Gajeel walked into the infirmary and saw two of the three people he was looking for he was looking for. "Oi, Salamander, Wendy."

The two along with Gray and Lucy looked his way. "Look who finally decided to show up!" Gloated the pink haired freak and Gajeel was tempted to pound him in the face. He only decided against this course of action due to what he had just seen.

He ignored Natsu's comment like he hadn't heard it. "I got something to show you two you'll wanna see. Levy too, if she's around."

"Master needed her for something so she is probably tied up somewhere in a book or scrolls." Said Lucy.

"Hm." He said slightly disappointed. He saw the bunny girl staring at him and he glared.

"What is it you want to show them?" ask Lucy pretending she hadn't been doing anything.

"Dragon Slayer business." He said and that perked everyones interests.

"We can hear it to." Said gray who had lost his shirt somewhere in the moments he had walked in.

"Only if you'll put a shirt on." Muttered Lucy.

"Why would we be interested?" Asked Wendy interrupting.

"It has to do with dragons." Was all he said and the two others got serious.

"Show us." Said Natsu and Gajeel nodded.

"Come on then."

"We're coming too." Said bunny girl who was getting out of bed. Gray nodded as well.

Gajeel was going to argue but he saw Lucy's determine face and shrugged. "Whatever."

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As they walked down the tunnel Natsu and Gray had fallen behind arguing about something and Wendy and the two cats had walked up ahead leaving Lucy and Gajeel together in the middle.

He noticed the girl glancing up at him with a strange smile on her face.

"Got something on my face?" He said jokingly.

"Yep and its called busted."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Oh, a certain bluenette I know."

Crap. He was going to kill that girl. "Don't know what you're talking about."

"Lies, you and Levy are horribly liars. She didn't even have to say something of me to have known what happened. So why keep it a secret?"

Gajeel was quiet trying to decide whether to say anything or not, he decided to tel. "I've got a few loose ends that need tryin' before I put her out there saying she's my girl. I don't want her targeted for my stupidity."

The girl looked like she was going to say something but in the end only nodded. "I get it."

They where silent for a moment before she spoke again. "You know I'm happy for you. But if you-"

"Yeah, yeah I know, screw with her anyway and the whole guild will skin my hide."

"Yep." said the celestial mage and they both smiled.

"Gajeel!" Came Wendy shouting from ahead. "I think I founded what you wanted to show us."

*after Lucy was captured in Makarov office.*

"- But here at Fairy Tail, We are not cowards Either." Master Makarov stated and this flamed Natsu a bit.

Good. though Gajeel from his corner of the room. he hated it when people messed with his guild. And them royal asses taking Lucy into custody for no apparent reason just ticked him off more. He was with Natsu on wanting to get some action going. But he had also learned that sometimes the best thing to do was play it right and not go in head first.

"You got a plan then?" Asked Erza and the old man smiled.

"I wouldn't be the guiled master if I didn't."

After it was decided what they were going to do the others left to get ready for the next day but Gajeel hung behind until they all left.

"It has been a long day son. Get some sleep for it will be an even bigger day tomorrow." Said the master leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes. When Gajeel didn't move he spoke again not opening his eyes. "Something on your mind boy?"

"Yeah, where's Levy?"

"Hmm?" he opened one eye. "Oh I asked her to look up some information for me."

"What sort of stuff."

"Anything she can find on the games and the royal family, like I thought somethings up. And I'm more certain then ever."

"I still haven't heard back from her yet." He added as an after thought looking at the clock. "I asked her about it nearly seven hours ago."

That made Gajeel raise an eyebrow. "Where did she go?"

"Most likely to the Great Library."

"Alone?"

"Most likely why?"

He got up. "Damn idiot" he muttered.

"I beg your pardon?"

He waved the old man off. "Eh? I told that girl not to go anywhere alone for awhile. She had a run in with Kurohebi and I didn't want it happening again." He said and walked out the door.

The master watched after him then shrugged closing his eyes again. "Strange, I could have sworn he was in prison with that son of mine."

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He rounded the corner to the Great Library and found the Bluenette five feet in front of him strain at something behind her.

He heard her mumble something but he didn't care to hear what it was because he was pissed. He reached out to grab her shoulder and turned her around "Just what the hell-"

As he touched her shoulder she jumped and gave out a frightened squeak and a look was in her eyes that scared even him. Even in the dark light she looked a bad pale color.

"Relax Lev, it's just me." He said confused at why she looked ready to jump out of her skin. She didn't reply just turned back to where she was looking except this time not staring at something but looking this way and that for it.

"Lose something?" He joked and after he said it he knew it was something he shouldn't have joked about."

"No." She said and he detected a slight waver in her voice. "Just I thought I saw-" She shook her head still looking away. "I think my minds all rattled up from being in the library and in the hologram book to much, I'm seeing things." She turned back and smiled. "Glad to see you here though."

He wanted to question her farther on what had scared her like that but he thought better off i and just smirked. "What can I say? I always show up in the nick of time eh?"

By the time they got back to the hotel it was 3:00 on the way Gajeel explained what happened to Lucy and Levy told him about what Levievany said about the games. They had both agreed something was definitely wrong.

"Why is it Fairy Tail is always in the middle of this crap?" Gajeel said and Levy could only shake her head

"What could possib;y happen though? Levy didn't give me any clues really to what would happen, except that it may involve dragon slayers."

"Have you tried going back and asking her?"

"I can't the book is locked somehow so I can't go in until its ready." they walked up the stairs in silence for a while until Levy spoke. "Gajeel?"

"Yeah?"

"These Games use to be some sort of dragon tournament, you don't think dragons are coming back do you?"

He shrugged but the thought had been bugging him as well. "I can't say. But if they do it won't be a good thing. Our dragons were nice but Metalicana told me that most dragons are wild and ruthless. Real animals"

He glanced at the small girl next to him and frowned at her worried expression, one of her hands twisted the strap of her bag as her mind was deep in thought.

He decided to do something very out of character and reached for her hand that was twisting the strap and held it in his giving it a small squeeze. The girl looked at him in surprise for second before smiling in relief and squeezing back.

"Do you want to go to Makarov now?" He asked.

She shook her head. "No, it's late. I hope he's sleeping and I wouldn't want to wake him up, this information would keep him up all night and I wouldn't want that. He needs the sleep. We'll tell him tomorrow."

When they reached his floor they stopped. "This is my floor." He said and she nodded letting go of his hand. He was slightly hoping she would want to stay the night again but he wouldn't push it on her. He only kissed her forehead and smirked. "Get some sleep shrimp. You need it too."

"Okay," she said and he watched her head up the stairs before turning to his own room.

When he got to his room he flicked on the light. "Lil you in here?" there was no sound and he looked in the bedroom and saw he wasn't there either.

"Damn cat, always out all times of the night." It was common to find Lilly going out at knight and coming back in the morning so he didn't think much of it. One time he had asked him what he did and he only replied it was a cat thing. Gajeel didn't push it any farther.

He kicked off his boots and pulled his vest off taking the head band with it. he picked it up and shoved it in his pocket before heading to the bedroom. He had just sat on his bed when there came a knock on the door.

He swore and got up. "It better be a damn good re-" he stopped when he saw Levy standing there her clasped behind her back. "What are you doing here shorty?"

"No ones in my room, Erza is asleep in the lobby and Lucy-" She stopped and looked down. "I just didn't want to be alone." she paused. "I wanted to be with you."

"Come on." He said keeping a smirk off his face and opened the door wider to let her in. She walked in hesitantly and blushing but he could tell she was also relieved. He headed back toward he bedroom.

"Where's Lilly?" She asked following him.

"Out on one of his usual nightly outings, won't be back probably till sunrise."

"What does he do?"

"Who the hell knows."

"Oh." She said.

She stood there a moment then spoke. "I'm scared Gajeel."

"I know."

She let out a long breath closing his door and leaning against it. "I just wish that for once fairy tail wasn't stuck in the middle of this. and I wish that I'm over reacting to it. That I'm making monsters out of shadows."

Gajeel sat down on the bed and looked up at Levy the only light in his room on was the small lamp on the side table. it cast deep shadows across the room and put the small girl directly in one

"Come here." he said.

She walked over to him falling more into the light of the lamp. He grabbed her hand and with his other he stroked the side of her face pushing some hair to the side. "Then get out of those shadows."

He look her over, she stood awkward in front of him, Her hair was in its usual state of perpetual messiness her brown eyes flicked all over his face studying him. Her biting her bottom lip as she did when she was thinking smoothing over.

"Gajeel?" She asked hesitantly and he pulled her down, captured her mouth with his, then hooked an arm around her waist and moved her onto the bed. She was stunned at his sudden move and instead of putting up some fight as he thought she might have she wrapped her arms around his neck gratefully and kissed him back.

She let herself give into him and she pushed away all her worries, Lele, lucy, the games, Zarin, all of it. She was caught in to many shadows that where swirling around her making her suffocate.

So she only focused on the only solid shadow, his, and was his warm, solid hands holding her and not letting go.

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AUTHORS NOTES

Sorry about not updating for so long. School just piles up on you, you know?

Here's hoping I can get the next two chapters finished soon and out.

Thanks for all those reading! I'm truly grateful and I hope you are interested in what is to come of these two.

(Ending very corny in my opinion but I like a little corny now and then) :3