*CHAPTER 11 EDITED:
Thanks to Anele1996 for reminding me! The potion only helps him turn back into human, NOT heals his injuries. Hahaha. So I edit this chapter on the last part. Thanks again Anele1996! =3
/Author's Note/
My lazyness is killing meeeeee! And I didn't have any chance to touch the laptop since my brother was using it for his assignment. So sorry for the late update!
/Special Thanks to/
1. darkhuntressxir
::Thank you so much for reviewing! And yes, I tried to make Gray as gentle as he could. Hahaha::
2. Momo-senpi
::OMG you like the fluff yaaayy! I was so worried people wouldn't like it since I'm inexperience in writing fluff. Yay for Neko-Natsu's cuteness! X3::
3. ocdanime
::Thank you for liking the fluff! I'm still practicing though. Haha.::
4. Anele1996
::Thanks! I've always wanted to make Natsu as a grumpy little kitty, it just suits him! Hahaha. I don't know if there's also story with Natsu as a cat. Never read it before. Haha.::
5. Exadire
::Where did you find the picture? I wanna see it! Hahaha. And thank you so much!::
/Disclaimer/
Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima. Not mine.
Chapter 11 / Pure Aqua
A/N: I got this 'Pure Aqua' idea from Indh13 and she has permitted me to write her idea in my story. Thank you so much, Indh13! =3
"Graaaayy! Wake uuuupp!" Natsu stood up and opened the curtain to let the sunlight entered their room, but Gray refused to wake up. "Today is the last day or I'm gonna be a cat forever!" The pink haired boy jumped on Gray and shouted in front of his face.
Gray opened his eyes widely. "You're right!" He quickly stood up and accidentally pushed Natsu backward until they both fell from the bed with the ice mage on top of the fire mage.
"What's going on!" Erza, along with Lucy and Happy bursted in since they heard a loud 'bam'. And once again, they saw that…awkward scene.
"N-not again…" Gray's sweats dropped.
"Err…guys.. I know you're very eager to do…'that'.. But can't you just wait? At least until we finish this problem. Haha.." Lucy said.
"Do what? NO WAY!" Natsu screamed while pushing Gray away from him.
Suddenly, William came into their room. "Good morning, everyone. Sorry for interrupting your...'special' time. Haha." He laughed. "I was wondering, have you finished collecting the items? Since today is the last day for Natsu, isn't it? I've only received Verdant Granule from the ladies."
"Oh, yeah. Here are the items, William." Gray took the Clear Berry and Rare Dark Interest from the table and gave them to William. "But we haven't found Pure Aqua yet."
"It's okay. Pure Aqua can be added as the last ingredient. I just have to extract all of these for now. Give me one hour then you could bring the potion to add the Pure Aqua once you find it." William smiled and then left them.
"Alright, boys. Get dressed and meet us in the living room in one hour." Erza said while walking outside the room with Lucy and Happy.
"Wait, Erza!" Gray followed her to the corridor. "How much time do we have?"
"Looks like we only have about 5 hours before Natsu stays as a cat forever. He was transformed at about 12 o'clock noon, wasn't he?" Erza said. "And minus one hour from William, it means 4 hours left."
Gray nodded. "Thanks, Erza. We better be hurry then."
Gray walked back to his (and Natsu's) room but found no one's there. "Natsu?" Then he heard a loud 'thump' and 'ouch' from the bathroom. He immediately went to open the bathroom door. "What's going o-
Natsu was laying on the floor while rubbing his head. He fell because of the slippery floor. But that's not it. What matter the most is…he's…naked…with only a small white towel covered his waist.
When the fire mage saw Gray was standing and staring at him, he quickly stood up and yelled while blushing madly. "Get OUT!"
"Whoa whoa! Calm down, will 'ya? I was shocked by the loud sound so I checked into the bathroom." Gray grabbed Natsu's hands and pushed him until his back faced the shower wall.
"Now you know nothing's wrong!" Natsu struggled. "I'm taking a shower. Get. Out. Or I'll burn you!"
"Burn me? Can you?" Gray smirked as he leaned closer to the fire mage.
Dammit! I could feel his…hot breath.. Natsu blushed and shut his eyes tightly.
Suddenly, Gray turned on the water tap. "Aaaaaahhh! It's cold!" The pink haired mage screamed as the cold water touched his body.
"Hahaha. You could take your shower now. I was just helping you turning on the water tap in case you didn't know how to do it." The ice mage laughed and walked out from the bathroom.
Natsu closed the door and turned on the hot water to wash his blush away. "…Jerk…"
=====meow=====meow=====
An hour later, in the livingroom…
"I've done mixing the ingredients." William handed a small glass bottle to Lucy. "The color of the potion is pale because it's not finished yet. When you add 'Pure Aqua'; one drop is enough, it will shine and turned into a brighter color."
"Thank you so much, William." Erza bowed. "Alright. Let's not wasting more time and find the 'Pure Aqua'." With Erza leading, they all went to the forest.
=====meow=====meow=====
After 3 hours searching in the forest…
"What the heck is this 'Pure Aqua'!" Natsu growled loudly. They had tried so many type of water; lake water, waterfall, water from morning dew, etc., yet the potion still didn't glow. "It's almost 3 hours since we've been searching for it. And now only one hour left before I become a cat foreveeeeeerr!"
"Calm down, Natsu." Gray tapped Natsu's shoulder from behind only to be shoved by an angry Natsu.
"Calm down? How CAN I calm down!" The fire mage yelled.
"Ah… I better try…the springs over there.." Lucy was afraid Natsu's going to lose control, so she felt like avoiding the worst situation. "Come on, Happy." Then the two of them left.
"Watch your mouth, boys." Erza warned.
"Hey! Don't be such a jerk, hot-head! I'm just trying to help here!" Gray yelled back at Natsu.
"Shut up, ice-freak! Of course you guys can calm down since this damn spell didn't afflict you!" Natsu ignited his fists with fire in anger, followed by Gray with ice on his palms.
"ENOUGH!" Erza finally lost her temper and summoned her sword to smack the boys back to their senses.
"Kyaaaaaaaaahhh!"
Suddenly, they heard Lucy screamed. The three of them forgot their quarrel and immediately ran towards Lucy's voice.
"Natsuuuuu!" Happy flew and curled himself in Natsu's chest. "T-those…bandits.. They capture…L-lucy.."
Those are the bandits that the gate keeper had warned about. Natsu glared at the 40 bandits in front of him. "Let her go!"
"Not so fast, brat." The bandit who's holding Lucy strangled her, making her coughed. "Judging from your marks, we know you're Fairy Tail mages. But this is our territory and you must pay for stepping your dirty feet into our territory."
The fire mage was ready to charge but Erza stopped him. "What do you want from us?"
"Let's see…" The leader came forward and held Lucy's chin. "Actually, I don't mind having this girl as the payment…"
Suddenly, Lucy bit the bandit leader's thumb very hard. "Aaaaargh! You stupid girl-
Erza took that opportunity to send the man who's holding Lucy flying backward and released her. The stellar spirit mage quickly ran away towards her team. "His thumb's suck! Yuck!"
"Nice, Lucy! And thanks to Erza!" Natsu grinned. "Now… Let's give those bastards some lessons for messing around with Fairy Tail!"
"Grrr… Kill those brats!" The bandit leader screamed and the war between them had started.
"Kyaah!" One of the bandits hit Lucy and the potion on her hand was thrown away. "Oh no! The potion!"
"Gotcha'!" Gray jumped and caught the potion before it crashed.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Burned with anger, Natsu wreaked it all to the bandits. He defeated almost half of them without mercy. Not satisfied yet, he turned around and found the bandit leader was standing behind him. "Fire Dragon's R-
POFF!
"M-mroar?"
Mwhat! Mwhy must the Temporarty Antidote's effect dissapear now, meow!
Suddenly, the bandit leader grabbed Neko-Natsu's neck and strangled him. "Hah! What's this? The salamander is actually a kitten? Pathetic! Hahaha!"
"L-lemme…go…m-meow.." Neko-Natsu was out of breath.
"Natsu!" Gray screamed while busy fighting the other bandits. Crap! He lost all his magic power in that form!
"Bye bye…kitty.." The bandit leader grinned his evil smirk before throwing Neko-Natsu to the giant rock very hard. "Hahahaha! I defeat the salamander!" He didn't realize the cold breeze were surrounding him and froze his feet. "Gaaaahh! What's this! I can't move!"
"You're…gonna…pay for this.." Gray's blood was now boiled with anger. He froze everything around him with every step he took. The raven was so ready to kill that bastard who had hurt Natsu.
"Stop, Gray." Erza stopped him from taking another step. "We're Fairy Tail mages. Not a killer." The red haired knight reminded him, making Gray dispelled his ice magic. Then Erza sighed. "But I won't forgive all of you for hurting Natsu. Get out of my sight before I turn around or I'm gonna make you all regret forever."
Sensing Erza's murderous aura, all the bandits, including the leader, ran away as as they could until they couldn't be seen by her.
"Natsu!" Gray quicly approached Neko-Natsu's unconscious body.
…
..
Where…am I…
Oh…right.. I was battling the bandit when suddenly I transformed back into this damn cat body.. And now I'm gonna die… Not as a human, but as a cat… Maybe this is better than being a cat forever…
Gray opened the bottle lid and poured some potion into Neko-Natsu's mouth. "Dammit! It's not working!" He clutched the bottle. "Wake up, Natsu! I know you're not that weak to die in this body!"
…
That voice… I think I know it…
Gray?
"Natsu! You're the one who brought me to Fairy Tail! If you're…d-die… Who's gonna help me paying my rent!" Lucy sobbed.
"Uwaaaaaahhh Natsuuuu! Don't die pleeeease!" Happy cried very loud.
"Natsu… You've won against all those strong enemies. You can't die like this…" Tears were flowing on Erza's cheeks.
All of them hugged Neko-Natsu together.
Lucy! Happy! Erza! Everyone! I'm here!
"Please, Natsu…" Gray hugged Neko-Natsu's now cold body. "Please…" A single tear was dropped from Gray's eyes into the potion bottle and the potion was glowing. "W-what?"
I don't wanna die now! I haven't met Igneel! I still have so many things to do! So many things to say!
Graaaaayyy!
Hearing the echo of Natsu's scream in his head, the raven immediately put the bottle on Neko-Natsu's mouth and poured the glowing potion. Suddenly the cat's body glowed and slowly he transformed back into human.
Tears of sadness became tears of joy. "Natsuuuuuu!" All of them hugged Natsu tighter.
"Are you okay?" Gray asked in a worry tone.
Instead of answering Gray's question, Natsu pulled away and grinned a sad smile. "Thank you."
Slowly, his body fell forward only to be caught by a shocked Gray. Lucy saw Natsu's back and screamed. "Oh no! Natsu's back is injured very badly!"
Erza immediately examined Natsu's bleeding back. "It must be because of the clash with this rock when he was thrown away by that bandit leader. And it's a pretty bad injury!" The red haired knight put her index finger and middle finger on Natsu's neck to feel his pulse. "His pulse… It's still there but…it's very weak!"
"Waaaaaahh Natsuuuu!" Happy even cried louder than before.
"W-what do we do now?" Lucy's tears started to flow again. "If... If Natsu die-
"NO!" Gray screamed and lifted Natsu's body in bridal style. "He's not gonna die! I won't let him die!"
"Gray's right. We're not gonna let him die." Erza nodded. "I'm sure William will be able to do something to help us. Let's go back to his house right now!"
Before Erza finished her sentences, Gray had already ran and brought Natsu with him towards William's house as fast as he could.
"Gray!" Erza shouted and ran following him along with Lucy and Happy.
The ice mage gritted his teeth while running. I'll definitely save you, Natsu! Just don't die on me now!
A/N: Too fluffy? Too girly? Sorry, but I'm a girl so I love these stuffs~! *get smacked by readers* Hahaha. =3
Anyway, I've decided to split this chapter into two different chapters since it's long enough. Haha. The next chapter is the last chapter. Any question? Or maybe any requests? Hehe.