Post by gajeel on Mar 26, 2020 16:25:51 GMT -5
Gajeel was sleeping in the bed he was staying in covered up when a black haired woman walked up to him quietly shaking his shoulder lightly saying softly "Wake up Gajeel. Its morning already time to wake up silly." Gajeel looked up and at the woman and rubbed her cheek gently feeling her soft skin against his rough hands from all his labor. As he smiled up at her smiling saying "good morning beautiful." This made the woman turn red and lean down and kiss Gajeel deeply. Gajeel shook in shock waking up from his dream sweating hard as he rubbed his face. He looked around and seeing that his room was dark with a little light shining through the window curtains. He sat on the side of the bed with his head in his hands trying to remember hes in reality and not dreaming. As the dream he had felt so real it made his heart sink thinking of her again waking up to her like old times. But that's not his life she isn't part of it anymore and it angers him. He wanted her back but she denied him that joy and it pisses him off. The sound of small footsteps grew louder as they approached Gajeel's room door before stopping fallowed up by knocks on the door before it opened up. A young kid no older than the age of eleven peaked his head through the door. Gajeel growled at the kid "What do you want?!" The kid flinched before responding "The boss wants to see you he has a job for you."
Gajeel let out a sigh walking towards the door "Tell the boss that I'll see him when I'm ready." The kid nodded saying nervously "O...okay mister." before turning around running back to the warehouse where the boss is at. Gajeel stretched and let out a groan as he scratched his black messy hair as he head towards the bathroom and took a warm shower thinking about how much more he wants to go and explore the land that his lover would tell him about at night. The water washed down his body as he got lost in thought before turning off the water and drying off wrapping a towel around his waist as he looked in the mirror looking at himself in the eye as he kept his left one closed hiding it from the light. He rubbed his chest where his brand was placed it was burning even thought its been years since he's gotten it. He became filled with rage and punched the mirror discussed with his own reflection as the feeling for his warm blood dripped from his hand as a smile grew across his face. Gajeel started to get dressed putting on his white long sleeve shirt dark blue pants before setting down and putting on his brown leather boots. He grabbed his black overcoat and grabbed his cutlass putting his knife with it and putting his gun in his pants making sure he had everything before putting on his eye patch covering his left eye as he walked out the door. He headed down the dimly lit hallway and down the stairs going down to the main level where the bar and tables were placed. He stopped at the bar and tapped the counter "The normal." Gajeel said calmly with a yawn as the bar tender sighed "Put it on your tab I take it?" He said as the man in a white dress shirt and black vest put a bottle of rum on the counter for Gajeel. Gajeel laughed as he started to walk out the door with rum in hand as he took a big gulp "Yep! The tab must be getting pretty big by now?" As Gajeel left the bar the bartender went back to his doing his work cleaning glasses "The tab you'll never pay back?" The bartender looked at the piece of paper with the amount of bottles Gajeel has been taking in the morning. At first they tried to stop him and denied him but Gajeel would just jump over and take the bottle anyways. The owner of the bar came out from the back it was a blond haired female wearing a blue dress with elaborate designs on it in sliver. She smiled as she walked behind the bartender rubbing his back speaking in a caring tone to her worker "Gajeel left again with his daily bottle I take it." The bartender smiled from his caring bosses touch "Yes madam he did. If you don't mind me asking, why do you let that man stay here and do as he pleases here?" The owner smile and pet the bartenders head "I know that Gajeel must make your job hard on you I am sorry, but thank you for all your hard work you do for me. To answer your question its simple a close and dear friend asked me to look after Gajeel for him." The bartender blushed as he looked in to his bosses blue eyes getting lost in them like they were the ocean and he was lost in them. He stuttered " Th....thank you madam. I see and he doesn't make my job harder just he takes a lot of our alcohol and doesn't pay for it. Look at his tab I have on him." he shows the owner Gajeel's tab. She whistles "Wow he does drink a lot. He must be trying to run or forget something. So who are we to judge him just keep on keeping track of his tab for me." The bartender bowed "Yes madam I will keep on keeping my eye on what he takes." The madam smiled "Thank you I know I can trust you to the task. I have some errands to run so I'm going to be out for a while." she headed out the front door leaving the bartender to go back to cleaning around the bar.
A man was walking down the busy street walking by people and bumping into a few making them turn around and yell at him, telling him to watch where he was going and to pay attention. The man only took a big gulp from the bottle in his hand and continued walking smiling as the sun was beating down on him. Gajeel wiped his beard after finishing another gulp of whiskey as he reached the shipyard. Merchant ships and pirate ships were in the dock port workers were around doing their jobs checking cargo and ships. Some pirates were giving a hard time to some of the works trying to do their jobs. Gajeel only walked by till the kid who got him this morning ran up to him. "You're here! Thats great the boss wants to speak with you about something that has come up." Gajeel let out a sigh as he thought to himself "Great what job does he want me to do for him now." The child was over excited the boss told him stories about Gajeel and he looked up to him so it was a dream come true for him. "Mr. Kagara has told me many stories about you. He told me how you are one of the strongest people hes ever seen, and that you hardly ever lose a fight,,, Do you think I can ever be like you someday?"
This annoying kid wont shut up at all and Gajeel was starting to lose his temper but then finally the kids question was enough to push him over the edge. Gajeel snapped "Shut up you brat you will never be like me. There is only one of me and that bastard Kagara I'm only fallowing him because I owe him for helping me out. You are asking me if you can be strong like me someday? If you are asking me that now you will never be able become true to yourself if you are looking for approval or opinions of yourself from others. Now beat it I know where that bastard's office is." The kids eyes started to water as he ran the opposite direction from Gajeel people around the docks looked at the scene that Gajeel made some mumbled about what happened while others just went on with their work after the scene ended.
The door to the office flew open almost braking off its hinges the three people in the office looked at a buzzed Gajeel with a half full bottle of whiskey in his hand. Kagara let out a embarrassed cough " Excuse me gentlemen if you don't mind waiting outside for a bit my appointment just came in." The two clients left the room leaving Gajeel and Kagara alone together Kagara looked at Gajeel pissed off for just almost kicking his door off its hinges " What the fuck Gajeel who do you think you are?! Did you forget about all the stuff I have done for you?" Gajeel threw his bottle at the wall shattering it as shards of glass littered the floor "Do you think I have forgotten!!! Those memories those scars burn and make it so I wont ever forget what has happened to me." Kagara sighed and headed behind his desk resting his head on his hands thinking how much of a pain it is to keep Gajeel in line "Take a seat please." Gajeel glared at Kagara as he sat behind his desk motioning for Gajeel to take a seat. Karaga glared back at Gajeel the tension in the room was becoming tense as the two men glared at each other. Karaga broke the tension "Gajeel I know how you are I know a lot about you more than anyone here does. I've kept everything quiet and have had used favors to make your life easier here, I'm asking you to please seat." Gajeel clinched his fist biting his tongue as memories of his past flew by in his mind. Gajeel stood in front of the desk looking down at a sitting Kagara before responding in a annoyed tone "So what do you need me to do since you summoned me with that little brat." Kagara sighed "He looks up to you. He's over heard me talk about you and your power in a fight." "Shut up!! I owe you a lot for what you have done for me but that kid is a pain in the ass." Gajeel cut Kagara off. Kagara sighed being cut off and having his nephew talked down by Gajeel "Alright I'll tell him to leave you alone from now on. But lets talk about business and for the reason I called you down here. There is a ship in the docks part of a crew of smugglers. They have been causing us some trouble and what they say they are hauling doesn't add up at all." Gajeel scratched his head "So what do you want me to do. From how it looks I'm seeing two paths you want me to go down one is get rid of the crew in its self. The other is see what they are keeping on their ship." Gajeel said in a annoyed tone. Kagara smiled "You got it Gajeel, I want you to see what they have on their ship then if needed take care of the crew." Gajeel sighed "So what ship am I suppose to look for?" Kagara went looking though his papers for the information pulling out pieces of paper clipped together " It looks like its a three mast ship. Its flag is a red skull with a lightning bolt on it." Gajeel cut Kagara off with a laugh "That's a funny flag I'm sure they must make their pray tremble in their boots. But I got it so you can leave it to me Kagara." Gajeel said waving as he walked out the door Gajeel sighed going to take another pull of his bottle of whiskey before he remembered that he broke it in his rage "Man what a waste of a bottle." he thought to himself as he headed closer to the port. He was walking scratching his head wishing he hadn't smashed the bottle in his rage.
Gajeel headed towards the dock as he yawned slowly walking where the ships were docked. He looked around and asked a few of the workers around he walked up to one who was carrying a crate with rope on top " Yo mate have you seen anything fishing about a boat with the flag of a red skull and lightning bolt on it." The man turned his headed looking at Gajeel with an annoyed look "Can't you see I'm busy and no I have no info the ship you are talking about. Now leave me alone I have work I need to finish unlike a drunk like you would understand!" the man roared at Gajeel only making him laugh "You're right I'm just a drunk who doesn't work and enjoys his days drunk and free with no worries." he chuckled walking closer to the man with a grin on his face leaning in and whispering in his ear "Talk to me like that again and you will not live to see the next sunrise. Do I make myself clear." The man paused as he looked at Gajeel closer seeing that he's armed and the grin on his face is full of murderous intent. He took a gulp "Sorry I'll be going on my way now." the man walked away as Gajeel headed in the other direction. Gajeel wandered around looking at the ships flags and masses looking for one who fit the description he was told by Kagara this was starting to become a pain in the neck for him but saddly he was given a task and he needed to fallow it through. He was walking by too distracted looking at the ships that he bumped into someone on his left side. The man with a shaved head and just a dark red vest with a skull and a lightning bolt. He turned around looking at Gajeel's direction yelling "Watch where you're going you moron or I'll kill you!" Gajeel was going to ignore the guy till he said he was going to kill him. Gajeel turned around to face the man when he noticed a marking that looked like the one that was described to him. Gajeel started to walk up to the man "So you're one of the famous pirates I hear about that just docked in port? Sorry I didn't mean to bump into you but as you see" he points to his eye patch and smiles "This eye isn't so great anymore." he let out a small laugh. The man just looked at him more annoyed as he headed towards Gajeel going to punch him in the face but Gajeel beat him and pulled his knife and stabbed the man in the neck making his blood pour out of his wound and cover Gajeel's knife in his blood. The body dropped and the workers stopped what they were doing and looked on in shock at the sight but didn't do anything for the most part. "HEY YOU BASTARD!!!" one of three men wearing the same jolly roger on their shirts yelled as they ran towards Gajeel. One of their friends lifeless body was laying in front of Gajeel in a pool of its own blood. The workers dropped whatever they had in their hands and ran for cover knowing a fight was about to break out. Gajeel smile grew wider as he started to run towards the three men with a knife in hand as he drew his cutlass as he grew closer giving it a wide swing as his target jumped back only getting grazed by the blade as the other two men flanked Gajeel. They drew their swords and got ready to attack Gajeel forcing his hand Gajeel dropped his knife and pulled his pistol and shot the one in front of him in the chest making him drop to the ground as blood poured from his wound. The other two enraged continued their attacks one doing a downward slash and the other doing a sideways slash. Gajeel blocked the downward slash with his pistol and the side ways one with his cutlass making a two way power struggle which he was starting to lose. Gajeel parred the down ward slash moving it to barely miss him as he spun the opposite direction from the side slash. Slashing the guy grunted and tried to make another attack but was cut off feeling the cold steel of Gajeel's cutlass slice his side making his warm blood start to leave his body. Gajeel looked around as the commotion died as some of the workers came out from their hiding places and slowly moved to the open area where four lifeless bodies lied around the black haired man. They said nothing startled as the man lifted two bodies over his shoulder and tossed them into the water before getting the other two and doing it over again. "Man oh man seems like I made quite the mess here." Gajeel said to himself as a worker came from behind saying concerned "D..Do you know what you just did right now." Gajeel turned around and smiled "Nope not a clue but if I had to guess I started war with this crew. As well as saved you all maybe who knows?" He laughed walking away putting his gun and cutlass away as he picks up his knife on the ground walking away. One of the workers goes to another one "Who was that man?" the man said curious the other worker only sighed "A dead man walking just ignore him you'll be better that way." the man walked away starting to get back to his job. Gajeel headed back to the bar on his way back people were giving him glares as there was blood on his body and on his cloths. He let out a sigh and scratched his head wishing that he didn't kill all of them and stopped to ask them more questions about their crew. As he was walking down the street he heard a voice calling his name. "Gajeel is that you?" Gajeel stopped and looked around and saw the owner of the bar walking towards him in a gorgeous dress fitting her figure perfectly. All eyes were on her as she walked mouths were open and turned to disgust as Gajeel let out a whistle "You look amazing today in that dress miss." She blushed and placed two heavy sacks in Gajeel's hands "Fate must've had us meet us here for a reason." she let out a giggle. Gajeel only blinked as he looked down in his arms seeing that they now have two full bags in them now "What the fuck is this, do I look like a pack mule to you?" The woman turned around and winked at Gajeel "You wouldn't want me to hurt myself if you could help it would you?" she said teasingly. Gajeel let out a groan "You could have asked me before just putting things in my hands." Gajeel smiled at her. She blushed and started to play with her hair seductively teasing him even more "Would you mind helping me with those heavy bags?" Gajeel laughed "Well since you already put them in my hands I don't really have a choice now." The two walked together as people kept their heads down avoiding making eye contact with the two. Not long after they walked they were at the bar again. The bartender went wide eyed as he saw the owner and Gajeel walking in together " Wha...What are you two doing together!!" he shouted without realizing how loud his voice was. Gajeel laughed and smiled "Don't worry buddy we aren't anything we just ran across each other in the street. So she asked me to carry her heavy bags for her and well how can anyone refuse a request from such a lovely lady like her." Gajeel smiled at the owner making the bartender flustered and the owner smile and giggle. "Gajeel stop messing with him your going to make him go crazy." She chuckled. The bartender pointed at Gajeel "Why do you have blood on you?" The owner pointed at Gajeel as well "Good question I was curious on why you were bloody as well." Gajeel put the bags on the counter and scratched his head grinning "I had a small run in with a group of pirates and i killed them." The two looked shocked and worried "Did you see what their flag was?" the owner asked nervously. Gajeel looked confused "Flage they had?" The bartender coughed "Did you see if they had any making on their clothing as you fought them?" Gajeel scratched his head "They had a skull and a lightning bolt on it that were red." The owner and bartender looked shocked and worried "Did anyone witness you kill them?" Gajeel shrugged "Maybe some of the workers on the dock. But I threw the bodies in the water after I finished."
Gajeel headed up the stairs to take a shower the stairs creaked under his feet as he moved. He opened up the door to his room and threw his coat on the coat hanger before putting his gun and knife on the table next to his bed. He sat on his bed running his fingers through his hair. His mind was going back to the four men he killed he set his cutlass to his side on the bed before getting up and removing his shirt and shoes before his pants then headed off to the shower. Gajeel started the shower as he removed his eye patch and threw it on the sink before stepping in the shower. The water rained down on him as the blood on his body started to run off his body and down the drain. He stood in the shower thinking to himself "Why did those two look so shocked by his actions, was I odd for always killing when people started things with me?" Gajeels past came flooding back as his heart started to ache thinking of her the woman who abandoned him to give him his freedom "It doesn't matter anymore I am who I am. Death will come for me someday I cant control that but I can control my freedom." He thought to himself as he turned of the shower and stepped out of it. He headed to his bedroom area where he stopped and blinked seeing the owner of the bar in his room he looked confused "What do you want? You should have knocked before just walking in you know." He smiled giving a small chuckle seeing how red she was in the face as her eyes went up and down Gajeel's body. The owner shut their mouth trembling slightly as she looks and sees the mark on his chest that looks like a brand of some sort and his eyes were two different colors, one a lovely blue like the sky and the other so black you could feel like getting sucked in and lost in it. "Sorry i...its just a friend wanted to talk to you and is waiting for you". Gajeel sighed having an idea who it was he turned his back to her reviling all his scars on his back from his past life. This made the owner gasp seeing how many there were his whole back was covered "Wh.....What happened to you?" she asked concerned about him. Gajeel only snapped back as he went to grab his eye patch and put on a shirt "Don't you ever fucking ask about my past you got it! If you ask again I'll fucking kill you and burn this whole place down." She trembled from the aura he was giving off he wasn't joking at all. She watched as Gajeel finished getting ready "What are you still doing here?" he yelled making her feel so small like no one has ever made her feel before as she left his room. Gajeel sighed as he grabbed his weapons incase he had to go some where. He walked down to the steps and saw that it was Kagara who was waiting for him. "Fuck did you come here to yell at me or what?" Gajeel asked. Kagara stood up and punched Gajeel in the stomach and then in the face Gajeel didn't flinch as his nose started to bleed from the hit. "Is that it Kagara?" Gajeel asked in a dead emotionless tone. " WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!!!!!" Kagara yelled at Gajeel. "Why did my workers say you killed four men from that crew and throw their bodies in the water?" Gajeel coldly responded "Wasn't that the mission you gave me take care of the pirates?" Kagara in a panic "No I wanted you to find out what they were holding in their ship and keep them in check." Gajeel closed his eyes and smiled "Well easy to keep them in check when they are dead." Kagara shook his head "You're a damn idiot I never should have saved you those years ago or helped that girl out. Now that whole crew will be looking for the man who killed their friends." Gajeel grew angry and lifted Kagara up by the neck and slammed him against the wall of the bar "Shut your fucking mouth or....." Gajeel howled. Kagara sighed holding on to Gajeel's arm as he was choking out his words to Gajeel. "Or what...you'll kill me, is that how you solve all your issues? Just kill kill everyone that angers or upsets you. Is that why that girl was always crying when she would see me? Was that the reason she wanted me to smuggle you out form that place because she knew it would be the death of you? Because you're a angry pissed of boy who was killing himself slowly by swallowing his pride for someone else. She knew that you were going to explode at some point there, that your temper was going to reach a point and you would get yourself killed." Gajeel threw Kagara from the wall knocking tables over as he stormed out of the bar leaving a mess behind him. Kagara was helped up by the bar owner bartender. "What was all that about?" She asked curiously and shocked as she was sure Gajeel was going to kill him. Kagara sat up and started to catch his breath "Just the kid has a lot of issues going on from his past." The bartender was curious "Who was the girl you were talking about?" Kagara sighed "She was Gajeel's lover. Also I think one of the few people who could actually keep him from just going into a rage and killing or fighting everyone? Now I feel like that he has a death wish?" Kagara said solemnly. The owner sat next to him as the bartender was starting to clean up the mess "So.....So where is she now?" she asked worried. Kagara shrugged "I don't know probably dead by now. She pretty much gave up her freedom for his and he's throwing it away at this rate."
Gajeel was heading down the street with his trusty cutlass by his side heading back to the port where the ships were at "No more half measures." he thought to himself. A voice calling out "Hey you!!" a man yelled with four more people behind him. Gajeel turned around and looked at the group of men behind him and stared blankly at them. The leader grinned "So that's him the guy who murdered four of our friends?" the leader said smugly looking down at Gajeel. "Yes boss he fits the discription of what the workers told us about." one of the men behind him said grinning liking their odds of killing Gajeel. Gajeel sighed "So they ratted on me?" he thought feeling like they betrayed him. "So what if I was?" Gajeel smiled flipping the group off. One of the grunts grew enraged "Lets get him boys!" he yelled charging at Gajeel only to be shot in the chest as he got half way to Gajeel. His friends grew more enraged and rushed him all of the bystanders ran into the nearest building to avoid getting caught in the cross fire. The three grunts surround Gajeel on all sides cutting off any way to escape only. The three men rushed Gajeel trying to impale him three ways in his torso. Gajeel rushed the boss in front of him making the three grunts miss their mark as he drew his cutlass and slashed at the boss in one motion. Gajeel's attack was blocked by the boss's sword much to the shock of as the two blades trembled against each other. The three underlings started to rush at Gajeel as his back was turned to them their footsteps were heavy alerting Gajeel of their attack. The sword deadlock broke as Gajeel gave the boss's blade a small shove with his making an opening before using gust doing a spin attack with his cutlass since he was getting surrounded. The boss smirked as he jumped back only getting a light cut across his chest making him smirk as the three other members behind Gajeel got deep cuts across their chests as they ended up running into the attack. They laid on the ground bleeding two were out cold from the shock as one struggled to get up to his feet using his swords as a crutch. The boss smiled "So now you took out seven of my men you'll have to pay dearly for this. We heard from a few people around town that you live around hear with some people and you know what they say and eye for an eye." the boss chuckled mocking Gajeel. Gajeel let out a sigh thinking to himself "Why does everyone feel the need to monologue during a fight?" Gajeel was about to run at the boss when he heard a shot from behind him and felt something hit his right shoulder making him drop the gun he still had in his hand. He turned around seeing it was the only underling standing up just barely. "You're not the only one who carries a gun you know." he laughed. But his laugh was cut short as Gajeel rushed the man who panicked and shot again only to hear a click of the flint hitting the striker as Gajeel rains his sword down on the defenseless man. Gajeel let out a roar as a pool of blood formed around his feet before turning back and looking at the boss with a bloody grin on his face. Gajeel slowly started to walk towards him leaving a trail of blood from his wound from his shoulder taken by surprise as the boss rushed him as a clash of steel that sang through out the street. People watched from the safety of buildings as they watched the clash. Gajeel started to breath heavy as his body was starting to get cut up more and more as the fight continued. The Captain of the pirates was started to breath heavy and his body bruised from defending Gajeel's attacks till they locked blades again. Gajeel took advantage and used rain breathing heavily as his cutlass started to make sparks as it clashed against the captains sword making him wince with each blow till his guard broke and got a slash on his shoulder. Gajeel fallowed up with running his cutlass through his stomach and tossing the body to the ground before cutting the captains head off.
Gajeel picked up the head and started head towards the port again bloody and cutlass in hand as he was barely able to keep hold of the head thanks to all his wounds. He was breathing heavy and his mind was getting blurred stumbling with each step. His mind was racing not expecting to have taken so much damage and even doubting if hell make it to the port. This was now a suicide attempt at best "We'll see each other again my love" Gajeel thought to himself with a smile across his face. People started to leave the buildings and just looked on as Gajeel walked away leaving a bloody mess in his wake. Some towns folk started to celebrate with the pirate captain now dead and most of his crew along with him as other just looked in horror from the sight and covering children's eyes to protect them from the sight. As Gajeel moved forward more people looked on at him in horror seeing him in such a bloody mess and stumbling. Finally he reached the port and started to move down the ships looking for any that had a flag that had the logo of the people he just killed. He stumbled and fell over and struggled to get back up smiling seeing a light thinking this was the end he lost a lot of blood and took a lot of damage. Finally he stumbled and in a moment of clarity he found the ship it was docked and had a plank leading up to the deck. He slowly walked up it seemed like it was empty till two grunts came from under deck and looked at Gajeel "Who the fuck are you? Get off our ship unless you want to die, do you have any idea who we are or who our captain is!!!" the two men laughed thinking they scared Gajeel but the laughs died as Gajeel tossed an object at them. It rolled on the deck till hitting ones foot "W...Wait is that our captains head? What the fuck did you do!!" they trembled as they drew their sabers and rushed at Gajeel in a blind rage. Gajeel tripped just dodging one attack and giving him an opening to slice the mans stomach open as he fell to the ground bleeding out screaming in pain. His attention was focused on the last one who dropped his sword and jumped off the ship in fear feeling Gajeel's blood lust. Gajeel stumbled down to the under deck falling down the steps as he slowly started to pick himself up he removed his eye patch to make it a bit easier to see in the dark. What he noticed made Gajeel's heart sink as a feeling from his past over flooded him. As he lost his normal smile as tears started to fall from his eyes as the mark on his chest started to burn as a reminder. There were ten men and women chained to the benches they were sitting on. They flinched as Gajeel raised his cutlass up and brought it down making them all think this was it. There was a weight lifted of them as they opened up their eyes seeing that he was cutting him free before he fell to the ground his wounds making him finally fall as he thought "I did it I saved them." The strangers panicked and started to debate what they should do with a six to four vote they helped Gajeel. Two men helped carry him as they left the bottom of the deck they looked confused and lost as they wandered around town no one offering to help them with Gajeel till a little kid showed up from the alleyway "Is that you?" the kid ran up to the group "I know where he lives I can take you there. But what happened why is he so badly injured?" the kid said scared worried that Gajeel was going to die. The group fallowed the kid reluctantly as they were unsure if they could trust him but he was the only one who's offered them any help. They headed back to the bar Kagara, the bar owner, and the bartender setting around a table up front all eyes went wide when they saw them bring in Gajeel in a bloody starte. The owner rushed leading them to the room Gajeel is staying in as Kagara left out the door "I know a doctor I'll go and get him!" Kagara yelled as he left out the door. The two men carrying Gajeel set him on his bed as the bar owner and bartender helped remove Gajeel's bloody cloths. Gajeels cut up and wounded body started to pour out more blood "Grab towels so we can slow the bleeding till Mr.Kagara gets back with the doctor!" the owner panicked not seeing someone so injured all over their body. The bar tender ran down stairs as the kid who led the group to the bar went to get a bucket of water to help. They came back up with a bucket of water and towels the owner dipped the towels in water before putting pressure on the wounds to help slow them down as everyone helped.
By the time Kagara got back with the doctor the bucket was red with towels hanging from the side of it soaked in blood " All of you but two get out now!" The doctor yelled at everyone only the bartender and Kagara stayed to help him with Gajeel. The doctor started with stitching up the more major cuts on Gajeel's body as Kagara and the bartender helped him hand him tools and hold Gajeel when needed. After most of the cuts were stitched up and it was time to remove the bullet in Gajeel's shoulder the doctor grabbed tongs and clips to pull out the object pulling it out and putting the bloody object in the pan next to him as Kagara placed some bandages over the wound to halt the bleeding. The doctor removed the bandages and replaced them with new ones and wrapped them tight around Gajeel's shoulder and around his body. Gajeel stopped bleeding his condition started to steady out as everyone left the room as the doctor started to pack up his stuff and started to head down stairs "He should be starting to steady right now I'll be back tomorrow to check on him and finish up some other test on him. Till then though he needs to not go to crazy or his wounds will reopen again." The doctor waved as he left with his beg people were setting around tables in their own lil groups. The people from the boat were setting around two tables as the bar owner and the kid were sitting at one table with Kagara and the bar tender. The owner looked at Kagara "Can you tell me more about Gajeel's past?" she asked curiously. But Kagara shook his "No l can't it's one of those things he'll tell you about when the time is right." The owner looked down at her hands she felt her eyes start to water up "Why...WHY does he have to be so reckless and almost die?!!" Her eyes were about to burst into tears the bartender placed his arms around her and held her close "He's such and IDIOT!! But I even feel like such an Idiot why do i care so much about him, why am I crying for him?" Kagara placed his hand on her head "Its because you feel bad for him, you feel the pain in him, you pitty him and thats why he will never talk to you about his past. He can't stand people pitying him or feeling bad for him. Anyways I'm going home now I'll leave him in your guys hands." The kid jumped out of his chair and walked out with Kagara.
The bartender looked at the owner "I'm going to head home now I'll be there if you need anything." She smiled and nodded at him "Thanks you're always there for me I don't think I could ever repay you for everything you have done for me" The bartender just smiled and waved good bye as he walked out the front door as he started to head back to his place. The owner was left by herself in the bar it was empty and lonely she looked around and locked the door before heading up stairs. She moved up the stars slowly as her mind was filled with tons of thoughts from Gajeel and everything that had happened and how it would affect her business. She opened the door to Gajeel's room she pulled up a chair and sat down beside him she just couldn't stop thinking about his past softly speaking her thoughts out loud not to wake Gajeel. "What's haunting you so much that you would throw your life away like it was nothing? Who was this person Kagara was talking to you about and how could she have so much power over you that you would snap at anyone who would bring her up in front of you? Gajeel please I have nothing to offer you I only own a small bar with a few rooms. But please Gajeel your life has more value to it then you believe it does you have a lot you can do people rely one you. I know I have no clue about you at all so my words mean nothing to you but please be more careful and live. Not only for your self but the woman Kagara and you know. I don't think she would want you to just pointlessly throw away your life like this." The own said as tears started to run down her cheeks damaging her makeup she had on as she rested her head on the side of Gajeel's bed. Gajeel opened up his eyes as the woman's voice woke him up but pretended to still be asleep he looked at her sleeping on the side of his bed as he just looked up at the ceiling thinking about her words. He sighed in his head knowing he couldn't change how he was its all he knows what to do and its just who he is. But the owner was right about Gajeel's lover she wouldn't want him to be like this but she also wasn't going to change him but instead be there by his side through it all like she always was. A smile came across Gajeel's face as tears started to run down his face like a stream as he started crying silently as his heart ached from the pain of remembering wishing he had more alcohol to drown this feeling. He blinked as his vision started to grow dark and as his eyes closed and he drifted off taking the hand of a woman with black hair as he started to dance with her kissing her lips gently as he leaned in whispering in her ear "I miss you so much." The girl smiled and kissed him on the cheek smiling "Silly Gajeel I'm always with you" She placed her hand on his chest where his brand was over his heart "I'm right here with you always when you need me I won't ever abandon you." Gajeel smiled as a tear started to fall from his blue eye as he held on to her since this was the only place they would ever see each other.
(End)
Gajeel let out a sigh walking towards the door "Tell the boss that I'll see him when I'm ready." The kid nodded saying nervously "O...okay mister." before turning around running back to the warehouse where the boss is at. Gajeel stretched and let out a groan as he scratched his black messy hair as he head towards the bathroom and took a warm shower thinking about how much more he wants to go and explore the land that his lover would tell him about at night. The water washed down his body as he got lost in thought before turning off the water and drying off wrapping a towel around his waist as he looked in the mirror looking at himself in the eye as he kept his left one closed hiding it from the light. He rubbed his chest where his brand was placed it was burning even thought its been years since he's gotten it. He became filled with rage and punched the mirror discussed with his own reflection as the feeling for his warm blood dripped from his hand as a smile grew across his face. Gajeel started to get dressed putting on his white long sleeve shirt dark blue pants before setting down and putting on his brown leather boots. He grabbed his black overcoat and grabbed his cutlass putting his knife with it and putting his gun in his pants making sure he had everything before putting on his eye patch covering his left eye as he walked out the door. He headed down the dimly lit hallway and down the stairs going down to the main level where the bar and tables were placed. He stopped at the bar and tapped the counter "The normal." Gajeel said calmly with a yawn as the bar tender sighed "Put it on your tab I take it?" He said as the man in a white dress shirt and black vest put a bottle of rum on the counter for Gajeel. Gajeel laughed as he started to walk out the door with rum in hand as he took a big gulp "Yep! The tab must be getting pretty big by now?" As Gajeel left the bar the bartender went back to his doing his work cleaning glasses "The tab you'll never pay back?" The bartender looked at the piece of paper with the amount of bottles Gajeel has been taking in the morning. At first they tried to stop him and denied him but Gajeel would just jump over and take the bottle anyways. The owner of the bar came out from the back it was a blond haired female wearing a blue dress with elaborate designs on it in sliver. She smiled as she walked behind the bartender rubbing his back speaking in a caring tone to her worker "Gajeel left again with his daily bottle I take it." The bartender smiled from his caring bosses touch "Yes madam he did. If you don't mind me asking, why do you let that man stay here and do as he pleases here?" The owner smile and pet the bartenders head "I know that Gajeel must make your job hard on you I am sorry, but thank you for all your hard work you do for me. To answer your question its simple a close and dear friend asked me to look after Gajeel for him." The bartender blushed as he looked in to his bosses blue eyes getting lost in them like they were the ocean and he was lost in them. He stuttered " Th....thank you madam. I see and he doesn't make my job harder just he takes a lot of our alcohol and doesn't pay for it. Look at his tab I have on him." he shows the owner Gajeel's tab. She whistles "Wow he does drink a lot. He must be trying to run or forget something. So who are we to judge him just keep on keeping track of his tab for me." The bartender bowed "Yes madam I will keep on keeping my eye on what he takes." The madam smiled "Thank you I know I can trust you to the task. I have some errands to run so I'm going to be out for a while." she headed out the front door leaving the bartender to go back to cleaning around the bar.
A man was walking down the busy street walking by people and bumping into a few making them turn around and yell at him, telling him to watch where he was going and to pay attention. The man only took a big gulp from the bottle in his hand and continued walking smiling as the sun was beating down on him. Gajeel wiped his beard after finishing another gulp of whiskey as he reached the shipyard. Merchant ships and pirate ships were in the dock port workers were around doing their jobs checking cargo and ships. Some pirates were giving a hard time to some of the works trying to do their jobs. Gajeel only walked by till the kid who got him this morning ran up to him. "You're here! Thats great the boss wants to speak with you about something that has come up." Gajeel let out a sigh as he thought to himself "Great what job does he want me to do for him now." The child was over excited the boss told him stories about Gajeel and he looked up to him so it was a dream come true for him. "Mr. Kagara has told me many stories about you. He told me how you are one of the strongest people hes ever seen, and that you hardly ever lose a fight,,, Do you think I can ever be like you someday?"
This annoying kid wont shut up at all and Gajeel was starting to lose his temper but then finally the kids question was enough to push him over the edge. Gajeel snapped "Shut up you brat you will never be like me. There is only one of me and that bastard Kagara I'm only fallowing him because I owe him for helping me out. You are asking me if you can be strong like me someday? If you are asking me that now you will never be able become true to yourself if you are looking for approval or opinions of yourself from others. Now beat it I know where that bastard's office is." The kids eyes started to water as he ran the opposite direction from Gajeel people around the docks looked at the scene that Gajeel made some mumbled about what happened while others just went on with their work after the scene ended.
The door to the office flew open almost braking off its hinges the three people in the office looked at a buzzed Gajeel with a half full bottle of whiskey in his hand. Kagara let out a embarrassed cough " Excuse me gentlemen if you don't mind waiting outside for a bit my appointment just came in." The two clients left the room leaving Gajeel and Kagara alone together Kagara looked at Gajeel pissed off for just almost kicking his door off its hinges " What the fuck Gajeel who do you think you are?! Did you forget about all the stuff I have done for you?" Gajeel threw his bottle at the wall shattering it as shards of glass littered the floor "Do you think I have forgotten!!! Those memories those scars burn and make it so I wont ever forget what has happened to me." Kagara sighed and headed behind his desk resting his head on his hands thinking how much of a pain it is to keep Gajeel in line "Take a seat please." Gajeel glared at Kagara as he sat behind his desk motioning for Gajeel to take a seat. Karaga glared back at Gajeel the tension in the room was becoming tense as the two men glared at each other. Karaga broke the tension "Gajeel I know how you are I know a lot about you more than anyone here does. I've kept everything quiet and have had used favors to make your life easier here, I'm asking you to please seat." Gajeel clinched his fist biting his tongue as memories of his past flew by in his mind. Gajeel stood in front of the desk looking down at a sitting Kagara before responding in a annoyed tone "So what do you need me to do since you summoned me with that little brat." Kagara sighed "He looks up to you. He's over heard me talk about you and your power in a fight." "Shut up!! I owe you a lot for what you have done for me but that kid is a pain in the ass." Gajeel cut Kagara off. Kagara sighed being cut off and having his nephew talked down by Gajeel "Alright I'll tell him to leave you alone from now on. But lets talk about business and for the reason I called you down here. There is a ship in the docks part of a crew of smugglers. They have been causing us some trouble and what they say they are hauling doesn't add up at all." Gajeel scratched his head "So what do you want me to do. From how it looks I'm seeing two paths you want me to go down one is get rid of the crew in its self. The other is see what they are keeping on their ship." Gajeel said in a annoyed tone. Kagara smiled "You got it Gajeel, I want you to see what they have on their ship then if needed take care of the crew." Gajeel sighed "So what ship am I suppose to look for?" Kagara went looking though his papers for the information pulling out pieces of paper clipped together " It looks like its a three mast ship. Its flag is a red skull with a lightning bolt on it." Gajeel cut Kagara off with a laugh "That's a funny flag I'm sure they must make their pray tremble in their boots. But I got it so you can leave it to me Kagara." Gajeel said waving as he walked out the door Gajeel sighed going to take another pull of his bottle of whiskey before he remembered that he broke it in his rage "Man what a waste of a bottle." he thought to himself as he headed closer to the port. He was walking scratching his head wishing he hadn't smashed the bottle in his rage.
Gajeel headed towards the dock as he yawned slowly walking where the ships were docked. He looked around and asked a few of the workers around he walked up to one who was carrying a crate with rope on top " Yo mate have you seen anything fishing about a boat with the flag of a red skull and lightning bolt on it." The man turned his headed looking at Gajeel with an annoyed look "Can't you see I'm busy and no I have no info the ship you are talking about. Now leave me alone I have work I need to finish unlike a drunk like you would understand!" the man roared at Gajeel only making him laugh "You're right I'm just a drunk who doesn't work and enjoys his days drunk and free with no worries." he chuckled walking closer to the man with a grin on his face leaning in and whispering in his ear "Talk to me like that again and you will not live to see the next sunrise. Do I make myself clear." The man paused as he looked at Gajeel closer seeing that he's armed and the grin on his face is full of murderous intent. He took a gulp "Sorry I'll be going on my way now." the man walked away as Gajeel headed in the other direction. Gajeel wandered around looking at the ships flags and masses looking for one who fit the description he was told by Kagara this was starting to become a pain in the neck for him but saddly he was given a task and he needed to fallow it through. He was walking by too distracted looking at the ships that he bumped into someone on his left side. The man with a shaved head and just a dark red vest with a skull and a lightning bolt. He turned around looking at Gajeel's direction yelling "Watch where you're going you moron or I'll kill you!" Gajeel was going to ignore the guy till he said he was going to kill him. Gajeel turned around to face the man when he noticed a marking that looked like the one that was described to him. Gajeel started to walk up to the man "So you're one of the famous pirates I hear about that just docked in port? Sorry I didn't mean to bump into you but as you see" he points to his eye patch and smiles "This eye isn't so great anymore." he let out a small laugh. The man just looked at him more annoyed as he headed towards Gajeel going to punch him in the face but Gajeel beat him and pulled his knife and stabbed the man in the neck making his blood pour out of his wound and cover Gajeel's knife in his blood. The body dropped and the workers stopped what they were doing and looked on in shock at the sight but didn't do anything for the most part. "HEY YOU BASTARD!!!" one of three men wearing the same jolly roger on their shirts yelled as they ran towards Gajeel. One of their friends lifeless body was laying in front of Gajeel in a pool of its own blood. The workers dropped whatever they had in their hands and ran for cover knowing a fight was about to break out. Gajeel smile grew wider as he started to run towards the three men with a knife in hand as he drew his cutlass as he grew closer giving it a wide swing as his target jumped back only getting grazed by the blade as the other two men flanked Gajeel. They drew their swords and got ready to attack Gajeel forcing his hand Gajeel dropped his knife and pulled his pistol and shot the one in front of him in the chest making him drop to the ground as blood poured from his wound. The other two enraged continued their attacks one doing a downward slash and the other doing a sideways slash. Gajeel blocked the downward slash with his pistol and the side ways one with his cutlass making a two way power struggle which he was starting to lose. Gajeel parred the down ward slash moving it to barely miss him as he spun the opposite direction from the side slash. Slashing the guy grunted and tried to make another attack but was cut off feeling the cold steel of Gajeel's cutlass slice his side making his warm blood start to leave his body. Gajeel looked around as the commotion died as some of the workers came out from their hiding places and slowly moved to the open area where four lifeless bodies lied around the black haired man. They said nothing startled as the man lifted two bodies over his shoulder and tossed them into the water before getting the other two and doing it over again. "Man oh man seems like I made quite the mess here." Gajeel said to himself as a worker came from behind saying concerned "D..Do you know what you just did right now." Gajeel turned around and smiled "Nope not a clue but if I had to guess I started war with this crew. As well as saved you all maybe who knows?" He laughed walking away putting his gun and cutlass away as he picks up his knife on the ground walking away. One of the workers goes to another one "Who was that man?" the man said curious the other worker only sighed "A dead man walking just ignore him you'll be better that way." the man walked away starting to get back to his job. Gajeel headed back to the bar on his way back people were giving him glares as there was blood on his body and on his cloths. He let out a sigh and scratched his head wishing that he didn't kill all of them and stopped to ask them more questions about their crew. As he was walking down the street he heard a voice calling his name. "Gajeel is that you?" Gajeel stopped and looked around and saw the owner of the bar walking towards him in a gorgeous dress fitting her figure perfectly. All eyes were on her as she walked mouths were open and turned to disgust as Gajeel let out a whistle "You look amazing today in that dress miss." She blushed and placed two heavy sacks in Gajeel's hands "Fate must've had us meet us here for a reason." she let out a giggle. Gajeel only blinked as he looked down in his arms seeing that they now have two full bags in them now "What the fuck is this, do I look like a pack mule to you?" The woman turned around and winked at Gajeel "You wouldn't want me to hurt myself if you could help it would you?" she said teasingly. Gajeel let out a groan "You could have asked me before just putting things in my hands." Gajeel smiled at her. She blushed and started to play with her hair seductively teasing him even more "Would you mind helping me with those heavy bags?" Gajeel laughed "Well since you already put them in my hands I don't really have a choice now." The two walked together as people kept their heads down avoiding making eye contact with the two. Not long after they walked they were at the bar again. The bartender went wide eyed as he saw the owner and Gajeel walking in together " Wha...What are you two doing together!!" he shouted without realizing how loud his voice was. Gajeel laughed and smiled "Don't worry buddy we aren't anything we just ran across each other in the street. So she asked me to carry her heavy bags for her and well how can anyone refuse a request from such a lovely lady like her." Gajeel smiled at the owner making the bartender flustered and the owner smile and giggle. "Gajeel stop messing with him your going to make him go crazy." She chuckled. The bartender pointed at Gajeel "Why do you have blood on you?" The owner pointed at Gajeel as well "Good question I was curious on why you were bloody as well." Gajeel put the bags on the counter and scratched his head grinning "I had a small run in with a group of pirates and i killed them." The two looked shocked and worried "Did you see what their flag was?" the owner asked nervously. Gajeel looked confused "Flage they had?" The bartender coughed "Did you see if they had any making on their clothing as you fought them?" Gajeel scratched his head "They had a skull and a lightning bolt on it that were red." The owner and bartender looked shocked and worried "Did anyone witness you kill them?" Gajeel shrugged "Maybe some of the workers on the dock. But I threw the bodies in the water after I finished."
Gajeel headed up the stairs to take a shower the stairs creaked under his feet as he moved. He opened up the door to his room and threw his coat on the coat hanger before putting his gun and knife on the table next to his bed. He sat on his bed running his fingers through his hair. His mind was going back to the four men he killed he set his cutlass to his side on the bed before getting up and removing his shirt and shoes before his pants then headed off to the shower. Gajeel started the shower as he removed his eye patch and threw it on the sink before stepping in the shower. The water rained down on him as the blood on his body started to run off his body and down the drain. He stood in the shower thinking to himself "Why did those two look so shocked by his actions, was I odd for always killing when people started things with me?" Gajeels past came flooding back as his heart started to ache thinking of her the woman who abandoned him to give him his freedom "It doesn't matter anymore I am who I am. Death will come for me someday I cant control that but I can control my freedom." He thought to himself as he turned of the shower and stepped out of it. He headed to his bedroom area where he stopped and blinked seeing the owner of the bar in his room he looked confused "What do you want? You should have knocked before just walking in you know." He smiled giving a small chuckle seeing how red she was in the face as her eyes went up and down Gajeel's body. The owner shut their mouth trembling slightly as she looks and sees the mark on his chest that looks like a brand of some sort and his eyes were two different colors, one a lovely blue like the sky and the other so black you could feel like getting sucked in and lost in it. "Sorry i...its just a friend wanted to talk to you and is waiting for you". Gajeel sighed having an idea who it was he turned his back to her reviling all his scars on his back from his past life. This made the owner gasp seeing how many there were his whole back was covered "Wh.....What happened to you?" she asked concerned about him. Gajeel only snapped back as he went to grab his eye patch and put on a shirt "Don't you ever fucking ask about my past you got it! If you ask again I'll fucking kill you and burn this whole place down." She trembled from the aura he was giving off he wasn't joking at all. She watched as Gajeel finished getting ready "What are you still doing here?" he yelled making her feel so small like no one has ever made her feel before as she left his room. Gajeel sighed as he grabbed his weapons incase he had to go some where. He walked down to the steps and saw that it was Kagara who was waiting for him. "Fuck did you come here to yell at me or what?" Gajeel asked. Kagara stood up and punched Gajeel in the stomach and then in the face Gajeel didn't flinch as his nose started to bleed from the hit. "Is that it Kagara?" Gajeel asked in a dead emotionless tone. " WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!!!!!" Kagara yelled at Gajeel. "Why did my workers say you killed four men from that crew and throw their bodies in the water?" Gajeel coldly responded "Wasn't that the mission you gave me take care of the pirates?" Kagara in a panic "No I wanted you to find out what they were holding in their ship and keep them in check." Gajeel closed his eyes and smiled "Well easy to keep them in check when they are dead." Kagara shook his head "You're a damn idiot I never should have saved you those years ago or helped that girl out. Now that whole crew will be looking for the man who killed their friends." Gajeel grew angry and lifted Kagara up by the neck and slammed him against the wall of the bar "Shut your fucking mouth or....." Gajeel howled. Kagara sighed holding on to Gajeel's arm as he was choking out his words to Gajeel. "Or what...you'll kill me, is that how you solve all your issues? Just kill kill everyone that angers or upsets you. Is that why that girl was always crying when she would see me? Was that the reason she wanted me to smuggle you out form that place because she knew it would be the death of you? Because you're a angry pissed of boy who was killing himself slowly by swallowing his pride for someone else. She knew that you were going to explode at some point there, that your temper was going to reach a point and you would get yourself killed." Gajeel threw Kagara from the wall knocking tables over as he stormed out of the bar leaving a mess behind him. Kagara was helped up by the bar owner bartender. "What was all that about?" She asked curiously and shocked as she was sure Gajeel was going to kill him. Kagara sat up and started to catch his breath "Just the kid has a lot of issues going on from his past." The bartender was curious "Who was the girl you were talking about?" Kagara sighed "She was Gajeel's lover. Also I think one of the few people who could actually keep him from just going into a rage and killing or fighting everyone? Now I feel like that he has a death wish?" Kagara said solemnly. The owner sat next to him as the bartender was starting to clean up the mess "So.....So where is she now?" she asked worried. Kagara shrugged "I don't know probably dead by now. She pretty much gave up her freedom for his and he's throwing it away at this rate."
Gajeel was heading down the street with his trusty cutlass by his side heading back to the port where the ships were at "No more half measures." he thought to himself. A voice calling out "Hey you!!" a man yelled with four more people behind him. Gajeel turned around and looked at the group of men behind him and stared blankly at them. The leader grinned "So that's him the guy who murdered four of our friends?" the leader said smugly looking down at Gajeel. "Yes boss he fits the discription of what the workers told us about." one of the men behind him said grinning liking their odds of killing Gajeel. Gajeel sighed "So they ratted on me?" he thought feeling like they betrayed him. "So what if I was?" Gajeel smiled flipping the group off. One of the grunts grew enraged "Lets get him boys!" he yelled charging at Gajeel only to be shot in the chest as he got half way to Gajeel. His friends grew more enraged and rushed him all of the bystanders ran into the nearest building to avoid getting caught in the cross fire. The three grunts surround Gajeel on all sides cutting off any way to escape only. The three men rushed Gajeel trying to impale him three ways in his torso. Gajeel rushed the boss in front of him making the three grunts miss their mark as he drew his cutlass and slashed at the boss in one motion. Gajeel's attack was blocked by the boss's sword much to the shock of as the two blades trembled against each other. The three underlings started to rush at Gajeel as his back was turned to them their footsteps were heavy alerting Gajeel of their attack. The sword deadlock broke as Gajeel gave the boss's blade a small shove with his making an opening before using gust doing a spin attack with his cutlass since he was getting surrounded. The boss smirked as he jumped back only getting a light cut across his chest making him smirk as the three other members behind Gajeel got deep cuts across their chests as they ended up running into the attack. They laid on the ground bleeding two were out cold from the shock as one struggled to get up to his feet using his swords as a crutch. The boss smiled "So now you took out seven of my men you'll have to pay dearly for this. We heard from a few people around town that you live around hear with some people and you know what they say and eye for an eye." the boss chuckled mocking Gajeel. Gajeel let out a sigh thinking to himself "Why does everyone feel the need to monologue during a fight?" Gajeel was about to run at the boss when he heard a shot from behind him and felt something hit his right shoulder making him drop the gun he still had in his hand. He turned around seeing it was the only underling standing up just barely. "You're not the only one who carries a gun you know." he laughed. But his laugh was cut short as Gajeel rushed the man who panicked and shot again only to hear a click of the flint hitting the striker as Gajeel rains his sword down on the defenseless man. Gajeel let out a roar as a pool of blood formed around his feet before turning back and looking at the boss with a bloody grin on his face. Gajeel slowly started to walk towards him leaving a trail of blood from his wound from his shoulder taken by surprise as the boss rushed him as a clash of steel that sang through out the street. People watched from the safety of buildings as they watched the clash. Gajeel started to breath heavy as his body was starting to get cut up more and more as the fight continued. The Captain of the pirates was started to breath heavy and his body bruised from defending Gajeel's attacks till they locked blades again. Gajeel took advantage and used rain breathing heavily as his cutlass started to make sparks as it clashed against the captains sword making him wince with each blow till his guard broke and got a slash on his shoulder. Gajeel fallowed up with running his cutlass through his stomach and tossing the body to the ground before cutting the captains head off.
Gajeel picked up the head and started head towards the port again bloody and cutlass in hand as he was barely able to keep hold of the head thanks to all his wounds. He was breathing heavy and his mind was getting blurred stumbling with each step. His mind was racing not expecting to have taken so much damage and even doubting if hell make it to the port. This was now a suicide attempt at best "We'll see each other again my love" Gajeel thought to himself with a smile across his face. People started to leave the buildings and just looked on as Gajeel walked away leaving a bloody mess in his wake. Some towns folk started to celebrate with the pirate captain now dead and most of his crew along with him as other just looked in horror from the sight and covering children's eyes to protect them from the sight. As Gajeel moved forward more people looked on at him in horror seeing him in such a bloody mess and stumbling. Finally he reached the port and started to move down the ships looking for any that had a flag that had the logo of the people he just killed. He stumbled and fell over and struggled to get back up smiling seeing a light thinking this was the end he lost a lot of blood and took a lot of damage. Finally he stumbled and in a moment of clarity he found the ship it was docked and had a plank leading up to the deck. He slowly walked up it seemed like it was empty till two grunts came from under deck and looked at Gajeel "Who the fuck are you? Get off our ship unless you want to die, do you have any idea who we are or who our captain is!!!" the two men laughed thinking they scared Gajeel but the laughs died as Gajeel tossed an object at them. It rolled on the deck till hitting ones foot "W...Wait is that our captains head? What the fuck did you do!!" they trembled as they drew their sabers and rushed at Gajeel in a blind rage. Gajeel tripped just dodging one attack and giving him an opening to slice the mans stomach open as he fell to the ground bleeding out screaming in pain. His attention was focused on the last one who dropped his sword and jumped off the ship in fear feeling Gajeel's blood lust. Gajeel stumbled down to the under deck falling down the steps as he slowly started to pick himself up he removed his eye patch to make it a bit easier to see in the dark. What he noticed made Gajeel's heart sink as a feeling from his past over flooded him. As he lost his normal smile as tears started to fall from his eyes as the mark on his chest started to burn as a reminder. There were ten men and women chained to the benches they were sitting on. They flinched as Gajeel raised his cutlass up and brought it down making them all think this was it. There was a weight lifted of them as they opened up their eyes seeing that he was cutting him free before he fell to the ground his wounds making him finally fall as he thought "I did it I saved them." The strangers panicked and started to debate what they should do with a six to four vote they helped Gajeel. Two men helped carry him as they left the bottom of the deck they looked confused and lost as they wandered around town no one offering to help them with Gajeel till a little kid showed up from the alleyway "Is that you?" the kid ran up to the group "I know where he lives I can take you there. But what happened why is he so badly injured?" the kid said scared worried that Gajeel was going to die. The group fallowed the kid reluctantly as they were unsure if they could trust him but he was the only one who's offered them any help. They headed back to the bar Kagara, the bar owner, and the bartender setting around a table up front all eyes went wide when they saw them bring in Gajeel in a bloody starte. The owner rushed leading them to the room Gajeel is staying in as Kagara left out the door "I know a doctor I'll go and get him!" Kagara yelled as he left out the door. The two men carrying Gajeel set him on his bed as the bar owner and bartender helped remove Gajeel's bloody cloths. Gajeels cut up and wounded body started to pour out more blood "Grab towels so we can slow the bleeding till Mr.Kagara gets back with the doctor!" the owner panicked not seeing someone so injured all over their body. The bar tender ran down stairs as the kid who led the group to the bar went to get a bucket of water to help. They came back up with a bucket of water and towels the owner dipped the towels in water before putting pressure on the wounds to help slow them down as everyone helped.
By the time Kagara got back with the doctor the bucket was red with towels hanging from the side of it soaked in blood " All of you but two get out now!" The doctor yelled at everyone only the bartender and Kagara stayed to help him with Gajeel. The doctor started with stitching up the more major cuts on Gajeel's body as Kagara and the bartender helped him hand him tools and hold Gajeel when needed. After most of the cuts were stitched up and it was time to remove the bullet in Gajeel's shoulder the doctor grabbed tongs and clips to pull out the object pulling it out and putting the bloody object in the pan next to him as Kagara placed some bandages over the wound to halt the bleeding. The doctor removed the bandages and replaced them with new ones and wrapped them tight around Gajeel's shoulder and around his body. Gajeel stopped bleeding his condition started to steady out as everyone left the room as the doctor started to pack up his stuff and started to head down stairs "He should be starting to steady right now I'll be back tomorrow to check on him and finish up some other test on him. Till then though he needs to not go to crazy or his wounds will reopen again." The doctor waved as he left with his beg people were setting around tables in their own lil groups. The people from the boat were setting around two tables as the bar owner and the kid were sitting at one table with Kagara and the bar tender. The owner looked at Kagara "Can you tell me more about Gajeel's past?" she asked curiously. But Kagara shook his "No l can't it's one of those things he'll tell you about when the time is right." The owner looked down at her hands she felt her eyes start to water up "Why...WHY does he have to be so reckless and almost die?!!" Her eyes were about to burst into tears the bartender placed his arms around her and held her close "He's such and IDIOT!! But I even feel like such an Idiot why do i care so much about him, why am I crying for him?" Kagara placed his hand on her head "Its because you feel bad for him, you feel the pain in him, you pitty him and thats why he will never talk to you about his past. He can't stand people pitying him or feeling bad for him. Anyways I'm going home now I'll leave him in your guys hands." The kid jumped out of his chair and walked out with Kagara.
The bartender looked at the owner "I'm going to head home now I'll be there if you need anything." She smiled and nodded at him "Thanks you're always there for me I don't think I could ever repay you for everything you have done for me" The bartender just smiled and waved good bye as he walked out the front door as he started to head back to his place. The owner was left by herself in the bar it was empty and lonely she looked around and locked the door before heading up stairs. She moved up the stars slowly as her mind was filled with tons of thoughts from Gajeel and everything that had happened and how it would affect her business. She opened the door to Gajeel's room she pulled up a chair and sat down beside him she just couldn't stop thinking about his past softly speaking her thoughts out loud not to wake Gajeel. "What's haunting you so much that you would throw your life away like it was nothing? Who was this person Kagara was talking to you about and how could she have so much power over you that you would snap at anyone who would bring her up in front of you? Gajeel please I have nothing to offer you I only own a small bar with a few rooms. But please Gajeel your life has more value to it then you believe it does you have a lot you can do people rely one you. I know I have no clue about you at all so my words mean nothing to you but please be more careful and live. Not only for your self but the woman Kagara and you know. I don't think she would want you to just pointlessly throw away your life like this." The own said as tears started to run down her cheeks damaging her makeup she had on as she rested her head on the side of Gajeel's bed. Gajeel opened up his eyes as the woman's voice woke him up but pretended to still be asleep he looked at her sleeping on the side of his bed as he just looked up at the ceiling thinking about her words. He sighed in his head knowing he couldn't change how he was its all he knows what to do and its just who he is. But the owner was right about Gajeel's lover she wouldn't want him to be like this but she also wasn't going to change him but instead be there by his side through it all like she always was. A smile came across Gajeel's face as tears started to run down his face like a stream as he started crying silently as his heart ached from the pain of remembering wishing he had more alcohol to drown this feeling. He blinked as his vision started to grow dark and as his eyes closed and he drifted off taking the hand of a woman with black hair as he started to dance with her kissing her lips gently as he leaned in whispering in her ear "I miss you so much." The girl smiled and kissed him on the cheek smiling "Silly Gajeel I'm always with you" She placed her hand on his chest where his brand was over his heart "I'm right here with you always when you need me I won't ever abandon you." Gajeel smiled as a tear started to fall from his blue eye as he held on to her since this was the only place they would ever see each other.
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