What happens when our favourite Dragon Slayer, accompanied by his furry friend, tries to work a regular job? What destruction will they leave in their wake?

Natsu: HEY! I DO NOT DESTROY STUFF!

Me: Yes you do.

Happy: The all-important disclaimer Natsu!

Natsu: The writer here does not own Fairy Tail nor its story or characters. All of these are owned by Hiro Mashima.

Me: Thank you Natsu! J

Now back to the story!

It was a normal day at Lucy and Natsu's house. They had gotten married 2 years ago, and surprisingly, Gray was the best man at their wedding. Lucy gave birth to a pair of healthy twins named Layla and Igneel (courtesy of Lucy and Natsu respectively), and is a stay-at-home mum, although they still go to the guild. Happy lives with them too, although Lucy was reluctant to let him stay. Natsu still takes jobs from the guild's request board, but with his habit of destroying stuff all the time, he doesn't usually bring home a lot of cash. Finally, one day, Lucy decides to do something about their lack of money.

"NATTTTSSUUUUUU!" Lucy hollered.

"What is it?" he grumbled, still eating his breakfast.

"You're never bringing home enough money and obviously I can't work since I have to stay home all day and take care of Layla and Igneel here!"

"So what am I supposed to do?"

"You still need to be here to be with your children, so I want you to go get a regular job!"

"What's a regular job?"

"JUST GO GET ONE AND GET OUT OF HERE!"

Fearing his wife's wrath, Natsu quickly gobbled down the rest of his breakfast and dashed out of the house to find Happy, who had gone to the guild for a while.

At the guild

Natsu walked into the guild, looking sullen, which shocked most of the guild members present. As usual, Gray (who is still single and still has Juvia fawning over him) got up from his seat and went to insult him.

"Hey! Shit-for-brains! Did Lucy kick you out of the house again?" he asked

Sitting down at the bar, he said, "Lucy wants me to get a 'regular job', whatever that means."

"Why are you asking me, I wouldn't know what that is."

"I'm NOT asking you, Ice Stripper!"

"Gray, your clothes." Mira commented from behind the bar.

"Oh shit!" he yelped, and promptly disappeared to find his missing clothing.

Happy, who just flew up to him asked, "Natsu, what's wrong?"

"Lucy wants me to get a regular job. Hey Mira," he asked, turning his attention to the demon bartender, "what's a 'regular job'?"

"Well Natsu, a regular job is one like mine. You report to work on a daily basis, and do pretty much the same thing every day."

"That sounds boring, but I have to find one, otherwise Lucy will kill me. How do I get a regular job?"

"Well, there are always 'Help Wanted' signs placed in various shops and places around town. You could walk around town and try to find a job that way."

"Well okay then. Let's go Happy!" Natsu said, suddenly brightening up.

"Aye sir!"

Around town

Natsu had been walking around town looking for a job for the past few hours, and he was getting pretty tired of it. So was Happy.

"How are we supposed to find a job like this?" Natsu complained

"Look Natsu! I found one!" Happy said eagerly, as he pointed to a sign in a restaurant window that said 'Help Wanted'

"Let's go in!"

"Can I help you young man?" the waiter at the front desk asked. He was smartly dressed, since it was a high class restaurant, and he had a name tag that said 'Manager' "You can try our lunch special or our -"

"I need a job." Natsu said flatly

"Right this way sir." the man beckoned him to follow and led him to the kitchen. "We need dishwashers and a mage to keep our fire going. By any chance, are you a fire mage?"

"I'm the best fire mage you'll ever see! Happy will wash the dishes, and I'll do the fire. How much do you pay?"

"For those two low-class jobs, we pay 450 zeni an hour."

"I'll take it!"

"Very well then! You two start tomorrow. I'll see you at 7am sharp!"

Just outside the restaurant

"Natsu, you realize that we just took a job working in the kitchen of a high class restaurant, right?" Happy asked, with a certain tone of worry in his voice.

"Yup! I mean, it's just a simple 'regular job' like Lucy asked, so what could go wrong?"

"Just about everything" Happy thought. "I just hope he's not gonna break anything. It'll be really EXPENSIVE to fix!"

"We should go back to the house and tell Lucy that we've found a job!"

Back at Natsu & Lucy (and Happy's) house

When Natsu and Happy entered, they were greeted by a very worn-out Lucy, who had apparently spent her entire day feeding and nursing her children. She was now sitting on the couch, doing absolutely nothing. Seeing them enter, she got up instantly, wanting to know their findings.

"So, did you two find a regular job like I asked?" she demanded.

"Yup!" Natsu replied cheerily. "We found a 'regular job' at a restaurant and the guy said we start tomorrow at 7."

"Well you had better get some rest then. I'm going to bed."

"Good night Lucy!"

"I'm seriously worried about how this job of ours is going to turn out…" Happy thought worriedly, before settling down on the couch and falling asleep after a long day of walking through town.