Disclaimer: It all belongs to Mashima-sama. And I am stuck with begging and waiting till I am of legal age to ask him again, he said so…
Gray's POV:
"Has she come out at all?"
"Nope, she is still in there!"
"Go get her then! Please hurry Gray! I want her here for the baby's birth!"
"Okay Juvia, calm down I am on it, just stay calm!"
I say as my lover and second best friend sits in the Guild's infirmary. I go to Lucy's house and knock on the door; it has been a while since we have went through the windows. I think it is honestly because we don't want to scare her while she has the baby in her. Lucy opens the door and I pant out what I needed to say to send her running.
"J-Juvia… pregnant… wants you there… now… hurry!"
Lucy can run! In high heeled boots, almost three more months left to be pregnant, while tired as hell! I applaud our women of Fairy Tail, they are so freaking amazing! We race through the doors, Natsu, Mira, and Lisanna are there waiting for us, the others are waiting outside. Juvia hears us come through the doorway and sighs happily.
"Gray-sama, Lucy-chan are you two there?"
"Yes Juvia, Gray and I are here."
"Good, cause the baby is coming soon. I want you, to be here when she is born!"
"Juvia, why me though?"
"Lucy, love rivals make great friends, sisters, and now, love rivals make great Aunts. Also, I wanted to apologize for calling you a love rival, you never once tried to steal Gray-sama away, I just kept thinking it was that way I am sorry!"
She ends high in shock as a contraction takes over her body. I race to grab her hand as Lucy holds the other one. She tenses and sighs as Mira takes away her pain and increases contraction rates with some standard medicine. We feel a very - mercifully brief- painful squeeze to our hands as we hear a long, loud scream. Juvia slams my hand against the table in extreme pain of it all while she keeps Lucy's hand above mine, like Lucy is a God-sent gift. Then Lisanna squeals in delight as a loud popping sound is heard, and Mira pulls up the head of a squealing baby girl. Lisanna goes with Natsu, and Mirajane to clean the baby up. Mira fixes up any rips in the vagal canal that might have occurred during birth, and gives her a small pain pill. Juvia relaxes and patiently waits for her baby to be brought back to her. Soon Mira is back with a small baby in a pink blanket; Juvia holds the baby and coos gently. She looks to me smiling.
"Gray-sama, what should we name her?"
"Juvia, you did all the work, I think you should just pick the name and let me agree or disagree with it is all."
"Okay Gray-sama, if that is what you wish…" She trails off to think of a name, "Ai, I like Ai."
I smile. "Ai, it means love right, heh what a fitting name considering that we are in a place filled with it!"
Juvia smiles as Ai giggles. "You like that name don't you Ai?"
Ai makes some common baby sounds and smiled gummily giggling and clapping her hands. Lucy smiles and looks down to her stomach, I reach across Juvia and pat her hand and stretched stomach.
"It will be fine, after all, you have us around and we won't let you raise the baby alone ever, we also won't let you or your baby starve, hungry, or bored!" I wink mischievously. "So keep the baby safe, Natsu-kun and I will go with you for the gender testy thing. Or the girls can go depending who you want with you."
She smiles at me nods and yawns, stretching out her body in sleepy bliss. Natsu smiles and picks Lucy up with the ease of the wind picking up a feather. She squeaks and then laughs while she said to put her down. Natsu had let all the playfulness leave his face when he asks her a question we all have been wondering.
"Lucy, are you going to keep the baby?"
"N-Natsu, I don't know… it isn't fair to have a child here without him and what if he dies, my child won't have a Father, then they might as well be me! A single parent child! Life would be only half full!"
Tears fall down her face as I look up to her.
"Lucy, it wouldn't be half full, you have us, we are Fathers already, at least I am, but he and Lisanna arewell, I'll let them tell you about it! Besides Fairy Tail has all the family members you could ever need! We have, the sisters Lisanna, Levy, and of course darling Juvia. We have the brothers, Natsu, me, Elfman, and Gajeel since he cares in his own weird Gr ways… also you'll have a mother, Mirajane-san, and the Father Freed! The creepy Uncle Bixlow, the strict Aunts Evergreen and Erza, and let's not forget the crowd favorite, dah dunt dah, Cana the drunkard Aunt! Loke can be the stalkery-styled cousin three times removed."
I continue placing the Guild members into a big as hell family tree. She smiles at me and hugs her stomach. With Loke i was just being mean, but it was worth it to see him spit out his whiskey and hae eyes the size of saucers.
"But who would take the responsibility of being my baby's Father?"
"Everyone iln the Guild loves or cares about you Luce; we can give you some of our jobs' money, and devote certain hours of our day to you, we can also pay for the gender test and clothes, food, and other things since money for you will be tight, after all you will be reaxing for a while. So technically the Guild would be your baby's "Father" it is until proven otherwise!"
Natsu smiles that stupidly infectious grin. Lucy smiles back and grinned even more than before.
"Okay, I'll keep it."
A loud
Hurrah!
Was heard throughout the Guild while Lucy smiled so wide it must have hurt! Natsu then sets her down smiling as we all hug her gently. She smiles and then yawns and curls up in the big armchair next to the couch we have been basically living in. As we filter through and congratulate Juvia, Lucy falls asleep as I am a half doze on the couch inside the room where my family sleeps. I hear a door open and footsteps of a man, thinking it is Flame Brain I just relax till I hear the voice.
"Lucy, this is for the slap I received yesterday." The voice took on an almost musical note as a small puppet is placed next to her stomach. I rise up and growl. Bixlow looks to me in a panic and runs. I snatch the doll thingy and rip its head off. Throwing it back out to his team where Freed then takes the liberty of doing what we have all been waiting to do since he was such a jerk to Lucy. Freed beats the holy living hell out of him. As I check on the still unconscious Lucy and sigh finding she still is relaxed.
Lucy's POV:
I wake up in my bed, one side of me too hot, the other side almost too cold. Only two people in the entire world can make me so well half and half-ed- Gray and Natsu. I open my eyes sleepily and let them do all my work.
"Okay you two, why are you sleeping next to me? You screw my body temperature up." I roll over letting one side thaw, and the other chill.
"Sorry Luce, I didn't know you don't like having people next to you while your preggerz. I just got used to sleeping next to you as is so…"
"Shut up Natsu and go back to sleep, I am sleepy!"
I yawn as I see Gray smirk next to me. Rolling my eyes I then decide to go sleep some more and dream about things I miss. Natsu wraps me up in a hug and sighs, as Gray rolls over letting the other side of him thaw out. I get bored and he says to me stupid things.
"You need a kick starter Luce?
"You mean you get the kick I owe you for reading my story out loud right Ice Lips?"
"No, I thought that would get me a hug seeing as how the publisher wanted to talk with you today at 3:30pm today."
I jump up in my seat and look at the clock. 11:30am.
"This means war!"
"I'd thought you'd be happy, so sorry."
"No, this means war against the clock! Shit I'll be late if I don't hurry!"
"Here Luce, let us help you out here! Here," Natsu and Gray offer their hands to help me stand up even though my belly has only swollen out two inches, "you'll need help, Gray get her shower ready!"
My two inch belly makes it harder to move. I had practice summoning every spirit to figure out which ones to use that way I don't die in a mission. If they'll ever let me take one. The weirdest part is that they insisted on throwing a baby shower in Earthland later in the year. I am surprised that our Edolas counterparts haven't decided to join in on the fun! Gray starts the shower as I go and walk in. A towel is around me until they leave the room. As soon as they leave the room I then throw the soaked towel out the shower with a surprisingly pleasant sounding shlop. I love that sound!
Later on the guys must be choking on the fragrant stuff I've been using I mean Natsu won't have a working nose and Gray, heh he won't either! I finish and step out of the shower and put another towel around me and look at the clock in the bathroom, 1:59pm. Shit I didn't think it would be that long, now racing to get my clothes on, hair tied up in the signature off the side ponytail. Then I give Gray and Natsu a big hug picking them up off their feet and running to talk to the publisher about my first novel.
Laxus's POV:
I was at the train station a little after three in f-ing the morning. "Stuffy-Clothes" was right, because there in front of the train heading to the worst place was Jura. Well anyplace away from Lucy is the worst place. She smelt different but I couldn't really place it; I hope she isn't getting sick…
"Laxus-kun, let's get you set up."
"Of course Jura, just a lot is weighing on my mind. That is all."
"Is it a girl?"
"Yeah in a way…"
"Well then, all I can say to you about leaving a girl back home is this, come back to her ALIVE so that way you spare us a body to drag back, and a woman to make cry."
"Yeah! Okay I am fired up! Wait, that came out wrong, stupid Natsu. I am gonna kick some ass and come back to Lucy!"
Jura laughs and shakes his head.
"One of these days, Fairy Tail is going to rule the world, they are filled with insanely smart and powerful people!"
"They are my Guildlings!" I say with an unbridled pride in the Guild that is and would always be mine till my last breath. Jura smirks with an odd style.
"You really love her don't you? I remember you the sour exiled member of Fairy Tail, then you were reinstated from Gildarts and you became nicer, now that you've fallen for that Lucy girl you have become a freaking mush ball! I find this entertaining!"
He laughed so hard he had doubled over and began to slap his knees. I snarled and began to ask questions.
"So what do the embodiment of the Seven Deadly sins look like? And where do I have to go for this?"
"Slow down and at ease boy, Lust lives outside Hargeon, and Gluttony lives just past her. Wrath is a mean old man who lives by the old Battlefields. Pride and Greed are neighbors by the first bank to ever be built. While Envy, the cousin of Greed, is a hard one too find but when she's home, she is in the last foreclosed beauty parlor. Sloth, Sloth just is, he's the hardest! He is usually in 'The Broken Clock Tower' and that just about covers it! Here's your tickets and good luck. Young Guild Master."
"Thanks Jura, I'll be seeing you some time!"
With that, I grab all the tickets, put them in a pocket and place my headphones on while handing my Hargeon ticket to the Engineer. Lucy, please stay safe and know that I love you…
Lucy's POV:
I walk back filled with glee from the Publisher's Office. Opening the Guild doors I walk straight to the bar and ask Mira for a strawberry smoothie, with all the goodies on it, including chocolate shavings. Gray, Juvia, Natsu, Lisanna, Levy, and even Gajeel walk over to me with a questionable look. Mira then asks me calmly.
"Sooo, how did the meeting go?"
"You are now looking at the Future author of my very own Novel, "One More Fairy Tail". Remember the book about my adventures and life in the Guild? It is getting published. She is going to send me over thirty five first edition copies, not to mention once completed they will be put in every store all across Fiore."
I fake a nonchalant tone as Levy lets the word process. She screams in joy grabbing me and jumping up and down. Erza drops the strawberry shortcake to the table with a loud clatter. The Guild then turns its head to the giddy Titania. She races to me and gently hugs me saying an ocean of praises for the publishing of my novel. Gray sits shocked as I lean into his face and stick out my tongue Juvia laughs as Ai giggles in her arms. I smirk as he then focuses in on reality and falls back off his chair, I apologize as he congratulates me for the publishing. Soon everyone except Natsu has praised me. Lisanna nudges him and he snaps back as well.
"S-Sorry Luce, I uh was just thinking about something."
"Well, please share with the crowd."
"I-I was just thinking, what if Laxus sees your book on his Mission? What do you think he will do?"
"Oh, wow, I uh I just hope he will be happy for me you know? It is the best any of us can hope for."
Natsu nods smiles and loudly says, "Luce, you know he will be happy for you, if he isn't and we find out, we will beat him and ask questions later."
Gajeel smirks and asks me the question Levy smacked him for.
"Lucy, will you dance for me in one of my songs in a playboy bunny style costume? After you have your baby of course!"
Like I said before this is the question Levy smacked him for. Levy grins at me while slapping the holy hell out of Gajeel's neon red face. I think on it for a moment.
"Gajeel, what kind of song do you want me to dance to?"
His eyes light up like headlights at twilight as he suddenly becomes a different person.
"You tell me! I know ballads, dance songs, exotic dancer songs, rock, pop, country, ballroom just about everything except tap dance and ragtime. I'll even let you pick the style of the bunny outfit."
"Hmmm, I'll dance to a dance music song okay, and it will be a pair of bunny ears, black swimsuit with fishnets, and heels. Okay?"
"Whatever you say and what song do you want?"
"Well, considering my situation…I am game for the oldies dance song…"
"Lightning Strikes", you should know it, it has a really good guitar and Levy can get Lisanna, Juvia, Mira, and Erza to be my back up!"
"You mean Lighting Strikes by that Lou guy right?"
"You know it Gajeel; I am sensing a theme to myself today. Hell, if you don't mind me doing it today, I can just do it today, I mean yah I have a small baby bump but it isn't gonna affect me right now per say and if we wait till after the baby I may have stretch marks, Juvia was lucky, water bodies have a real elastic property to them…"
Juvia smiles to my complement as Levy stands wide eyed in shock. Gajeel runs to grab his guitar and Levy gets everyone prepped for the song, change in the back room. Damn! Mira has everything from certain equipment, to ehem colorful cosplay items. I grab what I needed and put them on finally walking out to a big concert hall styled room. I "eep" slightly and walk out on stage. I guess I sing backup a bit while I dance and I sing with Gajeel a few lines as well. He hands me a quickly written script with bolds, italics, and bold italics. It reads how Gajeel penciled in a small lyric key. I am in bolds. The chorus girls are in italics. Also the lines you and I sing together are in bold italics alright? And with just handing me the script and giving me not even twenty minutes- more like ten in all honesty- before he starts up the song.
Listen to me, baby, you gotta understand
You're old enough to know the makings of a man
Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down
Am I asking too much for you to stick around
I slowly begin to do a classic old time 'Hollywood' dance that Mira taught me a long time ago. As I do that I think of Laxus leaving and put sadness into all my movements Gajeel looks thoroughly impressed as a camera records this, most likely Mira's doing. I look up and see Freed holding the camera, yup Mira's work…
Every boy wants a girl
He can trust to the very end
Baby, that's you
Won't you wait but 'til then
Gajeel is obviously a good singer not to mention he can do that weird wavery voice thing… it is awesome but weird still it is cool. I waver with the sound of his voice, Levy smiles to me and snaps her fingers in a special way that carries the tempo for me. I smile back at her and mouth my thanks. As I stomp my foot in the exactly perfect timing.
When I see lips beggin' to be kissed (Stop!)
I can't stop (Stop!)
I can't stop myself
(Stop, Stop!)
I sop moving and sing, and then whenever they say "stop" I hold up my hand and stop moving. I begin to do a shuffle like style with my feet and wave my hands back and forth at my hips each one going the opposite way. Gajeel gins at me with a Cheshire cat smile as he winks at Levy who blushes and the girls let her sing a solo "stop". I laugh too hard as I shuffle, and so I slip but end up making it a hip based slide.
Lightning is striking again
Lightning is striking again
I throw my hands up in the air and swing them in a back and for pattern while bringing my arms down, then I step back enjoying the nostalgia of the song and use some older moves in example like swinging back and forth on the balls of my feet using my hips.
Nature's takin' over my one-track mind
Believe it or not, you're in my heart all the time
All the girls are sayin' that you'll end up a fool
For the time being, baby, live by my rules.
I smile as I can tell that Levy and him are having a personal talk moment, that just so happens to benefit me. I find it surprisingly entertaining. I find myself thoroughly entertained when I see who has been playing the drums, Elfman; he has been playing a 'manly' instrument no doubt. I laugh and go back to the weird shuffling thing. Natsu is dumb and begins to stage dive as I laugh and pull him up to the top of the stage for the second time. Lisanna sighs past the mic as we laugh. A group of people gather around the stage as Natsu jumps off, Gray even catches him. I wonder, what did they find when they went through my apartment? If they found that one lamp did- could they have- shit… They had a small internal bromance moment didn't they? I laugh harder.
When I settle down
I want one baby on my mind
Forgive and forget
And I'll make up for all lost time
Okay this is really working for them… I remember when Gajeel tied them up- being a part of Phantom Lord- and all. He flashes a small smile to her as I laugh. It is truly cute. Now back to stomping the foot once he starts up the fast part again. I begin to smile wider to where I can feel that I have a Natsu style grin.
If she's put together fine
And she's readin' my mind (Stop!)
I can't stop (Stop!)
I can't stop myself
(Stop, stop!)
Gajeel notices me having a good time and throwing my hand up every time that they say "stop". I then throw my hands around in the air as I dance with them in the air swinging them rapidly.
Lightning is striking again
Lightning is striking again
And again and again and again
I smile and wave them from side to side over my head in a large over used rock concert move. Snapping in time with Levy.
[Instrumental Interlude]
We sway as I dance with Gray and Natsu on stage again, I help them all jump off it as well. It was really funny when they both grabbed each other's hand so that when they jumped they wouldn't fan out too far. Yup I started a small bromance.
Lightning is striking again
Lightning is striking again
More maniacal arm waving and zigzagging of my arms.
There's a chapel in the pines
Waiting for us around the bend
Picture in your mind
Love forever, but 'til then
I snap my fingers and stand to the side while stomping my foot, still in time. Levy blushes. Hmmm someone tell me I am invited to the eloping as a witness, it will be fun! I know it…
If she gives me a sign
That she wants to make time
(Stop!)
I can't stop (Stop!)
I can't stop myself
(Stop, stop!)
I then do a random move after our shared line, I drop into the splits and with a hand between my legs so that I can push up when I hit the floor. It worked and so I spring up as soon as I touch the floor, so I get a few whoops and hollers. Lisanna looks at me in amazement as I swing my legs up at different times.
Lightning is striking again
Lightning is striking again
And again and again and again
Lightning is striking again
And again and again and again.
Finally I grab Levy and Erza from the chorus line and dance in a line with them. We each throw a leg up at the same time, Natsu and Gray run up to us and move Levy and Erza out of the way as we kick soon a few of the other guys are up here as well, Jet and Droy take the opposite sides of Levy. One more guy takes the other side of Erza, Mystogan or as we learned to know him, Jellal. After the Magic Games we entered him back in as a Guild member. He belonged with us anyway! We all break enough stuff to where it is comical! Finally we sing the last line as Mira and Lisanna get in the long kick line.
Ai and Juvia clap their hands with grins on their faces. As the song ends Gajeel stands up, grabs my hand and Levy's and he bows. We curtsey as I laugh, then we grab the entire chorus lines' hands and bow. Clapping is heard everywhere.
Freed shuts the camera down and saves it for later, also since well Gray's daughter will never believe it now, or when she is old enough to never let him live it down. Heh, Laxus, Levy's kids, my kid, and Natsu's little one won't ever believe what we did!
"Hey Natsu, Gray, now that we have taped this, you do know that well, they won't let you live the bromance down, or the fact that you stage dived."
They pale. Gray looks to his Daughter. "I am screwed! Juvia we never mention this okay?"
Juvia nods laughing and smiling while she says.
"Juvia promises, but Juvia can't promise Lucy-chan won't say it to Ai when she gets older!"
She winks at me and I nod grinning as I look to Gray and raise an eyebrow. "How much to keep me quiet?"
"Great… uhh Natsu and I will stop fighting?"
"Nah, I think I'll speak of it every chance it get!"
"And, I'll learn to live with the shame, Natsu as well."
"Exactly!"
We laugh as I sit by the counter again. Gajeel's whistling a happy tune while Levy sits on his shoulder. I look to them in fear.
"I hope there was no aphrodisiacs involved… this could be awkward tomorrow…"
Happy, now back from visiting with Charele, sits by me and Wendy follows.
"Good job Lucy-Nee!"
"Thanks Wendy!"
"Hey when do you think Lisanna is due?"
"Wendy, you should ask her."
"Okay, Lisanna when are you due?"
"Oh, just a few weeks before Lucy's due date, still no idea what the gender is but I'll go on missions, with her so that she can go on a Mission, hey maybe we can get Mira-Nee to come with us on one! That would be so cool wouldn't it Lucy?"
We get excited as Wendy goes to study for the next births happen. Lisanna and I make plans to go on a girl's only mission, meaning me, her, Erza, Levy, Juvia, Mira and Wendy with Charele will all go. Loke, Natsu, and Gray all surround us having a fit.
"NO WAY IN HELL!"
"Luce please don't you could-"
"Princess don't!"
Then what we said registers. "All our pregnant Women refuse to go out on a mission without us! WTF?" Freed exclaims as we all gawk at Mira's stomach. She just glares at the green haired man. He pales.
"You shouldn't have said that!"
"Freed it isn't manly to keep secrets from a brother of the sister whom you made pregnant! Although Manly points for keeping it under wraps this long!"
We face palm as we take in what he said. Mira sighs and quickly grabs a mission and drags us all out of the Guild for it. This should be a matter of days honestly. The mission is infiltrate a Day Care Center to see if everything there is appropriately run. We take Ai since she will be our let in, and she also needs her mother's milk. We laugh as Gray sulks mumbling something about the fickleness of women. Soon as we head out we are twenty towns away- thank God for trains and no Natsu! Smirking we look at each other.
"That old stuffy man hasn't got it right, it is the 10 Magical Saints not seven. Heh I can verify that from courtesy of Dearly Beloved Master…" Mira travels off as we walk ahead. A sketchy man walks up to us as Juvia holds Ai to her chest sourly.
"Juvia refuses to let any of these men take my Ai-chan, Mira please sneak in!"
Mira sighs and transforms into a girl the age of seven; old enough to be left at a Day Care safely alone without special rules. We decide that her 'name' will be Chelsea. We walk up to the door of the Day Care and sketchy looking man answers, five children of other backgrounds behind him are happily playing around. Lisanna holds Mira's hand and looks to her with daughterly admiration. "Mommy, can I go play with the other kids?"
"Sure sweetie, just go while Mommy settles things with this nice man here."
Mira leaves like a child and begins to 'set up' the children, by 'playing' a game called 'Fairy Tail' where you hide around and fight nicely with each other. So with that Lisanna pays the man 500 Jewels so that he watches her for the rest of the day. Now we have a day to kill…
*Time BREAK!*
We come back after shopping, singing at the local Karaoke Bar, having a chocolate fight in a local contest, we won by the way, and just talking over lunch. Mira comes to us in a hurry as the man whispers something to her that we worry about. Soon out of sight of the Day Care, we let her shift into her original form. The first thing out of her mouth is a flare of colorful language.
"That stupid little- breathe Mira just breathe. Lucy, Juvia, we convict him, now! He copped a feel, kissed me, and ugh…squeezed my ass, calling it a game! I want to kill him!"
With that we turn him in as Mira gives the police a full account of what he did to her as Chelsea. Under the pressure we find he cracks and confesses to everything and then we are back before the Day is out, the men are amazed. Freed rushes to Mira and covers her face and neck with kisses, while the others receive such treatment, except for me. I sigh and drink a smoothie Mira made everyone as a celebration drink. It includes the rarest chocolate and sweetest strawberries, of which I have been craving since pregnancy. Gray and Natsu see me sulking slightly and decided to surprise me with a kiss on the cheek, each one of them. Lisanna and Juvia laugh so hard they cry. The expression on my face was priceless, since Mira snapped a photo. We laugh as I put both my arms around Gray and Natsu; Mira snaps a photo and hands it to me. I look at her questionably as she smiles and explains how Levy told her about the album, and how I might as well add to it; as well as telling me to explore the back room for photos of everyone on the photo wish list. I smile and hug her. So far, I have 70'000 Jewels I count it over again and smile even wider, I'm off to pay my rent on time! I find a note in my pocket making me smile. It is a photo of the entire temporary Team we made today. It says 'Long Live Team Amazons!' I tuck it back in my pocket and make a B-line for my photo album and then the Guild storage room.
A/N: I know it has been a long time since I updated, soo I thought that I should give you a really long chapter. Sorry if updates are slower but I am graduating from my 8th grade class and will be entering high school soon, so please forgive me for very long delays!
