OMG I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPLOADED IN LIKE WHAT... TWO WEEKS?! IT'S REALLY BEEN THAT LONG?! SORRY, SCHOOL HAS STARTED AND I'M REALLY ON EDGE, BUT REST ASSURED, I WILL MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE THIS STORY.
How long was it? 5 minutes? 10 minutes? 50 minutes? Natsu was found looking dead into Gray for what felt like an eternity, the two of them, staring at each other, like two deers caught in a headlight. Frozen at his sight, thoughts such as ''did he recognize me? Do I tell him?'' are racing in her head. the sleeves of her crop top wasn't much, but it was long enough to cover up her guild mark, and her scarf was wrapped around her waist, resembling more like a belt, so unless her hair gives it away, there was no way anyone could figure out she was Natsu. On the other hand, however, should you tell anyone that was Natsu, but genderbent, you will instantly see the resemblance.
''How long do you plan to stare?'' asked Gray suddenly, ''Are you lost?''
''huh?'' Natsu snapped out of her trance to answer.
''You've been staring at me for a while now, is everything okay?''
''Uh, yeah...'' Replied Natsu.
''Good. By the way, you haven't seen a man with pink hair and a scale scarf run by, have you?'' asked Gray.
''They don't know!'' Thought Natsu, ''Perfect!''
''I haven't'' She answered.
''Fine, but if you see him, tell him Gray said sorry.'' said Gray
''?''
''It's a long story.'' said Gray, ''Don't ask, just tell him, see ya!'' Gray turned away.
''What? sorry? Why is he sorry? Damn you Gray, even when you don't mean it, you give me errands to run!''
Natsu quickly gave chase to Gray, hoping she can eavedrop on him once he regroups with everyone else. Following him out of Hargeon, the two quickly entered a market area. Taking advantage of the crowd, she was able to blend in and hide. However, halfway through, Gray stopped dead in his tracks, sending Natsu mixed signals. Suddenly, he turned around.
''Geez, something tells me I'm being followed, weird...'' Gray said to himself, ''My Juvia senses tingled too, weird.''
Luckily, Natsu backed into an alleyway and avoided him.
''Thank god, think he almost saw me there.'' said Natsu.
''Hey there sexy!''
A crude voice almost made Natsu jump, turning around, she was shocked to find that she was surrounded by a group of men. While their clothes were all dirty and torn up, they were well armed and vicious. Practically feral.
''You've got guts showing up here girl, you're in Imp Tooth territory here! We fine lads are the top dogs of a back-alley Bandit Guild here in the outskirts of Hargeon, So unless you're a part-time prostitute, I suggest you turn the other way.''
Just her luck. Usually, this kind of statement would be cut short with a fist to the face and a Bandit Guild to the slammer, but now, the sight of these men terrify her. Taking their advice, Natsu quickly turned the other way towards the exit, only to have it blocked off by another one of the goons, this one, being much larger and more muscular than the others. Suddenly, everyone burst into laughter.
''WAHAHAHA! SHE ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA LET HER GO! THAT IDIOT!'' They howled.
Natsu tried to squeeze past them, telling them that she's in a hurry, but one the guys grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her back.
''Hey now, don't get feisty with us little girl!'' said the man, as Natsu struggled, ''The fun is only just beginning!''
after a while, she struggled so hard, that her crop top started to rip open, as her bare breasts slid out, leaving a busty cleavage for the men to glare at. Losing all focus, Natsu tried to cover up, which only led to her falling back.
''You've got a fine body, pinky, Now let's have some fun with it!'' said one of the goons, completely ripping off Natsu's top, leaving her topless and exposed.
The more muscular one grabbed her and pinned her down, as she desperately struggled to get free.
''Come on, let's see what you've got underneath all that clothing of yo...''
Suddenly, the man jumped back, as he noticed the mark on her arm.
''That crest... it can't be...'' he said.
''Boss?'' his lankeys asked confused, '' What's wrong?''
''she's a member of Fairy Tail...''
The group froze in shock. At first, Natsu thought she was saved, thinking that they would leave her alone knowing what might happen, however, an evil grin appeared on their faces.
''WOW! WHAT LUCK! WE CAUGHT A MAGE FROM FIORE'S NUMBER ONE GUILD!'' They cheered.
''wh-what's going on?'' Natsu tried to ask, but was immediately shut up when the man pinned her against the wall.
''Consider yourself lucky you're not gonna stay our bitch, having you might make us huge targets.''
''Are you... letting me go?'' asked Natsu, with hope.
the group barked with laughter.
''HELL NO! WE'RE GONNA SELL YOU AS A SLAVE!''
Natsu's heart dropped when she heard those lines as tears welled up in her eyes.
''just recently, We met someone who wanted slaves, slave mages to be exact, he promised to purchase one for over 10 million jewels! what a bargain! of course we would have agreed! Sadly, we didn't have a mage at the time, but we told him that we'll give out a call once we do! and Youwill make the perfect candidate for that!'' said the man.
''I called him boss! he says that he'll be on his way!'' said one of the goons.
''perfect, now, all we have to do is wait. Tie her up and gag her! we're heading back to base.''
Natsu's tears were overflowing, this new woman body was no more than a curse to her, unable to use her magic to defend herself, completely defenseless, all she could do was muster up all of her strength, and yell out one more time.
''HELP ME SOMEBODY!''
...
But nobody came...
As Natsu closed her eyes in defeat, she begun thinking about what torture lies ahead of her, when suddenly, she felt a sudden chill as group of men were sent flying.
''I knew someone had to be following me...'' said a familiar ice mage.
''GRAY!'' Natsu's eyes teared up...
''Huh? how do you know my name?'' asked Gray, causing Natsu to shudder at the mistake she's made.
''Huh? another mage?'' some of the goons said.
''Don't worry about him, he's just a small fry, men, take care of him.'' said the boss, carrying Natsu.
Gray only flashed a menacing grin.
''try me.''
ICE MAKE CANON!
Gray created a canon made of ice, shooting down several bandits. Several more came from above, but were also shot down.
''Damn it! use your magic staves, shot him down.''
ICE IMPACT!
Gray dropped a giant Ice Hammer on the men before they could take out their weapons, wiping out most of the men except for the boss himself.
''Gugh... damn those incompetent fools, I'll show you not to mess with me!'' he said, dropping Natsu to the ground.
''bring it!''
suddenly, the Bandit leader punched the wall, sending a shockwave that went towards Gray, before a stone fist appeared out of the wall next to gray, who was barely able to dodge.
the bandit then punched the ground multiple times, as fists appeared on the ground below Gray, who jumped upwards to dodge all of them.
''What a weird Magic he has.'' said Gray.
''If you think that's weird, then how about this!''
the Bandit leader punched at the air, as Gray's stomach sunk in, leaving a fist mark on his chest. Gray flinched in pain as he coughed out a bit of blood.
''Yeah! as expected of the boss!''
''What was that?''
the Bandit leader grinned.
''I'm not done with you yet!''
the Bandit Leader assumed a boxing pose.
''Allow me to show you what my ''Boxer Magic'' can do!''
''Boxer Magic?'' asked Gray.
''Just watch!'' he said with a grin, stripping off his jacket to reveal boxing shorts and black leather boots.
FLOATING BUTTERFLY, BEE DART!
The Bandit leader threw several jabs into the air, as Gray was hit by a barrage of hits, despite being clearly out of his range.
''Why you...'' grunted Gray.
ICE MAKE SPEARS!
The Bandit Leader strafed left and right, dodging all of those spears.
K.O KNUCKLE!
The Bandit Leader threw a uppercut, sending Gray flying upwards.
LETHAL CORKSCREW!
The Bandit Leader threw a downwards corkscrew, punching the ground hard enough to make it crack. Surely enough, Gray, despite being airborne, had a fist mark appear in his sides as he was sent spiraling down on towards the grounds, cracking the whole street.
''GRAY!'' Natsu yelled out!
"HAHAHA! HE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE!'' laughed the Bandit Leader.
''Are you done?'' asked Gray.
''?!''
Gray stood back up, covered in bruises and scratches as blood poured out of his mouth and head.
''Look at yourself, your barely standing!'' laughed the Bandit Leader.
''Only because I underestimated you! sadly for you, I got your technique all figured out!'' he said with a grin.
''And what's that?'' asked that bandit.
Suddenly, Gray created two ice swords, charging straight towards the Bandit Leader.
''Your magic allows you to project the impact of your punches, sending them directly in front of your opponents. But it has two major weaknesses!''
''Well good luck trying to close the distance on me!'' said the Bandit Leader.
CORKSCREW GAZELLE!
The Bandit leader sent a spiraling corkscrew punch, nailing Gray midway.
''HAHAHA! HOW'S THAT!''
Suddenly, he sense a stinging pain as he took a look at his right hand, that suddenly became all bloody.
ICE MAKE SPIKE PLATE!
Gray covered his entire torso with a spiky armor plating.
''Your first weakness is that your fists can still feel the pain of all the punches you send out.''
CRESCENT HOOK!
A right hook hit Gray in the face, causing him to cough out blood.
''Secondly...''
ICE MAKE SPEARS
Gray shot several ice spears at him out of the blue, forcing him to rapidly punch all of them out of the sky, but as he looked down, he saw that Gray snuck below him with two ice swords.
''The ''distance punches'' you send out are all limited to how fast you can punch, which means you can get overwhelmed when fending off multiple attacks at once.''
''CRAP!''
"And that, will conclude our fight!''
''NOT SO FAST!'' Yelled a certain voice.
Suddenly, Gray turned around to see Natsu (Still naked) Getting held with a gun pointing to her head by one of the bandits.
''If you move, I'll shot!''
''Dont, listen to him Gray! finish him off!'' yelled Natsu.
Gray didn,t know what to do. Ultimately, he dropped his swords, as the Bandit Leader stood above him, glare at him with intensity.
''I'll admit, you almost had me there.''
suddenly, the Bandit Leader delivered a right hook, sinking his fist into grays abdomen, causing him to couch out blood.
''Almost!''
''D-damn it...'' mumbled Gray, as the Bandit Leader riddled him with fists.
''YEAH BOSS! GIVE HIM THE OLD ONE-TWO!''
''Gray...'' Natsu teared up ''this is all my fault... I dragged Gray into this... and now... he's gonna... he's gonna...''
Gray dropped to his knees from all of the hits he's taken.
''Done already?'' asked the Bandit Leader, ''You disappoint me Fairy Tail!''
''No... no... I can't let it end like this... you ... YOU!''
''DIE!''
''YOU LET GO OF GRAY THIS INSTANCE!''
''?!''
Suddenly, a huge burst of flame erupted from Natsu, charring the bandit alive.
''What the?''
''Let go of Gray this instance!''
''This bitch... was she acting weak all along?'' thought the Bandit Leader, ''You bastard, DIE!''
K.O KNUCKLE...
DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART...
A purple aura wrapped around the Bandit Leader's arm as his arm turned jet black.
ULTIMATE FIS...
CRIMSON LOTUS EXPLODING FLAME BLADE!
Natsu unleashed a blade of flames, utterly decimating the Bandit Leader.
After the Bandit Leader collapsed unconscious, Natsu reverted back as her flames extinguished as she collapsed, only to get caught by Gray mid-fall.
''alright, you have some explaining to do, Natsu.''
LATER THAT NIGHT...
When Natsu woke up, a sore pain took over her body. She looked around, hoping that everything up until then was only a bad dream, but those hopes were shot down when she realized it wasn't her house, but was instead Gray's.
''You're up Natsu?'' asked a familiar voice.
''Uh, yeah...'' Natsu said, nervously.
Gray sat down.
''So, care to explain yourself? You disappear for two days and the next thing I know, you come back with a pair of tits that would make Lucy jealous and act girly enough to be on the front page of Sorcerer Weekly, so ma you please explain what happened on that job?'' asked Gray.
And so, Natsu explained everything, Ivankov, The Okamas, His Ability, the change, and the place he has to go to and the man he has to save to get changed back.
''wow, seems like you went through a lot.'' said Gray.
''Tell me about it.''
''But I still don't see why you were stalking me, if you really didn't want to be noticed, you could have just not followed me at all!''
''I wanted to figure out what you mean when you said ''I'm sorry''
Gray blushed.
''I just, didn't want to see you get hurt'' he said Embarrassed, ''So I wanted to stop you before you did anything stupid.''
Natsu blushed back, as her heart raced rapidly, coloring her face in a bright red.
''A-are you okay?'' asked gray, approaching her, pressing his bare chest against her.
''I-I just need to lie down.''
But as she was lying down, she knocked over Gray's left leg, causing him to fall onto her. the two of them blushed as they could feel each other's heart's racing. Then, as if by instinct, Gray slowly leaned in, his lips approaching that of Natsu's, who opened up, accepting what's to happen. But, just before they made contact, Natsu snapped out of it, and hit Gray across the room!
''NOOO!''
''Well... better luck next time.'' he said Jokingly.
BACK AT THE ALLEYWAY...
''WHERE'S THE MAGE?'' Asked a man in a dark cloak, holding up the beaten up bandit leader.
''I-I lost him... I'm sorry...'' he uttered.
''WHERE'S THE MAGE!?'' The man yelled out even louder.
''Calm it Sebastian, you heard the man!'' said another cloaked man.
''But, what about the mage?'' asked Sebastian, ''I Mean, We only have a week before our deadline Wallace!''
The man sighed.
''Then we'll just ask someone else! it's the easiest way and our only option.'' he replied.
''Fine, but what about these guys?'' asked Sebastian.
''It's fine, I heard Saint Angelo recently got a mermaid slave, he's in a good mood, if we time it just right, we can get an extension, so just kill them!'' replied Wallace.
''Fine!''
As blood splattered the pavement, the two masked figures walked away, before disappearing into the night.
TO BE CONTINUED...