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Chapter 5
Levy and I flop on our beds both exhausted from an overwhelming day. "Lu I know we have those reservations but…," I interrupt her. "I don't think I have the motivation even if it is for delicious food to go across town," we share a look of relief and understanding.
I let Levy have the bathroom first since I have a tendency to take my time. She calls out to me, "Hey Lu I filled the tub for you!" I sigh in relief and strip as I make my way to the bathroom making sure to fold everything into a neat pile. I crawl into the tub for a nice soak as she finishes getting dressed.
Levy walks out just in time for the knock on our door. She opened the door for our room service and sat her tray on her bed while cracking open another book.
"Hey Lev, I'm sorry I forgot to ask about your search I got all caught up in the madness of the day." I look at her hopefully while toweling my hair dry, "did you find anything?"
I burst into laughter at the sight of Levy looking like a chipmunk with a burger poised in front of her mouth. She looks at me sheepishly swallowing she mumbles, "I forgot to eat today."
I smile at her and open my mouth to crack a joke when my own stomach lets out a yowl of hunger. I look down, "traitor." Levy cracks up at my antics and points to my burger and shake. I drool at the sight wiping my mouth as I make for the food, "any who from the pile on your bed you found something."
Levy grimaces at my comment causing me to raise my brow, "well I actually bought these for my personal library. I only found this one on dragons and slayers." She holds up a slim simple leather bound book. "I was able to speak with the libraries book collector and he told me there was a rumor of a complete works on nothing but slayers but it has been lost for centuries. Said this book might lead us to finding it and I had to promise to let him know what we find if anything."
"Wow, Lev and how much did that bad boy cost you?" I ask prepared for the worst. Levy shoots me a shining smile, "That's the best part!"
She squeals hopping onto my bed, "when I introduced myself he almost wept with happiness! I guess he just sent a request to Master for my help on a couple different texts and he'd already lost interest in this one that in exchange for some work I got it for free!" I grabbed her and we did a squealing happy dance before we settled in to see if some mystery would be revealed.
Meanwhile….
"Hey Natsu have you seen Mira she promised me a HUUUUUGE fish if I told her what happened this morning," Happy sings while landing on the table in front of me.
"I don know little Buddy, why she want ta'know that stuff anyway" I mumble while scarfing down some flames. Happy shrugs, "Maybe she's catching the weirdness disease from Lucy." We laugh then get sad because Luce isn't even here to yell at us. "We could take a job," Happy suggests.
"Nah, wouldn't be the same" I pout.
"Oh Happy, Mira said she'll have to get you that fish later she ended up having to do a supply run. So she'll be back later. She said she'll even give you two to make up for it!" Kinana smiles while setting down my second order of flaming chicken.
Happy pouts then considers the extra fish for the wait, "hmmmm." His stomach growls and starts to look down. "Hey Little Buddy let's go fishing!"
"AYE SIR!" Natsu chows down his food, in a way he knew would gross out a certain celestial mage, then he and happy book it out of the guild hall with a task in mind.
Kinana takes a sigh in relief and thinks "thank goodness, at least I don't have to distract them." While in the back corner Gajeel's eyes narrow at the barmaid. He was already in a bad mood since Shrimp was on a trip with Bunny Girl and now he was wondering why Kinana was so wound up. Something was going on he could sense it in the air. If salamander wasn't being such a block head about bunny girl he'd have picked up on it too.
Just as he was about to go scare the answers out of her Lily came up from the basement where he saw Juvia go earlier, and he was banned from, with a determined look. Changing direction I was about to follow when Lily stopped and looked around saw me and headed straight for me. "There you are Gajeel, Juvia and I spoke with Master and convinced him you need to be a part of this. Now you need to remain calm and not say a word just follow me downstairs."
"Gihi, can't get it done without me eh?" I shut up and gawk at all the runes going down the stairs. Can't read a word of it but there's a hell of a lot of em'. Ring after ring about every ten steps or so, "what the hell is Master cooking up down here?"
Lily shoots me a look and shushes me, "sound will activate these." I narrow my eyes but move a little quicker. Master isn't messing around; something big is going down. We finally reach the bottom and I stare up at these gigantic doors that just radiate power. "This is where they kept the first master's body," Lily changes into his battle form and pushes open the doors.
I walk in to see Lily speaking with freezer burn, Juvia, and Freed at a table in the middle of the room. Bixlow and the Stone Witch are building what looks like four stone cells. "Lily, what is this?" I grumble not liking the sight of it. "We've got jail cells what are you building these for?"
Everyone jumps looking at me and turning away with guilty expressions, well except Juvia and Lily. He just looks worried and Juvia is sad as she makes her way over to me.
"Gajeel-kun, Juvia needs you to know none of this is to hurt anyone merely to prevent them from hurting themselves, and the town. This does not in any way change anyone's opinion about our Nakama. Cana-san received a warning through her cards." I gulp, "Gajeel-kun knows since the war Cana-san does a reading once a week to check for anything that may harm the guild."
I nod and she takes a deep breath willing to get all the words out, "well Cana-san read that something is going to affect the Dragon Slayers within the next couple of days and Juvia means all of them. First through third generation; something is going to cause all of you to go on a huge rampage. And Juvia does mean country destroying kind of rampage." My eyes widen and look around the room with a growing unease.
"How long," I growl looking at them. "Like Juvia said in a couple days," Freed speaks calmly sensing the change in attitude.
"No! How-"My shout is cut off by Gray, "Master said it would be a week tops." Freed makes a face of understanding. "I apologize I did not know you were asking how long you would be in here."
Evergreen pipes up, "we would never have agreed to this but Laxus gave us a direct order. None of us like the idea of locking up our Nakama saving the country or not." I nod to her understanding it's her way of comforting.
"Does Natsu know?" I look to Frost Bite only to see him gawking at me.
"Are you insane he'd go on the rampage just for the fun of it." I frown, "I don't think you're giving Salamander enough credit. If he thought anyone would get hurt from this he'd go in willing."
"Well it's too late, Kinana already gave the sleeping draft it should take effect in about an hour. He'll be out for the next day or so." Lily sighed.
"So why tell me all this, if you have a sleeping potion already on hand?" I growl at the idea of someone messing with my food.
"Well Laxus and Wendy are helping get the other slayers under lock and key. We needed a slayer to help ensure there was no weak point in this structure." Bixlow says while hanging from the ceiling.
"Gihi, what if I use the info to escape." I grin as Snow Pants rolls his eyes. "Please like we'd let you see everything we plan on using." I snort alright bring it on what do you have." Gray looks a little surprised while Juvia and Freed share a smile.
A few hours later…Gajeel is lying on his cot in the cell he claimed for himself, growling at the snoring the pink haired dragon slayer is letting ripe. Just as he's about to suffocate the idiot with a pillow the doors open to reveal Laxus and Wendy.
They both look around their new home for the next week or so. Laxus stoic as ever stares at the snoring beast's cell, "I'll be amazed if one of us doesn't kill him for that alone."
"Gihi, I may have just been thinking of doing just that, but it would be impossible with these on," holding up my wrist with the seal stone cuff. "Then again I was thinking of using his pillow."
Laxus's lip twitched, for him that's the same as a full belly laugh. "I see they didn't use the sleeping draft on you." I raise my brow on at them, "nah I helped build the cage shrimp would be pissed if I didn't. There are bracelets for both of ya' on your cots." I jerk my chin in towards the other blocks. "Master said he'd be down in a few to give us the run down then we can fill Natsu in later."
"Ugh.. fill me in on what?"