Hot and Cold

The Tower to Heaven

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We stumbled upon a large room dedicated to everything cat like. It was way creepy. Ballad and Happy were nowhere to be seen, although her scent was faint, I could still smell her nearby. "Aria, check it out!" I hear Natsu's muffled voice call out. I turn and scream.

"You moron! Take that off!" I shout at him.

"Aw, come on! It looks super cool, don't it?!" Natsu complains. "I'd make a super cool cat, right, Happy? Aye, sir!"

I roll my eyes and pat the side of the giant cat head. "You're such a dope, but you're an incredibly cute dope." I sigh.

"What'd you say? Did you call me a punk! I can't really hear in this thing!" Natsu shouted. "I'm gonna take it off." He tugs on it for a moment before screaming. "Man, it's stuck on my giant noggin. What am I going to do?" I bellow out a laugh and tumble to the ground. "Aw well, it looks cool, so who cares, right?" Natsu laughs.

"End of the road for you, boy--" I hear a strange voice say. A strange girl with cat ears shoves herself against the man with a scream. The gun fires off into the air as I get back to my feet.

"It's the Blockhead!" I hear Natsu shout

"Would you cut it out, Milliana!? What's the big idea?!" Blockhead snaps.

Milliana just glares up at him. "You big ol' meanie! You were trying to hurt the itty-bitty-kitty-witty!" She complains.

"Wait a sec, that's not even a real cat!" Blockhead retorts. "Crazy broad!"

"Oh, it's totally a real cat!" I say loudly, nudging Natsu in the ribs. "I brought him just for you, Milliana!"

"Oh, my goodness! He is just the cutest Wittle kitty ever! Thank you so much!" Milliana cheers as she leaps onto me, hugging me tightly. Natsu let out the strangest meow I'd ever heard, and Milliana went crazy for it.

"A couple of wise guys, huh?" Blockhead sneered. He shoved her out of the way. "I'm tellin' ya doll, this cat is a rat, see?!" He expels a bunch of blocks from his body, causing us to leap out of the way, using several cat items to defend against ourselves.

"Cat Make Barrier!" Natsu shouted.

"No, don't hurt the poor kitty!" Milliana cried.

"For cryin' out loud, Doll face, this dirty rat is our enemy!" Blockhead shouted.

"No, no, he's definitely a cat!" I shout as I leap out of the way of more blocks. Natsu meows even harder.

"Dirty rat? It looks like a kitty to me." Milliana murmurs.

"It's a guy in a cat costume! Don't listen to the crazy broad, ya dimwit!" Blockhead snapped.

"Cat Fire!" Natsu shouts, punching at the bricks.

I sigh and palm my head before shrugging. "CAT ICE!" I bellow, joining in on the destruction.

"YOU'RE NOT EVEN WEARING A COSTUME!" Blockhead bellows. We destroy multiple blocks over and over again. "Drat! I guess Jellal wasn't pulling my leg when he told me this cats got some real claws! All right, toots! It's go time!"

"Meow! Pretending to be a cat when you're really just a person!" Milliana hissed. "It's a lousy thing to do!"

"You're one to talk!" I shout.

"Bad Kitty Restraint Tube!" Milliana screams. I give a sharp grunt as Natsu's wrist is tightly tied to mine. "It's time to put the bad little kitties to sleep!"

"They're in the bag!" Blockhead shouts.

"Cat Fire-- Hey--" Natsu tries, but our magic is cut off. I skid on my heels, trying to keep Natsu upright as we're pelted with those blocks. "How come I can't use my magic? Is it 'cause of this thing?"