[skip this paragraph if you're not really interested in knowing why this part was updated only just now] Sorry, it took me long to be able to continue the story again... Hours ago when I got back, I replied (reviewed, really, but same thing xD) that I was already writing it... Well, when I finished this part, something really really bad happened... power went off. The whole part that I've written was gone... T^T ...gone. Then hours passed before power finally went back... and now it's already very late here -_- since I promised I'd be typing as much as I can, I really will ^^
Oh, and again, thanks for the faves, follows, and reviews~! x3 (*gulps* well, even though u're planning to send Erza if I don't continue...)
And one more thing... I wasn't expecting this story to go this long xD I thought that this'll be just a very short one, but it turned out like this instead... o_O
Yeah, I should continue on with the story now, rather than saying lots of stuff like these... xD
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Chapter Nine
That night, I was sleeping besides Levy on her pillow, as I often did ever since we've had the deal.
"Gajeel..." she talked in her sleep. "I don't want you to go... and Lily, too."
I flew over to her side and looked at her to make sure she was really asleep. And she really was. Although her sleeping face didn't really look that peaceful; she had been thinking a lot. Stressed out about us having to leave after she makes her last wish, I suppose. (Well, that was what she was saying in her sleep, so, yeah...)
"You guys... were the only ones who really cared for me and showed support," she continued, her voice low - well, I suppose it's just understandable, since she's asleep and talking...
"...I shouldn't be selfish," she sighed. And after that, she drifted back to a more peaceful sleep...
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After a week, she calls to us and says that she's decided on her final wish already...
"So you'll be wishin' to have nothing taken away from you, right?" Gajeel asked.
The blue-haired mage simply shakes her head, signifying no.
"What, then?" master said. "I told you that you should wish for that, not anything else!"
"I can't... I think the final wish I want to make is more important than that." she answered with a small smile on her face.
"Hey, look," he sighed. "I want you to be happy. I don't want to take anything important to you away from you... So just please wish for what I've told you."
"Shh," she said, and touched his cheeks with her right hand.
I saw master's cheeks turn red, really!
"No matter what happens," Levy continued. "Make my final wish come true, okay?"
Then she pulled her hand back, and said, "Promise me."
All master that managed to do was to nod. He can't say no, he can't refuse - it's against rule number 077. Yeah, we have lots of rules to follow. Rule number 077 states that we aren't allowed to refuse any of our human dealer's wishes.
"You guys... taught me a lot, you know?" she looked down and stared at the floor while she said this.
"You were the only ones who ever cared for me and supported me..."
"And, you know?"
"I wouldn't really want you guys to go, but..."
"...I know that'll be selfish of me."
"Right now, I have the option to just wish that you guys could stay with me, don't I?"
"But then... I want you guys to be happy, too."
"I want you to be free, so..."
She looked up and smiled, "I wish for Gajeel and Lily to be free. Gajeel doesn't have to be a demon that must grant human's wishes anymore; and Pantherlily could now be a real mouse - I mean, cat."
"What?!" Gajeel protested in shock.
"You heard me," she answered. "I want you guys to be happy, too, so... this is the least that I can do after everything you've done for me."
"You promised me that you'll make it come true, no matter what, right?" she grinned, but I can see her eyes starting to be filled with tears.
"Lily..." master called. "Find out... about the most important thing to her."
I closed my eyes and focused, searching through in Levy's heart, for what she values the most...
And you know what it was? Maybe you already have a clue, or maybe you don't... But then again, it still was surprising - it surprised me...
No apology note here xD
I just wanna ask... before we go on the next part... what do you think was the most important thing to her?
(Don't go peek at the next chapter yet... not til you at least try guessing it :P)
Well anyway, what do you think of the story so far~? :3
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