Chapter 18

"Hey guys" Lucy said softly. "Hey, you feel okay?" asked Gray. "Yeah" she answered nicely as he turned his head toward Natsu. "How about you?..any calmer?" "Yeah….sorry about that guys" he said, his tone full of remorse as he looked at the three guys in front of him. "Your fine" assured Gray. " Yeah, just need to calm yourself ya damn hothead" said Gajeel in a non mean way. "Jellal…I" Jellal raised a hand to stop him as he looked at him with a warm, forgiving smile. "You don't need to say anything Natsu. You had every right to be as angry as you were. I knew it wasn't personal. Erza and I both understand." "Where is she?" he asked noticing she wasn't with them. " I had her go get some rest" he said as he suddenly felt pain making it hard to stand. Natsu rushed over and helped him stand. " You call me a dumbass?, you're the one whose standing with bruises and who know's what else. Geesh" he rolled his eyes as Jellal chuckled. "Gray, call Wendy. Let's get these two looked at" said Natsu. Without question, Gray pulled out his phone and dialed Wendy's number. "Wwhat about Layla?" Jellal asked as Natsu helped get to the couch and sit down. "We're going to get her back but first I need to make sure the two of you are taken care of" "Natsu," "Would you shut up" he said lightly as Lucy came and sat on the couch next to Jellal who leaned back on it breathing hard. "He's right Jellal. My husband.." she giggled at herself as she said that making the others laugh.

"My husband is a hothead, there's no denying that but he's not an idiot and knows when someone is in bad shape. Let us help you guys first then we can get to looking for our daughter." Jellal knew neither of them would budge so he just nodded his head as they all waited for Wendy. Erza woke up while they were waiting and slowly limped her way to the couch. "Hey Erza" Natsu greeted nicely. "Natsu." She said still feeling shame and guilt. "Erza look, what happened..that wasn't your fault. I'm sorry I took it out on you and Jellal. I was angry and I shouldn't have done that" She looked and saw his face suspecting he felt the same guilt she did. She took his hand and said "Natsu, you don't have to apologize. She took your child. ..We need to take this guilt we are both feeling and put it down" his eyes widened in shock as she continued " I can tell just by looking in your eyes that your feeling the same way I am so don't try to say your not. Two different reasons but we are both having the same emotions. This is not the time for us to be sad. There is a terrified child out there who needs her mom and dad" Smiling, Natsu said "thank you" as he squeezed her hand warming Lucy's heart as she watched them. "I couldn't ask for a better aunt and uncle for Layla then you two" he said full of compassion. "Thank you" replied Jellal and Erza.

Meanwhile

Layla was sitting on a couch in a small room alone. There was a window but nothing else. It was a very empty room. She looked out at it at one point thinking she could use to escape only to discover it was locked somehow and couldn't get it open. She didn't even know where she was. Of course the only other place she had ever been besides Magnolia was Europe and she knew they were nowhere near there, at least she didn't think so but she had no idea. She didn't know whether she was miles or minutes away from her parents. All she knew was she was stuck in this room and they weren't here. "I know they are coming for me. Mommy and Daddy. They are going to rescue me from this evil lady" she thought confidently. Natsu had told her the woman was never to be called family ,there for Layla to never call her grandma she figured evil lady would do. "Layla" she heard a cold voice say as she got mad and turned around as Evelyn walked in. "What did I tell you about standing on furniture. A lady does not stand on couches." She scolded. "Hmph, you can't tell me what to do" she retorted with attitude. " I cant , can I . That is where you are young child. I am the adult not you..therefore..sit down!" she snapped as she walked over and forced Layla to sit down on the couch as she glared at Evelyn. "Such rude behavior, stop looking at me like that" "Daddy is coming for me" "I know..but he will never find you" she said with confidence.

" This rude behavior..you must have learned this from your tramp of a mother. Hmph well she will never see you again so we will have time to work on that." She said with a wicked grin. "I will never become like you! You are evil and daddy will make you pay" she yelled defiantly as Evelyn hard smacked her across the face making Layla grab at her face. "Get this through your head little one, you are mine now and your parent's will never see you again. Once you face that fact, it will be easier" she said unsympathetic as she walked out and closed the door hard locking it. Layla laid down on the couch grabbing at her face as she started crying. "Daddy…mommmy…ppplease" she cried out quietly. Standing by the door, Evelyn held her ear up against the door as she heard Layla crying. She snickered as she thought "If Natsu want's to be the disobedient child to live with that wretch of a woman..fine I'll see to it this little brat becomes a lady whether she wants too or not"

Back at the house

Wendy had arrived and was finishing her examination of Jellal and Erza. " With as beat up as you two are, your lucky you guys didn't break anything. There appears to only be hard bruising which should go away in a few days with some ice and resting" "We can't relax right now Wendy. We have a job to do" "Huh? A job? But I thought you were done doing jobs for the mafia you two" They looked at each other in agreement as they turned back to Wendy. "This isn't business Wendy, this is personal, Layla was taken" "What!, oh my god" she said surprised as she turned to Natsu and Lucy who were nearby. "I am so sorry" she apologized with empathy. "Not your fault Wendy but appreciate the thanks" thanked Lucy. "We are going to get her back so don't worry about your apologies" reassured Natsu with no doubts in his voice. "Yeah..so Natsu, unfortunately we had to wait because sadly nobody knows her better then you do and Gray and Gajeel couldn't find anything. … give us a direction to start" said Erza. "Well first off, the woman barely raised me so I don't really know jack squat about her, Hell she made it prominent to not ask unnecessary questions and I….had the luxury of not caring so I didn't. Long as she left me alone, I minded my business" Lucy came over and put a hand on his shoulder as she saw him painfully remembering his past. ""That was a long time ago Natsu..you aren't that guy anymore" she said gently. With a small grin he said "yeah I know..thank goodness for that or I never would have gotten you" he said feeling grateful as he touched her hand on his shoulder. Returning his attention to the situation he said " as much as I don't know, If you guys went to my parents house then I know there's one room you didn't check."

"What room is that?" asked Gajeel very interested. " Her room…there's no way you could have because it was locked" Gray and Gajeel looked at each other for confirmation as they turned to Natsu. "Looks like we have our starting point guys, let's move it" said Jellal. "Take care of yourselves please!" said Wendy who couldn't insist enough. "Don't worry Wendy, Jellal and I will be fine. We've had tougher scrapes then this just fighting each other in training" "That's a lie and I know it..but I appreciate you trying. Just want you guys to be careful, you know I care about you guys more then just mafia members" said Wendy. Lucy could hear in her voice how much Erza and Jellal meant to her as she watched as they gave her a hug and then Wendy started walking but stopped as she reached the doorway.

She turned to Natsu and Lucy and said "bring her home" They gave her a heartfelt smile and nodded as Wendy left. "Let's get going guys" said Jellal. "Umm, Natsu and I need to change first. We haven't changed since we got here. We're still in our honeymoon clothes." "Lucy, come on, seriously?" "Alright Natsu, you want to go on a hunt in hot sweaty clothes and sandals?" she snapped quick as he hung his head in annoyance. "Ughh, alright fine. Just give us a second guys" he told the rest of them as he rolled his eyes hard following Lucy. "This is so damn stupid, I would've been fine" he mumbled under his breath. "What was that Natsu?" "Oh , nothing" he said with an innocent looking smile. "Liar" "Come on Luce, let's get changed" They both changed into tshirts and jeans with sneakers as Lucy tied her hair back and said "alright" "Let's go get our baby dragon back" said Natsu as Lucy nodded in agreement as they ran out the door to meet the others outside.

They split into two separate cars since Gajeel was way too big for all of them to fit into one car. They followed Erza's car to Natsu's house that didn't have the gates closed. As they pulled up and got out, Natsu let out a depressing sigh. " I was hoping I would never have to come here ever again." "I'm surprised there isn't a welcome party" said Gajeel. " No sense of having guards if there is no one to guard" Natsu said bluntly. He scuffled up the stairs while the others were behind him. "Damn, didn't get to look at much since it was the middle of the night but nice place you got here Natsu" said Gajeel impressed as Natsu gave him a cold stare. "Just saying" Gajeel mumbled feeling a tiny sense of nerves from the look Natsu was giving him. "This house was hell, it always was. Nothing good about it" He curled his hand into a fist as he looked up the long spiral staircase as Lucy walked up beside him and grabbed his hand that was fisted. "It wasn't all bad Natsu..don't forget your father" Turning his head , she saw the pained expression on his face as he said "he was the only good thing in this hellhole."Natsu" she said feeling sympathy. " My only regret is that he didn't get to meet his grandchild..and he didn't get to walk you down the isle" "I know he would have loved Layla" "and I know he would be proud having you as a daughter" "Guys, I hate to interrupt but we gotta get moving" said Gray. "No, it's fine, sorry, being back in this house brings back memories" said Natsu. "alright back to work , follow me to the cave of the demon" he said in a dark humor as they followed him up the long staircase.

"I fucking hate this place. I'll be good if it burns down" thought Natsu as he led the way up. Lucy peeked at his face as they went up and could see his mind was contemplating a lot of things. " Just keep it together Natsu" she told him mentally. As they approached the room ,they all stood in front of it. "Well smart guy, now that you showed us a locked door, we still have the problem of it's locked genius!" sniped Gajeel as Natsu gave him a big cocky grin as he slammed into the door with his left arm making a key fall off the top of the door frame as he caught it. "Heehee, some things never change" he said. "Huh?" they all said except Lucy. "Hmph, Evelyn always kept a key up there knowing I was too small to reach it since I would sneak in here at times. Wasn't even for anything specific.. just liked to fuck with her sometimes as a little kid. Once she figured that out, she'd lock the door and put the key up there..hehe till I figured out a way to get in as I got older…and I haven't been in here in over 9 years or so. So don't ask me what's in here because I have no clue" They all understood as Natsu let out a breath and opened the door. Her room was immaculately clean which he expected nothing less from the bitch queen of proper manners and etiquette. There was a big queen size bed with not a speck of dust in it nor anywhere else as they looked around.

It took everything in him not to mess the bed up at that exact moment. He shuttered as he remembered how much she would yell at him growing up if he didn't make his bed. He got so tired of it, he made it just to shut her up. "Natsu?" Coming back to reality, he saw Lucy looking at him with a worried face. "Don't worry about me, I'm fine baby" he said in a calm voice. "Are you sure?" he walked slowly up to her as he cupped her face into his hands and kissed her as she gently grabbed his hands. He released from the kiss a few seconds later as he leaned his forehead against hers. Looking up into his eyes, she said "that doesn't answer my question..are you alright Natsu?" "I'm fine Luce" he lied as he heard Gray call him over as Lucy looked at him from behind sadly. "I'm sorry Lucy.. this isn't the time to worry about me" he thought to himself as he knew that she could tell he was lying but didn't want to discuss it. "What's up Gray?" "Where's this go too?" he asked pointing his thumb to a door behind them. "huh..well I don't remember this door being here. Must have been something new" he said as he tried to open it but it would budge. "Hmmm" he said curious as he rammed himself into it but still nothing. "Come on!" he yelled frustrated. He rammed it again as he still couldn't get anything. He was about to go full crazy on it when Gajeel grabbed his arm. "Move it shorty, let me at it" he told him as Natsu stepped aside. Gajeel grunted as he threw his arm back and with immense force brought it forward as the door splintered then Gajeel kicked it resulting in the door coming off the hinges.

"There we go" said Gajeel gesturing the others forward. "Showoff" Natsu muttered as Erza said "alright guys, be careful, we don't even know what's down here" They didn't respond but they understood as they walked down to what they saw were steps. "I can't see a thing. Guys, watch your ,ahhhh!" Lucy yelled. "Lucy!, are you alright?" his voice filled with fear. "Owww, yeah, I'm good Natsu." Said Lucy. "Damn it , how much fu..oh. well never mind" he said as they reached the bottom of the stairs. Seeing Lucy, he walked over and helped to her feet. "Thanks" "You sure your good?" "Yeah, all good. Just hurt pride for not watching where my feet were. He chuckled as he saw why they stopped. They were all standing in front of a room. "What the heck is this room?" questioned Natsu. "Your supposed to be the one that knows that" "Idiot, I already told you Gajeel! This whole thing was not here while I was growing up" Walking by the arguing couple, Lucy peeked inside It was a small room with a desk with papers all over it and a small desk lamp along with a nice chair. She walked over and glanced as one name got her attention. "Heyyy Natssuuu" she called not really paying attention to anything else as she was focused on the papers in front of her. Waiting a few more seconds, getting impatient, more seriously she called "Natsu!"

Getting his attention, he walked in. "What do you got Luce?" she didn't say anything as she lifted papers up as very curiously took them out of her hand as Erza and Jellal walked in while the others stayed outside the room. "No way in hell are we going to fit in there" said Gray as Erza gave them a puzzled look. "He's right Erza. No way" agreed Gajeel. She just waved at them and began to look at the other papers at the desk with Jellal next to her. "This can't be" Natsu said quietly. "What does it say Natsu?" asked Erza as Lucy stayed silent for she knew what he was reading. "This says my dad was part of the mafia, like not some mafia in another area but this one!" "Holy shit" said all the guys. Erza's face had shock all over it. "How was he a member and I not see him" Erza said out loud. Looking at another one just made his eyes grow bigger with fascination and curiosity. "You wouldn't Erza" He turned towards her and said "the major leaders..did you ever see any of them?" "No..I mean we had bosses there of course but ..you've gotta be fucking kidding me" Erza insisted as she held a hand to her mouth in shock. The others shared a similar expression as Lucy was completely lost. "Huh?. Can someone tell me what's going on please? You all look like you just stabbed" "Lucy..My dad wasn't just in the mafia.. he was one of the ones that owned the mafia. That's why you don't see the major leaders. They are the ones behind all the shots of everyone. They control who lives and dies"

She leaned against a wall and slid down in a squat. "Holy….shit" "Yeah" they all said in unison. "How the fuck was he one of the leaders?" Gray asked wanting to know. "I'll see if it's in this scrap heap" replied Natsu as he started looking through papers. "Jesus, this lady dug up lot of research" '"how did she get it is what I want to know. The mafia isn't exactly talkers." "Hmph, this bitch has a reach that has no end I swear .There's no telling how connected she is" said Natsu. "ahh, okay..well apparently they found him .holy fuck" "WHAT" they all screamed at him. "ow, jeeze could you be any louder, anyway Lucy, apparently the mafia recruited him a little bit before we met at school" "Really?" "Yep…oh my god" he announced as he picked up a paper with handwriting on it. His hand began to shake holding it. "Natsu..what's wrong?" "Nothing..absolutely nothing" he told her sounding a little emotional. She walked up next to him and said "what is it Natsu?, your shaking." "It's dad's handwriting." He said happily as he coughed "Natsu" she said lovingly as she rubbed his back. He put a hand to his mouth as he half laughed trying to contain his emotions as he put his arm around her. "What does it say?" "It's about you Lucy. Ha. Damn he really liked you"

She smiled at him as the others didn't quite understand but they were glad to see a smile on Natsu's face. "ahh, okay, this is not the time for emotional out bursts" he said quickly blinking away the wetness in his eyes. " Hey guys, you might want to look at this" Jellal mentioned as he handed a paper to Natsu and Lucy who took it and looked at it. A life time protection order for natsu , my son and his girlfriend Lucy" was printed in bold letters and had his signature on it. "Now it all makes sense" realized Erza as they all looked at her for her explanation. "The protection order, Gray, Gajeel. I mean I wanted to protect you guys after watching you guys but this explains it. This is why you went guys!" she said directing it towards Gray and Gajeel. "Think about it, do you two remember hearing anything specific before you went to Europe.?" "No" said Gray. "Nope" replied Gajeel. "What was your assignment?" Natsu asked curious. "Jellal?, do you know?" Lucy asked. "Damn, that's going back a few years ago..while I wasn't informed as to why or even who you really were Lucy. We didn't even know you were together with Natsu before we were assigned. I mean I remember hearing things and Natsu's name being mentioned and obviously you can see Erza couldn't be told either. It was a while before I could tell her anything. Anyway, all I know is that we were supposed to watch over you..and well you know the rest Lucy" "She might but I still don't. For one. It was five years ago, dad has been gone for 12 years. There's no way in hell he could have organized you guys to go and watch Lucy. So how do you explain that?" He looked at everyone for an answer. "If I had to venture a guess, I would say the leaders made the decision before this was stolen" surmised Erza.

"Now that you mention it, I remember very discreet talk in the gym about a document that had gone missing..I had no clue it was this" "And that's why she didn't have when she got back" Natsu growled getting upset. "Because this fucking bitch had the document ordering Lucy's protection..this is why she wasn't going to let you come back, She fucking knew the second you came back and this document was there that you wouldn't be able to be touched. And that's why…." He stopped as he pounded his fist on the desk. "That's why there was no protection for Layla" finished Jellal as Natsu looked at him at rage but it wasn't directed at him. It was for the woman who had caused nothing but hell for him and for his family. He was going to make sure she felt all his pain when he found her. As Natsu was fuming, Lucy spotted something in the corner and pulled it out and tucked it under her arm for later. "This is not the place to read this" she thought as she walked back over to Natsu. "There is still one thing" said Natsu with his head down getting everyone's attention. He swiped the papers off the desk as he hollered "THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HERE ON HOW TO FIND LAYLA!, WHERE ARE YOU HIDING HER YOU FUCKING BITCH!, GOD DAMN IT!" He began smashing and kicking the desk as everyone cleared out except Lucy.

"Natsu!, Natsu, look at me" she said but he wasn't listening. "Natsu!, baby come on! She said desperately but he was caught in his own head as he kept kicking. Grabbing his face, she forced it to look her direction. She started rubbing his face as she waited to say anything until she felt him starting to calm himself down. "Natsu, baby it's alright, we will find her. You said it yourself, we wont stop until we do." "I just …just wanted to find something, anything that would help us" "I know..and we will find her but we have to be able to think clearly first okay?" He nodded as he said "yes and I know how to do that" "Huh?" was all she was able to say before he grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs with a very serious face. He was completely silent, and Lucy was not about to ask what he meant. The others followed behind him as they walked up and out until they were back in the main part of the house. (Tenshi Senmetsu Sakusen Fairy Tail soundtrack Vol. 3) Still holding Lucy's hand he walked until he got to the center of the house where he let go. He was looking up with a very determined set face as he said "get out" "What?" Lucy was thrown off by how emotionless his voice sounded. "All of you go" Seeing his face and hearing him, nobody dared to question it as they all looked at him for a minute and started walking out. Gray grabbed Lucy's shoulder as she looked at him with a brooding expression as Gray motioned her to follow him. Sensing Natsu wasn't going to say anything as he was still looking up, she surrendered and followed Gray out. "What the hell are you thinking?" Lucy wondered as they stepped outside and closed the door slowly behind them. (End song)

Natsu was still looking until he started wandering towards a giant painting. "I always hated this damn thing" A giant painting of his mother wearing a cold expression as him and Igneel looked like they were tortured standing in this painting. "No more!" he ripped the painting off the wall and stomped over it until it was in ruins and then spit on it. Not satisfied , he raced up the stairs and straight into his mothers room and started wrecking her room. He flipped her bed over and dumped everything he could find all the carpet. Seeing the giant mirror, he couldn't help it as he took his foot and kicked the mirror hard in the middle smashing it. He moved out of the way as it fell and hit the ground avoiding getting cut by it. He sped out of the room and down the stairs to the back of the house. Panting, he took a deep breath as he opened the door to the room he wanted and pulled out a gas can. Heading back up the stairs , he poured it in all six rooms as he poured more as he walked back the stairs. Emptying it out, he tossed it and went to get the other one that was in there. He poured all over the living room, and kitchen but not before he grabbed a lighter and turned everything on on the stove top. He poured until he came to the front door. Taking one last look, he thought "Fuck you mother" as he grabbed the gas can hard and walked out the door. "Natsu, what are you doing?" Lucy asked but he didn't say anything as he poured what was left on the stairs as he came down.

Checking the others were a distance from him, he pulled out the lighter and ignited it. "This is for you and me dad. This hell house is going where it deserves" he said quietly as he knelt to the ground and lighted it. Instantly flames shot up the fuel as it sped towards the house. "Natsu" He quickly turned around and saw Lucy walking up to him. "LUCY!" he screamed as he knew it would be seconds before the fire reached the kitchen. He dived for her as the house squeaked then went up. He got them a couple feet before the shock wave from the explosion hit them blasting them forward as Natsu threw himself on top of her. "NATSU, LUCY!" everyone screamed as they watched the mansion go up in flames. He tried to get up but his arms wouldn't let him as he fell back on her unconscious. "Hurry, get him off her" directed Jellal as him and Gray quickly but carefully picked Natsu up off Lucy. "What the hell was this fucking moron thinking!" Gajeel yelled angry. "He wasn't expecting Lucy to be there, you could see it on his face" defended Gray. "That doesn't explain why he burnt the damn thing down" said Gajeel. "If you think about it, it makes perfect sense" said Jellal. "This place was a living hell for him. When his father died, it just got worse and now she's trying to torment him again. Taking away Lucy's music from her and taking their daughter away. It's about time he can take something from this fucking bitch" Erza said so belligerent that the guys backed away out of fear.

Natsu started to stir as Jellal yelled for Erza. "Natsu, hey can you hear me?" she asked him holding his face. His eyes slowly opened at first until she came into focus. "thank goodness" she said relieved. " the hell…Lucy!" he yelled panicked as he turned his head as he saw Gajeel holding Lucy up. He scrambled out of their grip and ran over to her. Grabbing her from Gajeel, he half laid her on the ground holding her. "Baby, baby can you hear me!" he yelled frantically. " Baby, ..LUCY" she started to stir as he watched her intensely. As she opened her eyes, everything was blurry and fuzzy until she blinked a couple times as Natsu came into focus. "You dumbass" he said lightly as he hugged her to him as he rubbed the back of her head. As he released her from the hug, they touched foreheads together and laughed softly. Gray watched as his eye caught something on the ground.

He walked over and picked it up as he saw it was an envelope. "Where did this come from?" he asked himself as he noticed it had Natsu's name on it. "Lucy must have grabbed it" "Crap!, was anyone smart enough to grab the protection order before pyro here burned the house down" asked Gajeel. "I did" answered Erza as she pulled it out of her pocket. Everyone including Natsu and Lucy let out a breath of relief. "Are you alright?" Natsu asked as he got them up off the ground. "Yeah..my head is spinning a little but other then that, I'm fine..you?" "Hmm, my head is killing me but aside from that, I feel fine" Lucy caught sight of Gray and walked quickly over to him. "Can I have that please?" she asked nicely. "I figured you grabbed it. The writing looks way too nice for it be Evelyn's handwriting" he said with a warm smile as he handed it to her. "Yeah, I was just waiting for right time to give it to him. I was not going to do it inside that house" "Well, we're out now" he said with humorous smirk as he walked over to the others. Closing her eyes, she held the letter to her heart and let out a breath before she opened them and walked back over. Natsu stood there watching as the house crumble. "Yo flame head, can you" Gajeel started but Jellal put a hand on his shoulder shaking his head no as he gave a Lucy a look to which she smiled and walked past them and up to Natsu.

Putting a hand on his shoulder, he looked at her as she said in a gentle voice " are you alright?" He smiled as he turned back towards the house "yeah, I'm fine. This house was a prison for my dad and I. I'm just glad I didn't have to subject you to that nor anyone else for that matter. The bitch won't have any place to run too now when she comes back…..I will never put Layla through what I had too. Just hang on baby girl, we're coming for you" Gripping his shoulder tighter, Lucy said "Natsu..you need to see something" Catching his attention, he watched as she pulled an envelope out from under her arm and put it into his hands. Seeing the writing, his hands began to shake. "Wwhat is thiss?" his voice trembled. Her eyes softened as she said " I found it in a corner in the hidden room. Don't know why she didn't open it but I have a feeling Igneel wanted you to be the only one to read it..I'll leave you be for a couple minutes" She started to walk away when he grabbed her hand surprising her. "No…please..stay" he pleaded as she turned and wrapped her hands around his left arm and rested her head on his shoulder as he opened the envelope and took the letter out. "Natsu, my son. I love you more then life itself for you were the greatest gift I could ever ask for. Unfortunately, if you are reading this, it means I have passed away, hopefully by my own means, but I am gone none the less. I'm sure you must be aware by this point, your mother Evelyn. She is not as nice a person as the world seems to think. "Yeah..no kidding dad" said Natsu as he kept reading. "The truth is well I did love her at one point, she changed after you were born. I did some digging, but I cannot tell you more than that other than her past is very clouded before we met. Moving past that, my son. I cannot tell you how happy I am that you have found Lucy. The way she makes you smile; it warms my heart. She freed you from the shackles you held on yourself. I am your father; I know you put up with your mother for me which you should've never thought you had to do" "Dddadd" Lucy looked and saw tears starting to form as they kept reading. Don't let your mother tear you two apart. That girl is one in a million. Take care of her Natsu… Lucy, don't let my son push you away no matter what. You are the greatest thing that has ever happened to him. Take care of each other's hearts. I wish I could be there to walk you down the aisle. She felt herself getting tears as she held a hand to her mouth. " I love you both and hope you two have a wonderful life together with my future grandchildren. Natsu, continue to be the man I know you are, don't let your mother corrupt you. I love you son, with all my heart ,your father. .P.S flip this over for your wedding present from me. With both of their hands shaking, they turned it over and gasped A lifetime protection order for Natsu and Lucy Dragneel and their kids. With Igneel's signature. Natsu went to his knees as Lucy followed as they both started to sob. "Hhhe…really loved you Lucy.." "I know..Natsu..we have protection for Layla" she said happily through sobs as he nodded his head. "Dddad" he cried as Lucy took him into her arms and held him dripping tears onto his hair as she rubbed his head.