SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE GUYS I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND FAMILY . WELL I WOULD REALLY APPRICIATE IT IF YOU GUYS WOULD REVIEW I'M COMPLETELY OPEN TO YOUR OPINIONS... SO WITH THAT SAID ON WITH THE STORY.

"Dang it! If she was already gone for a week and I've been wondering this stupid forest for another week, she's already earned 40,000,000 jewels." Gajeel said with a scowl "IF that that brats even still alive." Pantherlily landed on Gajeel's head to rest his wings.

"Doubt it." Said the tired exceed they've been walking in the forest for 2 weeks now with still no sign of Delilah nor Cheetara.

Gajeel laughed at his partners comment and proceeded to track the scent of: fear, sweat, anger, and coconuts. He then unconsciously licked his lips and the thought of finding Delilah.

He then started to think to himself 'hmmm… I wonder how mad she'll be when I find her? I've never pegged her as a kid person. I hope she's really mad she's so cute when she's angry…'

Gajeel's thoughts were interrupted by a high pitched scream from deeper within the forest. "AHHH! DADDY I WANNA GO HOME!" Gajeel's face then lit up with excitement as he said in a sly voice, "Gotcha now Iceheart."

He then sprinted toward the screams of terror with an enthusiastic Pantherlily hanging on for dear life to the dragon's hair.

Half a mile later they were aggressively stopped by a heavy fist being rammed in both their faces. "OUCH! What was that for Iceheart!?" he looked up with an annoyed look on his face while rubbing the bridge of his nose.

There stood Delilah with a pleased look on her face, and then she said "see I told you there were weirdoes in this forest squirt but noooo… you didn't believe me." It took Gajeel a second to register the tone of her voice. It sounded as if she was speaking to a… child.

Once Gajeel's vision went back to normal he stood up and saw Delilah holding a little boys hand. The kid only reached to the fairly tall women's stomach, he had long black hair, and his skin was a creamy ivory. His eyes oh, his eyes they were a beautiful emerald that can make anybody even the almighty Gajeel crack under pressure.

He was dressed in dirty ripped clothes that were a size too big for his small body. Gajeel's eyes shifted back to a now laughing Delilah. "Okay, Kyo say hi to the big dumb dragon slayer." Then in the cutest voice barely above a whisper Kyo replied, "ummm… hello Mr. big dumb dragon slayer."

Gajeel growled at the boy scaring him enough to hide behind the now laughing women's legs. "Shut it Iceheart!" Gajeel Roared at the female dragon. "Gajeel! That is no way to a comrade let alone a woman!" Pantherlily scolded the older dragon as if he himself was a child. Delilah scoffed and earned herself both the stares of the two men.

"who cares Lily," said Delilah in an annoyed tone, "the only 'women' he can talk to without snapping is his precious Levy." Gajeel's eyes widened 'did she just say that?' "ISN'T THAT RIGHT GAJEEL!"

"…"

Without an answer to her question Delilah nodded her head with a serious face and tossed Kyo on her back and walked away.

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*20 MINS LATER*

"Did I do good mama?" asked Kyo. Delilah was still angry but it wasn't Kyo's fault so she tried her hardest to hold her composure while talking. "Yes, you did amazing Kyo."

Once they reached their campsite she removed the boy from her back and set him down on a log. She walked over to a tree and kicked it earning herself a little yawn.

Cheetara jumped down from the tree she was napping on and perched herself on Delilah's forearm. She rubbed her eyes and began to speak in a lazy tone, "do you think metal mouths going to follow?"

Delilah's anger came back and she spoke through gritted teeth, "I don't know and quite frankly I don't care." She moved her arm as a signal for Cheetara to get off her arm. She landed next to Kyo who was watching with a worried look on her face as Delilah through an angry fire ball at a pile of wood to start their nigh fire.

She started her breathing exercises that Mira taught her to calm down. And within a minute or two she was calm or at least looked it. "So Kyo what would you like for dinner?" Kyo sought the opportunity to snatch up the little cheetah in his arms for an exaggerated hug.

Delilah could have sworn she had seen Cheetara's eyes almost bulge from her head. Kyo started to hum and rock the cat in his arms as if to show himself thinking. Delilah loved when he did cute things like that so she giggled a little.

Kyo then stood up fast making a yelp escape the kitten's mouth. "I know how about saber tooth deer." He squeezed the cat tighter in his arms as Delilah mimicked his earlier actions, she saw how anxious Kyo was and how out of breath Cheetara was so she threw her arms up as if in defeat and said, "what the heck saber tooth deer it is," Kyo threw his arms up in victory and released the Cheetara who then flew off for the sake of her life to hide behind Delilah.

"Alright you know what to do shorty" said Delilah. The young boy flashed his beautiful smile that Delilah oh, so loved and walked over to Cheetara and tossed her on his head.

He waved at Delilah and proceeded to walk deeper into the forest. Delilah waited until she could no longer see the young boy and leaned back on the tree behind her.

Then she heard something from within the trees, she looked around and prepared herself for the worst. 'what the heck is that smell? It smells so familiar.' Then it clicked 'oh, god.'

OOOOHHHHH… CLIFF HANGER NO WAY! WELL THAT'S CH.6 IT WAS SURPRISINGLY LONGER THAN I EXPECTED I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT PLEASE REVIEW IM EXTREMELY ANXIOUS TO HEAR EVERYONE'S OPINIONS.