Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from the Fairy tail franchise, all rights to the series belongs to their creators...I sort of own Nashi, though or this version of her.

Welcome Nashi

Natsu frowned as Lucy furled her arm around his, entangling them both together.

Natsu had noticed the look on celestial wizard's face as she led him away from the table where he had previously been trying to pacify their daughter until Gajeel decided to step in and he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of worry. His daughter was such a frail little thing and Gajeel was a big iron jerk with strong muscles —what if he was too large for her?

Lucy had noticed her husband's face and smiled in a soft and reassuring manner.

"Don't worry, sweetie. Nashi will be fine for a few minutes."

Natsu glanced at his wife, "B-But what if she needs-"

Lucy cut him off with a wink of her left eye and she continued leading him off towards the bar counter. She had an insistent look in her eye which dared him to object to her requests and the tone behind her voice had suddenly become silky smooth. A very faint blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Oh c'mon, my love! How long has it been since I've had some alone time with my handsome and strong fire dragon?"

Natsu suddenly felt his heart skip a beat when realisation struck him like a bolt of Lauxus' lightning attacks because Lucy made a good point. When was the last time they spent some time together as husband and wife? To be honest, the past few months had been stressful after dealing with taking care of their new baby and they hadn't been able to spend time just loving being in each other's company. Now that Nashi had been introduced to everybody in the guild, Natsu and Lucy found that they were probably going to be able to spend more time enjoying each other's company.

His eyes went wide and his whole face blushed a very deep scarlet colour that was so red that it was practically the exact same colour as Erza's hair. Lucy was taking him so they could share a tender moment together. All his previous worries about Nashi dissipated in an instant and his face dropped into a romantic glance. Giggling at the dragon slayer with pink hair, Lucy leaned forwards and kissed his cheek and his eyelids dropped and a dopey, fanged smile spread across his face in response.

Natsu sobered up from his lovestruck state and perked up.

"...O-Okay, dear...!"

The Fire and Celestial mages strolled up towards Mirajane's bar area, the latter smiled sweetly when she saw both wizards approaching and she leaned across the counter. The transformer mage felt so happy when she saw the two new parents approaching and she hasn't felt this way since the guild welcomed Asuka.

Mira chirped gleefully, "Heeeey, there's our new mama and daddy! What can I get you two?"

"If it's alright with you, Mira, we'd like two glasses of sparkling water please." Lucy answered as she beamed from ear-to-ear. She and Natsu simultaneously hopped backwards so they could properly settle themselves in two stools next to each other whilst they watched the kind-hearted S-class mage grab them each a tankard filled to the brim with sparkling water, the liquid fizzing with tiny air bubbles.

Lucy grabbed the handle and raised the wooden mug to her lips to take a small sip.

In the meantime, Mira started to strike up a conversation with the two.

"Soooo? How's parenthood treating you?" She asked.

Lucy shrugged in response, whisking a sideways glance to Natsu whom stared right back at her with his look mirroring her own exactly. "Nashi can be a tiny terror at night because she almost never stops crying. Especially when she seems to have her father's bottomless pit of a stomach."

After saying that, the blonde woman turned her glance into a glare and it never left the Dragon slayer sat next to her whilst Natsu could only sink down into his seat in shame as he wore the most bashful of smiles imaginable; admittedly, seeing such a look on his face made her heart almost melt into a puddle of goo but she steeled herself as she just tried to focus on the conversation that she was in the middle of having.

Sighing, Lucy decided to resume it, "Anyways...even though she can be very hard work, I wouldn't trade her for anything."

"And how's Happy adjusting?"

"Weeeell..."

Lucy, Natsu, Lisanna and Mira all glanced behind them to the table where Nashi and Gajeel were seated and they all noticed that the Iron dragon slayer had seemed to have nodded off in a nearby seat while Happy seemed to take over babysitting and had activated his Aera magic. He was flying around with a giggly, bubbly baby Nashi mounted on his back. The blue cat had pledged before she was born that he would be there for her, just like everybody else who first saw her and instantly felt a connection to her.

The blue feline was making loud airplane noises with his mouth as he flew around in circles.

"VrrrrrrrErrrrrrr!

"This is air Happy, carrying a very special little sister onboard! Thanks for flying!"

Nashi couldn't seem happier as she rode on top of the blue exceed's back, her adorable bursts of gurgling laughter rose an octave every time she would bounce due to the "turbulence" she experienced while perched atop the 12-year-old exceed's back. Happy adored Nashi and would do anything in his power to make her smile, he wouldn't tell Lucy this but spoiling the baby was his absolute favourite thing to do. But Happy ceased flying and landed with Nashi being cradled in his paws when Romeo and Asuka came walking up to him, the former smiling as he was giving Asuka a piggyback ride.

Romeo stared at little Nashi and seemed transfixed on her, Asuka just grinned at the baby.

Happy noticed this and asked the two with one brow furrowed and the other raised, "Do you wanna hold Nashi now?"

Romeo nodded. He was more than happy to remove Asuka from atop his shoulders and then settled her down on her own two feet and held out his arms to take the baby from the cat's azure blue paws. When he took Nashi into his own arms, Romeo leaned to show Asuka the baby and the little girl's eyes started to sparkle in awe and wonderment instantly.

"Aaaaaah...! So cuuute! Can I hold her? Pleeeeeeaaaaaase?" Asuka begged.

Romeo felt a small bit of sweat trickle down his face and he chuckled humourlessly in response to the young girl's question. "Sorry, Asuka, but I think you need to wait until she's a little older and there's the fact that she can apparently breathe fire so I can't risk you getting hurt."

"B-But why are you allowed to hold her then?" She moaned.

Romeo answered in a chilled tone of voice, "Because I've got fire magic and can redirect it if she sneezes again."

Asuka seemed disappointed and pouted but then Romeo looked down at the bundle he held and started to notice that she appeared to have been getting fussy as Nashi seemed to sense that she was no longer in Happy's hold and started to squirm and whimpering a way to suggest that she was uncomfortable or something. Romeo almost panicked and started to bounce her up and down to try and soothe her, to try and prevent her from having an outburst as bad as earlier.

Then something rather unexpected happened:

Asuka approached, standing on the tip of her toes to be able to see Nashi properly and she reached into her pocket, grabbed her toy gun and then started to fiddle with it for a moment, probably putting the safety on it, and then she aimed directly at one of the main upper support beams towards the ceiling. She focused for moments at a time until she pulled the trigger with her pinky and a little cork bullet darted out from the barrel. The tiny projectile object ricocheted off the beam, then zipped downwards and launched itself...right at Gajeel.

The cork pellet bonked the sleeping Iron dragon slayer on the head, causing him to awaken abruptly from how hard he'd been hit. He seemed stunned for a moment when the gears in his head started turning. He started to piece together what had happened and Gajeel turned a dark, scary scowl at Asuka whom had now taken to giggling hysterically whilst Happy and Romeo shuddered at how angry he looked due to being disturbed from his nap.

Alas the miraculous thing was that Nashi had quietened and relaxed in Romeo's arms —actually the act of harmless violence had seemed to put her to sleep.

"Hey, she fell asleep!" Happy exclaimed in amazement as Asuka just smirked proudly to herself.

Meanwhile, back to Natsu and Lucy, they had been observing the whole thing from where they were and neither of them could hold back their own laughter upon seeing the three. Seeing such mischief made the two parents feel this relaxation they hadn't felt in months, even if Lucy worried that Nashi being exposed to this would make her just as mischievous as her father...

She finally responded to Mira's question as she took another sip of her sparkling water. "Happy's actually adjusted to having the baby around pretty well. He's really sweet around her."

"Awww, that's really sweet. You both seem to be doing really well with the little one so far." Juvia cut into the conversation with her eyes practically heart-shapes. She decided to join in alongside her fiancé, Gray, and Lucy was more then happy to include them and talk to them about raising baby Nashi. But it was a different story with Natsu, he was completely fine with Juvia joining in on the conversation yet he didn't want Gray poking his nose into this.

While the girls were more then happy to chat, the boys weren't exactly thrilled about it.

Gray peered his head over his lover's shoulder and he started talking to the pink-haired fire wizard whom he had considered his best friend/arch rival/frienemie, the ice wizard wore a wry smirk on his face. "Ya know something? Nashi is pretty cute, I bet she'll take after Lucy."

Natsu frowned, his eyes narrowing a bit. What did the ice wizard mean by that, was he trying to say that he didn't think she inherited a single trait from him? He couldn't contain a low growl as he scowled with a demented look flashing in his obsidian eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean? Are you implying something?"

Gray shrugged his shoulders, pretending to be nonchalant. To be truthful he was actually trying to start a fight since he couldn't help but notice how Natsu seemed to have been as deflated as a balloon being crushed beneath someone's foot; he figured that there was some pent up frustration and physical tension that needed to be released. And besides, he hadn't challenged the dragon slayer to a brawl in awhile and he wanted to have a fight for all times sake.

"What do you mean, dragon boy? I'm just saying that I think that Nashi will look up to her mother more then she would to you. She did seem to inherit a lot more from her...and she is way more responsible then you."

Natsu's obsidian eyes flashed jade green as he felt his body shaking with rage. He wouldn't have minded if Nashi took after Lucy in a lot of ways but he would have loved to see a bit of himself -aside from her hair- and when the ice wizard made that comment about him not being responsible he couldn't help but feel very agitated. Smiling wickedly, he came up with a good comeback.

"You're just jealous that I was the one who got married and had a kid first!"

"What!"

"You heard me, frosty! I had the guts to propose to the love of my life and now I have a great wife and a beautiful daughter. I don't see how you could top that!"

"Oh you think so, hot-shot?! Well I'm going to marry Juvia and then we'll have a kid that's waaay better than yours!"

"Hahahaha! That's a good one! My precious baby Nashi is gonna kick your kid's backside in every which way, I guarantee it!"

Gray scoffed, "Keep dreaming, Fire-breath! My kid will wipe the floor with Nashi's face when she gets older!"

Then Erza decided to intervene. She growled at the fire and ice wizards like some aggressive sort of feral dog that had become territorial over is scrap of meat as she made preparations to unsheathe her sword from its scabbard that was buckled to her belt. "If you two don't stop with your petty squabbles then I will punch both of your heads so hard that you lose the little IQ you've got in your tiny brains!"

Instantly the two, fearing for their lives, stopped bickering and silently scowled at each other.

Lucy sighed, relieved that there wouldn't be any guild brawls today. She didn't want there to be a big fight on Nashi's very first visit to Fairy tail because she didn't want her daughter to be exposed to violence. She loved her daughter and would do anything for her should it come down to it and whenever she saw that smile on her beautiful baby's face, she felt like her world was complete; she had a loving husband and a daughter and a brilliant lot of friends who were more like family.

She was so lost in thought that she jumped when she felt someone tap her shoulder.

Whirling around, she looked and saw that Romeo was still holding Nashi.

The baby was still fast asleep and was peacefully snoozing and it seemed that everyone noticed since everyone whom was talking had decided to start talking pretty quietly. Which was fantastic because nobody wanted Nashi crying hysterically again when she seemed to have been bored an hour or so ago.

"Umm...I thought that Nashi might be happier with you, Lucy." Romeo whispered loudly.

Lucy nodded and accepted the transfer and took Nashi out from the teen's arms, cradling her in her arms in order to accommodate her as she continued to sleep soundly. She seemed happy with her thumb in her mouth and she even subconsciously rubbed her little head against her chest to try and get a bit more comfortable despite her sleeping like a log.

Natsu leaned in and noticed his little girl sleeping, his onyx eyes sparkled adoringly, and he reached down and rubbed Nashi's tiny head. But he froze suddenly, eyes widening and pupils shrinking.

Lucy noticed this and a hint of fear crept into her voice when she saw the expression of terror leaking on to his paling face. Her body couldn't help but tremble and her motherly instincts made her cling on tighter to Nashi.

"Natsu? What's wrong?"

Natsu didn't answer his wife for a few long moments. He simply sniffed at the air and cautiously looked at his surroundings and stepping in front of Lucy and Nashi protectively with his arm held out in front of them both as though to physically stop anyone from moving an inch. The fire wizard finally answered the question in a very low and aggressive tone and his fists ignited into violent flames.

"I smell someone else here."

Lucy felt her pulse drop at her husband's answer and dread had clenched to her soul like frost coating a field of grass. She joined Natsu in his search around them, whipping her head around to try and catch a glimpse as to whose scent her husband had caught. Then a huge hole burst through the ceiling, creating a loud "boom" that grabbed everybody's attention and it was followed by a thick cloud of dust covering the whole guild. Almost simultaneously all of the occupants within the guildhall whirled around to see what was going on here.

What they saw after the dust cleared made their faces pale.

Natsu and Lucy stared up at Ivan with wide horrified eyes, they didn't want to dare to dream what they were looking at.

Ivan had taken the sleeping baby out of her mother's arms and was now holding her in one arm, grabbing the outer bit of the big hole that he had created in the hall with his other hand and swinging as he hung suspended in midair. He wore a dark big smirk on his face and his black beard ruffled a little bit as he glared down at everyone in the guildhall, especially the pink and blonde-haired couple and his only son.

Ivan smirked evilly down at the terrified guild members as he cradled Nashi in his arm.

"Hope you don't mind but I've come to pick up a little something."

"Ivan! You will surrender the baby right now!" The guild master called out, his voice hard and his eyes narrowed angrily up at his own son. He didn't like that his own son had crashed the party celebrating the newest member of Fairy tail and (worse) kidnapping said member.

Lauxus narrowed his eyes as electricity started to crackle and snap around him, he grit his teeth and they sharpened into fangs. He demanded also as he clenched his hands into tight fists which jolted and sparked with electricity.

"Let my niece go!"

Everyone turned to face the Lightning Dragon slayer in shock. Did they just hear Lauxus call Nashi his "niece"? Nobody could quite believe it but there was more pressing matters to deal with right now and this meant that they couldn't afford to think of anyone else but the baby whom had just been taken hostage!

Ivan simply scowled back down at the old man and his son with a rather vicious sneer making itself known on his facial features. In an act of defiance he tightened his grip on the bundle that started to awaken as she stirred around and her face tightened and scrunched up as she started to make little whimpering noises.

Natsu and Lucy couldn't help but gasp as they responded to seeing their baby girl waking up and whining. They attempted to rush to her aid but managed to stop themselves out of fear what the dark guild master would do should they make a single foolish attempt. Neither Natsu nor Lucy wanted to contemplate what would happen if they dared to try and rescue their daughter now.

Ivan shook his head dismissively as he still held on to the sobbing baby girl.

The former guildmaster of Raventail feigned regret as he started to prepare an incantation "I apologise that I can't stay for the wine but I've got plans for this little one. Big plans."

With that said, Ivan snapped his fingers and suddenly Shikigami paper figurines shot down from above and caused several little explosions around the place. Lucy and Natsu gasped as they saw the dark mage make his get away during the explosions of his paper dollies.

They popped like firecrackers around them and the two wizards soon found that Ivan had vanished...with Nashi.

It didn't take too long for the pops to stop but everyone was in shock.

Nobody had expected Ivan to show up and steal Nashi away.

Nobody felt as bad for this as Makarov as he just hung his head in regret. How could his have just do that? He hadn't raised Ivan to be that way and he certainly felt responsible for this terrible turn of events. All eyes flickered to Natsu and Lucy whom both looked especially despairing, but nobody looked more despairing then Lucy did.

Lucy's eyes filled with tears of rage, her body shook and quivered. She hung her head so nobody could see her facial expression clearly and the Celestial wizard couldn't help but feel a hint of pure disbelief, she couldn't dare to believe that just happened. This had to have been a scary dream and she'd wake up any moment now and she'd find herself in bed and that her daughter was safe. She blinked her teary eyes furiously but found that she was unfortunately awake and that made her heart drop into her stomach.

The stellar wizard couldn't contain a cry born of fright and of despair.

"MY BAAAAAABY!"

A/N: This is the end of this chapter and it seems as though things have taken a dramatic turn and not a good turn.

To be honest I am quite impressed that this story has gotten so many likes and faves and it makes me feel so happy that you all love this fic so much and it inspires me to make each and every chapter worth of all of those favourites and likes. I hope you continue liking it and reviewing because those spur me to keep on going.

Poor Lucy, she needs a hug and someone needs to go and rescue little Nashi.

Can she be returned to her family?

Stay tuned and find out!

-Chloemcg