I swore I wouldn't do this, yet here I am posting another full length story! lol I couldn't help myself. For those of you who I've told about this story, you already know how much it was pulling at me. :) So, here we go again! YAY! So excited! The biggest thanks in the whole world to Deathsembrace137 for helping me with this story. You gave me some really wonderful advice, helped me work out all the kinks, but most of all, you believed in my story. So thank you from the depths of my completely crazy, pervy being!

Hiro Mashima, I love you for creating the epic world that is Fairy Tail. Still. we need to talk about that last chapter.

FATE'S CHOICE

CHAPTER 1: SOUL MEETS BODY

The day began as it usually did, the sun came up, people bustled from their homes, and mages made their way to Fairy Tail. Only this day wasn't like the others, and only the Dragon Slayers knew why. It was the first day of Mating Season, and it found the Dragons Slayers in altogether different states of mind. Natsu rarely thought about women, and he could care less about finding his mate. In his mind, he had all the time in the world for that. Hence his trip to the fishing hole with Happy.

Laxus awoke on this rather serious of days next to a woman he'd spent the night with. He didn't put much stock in the idea of there being a single mate for him out in the vast world. He was, after all, only a Second Generation Dragon Slayer, and didn't actually believe himself to be held to the same laws as the other Dragons Slayers. So, as he rolled over to stroke a hand down the naked back of the woman beside him, his mind shut off and the dragon instincts he believed to be non-existent, took over. It wouldn't be until much later, that he would realize he'd unwittingly brought his mate home with him the night before.

The start of Mating Season found Gajeel curious, as he headed to the guild. He wondered whether his instincts would stir at the sight of his tiny girlfriend. He assumed they would, seeing how she was the only girl he'd ever given a damn about. He had thought long and hard over the issue as the days leading up to this moment had come and gone, and he decided he was okay with spending his life with Levy as his mate. They hadn't been dating for long, but they got along well, which wasn't an easy thing to come by in his case. There were very few people he could actually stand being around for very long, so he figured they would be a good match.

He wasn't crazy about the choice being made without his consent, but he'd found a way to accept it. As Metallicana had told him all those years ago - there wasn't a damn thing he could do about it, so he might as well learn to deal with it. He couldn't help but find it an odd thing to suddenly start thinking about sharing his life with a mate, a wife for all intents and purposes. He probably wouldn't even be considering this if it weren't for the Mating Week, but during this time, anything was possible. So, he'd prepared himself.

He pushed through the doors and scanned the room. Finding the blue-haired Script mage across the hall, he made his way over, directing a single nod to the few people who called out greetings. As he approached the table, Levy's head popped up and she beamed at him, before hopping out of her seat to give him a hug. He flinched as her arms wound around his waist, expecting a sudden rush of instinct fueled desire, but nothing happened. Confusion drifted across his features, as the girl pulled him down into a seat.

Gajeel was...shocked to say the least. Levy, the only girl he'd ever liked enough to call his girlfriend, was not his mate. How the hell was he supposed to deal with that? She was his girlfriend, but not his mate. What was he supposed to do? If she wasn't his mate, then was he supposed to break up with her? Unconsciously, he let out a growl at his wayward thoughts. Levy looked up at him curiously, her face showing clearly her confusion over the sound. He shook his head, and mumbling something about having to go somewhere, stomped out of the guild, heading in the direction of the park.

He needed time to think and the park was one of the few places quiet enough to suit his needs. He grit his teeth, thinking about all the thought he'd put into Levy as his mate, how he'd taken the time to consider their ability to get along together. It was all for nothing, as once again, things weren't going his way. Damn, couldn't things go the way he'd thought they would once in a damned while? Was that too much to ask?

His lip curled in anger as he thought of how Levy was bound to react once she found out that she wasn't his mate. How the hell was he going to break it to her that they were, in effect, pointless? Somewhere out there was a woman that the lovely bitch Fate had decided was to be his. Sure, he could ignore all the Dragon bullshit; Metallicana wasn't around to smack the shit out of him for it, but of course, with his luck, the moment he got comfortable with his life again, his mate would appear and he'd be royally fucked.

He walked through the entrance to the park, punching a tree as he went past, not even bothering to shield his hand with steel. He didn't really care if his hand hurt. He was too pissed. Making his way to his favorite spot under the largest tree, he failed to notice a blonde woman sitting on the ground, her back against a tree, and her face stuck in a book. His foot hooked onto her leg and down he went, crashing onto her sprawled body.

Streaks of fire shot through his body as he opened his eyes to find himself hovering over the form of the woman. Her mouth opened in surprise, and her breathing suddenly went shallow. A growl slipped up his throat as his body went into overdrive. He couldn't think, his mind had completely shut down and all he could hear in his head was...Take. He launched himself at her mouth, intending to devour her without a second thought. His body pressed into hers, pushing her into the unforgiving ground beneath her.

She whimpered against his mouth as she clutched him closer, arching her hips into his groin. She tugged at his clothes, neither of them having the presence of mind to move somewhere more private. Their bodies were operating on instinct alone, and everything inside them was clamoring for the release they would find only in each other's arms. Gajeel leaned back, yanking the girl's shirt apart, ripping it straight down the middle in his haste to get her naked. Taking only a moment more to reduce her bra to shreds, he dove at her breasts, nipping and biting at the exposed peaks harshly, the bristles on his face scraping along her skin.

She groaned at his ministrations as she pulled desperately at his shirt, plaintively begging to feel his skin against her own. Her need was so great, and the part inside him that was dragon raged to give it to her. He stopped his attentions to peal the shirt from his body, giving her the access she desired. Her hands crawled up his body, her nails digging in as he plied her with another fierce kiss, while deftly reaching under her skirt to rip apart her panties. He bucked against her, sending her shuddering and crying out.

Her hands found the top of his pants, unbuttoning them almost frantically. She pulled the fabric down, releasing his stiff erection, and spread her legs wide in invitation. He accepted her gift, and grasping his length, slammed himself home. He tore through her maidenhead in a single motion, snarling in satisfaction at being the first to take her. She stiffened for a moment before another burst of liquid flame rushed through her body, sending her writhing around him. He flexed his hips, pounding into her sheath with zeal, everything inside him pushing toward their completion.

She lifted her body into his, meeting him with every thrust, the sound of their rutting filling the previously quiet park. He cursed as he felt her walls closing in on him, pulsing towards her peak, and he rocked into her harder, his thrusts coming faster as they neared their end. She finished with a shriek, nails ripping through the skin on his back, as her back bowed with the force of her climax. He leaned in further, plunging into her vigorously, drawing out her orgasm.

She tossed her head to the side, baring her neck to his view, and flexing his jaw, he bit into her neck, drawing her blood into his mouth. Lifting his head, he slammed into her twice more before shouting his pleasure to the skies, his head tipped back in a roar to compliment any dragon.

As silence once again ruled the wooded area, and the Dragon fever finally sated, Gajeel shook aside the haze and leaned back, taking in the sight of the stark naked woman before him. He blinked in shock as she sat up. Her eyes were dazed and blood was making a path down her now bruised breast. "Fuck," he breathed, his mind finally putting the pieces together.

He sat there staring at her, suddenly sure the cosmos were playing a bad joke on him, supplying him with this mate, who was his girlfriend's best friend. Levy's best friend, and he had just fucked her. No, he had just mated and marked her. What the hell was he going to do?

"Gajeel? What...Oh no, what have I done?" Lucy asked, her confusion quickly turning into panic as she took in their naked bodies, "I don't...Oh sweet Mavis, how could I have done this?"

Her cries brought him out of his thoughts, and he found himself irrationally getting angry at her. He knew it wasn't fair; she didn't know what was going on. She was just like him; she didn't have a goddamn choice. The moment he'd touched her, he'd damned the both of them. "Could you just shut the fuck up for a minute?!" he shouted at her, feeling more guilty the more she spoke.

She flinched at his tone, but persisted in continuing to talk, her eyes welling with tears, "G-Gajeel, why did I sleep with you?"

He stood to his feet in a huff, yanking his pants up and looked down at her, still sitting there with her body exposed. He was furious, at her, at himself, at Fate or whatever deity thought this was funny. "It wasn't supposed to be you," he spat, and turned around to stalk out of the park, leaving the woman he'd just ravaged, confused and hurt beyond anything he could have ever imagined.