Iron in the Stars
AN: Story is my idea, but I do not own anything Fairy Tail.
Chapter 4: Toy
The quest I took was going to be pretty exhilerating. Master sent me out on the Magic council's jewels to take out a dark guild. To their knowledge there were only about four or five members, but they couldn't be positive. It's said that there has been kidnappings and some horrific stories coming from the mountainside they hopefully resided in. I also had to get it done in the months time because there were a few other people that were looking for the same guild, seeking revenge, from what I understood. Most of the people going missing were mainly women. I didn't want to just wander the forest and mountains in the area so I sent Pantherlily ahead to scout from above. Hoping he found something soon, I trailed the edge of the mountainside slowly looking for any sign of people in the area. I was ready to bash some faces in and get this job started.
Even if this specific mountainside was out of my way it was one of my favorite places to go. I was surprised that there was something going on anywhere near here. I would make it a point to come over to this area just to collect the tasty iron ore from here. It was so pure and delicious. Easily made my mouth water just thinking about it. My thoughts were interrupted however. As soon as I hit the last mountain pass I could hear screaming. What the fuck? I shrugged it off thinking it was people fucking around until I heard it again. It was a female scream. It sounded desperate, haunted. I started jogging to the sound and stopped dead when another scream ripped through me "Please! Someone! Anyone! Please!" Bunny? I knew that voice. She sounded broken. Fuck! I ran harder to get to her. She was in trouble and probably about a mile or two away. It wasn't a moment later that the scent of her tears hit me like a wall. I could feel her fear in waves and the dragon inside of me growled. I made it into the clearing not too long after and what I saw stopped my heart for a moment.
She was hanging by her wrists. I could see the blood running down her arms from the rope ripping into her skin. Her top was thrown on the ground and her underwear was around her ankles. It was clear what this nasty piece of shit was getting ready to do. It took the dragon inside of me less than a second to let go. Almost as if I was going through an outer body experience I felt my brain click off and the primal need to kill take over. I followed instinct and ripped the guy away from her. My growl was feral. The scent of his blood hit my nose and I felt a sense of satisfaction well up in my chest. He slowly got back up buckling his pants as he did so. The look on his face matched my own. This was going to be a good fight. Fantastic. I can give it everything I had. I had every intention to kill him. No one makes Bunny cry.
"Iron dragon's sword!" I ran over to the mage on his knees and swung just grazing the top of his blue hair. As I went to swing again he morphed into a water substance and evaporated away from me. What the fuck? I was caught off guard for a split second trying to figure out what had just happened and where the water mage had gone to, but then felt a strong boot hit my back and push me forward. My knee crashed to the ground and I growled out dangerously. I swung behind me with speeds I didn't even know I possessed and sliced his shirt in half successfully slashing his chest in the process. I stood up to make another swipe at his throat when his attack hit me full force.
"Water dragon's prison!" I was surrounded by water and couldn't breathe. I could hear Lucy screaming in the background. I couldn't understand what she was saying, but I could clearly tell that she was trying to get herself out of her ropes to help. It was my job to protect her, not the other way around. I paused to form any type of a plan to get out of the water sphere I was stuck in. I couldn't breathe and knew that if I stayed any longer I would surely pass out. I opened my mouth hoping my plan would work and that the water wouldn't overpower my roar. Iron dragon roar was one of the only things I could try and do to get out of this hell bubble. The roar was almost ineffective, but when I was about to give up I saw the water slightly break and kicked my leg towards the crack. The water that surrounded me fell to the ground in a splash and I landed on my right knee hard. I had to try and catch my breath, but this mage was fast. Stronger than I had thought too.
"Water dragon whip!" I got smacked in the chest by a strong whip of water. Feeling it rip my chest open, I growled and knew I had to get my head into this damn fight if I wanted to have a chance of winning. I was up against another dragon slayer. This fucker was going to go down. I felt my body start to form iron scales all over me and had to get down to business to get this fight to an end and get Bunny Girl out of here. "Iron dragon secret art, iron god sword!" I slammed the sword right where the water slayer was at, but he was faster than I anticipated. His body had formed to water again and all I had done was destroy some of the clearing we were in. I glanced a look at Bunny Girl just to see if she was alright and I could still see her struggling with her bindings. She seemed to be making headway with them though. I need to end this soon and get us both out of here.
"Water dragon's water rush!" I was faster this time. I jumped high into the air seeing the attack coming and was able to catch the water dragon off guard. I slammed my fist into his face and he pushed into a near by tree. "Iron Dragon's Lance, demon logs!" My attack went forward slamming into him and stabbing him to the tree. It only lasted a moment before he turned his body to water again and misted away from me. This was really becoming a problem. I could see red mingling with the blue water and knew I had wounded him fairly well, but it wasn't enough to slow this slayer down.
"Water dragon's wave!" I wave of water crashed to the right side of me, just barely missing me. I was about to laugh at his aim, before he got the best of me and kicked my chest sending me flying into a mountains edge. I felt the back of my head hit the rock hard and had to brace myself for a second hit when he punched me in the face. "Didn't your dragon teach you not to touch something that doesn't belong to you, weak piece of shit?" I growled at him. He surely wasn't talking about my guildmate. She did not belong to him at all and he better know that.
"She isn't yours, she is part of our guild and I intend to take her home." My head was spinning and I was starting to get very nervous. I could feel blood making it's way down the back of my neck towards my back from my head and knew there was a large gash on my head causing my current dilemma. This fight wasn't going to last much longer. I went to push myself back up only for his leg to slam into me pushing me back. "We're not done talking yet Slayer. This blonde is mine now. I will let you go if you agree to leave us in peace. Thinking about it, you're really not that strong. If you'd like I can water tie you to this mountain and let you watch. I bet you'd like that. What do you say Iron slayer?" I was beyond furious. I didn't even want to use my magic; I wanted to rip this man apart with my bare hands.
Ignoring the pain to the back of my grabbed his leg and with my other hand I made an iron knife and stabbed him in the leg. He screamed out in pain and went to go throw a punch to my face, but I blocked it with my scaled arm. I jumped up and punched him with all the force I could will out of myself and when he blocked my punch by turning to water I had formed a decided to try another approach that I hoped would allow me to win this fight. I kept my fist wrapped around the water that was his body and formed a knife into my hand. I slashed the knife up hoping to tear the water slayer apart. My plan didn't work as planned and he flowed in the air away from me. I went to follow him, but he stopped behind Bunny Girl. I growled low threatening him so he would back away from her. He only snickered at me and stayed put.
His hand slid up her thigh again and I could see her muscles tighten in fear. I had to do something. I didn't like the look in her eyes and had to make this nightmare stop. I formed a knife in my hand and knew I could throw it at him and not hit Bunny. My aim was remarkable. I aimed for the slayer's face and threw. It slashed his cheek and he looked up in anger. "How dare you interfere while I play with my toy? Do you wish to die slayer?" Toy? The dragon in me was beyond furious. I didn't want anyone this close to Bunny. Not without her consent. I threw another knife his way again and again. He remained in his liquid form and it was driving me crazy. "Fight me you son of a bitch!" I heard him laugh and move away from Bunny. "Do you want me to kill you, Slayer? To end your life quickly?"
"Water Dragon's prison!" I felt the water around me again. I hated this feeling! It didn't last too long because Pantherlily came flying down and slammed his sword into the water slayer. The water slayer fell to the ground and growled low at the Exceed. "How dare you interfere?" Pantherlily just smirked at him and went to attack him with his sword one more time. It didn't take this time. The water Slayer grabbed the sword and pulled the Exceed closer to him. He grabbed him by the throat and threw him into the tree that held Lucy. The tree splintered and the Exceed was knocked out from the hit. "Pantherlily!" Both Lucy and Gajeel screamed out for him.
"Now where were we?" The water slayer looked at Gajeel and as fast as a wave, crashed into him punching him in the face. Gajeel blocked the second attack and punched him in the chest with his own iron fist. The water mage groaned as Gajeel repeatedly beat him with his iron fists. After the few hits he was getting in Gajeel was getting cocky. He went to throw another punch to the water slayer's ribs when he punched the ground instead. The punch went right through the slayer. The water from his body wrapped itself around Gajeel and twisted him painfully so the rolls were reversed. It only took a few moments for the water slayer to get the upper hand again. He slashed whips at the iron slayer and tore into his skin. "That's right slayer, maybe now you'll know your place. You're dragon never taught you to respect others that are stronger than you. Apparently, as your brother, I will be doing that."
From the corner of my eye I looked over at Bunny. She was out of her ropes now and kneeling on the ground mumbling. I couldn't quite hear her, but I saw the golden light emitting from her body and wrapping around her almost as if it was dancing off of her skin. I saw her look up and her eyes looked as if they were full of the lights from the stars themselves. "Urano Metria!" Lucy's attack hit the water mage dead on. He wasn't expecting it and once the spell cut off he was unconscious on the ground. I laid there for a moment just watching her. Her shirt was still on the ground ripped in half, but her lacy underwear was back on. She grabbed the magic nullifying rope that she was wrapped up in and walked over to the mage. Wrapping it around him securely, she looked over at me with a blush on her face. "Thank you Gajeel, I can't even imagine what would have happened if you hadn't shown up!"
I slowly got up and walked over to her. She was shaking slightly from the tears I knew she was desperately holding back now. I always knew that I wanted to be closer to her, but I never wanted to force anything out of her seeing as our past was so fucked up, but right now I couldn't care. She potentially just saved the both of us and just had a fucked up situation happen to her. I pulled her into my chest and hugged her tightly. I let her breakdown into me and just pulled her into my lap as I sat down against the nearest tree. She needed to let go and I didn't want her not to be able to do that with me. It took everything in me not to kick the man while he was down or stab him repeatedly with my sword until he couldn't bleed any longer. I felt her start to calm down and move to get back up. Her face was already puffy and her eyes were bloodshot. I hated seeing her like this.
She rummaged through her bag for a short period of time clearly looking for something. She pulled out the communication lacrima and called the Rune Knights. After explaining the situation they said that they would be there shortly to pick up the water slayer. They would wait for them to arrive. "You need medical treatment Gajeel. That gash on your head doesn't look too good and your chest looks like shit." I smirked at her. "I'll be fine Bunny." She shook her head and delicately grabbed one of her keys. I didn't her call out any of her spirits, but her crazy maid spirit came out asking for punishment. "Hime! I'm so glad you're alright! I couldn't do anything. Me and Leo tried opening our gates, but it was blocked!" She turned to me then. "Thank you so much for being there for our Hime!" I just nodded. "I will bandage you up and will give you a gift for your work today Iron Slayer." I perked up at the mention of a present. No one ever gave me presents. What could it possibly be? She handed me a bag and she started to clean and bandage my wounds. "Don't be shy, go ahead and open it. I guarantee you will love it. It is centuries old and very pure." My interest was for sure peaked and I opened the bag to some of the most delicious smelling iron ore I have ever seen. My mouth salivated just looking at it. I looed at her wide eyed which made Bunny Girl laugh at me any. I popped one in my mouth and holy fuck if it wasn't better than sex itself. Well, maybe not, but it was damn close. Bunny Girl grabbed my attention again by putting her hand on my arm. "Why are you out this way anyhow? Is this where your mission is?" I nodded to her question.
"Yeah, I'm searching for a dark guild over here. I am willing to bet that he is actually in the guild." I looked over at the slayer and growled. I felt ashamed of myself that I couldn't protect Bunny as much as I should have. She had to step in and finish the fight. She was looking at me while hI started to glare off into space. "Gajeel, what is bothering you? We're both alright, both alive. That is all that matters. You seem pissed off?" Pissed off? Yeah I was pissed the fuck off. I wasn't strong enough to be there for her! I just looked at her. What could I say that she would understand? "Gajeel, if you weren't here he would have raped me. He would have taken my innocence away. I don't know what I would have done if that happened. I wouldn't be the same. You did a lot more than you could ever imagine. Plus, you fought for me. You fought hard. He was strong. He was another slayer. I didn't even know there were anymore. Stop being upset! You saved me!" I couldn't reply to her because her arms flung around me and she squeezed herself against my body. The maid spirit winked at me and then disappeared making me smirk and hug Bunny Girl to me again.
I had to admit, I loved how she felt around me. If it weren't for the shitty circumstance, I would have taken a slight advantage of our position. I had to fight back the groan when her core unknowingly rubbed up against my cock. Holy hell, this girl was going to be the death of me. "Thank's Bunny. I just wish you didn't have to step in and save me too. I want to be strong enough for both of us. I'm glad you're physically okay. I'll stick around with you until you're done with your job and then you can either tag along with me until the end of my mission or I will take you back to the guild. I don't think it's wise you're by yourself right now." She nodded her head to agree with what I said.
"Yeah, I think I don't want to be alone right now. Besides, having a strong slayer with me is always a nice thing." I knew she just said it to make me feel better, but hell if my ego just boosted ten fold. "Why don't you tag along for my job? I can continue training you as well. Laxus will be thrilled when you get back and can kick his sparky ass." She laughed at this. "Yeah, okay. Sounds like a good idea. Let me call the guild and let them know what is going on so they don't freak out. I am actually supposed to be coming home today or tomorrow." She walked away from me to call the guild as I went to check on Panterlily. He seemed okay, just knocked out. I'm sure he is going to be in a foul mood when he wakes up too. He missed the whole fight.
"What happened!" I heard a very angry Laxus on the other side of the communication lacrima. Shit he would freak out. I knew damn well that he was protective of Bunny and viewed her as a sister. If he were here with me this guy would have been in pieces around this clearing and would have not had a chance to breathe. I walked over to her before she could lose herself again retelling the story. "Go sit down Bunny. I will talk to Sparky."
"Gajeel, what the fuck happened? Is she okay?" He was growling and I could see the lightning sparking around him. "Relax, she's physically okay. I think she's going to need a little while emotionally. I found her in the clearing with a water slayer. He was about to –" I couldn't find myself to finish the sentence. It was too horrible. I could see the lightning around Laxus build. He was beyond furious. His eyes changed to slits similar to a dragon and I saw scales coming out of him. "Where are you? I will be there in seconds!" Wow, remind me never to get on this guys bad side! Especially with Bunny. Fuck he's protective. Fucking crazy, not just protective. "Listen Laxus, he's knocked out, actually thanks to Bunny, and the Rune Knights are on their way. We were just calling to check in. Once she is done with her job she will be with me for a bit. I will make sure she stays safe, plus I can continue her training." He wasn't happy but he nodded nonetheless.
"She comes back hurt and I will kill you, do you understand?" Fuck! "Yeah, I'll make sure she gets back unharmed." He nodded again and told us to be careful before hanging up. I looked over at Bunny and she was sitting with Pantherlily on her lap rubbing his head while he was still out cold. She looked over at me smiled softly. "My job is actually done, I just need to turn the flowers into the hospital and visit the mayor. Are you sure you want me to tag along with you? I don't want to be in your way." I laughed at her. Like she would be in my way. I could use an extra pair of hands. Hopefully, the slayer we just took out was the strongest member of the guild I was looking for.
AN: TADA! Okay, hopefully that was good :) I wrote it and rewrote it and then changed it and then changed it again. Haha, fight scenes are not my strong point so they will usually take me longer. I don't want to half ass it. There are a few I've read in other stories, for example SOUND POD ON SHUFFLE by LITTLEPRINCESSNANA chapter 23: WELCOME TO THE FAMILY is O.M.G... If you wanna read a great LA/LU there ya go. Very fluffy too :) Not to mention ANYTHING GEMNIKA does...sigh the stories I'm in love with. Okay, I'm done rambling. I guess I'll get started on the next chapter. I'll try and have it up by Friday. I have work, but besides work and working out I don't really have a life.