First, I want to thank all of my reviewers in general! You guys are the best ~ *_* I never expected people to enjoy my stories so much, and I'm seriously touched ~

I guess I'm not a complete failure at writing lol ~ and I'm really sorry I can't reply to all of you -I'm at my finals week, and extremely busy...with studying, and drawing _.

This one suddenly popped up in my head, and I wrote it as quickly as I could -you guys probably know by now that I absolutely hate editing/reading what I write, so aaah, I apologize for the mistakes and awkward sounding sentence structures ~

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters ~

Levy frowned, scrunching up her face in the process. She concentrated on the scene in front of her. Hard.

Finally, as realization hit her, she started to wail. Non – stop. The other members of Fairy Tail immediately ran over to her side, worried expressions etched across their features. Lucy, her best friend, spoke first.

"L-Levy, what's wrong?" The blue haired mage turned around, eyes brimming with tears.

"Lucy…Lily's dead!" She sobbed, pointing an accusing finger towards the motionless object in front of her.

"Ah…I see…" Lucy said slowly, looking uncertainly around for someone to help her. When all that she received were blank stares, she cleared her throat and spoke once again."Well, you see. I thought that Pantherlily's death was established four hours ago?" She wringed her fingers nervously, completely aware of how delicate the situation was.

"Yeah, Levy. Can't you get over it already?" Natsu said indifferently, taking another close peek at the dead body. "Let's give him a burial, alright?"

"No!" Levy yelled, placing her arms around it, as though making a protective bubble.

"But it's starting to smell! Mira and Kinana both had to leave their shifts early because they felt nauseous! And poor Wendy's already fainted." Lisanna pouted. "Plus, even Cana couldn't even drink more than three barrels today…"

"Hey, if Lily's dead, can I eat him?" Happy asked, jumping over Levy's arm to inspect the body. "Still fresh enough for me!"

"No, no, no!" The blue haired girl all but screamed.

"Levy, why are you so attached to him?" Lucy asked curiously. "It's not like you to be this way…"

"Yeah, you didn't make such a big fuss when Juvia died." Gray coughed quietly, pink suspiciously staining his cheeks.

"This is different…" Levy murmured. "I promised Gajeel that I'd keep Lily alive, but I didn't! What am I suppose to tell him?"

"Levy, he won't care." Lucy put a comforting arm around her friend. "All that matters is that you did your best to protect him."

"Yeah, and if he gets mad, I'll beat him up." Natsu declared, making an action of rolling up his sleeves. "Heh, I've been working on my muscles. Lucy's totally checking me out."

"AM NOT!"

"Okay…" Levy sniffed again, before gently picking up the carefully wrapped body. "Well, I guess we should bury him then."

"We really appreciate your decision, Levy." Lisanna said gently. "How about underneath that large oak tree in Magnolia? I'm sure that'll be a perfect place."

The group solemnly walked outside, squinting underneath the light of the sunset.

"How did he die anyways?" Gray grumbled, unbuttoning his shirt.

"I'm not really sure. I think she said something about Erza biting him? She was crying too hard to be coherent." Lucy shrugged.

However, before they reached the burial destination, two ragged figures appeared in their way. Levy immediately dropped Lily, abandoning her mission to run towards them with outstretched arms. She flung herself into the man's arms, wailing once again, while struggling to speak at the same time.

Lucy sighed. "Levy is very distressed at the moment." She told him, pointing to the body on the ground.

Gajeel, having just returned from a mission, patted Levy's back with an extremely confused expression on his face.

"What's wrong, Shrimp?" The petite girl distanced herself from him, allowing him to walk over to the blanket. Carefully flipping over the cover, Gajeel almost –almost - started laughing. Clearing his throat, the iron dragon slayer struggled to think of something appropriate to say.

But before he could speak, his companion, Pantherlily, flew over, looking completely exhausted, and rather agitated too. "I do no know why you keep on insisting to take those ridiculously hard missions, Gajeel. If you think it makes you seem more manly, then let me tell you, it does not. I've been working in my other form for too long –I'm going to need a nice, long break."

Wiping his forehead with a tiny paw, he walked over to the group. "You guys really shouldn't have come all the way over here just to pick us up -," Pausing midsentence, his eyes light up at the body on the ground.

"Aw, guys, really?" The black exceed looked honestly touched. "I really needed this. You have my thanks." With that said, he picked up the fish by its tail and promptly swallowed it in one gulp. "That was rather satisfying."

No one said a word, as they all stood in shock over what had just happened.

"Cannibal!" Happy broke the silence as he screamed at the other flying cat.

"LILY! HOW COULD YOU?" Levy yelled as Gajeel restrained her from attacking his partner.

"Ah, you see Lily…" Lucy said sheepishly. "Levy has been breeding koi fish lately -she named them after each member of this guild…and we, er, decided against telling the exceeds about it, though Happy found out with some snooping." She glared at the blue cat.

"So…I'm guessing I just ate the one named 'Pantherlily?'"

"Yep, bud. You're a first rate cannibal." Natsu grinned.

Hehe, I've been buying guppies (and mystery snails, and ghost shrimp...), but I can't really keep them alive D; Though my current ones are doing pretty well, so far ! (I wish they'd stop eating their fry though ;_;) But yes, the majority of my one shots here are going to be based on my own experiences ~ I can't stop staring at the tank !

- Yura

*Three more days of school ! : D