Ahhhhh~ All of you are so nice… I feel a lot better, now that I've read your reviews on how you love this… I'm really, really, REALLY sorry about my behavior last chapter. REALLY.
And I hope I make it up to you all with this chapter? (A happy ending, or not?)
-And guys… you might expect my lateness because school just started last June 3… and also, we're the graduating class and our schedule is really tight. You know what the old people say (Or our parents, guardians etc.) Study first before the computer because it's always there. (And maybe I can only update on holidays and weekdays –maybe-)
Second Reason:
Because I'm rewriting my other story 'Girls vs. Boys' and I'm only on chapter 6, I'm kinda stuck. (And I'm working on my new story –still haven't written anything yet, just the A/N-)
Okay, so, enjoy? ^.^" And, gomanasai for being so late. Not updating for many 2 week or 3? I'm too lazy to check when and I also forgot.
INSIDE THE INFERMARY
"Natsu… I have to tell you something…" Lucy looked down on the ground, eyes looking very nervous and she was playing with her fingers nervously.
Natsu cupped her face and looked at her with a concerned look, "What is it?" He said in a husky voice, obviously worried about the lass' behavior
"It's about Nashi and, you know, the family."
"Meaning Gray, you and Nashi?" Natsu asked, he was hurt because she used family with 'Gray' in it. But who was he (Natsu) to her? A friend? Just a friend? He was really hurt and it can be seen in his eyes. Lucy shook her head, confusing Natsu. He raised a brow gesturing her to explain.
"Wrong, meaning, me, you, and Nashi" His eyes widened, why him?! Was he a part of the family? Yes, he is a part of the family, family with the whole guild with it but, the family 'mother, father and daughter?!' No way Jose, is he a part of it! Right?
"How is that?" He raised a brow
"Y-you see…" She paused, thinking of an idea how the heck she should explain things.
"What is it? C'mon Luce, don't be shy…" He reassured smiling at her lovingly,
"Here goes nothing." She inhaled then exhaled, "Nashi is your daughter—"She was cut off by Natsu suddenly fainting, "NATSU!" Lucy yelled, trying to catch the salmon-haired-fir-dragon-slayer-guy but sadly, failed.
10 minutes later…
Natsu opened one eye and saw Lucy's sighing figure, he was curious why the heck he was here? So, he asked, "Luce, why a-am I here?" Lucy looked at him
"You… fainted—"
"Because?" Gesturing her to continue
"Because I told you that Nashi is your daughter?" She said more of a question than a statement, Natsu almost fainted again but he tried his best not to. And successfully did.
"Sh-she is?" Lucy barely nodded, but it was enough for him to understand
"She is"
"Please tell me it's not because of that day." He was now very afraid of what might Erza do, he just came back and this is what's happening to him? Death, again?
"Don't worry; death isn't by your side this time…" Natsu sighed, "And Erza already knows that the father is you." With that said Natsu almost, ALMOST died from fear.
"Again, Natsu, daijobu" (A/N: Is the spelling right? Daijobu [Or is it Shinpai shinaide?]- Don't worry… I'm not 100% sure about it, so if you know anything PM/Review SEVEN! –That's me-) She patted his head in chibi form while smiling, "She already forgave you 3 years and 2 months ago…" Natsu looked up, changing back to his old self (from chibi form)
"Two months?" He asked in a cute voice
"Yes, two months. They took about a month and three weeks to convince her to not bring you back to life and kill you again." Natsu sweat dropped, wow, she was going to do that? It was REALLY a good thing he did what he did our years ago or he'll be dead by now without even knowing he had a daughter.
"When did you find out?" He asked in a fatherly tone, well he should have that side because he is now a father (Correction: Four years ago, but he just knew that fact now so why don't we consider this now)
"A month after you left" It was understandable, it will take her a month or maybe a week or two to know that she was pregnant…
"When did you receive the news?"
"2 weeks after you 'attempted suicide' and 'died'" She made quotation marks in the air using her hands
"How?"
"Morning sickness, at first, I didn't believe what was just happening to me and ignored it but when I was really annoyed about the sickness, I asked Wendy about it and she said I was."
After a moment of silence…
"O-okay… so… did you read my diary?" Natsu asked, hoping she didn't, and that Warren did what he told him to.
"D-diary?"
"Yeah the diary, my diary"
"O-oh… that…"
"So? Did you?"
"Only the first parts, especially your favorite part… and the time where you said 'Goodbye'… is the part where I stopped. But I kept on reading and reading your diary again and again and always stop at the part where you said goodbye… I always ended up crying myself to sleep." She was again about to cry but stopped when she felt Natsu's warm touch on her shoulders. She was a bit disappointed about him only touching her shoulders; he could've touched her on the cheeks or held her hands or her waist and hugged her etc. But it was okay.
"Luce, please don't cry…" Now he cupped her cheeks, making her blush, "Did Warren try to take the diary away from you?" Lucy nodded
"But I hid it away from him, he didn't give up and I also didn't give up… I know it's wrong but I just didn't want anyone to take it away from me. It was an important thing to me and will always be." Natsu felt guilty because of what he had requested Warren to do, why did even ask Warren to do it? Was he scared that maybe she'll find out that he isn't dead at all? No, that wasn't it, was he scared that she'll find him? No, it also not that either… or was he scared that maybe all of what happened in the guild will come back to him again and haunts him when she sees him? Maybe it was it. But, he still felt guilty because of what he asked Warren to do. He wanted to take something precious away from Lucy. How could he?
"Natsu?" Lucy said bringing him back to reality.
"Huh?"
"Do you still remember that day, the day we made…" She blushed, "N-Nashi?" Natsu blushed too, thinking about it. Especially when she said 'made', Oh My Gosh, (This isn't Rated K anymore… but don't worry, I'm trying to not do anything Rated M or something.)
"Y-yes, I do." He hesitantly said
"You know, when I was told that Gray wasn't the father I was really happy… and even though they didn't tell me who the father is… I already knew who it was." She hugged him, and he hugged her back, "And it was you Natsu." She whispered, then smiled lovingly at him
"Me too, when you told me that my daughter was Nashi I was really happy that I could do something like burn up the whole world," Lucy's eyes widened, she does not want Natsu to burn the whole world! "I'm just kidding" He laughed, Lucy hit his head playfully and laughed along with him. The only one need is Nashi to laugh with them and they could be the perfect family of three.
"Momma, what's happening there?" Nashi rubbed her eyes cutely and yawned after; she removed her blanket and went to where Lucy and Natsu are.
"Nothing Nashi, we're just…" Lucy was now lost in her words
"Talking" Natsu finished, knowing well that Lucy needs help. Usually Lucy was the one doing it but now, the world was turned upside down. Natsu was now saving Lucy, not in battle, but in words or something like that.
"Talking?" The two nodded, "Then why are you hugging each other?" She accusingly pointed at the two, "You aren't doing anything, right?" Lucy and Natsu blushed, then immediately let go of each other.
"So, what were you doing? Tell me everything that you did when I was asleep." She put one hand on her hip and her index finger from her other hand still pointing at the two.
"So smart, yet so annoying like Lucy when we were young." Natsu muttered, but it was enough for Lucy and Nashi to hear.
"HEY!" Both of them said in unison, followed by Lucy kick and "Nashi glare". Oh, what a duo.
"Don't… kill… me" Natsu said in a squeaky voice, covering his private part. That's the part where Lucy kicked, and it hurts so much! Her Lucy kick has really improved.
"I won't, know that you just came back, I will never kill you." She had a sweet smile on her face, and then it quickly changed into a different smile. The smile that's related to Mira when she's in her demon form and somehow like Erza when she wants to kill Natsu when he did something really bad especially when he accidentally ate her cake, not to mention Wendy's smile, the first time he had seen Wendy become angry was when he did that… *Shiver* and add that to Lucy when you say she's fat, she smiles creepily and is ready to kill anyone who dared say that. "I'm just going to hurt you badly. BADLY" That sent shivers to his spines, his woman was going to practically kill him!
"Oh God, why?" he mumbled, fortunately, it was soft enough for the two to not hear.
"Back to the topic, what did you two do?" He looked at Lucy with a confused look, was she (Nashi) always like this to everyone or was she just like this to him?
"Don't worry; she's always like that to everyone." She laughed then her eyes diverted to her daughter. The lad just nodded hesitantly
"We talked about family—" Lucy started, only to be cut off by her daughter
"Family? What about it?" She raised one of her cute brows. (Weird, he's describing her brows 'cute'.)
"Do you want me to say it straightforwardly?" Natsu asked, receiving a nod from his daughter, "What a cute kid," He shook his head then said; "I'm your father" She looked at him, as if examining his body if he was REALLY her father. Pink hair, just like Nashi's, charcoal eyes, attitudes not so different and also her magic was also not so different. She was a Celestial mage and also a fire-dragon slayer and her grin is also similar to his but only in a girly way…
Was it that hard to believe?
"I know my father isn't papa Gray but… you? The great Dragneel is my father!" She dramatically threw her hands in the air, Lucy and Natsu simply nodded then she jumped for joy. A smile plastered on her face. Was she that happy that Natsu was her father?
"Natsu's my father! How cool is that?!" What level of cuteness does she have? 100%? Maybe… just maybe
"You're not mad?" Lucy asked, why would she be mad? — oh, yeah, he have read a book (Yes, he read a book) about a girl getting angry because her mother didn't tell her that he was her father, then ran away from home and after some twist and turns and crying people, she came back and they lived happily ever after. But how could Nashi easily accept this without getting mad?
"No, why would I?" She raised a brow again, looking slightly confused.
"Because, I didn't tell you who your father is… and…" Lucy reasoned, Nashi only gave her a smile and said,
"Oh that? It's okay!" Lucy and Natsu's eyes widened, "You told me that papa Gray wasn't my father and it's enough, plus, my father is Natsu Dragneel, the Natsu Dragneel! You picked the right man momma! Good Job" Her eyebrows grew thick and her eyes became ones like Rock Lee in Naruto, and gave a thumb up to her mother. Lucy laughed at her daughter's antics while Natsu was frozen, her daughter wasn't mad, and she even thanked her mom for picking the right man. Wow, what a weirdo, just like Lucy. They really are related. Like mother like daughter, he never thought it was true.
"Group hug?" Natsu requested, gesturing them to come.
"Papa!" Nashi squealed, getting ahead of the walking Lucy
"Oh, Natsu" She smiled, hugging her family.
This was now, the perfect family of three. They were happy and so is everyone else, Gray and Juvia, and also Natsu, Lucy and Nashi. Both will have great futures ahead of them, but not today or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Someday, they will have a peaceful life as a family. There's still trouble up ahead, so it's not going to end that easy.
"Even though they're a happy family right now, it will soon end. And I need to prevent that from happening, I am their friend and I must do everything to help them. Even if I have to sacrifice everything that I have" A woman from a corner said, she stood up with a worried expression and left the building. Tears falling from her eyes
Sorry I had to end this at that; I didn't know what I was going to add, so I needed to do it. And I've also been reading FT manga (Just discovered the .com, why couldn't I have discovered it few months earlier?! WHY?!
And gomenasai for its shortness and for updating late, I'm really busy, and like I told you, school just started and we're the graduating class. -.-"so schedule's tight!
-Thanks guys again for supporting this story and for your nice reviews~!
Sayonara~
Nyan~