My first Fairy Tail related fic! yay!
Just how I reckon a meeting between Fairy Tail's Gray Fullbuster and Shugo Chara's Ikuto Tsukiyomi might go. The first part of the story is me mainly practicing my writing, so yeah... For those who have not watched either of the animes, Gray and Ikuto are both voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura.
Disclaimer: Just so you know I do not own Fairy Tail or Shugo Chara! They belong to Hiro Mashima and Peach Pit.
The sunlight shone down through the leaves of the largest tree in the forest. It lit up the forest floor and made the leaves and flower petals glow. Most of the inhabitants of Magnolia favoured the sunshine. The town had recently experienced an unusually long month of heavy rain and people weren't used to it.
But there was one person who did not welcome the sun, someone who shouldn't even have been there in the first place. As he came to, he squinted in the light and creased his brow at the sudden change in intensity.
Ikuto's pale hand came up to cover his eyes and he groaned. This was just inconvenient. He was super sleepy and this just wouldn't do.
He sat upright and stretched, but didn't bother to open his eyes fully just yet. He finished his arm stretch and propped himself up by his elbows before properly opening his eyes and taking a look around. He became instantly both shocked and confused. A feeling of panic set in. His dark blue eyes widened as he took in everything around him.
… Was this some kind of joke? Where in the heck was he?
There was the strange feel of soft grass under his palms, the clean spring air ruffling through his hair, and the scent of flowers or blossoms coming from somewhere nearby. There were even birds not too far off.
Ikuto sprung up and did a full turn. Where was this? Last time he checked he was at home. Last time he checked he was in Tokyo. One minute he was resting on the roof of Easter trying to get half an hour of rest before Yoru decided to come back from his meeting with the alley cats and the next he was in some sort of forest!
He took a look at the trees around him and glanced up at the blue sky. This wasn't Tokyo. To say this wasn't Tokyo… was an understatement.
Ikuto just about gave himself whiplash as he quickly twisted and turned his neck trying to understand the situation he was in, though he was pretty sure this was a fairly unusual situation.
"W-What?" he murmured to himself. Eventually he just sighed and looked at the ground beneath his feet.
Okay. First things first. Find out where he was.
This sounded like a sensible option and so Ikuto made off through the trees. He thought he could spot a dirt path to the left, so maybe it would lead him so a town or a village maybe. Maybe there he could tell and ask someone for help. Whether anyone would believe him or not was yet to be seen. If he told anyone something this bizarre he'd most likely be taken for a crazy person and left all on his own. He didn't want that to happen.
Ikuto walked for maybe five minutes down the little dirt path before he heard something, a twig or stick maybe, snap in front of him. He froze.
A moment or two went by before there was complete silence again despite the occasional bird call or the rustle of the breeze in the trees and when he had calmed again Ikuto walked on.
By this time Ikuto found himself surrounded by cherry blossoms and the delicate pink petals just about covered the pathway. He looked up at the trees. You didn't often see a sight like this in Tokyo.
He admired the petals as they fell, circling and even taking to stepping backwards down the path as he tilted his head up.
Suddenly something hit him from behind. It took the air out of his lungs and he stumbled, but miraculously managing to stay on two feet. He whirled round, startled.
Stood in the pathway was a guy who looked around Ikuto's age and was rubbing his head after hitting something whilst running at full speed. When the guy looked up at him he scowled and stepped forwards.
"Oi! Wanna watch where ya going? I'm in a hurry here!" he yelled, little veins popping on the side of his head.
Ikuto just stood there dumbfounded. This stranger sounded exactly like him! He could swear he wasn't hearing things! They both spoke in that low, smooth, masculine voice. It was strange to hear his own voice coming out someone else's mouth. It was totally unreal.
Ikuto's mind was working its best to figure out how the hell this was possible, but so far he hadn't come up with anything.
His thoughts mirrored his expression: What. The. Hell.
This wasn't true. It couldn't be. What with the forest thing and all this was just too coincidental. He took a good look at the man in front of him.
He couldn't have been much older than he was. They were the same height, but this man was more toned than he was whilst Ikuto was thinner and cat-like. The man had dark, spiked, raven hair unlike Ikuto's sapphire, soft, shiny hair that two velvet cat ears peeked out of.
One thing that was painfully obvious though, was the fact that one of them was half naked. Ikuto was quite comfortable in his dark uniform, but the other stood in the middle of the path in broad daylight in nothing but his dark blue boxers.
The stranger just took another step forward and spoke again. "Hey! I'm talking to you! Wanna get out of the way of the path before I knock you down?"
"Y-You…" Ikuto began slowly. How the hell did he explain this to someone he just met? Oh well, here it goes… He swallowed. "You sound…"
It seemed the stranger had noticed something too. He frowned.
Ikuto finished his sentence. "Why do you sound like me?" he asked.
The stranger looked a little ticked off. Another, larger vein appeared on the side of his head. "Moron!" he snapped. "Why do you sound like me?"
At the outburst Ikuto felt it was his time to frown. "Who are you?"
The other man stood up straight, anime-style veins calming down. "Gray Fullbuster." He replied, eyeing Ikuto carefully. "You."
"Tsukiyomi Ikuto."
…
There was a moment of awkward silence. Neither knew what to say next. Each kept their eyes on each other warily as if they might leap and attack at any moment.
Ikuto shrugged mentally to himself and decided to bring up the original question again. "Why do you sound like me?"
The anger came back to Gray's face. "What did I say? Why do YOU sound like ME?"
This time Ikuto also found himself becoming irritated. "I don't know! I just found myself here! I don't even know where I am!"
"Are you like my alternate self?"
"Could that be so..?"
There was another silence as they both thought about this possibility. Both seemed to assume this was the answer and started arguing again.
"What's with you hair?" Ikuto pointed to Gray's head.
"Why's your hair blue?"
"Where are your clothes?"
"Why have you got cat ears?"
"No, seriously, where are your clothes?"
Gray looked down at himself. He let out an uncharacteristic scream and jumped back out of surprise a few feet. "AH! When did that happen?"
"Dude, you can't just walk around half-naked!" Ikuto pointed out.
"Then I'll just walk around full-naked damn it!" Gray yelled. He prepared to take off what little clothes he already had on.
Ikuto was genuinely shocked. "What! NO!"
"It's uncomfortable damn it!"
"God no!" he prepared to turn away. Walking round with a naked person in the middle of the forest was not only uncomfortable, but also seemed slightly dodgy.
As Gray was about to take off his boxers, a voice sounded from behind them. "GRAY FULLBUSTER!"
Gray paused as the colour drained from his face and stood on the spot.
Ikuto breathed a sigh of relief and looked back. Gray froze.
"Gray! You air-headed fool! How many times do I have to tell you not to run naked around the guild?"
Gray instantly un-froze and turned to see the woman heading towards them. Ikuto gulped. This woman had a dark aura around her. She had red hair and wore armour. There was definitely danger approaching.
"U-Uh…" Gray swallowed thickly. "H-Hey Erza…"
Erza came to stop and frowned at him. "You…"
"EEP!" he squealed. Within a second he jumped towards Ikuto and hid behind his back.
The dark aura burst into flames. "DON'T YOU HIDE FROM ME!"
There was a squeak followed by a small trail of dust as Gray ran away at the speed of light. Erza was instantly on his tail. "COME BACK FOR YOUR PUNISHMENT!"
Once they were out of sight Ikuto was left stood there. He blinked a couple of times before looking over his shoulder the way they had gone. Well, he could stay here and wander aimlessly until he found someone else or…
He shrugged and turned to head in their direction. He needed somebody to ask for help, right?
I have just learnt that I can't do endings! Ha! "Gray froze" XD You see what I did there? XD That was a terrible line. I'm sorry... I do come up with some really terrible puns.
Hmm I was thinking I could turn this into a proper story... it's a crossover so I'm not sure many people will read it, but whatever! I'm gunna see if I can do something with it!
Thanks for reading! ^^