It's very stressful having so many people's lives rest on your shoulders. Especially when most of those people have families. They can't get a body and a proper funeral like they deserve; if they do then even more people can die. It's almost terrifying knowing that almost every decision you make can result in so many deaths.

Natsu sighed as he placed an orchid over his father's grave. He shoved his hands in his pockets and turned from the small memorial and walked towards his car. As he walked he couldn't help think about his current situations. His crazed psychotic brother and his best friend are after the blonde bombshell living in his home, apparently people are trying to wipe him and his legacy off the map, and he has to deal with this new array of blossoming emotions. The young mobster shook his head as he shoved his key into the ignition and drove to work.

"What does that psychotic bastard want this time?" His brother's motivations are never clear. Even while he worked for him, he didn't understand some of the missions he was sent on. Whenever Natsu asked he'd either be beat half to death by Acnologia because he saw it as disrespect, or Zeref would just look at him with that crazed look and tell him that everything will reveal itself.

When he pulled up in front of Fairy Tail, he turned off the engine and leaned back in his seat. At this rate his pink hair was gonna turn grey. He didn't understand why he was always surrounded by such problematic people. It was a pain in the ass. With a grunt, Natsu got out of his car walked inside his place of work. He walked past the smiling families without a second gaze and straight to his office.

As he settled in he was interrupted by the knocking on his door. Sighing, he told them to come in.

"What do you want Lisanna?" He watched as she put on the fakest pout he'd ever seen.

"Is that anyway to treat a lady?"

He didn't give her a second glance as he went to work. "If you're in here to waste my you can get the fuck out of my office."

"I guess she's not doing her job right."

"The fuck are you talking about?"

She gave a knowing smirk. "That Lucy girl. She's your whore right? That's why she's living with you. She doesn't seem to be doing her job right." She began to walk forward, swaying her hips with each step, making her way around his desk. "But you know… I can please you Boss. I know what you like, I know how you like it. All you have to do is ask. I'm all yo-"

"Get the fuck out." She stopped, moments away from placing her hands on his shoulders.

"What?"

"I said get the fuck out. Or else Mirajane will have one less sister." Lisanna placed her hands on her sides and reluctantly, left without a trace. Natsu shook his head and got back to work. She was really becoming a nuisance.

He sighed and looked at the scattered documents on his desk. All of the ranging from recent transactions the eldest Dragneel made to this last time Acnologia went out for a petty fuck. There was nothing there but information that was less than useless to him. There was no common denominator. He hadn't talked to Zeref in years, and he's pretty sure the news about the resurrected heiress had got out some time ago, so why now? Why the sudden interest in Lucy? He wouldn't go through all this just for money, and Natsu was certain that her father had never been at odds the the psychopath. Nothing about this made any type of sense. Lucy didn't have anything Zeref wanted, and neither did her father. So… what of her mother? As far as the world was concerned, Layla Heartfilia had died from a sickness she got after having Lucy.

Sighing, Natsu sent Lucy a text telling him to send her to come to his office asap. Laying his phone face down he ran his hands through his hair and leaned back in his chair. That girl was really going to be the death of him. Ever since she the joined Fairy Tail, she had brought him nothing but trouble. From that smart mouth of hers, to even taking up space in his bed. Looking back he could've easily made her stay at base, which was one of the safest places she could be, but while scanning her room, he failed to ignore the Alvarez sign on the back of several of her books, and from there… he panicked. If Zeref really wanted her, then he'd have to go through him. Although, that night he contemplated on weather he'd do the same for anyone else. Lucy is the only other person who's been in his home. No one else in Fairy Tail has stepped foot in house, except for the blonde bombshell herself. That night his thoughts were interrupted by a screaming Lucy, and for second time that night, he panicked. He'd never moved so fast in his life, and even though she wasn't hurt, the sight of her crying and thrashing around in bed did something to him. He simply told himself that it was a nuisance to have her so far if something bad had really happened, so it would be easier for them both if she were in his room. But, since then he hadn't had anymore nightmares a young pink haired boy being torn away from his father. Shaking his head he glanced back at the files.

If Zeref didn't get her then he'd probably kill her himself.

"His majesty called? And just to let you know, I've got Mira covering my tables so you need to make this quick. "

Scratch that. He can't allow anyone else that pleasure. He glanced down at his phone to check the time.

It had only taken her ten minutes.

Impressive.

"Tell me about your mother." He watched her whole body stiffen. She crossed her arms over her chest, and furrowed her brow. She had her guard up.

"What the fuck do you need information about my mother for?"

"You have two psychopaths and their army after you, I need all the information I can get. So, can you tell me what you know about her, and why there is little to know information on her no matter how deep we search?" Lucy sighed and looked down at her feet, shuffling awkwardly in place. Natsu's patience was starting to run very thin.

"Lucy I swe-"

"When my mother died, my father had his best people wipe her information from all databases clean." She began, effectively cutting him off. "After she died he didn't want any trace of her left. Before she met my father, she worked at a small bakery called Love and Lucky, but there was a big storm, and the K got knocked off the sign, so it said Love and Lucy instead. Her family was never rich, but my mother asked my father asked her to keep her maiden name because she didn't want to break tradition, so my father decided to just take her name instead." She shrugged and looked up at Natsu. "She was just your average girl. After I was born she got sick and had to shut down her bakery, and that's that. There really isn't anything all that interesting about her."

Natsu nodded and rested his chin on hand. This doesn't make any sense. He looked at Lucy and she had that slight frown that made the little dimple on her chin show, and she had that soft v form under her eyebrows, and she was biting her lip.

She was thinking about something.

And he paid too much attention.

"That's all I needed. You can see yourself out." She nodded wordlessly and left the room.

He really needed some alcohol.

"What do you mean he's drunk!? I don't even think alcohol affects demons!"

Gray threw his head back in laughter. "Sorry, Boss went and got himself obliterated, so we need you to take him home."

The blonde sobbed. "But why me?"

Gray shrugged and handed her Natsu's car keys. "You live with the Boss, and no one is aloud in his house, so this makes the most sense."

Lucy cursed under breath as she snatched the keys from Gray. Said male simply gave her an apologetic smile and bid her goodbye. With a deep breath Lucy took a step forward and prepared herself to enter the Dragon's den. It's now or never Heartfilia. With a newfound determination Lucy opened the door and stepped inside. What was in front of her was Natsu, passed out on his desk, with an empty bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand, and another one lying in front of him.

She was pretty sure he's dead.

Boom! New update! I'm sorry it was so short, I need to get back in the motions of writing, I'm a little rusty, so sorry if it's bad. I just want to thank you guys so much for the love and support I've been getting. It really helps, so since we're all going on this roller coaster of emotions together, i want to pay you guys back. So, I want you guys to comment or pm me on what you'd like to see or mistakes and plot holes and other things. I think it will really help me get updates up faster.

Till next time my Little Potatoes!