HOW TO MATE YOUR DRAGON SLAYER?

CHAPTER 7: TRAINING CAMP DAY 2

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Lu-Chan,

I'll continue telling you what happened while I was training with Gajeel for the S-Class rank test.

You had a point when you said, while researching on the book, that probably, our Dragon Slayers will start to notice us, when we show them we are capable of handle them, both in combat and daily live.

When I woke up the second day and opened my eyes, I noticed that Gajeel was sleeping very close and facing me. He looked so peaceful and handsome! I pulled out my hand from my sleeping bag in order to touch his face; but before my hand touched him, I started to remember last night's events. His gorgeous naked perfect body, his handsome features and how he embraced me. For a long time he cried on my shoulder. After that he thanked me for forgiving him and pulled me close to his chest. I could hear his steady heartbeat and his breathing, I looked up at him and smiled at him.

"If we want to be fresh for tomorrow's training, we better go to sleep. It's very late."

"You're right, let's go back to the cave!"

We headed back to the cave, I casted a little fire, above the campfire and went back to my sleeping bag, He unrolled his and got inside of it as well.

"Good night, Gajeel."

"Good night, Shrimp."

The memories made me blush furiously. I quickly stepped out of my sleeping bag, picked up fresh clothes and ran to the lake so I could get ready for the training.

When I had just finished changing my clothes I saw Gajeel approaching me. I didn't know what kind of response to expect from him, he's a mystery.

Before I could react, he grabbed me and threw me into the lake.

"What do you think are you doing, Gajeel?" I was very annoyed. I cast 'shock' at him, in revenge.

"No enemy will tell you when they are going to attack you, Shrimp." He replied, trying to fix his hair which was a mess after receiving the jolt.

When he was done with his hair, I had time to cast 'stealth' and 'silent'. I swam away from him and got myself ready to attack him. When I reached the other side of the lake, I ran and hid behind a big tree. I made sure that the 'stealth' script was still in me, because Gajeel was out of my sight, again…

"Got ya, Shorty!" He was behind me again, I didn't hear him approaching me. "I told you, don't underestimate a Dragon Slayer's senses, I can smell you easily."

I turned around so I was facing him, he was soaked. He had approached me swimming or diving, I wasn't sure. His cocky smile made me angry. I went to attack him. Two can play that game!

At this point, I should know from experience that he was an skilled fighter. I had seen how nimble he can be in combat, and how fast he is. Before I could even touch him, he had seized me by the shirt and I was thrown to the ground.

"Nice try, Levy. Your brains always amaze me." I blushed at his compliment. "It's almost noon, we can stop for now and grab something to eat."

Gajeel's hunt garnered us two rabbits, and while he was cleaning them, I readied the fire.

"I'm very weak Gajeel. I don't understand why our Master chose me as a candidate. You're a better choice, or even Lucy."

"Don't you dare say that again, Levy! It's true that your fighting skills aren't your forte. However, you are very clever! You can take advantage with your smarts." He made me blush again. "Using 'silence' and 'stealth' while I was distracted, you got time to run and develop a new strategy. That was a very nice move."

"Thank you, Gajeel. What amazes me from you is how agile, fast and graceful you are while moving and fighting. You're a big man and somebody who hasn't seen you moving or fighting will be surprised by your swiftness." It was now his turn to blush, I think our faces' colour were equal at that moment. "I wish, I could be a good fighter like you."

"Don't worry, Short Stuff! You're the brain of this team and I'm the brute force, gihihihi!" I couldn't help but laugh with him. He's very funny when you know him better, Lu-Chan, trust me.

We started to eat the rabbits enjoying each others presence.

"I was thinking, we have to prepare a strategy for every team and S-Class mage in case we have to fight them, Gajeel."

"You're right, Shrimp. First we can start with Flame brain and his cat."

"Well, I leave Natsu to you. It's impossible for me to be a match against him." I heard him chuckling when I said that. "Happy is easy to defeat. I only need to have a fish with me and show him, or maybe ask him about Charle…" I said with an evil smile.

"You can be really scary, Shorty. What about Freed and Bixlow?"

"Freed is a script mage like me, but he uses Dark Ècriture magic. Probably he'll use a rune trap with us, but I'm confident I'll be capable to break his runes. If we're fast enough he won't have enough time to prepare complicated rune traps. Anyways, we must be careful with his secondary skill. When he uses the 'Darkness Scripture', he's quite the formidable adversary."

"And what about Bixlow?"

"He uses a type of Seith magic, called human possession. I'm sure you've noticed he's always surrounded by his dolls. He uses them as his weapons, they're very fast and they're very accurate while shooting. But we must be careful with his secondary skill too, 'Figure eyes'. That allows him to take control of the souls of living things who come into direct eye contact with him, and to manipulate them as if they were his dolls."

"Okay, Shrimp. You've done your homework very well. We'll train this afternoon focusing on a potential fight against them." I nodded and started to clean the dishes we used for lunch. "Now rest for a while if you want, you need all your strength for getting big." He smiled at me.

I smiled back and laid down in my sleeping bag, I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.

"Time to wake up!"

I opened my eyes and we continued our training. At the end of the day, I was very exhausted. Gajeel was a very hard instructor. We went back to the cave for supper and I started a conversation with him. I wanted to know him better.

"Gajeel, nobody believes me when I say I'm seventeen years old. They think I'm around thirteen or fourteen, can you believe it?"

"Gihihihi, I'm sure they do, your body is tiny - but your facial features are far from childish."

"By the way, how old are you Gajeel? I don't understand why you couldn't pass through Freed's barrier at 'The Battle of Fairy Tail'. You don't look like you're that OLD." I emphasized my last word and smirked.

"I'm not sure, because my parents died when I was very young. Metalicana adopted me when I was a little child. Probably I'm around twenty, but I don't know for sure." Well, mystery number one resolved!

"I don't remember my parents either. I came to Fairy Tail when I was very young too, the guild has been my family for a very long time."

"It's very late, Shrimp. I'm going to the lake to clean myself up and get ready for going to sleep." After saying that, he exited the cave.

I walked to the lake after I cleaned the dishes. I grabbed my towel and toiletries. I could see that when he reached the border of the lake, he was starting to undress himself. NAKED AGAIN!

"GAJEEL! At least keep your underwear on!"

"Are you embarrassed, Shorty? You aren't seeing nothing that you haven't already seen."

He made me blush again with his comment and I stripped down myself too. I was deciding to wear my underwear or not…

"Come on, Shrimp! come naked too, so we'll be even!"

I glared at him but I was feeling brave at the moment. I pulled off my underwear. I entered the lake and I swam towards him. Before I could reach him he dived and I wasn't able to see him. When I felt two strong arms wrapping my waist and pulling me down the water, I got scared. When I opened my eyes under the water, I saw him smirking playfully at me. I understood he was up to something and I readied myself for whatever he was about to do.

I needed to surface for air. Gajeel followed too and looked at me with a serious expression on his face.

"Who will say you're brave enough to go into a lake, naked with a man?" he asked, teasing me.

The ball was in my court now. "I don't hear you complaining about what you see. Do you enjoy the view?"

He blushed and I could deduce he was considering what he could answer me. "If I didn't enjoy the sight I wouldn't be here with you, Levy."

I blushed furiously at his comment, and I approached him. I touched the studs on his face, looking directly at his eyes searching for a signal of agreement or rejection. You know Lu-Chan, at that moment I wasn't thinking. The moment was perfect; we were alone, it was just him and me. Our faces were very near, if I moved a little closer, I could kiss him.

Before I could make the move, I felt two strong arms holding me tightly and in a second his lips were over mine.

To be continued...