Panty Possession

Notes: This is a scene mentioned in my fanfic, "Beastly Possession." Lots of readers wanted to see this written out, plus it was too funny to keep as a mere anecdote, so here's the incident in its entirety.

Cultural Note: A hachimaki is a headband worn by Japanese cheer squads, competitors, fans, cram school students, or any situation where someone is serious and wants to show their fighting spirit. One common phrase written on the hachimaki is Nippon Ichi, "First in Japan" or "Japan's Best." So Happy says "Fairy Tail Ichi"... Fairy Tail's Best! Dream on, Happy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Those stiffs at Kodansha wouldn't surrender it, even when I took Happy hostage. (Don't worry, I gave him a fish afterward.)

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While Natsu slept in Lucy's bed, sprawled out on the soft mattress, blankets cocooned around him, snoring softly, Happy roamed around the bedroom feeling bored.

"I wonder where Lucy is," he muttered to himself. "Maybe she went shopping for fish. Aye, that must be it!"

He jumped up on top of her dresser and began looking at the glass bottles filled with beauty supplies: lotions, creams, oils, powders, all arranged in some mystical order. Then he noticed the top drawer was partly opened. He spied something pink inside, reached his paw in, and pulled out a string thong.

"I wonder what this thing does." Happy turned it around curiously, then stretched it out. "Ooh, I see. Lucy keeps her sling shots in this drawer."

He figured a drawer of weapons was okay to rummage through, so he opened the drawer a little wider. He pulled out a fishnet stocking and tied it around his head like a hachimaki. Then he turned around to the mirror on the dresser and posed.

"Fairy Tail Ichi!" he said in a cutely gruff tone, then giggled. "Lucy has some cool dress-up items." He looked in the drawer some more. "Ooh, kitty earmuffs!" He yanked out a black and yellow polka-dotted bra and stuck it over his head with the cups covering his blue ears. "A little big for me. I bet Charle would love it! Maybe one with flowers." He rummaged around in the drawer and finally pulled out a blue bra with white daisies. "Aye! Charle would really like this earmuff."

While the cat continued to pull things out and try them on, Natsu slowly woke up with a sleepy grumble. Lucy's bed always smelled so nice. He blinked out the dreams he was having of Lucy feeding him drops of fire on a sandy beach and looked around at the noise.

"Uh, Happy...what are you doing in Lucy's dresser?"

The Exceed's head popped up with wide eyes at getting caught. He still had the stockings tied around his forehead and the bra over his ears, but now he also had some of Lucy's briefs over his face with the leg holes over his eyes.

"Ninja!" he exclaimed joyfully.

"Awesome!" Natsu grinned, leaping out of the bed fast. "You're playing ninja?"

Happy held his paws up in a hand seal position. "Nin-nin!"

Natsu's face lit up eagerly as he ran forward. "I gotta find me a cool mask." He searched around for a little bit. "Why do most of these ninja masks have lace on them?" he whined. Finally, he found a silk one that was solid black. "Yes! All black, like a true ninja." He pulled the panties over his head and held his hands up just like Happy. "Nin-nin!"

"Nin-nin!" Happy said back.

Suddenly, Natsu jolted. His nose had caught a smell. He inhaled deeper, and something fluttered in his stomach.