The Beast and the Beauty
A/N: Fairy Tail doesn't belong to me, but all rights to Hiro Mashima.
*Oh and for anyone who watched Tokyo Ravens there's, I wouldn't say joke, but a clue in this fanfic that relates to the show. Hope you can find it. Enjoy!
After Levy retrieved the flower and made the herbal redemmy Lucy's health improved enough where she could move around, and on the day the sun was at it's peak Levy went to talk to her friend.
"Hello Lu-chan," Levy greeted walking up to Lucy sitting drinking tea.
"Oh, hello Levy-chan," she replied when Ley sat in front of her.
"Feeling better?" The maiden asked popping a cookie in her mouth.
Lucy nodded and the two started talking and going on for hours when her friend mentioned, "I still can't believe you went into Magnolia forest for me. Thank you."
"The...forest," Levy muttered thinking about the beast that inhabitated the forest, and how he so kindly let her go.
"Um, Levy-chan! Levy-chan! Levy-chan! Are you alright?" Lucy inquired as her blonde hair shined in the sunlight.
The maiden snapped out of her trance and turned to her friend and nodded. "Yes, don't worry about it I'm fine. It's just that I thought of a friend of mine," Levy replied.
The blonde's smile was replaced with a gigantic smirk when she said, "Oh, so this friend is on your mind huh? How sweet Levy-chan, you love someone."
"That's not it-"
'Love? Wait, do I love Ga-! No that's not it. I'm just feeling this way because he set me free, and helped me find the flower. Yeah, it's just a feeling of gratitude. Phew, that explains why I'm thinking about Gajeel so much.' The maiden thought giving a tiny sigh on figuring out why she thought of the beast so much.
After the girls conversed for a few more hours Lucy finally released her friend from her constant talking and Levy made her way back to her family's cottage.
When Levy walked in she noticed that the other lights weren't on except for one in the living room. The maiden carefully tiptoed to the room and peeked through the door to be shocked at what see saw.
It was the b-beast! Gajeel was in his human form sitting on her couch with her family, talking as if he were perfectly normal. Which he obviously wasn't!
"Hello Levy dear, please sit down!" Levy's mom instructed as her daughter complied. "Your wonderful friend Gajeel was just telling us an exciting story of his adventures in the forest."
"Oh really...wonderful," Levy said as she grit her teeth.
"Yes Levy-nee, Gajeel-san is very amazing. And his adventures are spectacular. He's much braver than I could possibly be," Wendy commented.
The beast turned to her and ruffled her hair. "Don't worry about it kid, you'll get the courage to do something extraordinary someday," Gajeel said.
"Wow, really?" The girl asked as he nodded.
'Don't butter up my sister!' The maiden loudly exclaimed to herself as she gave Gajeel 'your in huge trouble' face when he just gave off a cocky grin.
Levy's family talked to Gajeel for another hour or so till they finally released him to talk to Levy up in her room. "Don't have to much fun you two!" Levy's mom exclaimed giving her daughter a wink.
So the two made their way upstairs and Levy sat comfortably on her bed as the beast stared out longingly at the window. As if, he was persay, waiting for someone.
"So?" The maiden questioned.
"So what, well I just came by to see a certain someone," he replied smirking when Levy as hard as she could punched Gajeel on his right arm.
"Stop messing around Gajeel! It's not funny!" She shouted when the beast's hands gripped Levy's wrists. Since he had a stronger grip he overcame the maiden and held her wrists while she was pinned on the wall.
"G-Gajeel," she quietly muttered.
"I told you Shrimp, I said came to see you. Because, I've fallen mad in love with you. And I'll stay here as long as I have to, to prove it," he declared as a bright red took over the maiden's face. Making her look a talking tomato, but with legs.
"I-I don't know what to-"
"You don't have to say anything, but I'd like an answer in the next month or two, 'kay?" Gajeel interjected releasing Levy's wrists and walking out of the room leaving Levy exasperated and shocked, slightly trembling from Gajeel's touch.
And Gajeel ment what he told Levy and stayed.
As he kept staying here Levy couldn't deny the fact that she was falling madly in love the beast that trapped her. Maybe she could tame the wild beast's heart if she tried hard enough.
The maiden even read old love novels to see how she could tame the beast and to see how love worked, but no matter what she read it wasn't real. It was just fiction.
The second month was closely coming to a close and Levy had yet given Gajeel her answer, but had decided that today was be the day. The day that she told Gajeel how she really felt about him.
She was walking down the steps when she heard screams coming from the downstairs living room.
The maiden rushed downstairs to see Gajeel in his beast form attacking a tall man with brown hair and brown eyes. "You vile beast! You dare step foot in my home and converse with my family! Now prepare to die!" The man shouted with a strong hatred glowing in his eyes.
Levy looked to see her mother and sister frightened while Gajeel was trying to fight off the man.
"Father! Stop!" The maiden shouted getting in front of the beast.
"Levy! What are you doing? Protecting this vile beast!" Levy's father shouted.
"Because he came here meaning no harm father, he has no ill will to harm us," Levy answered.
Her father just scoffed and pulled out a sword he kept on a hilt on his belt and raised it. "Levy, move out of the way," he asked.
"No." The maiden replied indignantly.
"Levy, please let me do this and move out of the way or be forced to give you the same fate," he said.
"Father you would," Levy mumbled, but held her ground. "Fine."
"Haru! Please stop this!" Levy's mom demanded.
"No! No, Rin, I can't! This thing killed Tora, and I'll avenge him! This thing will pay!" Haru yelled wielding his sword to his daughter and the beast.
The sword was about to hit Levy and she was expecting impact, but felt nothing. All she felt was blood dripping on her hands to see the beast protected her from the blow. "G-Gajeel." the maiden mumbled.
Levy's father seethed with anger and furiously shouted, "Why! Why are you protecting my daughter! Don't you want kill all of us!"
Gajeel transformed back and sighed. "No. I don't want to do that anymore. Someone's opened my eyes, and I don't want to be the thing I was before. I want to change." The look the beast gave Haru was so genuine and sincere Haru's face couldn't help but waver, but his face soon turned back to his angry stoic face.
He walked up to Gajeel and looked him straight in the eyes, but he didn't move. Soon, he punched Gajeel in the face knocking him out. "Gajeel!" Levy cried out as she ran to the beast, but her father pushed her away from him.
"I'm sorry, but this thing, has to be to brought to justice! Even if that means losing your trust," the man said tying up the beast.
"NO! No please don't!" The maiden cried out as her mother held her back. "Mother please!" She begged.
Rin held her back and whispered, "I'm so sorry dear, but this is all we can do right now. Please forgive me."
Soon Gajeel was taken away and Levy didn't know what to do. He was gone. She was going to confess. Why had fate ruined everthing?