Disclaimer: sadly I do not own Fairy Tail.
So here's the third chapter. In this chapter I want to develop the characters more. I have come to the decision that there will not be a major pairing. As I have stated before, this is not a romance story. If there is any pairing or something close to it, it will be one-sided. I want Charr to be the main focus. Okay now on with the story.
It had been one week since Charr was introduced to Fairy Tail. She had adjusted far better then they expected and acted like she was born to be a part of Fairy Tail. She had so much of the same personality of Natsu some questioned if it was actually his daughter. She had already began to grow close to a few members. Of course she still favored Natsu and Happy. Some wondered for her safety due to her strange attraction to a certain black haired iron dragon. Despite what he would want you to believe, Gajeel had a soft spot for the fiery little girl that had grown on him over the course of a week. But with all the smiles and giggles their was still a few things that need changing.
At the moment most of the main members were at the guild. These of which include the Master Macarov. Master was also one of the few members that found a special place in Charrs heart. She was not old enough to talk or walk being only at most 3 months old, but could still express emotion like any other. One of her favorite things was pulling on his mustache. This was what she was currently doing in the arms of Master as he sat on top of the bar in his usual place. Natsu sat on a stool long asleep with his cheek resting on the bar so he was facing the two, his mouth slightly open. This was new to him after all, a week ago he was a normal 18 year old boy playing with friends and destroying everything he could. Now he was a single parent of a newly adopted daughter. He did have the guild to help, but him and Happy to on the brunt of it. He was grateful for Happy, without him he probably wouldn't be able to take on this responsibility. But even if he loved Charr with all his heart, those precious moments were he could hand he off to someone else for hour or two were cherished and that is precisely what he was doing now.
On a table of far away sat Wendy and Carla. Happy was also there but instead of pestering Carla about fish, he was sprawled across the table snoring loudly. Wendy had a look a worry plastered to her face as she looked at Happy. She also sent concerned looks every once and awhile at Natsu. Carla could also be seen with a worried expression as she kept sneaking glances at Happy. She was trying to act like she didn't care but it was pretty obvious. Gray was also there and what surprised people was him and Natsu weren't fighting. After all Natsu was tired and Gray had bigger problems on his hands. First off he was clad in only a pair of boxers as he searched for his missing items trying to avoid a clingy Juvia. Lucy was there to, she sat with Levy and team shadow gear as they discussed their next mission. The thunder legion was standing on the second floor looking over the guild, boredom evident on their faces. Elfman still shouting about being a man as Mirajane scrubbed the counters. It was just a normal day, minus the fact a retain red head was missing. As if answering the thought of the more curious guild members the guild doors slammed open with a. It bang, startling everyone and effectively waking up the two sleepy heads.
"NATSU!" Our beloved Titania bellowed, "we have some things to discuss." She looked over at the still groggy Natsu and glanced at a confused Happy and sighed. She walked over to the request bored and picked off an easy one with good pay. She wondered over to Natsu and handed him the paper which he exchanged with a confused look.
"Take this job, it's easy and true pay is good, you and Happy can go alone. You two look like you need a break." He looked at her and said,
"What about Charr, who's going to wa-,"
"The guild will watch her and everyone will play their part, I'll make sure of it. This will also give me a chance to bond with my neice." The self proclaimed aunt inturupted. Natsu only looked at her with skepticism.
"I hope your not going to argue, Natsu," Erza said. Natsu gulped in fear and jumped up from his seat. He ran to the table with Happy and grabbed him. He then dashed back to Macarov gave Charr a quick kiss on the forehead and headed to the door. He then turned around before leaving and said,
"Thanks everyone, be carfeful, don't forget to feed Charr at 6am 12pm and 6pm, then you need to burp her, when you feed her at 12 then make her take a nap, even if she doesn't want to she'll be cracky and then-"
"NATSU"everyone yelled.
"Hehe sorry, see you in a bit."
Natsu then left with Happy trailing behind him. The door shut and everyone just sat there in silence. There were a few quiet comments about him being a protective father and mourning over how hard Charr teenage years are going to be. After a while it got awkward and everyone was just going over what occurred. It was finely Master who broke the silence.
"Erza, what's the meaning of this."
"You are all probably wondering why I just sent Natsu away," Erza said. She then walked over to the stage Mirajane used for her performances.
"Now before I begin, I will not have any interruptions, if you have question wait till the end of you will be severely punished."she ended her sentence with a dark aura promising pain to whoever disobeyed.
"Okay to start off, I have noticed that Natsu has put in a lot of effort into raising and making Charr happy. He has matured a lot since find Charr. But there are s some problems that need addressed. One of which is the living conditions they have. If any of you have seen Natsu's hours you will know what I mean. He made the decision to clean the house, thank god, the the day Charr came to live with them. But their current house is very small and not in the right condition to house a baby. I'd doesn't even have a room, only a hammock on the side of the living room, if you could call it that," Erza continued.
"So I decided that Natsu and Happy will go on a job to get some money and rest while we surprise him with a new house Suitable for Charr. I also want everyone here to pitch in so we can get this home done before he gets back. Any questions?"
"Ya, um how much time do we have?"a random member asked.
"Good question, the request said it would take two weeks, but knowing Natsu he will to it in half that."
"WE HAVE TO FINISH A HOUSE IN A WEEK!" someone yelled.
"Erza are you crazy!"
"Hey don't say that, you'll get yourself killed."
"This is madness"
"We'll never finish it on time"
Soon shouts and screams were all that could be heard. The pandemonium spread so that no one was paying attention anymore. The soon simple conversation turned into an all out brawl. It was fist to face, and face to floor. Bodies were flying across the guild from one side to another as if it were outer space. Unconscious bodies lay scattered across the floor. Noises that sounded like "bring it on", "come at me you bastard", and "MAN" could be heard all across Magnolia.
On the outskirts of town Natsu and Happy were about to leave town when they heard the noise. Natsu turned around and smiled,
"Good old Fairy tail, ay Happy"
"Aye"
Back at the guild Erza could be seen with a tick mark on her head as a noticeable frightening aura appeared around her. I mean who could blame her, she was Erza after all, and no one ignored Erza or something bad would happen. Those few unlucky brawlers were about to find out what.
"QUIET" she yelled.
It was now the time they realized that they had just ignored and interrupted the great and terrifying Titania. After a "few" beatings that resulted in half the guild knocked out with noticeable bumps on their heads, some squeals from Charr indicating she loved watching everyone at Erza's mercy, she was defiantly Natsu's daughter, everyone had finally quieted down and had full attention on Erza. After that beat down who wouldn't.
"Now I will be assigning tasks, first, is there anymore questions?" After all she got was silence she continued.
"Ok Freed, Levy, and me will work on blue prints. Lucy, Wendy, Carla, I want you to go to their house and pack everything up. After that Wakaba and Macao will help you carry them, we can put them in the back room of the guild for now. When their done Gray, Elfman and Bickslow will help take down the old house and level the ground for new construction. Mirajane, Juvia and Evergreen are in charge of décor. Master, Jet and Droy, I want you to get all the building materials. Everyone together will help in the initial construction, any questions?"
"Ya I got one, what about me?" Gajeel grumbled.
"Oh yes I almost forgot," Erza chuckled nervously at her mistake, "you have the most important job out of all of us…"
"And."Gajeel pried.
"You get to babysit Charr."
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"WWWWHHHHAAAATTTT"the guild shouted in unison. They were all thinking the same thing. Gajeel in charge of Charr, that's madness.
"Believe me I have my reasons," Erza confirmed.
"Please, Humor us," it was now Gray who spoke up.
"Well first of all," she started, "As much as I hate to admit it, Charr likes Gajeel more then most of us. I would have the Master do it but I need him to buy the supplies and materials. Second and the main reason is I have absolutely nothing for Gajeel to do and this is all that was left,"
When Erza finished everyone's jaws hit the floor out of shock. It always amazed people how Erza made her decisions. But only innocent person would question her ways unless they don't fear one of her beating, which was no one.
"Ahhhh, but I wanted to watch Charr this week," it was now Lucy who spoke up for the first time.
"Face it Lucy, Charr just doesn't like you." Erza said mater a factly.
"What! That's not true!" Lucy insisted, "right guys." She looked behind her for confirmation. All she saw were people shaking their heads faster then humanly possible. She then looked at Charr with fake anime tears running down her face.
"You like me don't you Charr," Lucy cooed. All she got was Charr stinking her toung out at going back to playing with the masters mustache. Lucy fell to the ground in mock depression the whole guild going dark except a spotlight shinning on Lucy. Anime tears streamed down her face, almost as bad as Juvia.
"I feel so unloved!" She cried looking up from being on her hands and knees.
"You are" the guild said at once, they started laughing as Lucy's expression turned into a pout with her bottom lip stick out for more affect.
"You guys are so mean," Lucy stomped off and went back to her table. The more sane members just sweat dropped at her childish actions.
After everything was solved they got right to work. Freed Erza and Levy say in the middle of an empty guild working on the blue prints sprawled out across the table. Gajeel sat with them bouncing Charr on his knee as she sucked on her binky. Everyone else had already left to complete their assigned tasks.
"Their what do you think," Levy finished with a long exhale, she looked tired.
"They look great Shrimp," Gajeel snickered, "but don't you think it's a bit overboard for flame brain."
"This is Fairy Tail! Nothing is to overboard." Erza declared with her fist raised in the air. The others just sweat dropped.
"This took all day, but it was worth it these prints are first class. Nothing is to good for Fairy Tail" Freed smiled as looked down at his and the others work. They waited till everyone came back with their tasks complete. Everyone looked exhausted from all the work. Gray had lost his shirt from somewhere between point A and point B much to Juvia's pleasure. Chatter flew threw the room, even if they were tired they were still noisy, this was Fairy Tail after all.
"Ok everyone, listen up." Erza yelled, "you did great today, thanks for you hard work. But it's not over, we still have lots of work tomorrow and so forth. Please go and get a long rest. I want everyone at the work sight bright and early, got it."
She got a chorus of "ya"s,, "got it", and "ok"s as everyone shambled out to their resident homes. They had worked a lot today either physically or mentally. Every last one of them deserved some sleep, even Charr as she went off with Gajeel.
The next few days went smoothly, well as smoothly as a bunch of drunken idiot mages building a house can be. Minus a few concussions, broken bones, fractures, one hospitalization, and some bruises later, all curtasy of Erza, they stood in front of their finished masterpiece. It was a sight truly to behold.
The house was two stories tail with a cream brick walls (however they managed that) and a red roof. The Windows had a blue tint with red edging. They door was bright blue also with red edging. I front of the house was a stone path leading to the path that passed by his house. The path was also lined with a variety of different flowers of all colors for a "home-like" feeling. The old fencing had been taken down and new red ones replaced it. They old sign that said "Natsu and Happy" now had a different one that read "Dragneels". Inside the house was just as great. When you walk in you come into a little hall were you take your shoes off. If you walk straight and pass the hallway and living room on the empty wall across from the kitchen, all Natsu's request were hung up on a billboard. The walls were cream in color and the a wooden floor of a chocolate brown color. The living room had a dark brown coffee table in the middle with a dark green couch that sat right under a window positioned so if you were sitting you would be looking over the rest of the house. On either side of the coffee tables shorter edges were two identical red chairs. A lacrimal cam was on positioned so it would appear above the table when wanted. Everything sat on a cream rug.
The wooden floor continued into the kitchen that had no viable wall separating it from the living room. There was a dark brown round wooden table with four chairs on all sides. Farther down was an island with a grey granite top and cream cabinets. The other counters had matching granite and cabinets. The stove/oven was black matching the black fridge. To the right of the island was the black sink with a window above it.
To the left of the entrance was a hallway. Entering you will see the wooden floor turn into brown carpet and the walls become a dark red. Unfollows picture frames line the walls. There are two doors. The first is on the left and it leads to a guest bathroom with only a shower. A few feet farther down the hall is another door on the right. It leads into an empty room with no closet or bathroom connected. The room could be used as a office or library. If you continue down the hall it will lead to a flight of stairs that twist up leading to the second floor. On the second floor are three doors. The first is another bathroom located on the left of your facing the opposite of the way before you went up the stairs. This bathroom has a shower and bath and probably a more private one. The next door led to a room that was decorated to please a baby girl. It was easy to identify it as Charrs room with the cradle and baby supplies stocked up. Continue down the hall is the last room in the house a master bedroom. It had a king bed in the middle of the room (the guild thought it was about time he stops using a hammock) and a closet to the side. It also had a desk to the right of the room. Over a little bit was a window looking down into the front yard. Everything seemed to be perfect. Now everyone was waiting for the "ok".
"Ok brats," Master said, everyone waited the suspense killing them, or maybe it was all the work they did. "Looks like we're done!"
A rush of relief passed over everyone as they collapsed onto the ground. Now all they had to do was wait for a certain Flamebrain to come home. They all headed either home to wash up or to the guild. Everyone didn't want to miss the reveling. Once everyone was at the guild they took some much needed rest. Over half the guild was sleeping and the other half-asleep at best. Out of everyone there, the two who wanted Natsu back were Charr and Gajeel, yes Gajeel. Charr because she missed her adoptive father and Gajeel because he missed his sleep. Charr had been a handful and kept crying all night because Natsu was away. No matter what he tried he couldn't stop her so he just let her cry till she tired herself out and fell asleep. He could have swore he now had preeminent hearing problems. After many hours of waiting the guild doors burst open. They all looked to see the goofy smile of the one the slaved hours over the past week for.
"Hey everyone! I'm back!" Natsu yelled.
"Aye", Happy cheered. They stopped and looked at their tired and worn out guild mates wondering what happened.
"Did Charr really tire you guys out hat much?" Natsu asked. Gajeel was the fist to do anything. He ran up to Natsu and carfully shoved Charr into his arms.
"Take… The baby." Was all he could say before he collapsed out of exhaustion.
"Is everyone alright" Happy asked,he then looked over at the now sleeping baby in Natis arms. She was grabbing onto his vest as if he was going to leave again, "did Charr cause you guys trouble"
"As if fish face" Gray snapped, but before either could comment, Gray was out cold face first into the table he sat at. Erza was the first to collect herself.
"Ok let's get this done so we can all go to bed," she said, the two of them could see the bags under her eyes, a sign she needed sleep, "come on Natsu, everyone."
She walked out the door with everyone groggily shuffling behind her. If one didn't know better they could have mistaken this tired group of mages as the start of a zombie apocalypse. They headed up the path and straight to the house. When they got there Natsu was lost for words. He looked at the house in complete shock and wonder. Tears of joy swelled up in his eyes as he looked back at the group. Happy was in the same state.
"Wow thanks guys….It's…. Amazing" Natsu stuttered, "how can I ever repay you."
"A-Aye" Happy chimed.
"I know, a very long nap" someone random said, everyone was to tired to figure out who.
Wow, I wrote this in one day, believe it or not. Never doing that again. I hope you like the chapter. Made it extra long as an apology for the wait.
So the next chapter will be a small time skip of 3 months and guess what, GUILDARTS IS COMING. So stay tuned and thanks for reading. Comment if have any requests or something you want to see in the story. If you do I may not chose to do that, if I don't sorry, but this is my fanfic. There is still a chance that I might take your ideas, it doesn't hurt to suggest something.
See you next time and Peace ✌