This was from a prompt for before. I have another, I'll try to post it tomorrow. That'll be the last one.

Title: The Bond Between Two Mages
Prompt: Unison Raid
Words: 1069
Summary: Levy has always wanted to become stronger. She wanted to be able to perform a unison raid, but who should be her partner...?

The Bond Between Two Mages

"The unison raid is the strongest form of magic," Master Makarov had once told her. "and it comes from the powerful bond of two mages. They have to trust themselves and their partner completely or cannot perform it at all."

Levy had found little to no records of the unison raid. Mages wasted their lives trying to accomplish it, dying unsuccessful. But she remembered the beautiful sky when Gray and Juvia combined their magic. She remembered that Lucy couldn't have won a battle in the Tower of Heaven without Juvia, or against Master Hades without Wendy. She remembered Sting and Rogue's unison raid at the Grand Magic Games.

She wanted to become stronger. And she had learned becoming stronger was only possible if she had the perfect partner to help her.

Jet and Droy seemed the most likely at first, but as they yelled at each other, telling the other they were Levy's perfect partner, she discovered that this was not the answer.

But who?

She learned when she had gone on a difficult job.

One morning, Mira had been assigning jobs. "What's with this?" a certain iron dragonslayer had asked.

"I'm assigning jobs based on who I think would accomplish them the best." Mira had told him. "You should go on this with Levy. It's a translating and dark guild job."

"With shrimp? Fine then." Gajeel had said. Levy brought her stuff and the two set out for Hargeon, where the client lived.

During the train ride, Gajeel hadn't said anything. Levy figured it was due to motion sickness, but she didn't complain. She had gotten to finish reading her novel.

They proceeded to the client's house directly, knocking on the door. A woman greeted them sadly and brought them in. Their client sat, jumpy with their arrival.

"You are the wizards from Fairy Tail? Thank goodness you have come." he greeted, with a grim expression. "I am Mercutio."

Levy nodded as they sat. "I am Levy and this is Gajeel. You needed us to recover a stolen artifact?"

He nodded. "An old parchment passed down in my family for decades. I think there is an ancient magic embedded into it, that's why it keeps getting stolen. That's why it's a translating job as well."

Keeps getting stolen?, Levy and Gajeel thought simultaneously.

"Alright, we'll start immediately." Levy said. Gajeel nodded.

"Thank you both. I'm counting on you."

They entered a sort of nearby forest, both feeling the presence of dark magic immediately. Levy shivered almost instantly, and Gajeel stepped protectively in front of her.

"Stay behind me, shrimp." he said. "Not that I doubt your ability, but ya should be careful."

She didn't protest due to her sudden worry of the forest. It didn't seem safe in the slightest, the trees themselves seemed to be antagonizing the mages. They proceeded as carefully as they could, when they walked into a clearing.

It was totally accidental, they both knew walking into clearings was the worst way to go. But the mistake was potentially fatal, as they found themselves ambushed by mages on all sides.

"Shrimp take cover!" Gajeel shouted. She obliged, but not without a fight.

"Solid Script: Hole!" she called, creating several holes for mages to fall into. Gajeel roared his dragonslayer roar, taking out many a mage. But they seemed to double every time they took them out.

"We are the dark guild Hydra Head!" a man called out. "And you are trespassing on our territory! You will be eliminated now."

Gajeel attempted to fight off incoming attacks with his roar, and Levy with her Solid Script, but there were too many. The man who had called out began to laugh.

"Cut one head off, two more grow back!" he added. Levy grinned.

"Is that so? But if we cut the head, then burn the stump, it won't grow back!" she replied. "Solid Script: Fire!"

The man rolled his eyes. "It won't be that easy, princess."

"Shorty, there are way too many!" Gajeel called her. Levy desperately tried to formulate a plan, any kind of plan. Then it hit her.

"Gajeel," she said. She held out her hand. "We should try a unison raid."

His eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. "The chances it'll work are so low...one of us'll get hurt!"

She faced him with determination. "We have to try." she pressed. He took her hand, seeing her perseverance.

"Let's do this."

They took a deep breath. Looking at each other, they focused their energy and magic towards each other. It seemed to be working, but suddenly, the built up energy diminished.

Does he not trust me?, Levy wondered. I trust him completely. I'm sure he trusts himself, or maybe...

It hit her.

I don't trust myself!, she thought, incredulously. She realized the power was beginning to hurt Gajeel. He winced in pain. Her eyes widened.

No, no, no...this isn't what I want...

...I've got to...

Believe in myself.

She took a deep breath once again. "I can do this." she said. "For Gajeel. And for me." They refocused the energy, building to a critical level. They cried in unison.

"Iron Dragon's Solid Script: Universal Club!"

The blow was so powerful, they leveled the trees around them. They knocked out all of the members, pushing each back several feet. They both breathed raggedly, almost unbelieving.

"We did it." Levy said, eyes widening once again. "We did it!"

Gajeel chuckled. "Yup. And look: that guy was stupid enough to bring the paper with 'em."

They returned to the client with the parchment, where Levy got to work translating. It took longer than usual, because she was distracted.

We did it...

...we performed a unison raid.

But she found that the scroll was just riddles that pointed out a secret location to a hidden treasure, to which Mercutio thanked them.

They were on their way back to Magnolia. It was quiet, until Gajeel spoke.

"Shrimp, ya did amazingly." he admitted, gruffly. "Couldn'ta done it without ya."

She smiled. "You were great too, Gajeel. Beyond amazing. Thank you."

He grinned at her before passing out. She giggled.

So that's how it feels, she thought. to trust myself and someone so completely.

To perform a unison raid.

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