good she thought. Furrowing her thin brows she looked straight ahead, she had trained with Gajeel and Lily. She knew if she couldn't win she couldn't let her husband down either she had to be strong. A smile sat on her lips. No. She was going to win, no matter the costs.
Bisca hugged Levy tightly, "good luck," she smiled as she released her and moving to sit back with Alzack.
"Good luck Levy!" Lucy cried as she hugged tightly on to Levy's hips, before Natsu pulled her off giving the Script Mage a thumbs up as he wrapped his arm tightly around Lucy's shoulders who waved Levy off whilst sniffling.
Levy blinked before looking at the hole, it was far higher than she imagined. How on earth was she going to land safely?
A thought occurred to her, she had increased her magic and she knew she wasn't going to be fighting Natsu or Lucy now... A tiny smirk wanted to grace her lips before she hid it. Taking a leap of faith she landed heavily on her bent knees. Wincing from the pain she looked around, no-one was facing her. But the crowd above her roared loudly.
She could hear the faint sounds of Erza shouting but if only she could hear, Erza was no longer speaking into the microphone. Or was she? All the sounds reverberated inside the chamber. The sound of the water lapping against the metal made it harder for Levy to hear.
The distinct sound of the bell sounded. Where was the opponent? Who was it?
"Think Levy. Think! Who's left!" Whirling around in her short dress the bluenette couldn't see anyone. Shutting her eyes Levy tried to think who remained.
"Natsu, Lucy, Romeo, Alzack, Bisca" The sound of a gunfire echoed inside the pit hitting Levy square in the shoulder.
Her hazel eyes opened wide with anguish as blood spurted out from the wound. Her eyes filled with pain as she looked to see where the attack came from.
Running through all the skills she knew only two people could attack in such a way. However the trajectory could leave only one person.
"Bisca!" Levy cried as she held a hand to her left shoulder, she forced herself not to cry as the bluenette looked upwards trying to see where she lay.
The high sun blinded Levy, removing her blooded hand she held it against her forehead to block out the light. The blood dribbled down her cheek before splattering onto her chest and dress.
"There!" The sun glinted off the gun on one of the few remaining ledges, before she had time to move another shot scrapped past her cheek. Burning her skin from the bullet as it landed in a rock behind her. Embedding its self.
Closing her eyes she felt the warm blood trickling down her arm towards her hand as it dripped onto the floor.
I can't fight her at such a distance...
"Shrimp. Focus on their weakness, make that your strength." The words of Gajeel sat on her brain.
As Bisca looked down the scope she felt the pain in her stomach from firing at a pregnant woman. The green magic target moved around before it locked back onto Levy's arm once more. Pulling her finger on the trigger she hesitated as Levy made direct eye contact. She was saying something. What was Levy saying?
She was casting, Bisca looked above her as the word Stone collapsed on top of the emerald haired woman crushing her body before forcing her body down along with the ledge she lay on.
Bisca lay for a few moments under the rubble, her rifle glittered away as she looked at the bluenette through one eye, the other she refused to open, a uncomfortable amount of grit had entered her eyes as she fell causing her great pain.
Bisca's short jacket hung off her torn and unusable. Casting it to one side she looked at Levy who looked unphased, she didn't look like the scared woman from before. Now she looked determined.
"Solid Script: Bullet!" Waving her uninjured arm she cast the word Bullet in front of her form. Watching the blue energy pellets shooting their way towards Bisca.
Requipping to her Pump-Action Shotgun Bisca pulled back the trigger and fired, "Wide Shot!"
A large green light illuminated the pit before eradicating half of the bullets, leaping backwards from the explosion before firing once more at the barrage of bullets racing after her. The second time she fired she took out the word Bullet sitting in front of Levy.
Requipping just as quickly, the greenette pulled out her Double Machine Guns, firing from her hip she aimed at Levy, the barrage of bullets screeched past the young script mage as she frantically cast, "Solid Script: Guard!"
Holding her arm firm with her fingers crossed in front of her chest she breathed heavily protecting her body from the explosions around her.
"Bullet Storm!"
More bullets fired out of the machine guns, each kicking back with ease into the expert Gun's Magic holder, her hips swayed with each movement as if she were dancing. She could see Levy breathing heavily.
The destruction of several large rocks around Levy began creating a large dust cloud. Even though the greenette could see through one eye she pulled backwards some distance, pulling out her Rifle once more as she aimed down the scope. Looking straight as where Levy last stood.
Blinking she looked up from the scope to see Levy missing. Looking around she couldn't see the script mage anywhere.
"Solid Script: Water!"
A large orb of light emitted from Levy's fingers as blood poured down her arm. She was bleeding profusely but refused to give up. Her legs felt heavy but nothing she couldn't handle. Taking a deep breath she focused. Its all about the timing she said to herself.
Just as the water reached a confused Bisca, Levy cast once more, "Solid Script: Thunder!"
She cried as she pointed two out stretched fingers, facing upwards. Bolts of lightning erupted from her fingers and began raining down on Bisca, electrocuting her in the water.
The pit lit up before the charge lifted up Levy's hair, her blue hairs stood on end from the crackling. The impending doom overwhelmed Levy before she realised it, she was the main conductor. She was the highest point.
Levy squealed with pain as the metal began conducting around her, her inner body burnt from the pain from the lightning running deep into her legs from the metal floor.
"I can't loose this..." Levy coughed as she fell forwards hitting her head on a rock, making a deep gash on the side of her face. Blood oozed out onto the floor.
The entire audience lent over the balcony to look at the two women laying on the floor, neither currently moving from the lightning.
"Levy..." Lucy held hands to her face.
"Bis-Bis!" Alzack shouted as he lent far over the edge, Romeo grabbed hold of his poncho to ensure he didn't fall forwards.
"Mumma!" Asuka cried before Mirajane wrapped the girl up tightly into her loving embrace,
"Now now... Look, your mumma is awake, see?" She pointed to Bisca's eyes blinking on the screen.
"Gajeel!" Wendy pushed his bare shoulder, trying to get him to look at Levy fighting, but there was no response he was staring off into space as Levy's blooded face lay in front of the lacrima before switching to Bisca.
"Gajeel! Oi!" Jet pushed Gajeel over and over, trying to snap him out of whatever trance he had put himself into.
"Jet, leave him..." Droy took hold of Jet's arm as he looked solemnly before the blooded women.
"She's a human lightning rod..." Laxus's face soured as he watched Levy mismanage the lightning. He thought she was better than that.
Both women's hands twitched before Levy gave a small chuckle, "I think I miss calculated..."
Bisca couldn't help but laugh at the comment.
"Can you move?" Bisca croaked.
"Yes..." Levy moaned as she tentatively reached out and pulled her body up. Her dress had been burnt from the lightning as her hair stuck out in all directions, Ignoring the large amount blood on the side of her face and her shoulder not working any more Levy dragged her heavy body over towards Bisca on the floor.
Leaning over Levy held her hand out for Bisca to take hold of.
"C'mon lets start again?" Levy's smiling face buried deep inside Bisca, she smiled back as she too stood up onto her feet shakily.
"We only have a short amount of time left..." Bisca looked at the clock counting down 2 minutes remaining.
"Then lets make it count!" Levy changed her stance as she put her right leg forwards, and lent towards her front holding her hand ready to cast.
Nodding with gusto Bisca narrowed her eyes, Requipping to Pump-Action Shotgun with speed and elegance the green magic circle lit up before Levy, as she calculated which spell to use next.
Almost immediately both women cast,
"Wide Shot!"
"Solid Script: Storm!" Levy took a deep breath before she cast, bringing her right arm in front of her body she placed the palm of her left hand behind the elbow. Bringing her arms to either side of her body she cast.
"Solid Script: Oil!"
The force shot Bisca backwards from the tornado swallowing up the green explosion, before she could think the greenette lost her footing as she skidded along the metal floor, Levy ignored the searing pain from her body.
"Solid Script: Fire!" Extending her right arm with her index and middle fingers outstretched to the right describing an arc before her body. Composing the flaming word Fire before her. The word flew towards the oil at the floor setting it alight.
Requipping Bisca pulled out a large bazooka, the muzzle expanding outwards as the pink spiralling motifs adorned the side. Even in the short distance it was going to hurt both of them. The flames flicked up her bare legs burning her body before catching light to her short skirt. Looking down the sights, Bisca fired a large magic blast.
"Solid Script: Hole!" Levy held her left hand on her right forearm as she swung backwards, swinging both arms out wards palms flat she cast downwards beneath her own body. Closing her eyes Levy fell through the gap into the void beneath her.
The explosion roared above her before sending debris down behind her and blocking the hole, sending her in pitch black to the eerie final layer.
Bisca sunk to her knee's from the pain. Holding the bazooka to her side to prop up she looked at the timer. 00:01
The bell rang signalling Bisca as the winner.
"Congratulations Bisca and Levy! Levy?" Makarov cheered.
The arena fell deathly silent. No-one had seen Levy fall down the hole.
Levy was no longer on the same layer as Bisca. Before the master could issue a retrieval Natsu and Lucy leapt over, heading down towards where Levy should have been.
"Levy!" Natsu shouted.
"Levy~!" Lucy cupped her hands around her mouth as she looked. "Natsu I can't see her anywhere!"
Lucy's panicked voice rattled through his body, growling angrily he looked up at the alcove where Gajeel sat still.
"OI! METAL HEAD GET DOWN HERE!"
Nothing. No retaliation.
"Levy~!" Lucy called again, this time joined by Bisca as she staggered towards where she last saw the bluenette.
Natsu furiously sniffed around, catching a fresh scent of blood coming from a large rock he looked around, "Luce, help me with this rock will yah?"
His black eyes looked deadly serious before Lucy complained he hoisted it up over his head and chucked it with ease towards the far wall, rattling the arena.
Bending over the hole Lucy looked down, "LEVY! Are you down there!? Make a noise!" The blonde turned her head trying to hear a response, "Natsu... Can you hear her? Is she down there?"
Without a word of warning Natsu jumped down the hole, falling deep into the darkness.
Landing with ease he blinked several times, his dragon eyes adapting to the dim lighting. There just a few feet away lay Levy on her back, her arms and legs splayed outwards. The overwhelming smell of blood filled the final level.
"Levy..." Scooping up Levy into his arms he brushed several strands of hair out of her face.
Spitting on his finger he gently wiped some of the dried blood away from her eyes and mouth as blood still gently oozed from her nose and from several wounds dotted about her body.
"Luce - Get Wendy! I Need Happy and Lilly NOW!" His worried roar reverberated throughout the chamber.
Happy and Lily shot down the gap with speed behind Wendy and Carla as Natsu cradled Levy in his arms, trying to keep her body warm. He could feel her body trying to become cold, "Stay with me Levy..."
"Gajeel...?"
"He'll be on his way soon... Don't worry alright?" He bit his tongue as Gajeel had made no movement.
He was still staring at the lacrima his crimson eyes focused on the hole, watching three exceeds and a sky dragon slayer entering it as a blond sat on the edge holding a greenette.
"Gajeel... I'm... We're..."
"Shh... Don't speak..." Natsu gently placed a finger to Levy's lips, urging her to save her strength as her once bright hazel eyes dulled.
Bringing his forehead to hers he breathed deeply bringing in her scent, wrapping it deep inside his lungs, keeping her protectively close.
He let out a low growl as Wendy tentatively approached. She held a hand across her chest as she looked at the man before her,
"Natsu... Can I see her?" She asked timidly before he slowly released his tight hold on the girl.
Unfurling his arms he allowed Levy's body to gently roll onto her back still laying across his lap as Wendy knelt before the pair.
Lily placed a paw a top of Levy's head before Natsu gave a short snarl making Lily recoil.
"I won't harm her Natsu." His eyes pierced into Natsu's own black eyes. Still he wouldn't let anyone but Wendy to touch Levy.
"She is stable Natsu but she needs more medical attention with Porlyusica immediately. Please Natsu. Let Lily and Carla carry her to the infirmary. Happy can take you with her. Carla will come back for me. She needs both to carry her." Wendy looked stern towards Natsu re-curling the script mage into his arms, keeping her close to him. His eyes looking softly at Levy's face.
He nodded quietly, never taking his eyes off Levy's unblinking hazel orbs.
"Please let her go... She must go now."
A small strained noise left his throat before Lily and Carla carefully took hold of Levy's body. Flying as quickly as possible towards the infirmary Happy quickly grabbed the scruff of Natsu's jacket and rocketed behind the other exceeds.
Flying past Gajeel, Natsu looked at the studded mage. No emotion. Spitting in anger Natsu shot past with Happy.
No-one was going to get near Levy he thought. Especially Gajeel.
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Well then... Scores next Chapter along with another fight.
