FIRE AND BEAUTY
Child's Play
I do not own Fairy Tail.
Natsu loses his shirt. Lucy drinks sake. Happy stands with the same height. Natsu and Lucy turned into children! NaLu fluff. Hopefully, Levy gets too long to find the cure.
I know this may not be an original concept/ idea, but I really like to try it!
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It was eerily quiet.
But knowing Fairy Tail, the silence was bound to be broken.
"Who is this kid?" Macao asked no one in particular.
"Macao! It's your son again!" Cana yelled.
"My son's right beside you. You're drunk, Cana!"
Macao stared at the child.
"Uhh… Why is he drooling… fire?"
"It can't be Natsu, eh?" Wakaba asked.
"Natsu?"
The entrance opened and a creak of armor was heard.
"What's the commotion about?"
It was Erza.
"Erza, come see for yourself."
Erza eyed the child. "Throw the kid away."
"Eh?! But doesn't he look like Natsu?"
"He and Lucy are too young to make a child. We kno-"
"WHAT?! That's not what I meant!"
The entrance opened again and in came Mirajane.
"Is there a fight already?"
"It's this kid…" Macao said weakly.
"OH!" Mira exclaimed as soon as she saw the child.
"He looks so much like Natsu! He has to see this child! Or maybe… This one's his child!"
"Eh… Erza had the same thought but-"
"Has somebody seen my shirt?" Gray asked as he entered the guild.
"You should know where you put your things, Gray," Mira said.
"Huh? What's happening here?"
Macao brought Gray before the child.
"Any thoughts?"
"It can't be Natsu. This one's a 2-year old!"
"Then you agree with me that he's his child?" Mira asked.
"What?"
"Stop this already!" Erza said. "Whether we know this child or not, Master will see to him."
"Master is on his regular meeting," Mira informed the others. "It would take a day for him to come back."
Someone entered the guild once more.
"Has anybody seen Natsu?"
This time, it was Happy.
And he was carrying a shirt.
Gray immediately reached with his hand. "That's mine, you cat!"
"Natsu hid it from you! I just wanted to return it. Anyway, where's Natsu?"
Wakaba had his hands instantly around Happy and he brought him before the child, as Macao did to the others before.
"What do you think?"
"He looks like Natsu! Wake up!" Happy kicked the boy's tummy.
"Why did you do that?! You'll wake the child up!"
"Isn't that better? We get to hear him talk!" Mirajane added unhelpfully.
There was a sniff from the child.
"Crap. He's going to cry." Gray covered his ears.
"My name's Natsu," the kid grumbled. Then he kicked at Gray's shin.
"You bastard! Gray aimed a punch on the head but Mira stopped him.
"You don't do that to a child!"
"At least, we know he can speak," Erza spoke. "Maybe he still knows something."
She knelt down before the child. "What's your name?"
"Natsu. You… You're scary."
Erza barely managed to restrain her irritation.
She stood up. "I'll leave the talking to any of you."
"What does she mean by the talking?"
No one noticed.
Loke had entered the guild.
Macao and Wakaba were back to their routine.
"What do you see?"
"Eh?! That can't be Natsu!"
"Right on the wrong line!"
"That didn't make much sense," Erza said.
"Wait, let me try."
Loke knelt down slowly and looked at the child, who was still drooling fire.
"Loke, do you know things about handling children?" Mira inquired.
"Uhmm…"
Loke poked at the child's cheeks.
Then the child bit his finger.
"OW! He's a monster!" Loke quickly took a few steps away.
"He's the son of a dragon," Gray sneered.
"Master should know this," Loke said.
Mira repeated what she said a while ago. "He's in a meeting."
"This is hopeless," Erza exhaled. "Where is-"
"What are you all doing there? Stand up and fight like a man!"
"Elfman!" Macao's eyes lightened up and he guided Elfman quickly to their focus of attention.
"Say something."
Elfman looked at the child as if assessing him. "Why is a child like you drooling? Suck it all up like a man!"
"That isn't exactly helpful," Gray retorted.
"Hey, are you really Natsu?"
Happy was continuously poking the child's tummy, which growled like a tiny lion cub.
"Oh, Natsu!"
Cana stopped her intake from her barrel. "Maybe he wants some drink."
"He's a child, Cana! You can't be serious," Erza said.
"I don't know…" Then she went back to her drink.
"Aww… Little Natsu's hungry!" Mira rubbed her hands. "What do you want?"
The child frowned as he looked at Mira.
"Mira, you don't have to approach him like that," Gray argued.
"He's a child, Gray. He's not the same."
Natsu kicked at Gray's shin again.
"Or maybe just a little," Mira corrected herself before Erza stopped Gray's outburst.
"He doesn't know what he's doing."
Natsu grinned.
"Then what is he trying to imply with that grin?" Gray glared at the child.
Erza knelt before the child once more.
"It's either he now has the mind of a 2-year old… Or he's tricking us."
Natsu punched Erza's breastplate, which made him whimper.
"Now, now…" Mira said gently. "No more violence, Natsu."
"A man maintains peace! Stop whimpering!" Elfman stated.
"Uhhmmm…"
The child growled again.
Or rather, his stomach.
"Food, food. Anybody got fire?" Wakaba asked.
"I've got fireworks!" Happy offered.
"That wouldn't work!" Gray argued.
"But why do you have those?" Cana asked as she gulped another round.
"I've got matchsticks! Ehehehe…" Romeo offered. "I'm gonna light them up!"
There was a strong smell of smoke that literally made Natsu's nose twitch.
"He could smell the fire!" Wakaba exclaimed. "Feed him."
Romeo chuckled giddily as he put some lighted matchsticks carefully inside the child's mouth.
Natsu's eyes lightened up.
Then Romeo stopped, seeing that Natsu was satisfied.
Suddenly, little Natsu burped.
And it came with flames, burning Romeo's face.
"Ro- Romeo!" Macao spluttered.
"Eh… Fairy Tail mages are so cool," Romeo muttered as he fell to the floor.
"Tss… He sure is troublesome." Gray folded his hands.
"As if you are not," Erza retorted. "Wear your shirt! Such an ugly sight for a child!"
"OOOHHH!"
"Natsu lost his shirt!" Mira cried out.
"Just like Gray!" Wakaba added.
"It's natural for a child to copy his elder's actions." Erza nodded.
"EH?! You agree with this?" Macao inquired.
"Now, we know for sure he is a true child."
"Wait! Someone should find a cure!" Gray prompted. "That kid has no good to be done!"
"I'll train him to be a man!" Elfman proposed.
"This is quite an unusual mess for Fairy Tail," said Mira as she put Natsu's clothes back on.
Happy kept poking Natsu as if he wanted a playmate.
"Eh…"
Mira jumped excitedly. "Oh, Natsu spoke again! What is it?"
"Mirajane…"
Mira shook a finger. "No. You say Mira. Mira is enough."
"Mira?"
"Cute!"
"By the way, where is Lucy?" Erza asked. "Wasn't she with Natsu in a mission?"
"Now that you said it…" Gray looked around.
"Somebody should check her apartment."
"No need for that."
The new voice came from a corner of the guild.
It was Reedus the artist.
He was painting once again.
And beside him was a fascinated Lucy…
Who was a child.
"EEHHHH?!"
"Lu- Lucy!" Loke stuttered, then he ran out of the guild.
"Why are the two of them children?" Macao asked.
"Maybe they're just drunk," Cana suggested.
"Hehehe… This is so cool." Romeo laughed, upright again.
"Something must have happened," said Wakaba a little helpfully.
"Cute! Another child!" Mira exclaimed.
"Now's not the time for that! I might come next! Very unmanly!" Elfman yelled.
"We should call Master," Erza stated.
"He's in a meeting," Wakaba reminded her.
"We could call that girl with her two weird companions."
"You mean levy?"
"She could help! She once saved us from the Change Ring," Gray muttered.
"Cana!" Mira screamed.
"What is it no-"
"Since when did Lucy start drinking sake?!"
"I just offered so-"
"Stop her!" Erza ordered.
But by the time Lucy was separated from the small barrel of sake, a noticeable hue of red had appeared on her cheeks.
She was drunk.
"This is bad for a child," Macao said.
"He's a man! He can do it!" Elfman followed.
"She's Lucy! A woman!" Wakaba corrected.
Lucy's body was lolling around until Natsu caught her in his arms.
"Lucy?" Natsu said slowly.
"Ehh…" Lucy's eyes seemed to be going round and round.
"Lucy." Natsu shook Lucy's body.
Slowly, Lucy seemed to regain full control of her senses.
"Uhh…"
"Anyway, is somebody calling Levy already?" Erza asked.
"I'm on it!" Wakaba said as he walked out of the guild.
"So cute!" Mira shrieked.
"Hmm?"
Little Natsu and Little Lucy were playing tag.
Happy raised a hand as he followed the two. "Hey, hey! Let me join!"
Erza pulled Happy's leg.
"You're too old for this."
"Hey, I stand with the same height!"
A heavy set of steps were heard from the entrance.
"What is happening here?"
"Master!"
"Who started a mess?"
"Not actually…"
"Master, you're back already?" Cana asked, the smell of sake floating in the air.
"We need to weaken a guild's army."
"But Master…"
"What is it?"
Macao brought Makarov before the children.
"What do you think about this?"
"Who are these?"
"They're Natsu and Lucy," Erza said with a straight face.
"Aye!" Happy added, finally released by Erza.
"What? How did this happen?"
"Maybe it was connected with their last mission? What was it again?" Gray asked.
"It can't be. They just helped in a magician's restaurant."
"But…"
"Everyone! I'm here!" a girl announced as she entered the guild.
"Levy's here!" two men chorused behind.
"Levy?" Makarov grunted. "Perfect! You may just be able to find a cure."
"What exactly happened?"
Makarov looked up at the girl. "No one knows as of now."
"Well, it might take some time but…" Levy eyed the children. "They're wonderful, aren't they?"
"Don't talk about them as if they're specimens," Macao saod.
"I guess we'll have to postpone the fight," Makarov stated. "Natsu would have disagreed but he knows nothing now… We'll take care of these two for now."
"I won't do it," Erza said.
"I give up, too," Gray followed.
"That's no fun! We'll do this all together," Mira suggested.
"I have no experience with children," Erza replied.
"Neither do I," Gray added.
"They will be men! I'll raise them properly!" Elfman yelled.
"Well, you guys do the raising. I'll start the search already," Levy said as she sat on a table.
"Macao should know what to do," Wakaba said. "He's a father."
"This is Natsu and Lucy we're talking about. They're not my children."
"Well," Makarov mused aloud. "It's just like how Natsu looked when he first came here."
"He was still with Igneel when he was a 2-year old, Master," Erza informed.
"Awww! Look at them!" Mira chirped.
Everyone instantly turned to the children.
Natsu and Lucy were snoring already.
With their backs against each other.
Erza sighed. "Good thing they get tired easily."
"Somebody, take a picture!"
"I'm on it," Reedus said.
"Aren't we like a family here?" Mira said cheerfully.
"Who would believe that?" Gray muttered. "If that was the case, Master would be the grandfath-"
Makarov had just punched Gray on the head. "What were you about to say?"
Everyone laughed lightly.
"I hope Levy gets too long to find the cure," Mira told them.
"NO WAY!"
"They're an adorable pair!"
"Aye!" Happy was fanning the two gently.
Macao raised an eyebrow.
"We'll have a long day today."
"Hehehe! Mages are just amazing!" Romeo exclaimed.
"This isn't that enjoyable." Gray frowned as he stared at the sleeping duo.
Mira's face brightened as a thought entered her mind.
"Anybody here has some diapers?"
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I know there are some stories when a character turns into a child but I still haven't read one.
Forgive me if I had the same content as the others.
Hey, was it a good and fun story?
I had my try.
Any comments would be appreciated!
FIRE AND BEAUTY is a one-shot collection. ;)
This is the first one-shot, then.
But put in mind that I'll update when I think of something.
Meaning, this could be gone for a while but it will continue as long as it isn't labelled "complete." =)
For the others, I'm still going to continue my GraLu story. (I'm sorry.)
Just wait for it.
For my NaZa fanfic, wait for me to put my idea into words.
And I have a terrible mind for wanting to go forward with my NatsuxGray fanfic.
I also have two other NaLu fanfics in my mind.
Talking about my stories, I realized my mind is an idea bag.
I go for any pairings. But I hope the ideas don't get tangled with each other.
Oh, Lord Death. (different anime reference)
Gotta stop my mouth.
Ehehehehe…
I'm out.