What's up guys! here's chapter 4 of my story. I hoped you like this one. By the way, I got hired from my job application. So expect this to get updated slowly. But I'm not gonna give this up, cause this is a nice hobby. So don't worry! Any way let's do this. Enjoy..

Chapter 4: Sun and Rain

Juvia Lockser is walking to a road that will lead her to the East forest. With a sad and disappointed look on her face, she let out a long sigh.

"when master said that Juvia will get paired up to the hottest guy in the guild. Juvia thought that he meant Gray-sama." She let out another sigh.

"who would have thought that, he meant the literally hottest guy in the guild."

She continued her disappointment self monologue until she had reached the forest. She looked around to search for the pink haired dragon slayer, to inform him about the mission.

'where could Natsu-san be?' She kept looking around the forest.

~in the deepest part of East forest~

"ok so. It say's here that I need to close my other senses and focus at my inner feelings." Natsu said as he reads the book of Dragon sense.

"hmm. How do I do that?" he gently stroke his chin -as if he has an imaginary beard- to wonder.

Happy raised his hands. "oh I know! How about you wear a blind fold and plugged your ears" he suggested.

Natsu gave the cat an approving thumb's up. "good thinking Happy! But what about my sense of smell, taste, and touch?" he added a question.

Happy thought about it for a moment. "well… Let's just plugged something on your nose too, taped your mouth, and don't touch anything." Natsu raised his eyebrow.

"how would I breathe?"

Happy gasped. "oh my god! This book is making you kill yourself Natshu!" Happy lit up a match stick. "this book is evil. We need to destroy it!"

Natsu immediately stopped Happy from what he was about to do.

"hold it buddy! Maybe it meant something else." Happy threw the lightened match stick away.

"ok. So what do we do then?"

Natsu made a thinking pose. "hmm.. man this is so hard!"

"Natsu-saaaan!"

The duo looked behind, and found Juvia waving and calling out to them a few yards away. The duo then went to greet the rain woman.

"sup Juvia. You need something?"

"Juvia asked Levy-san for Natsu-san's whereabouts. Cause Juvia needs to talk to you."

Natsu blinked twice. "hmm? What for?"

"well.."

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~Fairy tail guild hall~

"Natsu and Juvia will go on a mission together?" Lucy asked her friends.

Erza nods. "master assigned a special mission. Just for the two of them only."

"never thought that I would see the day, that those two will work together." Charle stated.

"why? does Natsu-san and Juvia-san hated each other?" Wendy innocently asked.

"no Wendy. It's not that they don't get along. It's just that those two represents the complete opposite to each other." Erza answered the young mage.

"do you think that those two would work well together?" Lucy asked, then she turns to Gray.

"what do you think Gray?"

The said mage just shrugged with his eyes closed. "don't care."

"put on your clothes." Erza threatened him with a death glare.

"oh shit!" Gray panicked and immediately searched for his clothes. Wendy covered her eyes, while Lucy deadpanned at the ice mage's antics.

"if you asked me. I think those two would make a good team."

The group turned their heads to the person who said that. Who happened to be Mirajane smiling brightly at them.

"hi Mira-san." Wendy greeted the barmaid. Mira waved at her.

"what do you mean Mira?" Erza asked.

"I'm just saying that Natsu and Juvia would looked good together as partners."

Gray looked at Mira with an expressionless face. Lucy jolted a little at what she said.

"you think so? But they're so different to each other so. How would they get along?" Charle put on her thoughts.

Mira waved her right index finger side to side. "tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. don't you know that there is an old saying called: opposite's attracts"

Lucy widen her eyes a little. Erza just looked at Mira and thought for that possibility. Gray found his clothes and decided to leave. He doesn't want to be a part of this girl talk.

"Mira.." Kinana called from the counter.

"Ara. Looks like I need to go now." Mira waved at them, and turned to leave. Wendy, Charle, and Erza returned the gesture . As the barmaid had left, Lucy looked down and gripped at her skirt. A small sweat appears from the side of her forehead.

'why am I feeling this way?'

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~Back to Natsu and Juvia~

"special mission? Can't I just pass on that?"

Juvia shakes her head. "master said it's an urgent mission." Natsu sigh in defeat.

"fine."

Juvia nodded. "Juvia and Natsu-san should leave early tomorrow."

"ehh! Can I at least bring Happy?"

"master said that it should be just Juvia and Natsu-san only. But maybe if Natsu-san asked for permission then."

Happy looked up and tugged on Natsu's baggy pants.

"umm. Natshu?"

"what is it buddy?"

"can I not go with you in this one?"

"huh? Why?!"

"uhh.. Charle was-"

"What?! Your leaving me for that white cat again?!" Natsu interrupted angrily.

Happy then went on bended knee with tears flowing like water falls on his eyes.

"sorry!! Please Natshuu. You gotta let me go!!"

'what's with this situation?' Juvia thought with a sweatdropped.

"your fake tears wont work on me again Happy." Natsu crossed his arms, and made a smug look.

Happy quickly change into his game face. "fine then! I'll just use my trump card!" Natsu narrowed his eyes at him -knowing where this is going-.

"I'll go ask Lisanna for permission. And then I'll tell her, that you are getting in the way of my love life. Good luck dealing with her then." Happy threatened Natsu before flying away.

"why you little-." Natsu chased and tried to grabbed his tail, but Happy got away.

"shit! Fine then! Do what you want!" Natsu give up on chasing the exceed. Happy did his victory dance in the air before flying away.

"yay! I'll be staying with Lisanna for tonight. Bye Natshuu...!"

As the blue cat was already gone. Natsu turned his back to walk back to Juvia.

"stupid cat! He's just gonna get rejected again anyway." Natsu grumbled to himself.

"umm. Natsu-san? About the mission.."

"huh? Oh. Sorry about that Juvia. What time and where will we meet again?"

"7 am at the train station." The water mage informed.

"right.. wait. Train?"

"Juvia will go now then. Bye" Juvia ignored his incoming train complaint and walked away.

*sigh* "no point in staying here now I guess." Natsu packed his things and started to leave.

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~evening at Lucy's kitchen~

"He even tried threatening me! Can you believe that? I swear that cat is becoming rebellious because Lisanna is spoiling him too much." Natsu complained to his blond best friend while washing the dishes.

Lucy just kept wiping the bowl she's been holding. 'opposite's attracts huh..'

"hey Luce. You listening?"

Lucy stopped and putted the bowl down. She looked at Natsu straight in the eye. The pyro felt an uneasiness aura from Lucy's staring.

"Natsu" Lucy started.

"yeah."

"what do you think of Juvia?"

"huh?"

"just answer the question."

"uhhhh.." Lucy waits intently at his answer.

"well… she's a nice…….girl?" Natsu answered in hesitation. He wasn't prepared for this, so he had no clue of how he should answer.

Lucy let out a sigh of relief. 'what am I thinking? This is Natsu we're talking about here. Wait! Why am I troubled about this in the first place anyway?

"Luce." Lucy snapped out of her toughts, and looked at Natsu.

"yeah?"

Natsu looked at her with worried eyes. "your starting to scare me you know. You've been acting much weirder than before this past days."

"sorry about that." Lucy apologized with her head down.

After the two finished their dish washing chore. Lucy went to take a shower for an hour then she let Natsu use it next. After that, they went to bed. Natsu took the left side of the bed, while Lucy took the right side with their back's facing each other.

"hey. Natsu?"

"hmm?"

"am I being so weird, that it annoys you?" Natsu paused for a moment. Lucy turned her position, in which she's now facing Natsu's back.

"I'm calling you weird because you act weird. But your weird in a good way, so don't worry." Lucy smiled and closed her eyes, then Her head unintentionally touched Natsu's back. She didn't moved away and enjoyed the warmth of the dragon slayer's body heat. Soon, both mages had fallen asleep.

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~Magnolia train station~

Juvia waits patiently for her partner for the day. She arrived at the station five minutes earlier prior to their scheduled meetup. A minute had past before Natsu had showed up. The two entered the train, and sat facing each other.

"man.. I really don't like it here." Natsu stated then he looked at Juvia.

"so. What was the job about?" Natsu started to ask.

"Juvia only knows that the client lives in Hargeon. Master said that the job was classified so.. Juvia and Natsu-san will only find that out once they arrived there."

"who ever this client is. Must be an important person."

Juvia nodded "probably."

The train blew a loud whistle sound indicating that it's about to move. Natsu quickly got paled.

"oh no. Here we go.." Natsu instantly puffed his cheeks as the train started to move.

"is Natsu-san alright?" the rain woman asked with concern.

"not really." He weakly mumbled.

Natsu endured the entire trip of hell -in his opinion-. He tried really hard to not throw up and puked out all of the break fast he ate that Lucy made for him this morning.

As they reached Hargeon. Natsu kneeled, and kissed the ground gaining a few weirded looks from the other passengers. Juvia face palmed from embarrassment, and immediately pulled Natsu up from the ground. She tried to avoid grabbing more unwanted attention, by dragging him out from the crowd, while hugging his right arm.

"Juvia thinks that Natsu-san should hurry, and stopped making love with a floor."

"I wasn't making love with the floor. I was just being grateful that I got out from that hellish machine." Natsu reasoned.

A few minutes of walking, and Juvia noticed that the people in the city are still looking at them. But instead of being weirded, they are looking at them with smile on their faces. Juvia wonders what are they looking at, while Natsu being an idiot and clueless just smiled and waved at them with his left arm.

"oh to be young again" a random old civilian commented.

"my wife used to be that clingy too, when we were still young and dating." Another person commented.

Juvia caught up with it, and remembered that she was still hugging Natsu's arm. She quickly detached herself from the pyro, and started speed walking with her face being red from embarrassment.

"hey Juvia! Wait up." Natsu quickly tried to follow the rain woman.

The two are now walking at a grassy fields. Natsu walk's a little behind from Juvia, with his head resting on his arms. They've been walking for about two hours now, without even talking with each other. Natsu got bored with all the silence and tried to start a conversation.

"the weather sure is nice right now Huh?"

"yeah"

"it's nice to take a nap at a weather like this."

"yup"

Natsu is getting tired with her short replies. 'what's up with this chick?'

"come on Juvia. You gotta give me something here.."

"and what would Juvia must give to you?" the rain woman innocently replied.

Natsu let out a sigh. "this is getting awkward you know. Do you hate me or something?"

"Juvia doesn't know what Natsu-san is talking about." Juvia spotted a huge mansion. "we're here."

Natsu was amazed of how huge the mansion was. 'man.. it's probably bigger than Lucy's old house.' He thought. As they arrived at the front gate, Juvia pressed the door bell.

"who is it?" a voice came out from the lacrima speaker that is just above the door bell.

"we're mages from Fairy tail. We came here for the job." Natsu answered.

"oh. The countess have been waiting for you. Please come in." the gate suddenly opened automatically.

'countess?!' they both thought at the same time.

As they enter. They were greeted by the mansion's beautiful wide garden with a large fountain. Juvia beamed at the place.

"woow.. Juvia likes this place."

Natsu looked at her, and smiled. 'well what do you know.. she is a girl after all.'

When they neared the mansion. A guy wearing a butler suit, was waiting for them at the front door.

"greetings mister Dragneel and miss Lockser. I am Jonas, the head butler serving under the countess. Countess Eleanor is waiting for you. Please kindly follow me."

The two mages followed the butler inside the mansion. Juvia marveled at the beautiful and sophisticated interior decorations. Some of the furniture's are priceless antiques, while the others are well made from rare and high class materials, crafted by the finest craftsmen. The paintings that are hanged by the walls could cost for about half a billion jewels. Yup, one small attack from Natsu and the guild could go bankrupt. May the god's help Makarov and his precious guild funds.

Soon. They reached a door that leads to the living room.

knock* *knock*

"my lady.. The mages from Fairy tail are here."

"ah! Please let them in." the countess replied from the other side of the door.

The butler opened the door and entered the living room with Natsu and Juvia, and the countess kindly greeted the two mages.

The countess seems to be in her mid 30's. She had a brown hair, and wears an elegant yellow dress.

"thank you for accepting my request. Please have a seat." The said mages took their seat.

"hello. We would like to know what would our mission is gonna be miss um.. lady uh.. countess?" Natsu tried his best to ask in a formality way. Juvia face palmed.

The countess let out an amused soft giggle.

"no need to push yourself too much mister Dragneel. You can just address me as ma'am."

Natsu grinned. "ok ma'am! Then you can just call me Natsu, and this chick here is Juvia." He pointed his thumb to the water mage. Juvia face palmed again from her partner's stupidity.

"Natsu-san. Please just let Juvia do the talking." The rain woman requested.

"ok! Take it away Juvia!" Natsu cheerfully exclaimed.

The maid's that are currently cleaning the living room, failed to hide their laughs. Even Jonas smiled a little. While the countess covered her mouth, and laughed softly at the two.

Juvia buried her face in her hands. She was one step away till she cries from embarrassment. A moment later. Juvia sigh, and regain her composure.

"as Natsu-san said earlier. Juvia would like to know the mission Countess-san."

The countess smiled. "just call me Eleanor dear. And as for your mission.. I would like for you two, to act as the parents of my adopted daughter. Shina."

"eh?.." the two mages said at the same time.

The countess showed them an old photo. The two looked at the photo, and their eyes widen a little. The photo has three people in it. A man who has his left arm around the shoulders of a woman that was carrying a baby that seems to be a few months old. The man has a short pink hair that goes downwards, and wears a pair of glasses. While the woman has a mid length blue wavy hair, that goes down to the lower back of her shoulders. And the baby has a short pink hair, with two thick strands of blue hair on the front.

"this is the last photo of her parents." The countess informed .

Natsu looked at the countess. "pardon me ma'am. But why would you want us to pretend as this girls parents?" the countess and Juvia looked at Natsu.

The countess let out a soft sigh. "I adopted Shina, two years ago. But during those times, I have never even once saw that girl's genuine smile. I sometimes see her alone at the balcony crying while looking at this photo." A small tear had dropped to the countess's left eye. The butler immediately hand a handkerchief to the countess.

"my husband and I, never got a chance to have a child. So we decided to adopt. When we saw Shina at the orphanage, we already knew that, she's the one that we wanted. But my husband died last year, and he didn't even get to see Shina's genuine smile. And then, Shina has become even more gloomier since my husband died. So I promised my self that day, that I will do anything just to see my little Shina's genuine smile." She finished her story while wiping her eyes with the handkerchief that she received from Jonas.

Natsu was crying comically after hearing her story. Juvia was also crying silently while wiping her right eye using her index finger. Even the maids are busy wiping their tears.

After everyone stopped crying. Juvia decided to say something.

"so the reason why Eleanor-san specifically picked Juvia and Natsu-san for this job, was because they resembled Shina-san's parents." Eleanor nodded.

"Shina's parents died a long time ago, that she never got a chance to meet them. So I want you to take her out and be her biological parents for a day. And make her smile genuinely for me."

Natsu stood up from his seat. "Yosh! Let's do this! I promised you ma'am. That we will make Shina smiled genuinely!" Natsu declared while punching the air.

Juvia stood up too. "right! Juvia will do her best too."

Eleanor smiled brightly at the two mages. "you have my thanks. Please.. I'm counting on you two." The two noded. Eleanor stood up from her seat.

"I'll go and get Shina right now. Please wait here for a moment." Then the countess left the living room to fetch her adopted daughter.

Juvia and Natsu waited patiently in the living room. But Juvia seems to be fidgeting.

Natsu looked at the rain woman. "you ok there?"

"Juvia is nervous. She doesn't know how to act as a parent."

Natsu patted her shoulder. "you'll be fine. Just feed her, protect her, and have fun with her. That's it." Juvia sighed, and looked at natsu.

"Natsu san think it was so easy. Have you ever been a parent before?" Juvia irritably asked the pyro.

Natsu nodded and proudly pointed at himself with his right thumb. "Me and Lisanna raised Happy together." Juvia sighed again.

"there is a huge difference between raising a cat and a human Natsu-san." Natsu crossed his arms and looked at her with a smug.

"our job is just to be her parents and make her happy for a day. Were not gonna raise her."

"Juvia knows that. What Juvia's problem is.. That she doesn't know how will she make it fun for Shina-san." Natsu laughed.

"that's it?" juvia narrowed her eyes at him.

Natsu smiled at her. "you do the feeding part, and I'll do the making it fun part, then we'll both do the protecting part. Sound good?"

Juvia was surprised. She didn't expect that Natsu, of all people can cheer her up at a time like this. She gave Natsu a warm smile, then she nodded happily.

As they finished their plan, the door opened. Eleanor returned with her adopted child Shina.

Shina is a small girl, with a cute face. She had blue eyes, pink ponytailed hair that has two blue locks of hair framing her face. She wears a white T-shirt that has a rainbow printed on the front, and blue short shorts.

"we decided to dressed her like a normal city girl, so she wouldn't caught too much attention." The countess said as she presented her adopted daughter. "go on. Greet them sweetty."

"hello." Shina shyly greeted the two mages.

Natsu grinned, and waved at the little girl. "hey there!" Juvia smiled. "good morning Shina-san."

Eleanor looked at the two mages, and smiled. "I've also prepared an outfit for you two." She clapped her hands two times. Jonas and a maid suddenly appeared behind the two.

"eh?"

Jonas guided Natsu to a room, while the maid guided Juvia to a different one. A few minutes later, they came back with their new looks. They were placed to stand by, while holding Shina's hands.

Natsu was now wearing glasses, and had his hair down -instead of being spiky and upwards-. His outfit consists of a white T-shirt that has a bright sun printed on it, and a navy blue leather pants. He is currently holding Shinas left hand.

Juvia's hair has change it's style from being tightly curled from the base, to being wavy that goes down freely just below the back of her shoulders. She is now wearing a white T-shirt with a rain cloud printed on it, and a dark blue shorts that only reaches her mid thighs. She is currently holding Shina's right hand with a blush on her face.

"Awwww! You look so cute together! Like an adorable litte family." Eleanor happily stated, while clasping her hands to the side of her head.

Juvia blushes even deeper from embarrassment, while Natsu is starting to feel a little uncomfortable from what he was wearing. Shina looked side to side to her acting parents for the day, with her eyes sparkling on excitement.

"we're supposed to go out like this?" Natsu asked.

Eleanor looked at them with a pleading smile. "I know that your feeling a little uncomfortable with the sudden change of your looks but, please bare with it for a day."

The two mages looked at each other, then they looked at the kid. Shina is staring at them with sparkling eyes. Natsu smiled and kneeled down as he patted the kid's head.

"would you like to have fun and play with us, as your parents for a day? Shina."

Shina stared at Natsu's onyx eyes with her sparkling blue eyes. Then she smiled and nodded at him. Natsu gives her a joyous Grin.

Natsu stood up and punched his fist in the air. "great! We're gonna have a blast. I'm all fired up now!" he cheered with some small fire coming out from his mouth.

Shina smiled and raised her fist in the air. "I'm all fired up now!" she cutely tried to copy Natsu. Juvia smiled warmly at the two.

At the gate entrance of the mansion. Juvia, Natsu, and Shina are currently bidding their farewell to the countess.

"don't worry ma'am! She's in good hands!" Natsu assured to the countess. Juvia nodded in agreement.

"Juvia and Natsu-san will keep Shina-san safe no matter what."

Eleanor nodded at the two. She bend over at Shina's level, and smiled at her adopted daughter.

"have fun dear. And always listen to your mom and dad. ok?"

'mom and dad!' Juvia blushed at her statement.

"yes mother!" Shina kissed her mother on the cheek, before going with the two mages.

The trio waved their good byes to the countess, before leaving. Eleanor waved back at them.

Eleanor watched them as they leave, and smiled. 'good luck. I'm counting on you two. Please make her happy that I failed to do so.'

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And that's that. What do you think? Pretty cliché right? Any way, I was panning to make an Omake chapter for this story. Please look forward to it. Bye.