One kiss at a time

By: Zombie angel

Chapter three: Extinction?

I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters in this story, they are the work of Hiro Mashima, anyways, here is my first, proper, multi chapter story, hope you like it and don't forget to review :3 photo by an artist called Blanania.

"So any idea on what the big guy wants?" Gajeel asked as he walked beside his long time friend and vice captain, Lily. As he walked he was doing up the belt on his black trousers, he looked slightly dishevelled with his hair a wild mess and the was still blood on his lips from that damn punch. He had to hand it to the little human, she was a lot more capable than she looked, he should have known that watching her deal with the two guards from the farm. She was a fighter, he liked that about her, his last feeder was weak and didn't put up fights, she was numb and didn't even flinch when he bit her. Levy, she was different, her blood was full of energy, she was like a battery, he drained her but she'd just recharge and come back ten fold.

"Something about taking out the Fairies once and for all..." Lily answered, his voice was clipped and angry and Gajeel understood why. They were both turned at a prime, fighting age and they had tasted what life was like, they had felt the sun and longed to touch it but they forever had to live in the shadows. Gajeel was turned a long time ago and so, he barely remembered what it was like to be human, he'd forgotten what a beating heart felt like... he'd forgotten all other emotions but hatred, anger, disgust and amusement. He killed because he felt something other than the blackness, he felt powerful, holding someone's life in his hands, it was euphoric, like he was a god. Though hearing that his boss wanted to take out the Fairies made his stomach churn slightly, knowing that Fairy Tail was her family... knowing how sad she would be if they were gone. They were the reason she had such fire in her veins, she lived for them, to see that they made it through the day, he didn't want her to lose that fire.

"I see... and I guess that involves me" he grumbled and Lily nodded, he glared around, staring at the wooden walls of peeling, yellow paint and rotten, wooden floors. Why did he feel so torn? It felt like he didn't want to upset her... he didn't want her to hate him, even though she already did.

"So... you're knew feeder seems spirited!" Lily laughed, changing their ominous topic to something better and Gajeel chuckled.

"She is... the little things got a lot of attitude for such a small person, I'll tell you that, she doesn't look it but she can do some damage!" He smirked, rubbing his jaw and Lily nodded with a scoff.

"Trust me, I can tell, she looked like she was gonna' hand you your balls on a plate...!" He joked and Gajeel shivered... he had no doubt that she probably would if she had the chance.

"She tastes so different as well, you know like how Laxus explained the taste of Mira... she tastes just like that, like... well, life I guess" Gajeel told him and Lily raised a white brow, his brown eyes full of curiosity.

"Who would have thought you'd find your life inside a little bluenette such as her, eh?" He said and Gajeel chuckled. His maker once said that vampires had an eternal partner... they called those partners life because they feel like how life was imagined to be. He knew she was his life but she hated him, she wanted to kill him and she'd never accept him but he didn't mind keeping her with him, after all, she was now his, there was no one to stop him from making her his completely but she hated vampires and he didn't want to deem her to an eternal life that she didn't want. His train of thought was stopped as they got to a pair of heavy, oak, double doors and he pushed them open, instantly being greeted by his team mates. They nodded respectfully at him as he walked towards the large conference table where his superiors sat, all in suits and shirts while he stood in a pair of black jeans, his studded boots and a black T-shirt.

"Gajeel... have you been attacked... you have blood on your lips?" A man with a long grey beard asked, his red eye was squinting inquisitively at him as the other was covered by an eye patch.

"Lets just say my feeder is a lively little thing, Hades!" He grinned with an ominous chuckle as he took his seat on the end of the table, while the other men sat neatly, he put his feet on the desk and put his hand behind his head, licking the mixture of his blood and Levys off of his lips. "So what's the plan then, how are we to take these flees out?" Gajeel questioned, going straight to business and there was a chuckle from the darkest corner of the room, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

"You like getting straight to the point, brother..." the voice said and he eyes widened as the vampire came from the shadows, his long, spiked, white hair was slicked back and hung in a loose pony tail, his suit masterfully tailored and his bright, blue, cat like eyes shone like beacons.

"Acnologia... I wasn't aware you were back..." Gajeel growled as he narrowed his eyes upon his apparent brother, they weren't brothers at all, they were just made by the same vampire but Acnologia loved to push Gajeels buttons. He was worse than Gajeel, that was something most people feared because Gajeel was ruthless, he was evil and he knew that but Acnologia... he was a true monster... Zerefs right hand man... his masters pet who would do anything, if Zeref said he wanted a town slaughtered then he would gladly make the streets run red with blood. Gajeel had trained for decades and broke his sire bond with Zeref but Acnologia, he didn't even have to be sired to do what Zeref said.

"Oh... that breaks my heart brother... but this isn't a friendly chat... I'm here on orders of Zeref, to deliver a message..." he said and Gajeel sat up straight, his red eyes searching the mans before him who only grinned with mischief.

"And what would that be?!" Gajeel bit out, noticing how all the other vampires had kept completely silent despite being his superiors, they all had their head hung down as if to terrified to make eye contact with him. Unlike him, they were equally matched, equally fast... just as strong as each other and sometimes, just as evil.

"We are no longer collecting humans... we've found a source just as equally satisfying, Zerefs greatest researches created it... we're killing them all, of course, if you wish to keep some then that is your decision but from now on, all humans resisting to go to the farms are to be annihilated, we have no use for resistance... henceforth, all Fairy tail or any one whom associates with it are to be killed where they stand!" Acnologia smirked and Gajeels jaw dropped.

"He can't do that, it is our nature to feed from humans... anything less will make us sick... he knows this, has he tried this new blood on vampire, has it worked?!" Gajeel argued, standing up abruptly and Acnologia snarled.

"He is our king, do not forget that, he can do as he wishes and as of yet, no... but he has faith that we will be fine, vampires our immortal after all!" Acnologia snapped and Gajeel shook his head in disbelief.

"You are putting you life in to the hands of a man that is going to single handedly make is extinct, we're dwindling numbers as it is... so far the whole of the east has been wiped out, we can not take this risk, you are putting to much faith in the strength of us, just because we can't be killed by human means such as disease and ageing doesn't mean we can't die by this... for all we know this alternative could come with side effects if he hasn't tested it on vampires yet!" Gajeel shot back and Acnologia bared his fangs in warning but Gajeel refused to back down. "Further more, humans are our natural prey, that is like telling a lion to start hunting flies... the natural course of the food chain doesn't go that way!" He added and Acnologia slammed his hand on the desk, shattering it under his strength and the others hissed as they backed away.

"Do not question him, he is your maker, show some respect and as for the food chain, we've evolved since then... we're taking the world into the dark ages brother... and there is nothing you can do to stop it!" The man spat and smirked as Gajeel glared at him, how could they do it? It made him sick to the stomach and he snarled as he turned to walk away. "You're either with us or against us, brother... chose wisely!" He heard Acnologia shout and he grit his teeth from going to rip out his throat.

"Men... if you wish to stay then I won't stop you, those who want to leave with me... you can but should you change your mind half way through... I will kill you!" He snapped as he walked to the doors, Lily following close behind and he heard a few of his men follow him out.

"You may leave for now brother, but should we meet again... my hands are tied and I will be forced to take you out!" Acnologia called after him and he hissed in anger as he shook his head.

"Captain, what are we going to do?" One of his men asked and he thought for a moment, there had to be more vampires who went against such course of action.

"First, we have to side with the humans and that may be easier said than done... with our reputation... then we have to find more vampires like us... one's who still want humans..." he said and Lily nodded in agreement. "They won't get away with this..." he grumbled as he walked towards the mens quarters. "Grab your belongings, we leave at sundown, no questions!" He snapped and the men agreed as they all went in to their respective rooms, packing their stuff.

"Gajeel... but what happens from here on out?" Lily asked and he held the handle to his room, pausing to think and honestly, he had no idea on what to do yet.

"I guess we go to war..." he answered and Lily nodded before heading to his own room, he opened his door to see Levy attempting to use the pencil to free her shackle. As soon as she saw him, she stood up, holding the sharp writing implement with a fiercely adorable look of determination. "As cute as that looks, we have no time for this, we're leaving... you're taking us to Fairy Tail!" He said and she dropped the pencil in shock.

"I'd rather die than tell you where Fairy Tail is!" She snapped and he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.

"If you don't then they'll die... Zeref is going to kill them all, not just them, every human is to be slaughtered, if you want them to survive then you'll take us!" He yelled back at her and she glared at him.

"I don't believe you, why would Zeref kill of his only source of food!?" She growled and he shook his head as he began to clean out his closet.

"That's just it, you're not the only source any more... he's created a new source which means you die and unlike some, we'd rather drink from humans... maybe we can live in peace again but that won't happen if you're all dead!" He exclaimed and he heard her gasp, he turned to her with a handful of his clothes and thrust a long, light green T-shirt at her. "Get dressed, we can't have you going back there looking like you've been murdered!" He ordered and she stuttered but did as he said, he turned, giving her some privacy as he backed his belongings in a duffel bag, not caring for the stuff in the drawers. Once he had turned back around she was pulling her fluffy, blue hair from the collar of his shirt and for a second, he swore he felt his heart beat. Seeing her in his own clothes made him feel almost... warm inside but he shook the feeling away, he couldn't afford to be thinking about that right now.

"How do I know you're not lying to me in order to wipe out the resistance?" She asked and looked up at him as he tried to find a plausible reason.

"You... can't... but you're going to have to, I like drinking human blood and yes, killing humans comes natural to me but making humans extinct is not what I want..." he told her and she stood, watching him, glaring at him like she was trying to see inside his soul.

"O...Okay... but if you try and kill any of us... our best will take you down in a heart beat!" She warned and he nodded, Gajeel walked up to her, visibly seeing her go tense and he moved slower as he bent down, clutching each side of the shackle and ripping it away. Levy sighed and bent down once he stood up, rubbing the bruised skin of her ankle.

"We have to leave now, the suns going down and we'll only have about ten hours to get as far away from here as we can..." he said and she nodded, he grabbed her wrist without thinking and she hissed in pain, pulling away and he stared back at her in confusion.

"Humans aren't as strong as you... we get wounded easily... and you bruised my wrist when we were fighting..." She explained and he grumbled, he didn't have time for her to be complaining about being hurt. With a sigh he bit in to his wrist, his fangs slicing against the skin but he didn't feel anything.

"Drink my blood, it'll heal your wounds faster..." he mumbled and she looked at him in disgust for a moment before staring at her bruised skin... she through as she nibbled her little... plump lips and reached out, taking his arm in her small hands. They were soft on his skin and he watched as she parted her lips, closing her eyes as they touched his flesh and she began to lick away the blood around the wound before suckling the wound itself. He groaned, feeling the ache to have her right there and then as another sort of hunger stirred but he bit his lips and pushed it down. Gajeel let her drink for a minute or two then she pulled away, wiping the blood from around her lips and he smirked at the dazed look in her golden eyes. "Let's get going shorty!" He grinned and took her hand this time, she felt tense but he didn't let go as they walked out of the room to where his men were waiting. Five out of thirteen wasn't a confident number but he didn't mind as he relayed the plan to his team mates. He wasn't going to let humans die out when he'd only just found his life... it was a war now and for once... he felt like he was fighting for the right reasons.