Halloween part 1
"Why do we have to go trick or treating with flame head and ice pants?" Gazille growled.
"Gazille be nice. It'll be fun for the kids to out together." Levi said as they walked down the street to the guild hall, her daughter's hand in hers and her fathers, with her metal treat bag hanging off her arm. Abiri was dressed in a dress made to look like metal. It even had real metal pieces on it that she had made herself. And her skin had on it what looked like metal patches too. Her own twist on her fathers steel scales. Azan was on the other side of his father holding just his book satchel in his cat in the hat cosplay. Lily was perched on Gazille's shoulder. Quietly smiling to himself at the Redfox family's arguments.
"I'm with dad on this one. It's not fun if have to be stuck with Iggy." Azan grumbled. "he and Natsu will just make it so we don't get any candy."
Gazille pointed down to his son. "See, the kids got the right idea. Let's just go out by ourselves."
"Or with aunt Juvia and Ur." Azan said softly while looking away. "They are ok."
"I can't believe the two of you. Now come on, it's not that bad." Levi said pouting.
"But daddy, I want to go tick or treating with Iggy." Abiri pouted herself yanking on her father's hand. "I like Iggy and Natsu. And Aunt Lucy."
"And that bothers me." Gazille grumbled again. Azan just rolled his eyes.
"Gazille you made a promise to me and to Abiri." Levi pouted sternly at her husband. As he gave an angry pout growl back.
"You did daddy, you said I could go with Iggy." Abi angrily pouted up at her dad too. Nearly mimicking his expression.
"Fine but I'm not going to like it." Gazille finally gave in and growled out once they had arrived at the guild hall.
Lily chuckled at his friend. "I'm sure you will have fun Gazille in your own way. I'm sure you'll find a few to trick instead of treat this evening."
"Ooooohhhh can we do that too daddy?" Abiri asked while bouncing. "I want to do a trick."
"Let's try to have a trick free Halloween this year please." Levi sighed. "I'm sure the other guild members would appreciate that. "Let's just have one full of treats."
"I'd prefer treats." Azan stated.
Levi did have to give her little oddball family a sheepish grin as they entered the guild.
"Oh yeah Levi-Chan! You made it!" Lucy said rushing up to her friend and embracing her. "We were worried Gazille would change his mind about taking the kids."
"No off coarse not Lu-chan." Levi said. "Gazille wouldn't go back on his promise."
"I took my kids out last year. Bunny girl. Just didn't want the trouble team ruining it." Gazille boasted.
"We actually had a very good haul." Lily interjected.
Though Lucy hmphed at him and stuck out her tongue.
"I bet we got more than you metal head." Natsu boasted from behind Lucy.
"Highly doubt it flame breath." Gazille shot back. "I got double the kids."
"Where's Iggy?" Abi asked as she left her mom and dad's side looking for her friend.
"Here I am!" came a shout. Before a pink and green blur tackled Abi. Though she managed to stay standing. "Ow, Abi you hurt." Iggy said as he let go of his friend and stood in front of her in his dragon costume. Abi giggled.
"Didn't see that one coming." Azan side sarcastically with a roll of his eyes as he took a seat at one of the tables next to Juvia and her daughter Ur. Ur was dressed as a blue fairy with a soft smile on her face. "You look nice Ur."
"Thank you." She said nicely.
"Azan looks nice. Azan's costume is very cute." Juvia said with a smile at her god son.
"Thank you aunt Juvia." Azan said politely. "You look nice also."
"Mom, mom, mom," Iggy kept repeating as he bounced on his feet holding Abi's hand. When Lucy finally looked over at him, he asked, "Can I do it now please, please. Can I?"
"What are you planning brat?" Gazille growled as he towered over him menacingly.
"Gazille lay off. He's just a kid." Cana said from her spot on the table drinking spiked apple cider.
"It's ok, he doesn't scare Iggy." Natsu said to Cana.
"Like hell I don't!" Gazille roared back.
"Mom can I please?" Iggy pleaded ignoring his father and Gazille.
"What's this all about Lucy?" Levi asked, her interest peaked. Reedus had made his way over as well to sit next to Cana. Mira also made sure she was close enough by to ease drop.
"You'll see." Lucy said with a wink. "I'll go get my bag ok Iggy." And she walked over to get her bag from the floor by the counter and the master. Who made sure he patted her on the butt when she bent over.
Iggy jumped and thrust his fist in the air with joy and his father just laughed with his arms crossed. "You aren't going to like it metal breath."
"What's going on Iggy?" Abi asked. Iggy still had a hold of her hand.
He turned so he was completely facing her and took her other hand. At this many of the guild members turned to watch the two young children. "Abi you know how I asked you to be a princess for Halloween, to go with my dragon costume, like in all our mommies' books?"
"Yeah, but I wanted to be a robot girl, like the doll daddy bought me Iggy." Abi said with her eyes down cast.
"I know and I said you could be a robot princess." Iggy said still smiling. Though Abi seemed to be getting more and more upset.
"But there aren't any stories with robot princesses, and dragons Iggy. Aunt lucy, and mommy both looked for one remember. I'm sorry." Abi nearly cried. Water was welling up in her eyes. She had wanted to do a costume with Iggy, but she wanted to make her daddy happy too. Gazille was getting angry though, he didn't like to see his daughter upset.
"It's ok Abi." Iggy said as he tilted his head to the side and down so he could look up at Abi since she refused to look up at him. "That's why mommy wrote a book for us! That has a robot princess and a dragon in it! And uncle Reedus made pictures for it too." With that Iggy looked over to his mom while Abi looked up at him confused. Lucy smiled and handed her son the hard back book with a bright colored hard cover on it. He quickly turned back to Abi and held it up for her to see the cover. "See uncle Reedus even used us to make the characters! This ones yours. Mommy made sure the publisher gave her a copy it went out for sale. So you get to read it before everyone else." He said with a beaming smile.
Gazille was actually taken aback by the idea that Iggy could even come up with such an ingenious gift. And stared down at him in wide eyed confusion. Even lily was perplexed at Iggy's ingenuity. "He had to get that from his mother side." Lily whispered to Gazille.
Abi took the book in both her hands. "Really? Just for me?"
"Yep!" Iggy said with a smile. "But I'd like it if you'd read it to me. It's got a lot of words in it I can't read mom says. But you can. You are a good reader."
"I'd like that a lot Iggy." Abi said smiling. She wiped away the tears that had welled up. "Thank you." She said as she hugged him. Iggy closed his eyes and beamed a big smile himself as he hugged his friend back. "Thank you too, Aunt Lucy, uncle Reedus."
Reedus placed his hand on the back of his head, and smiled and nodded with a blush.
"Don't forget the other present Iggy." Natsu reminded his son with a gentle nudge.
"Oh yeah!" Iggy shouted as he pulled back and dove into his mom's open bag once more.
"Another present?" Abi said joyfully.
"Yep!" Iggy said as he pulled out a sparkling tiara from his mother's bag. "Mommy helped me pick it out just for you. It has pretty blue and red crystals on it. I didn't like any at the costume shop." He walked over and placed it on top of Abi's head. But the combs didn't quiet line up and it began to slide. As Abi fumbled with it herself.
Gazille quickly grabbed it before it fell. And helped his daughter attach it. "careful." Gazille said. Then his eyes went wide. "This thing is metal. It's real?" Gazille gawked.
"Oh Lucy, Natsu." Levi gasped. "You shouldn't…"
"It's what he wanted to get her." Lucy said with a smile. "and he has his dad's charm. So I couldn't say no. it's alright. My publisher loved the book. So he's expecting us to get a pretty big sum for it." Natsu just smiled and chuckled.
"So I was hoping you could be my robot princess now, Abi." Iggy said with a cheery grin.
"Thank you so much, Iggy." Abi said. She hugged him again. "I'll be your robot princess for sure!"
"I'll hand it to ya kid. You did good this time." Gazille said with a whistle looking at his daughter smile. "But don't be getting any ideas." He added at the end with a casted shadow look.
"What kind of ideas?" Iggy asked looking up at Gazille confused.
"Chill out Gazille. Let's go get candy! Come on freezer brains!" Natsu shouted with enthusiasm.
"Yeah let's go, and get this over with." Gazille grumbled. "You ready to go Levi?"
"Actually Gazille, we were thinking the boys could take the kids out, while we ladies have our own little party." Lucy stated to the boys.
"That's fine by me Lucy. Me and Iggy can get enough candy for you too." Natsu said with a grin.
"What about Happy? He's not going to help you?" gray asked coolly as he looked over at Juvia to make sure that's what she wanted to do as well.
"Happy's going out with Wendy and Romeo, and Charlie." Natsu said cheerily.
"Juvia wishes to go out with Juvia's friends too."
"Ur you ok with just going trick or treating with your daddy?" gray asked.
"Yes. Daddy that's ok. But can you keep your shirt on daddy?" Ur said with a smile. "I don't want you to get chased away this year like last year. With everyone calling you a pervert."
"right." Gray said as he picked his shirt up off the ground and put it back on.
"Shorty you really going to make me do this?" Gazille said his face showing clear displeasure.
"Please Gazille? For me?" Levi pleaded. Making her eyes big, pouting out her lip and looking up at him with her hands on his arm. "We really need a girl's night. And this is just the perfect time." She glanced over at Lily for a minute then back to Gazille, "Plus now you can prove you're a better trick or treater to Natsu."
Gazille tried to look away and not be tempted by his mates trick, but he just couldn't and finally gave in with a rough sigh growl. "Fine, but you owe me for this." He muttered barely audible.
"Oh thank you Gazille!" Levi squealed as she glomped him.
"Ur may I be your trick or treat partner? I know our costumes don't match but," azan asked Ur as he helped her down from her seat.
"I'd like that very much." Ur said as she stood next to him and held his hand as they waited for their fathers. Iggy already had a tight hold on Abi's hand. Abi handed her new book to her mom to hold onto while they were out.
"Well, would you look at that. If you really didn't want to go Gazille, I'm sure gray and Natsu can take the kids out in pairs. Give you and lily a night off." Cana said with a gulp of her drink. "You can sit here and drink with me."
Gazille glanced over at Levi, who gave him a nod of approval. And then over at his kids. Gray taking Azan and Ur wasn't too much of a big deal. However looking at Natsu standing over his rowdy goofball son with his own rowdy goofball smile made a feeling of discomfort twist in his stomach.
"Gazille, Natsu is an idiot. I'll give you that. But he's not going to let the kids get hurt. He loves Abi too." Lily whispered to him from his shoulder.
"Abi, is… that… ok… with… you?" Gazille barely grumbled out.
"It's ok with me daddy. We can do tricks together when we get back though right?" Abi said smiling and rocking back and forth in her spot. She had a bit of her dad's smirk on her face. "I'll bring back extra candy for you and Uncle Lily."
"Yes of coarse short-stuff." He then turned to azan. "You ok too son?"
"Yes, it will be wonderful to not have to go trick or treating with Natsu and Iggy." Azan said as he arranged his bag comfortable at his side, and clasped Ur's hand with the other.
Iggy and Natsu just stuck their tongues out at him.
"Gray, I'm not worried about you, but Natsu my daughter better come back the same way she goes out with you, understand me." Gazille gruffed with a death glare.
Natsu chuckled as he passed, and put a hand to Gazille's shoulder. "I give you my word; I won't let anything happen to Abi." Then he turned to the kids. "Alright, team dragonslayer, vs. team frostbite! Let's go get that candy!" he said with a jump and fist pump.
"Yeah!" Iggy and Abi cheered as they ran out the guild door behind Natsu.
Gray smirked as azan gave a disapproving look and his own daughter giggled. "Pft, they don't have a chance. Shall we?"
"Yep, let's go daddy." Ur said as she took her father's hand and smiled over at azan as he nodded and they went out into town to load up on sweets.
Gazille stared at the closed door for a short while after the kids had left with a look of worry, before Cana and Levi grabbed an arm each.
"They'll be fine Gazille. It's ok." Levi said gently as she pulled the dragonslayer to Cana's table. Mira quickly brought him and lily drinks of their own.
"Yeah, quit worrying so much. Your kids are old enough to go trick or treating with others. Specially Abi. She's one tough little cookie. And azan is pretty bad ass himself. Now drink with me before these light weights try to drag me with them." Cana said as she put Gazille's drink into his hand. Lily landed on the table with a pounce from Gazille's shoulder and picked up his own mug.
"Yeah you're right. It'll be ok. Or I'll have to kill those two." Gazille said as he clinked his glass again cana's and lily's.
"That's the spirit." Cana and lily said in unision.
Levi and Lucy giggled at the metal dragonslayer and Juvia gave a soft smile. "Shall we go ladies?" Lucy said looping an arm into each of her friends. "Lisanna, evergreen let's go!"
"See you when we get back Gazille." Levi said as she kissed her head. He nodded as he took another large gulp of his drink. "Love you, you did a good thing." She whispered as they headed out.