Jurabi: Heeeeeeeeeelloooooo~! This is Espada 4 Jurabi here with my friend, Lazyfox, to bring you another chapter of Fairy Tail: Generation X. Oh my god. I'm crying right now because of the reviews that you all have sent us. First you guys called us potential novelists and then you compared reading the last chapter to reading the official manga. To be compared to the actual manga creator isn't a type of compliment you hear and not cry from.

Lazyfox: Hello everyone! I can't thank you all enough for the support you have showed us ^w^ He's not kidding we were so blown away by the support we got. Also side note really sorry for my very late post of the story my laptop died on me T^T

Jurabi: And right when we started this story too, but don't worry we're adjusting and adapting by having Lazy use her phone sometimes. It doesn't bother me. Anyways, I have to reply to a guest who asks if we are accepting OC's. Yes we are accepting OC's but only certain types. What I mean is that we are accepting OC's who are only side villains and main arc villains. For the main arc villain OC's, there is a requirement when submitting them. You must create an arc that has that OC as the arc's villain. Side villains are like subordinates to the main villains, so if any of you guys are willing to submit a villain OC, please p.m. either me or Lazy only. That way we can keep track of the OC's.

Lazyfox: We have the final bosses prepared and we have the arc planned, but we love to have feedback from you guys when it comes to villains and just to have you all apart of our story. We really appreciate you all reading it so we want to make it enjoyable for you all. Also we're going to have three main teams to focus on because we have 12 chosen main characters so as a small look into the story we'll give you the name of the teams, but we're not letting you know what character is on that team. So when you submit you're arc idea say it's for this specific team.

Jurabi: And here are the names of our three main teams of Fairy Tail: Team Firestar, Team Terra, and Team Steelknight. So when you explain what teams go on which arc, just name one, and only one, of these three teams so we'll know what you're talking about. Is that about it, Lazy?

Lazyfox: Yep~ So without further ado we'll end this Author note so we can start this chapter~ Maybe this time we'll make it 30k words XD

Jurabi: Oh god if we do that then the total word count on this story will really be insane. Anyways, please enjoy this chapter at your heart's content.

Previously on Fairy Tail: Generation X

"And I love you too Natsu Dragneel," Lucy said back before a contraction hit her hard making her cry out in pain. "Ahhh where the hell is that doctor! This is torture!"

"That's a very rude thing for you to say Princess" Loke teased appearing in the room with them.

"Shove it Loke..." Lucy growled riding out the latest wave of pain.

And now back to our Precious Cinnamon RayBun.


On September 16th inside the hospital room of Fairy Hills stood some of Fairy Tail's strongest mages. Each wizard had tears streaming from their eyes as they stared at the empty hospital bed. No one in the room could believe what they just saw, but the proof was staring right at their faces as they each watched the beautiful blonde celestial mage fade away, leaving behind a heartbroken husband and newborn daughter.

Lisanna, who had put the pieces together after hearing what Mavis told Loke, felt like a void had taken hold of her heart as she watched Natsu wail to the heavens for Lucy to come back. "Lucy... Why did you have to go," She thought wanting her tears to stop.

Natsu felt like he was being suffocated and that his heart was being stabbed a million times over. Right now he was supposed to be showing off his brand new daughter with his wife, but instead he was left alone. No matter how much he cried and screamed, his Lucy was gone. A fact that will plague his own soul for the rest of his life.

Loke noticed the far off look in Natsu's eyes and saw how unsteady his arms had become with the baby in them. Treading carefully Loke walked up to the grieving man extending his arms out to him. "Na...Natsu..." He cursed silently at his voice creaking from the pain he was suffering. "Natsu I can hold the baby for you. You look like you need to seat down, buddy."

Natsu who barely registered Loke there let the Lion spirit pick up the new born baby. When the baby girl was taken from his arms, Natsu let them drop by his sides.

"*sniff* *sniff* Lucy…" Happy cried in Mirajane arms, "Please...I want this to just be a bad dream that I'll wake up from. I want Lucy back!"

"We all do, Happy," Mirajane cried, "We all do!"

Erza was clenching her fist tightly until she pierced the palms of her hands. She was overcome with sadness and anger. Sadness that Lucy was gone, but also angry that Lucy dealt with knowing her fate alone, "This so utterly cruel... Why did this have to happen to Lucy?!"

Juvia sobbed into Gray's chest receiving a comforting hug from the weeping ice mage,

"Juvia is so sorry for ever being mean to Lucy-san. Juvia wishes to take it all back."

"Juvia, you were never mean to Lucy and she never held anything against you. Lucy loved you and everyone in this guild just the way we are," Gray says trying to calm the sobbing water mage.

Wendy was being held by Porlyusica as she cried with Carla weeping silently beside her.

Loke who had the baby in his arms gently started to rock her to try and calm her down, but the crying baby would not stop. "Hush, sweet one you're okay..."

"Shes picking up on our saddening thoughts. She's not comfortable with all these negative emotions," Thomas explained.

"I don't think any of us could fake an aura of happiness right now even if we wanted to," Mavis said letting her tears fall..

All Natsu could do at this point was stare at the bed his own wife sat in not too long ago hoping for time to rewind itself so that he could see her again.

"Natsu…" Lisanna said feeling the intense pain painted on her friend's face.

"She's gone... Why is Lucy gone? We promised each other forever, but Lucy's not here anymore" Natsu said speaking in a low and broken voice as he curled his hand into the bed sheets that carried Lucy's sweet strawberry vanilla scent.

Lisanna bit her lower lip not knowing what to do or say, but Porlyusica decided to speak now.

"I know right now the pain of losing Ms. Dragneel is very hard to accept, but that is no excuse for you all to be ignoring the infant," She said reaching for the baby from Loke, "She's been crying and screaming since her mother passed. I'm trying to be reasonable here to let you grieve, but I do have a child to look after so I need you all to calm down so I can finish prepping her to be taken to the nursery."

Porlyusica then brought the baby to her medical crib going through the steps of checking the baby. The old healer began to check her breathing, pulse, her temperature and everything else before starting up a small bath to clean her up.

The baby seemed to calm down as the old healer ran the cool cloth over her naked body making her babble. Porlyusica looked down at the baby watching cracking a smile when she heard the baby's sweet giggles.

When everyone finally calmed down, the sounds of the tiny baby were easier to hear. Happy, who cried the most, flew over Porlyusica to watch her clean up the baby and smiled when he saw how cute the baby was.

"She has Lucy's hair and nose," Happy said hovering over the baby's face ticking her nose with his tail, making the infant laugh as she tried to reach for his tail.

The sight of the little blue exceed playing with the infant warmed the saddened hearts of all those gathered in the room except the lifeless Natsu.

Lisanna walked over to Natsu again placing her small hand on his shoulder. "Natsu... You and Lucy have a beautiful daughter. Amaterasu is going to love Fairy Tail and carry on Lucy's spirit forever."

Natsu who been unresponsive this whole time staring at the sheet balled in his hands, snapped his head towards Lisanna with dull, but wide eyes. "What you say... What did you call Star?"

Lisanna eyes widen as she looked back into his eyes. "Didn't Lucy name her?"

"No," Natsu said getting the dull look in his eyes again, "Lucy was just about to name her, but then she was gone. How did you know Lucy's name for Star?"

Lisanna shuffled her feet. "When Lucy and I went to lunch we got to talking about the baby. Lucy told me the name she picked out for the baby. She told me about your deal and she said that if you had a girl she wanted to name her Amaterasu."

Natsu got up from the bedside and made his way over to his freshly bathed daughter. He looked down at her seeing her batting at Happy's tail. As if sensing his presence his daughter opened her eyes and stared up at him with glassy green eyes. His daughter smiled up at him and reached for him.

Natsu started crying again as he reached down and picked his daughter up. He held her close as she reached up patting his cheek. "Hi Star. Well, I guess you got your name now, huh? So how about it? Do you wanna be called Amaterasu?"

Natsu watched as his daughter laughed and smiled up at him. Seeing the happy smile on the baby's face warmed his heart despite how broken it currently was, "Hehe, I'll take that as a yes. I know that if Lucy saw that smile, she would cry tears of absolute joy," He said letting his tears fall on the child's face, "I know I am…"

Amaterasu babbled more as she reached for his cheek giving it a pat before releasing a giant yawn looking sleepy.

"I think it's time for her to sleep. Do you wish me to move her to the nursery ward or do you want to keep her in here?" Porlyusica asked.

"You can take her to the nursery... I don't want her to stay in here if her mother isn't here" Natsu tells her.

The old healer nodded taking the baby from her father's arm. "Alright, I'll go get her settled in then." she said moving to walk out the room with the drowsing Amaterasu who was reaching for Natsu.

"At least you can tell she's going to be a papa's girl..." Mirajane said quietly playing with her wedding ring. "Natsu is there anything I can do for you? If you need to you can come stay with me and Laxus until Amaterasu is released from the hospital if you like?" the takeover mage offered.

"No thanks Mira..." Natsu said quietly.

Zeref walked over to his little brother's side and placed a hand on his shoulder. "If there's anything we can get you all you have to do is ask. We're here for you Natsu" he said.

"Can you give me back Lucy?" Natsu asked.

Everyone looked away from the pink haired man knowing none of them had the power to grant his wish, no matter how much they all wish they could.

"I didn't think so..." Natsu said walking back to Lucy's hospital bed and picked up her cold sheet inhaling his wife's sweet scent.

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It has been six weeks since Amaterasu was born and it has been six weeks since the wizards of Fairy Tail and people of Magnolia had to say goodbye to Lucy Heartfillia-Dragneel. In these past few weeks the wizards of Fairy Tail had to adjust to a life without their smiling Celestial mage gracing their halls, but they also adapted to having to care for the three little infants that graced their lives.

Levy upon learning about Lucy's passing nearly had a mental break down. The short script mage couldn't understand why the man she loved, her two teammates and her best friend was taken from her. Thankfully Levy has been receiving help and support from Panther-Lily, Rouge and his girlfriend Kagura. Rogue and Kagura have been offering to watch Nate and Sumiko for Levy whenever she needed alone time to keep herself from going deep into depression.

As for Team Natsu, they haven't been talking to each other ever since Lucy left their world. Gray always seems to be too busy with training, Erza purposely drowned herself in guildmaster work to avoid everyone, and Wendy and Charla kept themselves separate from the others by conducting small chore missions.

How Natsu was taking Lucy's passing, however, was an entirely different story. The dragon slayer did not take long to fall into a deep depression. He would not only distance himself the most from anyone, but he would also purposely go out on the most dangerous missions with small hopes that he would get killed, but then he remembers that he would be leaving Amaterasu behind and then manages to survive the mission. At this very moment, Natsu is only torturing himself. Everyday without Lucy is another day he is drowning in bitterness and pain. Not even the smile of his daughter, Amaterasu could heal the heavy wound in his heart.

For the past six weeks, Fairy Tail has been nothing but deathly quiet. Without the trouble-maker duo, Natsu and Gajeel, no fights have been started. The whole guild hall had lost the flair that made it such a fun place to be at.

Gray sat at a table alone staring at his glass of iced tea, sometimes freezing it up a bit.

"Um...Gray-sama," A familiar voice called out.

Gray looked up and saw Juvia standing before him, "Oh, hey Juvia. How have you been?"

"Juvia is doing just fine," Juvia answered as she sat down and saw the emotionless expression on Gray's face and she knew the reason why, "Fairy Tail isn't what it used to be anymore. There are no more funny brawls, no one's even talking with each other. Is there anyway we can all go back to the way things were?"

"I'm sorry, Juvia, but I'm not the best person to be asking this," Gray said, "This guild has lost someone very important to them. Six weeks may have passed but the wound in everyone's hearts still lingers and it's never going to leave. I know that better than everyone else here…" He said thinking about his father and master.

"But still...Juvia can't stand hearing nothing but silence in this building," Juvia said.

Just as the water mage said that a babble of laughter sounded from the bar area were Mirajane and Lisanna in her tiger take over form, had Amaterasu sitting on her mother's favorite spot reaching for Lisanna's tiger tail. Amaterasu finds the game of catch the tail very entertaining.

Juvia smiled over at the baby. "At least that's one sound Juvia never gets tired of hearing. Amaterasu-chan has Lucy-san's smile don't you think so Gray-sama?"

Gray looked over to the laughing baby finding it hard not to smile at the warm scene. "Yea she does... Lucy would probably be a nervous wreck bringing her to the guild though. Everyday there be a fight breaking out and she'll have to guard Amaterasu from flying furniture. The second something would come close to hitting Amaterasu Erza have all our asses beaten and bloody on the ground" the ice mage said showing signs of his old self.

"But Lucy-san would bring Amaterasu-chan back to the guild everyday because of how much she loved Fairy Tail. Do you think Lucy-san would want to bring Amaterasu-chan here now?" Juvia asked.

"I wonder that too…" Gray said sadly thinking about Lucy again and knowing how much he misses her.

"Oh Juvia is so sorry Gray-sama! Juvia wasn't trying to make Gray-sam sad" Juvia said looking guilty for upsetting her love.

"No, don't blame yourself, Juvia," Gray reassured her, "I've been like this for a long time as much as everyone else here. It's gotten so bad that I actually miss the flame-headed idiot boasting about how stronger he is than me."

"Gray-sama misses Natsu-san calling Gray-sama an ice princess?" Juvia asked.

"I'd take Natsu calling me that over the Natsu we have now…" Gray said, "I understand that he's lost the woman he loved...but what Natsu has been doing lately…"

"Juvia is worried for Natsu-san too," Juvia said, "Natsu-san always goes on missions that would put his life at risk at every turn. At this rate, Natsu-san might actually…"

"That is his intent, most likely," Gray said feeling his temper spike through the roof whenever he thought about how idiotic the man was being.

"Doesn't Natsu-san care that if he dies he leaves Amaterasu-chan without a mother and father?" Juvia asked looking back at the giggling baby playing with Lisanna's tail. "Juvia does not want Amaterasu to hurt like that..."

Gray stayed completely silent feeling angry at how much of a poor example of a father Natsu was being six weeks into becoming one and he was tired of seeing the man who always seemed so happy look so lifeless whenever he saw him. Finally fed up, Gray stood up, "I'll be gone for a bit, Juvia. You stay here and watch Amaterasu."

"Where are you going, Gray-sama," Juvia asked.

"To go look for the real Natsu," Gray replied turning to leave.

Amaterasu stopped playing with Lisanna's tail when she saw Gray get up. The baby wasn't good at telling people apart, but she knew Gray and started waving and making grabbing hands at him.

"The real Natsu?" Juvia asked.

"Hey, Juvia, did Gray go somewhere," Lisanna asked noticing that Gray was gone while she played with Amaterasu, "I could have sworn he was sitting right in front of you."

"Oh yes... Gray-sama had just left. Gray-sama said he was going to go find Natsu-san," Juvia explained.

"I see. Well do you mind watching Ama-chan? I was thinking about heading over to Natsu's house to clean it up. Knowing Natsu he's probably let it get trashy again and we can't let this sweet girl grow up in that mess now can we?" Lisanna said tickling Amaterasu's stomach making her squeal with laughter.

"Juvia would love to watch Amaterasu-chan. Leave her to Juvia," Juvia said taking the baby from her white haired friend.

"Thank you, Juvia," Lisanna said, "I'll be back soon to play with her more," She said before she left the guild hall.

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Natsu was sitting at his old sparring ground with Gildarts watching the river. These past six weeks has left the fire-dragon slayer lost. He didn't understand his reasoning behind abandoning everything he used to do and love. He knew his heart was still shattered from losing Lucy and being around Amaterasu hurt him so much. Everytime he came home with his daughter after being away on his life threatening missions she would be smiling up at him. Her tiny smile looked so much like Lucy's and when he looked down at her face all he could see was Lucy. Natsu knew he was being a terrible father to Amaterasu by leaving her for days on end to go on a life threatening mission, but he just couldn't stand the pain of not having his love by his side anymore.

"Maybe it's time I take a 100 year mission now... I'll probably never see Amaterasu or the others again, but that's better then seeing her and missing Lucy all the time" Natsu said to himself before getting hit in the head with an ice blast.

"What the hell are you talking about you idiot Flame-brain?!" Gray yelled when he heard what natsu was saying to himself. At first Gray just wanted to yell at Natsu to get his act together for the sake of his daughter, but to hear the once joyful man admit to wanting to abandon his own daughter just set the ice wizard off.

"Oh...hey Gray," Natsu said looking back at the water.

"That's it? No insult towards me," Gray asked feeling his temper rise, "And what's that about leaving Amaterasu all alone without a father?!"

"It's none of your damn business," Natsu yelled, "Why don't you go talk to someone else or eat an ice cube or whatever you ice people do?!"

"Well there's a glimpse of the old Natsu finally. Looks like you haven't died yet and that means I can do this without any regret" Gray said before cocking his right fist back and cold clocking Natsu square in the face.

Natsu was sent straight into the river with a huge splash. When he resurfaced, he glared venomous daggers at the ice mage, "What the hell was that for, you blockhead?"

Gray marched over to Natsu and grabbed him by his coat collar and jerked him to his face. "That was for even considering leaving that baby girl all by herself! You remember the pain you felt when Igneel left you and now you want to put that pain on you're own daughter! What kind of father... no... what kind of man can do that?!"

"I told you already, you idiot, butt out of my damn business," Natsu shouted before he threw a hard punch at Gray.

Gray dodged the punch and flipped Natsu over pinning Natsu on the ground. "It is my damn business when you want to make that little girl suffer! You're not the only one who lost Lucy you damn flame-brain idiot! We all did, but more importantly, so did your daughter and now she's on the verge of losing her father because he's a two-bit coward!"

"What did you just say…?" Natsu asked angrily, "Gray...you...of all people should know the pain I'm going through! I...I lost the woman I loved and you expect me to just brush it off?!"

"No one is saying that you dumbass! No one in the guild is brushing Lucy's death off. We're all grieving for her, but we also know that Lucy wouldn't want us all to be depressed from her death," Gray tells Natsu. "We're also trying to keep up the cheery atmosphere in Fairy Tail for Amaterasu and the twins. Levy lost the man that she loved and yet she's not abandoning her children now is she!?"

Natsu didn't want to admit it, but Gray was right. But when he understood his words in his mind, all he could do was let his tears out, "Then...then that means Levy can take death easier than me. She may be moving on, but...but I can't. I'm not Levy...everytime I think of moving on, I feel like I'm tossing my memories of Lucy aside. I may always say how strong I am...but it turns out *sniff* I'm just a weakling hiding behind his laugh and all it took was losing Lucy for me to realize that!"

Gray grit his teeth as he shook Natsu. "How can any of us ever throw our memories away of Lucy! Lucy brought a light to Fairy Tail none of us can ever forget or replace."

"Even when Igneel died, I felt that way, but I didn't want to show it. Instead...I used it as a reason to become stronger so I won't ever have to lose anyone again, but instead I lost the woman I love!" Natsu said starting to cry more. "How *sob* How can I be Amaterasu's father when I can't protect her. What if i lose her next because i'm so weak!"

"Natsu…" Gray said feeling sympathy towards his heartbroken friend. "Lucy wouldn't want to see you like this, she wants you to hold on to the memories you two made together and pass them on to Amaterasu when she grows up. Don't you owe that to Lucy to let you're daughter hear your stories of each other from you? Besides do you think any of us in the guild will let something happen to her? We you think you can't be strong for Amaterasu will all stand behind you and help you protect her together."

"...Ama…" Natsu whispered, "I've been a terrible father to her. Gray... how can i make it up to her? What if I mess up again?"

Gray smiled as he got off of Natsu and held his hand out to him. "I'll help you as we'll everyone else in the guild. Plus if you get like this again I'll be happy to punch you in the face again."

"...Hehehehahaha! You really want to look for an excuse to punch my teeth in, don't you, you crazy popsicle," Natsu asked feeling that his mood was lifting a little bit.

"Only when you deserve it you over glorified firecracker!" Gray joked punching him lightly in the shoulder.

"Well...if, on any day, I do something unfatherly to Ama like this again, I'm trusting you to beat me to a bloody pulp…" Natsu said.

"Heh, I'll have to get in line first," Gray said, "I'm sure Erza and Mira will be tied for first to hound your sorry butt down and beat it to a blood pulp."

"Yeah, they sure would," Natsu said laughing again. "Where is my little star at?"

"Amaterasu was with Lisanna, Mirajane and Juvia in the guild hall" Gray tells him.

"I have some serious making up to do," Natsu said as he gave him a brief hug"...Thank you for giving me the beating I needed...Gray."

"What? No ice-related insult," Gray asked.

"Why would I thank my friend in one breath and then insult him in the next," Natsu asked, "I know better than to do that to you after all the times you watched my back. But if you'd like, I can go back to nicknaming you."

"Damn you really are growing up huh?" Gray teased messing up Natsu's hair, "You can go back to being your old self, as long as you're a good father to Ama, I don't mind anything else. Now come on, your daughter is still waiting to see your smile again."

"Alright," Natsu said as he and Gray returned to Fairy Tail.

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Lisanna walked into Natsu, Happy and Amaterasu house looking around noticing that the house was cleaner than she expected. The only thing messy about the house was the dust and the scattered baby toys and boxes.

"Looks like Natsu was cleaning up behind himself after all" Lisanna said picking up a few of Amaterasu's toys and putting them into her toy box.

Lisanna began to straighten the floor more, before moving to the kitchen cleaning the few dishes in the sink, dusting the the furniture, and vacuuming the floor. After she had, she began look around the small house. She saw pictures of her guildmates hanging on the wall, saw Lucy and Natsu's wedding picture hanging on the wall and she even saw a framed picture of a pregnant Lucy being held by Natsu with Happy on his shoulder smiling lovingly at each other.

Seeing Natsu happy made Lisanna smile, for that was all she wanted for her childhood friend, but the thought of Natsu being torn up by Lucy's passing made her tear up inside, "I wonder...will Natsu ever be happy again?"

Wiping the tears from her eyes Lisanna continued to look through the house to make sure nothing else needed cleaning. Lisanna noticed a door to new room in the house, so she opened the door and walked in. She gasped when she noticed it was a study like room that held Lucy's writing stuff and her desk. Walking over to the dusty desk Lisanna discovered that Lucy had a stack of letters on her desk. Feeling her curiosity peak Lisanna picked up the stack of letters and as she flipped through them she saw that each letter had the name of someone from Fairy Tail. As she looked at each letter she felt her heart saddened as she realized these letters were probably Lucy's last words to everyone which was only confirmed when she saw a letter addressed to Natsu, Happy and one for her unborn child.

"Oh Lucy... Why didn't you tell us you were going to leave us" Lisanna said softly crying a bit as she put the stack down holding the letter that had her name on it. Taking a deep breath Lisanna opened her letter being greeted with Lucy's pretty handwriting as she began to read...

Dear Lisanna,

Lisanna if you are reading this letter than that means I have given birth to my baby and have left this world. I'm guessing you are probably wondering how I know I was going to die huh? The First told me about my fate during my sixth month of pregnancy. When I received the news I was devastated, but I didn't want to worry anyone so I asked the First not to tell anyone so please do not be upset with her. The reason I've written this letter is to ask you a huge favor that I know I can trust you with. Lisanna, other than myself and Happy, I know you know Natsu the best and I can already guess that my death has caused Natsu's heart to break. What I'm about to ask of you is very big, but will you take care of Natsu, Happy and my baby for me? I know it's a lot to ask for, but I trust you the most to show them the love they need, the kind of love I have for them. I want Natsu to learn to love and to find love again because I don't want our child to grow up without a mother and I want you to make sure they have the best mother possible. (Tears stains can be seen) Growing up without my mother was the worse pain I ever felt and I don't want my child to ever feel that pain. I wanted to be an amazing mother. I hope you know that Lisanna so writing this letter asking you to find another woman to love Natsu like I did hurts more than the thought of dying itself. I really wanted to be an amazing wife to Natsu, but I know he's going to be an amazing father so he needs to find an amazing woman to be our childs mother. I know asking you this is unfair, but Lisanna will you be that woman for me? Will you tell my child everyday that I love them more than life itself? That I was the happiest woman in the world when I held them in my belly and felt them move? That they are a creation of true love? I have so many things I want to tell them and wanted to see them grow up, but that was not my fate and that is my only regret. If I had the chance to start everything over again knowing what was going to happen to me, I wouldn't change a thing except tell Natsu sooner how much I love him. Please tell Natsu that I believe he will be the best father in the world to our child, and that I wanted to walk by his side forever and that no matter what happens I will always love him. I want Natsu to always love and protect our child like he has done for me and Fairy Tail. Make sure our child grows up surrounded by the love and family that is our Fairy Tail. Lisanna, thank you for showing me nothing, but kindness since the day we meet. I loved getting to know you, but most importantly I loved becoming your friend. Please take good care of my Fairy Tail because no matter where I am, that's where you'll always be able to find me.

Love forever and always,

Lucy Heartfillia-Dragneel

P.S: When Natsu is ready to love again, I hope he realises and returns your feelings for him. I need to thank you for letting me find love in Natsu when you've loved him for so long. Lisanna, it's time you finally get your happy ever after my friend. Good bye.

When Lisanna had finished reading Lucy's letter the animal soul mage was a crying mess. Dropping to her knees Lisanna covered her face as she cried for the lost of her kind friend believing this whole situation was unfair.

"I...*sob* I promise *sob* Lucy I'll take care them *sob* I promise" Lisanna sobbed as she leaned her head into the letter that she clenched tightly.

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When Natsu returned to the guild with a smile on his face, the very first thing that greeted him was the smile on Amaterasu's face when she laid eyes on her father.

Amaterasu was babbling and crawling in Juvia's arms trying to get to him. Juvia laughed at the baby's actions and set her down and watched as the little baby crawled towards Natsu.

Everyone in the guild watched as Amaterasu made it to Natsu's feet and started tugging on his pants wanting to be held by him. Smiling Natsu bent down picking Amaterasu up and hugging her close.

"Hi my little star... Have you been a good girl for everyone?" Natsu asked getting a gurgle from Amaterasu as she stuck her thumb in her mouth. Natsu laughed at her. "I take that as a yes and as a sign you're hungry."

"I still can't believe someone this cute is related to you flame-brain" Gray said patting Amaterasu's blond haired head. 'You can see where she got her cuteness and beauty from."

"Oh go choke on a popsicle Ice princess" Natsu shot back getting everyone in the guild to perk up more. "Hey Mira can I get a bottle for star, a fish for Happy and plate of flaming chicken?"

Mirajane who was looking a little round in the belly nodded as she turned away to hide her happy tears to see Natsu smiling again.

Erza hearing Natsu's voice walked out of her office not expecting to see the sight of a smiling Natsu playing with his little girl the sight alone brought tears to the guildmaster's eyes.

"Well, this is a sight I thought we would never see again," Loke said watching the father dragneel played happily with his little child like a loving father.

"As did I Loke," Erza said turning to the Leo spirit seeing he wasn't in his usual black suit, but instead in his old blue jeans, orange shirt and green hoody. "I'm guessing this is a personal visit I assume?"

"Well with everything getting back to normal after our major battle last year, there's nothing much spirits like me could do right now," Loke said, "Not only that, but our master is no longer around to summon us. I'm lucky enough to be able to pass over whenever I can to visit all of you."

"I see. I've been meaning to ask you about that. How are Lucy's spirits taking and handling her passing?" Erza asked. "I know you were devastated and I'm sure the other spirits are as well."

"Moving on for everyone wasn't easy," Loke said, "Aries, Virgo and Aquarius cried the longest out of all of us. Not only that, but all of us feel like we failed as spirits...me especially. I had a feeling something was wrong with Lucy, but I didn't say anything. I was worried I would scare everyone with an assumption."

Erza placed a strong hand on Loke's shoulder. "Loke you did nothing wrong. The First explained everything to us after you left. Lucy knew for months she was going to die because of the distortion in her magic when she opened up that dimensional hole. There wasn't anything that anyone of us could have done to save Lucy."

"I know...but we all miss Lucy more than you know," Loke said, "Having her summon us to fight by her side, help her out, or even just to chat was the best thing that happened to all of us...and now she's gone. We've all decided to move on, for it's what she would want us to do, but I doubt any of us will forget losing her."

Erza turned away from him to stare look over the guild and the people who remained inside its walls. She saw Gray and Juvia watching over Natsu as he fed Amaterasu with Happy munching on a fish beside them. She watched Levy and Pantherlily bring the twins in to go sit and chat with Natsu and the others. She looked over to Cana and Elfman having a debate about what it means to be a man with Evergreen filing her nails beside him. She watched as Mirajane served Laxus and Freed another drink as the Lightning dragon-slayer give his wife a kiss on the cheek. Turning to the sound of loud laughter she watched as Sting talked ecstatically to Rogue about his upcoming wedding while Yukino chatted peacefully with Rogue's girlfriend Kagura with both of them holding their partners exceed companions. Wendy, Romeo and Carla were gazing at the mission board trying to decide on what mission they wanted to go on. Everywhere the Fairy Tail master looked she was starting to feel the spirit of Fairy Tail coming back, but it wasn't fully there still.

"The battle of Fairy Tail took more away from us than anything in this universe could ever imagine. We are a broken family, but in time we will heal the wounds given to us as I'm sure you spirits will heal from losing Lucy. Lucy is by no means being forgotten on this side of the portal. Everyone you see here carries her spirit in them and will continue to do so until we rejoin her" Erza tells him.

Loke let out a relieved smile, "That's a relief to hear. Master Erza…"

"Oh no, you can call me Erza-san still," Erza said, "I've never been much with formalities."

"Well….Erza-san, I came here on behalf of the other spirits owned to Lucy to ask you to do us a favor."

"What is it Loke? If it is in my power I will grant you guys you're favor," Erza tells him.

"Some of Lucy spirits including myself don't want to be used by another master. No offense to Yukino-san, but we feel as we are betraying Lucy in a way. That's why I like to ask you to give Yukino-san Gemini, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Capricorn to her as her wedding day gift from Lucy and us. The others and myself would like you to store us in the treasury if that is okay" Loke explained to her.

"I see. Then I will accept your request. Bring me the key of the spirits that wished to be sealed away and I will make it so" Erza informs him. "I know this transition has been hard on us all, but I hope we all find a way to heal."

"Thank you Erza-san" Loke said looking down at the slumbering Amaterasu in Natsu's arms. "I hope we all find a way to heal too."

Natsu was smiling down at his daughter as she finally drifted off to sleep when she finished eating. "I have the cutest daughter ever," he said mostly to himself, but the others gathered around him heard him letting out soft chuckles.

"Hey Natsu, not to brag or anything, but I think I have the cutest daughter ever," Levy said teasingly as she bounced 8th month old Sumiko in her lap while Nate was sitting in Juvia's lap playing with his blocks. .

"You have equally adorable kids Levy, but Star's one of kind. Her cuteness is the type to turn even the darkest of creatures into adorable pets," Natsu boasted to the blue haired mother.

"Oh really? I guess I can't argue with that logic then" Levy relented happy to see Natsu really was starting to come around. "I'm guessing that means you're going to become that over protective kind of dad that doesn't let his daughter go out on dates until she's 20 huh?"

"Whoa! Who said anything about dating? No guy is going to be good enough for Ama to even think about going out with" Gray said in place of Natsu feeling his protective instincts for the baby kick in.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that," Levy said, "For all we know, Ama might end up falling in love herself."

"Star can fall in love when she's 50 then." Natsu said before turning to his blue furred companion. "Right Happy?"

"Aye sir!" Happy said.

"50? Isn't that a little bit over-aged?" Levy asked.

"What? I think it's reasonable. Okay maybe it's a little high. I'll let her start dating at 40 then" Natsu said.

"That really doesn't change much," Levy said with a sweatdrop.

Juvia just laughed. "Levy-san, Juvia believes it's no use to argue with Natsu-san and Gray-sama when they have their minds made up."

"You're right about that," Levy said, "I'm just glad things have started getting back to normal. There's already been enough sadness…"

"Juvia agrees with Levy-san" Juvia said. "Juvia is happy that we have Sting-kun and Yukino-san's wedding to looking forward to and that should bring many smiles to Fairy Tail."

That was when the sounds of the doors to the guild opening was heard. Everyone turned and saw Lisanna out of breath with red eyes, tightly holding a dozen sheets of paper, "Natsu…everyone..." She whispered.

"Lisanna? What's the matter," Natsu asked noticing her red eyes, "And what happened to you?"

"Never mind me…" Lisanna said as she placed Lucy's letter with Natsu's name on it by Natsu, "These letters...they're all Lucy's last letters to everyone. Lucy wrote a letter for everyone here."

Natsu's eyes widen. "Lucy wrote us letters?" he asked still holding Amaterasu.

"Yes. I went to your house to clean because I thought you and happy has let it get messy again. When I was cleaning I went into Lucy's study room and I found these letters on her desk. They each have a name on it" Lisanna said showing a few tears swimming in her eyes with a sad smile on her face. "There Lucy's goodbye to us all."

Natsu and everyone in the guild looked nervous to reach for their letter. They all wanted to see what the Lucy's final words were to them, but they also didn't want to be sad again. Taking a deep breath Natsu handed his sleeping daughter over to his best friend and picked up his letter and began to read it.

The other wizards watched as Natsu read his letter silently and prepared themselves to see Natsu fall back into his depressive mood, but instead they watched him stay calm until he put the letter down. The guild members gathered around watched at Natsu started crying, but he was crying with a sad smile on his face.

"Yep those are my Lucy's final words alright *sob*" Natsu remarked as he looked over to his sleeping daughter placing a loving hand on her head as he leaned over placing a kiss on her forehead. "Star you're mommy and I love you very much. One day I'll tell you all about our adventures together and I promise to always be there to protect you and love you forever."

"Did Lucy spend her last few months writing all of these," Gray asked holding his own letter scared to read what it said.

"Lucy wanted to make sure she said good bye to us all in her own special way" Levy said crying as she read through her letter.

Juvia was crying through her letter. "Lucy-san... Thank you for being Juvia's friend too" the water mage said reading the line were Lucy called her a beautiful friend that she was happy to have and knows that she will love and take care of her older brother figure Gray.

Erza too was shedding tears as she read her letter, "Lucy...I promise I will remain a strong guildmaster for you."

Lisanna walked over to a crying Loke with Amaterasu holding star covered letters. "These are addressed to the celestial spirits. I think Lucy wanted to give you all a proper goodbye too."

Loke gave her a watery smile as he tucked his letter in his shirt pocket. "She wrote me two letters. Lucy addressed me as Loke of Fairy Tail in that letter telling me she was happy I became her friend. Lucy also wrote she had more to say, but I have to read the Leo letter to hear it" he said wiping at his tears watching Amaterasu wanting to hold her, but scared to at the same time.

Lisanna sensing Loke's unease passed Amaterasu over to him. "Don't be scared, she'll love you just like her mommy did," she said to reassure him.

Loke held Amaterasu in his arms watching her sleep in wonderment. "She beautiful just like her mother was."

Lisanna smiled at him. "That she is."

Lisanna looked around the guild watching how everyone reacted to Lucy's letters. Her big sister Mirajane was crying into her husband chest as he rubbed soothing circles into her back. Sting was holding a crying Yukino. Cana was staring into the barrel she was drinking out of smiling at her letter wiping at the tears that gathered in her eyes before she toasted the air saying thanks for being my partner too. Elfman was shedding manly tears as he read his letter and Evergreen was patting his shoulder. Wendy and Romeo were crying together as they finished their letters. Carla was comforting a sobbing Happy as he hugged his letter in his little paws. Rogue stood by Kagura looking indifferent, but she could see the silent tear fall from his eye as his fists were shaking. Glancing over she watched as Gray finally opened his letter to read it.

Gray looked over his letter feeling his heart constrict as he read how Lucy treasured his friendship and saw him like the big brother she never had. He continued reading until he got to the point in her letter that told him to stop holding back his feelings. That it was time for him to let Juvia know what she means to him. That he wasn't allowed to waste anymore time and that it's time for him to be happy.

It didn't take long before all of Fairy Tail began to return to it's former, happy self now that everyone knows how much they meant to Lucy and how she wanted them to move on into a brighter future they fought so hard to create.

It made Lisanna so happy seeing everyone, especially Natsu, with smiles on their faces. In the back of her mind, though, she still remembered the last words of Lucy's letter.

"Hey, Lisanna," Natsu called out to Lisanna.

Lisanna snapped out of her daze, "Natsu," She said feeling her heart race a bit.

"I want to thank you so much for bringing everyone those letters," Natsu said, "Fairy Tail wouldn't have gotten back on it's feet if it wasn't for you."

"Oh, it's no big deal," Lisanna said, "It was actually the revival of your cheerfulness that did the real work. I just...gave the guild the last-minute nudge."

"You're selling yourself short," Natsu said, "Where did you even find those letters?"

"Well...I went to your house to do a little cleaning for you and I stumbled onto Lucy's study room, which had the letters all there on the desk," Lisanna said.

"She expected us to find that on our own," Natsu asked, "Because I remembered her always telling me that seeing her writing was off-limits. Either way, you brought us those letters and brightened up our mood like you always do, so again, thank you so much, Lisanna," Natsu said with his cheerful smile.

Lisanna let out a small blush, "A-again, it was no big deal."

"By the way, what did your letter say, Lisanna," Natsu asked, "Everyone else is sharing their letters too."

"My letter," Lisanna asked a little hesitant to explain, "Um...nothing special. It was just Lucy thanking me for being her friend and to move on to a bright future just like the rest of you."

"No...I know Lucy's better than to just say that to her close friend," Natsu said, "She's gotta have told you something that made you smile again."

"Umm…" Lisanna did not know what to say to him.

"I'm sorry...if I'm being too forceful then I won't bother you about it again," Natsu said, "But I still think Lucy said something important to you."

"I'm sorry, Natsu, but that was all she said in her letter," Lisanna said.

"Well if you say so," Natsu said before he heard the sound of Amaterasu crying and instantly turned into rage mode and rushing into the direction of Amaterasu's crying, "ALRIGHT! WHICH ONE OF YOU BASTARDS MADE MY DAUGHTER CRY?!"

Lisanna let out a deep sigh before she sat down on a bench. Deep down in her heart, she knows that she has always been in love with Natsu, but knew Natsu and Lucy were so happy together and she did not want to get in the way or become a bother. Now, she was more afraid because if she confesses her feelings for Natsu, she'll feel like she's replacing Lucy in Natsu's heart and taking advantage of her death.

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A full year had passed since the happiness that Fairy Tail was known for was restored thanks to Lisanna's and Lucy's help. Natsu had turned into a father who was very difficult to separate from his daughter, but whenever he had to take on a mission to earn money, he would always place Amaterasu in Lisanna's care.

This past year has shown to bring Fairy Tail many joys. Sting and Yukino got married on the 14th of December and the former Sabertooth members were happy and excited for they were expecting their first child soon. Gray and Juvia got married on the 28th of March after Gray took his late little sister's advice and finally confessed to the patient water mage. Mirajane had given birth to hers and Laxus' son, Alex Dreyar on the 12th of May. Jellal had finally asked Erza out and the two are beyond happy.

With so many of Natsu's friends busy, Lisanna was the only person he could turn to, to watch over his precious little star since Lisanna has become more reserved when it comes to using magic and does not fight often anymore.

Amaterasu was currently practicing her walking. The little one year old was having trouble keeping her balance when she took a few steps before falling to the floor and trying again. Lisanna was on the floor with her trying to help steady her waiting for her to walk on her own.

"That's a good girl Ama. You're starting to get the hang of this" Lisanna encouraged the small baby.

Amaterasu was on her feet again when Natsu and Happy walked in through the door announcing they were back from their mission. Upon seeing her daddy Amaterasu started waddling over to him falling down twice on her trip before making it to him. "Dada!" she cried hugging his leg.

Lisanna was smiling at how cute Natsu and Amaterasu were. She remembered how a couple of months ago when Amaterasu called Natsu "Dada" for the first time. The tears the pink haired man cried that day would have put Juvia to shame. "Welcome back home Natsu and Happy. How was the mission?"

"Too easy," Natsu said, "I would say more by I'm just so happy right now! My little star called my dada! She has the most adorable voice I've ever heard! Okay, Star, try saying Happy this time."

"Hapa!" Amaterasu said.

Happy felt his own breath escape his body after hearing Amaterasu say his name in the cutest voice, "S-So! A-Adorable! I don't care if she's butchering my name as long as she does it with her cute voice!"

"Thank you, Lisanna, for looking after my precious star," Natsu said, "And sorry for leaving her with you, but everyone else was just so busy that I couldn't find a babysitter I could trust."

"It was no problem, Natsu," Lisanna said, "I really love spending time with Amaterasu, she's my god-daughter after all. She always loves to pull on my tail when I'm in my Cat Soul form."

"Heh, you really are gifted with children," Natsu said, "You would make an amazing mother someday."

"...Y-You think so," Lisanna asked.

"Think so," Natsu asked before chuckling, "I've known so for the longest time. Don't tell me you forgot about the times we spent together as kids taking care of Happy. Even as kids you were an amazing mother."

"Of course not! Those are my happiest memories Natsu. I would never forget them." Lisanna said.

"Neither would I," Natsu said as he looked back at Happy playing with Amaterasu who was pulling on his tail, "Look at her...imagine how much Lucy would dote on her and be hugging her right now."

"You couldn't pry them apart" Lisanna commented. "Have you tried getting Ama to look at Lucy's picture and calling her mommy?"

"I have and it warms my heart that Star finally knows who her mother is," Natsu said before he then grew sad, "Now I just have to prepare for the day I have to explain why mommy isn't here…"

Lisanna grabbed his hand. "You won't have to tell her alone. I'll be there to help you if you want me to."

Natsu closed his hand around Lisanna's hand before pulling the white haired woman into his arms burying his face in her flower scented hair. "Thank you Lis... This last year without Lucy... If it wasn't for you, Gray, the guild, or Star I don't think I would have made it through. Thank you."

Lisanna teared up as she hugged him back feeling her heart beat faster. "I'll always be there for you Natsu no matter what."

Natsu hugged her tighter before pulling apart from her. "So, how about I treat you to dinner tonight? I earned a lot of jewels from my mission."

Lisanna's eyes widened when Natsu said his request, "D-dinner?! Natsu, I don't think you should throw your jewels away on me."

"Don't worry about my money, Lisanna," Natsu said reassuringly, "You've been such a good playmate and friend for Star. I don't think I could have kept her entertained on my own."

"It's not that hard. She loves playing catch the tail" Lisanna giggled watching Amaterasu tug on Happy's tail. "Isn't that right Happy?"

"Aye sir!" Happy cheered flying down giving Amaterasu a hug. "I love having a little sister to play with."

Natsu smiled at his little blue friend and his beautiful little girl. "Me too Happy. I'm really glad you have a little sister too." He said before he turned back to Lisanna, "So how about it, Lisanna? I can leave Amaterasu in Gray and Juvia's care for the night while we go out to dinner."

Lisanna sighed knowing how stubborn Natsu is when it comes to inviting other people and nodded, "Well if you say so, Natsu, but you need to spend time with Amaterasu so let's bring her with us to dinner."

"Good idea," Natsu said, "Hopefully the restaurant I was planning to take you has child meals. I never realized how small everyone else's stomachs were until I started feeding Little Star."

Lisanna let out a giggle, "It goes to show how different you are from the rest of us...and I mean that in a good way."

"I know," Natsu said, "There's no need for you to be specific with me. So, are you ready to go now or do you need more time?"

"Nope I'm ready let me just go grab Star's diaper bag" Lisanna said going into Amaterasu's room to fix up the little one's to go bag.

After Lisanna had everything ready, she and Natsu took Amaterasu out to town during the night. Natsu was the one leading them to the restaurant he had planned.

Once they have arrived at the restaurant, Lisanna was nothing short of surprised. "Natsu, is this?"

"Yep, the Italian restaurant you've always loved to go to," Natsu said as they arrived at the Italian restaurant that Lisanna and Lucy had their last meal together at.

"I see," Lisanna said before she put on a sad face when she thought of Lucy.

"Is something wrong, Lisanna?" Natsu asked as he grew concerned after looking at her saddened expression.

"Oh, no," Lisanna said, "I'm fine. I can't wait for Amaterasu to taste the wonders of Italian food."

Natsu couldn't help but feel worried for Lisanna. He wanted to make sure that she was having a good time eating dinner with him. It may have seemed that Lisanna was enjoying herself, seeing as how she was happily feeding Amaterasu the small noodle pieces of her spaghetti, but Natsu has known her his entire life and can tell that she is hurting inside for some reason.

"Aw, look at Amaterasu," Lisanna said, "She's grown a tomato mustache~!"

Natsu smiled at how cute Amaterasu looked, but he could see Lisanna was really forcing herself to be happy. "Lisanna what's wrong? Why do you look like you want to cry?"

Lisanna looked shocked. She thought she was doing a good job at hiding her emotions and she was willing to tell a little lie to make sure the evening would stay mellow, but the look in Natsu's eyes said she couldn't fool him. Sighing she put her fork down as she stared at her Spaghetti plate.

"This is the last place me and Lucy went to..." Lisanna started to say feeling her eyes starting to well up with tears. "This is where me and Lucy last talked and I... I just really miss her Natsu."

"I had a feeling that was what's bothering you," Natsu said sadly, "I had planned to take her and Little Star here for our first dinner together as a family, but it's like they say...some plans just don't work well."

"Then why did you bring me here Natsu?" Lisanna asked. "This should have been a dinner for just you and Amaterasu then."

"Because you deserve this, Lisanna," Natsu said, "Compared to your love for Little Star, no one else could even compete with you. Plus...I know for a fact that I owe you some form of apology for just leaving you with your siblings after we brought you back from Edolas. After all that, we never got to hang out and play parents for Happy like we used to. I never bothered asking because I just assumed that you thought yourself too old to play around like kids and that you were busy catching up with your family. I didn't want to be selfish..."

"Natsu, you believed me to be dead for two years," Lisanna said, "You moved on past those times we used to sit down and act like pretend parents. You were becoming a better mage and you formed an actual team that needed you way more than I did. I loved getting back into the flow of Fairy Tail because the two years I spent in Edolas changed me and when I got back everything had changed too. No one was the same, but I was okay with that. I needed to the time to myself to regroup and fit back in with everyone. Besides, you had Lucy to occupy your time with and she made Happy and you very happy didn't she?"

"Yes, Lucy did make the two of us happy," Natsu said, "But I just wish I had taken the time to at least talk to you."

"We talked. Not as often as we did as kids, but we did" Lisanna tells him "What's done in the past is in the past we can't change what has happen and we can't second guess the choices we made. All we can do is continue to move forward with our lives."

"You're right, as always," Natsu said, "So I've been meaning to ask. What are you planning to do from now on?"

"That is actually a very good question," Lisanna said as she looked up at the night sky, "I've already decided to stop using magic as a means of fighting. After all that bloodshed during our battle against Zeref and Acnologia...I just lost the will to simply fight anything."

"I understand... I don't blame you either. I wish I could say I can give up fighting, but I can't. I love to fight, but I hate the bloodshed. I hope my Lil Star never has to use her magic in a life or death situation. I hope when she learns magic she only has to use it for fun and to keep those she loves safe" Natsu petting Amaterasu hair as she played in her pasta sauce.

"Me too," Lisanna said, "I've always wanted to be a professional gardener or an animal keeper. I found this wonderful veterinarian place that's hiring so I'm planning on checking it out and applying there."

"That sounds perfect for you Lisanna. Being as your animal take over mage you'll be really in tune with the animals" Natsu said grinning at her.

"Thanks, Natsu," Lisanna said while blushing, "I'll do my best to make those precious animals happy."

"You make Star and me happy so it'll be an easy job no doubt" Natsu said. "And again, thank you for what you did for both of us. We wouldn't be having this if it weren't for you."

"Please, Natsu, you've thanked me enough," Lisanna said, "Let's just enjoy our dinner. Amaterasu looks like she is about to fall asleep."

'Hehe, Little Star is such a heavy sleeper," Natsu said, "She'd probably win if the two of us did a sleeping contest."

"Unless you make too much noise then she's a light sleeper and boy if you wake her up she's mad!" Lisanna giggled picking up the messy toddler. "Come along Ama let's go get you cleaned up and ready for bed. Natsu wave the waiter down while I take Amaterasu to the bathroom."

"Sure thing," Natsu said.

Lisanna took Amaterasu into the restaurant's bathroom to clean her up. Natsu spotted the waiter and waved him over.

"Good evening sir. I hope everthing was to you and your wife's liking tonight" the waiter said kindly giving Natsu his bill. "You are very lucky man my good sir and you two have a very beautiful daughter. Safe journey home to you three."

Natsu was stunned silent as his face took on a darker shade of pink than his own hair as realized the man confused Lisanna for his wife and for being Amaterasu mother. In hindsight, Natsu should be upset that anyone could think he would be with anyone else other than Lucy, but the more he thought about it, the thought of him being with Lisanna didn't upset him like it should have. Instead of anger or disgust about harboring feelings for his childhood friend he was quite happy and he felt a warm glow in his belly from the idea.

Meanwhile, Lisanna was cleaning up Amaterasu's dirty face with a wet cloth drenched in soap.

"Geez, could you have eaten a little less sloppy...this is taking a lot longer than I expected," Lisanna said. "But this is nothing compared to the other times I had to clean you."

"Oh my, what an adorable child you have there," said a woman who was just exiting the bathroom stall she was using to wash her hands.

"Oh, well thank you," Lisanna said, "That adorableness kinda melts away the second you have to change their diapers though."

"Trust me, girl, I know all too well," the woman said, "I'm sorry that I suddenly started this conversation out of the blue, but seeing you with your child reminded me of my times with my baby boy."

"My child," Lisanna asked confused as to what the woman was referring too until it finally clicked, "W-Wait, this isn't my-"

"Again, I'm sorry," the woman said, "I'll get out of your hair now." She said as she went to leave the bathroom, "I give you my blessings from one fellow mother to another." She said with a smile before she left.

Lisanna couldn't help but feel flustered at the thought of being a mother, let alone the mother of Natsu's child, but then she felt guilty for even think of replacing Lucy. She knows Natsu loved her so the thought of being his wife made her feel terrible inside. This tore Lisanna up as her tears fell from her eyes, "I-I can't do it, Lucy. I don't want to replace you...He's always loved you and he still loves you, so why should I even think about it?"

Amaterasu stopped playing with the wipe when she heard Lisanna cry. The little baby made a grabbing motion for Lisanna. "LiLi..."

Lisanna stopped crying as she looked at the small baby who was smiling and reaching for her, "Ama...I am so sorry." The white haired girl cried, "You are going to live you whole life without your mother and there's nothing I can do to bring her back into both you and Natsu's lives. Even worse, people might take me as your real mother."

"Li…." Amaterasu said as she ended up placing her hands on Lisanna's.

Lisanna looked into Amaterasu's eyes and felt something warm her heart, "Lucy? No…but for some reason, I can feel her. Lucy, are you trying to tell me something through your daughter?" She asked as she looked at Amaterasu's bright smile that, in turn, made Lisanna smile, "You have your mother's smile, Ama. I'm sorry for crying right in front of you like that. Come on, let's not keep your papa waiting." She said as she finished cleaning and drying Amaterasu and brought her back to Natsu.

"Both of you are done?" Natsu asked.

"Yep," Lisanna said, "Getting the sauce off of Ama was a lot harder than I thought."

"But you got it done in the end," Natsu said, "I finished paying the bill and tipping the waiter. You ready to go home?"

"I am and so is Ama," Lisanna said as Amaterasu smiled.

"Papasta," Amaterasu cheered.

"Aw...she made her first pun," Natsu said as he held onto Amaterasu lovingly, "Let's get you to your bed so you can get a good night's rest, Lil' Star."

As Lisanna walked Natsu and Amaterasu home, she couldn't stop thinking about what had happened in the bathroom with her and Amaterasu. The more she thought about it, the more certain it was Lucy who was communicating to her through her daughter. She doesn't know how that was possible, but it did happen.

She looked at Natsu who was gently holding the sleeping Amaterasu in his arms showing his love to his child with warm kisses. "Lucy…" Lisanna thought, "Is it wrong to say that I've fallen in love with the man you loved once again? That maybe I've never stopped loving him and have fallen harder for him? Am I a terrible person to admit that deep down I felt happy that I was mistaken for your daughter's mother? I know that Natsu will never forget you and I hope he never does, but I know that he's still hurting deep inside and Amaterasu needs someone to be her parent alongside him. Lucy...if you can hear me...may I ask for your permission to confess my feelings to Natsu?"

"Lisanna, are you alright," Natsu asked snapping Lisanna out of her line of thought.

"Huh," Lisanna asked.

"You weren't talking like you usually do," Natsu said, "A bit quieter too. Is something wrong?"

"...No," Lisanna said, "Nothing's wrong. Just thinking about my veterinarian job."

"I bet, but I told you not to worry about it because you're going to be an amazing moth...I..I mean caretaker for the animals" Natsu said turning bright red for slipping and almost calling Lisanna a mother.

Lisanna's eyes widened when she thought for a moment that Natsu called her mother, but she shook her head to get the thought off her mind. 'Lisanna get your head on straight girl. Natsu sees you as his best friend and someone from the guild that takes care of his daughter..."

Natsu was feeling his heartbeat in the weird way it did back in the restaurant. He really wanted to say he hated the feeling but he couldn't. The truth was the funny feeling he was feeling was making him happy, the same kind of happy that Lucy made him, but it was different at the same time.

Amaterasu who was fast asleep in her father's arms snuggled closer to his beating heart and listened to it. Sighing softly to herself she mumbled out four words in her sleep. "Papa...LiLi... Wuv...wu" cooed the sleeping baby.

Natsu smiled down at his daughter who had Lucy sunny blonde hair. Placing a kiss on her head as he hugged her close. "Papa loves you too Star..." "And I will always love you too Lucy...but I think I can make room in my heart for one more so our beautiful little girl has a good mother figure in her life. Will that be okay?" He asked looking up at the stars.

As if both of their questions were being answered the wind began to swirl around both Lisanna and Natsu causing the fire mage to move closer to the white haired take over mage. As the wind blew Natsu brought Lisanna into a hug to keep he warm from the cold wind and Lisanna placed herself to cover Amaterasu so the wind wouldn't hit her directly. When the wind calmed down the two mages noticed how close they had gotten and could feel their faces heating up. To avoid eye contact they both looked up and at that moment saw a shooting star flying over their heads.

Lisanna and Natsu stood on the bridge they were walking over amazed by what they saw. To others it was a simple shooting star for you to make a wish on, but to them it was a sign and an answer for them. Little tears freaked down the mages faces both having a resounding thought in their heads and hearts.

"Thank you Lucy..."

Taking a moment to absorb the moment Lisanna took a deep breath to steel up her nerves. She decided then and there she was not going to waste another minute longer. Lisanna looked back at Natsu making sure to have contact with him. "Natsu there's something I need to tell you... *deep breath* Natsu I l-"

Before Lisanna could finish her sentence and with the speed only Natsu possessed. He used his free arm to pull Lisanna in close to him as he planted a gentle but fiery kiss on her lips stunning the white haired animal takeover mage.

Natsu held Lisanna close while also making sure Amaterasu was secure in his one arm as he used the other one to hold her close. Natsu was happy to feel no regret in his kiss knowing what he was doing and about to say was the right thing. Breaking the kiss Natsu pulled back to see Lisanna stunned and surprised face as she traced her lips. Giving her his warmest smile he cupped her face to make her look him in the eyes.

"Sorry, Lis, I had to do that before I lost my nerve," Natsu starts to say. "See tonight I've been having this funny feeling inside my stomach. It reminded me of the feeling I had with Lucy. At first, I thought it was wrong to have that feeling with you, but I was wrong."

"Natsu…" Lisanna said.

"I know that I still hold Lucy dear to my heart," Natsu declared, "My love for her and her love for me are things that I will never forget, but when she died I was beyond devastated. I never even got to say goodbye to her nor even given any indication that she wanted to say goodbye to me, but you changed that, Lis. You made me the happiest man in the world by finding Lucy's letters and letting me know that she still loves me."

"But...that doesn't mean I deserve to be by your side, Natsu," Lisanna said, "I just gave you a piece of paper that I found by accident!"

"Well that piece of paper that you found by accident saved me and Lil' Star from a life of wondering if Lucy wanted to leave us," Natsu declared, "Lis, you've never changed since our childhood. You always see the good and bad in people and do your best to help whenever the opportunity arises. I don't regret having this feeling because even though it's like the one I had for Lucy, this one is different because it's for you. I think I've fallen in love with you Lisanna."


Lazyfox: Wooo another exciting chapter done. It touched ya in the feelz and awww wasn't lil baby Amaterasu's baby talk not adorable~

Jurabi: Aww...I can't get over the cuteness! And if you guys think that is cute, we've got a treat for you next chapter.

Lazyfox: Yes sooo much is going to happen next chapter that I can't wait to do~ You're going to meet some more new characters and we're going to highlight other families and it's going to be fun all around so please make sure to stay tune for it ^w^

Jurabi: Now I know that at least one of you will think that Natsu has been out of character the entire chapter. Here's the thing: Natsu's character sucks. There's no other way to describe it. You could argue that his whole character is like wasted potential. What I am saying is that compared to other anime protagonists, Natsu is the weakest one in terms of character. So with what limited time we had, we decided to show a more morbid side of Natsu. Yes, Natsu is a happy character who isn't the type to get sad, but characters like those don't really get far and end up being boring and bland.

Lazyfox: Like we said we love all the characters in Fairy Tail we just want to try new angles with them. Anyway we do hope you enjoyed the chapter. If so please feel free to favorite and follow the story or Jurabi and me. Until next time everyone~

Jurabi: P.S., if you don't know what Cinamon RayBun is, well that's for us to know and for you to find out. See ya~!