Baby Steps
Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not in any way own the anime/manga Fairy Tail.
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"Juvia's beloved Gray-sama!" a distraught voice cried out.
"Natsu?" another yelled, utterly shocked.
"Are they toddlers?" someone asked the question they were all thinking.
"What? No way, that's not Natsu and Gray," a random voice answered.
The guild hall was noisier than usual what with the guild members currently forming a circle around two small boys, the two –now toddler- boys being none other than Gray Fullbuster and Natsu Dragneel. Natsu was presently shielding a crying Gray from the overwhelming crowd- all of whom were adults.
"Aww, Gray's just too cute," slurred Cana, "I could just eat him up!"
"You stay away from Juvia's beloved Gray-sama!" a riled up blue-nette yelled.
Cana just cringed, "Jeez, relax Juvia, it was a joke."
The girl who name was Juvia Lockser, a former S-Class water mage, leveled the drunken brunette a cold, unrelenting glare, and a merciless aura completely engulfed her figure. Everyone else just stared, used to Juvia's paranoia antics. Just as she was about to ensure that Cana wasn't after "her" man, well "her" baby in this case, another soft voice stated their opinion.
"For one, I think Natsu is plain out adorable,"
Everybody froze.
The two female mages sneered at one another.
"Lisanna."
"Juvia."
Both girls had this my-man-is-better-than-yours rivalry. No one would dare to move, they all knew too well what happened when this two ladies made eye contact; it usually involved name calling, loud name calling, and a heated argument which seldom turned to fighting. Although the girls despised one another, they shared one thing in common: LUCY. They hated the celestial mage.
"Listen water faucet, it's obvious that Natsu is clearly cuter than your Popsicle, no offense to Gray," Lisanna haughtily claimed.
Juvia bumped her forehead into Lisanna's.
"See here, you white haired bimbo, Gray-sama is simply more lovable!" Juvia declared.
The take-over mage was now irritated and her irritation was showing all over her face. Juvia smirked triumphantly; she always felt good after winning a battle.
"OH HELL NO, YOU DID NOT JUST GO THERE!"
The rest of the evening, Lisanna and Juvia kept insulting each other. The hall became rather hazardous. Everyone, seeing the danger, stayed a rather safe distance from them.
"NO NATSU IS!" Lisanna growled, holding a book and preparing to hurl it at Juvia.
"GRAY-SAMA!" Juvia hissed a chair in her grasp.
Just then, their favorite celestial mage came into the picture, waltzing into the Fairy Tail Guild as if it was any other day…
"Hey guys, how's everybody doing?" the blonde mage asked cheerfully upon entering.
Everyone turned to her with terror written upon their faces. Mirajane's arms flailed frantically. The two bickering teenagers faced the source of the bright and chipper greeting, a deadly eerie aura encircling them. Natsu rushed to the owner of the voice; Gray who had been shedding tears stopped and smiled.
"LUCY." Juvia and Lisanna growled in unison.
Lucy felt herself shrink - what was that she had done this time exactly?
A young girl by the name Wendy pointed downwards. The celestial mage gave her a puzzled expression. She felt something tug her skirt. She looked down and saw Gray and Natsu.
'Oh no,' Lucy mentally groaned.
"Lu-chan" The two giggled.
"Shit..."
Immediately, Lucy whirled around and saw the two girls giving her glares.
"Open Gate of Maiden, Virgo!" Lucy reached for her celestial keys in panic.
Virgo appeared, standing in front of Lucy, looking at her owner. "You called?"
"Yes, please get me out of here!"
Virgo gave a single nod and dug a hole underneath the blonde. Unable to react, Lucy along with mini version of Gray and Natsu, fell into the pit.
"LUCY!"
***** Lucy's Apartment*****
The celestial mage gave an exasperated sigh, "Oh Kami, what I am going to do?"
She didn't know how she got involved. Lucy shook her head. Natsu and Gray stared at the stressed out mage. Natsu paid extra attention to the blonde's facial expression. He noticed exhaustion and annoyance, but the one that stood out the most was the tension. He frowned. Were he and Gray that much trouble? Gray also detected Lucy's distress. He didn't like seeing her like this. So he did what he did best in his toddler form: cry.
Lucy was so lost in thought that she didn't seem to be aware of the boy's presence, until Gray let out a loud wail. Startled, she jerked upwards. Lucy turned to a sobbing ice-make wizard. She mentally slapped herself. She should've known better; she knows that both Natsu, and Gray would be able to sense if something was off.
She cuddled the blacked hair boy, his tears staining her shirt, but she didn't care.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to make you cry," Lucy cooed and held Gray closer to her.
The boy just whimpered in reply. Lucy gave a sad smile. She lifted him so she could see him. Gray who still had visible tears trembled. She kissed his forehead. Gray, ceased his bawling, and nuzzled Lucy's face. She returned the gesture.
"For a baby, you sure are sweetheart," Lucy giggled at his display of affection.
Natsu pouted. Lucy giggled and brought him up, snuggling with both toddlers. For once in her life, she felt loved.
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Author's Note: I hope you liked it...
This is my very first Fairy Tail story.
Tell me what you think.
Review! :) And thank you to my beta reader Ichihime Kurosaki :)
