"What do you mean we can't leave?" Lucy demanded.
"You really are dense," Natsu muttered rolling his eyes.
"If you say that one more time," Lucy threatened.
"It's the way we live," Rouge said from the shadows making Lucy jump.
"And what way is that," Lucy demanded with her hands on her hips.
"The code of the dragon," Wendy said.
"Code of the what?" Lucy asked.
"Code of the dragon," Levy said, "an ancient code that was rumored to be followed by dragons and their descendants."
"See at least that one is smart," Gajeel said.
Lucy's eye twitched, "And what are you, dragons?"
"Of course not," Natsu said.
"We're their descendants," Sting said.
"Your kidding right?" Lucy said unamused .
"Why would we be kidding?" Natsu said confused.
"Levy-can, this isn't possible right?" Lucy said turning to her friend.
Levy seemed to think it over before nodding, "It's possible but they would have to be a few generations off."
"Not you too," Lucy groaned.
"We can prove it!" Natsu challenged, "all dragon descendants can use magic!"
"Alright," Lucy said, "show us."
"I'm all fire up now!" Natsu roared before fire erupted from his mouth.
Lucy stared at him with her jaw hanging before glancing at Levy who had wounder in her eyes. Lucy turned back the the dragon dependents. "H...how?" Lucy stampeded.
"We already told you," Laxus said rolling his eyes.
"Lu-can, are you alright?" Levy asked, "you look like your going to faint."
"D...dragons," Lucy sputtered, "please tell me I'm dreaming, Levy-can."
"Um, well you aren't," Levy said.
Lucy let out a groan, "Great just great. Why did we ever agree to take this job in the first place?"
"Well, Lu-can, you wanted to famous for your writing and being the first to report on the," Levy started before Lucy cut her off.
"I remember Levy-can," Lucy said irritated.
Levy shrugged, "You asked."
"So let me get this straight," Lucy said ignoring a groan from Natsu, "we have to stay here until we do whatever one of you wants."
"You still got it wrong even though we've been over this already," Natsu said.
"You have to stay here until "you save the lives of the ones that saved you," Sting said.
"In your case blonde, Natsu," Laxus said with a smirk.
"I have to save that numskull," Lucy said, her eye twitching.
"Right and Levy has to save Gajeel," Wendy said, "seeing how they were the ones that found you."
Levy glanced at Gajeel out of the corner of her eye and looked down hopelessly. "That's impossible."
"I had to save Laxus once," Wendy said with her head down, "it took three months."
"After three months I pretended to be in trouble just so I could get her off the hook," Laxus explained quietly.
"Well, since your going to be staying a while I can show you around," Wendy offered.
"I think those two should do it," Laxus said pointing Gajeel and Natsu.
"I guess your right," Wendy said, "they should get to know each other."
Lucy stifled a groan before glancing at Natsu who seemed almost as displeased as Lucy. "Bet ya Lucy's gonna kill Natsu before having the chance to save him," Sting whispered to Rouge just loud enough for Lucy to him him.
"Let's go, Shrimp," Gajeel said grabbing Levy by the nape of her neck.
"Put me down!" Levy screeched kicking her legs but Gejeel only smirked and continued to carry her.
Lucy watched the seance laughing in her head. "Let's go," Natsu said without looking at her as he walked the opposite direction of Gajeel.
Lucy glanced back at Levy before running to catch up with Natsu. "Why can't we go with Levy and Gajeel?" Lucy demanded.
"Because I can't stand that metal faced freak," Natsu said plainly with his hands behind his head.
Lucy rolled her eyes and looked around. There were many caves lining the area though only a few seemed to be used. "Over here we have the cave were we eat," Natsu said obviously bored, "and across from there we have Laxus' cave which has Sting and Rouge's caves over it. Your cave is next to Rouge's and you'll be sharing it with your friend. Under you is Wendy's cave which has Gajeel's next to it and mine is over Gajeel's. Any questions, Luigi?"
"It's Lucy," she growled.
"Whatever, Luigi," he said.
Lucy glared furiously, "No, none at all."
"Good, there's a path over there that leads up to the caves on top," Natsu said walking away.
Hopefully Levy's tour went better than mine, she thought climbing up the path.
XxXxX
Levy walked besides Gajeel with her arms crossed over her chest glaring at him coldly, "Was it really necessary to carry me that long?"
"Nope, I just felt like it," Gajeel said with a smirk.
Levy looked down embarrassed as she felt heat rising to checks. "What's this cave?" she asked trying to change the subject.
"That's Wendy's cave," he said, "and mine's the one next to it."
Levy peered into Wendy's cave curiously. Inside there was a small blue bed and matching couch. She had a good size closet and a vanity. Besides that there wasn't anything really in there. Levy kept walking fascination in her eyes. This was a new experience for her and she was slightly enjoying it but was also slightly terrified. Curiosity had taken over though and there was nothing else for her to do anyway besides exploring her new temporary home. "Up there is your cave, Sting's Rouge's, and flame brains," Gajeel continued.
Levy nodded, "This might sound weird, but do you have a library of sorts?"
"We have a records area," Gajeel said, "but it's in dragons language."
"Can I see it?" Levy asked curiously.
"Why are you so interested, Shrimp?" Gajeel asked.
"I love learning new languages," Levy said ignoring the Shrimp comment.
"Alright, that can be the last stop on our little tour," Gajeel huffed.
Levy let out an excited squeal, smiling widely.