CHAPTER 1

(GENERAL P.O.V)

It's seven in the morning, and the Dragneel residence is already in an uproar. Furniture could be heard being thrown over on the top floor, as well as shouts of threats and laughter.

"GIVE ME BACK MY DIARY YOU JERK!." Hanami shouted as she dived over the sofa at Shinachiku, who dived out of the way laughing. "You're hoping to find a boyfriend here in Magnolia?," Shinachiku chuckled at the surprising revelation.

"What?," Hanami folded her arms as her face turned pink as her hair. "You got a problem with that?." As Shinachiku was about to respond when a voice interrupted them. "Good morning," Lucy interrupted the ruction cheerfully. "Glad you guys are up already. I heard the news about the Hidden leaf Village. I'm sorry your parents had to go.

Breakfast is ready, why don't you come downstairs and get something to eat." Naruto and Sakura, had awoken their kids up earlier to let them know that they were informed that there was an emergency back home, and they needed to leave as soon as possible. They promised as soon as the emergency had blown over, they would be back.

"Breakfast sounds good to me," Hanami ran ahead and bounded down the stairs to the kitchen. "Thanks Aunt Lucy," Shinachiku grinned following his sister, as they hurried down the stairs, and headed into the kitchen. They not only encountered Nashi and Natsu but an unexpected visitor. "It's about time you two you two hell raisers came down."

Natsu joked. "Sorry about the noise," Shinachiku apologized sitting at the table next to Nashi. "I just couldn't believe my sister wanted-" ""Shut up idiot," Hanami warned giving her brother a dirty look. "On second thought I'll keep that to myself," Shinachiku said quickly knowing fully well that Hanami had a mean left hook.

"You guys are gonna fit right in with the rest of us," Cana the unexpected visitor said casually, as she stuffed a piece of toast in her mouth. "Ya," Nashi agreed with a grin. "I can't wait for you guys to go on jobs with us." "So what were you gonna tell me Cana?," Natsu questioned her, as Cana let out a shaky sigh. "Remember what I wanted to talk to you and Lucy about something but never got around to it?." Natsu nodded as he took another bite of his fire.

"Before I came to a decision, I spoke to Master Macarov about it. He agreed, and advised me to wait awhile before I said anything. As a matter a fact, you guys are the first to know. Within an hour's time I'm going to pick up my adopted son."

"WHAT!," Natsu choked out as his eyes bulged comically out of his head. "Oh wow Cana," Lucy spoke up as she put another tray on the table, and was just as surprised as Natsu. "His name is Aiden Hiroshi and his mother and I were close. She moved away just before Aiden was born. First we kept in contact with each other, but that suddenly stopped.

When I investigated, I found out that she had died along with some others in a tragic accident along with her son. Or so I thought."

Cana explained. "Six months ago I got a phone call, from a mutual friend who knew Aiden's mother and I. He explained to me that he discovered that she wasn't dead in the tragic accident like we thought, she and that she had a son. However she had become terminally ill, she had a month to live. My friend Carlos who got a hold of me explained that he had made an arrangement to be Aiden's guardian, since Aiden's mother side of family didn't want anything to do with Aiden since his mother had him out of wedlock."

Cana further explained. What about Aiden's father?." Natsu questioned. "Don't worry I'm getting to that." Cana said quietly as her facial expression saddened. "So naturally I made an arrangement to go see her. Since she lived far away from Magnolia. The day I got there Aiden's mother died unexpectedly. I didn't even get to say goodbye. Instead I encountered a heartbroken twelve year old boy. Carlos and I spoke privately, since he was there when she died.

He gave me a letter along with official documents which instructed that if she died Carlos was to give Aiden over to me." Cana paused wiping away tears from her eyes now. Natsu and Lucy exchanged sad looks, while Shinachiku, Hanami, and Nashi stared down at their shoes sadly. "I have a picture of him," Cana sniffed, as she fumbled in her small purse. "In the next hour or so I'm going to the train station to meet him." She said handling the small picture to Lucy.

"He's handsome Cana," Lucy commented as she gave the picture to Natsu. "He certainly got unusual eyes…" Natsu said as Nashi got up and stood behind her father to see this mysterious boy. "Definitely unusual…" Nashi agreed. Hanami couldn't take the suspense anymore, as she got up to see the Aiden's face.

"OH MY GOD!..." Hanami shrieked in surprise. "Hanami what's the matter?," Shinachiku rushed to her side, as he glanced at the picture.

"WHAT THE HELL!," Shinachiku exclaimed as his emerald eyes widened in shock. "Why do you guys look like you've seen a ghost?," Cana frowned confused." " 'Cause where looking at one…" Hanami said quietly. "What I want to know is why he looks exactly like the deceased shinobi Neji Hyuga…"

And on that note, I'm not going with the canon timeline of Neji's death just so you know…