OK so I made a small change of plans, instead of an S-class quest, it will just be a short simple mission.
I do not own Fairy Tail.
Chapter seven: black berries.
"grrr I said I wanted a mission that had fighting in it" Natsu whined as he followed his team through town towards the train station.
"And I said we have to be back in four days, Mira and I have to go to a Photo shoot and I rather not look all scratched up" Erza growled, she was getting irritated at the fire mage, four years and he still whines like a little kid.
"But it's been four years! I wanted to kick some dark guilds butt" Natsu whined.
"Then after the photo shoot we will take another job and take out a dark guild" Erza replied.
"But Gray and I will not have time to go on a mission!"
"Well then we will just have to go when you two get back" Erza said as she got the tickets for the train and went to put her giant wagon of luggage away. The rest of the team went to find a place to sit. When they found a empty compartment Natsu sat by the window and Happy sat in his lap, Gray sat beside them, Wendy sat across from Natsu and her face was looking a little green with the thought of the on coming motion sickness, Carla sat in Wendy's lap and tried to comfort her, Lucy sat beside Wendy also trying to comfort her friend, when Erza showed up she sat beside Gray. When the train started moving Wendy almost fell over from sickness. Everyone looked over to Natsu expecting to see him hunched over, instead he was sitting with his elbow on the armrest hand holding his head as he stared intently at Wendy with a sympathetic look in his bright green eyes.
"So your dragon magic is fully matured now" Natsu stated and Wendy nodded weakly. Natsu sighed and lit his free hand in pink flames that he threw at the sky slayers head, the flames stuck to her head making a pink fiery hat. Wendys face gained her normal color and she sat up quietly.
"Thank-you Natsu-San, but how are you not sick, all dragon slayers are supposed to get sick" Wendy asked.
"I got over it with help from dad" Natsu answered as he closed his eyes.
"What did you guys do?" Lucy asked.
"He made a fire-proof boat and locked me on it till my sickness was cured, Took me two and a half weeks of being on that thing before I could even stand, took another month before I barely felt sick anymore" Wendy cringed thinking about being in that situation. "but enough about that, Erza what exactly is this mission you picked?"
"Berry picking, a fruit shop in Shirotsume Town needs help gathering Black Berries from the forest near town, the shop owner is scared to enter the forest and her previous berry worker quit, so we have to gather the berries." Erza said reading the details from the flier.
"That sounds so boring!" Natsu whined. "I want to fight, not pick berries"
"I said we can go on another mission after you and Gray get back from your trip" Erza yelled at the fire mage causing him to sigh and look out the window, he closed his eyes and dosed off.
"Seriously, where are you two going?" Lucy asked, Gray smiled and looked at the celestial mage.
"Cant tell you" Gray said simply, causing Lucy to pout and Erza to glare at the ice make mage.
"And why cant you tell us?" She demanded. Gray looked at her and shivered in fear. The Titania narrowed her eyes at the two in suspicion, no one keeps secrets from her. "Well Gray, where are you two going on your trip?"
Gray felt cornered, he knew he cant tell them about the place they were going, but he knew denying Erza an answer was practically suicidal. He glanced at Natsu and then back at Erza.
"I cant tell you" Gray whimpered. That was Erzas last strip of patience, she was about to force Gray to answer her, she raised her hand then froze when she heard a low growl. Everyone looked over at Natsu who was growling lowly at Erza, everyone gasped when they saw his eyes narrowed at the knight, but what really surprised them was that his bright green eyes were now a dark red.
"We are not allowed to tell you, accept that and let it go, forcing your friends to answer you is not nice." Natsu said as his eyes faded back to their bright green color and he stood up. "I'll be on the roof" he said as he left the compartment.
"That was scary, I've never seen him look at his nakama like that, and his eyes..." Happy said. Gray stood and started to follow the way Natsu left. Lucy and Erza stared at the leaving mages before they heard a moan and a bump, they looked over and saw the pink flames on Wendys head were gone and her face was green from sickness again.
The rest of the ride was silent. When they reached Shirotsume Town they re-grouped and headed to the clients shop. The clients shop was a a beautiful two story white brick building with a picture of a basket of fruit as its sign. The inside was full of all types of fruit,Natsu and Happys mouths dropped at all the delicious looking fruit in the store. They walked to the back of the store and were greeted by a short old lady wearing a blue dress with pictures of apples on it.
"Hello, my name is Shara, how may I help you young ones today?" the lady said.
"We are the Fairy Tail mages that accepted your request, we are here to gather the berries for you" Erza said. Shara smiled and handed everyone a basket and a picture
"you are to go into the forest and look for these berries, they are very sweet, I would love it if each of you can fill a basket and bring them back here, if each of you call fill your baskets then I will double the reward" she said then walked away.
"Sounds simple enough" Gray said and they left. They split into teams, Wendy, Carla, and Happy were one team. Erza and Lucy were paired together, and Natsu and Gray were the final team.
Natsu and Gray were having an easy time finding the berries, and much to Natsus delight they came across a forest Vulcan. They only had to find a little bit more berries before they could head back to the meeting spot. Natsu had tried the berries and found they were really sweet, so Gray had to try and keep him from eating all the berries they were supposed to gather for the shop. After a while they came across a berry bush that almost looked like the black berries they were gathering, but the leaves had a different pattern to them. Instead of the leaves having three points, they had two with a very thin silky fur on them.
"These look tasty" Natsu said as he took one and ate it without a second thought, his eyes widened and Gray stared at him waiting to hear what they were like. "THESE ARE AMAZING!" Natsu yelled, Grays eyes widened and he took one of the berries and ate it, his eyes widened. The berries were sweet like the others, but they had a small tangy side that lit their taste buds up and they loved. After a while they just grabbed a few for themselves and headed back to the meeting spot. Once everyone gathered they headed back to the shop. When they got there the old lady was happy to find all the baskets full, and as promised she doubled the reward.
Since it was already getting dark they all rented a hotel room, Gray and Natsu slept on the floor, Wendy and the Exceeds slept on one bed, and Erza and Lucy slept on the other bed.
The next morning Erza was the first to wake up. She stood and went to the restroom for a quick shower. After she was all clean and ready for the day she went back out into the sleeping area and smiled. Wendy was curled up on her side with Carla and Happy in her arms. Lucy was all spread out over the bed on her back in a tangled mess of blankets. But what made her smile most was the two boys on the floor laying on their sides with Grays arm wrapped securely around Natsu sharing the same blanket and pillow. She knew there was something going on between them, and seeing them like that only confirmed her thoughts
She decided to let everyone sleep some more while she went down to the dinning area to grab some breakfast for everyone. On her way back with two huge trays of various foods she heard screaming from their room, she ran to the room surprisingly not dropping the food and kicked the door open. Her jaw dropped at the sight that greeted her.
Standing in the middle of the room were the two boys starring at each other with wide eyes and fast breaths, at first thought she thought it was because they woke up cuddled together and her thought about them being together was wrong, but when she looked at them she saw they each now had fluffy tail that were swishing around behind them.
Gray had a fluffy Black tail swooshing around behind him. Natsu had a dark pink fluffy tail and just lie his hair it had Black and blonde streaks.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO US?" Gray yelled, and he looked at Erza who set the food on a table and closed the door to their room.
"What did you two do Yesterday?" Erza asked calmly. the boys sat on one of the beds and remembered the events from yesterday.
"We went berry picking, we ate a few of the berries" Natsu said, "It could have been the berries"
"No because we all had some of the same berries, did you two eat anything other than the berries we were all supposed to gather.
"Actually yes we did" Gray said as he went to his bag and pulled out the other berries they found yesterday. Wendy gasped at the berries in the bag.
"Those are Nekona Fruit, I thought they were extinct, you two ate these?" Wendy asked with a sad look as she looked at the two boys.
"Wendy, what are those?" Erza asked.
"It's an ancient spices of berry, if you ingest them you will slowly turn into a cat, each day they will become more like a cat. Grandeeney told me they went extinct around two hundred years ago, I never dreamed to come across them"
"Is there a way to stop it" Gray asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry, I don't know" Wendy almost cried at her inability to help her friends. Gray almost looked about to pass out, Natsu calmed down and looked at his own tail with a frown.
"I wonder if mom and dad know anything about this and how to stop it, they only went extinct two hundred years ago, mom and dad were around before they went extinct." Natsu suggested. Gray looked hopeful, but then frowned.
"They wont be back at Fairy Tail till tomorrow." Gray whined.
"Well they are our best chance, lets get going, we can be back at the guild by three if we leave now" Natsu said and they all got ready and headed back to Magnolia. The train ride was quiet and when they reached Magnolia Natsu and Gray were stiff with everyone looking at them, or more spisicaly their tails. When they reached the guild Gray had a blue aura around him and Natsu had small crimson flames on his skin.
"What happened to you guys?" Laxus asked.
"Never mind that, please tell us Zeref and Mavis came back early" Gray mumbled.
"Sorry icicle they wont be back till tomorrow" Gajeel answered and that only made the twos arras grow larger.
"Were going home" Natsu mumbled and he and gray left, their tails drooping behind them.
As soon as they were out of the guild a crowd gathered around the remaining members of Team Natsu for details.
The next morning Gray woke to a pretty cute sightseeing in front of him with his arms crossed pouting was Natsu, but what was cute were the two new cat ears atop his head the same color as his hair that were folded backing his pout.
"We have cat ears Gray" Natsu whined. Gray knew he should have been upset, but Natsu was being too cute that he almost wished he could keep the ears and tail.
"You look cute" Gray blurted out without thinking. Natsu froze and stared at Gray, they both blushed.
"Well um... I'm gonna go make breakfast." Natsu said and stood before walking out of the room and going to the kitchen.
Breakfast was quiet, after a while they decided to go to the guild and wait for Zeref and Mavis to get back. They were aware of the stares they revived in the guild. They were sitting at the bar with Lucy and Loke. The lion spirit almost fell over laughing when he saw the two boys but a glare from Natsu shut him up. Natsu was getting tired of all the stares, he stood up and walked over to Gajeel who was talking with Laxus and Sting. He didn't say anything, just punched Gajeel in the face. Within the next thirty seconds the entire guild was in a brawl. Makarov was the one who ended the brawl and then complained about money and the council.
It was getting late and there was still no sign of Zeref and Mavis. Everyone started to avoid the two aggravated mages at the bar. It was almost sunset by the time Zeref and Mavis arrived at the guild. As soon as they walked through the doors Natsu and Gray were in front of them glaring and growling.
"FIX THIS NOW!" They yelled simultaneously. Zeref looked them over, his eyes instantly zoned in on the ears and tails of the two mages, he then fell over laughing, earning many stares from the guild members.
"HAHAhahahahahaha... I ...Hahahah... can't believe it... hahaha" Zeref laughed clutching his sides as he rolled on the floor. He finally calmed down enough to look up at the two mages who were glaring down at him. "To think that there was still a Nekona Fruit bush in existence, and fate would have you two be the ones to eat the berries. Sorry boys, I don't know how to cure it" Zeref said as he stood up. The boys instantly slumped, their tails drooping and ears down.
"So I guess we are going to turn into cats now" Gray said sadly.
"I don't want to become a cat, I still haven't seen Igneel" Natsu whined. Zeref looked at the two boys and giggled.
"I may not know how to cure it completely, but I do know how to stop it, you will still have the ears and tails though" Zeref said. At that the boys looked at each other, each taking in each-others appearance, when their eyes met the both started to blush. "haha, I take those looks as you not minding. Now stay still" Zeref said as he placed hiss index and pinky fingers on each of their foreheads.
"korera no tamashi o shohi surukara neko no kono noroi o teishi" Zeref chanted, then Natsu and Gray were encased in a bright light, when the light faded they looked the same.
"There you two go, you will not become anymore cat than you already are, I hope this teaches you to not eat random berries you found, now please tell me where you found them so I can go get rid of it"
The rest of the day was pretty normal, when they went home Gray and Natsu went to their room and getting ready for bed.
"I cant believe we have to live with these cat parts" Natsu said as he looked in their dresser mirror, he was examining his ears and tail more closely now that he knew he was gonna live with them. "How am I gonna explain this to Igneel when I find him"
"When we find him we will just have to explain the truth." Gray said as he also examined his own set of cat parts. Natsu froze and looked at the ice mage.
"WE?" Natsu asked.
"Yes we, I want to help you find him" Gray said then hugged Natsu from behind.
"Thanks Gray" Natsu said as he turned in grays arms and kissed him.
"And if Igneel doesn't like the Ears and tail I'll punch him. I think you look good with them" Gray sad as he kissed Natsu deeper earning a moan from the Dark Prince. After a while they had to part as oxygen was still a necessity for life. Gray moved and started to kiss his neck and pulled Natsu closer so there was nothing between them other than Natsus shirt and shorts that he sleeps in, and Grays boxers.
"Gray" Natsu called breathless. "we can't, we have to wait"
"I'm not allowed to just tease you?" Gray asked while still attacking Natsus neck.
"No, its too tempting" Natsu said and Gray reluctantly pulled away.
"Fine" Gray sighed as they settled in bed for the night.
A/N
I love cats!... Enough said. I thought it would be cute and funny to make them part cat.
computer messed up for a while, but now it is fine, a friend fixed it for me.
I have a few more chapters and a few new powers to give until I Start my main plot for this story. Like I said before, Natsu will be OP.
Thanks for the reviews.
Until next time.