Hi, here I am again with the next Chapter. My holidays are over now so saddly I won't get much time to write. So maybe it will take more time for the 3rd chapter to come up.

Anyway thank you guys so much for reviewing to this story or for adding it to your favorites or alerts, my eyes got wide as I saw the traffic stats the next morning.

To answer some questions: I won't tell if Hiro knows about magic or if he can use magic. I think this chapter will answer that a bit.
And well Loke... he met Hiro before the guild did... you will find out in this chapter (^.^)b

Edited 18.05.12: Credits as beta-reader are going to xXhelenahillXx. Thanks for being the beta of this story and sorry that i forgot to put this in before...

So please read, enjoy and review.

Disclaimer: I saddly don't own Fairy Tail it all belongs to Hiro Mashima and this is good so.


A boy, a dragon and a doll?
Chapter 2

The following day, Lucy and Hiro didn't show up in the guild. The guys were utterly relieved because they wouldn't get in contact with the kid-and his supposed-to-be-harmless pranks which, in his case, aren't-while the girls were disappointed, much to the guys' dismay. Hiro was considered an angel to the girls... and a devil for the boys. Natsu, on the other hand, was different; he didn't really care about that boy. He was much more worried for Lucy rather than anything and the fact that Gray had picked a fight with him didn't help at all. Because of that, he didn't have the time to visit the blonde-and the kid-that night.

The dragon slayer somehow realized his special feelings towards the celestial mage after the talk with Happy and Lisanna. It took an excruciating week for them to finally put it in his head about the lessons of love and the reason behind the strange feeling in the pit of his stomach-like ninjas going on a rampage. Not to mention, the both of them needed to take a two-week break after this.

But that feeling yesterday was entirely new to him. Hearing the boy say that Lucy was his made him angry-angrier than when Loke tried to flirt with her. He remembered Lisanna mention something about 'jealousy'-and Happy chimes in, saying that it's like if Charle steals his favorite fish or Igneel gets another son and he loves him more than Natsu, earning a forced nod from his partner-yet still couldn't get what it really was. He understands now but it's not like he had a ground to be 'jealous' of that little boy. (And considering he's just a kid.)

Natsu glanced at the clock to find out that it was already 7 PM. Normally, he would be in Lucy's apartment, rummaging through her things or lazing around on her bed or doing something idiotic to annoy the hell out of her. Heck, he would even see her expecting him while a platter of his favorite fire-roasted chicken is placed on her table. This thought made him nervous. Yes, he should be there but it's obvious that he isn't.

Lisanna, who was sitting opposite him, sighed. She noticed his leg twitching out of nervousness and knew that his thoughts were of the blonde celestial mage. It was impossible to distract him from her and that, he was too stubborn and dense to let that happen. She looked at Happy, who was munching on a fish Mira gave him, and sighed again. Unlike Natsu, he looked all happy and relaxed. She turned back to Natsu who was having a debate whether or not he should go to Lucy's place or stay.

"Natsu, you're getting on my nerves! If you're so worried then go!" Lisanna finally spoke up which shocked Natsu.

"B-But... What if she's still angry at me?"

How stupid can he be? "Then, just apologize to her and Hiro!" she scolded him while sending him a you-could've-guessed-that-by-yourself look.

Something inside Natsu snapped when the boy's name was brought up and it took him a while until he had realized the reason of her absence in the guild that day.

"Lucy... alone... with that brat!"

I can't let that happen! In a rush, Natsu dashed out of the guild in search for his blonde partner-and the kid-, leaving Happy, who suddenly grimaced when he left, while summoning his wings to follow the latter at full speed.

"Natsuuuuu! Don't leave me!" he cried when he caught up to him.


Meanwhile, Lucy was with Hiro at the park. The boy was licking the last bit of his chocolate ice cream happily while Lucy was looking for something. When Hiro noticed it, he followed her gaze which landed on a row of trees some meters away.

"Lucy-nee, what are you looking for?" he asked curiously. Lucy had a warm, serene smile on her face as a wave of nostalgia washed over her. It was when she remembered how sweet and kind Natsu can be sometimes.

"You see, here in this park grew the popular Rainbow Sakura tree and I just remembered something which happened a long time ago. It seems that they're not growing yet since it isn't spring but I'll be sure to bring you here next time!" Lucy beamed at him while looking for the tree Natsu had placed on a boat when she was ill. Hiro didn't like that smile since it wasn't mean for him but for somebody else.

"Hiro, are you really sure that you don't like my guild?" she suddenly asked, worried. She wanted to show how great Fairy Tail is, especially after they went missing for seven years. She wasn't much surprised that Hiro didn't know of Fairy Tail yet since he was born at the time when Natsu and the others weren't there to build the guild's reputation. But that made her even more determined to show the child how great this guild is. Fairy Tail is Lucy's family and it hurt her somehow that he seems to hate it.

Hiro struggled a bit for a moment. "N-No... I-I don't really hate it there, Lucy-nee... B-But, it's a bit scary there... especially that pink-haired guy..!"

Lucy giggled and slowly ceased, giving him one of her best smiles. "Well, Natsu isn't really that bad! Sure, at times he's stupid and idiotic and he can be really dense if he meant it but all in all, he's a very nice guy! He's kind and caring and he's loyal to his loved ones and his nakamas! On top of it all, he's my best friend so there's no need to worry about anything, ne?"

The boy averted his look from her, ashamed of his accusations, but recovered and grinned at her. Something tells that he has a plan in mind by the innocent look on his face, which Lucy was oblivious to. He didn't like sharing Lucy's attention with anyone. He grinned. "Ne, Lucy-nee! If I give them another chance, promise me that we'll go see that Rainbow Sakura tree you're talking about in spring, alright? Promise me, Lucy-nee!"

"Promise!"

The two walked hand in hand to Lucy's apartment as Hiro began telling stories of when he was home to the blonde, who was enjoying his company. He also mentioned about how his mother told stories about Layla and Lucy. Hiro also knew about their seven-year disappearance and he got so excited when he heard they came back that he had to bug his mother to let him stay with her, earning a sweat drop and a twitch from Lucy. When they arrived, Lucy excused herself to open the door when she closed it again, smiling nervously at the five-year old. Wondering, he raised an eyebrow.

"What's wrong, Lucy-nee? Aren't we supposed to go inside?"

Upon hearing Hiro's stomach grumble, his face grew hot in embarrassment and Lucy, who was in a state of panic a while ago, giggled and bent down to his height. She smiled. "Hiro, how about we go somewhere else to eat? Like in a restaurant or something," she paused, making a weird face while twitching a smile, "I'll go get something inside and I'm telling you! Do not peek, alright? Be a good boy, Hiro, and listen to me!"

She walked back to her apartment and gave one last threatening yet soft look at Hiro and went inside, leaving Hiro outside to wonder what was going on.

On the other hand, Lucy slammed the door close and ran her fingers angrily through her hair. This is a fiasco! Everything was scattered everywhere, like a bomb just exploded inside her apartment. She went inside her room and found the source of the whole mess, lying on her bed while snoring loudly and drooling on her pillow. She growled lowly.

"NATSU! What the hell just happened here?" she screamed angrily at him, which shot Natsu awake and stood in a fighting stance, ready to attack whoever disturbed his slumber. When he saw Lucy, he relaxed and sat back down on her bed, giving her his notorious toothy grin like the genius that he is.

"Luce! Since when did you get here? And where's that kid with ya? What was his name-Henry? Or was it Harry or-"

"Hiro," she interrupted, crossing her arms in annoyance while giving him a scowl.

"Oh yeah! Hiro..." his voice trailed off, distaste clearly in his tone which irked Lucy more. "Anyways, you didn't come to the guild today so I was worried that's why we came looking for ya!"

"We? What do you mean we? And how come it's all topsy-turvy here!" she yelled, baffled. She pointed at the pile of her garbage on particular places of the house. It'll take a lot of time for her to clean this place.

Meanwhile, Natsu wasn't sensing her dark aura and tilted his head to the side while looking at her weirdly, as if she had said something uncanny. He looked at his environment and was oblivious to what she was talking about. Probably because it looks all familiar to him since this is what his apartment must've looked like. "We, as in Happy and I! And what do you mean topsy-turvy? It looks fine to me."

"Natsu..."

Oops, this is definitely a problem. Natsu shivered in fear as Lucy growled.


Hiro hung his head down, his eyebrows meeting. Ten minutes has passed and he was feeling hungrier than he was before. What could be the commotion inside and it certainly took Lucy long to get out? When he heard a familiar cute voice, his head shot to the window and saw a certain flying cat escaping through the window.

"Blue cat!"

Happy, who was about to fly all the way to the direction of the guild, flied to Hiro who greeted him with a tight hug. Happy made an oof! sound before Hiro let him go and grinned at him. "Blue cat! Have you seen Lucy-nee?"

"Aye! She started arguing with Natsu again! They liiiiiiiiiiiike each other!" Happy snickered, rolling his tongue like he used to, in which, Hiro got amused for a second until he realized what the blue Exceed meant.

Hiro's face fell and a deep frown graced his lips. Happy didn't miss this and wondered why his mood suddenly changed. It's obvious that Hiro wasn't all glad about Happy's news and decided that he has to cook another plan to get Lucy away from that Natsu-hint the antipathy in his voice! Happy thought he made the boy upset and shivered when he remembered Lucy's reaction when the boy cried yesterday. He needed a plan to cheer him up again but what could he do? Then, out of the blue, he remembered a doll he'd put in his back bag and thought that he could play with it since he's a child, after all, and children likes dolls. He searched for it and handed it to Hiro with a big grin.

"Aye! Don't be upset! Here, I'll give you this doll! His name is Mr. Cursey!"

Hiro smiled at the cat but it was no ordinary smile; rather, it looked more like a smirk and luckily for the boy, Happy didn't notice this and flew back through the window and inside to see what the duo's doing. Hiro scanned the doll for its features and smirked. Yes, he knew about this doll and what it could do. He has to thank Happy for giving him this gift since his plan's finally coming to work. The door creaked and out came Lucy, whose face was scarlet-a color that could put Erza's hair to shame-while mumbling things like 'fire-breathing jerk' and 'who does he think he is?'

"Lucy-nee, is everything alright?"

It angered Hiro to see that Lucy was thinking more of that idiot than him, basing from her gestures, and would really take his vengeance for ruining their mood. The blonde, on the other hand, mumbled her answer while her face grew hotter than before. Hiro concluded that she was either extremely angry or embarrassed. He hoped it was anger.

"Everything's alright..." she said, looking away, before she came back and smiled brightly at him, "Ne, let's go?"

Both went to a restaurant just a few blocks away from Lucy's apartment. At times, she would go there whenever her fridge is being plunged by her friends-or rather, a certain dragon slayer and his cat. She didn't hate her friends, sure, but it wasn't right to eat someone else's fridge empty or even breaking in her place, for the least. Also, she didn't want to take the boy to the guild. She knew Hiro liked Mira's cooking but at this hour, drunken members occupy the guild and she didn't want Hiro to make a worse impression on the guild as he already had.

Meanwhile, Natsu was left in her apartment, sitting beaten up and looking at the ceiling, deep in thoughts. Ironic. He thought about his argument with Lucy and how it started. It wasn't like those arguments he had with her and it'll take time for her to forgive him. Dislike came into his mind when Hiro was brought up. He didn't know why.

"That Miro, why does Lucy have to spend time with him..?"

Unaware to him, Happy caught him mumbling absent-mindedly and sighed. "Natsu, it's not Miro, it's Hiro. Aye!"

A while ago, when Happy went inside the apartment, their argument had gotten worse that he had to force a fish on his partner's mouth and reminded Lucy about the boy, shoving her outside before they start another argument. If Happy hadn't stopped her, Hiro would surely be waiting for her outside still. Sighing again, he stood up and threw the bones of his already-eaten fish on a pile of garbage and turned back on Natsu worriedly.

"Natsu, I think we should start cleaning already before Lucy comes home. Aye!"

Natsu brightened at the idea and sat up, searching for cleaning materials while looking as fired as ever. "Yosh! So, where does Lucy keep her cleaning stuffs?" he paused, glancing from side to side then grinned, having found what he was looking for, "Aha! There's the broom! C'mon, Happy!"

"Aye!"

Natsu started swinging the broom to and fro and around until loud clashes of sounds were heard. Lamps were destroyed and things fell from everywhere. As if on cue, the books from the bookshelf fell on him as he suddenly hit his elbow with it. Happy sighed for the umpteenth time. Yup, cleaning wasn't theirs, alright!


"Lucy-nee! The food was absolutely delicious! Yum yum!"

A giggle came out from Lucy's mouth as she squeezed Hiro's little hand while walking back to her apartment. The night was pretty good despite her debate with Natsu earlier. Hiro has been very chatty and vivacious their whole time while having dinner and somehow, her mood improved. But still, Natsu's words still bugged her.

"You should be careful around him, Luce! I don't feel good whenever that kid's around!"

Lucy stared at him weirdly, like he has said something ridiculous. What the hell is he talking about now? And how could he say such a thing?

"I don't know what you're talking about, Natsu! He looks perfectly fine to me and harmless at that! What's wrong?" she retorted back.

Something about Natsu's averted gaze tells her that something really is wrong but what? There wasn't any threat in the child's actions and he was only trying to cope up with the guild members, especially with Natsu. Then, he looked back at her, straight in the eyes and serious at that. Not to mention, his cheeks were tinted a pink hue-something that Lucy questioned inwardly. His mouth twitched as he whispered quietly, almost incoherent.

"Just... Never mind."

"Lucy-nee? Lucy-nee? Lucy-nee! You still there?"

She snapped from her train of thoughts, smiling nervously at Hiro. "Ah yes! What did you just say?"

"I said, we're almost there, Lucy-nee," he pouted. "What were you thinking a while ago?"

"N-Nothing... It's nothing to worry about."

Not wanting to push the topic further, he silenced and so did Lucy. Suddenly, a puff of clouds came out of nowhere and a ginger-haired man with dark-tinted glasses and a suit appeared in front of them. Loke! What's he doing here? Lucy could feel a quivering squeeze from Hiro's hand and she looked at him. Hiro had a scowl on his face which puzzled her. She turned back to Loke and glared, annoyed. First, it was Natsu. Then, it's Loke. Who's next? Gray? Elfman? Or worse Gajeel?

"Loke? What are you doing here?"

"What? Can't I come and see how my princess is doing~?" Loke adjusted his glasses and flashed the blonde a pretty but flirty smile. He tried so hard to ignore the boy's array of glares towards his direction and focused more on his Master.

This agitated Hiro. The fact, that Lucy's lion spirit just had to intervene with Lucy and his night vexed him and it worsened when the latter ignored his threats. With no choices left, he pulled out the doll from his pockets secretly and smirked slightly. So, this lion spirit's his first victim, huh? Luckily, the both were busy as they were arguing with each other. It gave him time to think how he should execute his plan.

"You know you haven't summoned me in a while, Lucy~" Loke said, his flirtatious tone evident-in which Lucy flinched.

"Uhuh... Like I didn't summon-or rather, you appeared suddenly out of nowhere four days ago. You were even so kind on paying me a visit on the train ride!"

"Oh~! How can I forget that! Your worried expression and your cries filled with emotion... Oh yes! How could I forget those~?" Loke mused, ignoring the intensified look from the boy and the sarcastic tone of the blonde's words. Lucy sweat dropped nervously, remembering the incident back then and sighed. That time, Loke fell of the train with no trace on how it all happened. Another case of fiasco. She gave herself a face palm and sighed, scowling.

"Well, you fell off the train which was on full speed! Who wouldn't be worried?"

Loke adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose again and looked at her seriously-which Lucy was taken aback-, having had snapped back to reality. "But it's still dangerous to walk at this time of the night. What if goons-"

"Lion guy! Lion guy!" a diminutive voice called out, having interfered the flow of Loke's petty little speech, and Loke, having felt like his the hem of his upper suit was tugged, looked down to see the boy with Lucy. Wait, wasn't he just beside Lucy a while ago? Satisfied that Hiro caught his attention, he gave Loke a groggy smile and yawned. "Lion guy, I'm tired. Will you carry me?"

Lucy was surprised to hear Hiro say those words but she should've expected it from the young boy, considering that he came from a notorious and, not to mention, rich family. It shouldn't shock her if he commands like a little prince. Loke, on the other hand, widened his eyes but recovered a smile. He bent down, until their eyes were leveled, and patted him in the head. Nothing bad will happen, right? After all, we're just in the city-unlike four days ago, he thought.

"I guess I'm left with no other choice as Princess here is tired also. Well, hop on, little guy!"

Without further ado, Hiro positioned himself on the nape of Loke's neck as the Stellar Spirit slowly stood up, securing the boy's legs by holding them on each of his hand. He paused for a while and winked back at Lucy, motioning her to come over. Lucy, who snapped out from her daze, nodded and went on ahead. Loke seemed to have slowed down when Lucy was already in front of them and stopped pretending like the boy wasn't any heavy. His torture worsened when the boy plucked a strand out of the mage's mare. Unbeknownst to him, Hiro was carefully placing the strand of hair on top of the doll's head and smirked. He wiggled his legs free, signaling Loke to put him down-in which Loke did so. He was puzzled as to why but grimaced when Hiro exposed the doll. And from the looks of it, this sure is going to be trouble.

"What the-"

He stopped midway when his arm rose involuntarily and looked at Hiro, who was doing the same gesture to the doll. Luckily for Hiro, Lucy wasn't in sight anymore as she took a turn to the curb and didn't notice that they were left behind. Hiro rose the doll's other arm in which, Loke did so too. He smirked in satisfaction. With a toss, Hiro slammed the doll on the ground. Loke gasped as he was hurled to the ground, his handsome face in contact with the cold floor.

"Ow! What are you-"

The latter suddenly stood up from his recent position as he felt his legs stretch. Sweat rolling like wildfire down to his jawline, he tried earnestly to look at what the boy was doing, who was slowly stretching the doll's legs further. An evil glint appeared in the boy's eyes as he tossed the doll in the air-so did Loke-and did another round of somersaults. When Hiro accidentally-but was on purpose, of course-missed the flying doll, which fell to the ground again, he stepped on it. Loke, feeling sick from those torturous and unwilling acts, fell to the ground too and felt a sharp stab of pain in his back.

"You! Be a nice boy and give Uncle Loke that doll!" he hissed but Hiro shook his head and smirked menacingly, stepping on the doll more. Loke groaned in pain.

"In your dreams, Lion guy! Next time, stay away from Lucy-nee, will you? Or you'll end beaten up again!"

When Hiro turned back and jogged his way to catch up on Lucy, Loke disappeared back to the Spirit World. Lucy, having heard pants, turned around to see Hiro catching his breath while the latter gave her a grin. Lucy, instead, looked around to see where'd Loke had gone off to and asked the boy, "Where did Loke go?"

"He said he has a date to attend and had to leave!"

She frowned. But of course. "Well, he should've told me before he left. I should talk to him about these things next time. C'mon, Hiro!"

Taking Lucy by the hand, the boy slowly felt the drowsiness creep to him and when they arrived, he sat on the porch steps and took a nap as Lucy scurried to get her only normal key, unlocking the door. What she saw was more than the disaster than when she left the apartment hours ago and balled her knuckles into tight fists, steam coming out from her ears.

"Natsuuuuuuu..."

Apparently, Natsu heard this as he and Happy were hiding behind a bush just outside her apartment and shivered in fear. He glanced to his partner, who was munching another fish innocently. "Happy, do you think it was okay to leave the place like that?"

"Aye! We cleaned as much as we can!"

Relieved, he grinned his usual toothy grin and slowly stood up. "Mm! It was as clean as our home and clean is clean!"


The next morning, Lucy and Hiro came to the guild. Upon entering, she paused for a bit and bent down to Hiro's height, offering him a smile while looking to Levy's and Lisanna's direction, who were waving at them. "Hiro, why don't you go play with Levy and Lisanna for a bit?"

He didn't have any choice but to oblige and ran to their direction. Lucy's mood turned to ice when she remembered what she was going to do and went to the direction of Natsu and Gray, who was having an arm wrestling contest while insulting each other. It wasn't that hard to spot them, especially with the attention they're catching. Suddenly, Natsu felt a tight pressure on his neck as Lucy grabbed him by the scarf harshly. He did anything to escape from the blonde's wrath but to no avail. Even Happy flew away when he had the chance.

"H-Happy..! You traitor!" Natsu cried as Lucy dragged him outside the guild.

Everyone could hear Natsu's pleas of help but nobody made a move to help him. They well-know that the blonde could rival Erza when she has to. Natsu was left to fend for himself. Even Gray felt pity for his rival. After a few minutes, the cries ceased as they went inside the guild once again and Natsu looked more beaten than before. There was a red mark on his cheek, a bloody nose, and the triple bump on his head.

"Flame Head's lucky Erza's out on a solo mission," Gray mumbled to Elfman and Gajeel while both were nodding in agreement, "or else she may have helped Lucy with her punishment."

"I wonder how he put up with such a mate... That woman's a devil!" Gajeel muttered, half-amused.

"It is not a man to get beaten up by a woman!" Elfman shouted but was soon halted with shouts like 'Cut it off, Elfman!'

Hiro, who was watching in the sidelines, smirked and looked at the doll in his hand. Maybe, it'll be easy to keep that pink-haired idiot away from Lucy-nee if I use this! Just you wait! he thought. Lisanna, who happened to pass by, saw the doll in Hiro's hands and tilted her head to the side. It washed a familiarity over her, like she has seen that doll before.

Where have I seen such a doll before?


Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Well looks like Natsu isn't the only one who has to deal with Hiro. Thought he also good on Lucy's bad side...

I think some of you guessed right the doll is the one from Kain Hikaru. Remember Natsu and Happy are collecting things as memory. I guess Happy still must have the doll even in the manga or the anime.

Anyway I haven't decide if Hiro's next victim will be Natsu or not. If you want you can tell me if Hiro should give someone else beside Loke and Natsu. But know it has to be one of Fairy Tail. So Hibiki, Lyon or someone other is a no.

Also... some of the guild members want revenge... well let see what will happen next...

So please review and see you in the next chapter (^.^)v