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Girl Power

Natsu wakes this morning on guard. Zeref waited a week before hitting him with a new curse, and it has been a week exactly since he was turned into a merman. He got out of his hammock only to pause at seeing something in the corner of his eye. At first he thought it was another note from Zeref, but it wasn't. 'Thank goodness,' he thought.

On his nightstand is an armband made out of volcanic rock. Natsu is wary of it as he approaches, but when he picked it up he remembers hearing Lucy say something to Erza about getting him a gift. Now knowing the armband is from Lucy, he puts it on with no hesitation.

Natsu leaves his room and heads for the kitchen in the hopes of some food. On his way there, however, he notices something. "Why does my chest feel weird?" He pauses when he heard the sound of his voice. "Also, why does my voice sound higher?" Natsu is very confused, but he couldn't think much of it since he made it to the kitchen and saw a piece of paper on the table.

Dreadfully, Natsu reaches out for the note. He didn't want to pick it up, but he gets the feeling that it was already too late. So with that in mind, he picks the note up to read.

When you put the armband on, you will turn into a girl. - Zeref
P.S. That wasn't Lucy talking about giving you a gift to Erza.

Natsu was frozen in place during his time reading the note, but quickly snapped out of it after finishing. "Darn it, Zeref! I can't believe he got me again! ...What does he mean that wasn't Lucy talking to Erza?! Does that mean..."

He makes a beeline to the mirror that he has in his living room to take in the damage. What he saw was just what he was hoping he wouldn't see. Standing in front of his mirror is a girl with long, pink hair like his, slightly bigger and rounder eyes along with a rounder face, big boobs that he is glad are covered, because he doesn't need his fellow guild mates to look at him like they do to the other girls - he always saw it as creepy - and has a slimmer body.

Knowing that it is the armband's fault this happened, Natsu tries to take it off, only it doesn't move. She tries again, but nothing happens. With a sigh, Natsu stops trying, knowing that it will come off after midnight. 'I hope so at least.'

Wait...did he - she - think about going to the guild looking like this a little bit ago? There are not enough Jewels in the world that is going to force him - her - out of the house today. With that decision made, Natsu is staying indoors with no intention of leaving. He - she - is going to hang and pig out, maybe even sleep for most of the day or go for a walk around the woods, but never is she going to the guild today, and especially NOT on a job request!

"Hey, has anyone seen Natsu?" asked Lucy looking around the strangely quiet guild hall.

"Last I saw him he was asleep at home," said Happy.

"Flame brain is going to make us go out there to get him? Argh, he probably forgot we have a job to do today," said Gray annoyed.

"Wait, maybe something happened to him," said Wendy softly in concern.

"She's right! It has been a week since the last curse. What if Zeref cursed him again?" asked Lucy worriedly.

The rest of Team Natsu turns to look at each other with realization and worry. That is a good possibility; they should go and check on him. If Natsu is fine, Gray plans to kill him, if not they'll go on without him, but if the curse is workable, then he is going with them whether he likes it or not.

Natsu is wondering what to do to pass the time now. He - she - left for a walk, but was almost spotted by someone, so left to go back to the house. She is starting to get hungry again. She did have food before going on that walk, but now she is feeling the need to eat again. With this in mind, Natsu goes into the kitchen to make something to eat. She finds some of Happy's fish in the cooler. She grabs the biggest of them and brings it outside.

Just as Natsu was going to cook the fish she heard voices heading in her direction. She listens closely to make out who they are, only to panic after realizing that the voices belong to her friends. She tries to make a run for it back into the house with the plan to lock it behind her, but just as she reached the door Gray calls out, "Hey flame brain, where do you think you're going?"

Natsu froze like Gray cast a spell on her feet. It ended quickly, but turning to face them goes a lot slower. Slowly, so slowly that a snail could beat her in a race, Natsu turns to see Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Happy, and Carla all standing right behind her. Her friends are looking at her with widen eyes, the only sign of their shock. Do they know it is her, or do they think she is someone else? She really hopes it the latter.

"Oh, sorry," said Erza. "We thought you were a friend of ours. He has hair kind of like yours, but shorter. Have you seen him?"

"Also, why are you at his house?" Gray asked.

Natsu couldn't believe his - her - luck. They think he's - she's - someone else. Maybe she can use this to her advantage.

"Are you Natsu's sister?" Lucy asked.

Just as Natsu was about to say yes to Lucy's question, Happy had to crush her hopes. "Natsu doesn't have a sister. He was raised by a dragon, remember, and besides, she smells exactly like Natsu; like 100%!"

"Happy is right, she smells too much like Natsu to not be him," Carla said.

"Oh! Maybe this is the new curse Zeref put on him?" Wendy questioned.

Natsu hangs her head down in embarrassment, confirming Wendy's suspicion. Gray begins to laugh hard to the point he falls down on the ground and rolling in Natsu's front yard while holding his sides.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NATSU'S BEEN TURNED INTO A GIRL! OH THIS IS PERFECT FOR THE JOB WE'RE GOING ON!" said Gray in between laughs.

Natsu is worried now. He forgot that they were supposed to go on a job today, something about stopping slave traders. Why is Lucy looking relieved? The slave traders are after girls.

Erza sighed, "Well, being turned into a girl or not, Natsu, you're coming with us on this job. You can still use your powers, right?"

"I...can...but can I have something to eat first? I only had a few grapes this morning, so I really should eat something before going..." Natsu turns to go back to the fish to cook up and eat, which she will then run away with so she can avoid going on the job with them. He - she - doesn't want to be seen like this.

Before she got two feet away from the front door, Gray grabs her by the scarf and starts to drag her toward the direction of Magnolia. "You think I'm going to risk you running off while we have a job to do? I don't think so. Besides, I'm not missing this hilarity."

'What is that supposed to mean?' Natsu thought in concern and fear.

Natsu couldn't believe her luck. She thought that they were going to use Lucy to be the bait, but nooooo. They use him - HER - instead! How could her teammates do this to her? Some friends they are.

"Psst, Natsu..." Natsu turns at the sound of Lucy's whisper to see what she wants. Behind a bush, she can see an evil grin on the blond-haired mage's face. "How does it feel being used as bait to lure in disgusting pigs? Not a good feeling is it?"

Natsu glares and hisses back, "How can you all do this to me? I hadn't done anything to you."

Lucy gives him an odd look. "You do this to me all the time. Don't you remember Duke Everlue?" Natsu stares at her with a confused look. She thinks about it for a moment, but it doesn't ring any bells.

"You sure about that? I don't remember."

"I got Virgo after that job. Remember how she was once a giant, ugly ape when she was employed to the guy?"

"Virgo...was a monkey?" Natsu's head is tilted to the side with a question mark flouting above her head.

Lucy sighs in defeat. "Never mind, forget it. Oh wait...you already did a long time ago it seems." After that, Lucy went back behind the bush.

Natsu didn't know what to think about after what just happened, but decided to no longer think about it. There is a good detraction though. She can smell something familiar, but can't tell where it is coming from or who it is. She gets the feeling that it is not one of the slave traders. Maybe someone is stalking her? She hopes not! Maybe it is... What is that sound?

Natsu turns to the source of the noise. There is rustling coming from the bushes across from her friends' hiding spot. Natsu waits for them to come out, and when they do, she counts about ten men - some of them holding rope.

This just makes Natsu remember that he - she - is furious. With a vein throbbing in her head, Natsu explodes with fire going in all directions. Kind of like how Zeref's death wave looks. She didn't notice it, but Gray and Erza had to put up shields to protect themselves and the others from her fire blast. After the smoke cleared out, she was able to see the shields as well as the slave traders charred and out for the count on the burnt, black ground.

Natsu wipes her hands together for a job well done, and turns to leave to go home, but there is movement in a tree somewhere to her left now. She turns to look. There, up in the tree is the one mage she wants to beat the heck out of right now. "ZEREF!" Zeref looks down in horror before teleporting out of there. Natsu roars in rage. Once she is done she stomps away from the scene, allowing the rest of her teammates to handle the slave traders while she walks to the train to wait for them.

~Right after Natsu destroyed the slave traders~

Zeref is trying so hard not to laugh at seeing his brother - or should he say sister? - act like such a girl on her period. (AN: I'm a girl, so I know what it is like. I want to blow stuff up and tear things to shreds when that time of the month rolls around.) That thought alone made him want to laugh harder. He is covering his mouth to prevent a sound from escaping. If Natsu hears him and finds him up here in this tree he is going to have to get out of there before anyone could say spriggan. He didn't notice that in his attempt to stay quiet he shifted in the tree, making the leaves brush up against each other, which made enough noise to have Natsu look up.

"ZEREF!" Zeref freezes in place, and then look down in fear to see a fire dragon slayer looking up at him in rage - he can even see smoke coming out of her ears, nose, and mouth. Before anything else could be side, Zeref teleports out of there.

Now back in his palace, away from his scary sister, Zeref goes to see how his Spriggan 12 are doing.

~At the train station~

"Wow Natsu, people say girls are hot headed, but you took it to a whole new level," said Gray, who is snickering at his own joke, but it didn't last long. Natsu, Lucy, and Erza punch him in the face, on top of the head, and send a kick to his gut, all in that order.

There is your Natsu is turned into a girl chapter. It wouldn't be a crack fanfic without one. Also, I sent him on a job this time. YAY! XD

Natsu: o.0

Zeref: Is he okay? :(

Enj/Dark: He'll be fine. He is just mortified right now.

Natsu: You turned me into a...girl...

Zeref: I know and it was funny. You should have seen your face! X'D

Natsu: Zeref! DX It is not funny! Just you wait, I WILL get you back for this! It will be the mother of all pranks.

Enj/Dark: That's a tallllll order. O_O Thank God I still have 97 or 47 chapter left to go before then.

Zeref: Wait what? O.O

Enj/Dark: Well, I have to make sure the prank on you is funnier than anything we're doing to Natsu. Didn't I tell you this before? Like the last chapter?

Natsu: I think so.

Zeref: I think you told him that in whisper. You didn't tell me anything. :(

Enj/Dark: Oh yeah! Now I remember! ^-^ By the way Natsu, it is your turn.

Natsu: Please review! XD