Hey there, Minna-san! :3 …. Spirit-chan is back….

Hehehe…you all probably hate me now, because I don't update as fast as I said I would….so so sorry about that! Well… its summer vacation here at the Philippines! School starts at June and ends in March…yeah… but I still got some summer classes…not that I' failing or anything!...it's just some review classes..almost everyone in my section decided to enroll so I thought, 'what the heck? I'll join, too!'

Well…yeah….sorry about ranting there… ^_^ …..so here it is chapter 9….

DISCLAIMER: Spirit-chan does not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters…. T.T I do own a Complete set of Lucy's keys…golden and silver…. :3 nya~

IT'S A FILLER CHAPTER, FYI!

Chapter 9: …Awkward~…

Lucy and her son, Ryuu, were strolling around Magnolia's South Gate Park. They were waiting for the other members to arrive so the fight could start. They were man stalls and food stands scattered about. Lucy was taking her time walking while Ryuu keeps on running around in every direction, looking at the things in every stand.

While the blonde beauty was leisurely walking through the park, Ryuu was calling for her attention.

"Mama! Mama! Come here! Hurry!" the boy creamed, standing in front of a stand that sells clothing.

"I'm coming, I'm coming….Geez" the young mother jogged towards her son. "What is it?"

"Look! Look!" the boy exclaimed while pointing at the scarves hung on the makeshift wall of the stand. "I want that one, Mama. I want the orange one with scales on it!"

"Ryuu," Lucy said, "you already have tons of scarves at home."

"Yeah, but I don't have that design yet. Please buy it for me, Mama. Pleeeeeease!" he said, putting on his puppy-dog face

"Fine."Lucy reached for her wallet at the back pocket of her pants. "Huh?" she tapped the other pocket and couldn't find her wallet there, either. She looked through her purse and the wallet was still not there "Sorry, Ryuu. I think I left my wallet at home."

The smile on the child's face was suddenly replaced by a frown. Lucy felt guilty to be the one to cause that smile to disappear. "Don't worry, Sweetie. I'll buy you one the next time. I promise."

"No. it's okay, Mama" he smiled sadly. Lucy wanted him to grin again.

"Sweetie, I –"the spirit mage stopped mid-sentence when the same orange scaly scarf that Ryuu wanted was wrapped securely around the boy's neck. They both turned to look at the person who did it.

"Natsu?" she said

"Hey, Luce." The dragon slayer greeted, "hey, Ryuu."

"Is this for me?" his response was a single nod. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Ryuu screamed merrily as he hugged Natsu's leg. He let go and gave big joyous grin before running off.

"I'll just explore the park! I'm not going to wander too far. See you later, Mama! Pinky!"

"Be careful!" Lucy yelled.

"He sure has a lot of energy." The pink-haired teen said.

"Yeah." The blonde relied. "You didn't have to buy that for him, you know."

"Well, he looked really sad and..." he trailed off.

"And what?"

"And I just want to make him happy. Besides, no matter the situation, he's still my son. And I've already missed so many of his birthdays."

Silence…

And then Lucy tried to say, "Natsu…Y-"

When the fire mage said, "I'm sorry."

"Whaa?" the blonde asked, surprised.

"I knew something was wrong when I woke up in front of your apartment with your scent all around me. Thanks for leaving me there by the way." He looked at her accusingly.

She smiled sheepishly, "Yeah. Sorry about that. Continue, please."

"I wanted to talk to you about it, I really did. I was just caught up with Lisanna's return and figured that you'll still be there once me and Lisanna had caught up with each other. But then you…left."

"Oh…" was the blonde's only reply.

They both stayed there, standing next to each other awkwardly, neither knowing what to do next.

"You know….he calls you, 'Papa'," she said, trying to start up a conversation to fill the awkward silence.

"Really?!"

"Yeah."

Another awkward silence…

"You….I mean….uh, Nat-"

"Mama! Pinky! Auntie Erza wants to talk to you!" the boy said, running toward his parents.

"Erza's here!? Already?!" Lucy asked.

"Uh-huh. And she said that she wanted to talk with you and Pinky over there about your fight." The boy explained.

"Stop calling me Pinky, you little squirt!" Natsu yelled.

"Pinky! Pinky! Pinky!" the boy screamed, "I'll call you whatever I want!" he stuck is tongue at him. And if you look close enough, you can actually see a tick mark appear on the dragon slayer's forehead. Oh... He's pissed now.

"Shut up, you little-!"

"Do I hear you two arguing again?" The blonde lady asked with a glare accompanied by a very scary aura.

"No!" the two boys exclaimed, fear evident on their faces (mostly the pinky's face).

"We were just….uh…..teasing! Yeah! We were just teasing each other. Right, Ryuu?"

"Yes, mama. Pi- I mean, Natsu-san and I were just teasing…hehehe."

"Very well." The two males immediately calming down. Lucy really scares them. Natsu's scared because he experienced her wrath before. While Ryuu's scared because he doesn't want his mom to be angry at him.

"Come on. We need to go see Erza." The others agreed and began to walk towards the center of the park.

"Lucy! Hey, Lucy!" a man only in his boxers yelled after them. The little group turned around and waited for Gray to catch up with them.

'Guess he still has his stripping habits…' Lucy thought once she saw who was approaching them.

Deciding to let it go just this once, she greeted him.

"Hey there, Gray."

"Hi, Uncle Gray!" The little blonde greeted cheerfully.

"Hey Lucy, Ryuu." The ice mage greeted back.

"Ice Freak" Natsu glared at Gray.

"Flame Brain" Gray glared back.

"Anyways, before you two start clawing each others eyes out, why are you here, Gray?" the blonde lady asked.

"Oh. I heard that you're fighting Pinky. Is it true?" the raven-haired man asked the blonde.

"Hey! What is it with everyone calling me 'Pinky!' it's salmon, damn it!" the dragon slayer exclaimed, in which he was ignored.

"Yup!"

Well , go and beat his ass up for me. I bet 50,000J on you. And oh, don't worry. You'll get 10% of the money when you win."

"Make it 20 and it's a deal." The celestial mage replied, shaking the ice mage's hand.

"Hey! I'm right over here!" Natsu screamed in protest. The two just look at him blankly and said, "Were you?"

Before the fire mage could retort, Ryuu decided to speak out and remind the others, "Mama! Pinky! Auntie Erza's still waiting for you~!"

"Crap! Come on guys, hurry up!" Lucy yelled and run towards where Erza would be, the others right behind her.

Yeah…sorry about the filler chapter/s …. But I promise that the next one will definitely have the fight….. what I can't promise though is when I'll update…

Well…enough about that :3

Don't forget to review!...

OH! Before I forget… do ou know my other story?...yeah. the one with the gender bender…..well.. I'm putting that on HIATUS for now….. I'll pick up on it again after I finish this one….yeah…Sorry again..

I'm a Virgo!... :3 what Zodiac are you? …