Chapter 5 -

Darkness covered the sky with twinkling lights of hope that made the city look beautiful. The city from above looked like the sky itself the city lights portraying the starry night. But the most beautiful part of the city was that one house at the edge of the city surrounded by cherry blossoms. Where a playground laid, and a large house for the rowdiest family in this magnificent world. The lights were on and from the outside you could see a blue cat and the pinkette playing around in the living room, and a young man carefully working the stove. A red haired woman behind him was working on some vegetables with a small smile. She was wearing an apron over a her white top and blue skirt. Natsu turned around to face her and give her a bowl which she took and asked what she was to do with it. The boy wearing the chef's hat and an apron over his regular one sleeved black outfit turned back and told her to mix the vegetables. He took some garlic out of the side cup and put it on a large pan. He added a little oil till it spread around a bit.

"Wow Natsu you look like you're getting pretty good at cooking" Erza said as she put all the vegetables she had cut into the bowl.

"Thanks and make sure you mix the vegetables" He replied

"And Mira told me that you always ate the food raw before you even started cooking it in the kitchen" Erza said

"Well yeah but the she convinced me that having the patience to cook the food before eating it is important"

"How did she convince you-" Erza cut herself off when she looked at the older pinkette with a horrified look on his face. "From the look of that face she probably used satan soul".

"She can be terrifying when she wants to be" Natsu said in a whimper.

"Daddy! Daddy! " Maddy said from the living room with Happy who was admiring his new gift. It was a dragon bracelet that fit around his blue arm perfectly. Natsu had gotten him because Happy had gotten a bit jealous after he got Maddy her necklace from his latest quest.

"Hey Maddy food will be ready soon did you wash up with Happy?" Natsu asked to which the little girl in her white angelic dress which she wore the first day she came to Magnolia in simply nodded showing her hands to Natsu. "Squeaky clean now, what do you want for meat?"

"Ummm Shrimp!" the little girl blurted out.

"Okay shrimp it is!" Natsu replied. "Erza do you want some meat too?"

"Chicken if you have any?" Erza asked,

"Sure I think I have some extra chicken left over that I didn't use yesterday" Natsu made his way into the fridge and brought out a glass bowl of shrimp and a box of chicken and sat it next to each other on the counter.

"Daddy can Erza come to play with me and Happy?" Maddy asked tired of waiting for a chance to speak.

"Why don't you ask her and say the magic word okay!" he smiled to the little girl.

"Erza can you come play with us please!?" the little girl asked with a cute face that Erza couldn't resist too.

"If you're not too tired, I can take care of everything else here" Natsu replied taking the bowl of vegetables and putting them in the pan.

"Okay!" Erza said and was then dragged to the living room by the little girl. Erza put away got out of her apron and sat down next to the little girl and her dolls with Happy.

In the kitchen Natsu mixed Teriyaki and soy sauce with his vegetables. Then a few minutes later put in his meat to which he added more of his sauces too, he added a bit of sweet chili so Maddy wouldn't burn her tongue. Then he took a bunch of Noodles and dropped them in. and put in more sauce as he stirred to find Stir Fry for four.

"Dinner's ready!" he yelled to the group and found Erza playing around with Maddy and Happy. "Man she can be cute when she wants to be! Wait did Erza and Mira switch bodies!" he thought creeping back into his dense nature.

"Great we're starving" Happy said.

The four then found themselves at the dinner table as the evening passed by. Erza later helped clean up and wash the dishes. As they finished up the kids were back outside lying on a blanket staring up in the sky trying to count all the stars.

"Hey Erza do you mind staying for a little bit?" Natsu asked as he handed her a plate.

"Hmm sure but it might be getting a little late?" Erza replied with a little flutter.

"I don't wanna keep you but I wanna get a shower in before bed and those two aren't gonna move till they fall asleep so I was wondering if you can keep an eye on them for twenty minutes, and I can drop you off after they go to bed" Natsu said finishing up.

"Sure that's fine Natsu I'll keep an eye on them" Erza replied putting away her cloth.

"Thanks" Natsu said as he gave the kids outside a looksy as he headed up the stairs to his bathroom in his room.

Erza headed out to find the two still counting stars. The two were counting as Erza came and sat down with her legs out had her arms behind her shoulders.

"So what are you two up to?"

"Oh hey Erza nothing much we're just counting stars" Happy said.

"Oh yeah how many did you reach?"

"I got to thirty and lost count"

"Hmmm What about you Madelaine?" Erza asked

"I don't know…There are so many"

"There are…" Erza said looking up feeling the cold breeze going by.

"You want to see something cool?" Erza asked, Maddy stopped counting and looked at Erza with wonder.

"You see that star up there?" Erza pointed up to a bright star, "Okay then connect the star that follow the path to the south west of it?"

"What's south west?" Maddy asked completely stumped.

"Ohh yeah you're only 5, it's that bottom one to the right there" Erza pointed again and then the light.

"And here to the left of it, and now try connecting all of it you'll see a sort of pattern!"

"IT'S A FISH!" Happy screamed with a drool.

"Yes Happy it's the constellation Pisces!"

"Ohhh" the little girl whispered in wonder. She then turned her body to the right to change her view to see the constellation properly. She put her head in Erza's lap which freaked Erza a little bit. She has never had a child give her such a motherly feeling.

"Ohhh what do I do? What do I do? What do I do?" she thought and put her hand on the little girl's head and slid it through her hair like her mother would. "So this is how it feels, "I would have never thought of it to feel this good, maybe one day I will have one of my own or maybe I will really be part of this family". She smiled as she saw the little girl fall asleep and heard the blue furball snore a little.

After a few minutes go by Erza found herself tucking the two in with a big smile on her face. When she was done tucking them in she turned around to leave and something caught her hand. It was Maddy she had done unconsciously. Erza found a teddy bear lying on floor next to her bed, she placed the bear instead of her arm and then hesitated but finally left a simple kiss on her head.

"Goodnight" she whispered to the two.

She left the room and saw a light come out of Natsu's room. She found herself going toward it to the dragon slayer know that she had put his children to bed and was gonna head out. She opened the door to his room…

"Natsu I put the two-" She stopped in her tracks as she saw the pinkette holding a towel on his left hand not covering any of his parts with no clothes on.

Her face was redder then her hair, no redder then her own blood. She was surprised as she quickly went out the door and slammed it shut, not even worrying waking the two odd balls up. Her heart was racing faster then Happy on Mach speed. "I remember seeing him as a kid when we use to take showers together but man has he grown!"

"You can come in now!" Natsu yelled,

She entered and saw his unfolded scarf around his neck, both sides symmetrically reaching to his black shorts.

"That's not any better!" She yelled in her head as she still tried to avoid eye contact. "At least he is covering up his man parts!"

"Sorry about that" Natsu blurted out turning the lights off.

"Nope it's my fault entirely" she said again working her way back up to his eyes.

"So they fell asleep?" Natsu asked ignoring her blush like the idiot he was.

"Yes they fell asleep outside so I brought them in" she replied.

Natsu headed over to their room to see them one last time for the day and gave both a kiss on the head. He then found a black shirt with a red Fairy Tail emblem on it that he put on and crossed his scarf over it.

"Alright so I guess I'll get going" Erza said not trying to make the night awkward.

"I'll walk you home" Natsu replied,

"Not necessary" Erza said retorting to her bossy tone.

"Yes Ma'am" Natsu replied.

The two walked down the stairs with some mild talk. Thanks for the food and what not, Erza found herself out the door in just a few minutes. She was out the door and Natsu followed her down the path to the road.

"Well thanks for everything" Erza started her goodbye.

"You know I am liking the breeze right now and I could sure use a walk, I guess I will walk you home" Natsu said

"I said it's not necessary Natsu" Erza replied with a little blush not trusting herself.

"Yeah I heard, but I still want to" Natsu replied, Erza let her shoulders relax as she started walking the path to fairy hills with her companion.

"Sooo" Erza said

"So…" Natsu replied with nothing to talk about the mood got awkward.

The two kept walking as they past the city, the closed shops in empty streets. With lonely lights giving them company the two just kept walking.

"Have you heard anything from Jellal?" Natsu asked out of the blue.

"No, why?" Erza inquired

"Nah, just wondering" He replied,

"So have you thought about what Mira said?" Erza asked completely forgetting he wasn't there when they had this talk.

"What?" Natsu asked with a no clue look.

"Oh yeah you weren't there" she realized

"What were you guys talking about"

"You…and your future"

"My Future… What about it?"

"Well you know as Maddy grows she'll need a mother figure" Erza replied.

"Ohh… Yeah the old lady, Master, and even Gildarts talked with me about that"

"Ohh What did they say"

"If I had anyone in mind"

"And do you?" Erza asked with a little twinge in her heart knowing that this will hurt her.

"Well, as I look at it there is Lucy who I think could make a good mother, Lisanna who's been probably dying to since we were kids, I keep getting the hint that maybe Mira could be a good mother too"

"Huh" Erza said in disappointment.

"I thought about you too but then I remembered" he added. Erza looked at him in surprise.

"Me?"

"Yeah I think you would make a great mom to Madelaine, even the old lady said that, You're brave, strong, courageous, beautiful, probably the whole package" Natsu said putting his hands in his pocket. "But you're in Love with Jellal"

"What!"

"Don't try denying that, I saw you at the tower of heaven, you could have killed him if you wanted and then at Nirvana, you could have let him die"

Erza just looked at the road as she kept walking.

"It's complicated" she finally surrendered. "But I don't think anything is possible there… not anymore"

"Why not?" Natsu asked,

"I don't know it's the life that he is leading, and what I want, we won't really ever be able to stay still in one place and have a family like you have Natsu" She replied

"I don't know about that Erza I never thought that I would have a family like this, I thought that Fairy Tail was as close as I was gonna get" he replied,

"Yeah but I doubt it…. Who knows it's all in the future" she said coming to a stop before the sign that pointed to Fairy hills with it's name written under it.

She turned around to look at Natsu as he came to a stop. "Anyways good luck finding a wife I think they are all great choices to be Maddy's mom and they will give you the love you deserve" Erza replied.

"Yeah but I don't if I can love them, at least I don't love them right now" Natsu replied shocking Erza to catch his eyes once again.

"You don't?" Erza asked

"Not in that way at least, actually I don't even know what that kind of love is" he chuckled to himself.

Erza couldn't stand it anymore she just wanted to take him to her bedroom and make sweet love to him. But she didn't…..

"Don't worry you will know it when you find it" Erza replied

"Alright well goodnight and thanks for coming over and helping you were a big help" Natsu said as he came in for a surprise hug.

As soon as he had his hands around they fell into hysteria as she hugged him tightly yet softly. She didn't want to let him go and for some reason he wasn't letting her go. He had his eyes closed as he dragged his nose to the left side of her neck and letting out a blow of air. She could smell him all fresh and hot from his recent shower. His hair had dried of but she can still smell the beautiful scent coming from him. A few minutes went by like this those two just fell into each others comfort. Natsu had his hand to her upper back brought them to the front underneath her breasts still hugging onto her as Erza received some urging shivers throughout her spine. He brought them slowly down to her waist admiring her body as much as he could and then pulled his head out which gave her the signal that it was over. They looked at each other as they held eachother in their arms, their noses almost touching as if they were to kiss. And Natsu whispered…

"Good night" and he left her to go back to his own home and Erza turned towards her home.

5 minutes later Erza found herself burying her face in her pillows thinking "What is wrong with me?! Ugh I want him so bed OH MY GOD! And I saw him naked too. God damn that Ash Brain of his why didn't he just take me!" Erza teared a little bit and found her skirt that she had worn all day a little wet and her panties completely….

20 minutes later Natsu was in his bed "OH MY GOD! Why does she have to be so hot, man I just wanted to tear her clothes off right there! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" He screamed internally because he didn't want to wake the two up. He turned around and lay on his bed with his arm over his eyes still cursing him as he noticed a big bulge in his shorts….

HA! Got you guys with a little tease at the end didn't I. I did rate this story M, I am telling you guys I might take this all the way so be ready for that! A lot of people asked for a NAtza and this is me just getting started I promise there will be so much more. A little teaser "wait till Jellal gets back". Also I wanted to mention that some people were asking me about the necklace I am sorry if I didn't explain it properly in the story but I wanted Happy and Madelaine to have something from Natsu. Madelaine got this angel/fairy looking type necklace which I put there for a specific reason I was kind of trying to hint towards the kind of magic Madelaine would come to learn. Happy's thing is a silver Dragon bracelet that he wears on his upper left arm. I did that because I didn't want him to feel left out. If you guys don' like anything or want me to consider something by all means I am taking suggestions. I hope you like this and I will see you all soon. Oh and I will probably have another chapter up by sunday evening I am loving this…. So get ready for it. Thx Guys!