I decided to update this fanfic for Christmas. Hope you all get a kick out of this! ;)

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Christmas Special
Mistletoe

Zeref was in his room in his palace sitting by the window watching the snow fall. He was thinking about his brother and what to do for him for Christmas, which was tomorrow. But really it was more like what he was going to do TO his brother for Christmas more than for him. He hadn't hit him with a curse for two weeks. He wanted his brother to get comfortable for Christmas before hitting him with another one. Now was a great time to strike, but he needed an idea for it first…

'What would be Christmassy that I could do to Natsu?' mused Zeref. While he was thinking, he noticed something outside. He looked down and saw a flower shop. That was when the plot came to him. 'Oh… Natsu is going to want my head on a silver platter, but it will be well worth it.' With an evil grin, the black wizard teleported out of his room. He reappeared in front of the flower shop he saw from up in his room, startling the person that was working at the shop.

"Your Highness!" she said, bowing quickly. "What can I do for you, sire?"

If the woman had looked back up, she would have seen the evil light within her king's eyes and the grin that was threatening to devour his face.

"I would like to buy that," he said, pointing at one of the flowers in a golden-wrapped pot.

Natsu was asleep. It was not surprising since it was 4 in the morning. His sleep, however, was interrupted by a knock on his door. He barely was able to open his eyes. He looked outside to see what time of the night it was, but then thought to himself, 'I don't care. I'll just go see what this person wants and then go back to bed.'

The pink-haired dragon slayer got up from his hammock and slowly walked over to the door, which was hit again by whoever was on the other side.

"I'm comin'," said Natsu sleepily. He made it to the door and opened it. On the other side of his door was Zeref. There was a problem, though: Natsu was too tired to really process that fact.

Zeref held out a potted plant to Natsu and said, "I wanted to give you something for Christmas so here you go, Natsu. Merry Christmas!"

Natsu took the plant, which he realized was a poinsettia, a red flower commonly used as a Christmas decoration. Once he noticed that, he realized who it was he took the plant from. Natsu's eyes widened in horror, now wide awake. He tried to drop the plant, but it was already too late. The curse took effect. He felt himself getting sucked into the plant, or at least he thought it was the flowers. It turned out that what he got sucked up into was something far worse. Much, much worse.

Zeref quickly grabbed the poinsettia and took off toward the Fairy Tail guild. Once he was there, he placed the plant down on the bar counter and dug into it. What he pulled out was the real horror plant that Natsu found himself in. It was a mistletoe.

Zeref looked around for a place to hang his brother-turned-Christmas-love, and found the perfect spot. There was a rafter not far away from the entrance that was low enough for people to see, but also kept their privacy. Or at least that was what they'll think. The whole guild would still see the kissing happen, but Natsu would have a front row seat to it. If Natsu hadn't changed, like Zeref believed, then he knew Natsu was going to hate every second of this until midnight. Zeref started hanging Natsu up on the rafter. He wondered if this curse was too evil, but then shrugged his shoulders, 'Oh well.

'Natsu is going to flip by the time midnight rolls around. I'll have to be sure to be here when it happens with the camera.' After thinking those thoughts, Zeref teleported out of Fairy Tail and back to his palace.

Natsu was dreading the morning sun. He knew the moment it was up, his guildmates would start arriving. He just knew today was going to suck, for him at least.

The dragon slayer-turned mistletoe only had to wait a few hours for the guild master and a few others to make their appearance.

"Hey, who put up the mistletoe?" Makarov asked.

The others turned to each other to see if any of them did it, but when their expression showed nothing but their confusion, one of them said, "It wasn't any of us, sir."

As more members came in, they were just as confused as the others when they were asked if they put the mistletoe up. Their only response was, "I thought maybe Master did it, or Mira."

"No, it wasn't me either," said Mira.

"Maybe it was Lucy?" Max asked.

"She hadn't shown up yet, so we'll ask if she did when she gets here."

Natsu was happy that no one was going under his plant form so they could kiss the one they wanted, but then that relief turned into horror when Juvia walked in through the door. When she saw him - or rather the kissy plant - she squealed and ran over. Once she was under, she said in a dark tone, "No one come over. Only my precious Gray may approach."

"Darn, I was hoping to get over there so I could get a kiss from Lucy," one of the guys said, making Natsu feel off. There was a burning feeling that felt like rage going through him at the thought of someone kissing Lucy in front of him. The thought passed quickly, however, because the doors opened again and this time it was Gray who walked in.

'Oh no…' thought Natsu in pure fear. He knew what was coming.

"Oh Gray…!~ Over here!~" called Juvia in a sing-song voice.

'God, please no…!' Natsu was now begging. He didn't want to have to sit through this!

Gray walked over to Juvia with a charming smile, 'Since when could ice cube-brain be charming?'

"Since when do you know what charming looks like or even means?" a voice Natsu had never heard before questioned. It sounded like it was coming from his head.

'Who's there?!'

The voice didn't answer, making Natsu believe he was losing his mind. When he looked down again to see if maybe the voice distracted him long enough to miss the dreaded kiss, but to his dismay, it didn't. He looked down just in time for Gray to place his lips right on Juvia's.

'NOOOOO! MY EYES, MY EYYYYYES! THEY BURN! I CAN'T CLOSE THEM, WHY CAN'T I CLOSE THEM?!'

"You can't close your eyes, because you are a plant. Wait, plants don't even have eyes. ...Oh well. I'm in control of this world, what so what I say goes."

'YOU'RE GOD?! WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH?!' Natsu exclaimed, but he never got an answer. Where would the fun be in that? 'HELLO! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! THEY ARE STILL KISSING! I THINK I'M STARTING TO SEE FROST!'

Gray and Juvia hold the kiss for 2, very long, seconds. To Natsu, the seconds felt like hours. When it was finally over, Natsu thought that they would finally leave from under his trapped form, but they pecked each other one time before doing so.

'God, if you have any love for me, please don't make me go through that again,' Natsu prayed and begged with all his soul, but what kind of evil author would I be if I listened?

Bisca and Alzack walked into the guild, just returning from a mission, when they saw, to Natsu's absolute terror, the mistletoe of doom.

'God, no...nooo...NOOOOO!'

The husband and wife duo walked over to the plant of torture, and began kissing, making Natsu try his best to cry, but no tears would come, because plants can't cry.

Natsu just knew that Zeref was wishing he could record his reaction right now, but couldn't due to lack of reaction from his plant body. The only mercy god will ever give him.

"Hey Master." Makarov looked up from his booz when he heard Mira call him. He saw that in her hands was a poinsettia.

"Where did you get that?" he asked.

"I found it behind the bar. There is also a note attached to it."

Makarov took the plant and peeled the note off of it. He began reading it.

To the one who found this note, please don't tell anyone until the curse wears off, but Natsu is the mistletoe hanging in your guildhall. - Zeref

"What does it say, Master?" asked Mira.

"Hmm… Well, now I know where the mistletoe came from and where Natsu wandered off to," said Makarov. Mira tilted her head.

"Where did it come from, and where is Natsu?"

"You'll find out."

Midnight comes and Natsu's curse finally wears off. He fell from the rafter and crashed painfully with the ground.

"Natsu?!" The dragon slayer heard Erza and Mira say in surprise. He was grateful that everyone else had gone home.

"Hey, Erza, Mira. I… well… got hit by Zeref again," he said.

"Are you okay? You sound like you were in the worst sort of torture," asked Erza.

"You be a mistletoe and watch everyone kissing all day!" Natsu said with some pink in his cheeks.

"Master… did you know about this?" Mira asked.

"Yes," Makarov said. "The note from earlier was from Zeref. He was just letting someone know where Natsu was."

"Why didn't you tell anyone, Gramps?!" Natsu exclaimed.

"I didn't say anything to anyone, because it was funny and Zeref asked me not to. I didn't see a problem with it since I knew you would be fine. Now how about you go home. I think you need some rest after spending the day as a plant."

"I am feeling tired. I'll go home, but tomorrow I'm taking a mission that allows me to kick butt." Natsu stood and walked toward the door. "Merry Christmas," he said before shutting the double wooden doors behind him.

When the pink-haired dragon slayer returned home, he found presents. He moved cautiously toward, and then sighed in relief. They were from his friends.

He decided to open them now, because he knew he wasn't going to have time tomorrow if he wanted to go on a mission. A lot of the present were snacks, and some were fire gems and dragon things. When he got to the last present, his body stiffened. This one was from Zeref. He could tell, because of the scent coming from it.

He spotted an open note, so without touching it, he read, "Don't worry, Natsu, nothing is cursed. This is my real present to you to make up for the nasty prank I pulled on you earlier. - Love Zeref"

Natsu was still worried, but Zeref had never cursed him twice in one day, so he gave him the benefit of the doubt. He tore the red wrapping paper to reveal a small box. Inside the box was a pendant made of a dragon scale in the shape of Igneel and painted red. There was another note inside the box.

"The scale was from Igneel. He and I were friends a long time ago, so I had two scales from him laying around. I took one of them and carved it into Igneel, because I know how much you cared for him, and then painted it. If you look closely, you will see that the eye is made of a gem. Merry Christmas, Natsu. - Love Zeref"

Natsu was shocked. He knew he shouldn't really accept anything from Zeref, but how could he not? He knew that he spoke the truth. He could smell his father's scent on the scale as well as Zeref's. In the end, Natsu knew that by extension this present was also from Igneel, which made him love it with all his heart, but that didn't mean Natsu wasn't still going to find a way to get back at the black wizard.

"Zeref, this may be an awesome present, but this does NOT make up for all the times you have pranked me so far. You better hope that I do not find you, because when I do… you will wish that you died when everyone believed you were no longer of this world."

I am so evil. lol. This idea was thanks to my mom. I had asked for help and this was what she came up with. It was pure evil, I loved it. I had to get into the right mindset though to do this chapter right. You can almost see just where and when my evil side kicked in and ended.

Natsu: How could you?! TAT

Enj/Dark: What? I was nice at the end. You got Christmas presents.

Zeref: She even had me be nice to you by giving you something from Igneel.

Natsu: Yeah, after making me suffer! DX

Zeref: I don't think next time will be as bad *turns to me* right?

Enj/Dark: Um… let me see... *bringing up my plans* I'm not sure… It could be slightly less humiliating for Natsu.

Natsu: That is not reassuring at all. :(

Zeref: Please review! ;)