"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

The next morning soon came as the rising sun came

She, Cana, Erza, and Kamika were sleeping in a room as the morning sunlight soon hits Lucy's face from the window

Moaning in her sleep, Lucy stretched herself on bed before slowly opening her eyes

"-yawn-….it's morning?" Lucy said as she yawned again while blinking a few times before sitting up and stretched herself up again "…man..the party was so…partying"

Lucy soon realized that she and the others were in a room as the last thing that they remembered was partying till they drop

"where are we?" Lucy said as she got off bed and went to the window

From there, Lucy sees that she and the others were in Natsu's mansion and the man himself was doing some farm work right now


Lucy got out as she reached to the front door and finds Éclair sitting on the porch, a coat on her shoulders, and was holding a mug of coco

"good morning" Lucy greeted as Éclair turns to look at her before smiling

"good morning" Éclair replied before she looks to Natsu who was carrying a basket filled with freshly picked corn and then there was another Natsu who was carrying a stack of hay "had a nice sleep?"

"almost" Lucy said as she sat beside Éclair "the town's fire wine ain't like normal wine at all"

"I guess it gave you a hangover?" Éclair asked giggling as Lucy nodded

"I think I'm going to layoff the alcohol from now on" Lucy replied before she looks to Natsu and his copies who were working hard on the farm

Lucy and Éclair watched Natsu as the man and his copies harvested the crops of the farms with the animals nearby

"he's sure working hard" Lucy said "all of them, that is"

"that's a given" Éclair said "he has to work hard if he lives in a farm"

"you know, it's hard believing it sometimes" Lucy said while looking at a copy of Natsu who was opening the barn and a herd of cows and sheeps came out before another Natsu throws in their feed

"what?" Éclair asked

"it's hard believing that Natsu, the man who has insane fire magic power, incredible knowledge over magic, and our magic trainer. Is just a simple and happy farmer living in a town like this" Lucy said "but I guess that's life, and it'll be a mystery to us all"

"that sounded like you took that from a book" Éclair said giggling before looking to a copy of Natsu who was grooming North's fur "but you're right..it's hard to believe that Natsu, the Natsu that we know is just a simple farmer with a kind heart"

"yeah" Lucy stated "a simple farmer who loves his friends and families"

"even us" Éclair said before looking to Lucy "have you ever had a boyfriend before, Lucy?"

"no, why you ask that?" Lucy asked while tilting her head

"why not join us? Natsu treats us equally and we don't mind sharing" Éclair said smiling while Lucy's face turned red "he's also gentle for all of us too"

"E-E-E-E-Éclair! When are you so perverted!?" Lucy exclaimed "I never thought that you were that person!"

"looks can be deceiving after all" Éclair said giggling as Lucy just looks at her with wide eyes, her mouth hanging loose "you never know what you least expect"

Lucy just looks at her with surprise as she didn't know whether to listen to her or scold her

Meanwhile, while the two girls were conversing

The original Natsu who was holding a scythe on his shoulder, walks towards the rice crops before taking a look at the girls. He hears their conversation with his enhanced hearing as he sighs

"Cana was one thing, but Éclair sure is getting" Natsu said while rubbing his chin "Unpredictable"

Natsu walks to the rice field before stopping a moment to look at the two girls and sees Lucy steaming, Éclair giggling

"well…Lucy is a beautiful girl…" Natsu thought before eying Lucy's figure, a grin appearing on his face "she'll be worth to have as a mate"

Natsu walks to the field as he cracks his neck before he started harvesting


3 hours later, Natsu was still harvesting the crops of his farm but with the help of the girls and Dan with the gang

"uuggghhh! Uggghhh!" Mira grunted out as she was trying to pull out a radish from the ground "why is this thing!? Not budging!?"

Veins popped out of Mira's hands as her face was turning red, she pulled with all her strength, but the radish wasn't coming out. soon Mira fell down, exhausted from using all her strength and wasn't able to pull out the radish at all

"it's…no…use!" Mira said while gasping for air "…this..radish…isn't…budging!"

"you ok!? Big sis Mira!?" Dan exclaimed as the gang man had decided to call Natsu's mates' big sis then their names. Dan came to Mira's aid as the man helps her up "you hurt, big sis Mira!?"

"I'm alright..and don't shout will ya?" Mira said as she scratches her ears "you're going to make me deaf"

"oh, sorry, Big sis Mira!" Dan exclaimed as he bowed

"just stop with the shouting" Mira said as she sighs before looking to the radish that she was trying to pull out "and I'm not fine, this radish isn't coming out"

"oh, let me help, Big sis Mira" Dan said as he went and grabs the leaves of the Radish

"just don't, I used all my strength and I couldn't pul-!?" Mira said as she thought that it was impossible for Dan to pull the Radish out when she couldn't but she was proven wrong when Dan pulled out the Radish and it was a fricking giant Radish, the size of a Ship's cannon "ah!?"

"there you go, Big sis Mira!" Dan said as he place the Radish down "Big Boss' King Radish are always stubborn when you want to pull them out, but if you give it a good twist before pulling, they'll come out like baby Pongs"

"o-oi, that Radish is literally humongous." Mira said with a sweatdrop "and you just pulled it out with ease"

"that's nothing, Big Sis Mira!" Dan said grinning as he rolled his sleeves and showed a perfectly build arm muscle "I can only up to 30 King Radishes and it takes an hour! Big Boss can do a 100 in just a minute!"

"a h-hundred? In a M-minute?" Mira said looking awkward

"but I'm sure Big Sis Mira can do it in just 30 seconds!" Dan said "Big Boss' mates are strong after all!"

"y-yeah..strong" Mira said as Dan walks away

"see ya later, Big sis Mira! Got to go harvest some King Beets!" Dan said as Mira couldn't believe how crazy strong Dan was

Mira went to another Radish as she grabs the leaves

"grab and twist…" Mira said as she twisted the leaves and pulled hard. The King radish instantly came out "alright!"

Before long, Mira falls down as the King Radish was not only humongous, but it was as heavy as hell

"i-I think I need to start some muscle training after this" Mira said as she pushed the king radish aside, the giant vegetable nearly crushing her "farm work is harsh"


Erza and Kagura were at a strawberry filled with 2 copies of Natsu and some of the gang members as they were harvesting the strawberries there but some of the strawberries were humongous

"never have I seen a King strawberry up close" Erza said as she picked one and carries it, nearly dropping it because of how heavy it was

"and there's some Golden Strawberries as well" Kagura stated as she saw some small golden strawberries that were shining "these ones are really rare and extremely expensive"

"if you want to try, you can eat it" a copy of Natsu said while passing by with a giant basket filled with giant strawberries "there's more of them around here"

"is it fine?" Erza asked before another copy came as the two copies picked the two golden strawberries and place them into their mouths

"does this answer your question?" the two copies said at the same time before they grabbed Kagura and Erza by their waist and kissed them while passing the strawberries into them

After sharing a small kiss and eating some strawberries, they separated as Kagura and Erza blushed hard while eating the golden strawberries

"guess that was a yes" one copy of Natsu said to the other before the two went away to continue harvesting

"please tell me that those copies were just cunning and amusement" Kagura said as she tried to calm herself down

"somehow I don't think so" Erza said, still blushing from the mouth to mouth feeding


At the other side of the farm; Ultear, Ikaruga, and Kamika were at a big lake with a copy of Natsu who was in the water

Natsu walks in the water before he stopped and rolled his shoulder around

"get ready" Natsu said as Ultear and the others nodded

Natsu took a deep breath as he dives in, causing water to splash out

Things went silent as the water ripples a bit before it shakes and Natsu came bursting out of the water while riding on a giant blue catfish that has what appears to be apples growing on its whiskers

"now!" Ultear exclaimed as she waved her hand to the side, the water instantly freezing in ice

Ikaruga summoned Chitetsu as she draws the sword multiple times before sheathing it

The fruits on the catfish's whiskers were cut off from it

Kamika was next as she throws multiple white grey paper that flies around, catching all the fruits before flying back to them, piling up on the grass

Natsu rides on the catfish as it dives down, breaking the ice

"thanks" Natsu said as the catfish swims away before the man goes back to Ultear and the others "that was refreshing"

"you know, when you said that you needed help fishing, I had a different thing imagined" Ultear said while pointing to the pile of fruits near them

"what kind of fruits are these?" Kamika asked while holding one in her hand

"Fish Apples, they taste like apples, but the texture is like fish meat" Natsu said as he grabs one and took a bite "they're pretty high priced because it's hard to harvest them from the Cara Catfish"

"I see" Ikaruga said holding an apple before taking a bite and chewed "very interesting taste and texture"


"Yuumm~!" Cana exclaimed as she was in heaven "this one is definitely good!"

She, Lucy, and Éclair were in a cellar filled with barrels of wine everywhere

"can you do this more seriously, Cana?" Lucy asked as she holds some papers while doing some signing on a few barrels that are marked red "Natsu needs to know which one are aged well"

"but I can't help it~! Natsu told me to taste and tell you guys which are aged to perfection but each one taste better than the last!" Cana exclaimed as she tasted some more and sighs in satisfaction "I just want to marry him right now!"

Lucy sighs as they were getting nowhere because of Cana

"why did Natsu asked us to do this one?" Lucy asked as Natsu should know what Cana would do when she is near any type of alcohol "we are barely making any progress"

"not really" Éclair said as she marked some barrel green with a magic marker "Cana said that the next one is better than the last one, so it'd be easier to find the better one"

"haaa. Why do I think that Natsu knew that this would happen?" Lucy asked sighing as she did some signing on the papers


It took another 2 hours of crop harvesting as everyone harvested the entire crop in the form before they finished in another hour

Three giant trucks were parked in front of the farm as Dan and the gang were loading up crates after crates filled with crops while some were rolling barrels of wine into the trucks

"thanks" Natsu said as he was signing some papers with an old man who is a market seller "sorry that it been a while since we last did business"

"no problem" the old man replied with a smile as Natsu gave the papers back "you're still young and young people like you need some freedom after all"

"yeah" Natsu said as he shakes hand with the old man "thanks for the purchase as always"

"it's nothing" the old man said before handing Natsu a suitcase "best of luck with the next harvest"

"will do" Natsu replied as the old man walks away

The three trucks had their engines lit up as their cargo was loaded and they were soon off

Natsu waved them off before he went back to Éclair and the others who were at the front porch of the mansion, exhausted while Dan and the gang served them some drinks

"thanks for the hard work" Natsu said as he handed Dan, a stack of cash from the suitcase "you guys fair share"

"thanks! Big boss!" Dan and the gang exclaimed while doing a bow "but you don't have to give us this! We are just happy that we can get to work back in harvesting your farm again!"

"just take it" Natsu said "it's my way of saying thanks after all"

"can't deny that!" Dan said grinning before he and the rest started leaving

"see you tomorrow Big boss and Big Boss' mates!" Dan and the other exclaimed as they bowed before leaving

"yeah" Natsu replied before he looks to the girls who were resting themselves up "you guys still tired?"

"wouldn't it be obvious?" Mira said while drinking some lemonade "the crops in your farm are insane"

"and so are Dan and the others" Lucy added in as she saw Dan lifting three heavy barrels like they were light as a feather "not only are they very famous but they are very strong"

"your doing perhaps?" Ikaruga asked as Natsu nodded

"they've been helping me in harvesting the crops since middle school" Natsu said "in terms of magic power, they're weak but physical strength, they'll give Mira a run for her money"

"hey" Mira retorted

"anyway, since the harvesting is done. Why don't you guys hit the hotspring while I make breakfast?" Natsu asked with a smile

"you have a hotspring here?" Kagura asked as Natsu nodded

"a good one" Natsu said grinning


The girls were soon in Natsu's hotsprings as they were relaxing in it

"this hotspring's water is even better than the one in Corona Town" Lucy said smiling as her tired body was being rejuvenate in the warm hotspring water "this is heaven"

"you can say that again" Mira said as she stretched her arms up, the bones soon started popping "the water is loosening my cramp and tired muscles already"

"I'm starting to think that if Natsu's father loves hotsprings, I guess that liking was passed on to Natsu" Erza said as she tied her hair in a towel bun

"possibly" Kagura said as she had her hair tied in a ponytail

"a very good passed on trait" Ikaruga said while having a floating bucket near her that had a bottle of sake in it

"do you always drink sake when in the hotspring?" Ultear said while washing her face with a rinsed towel

"yes, but you should tell that to Cana" Ikaruga said as Cana was drinking a bottle of sake before laughing as she was enjoying drinking while bathing in the water which made Ultear sweatdrop

Éclair was humming before she sighs as she smiled

"enjoying it much?" Kamika asked before momon came floating by, the Firebird taking a bath in the hotspring as well

"yes" Éclair replied as she looks at her reflection in the water "and enjoying some good memories thanks to it"

"ho? Good memories during the Corona Town field trip?" Kamika asked as Éclair nodded "then, is it also because…"

Kamika leaned close to Éclair's ear as she whispered some words to hear

Éclair blushed a bit as she smiled before nodding

"I knew it" Kamika said before she blushed "but I also had my time with Master in the Photography club"

"he is such a stamina horse, isn't he?" Éclair asked giggling as Kamika giggles back

"very true" Kamika replied


Natsu was inside as he placed plates of bacon, eggs, rice, and a pot of tea to the dining table

He sighs before hearing Happy meowing bellow him, the feline was with 2 older cats one seeming white and the other blue like him

"I know" Natsu said as he went to the kitchen for a minute before coming back with a big bowl of fish "here you three"

Placing the bowl down, Happy and the two older cats meowed before they started to eat the fish

Natsu smiled before he grabs a pen and a paper nearby, he scribbles some words on the paper before placing it on the table leaving it as a note

The man soon went out after grabbing a piece of bacon to eat


The girls were soon finished with their bath as they went back in the mansion

"Natsu?" Lucy called out as the man wasn't in

"did he go somewhere?" Mira asked, not seeing him anywhere

"here" Erza called out as she had Natsu's note in hand

"gone away for an hour, be right back" Kagura read out the note as Natsu won't be returning till an hour "he's not joining breakfast?"

"he must have something to do" Ultear said while combing her hair

"then let us partake in our meal and wait for him to return" Ikaruga said going to the dining table

"right about that" Cana said following Ikaruga before she squealed when she saw beer on the table "I love Natsu!"

"always with the beer, huh?" Mira said sighing

The others went in but Kamika stopped to look at Éclair who was looking at the pictures hanged up the wall

"something wrong?" Kamika asked as Éclair looks to her and shook her head

"nothing" Éclair replied as she followed the others to the dining table

Kamika looks to her then to the picture frame, she was looking as it had a photo of Natsu with Igneel and a black haired teenager


Natsu was in the forest near the town as he walks through the trees, passing by some small wildlives

Before long, Natsu arrived at an opening and within that opening, there was a burned down orphanage with a single grave mark at the front

He went to the orphanage as it was crippling a bit

Natsu fixed it with a wave of his hand before he kneels and did a prayer

"no matter how many years passed, I'm truly sorry" Natsu said in a whisper as he place his hands away before reached into his shirt pocket, and takes out a nearly burned photo

In that photo, there was the same black haired teenager wearing a sister's attire, children were with her and one of those children was Natsu

A tear fell down his eyes as Natsu placed the photo to the grave mark


That's a wrap!

Bye bye