FairyTail: Beauty And The Beast (GaLe)

Chapter 9

Levy walked into the common lounge with a content smile on her face, she had just walked home from an early class and the weather was absolutely beautiful. Summer was finally kicking in, and Levy was not complaining.

Her smile turned into a look of confusion when she walked in. Everything was more chaotic then usual, and that was saying something.

Everyone was running around in groups of two, with excited grins and energetic movements.

Levy spotted Gajeel and the gang hanging around one of the tables, they seemed oddly calm, even Natsu and Grey were relaxed.

She walked up to them and was practically tackled by Lucy. "I call dibs on Levy!" Lucy screamed, glaring daggers at Gajeel.

Gajeel snorted, "Fine by me! Just don't think I'm gonna take it easy on you because my girlfriend is on your team."

Levy felt even more confused. She looked at Lucy, "What's going on?" She asked suspiciously. Lucy paused, after a second her eyes gleamed with realisation, "Oh yeaaaahhhhh, it's your first year here. Almost everyone else are second years, so I kinda forgot." She said with a shrug.

"Anyway, every year, about a week before summer break, Fairy Tail has a survival game to determine who gets to take over the penthouse apartment on the top floor."

"Survival game?" Levy asked, still confused.

"Basically an over glorified water fight. Although, once you're hit, you're out." Gajeel explained.

"Also, it's the best way to get revenge and show who's boss!" Natsu screamed, suddenly animated at the thought.

Grey hit Natsu on his head, "Laxus won for the last three years, but he's graduating this year, so we actually stand a chance." Grey said, failing to hide his excitement.

"Also, you have to do this in teams of two, so you and your partner will share the penthouse, and as you may have noticed, you and I are now partners!" Lucy exclaimed.

Levy smirked, this sounded like fun and had an amazing prize too. She looked at her boyfriend, "So who's your partner?" She asked.

Gajeel fist bumped Natsu, "Salamander." The boys smirked at them, "This is gonna be so much fun!" They said in union.

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Gajeel woke up to the alarm he had set the day before, it was just after 6am and the survival game had technically started six hours ago.

He showered and changed into an all black outfit, completed with his favourite fingerless gloves. He was super amped to get this game started, and hopefully be the one to end it.

He loaded three water pistols and had them in easy reach, one hooked on his hip, one strapped his back and one in his hand. He also had a backpack filled with water bottles, in case he needed to reload fast.

He walked over and pulled out the walkie talkie Salamander had bought, he clicked the switch, "Salamander?" He asked, checking if his partner was awake.

"Black Steel." He heard Natsu respond, using his newly found code name.

"Ready to strike?" He asked, already knowing who his first victim was going to be.
"Aye sir!" Natsu yelled.

Gajeel slipped the communicator into one of the pockets of his black cargo pants and snuck out of his apartment, quietly moving to the meeting spot he and Natsu had decided on the night before.

He smiled to himself, that penthouse was as good as his.

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Levy groaned loudly as she was shaken awake by Lucy, who had stayed the night. Levy reached out and grabbed her phone, it was just after 6:30am. She dropped the phone and tried going back to sleep, she was promptly kicked off the bed.