Moments with Little Gray
Summary: What happens when Natsu 'accidentally' read another weird looking text on their way home from a job and Gray suffers the consequences? What will a certain blonde do when she's the only one that Gray trust? Let's see how Lucy take on the responsibility of being little Gray's guardian and her sweet little moments with him.
Pairing: Very, very slow GrayLu
Genre: Family, Friendship, Very slow Romance.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters. I am NOT Hiro Mashima.
Chapter II
"You what?!" Lucy bellowed at Natsu, with the latter's head on the ground and muttering his apology to his blonde teammate.
"Natsu, how many times do I have to tell you that if you ever encounter a strange looking text, you shouldn't read it in order? Did you forget what happened to us after you recited that Changeling spell?" Lucy scolded Natsu after hearing what happened.
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Basically, during the mission, when they were about to go back, Natsu found a piece of paper with a strange script written on it. Erza and Gray did warn him not to read it but along the way, he still did.
And just like the Changeling spell, Erza, Gray and Happy emitted blinding lights off their body and, before Natsu could do anything, they transformed into their child self, with the exception of himself, much to his relief― who else would change them back if he himself was turned into a child? Without knowing anything to do with it, Natsu tried to remember what Levy did to redo the spell. It took him minutes to finally realize that he should recite the spell backwards.
But when he looked around, only Erza was left and Gray and Happy are both running off playing tag. So he decided to try it to Erza first. Natsu was really hoping that what he's gonna do will work because he knows he'll get some good scolding (and beatings) afterwards― but come to think of it, no one would scold him if the red head stayed as she is now. With this thought in mind, Natsu looked at Erza and gulped at her innocent stare.
Yea, he better turn her back to normal. Erza's scary whatever age she's in.
After reciting the spell backwards, he was happy to see that his red headed team mate reverted back to normal but he got a lot of beatings after. He then took off, looking for Gray and Happy and was glad to catch his blue flying partner. He, once again, recited the spell backwards and Happy was back to normal.
He was doing fine. He thought he was a genius for remembering how to revert the spell but he forgot one important thing: like the Changeling spell, he only had 30 minutes of reverting everyone affected by the spell or else they will suffer the consequences.
And that is what happened to Gray. Natsu couldn't catch him in time.
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"Huh! Doesn't matter, we'll just have to think of something like what we did with Changeling that time." Lucy said, taking a quick glance at Gray who is now seen playing with Plue. The blonde gal looked at Natsu again and showed him her palms.
"Give me the paper and let's ask Levy-chan to decipher it when she comes back from their team's job. See if there's anything we could do." She said.
Natsu stiffened.
Erza coughed.
Happy munched on his fish.
Lucy quirked an eyebrow.
"Well?" she asked again, getting a bad feeling at how they are acting.
Natsu fidgeted his fingers, a rare sight, and Lucy's heart raced in nervousness. This is a bad sign. She thought.
"I…kind of…well…the paper…u-uhm…"
"Where's the paper?!" Lucy yelled, getting impatient.
With this, Natsu blurted out everything in one breathing.
"I LOST THE PAPER WHEN I THOUGHT GRAY WAS NEVER GOING TO RETURN TO NORMAL! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!"
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"You what?!"
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Lucy sank on her seat as if she lost all of her energy. "Now you've really done it." she said, eyeing the boy. But instead of anger, Lucy's eyes held sympathy in them as she continued, "Juvia will kill you for this."
Natsu turned white. He could imagine that the water mage's rage could drown him with cold and scalding water at the same time. Everyone else pitied him, thinking of what is going to be left of him if Juvia finds out. After all, water could kill fire, what more with an enraged water mage? He was sure lucky she was out on a mission.
"Do you guys think the Master knows how to lift this spell?" Lucy asked, particularly to Mira. The fair headed barmaid was thoughtful for a second before looking at the blonde, answering the question. "We could only hope. But I'm afraid he's been caught up with the 'welcome back' party thrown at him by the other guild masters and I don't know when he'll be back."
Lucy sighed and looked at Gray. The latter saw it and run towards her.
"Onee-chan, Gurei like Puru (Plue)." He said that made Lucy smile.
She was a bit suspicious about this spell, though (and a bit scared). Why would a person create a spell to bring a person back to his child self? And as far as Lucy could see, it's not just the form that changes, even the memories of the person affected were erased, unlike the Changeling spell. She also theorized that maybe even the person's magic couldn't be used anymore. The blonde only hopes that this spell could be easily lifted and not permanent.
Lucy shivered at the thought of Gray never coming back to his original form and will live his life the second time around. She knows he doesn't like that. Even more, she's scared of Juvia's reaction.
The blonde turned to everyone as another thought concerning Gray filled her mind. "Who's going to take him in then?" she asked and everyone fell silent, looking at her intently. She noticed their look and jolted in understanding, standing in protest.
"You guys can't be serious!" she objected, "I have no experience on taking care of a child!"
But everyone held their gazes, making her twitch. She isn't gonna give up so easily. She turned her head towards the green haired mom.
"I wanted to, but I have Asuka." Bisca said. Lucy sighed and looked at the next candidate.
"I have a very short temper," Mira stated casually as she saw Lucy's gaze on her.
Lucy looked at Elfman and Lisanna and saw them sweating while nodding vigorously. And Lucy just had to agree.
She sighed again and looked at the last people that should take responsibility.
"I can't handle him." Both Erza and Natsu answered.
"But you two are the ones responsible for this!" she countered.
"But he doesn't like us." They muttered simultaneously once again.
Erza heaved a sigh, stopping Lucy from saying anything. "And he obviously took a liking to you. He even likes your spirits." She said, looking at the happy Gray playing with Plue again.
"But—"
"Gray-kun," Lucy heard Mira called. She looked over her shoulders and saw Gray hugging Plue closely while eyeing Mira in doubt. It seems like he doesn't trust anyone besides the blonde.
"Do you like Lucy-chan?"
Gray made a confused face making Mira giggle. She pointed at the blonde and repeated her question. "Do you like Lucy-chan?"
Gray followed Mira's fingers and his eyes lit up when he saw Lucy. "Lu…tan?" he asked.
Mira giggled once again before nodding.
"Gurei like Lu-tan!" he cheered, making everyone coo by his cuteness. He smiled and laughed as he cuddled Plue close. "And Gurei like Puru, too!"
Mira smiled at him and looked at Lucy. "It seemed like you don't have any other choice, Lucy. Gray doesn't trust anyone except you. And he likes you."
"But…" she trailed off and walked to where Gray is. She kneeled in front of him and smiled when he gave her his grin.
"Do you want to live with me?" she asked. Gray looked at her for a moment before he smiled widely and leaped at her, nodding his head in approval.
Lucy was at first surprised, but later on smiled at Gray's cuteness. She patted his head in exchange before breaking the hug and faced everyone.
"Okay. But you guys need to do something for me," Everyone cocked their heads in confusion but nodded nonetheless. "You guys should protect me from Juvia."
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A/N: Thanks for reading! wieeeee! hahahhaha
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I wasn't supposed to update this today, but this was the continuation of chap 1 and I want to get it published before I go missing again... hahahahhahahah!
Ja'ne