A/N: this one has a short lemon in it. You've been warned.

Chapter 56

It was dead silent as Gajeel stared at his father, taking in the information he'd just been told with a dark frown. He looked back at the folder he'd been handed, scrutinizing the picture stapled to the inside. A lean man with wild red-brown hair and dark brown eyes, a fresh scar cutting through one of those eyes. This. This was the man they'd been searching for. This Cobra person, who would have the answers they needed about Phantom Lord and Levy's importance...

He'd gone running to Jude Heartfilia. Jude stood nearby in the picture they had, looking rather at ease with the man. He'd willingly accepted him, for some reason.

"Reports are, he's been trading information with Jude." Metalicana broke the long silence. "His ticket in was information about Lucy's whereabouts, hence how Jude found out she was with us. And now..."

"He knows how we fight." Gajeel said intuitively. "He was there during the war. Don't know how he escaped, but he saw how we do things. We can't use that same tactic against Heartfilia."

"Indeed." The don nodded, proud at his son's intuition. He really was getting the hang of this. The family would be in good hands when he finally stepped down. Still, his son had much to learn, and not all of it was stuff that could be taught. "What would you propose we do about this?"

"I'll have ta talk to the rest of the alliance, but I got a few ideas." Gajeel gave a small but confident smirk. "But we gotta make sure to get Cobra alive... and that's the tough part. Here's what I'm thinkin..."

Levy was humming softly to herself as she walked back to the suite, arms full of the new books she'd found in the library. It really wasn't so bad, living in the mansion. All the books she could read, Gajeel was always around, and now Jet and Droy were over frequently so she got to see them. A month into living there, and she was adjusting just fine. Thriving, even.

Levy smiled happily as she walked into the suite, setting her books down on the coffee table in the living room before moving to the kitchenette to make some tea. Footsteps coming from behind her startled her, and she turned around quickly, finding her husband standing in the doorway with a small smirk.

"Thought I heard ya come in." he chuckled at having startled her.

"You're back early." Levy commented as her husband walked into the small kitchenette. It would really be a kitchen, but it lacked a stove. Other than that, it had everything else. Decent cabinet space, a sink, a full fridge, and a microwave. Plus there was enough space for a small table and two chairs. Still, it was a small room, and Gajeel's large form took up most of the space.

"Yeah. Was packing." he sighed, pulling her into his arms with a gentle hug.

"Packing? Are you going somewhere?"

"Clovertown." Gajeel told her. "Meeting with the alliance to finalize the plans."

"How long?" Levy asked him softly.

"About a week. Depends on how the meetings go." he shrugged.

"When do you leave?"

"Was planning in a few hours." Gajeel told her, watching as she pouted at this information. He moved to speak again - he had more to tell her, after all - but he saw her eyes suddenly fill with determination. Intrigued and wanting to see where this went, he stayed silent. Levy pulled from his arms and gave him a firm stare.

"Bedroom. Right now." she blushed as she said it, but her eyes remained determined.

"Shrimp-"

"You're not leaving me for a whole week with such short notice without at least taking care of my itch." she said firmly, already dragging him to the bedroom. Gajeel bit back an amused grin and let her drag him to the bed.

"But, shrimp-"

"Gajeel, at least give me this. Please." she pleaded, losing her bravado for a moment, her voice cracking slightly. She didn't want him to leave for a whole week, not one bit, but she was trying so hard to be a supportive wife and a good don's wife and let him take care of business... she was trying so hard, but if he didn't at least give her this, she knew she'd let the tears that she was trying so hard to hold back fall. She'd been desperate to see him all day, had even gotten distracted from her books a few times by the unbearable itch she felt, and she'd been waiting patiently for him to have some free time to spend with her. And now he was leaving in only a few hours and she just didn't think she could take it anymore.

Seeing that his wife really was about to get very upset, Gajeel relented with a soft, amused sigh. He sat down on the bed and opened his arms to her with a small smirk. "Alright, baby, I'm all yours." He smiled when she perked up at this, and she was quickly in his arms. He pulled her onto his lap, letting her straddle him as she quickly and eagerly kissed her husband. He let her take the lead this time, loving how assertive she was being. Just because he liked being the dominant one most of the time, it didn't me he didn't enjoy her taking control now and then. It was a huge turn on to see his tiny shrimp taking charge.

***Lemon***

Levy was quick to begin unbuttoning his dress shirt, eagerly pushing it off of his muscular torso once the buttons were out of the way. Tiny teeth soon found purchase on his neck and Gajeel groaned, holding her closer as she nibbled and sucked at his neck, her small hands mapping his chest and shoulders before she raked her nails down his chest, enticing a pleased hiss from her husband. Levy mewled softly as she could feel him growing hard while she was straddling him. Gajeel's hands were not idle while she tortured him with her sweet mouth. He was quick to pull off her tank top and toss it away, before bringing his hands up to tease her breasts, loving her cute moans.

After a few minutes of teasing each other, Levy finally had enough. No more foreplay, she needed him. She tugged at his pants for emphasis before standing up from him to pull off her skirt and panties. Gajeel grinned and quickly shimmied out of his trousers before grabbing his wife and pulling her back onto his lap with a hungry kiss. Levy moaned softly as she felt him rubbing against her slick folds. She lifted herself up slightly, then sank down onto his length, moaning sweetly as pleasure filled her. Gajeel let out a groan as as began to roll her hips, and he kissed her fiercely as she clung to him tightly. Finally, she raised her hips before coming back down onto his length, enticing moans from both spouses.

Gajeel could only groan in pleasure as his little wife took her pleasure from him, riding him eagerly as she tried to reach her end. At some point he'd laid back on the bed and grabbed her hips to help her along. Seeing her on top of him, riding on his cock, her breasts bouncing in time with her movements, her head tossed back as she cried out in pleasure... it was a truly breathtaking sight. She was starting to falter as she got closer and closer to her end, and Gajeel had to help her more and more. Finally, he pulled her body down onto his, holding her to his chest as he thrust up into her roughly. Her cry of bliss filled his ears, and he soon felt her walls clamp down around him like a vice. Gajeel hissed in pleasure as her climax forced him into his own, and he spilled into her with a low groan.

End Lemon

They lay there in the afterglow, too spent to move. Levy lay on top of him, panting cutely for air as Gajeel held her close, his hands trailing up and down her sides. He was breathing heavily, as well, but was recovering quicker than she was. He grinned down at his little wife.

"You should take charge more often, shrimp. I like it." he chuckled as his words made her blush deeply. He laid his head back on the bed again with a grin, letting out an amused laugh as he remembered what led to this in the first place. "By the way... yer bag's packed, too. We're leavin after a shower and dinner."

A few hours later found Gajeel and Levy waiting at the train station with Natsu, Gray, Jet, and Droy. Gajeel had not planned for Jet and Droy to be coming, but... they were helping with this Heartfilia stuff and he thought it would be best if they sat in at the meeting. Plus they'd begged to come along once they found out Levy was going, too. He'd let them come, but had stressed that they were trying to be inconspicuous, so as not to tip off Heartfilia to anything suspicious... so dress simple.

Trying to get those two to dress plainly was a pain in the ass. When they'd arrived at the safe house to pick them up, they were in their usual flashy outfits. After making them change, they came out wearing equally ridiculous clothes just to spite him. Gajeel ended up sicking Levy on them, and she chewed them out for wasting their time and being rude and putting them all in danger by standing out so much. They'd sulked off and changed into gray and white travel clothes.

Now they were all just waiting around for the train to arrive. Levy was pouting just a bit. Lily wasn't coming with them, this time. As great of a body guard he was, he stood out too much with his height and large muscles. Even Gajeel's presence was pushing it a bit, considering how big he was and how everyone always took note of his piercings. He tried not to stand out too much, wearing some comfortable black travel pants, a gray t-shirt, and a dark gray jacket. Levy was wearing a plain beige sweater with jeans, and Natsu and Gray were both wearing t-shirts and jeans. They looked like a normal group of passengers, and they blended into the crowds fairly well.

The train finally arrive and they boarded, everyone in their group was seated in the same cabin. It was small, with cushioned benches on three sides, a table in the middle for them to eat off of, and storage compartments above and below the seats. A small bathroom was attached to the side near the main door.

"You weren't kiddin about being inconspicuous." Jet hummed as they all got as comfortable as they could. It wasn't first class or cushy like any of them, aside from Levy, were used to... but everyone there understood why. Jude Heartfilia likely already knew something was going down soon. They couldn't afford to give him any kind of advantage by knowing where they were or who they talked to.

"Aw, this isn't so bad, guys." Levy giggled. "This is actually pretty nice for an economy cabin. The seats even have cushions on them."

"Eh? They don't usually?" Droy asked in shock. Levy could only shake her head with an amused grin, and that really forced Jet and Droy to put some things into perspective. Levy had really grown up living a completely different lifestyle than they had... with her being a mafia boss' daughter and all, they'd expected her to have been raised in comfort, even if her parents had died, which they had. She was left a lot of money, after all... surely she knew that? Surely she was raised in comfort. Yet, she so clearly wasn't... sure, she was a doctor, and doctors made a lot of money. But she'd mentioned working her way through college and only affording a small apartment for herself before...

Droy hadn't realized he'd said all this out loud until he saw that all eyes were on him. He blushed and apologized, realizing that maybe it was a touchy subject.

"It's okay, Droy. It's an understandable question." Levy hummed. "You guys still don't even know how I'm still alive, after all... maybe it's time to tell you?" She glanced to Gajeel, who gave an approving nod. They'd been with the family long enough, now, and while he didn't necessarily like them, he knew they were trustworthy. So he let Levy tell her tale to them, noticing that Natsu and Gray were also listening intently. They knew the gist of it, after all, but not the full story.

"I really don't know if Grandeeny even knew about the money." Levy ended her tale with a hum. "She went to the don to get her identity changed and to make sure any news of my survival got buried. It's possible that she knew about whatever inheritance I had, but was afraid to touch it in case Phantom Lord found out I survived. Or it's possible she just didn't know." she shrugged. "Either way, I was raised to be practical and careful with my money, and I'm glad I was raised that way."

"Why is that? It's not like you have to worry about money now..." Jet commented, glancing at Gajeel. She was one of the wealthiest people in the country now, not that she really understood that. She knew Fairy Tail had a lot of money, of course, but all that money essentially belonged to the don and Gajeel... and now her.

"Well, for one, it taught me to appreciate what I have and the value of a jewel." Levy hummed. "And for another, if I could have afforded more than that dingy little apartment, I wouldn't have lived there... and I wouldn't have met Gajeel if I hadn't been living there." She gave a sweet smile to her husband, who gave a soft chuckle at her.

"Ain't that the truth? I'd probably be dead if ya hadn't lived there, shrimp."

"Eh? Why is that?" Droy asked curiously, looking between the two. "How did you meet?"

"Well..." Levy began, but Gajeel shook his head with a snort.

"That's a story for another time, shrimp. It's gettin real late." He nodded his head towards the window. Sure enough, the sun had gone down while they were talking. "We're supposed ta arrive real early in the morning. Let's sleep while we can." With that, the chatter ceased. Everyone got as comfortable as they could... and they continued the journey in silence.

Another chapter, wee! Sorry this one's a bit late in the day. I completely rewrote this one today because I didn't like how it transitioned. Besides, people have been begging me for another lemon, so I added in a short one for y'all.

Anyways, thanks so much for all the comments with the last chapter! It made me so happy!

Next week I might not be able to post, due to it being finals week. I will for sure post on Thursday, but after that finals will be screwing me over. Sorry in advance!

Thanks for reading!

-Nerdy12