Thank you everyone who left reviews! Copperreign12, rao hyuga 18, dareaderreads, Amanny! I appreciate it so much! It just makes my day to read them! I chose Mikado because it sticks with the color theme from Gray's family (it is a bright yellow), and also incorporates Mika, his mother.


"Juvia, have you seen her nuk anywhere? I can't find it?" Gray appeared at the top of their stairs with a blue flowered burp cloth over one shoulder and a half naked Mikado crying in his arms.

"No, my love, but Juvia will check Mikado's bag." Juvia was in the process of packing their daughter's bag for her first trip to the guild since she'd been born.

Gray turned and went back into his daughter's room to finish getting her ready. Juvia had decorated it tastefully in blues and yellows, with lots of floral prints and white furniture. There was a crib with a raindrop and snowflake mobile, a changing table, a small bookcase with children's books, a little toy chest filled to the brim, and a plush rocking chair in the corner. Gray set Mikado down on the dark blue fuzzy rug and ruffled through her full closet for an outfit for the day.

He pulled out a long sleeve white onesie that said "Daddy's Princess" in light blue letters, light blue pants with large pink flowers printed on them, and a matching blue flowered headband. He knelt down beside the crying newborn and lifted her up again.

"Shh, shh, baby, it's okay," he whispered to her, rocking her gently back and forth.

When she still wouldn't stop crying, he started humming a song he remembered his own mother singing to him when he was a child. He couldn't remember the words, just the melody, but it made Mikado gradually stop crying. He set her back on the rug and pulled her outfit on. Juvia came into the room then, with a blue rubber pacifier in her hands.

"Juvia is sorry, my love. She packed Mikado's nuk in her bag for the guild."

Gray smiled up at her. "It's okay. She doesn't seem to need it anymore."

"Well, just in case," Juvia said, handing it to him.

Gray took it and picked up their daughter, carrying her down the stairs and to the kitchen, where her blue striped diaper bag was sitting on the table next to a vase of white lilies Gray bought Juvia for Valentine's Day.

"Are you sure that she's ready to go to the guild?" he asked Juvia anxiously when she made her way to the kitchen.

Juvia smiled and came over to pat Gray on the cheek. "Yes, my love. Juvia needs to see her friends again. And Mikado needs to meet her whole family. The guild is going to be a second home to her, she needs to get to know everyone there."

Gray grabbed her hand and held it to his cheek. "I know, I know. I guess I'm just anxious. And I kind of liked having you two all to myself these past couple weeks." He kissed her on the forehead.

Juvia's eyes misted up. "Oh, Gray-sama, you will still have us. This just gives the rest of our family the chance to love her, too."

"Alright, I guess I'm ready. I'm carrying her though. I don't feel ready to let go yet."

When they walked in the guild, Mikado in Gray's arms and the diaper bag on his shoulder, all the noise stopped. Everyone offered a grin to the newcomer as Gray passed them on his way to the second floor, where he felt it would be safer for his baby. He had such an anxious expression on his face it made Juvia laugh at him.

"How the hell are you not worried about her being here?" he asked her. "Especially knowing our guild members?"

A mug went flying through the air past them and hit Laxus on the side of the head. Laxus turned in his seat and sent a lightning charge into Elfman, who was the one that threw it.

Juvia laughed and said, "Oh, Gray-sama. You forget Juvia used to be part of a bad guild. Besides, she doesn't have to kill whoever harms her baby to make them pay dearly." She patted his arm calmly.

Gray felt a chill go up his spine at her calm tone and terrifying words. Not that he would be much better himself if anyone hurt his baby girl.

"Oooh! Give me that little raindrop!"

Cana came stumbling over to them, mug in hand, with a big grin on her face. She set the mug down on a table and held out her arms.

Gray hesitated, feeling incredibly anxious at letting go of his baby girl. But Cana was his oldest friend in the guild and she had been so excited for Mikado to be born. He handed over the light blue bundle in his arms to her. Cana set down her mug and carefully took Mikado from her nervous daddy.

"Hey there, raindrop," she murmured to the sleepy little girl. "I have been waiting to meet you ever since your mommy and daddy told me you were coming. Don't worry, either. If they ever give you a hard time, Auntie Cana will have a mug of beer and open arms for you."

"Don't you tell her that!" Gray exclaimed, not believing his oldest friend.

Cana simply chuckled and swayed Mikado back and forth. "Don't act like we didn't get drunk all the time as kids," she said.

Juvia's eyes widened. "Gray-sama, were you naughty as a child?"

Gray blushed and waved his arms back and forth in front of him. "Don't listen to anything that jerk tells you!" he said.

Juvia laughed. She walked over to Cana and gave her daughter a kiss on the forehead before walking to the bar to say hello to Mira, Lisanna, and Kinana.

Cana and Gray watched her go, Cana still cooing contentedly to the baby. Gray sighed and turned back to the drunk brunette, watching his daughter intently. He was ready to grab her again at the tiniest sign of fussing.

Cana gave him a look. "You need to relax, Gray. She'll be fine here. We all love her."

True to her words, Lucy, Erza, and Wendy all swarmed around them, trying to get a better look at the new baby. Gray sighed again and walked over to Levy and Gajeel, who each held a five month old twin. He slumped down on a chair at their table, still in sight of his daughter, and laid his head on his hands.

Gajeel barked a laugh. "You doing okay, Popsicle?"

Gray just grumbled back at him.

Levy gave him an understanding look. "It's going to be okay, Gray. It gets easier, I promise."

Gray glanced at her. "How can you stand it? I am so worried about her all the time. I don't know how to get through this."

Levy smiled, glad that Gray had matured enough over the years to be discussing this with them. "It is hard," she admitted, "but I know that nobody would ever hurt our babies on purpose. They are so loved, and that love makes it bearable."

Gray nodded, but didn't say anything, too busy thinking about her words.

"Gajeel!" Levy said, looking at her daughter in his arms.

Gajeel, who was paying more attention to the baby, now in Erza's arms, than Isa, jumped and looked down at his daughter. Isa had put one of Gajeel's snack screws in her mouth and was gumming the metal. Gajeel started laughing.

"Look at that," he said, obviously proud of his baby girl. "She's gonna be a dragon slayer one day, mark my words."

Levy gave him a dirty look. "Gajeel, get that screw out of her mouth right now before she chokes on it, or so help me…"

Gajeel stopped laughing immediately and grabbed the screw from Isa. Demir stopped crying and reached over to pull Isa's dark hair. Isa started crying and hit Demir, who started crying too.

Levy groaned and moved chairs, taking Demir out of Isa's reach. "Be glad you only have one," she told Gray tiredly, who was watching the whole scene with an amused smile on his face.

Suddenly a cry rang out through the guild. Mikado started sobbing, and Gray bolted up immediately, going to grab her from Lucy who was holding her with a slightly panicky look on her face. Gray scooped her up and started shushing Mikado, thanking the girls for watching her for a little while.

"No problem, Gray," Erza said. "Anytime you need me, I will be there for her." She had been feeling really lonely for the past few weeks while Jellal was on a long mission, and holding Mikado made her feel a lot better.

Juvia came over then to feed her baby. Her breasts had been feeling really full and tight, so she figured it couldn't be that long before Mikado got hungry. She took her baby and walked with her to a corner table in the guild that was slightly isolated. Gray followed behind her, still carrying the diaper bag.

"Does Gray-sama have Juvia's coverup?" she asked him, trying to get Mikado into her comfortable feeding position.

Gray searched through the bag, looked at Juvia, and rifled through it again, more desperately this time. He gave Juvia a sheepish look. "I don't see it, Juves. You must have forgotten to put it in the bag."

Juvia frowned. "But Juvia does not want to show off her breasts to the whole guild! What is she going to do?"

Gray brushed her cheek with his hand. "It's okay, love. No one will look at you, and if they do, I will take care of them."

Juvia still looked really uncomfortable, but Mikado gave another sharp cry and wouldn't stop, waiting for her mommy to feed her. Juvia sighed and started to open her dress. "Gray-sama will make sure to protect Juvia?"

Gray nodded. "With my life."

When Wakaba happened to look over and notice Juvia feeding her tiny baby, he gave a lecherous grin and nudged Macao, who looked too. Gray gave them such a menacing glare that both of them were terrified and looked away at once, making sure not to look in that whole direction of the guild anymore. Thankfully, his wife seemed not to notice anything, caught up as she was in the love of feeding their daughter.

When Mikado was done eating, Juvia hastily pulled her dress back together and handed Mikado to Gray, who took the baby eagerly. He gave her a kiss on the forehead, and Mikado sleepily looked at him with her deep blue eyes and smiled, a little breast milk dribbling out of her mouth.

"Who's my milk drunk little snowflake?" Gray asked her tenderly, wiping off the dribble with his sleeve.

Juvia sighed happily and grabbed Gray's hand. "Juvia is so happy we came here," she told him. "She missed her friends so much, and Mikado seems to love it here."

Erza came over to them then, and sat down next to Gray. She leaned in toward Mikado and smiled gently. "Hello, baby," she crooned. "Auntie Erza loves you so much." She grabbed one of Mikado's hands and curled it into her hand. "I am glad you guys came to the guild today," she told Gray and Juvia. "I needed some love today, and this little one seems to fill a hole in my heart."

Juvia took note of Erza's wistful expression and sad tone, and immediately deduced Erza and Jellal were trying to have a baby, too. Gray, who was not overburdened with the ability to read emotions, noticed nothing, and simply told Erza that she was always welcome.

"Erza-san," Juvia said, "everything happens in its own time. Don't worry. And you can come snuggle with Mikado anytime you want." Juvia held Erza's hand as the redhead teared up a little.

"Thank you, Juvia, Gray," she said. "I will definitely take you up on your offer." Erza smiled and got up to go talk to Mira, who had a similar wistful expression on her angelic face.

"What was that all about?" Gray asked with a confused look to Juvia.

Juvia patted his arm and smiled. "You will find out eventually, darling," she said.

Mikado opened her eyes and cooed, her hand reaching out and curling into a fist. Then she smiled brightly, as an awful smell came wafting from her butt.

Juvia laughed. "It's definitely your turn, Gray-sama."