Hide and Seek.

By:LemonSherbert

Chapter 3: Sight.

I do not own fairy Tail, as it is the work of Hiro Mashima, anyway, enjoy and don't forget to review.

Levy watched, terrified of what he was going to do as the old man grinned and Gajeel was clearly holding back his anger for the moment.

"First, dragon slayer, I'm taking everything but your sight, you eye sight is suppose to be better than the average humans so... I'm going to take her with me and you'll have to use nothing but your eyes, you wont be able to hear smell, feel or taste anything..." he said and Gajeel nodded, as the man put his hand on his head.

"W-wait... please... let me give him something first...!" Levy squeaked and they both looked at her, she was scared and worried, she wanted to give him something. "Just something to say good luck... please...?" She asked and the man sighed, removing his hand from Gajeels head.

"Urgh, lovers... such sentiment... I guess so but make it quick!" He snapped and let go of her shoulder, enabling her to step forwards. She smiled as she walked over to Gajeel and he looked down at her, confused and worried as she took off her coat, dropping it next to Lily. It made sense that he'd need to touch her at some point, if he felt the skin of her arms, maybe it would help him. She touched his hand at first, gently holding it in her own and she closed her eyes, slowly bringing it up to her face. Levy wasn't sure if he knew what she was doing but he played along, his thumb ran over the skin of her cheek and she felt her cheeks burn slightly. His other hand slid down her arm, taking hold of hers and she looked up, seeing his own blushing cheeks and she giggled a little. He bent down, getting close to her face and her eyes widened, this wasn't part of her plan! His ruby eyes closed slowly and she tightly closed her own, waiting until she felt soft lips against her, he tasted like metal and whiskey, almost intoxicating her and she let out a small moan, relaxing into the kiss. A cough pulled them out of their moment and she pulled back, slowly opening her eyes and staring at Gajeel. He had an unruly grin on his face and she covered her cheeks as she was harshly pulled back away from him. "Now, say goodbye to four of your senses!" The man snapped, not waiting a second before he seemed to make a tugging motion and Gajeel gasped.

"Gajeel... Gajeel are you okay!?" Levy squeaked and he stared at her, cocking his head slightly as he snarled and stared at the man.

"I... I can't hear you... but I promise... I'll find you, I won't let him hurt you...!" He snapped, his voice changed volume due to him being unable to hear himself and Levy nodded, before she could say anything more, there was a flash of light and she was in a different room, she couldn't tell where about but it was high up as the town looked smaller...

Gajeel growled as he shook his head, his new found deafness was so confusing, he couldn't smell anything, he couldn't feel anything, he couldn't even taste the iron on his tongue. He looked up and there was nothing, no dust movement, nothing, it was like they were never there. With one last look at Lily, he stretched his muscles and ran down the hall, checking each room thoroughly, not missing any corner as he counted down the time in his head. There was only so many rooms in the house, he could do this. She wasn't on the second floor so he went down, checking the study, the lounge, the kitchen, the pantry the basement but his little bluenette wasn't there. He couldn't get the feel of her lips out of his head, how smooth her skin was, it was like a broken record, going over and over as he ran up the stairs. The third floor stairs were hidden by a small door, like a hidden passage and he just about ripped the door of it's hinges as time burned down, he was on minute fifteen, only five minutes and there were two more floors to go. She wasn't on the third floor which meant she was on the fourth and he had two minutes left, he desperately ran up the stairs, almost tripping up as he threw open every door, checking each of the room until he got to the last on the left side... he didn't want to open it. He was late, she was going to get hurt, he didn't want to watch her be punished because of him but he didn't know what would happen if he never came. Slowly, he opened the door and stood in the middle of the room was that man, that awful, evil man. He waved his hand and Gajeel was almost shell shocked by the amount of noise he could hear.

"Oh my poor boy, you're a minute late, that's a minute she has to spend in complete agony... all because of your incompetence..." he teased and Gajeel snarled, he wanted to rip his head off, he wanted to break every bone in his body.

"Where is she, what have you done with her!?" Gajeel snapped, noticing he couldn't smell her and the old man snickered as he pointed behind him, he whirled around, seeing the little bluenette stood there, a shaking smile on her face.

"It seems that you broke your promise and didn't find her, now she's going to be punished..." the man said and Gajeel stared at her as she looked up at him, her golden eyes brimming with tears as black smoke began to crawl around them.

"It's not your fault okay... don't beat yourself up... you'll do better next time, I know you-" she couldn't finish as she let out an ear piercing scream that could have shattered the windows. The black smoke was all around her and he didn't know what he could do to help her, it was all his fault, she was in pain because of him. Tears travelled down her smooth cheeks and sweat was coating her skin as she tried desperately to fight it, he could tell.

"I'm so, so sorry, I tried so hard to find you, I promised I'd find you and I couldn't get to you in time, I'm so sorry!" He cried, grabbing her but he couldn't feel her soft skin, he couldn't smell the lavender scent in her hair or the ink and old book smell that had seeped into every pour on her body. Gajeel didn't know what to do as she cried and screamed in pain, unable to move as he held her to his chest, just wishing the minute to end, it was lasting a life time and it was agony to his heart to see her hurting so much. Eventually, her cries and screaming died down to nothing but sniffles and gasps as the smoke disappeared and she wrapped her arms tightly around his broad chest.

"Now my boy, you'll have to do better next time, now, you're going to have to use just your hearing but be warned I'm taking away your sight..." the man said, before Gajeel could even protest everything went black and he let out a shaky breath as his arms slouched to his side and he could hear Levys gentle, small gasps, the beating of her heart. "Now I'll give you a hand, she can shout your name every three minutes for you to try and find us..." was all he said before the room went silent and he stood there in total blackness, getting his bearings and waiting for his name to be shouted.