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Sorry that it was long since I updated. Reasons: Laziness, school, other things, writers block, not in the mood and laziness ;D But enjoy, and don't forget to review and follow *wink wink*

"P-lease! Promise...pro-mise! ...tha-t you wi-ll take... care of her!"

He bowed down to the woman. He took her shaking hand in his.

"I promise. I promise I will protect her with my life"

The woman nodded slowly.

"Please" She mustered to say, before her head fell lifeless to the ground.

In the morning, Makarov walked through the hallway to Natsu's temporary room. He opened it slightly and peeked in.

"Natsu?"

No answer.

"Natsu?" He said and walked in slowly.

Natsu had lived with him and Laxus since he joined fairy tail, while he was under Erza's hardcore training. He couldn't help but feel pity for the boy, who trained until he collapsed. But he had a big stamina and magical power, raising his curiosity for the boy's past. For the moment he had a bigger problem. Natsu wasn't in his room.

Makarov didn't have much to worry about in the pink haired's point of view, so when he woke up early he left for the woods. He woke up because of a nightmare and he didn't want to go back to sleep again. So right now he was walking beside a river, looking at the scenery. It was so peaceful that it gave him nostalgia for some reason. He brushed it off and started to think about Erza's hardcore training instead. He shivered remembering hell, when he noticed something in the water. It was a man; knocked out and floating in the water. The man was a tall and muscular man who seemed to be about 40 years old. He had reddish brown hair and some stubble around his mouth and chin. He had a black cape floating in the water, and a dark shirt and blue loose pants. Natsu stared at the man as he was floating down the river for a while. Eventually he lost interest and he started to look at the fishes instead.

"Why didn't you help me!?"

Natsu looked to the man, who actually had been conscious all the time, was shouting at him while he fought against the stream.

After some splashing and dashing, Gildarts were breathing fast as he sat next to Natsu. The boy looked at the gasping man and asked him when the man finally calmed down.

"So how did you end up there?"

The man stared at him with an unreadable expression.

"Is that the first thing you asked of a poor man who almost drowned?"

…...

"I saw..." The man began.

"You're telling me anyway?" Natsu sweat dropped at his response.

"I saw a hot girl in the forest, and fell down in the water when I was ogling her. Then I fell asleep and woke up when you were nearby so I decided to stay there and wait for you to help me, but no! You didn't!" The man shouted at Natsu who didn't even flinch at the man's sudden outburst.

"You're lame" The pink haired answered with a expressionless face.

"Boy, you really remind me of a girl named Mira" He said with a tear in his left eye attempting to gain the boy's sympathy.

"You know Mira!?" Natsu blurted out.

"Huh?"

"You know, from Fairy Tail"

The man then noticed Natsu's red Fairy Tail emblem on the top of his right arm, below his shoulder.

"You're a member of Fairy Tail! You should have said so from the beginning" The man laughed and patted Natsu hard on his head.

"Are you a member of Fairy Tail" Natsu asked while trying to escape from the man's patting which was hurting his head.

"Yep, Gildarts Clive!" He said and lifted Natsu up and carried him on his shoulder. "Let's go to the guild! Hahahhahahahahahahhaha" He said and ran through the forest.

"He's wrunk" Natsu thought.

Makarov was worried, VERY worried. He ran to the guild immediately when he learned of Natsu's disappearance, and was right now in the process of gathering people to search for him. He was interrupted though, with Gildarts walking through the door.

"I'm back!" Gildarts shouted as he crashed the door, carrying Natsu who had a stern look on his face.

Greetings were heard all over the guild as Gildarts walked through the guild greeting people on the way till he arrived in front of the master. The master had a surprised look on his face when Gildarts appeared, and a face full of relief when he pointed with a shaky finger on Natsu.

"Ah, him? I found him in the forest" Gildarts said and put him down.

"Natsu! Where have you been?!" Makarov asked worriedly.

"I woke up early and walked in to the forest, and then I found him" Natsu said and glared at the brown haired wizard.

Gildarts scratched the back of his head and smiled apologetically at him. "I guess you didn't like that I let some people take a bit of your hair..."

Makarov gave him a surprised look.

"They paid!" Gildarts defended himself, and it ended with him getting kicked in the head.

He fell to the ground and before him stood Erza glaring down at him.

"You irresponsible old man! Who does something like that?!"

"But it was some beautiful wom-" Gildarts defended himself, but was interrupted by Mirajane stepping on his face.

"Back already? Fight me!" She said and stepped on him over and over again.

"Yes, do that Mira!" Natsu shouted.

"Don't!" Erza said and covered Natsu's mouth. "Stop that Mira!"

"Why?" Mira answered sarcastically.

The poor man on the ground caught the girl's foot and sat up. "You're mean as always, Mira. Learn some manners"

"Learn some common sense" She answered and walked to Natsu.

"You're back shrimp?" She said sarcastically with her arms crossed.

"Don't call me a shrimp, and that guy's wrunk!" Natsu answered, freed from Erza's hand.

"...Wrunk? I think you mean drunk idiot"

"That's what I said"

"No you didn't"

"I did"

"No you didn't"

"Yes I DID!"

"WHAT DID YOU TEACH HIM MIRA!"

"Shut up mommy. And you didn't"

"Calm down now children"

"I DID"

"Guys, I'm sorry. You know, girls..."

"SHUT UP!" The children shouted.

"Calm down now, we don't need to fight over such a childish thing" Makarov tried in attempt to calm them down. "Everything's good now"

"BUT MY HAIR!"

"Be quiet Natsu, you only lost little. It will grow back"

"..."

And that was the end of it at least for now.

Some minutes later, when the white flag was raised between Erza and Mirajane, they all sat together at a table.

"Eehhhh!? You don't have any memory!" Gildarts blurted out in surprise.

"Yep" Erza answered while Gildarts took another sip.

"Maybe you're actually a girl?" Gildarts laughed. "I thought you were a girl when I first saw you"

Erza and Mirajane sighed while Natsu had a confused look on his face.

"What's a girl?" He asked confused.

"..."

"Haven't anyone explained about girls and boys to him yet?" Mirajane whispered.

"Doesn't seem like it" Erza whispered back.

"Anyway, what kind of magic are you learning?" Gildarts asked him, ignoring his previous comment.

"Erza's teaching me requip magic!" Natsu smiled.

Gildarts looked at him in compassion. "You poor boy. How could you do something like this!?" Gildarts shouted at Erza.

"What do you mean by that" Erza shouted and hit him.

"You haven't changed" Gildarts laughed and protected himself from the girl's wrath. "Anyway, Natsu, do you want me to teach you my magic? It's called crash and it smashes everything that the caster comes into contact with!"

"I want to! I want to!"

"Hey wait a minute! I'M your teacher!" Erza shouted.

"That's great! And what about living with me for the time being? Until you found your own house" Gildarts continued, pushing Erza away.

"I want to!"

"But let's go then!" Gildarts shouted and ran to the door with Natsu.

And before Erza and Mirajane could react, they were out of sight.

"Well, what just happened?" Erza asked to herself.

"I think that escalated quickly" Mira answered with her arms folded.

Erza looked at her. "Really?"

The moon was shining bright in the dark sky, casting light on a little girl running in the dark and gloomy forest. Her breathing was fast and tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Over there!"

Her eyes spread wide and in her rush she stumbled and fell.

"Get her!" A man shouted and ran forward to her.

The girl got on her feet fast and started running deeper into the forest while her pursuer closing in to her.

"Got you!" The man shouted as he stretched out his hand and grabbed the girl by her hair.

"Over here! I got her!" He shouted to his comrades.

"Stop..." The girl mumbled as the shadow of her hair (you may want to delete it if I interpret wrongly) darkened her face.

"What?" That was all he could say, before a bright light enveloped them.

In the early morning, Makarov was walking on the street to the guild. He had lots of paper work to finish, and conclude a mission for the council. He sighed. Being a master sure is hard.

But when he almost was there, he saw a little girl laying on the ground in an alley. Makarov ran as fast as his legs could and bowed down beside her.

"Hey! Are you okay!?"

She lifted her head up and looked at the old man before her. She was covered with bruises over her body and her blonde hair was a mess. Both her knees were bleeding from all the tripping and falling and her eyes was red.

Makarov was surprised at her fragile look and thought fast. "Hi, I'm Makarov from Fairy Tail. I'll help you" He said and lifted her up.

"Fairy...Tail?"

Sorry for the crappy chapter and ending. I'll do better next time and I'll also update faster :)

Description of Gildarts taken from fairy tail wikia.