Natsu POV:

By the third day Gray was itching to go and find their children but Bay and the Master talked him out of it after all they had called that morning to say everything was going well but they would be gone a couple more days.

On the sixth day everyone was worried about them, the guild was tense and no one was sure what they should do.

"If there not back by tonight I'm going to find them." Gray said.

Natsu looked at his friend and nodded.

"I'll come with you." Natsu said.

Gray nodded in agreement.

By mid-afternoon the whole guild was completely on edge and every time the guild doors opened they would all turn to see who it was. After the third time turning round Natsu decided to stop bothering.

"Where the hell have you been?" Lucy voice rang out across the room after the doors opened once again.

"Sorry we decided to walk so I wouldn't get sick." Jai said.

Natsu stood up and looked at his son.

"Hey pops." Jai said with a sappy smiled on his face.

Natsu walked over to his son and pulled him into his arms.

"Good to see you kid." Natsu said.

After he pulled away Natsu looked around for Rainy.

"Where is Rainy?" Natsu asked.

"She went straight home; she wanted to have a bath." Jai replied.

Natsu watched his son face as he mentioned the girl something had changed since they had been gone.

Gray POV:

"Daddy?" A soft voice asked after the door closed.

Gray stood up in his seat and looked round towards the front door.

"Rainy?" Gray called back.

When Rainy came into view dirty but unharmed Gray took a deep breath.

"You ok?" he asked.

Rainy nodded.

Gray walked over to his daughter and pulled her into his arms.

"Did it go ok?" He asked.

"We saved them." Rainy whispered completely relaxed in her father's arms.

Gray smiled and tightened his hold on his daughter.

Rainy POV:

Rainy felt a relief that she was finally home.

"Was it dangerous?" her father asked.

Rainy shook her head knowing her voice would give her away for lying.

FLASHBACK

"This is stupid, there is nothing; no evidence. Nothing how are we meant to protect and stopped something we cannot see and cannot find." Jai complained.

Rainy sighed; this is the moment she had been waiting for. Her plan all along.

"We use me." Rainy whispered knowing Jai dragon ears would pick it up.

Jai looked at her determined to meet her gaze but Rainy avoid his eyes.

"You want to use yourself as bait?" Jai asked.

Rainy nodded.

"You can trace my smell." Rainy pointed out.

She peeked up to judge his reaction when he grabbed hold of her shoulders.

"Like hell are we doing this." Jai shouted.

Rainy rolled her eyes she figured he would say something like this.

"I trust you to find me." Rainy whispered meeting his eyes.

Jai studied her.

"I trust you to save me." Rainy added.

Jai shook his head.

"You going to do it anyway aren't you?" Jai asked and Rainy nodded.

"Fine." Jai sighed reluctantly.

"If we get out of this alive you cannot tell Bay, he will kill me." Jai added

Rainy smiled.

"I promise." She replied

Three hours later.

Rainy felt the moment something entered the room.

Jai had insisted that they share the same room so that she could wake him up if something happened.

"Help!" A faint voice cried.

Rainy began to follow the voice. Her brain told her to wake Jai up but her heart told her there was no time. She continued to follow the voice.

"Help," the voice cried again.

Rainy made her feet move faster.

"Help." The voice screamed louder this time.

Rainy began to run as fast as her feet would allow her. The voices lead her to a cave just outside of the village.

"Hello?" Rainy called out.

She walked into the cave.

"Jai is going to kill me." Rainy mumbled to herself as she walked further and further into the cave.

"Hello?" Rainy called again.

A laughed echoed out through the cave and Rainy gulped she really should have listened to her head.

END OF FLASHBACK

Jai POV:

"How did it go?" The master asked.

Jai looked over at his father before looking back to the master.

"Natsu can you give us a minute?" the Master.

Jai could see his father was confused but left anyway.

"How did it go?" the master repeated.

"It was hard. Really hard." Jai replied.

He thought back to the hardest moment.

FLASHBACK

Jai ran with all his might. He knew he shouldn't have allowed her to use herself as bait.

Jai stopped and sniffed the air. He could just about smell her scent but it was fading fast. Jai forced himself to run as fast as he could, it was at times like this he wished Happy was with them.

When he approached the cave her smell got stronger.

"Rainy?" Jai screamed at the top of his lungs.

"Jai!" Rainy's panicked voice called back.

Rainy screamed as Jai ran. He heard a crash. He came out the other side of the cave to a cliff.

Some dark shadow held Rainy in his grasp around her throat, dangling her over the side of the cliff.

"Let her go now." Jai demand.

The dark shadow laughed.

Rainy looked scared.

"Kill him." She screamed.

"It's the only way to save the girls." Rainy added.

Rainy screamed as the dark shadow tightened his grip around Rainy's neck.

"Ice make lance." Rainy whispered in between breaths.

When the lance appeared she stabbed it into the dark shadow that dropped her off the cliff.

Jai ran towards the edge of the cliff, sending a fire dragon roar towards the dark shadow making it disappear completely.

Jai looked over the side of the cliff and watched in horror as Rainy's fingers begun to slip.

"You have to reach up for my hand," Jai ordered.

Rainy shook her head afraid.

"You said you trusted me. Trusted me to find you and I did." Jai pointed out.

Rainy looked up at him petrified.

"Trust me to save you." Jai begged.

Rainy swallowed her fear and let go with one hand to reach up to him. Jai immediately grabbed at her hand and begun pulling her up and into his arms.

"Thank you." Rainy whispered.

END OF FLASHBACK

Natsu POV:

Natsu knew it was wrong to eardrop Lucy was always telling him so, but he couldn't help he needed to know what happened to his son.

"I'm sorry it was hard." Master said.

"I will make sure you never have to go on a mission with Rainy again." Master added.

"No." Jai shouted.

He heard the Master surprised breath.

"Rainy is remarkable, if she asks you to go on a mission again don't let her go alone." Jai added.

Natsu was surprised he had never heard his son so serious.

"You wish you go on her missions with her?" the Master asked.

Natsu recognised the Masters tone it was the one he used when he already knew the answer.

"Yes." Jai replied.

Natsu smiled to himself something had definitely change between his son and Rainy and it didn't sound like it was a bad thing.