Levy was siting at a table with Jet and Droy trying to read as her team argued who was the stronger of the team. She smiled slightly at their argument and turned her attention back to the book. The world suddenly went quite, and Levy looked up, Gajeel was walking by. Jet and Droy had stopped their argument to glare at him.

"How dare he join Fairy Tail?"

Droy asked as he and Jet sat down.

"Yeah, why would the Master even let him join. He destroyed the guild AND he attacked us!"

"And he doesn't even have to decency to keep out of the guild!"

"Jet, Droy why can't you just let it go?"

"Let it go! Levy that...animal attacked us, he nearly killed Natsu!"

"And then he saved both Natsu and me. I think he's done enough to make up for it."

Jet went into his common "Levy!" thing but Droy just stared at her in disbelieve. Gajeel and Natsu had started another fight and the small black cat Panther Lily walked away from the fight and flew up to the bar. Levy watched as Gajeels fist plowed in to Natsu stomach.

"Jet Droy I'm going back to Fairy Hill. Okay. There is no need for you to walk me there."

"Why don't you just stay here?"

"It's two loud. I can't considerate."

Levy said with a smile.

Gajeel finally walked away from his fight with Natsu with nothing more then a few scrapes from a fire punch that Natsu had threw.

"Punk."

He muttered to no one in particular.

"Gajeel."

Master Makarov walked up to him atop the bar.

"Makarov."

Gajeel nodded.

"You seem troubled young man. What is wrong?"

"Why would anything be wrong?"

Makarov laughed.

"Why indeed. But something is bothering you."

Gajeel watched as Levy stood up from her table and, with a smile to her team left. Something in him wanted to follow her, but he pushed the urge down. Gajeel turned to see Master Makarov was watching him.

"Ahh yes. Levy McGarden."

Gajeel growled and looked away.

"Gajeel come with me will you."

The master jumped down off the the bar with a mid air flip and walked away in to the crowd. Gajeel pushed him off the bar and weaved through the crowed to the stairs where the Master was waiting.

"Come along."

Master Makarov walked up the the stairs to his office.

"Now tell me boy what is wrong."

Gajeel was silent for a second and then,

"Levy, why doesn't she hate me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Everyone hates me. You even said you would never forgive me. And Levy has every reason to hate me, what I did to her and her team. She should hate me, like her team hates me. But she doesn't. Why?"

"Perhaps she feels that you have already made up for it."

"How, saving her from your grandson?" That wasn't because I was saving her. That fight had nothing to do with her, I was just..."

"Protecting her?"

"No. Old man I wasn't protecting her I was just, keeping the fight between me and Laxus. That's all."

"Ah but you did protect her, even with out meaning to."

"So what she doesn't hate me because I protected her with out meaning to?"

"Could be."

"You are no help at all Old Man."

Gajeel made to leave.

"Gajeel. I know about what happened last week. With you running around town to make sure Levy was safe."

"How did you...Lily." Gajeel scowled "I'm going to get that cat!"

"Lily did not say anything to me."

"Then how did you..."

"I always know what my children are doing."

Makarov said with a smile as Gajeel left.

Lily walk up to Gajeel as he walked down the stairs.

"What did the master want to talk about?"

"Lily did you tell the old man about last week?"

"No, of course not. You told me not to tell anyone. So I did not."

"Then how did he know?"

Gajeel muttered as he and Lily walked out of the front gate of the guild. Gajeel walked silently through town going now where in particular. Lily, forever the faithful counterpart, walked along side of him in silence. But lately Lily had started to see strain in his friends face, see worry. And Lily had also realized that Gajeel spent most of his time in the guild or out on the streets wandering around. Lily was worried about Gajeel, though he kept the thought to himself. Occasionally Gajeel would stop and smell the air and change directions. Lily suspected that Gajeel was looking for Levy again, had been since they left the guild.

"Are we looking for Levy again?"

"Yeah."

Gajeel had given up all pretense of not caring about Levy to Lily.

"Why do you always look for her when she leaves the guilds?"

"I don't know, a felling I guess."

"A feeling?"

"Yeah like something bad will happen if I let her leave."

Lily contemplated that statement.

"Do you like being a hero Gajeel? After so long being the villain?"

"Shut it cat."

Gajeel said with a smile. The two followed the scent of Levy, a scent of paper and ink and dust from shelves. Gajeel liked it a little to much, it was such a strange scent for him, who grew up around a dragon and then spent time in a dark guild. The scent that Gajeel was familiar with was blood and death not books and dust. So why did her scent excite him as much as battle did?

"Where are we going?"

"Don't you recognize the path?"

"The park?"

"Yes."

"Why are we going there?"

"Can't you smell her. Levy's at that park."

Lily smiled and rolled his eyes.

"Lily?"

"Yes?"

"I'm betting that I can get to the park before you can."

Lily reverted back to his original with I smile.

"You only think that."

Levy was sitting with her back up against the tree that she and the rest of Shadow Gear had been hung while Gajeel was still with Phantom Lord. Levy closed her book, and set it down on the ground next to her and let her thoughts wander to the man she had been trying to keep out of her head for weeks. Very close to this spot is where she had first met him. Gajeel Redfox, the Iron Dragon Slayer, strong as Natsu and twice as ruthless, and part of the enemy. The first time Levy had ever seen Gajeel she had been full of fear of course soon that fear was soon eclipsed by pain. Levy grasped her stomach where Gajeel had carved the Phantoms sign in to her stomach. And then the Master had let Gajeel join the guild, when Levy heard this she wasn't angry, she was afraid. And then Laxus attacked her and Gajeel took the attack, even after being beaten by Jet, Droy, and Laxus. He had saved her. Levy was still stuck on that fact. Why had he saved her? And why did he now act as if she didn't exist? As she thought about this Levy became away of someone watching her. She looked up to she Gajeel and Lily watching her, Lily was in his larger from. He turned to Gajeel and said to him, Gajeel smiled, nodded, and said something back to Lily, all the while not taking his eyes off of Levy

~Back a few minutes~

Gajeel reached the park before Lily, although Lily was close behind him. Gajeel scanned the park and found Levy siting up against a tree.

"Well nothing bad seems to be happening to her."

Lily commented with a smile, which caused Gajeel to smile and nod in agreement.

"Okay, lets just say I'm paranoid and leave it at that.

"You really care about this girl don't you?"

"More than even I know."