When we arrived at the guy's dorm, we saw Gray pacing back and forth along the wide stone porch of the dorm building, wearing nothing but his pants. I swear, where do this guy clothes go? Do they go in some weird black hole or other dimension? They just disappear, and he most of the times don't notice that it's gone until someone says something.

"Gray? What are you doing?" I asked as I quickly got out of the car.

"Waiting for you guys! Please shut those morons up before our RA comes!"

"Are they that loud?" Lucy asked as Gray let us into the building. Barely a second went by as we heard yelling muffled by the walls of the room, travel down the hallway.

Even though I could barely make out the words because of them yelling over each other, I knew that they were calling each other's names and ready to fight. We bolted to their room as fast as we could, hoping that they won't try to kill each other before we get there.

"NATSU! OPEN THE DOOR!" Lucy yelled banging her fist against hard white door.

"What the hell is bunny girl doing here? Did you call her for back up you fire idiot?"

"I didn't call her for back up, metal turd!"

"You call me that one more time and I'll-"

"JUST OPEN THE DAMN DOOR ALREADY!" Gray yelled earning a silence from the other end of the door.

It swung open with ferocity and two men stood in the doorway, sending daggers towards Gray. If it wasn't for the murder aura around them, I would've laughed at the way Gray just stood there with his arms crossed over his bare chest, with an indifferent look on his face.

"Why are you here Ice princess and where is your shirt?" Natsu asked.

"I'm here because if our RA is here, he'll come down here and we'll all be in trouble!"

"Pffft who gives a shit about him?" Gajeel shrugged.

"I bet you will if he has his girlfriend with him." Gray said with a smug smile, as the two guys went completely still, then gulped hard. I'm not sure if it was my imagination or not, but I could've sworn I saw the two guys start to sweat and their limbs shake slightly as they thought about whomever this person was.

I was curious now, and desperately wanted to know about this person, but didn't dare to ask as they let us into the room. The most important thing to do right now, is figure out, what's all the commotion about.

"Ok, now tell us why you guys are fighting? Again!" Lucy asked as we all stood in the middle of their room.

"This dope doesn't appreciate the fact that I have a pet now."

"WHAT? THAT'S NOT EVEN IT! Gajeel here let-"

"I ain't do shit!"

"Yea you did! You totally cheated!"

"It's not my fault my cat is better than yours." Gajeel said smirking, raising his head slightly with pride.

"Do you know what they're talking about?" I asked Gray. He just shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

"What are you guys talking about?" Lucy asked catching their attention.

"Metal turd here, cheated!"

"OI! Call me that one mo' time and I'm punchin' you through the wall!"

"Do you think he could actually do that?" I whispered to Lucy.

"I'm not sure, but he look like he could, but I know Natsu can take a hit."

"I bet, you punched and kicked him a few times." I giggled at the many stories she told me of him popping out of nowhere, scaring the crap out of her, and therefore earning a boot to the face.

"Before you guys go off and kill each other, please explain, WHY THE HELL YOU GUYS ARE FIGHTING." Gray asked stepping towards them.

This is not good. Instead of just Gajeel and Natsu, now Gray is engaging in the yelling. How can we break this up, before crap hits the fan, and they're fighting each other without mercy?

I was about to interject, when I felt something rub against my leg, stopping me in my tracts. Looking down, I saw a black cat with the same wing like patch of white fur on its back. Happy and this cat, must have come from the same litter. If there are any more, I hope they find someone soon. Bending down, I picked up the kitten, frowning when I saw that it had a scar beside its left eye. I would've been more upset about it, but it seemed like it happened some time ago and now it's healed.

"You're a cutie," I smiled as the cat let out a meow and then purred as I held him against my chest, petting him.

"What the hell? That doesn't even make any sense!" Gray yelled throwing his hands up in the air. I almost forgot that they were arguing, and really loudly at that.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Beats me. They're yelling over each other so, I can't really understand what they're saying."

"Gray! Gray! What's going on?" I asked catching his attention.

"These idiots, were trying to see who had the best cat, so they had race. Apparently Gajeel's beat Natsu's and of course he's upset about it."

All I could imagine is two cats, not knowing what the heck is going on, so they're just walking as their owners yelled for them to walk or run faster, using something to entice them.

"So...I really...why are they so mad?"

"I just told you moron! Its tortoise and the hare! Not tortoise and the cheerleader!" Gajeel roared bringing up his hand to Natsu's face.

"Yea it is! And the hare won a bunch of times after the rematch!" Natsu's brought his hand up to Gajeels face.

"Where the fuck did they get puppets from?" Gray asked as we stood there in shock at the guys. Gajeel had a green tortoise on his hand, whereas Natsu had a pink bunny on his. Gray, Lucy and I, slumped our shoulders in defeat as we looked at the two idiots fighting over a fable.

"You've got to be kidding me." Lucy sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose as she straightened up.

Looking at my surroundings, it seemed like I was standing in front of some bad puppet show with two sulking and very disappointed friends. A smile curled my lips, and I slapped a hand over my mouth as I tried my best not to laugh. It didn't work as laughter erupted from my chest and tears streamed down my cheeks. Gajeel's cat was nuzzled in my left arm against my chest, as I bent over crying with laughter.

"Oi! Shrimp! Why are ya laughin' so hard?"

"Maybe 'cause she knows you're wrong."

"I'm not wrong!"

"Actually Natsu, you are." Lucy said.

"What?"

"It's not the first time and it definitely won't be the last." Gray said smugly.

"What the hell did you say snow queen?"

"You heard me flame breath!"

"You guys! Stop fighting!" Lucy said trying to break them up.

The more I tried to gain my composure, the more I laughed, it was like a laugh cycle that had to be broken. But, it didn't take me long to stand up straight, getting my laughter to little giggles as I wiped my face.

"I love you guys," I finally said trying to catch my breath.

"We love you too Levy." Lucy giggled as the guys continued to argue. I was about to respond when I heard the door swing open and a male voice speak.

"What the heck do you guys think you're doing?"

Crap, the RA! And to make things worse, I'm holding lily, I have to think of something fast.

I was lucky to have my back facing him. I shifted the cat into my hand, and with one quick swift movement, I turned around facing him as I moved my hand quickly behind my back. I was glad that the cat didn't protest, make a sound or move at as I held him behind me back. He obviously bigger than my palm so his back legs were dangling over the side of my arm as my hand cradled his head and chest.

"Heeeeeyyy, Jellal. Sorry for the noise." Natsu said stepping in front of us.

"I just got back and what do I have under my door. Complaints! Complaints about you two and you! Yelling at each other so loud that probably the entire building can hear you!" He said pointing at the guys. His blue hair was ruffled, and his dark blue sweatshirt almost match the color of his hair.

"Sorry about that man," Gray said.

"There was something about cats or Tortoise and the hare, I'm not sure, but don't make me find out that you guys have pets in here."

"Tch', who cares anyway? I don't care what you-"

"What was that Gajeel?" Erza said gliding into the room standing beside Jellal. She stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at the now shaking men. Oh! Erza was the one they were thinking of! That makes so much sense now. She can be scary when she wants to, but she's one of the sweetest girls I know here with a strange addiction to smut books and strawberry cake.

"Nothing," Gajeel swallowed hard as all of them sweat profusely.

"Hi, Erza." I spoke up.

"Hey Levy! Hey Lucy!" She said beaming a bright smile at us.

"Sorry about all the noise the guys were making,"

"It's not your fault they don't know how to behave, but I hope they didn't pull you two into a mess."

"No! No! We came here to calm them down actually."

"Ok. So there's was no mention of cats and a fable?"

"Oh, yea there was but you know them. Natsu thought it was something else, so of course they started to argue." Lucy said laughing nervously.

"Ok. I believe you, but please guys, keep it down."

"Yes Ma'am" Gray said.

"mmhmm" Gajeel mumbled.

"Aye!" Natsu finally managed to get out.

Erza shot Lucy and I a smile before shooting a glare at the guys, then walked out of the room, with Jellal close behind her. Her heels clicked down the hall, with the door slowly closing behind them.

As if on cue, when the door closed, everyone let out a breath of relief and looked at each other.

"That could've been bad. You guys are idiots." Gray said.

"Can it stripper! And where are you pants?" Gajeel said, making Gray look down.

"Not again! I'll see ya guys later!"

"And don't come back unless you got clothes on!" Natsu yelled as Gray ran out of the room.

"Thanks, shrimp." Gajeel said sliding the cat out of my tiny grasp. Feeling his rough fingers graze against my palm and wrist sent shots of electricity through me, making me shiver a little. I turned around to face him, and was amused at the sight of the cat that he placed on his shoulder.

"What's his name?"

"Panther Lily. He's a total badass."

"He's cute." I giggle lightly as Panther Lily laid lazily on Gajeel's broad shoulders, with his front paws dangling down in front of him and his back paws probably digging into the fabric where his shoulder blade is. He seemed totally trusting of Gajeel knowing that he won't let him slip from his relaxed position.

"I hate to break it to you guys, but we have to do something about Happy and Lily now." Lucy said frowning slightly. She was right. With Erza and Jellal watching them, it'll be hard for them to not get caught with both cats. Maybe there's some way that they can keep but also not keep them at the same time, at least for a while anyway.

"We have to think of something." She said again.

"But I don't want to give up Happy."

"Where is he anyway?"

"Eating fish in my closet."

"Wow!" was all that Lucy could say. At any moment, happy could've strolled into the open, revealing their secret. I'm glad he was occupied though.

"We have to figure something out, but what?" I muttered scrunching my eyebrows together in concentration. There has to be something we could do, or at the least, I could do to help.

I stood there for a moment as everyone thought of a plan.

"I got it!" I said snapping my fingers, with a proud grin on my face.

"Good cause, I came up with nothing."

"Not surprising." Gajeel said to Natsu, earning another glare.

"What is it Levy?" Lucy asked.

"We have to somehow, let you guys have ownership of both cats, right?"

"Right."

"But also not have them here, and wait until the heat from Erza and Jellal dies down. Right?"

"Right."

"How about, I let Lily stay with me for a while and Happy stay with Lucy. If that's ok with you Lu-chan."

"I-I don't know."

"Aw c'mon Luce, please!" Natsu said clasping his hands in hers, holding them as he pouted. It was really cute and I knew Lucy's resolve was melting.

"Oh, alright! I'll do it!"

"Thanks, Luce!" He said pulling her into a big hug.

I giggled as I watched Lucy try to fight Natsu's embrace, her face turning red with embarrassment. Feeling eyes on me, I looked up to see Gajeel scowling at me. His studded brows pushed together in frustration, his red eyes piercing through me and his mouth in a deep frown. I nearly jumped out of my skin, but his eyes told me that he wasn't mad or angry with me. There was a different emotion there that I couldn't read.

"What's wrong?" I asked hesitantly.

"You know, you don't have to do this."

"What?" I asked confused.

"I don't want you to get in trouble because of me, shrimp."

"We're friends, right?"

"Yea...we're friends."

"Then I would do anything to help a friend." I smiled brightly up at him. For a split second I saw the emotion in his eyes waver and his frown quirk up before going back down.

"Tch', whatever." He said scratching Lily behind the ear.