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Are You My Daddy?
Chapter 4
"WAKEY! WAKEY! EGGS AND BAKEY!"
Not that damn monkey again. My eyes shot opened and I got out of my bed as quietly as I could. I knew where the voice was coming from this time, I could shut it off now.
"WAKEY! WAKEY! EGGS AND BAKEY!"
I stumbled my way to Akiyuki's bag, stepping over dirty clothes that laid on the floor. When was the last time I cleaned this room? I bent down and picked up the shirt, it was Natsu's, it's always Natsu's. I threw his shirt to the corner of the room and picked up Akiyuki's bag.
"DON'T TOUCH THAT!"
I jumped in surprised and dropped the bag. I looked down and saw Akiyuki crawling through my legs to grab her bag. I stepped around her and went back to the bed.
"Sorry" I mumbled clutching my head.
"It's okay Momma" Akiyuki said pushing her monkey's head.
Her voice went back to being light and cute... what was with her yelling?
"You don't need to keep that on Akiyuki, you can wake up whenever you want too" I said.
She looked at me and blinked before looking back at the monkey. She turned it around and started messing with the bottom of it before finally putting it back in her bag.
"Am I not along to touch your bag?" I asked her.
Akiyuki zipped up her bag and shook her head at me, "no!" she mumbled.
I could understand that, future or not she was still just a little girl and she was allowed to have her secrets. Maybe she was worried that if I touched something in there that it might change the future, then again wasn't she changing the future by coming back here? Wasn't I about to change the future by saving her Daddy's life? Speaking about Daddy...
"Natsu, wake up!" I said.
No response, why wasn't I surprised?
"Nat-" I paused short.
He wasn't laying on the bed. Did he even sleep over yesterday? I couldn't remember.
"Natsu left remember?" Akiyuki asked.
I stared at her, Natsu? Wasn't she calling him Daddy yesterday?
"I'm hungry Momma" she said.
Food, right. Worry about this later Lucy, your daughter's hungry.
"What would you like?" I asked stretching.
"Eggs and bakey!" she yelled.
Yet again, why was I not surprised?
"Hi Lucy, hi Akiyuki" the guild welcomed us as we walked in.
"Hi everyone!" Akiyuki yelled running around the guild.
I spotted Natsu immediately sitting near Erza, Gray and Juvia. Erza nodded at me as she drank her tea while the other greeted me.
"Hey guys" I said walking up to them.
"Hey Lucy" Gray and Juvia said.
"Hey Luce" Natsu said kissing my cheek when I sat next to him.
"What happened yesterday?" I asked.
"Oh you fell asleep... then Akiyuki fell asleep then Cappy. Happy and I carried you three back then we went back to our home" Natsu said.
"Oh" I sighed leaning against him.
"Who are we going out with today?" I asked.
"Laxus, he was next" Erza said.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
"There's no way Laxus would have gone out with that girl let alone have a brat with her! There's no point in him lowering himself to spend a day with them!"
Freed came out from the back yelling at Master who was walking away from him. Laxus walked quietly behind them, not saying a single word in the argument.
Brat? Lowering himself? Words hurt Freed, and here I thought we were friends.
"It's been decided already Freed, every male that can beat Lucy must go on a play date with her and her daughter" Master said.
"Jii-chan!" Akiyuki yelled.
She stopped playing with Romeo and ran up to the old man. Master grinned like a Cheshire cat and threw the girl up in the air, my heart literally stopped. Akiyuki flew up to the top of the guild's roof, she must have missed it by only a few inches before she came flying down and landing into Master's arms.
"Again, again" she chanted.
"No Akiyuki, not again" I said.
"Let's try and not give Momma a heart attack shall we?" Master asked.
"Okay Jii-chan" Akiyuki said.
Master placed her down and patted her head. Akiyuki noticed the two males standing behind Master and walked up to them.
"Wow, you're really tall" she said looking up at Laxus.
"Insolent girl, Laxus isn't tall, he's the greatest!" Freed said.
"Wow, you're really greatest" Akiyuki said correcting herself.
Freed blushed in frustration while the guild laughed. Laxus's face remained solid, he knelt down to Akiyuki's level and started at her.
"What's you name kid?" Laxus asked.
"Akiyuki Heartfilia" she said.
"You think I'm your Daddy?" Laxus asked.
Akiyuki leaned her head left and right.
"I don't know, Daddy was strong and had a Fairy on him; are you strong?" Akiyuki asked.
"Laxus is the strongest!" Freed yelled.
Laxus nodded at the little girl. I was a little scared for Akiyuki, I didn't know Laxus that well, he always had a serious look on his face and never seemed to smile unless he was destroying something. I found myself getting up, ready to walk over and pull Akiyuki away from him and into my protection. It was Natsu's touch that made me sit down.
"Watch" he whispered.
I took a deep breath and nodded. This was for Akiyuki to find her Father, I shouldn't interrupt this.
"Do you have a Fairy?" Akiyuki asked.
Laxus pulled down his shirt so Akiyuki could see his Fairy Tail symbol on his chest.
"Then you could be my Daddy" Akiyuki deducted nodding her head up and down.
Laxus smiled. He actually smiled and I think laughed a little, maybe it was a cough.
"I'll see you around sunset" Laxus said getting back up.
"Laxus! Your don't have to do it! You don't have to waste your time babysitting this girl!" Freed said following Laxus outside of the guild.
"Bye, bye" Akiyuki waved before going back to Romeo.
The two of them started to play a game of rock, paper, scissors.
"Well seems like your free up until sunset" Erza said.
I nodded, didn't think Laxus would have agreed to it but hooray for Akiyuki. She may be one step closer to finding her Daddy, that or realizing that it's Natsu. I looked over to him and grabbed his hand.
"So Luce, what do you want to do until we go on Laxus play date?" Natsu asked.
"I'm not sure wh-" I paused.
... we?
"Did you just say we Natsu?" I asked.
Natsu nodded. "Yeah we, as in us" he said.
"It's Laxus's turn though" I said.
"I know, we're all going together though right?" he asked.
Every one at our table looked at him.
"Right?" he repeated.
"It's Laxus's turn for Akiyuki to figure out if he's her Father or not, you had your turn yesterday Natsu" Erza explained.
"So wait, I'm not going on this play date with Laxus?" Natsu asked.
"You're not going on anyone's play date Natsu! Your turn is over" Gray said.
It took a while for Natsu to let this all sink in.
"So my girlfriend's about to date every male in Fairy Tail?" he asked.
I never thought about it that way before. Hmmm Akiyuki did need to spend time with every male to find her Father and I had to be with Akiyuki since I am her Mother...
"Only the males that are stronger than her Natsu" Erza said.
Oh no. That wouldn't work Erza, Natsu was about to go crazy.
"WHAT?!" he roared.
Told you.
"Calm down Natsu" Gray said.
"Calm down?! You're girlfriend's not dating EVERY MALE IN FAIRY TAIL SO DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!" Natsu yelled.
And now he was on fire, just great. Lucky for me I pulled my hand back in time or else it would have been charcoaled.
"Natsu?" Akiyuki said.
She stopped playing with Romeo and took a step towards us. Natsu put his flames out and sat back down in his seat.
"It's nothing, go back to playing" he mumbled trying his best to give her a smile.
Akiyuki looked warily but turned around. I entwined my fingers with Natsu and rubbed the back of his palm with my thumb, hoping this would calm him.
"I thought you knew, you were the one who told me the plan in the beginning" I told him.
"I thought I would be with you two though" Natsu growled.
"Why? Because you're dating her? Who knows, maybe in the future you two broke up and Lucy hooked up with someone else" Gray said.
Gray just did not know how to make things better. Luckily for all of us Juvia gave him a swift one to the head.
"Calm down Natsu, Juvia along with other's feel your pain. How do you think Juvia feel's about Gray going on a play date with Lucy?" Juvia asked.
I never thought of it that way either.
"Who knows, maybe in the future you two broke up and Juvia hooked up with someone else" Natsu repeated from Gray darkly.
"Alright boys you've made your point, stop fighting" Erza said slamming her hand on the table.
"In the end we don't know who the Father is, that's the reason we're doing this. For AKIYUKI'S sake, not ours. She's traveled back in time to find the Father she never had, so stop arguing and deal with it" Erza said.
"I think she's Natsu's though" I said.
"You want to believe that Lucy because you love Natsu but in the end only Akiyuki knows" Erza said.
Right again. I sighed and placed my head on the table. Why didn't I think deeply about this? So what I'd just go out with every male in Fairy Tail and ignore the details? That some of them may have girlfriends? I could be ruining relationships, ruining my best friend's relationship. I leaned my head back up and stared at Juvia.
"I promise you she's not Gray's" I told her.
"Lucy won't know unless Akiyuki says so" Juvia said.
I frowned.
"But thank you" she added.
"Momma! Momma!" Akiyuki yelled.
She came running to our table and hugged my arm.
"Who's my Daddy for today?" she asked innocently.
I didn't miss the sound of wood crunching behind me, nor the sharp intake of breath.
"Um... you'll figure out at sunset" I told her.
"Oh, okay what are we doing till then?" Akiyuki asked.
"You know what? I think it's unfair that the BOYS get to spend all the time with Akiyuki"
I looked up and saw Lisanna walking towards us.
"I believe us GIRLS should spend a little time with our future Fairy Tail member, what do you think Levy?" Lisanna asked looking to her left.
Levy raised her head from her book and pushed up her glasses. "What?" she asked.
Lisanna shook her head and sighed. "What do you say Akiyuki? You don't have to see your next Daddy till sunset, let's have a little fun till then. A girl's day out" Lisanna said.
"Yeah!" Akiyuki cheered.
"How does that sound Lucy?" Lisanna asked me.
I looked beside me at Natsu, "go ahead" I heard him mumble.
"Sure... I guess" I said.
I was still a little warily. Natsu was angry... or sad or jealous or maybe all three of those things and I didn't want to leave him alone to sulk or vent out his frustration.
"It's been decided then, Juvia, Erza, Levy, you're all coming with!" Lisanna cheered.
"Huh?" the three girls said.
"Well it IS a girl's day out, so of course you GIRLS would come" Lisanna said.
"What are we going to do Liisa?" Akiyuki asked.
"It's Lisanna" I whispered in her ear.
"No it's okay, she can call me Lisa" Lisanna said bending down to Akiyuki's level.
"We're going to do what girl's do best" Lisanna whispered to her before getting up in a quick like manner.
"SHOPPING!" she yelled.
I placed a finger under my chin, thinking. That seemed like a good idea, Akiyuki's only clothing was her dress and pajama's. It would be nice to buy a new outfit too, I paid this month's rate and still had some extra money left over.
"Don't worry Lucy, we'll all buy something for sweet little Akiyuki" Lisanna said ruffling her hair.
I was actually thinking of it as a good idea but Lisanna must have read my facial expression wrong. Oh well, free clothes for Akiyuki! I turned around, Natsu still looked anger and his hands were still clenching the table. I pulled his hands and held them in mine.
"Are you okay?" I asked quietly.
Natsu wouldn't look at me but he nodded.
"Don't worry about him Lucy, me and Natsu here will have a boy's day out" Gray laughed.
I didn't know if Gray meant that as a joke or if he really meant that he'd watch him. I was hoping for a joke until I saw that Natsu wasn't smiling, I leaned over to the serious part. Maybe if Natsu fought Gray he would feel better... hopefully. I leaned towards Natsu and gently pressed our lips together. My lips lingered against his for a few short seconds before I leaned back.
"I love you" I whispered.
Finally he looked up to me and tried his best to smile.
"I love you too" he said.
I stroked the back of his palm with my thumb again, offering some sign of affection. Natsu smiled and stared into my eyes... then he started staring behind me. I looked and saw Akiyuki was starting at us, her expression could only be described as... confused... maybe a little disbelief? Recognition? I couldn't be sure. Her eyebrows were knitted together and her eyes were just slightly narrowed; suddenly her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open a little.
"Akiyuki? You okay?" Natsu asked.
Akiyuki shook her head and smiled, her facial expression returning to a happy one.
"Of course Natsu" she said running up to him.
"You're not coming cuz your not a girl right?" she asked.
Natsu laughed, "of course not, what a smart little girl you are" he said rubbing her head.
Even though they might be a small possibility that she isn't Natsu's, I still loved how Natsu still treated her like he was. He didn't love her any differently, she was still precious to both of us. Seems Akiyuki can make us both calm down and laugh. I cracked a grin and laughed lightly.
"You two have fun now, I'll be here kicking Gray's but to oblivion" Natsu said.
"In your dreams Dragneel" Gray said.
"You're going to kick Gray to the future?" Akiyuki asked.
Future? That's right, where she comes from it's called Magnolia Oblivion.
"It's a figure of speech Akiyuki, it means he's going to beat him good" I told her.
Akiyuki nodded, understanding the meaning.
"What's the hold up, let's go!" Lisanna said.
"Good luck" I said kissing Natsu's cheek before I stood up.
"You too"
We've been here for more than four hours and Akiyuki's tried on half of the clothes in the store. In every outfit... she looked adorable. The girls and I made a pile, things to buy for her and things not to buy for her; so far we were going to buy her everything. I didn't know about the others but I didn't have enough money to buy half the store. I was planning to go to the discount shop and buy Akiyuki another dress and maybe a outfit for Cappy but nope. They had to drag us to the most expensive kid's store in Magnolia.
As long as Akiyuki's happy, she hasn't stopped smiling once since we've been here. She was happy being a doll for my friends... I know I should be excited and fawning over her too but it got boring after the first 2 hours. What time was it? We had another play date at sunset with Laxus.
His name sent a shiver down my spine. No way I can imagine sweet little Akiyuki's Father being that guy, but it's Akiyuki's decision. Only she will know the truth.
"Momma! Momma! How do we look?" Akiyuki yelled.
I snapped out of my daydream and looked up. Akiyuki was wearing a bright yellow dress with a yellow ribbon in her hair. Cappy was wearing the same dress only he still had his green cap on; other than that the two of them looked like twins... well not twins since one's a cat and one's a human but close enough.
"Cute but is it alright to be dressing Cappy like that?" I asked.
Natsu would never in a million years let me dress him or Happy in a dress. I wonder why Cappy's so calm and collected about it.
"What do you mean?" Akiyuki asked.
"Well isn't Cappy a boy?"
Akiyuki blinked at me. So did Cappy.
"Cappy's a girl" she said.
...
...
...
"REALLY?!" I yelled.
Shocker!
"Yup" Akiyuki said nodding her head.
"But-but your wore a gi? And you wear a hat? And have a boy's name!" I said.
Cappy flew over to me.
"Akiyuki gave me this hat and name while my Father gave me the gi. It's my training outfit, girls aren't allowed to be strong?" he I mean she asked me.
"I'm sorry Cappy it's just, all this time I was thinking you were a boy... sorry let's just start over. Nice dress Cappy, you look very cute" I said petting her neck.
Cappy purred. "Thank you" she said.
But a girl... wow. If I really looked at her, Cappy's eyes did look feminine... alright I'm just pushing it now. Cappy is a girl, shocker, end of story. What time was it?
"Akiyuki we should be going soon" I said.
"Alright, is it okay if we get this Momma?" Akiyuki asked twirling around in her dress.
I had a feeling that dress was going to be expensive, buying Cappy one too meant it was going to be doubled.
"Please!" Akiyuki begged.
She held Cappy in her arms and they both gave me a pouty look. I groaned and nodded. Laxus wore yellow, perhaps he'd be more 'friendly' if Akiyuki was dressed that way.
"Yay!" Akiyuki clapped.
"We'll buy these Lucy" Lisanna said walking over to the pile of 'buy it' clothes.
My eyes widened, all of it! How rich were these girls?
"No! I mean, we don't have enough space for all of them and besides Akiyuki might be leaving soon. How about you each buy one?" I asked.
In the end we came to an agreement, one full outfit for Akiyuki and Cappy from each member; that included accessories and shoes. They also helped pitch in to help me buy the twins dresses. I was so grateful to them right now.
"What do you say Akiyuki?" I asked her.
"Thank you" Akiyuki said.
"AW!" our friends sighed.
"Be good Akiyuki" Lisanna said pinching her cheek.
"Yes Lisa" Akiyuki said.
"Don't worry about Laxus, he's actually a big softy underneath it all" Erza said rubbing her head.
"Thanks again guys" I said.
"No problem Lucy, we loved shopping with Akiyuki. We'll all have to do it again some day" Levy said.
Some day...
"So where's Laxus meeting you at?" Erza asked.
"Um I don't know? I'm guessing the guild" I answered.
"We'll drop the clothes off at your apartment then" Erza said walking away with Levy and Lisanna.
"Wait you don't hav-" I stopped short.
Erza didn't need a key, she'd just break in. I sighed, hopefully she won't do to much damage.
"You're Juvia?" Akiyuki asked.
I looked towards Juvia.
"Are you coming with us?" I asked.
Juvia looked at me and nodded.
"Juvia wants to see Gray" Juvia said.
"Why do you call yourself Juvia? Why don't you say I instead?" Akiyuki asked.
"Juvia doesn't understand your question" Juvia responded.
Now that Akiyuki mentioned it, why did Juvia talk in third person?
"Why don't you say I instead of Juvia?" Akiyuki asked.
"The same reason you use I instead of Akiyuki" Juvia answered.
Not really a good reason to but okay.
"Come Akiyuki, don't want to be late now do we?" I asked walking forward.
"No Akiyuki doesn't" she said walking after me.
"Look what you did Juvia?" I whispered towards Juvia.
She only giggled.
"Sorry"
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