Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. All rights belong to Hiro Mashima. I do, however, own my bastard of an OC, Troy.
Before we start the story, allow me to apologize. I went on a trip to Boston at the time I was supposed to update and ashamed to say the thought did not occur until I returned to Canada. But, I did remember and immediately created this... hope it was worth the wait.
Just as soon as Levy's scream started it stopped and she smiled contentedly up at Troy.
"Do whatever the hell you want." Troy smirked down at her and assured her he would do just that.
"I do have one regret though... when this is over you may not recognize yourself. Oh well." With that he savagely ripped off Levy's bra straps and she whispered, "Look behind you."
"I'm not falling for that old trick. What do you think I am? Stupid?"
"No... I know you're stupid... and dead meat." A voice growled from directly behind him. "Get your fucking hands off my woman."
"Your woman! Just who the hell do you think you are?" Troy exclaimed angrily, standing up and kicking Levy roughly on the ribcage before turning to his intruder.
"Your worst nightmare." Gajeel grinned, slamming his fist into Troy's jaw. Levy watched in awe as Troy flew to the other side of the roof and was about to scramble over to Gajeel when he threw his cloak in her face and growled a stern, "Stay here and cover yourself. This bastard isn't done yet." Gajeel stalked to the other side of the roof but halted when he heard laughter. Maniacal laughter.
"Sweet. The bastard is still alive." He grinned sadistically, stretching out his arm as it quickly became an iron pole. Slamming it down tauntingly Gajeel watched as ripples ran across the remaining surface o the roof between him and his enemy.
Suddenly there was a rustle behind him and he pivoted around, attempting to smash Troy. When he didn't feel an impact he looked around and saw Troy sprinting towards Levy-who thankfully had covered up and was backing away from Troy-and he let out a low growl, slamming his fist into the ground once more and watching the ripples go along. Five more seconds and Troy would be on his face and, therefore, easy pickings.
Three, two, one! Gajeel's mind screamed and he watched in astonishment as Troy jumped upwards, skillfully avoiding the blow.
Levy was now at the edge of the roof and Troy was almost at her while Gajeel was a few seconds behind. He had started running when Troy did but those few seconds were enough for Troy to be holding Levy with one arm twisted behind her back and a knife pressed against her throat when Gajeel was still two steps away.
"One more step and she's done for." Troy declared menacingly, pressing harder against her pale skin. Levy let out a sharp gasp as the knife broke skin and drops of her blood welled up and fell slowly downwards, leaving a bloody trail down her body. Gajeel snarled savagely but stayed put.
"Good boy." Troy mocked, removing his hand from Levy's arm but keeping it pinned between their bodies.
"Now how does this feel?" He questioned sadistically, running his free hand down Levy's side. Gajeel growled and went to lunge forwards but Troy quickly removed the knife from Levy's neck and stabbed her arm, leaving a deep gash.
"Stay put or I'll do it again." Troy warned, returning the knife to it's original spot on Levy's neck. Levy's chest heaved with barely contained sobs of pain and embarrassment as a single tear escaped and ran down her cheek, landing on Troy's hand.
"Crying, are we? Now, now. That won't do." Troy grinned madly. "You should only feel pleasure under my hands." He taunted, groping Levy harshly. This time Levy couldn't contain her cries and she let out a blood curdling scream, swinging her legs wildly. Troy gave out a cry of his own as Levy's foot made contact with his groin and he dropped her and the knife, stumbling backwards. Levy rushed towards Gajeel, darting behind him and shakily accepting the arm that swung around to hug her tightly.
"You little bitch." Troy snarled. "Get back here now or I'll-"
"Or you'll what?" Gajeel growled, freeing Levy from his hold to approach Troy.
"Simple... Kill you." Levy gasped and Gajeel smirked.
"Go ahead and try. She just bested you and I best her so good luck with that." Gajeel laughed, sobering up quickly and turning his arm into a sword.
"Oh... a sword fight? I can do that." Troy said, pulling a sword out of a heavy black bag that had been dangling off the roof. Gajeel glared at the bag and darted forwards, cutting the ties holding it before Troy could stop him.
"NO!" Troy screamed, launching himself at the bag. Reaching forwards he snapped his fingers shut on the descending bag with a satisfied smirk that was soon wrenched off his face as the momentum of the bag jerked it out of his hands and it hurtled towards the ground below.
"Aw... whatcha gonna do without your little bag of tricks?" Gajeel taunted, lunging forwards with his sword arm outstretched. He smirked happily as his sword was met with another, creating a resounding clang.
"Good... I was afraid you'd go down as easily as the first time." With that being said Gajeel launched a quick flurry of attacks, most of which were dodged or blocked but some hit their marks, earning Gajeel a hiss of pain from Troy.
"Gihee!" Gajeel chortled, creating a spiked mace for his remaining hand.
"A mace? Fine... I'll use magic too seeing as how I'm... not quite up to standards with a sword." Troy hissed, stepping into a fighting stance.
"Shadow: Blades of Wrath!" Gajeel watched quizzically as Troy sent the shadow blades and brought out his iron scales, blocking the shadows with his forearms.
"I thought you used snake magic..." Gajeel muttered, swinging an iron pole at Troy's right shoulder and grinning in triumph when he heard a loud crunch.
"I do." Troy declared, launching a neon orange snake at Gajeel's ankles.
"Shit!" Gajeel exclaimed, leaping away from the hissing thing. Its beady eyes watched him with interest and it slowly crept forwards. Now Gajeel wasn't normally freaked out by snakes but this thing was bigger than he was.
"What the fuck is this thing?" He wondered aloud, inspecting the markings running along its back.
"Just a corn snake... it's not poisonous... and they're normally tiny but the markings are the same." Levy muttered, just loud enough for him to hear.
Quickly launching himself into the air, Gajeel left his scales in place and punched the large snake on the top of its head, lightly enough so as not to kill it but heavy enough to knock the poor thing out.
Troy, who had been standing back and watching in barely contained glee, let out a scream of outrage.
"Shadow: Snake Fang!" At his words the sky darkened slightly and a large purplish-black snake appeared in front of Gajeel.
"That's it? Another snake?" Gajeel taunted, leaping up to knock it out as well. Instead of Gajeel's fist hitting the top of the snakes head it just went right through.
"I'm sorry Gajeel... I don't know what kind of snake this is." He heard Levy mutter sorrowfully behind him.
The snake let out and enraged hiss at the attack and swung its tail around, sending Gajeel flying. Grunting in surprise as he flew backwards and smashed a ventilation fan, Gajeel picked himself up and launched a flurry of attacks on the snake, growing more and more annoyed as the hits went right through it.
"Dammit! What the fuck is this thing?" Gajeel bellowed, sending an elbow at the snakes left eye. Once again the hit went right through and the snake, thoroughly pissed now, lunged at Gajeels right leg and bit down, hard. Gajeel let out a shout and swung his leg, flinging the snake away from him and dazing it slightly.
Sparing a glance downwards Gajeel almost lost his lunch. The snake that didn't seem to have a material form had just bitten through his iron scales, a practically impossible feat but then again Natsu had done it once, and left two deep, identical holes in his leg that were now oozing with blood and purple goo.
"As you can probably tell, Kurogane." Troy spat, motioning for the snake to attack again. "My darling here cannot be hit by physical attacks." Gajeel went to move forwards and strangle Troy then and there but found his legs not responding. "It also inflicts toxic poison into its victim upon biting. Would you like to know the first symptom?" When all he got in answer was Gajeel's heated glare he gave him a smirk of triumph.
"Paralysis."
A/N:
So I really want to end it here but this was quite obvious and you will all probably kill me so... I won't. But I make no promises for a non cliffhanger ending, despite the hatred those bring about. Back to the story. If you have stuck around long enough that is...
"Fine then..." Gajeel grunted, starting to lose feeling in his upper torso, his bottom half was no longer helpful at this point. "Iron Dragon's... Roar!" He watched in delight as Troy's smirk was wiped off his face and replaced with an expression of hatred. The snake recoiled in pain as the attack actually hit and when the air cleared everyone stared at the spot the snake had been. All that was left of the thing was a sizzling pile of purple goo with flecks of black scales littering the surface.
Stalking forwards quickly, Troy launched his fist into Gajeel's jaw, cringing slightly as he realized he had just punched solid iron.
"You will now die!" As he prepared his final attack a shrill cry broke the silence.
"Solid Script: Fire! Solid Script: Rock! Solid Script: Vine!" Gajeel's eyes widened in worry as he heard those words and Troy turned with a sadistic grin.
"So now you've come to fi-" Was all he managed to say before a fireball hit him full on and he stumbled backwards only to have a rock wall smash down on his head. Crumbling to bits soon after it hit Troy watched the rock disappear through hazy eyes and leave a very upset Levy in its place.
"I will never be yours!" She snarled, quickly tying his limp form up in her vine. "You're lucky I'm letting you live." With that she punched him as hard as she could in the gut, watching him collapse in a heap. Shakily walking over to Gajeel she wrapped her thin arms around him and sobbed into his shoulder.
"Shorty?" Snapping her head up Levy looked Gajeel right in the eyes. "I... I can't move." Levy's eyes widened in panic as she remembered what Troy said and she immediately rushed over to the door leading inside.
"Levy!" Lucy screamed out as she flung open the door, almost slamming it into the frazzled bluenette. "Oh thank god you're alright!" Flinging her shaking arms around Levy's frail body Lucy pulled her into an embrace.
"But Gajeel isn't!" Levy sobbed hysterically, pushing herself out of Lucy's arms and darting over to Gajeel once again. Team Natsu as well as Wendy and the remaining two exceeds instantly appeared beside Levy and Wendy gently pushed Gajeel backwards and onto Levy's lap.
"Gajeel, can you hear me?" Wendy called out, lightly smacking Gajeel's cheeks. "Don't fall asleep Gajeel. Stay awake for Levy!" Gajeel shook his head weakly.
"Sorry Shorty." He managed to choke out as his eyes slid shut and he ceased breathing.
"GAJEEL!"
A/N:
Now we have a cliffhanger... as much as you guys may hate me I love you all so please review, no matter your opinion. (Too OOC?) I promise I will not be taking any more surprise trips, at least until this story is over so I will update in a weeks time. Which means that no, this is not the ending although I make no guarantees on Gajeel's life. Hmm... can I actually do that to you? Yes,yes I can. So, sorry guys but that's all for now. I love y'all!