AN: So, I would like to thank all the people for all of the reviews, favorites, and follows I have gotten on this story. Now then, I will not divulge any information about the original arc I have planned other than the fact that it will happen after the Phantom Lord Arc and that it will feature the return of the X-Men. As promised, there is going to be more Kurt and Erza moments in this chapter and what I have in store reminds us all that Kurt is a romantic. In addition, everyone who switches bodies will be referred to like in Ultimate 10's story.
For example is Kurt/Erza is speaking, that means its Kurt speaking in Erza's body. If Erza/Kurt is speaking, that means Erza is speaking in Kurt's body. Do not worry, although this was my first thought for this chapter, Erza will not be switched with Kurt. In addition, for all one shot chapters like these, there is no 'previously on' from the last chapter or in the next chapter.
Also, I changed the team name and my reason comes from this chapter. FYI: the offer to make any original artwork still stands.
Now, the adventure continues!
X-Tail
Ch 8: Changeling
Fairy Tail Guild Hall 10:00 PM
In the Fairy Tail Guild Hall, the newest members of Fairy Tail, Kurt Wagner and Azure, were sitting at the bar. Kurt was drinking lemonade, his favorite drink and Azure was drinking water from her dog dish. Kurt was relieved that Azure was allowed at the bar area and lovingly petted her as the duo drank their respective drinks.
Kurt's thoughts were elsewhere from what happened yesterday. He and Fairy Tail's strongest team had just arrived back from Galuna Island, with the knowledge that innocent people were caught in the crossfire by some unknown force. After clearing the air with Makarov on the incident, the Magic Council intervened and sent an investigation team to the island. However, while their report confirmed that magic destroyed the ship and murdered those people, it could not identify the type of magic used or who did it.
That knowledge burned through Kurt's soul. Kurt wanted to find whoever had done it, but for now, it had to be on the backburner. Without any suspects since Lyon and his team mysteriously vanished despite them taking the only available boat on the island, it was pointless to be harboring anger for the moment. Besides, Kurt then remembered the other important thing that happened after his return, not counting when he was officially "stamped" by Fairy Tail or changing their team name to Team Xavier, to honor Kurt's friends he left behind.
The Fairy Tail symbol was now located on his left upper arm, near his shoulder in bright orange with Azure getting hers on her underbelly in the same color. However, Kurt had noticed that everyone's Guild mark was visible on some part of their body, so he kindly asked Mira to stitch one on his new black leather jacket. Mira kindly stitched a white Guild mark on his upper left jacket sleeve.
The other thing he mentioned involved Erza. While she had forgiven him for how they met, Kurt still felt like he should do something nice for her. In an attempt to find something, he turned to the first female he met when he arrived in this universe, Porlyusica. Going to her was the smartest thing he did without question, and he was anxious to see Erza and give her what was in the long, black case he got from Porlyusica that he had set on top of the bar.
Suddenly, when the front door to the Guild Hall opened, it seemed that God answered his prayers. Stepping inside was Erza with Gray, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy behind her. The ice wizard and Dragon Slayer were wearing their usual attire whilst Lucy had changed into a blue shirt and brown shorts.
"Is Master Makarov here?" Erza asked in her commanding voice. "He never could get to punishing these four yesterday."
"Still with the punishment thing?" Kurt asked, folding his arms over his chest.
"Hey, why isn't Kurt being punished?! He is a member of our Guild now!" Gray demanded.
Erza turned and gave him a colder glare than his magic, causing Gray to flinch back in fear. "Because Kurt wasn't a member of Fairy Tail at the time therefore, he can't be punished for his actions."
Kurt gave his friends a sly smile, before his mind rounded back to Erza and he remembered what he had to give her. "Uh, Erza, I wanted to properly say I'm sorry about the whole incident when we met."
"It's no problem Kurt, but why are you still asking for forgiveness?" Erza asked, "I already forgave you after you saved my life."
"Even so, I wanted to do something special, so…here it is." Kurt said as Azure gave him the long, black case in her teeth. She gently released it into Kurt's hands and he lovingly petted her before he opened the case and pulled out what he wanted to give to Erza. In Kurt's hand was a 5 in. rose without the thorns, but the petals were pink for some reason. Erza merely gasped a little at the gesture.
"Wow Kurt that certainly is thought…" Erza said before she smelled a familiar smell. She took a big whiff and she slowly approached Kurt and found out that the smell was coming from his rose.
"Kurt, why does this rose smell like…" Erza said, before Kurt interrupted her with a devilish smile, "Strawberries?"
"Yes, why does it smell like strawberries?" Erza asked, hypnotized by the intoxicating smell.
"I asked Porlyusica to make one for you. At first, she did not want to help, but when I mentioned that, the gift was for you, she could not refuse and she gave me this an hour before I came back to the Guild. When she mentioned that you loved strawberries, I knew what to give you. I call it a Strawberry Rose." Kurt explained as he handed the rose to Erza. The entire guild was silent at what would happen next. No one had ever given Erza a personal gift like that before, so they were all anxious to see her reaction.
Before they could blink, Erza willingly took it from Kurt's hands and embraced him in an uncharacteristic bear hug, before she planted a small peck on his cheek, much to his embarrassment and brief excitement. The entire guild was speechless since Erza never hugged anyone, let alone kissed someone!
"I love it. Thank you Kurt, I'll put it in some water when I get back home." Erza said, shortly forgetting her previous engagement to punish the rest of the team.
"Actually, Porlyusica said that it shouldn't go into water," Kurt said as he took the rose from her hand, "because it's supposed to go in your hair." Kurt briefly struggled with getting it Erza's hair, mostly because of his fingers, but he managed to succeed in getting on the left side of Erza's hair. Now Erza looked like an innocent girl with the rose in her hair, and this caused Kurt to blush visibly before he managed to control himself.
"So, now that that's over, where is Makarov?" Erza demanded, regaining everyone's attention to the previous matter, but not before, she gave Kurt a brief smile, which the blue mutant noticed and returned.
"He went out of town for some kind of last minute meeting or something like that." Macao answered regaining his composure from Erza's uncharacteristic behavior.
"Oh, yeah; he left a little while ago." Kurt added.
Immediately, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy let out collective sighs of relief.
"Well, that was a close one!" Natsu beamed brightly.
"Yes," Gray fist pumped, "we won't have to deal with that until Gramps gets back."
"Oh thank goodness!" Happy added, crying in joy. "I was so afraid of staring in the face of death!"
"I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE!" Lucy shrieked, pulling her blond hair in frustration. "YOU GUYS ARE REALLY FREAKING ME OUT! HOW IS HE GOING TO PUNISH US? I AM SO YOUNG AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO LIVE FOR!"
"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!" Erza demanded.
The group instantly ceased their talking and shivered in fear, only to burst out laughing, much to Kurt and Erza's confusion.
"Um, does punishment mean something different here, or did they finally go crazy?" Kurt asked sardonically.
"Nether. We…just…can't…stop…laughing at Erza!" Natsu answered intermittently through his laughs.
"Aye sir! We can't take her seriously with that girly rose in her hair!" Happy added, clutching his sides.
"Got to admit fuzzy, you really do know the perfect gift for a girl, especially when it makes everyone so happy!" Gray said, pounding his fist on a nearby table.
"Yeah Erza. Even I can't take you seriously like that!" Lucy said, as she felt flat on her rear and rolled around on the floor.
"SHUT UP!" Erza yelled in a commanding voice, which instantly ended the laughter. "Listen, this rose was a very thoughtful gift and I expect you to treat me the same when I have it in my hair; is that clear?!"
"Yes sir, Erza sir!" The entire team answered in fear. Even though Kurt was not part of the speech, he was a little unnerved by Erza, but quickly shook it off, mostly because of her implying that she would keep wearing the rose. Azure merely hid behind Kurt in fear.
"Now, do you know when the master is planning to return?" Erza asked.
"No," Mira replied, "but I would imagine he'll be coming back any time now. The meeting place isn't that far from here."
Erza nodded, she placed her hands on her hips in a powerful manner, and turned to face the four behind her. "Okay, listen up, you're not getting off the hook!" she said in a raised voice. "You broke Guild rules by taking on that S-Class quest, prepare to be punished."
Natsu, Gray, and Happy immediately hugged each other in support, shaking in fear.
"How do I prepare myself when I don't even know what's going to happen?!" Lucy shrieked.
Kurt cocked a brow. 'Erza certainly has her own style when it comes to this, but she's got a good bod- heart.'
"Well, it was nice knowing you" Wakaba joked. His smile then turned into a frown as he looked away. "It's a crying shame. Those two boys are one thing, but I cannot believe Lucy gets punished too. Oh, you poor girl."
Lucy paled, on the verge of wetting herself. "Oh you poor girl?"
Natsu and Gray meanwhile, overheard Wakaba and started walking towards him with angry looks.
"Hey! What's the big deal man?!" Natsu demanded angrily. "How come you don't feel sorry for us?!"
"Why are you lumping me in with this loser?!" Gray added.
Before anyone could stop it, a fight broke out between the three. Natsu and Gray traded insults back and forth, as they fought Wakaba and each other. Kurt watched the spectacle in confusion as a sweat drop rolled down his face.
'What is it with these guys always wanting to fight? It is like they are part Logan' Kurt mused.
"The big part of being a man is to own up to your actions." Elfman stated. "You hear that you two?! Its time you man up!"
"It's not fair!" Happy cried as he flew around, trying to get the others' attention. "I'm the cutest one here! Why doesn't anyone feel sorry for me?"
"Will somebody please tell me what's going to happen to us?!" Lucy said in obvious panic.
Kurt could not help but smirk. Though these people were crazy, they did provide quality entertainment that you had to pay for back in his universe. Although, he was subconsciously drawn more to Erza and he was unwittingly staring at her before he got a hold of himself.
'Wie war das mit' Kurt thought to himself.
Fairy Tail Guild Hall 10:25 AM
A little while later, Kurt, Natsu, and Gray were standing in front of the Request Board. It was a board on the wall with various wizard jobs posted all over it. However, a particular job request in the center is what garnered the trio's attention. The request was printed on black paper with white ink, had two eyeballs at the top, and a bunch of incomprehensible scribbles all over it. The only thing legible was the big "Read This" at the top and a "500,000 J" reward at the bottom. Something about it unnerved Kurt to no end and Azure was whimpering in fear of it.
For very different reasons, it quickly caught their attention. Still, it was a lot of money, and Kurt realized that he needed to start making a living. After all, he could not live at the Guild forever, especially with Azure. Nevertheless, the request was really befuddling the three. It was somewhat hard to accept a request in what appeared to be another language, or written by a toddler.
"That's a strange looking job request." Natsu commented.
"Yeah, it is." Gray agreed.
"I have absolutely no idea what it says, but I'm getting this weird vibe from it for some reason. Almost like the vibe I got when I saw Galuna Island." Kurt added.
"About time you guys came back. What's shaking?" a masculine voice said.
Kurt turned around to see a teenage boy around their age. He had orange hair, glasses, and wore a dark green jacket with a white fur trim around the hood. 'Who is this guy again? Oh right! Loke. Its weird, but I get a bizarre feeling whenever I see him.' Kurt thought.
"Not much man," Natsu replied nonchalantly. "What the hell? I can't even read it."
"Read what?" Lucy asked, stepping forward to see why they gathered around the Request Board.
All of a sudden, Loke flinched away in shock. His eyes were wide open and he looked ready to wet himself any minute now.
"Whoa! You're back too Lucy!?" Loke yelled.
"Geez, it's really good to see you too." Lucy said sardonically. "What is your problem with me?"
"I…uh…nothing! Bye!" Loke quickly turned around and ran away as fast as he could, only to run into Erza and fell on his back unconscious, groaning in pain. Despite his treatment of Lucy, Kurt could not help but wince from the impact Loke had with Erza and then the floor.
"No way!" Erza yelled, ignoring the injured Loke on the floor. "You two will not be taking any requests!" She was obviously referring to Natsu and Gray.
"Real smooth." Lucy commented.
"Do they have to be so noisy?" Cana asked sitting at a table while drinking a mug of bear. Cana was a young woman around their age with long, brown hair and she was wearing a blue bikini top and brown pants. Her Fairy Tail emblem was present on her abdomen in black.
"Who cares? They're the coolest, especially that fuzzy blue guy." A black haired kid wearing an orange shirt and brown shorts sitting by Cana named Romeo, said. Romeo was not a member of Fairy Tail, but his father was Macao, so he spent most of his time at the Guild.
Cana looked at Romeo incredulously. "You're kidding me, right?"
"Decipher this text and I'll increase your wealth by five hundred-thousand jewels." Natsu read out, and then turned to Happy. "This sounds like a winner to me, what do you think?"
"Sure does!" Happy agreed.
"So, it's a translation job?" Gray asked. "That's a weird request for a Guild."
As Gray scanned the paper further, he noticed something very strange about the writing. "Hey, wait a second, that's some crazy ancient stuff. No one is going to be able to read that."
"Wait, it's written in modern letters too." Happy noted.
"I thought I told you no jobs." Erza stated firmly.
"You're right Happy!" Natsu said, ignoring Erza. The pink haired Dragon Slayer looked down at the paper and read out, "Ugo deru rasuchi boro kania…" Natsu moaned as he grasped both sides of his head in confusion. "What?! That's crazy!"
Suddenly, the request paper began to shine brightly, causing different colors of the rainbow on the group, minus Azure who was standing behind them in fear. The light show caught Macao and Wakaba's attention as they walked closer to it.
"What's going on?" Macao asked quietly.
"That's just sad" Wakaba commented. "Those kids are so scared of Makarov's punishment that they're sweating rainbows."
"That's enough booze for you." Macao replied.
A few moments later, the light died away. The group stood there shortly until…
"What the hell? Why am I so cold?" Gray remarked, wrapping his arms as he shivered.
"What? Ice wizards don't get cold, you big cry baby!" Elfman yelled.
However, Gray was chattering his teeth as his body shook to the core. "I-I'm serious, I'm super cold right now! If someone does not turn up the heat soon, I am going to kill someone!" Gray shivered, although he said that last part with anger.
All the wizards present stared at the black haired teen, dumbfounded.
"What the?" Erza snapped out of her stupor, very confused. "What's going on? My chest feels weird all of a sudden, like its heavy! My back's killing me."
"Uh, you feeling okay Erza?" Macao asked, stupefied.
"What are you…" Gray trailed off. When he caught sight of Erza, his mouth fell to the floor. "What the hell?!"
"Oh wow!" Natsu squealed happily, however, his cheeks seemed to be rosier than before. "Natsu where are you?"
"I'm right here. Hey, did you guys get taller or something?" Happy, who was standing on the wooden table, asked. Suddenly, his eyes widened a bit. 'Uh…what happened to my voice?' The azure feline brought up his paws to his face. His jaw almost fell off from shock.
"What the?! I'm a cat?!" Happy shrieked.
"Uh…yeah Happy, that's kind of a given." Wakaba noted, though in a confused fashion.
The blue cat turned to him and glared. "I'm not Happy, I'm Natsu!"
"WHAT?!" Wakaba, Macao, and Elfman all shouted in unison.
"Why is everyone acting so strange?" a male voice sheepishly asked.
The wizards turned to see Kurt, acting like a scared child. He was clearly confused and looking around frantically for the cause of this. The way he was acting did remind them of one person…
"Uh…guys?" Everyone turned around to see Lucy. She was holding out her hands, studying them as well as the rest of her body in a perplexed manner trying not to blush at the size of her breasts. She looked to the rest of them and asked, "Um…why am I in a girl's body?"
The present group of wizards, minus the ones on Team Xavier, looked at the busty blonde-haired girl strangely. However, the second Kurt caught sight of Lucy, his composure falter while his yellow eyes widened tremendously.
"W-w-what…" Kurt stuttered in shock.
"Uh…I'm no doctor, but I guess it's because you are a girl, Lucy." Macao implied, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
Lucy cocked a brow. "I'm not Lucy, I'm Kurt."
"WHAT?!" everyone cried.
"AHHH! I am a mutant! A disgusting, fuzzy blue mutant!" Lucy/Kurt cried out, only to have a look of remorse when she/he looked at Kurt/Lucy. "Oh, Kurt, I didn't mean…"
"It's okay Lucy. I know what you mean." Kurt/Lucy said.
"Ugh…" Loke finally came to as he steadily got up from the floor. "Man, my head." As the orange haired wizard's vision focused back to normal, the first thing he saw was a certain celestial wizard in front of him.
When she turned away from Kurt/Lucy to look at him, he/she smiled and said, "Loke, are you okay?"
"AHHH!" Loke yelled, flinching backwards before bolting in the other direction.
"What is his problem with Lucy?" Kurt/Lucy asked.
Elfman, Wakaba, Macao, and Mira were left dumbfounded by what they were witnessing.
"Okay, something here isn't right. First Kurt says he is Lucy, and then Happy says he is me. What's going on?!" Natsu/Happy yelled.
"Ugh? What are you talking about cat?" Gray/Erza asked, cocking a brow in confusion.
"How can you all be so foolish?" Erza/Gray demanded sternly, in a commanding voice they had never heard before. "Isn't it obvious? We've all switched bodies!"
"WHAT?!" the remaining members of the team shouted. However, Kurt/Lucy was not as shocked as he should be.
Over the years in his world, there were things far stranger than switching bodies, of course switching with Lucy did put this in the top five crazy things that he has seen.
Natsu/Happy stepped closer to Erza/Gray, panic in his eyes. "Stop fooling around, Gray!"
"I'm Erza you dimwit!" Erza/Gray retorted.
"W-wait…" Lucy/Kurt stuttered, "So…is that why…."
"Yes," Erza/Gray replied. "Natsu and Happy, Gray and I, and Lucy and Kurt, we've all switched bodies."
"HUH?" everyone in the Guild, besides Kurt/Lucy, said in astonishment.
"Well," Kurt/Lucy shrugged, speaking in Lucy's voice, "this is definitely awkward."
"Well duh!" Lucy/Kurt said, flailing her/his arms around. "You better not do anything perverted with my gorgeous body!"
"Don't worry Lucy, I wouldn't dream of it." Kurt/Lucy smirked, and then threw her/him a playful wink.
Lucy/Kurt gasped lightly and turned away, blushing in anger and embarrassment. This caught the eye of Kurt/Lucy, who was left confused. After all, he/she was sincere about what he/she told her/him and he/she was a gentleman. Besides, he/she thought of Lucy as more of a little sister because of the age difference and her/his childish personality.
"It seems that the ancient Unpela-ese spell has been cast." A wise, grave voice said.
Everyone turned to see Master Makarov standing at the front doorway, his head down and his hands grasping his smiley-faced cane behind him.
"You kids aren't feeling like yourselves today, huh?" Makarov quipped.
Team Xavier walked up to the elderly master.
"Master, you're back!" Erza/Gray said in relief.
"I had noticed that request on the board." Makarov explained. "By reading what was on that page allowed you to cast a powerful personality transference, and that spell is called the Changeling."
"Sounds really scary!" Lucy/Kurt commented.
"Can you please tone down acting so girly in my body?" Kurt/Lucy requested.
"So, you're really Natsu, right?" Gray/Erza asked.
Natsu/Happy glanced back at him/her. "Yeah?"
The red haired wizard grabbed the swapped azure feline by the green backpack. "You idiot! This is your entire fault! Because of you, Kurt and I are stuck in girls' bodies!"
"Hey, all I did was read the stupid job request! At least I'm not in a girl's body, ice prick!" Natsu/Happy countered.
"That's enough Erza…uh…I mean, Gray." Makarov corrected. "However, this spell does more than switch your bodies; it switches your magic too."
"What?!" the group shouted.
"There's one more thing you should know." Makarov said grimly. "If the Changeling spell isn't reversed n thirty minutes from the time it was originally cast, you will never return to the way you were before. Or says so the legend, at least."
"What?!" the team cried out.
Even Kurt/Lucy was shocked by this startling new development. He/she certainly did not want to be trapped in Lucy's body for the rest of his/her life. A man being stuck in a woman's body would be extremely uncomfortable!
Natsu/Happy flew up to Elfman and Mira, who were standing a fair distance away, along with the other Fairy Tail wizards present. "Do you know how long we've been mixed up for?!" He asked frantically.
"Sixteen minutes," Mira answered, "which means you have fourteen left."
This only caused the group to scream even more, shocked by how little time they had left. They immediately turned to their orange and blue clad master again.
"Gramps, isn't there anything you can do to reverse the spell?!" Gray/Erza cried hysterically.
"Hmm," Makarov scratched his nose in contemplation. "Since this is such an ancient magic, it would only stand to reason that I…don't know."
Suddenly, all composure from Team Xavier faltered. Their jaws fell to the floor, expressions of horror written on their faces.
"I must say I am very disappointed." Makarov sighed. "I was looking so forward to punishing you…but it looks like you've got your hands full right now."
"What?!" Kurt/Lucy yelled, waving his/her arms around frantically. "With all due respect Gramps, I wasn't even supposed to be punished!"
"Hmm," Makarov nodded. "Yes, it is rather unfortunate that you got involved in this Lucy…uh, Kurt."
The old mage then walked away. "Well, best of luck to you kids." He said in a cheery tone.
The team was left dumbfounded. Natsu/Happy and Gray/Erza were both sprawled out on the floor, their borrowed bodies twitching in shock. Lucy/Kurt was on her/his hands and knees; he too was horrified to stand. Erza/Gray was standing firm although, her/his fists quivered in anxiety while her/his attitude displayed absolute apprehension.
Before anything else could happen, Azure approached the group and tackled Kurt/Lucy to the ground, only to begin affectionately licking his/her face, much to their pleasure. This continued until Kurt/Lucy managed to calm Azure down and lovingly petted her with his/her new, feminine hands.
"Wow, so even though Kurt's in Lucy's body, Azure still knows it's him." Natsu/Happy commented.
"What can I say? We have a bond just like you and Happy have, Natsu." Kurt/Lucy commented as she began to console the now whimpering Azure. "Don't worry girl, I'll be back to normal in no time."
"Okay, that does it!" Gray/Erza yelled as he/she was lifting up his/her shirt. "I can't take it anymore!"
All the boys rushed over to see the supposed strip show that Gray/Erza was going to unfortunately make, but Erza/Gray managed to stop him/her in time, "Gray, get a hold of yourself!"
"I don't care Erza! I need this! Let go!" Gray/Erza roared out.
"Huh," Kurt/Lucy commented. "Apparently we aren't alone. Even in Erza's body, Gray still likes to take off his clothes."
"I guess so." Lucy/Kurt said, and then slyly smiled, "Of course, you wouldn't mind if Gray did that in Erza's body, would you?"
"What are you talking about?!" Kurt/Lucy asked nervously.
"I'm just saying, even though I was there when you met Erza, it was still a little romantic to go to such lengths for her." Lucy/Kurt said, gently nudging him/her. This of course caused Kurt to blush uncontrollably in embarrassment.
Natsu/Happy sprouted a pair of white, feather wings from his back and flew a few feet off the ground. "I got to say, flying sure is fun, BUT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO BURN STUFF AGAIN!"
"I know! I'm so hungry, but all the fish keeps burning up in my mouth!" Happy/Natsu complained as he bumped into Kurt/Lucy. At the same moment, Gray/Erza threw off Erza/Gray off him/her and sent her/him on the opposite direction of Kurt/Lucy.
The two figures collided and painfully landed on top of the floor, with Kurt/Lucy on top of Erza/Gray. The two were knocked for a loop, but they both got the surprise of their lives when they opened their eyes. They felt a moist sensation on their borrowed lips and saw that their lips were touching!
This noticeably freaked out both of them, and the entire guild out as they frantically moved away from each other as fast as they could, both of them blushing heavily.
"Did Lucy and Gray just kiss?" Natsu/Happy asked, dumbfounded.
"Not exactly Natsu. Kurt is in Lucy's body and Erza is in Gray's body, so they technically just kissed each other." Happy/Natsu clarified.
The moment seemed to last an eternity. Both Kurt/Lucy and Erza/Gray were trying to process what exactly happened, only for Erza/Gray to break the ice.
"This means nothing, okay?" Erza/Gray said nervously.
"Of course. We are not in the right bodies for this to even count. Still friends?" Kurt/Lucy nervously said, extending out his/her hand.
The hand was met by Erza/Gray's and she/he shook it, "Still friends."
"You are so going to pay for that Erza! Re-quip!" Gray/Erza yelled in anger as his/her body glowed yellow.
"Gray, don't you dare!" Erza/Gray pleaded.
When the flash died out, Gray/Erza was now dressed in a tight, one piece black outfit that showed off his/her voluptuous body and a staggering amount of cleavage. He/she wore black stockings, red heel shoes, and a pair of long, gray bunny ears that were attached to a band on his/her head. Around his/her, neck was a cute red bowtie.
"What the?! I wanted cool armor, not to look like a showgirl!" Gray/Erza cried out.
The sight of Gray/Erza in such a revealing outfit, caused the men of Fairy Tail to drool in excitement, even the swapped Kurt/Lucy tried his/her best to look away.
"You bastard!" Erza/Gray cried as she/he was about to punch him/her, only for him/her to automatically switch back into his/her regular armor at the last second, badly bruising Erza/Gray's hand.
"Oh man, now I can't even strip with this stupid thing on my chest." Gray/Erza said as he/she was visibly trying to remove the breastplate.
"Should have just done that in the first place." Erza/Gray said as she/he was rubbing her/his bruised hand.
Suddenly, everyone looked to see fire drooling out of Happy/Natsu's mouth and onto the floor. "What's happening to me?! I have fire dripping from my mouth!"
"You've got to control it Happy!" Natsu/Happy yelled.
"I can't sir!" Happy/Natsu said, continuing to breathe fire around the Guild. In an attempt to stop him, Erza/Gray tried to use her/his magic, but only succeeded in drooling out ice cubes from her/his mouth.
This turn of events caused the entire guild and the remnants of Team Xavier to sweat drop in frustration. If they did not stop this now, the fire would burn down the whole Guild! This would not be a problem, if they had someone who could use water magic! Suddenly, Lucy/Kurt got an idea in her/his head.
"Kurt, summon Virgo and tell her to use the dirt to stop the fire!" Lucy/Kurt yelled.
"Wait, which one's Virgo?!" Kurt/Lucy cried out, trying to figure out which key was which from his/her key pocket.
"It's the gold one with a music note on it!" Lucy/Kurt yelled frantically.
Suddenly, Kurt/Lucy managed to find the key and held it his/her hands. "I got it! Now what?"
"Just try to open up her gate and the rest will follow!" Lucy/Kurt explained.
"Okay. Open, Gate of the Maiden, Virgo?" Kurt/Lucy said uncertainly.
In a puff of smoke, the same curvaceous, pink-haired maid from Galuna Island appeared. "You summoned me, Princess?" Virgo said, doing a little curtsy.
"Uh, yeah. I need you stop that fire by using your digging ability." Kurt/Lucy said, unconvincingly.
"As you wish." Virgo said nonchalantly as she dug into the ground and emerged with a huge pile of dirt, effectively smothering the fire, but damaging the floor in the process.
"You destroyed the floor!" Kurt/Lucy said sternly. Suddenly, Virgo ran back faster than he/she could blink, and much to his/her confusion, handed him/her a paddle. At first, he/she was not sure where Virgo was going with this, until she removed her skirt and panties, leaving her naked bottom sticking up in the air as she got on all fours.
"Forgive me Princess. Please punish me!" Virgo said in a sadomasochistic tone.
"Lucy, how do I send your perverted maid back?!" Kurt/Lucy desperately cried, immediately looking away in embarrassment.
"Close the gate! Close the gate! Close the gate!" Lucy/Kurt rapidly said, trying to cover her/his eyes.
In another puff of smoke, Virgo vanished, much to their relief, but to the male onlooker's disappointment.
"Great," Lucy/Kurt moaned sadly, "All of our magic has been switched but we all stink at it. Why me?"
"I'm surprised you can do anything with these hands and toes, Lucy." Kurt/Lucy said, carefully studying his/her new appendages.
"How come? I'm having just as much trouble trying to walk around or pick stuff up in your body." Lucy/Kurt said, walking wobbly.
"No need to worry, Lucy!" a feminine voice cried out. They all turned to see a petite, blue haired girl named Levy said. Behind her were her two teammates; the orange haired one with a brown hat was Jet and the black haired one with a yellow bandolier across his chest was Droy.
"Levy, you're here!" Lucy/Kurt squealed happily.
"Remember what I said about not acting so girly in my body?" Kurt/Lucy said sardonically.
"Don't worry! Team Shadow Gear is here to save the day." Droy stated confidently. "You guys will be back to normal in no time."
"Oh yeah," Jet added as confidently as Droy. "We got this, no sweat."
"Now do your thing Levy." Jet and Droy said together.
"So, what are you guys going to do? Be her personal cheerleaders?" Kurt/Lucy said sardonically.
"Actually, you're not wrong." Mira said, much to Kurt/Lucy's confusion.
In response, the two men only chuckled, only to further confuse Kurt/Lucy.
"You're so kind to help us!" Lucy/Kurt said.
Levy chuckled a little. "Anything for a friend; besides, I really want to read your novel and it would be weird talking about it in front of Kurt." She said, whispering the last part.
"What are you going to do?" Gray/Erza interjected.
Later, Levy was sitting at a bench, holding the request paper in her hands. A few books were stacked around her. The others gathered behind the blue haired mage.
"Well, I do know a little about ancient texts." Levy explained. "I'll start with what was written on the flier itself."
"Sounds good," Gray/Erza said, "but do it quick!"
Kurt/Lucy walked around the table to stand in front of the group, lovingly holding Azure in his/her arms. "Listen up everybody; we need to let Levy work in peace."
"Yeah," Natsu/Happy agreed in a muffled voice. He then realized that he had a fish in his mouth and gasped in shock. He lowered his wings and fell to the floor in utter disgust. "Why did I have a raw fish in my mouth? I only like it cooked!"
"Lucky! I wish I could have fish again!" Happy/Natsu wailed as he tried to eat fish again, only for it to burn up instantly in his mouth.
Levy began reading a book, her red reading glasses cast a beam of rainbow colored light over the pages, allowing her to read much faster. "Okay…ugo deru…" she mumbled.
'I'm pretty sure that Jean or Beast might enjoy having a pair of glasses like that.' Kurt/Lucy thought to him/herself sardonically.
"Please hurry," Gray/Erza said calmly, although his/her expression suggested otherwise. "We only have ten minutes left."
"Are you sure that it's a good idea to be reading those word out loud?" Kurt/Lucy asked, crossing his/her arms over his/her ample chest, much to his/her embarrassment.
"Don't worry," Levy, replied nonchalantly, looking between her books and the poster. "It's totally safe as long you don't read everything in the right order."
"There's not much time!" Natsu/Happy shouted hysterically. "I need to be able to burn stuff again! Change me back!"
"So, how's it going Levy?" Lucy/Kurt said as she/he stood behind her.
Levy was silent, still looking at the request paper.
"Have you figured it out?" Natsu/Happy asked.
"No," Levy replied disappointed, "I'm stumped!"
Natsu/Happy and Lucy/Kurt both let out a frustrated yell. Kurt/Lucy's eyes widened slightly. 'Gott helfe uns'
"No!" Happy/Natsu cried. "I can't stay in a body where I can't even eat fish!"
"I'm with you! I need to burn stuff again!" Natsu/Happy cried out.
Lucy/Kurt whimpered. "I can't stay in the body of a fuzzy blue mutant forever! Especially if it's a boy!"
Kurt/Lucy looked back at her/him comfortingly. "We're going to get through this, you know."
"This is crazy! I can't stay in the body of someone where I can't even strip!" Gray/Erza cried out, once again trying to remove his/her breastplate, to no avail.
"Surely my fate isn't to remain in the man's body for the rest of my life, especially one that's so cold." Erza/Gray whimpered.
"Look, I know you guys are freaking out, but I'm still working on it, okay?" Levy reassured the panicking wizards.
Natsu/Happy turned to Macao. "How much time do we have left?"
"Eight minutes, Macao answered, holding up a board with the number eight on it. "Hate to say it kids, but you might want to start preparing for the worst."
This statement made the whole team freeze in fear. The possibility of never going back to their own bodies was frightening. Even Kurt/Lucy found him/herself unsettled by this. Being stuck in a girl's body was certainly, not how he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Logan would never let him/her live it down.
A moment later, Team Xavier was sitting on a bench across from Levy as they left her alone to work. Her teammates, Jet and Droy, were cheering behind her, much to Kurt/Lucy's amusement.
'What do you know? They are her cheerleaders.' Kurt/Lucy mused.
"So, what happens if we wind up getting stuck like this?" Gray/Erza inquired, his/her chin resting on his/her hand.
"What are you implying, Gray?" Erza/Gray cocked a brow.
"Are we just going to adjust to our new bodies and head back to work?" Gray/Erza clarified.
"When you put it like that, I guess we'd have to. It's not like we have any other options." Erza/Gray said.
"I just want to eat fish again!" Happy/Natsu cried out, bawling like a baby.
"Stop making me cry, Happy!" Natsu/Happy yelled.
"Calm down, Natsu." Kurt/Lucy consoled. "No one…"
Suddenly, Kurt/Lucy paused as a realization came to his/her mind. This made the other look at him/her inquiringly.
"What? What is it Kurt?" Lucy/Kurt asked.
"I just realized something." Kurt/Lucy said. "None of us know how to use our powers properly. If we ever did take a job, we'd never be able to finish it."
The entire team went into shock.
"Oh, crap, you're right!" Erza/Gray agreed. "We're useless and that means…"
"WE'RE THE WEAKEST TEAM IN FAIRY TAIL NOW!" they shouted simultaneously.
It was sadly true. If the spell was not reversed, they would be stuck in another person's body with no knowledge on how to use that person's powers. In addition, being trapped in another person's body, especially for Kurt, Erza, Gray, and Lucy, would not only have ramifications on their missions, but their personal lives as well.
For Kurt/Lucy, he/she spent years adapting to his/her body, learning most of his/her strengths and weaknesses. However, being stuck in Lucy's body meant that he/she would never be able to teleport again or use his/her new Shadow Magic. Not only that, but also, Kurt/Lucy would be trapped in a female body for the rest of his/her life.
"Oh man, I hate this!" Natsu/Happy roared out. "What's the point of living if I can't burn stuff anymore?!"
"I'm a cute celestial mage! No offense Kurt, but I can't stay as a fuzzy blue mutant forever!" Lucy/Kurt cried out.
Happy/Natsu was busy bawling his eyes out. "I just want to eat fish again!"
"This is unacceptable!" Erza/Gray shouted. "I'm an S-Class wizard and I refuse to be part of Fairy Tail's weakest team…if only I was back in my normal body."
"Will you jungs calm down?!" Kurt/Lucy exclaimed as he/she stood up, drawing all eyes on him/her. "Listen, I don't like this more than any of you, but sitting here and complaining about it like children isn't going to make it any better. If we wind up having to adapt to our new bodies…then that is what we will do."
The team looked at Kurt/Lucy in shock. The way Kurt had just yelled at them was like Lucy's but much more sympathetic. Lucy/Kurt and Erza/Gray looked at him/her blankly; the way he/she was able to reassure everyone that everything would be fine appealed to both of them. Azure merely snuggled up to him/her comfortingly and Kurt/Lucy lovingly petted her in return.
Suddenly, Levy cried out, "Yes, that's it!"
Immediately after that exclamation, the team crowded around Levy with a mix of excited and relieved looks.
"Really, so you can lift the spell?" Natsu/Happy asked excitedly.
"Go on! Do it!" Gray/Erza added.
"This is what is says: May this eternal exchange provide you with eternal happiness." Levy smiled. "Kind of cute, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is." Lucy/Kurt gushed.
"May this eternal exchange provide you with eternal happiness?" Kurt/Lucy repeated.
"Yeah, and?" Natsu/Happy demanded.
"In other words, everyone who switched bodies will live happily ever after!" Levy replied. "I'm so glad I figured it out."
At that moment, it grew deathly quiet as the horrifying realization hit them like their idiot dad backing up the car through the living room wall. Finally though…
"No freaking way!" Natsu/Happy yelled. "You're telling me I'll never be able to burn stuff again?!"
"Levy, we wanted you to lift the spell, not translate it. Are you sure you aren't a blond?" Kurt/Lucy deadpanned, only to get a murderous glare from Lucy/Kurt. "It's just a figure of speech."
"Oh, that's right. Sorry!" Levy apologized.
Lucy/Kurt walked next to Levy and placed a supportive, strange, three-fingered hand on her shoulder. "You got this. I have faith in you, but you got to work faster, okay? Maybe there's a hidden message or code or something in that request?"
"Yeah," Levy answered more determined. "Good idea."
As Levy resumed her work, Jet and Droy continued cheering her on, the latter banging a drum while the former waved around a fan.
"Go! Go! Go Levy!" her fan boys cheered.
Wakaba stared at this scene with a perplexed expression. "Isn't this entire racket gong to distract her?"
"Nah," Elfman grinned in anticipation. "They're just trying to get her pumped up!" Elfman jumped in with Jet and Droy and began cheering her on.
"Ugh," Levy moaned, "I'm still not seeing any kind of pattern here. I doesn't seem to make any sense."
Macao pulled out a purple board with a yellow three on it. "Three minutes left," he said.
"Three minutes?!" Lucy/Kurt cried out.
"Well, this is it." Erza/Gray whined. "This is how I'm going to spend the rest of my life…as a…man." Erza/Gray fell to her/his hands and knees, and whimpered. "I've worked so hard."
Erza/Gray was about to cry until she/he felt a comforting hand on her/his shoulder. She/he turned to see Kurt/Lucy smiling at her/him. "Please don't cry Erza, I don't like it when you cry. If it makes you feel any better, I feel your pain."
"You do?" Erza/Gray asked, sniffling.
"Yeah, being stuck in a woman's body forever doesn't bode well with me either." Kurt/Lucy admitted. "But, I know that's not going to happen. I'm confident we'll get back in our original bodies, because I want to see you with that rose in your hair again."
Erza/Gray looked at him quizzically. "How can you be so sure that everything is going to work out, even when all hope seems to be gone?"
"That's the beauty of faith Erza." Kurt/Lucy said as Azure comfortingly snuggled up to him/her." Azure feels it too. We'll get back in our bodies Erza, that's a promise."
Erza/Gray continued to look at him/her. 'We have less than a couple of minutes left before we are stuck in different bodies…yet he is still confident that everything will work out. His faith in God must by unshakable' she thought. 'Who are you, Kurt Wagner?'
Erza/Gray smiled at him/her and stood up. 'Whether I'm in this body or mine…I have a very good feeling that I'll enjoy fighting alongside him.'
"You're right." Erza/Gray conceded.
"Have you figured it out yet?!" Natsu/Happy demanded.
Macao held up a white poster board with a red number one at the center. "Your situation is direr than a kid about to wet himself with only one minute to go."
Kurt/Lucy looked at the middle-aged wizard confusingly. "Where do you keep getting all of these posters? Was there a sale or something?"
"I don't recall asking for the time! So shut your mouth, okay?!" Happy/Natsu roared, veins throbbing on his forehead.
"Geez, I was just trying to help." Macao muttered.
Levy, meanwhile, was hard at work trying to undo the spell. "Okay, I think I've almost got it worked out." She mumbled.
Behind her, Droy continued to bang the drums while Jet and Elfman waved around fans.
"Work it Levy! Yeah! You're on fire!" Elman cheered.
Wakaba sweat dropped. "He's too good at this."
"I'm pretty sure he's had a lot of practice at strip clubs." Kurt/Lucy said sardonically.
Meanwhile, Makarov stood behind Natsu/Happy and Gray/Erza. "Still trying to break the spell, huh?"
They both turned to the old man with annoyed expressions. "Look, if you're trying to teach us a lesson here, we've learned it already, okay?" Gray/Erza said.
"Oh!" Makarov's face lit up as if an idea had popped into his brain.
Suddenly, the group nearly gasped in anticipation. The rest of the group crowded in front of him immediately with hope in their eyes.
"Yes, master?" Erza/Gray asked eagerly.
The diminutive master was silent for a moment before he shrugged, "Never mind kids, I've drawn a blank."
At that, the group fell over in exasperation; besides Kurt/Lucy who stood stationary with his/her arms and jaw hanging down.
"With all due respect master, not cool!" Kurt/Lucy yelled.
"You guys have about forty seconds left," Macao informed, holding up a sign with a big number forty on it. "More or less…starting right now!"
"What do you mean, more or less?!" Natsu/Happy shouted angrily.
Suddenly, Makarov's face brightened once again. "I just remembered something about the spell!"
"What is it master?!" Kurt/Lucy exclaimed.
The master turned away. "While it can be lifted, I'm afraid that it has to be done one pair at a time." He then glanced over his shoulder. "Meaning, it's impossible to change you back all at once!"
"What?!" Natsu/Happy shouted.
"Thirty seconds…ish." Macao said, holding up another sign with thirty on it.
"Seriously, was it buy twenty, get nineteen free or something?" Kurt/Lucy asked.
"So, which pair's going first?" Gray/Erza asked crossly.
"It should be me and Happy!" Natsu/Happy answered.
"Aye sir! Sounds good to me." Happy/Natsu agreed.
"But that's not fair!" Lucy/Kurt cried out. "It should be me and Kurt!"
"Hold on!" Erza/Gray shouted, her/his vein throbbing violently. "Since I'm an S-Class wizard, Gray and I should go first. It's for the good of the Guild!"
"Amen to that, Erza" Gray/Erza agreed.
Immediately, a big argument broke out between five of the seven-person team, leaving only Kurt/Lucy and Azure not fighting. He/she only stood at the side, petting Azure lovingly. 'Man, forget my earlier comment. These guys fight more than Logan!'
"Hold on you guys!" Levy screamed. "I got it!"
The majority of the team ceased their fighting as they all gathered close to Levy's worktable. "Really?" Lucy/Kurt asked.
"Yeah, but listen, I'll try to explain this as quickly as I can."
"And nine…eight…" Macao counted down; however, before he could continue, he received a wicked haymaker from Happy/Natsu on Natsu/Happy's behalf, sending Macao crashing through a bench, unconscious.
"No time!" Natsu/Happy shouted. "Just change us back! Hurry!"
"Yeah…right, here it goes." Levy said. Suddenly, the request paper glowed brightly once more. She then held out her arms as she chanted, "Aruborya tesura rugi gou! Aruborya tesura rugi gou! Aruborya tesura rugi gou!"
The rainbow colored light appeared and sparkles descended over the team, minus Azure who was hiding underneath Levy's table. Then, an awe-inspiring helix of bright colors and magical ciphers appeared over the page, casting light throughout the Guild Hall. The beam then shot into the sky, where anyone in Magnolia could see it.
After a moment, the light died away and the group let out collective sighs. Team Xavier stood still for a few moments before Kurt blinked a few times. When his focus finally returned, he looked himself over and smiled. He was back in his own body.
"Oh yeah! I'm fuzzy and blue again!" Kurt said boisterously.
Erza, who was standing a fair distance to his side, examined herself shortly and smiled too. "I am in my own body again."
Lucy, Happy, Natsu, and Gray blinked a couple of times. They looked over themselves and were pleased to find that they were back in their original bodies.
"Hey!" Natsu shouted. "We're back in our bodies too!"
"Aye sir!" Happy said in a muffled voice as he began to devour his fish with gusto.
"Man, I'm glad that's over." Gray sighed in relief; unexpectedly, ice chunks started drooling out of his mouth.
"So, now you're drooling ice cubes on purpose?" Wakaba asked.
Lucy ran up to Levy and held her hands. "Levy, you're awesome!" she squealed.
"That's right!" the blue haired wizard fist-pumped.
"Oh yeah." Droy said.
"Our cheering worked, huh?" Jet commented.
"You got to tell us…" Lucy asked, "How'd you do it?"
"Well, when I realized that the words themselves had no meaning, I decided to read them backwards." Levy explained.
"Backwards?" Kurt asked.
"It's actually an old trick." Levy continued. "Ancient languages such as this didn't really didn't really have that many letters. Therefore, sometimes they had to be a little more creative with their word usage. That is why when I reversed the words, I reversed the spell too."
"How cool," Lucy remarked.
"At least it's all over." Natsu said.
"We owe you big time, Levy." Gray added.
Levy giggled a bit. "Don't worry about it."
"Good work you kids." The group turned and met with quite a confusing sight. Mira was sitting cross-legged on the bar countertop, but she was holding Makarov's cane behind her back.
"Huh?" Lucy and Levy asked.
"Hey guys, something's wrong." Makarov, who was standing on the floor, said a bit girlishly. "Did I get shorter?"
"Oh no!" Lucy cried out. "You don't think that…"
"That Mira switched bodies with Gramps?" Gray finished.
Kurt's eyes widened from this realization, even when Azure leaped into his arms to lick his face. "Did you pronounce it right, Levy?"
"Wow!" Makarov/Mira beamed brightly. "You won't hear me complaining about this!"
"No!" Mira/Makarov started waving her/his little arms around in panic. "This can't be happening!"
"Oh no…" Erza muttered. "Who else has been…?"
Sure enough, the evidence was sprawled out when Elfman began chugging beer and Cana was not. In addition, Jet and Droy had apparently switched bodies, much to everyone's confusion on this turn of events.
Levy and Team Xavier stared at their body-swapped friends, who were bickering among themselves. They were all clearly confused by what had just happened.
"Oh no…" Levy gasped. "I think I'm a little over my head here."
"Oh boy…" Kurt exhaled deeply. "It looks like the adventures of our Fairy Tail body swap will continue."
Unknown Location
"Magic is not a toy. It can turn your world on its head. The very fabric of your being can be pulled from you in an instant. So, do not take it lightly. Until next time…"
"ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO END IT LIKE THIS?!" Kurt and Natsu shouted.
AN: Well, I hope you enjoyed this comical installment in my story! If you are wondering about my decision on the body swaps, I needed Erza and Gray to switch bodies because I thought it would be better than Erza and Kurt. Speaking of which, them kissing in different bodies and Kurt giving Erza the Strawberry Rose are just the first part of their relationship. There are going to be more moments like that in the future chapters, so be prepared. Don't worry, they will get together, just be patient.
Before you ask, Azure's Fairy Tail mark will be present on her underbelly when she transforms. I also gave them orange marks because blue and orange are complementary colors, and it would be much more noticeable on their blue fur. Also, Kurt's favorite drink isn't lemonade, but I added it in to expand his character. BTW, It's not the only thing about him I'll be adding as the story develops.
However, now that the comedy is out of the way, we will be going into the action of the Phantom Lord Arc! After that, as promised, my original arc, which I have yet to name, will take place before the Tower of Heaven. After that, I will finally be going into Azazel's plan and actions in the last chapter for my second original arc, but maybe after a few one shots.
So, rate and review, and I will be back with an update as soon as I can. In addition, the German translations in order are, what was that about, god help us, and guys.
Next time- Ch 9: Phantom Lord Part 1
