Summary: Inspired by an episode of Full House. Nashi, Natsu, and Happy play beauty parlour….only the scissors aren't pretend ones.

Pairings: Parental Natsu/Nashi, Parental Lucy/Nashi, Natsu/Lucy, Cancer/Nashi friendship, Happy/Nashi friendship, brief mention of Happy/Charle, and Natsu/Happy friendship.

Author's Note: Thank you all so much for giving me over NINETY EIGHT HUNDED REVIEWS!

"Daddy," Nashi said sweetly, "would you play beauty parlour with me?"

It was a nice sunny day, a rare quiet one, in which Natsu actually wanted to be lazy and relax instead of fighting whoever came his way. He had been lounging beneath a tree eagerly waiting for Lucy to return home with the shopping, so she could cook him dinner, when his daughter suddenly ambushed him with her question. His four year old child held his arm in a vice-like grip as she batted her eyelashes in the same weird manner Lucy would when she really wanted something.

"Erm…." Natsu sweat-dropped as he wondered what exactly what beauty parlour and how exactly he was supposed to play it. "Sure?"

"Yay!" Nashi cheered. Natsu grinned in reply, her joy was infectious, and was about to say something when he was suddenly forced onto his feet and dragged back to his house. Nashi might look small and fragile but she was certainly no weakling. She got it from him….heh. "Come along Monsieur Dragneel," Nashi said in a fake, over-the-top, snooty voice, "the great and wonderful Madam Nashi will see you now."

"Ooh!" Natsu gasped in mock awe. "Really?" he widened his eyes for special emphasis. "How exciting."

"It is," Nashi said gravely, "you're very lucky. It is very hard to get an appointment with the great and wonderful Madam Nashi."

Natsu grinned and was more than ready to play along when he was suddenly pushed into the living room and was greeted with the weirdest sight he had ever seen…..and that was saying something when you consider his upbringing, his adventures, and who exactly he was married to.

Sitting right there in the middle of the living room while reading a magazine on fish was Happy. Happy, the blue, flying, cat….who had bright pink rollers upon his head and strange pink, foamy, things between his claws…..

"Pfft!" Natsu snorted. "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" he cackled hysterically as he pointed at Happy. Tears of joy sprang down his cheeks as he clutched his stomach. He was laughing so hard that it was beginning to hurt. "Oh God!" he wheezed as he pointed at Happy. "You look ridiculous!"

"Hmmph!" Happy sniffed indignantly as he held his head up proudly. "I might look silly now but I assure you when Madam Nashi is finished, I'm going to look gorgeous!"

"Heh," Natsu sniggered, "if you say so."

"I do!"

"Happy, you go into the next room and take your rollers out," Nashi ordered him, "I'll be there to finish it all off after I've done Daddy's hair."

"Aye Sir!"

And with that Happy flew off carefully as he tried to not knock out the weird pink spongy things between his claws and as he passed Natsu, Natsu caught sight of the bright, vivid, red nail-polish on his claws (boy, Lucy was not going to be pleased when she found out what happened to her nail-polish. She went ballistic when Natsu and Happy used to experiment with her make-up and throw it at each other) and snickered loudly. This only made Happy huff loudly as possible as he left the room

"Sit down, Daddy!" Nashi commanded imperiously. Natsu immediately obeyed and couldn't resist a grin when Nashi tip-toed to wrap a white towel round his neck with all the seriousness and solemnity of a boring official. "Now then," Nashi clapped her hands as she raced back behind Natsu. He could hear scrambling onto a stool she had placed there earlier. "Madam Nashi is going to start with a nice trim."

"All right."

Natsu had no problem with this at all until his ears caught the sound of something sharp slicing together and then felt the cold metal of actual scissors against the skin on the back of his neck.

"Whoa!" he half jumped out of his seat and twisted to face his child. "Are those real scissors?!" he demanded to know.

He wasn't a hundred per cent sure but he had a feeling that Lucy wouldn't be pleased if Nashi was playing with real scissors.

"Yes," Nashi said unbothered, "but don't worry," she reassured him with a bright, sweet, smile, "I'll only pretend cut."

"Oh," Natsu blinked. He wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing but surely Nashi couldn't hurt herself if she was only pretending to cut hair, right? Right? "All right then," Natsu shrugged and then settled back down in his chair.

Nashi hummed happily as she 'pretended' to cut Natsu hair. Natsu could hear the little snip-snapping sound of the scissors opening and shutting and after a while his head suddenly felt lighter and then a little while after that his head suddenly felt cold as a breeze suddenly hit it. He put it down to his imagination right up until Lucy came home.

"Natsu! Nashi! Happy!" Lucy called out as she walked in through the front door. "I'm ho – OH MY GOD!"

One look at Natsu as she stepped into the living room and Lucy had not only screamed but dropped all the shopping. Her face had turned a ghastly white colour, her mouth dropped open, and her eyes looked on the verge of falling out of their sockets as she held out a shaky finger and pointed at Natsu

"What?" Natsu asked worriedly. "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that, you weirdo."

"N-N-N-Natsu!" Lucy stammered out. "Your hair!"

"What?" Natsu yelped as he ran a hand through his hair. 2What's wrong with – OH MY GOD!" he bellowed when he didn't feel the soft, thick, locks of his own hair and instead felt the rough skin of his head as there was nothing left. "NASHI!" he whirled round furiously. "YOU SAID YOU WERE PRETENDING TO CUT!"

Nashi shrank back fearfully and her bottom lip trembled but she didn't get a word in when Lucy suddenly forced Natsu to look back at her. Her nails dug into his shoulders painfully.

"WHY DID SHE HAVE SCISSORS TO BEGIN WITH," Lucy screamed into his face, "YOU MORON?!"

"Lucy!" Natsu whined childishly." Don't yell at me! I'm the victim!"

"You're the parent!" Lucy growled. "You're supposed to keep her away from that stuff! Nashi," Lucy directed her fury towards their only child who whimpered in reply. "Where did you get those scissors?! I could have sworn I locked all the sharp things away."

"They're mine!" Nashi protested. "They were a birthday present!"

"Who in their right mind would give a four year old hairdressing s….CANCER!" Lucy's eyes widened with realisation as she furiously fumbled for her key. "I open the Gate of the Crab," she chanted, "I summon thee – Cancer!"

After the customary bell chime and cloud of smoke, Cancer appeared in his red-skin and weird outfit glory.

"What can I do for you," he asked as he pushed his sunglasses up, "Ebi?"

"Well," Lucy huffed, "For starters you can fix my husband's hair," she waved a hand at Natsu's bald head, "and then you can tell me exactly why you thought giving my four year old hairdressing scissors was such a great idea."

"Hmm….." Natsu shuddered as Cancer ran an appraising claw over his head, "nice job, Ebi." He praised Nashi. "You have really mastered the scissors, Ebi."

"Really?!" Nashi squealed excitedly.

"Don't encourage her!" Lucy snapped. "She shouldn't have been playing with them at all!"

"Apologies, Ebi."

For some reason Natsu didn't think Cancer meant his apology whatsoever….

"Just fix Natsu and then take those scissors away," Lucy ordered, "and I'll pretend you didn't give my daughter sharp objects behind my back."

"As you wish, Ebi," Cancer said solemnly. He stepped behind Natsu and eyed the back of Natsu's head in a way that really creeped Natsu out. Then, suddenly, he moved so fast that Natsu barely felt the scissors against his bare ski. "Cancer! Cancer!" Cancer muttered furiously to himself as he worked. And then, just as suddenly as he started, Cancer stopped. He brushed some hair off of Natsu shoulder and stepped aside for Lucy. "All done, Ebi." He bowed.

Natsu quickly patted his head and sighed with relieve when he felt his thick bushy hair beneath the palm of his hand. Lucy also looked extremely happy and relieved as she relaxed slightly and let out her own little sigh.

"Thank you."

"I'm sorry Daddy," Nashi said quietly. She looked up at Natsu with her biggest, widest, and most innocent eyes that reminded Natsu way too much of Lucy at her most vulnerable. "I didn't mean to cut all of your hair off," she trembled.

"That's all right," Natsu grinned as he patted Nashi's head. "Next time, use pretend scissors."

"I best be going, Ebi," Cancer said. He smirked down at Nashi and patted her shoulder. Congratulations on mastering the scissors, Ebi," Cancer said proudly," I'll tell Taurus you're ready for the axe, Ebi."

"What?!" Lucy spluttered. "You will most certainly not-" but before Lucy could really start her rant Cancer had already vanished back into the Celestial world. "CANCER!" she barked at her key. "YOU GET BACK HERE OR I SWEAR TO GOD-"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Happy screamed as he flew back into the living room. "MY HAIR! JUST LOOK WHAT SHE DID TO MY HAIR!" He let out a noisy wail as tears ran down his cheeks like a river. "Now Charle will never go on a date with me!"

Natsu, Lucy, and Nashi all took one look at Happy who was now sporting the biggest, puffiest, fluffiest, afro he ever had to date…..and immediately all burst out into hysterical laughter as the poor cat sobbed helplessly for the rest of the afternoon.

…by the time they were able to stop they had all forgotten about scissors and axes. That is, until, the trees near the Dragneel cottage started to disappear….