A/N: Hey guise, Julie here! I'm back and boy do I need to apologize! I'm EXTREMELY sorry for the EXTREMELY delayed wait. I honestly was planning on surprising you all with a quick update unlike our usual weekly updates (which are pretty consistent what do you think readers?). I was willing to skip studying for testings just for YOU GUISE CUZ I LOVE Y'ALL! buuut some poop came up and just a lot of stuff. I haven't been sleeping a lot or eating a lot (still fat though -_-) (Jenny: AW HECK NO). So I get some weird hallucinations which prevent me from sleeping for a while... So I had no time to really think happy thoughts, especially GaLe feels. However, during my difficult times, the encouragement from you readers and your reviews just uplifted my spirits. For you guise, cuz you're soo awesome, I'm staying up writing the last chapter of this story. Now don't be sad, cuz then I'll be sad butt. Stay tuned for more feelz and check out our other stories as well. We are working so hard for you guise cuz we love you!~Always remember that :) Kay now enough of this really long and unimportant A/N, on with the chapter!


Slowly the infernos and bloodcurdling screams begins to diminish. Thick, black smoke rises, and there left in the aftermath was Gajeel, feebly protecting the even weaker and smaller form under him. Despite the injury he received from his binds, he had managed to activate his dragon slayer defenses and covered himself in iron armor. While the temperature rises around him, his mind is firm and set on protecting his little shrimp, his precious treasure. "Damn... That creep got us pretty good." Gajeel coughs and some debris that is stuck in his disoriented and frazzled mane of hair falls out. Some of his hair is burned, so now he looks a little similar to Skrillex, but it doesn't matter to him. What matters now is the silent response from the tiny being underneath him.

Gajeel's gaze travels down and his blood-thirsty red pupils dilate in shock. Levy, who was graciously protected by Gajeel, wasn't as badly burned as she would have been without him; however, damage has still been done as her barren arms and legs which were once pale now turned an awfully painful and morbid color of red and black. Ironically, Gajeel's once favorite colors, but now they seem just like the colors of his nightmares. He sits up, and quickly with his own injured body, picks up Levy and places her in his buff arms. Not understanding how she was unconscious, and slowly panicking in his situation, he starts to show the one thing he has never shown to any one. Fear. Fear for the safety of the most important person to him, Levy. Fear for her raggedly slow breaths. Fear for the nasty burns on her once perfect skin. But most of all, fear of death taking its hold on another person whom he loves.

Flashback:

The tragic memory of Gajeel's concealed past is revealed by a clear, scenic pasture farther ahead a small village. However, the scene focuses on a small child who is running around the tall thickets of grass. An inevitable smile of joy is plastered on his face. He turns and sees his mother call for him. The small boy gladly runs back and jumps into the open arms of his mother, snuggling his face into his mother's bossom. The love-filled embrace of his mother causes the young child to form a look of comfort and peace. Would it shock you readers that this small happy child was the notorious Gajeel Redfox? Unbelievable, I'm sure as to how such happiness was replaced by hard bitterness...

The beautiful scene is ruined as fire and blood replaces it. Screams of not just terror, but of pure agony and fear ripples throughout the demolished village. However, the screams' ends are cut short as an unmistakable sound of bones cracking and swords cutting through flesh is heard. Gajeel is in a flurry of undescribable panic. All he could think of was finding his mother. As he tries to avoid the fires, he steps on a gross, severed hand and the tears well up in his eyes as he screams for his mother. Adrenaline pumping and fear consuming him, Gajeel does the one thing he knew how to do... Run. He doesn't know where, but his only goal is to get away from all this and find his mother, his comfort. However, fate had other plans for him. Gajeel carelessly runs headfirst into a man, not just any ordinary man, but his father, the most wanted mass murderer.

His father's blood red eyes glisten at his new find. He quickly grabs the scruff of Gajeel's T-shirt and pulls him up to meet his eye level. He grins the most malicious grin and says hoarsely, "Hello, son." Young Gajeel, not knowing about him even having a father, continues to kick and thrash in his hold, ignoring the scary man. Gajeel's father laughs out at the futile attempts of his son. Gajeel, even more scared by the laughter, squeaks out, "Let me go! I have to get to my mom!" As soon as these word are spoken, poor, ignorant Gajeel had set himself up for the most traumatic scar that would be inflicted upon him. Once the word, 'mom' had been registered in the mind of Gajeel's father, his eyes turned an indescribably look of pure wrath and malice.

He cackled, "THAT BITCH! HAHAHA, YOU WANNA LOOK FOR HER? HAHAHAHAHA!" He storms off into a burned woodshed with the terrified boy, chucking Gajeel into the depth of the darkness. Gajeel yells out as pain shoots up his small, frail body by the harsh landing. He is confused by everything and is frightened by the darkness. Gajeel's father lights a match and enlightens a most terrific scene for young Gajeel to witness. Gajeel's eyes increased in size as the scene before him would haunt him for the rest of his life. There, lying by the wall is what once was his mother now a torn up and bloodied rag doll. Bruises and blood covered her once flawless body. Her sundress was ripped in shreds and drenched in blood as her side was cut open, but worst of all her face, the face that once held such unconditional love was ruined and distorted into a most terrifying nightmare. Her face was ruined as multiple swellings covered her. Her jaw was broken creating a horrible look. Worst of all was how her once beautiful hazel eyes had been gauged out by her assailants. She lay there dead.

Gajeel crumpled to the floor and let out an agonized scream, for his mother was dead. The loud cackles of his killer father mocked the poor child. Making it even worse he picked up the scarred child and whispered, "You're next." Gajeel thrashed and thrashed but it was futile. Just as his father reached for his dagger to pierce through Gajeel. The young boy screamed out, "NOOOOOOO!" Suddenly a thunderous, bonechilling roar resonated as if answering the boy's call. This, as many of you may guess, was Metallicana. However, due to shock and trauma, the poor child passed out ending the now present Gajeel's horrible flashback.

Unbeknownst to Gajeel, tears begin to form in his eyes and slowly drips down his calloused face. Some land on Levy's bruised face. Suddenly, as if it was a secret cue, Levy's eyes began to slowly open. As her vision began to clear she witnessed a shocking sight. The mighty iron dragon slayer in tears? Ignoring the searing pain that rushes throughout her body, she feebly raises her arms to reach Gajeel's face. Suddenly Gajeel halts in his weeping as he feels a light, soft touch under his eyes. His watery vision focuses on his precious little Shrimp wiping his eyes. He was facing so many newfound shocking things today from fear to trauma to... Happiness? His train of thought is halted as Levy's broken voice calls out, "A-are..you...o-okay?"

He looks down at her after she wipes his eyes and he sees her beautiful hazel eyes still looking at him with worry and concern. Maybe he is just seeing things but he recognizes... Love? He just continues to look at her with silence and lets her continue to heal his open scars with her all too familiar, gentle touch. He suddenly feels her slightly wince and gently holds her hands. He decides now, while his wall of pride and ego is down, that he is going to do something he never did before, to apologize. "Hey, Shrimp, I'm about to do something I've never done before, so don't say anything and hear me out okay? I-I'm sorry, shorty. I mean, Levy. I'm sorry... I always say harsh things to you. I'm sorry that I make fun of your height. I'm sorry that I yell out at you, and... I'm sorry that I hurt you."

Once again, tears begin to fall, despite how terribly Gajeel tries to hold them back. Levy is beyond shocked by Gajeel's apology. Never in her life did she think that she would witness such a moment as this. The bookworm who never once ran out of words is at such a loss. Instead, her actions begin to speak unspoken words for her. Her hands reach out to wipe his tears away and lift up his face. She positions herself on his lap and stares back into his eyes with an understanding smile that seems to remind Gajeel of his mother's once love-filled smiles. He leans against her petite shoulders and she begins to pat his buff arms, since she couldn't reach his back.

Finally gaining a hold of some verbal abilities, she speaks such simple words, yet ones with huge meaning. "It's okay, I already forgave you and moved on from that. Now I just want to let you listen to these words, okay? Don't say anything. Gajeel, you're not alone anymore." With these words along with her new courage, she sweetly lifts Gajeel's face with her index finger and embraces his lips with hers. His lips are surprisingly soft, contrasting his rugged body. She feels him unresponsive to her sudden move, yet he clumsily returns the kiss in such a loving manner that made Levy's inner self squeal. She breaks the kiss and stares into his red eyes lovingly, saying, "You're not alone anymore because... I'm going to be by your side." Suddenly, Gajeel's sorrowful look changes to a teasing smirk as he says, "Heh, Shrimp, does that mean you're my mate?"

Gajeel's question throws Levy in a loophole as she horribly stutters and mumbles. Amused by her expected reaction, he hugs her and whispers unhesitatingly, "I love you." His declaration comes to Levy as a shock and her cheeks start to become dusted a deep pink. Then again, her lips are captured by his in a more intense, yet loving way ,as if he was silently thanking her and showing her his inner feelings of unconditional love for her. The scene was truly one of the scenes in a Korean drama, however in a far corner, upon closer inspection, there is a tiny, sparkling glint... It is a recording lacryma! After their kiss ends, they both stare at each other lovingly, but that moment was cut short when they hear tons of happy screams and woot-woots!

They turn to the source, the recording lacryma shows its clear, round face, shocking the couple, but what made it worse was that what they assumed to have been a ghetto alley from which the previous gangsters came through was an allusion! The curtain is opened, and there they look on with pure embarrassment and shock as they see all of their guild members and Magnolia town citizens. "Alright! Give it up for this lovely couple who won the most romantic scene of the night!" Gajeel and Levy simultaneously snap their necks upward and what they see immediately strikes terror into their hearts. The MC, Myra Jen, was then unravelled to be Mirajane! Suddenly they both realized what had just happened. ALL THE GANGSTERS AND THE WHOLE SET UP WAS THE WORK OF MIRAJANE!

The crowd seems to understand that realization had finally hit the couple and their laughter is resonated. Shouts can be heard from various people, "Haha, Gajeel! I still can't believe you couldn't beat us! That just means I'm stronger!" Natsu's childish voice rings out . "Levy-chan! I just knew it! Oh man, I should write about something like this in my novel, hehe," Lucy's polite voice chirps. The new couple's faces turn an even more humiliating shade of red. Suddenly they both feel a tender and peaceful feeling, because Wendy, smiling so innocently, just healed their wounds instantly. She gives a quiet "congratulations" and scurries away with Charles.

Gajeel, finally regaining his speech abilities, yells out indignantly, "What the hell!" The crowd's laughter increases ten-fold, even Mirajane is laughing. Not appreciating all this humility, Gajeel gives everyone a death glare and growls menacingly as Levy hides herself behind him, unable to take the pressure of facing the crowd. This, unfortunately for them, makes them even look more adorable. Mirajane finally ends their humiliation as she steps down and makes her way towards the couple. Gajeel picks up the sounds of her footsteps and turns to see Mirajane walking towards them with an all too-sweet smile. She finally reaches them and gently places a crown on both of their heads, although Gajeel protests a little, but Mirajane continues to smile. She then grabs hold of the couple's hands and raises them up as if they had won a wrestling match. She then yells out, "Congratulations to the new King and Queen of the most romantically performed couple!" She then turns to the now even more shocked couple and whispers, "Don't underestimate the limits I'll go to when it comes to making dense couples like you to finally confess and maybe humiliate them, hee." She leaves the shocked couple with their jaws hanging as everyone clapped and whistled loudly. What a wonderful festival!


A/N: Heh, wasn't that a cute plot twist everyone? No? Yes? I DON'T KNOW! Well yes, this is the end of this fic. I hope you all enjoyed it! Let me know in the reviews! Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend everyone (if you live in the US), we LOVE YOUUU.

BTW, if the whole ending was a little confusing then I shall explain:

The whole battle from the previous chapters were actually Fairy Tail members in disguise, and some actors that were... hired... by MiraJane so that after the battle, a cute, comforting scene between Gajeel & Levy could occur. The event that MiraJane had participated Gajeel and Levy in was a contest for the best romantic scene? like the best video representation of love and cute stuff. But of course, Gajeel and Levy won cuz who can beat them when it comes to such feel- inducing scenes!? This was also their mission in the "job" but Mirajane cut that information out of the flyer and handed Levy an altered version so that Levy would take the bait. Of course, Mirajane's plans lead up to perfection. She can be verryyy scary. That's all folks! have a great week, see you next time or in our other stories! K bai! -Julie (Jenny: SQUEE I love GaLe feels. R & R!)