Annie: Hey, everyone.

Just2protect: Short AN.

Annie: This chapter going to be split into two then the second book is going to be going out.

Both: Enjoy. ^-^

"Happy! Get down from there!" Laxus called to the tiny blue kitten now crawling around on the rafters of the Guild. Ever since Happy had hatched and he could hold his own head up, he'd been climbing anything he could sink his claws into, which included the inside of the Guild Hall. Lisanna had gushed about Happy nonstop to her siblings for hours when she saw the adorable kitten come into the Guild. As it turned out, Lisanna had gone right home the day Happy hatched so Mira had been worrying for nothing. The she-devil had even come and apologized to Laxus, albeit reluctantly but still, it was a start. More than once, Freed had used his Wings runes to attempt to retrieve the little creature but Happy always managed to slip away and end up back in the rafters to scare the daylights out of Natsu and Laxus both. But right then and there, Freed was on a job and unavailable for Happy-Rafter-Retrieval duty. But thankfully, the Strauss siblings weren't there either so Laxus and Natsu could use Happy's full name without Lisanna there to correct them.

"Happy, you're gonna hurt yourself if you keep doing that!" Natsu called. Happy leaned to peer down at his parents over the edge of the beam and Natsu gasped, hoping that his precious hatchling wouldn't fall. He let out a cute mewl noise before continuing on his way along the beam.

"Gramps, can you get him down?" Laxus asked, turning to his grandfather as the man walked up. The elder looked up at the tiny blue kitten in the rafters.

"The little guy is just exploring," he said.

"But he could fall!" Natsu said, glancing at the Master before turning his attention to Happy as the kitten became interested in a spider hanging off the rafter and was pawing at it playfully. Natsu bit on his lip.

"If that happens, we'll catch him. Or he'll land on his feet like every other cat," Makarov said plainly as he took a seat at the bar.

"Happy came out of an egg Gramps! He's not like every other cat!" Natsu called. Happy mewled happily at his new game as he reached down with his other paw.

"Hatched from an egg or birthed like another cat, Happy does need to learn to care for himself," Makarov said as he took a drink of a beer. Laxus snarled under his breath. Happy was still just a baby, not only that, his and Natsu's baby, even if Lisanna constantly insisted on Natsu letting her play as Happy's mommy. But so far, every time she'd tried holding Happy, the little kitten would hiss and sink his claws into her arm or bite her hand before running to hide behind Natsu or climb into the rafters again.

"Happy!" Natsu cried, panicked. Laxus looked up and gasped. Happy was dangling from the rafter, claws barely able to hold his weight as he kicked, trying to get a foothold in midair. He mewled, terrified.

"Gramps!" Laxus called. The old man looked up and then back at his grandson.

"He'll be alright. Aside from that, you and Natsu have told him not to go up into the rafters. His'll prove to be a good lesson for him to learn." Happy mewled again as his claws barely held onto the bottom of the rafter.

"Mama!" Natsu's eyes widened as the kitten continued to yell his new word.

"Dada!" Laxus' fists clenched until his lightning was arcing around his body and his arms were shaking. Happy's claws slipped from the wood and the kitten screamed as he began to fall. The next thing Laxus knew, he was holding the crying kitten in his arms…at least thirty feet off the ground. He hovered for a moment before the teen found himself slowly coming down to the ground. Natsu was staring wide-eyed at him as the blonde knelt in front of him. Happy crawled into Natsu's arms and cuddled into the boy's neck.

"Mama…Mama…" the kitten mewled. Natsu pet Happy's back, trying to calm him down, but was still staring at Laxus in awe.

"How did you do that?"

"It's called Lightning Body," Makarov said. The boys snapped around to the old man.

"What do you mean by that?" Laxus asked.

"It's a special technique that Lightning Dragon Slayers were able to develop centuries ago. But the as the Dragon Slayer Magic is so rare, it's almost impossible to know how to teach it. However, Atlas informed me that many Dragon Slayers, like actual Dragons, will be able to access a higher level of magic power when one they consider family is in danger. Take now for example. Happy was in danger of being hurt, but you were able to access Lightning Body to fly up and catch him," Makarov said plainly.

"So, that's why you weren't worried about Happy being hurt?" Natsu asked. Makarov nodded.

"Don't misunderstand Natsu, I care about Happy too. He's a member of our family, just as much as Laaxus or yourself. Had Laxus not been able to start using Lightning Body, I would've caught him. But remember, here we're supposed to grow in our magic and encourage each other to grow. If we don't push each other, then our magic will never progress. And if you and Laxus are going to beat the Ten Wizard Saints, you two need to be encouraged and pushed beyond what you think you can handle. Understand?" Laxus smiled and nodded before wrapping his arms around Natsu and looking down at Happy with a smile.

"Honestly Happy, you can't be going up into the rafters anymore. You really scared me," Natsu scolded. Happy nuzzled into his Mama's shoulder then began squirming around to his chest. Laxus picked up his tiny little family and smirked.

"We're headed out for a bit! Don't wait up for us!" Laxus called as he walked out of the Guild Hall. They hadn't told anyone that Happy was breastfeeding from Natsu, but whenever the little kitten would get hungry and Lisanna was around, they made sure that she wouldn't want to go with them and as a result, had to find the perfect activity to disgust her enough to keep her away; fishing. Apparently, she didn't like the idea of hunting as she could turn into animals. It may have seemed underhanded, but it was the only way they could think of to get the white-haired girl to stay away from them when Happy needed to eat. Natsu did like being friends with the girl, if anything, and only heaven knew how she'd react to seeing Natsu breastfeeding. Plus, it was a good excuse to leave the Guild and for Laxus to catch some extra food to keep in the tree-house. Once they got to their usual fishing spot, Laxus pulled a fishing pole he'd made from the hollow interior of a tree as Natsu pulled off his shirt and let Happy start feeding.

"You good over there bud?" Laxus asked as he sat down and cast into the lake. Natsu hummed as he nodded and Happy guzzled away. Once Happy was finished, he and Natsu curled up against Laxus and started napping. The blonde teen reached down with a hand and teasingly, but gently, tugged on Natsu's hair and then proceeded to rub Happy's tummy. The kitten purred at the motion and stretched some. Laxus chuckled some.

"Natsu?! Natsu, where are you?!" The blonde stiffened and jerked around, the sudden movement waking Natsu.

"What's going on?" he groaned as he sat up and rubbed his eye.

"Natsu?!" The pink-haired boy sat up straight and groaned when he realized the voice was too close for them to run off.

"Get ready," Laxus said as he turned to Happy. As bad as he felt, waking up the kitten, he needed to understand that a situation was coming where he couldn't call Laxus "Dada" or Natsu "Mama". The kitten mewled as he woke up and looked up at his father with wide, curious eyes.

"Dada," he said as he rubbed an eye.

"Not now Happy. Listen, you cannot talk for right now. No talking. Shhhh. Okay?" Happy nodded. He may have only just started talking but he had shown that he understood when he was told to do or not do something. Within moments, Lisanna appeared around a tree.

"Oh…Laxus is here too…" she said. Laxus and Natsu could hear her disappointment but said nothing.

"Yea…We were fishing," Natsu said. Lisanna nodded.

"Well…I was in the East Forest with my siblings and I found the biggest footprints ever!" Natsu tilted his head to the side.

"And…?"

"You said that dragon of yours is big right? What if these are his?" Natsu's eyes went wide. Laxus almost snarled. Any mention of Igneel, be it a real or false lead, and Natsu went off.

"Where are they?" Natsu asked.

"I'll show you," Lisanna said, extending her hand for Natsu's as the pink-haired boy stood up and scooped up Happy.

"I'll come too. The East Forest is full of monsters so you two will need help," Laxus said as he put the fishing pole away and stood up, brushing any grass off his pants.

"Oh, thank you Laxus, but Natsu and I can-"

"We'll all go," Laxus said firmly. Lisanna pouted, disappointed her plans to be alone with Natsu were being interfered with again.

Four hours Later...(Where they are, it would be a long walk to East Forest)

"Daddy," Happy said as he landed on Laxus' shoulder.

"Yea buddy?"

"Mama?" Laxus raised an eyebrow.

"He's right behind us, right?" the blonde asked as he turned around, only to find Lisanna, also looking into the fog for the pink-haired boy.

"Laxus! Natsu just disappeared!" Lisanna cried.

"I know! I'll go look for him. You go back to the Guild and get some help," Laxus ordered as he moved past her.

"No! I wanna help Natsu!" Laxus whirled around, lightning flashing in his eyes, turning them a golden color for a second.

"Do as I say Lisanna! This is not the time to argue! If I have to fight something, I can't keep an eye on you, the monster and Natsu at the same time! Now go!" Laxus ran off before Lisanna could object again. He started calling out to the boy when the fog began getting far too thick. Laxus' search came to an abrupt halt when he tripped over a tree root and went sprawling into the dirt.

"Dada!" Happy said as he licked at the teen's cheek.

"I'm okay Happy. Don't worry. But I'm really starting to get worried now. I can't get a scent."

"Laxus!" Natsu screamed. Laxus snapped around as the fog began to clear, revealing a massive ape-like creature with green fur. Happy let out a squeak of fright and hid a little more behind his father. Laxus stood up and glared at the beast.

"Well, well. Looks like another stupid Fairy came to challenge me. You wouldn't happen to be lookin' for this, would ya?" The beast asked as he held up a massive fist, held in the thick fingers was Natsu.

"Mama!" Happy cried. Laxus reached back, pulled Happy off and set him on the ground with a push to the back, signaling to him to go hide. Happy whimpered as he stood there, looking between his father and the beast holding his mother.

"Put Natsu down, right now you dirty Vulcan!" Laxus ordered, baring his teeth.

"Apparently you don't know how things work in the forest, do ya kid? Finders keepers, losers weepers."

"He's not some possession that you can keep! Now put him down!" Laxus snapped, electricity coming to life on his knuckles.

"You're disrespecting me kid. Just for that I'm gonna keep her. It just so happens I've been looking for a wife." Natsu gasped, eyes going wide as he snapped his head around. Just like Natsu, Laxus was wide eyed as the Vulcan had just called Natsu a SHE, but Laxus didn't like it that the VULCAN was holding his mate in his hands. Laxus was getting angrier by the second and he doesn't want to hurt his son or mate with his lighting.

"Look here, you Vulcan! Natsu is a Dragon Slayer and is MY MATE and the MOTHER to our SON, SO LET HIM GO!" Laxus shouted at the Vulcan who looked at Natsu who nodded his head. The Vulcan shakes his head and looks at Laxus.

"No, she's mine!"

"Look here Brainless, Natsu is mine and I won't let you have him!" The Vulcan glares at him.

"Mama!" The sharp cry brought the attention of all three to the tiny blue kitten who was looking up at his mother with big, teary eyes. The Vulcan saw that the Human Male was right, but he wants her to himself so he would kill both the human male and their son so he can have the pink-haired 'female' to himself. He kicked Laxus in the stomach sending him into a tree and Laxus could get up from that kicked before looking up at the Vulcan and just when the Vulcan was about to punch Happy. Laxus shoved Happy out of the way and looked up just in time to see the creature's foot come down on him. His arm collapsed under him with a SNAP and Laxus roared in pain.

"No! Laxus!" Natsu yelled.

"You just fell for the oldest trick in the book!" the Vulcan sneered, twisting his foot to push Laxus deeper into the dirt. Another SNAP from the teen's leg rang out in the air and Laxus bit back the noise of pain as it worked its way up his throat.

"Leave him alone you ape!" Natsu yelled as he bit into the Vulcan's finger. The ape yowled in pain and released the boy. Natsu raced to Laxus and rolled the teen over as gently as he could. Laxus grit his teeth.

"Get ready to get crushed like the little pests you are!" the Vulcan roared as he picked up a giant boulder and held it over his head. Laxus threw his good arm around Natsu and rolled so Natsu was tucked under him. The two waited for the pain of a massive rock crushing them to death…but it never came.

"You really are a nasty, stupid monkey, aren't ya?" Laxus looked over his shoulder and smirked. Natsu looked and saw a person covered in shadows standing between them and the boulder.

"You really are a nasty, stupid monkey, aren't ya?" It was a male voice and Happy could see it was a man with red hair and a cape like coat that was on his shoulders and has a bag on his right shoulder with the stings in his right hand as his other hand is holding the boulder back from hitting him.

"You're..." Natsu breathed well Laxus smirks as he knows who that is.

"Who're you calling names you runt?" the Vulcan asked.

"I'll just get this out of the way." Suddenly, the boulder burst into thousands of tiny, harmless cubes.

"Whoa…" Natsu breathed.

"Now, here's how this is gonna play out. You're gonna leave the kids alone, turn around and walk away," Gildarts said in a tone that refused any argument.

Annie: Who's the guy that saved them? You would have to wait util the next chapter.

Just2protect: Can't wait to get the next chapter finished.

Both: Ja Ne. ^-^