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Currently, The Most Awkward Thing with animal transformations was the clothing issues. And Laxus was thoroughly unimpressed with what was currently happening to his stuff. In fact the only one happy with the current predicament was Wendy. Not that any of the others were going to rain on her parade, but they weren't having nearly as much fun as the sky dragon slayer who was currently chasing a floating leaf.
Though that may have been in part the fact that their magic was not co-operating as much as they would like for the rather bedraggled pack of cats that was stomping their way into Magnolia.
The three men that had accompanied Wendy (tricked into doing so by the master as "dragon bonding") where torn between rage and depression at their predicament. They had garnered a lot of looks upon their departure for the rather simple job. The three brooding men following the skipping little girl towards the train station where a sight to behold. All smiles when ever Wendy would look at one of them, and back to grumbling as soon as her back was turned. She knew, they knew she knew. But she appreciated the attempt to have her have a good time. Even if they weren't impressed in the least.
The quest was supposed to be easy. With all four of them it should only have taken two days at the most. It was now a week later and while the guild had been sent word of their success, it was not without cost; a furry, hilarious cost.
"Salamander, when we get back to normal, I am punching that bastard who tried to stuff us into a basket. I don't care if you called dibs o whatever, the assholes mine." All of the rage was almost adorable coming from the large black Main Coon cat stomping on the side of the road. Gajeel's fur was on end and his ears where flat back, and a bright red bow was around his neck. Hanging off it was a fairy tail emblem.
"Not if I fry him first. That was the most humiliating moment of my life to date." Natsu's voice was just as enraged. He too had a ribbon around his neck with the fairy tail mark on it, he was also dragging his prized scarf, not willing to be parted with it. Though it looked ridiculous on the pink and white tabby cat.
"Lightning is faster." The rather impressive growl rippled out of the vibrant yellow Main Coon that was Laxus. The lightning mark translating strangely on his furry face. His ribbon was slightly shredded but still present. He looked around before noticing something rather important. "Where the hell did Wendy go?!"
"Not again!" Gajeel groaned. Natsu sighed and began sniffing the ground. The other two followed suit. It wasn't necessary though as not two minutes later they heard a kerfuffle by the door of a nearby restaurant.
"Put me down!" Wendy had no problems making herself heard despite being the size of a kitten. Her short blue and white fur was dirty from the romping earlier and she dangled in the hand of a rather startled shop keeper. "I was just hungry! Let go, I said I was sorry!" She hung in the air with her paws curled and the ribbon with her mark loose.
"Let her go!" Laxus was the first to arrive by virtue of having found a path through the legs of the amused onlookers. Everyone looked down. He puffed up as big as he could make himself. "I said let Wendy go." She was placed back on the ground and the other two stood over her protectively having finally found their own path through the tangle of people. "We are returning to the guild. Do not touch us, try to snuggle us, or assume we are pets of any sort. We are still dragon slayers!" The growls of the other two cats that had arrived punctuated his short and bitter rant. Slowly the crowd dispersed, soft laughter floating in the air as they contemplated how the powerful slayers where reduced to their furry fate. Alas peace and safety where not to be as the next voice that was heard clearly, caused dread to pool in the stomachs of all three men. And joy to bubble out of Wendy in an exuberantly furry greeting.
"Laxus?" The voice belonged to Erza who was walking towards the guild hall after picking up some cake in town. Her gauntleted hand reached down and poked the fluffy yellow cat. He growled, and it did not faze the red headed wizard in the least. "Mira is going to love this! Come with me!" she scooped the Lightning Dragon Slayer off the ground, to his intense displeasure, and then looked at the other three. Natsu was the first to react to the rather intense look and scooted back a bit. It was not fast enough.
"Lucy! Levy! You need to come see this! Natsu is back!" Gajeel's eyes widened and he attempted to scramble away as well. Levy and Lucy came out of the nearby bakery with boxes in hand only to be surprised by the sight of Erza herding three large cats and a small blue tipped Siamese kitten.
"Erza? I thought you said Gajeel was back…" Levy's voice trailed off as she took a closer look at the cat in Erza's arms. "Laxus-" a hiss was the response to his name "wait… then those are Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel!" Gajeel froze in the attempt to slink away as soon as she reached him. "Gajeel! What the hell! I have been worried sick about you! You were supposed to be back five days ago! Lily and I have been waiting to hear back, and nothing! And you're a cat! Why are you a cat? How are you a cat?" she transitioned from ranting to curiosity, and he looked up in horror realizing what was coming next. "You're so cute like this!" she then tried to pick him up.
"Hi!" Wendy pranced forward now that she was safe from the confused shop keeper and greeted her fellow guild mates. Lucy looked down in shock.
"That cat spoke. With Wendy's voice. That cat spoke with Wendy's voice! Wendy, why are you a cat?" she looked a little sheepish.
"We agreed that it was going to be easy, but we still needed to be careful. We scouted the area, found the best way to get in to do our job, found the relic, stopped the bandit-culty-jerkish-weirdo people, and I did good! Natsu said I was doing a really good job! Then boom! And now I'm a cat." She looked up at Lucy expectantly. Lucy bent down and patted Wendy's head.
"That didn't explain much kiddo, but ok. You are ok right?"
"Yep!" her reply was chipper. Then she jumped up onto the available shoulder almost knocking Lucy over despite her small size. Natsu tumbled over the edge of his scarf that had been wound and draped over his smaller body to keep it mostly clean winding up at Lucy's feet. She laughed.
"Lucy! This isn't funny! Stop it! NO! Don't laugh damnit!" she laughed harder.
"At least she isn't trying to pick you up Salamander, count your blessings." The deep grumble of Gajeel's voice coming from a fluffy cat was the last straw for the three human fairy tail members. Their laughter rose over the disgruntled sounds of the feline Dragon Slayers.
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Master Makarov blinked at the bright Yellow ball of anger on the bar top. It hissed in response. He poked it. And it hissed again. A crackle of static could be heard and small bolts of lightning rippled off of the floof.
"You're sure." Erza nodded.
"Yes Master, this cat is your grandson. We believe he was turned into a cat to prevent him from interfering in the Ritual if Rajchat."
"Laxus?" the cat sighed.
"Gramps." Makarov blinked some more.
"This cat spoke. With Laxus's voice. This cat spoke with my Grandson's voice! Brat, what have you done? Who is responsible for this! You're so cute like this!" Laxus let his ears droop as his grandfather began yelling at people. His fur rippled uncomfortably and he began to sink belly down onto the bar. Natsu hopped up onto a chair and then onto the bar-top before tumbling over the scarf edge again. He flopped onto Laxus and began to purr.
Everyone froze.
Laxus sprawled under the Fire Dragon Slayer and put his paws over his face. Slowly under the constant rumble from Natsu, he began to relax. Until someone decided to be a smart ass.
"I am never letting them live this down! The big bad Dragon Slayers! Felled by the Kitty Curse! And I bet it's the month long one too! Someone get some cat costumes! Reedus, Get all your paints! Freed, can you box them in for this?" instantly the three men flipped out. Flying into parts unknown (under the bar) only Wendy remained to face the startled guild.
"When we first transformed, the mayor of the town we were in offered to give us some clothing so we wouldn't be naked. Unfortunately, people quickly forgot we are not real cats and began trying all kinds of embarrassing costumes and things for us. We escaped most of them, but his daughter was clever and managed to put ribbons on all of us. It was fine for the most part; it has our guild mark on it so we lived. But some jerk guy tried to take us in a basket. He wanted to keep us like this forever. And it hurt, the way he caught us. Gajeel knocked him out and we escaped onto the train home. But I don't think they want to be treated that way by our friends."
Lucy pulled Wendy off her shoulder and placed her onto the bar. The tiny kitten looked adorable with her blue bow and scuffled fur, but a spark of something odd lingered in her eyes. It didn't take much to realize that spark was her magic. All the sky dragon magic was packed into that tiny fuzzy body. Makarov made a split second decision.
"There will be no costumes, no silly poses, and definitely no cages. Do unto them as you would hope we would do unto you if you were turned into something cute and fluffy." Mirajane bustled up to the bar and placed a plate of food and a dish of water in front of Wendy. She purred her thanks and then looked down at the floor by Mira's feet.
"Mira brought food." The counter suddenly had three more cats. Everyone laughed.
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The days passed slowly for the four dragons turned cats. Most of their favorite foods couldn't be eaten because of their current bodies, their magic didn't always work properly (leaving a great many marks all over the guild and its occupants), and all four had turned into walking trolls to pass the time.
"Keep trying shrimp! I am Eternal! You shall never lift me like thi-ulp!" Gajeel was picked up by Levy for the 10th time in as many days after he had pushed her research notes onto the floor when she wasn't looking. She placed him on the bench and then sat next to him. Flipping open her book once more she continued reading, this time with one hand on his back petting him softly. He grumbled and groaned before slowly turning to mush under her constant ministrations. Without thinking he rolled over, exposing the soft fur of his belly for her to pet. She continued without hesitation, barely noticing the shift under her hands. He wiggled this way and that, working to get her to pet specific spots before finally falling asleep splayed across the bench, all four paws in the air.
Lucy was undergoing something similar with Natsu in a different corner of the hall. He was parked under the table, attacking Grey's feet every time he moved. Unfortunately, Grey would freeze the floor around his feet for a little while and so Natsu would either have to wait for it to thaw or melt it himself; he kept trying to melt it. It did not go well.
"Natsu! You stupid fur ball!"
"Fire!"
"Look out!" a nearby bucket of water was tossed under the smoking table putting out the smoldering leg and soaking the Dragon next to it. The blood curdling Yowl Natsu let out was all the incentive Lucy needed to reach down and scoop the un co-operative young man up.
"Natsu, look at you! Look at your scarf! You are filthy and smelly and you have burned the last thing for the day. Come with me, you are getting a bath!"
"OH HELL NO!" the pink, white and currently blackened cat squirmed in Lucy's arms before slipping free and hitting the floor running. He did not get far.
"Open, gate of the Lion, Loke!"
"You rang Beautiful?"
"Loke, I need you to catch Natsu." The Lion spirit was not expecting that. He looked around at the other members of the guild, only to see a great deal of exasperation and amusement and no Natsu.
"Um, does he have a head start or something? I don't see him anywhere."
"The dirty pink and white cat under the bar is Natsu. He needs a bath. Can you catch him for me?" Loke looked under the bar and sure enough there was a cat wrapped in Natsu's scarf and covered in soot and ash and whatever he had rolled in trying to escape.
"All right you little menace. Lady Lucy called me to deal with you. Let's go. It doesn't have to be painful, I promise. Just a quick scrub and it's over. Come here."
"NO! Hell NO! NO WAY IN HELL! Get your grubby hands off me! No! Loke don't do this to me! Please no?" by the end of his tirade he was whining up at the Celestial with Sad Kitty eyes. Loke was unmoved by the pathetic ball of fur. His hand reached down not expecting too much fight from the kitty dragon slayer.
He was met with two paws of sharp claws and a battle cry.
The ensuing scuffle was a sight to behold as the leader of the Zodiac did his best to corral a 15 pound cat that breathed fire.
"Catsu! Stop it! NO! Bad cat!" the two tumbled across the bar
"What did you call me? ASSHOLE!"
"Just hold still!"
"NO!" The recently burned table was overturned as Natsu dove from the bar to the floor and Loke followed.
"Catsu! Stay Still! Quickest done quickest over!" Natsu clawed at Loke's jacket as he slid
"Stop calling me that! I'm still Natsu! Natsu not Catsu!" Loke's jacket flew out and he jumped after it; using the fabric to pin the squirming cat. A short tussle later and Natsu was wrapped in the fabric with only his head poking out. He spit a fire ball at Loke only to have it batted away by the lion spirit.
"Does anyone have a large clip? There is an easy way to keep him still for the duration of his coming torture." Lucy heaved herself off the floor where she had been laughing at the comical tussle of spirit and cat.
"I have one at my apartment Loke, we can take him there. I also have a bathroom with a locking door."
"Excelent Princess! Thank you!" he turned to Natsu who was still a wiggling cat burrito. "Look you. I am a lion. I am the king of cats. You are a cat, therefor I am your king. I am telling you to do as Lucy says. She says bath time, it is bath time for misbehaving fuzzballs. You king has spoken. Let's go." Natsu growled
"Not my King, I'm a dragon not a cat! Fuck you Loke!"
"I'm clipping you so you can't fight the bath. Suck it up fuzz ball."
"What do you mean clip? Loke? Loke what do you mean? What do you mean clip?!" the walk to the apartment was short, with Natsu still wrapped in Loke's jacket. Lucy opened the door to let them in. The ball of wiggles was held at arm's length so he was eye to eye with the lion spirit. Natsu stilled at the gleam in Loke's eyes.
"Kitty off switch."
Laxus was not impressed with life. Mira was not impressed with Laxus. Though that might have something to do with the repeated raids of her bar top supplies. Cloths vanishing under tables, mugs hitting the floor as soon as her back was turned, cheese and bread dragged from plates, and fur everywhere. From the moment she entered the bar in the morning to the moment she left at night and every time she turned around, yellow fur was all over the place and all over her.
On the day of the bath of Natsu, Mira decided she had had enough. Picking the large yellow cat up and carrying him to the Thunder Legion's main floor table, she dumped his furry ass on the table in front of them and expelled her fury along with her signature demon aura.
"Keep. Him. Here. For the Rest of the day. Before I neuter him." Laxus slid off the table and hid behind Freed. He gulped and gave the demon bartender a tenuous smile.
"Never fear Ms. Mirajane. We shall keep him here and out of your way for the day. You need not worry. If I may, can we possibly get a few plates of food and some water for the table while we keep him occupied? I can send Bickslow over to give you a hand with everything if you like." Her aura slowly seeped away, until there was simply a sharp smile remaining.
"No. No need for help. I will bring food and water over shortly. Just keep him out of my way." She walked off, with a path opening up in front of her through the guild without effort. The Thunder Legion as one shivered and then looked at the source of their trouble. Laxus looked up at them, eyes wide with the projected innocence of the guilty cat. Freed ran a hand over his face before turning to his friends.
"Evergreen, if you would be so kind as to keep an eye on Laxus, I am going to write some Runes to keep him off the bar for the day. Bickslow, bring the bag. We agreed that we were going to stay in town while we waited for this to wear off and I can do some of my work here in the guild. Then you can try your experiment. But only until this afternoon then Evergreen gets him. Understood?"
"Sure thing. Be right back. Ever, you good?"
"Of course. I am the True Queen of Fairy Tail, I can keep track of Laxus for 10 minutes."
The Thunder Legion as one looked down at the place Laxus had been a moment before. There was no cat. Bickslow summed up their feelings in a single word.
"Fuck."
"Fan out, he can't have gotten too far." Bickslow looks incredulously at the self-proclaimed head of the Thunder Legion
"Freed, he is currently a cat that can travel with lightning. If Mira finds out we lost him this quick, we're dead."
Freed visibly pales at the thought of an exceptionally angry Mira, following through with her threat in her demon form. Evergreen opens her bag and pulls out a handful of cat toys that she then begins dragging through the guild. Freed was rapidly checking under all the tables and chairs for a bright yellow cat. Bickslow sent all of his baby's out the help as he went to get Freed's bag. And thus the great Yellow Cat Hunt began.
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It had been a week since the return of the dragon slayers and everyone was getting tired. It was showing all over the guild. People napping in corners, and sprawled on benches. The only ones who seemed mostly unaffected where the Exceeds and the cats and it was starting to wear on the human members. It was exceptionally obvious in the way Happy seemed insistent on chasing the recently turned kitty Dragon Slayers around with fish and attitude. In fact he seemed to be enjoying being bigger then the various dragons.
However Makarov was at his limit.
"Oh Maky! I didn't expect to hear from you this week? How are your lovely children?"
"Well, that is kind of why I'm calling. What do you know about catnip?"
"Not much, unfortunately. Would you like me to put Ichiya on the line? I hear through the grape vine that he has in the ability to create a 'smoke bomb' of sorts."
"Thank you. That will be perfect."
"Hold on Maky. What is this about?"
"Well, my friend, let me show you." Makarov tilted the lacrima, until a set of yellow ears appeared in Bobs' view. There, peering over the edge of the table top, was Laxus in all his furry glory. A vibrant yellow paw smacked out and knocked over the lacrima. Makarov caught it before it hit the floor. As things came back into focus Bob peered at his friend and fellow guild master in shock before riotous laughter came pouring through the connection.
"OH! That is priceless! Let me send Ichiya over with some help. He will have a Cat Nip Bomb primed and ready upon arrival."
"Thank you. I owe you for this."
"Nonsence Maky! What are friends for?"