inucrossoverlover: And I'm here with Chapter 3 of Twins of Fire and Ice! And our twin stars: Gray and Vixenique!
Gray: Hi.
Vixenique: Hey there!
inucrossoverlover: And why are you not happy Gray?
Gray: Do you not know what happened last chapter?
inucrossoverlover: Aw! It's okay Gray! You have two very powerful teens looking after you.
Gray: Do I want to know who?
Vixenique: I know who! And it will fun! And hot!
inucrossoverlover: Vixen! I know you're me and everything, but you can't just peek ahead to the story as I type it!
Vixenique: Fine! I won't peek ahead anymore! (Pouts)
Gray: Wow! I am very glad that you don't own Fairy Tail. It wouldn't make any sense in the slightest. (Deadpans with a swat-drop) Anyway the only things owned are the plot and some of the characters.
inucrossoverlover and Vixenique: Hai! Chapter Start!
Chapter 3: The Revealing
*Flashbacks*
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Ahhh!" echoed throughout the apartment of one Gray Fullbuster. Said male shot up in his bed. He looked around wildly as he panted heavily. His breathing slowly started to return to normal levels as he calmed down.
"I wish these memories would just go away." Gray sighed to himself as he rubbed his temples. The seventeen year old currently had his head in his hands. A few minutes later he flopped back in his bed, his dark blue eyes staring at the ceiling.
"Imouto." He sighed softly. "Mama. Papa." He called as he rolled over and cuddled into his pillow.
"A week. A week before it all falls apart. Won't that be a happy eighteenth birthday present?" Gray chuckled bitterly to himself. He eventually fell back asleep, an uneasy feeling rolling in the pit of his stomach.
"Oi! Gray! Open the door! Gray! It's been a week! Open the door already!" a voice shouted outside of Gray's apartment door. The dark-haired boy vaguely heard it, but it escaped his consciousness as he fell deeper asleep.
"Natsu! Don't break it!" Lucy cried in panic.
"Lucy's right Natsu." Erza could be heard saying. Lucy sighed in relief. "I'll break it!"
"Erza-san!" was the last sound heard before the door was broken down. "We'll have to pay for that." Lucy cried a waterfall of tears at the sight of the broken door.
"Aye." Happy nodded from Natsu's head.
"Don't aye me cat!" Lucy cried.
"Quiet, both of you." Erza stated. The blonde and cat both nodded. "Something wrong Natsu?"
"Something…smells different. It still smells like Gray, but it's sweet." The Dragon Slayer stated confused. The girls raised a brow while Happy wandered over to Gray's bedroom door.
"Um guys? I think we have a problem." Happy stated calmly. The others wandered over to Gray's door and peered in.
"What the hell?!" Natsu questioned, loudly. The figure on the bed didn't even twitch.
"Is that…Gray?" Lucy questioned quietly. "I believe so." Erza answered just as quietly. A soft mumble and the figure rolled. The others yelped as they had to duck out-of-the-way of a large set of leathery black wings that spread out, running out of room about five feet to soon.
"Nani?" Gray questioned as he started to shift. He whined when he felt pain running along his body, especially his wings. He shot to his feet on his bed and flailed slightly at the disproportion of weight. His tail settled around his waist to help him maintain his balance. Gray glanced down at himself before he screamed. A second later he passed out and fell face forward, his wings curling into his back to stay out-of-the-way.
"...What just happened?" Lucy questioned.
"I have no idea, but I'm sure that Master does." Erza stated.
"Natsu? Hey Natsu?" Happy called as he waved a hand in the pink-haired boy's face. There was no reaction what-so-ever, not even a blink.
"Lucy, take Natsu with you." Erza ordered as she noticed where Natsu was staring. Straight at Gray. Lucy nodded as she noticed as well and started tugging the Dragon Slayer along with her.
"Natsu? Come on." Lucy urged as she dragged the pink-haired male behind her. Erza sighed as she entered the dark-haired male's bedroom. She sneezed at the abnormally sweet scent in the room. She walked over to the window and opened it, letting in fresh air. A soft groan sounded behind her. The scarlet-haired woman turned to find Gray stirring.
"Ugh, what a weird dream." Gray muttered as he pushed himself up. He blinked at Erza before borrowing his face in his pillow with a groan. "It wasn't a dream."
"Up Gray. Now." Erza ordered with a glare. Gray sighed before getting out of bed.
"Hai." Gray sighed as he headed to the bathroom. Erza nodded once before going to find food.
An hour later found Marakov, the Dragon Slayers, the Exceeds, Lucy, and Erza, all waiting for Gray.
"So Gray-san has leathery wings and a tail?" Wendy questioned with a head-tilt. Lucy nodded.
"I just want to see what made Salamander this quiet." Gajeel stated with a grin. There were many sweat-drops at that.
The door to Gray's bedroom slowly opened a crack. Gray peeked out of the crack.
"Uh, hi?" Gray questioned as he exited the room. Every one's jaw dropped at how different the boy looked.
Gray's black hair fell to his hips in long, silky waves. His dark blue eyes were wider and framed by long, lush lashes. He had a cute button nose, pouty pink lips, and a heart-shaped face. He had lost a few inches as well, now being about an inch shorter than Natsu. His skin was pale and nearly flawless. There were only two marks on him, the scar above his left eye from the failed Ice Shell, and an X-shaped scar on his side. He had also lost a few pounds of muscle and was slightly leaner. His hips were also wider as well. He wore a white t-shirt that was big enough to fall off one shoulder slightly. He also wore white shorts that fell to mid-thigh. The most attention catching changes would be the large black leathery wings sprouting from his shoulder blades. They were black on the outside and dark blue on the inside. There was also the large black reptilian tail sprouting from the base of his spine. It was black with a dark blue underside.
"I see that the seal finally broke?" Marakov stated. Gray nodded with a pout.
"Seal?" Lucy questioned.
Gray sighed as he took a seat.
"My full name is Gray Shiva Fullbuster. I'm the crown price of HeavenArctic and the first male heir of the Arctic Crystal Dragon bloodline, as well as the last of the line." Gray explained.
"Arctic Crystal Dragon bloodline? As in the bloodline directly descended from the Arctic Dragon Shiva?" Gajeel questioned with a raised brow.
"That's impossible. That bloodline died out when HeavenArctic was attacked over thirteen years ago." Natsu stated.
"Wrong. Nearly died out. There are two carriers of the bloodline left. Me and my younger twin sister. And the bloodline's recessive in her." Gray stated softly.
"Twin sister?" Lucy questioned with wide eyes.
"Yeah. Born fifteen minutes after me. Vixenique Inferno Fullbuster." the winged-boy stated.
"A-as in Princess Inferno of Hellfire?" Erza questioned shakily. Gray nodded while blinking.
"Okay. Oh crap! I have days at most before she shows up here." Gray groaned as he buried his face in his hands. The others members of Fairy Tail blinked.
"Not even that long." a voice from the window stated. Gray groaned as everyone turned to the window.
Sitting there was a girl of about eighteen. She has long black hair with purple streaks that reaches her hips. Her bangs frame her face to her shoulders. Both of her ears were pierced with an earring. The left is gold while the right is silver. She has bright sapphire blue eyes with long black lashes. She had a heart-shaped face, high cheekbones, and pouty pink lips. She was about the same height as Gray with slightly tanned flawless skin. She had an athletic build filled with lean muscles and a large bust. She wears a black collar with a purple heart hanging from it. There were white wings on the heart. She wears a black halter top with a purple winged heart on it. It shows off her stomach and her pierced belly. It was pierced with a purple winged heart. To go along with it she wears a black, white, and purple plaid mini-skirt that barely reaches mid-thigh. She also wears black heeled boots with purple laces. There were white flame designs on the boots. She smirked at them before launching herself at Gray.
The male squealed right before the chair he was sitting in tipped over.
There were blushes abound as the two of them rolled on the floor, each trying to claim the dominant position. Gray huffed as the girl came out on top, sitting on his stomach in the middle of the floor.
"Hi Onii-chan!" the girl stated happily. The guild member's jaws all dropped at that.
"You're Gray-san's sister?" Wendy questioned as she tilted her head. The girl blinked her bright sapphires before she nodded.
"I'm Vixenique. Vixenique Inferno Fullbuster! Nice to meet you all!" the girl greeted. The guild member's jaws dropped even farther when a set of black and purple tipped fox ears appeared on her head as three matching fox tails sprouted from the base of her spine.
"I missed you Gray!" the girl purred. Gray sighed happily as he wrapped his arms around the girl's waist.
"Hi. Missed you too Vixi." he said as he pulled her into a hug. The girl giggled happily as she hugged back.
"Now get off. My wings hurt." Gray complained as he wiggled under the girl.
"Heh, sorry Gray-nii-chan!" the girl apologized as she climbed off the boy. Gray waved it off as he rubbed his shoulders. Vixenique smirked as she got an idea.
"Vix, what are you...?" Gray started only to cut himself off with a moan. Vixenique giggled insanely as she stroked her twin's shoulder blades, directly where his wings melded with his skin. His tail flicked and curled, thumping on the ground. Gray squirmed as he turned bright red before he reached back with his claws.
"Ow!" Vixenique squealed as she brought her bleeding hand closer to her chest.
"No touching the wings or the tail." Gray hissed as he got in his sister's face, seemingly forgetting about his guests. Vixenique pouted at him.
"Come on! They can't be that sensitive!" she stated.
"And how sensitive are your ears and tails?" Gray countered with a raised brow. Vixenique flushed a bright red.
"That sensitive?" she questioned. Gray just nodded. She shivered. "Sorry."
"No problem." Gray stated with a shrug.
"You need new clothes." Vixenique stated a few minutes later as she ran an eye over her twin's frame. The boy flushed slightly.
"Not my fault I shrunk." Gray pouted. His sister giggled at him. He struck his tongue out in response.
"Put that back before I find a use for it." Vixenique threatened with a silky purr. Gray epped and blushed.
"W-whatever." Gray stated. Vixenique squealed and launched herself at her twin. Gray rolled back onto his feet after launching his sister over his head to land behind the couch. All of the guild members just blinked at that. The midnight eyed boy blinked a few timed before he joined Wendy and the Exceeds in looking over the back of the back of the couch. There were twin yelps as the twins slammed head-first into each other.
Gray stumbled slightly and landed in Natsu's lap with a major headache. The pink-haired male's arms automatically wrapped around his waist. His twin was pulling herself over the couch only to yelp as she hit her head on Erza's armor. There were winces all around at that action.
"Ow." Gray muttered as he rubbed his forehead. A bruise was already forming there and he pouted. Vixenique just groaned as she rested her head on Erza's armor, not bothering to move from her second impact site. Her forehead was also bruising. "Owie." she whined.
"Are you two okay?" Lucy questioned with wide eyes. The twins groaned in pain in unison. Gray pointed towards the kitchen and Lucy got the idea. She returned a minute later with ice packs to the twins sitting on the ground leaning back-to-back with each other.
"You suck." Gray stated as he held the ice pack to his head.
"No you do. At least you will." Vixenique countered. Gray blushed with a twitch. He just decided to stay quiet.
"You are mean." Gray muttered after a few minutes of silence. Vixenique just poked the male before sighing and resting her head on his shoulder. Gray sighed as he rested his head on his twin's. The rest of the guild was watching the two's interaction interestedly.
"Feel better now?" Marakov questioned the two, who nodded.
"So where have you been for thirteen years?" the older man questioned.
"I've been in Hellfire since then. The Arctic Crystal Dragons are biologically adapted to the frozen wastelands that they call home. Mama and Nii-chan gained that from Shiva-sama. Once they reach their teens they're able to travel to other regions and survive just fine. The Fire Ruby Kitsunes are the opposite. The hotter it is, the happier and healthier we are. Like our dragon counterparts, we can thrive anywhere once we go through puberty. Nii-chan and I were only five when our parents died. Our godparents had to hurry and get everything in order so that no one could try and steal our birthrights. Arctic Crystal Castle was pretty much destroyed, so Gray couldn't stay there and it wasn't safe for Gray to be with our godmother. Hellfire was fine. The only problem is that Hellfire's temperature is just like its name suggests. It fucking hot. Gray-nii wouldn't have been able to survive there." Vixenique explained. She jumped when Gray rested his head in her shoulder. The boy was fast asleep and snoring softly.
"Aww." all the girls cooed as Gray curled up into a ball as much as he could in his position. His wings curled into his back while his tail rested on his legs. Happy nudged the boy and his tail flicked slightly at the tip. Vixenique peered closer at the cat.
"Exceeds?" Vixenique questioned as she picked up Happy. "Aww! So cute!" she squealed as she hugged the cat to her chest. Gray grunted sleepily as he fell onto his sister's lap. He murmured and squirmed slightly. Vixenique looked down at her twin before she poked his cheek. Gray stirred as Vixenique continued to poke his cheek. He rolled over to glance at the girl.
"What?" he whined as he pouted. He whined again as Vixenique continued to poke him.
"Fine, fine. I'm up." Gray pouted as he sat up. He squeaked as Vixenique nuzzled their cheeks together, purring happily. He grumbled before giving in and purring as well. The guild members all watched the interaction with interest.
"Now shopping!" Vixenique cheered. Gray squeaked slightly as he tried to struggle out of his sister's hold. He turned watery blue eyes to the guild members sitting on his couch. The men all blushed slightly, especially when his lower lip started to tremble.
"Gray stop with the hurt puppy look! It's not fair! Plus, you probably can't fit any of the clothes you own!" Vixenique scolded. Her twin pouted but ceased his struggles.
"Ne, wanna help me tort-I mean shop with Gray-nii?" Vixenique questioned as she nuzzled his hair. Gray twitched and whimpered.
"Sure." Lucy agreed as Wendy and Erza nodded. Gajeel and Natsu were about to decline when the twins turned big blue eyes on them. They flushed and agreed.
"I think I'll head back to the guild. Maybe you can drop by later?" Marakov questioned. Gray nodded as she finally managed to get out of Vixen's hold. Marakov nodded as he headed towards the door.
"Bye Master." everyone called after him. Vixenique scampered off to her brother's room and returned with his necklace in her hands. She slipped it around his neck and the diamond glowed slightly as the teen's wings and tail sunk back into his skin. Gray sighed softly as he flopped down on the floor, wiggling slightly with a giggle.
"Come on nii-chan! Let's go!" Vixenique urged as she grabbed her brother's wrist and hauled him up. Gray yelped and just barely managed to get his shoes on and grab his keys as his sister dragged him out of the house. The remaining members of Fairy Tail just blinked at that as they got up and followed the two.
"Vix! Slow down!" Gray could be heard yelling as Vixenique yanked him down the street.
"No way! Besides I know the perfect store to get your wardrobe from." Vixenique stated as she sent a grin at her brother before continuing on.
Erza, Lucy, Wendy, Natsu, and Gajeel finally managed to find the twins in one of the stores. The reason being Gray's shrieks of protest.
"No!" was heard from the dressing room where Gray apparently was as the others found Vixenique. Said girl was tapping her foot outside the room.
"Gray come out. Now" it was an order. There was shuffling before the door opened and Gray stepped out.
He wore a dark blue sleeveless top that stopped an inch above his belly button. Over that was a sleeveless white hooded jacket that stopped under his rib cage. Both had black snowflakes printed on them, on the chest on the shirt and on the back on the jacket. Running up his arms were black finger-less gloves that reached his elbows. There were white and dark blue snowflake designs on them. On his bottom half was a pair of black jeans that had a white and dark blue striped belt hung off his right side. There were dark blue and white snowflakes running up his right leg. On his feet were black combat boots that had dark blue laces with white snowflake designs on them.
"Happy now?" Gray questioned with a glare. Vixenique giggled happily as she nodded.
"Next Outfit!" Vixenique said cheerfully as she literally shoved her brother back into the dressing room. Over the next four and a half hours a routine was established. Give Gray an outfit, making/ordering Gray to come out of the dressing room, either approving or rejecting said outfit, shove Gray back into the dressing room, take old outfit, and the cycle started again. The only change came in the form of the last outfit that Vixenique had given Gray.
"No!" Gray shrieked. His shriek had roused Gajeel and Natsu from their naps. It had also caused Happy, Pantherlily, Charles, and Wendy to look up from where they were dealing with the rejected outfits.
"Gray." Erza warned.
"No! It's not happening! I'm not coming out!" Gray shouted with a snarl.
"Fuck this." Vixenique stated with narrowed eyes. She pulled a bobby pin from her hair, that was apparently helping to hold her bangs out of her face was some fell in front of her right eye. A few moments later, the dressing room door opened and Vixenique entered. There were growls and snarls as Vixenique finally forced her twin out, one arm bent behind him at an awkward angle. A glare was trained on his sister the entire time, with the girl doing the exact same, so they didn't notice the blushes and nosebleeds that happened throughout the store. Gray's refusal had caught the attention of others in the store.
Gray wore a dark blue yukata that reached mid-thigh. The obi was black and tied in a large bow behind him. There were ice blue and white snowflakes printed all over the fabric. Running up his legs were white thigh highs that had a little black ruffle at the top. Over the thigh highs and wrapping around his legs were dark blue ribbons. On his feet were geta sandals. His usual necklace was around his neck while white and ice blue bangles rested around his wrists. His long black locks fell in silky waves to his hips with little snowflake shaped hair clips helping to control his bangs.
"Let. Go." the male twin ground out. His sister sighed dramatically before letting go; placing the bobby pin back into place absent-mindedly as she eyed her brother like one would a beautiful painting.
"Perfect." the multi-color-haired girl purred. Gray flushed and turned away. Vixenique started to giggle insanely.
"Mid and Ke (key) would love to see this." Vixenique managed to get out through giggles. Gray managed to pale and flush bright red in a matter of seconds.
"No way." he whimpered as he turned wide blue eyes to his sister.
"Yes way." she cackled like a maniac. Gray swayed slightly. Wendy led him to sit in between the other boys. Gray closed his eyes and took deep breaths.
"Who?" Lucy asked, torn between concern and curiosity.
"Gray-nii's boy toys when we were younger." Vixenique continued to cackle like the insane person she apparently was. Gray growled and launched himself at his sister. The two rolled around on the floor, much like they had done in Gray's apartment. Everyone in the store watched wide-eyed as this time, Gray came out on top of the wrestling match.
"Why shouldn't I kill you?" Gray questioned seriously. Vixenique just glared at the male.
"U-um, excuse me." a man questioned. Everyone turned to find the owner of the store standing there, looking more than a little embarrassed. Everyone other than Gray, Wendy, and Vixenique twitched when they noticed that he was eyeing the twins.
"Hi?" Gray squeaked shyly. Vixenique just waved as she peered around her brother's arm.
"I need you to either try on clothes, buy what you have, or leave." the owner stated. The twins pouted cutely.
"We'll be good." the twins chorused as they pouted cutely. The owner blushed before quickly turning away and leaving. Wendy, Vixenique, and Gray all sneezed. The twins climbed to their feet as they rubbed their noses.
"Something smells funny." Wendy complained. The twins nodded in agreement. The other four just twitched at that. Gajeel and Natsu already knew what the smell was while Erza and Lucy had a pretty good idea what it was.
"Ignore it. Can we leave now?" the Iron Dragon Slayer questioned. Vixenique nodded as she pushed Gray into the dressing room with one of the outfits. She then had the other two males, carrying all the other clothes and accessories, to the cash register.
There they found the owner of the store standing there. The two male Dragon Slayers glared at the man.
Vixenique and the others followed, Gray in the first outfit that he had tried on. Gray grumbled slightly as his sister yanked him along. Vixenique paid and had everything shrunk.
"Well, you promised to stop by the guild right?" Vixenique questioned. Gray sighed but nodded. There was a loud rumble from the male. He froze and blushed the deepest shade of red seen yet.
Vixenique was chuckling, at least until a similar sound came from her. The twins were both bright red as they glanced at each other and sighed.
"Hungry you two?" Erza chuckled. The two nodded sheepishly.
At the café, the twins were pigging out, politely of course, but pigging out nonetheless.
"I wonder what Oba-chan and Hakufu-kun are doing?" Gray questioned. He stabbed Vixenique in the hand with a fork. The girl yelped with a pout.
"Driving each other crazy probably." the girl answered as she nursed her hand. She turned to her brother with a pout.
"I'm not going to feed you. Live with it." the older twin stated uncaringly.
"You're mean!" Vixenique whined.
"Whoever said I was nice?" he countered. The girl glared and turned away.
"Um, Vixenique-san? You're bleeding." Wendy pointed out with wide eyes. Vixenique glanced at her sluggishly bleeding hand.
"Huh. I am." she stated dully before turning away. She perked up and peered closer out the window.
"Nii-chan! Look!" Vixenique squealed. Gray sighed as he glanced over. He choked on the water he was drinking.
"Is that...?" he questioned.
"It is!" Vixenique cheered as she slid out of the both.
"What the hell?" Gajeel questioned.
"You'll see." Gray smirked. Vixenique chose that moment to skip back into the café. She climbed in next to her brother.
In her arms was a basket. She pulled it open to reveal a pair of kittens, adorable ones at that.
One of the kittens had soft ice blue colored fur. There were red markings on its paws and two, yes two, tails. There were also red markings on the tips of its ears. There was also a red star on its forehead.
The other kitten had deep red, almost burgundy colored fur. There were bright blue markings on its paws and twin tails. There were blue tips on its ears and a blue diamond on its forehead. (Think Kirara in kitten form from Inuyasha.)
"This shouldn't be possible." Gray breathed as he picked up the ice blue kitten. Said kitten stirred and opened bright red eyes. She mewed when she saw Gray. Vixenique pulled the red kitten into her arms and nuzzled it. Blue eyes opened to stare at her with a yawn. "Tell me about it."
"This is Kira. She's an Arctic Nekomata." Gray introduced as he held out the kitten. She mewed with her tails twirling.
"And this is Shiki, her twin. He's a Flare Nekomata." Vixenique stated. The male kitten was busy cleaning himself to glance at them.
"And why are they important?" Natsu questioned.
"They were gifts for our fifth birthday from our parents." Vixenique stated. There were raised brows at everyone at that other than her brother.
"And they're our familiars." Gray finished. He squeaked when Kira climbed onto his head.
"You two have familiars?" Erza questioned. The twins nodded.
"At the age of five?" she continued. The twins nodded again.
"How much magical power do the two of you have?" she finished.
"I don't actually know. I know the seal and the necklace block off over a quarter of my magic." Gray stated with a shrug.
"No idea." Vixenique shrugged. Everyone else sweat-dropped.
"Um? The guild?" Wendy questioned nervously. The twins nodded and paid and left the café.
"Why did I agree to this again?" Gray whimpered.
"Because you're a masochist." Vixenique offered with Shiki on his shoulder. Gray twitched with a glare on his face.
"We're here!" the younger twin announced with a cheer. There was an unholy gleam in her eyes.
"Vixenique, don't you..." Gray started only to be cut off by the purple streaked girl kicking to guild doors open. "...dare." he finished with a sigh.
Everyone inside the guild stopped what they were doing and stared at the group.
"Hi!" the girl waved.
"Baka." Gray muttered as he entered the guild. His sister pouted but followed the others into the building.
inucrossoverlover: And here is chapter 2!
Gray: Interesting. Very interesting.
Vixenique: I love the ending scene.
Gray: Of course you would. You kicked a fucking door open. (Rolls eyes)
inucrossoverlover: Okay, enough you two. We have to end the author's note.
Gray and Vixen: Fine.
inucrossoverlover: (nods) Say bye everyone.
inucrossoverlover, Gray, and Vixen: Ja Ne Minna-san!