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Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail
It was very eerie. A ghost town. No sound was heard but the rustling of leaves across the roads. The wind howled softly through the streets, the alleyways. Not a soul in sight.
Lucy was getting scared now. There was no one in the town but them. And if there weren't any people…. Who sent the job request?
She lifted her hand to her keys. Her eyes scanned the area. She saw small spiritual signatures converging up ahead. She braced herself for the unknown enemy.
A hand gently took hold of her hand, startling her. She looked towards the owner… Natsu. She let go of her keys as he tugged on her hand. With her hand free, he wrapped his hand around hers, weaving his fingers in between hers. He smiled warmly at her.
"Relax Luce. I've got your back." Natsu said smiling widely.
Lucy relaxed a bit and blushed.
Suddenly, his gaze was ripped away from her and was targeted towards a lone black cat sitting in the middle of the road.
Gajeel walked up next to Natsu and his eyes narrowed in at the cat. Gray walked up next to Lucy and Laxus next to Gray.
"That cat.. sure looks creepy doesn't it?" Lucy took a step closer to Natsu.
The black cat had green eyes staring right back at the team.
Natsu, Gajeel, and Laxus shifted their legs.. and went into battle ready mode. Lucy's eyes widened as she saw them get serious. She knew… that if they were acting like this… that indeed was not a normal cat. Gray began emitting ice magic from his fists.. ready for an ambush.
Suddenly.. cats began to appear everywhere. They lined the roofs, the alleyways, the streets. They were surrounded.
"meow." The black cat spoke.
Then all the cats began to meow simultaneously. The whole town was now resonating with cat meows.
Laxus, Gajeel, and Natsu grabbed their ears. Their dragon-slayer ears were being overloaded with the strange loudness of the cats. What surprised Lucy was that they fell to their knees. And soon after, Gray fell to his knees as well… desperately covering his ears with his hands…
"GUYS! WHAT'S WRONG!" Lucy knelt down next to Gray and Natsu.. their enemy was here and she had no idea who she was dealing with.. or what she could do to help them.
"Lucy… run" Natsu said struggling.
"What no! I'm not leaving you!" Lucy screamed at Natsu.
"Please Lucy!... RUN!" Gray pleaded to Lucy.
"NO!.. LOKE!" Lucy yelled out in desperation as she put her hand to her keys.
In a flash of light, Loke appeared beside her.
"Loke help! The cats. They're doing something to them.. Loke?" Lucy looked in horror at Loke as he was desperately trying to cover his ears from the ringing meows.
"Lucy…. I.. can't" Loke fell to his knees as well.. his eyes narrowed and became slits.
Fearing for her spirit, "Sorry Loke.. forced gate closure!" but it didn't work… she couldn't open his gate!
"What… WHAT'S GOING ON!" Lucy screamed.
Silence. The cats stopped meowing and soon clicking of heals onto concrete were heard. Lucy's eyes darted around to pinpoint the location of the noise. She glanced at her guild mates and found them pale and sweating.
"Luce.. whoever he is.. he's dangerous… stay behind me." Natsu got up on his feet and walked in front of her.
A sultry voice spoke…"Meow….."
And quickly after, Lucy heard in horror her team reply back. "Meow"
Again the voice spoke louder this time "Meow."
And again… her team responded back with "Meow."
"Guys…." Lucy slowly turned her head towards Natsu and Gajeel.. then to Gray and Laxus.
They took a step forward… and began walking away from Lucy. Towards the black cat.
"Guys! Stop! Don't listen!" Lucy ran up and hugged Natsu from behind. She tried to stop him from walking away but was getting dragged along as well.
"Come.. kitties… come to me" the voice was loud and crisp. Lucy's eyes widened and she saw a woman in a tight black dress. Her eyes were black and so was her long hair. Her skin pale… she looked… creepy…
"who are you… " Lucy glared at her.
"I am the queen of this town… and you little girl… are not welcome here." The woman spoke darkly.
Natsu pried Lucy's hands off of him and the men walked over to the lady.
"Guys! Please.. stop! Fight it!" Lucy pleaded to them.
But they kept their back to her.
"HAHAHAHA fool. They are MINE now." The woman took a step towards Gray and Natsu. They were standing right next to her now. She gently caressed their faces.. Natsu and Gray trembled with anger… trying to fight against the hold the woman had over them.
"Such handsome men… it is a wonder how they willingly traveled with someone as ugly as you."
"I'M NOT UGLY! LET MY FRIENDS GO!"
"Not a chance..." The woman walked up close to Gajeel.. yanked his mask off. "Ooh… look at this one here… such a manly face… to good to be hidden…" She leaned in close and licked his cheek. Gajeel was struggling to move his body. His whole body was shaking with anger.
Lucy was pissed off now. Her team was counting on her … she was their only hope. But why was she unaffected. A thought came across her mind..
She grabbed her key… "Open the Gate of the Scorpion! Scorpio!"
A bright light appeared..
"SAND BUSTER!"
The sand was everywhere along the street now. And Lucy stood waiting for the results she was hoping for.
And like that… all the cats came down and appeared in front of Lucy.. in the sandy street. Lucy smirked. She had just made a huge sand box.. or litter box for the cats.
"Meow" The woman sang.
The cats all replied back… and even her team began to meow. Lucy watched as Scorpio was also affected by the woman's weird magic. He clenched his ears… and was slowly pulled towards the woman as well.
She realized… the woman's weakness… and that was all she needed.
Taking the opportunity.. Lucy braced herself.
"OPEN THE GATE OF THE RAM! ARIES!"
"I'm sorry…" Aries said cringingly as she attacked. "WOOL BOMB!"
Pink fluff was everywhere and the cats were going insane with it.
"you're a very clever girl…." The woman glared at Lucy… "but no matter.. what will you do… when your precious friends… become my own."
Lucy clenched her fists and was surprised by swirling seals under the feet of her team, Loke, and Scorpio. When the swirls dissipated.. she and Aries saw the men…. Turned into cats.
Laxus a yellow cat. Gajeel a black cat. Gray a black and blue cat. Natsu a pink cat. Scorpio a red and white cat. And Loke a yellow cat.
The woman picked up Loke.. "How adorable they are now. They are perfect. Now… they can never leave me" She grinned menacingly.
Lucy and Aries clenched their fists… Lucy knew she didn't have much magic energy left to fight the woman. There was still so much she didn't know about her opponent… all she knew was that she really wanted to punch the woman's face in and make her regret for messing with Fairytail..
"Thank you Aries… You can go back now.." Lucy spoke softly.
With a bright light, Aries vanished.
"Open the gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" Lucy huffed out.
Virgo appeared and bowed. "Hime."
"I need water Virgo."
"Understood Hime." Virgo disappeared into the ground.
"Hahaha…. You are such a weak girl. Is that all you can do? KITTIES!" the woman yelled and soon the cats regained their focus on Lucy. They launched at her and Lucy took out her whip. Fleuve d'étoiles was going to take too much of her already vanishing magic energy..
She whipped at the cats, making them hiss and claw at her. There were too many cats and so she was scratched terribly from everywhere. Her clothes were getting tattered and blood was running down her arms, legs, and back.
But out of no where, virgo popped up out of the ground.. in the process punching some cats up into the air. She landed right next to Lucy and smiled. Virgo was soaking wet.
"Sorry Hime. It took a little while. Punishment time?"
"No punishments Virgo! Thank you! And now.." Lucy smirked. "OPEN THE GATE OF THE WATER BEARER! AQUARIUS!"
A flash of light… and water burst out of the tunnel that Virgo had just popped out of. And in the water, was a very pissed of Aquarius.
"YOU ANNOYING LITTLE BRAT! YOU DARE INTERUPT MY DATE WITH SCORPIO!" She was about to wash Lucy away when…
"Aquarius! You have to save him!" Lucy yelled at her.
"I'LL KILLL…. WAIT WHAT!?"
"That woman over there turned Scorpio into a cat!" Lucy pointed at the red and white cat next to black dressed lady. Lucy trusted in Aquarius' rage. And the rage that would come after finding that her precious Scorpio was turned into a cat. If any of her spirits could beat her and her army of cats… it was Aquarius.
Aquarius face darkened.. "YOU WITCHHHHH!" a huge tsunami wave was sent roaring through the street. The cats all were washed away with the tidal wave in terror.. the huge torrent hit the horrified woman and swept her back into a building. Crashing her into the concrete wall.
Aquarius didn't let go. She kept streaming the torrent of water at the pinned woman… making the torrent stronger and stronger.. the woman screamed.
"YOU DARE HURT MY BOYFRIEND! I'll DDRROOWWNNN YOUUUUU!"
After Aquarius rage was finally satisfied, the waters receded and the woman lay unconscious and drenched.
The cats that were swept away stood back up shakily on their paws.. they were scattered everywhere across town… and were miserable… their fur all wet.. almost having been drowned to death…
But then magic seals began to appear beneath the cats… every single one of them.. swirls of light and air surrounded them.. and in their stead…. Stood men.
They all looked at their hands.. their surroundings.. each other… smiles began to form on their face… and soon shouts of joy.
"YEAAHH!"
"WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL!"
"FINALLLLYYYYYYYY!"
"YESS!"
Scorpio stood up shaking his head.. he remembered Aquarius and Lucy… and began running back to them.
Loke was holding his head as he leaned against a wall.. he smiled as he saw his own hands in front of him.. "Lucy…." And then he felt her.. her magic was dangerously low… "LUCY!" he shot up and ran towards her.
Aquarius turned back to yell at Lucy again but was shocked to find her laying in the arms of Virgo. She went over to Lucy.
"Aquarius-sama… please head back with Scorpio-sama.. Lucy-sama can't hold your gates open for much longer."
Aquarius looked at Lucy with a frown… she didn't notice at first that Lucy was so hurt.. she was so scratched up everywhere… blood was trailing down her wet body. Lucy's breathing was labored.
"Thanks Aquarius…. I knew you could do it." Lucy smiled.
"Tch… troublesome brat…" Aquarius said turning away. She brightened as Scorpio ran up to her.
"Lucy…" Scorpio looked shocked at Lucy's state.
"C'mon honey… we need to go…. " Aquarius gave Scorpio a look.
Scorpio looked towards Virgo. She gave him a nod. And Scorpio nodded back. The two celestial spirits lit up and disappeared.
"LUCY!" Loke came running.
Lucy smiled as she saw Loke running over to her. Her eyelids became heavy and began to close more and more with each blink.
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"HIME!"