Iron in the Stars
AN: Story is my idea, but I do not own anything Fairy Tail.
Chapter 6: Keys
It was her soft moan that woke me up. I scanned the room and noticed that Pantherlily was also awake and just lounging on the chair with some water. He looked over to me and then glanced at Bunny Girl. I understood the question in his eyes and just shrugged my response. We shared a bed, but nothing happened. At least on my end, nothing happened. I could smell her arousal pouring off of her in waves. It took everything in me not to groan at the scent from her. She smelt amazing. If she tasted anywhere near her scent it would be a sin. I sighed and got up to pee. Looking outside it was maybe around six in the morning and I wasn't really ready to start the day yet.
"I am going to go train for a little while, I don't want what happened yesterday to happen again today. I will meet the two of you for breakfast in two hours?" I nodded at him and told him where to go. Once I got back to bed I watched Bunny Girl for a minute. Her lips were slightly parted and she was taking shallow breaths. She was clearly turned on. It must have been some dream she was having and I wish I knew whom it was that she was dreaming of. Lucky bastard. She was by far the best woman any man would want, myself included. She was beautiful, strong, smart, independent, caring, compassionate, and the sex appeal! Mavis did she have sex appeal. I eye fucked her almost every time I saw her. I probably shouldn't but I want the girl in more ways than one. It would never happen. I put her through hell and there was nothing I could do to make it up to her. I would spend my life doing just that though. I would always be there for her.
I remembered a previous conversation I had with Laxus. He noticed me staring at her one day at the guild and told me I should make a move. No one else was going to. Her team made sure of that. The only time she went on dates was when she got away from them. If they weren't threatening them with fire, ice, or swords they were dragging her out on jobs so she can make a small amount of money. Her stupid team was so destructive. I could tell that she was always stressed out about making her rent and I just wanted to beat them when they would get back empty handed. I felt her move next to me and didn't want her to know I was watching her so I evened out my breathing and put my arm over my eyes. It wasn't a minute later that she bolted up with a gasp. Damn, her arousal was strong. One hell of a dream. I was slightly jealous. I felt her eyes on me for a moment and then heard her get up and walk over to the bathroom.
It was about twenty minutes later that she came out of the bathroom in just a towel. I was caught looking this time. A towel? Really? I just wanted to rip that fluffy piece of shit off of her. "Good morning." Her soft voice ran through me and instantly calmed my thoughts. "Morning Bunny. Did you sleep alright?" She nodded and walked over to the table in the room where her bag conveniently sat. She must have been distracted to go in the bathroom without her bag.
"I can change in here if you want to go take a shower. It might get us out earlier." Yeah, that's probably a good idea. "Alright, I can do that. I'll only be a few minutes anyway." I really didn't want to leave the room while she was in here knowing full well that she wasn't wearing anything under that towel, but I didn't want to be a perv and we had the mission. I stepped out of the room and into the shower. I couldn't understand why she trusted me so much. I've never had someone trust me to this degree. Not only did she share the room with me, but also she slept with me and came out with practically nothing on. I didn't know how to feel about it. I wanted to be overjoyed and I could feel the dragon inside of me purring in delight, but I didn't want to get my hopes up. I knew I wanted Lucy to be my everything, but I would wait to see what she wanted.
About two hours later we were on our way down the path in the forest. Bunny Girl was in front whistling and skipping with me and Pantherlily trailing behind her keeping our eye out for any sign of trouble. "I think we need to go back to where we were yesterday." Why would she want to do that? I would think that she wouldn't want to go anywhere near there! "Why?" She stopped and turned around to talk to me. "When Mizu showed up yesterday he had three other men with him. He told them to leave so he could be alone with me. I remember the direction they went in."
"Why didn't you say this yesterday?" She just shrugged and turned around to continue walking. I didn't want to push her to talk, eventually she will. She slowed down though so we were all walking together. "Can you tell me about yourself Gajeel?" I looked at her dumbfounded. She wanted to know about me? I don't usually share anything about me. I sighed, for her, I will. "What do you want to know?" She thought for a moment and then held a wide smile on her face. "Tell me about Metalicana!"
"He was like me in a lot of ways. Meaning, he was anti-social, tough, loved fighting, and fiercely loyal." I dropped that last one in there just for her to think about. I saw a dusting of blush on her face as she tried looking away so I couldn't see her reaction. Interesting. "He took me in as a child after my parents died and then my foster parents didn't want me." She looked back over with sadness in her eyes. "I'm sorry Gajeel! If you don't want to talk about it you don't have to. I didn't want to bring up bad memories. I just wanted to know about you more."
"They're not bad memories Bunny. I don't really remember my parents or my foster parents. Metalicana I remember clearly though. He was the best father anyone could ask for." I started to laugh. "He actually saved my life. When my foster parents left me I was living in the woods. I was really little, but still stubborn as hell. I wanted to hunt for my own food and be independent. I didn't really know magic yet. I made a weapon out of rocks I saw and attacked a wild boar. Little did I know that there was a panther also looked to eat the same boar. The panther went to attack me and I wasn't fast enough to run away. Metalicana heard me scream and watched as the panther leapt to pounce on me. I went to cover myself and pushed my weapon above me hoping that I would get lucky and the overgrown cat would land on it. Luck was on my side because it did. It was then that I heard the laugh of the dragon. I nearly shit myself in fear. I definitely couldn't take him down."
"I couldn't even imagine looking up and seeing a dragon!" She laughed with me. "He was laughing though and wasn't being threatening in anyway. He asked me what my name was and if I knew any magic. He didn't even seem disappointed when I told him I didn't. He just told me that I was tough enough and would get it." I looked at her smile for a moment. I knew I was smiling as well and the fond memory. "He swore he would teach me everything he knew and he had. The day he disappeared I didn't know what to do." I didn't want to go on. She knew where I ended up and what had come of it. I regretted hurting Bunny and hoped one day I could make up for it.
"Did you pierce yourself or did Metalicana do it for you?" I didn't expect her to change the subject. I was glad she had, but it was unexpected. "I did all of them myself." I looked at her with a smug smirk. "Did they hurt?" I shrugged, "they probably would hurt someone else, but it's my element, I didn't feel any pain. Why do you ask?" What she said caught me off guard and made me falter in my step nearly falling on my face. "I was just curious if you were pierced in places I couldn't see and if it had hurt, plus if I ever wanted you to give me a piercing I would want to know if it hurt ahead of time. Just thinking." Staring wide-eyed at her I wasn't sure what to say. Well, if she was going to be pervy I could be too, right?
"To answer your question that you haven't truly asked, yes, it is pierced and can easily please any woman brave enough to ride it." That had her; her face was bright red and easily mimicked Titania's hair. Perfect! "Maybe one day I'll even show you." I winked at her and continued walking we were almost where we needed to be. I could see Pantherlily a little ahead of us trying his very best to cover his smile and not laugh. "You know Gajeel, I was curious about that. Thanks for telling me. One day you will have to show me." I was overly impressed she looked me dead in the eye and didn't even blush saying it. That's some damn control the girl has. I went to say something else to her, but heard people ahead. I grabbed both Pantherlily and Bunny into a bush so we wouldn't be seen.
We watched for a few minutes as the two men that I heard came into view. Bunny poked me and pointed to them. They were two of the men that were there yesterday. "Mizu should have come back already. He would have killed the girl by now. Where the fuck could he have gone?" Gajeel wanted to come out and kill the men just for thinking of hurting Bunny. Fucking bastards. "Let's follow them, I bet they'll take us right where we need to go." Bunny nodded and we silently followed them listening to them bicker throughout the journey.
"What are we suppose to do without the master? I don't want to go to another guild. We didn't have the same freedom anywhere else. Maybe Sala can find him with her hunting dogs! Ugh, why didn't we think of that before wasting our time trying to find him in the first place." The one man said. He was the one that Lucy knocked out yesterday and knew that he wasn't very strong. The other one was the one that bound her with the rope. She wasn't exactly sure what his magic was. It was only an hour or so that they walked before stopping by what looked to be a broken down shack. There was a code panel on the door though. I watched intently knowing Bunny's eyes wouldn't be as good.
"We need a plan before going in. We may be completely outnumbered." I had to think of a quick plan. "At least we know that their master was already taken out thanks to you Bunny." She blushed at my comment. "Well, it was mainly you, I just finished it." Neh, she doesn't give herself enough credit. "I think we should just walk right in. They are waiting on their master and their guards are most likely down. If they're anything like the two guys we followed then they're not that strong anyway. Let's just do it." She shrugged while she spoke and it was almost funny. If it weren't dangerous I would have laughed at her careless attitude. It was rare that we saw it. She was always the one to analyze everything. Perhaps she's been hanging out with her team too much. "Yeah, okay. Let's do that."
"Here goes nothing, be careful." I opened the door and we both walked in. There was no one around. It was just a room that looked run down. I glanced around the room and noticed a bar on the side with a large cabinet door. It was Bunny Girl that moved forward towards it though. She opened the cabinet and revealed a staircase going down. The guild would be down there. This was their prevention system? Pretty pathetic. "Ready?" She whispered to me and I just nodded to stay silent. She looked at Pantherlily to make sure he nodded as well and then they took to the staircase. They walked down the staircase and through the archway into a dark room with lanterns everywhere. There were about four tables and a bar in the room. There was one person standing at the bar, three people sitting at a table together and then one sitting by himself.
Gajeel automatically attacked the table seeing as there were three of them there and he wanted to take the bulk of the people. He knew that Bunny Girl could take care of herself, but honestly he wanted to kick someone's ass and the men here helped Mizu get to her and he wanted a little revenge. "Iron Dragon's Roar!" The table didn't even stand a chance they were knocked out with the one hit. Gajeel and Pantherlily stood there sad that there wasn't more of a fight from them and moved to the guy at the bar who was just leaning against the bar watching. The guy jumped over the bar and made a run for the door. I chased him outside thinking he was trying to escape, but I was dead wrong. As soon as I stepped outside I was attacked by the surrounding trees, he was controlling the plants around us. I slashed at the plants around me but they kept coming.
Pantherlily took the opportunity to attack the mage while I tried to control the plants. He got a solid punch in and the mage that sent him flying back. I got a solid look at the mage then. He had dark green hair sleeked shaggy hair that ended at his shoulders and wild dark eyes. It looked like he wore dark green eyeliner with a grey tunic and dark pants. He was very lean and was about six feet tall. He looked like a tree, a pathetic skinny ass tree that I was going to kick the shit out of with the help of my Exceed. "Iron Dragon's Club!" My attack got blocked by rocks that formed a shield around the mage. Pantherlily jumped up to break the shield and was caught in the mages trap. He was wrapped up tight in the roots of the tree. "Iron Dragon's sword!" I sliced the rock in half and attacked the roots that came my way. These plants were really fucking annoying. "Iron Dragon Roar!" My roar attacked the mage before he had a chance to put up another shield and he went down. It was right when Pantherlily got out of the binds too. He gave me a glare. "What?"
"I wanted to fight more." I laughed at the Exceed. He was very much like me. He loved to fight. "We will fight when we get back to Magnolia, how about that?" He nodded in acceptance. "Alright, let's go check on Bunny." Walking back in the room we saw Bunny Girl fighting another celestial mage. Interesting. The other mage looked worse for wear while Bunny looked fine. She had out Capricorn and Leo. The other celestial mage currently had no one out. She smiled though which made me worry a bit. "Open! Gate of the little lion! Leo Minor!" The man that came out looked identical to Leo. Shit, they weren't going to have to fight each other, right? They must be related to one another some how.
"Hello big brother." Leo looked at him heart broken. Lucy grabbed him and pulled him to her. "Go back Leo, I don't want you to fight him. I promise you that when I finish her they will be coming with me and you can have your brother back." Leo minor looked at Lucy with a smile on her face. "Really, you would do that." The other mage looked furious. "You won't be touching my keys you little bitch and you!" She looked at her spirit and kicked him hard in the stomach. "You are to fight her, not befriend her damnit!" He fell to the floor and I heard Lucy growl. She was beyond furious. She closed Leo's gate and called out Virgo. "How many gold keys do you have?" The other celestial mage looked scared. "I have ten and soon I'll have more friends. Capricorn, attack her and try not to hurt Leo Minor. Virgo dig a pit for her when she falls." Her plan went without a hitch. It took Capricorn a few seconds to get Leo Minor away from her with a shove and punched the celestial mage right out. She fell into the pit that Virgo created.
"Lets get the rest of them in the pit so the Rune Knights can collect them here." I called the Rune Knights while Bunny and her spirit rounded the other mages into the pit. I saw the bright light and saw Leo back going into the pit. Bunny Girl just smiled at him when he came back with seven keys. They were all silver keys. "You defeated her princess so I believe these belong to you." She hugged her spirit. "I can't wait to get you and your brother back together. She grabbed the key to Leo Minor and called him out. He immediately bowed to Bunny Girl. "I owe you everything! Thank you for saving all of us from her. She was a horrible mage and treated all of us terribly. Plus I haven't been able to see my brother in a very long time." Leo grabbed his little brother and pulled him into a hug. "I've missed you too, Levin." Bunny Girl looked confused at them. "Levin?"
"That was always my nickname from big brother. Usually it was Lev, but you can call me whichever you prefer. I don't mind. I am just happy to be one of your spirits. You are adored through out our realm. Every key wants to have a contract with you, some of us even dream of it. You have a rare heart that we all want to protect. I will do anything for you my princess. You may call on me whenever you are needed. I do ask that you summon me with brother if you can. We are a pair to be feared. It's been a very long time that we were able to fight side by side." She nodded at them. "Of course I can do that. You both should go rest. I look forward to getting to know you Levin."
"What other keys did you get?" She looked them over with an enormous smile on her face. She loved her spirits, any idiot could see that, she just saved a bunch of them and was going to give them a better home. "Lets see besides Leo Minor, there is Canes Venatici, they're hunting dogs, Delphinus, the dolphin which will allow me to call another water spirit instead of bothering Aquarius. There is, Pavo, the peacock, Scutum, the shield, Pegasus, the winged horse, and Orion the hunter." Impressive. "Do you want to go outside and call them out when the Rune Knights are done?" She nodded.
Once the Rune Knights were gone we stepped outside so she could create her contacts they all said the same thing about their contracts. It seemed like all of the spirits worshipped her. I guess they don't usually get great masters. I laughed as her dog spirits that were three men on leashes that had dog faces wouldn't stop kissing her hands. She looked at me to save her and me and Pantherlily just leaned on the tree. She promised them that she would carry some sort of treat for them. The Dolphin woman had a long light blue hair, a long dolphin nose, fin, and a dolphin tale. She asked to only be summoned in a large amount of water because it would make her attacks easier. She was also overjoyed that she could hang out with Aquarius. Apparently, they use to be the best of friends. Hopefully it would make that psycho spirit happy enough not to always attack her owner. Pavo was a man that had a peacock-feathered cape. He looked very polished and trimmed. His hair was mainly all black and long with some colored strands. He dealt with illusion magic and could make anyone see what wasn't there. Scutum was a knight that could project any type of shields and swore that he could sense any danger and would come out if he sensed he was needed no matter what. Orion looked like a huntsman with facial scruff and tons of muscles. He had a white shirt that was open to his belly button and tight pants with a sword on his belt. I had to growl at this one because Bunny was clearly drooling at him. I wasn't a fan of him at all! The last one was Pegasus.
Pegasus, much like Sagittarius was a man and horse. He said he could fly anywhere, but it would drain the users magic depending on how far they went. "Want to try it out and take Pegasus home?" I looked at Pantherlily who looked extremely nervous around the large horse like man. "I'll just meet you guys there." With that he took off leaving just me and Bunny. "Yeah, lets do that. How long will it take to get back to Magnolia?"
"It will take about an hour and a half. It wont be that draining. I wont go full speed. If I go full speed it would be an hour." Bunny told him that the hour and a half was perfectly fine that she didn't want to be drained all day and we hopped on. It was remarkable. I didn't even get sick. Once we got in front of the guild I saw Laxus coming out, probably to check on Bunny. I told her I had to go see Master anyway about the guild. He was the one who sent me on it and he was the one to pay me with the council's money. She caught me by surprise. When I went to walk away she grabbed my arm and pulled me into a hug. I heard Laxus snicker a bit and sent him a glare. She then kissed my cheek making my face go red and then walked over to Pegasus to wish him goodbye.
AN: All done. At least I stuck to my promise of posting something this weekend. I felt like Cana. I've decided that I have too much alcohol in the house and I've been slowly going through it on the weekends. I drank all weekend and slept a lot. Weekends are amazing. :)
The next chapter will be a little more fluffy. There wont be a mission and Team Natsu will still be gone on their mission so I'm thinking something along the lines of a double date situation with lots of tequila shots.
I love getting the emails of new follows and favorites so continue to do that. :) Plus I love feedback. I am making this up as I go so feel free to give me ideas if you want to read something! I do have an idea of what I want to do as a final story line though. I just need to get there.