Rated: T

Summary: Getting a kid to bed isn't easy, but when your daughter claims she doesn't feel tired at all and wants to stay up all night makes it difficult. So Natsu and Lucy try to see who can get Nashi into bed first.

Another day has come and gone as the night covered the sky of Fiore. At the Dragneel home, a little girl was running around the house trying to catch a flying cat.

"I'm going to get you, Happy." Nashi said.

"You can try, but it won't be easy." Happy said. As the two of them continued this little chase, Natsu laughed as he enjoyed watching those two.

"Okay. That's enough playing around Nashi." Lucy said as she came into the living room. "It's almost time for bed. Time to get ready."

"No. I'm not even sleepy." Nashi said.

"Lucy, what's wrong with her staying up just a little?" Natsu said.

"Natsu, little girl's need their sleep so they can grow." Lucy said. "Come on, Nashi. It's time to take a bath and go to bed."

"No." Nashi said as she continued to chase Happy around. Ever since Natus and Lucy got remarried, they've remodeled Natsu's old house to be more suited for a family. Natsu got up from his spot and stood next to Lucy.

"I swear she gets her stubbornness from you." Lucy said.

"No way. That's more you than me." Natsu said. "Look, just let her keep chasing Happy around and she'll burn out all that energy and go to sleep more easily."

"Doubt it. Another thing she got from you was all that energy." Lucy said.

"You really think she won't go down easily?" Natsu said. "While that would be good when she's fighting, she'll crash easily when she goes to bed."

"I know Nashi won't to go bed easily, but I might have a trick or two that will help." Lucy said.

"Really? Care to make it a little contest? Let's see who can get her to bed first." Natsu said.

"Why does everything have to be a competition with you? Whatever. I'll do it." Lucy said. "Take all the time you need. I'll only need a few minutes." She said with full confidence.

"You're on." Natsu said. So their little contest begins. Natsu kept an eye on Nashi as she continued to chase Happy around. Eventually, Happy ran out of magic power and couldn't fly around anymore. That made it easier for her to catch Happy.

"Yay. I win." Nashi said.

"Good for you. So are you ready for bed? All that running must have made you exhausted." Natsu said.

"No, Daddy. I want to stay up all night." Nashi said.

"All night?" Natsu questioned and found it hard to believe his little girl was going to go all night. Natsu needed to think of something to convince her to get ready. "Phew!"

"What?" Nashi asked.

"All that runny made you stinky." Natsu said as he lifted her up. "We need to get you in the bath and get you cleaned up." He was also hoping getting her in a nice warm bath would help her go to bed easily. "See, Lucy? I'm getting her in the bath."

"We'll see." Lucy said as she was still confident. Natsu was able to get Nashi in the bath, but as he was helping her get washed up, Nashi wanted to keep playing and tried splashing some water at Natsu.

"Nashi, cut it out." Natsu said.

"Let's play, Daddy. Let's play." Nashi giggled.

"Maybe later." Natsu said as he kept trying to wash her. When he succeeded in getting her washed, Natsu was able to get her in pajamas. "There we go. So are you ready to go to bed now?"

"No, Daddy." Nashi said and ran off to continue playing. Natsu was starting to get a bit annoyed.

"She's lucky she's adorable." Natsu said as he went after her. Lucy still seemed confident as she washed the dishes and was getting ready for her turn.

"Ready to admit defeat?" Lucy asked.

"Not yet. When have you ever known me to admit of defeat?" Natsu said. "Nashi, do you want to hear a story?"

"Yay! Story time!" Nashi said.

"Hold on. All the books you like are in your room." Natsu said.

"Yay!" Nashi said as she went running in her room. Natsu was able to get her seated in bed and grabbed one of her favorite books. Natsu read her the book as she sat on her bed.

"That's it." Natsu said as he closed up the book. "Time to go to sleep."

"No." Nashi said as she grabbed Natsu's arm. "Read more. I want to keep playing, Daddy." She was even giving the cutesy eyes.

"Come on, honey. Mommy wants you to go to bed and you know I have a hard time saying no to you." Natsu said. He took a look at her clock and saw it was almost ten. "Besides, it's way past your bedtime. Even Happy went to bed. You do need to go to sleep"

"Let's play." Nashi said as she got up and started jumping on her bed. "Play! Play! Play! Play!" Natsu thought she would have burned out all of her energy by now, but it's like nothing is even slowing her down.

"I see she's still up." Lucy said as she stood in the door. "Are you done yet, ready to admit defeat, or do you just want me to take my turn."

"Fine. You give it a try." Natsu said. Lucy came in and Natsu saw all she had was a glass of milk with a straw. He didn't understand what she was doing. "Here, Nashi. All the running you've been doing must have left you pretty thirsty. Have some milk."

"Okay." Nashi said as she took the glass and started taking sips. However, she started feeling something was different in the milk and she was starting to get sleepy. "This milk is funny." Nashi started getting sleepy. Natsu held her up and helped her to bed.

"Night, Nashi." Natsu said as he tucked her in and gave her a kiss on the head. They quietly left the room so they wouldn't wake her. "How did you do that? What was in that milk? Did you drug or drunk her?"

"No." Lucy said. "It's just warm milk with a little cinnamon. Puts the little ones out all the time. I'm surprised you didn't think of that sooner." Natsu smacked himself in the head. An answer so simple that he didn't think about.

"Okay. You won so what do you want your reward to be." Natsu said and Lucy gave a sneaky smirk.

"I have an idea." Lucy said as she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to their room. "Only I'll be the one calling all the shots."

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Nashi

Nashi was fast asleep, but she didn't stay like that. There was some sort of sound coming through the walls and it was getting her to wake up.

"What's going on?" Nashi said and heard that sound. It sounded like moaning. It sounded like 'aw….aw…huh…huh…aw….' and she didn't know what it was. Neither of her parents were aware of what they were really doing. In a way, Nashi got what she wanted and was up through most of the night.