Natsu glared half lid-idly at anyone who stood in his way many got out of his way, he covered his mouth as he yawned and turned into the bookstore, Why did I ever agree to help that girl he thought to himself glumly she kept me awake all night just so I could come here and get a book on raising eggs, he sighed and walked up to the clerk she looked at him in surprise before asking "What are you looking for?"

"I need a book on hatching eggs," Natsu answered she nodded and turned around walking away she came back with a rather thing book "How much?"

"fifteen hundred jule," she answered "If you don't mind me asking you are Natsu if I am not mistaken."

He nodded handing her the money "I am a big fan of yours."

Natsu sighed "Oh are you thanks."

She smiled at him "Come back soon." she waved.

Natsu shook his head, as he set off half lid-idly warning everyone on front of him to give him a wide berth. He opened the door of his home and walked into where he had left the egg and Erza, she was curled around the right side of the egg he couldn't help but smile at her he took a blanket from the couch and wrapped it around her and the egg, he fell down rather heavily on the left side and finally went to sleep.

"Natsu wake up." Erza shook him lightly, his eyes cracked open and he looked at her in confusion.

"Did something happen?" Natsu asked

Erza shook her head with a smile "Nope, I am just hungry."

Natsu slumped and looked down at his watch, well at least she let me sleep for a few hours it is better than nothing "All right, wait here."

Erza nodded excitedly Natsu ran his hand through his hair and turned on the cold water he cupped his hands and splashed his face with it, he gasped as the cold contacted with his skin and shook his head drying it off with a towel, I am too tired to cook anything substantial so Ramen cups it is he thought to himself filling the kettle.

"Don't worry egg, daddy will take good care of us." Erza said aloud as she pulled the blanket back around herself and the egg.

"So I got a promotion I see," Natsu smirked as he handed her a cup with steam rising out of it, Natsu sat beside the left side of the egg "Did you take a look at the book?"

Erza nodded "It says just to keep the egg warm for a while and then it should hatch."

Natsu nodded and sipped at the broth in his cup.

"You know I wasn't joking your are like a dad now," Erza said suddenly "You better take good care of us."

Natsu chuckled "All right all right I get it."

"I am serious Natsu," Erza warned "You said you wouldn't lie to me anymore remember."

"No actually I promised I wouldn't lie," Natsu corrected with a smile "look I promise to take care of you and whatever hatches out of this thing too."

Erza nodded satisfied "I will look after the egg for awhile if you want to sleep."

Natsu nodded thankfully "Well I doubt I will be able to stay awake much longer anyway, if anyone knocks just wake me up."

Erza nodded "Okay."

Erza watched Natsu while he slept with a sigh, he looked so peaceful like nothing had ever gone wrong in his life, she got bored of sitting still and decided to go explore the house if the door opened she would hear it so no one was going to break in that way, she was looking around up stairs she checked out the spare room that was now hers it wasn't very large, but the bed looked comfortable and it had a few closets, she walked down a hallway and opened another door it led in to a sort of storage room, inside a there were a few racks of various weapons, she looked at them for a little while, various sizes of swords and axes and other armaments, she walked to the next room and opened the door, she looked inside in this one there were a few sets or armor, she walked inside and turned the light on "This must be the stuff he reequips into." She said aloud.

She noticed a black cloak and walked over to and admired it, the two swords crossed over is back she reached out and touched the fabric, it as soft what kind of armor is this she thought to herself as she pulled the cloak off, revealing the rest of the set, the black chest plate, lined with silver was the first thing she saw she tapped on it with her knuckle and it made and it clanked, she took the helmet off and placed it on her head it darkened her vision and she took up a stance like she was holding an invisible sword.

"I had a feeling you would have the urge to explore," Natsu said from the door, she stiffened and pulled the helmet off quickly setting it back down "I call that one black wing."

"I am sorry for touching it I shouldn't have." she stopped as Natsu raised his hand with a smile.

"It's fine you said you wanted to see my magic right, well this is it all the rooms along this hallway are for storage I only have these three sets of magic armor at the moment but I hope I will get more over the next few years," Natsu explained "The one you are looking at I just said is black wing, it amplifies the power of my attacks."

Erza looked back at it, it didn't seem special just a large set of armor with a silver trim, the shoulder guards had crosses affixed on them but other than that is was mostly standard.

"The one in the middle is the most powerful set I have currently I call it heaven's wheel," Natsu said gesturing to the set in the centre "It allows me to summon multiple swords and launch them at my opponents it is useful when fighting groups."

Erza examined it, it was quite a bit bulkier than the black wing set, The shoulder pieces curved in the shape of waves going outward, in fact the whole armor seemed like separate pieces of armor curved in various ways to make up the whole set, the helmet was helmet was the most intriguing part, it looked like a piece of metal to cover the back of one's head and do nothing for the face, other than a odd blushing looking glass covering it.

Natsu smirked as she stepped forward to get a better look, he walked past her and put the helmet on his head, the front glowed for a moment before Erza heard the sound of metal clashing together when she could see again, Natsu's eyes glowed gold and a metal faceplate had covered his face from blue "This is what the helmet looks like on." Natsu said his voice slightly muffled by the mast, he pulled the helmet off, he turned around and replaced the helmet.

He pointed across to the last set "That one is my strongest defensive set I have, it's called Adamantine," Natsu explained "When those two shields are put together there are very few forces that can break through it."

Erza looked at the bulky set of armor, The large silver shields on each arm certainly looked strong, the rest of the armor looked tough too, she nodded and smiled at him "This is very impressive Natsu."

Natsu smiled and scratched the back of his head "Yeah, well I still haven't see your magic you know."

Erza smiled "Well a little mystery is good you know, let's go the guild hall Natsu."

Natsu looked at her a little confused "How do you switch topics so fast?"

Erza shrugged "I just do, come on let's go show off the egg we found."

Natsu shook his head "Okay, let's go I need to ask the Master for a few days off anyway."

Erza nodded and skipped down the hallway and Natsu shook his head again "I'll be waiting outside for you slow poke!" he heard her call out.

Natsu smirked and walked down the stairs, he closed and locked the door behind him "Why are you so slow?" Erza demanded

"I just don't see a need to run, we have plenty of time to get to the guild hall," Natsu answered "Besides it pays to have patience you know."

Erza glared at him "I can be patient if I want to!"

"Okay, that's not what I meant by it at all," Natsu said simply "Although as far as that goes somehow you being patent is not something I can picture."

"I will prove it too you, I will walk at your pace all the way to the guild." Erza retorted

"That's not really patience but if you can do that then I will believe you anyway," Natsu smiled and shook his head "Shall we go?"

Erza nodded Natsu fell into step beside her and the two walked in silence both thinking very separate thoughts.

I can't wait to see the look on Gray's face when I show him this egg, Erza smiled to herself at the small victory she was going to get over the black haired bot.

Why am I making so many promises to this girl, now I am going to have to take care of her and whatever comes out of that egg I can always hope it isn't a high maintenance animal but it came from the east forest so I doubt it, he glanced over at the now smiling Erza, Troublesome girl he thought.

When they arrived out the front of the guild Erza danced from foot to foot looking at Natsu, "Go ahead, he said you have proved your version of patience."

She smiled and bolted through the door, she held the egg above her head like a trophy and waved it around a little bit Natsu walked in behind her.

"Hey where is the perverted popsicle?" Erza asked looking around

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!" Gray roared running out from behind one of the tables, Natsu watched as Gray raised his hand to hit Erza who had no way to defend herself as she had the egg, Natsu dashed forward and caught Gray by the wrist he twisted it around and tossed him against the far wall.

"Attacking someone who can't defend themselves or fight back is unbecoming of a fairy tail wizard Gray," Natsu warned "Do not do that again."

Natsu heard a few hushed whispers "Did he just save Erza, does he like her or something?"

Natsu straightened his back and walked up to Laxus "Hey, is the master in?" he asked

Laxus didn't look at him "He is in his office Cyclops now leave me alone."

"Hey Laxus," Natsu looked up the blonde, when he finally turned his head to look down Natsu jumped and hit him in the face with the top of his head "Stop with the stupid nickname, I have both my eyes now."

Laxus held his nose and growled at the boy before storming off, Natsu turned on his heel and walked into the masters office.

"Ah, Natsu ho is the eye?" Makarov asked from behind the desk

Natsu nodded "It's fine, I came here to ask for a few days off."

Makarov raised his eyebrow "Oh, you taking time off, did I slip into some kind of parallel universe or something?"

Natsu shook his head "No, I just made a promise that is all and I won't be taking any jobs for a few days."

Makarov was intrigued "Has our resident Dragon slayer gotten to you?" he asked with his eyebrow raised, he took note of Natsu's small shift.

"No," Natsu answered "I am just helping her out."

Makarov smiled "Of course you can have a few days off, you have worked harder than anyone here."

Natsu smiled "Thank you." he turned to leave but the Master stopped him.

"Was that a smile," Makarov asked turning Natsu around, "Smiling suit's you Natsu."

Natsu raised his eyebrow at him "I am not that gloomy."

Makarov chuckled "Oh, boy you have been in this guild almost a year the most time you have spent with any other member is this Erza girl and this is the first time I have seen you smile, you really are that gloomy."

Natsu stared at him "I never really thought about it like that."

Makarov shook his head "Well now you know how everybody saw you this past year."

Natsu shook his head "Can I go now?"

Makarov nodded and Natsu left the room.

Natsu looked at the small crowd that had gathered around where Erza had been standing, if the egg was hatching he thought some of the guys would be there no this is something else he thought to himself as he leaned against the wall and waited for a few moments.

He walked over and split the group up a bit, Erza sat down next the egg with Lisanna and everyone else was just watching it intently, he noticed Elfman beside him and he nudged him "What's going on?"

"The egg is hatching, well at least we think it is," Elfman answered "It cracked a little while ago, so now we are waiting to see what it is."

Natsu nodded, so he had been wrong from where he was standing he couldn't see Elfman or gray, who stood opposite him rubbing the large bruise on his head, serves him right for attacking Erza, Natsu thought and stopped wait I would have intervened if it was anyone else, so why did I think of Erza specifically, he shook his head Troublesome girl.

The egg jumped again and the crack grew larger, Erza was starting to get irritated "Just come out already!" she exclaimed.

Natsu looked at her and chuckled "You are certainly the embodiment of patience." he taunted.

"Shut up!" Erza snapped at him.

He shook his head again as the egg shook, and split in half a small blue cat lay in one half of it with wings "It's a blue cat?" Natsu looked down in disbelief and blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

Erza picked it up and hugged it "HE is so cuuuute!"

Lisanna looked around "Heh, everyone is so happy all of a sudden he is like a blue ball of happiness."

"Happiness huh," Erza said looking down at the cat "Well then I will name him Happy!"

Natsu just smiled and shook his head, only Erza would name a cat Happy.

A/N: And so Happy is here! Now next chapter is going to be a time skip so my characters will be a few year's older!