This took longer too come out than it should have. Like waaayy too long. I was volunteering for camp for three weeks but I got the cold from one of the children since the first week. So I was recovering and trying to catch up with everything I've missed while I was gone. Plus writer's block. I've been trying to figure out how to continue the story for so long but nothing was coming to mind. I'm sorry if the chapter is a bit short and not my best.

The next chapter will most likely be it's last and hopefully nice and long! Thank you guys for all your support!

"I'm glad everything worked out for those two in the end! Couldn't have been any better, right Igneel?" Lucy voiced as she got ready to leave for the guild; the very next day.

Natsu, sitting on top Lucy's bed, mewed his response, "Wish a few fist were thrown! That would've made it better! But I guess it was alright."

"Hopefully Gray will come back soon. I'd loved to see how everything plays out!" she slightly squealed in delight.

"Wow Luce. You make it sound like you're reading one of those romance novels. Chill before you explode," Natsu grumbled under his breath.

Lucy glanced outside the window, seeing a few birds flew by, "Actually... I wonder when Natsu will be back... and Gajeel too..."

She sighed, "Probably not for a long while. "Dragon Slayers' training"... I can't even begin to imagine what it might be like."

"It's awesome! We destroy everything!" Natsu meowed loudly, "And that mental head is hogging all the fun!" he yelled before hopping off the bed to go by Lucy's side.

He rubbed himself at the side of her boot, bring her out of her daze as she looked down at him, smiling, "Ready to go?"

"Yeah!" Natsu purred in response.

And so~

Surprisingly, the guild was quite empty today. The few members that were there, were either getting ready to go or were enjoying the silents.

Mira walked her way to the usual table the girls gathered at and placed two sheets of paper in front of Erza.

"What's this?" Erza asked as she rested her plate, that's holding a half eaten cake, down and picked up the papers.

"It's the receipt from the magic shop. I never got a chance to double check everything since I've been a bit busy running the guild," Mira confessed.

"Huh? Is the Master still away?" Wendy asked looking around, noticing he is indeed not around.

"Have you not notice all this time?" Carla asked from Wendy's arms, "He was gone for quite some time now."

"I know, I know, but I thought he would be back by now..." Wendy frowned.

"I think your sense are weakening Wendy. Even Lucy knew he was still gone!" Happy chipped in from his spot on the table, "Right Lucy?"

The mage in question was caught staring down at her thighs in deep confusion, "...I didn't even notice he was gone."

"Never mind," Happy sighed and returned to stuffing his face with fish, not even noticing he left both girls in a state of depression.

"Ahh um, Cheer up Lucy and Wendy-san! We were all distracted by Blizzard-kun and Igneel-kun cuteness!" Juvia tried to convince them.

Lucy looked up at Juvia, "But you knew he was gone right?"

"Umm-" Juvia looked away from them. It was pretty obvious that she knew. Juvia didn't even have to look know they were sulking even more.

"Oh interesting!" Erza beamed catching the their attentions.

"You see, odd isn't it?" Mira spoke.

"Indeed. Do you think it has something to do with them?" Erza pointed to Natsu and Gray casing each other around the guild.

"What would the potions have to do with them?" Lucy asked, not making the connections just yet.

"Can you ladies bring Blizzard and Igneel to the table please?" Mira asked sweetly smiling, but there's something behind the smile that made it sound more like a command.

Getting up, both Lucy and Juvia called out to their respected furry friends as they made their way over to them. After breaking up the chase, they head back to their seats and rested the little fur balls on top the table.

Erza looked at Mira, "Should you tell them or should I?" she asked.

"Well we don't know if it's true or not" Mira responded.

"Then ask them if they're Natsu and Gray" Erza spoke out loud.

"Wait what?!" Lucy laughed uncontrollably for a bit. It was so unexpected.

"When you're done laughing, maybe you can listen to what they have to say," a deep voice told, catching the group's attention and stopping Lucy's giggle fits as her mood soured a bit.

Gajeel was walking up to them with Levy holding Panther Lily in her arms.

"Hey guys!" Levy waved with one arm.

"Levy!" Lucy waved back, "So that's why you weren't here this morning!"

A light blush raised to her cheeks, "Um yeah... I saw Gajeel earlier today and he umm-"

"I was going to give him a piece of my mind!" Gajeel yelled pissed off.

"You saw Natsu-san?" Wendy asked the question on the others minds.

"No but if I did, he'll be most likely running around naked," Gajeel said with a bit of humor, pulling out Natsu's clothes from his bag and dumping it on the table; not too close to Erza's cake or he'll be dead.

"We found it coming out of the bushes near his house," Gajeel answered before they said anything.

"He didn't come to our meet up so I went on with the training. Then we had a thought something had happened to Fairy Tail and came back but I guess everything is okay, "Gajeel sighed tiredly then looked at the new comers on the table and started chuckling.

"You know what? I'm happy that I came back. Too see Ice boy and Blazing Rage in this situations makes it worth it!" he laughed.

"So they are Natsu and Gray!" Mira announced.

"Yeah it's pretty obvious that they are. What kind of cat would be pink? And besides, you can spell they're scent," Gajeel said and notice Wendy looking like she was about too cry.

"I-I mean it was really hard to notice it anyway! The potion really messes you up!" he tried to convince her.

"I think you need that Dragon Slayer Training more than they do Wendy" Carla sighed to the younger Slayer.

"So then that means," Juvia picks up Gray from the table and holds him close to her face, looking deep into his eyes, "Gray-sama came for Juvia when Juvia was out with Yori yesterday. Was Gray-sama jealous?"

Gray jumped,"What?! No I-"

"Tell the truth man!" Natsu yelled.

Gray whipped his head towards the kitten,"There's no point anyway! She can't understand me! Only you!" he snapped back.

"Maybe we should find a way to turn them back before asking questions," Levy suggested.

"Porlyusica might have a potion to turn them back," Mira informed.

"Right. Lucy, Juvia," Erza started, "Carry Natsu and Gray to Porlyusica's house in the woods. Find out if she has anything to change them back. Also take Wendy with you as well. She has a soft-spot for her. Happy and Carla can go too," she commanded.

"It's not like I was going to let her go on her own anyway," Carla huffed to herself.

"Aye!" Happy agreed, over hearing what she said.

"Now if you'll excuse me," Erza stood, "I have another slice of cake awaiting me," she said, holding her now empty plate in her hand.

When did she finish eating her cake?

And so~

Porlyusica growled at the unwanted guess at her front door. "What trouble have you gotten yourselves into now?!" she grumbled.

Lucy cleared her throat, "Well you see-"

"Hurry up! I don't have all day!" Porlyusica snapped, scaring them.

"You see Porlyusica-san," Wendy called,"Natsu-san and Gray-san accidentally turned themselves into animals after splashing potions on themselves," she explained.

"Hmm," Porlyusica looked at the victims being held in ladies' arms, "Are you two idiots?! Why would you do that in the first place?!" she yelled at them, making them sink deeper into their holder's arms.

Happy, who was hiding behind the others, took out a piece of paper from his bag and handed it Porlyusica, "It's the ingredients from the potion! Mira wrote it down for you!"

She looked over the list of ingredients carefully before handing it back, "Based on the herbs used, I'd say it'll last a day or two more before returning them back to normal."

"Really? That's great!" Lucy beamed.

"Juvia can see Gray-sama again!" Juvia cheered.

"Thank you Porlyusica-san!" Wendy grinned brightly at said women who grunt.

"Glad you're happy. Now can you leave now?!" she yelled before slamming her door shut on them.

Wendy giggled, "She seems to be in a good mood today!"

"Yeah sure," Lucy said before turning to track the path they came from.

"You know what..." Lucy stopped and let Natsu on the ground, leaving him quizzically looking up at her.

"What are you doing Lucy-san?" Wendy asked with a tilt of her head.

"Exercise! Don't want Natsu to become a lazy cat right?" she explained.

"Yeah but-" before Wendy could argue back, Natsu took off running down the path.

"Juvia doesn't think that was a good idea..." the water mage stated the obvious.

"Happy make sure you don't lose him!" Lucy commanded as she began the chase to catch Natsu.

"Aye sir!" Happy flew ahead and actually didn't have to fly far from the others before stopping to see Natsu beginning to climb up a pile of lager rocks aside the path.

Lowering down to the kitten, Happy asked, "Natsu what are you doing?" getting a "mew" in response.

"Sorry I don't speak cat," Happy sweat.

The others caught up to where they stopped.

"Natsu what the heck! I put you down on the ground because I knew you wouldn't run away like an ordinary cat but apparently I was wrong!" the Celestial mage yelled.

Natsu just looked at her, "Thought you wanted me to exercise? So I am! I'm climbing!"

"She meant walk along side her dumbass," Gray barked and Natsu stuck his tongue out in response, "No way that's boring! This is much more of a challenge!"

"Heh challenge? If you want a challenge," Gray tried to wiggle out of Juvia's arm but with no luck could he escape as she held him tighter so he wouldn't fall.

Natsu busted into laughter, "You can't even escape Juvia's grip!" he teased.

"She's a very strong women!" Gray growled.

"Juvia-san do you think Gray-san wants to join Natsu-san on the ground?" Wendy asked watching how he wiggles.

"But Juvia doesn't want Gray-sama to run away like Natsu-san! He might get hurt!" Juvia cried.

"Let's be honest here, Gray is more mature than Natsu so I doubt he'll do that," Lucy confessed.

"Ha! Put down by your own partner!" Gray teased.

"Oh shut up!" Natsu hissed.

Juvia sighed and bent down to let Gray on the ground. Gray barked a "thank you!" before strolling a few feet into the woods to a lager -based off his height- boulder he saw notice before.

"If you can make it to the top, without any help, you win!" Gray announced.

"Do I get anything if I win?" Natsu asked as he went up to Gray, the others following behind.

"One free meal! Only one! Not the entire menu from the place of your choosing!" Gray told, "And If I win, I get a free meal from you!"

"Well I'm glad too say your money will be given for a good cause!" Natsu grinned, accepting the challenge.

"On three!" Gray yelled and they prepared to jump, "One... Two... Three!"

They leaped.

But not high enough.

The boulder didn't really have an edge, it was pretty much a smooth sphere, making it an unsuitable rock to climb on in the first place. Yet they continued trying.

The others stood there watching them confusedly.

"Is there something inside that Gray-sama and Natsu-san want?" Juvia wondered.

Lucy shrugged, "What would be inside in the first place?"

"I don't sense any magic coming from it. Do you think they just want to get on top?" Wendy added.

Carla sighed, "This is pointless. Happy," she called as she lowered herself to pick up Gray.

"Aye!" Happy chirped and did the same, picking up Natsu.

When they placed them on top, they both just sat there, looking much like they were sulking.

"What's the matter with them now? I thought they wanted to reach the top," Carla crossed her arms, watching them.

"Do you think... they were challenging each other?" Wendy asked.

"Oh for goodness grace we don't have time for that! They can challenge each other back at the guild! Or when they're back to normal!" Carla complained.

Wendy laughed, "I guess something things never change!"

"Guess so," the white exceed sighed.

"Come on you two," Lucy chuckled as she picked Natsu up, "How about we go back home and find something you can challenge each other with? Like an obstacle coarse," she suggested and watched as their ears peaked up to the idea.

"Really Lucy-san?!" Wendy asked excitedly.

"I figured it'll be fun! And if they want challenge then we'll give them one!" Lucy grinned mischievously.

"Sound fun! Right Gray-sama?" Juvia asked raising him high in the air.

"Yeah it does actually!" he barked, looking down at her and wagging his tail in excitement.

"I'm all fired up now!" Natsu meowed with uncontrollable excitement, "Let's get moving back to Fairy Tail!"

And that's all for now!

I actually change a lot of my story while editing it. The obstacle coarse was never part of the idea but I guess it is now!

Keep smiling!