Hey guys! Chapter 5 is finally here! Hope you enjoy it, any way I have read your comments and some people are asking for Kagura, Erza, and Mira. Don't worry I already had plans for Erza and Mira but Kagura might need to wait a little longer. I'll try to satisfy your request but don't expect too much. For now just enjoy reading chapter 5.
CHAPTER 5: My little Rainbow
It is already noon when Natsu, Juvia, and Shina left the mansion. The trio was walking their way towards the main town of Hargeon, and Shina was enjoying herself with her two temporary parents for a day. The little girl was humming in a melody way while walking with Natsu and Juvia. Natsu looked and smiled at the little girl.
"by the way, how old are you Shina?" he asked.
"seven, um.. Natsu-san."
Natsu grinned at her. "I'm your papa now, right?" Shina smiled and nods at him. Juvia looked at them and tugged on Natsu's sleeve. Natsu turned to the water mage.
"Natsu-san.. Juvia was wondering of what your plans are, to make Shina-san happy." Natsu raised her an eyebrow
"your seriously calling her with the san honorifics? Any way, I think we should eat first. It's lunch time anyway."
Juvia deadpanned. "so we're going to a restaurant then?"
Natsu nods at her. "yup! But we're not gonna eat there, we'll just order a takeout."
Juvia tilted her head to the side. "why?"
Natsu widely grinned. "to have a picnic of course!"
Shina watched the two with sparkling eyes as they continue their conversation. She felt a warmth feeling in her chest, instinctively she grabbed both of their hands and hold them tight.
The two mages looked down at her. "daddy.." Shina said in a low tone as she looked at Natsu.
Natsu and Juvia immediately kneeled down at her.
"what's wrong?" Natsu asked.
"does anything hurt?" Juvia asked worriedly. Shina stared at them straight in their eyes for a moment, then she shakes her head.
Natsu smiled at her. "how about I carry you along the way?" Shina didn't had the time to answer as Natsu already lifted her up. "yosh!" Natsu placed her at his shoulders. "all set then, let's go!" Natsu energetically said before walking. Juvia quickly followed him.
"Natsu-san slow down, Shina-chan might fall." Juvia put her hand on Shina's back for support as she walked with Natsu. Shina smiled happily as she hugged Natsu's head.
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As they reached the main town of Hargeon, they quickly found a nice restaurant and bought every food and drinks that they will need. They spotted a small park by the river and decided to hold their picnic there.
"this looks like a nice spot!" Natsu arranged the picnic set that they bought along the way, while Juvia and Shina prepared the food.
"alright then, let's dig in!" Natsu started munching some meat. Juvia sighed at her partner's action while Shina laugh a little.
Juvia clasped her hand. "thanks for the food."
"thanks for the food." Shina copied her supposed mother.
They enjoyed their little family picnic. Some people who were passing by adored their little family.
"aww.. your child is so cute!" a kind lady who were passing by pinched Shina's cheeks. She then looked at the two.
"how long have you two been married?" she asked the two mages.
"well.. ahh.." Natsu was trying to find a way out of her question. He doesn't like to lie but the job said that they need to pretend as Shina's parents. Juvia however was blushing madly while thinking of a solution. 'Gray-sama! Forgive Juvia for what she was about to do.'
Juvia then grabbed Natsu's arm that took the pyro and the lady's attention. "eight years.."
The lady put her hand on her mouth. "oh my.. how old are you? You look so young!"
"t-twenty four.." Juvia was not technically lying, her supposed age was 24, but due to the Tenruo incident, Her age stopped for seven years, that's why she still looked 17.
Natsu scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly. "what she said."
"oh really? Well then.. I wish you and your family to have a nice day, and I'm sorry if I bothered you." The lady bowed politely and bid them a farewell. As the lady was gone, Natsu turned to Juvia.
"nice save back there Juvia!" Natsu gave the water mage a thumbs up.
Juvia turned her head away from him -trying to hide her flustered face-. "d-don't get the wrong idea.. Juvia o-only did that for Shina-chan, so she can feel like we're a real family."
Natsu nods his head. "mm.. gotcha!" he then turned to Shina. "so.. what do you want to do now Shina?" Shina fidgeted from his question.
"p-play.. c-can we play?" She shyly asked. Natsu and Juvia smiled brightly at her.
"of course we can!"
"there's no need to be shy around us Shina-chan." Shina beamed at her supposed parents. They packed up their picnic set so they can start playing some games.
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Meanwhile in a group of trees not too far from their picnic spot. Two shadowy figures are watching their little family picnic.
"are you sure about that girl?"
"of course Randy! I'm 100 percent sure, that kid is the daughter of the richest woman here in Hargeon!"
"countess Eleanor? They don't look alike Henry." Randy said.
"trust me! I already seen that kid with the countess from one of her parties." Henry assured.
"but why would an heir of the countess would go out in public without any security aside from those two people?" Randy asked his partner.
Henry just shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe the countess was so nice that she let her child to go out and play, and those two are probably her hired body guards."
Randy looked at Juvia and Natsu. "are you kidding? They don't look like body guards if you ask me, more like her actual parents."
Henry thought about what Randy said. "now that you mention it they do kinda resembled the girl. But I know that's just a disguise, let's just grab the kid and see what happens." Randy nodded.
"we'll find a chance then quickly make our move."
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~back to Natsu, Juvia, and Shina~
"4,5,6,7.." Natsu was currently counting while covering his eyes. "8,9,10! Ready or not, here I come!" He looked around but couldn't spot Juvia nor Shina. Natsu sniffed the air for their scent, but found nothing.
"Juvia must have used her magic to cover their scent." Natsu kept looking for them, he heard a ruffling sound from a bush and grinned. He slowly neared the bush and made a stance then he quickly pounced on the bush. "got ya!"
"ow!" Juvia winced from the pain that she got from Natsu's pouncing. When she open her eyes, she went red instantly as her and Natsu's face was 1 inch away from each other. After a mere moment of staring contest, She quickly pushed him away and stood up from their position. She dusted herself a little and offered Natsu a hand.
"let's go find Shina-chan, Natsu-san." Natsu nodded and took her hand. They looked around to find their supposed child.
"man.. this could have been a lot more easier if you didn't remove her scent." Juvia looked at him confusingly.
"what is Natsu-san talking about?" Natsu then looked at her.
"didn't you remove both of your scents to help you hide from me?"
Juvia shakes her head. "Juvia only removed her scent, She figured that it would be safer if Shina-chan can be easily tracked down."
Natsu then tried sniffing again, but nothing came out. The two mages suddenly felt alarmed at the situation. They split at the park, to ask people around.
"excuse me miss.. but have you seen a small girl wearing a white T-shirt that has a rainbow on it?" Natsu ask a passenger. The said passenger just shakes her head. Natsu felt worried and immediately run to find another searching spot.
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"sir! Have you seen juvia's daughter around? She has a pink ponytailed hair that has two blue locks that frames her face." Juvia asked a passerby.
"no miss, sorry."
As the passerby left, Juvia tightly gripped her hand to her chest as she looked around. The two mages kept searching and asking for an hour until they met up.
"Juvia. Have you found anything?" Natsu tiredly asked the rain woman. Juvia shakes her head.
"Juvia looked everywhere, but she found nothing." She started to tear up. "Juvia is a failure as mother." She sadly said to herself. Natsu saw how devastated she was right now, and did what he can only do..
He pulled Juvia into a hug and and gently patted the back of her head. "everything's gonna be ok. We'll find her, trust me." Juvia just sniffed and nod her head a she rested her head at Natsu's shoulder.
"Umm.. excuse me."
A small voice caught the two mage's attention. They broke their hug and looked down, and found a young boy about Shina's age was in front of them.
"I saw you guy's having a picnic with a cute girl earlier." The boy said. Juvia immediately kneeled down to meet the boy's height.
"yes, her name is Shina-chan! Do you know where she is?" the boy nodded. He then pointed to the river. "I saw her getting carried away by two weird guys, they were riding a boat." The boy informed the two mage.
Juvia gasped. "oh no!" Natsu clenched his fists. 'damn it!'
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~at the kidnapper's boat~
Henry and Randy's boat are currently sailing at the river.
"so what's the plan now?" Randy asked while cleaning his baton.
Henry pull out the cigarette from his mouth and blew a smoke. "we will take the child back to our hideout, and send a message to the countess to ask for ransom."
Randy looked at Henry. "what if we were wrong?" he pointed his baton to Shina. "I really doubt that this kid was related to the countess." Henry looked at Shina, who was currently sitting with her hands tied from her back and her mouth was also tied with a handkerchief. She was silently whimpering with small tears in her eyes. Henry just shrugged at Randy's doubts. "if we are wrong then.. we'll just ask her real parents for her ransom. We can just take what we can get."
*boom!*
A small explosion was suddenly heard that made the two alarmed.
"what was that?!" the two immediately went out to the boat's deck to check what happen. As they got out, they spotted a pink haired guy wearing glasses, that was running at the riverside that matches their boat's speed.
"Stop!" Natsu shouted at them while running.
"damn it! It's the guy from earlier!" Henry pull out he's gun and started charging it with magic, he then aimed it Natsu but…
*thud*
"argh!" Henry fell to his back. The boat suddenly started to rack.
"the river is acting weird!" Randy pointed out to a rising water. The said water started to form a human face shape.
"bring Shina-chan back now!" Juvia ordered, her eyes are burning with rage. She tried to charged at them but Randy quickly jumped at her.
"Zap shock!"
"ARGH!!" Juvia screamed in pain as Randy's lightning baton was swung against her.
"Juvia!" Natsu shouted in worry for his partner. He quickly inhaled a large amount of oxygen.
"Fire Dragon's ROAR!!"
Natsu blew a large wave of flames towards Randy.
"urgh!" Randy screamed as his body was being devoured by Natsu's flames. Henry then charged his guns with magic to aim it at Natsu. Juvia recovered from the pain she had earlier and quickly used her water magic to deflect Henry's incoming attack.
"Guns Magic: Spark Bullets"
"Water Slicer"
The two attacks collided that caused a huge water explosion. Henry was about to charge his guns again, but a large amount of water suddenly surrounded him and instantly trapped him inside a huge floating ball of water.
"Water Lock"
Henry didn't notice that Juvia was already at the boat's deck with him.
"where is Shina-chan?" Juvia asked Henry, her eyes are filled with rage that promises an instant kill if she wouldn't like his answer. Henry gulped in fear. 'this woman is crazy!' he slowly pointed his finger at the door behind Juvia. Juvia opened the door and found a tied Shina sitting at the ground while crying. Juvia immediately ran to her supposed daughter and quickly untie her ropes. After being freed, Shina quickly hugged Juvia and cried loudly.
"WAAH! MOMMY!" Juvia started to tear up also, then she hugged Shina back.
"WAAH! SHINA-CHAN! MOMMY WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU!" the two continued their crying moment until..
*thud*
The two stopped crying and look behind their backs. They found Natsu lying down at the boat's deck, his face were paled and his cheeks was puffing. They quickly run to him.
"daddy are you ok?" Natsu tried his best to give Shina an assuring smile.
"yeah… somehow…" he then slowly raised his hand to pat Shina on the head gently. "how.. about you…?" Natsu asked Shina while stopping his vomit from coming out. Shina smiled brightly at Natsu and told him that she's alright. Juvia watched the two and felt a warm feeling inside her chest, she then looked to the side and found a roasted Randy and a drenched Henry. Both kidnappers are tightly tied in ropes with a few large bumps on their heads and their eyes are all blackened like a panda. 'looks like Natsu-san overdid it with their punishment while Juvia was with Shina-chan' Juvia giggles at the thought.
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Juvia let out a huge sigh of relief. "Juvia is already tired." Juvia and Natsu are now walking in the Hargeon main town with Shina being hugged and carried by Juvia.
After the incident, they reported what happen and handed the two kidnappers to the rune knights.
"we still got a few hours before sunset." Natsu said, he then looked at Juvia and Shina. "you know if your so tired then why don't you let the kid go, and I'll carry you on my back." Juvia blushed at His suggestion, she tighten her hold on Shina and rested her chin on top of the child's head. "Juvia doesn't want to let her eyes off of Shina-chan again." She reasoned with a pink blush on her cheeks. Natsu let out a small laugh at the rain woman's over protectiveness. Juvia made a cute pout at Natsu's reaction.
"what's so funny?"
"nothing really." Natsu then grinned at the water mage. Juvia blushed a little at his silly grin and quickly looked way to avoid him seeing her current face.
"umm…" Shina was trying to say something, This caught the two mage's attention.
"what is it?"
"you can tell mommy if there's a problem."
Shina shakes her head. "It's nothing, I just wanted to say that I'm happy right now." Juvia and Natsu suddenly stopped walking. "even though I got into trouble mommy and daddy came and saved me, so in the end I am happy." Shina finished her statement while blushing and playing with her fingers. The next thing happen, Shina was suddenly got tightly embraced lovingly by the two mages.
"don't worry Shina! I will always protect you no matter what happened!" Natsu declared while comically crying.
"mommy will never let any bad guys near you again!" Juvia cried while rubbing her cheek with Shina's. The little girl was confused of why her supposed parents are crying right now, but being embraced by them right now made her heart melt in happiness.
"ok! It's still a little early before sunset so Let's go and have more fun!" Natsu cheered while punching the air. Juvia nods her head in agreement.
"Natsu-san is right, and we still have to make Shina-chan smile genuinely."
"alright then!" Natsu grabbed Juvia's hand and started to run.
"Natsu-san wait…!" Juvia's pleading was ignored as the dragon slayer kept on running.
Eventually the two stopped their running and was now at the amusement park.
"wow!" Shina looked all around the amusement park with her sparkling blue eyes filled with excitement. Natsu grinned at her.
"you like it here?"
Shina happily nodded her head. "mhm! I've never been in a place like this before. Thank you daddy!" her cute happy face made Natsu scratched the back of his head while blushing in embarrassment.
"aww… it was nothing."
Juvia pouted in jealousy. "mmm.. mommy can also take you to fun places." She muttered. Shina comforted the pouting Juvia by snuggling into her chest. Natsu then patted Juvia on the head.
"I'll be counting on you in this one Juvia."
Juvia looked at him confusingly. "huh?"
Natsu lightly scratched his chin using his index finger. "most of the fun stuff here are rides so… you know."
"Then why did Natsu-san chose this place?"
Natsu looked at Shina and gently ruffled her hair. "the point of this trip is to make Shina happy, so I'm willing to do anything." Juvia looked at Natsu with awe, then she smiled warmly at him.
"you really are something." Juvia walked past him and stopped after a few steps. She looked back at him and smiled.
"let's go… Natsu-kun."
Natsu perked up a little from the sudden change of being called, he then decided to just smiled back and followed her.
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"tickets for two adults and one kid please."
"here you go sir, please come again!"
"Thanks!" Natsu ran back to Juvia and Shina after buying the tickets for the Ferris wheel.
"sorry, the line wasn't short as I expected."
Juvia waved him off. "It's fine, we wasn't waiting for that long." Juvia then started fidget a little which didn't go unnoticed by Natsu.
"what's wrong?"
Juvia tighten her hold on Shina for a little bit before looking up at Natsu's eye with a small tint of pink on her cheeks. "umm.. Natsu-kun, there was this person that works here and she offers a photographer services and.." Juvia's face became red before continuing. "she asked Juvia if she could be our rented photographer but Juvia said that she will ask Natsu-kun for permission first." Juvia finished. Natsu thought about it for moment.
"hmm.. where is she then?"
"she's right there." Juvia pointed to her right. Natsu looked and spotted a woman wearing the same uniform that the guy from the ticket booth wears.
"ok, lets go talk to her." Juvia nodded before following Natsu.
"umm.. excuse me." The photographer looked back at them.
"oh! You must be her husband. I am Lea, I work here at Hargeon's amusement park as a photographer and I offered a discount service to your wife earlier, but she said that she will ask for her husband's permission first. So I said that if you ever got interested, you can find me here. So are you interested sir?"
'this girl talked too much' Natsu thought with a sweatdrop. "yeah right.. uhh.. how much will it be then?"
"oh, my rate was 2,000 jewels per hour, but since you had a such a cute kid I will be willing to offer my service for 1,000 jewels per hour." Lea finished with gleeful smile.
Natsu nodded his head and smile. "ok then, will take it."
Lea smiled and bowed her head in gratitude. "thank you so much sir! I like your family T-shirts by the way."
Natsu sweatdropped again. "uhh.. thanks." Juvia tugged on Natsu's sleeve. "are you sure Natsu-kun?" he nodded happily at her. "yeah. Having photos will make this special day be easier to remember for Shina, and I can put some of the photos to my memory wall."
"thank you daddy!" Shina happily thanked her supposed father.
Natsu made a smug look. "you know.. I'm starting to think that she likes me more than you, not that it's a competition." Juvia grew a thick mark, she then turned away with Shina.
"fine then! Juvia and Shina-chan will just have to enter the Ferris wheel by themselves, so they can spend much more time with each other." Juvia pouted before walking to the Ferris wheel. Natsu quickly ran up to her.
"wait! Come on.. I was just joking!" Natsu pleaded while Juvia playfully ignored him and kept walking.
'this family is quite interesting!' Lea thought before following them.
Natsu, Juvia, and Shina spend their time having fun in the amusement park, they ride on a Ferris wheel, Merry go round and play a bunch of amusement park games, while Lea took her time snapping pictures at them while they had their fun. Soon the sun was about to set and they've decided that it's time to head back to the mansion.
"thank you for taking our photos Lea-san." Juvia thanked the photographer.
"the pleasures all mine, It was my job after all. Please call me if you ever decided to come back here in Hargeon amusement park."
Natsu nodded at her. "we'll take you as our photographer again if we come back here."
Lea smiled at them. "thank you so much sir! I hope you have a safe trip back home."
The two mages waved her a good bye before leaving.
"looks like we really drained her out." Natsu stated as he looked down at Shina who is sleeping soundly at Juvia's chest. Juvia smiled before she nods her head.
"mhm."
"hey, want me to carry her till we get to the mansion?" Natsu suggested. Juvia looked at him for a moment then smiled.
"fine.." Natsu gently took Shina from Juvia, careful enough so that the little girl wont wake up.
Juvia walked with Natsu while her hands was on her back. "now Juvia felt a little cold without Shina-chan warming her body."
Natsu smirked at her comment. "ehh.. but I thought you loved the cold, since when did you like the warm?" He teasingly said.
Juvia suddenly stopped and thought about his joke. 'now that Natsu-kun mention it, Juvia haven't thought about Gray-sama for a while now.'
Natsu stopped his walking when he noticed his partner was not keeping up with him. "hey, you ok there?"
Juvia snap out of her inner thoughts. "yeah, Juvia is fine. Juvia was just wondering of what is Gray-sama doing right now."
Natsu looked at her with a little shock on his eyes. "wow.. this a the first time that I heard you say the ice stripper's name for today."
Juvia frowned at him. "stop insulting Gray-sama!"
Shina woke up from the sudden voice raising, Juvia quickly dashed and grabbed Shina away from Natsu. "sorry! Mommy didn't meant to wake you up because of her loudness." She apologized before hugger tightly on her chest.
Shina rubbed her eyes and yawned. "what's happening? Are you two fighting?" she asked innocently.
Natsu scratched the back of his head. "well.. ah-."
"oh no Shina-chan! Mommy and daddy aren't fighting, right Natsu-kun?!" Natsu just sweatdropped at Juvia's sudden change of attitude.
"yeah.. right."
"but why is mommy raising her voice at daddy?"
"well, because your dumb ol daddy just said something stupid again." Juvia smilingly said to her before glaring at Natsu.
Shina just giggled at her. "does daddy always says something stupid?"
Juvia giggled back at her daughter. "yeah! every time when he got a chance."
"hey! I'm right here you know!"
"we know!" the mother and daughter duo playfully said in unison. They continued their teasing remarks with Natsu being their target until they have reached the mansion.
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~the countess's mansion~
Eleanor took a sip of her tea. "I see.. well It's a good thing that you have taken out of those kidnappers." As soon as the trio got back to the mansion, Natsu and Juvia reported everything that happened to the countess.
Juvia bowed her head. "Juvia was very sorry for not taking good care of Shina-chan."
Natsu did the same. "I am to be blamed too, I was the one who suggested to play that game."
Eleanor smiled at them. "there's nothing to apologized for, a lot of bad people are after for my wealth so I already expected that there will be a few hiccups on your trip." The two mages raised their heads to look at the countess, Eleanor took another sip of her tea. "I chose you two for this job not only because of your resemblance to Shina's parents, but also because of what I researched about your nature and your prowess. You wouldn't think that I would just send my daughter out there without even knowing the people that she's going with, wouldn't you?"
Juvia and Natsu smiled at her words. "thank you ma'am/Eleanor-san!" they bowed again in gratitude.
Natsu then remembered something. "ah! We haven't made Shina smile genuinely yet!" Juvia gasped. "your right Natsu-kun! What are we gonna do?!" the two started to panic, fearing to failed their job.
Eleanor laughed a little at their antics. "calm down you two." She took the photos on the table and looked at them. "based on these pictures that you showed me, you might haven't noticed it yet but.. Shina was smiling genuinely at you two all this time." She then looked at the two mages. "can I please have some of these?"
"of course Eleanor-san!"
Natsu smiled while nodding his head. "take as much as you liked ma'am!" Eleanor nodded and kept looking at the photos, moments later.. her eyes widen a little at one photo that caught her attention. She smiled and handed the photo to Natsu and Juvia. "I think it would be best if you keep this one."
Natsu and Juvia took a good look at the photo. Juvia instantly got her face flushed in red while Natsu grinned at the picture. The picture was about Juvia, Natsu, and Shina happily eating their cotton candies, while Juvia was wiping Natsu's mouth with a napkin.
"this is a good one, I'm gonna put this on my memory wall!" Natsu declared cheerfully before putting the photo in his pocket.
The door suddenly open as Shina entered the living room. "umm.. are mommy and daddy gonna go home now?" she shyly asked with saddened eyes. Eleanor sigh and smiled at her. "no dear, they are gonna spend the night here."
'eh?!' Juvia and Natsu thought in shock. Shina smiled happily at her mothers words. "are you sure Eleanor-san?" Juvia asked.
Eleanor nodded her head and looked at the window. "it is already getting dark outside, so I suggest that you rested for the night here." The two mages smiled at the countess. Shina then went and jumped at her mother's lap and hugged her tightly.
"thank you mother!"
Eleanor returned the hug and called for Jonas. "Jonas, could you kindly escort our guests to their rooms."
"of course my lady."
Jonas escorted Natsu and Juvia to their guest rooms. The two mages requested for their rooms to be next to each other so they can easily meet up for the time of their departure in the morning.
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"man.. this room is so huge that it's making me uncomfortable." Natsu was lying at his bed that seems to be twice bigger than Lucy's. He then decided to stand up.
"I think I'm gonna train for a little so I can tire my self out." Natsu started to do some basic physical training.
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Juvia was also lying at her own large bed. "Juvia wonders of how is Natsu-kun doing right now, Juvia bet that he is having a hard time sleeping, considering he isn't the type to like this sort of treatment." She then stood up from her bed.
"Juvia is going to check on him." She went out of her room to go for Natsu's door.
*knock* *knock*
The door opened and Juvia was greeted by a topless Natsu who was now sweating while panting heavily. Juvia's cheeks became pinkish from the sight she was seeing.
"sup Juvia, you need something?"
"Juvia was just checking if Natsu-kun is ok."
Natsu grinned. "yeah I'm ok, just doing some training."
"training?" Juvia then peeked over at Natsu's back and found all of the furniture of the guest room was scattered around.
*gasped!* "Natsu-kun what have you done?!" Juvia ran past at Natsu to go inside his room.
Natsu scratched the back of his head. "well.. they don't have any barbells here that I can lift up, so I just improvised." Juvia face palmed.
"we need to fixed this before someone came in here." Juvia then started pushing a cabinet back to it's original spot. Natsu quickly went after Juvia.
"wait I'll help! I'm the one who did this anyway."
The two spent about half an hour in fixing the guest room, until they were down to the last thing that they need to put back.. an expensive vase.
"I think this goes on top of that drawer." Natsu walked to the drawer while carrying the vase.
"Natsu-kun please be careful with that." Juvia tried to warn him but Natsu already slipped. Juvia then quickly dashed at him and swiped the vase to the bed's direction, the vase safely landed on the bed but Natsu still fell and accidentally grabbed Juvia's hand, causing her to fall down with him.
*Thud!*
"daddy, are you asleep?" Shina opened the door and entered the room. Juvia and Natsu didn't expect their supposed daughter's sudden arrival.
"what are you and mommy doing?" She asked while tilting her head to the side.
"It's not what it looks like! Mommy was just uh..." Juvia doesn't know how she should explain the situation cause she was currently wearing a nightgown while straddling a topless Natsu, so she said the first thing that comes out of her mind. "mommy and daddy were just playing some wrestling! Yup, that's it!" she finished her reason by letting out an awkward laugh.
Natsu finally decided to say something. "hey Juvia.. mind getting off of me?" Juvia quickly stood up, her face steaming while blushing from embarrassment.
Natsu then turned his attention to Shina. "What's up Shina?"
"um.. I just came to talk a little." She said while fidgeting.
Natsu put on his shirt before sitting on the bed and patted his right side, telling her to sit beside him. Shina smiled and happily hopped on Natsu's bed to sat beside him.
"eh! But what about mommy?" Juvia pouted.
"just sit here Juvia." Natsu deadpanned, Juvia did what he said and sat beside Shina. "what is it that you wanna talked about?"
Shina lowered her head a little. "I just wanted to say thank you for everything.. and.. I'll miss you."
Natsu smiled and ruffled her hair. "don't worry, we'll visit you sometimes. Oh! I almost forgot, please smile more for your mother ok." Shina looked at him confusingly.
"what is daddy talking about?"
"Shina-chan, daddy meant that you should smile to Eleanor-san more often so she wouldn't get too worried." Juvia clarified.
Shina made a sad expression. "I didn't mean to make her worry, It's just that.. I don't want to embarrass her." Natsu was taken aback from what she said.
"what do you mean?"
Shina looked up to the ceiling. "mother was a well known dignified woman that people always look up to, people at the parties said that we don't really look alike.. so I-."
"don't listen to them Shina! Their opinion is nothing you should be concerned about!" Natsu interrupted, Juvia nodded.
"Natsu-kun is right! You should only focus on being with Eleanor-san rather than listening to what they say."
"I know, but.."
Natsu hugged her for comfort. "your mother adopted you cause she want's to be with you, not because of giving face to those people. trust me! If she heard them talking like that about you she will surely kicked their asses and if they're still alive I'll burn them." He grinned at her. Juvia then join in the hug.
"those people doesn't know what their saying, if you heard them saying something like that to you again then just tell mommy and Eleanor-san they will surely hunt those people down." Shina looked at them both with sparkling eyes, she closed her eyes and enjoyed the warmth that their giving. Soon the three broke their hug and Shina jumped down from the bed.
"thank you so much mommy! Daddy! I will go and talk to mother now!" she bowed politely at the two before running to her adopted mother.
Natsu watched her as she leaves. "looks like she's ok now, its getting late how about we go get our sleep." Juvia nodded and was about to follow him to bed but immediately stopped.
"J-Juvia wont be sleeping with you, you idiot!" Juvia screamed while blushing then she quickly run back to her room.
Natsu just sweatdropped. 'I never said to sleep here with me'
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~Eleanor's room~
"and then, and then.. we rode a Ferris wheel! The merry go round and..."
"slow down dear." Eleanor giggled at her daughters story telling. The two are now sitting at their bed while Eleanor gently brushes Shina's hair.
"by the way dear, how are your mommy and daddy doing right now?"
"oh.. they are ok mother! Mommy said that she was just playing some wrestling with daddy!" Shina exclaimed innocently.
"oh… r-really?" Eleanor nervously smiled with a sweatdropped. 'wrestling? what are those two doing at my guest room?!'
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~morning~
Natsu and Juvia was bidding their farewell to the countess and Shina.
"thank you for everything, and please visit us whenever you like."
Natsu gave the countess a thumbs up. "no problem ma'am!"
"WAAH! Mommy will surely visits Shina-chan!" Juvia cried as she hugged the child. Natsu sighed and picked Juvia up from the back her collar.
"well. We'll be going now, see ya! Take care Shina!" Natsu waved at them before walking away while dragging a still crying Juvia.
"wait!"
Natsu stopped from walking to looked back and found Shina running up to them.
*pant* *pant* "will you still be my daddy even though we're far apart?"
Natsu kneeled down at her level and placed his forehead on hers.
"always! My little rainbow."
Shina smiled happily and hugged the dragon slayer. "waah! Juvia will always be your mommy too!" Juvia comically cried as she hugged the two of them together.
Eventually they broke their group hug and had their goodbyes. Shina happily run back to her mother while Natsu and Juvia started heading their way back to Magnolia.
'ok! Now I can go back to training!' Natsu thought as he clenched his fist while walking.
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Whew! That was bit longer than the other chapters. I hopped you enjoyed reading that one, please look forward to chapter 6. Thanks bye.
