On the way back to the guild, Happy was full of distress, muttering from time to time.
Forgotten!
Natsu knew Happy's memory well and couldn't be bothered to look into it, as long as he felt he hadn't forgotten anything, it was fine.
Macao was rescued, the mission was completed, and he could go back to his slacker pose in the guild.
A slacker life was what Natsu liked.
That kind of life was the beautiful life!
"Natsu! I really feel like I've forgotten something important, help me!" Happy lay on Natsu's head, full of distress.
"Nonsense..." Before he could finish his sentence, Natsu stopped.
Looking straight ahead, the guild wasn't far away.
His expression immediately became excited, and he shouted as he rushed towards the guild: "I can do my slacker pose again!!"
"Ohohoho!!"
Natsu's sudden acceleration made Happy lose his grip.
Well, he's just a little flying cat.
Spreading his wings to hover in the air, crossing his two small paws, he muttered softly: "I really feel like Natsu has been broken by Lucy!"
"Ah!!!"
"I know what I forgot!!"
"Natsu! Natsu! I forgot Lucy!"
"If we don't hurry and save her, she'll freeze into a popsicle!"
"Natsu! Natsu!"
He dive-bombed towards Natsu.
Macao looked at Natsu with a strained expression: "I really get the feeling you didn't do it to save me."
"Bang!" The guild doors were directly smashed open by Natsu. He scanned the room and found an empty spot.
Leaving a trail of dust, he rushed to that spot.
Without the slightest hesitation...
Slacker pose!
"Cough! Cough! Cough!" A group of people in the guild choked on the dust Natsu brought in.
"So Natsu is back, no wonder."
"If it's Natsu, there's nothing strange about it, it's just a pity about the newly repaired doors."
"Someone will fix them later, it's fine!"
Mirajane walked up to Natsu and asked softly: "Natsu! Didn't Lucy go with you?"
Natsu, who had just lain down, froze and exclaimed: "Crap! I forgot Lucy."
Happy flew in, grabbed Natsu, and dragged him out: "Natsu! You forgot Lucy, if we don't go now, she'll turn into a popsicle and get eaten!"
Mirajane stared blankly at the person and cat, muttering: "Popsicle! Eaten by someone!"
"Poor Lucy!"
Natsu's voice drifted from far away.
"It wasn't just me who forgot her, you forgot her too."
"Did not, I remembered Lucy."
Snowy Mountain!!
"Someone save me!!"
"Natsu! Natsu! Hurry up and save me!"
Lucy's cries for help echoed through the snowy mountain, but she received no reply.
The pitiful voice of someone forgotten was fast disappearing.
A few hours later, the sky turned dark, and Natsu and Happy set foot there again.
Although the person and the cat were both a bit thick-headed, their memories were fine, and they walked straight to where Lucy had been.
Natsu's nose twitched a few times, using the super sense of smell of a Dragon Slayer to carefully search for Lucy's scent.
A moment later, Natsu frowned: "It's no use! The wind here is too strong, Lucy's scent has been blown away."
Happy breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as she hasn't been frozen into a popsicle, she won't get eaten by someone."
Natsu's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's right! If she hasn't been frozen into a popsicle, maybe she already went back."
"Let's go back too, slacker pose is the best!"
Happy's eyes darkened: "Natsu! You really have been broken by Lucy!"
"Roar!!" A sudden, excited roar interrupted their conversation.
A gorilla with eyes like two giant lanterns appeared not far away from them.
"Man! Man! I like men!"
Happy immediately puffed up: "Ah! I'm a cat, I'm not a human."
Natsu glared at him in annoyance: "It's clearly looking at me."
"Although its lanterns are quite big, I don't like gorillas!"
While breathing a sigh of relief, Happy covered his mouth and snickered: "Natsu! A gorilla like this actually isn't bad, it suits you quite well."
Suddenly!
The surroundings abruptly turned dark as a huge black shadow descended from the sky.
"Man! I like men!" The gorilla howled as it crashed down, lunging towards Natsu.
Natsu raised his right fist, and flames quickly wrapped around his right hand.
"Although I've always been a super handsome guy that everyone loves, being liked by a gorilla is quite annoying!"
"I'll send you flying!"
Blazing flames erupted from his feet, and Natsu launched into the air.
Wrapped entirely in flames, he shot straight into the sky.
The gorilla in mid-air felt the flames on Natsu, suddenly its expression froze, and its body rapidly shrank.
It quickly turned into the size of a normal human.
"Lucy!!" Happy shuddered and hurriedly rushed up to grab Natsu.
Natsu also pulled back his flames just in time, looking with a solemn face at the Lucy in front of him.
The Lucy who had been Taken Over by the gorilla excitedly beat her chest.
"Man! I like men!"
Happy shouted anxiously: "Natsu! What do we do?"
"This gorilla is clearly much more powerful than the one that Took Over Macao; not only can it turn into a gorilla, it can also turn into Lucy!"