Natsu walked into the living room along with lucy while nashie and mikan watched the couple sit down on one of the couches that were facing the teens but as natsu reached for the TV remote nashie and mikan stopped the male grabbing the remote and tossing to the other side of the room.
"nashie! What was that for I was going to watch TV!" natsu looked at his daughter trying to figure out why it was that she had thrown the control to the other side of the room but before he could say something else nashie shoved a photo into his face.
Nashie looked at her mother who went wide eyed as she looked at the photo and noticed an old friend and father figure standing on natsu's shoulders with a grin on his face as he pumped his hand into the air making an L shape while the rest of the teens did as well. A single tear trailed down natsu's cheek while lucy covered her mouth as her eyes became watery from the simple glance of the photo that had now taken over natsu's concentration from the TV remote.
Natsu looked up at nashie with a sad frown on his face as he looked into his daughters eyes as she rubbed her arm knowing she had brung something up that her dad didn't want to talk about but she knew that she had to ask and mikan was by her side ready to help back up the pinkette. "dad who was that man on your shoulders? He seems so familiar and I think I met him before" nashie looked at her dad as he hugged lucy and pat her on the back as she silently cried in the males arms as he shook his head and tried to console his wife.
"nashie that mans name is makarov..and he was my high school and university principle and he was also the man that had raised me when igneel and grandeeney had left me and wendy by ourselve's while they were away on work trips" natsu continued to pat lucy on the back as sbe continued to sob in his arms as his shirt absorbed the tears the blonde was letting out.
"nashie, makarov was more than a friend...I thought of that man as a father..he had been a very important person in my life and in you're mothers life along with whoever he was friends with" natsu wiped a tear away from his eyes and smiled as he began to recall what the last he did with the old man before he had died.
ooOoo flash back
Makarov was walking down the sidewalk in the park with natsu by his side and the two were making their way to the pond that was near the far side of the park and natsu had been talking to makarov since they had gotten to the park and the two had been alone for the most part of the small trip but it didn't seem to bother them since they had a lot to talk about along with how they had been doing and what they thought the future had in store for them.
"natsu, I remember the day that we had met at the coffee shop when you had been walking around town with wendy looking for your parents...you and you're sister had been hungry and tired for god nows how long..I was glad that I had met you two when I did because it looked like you two were very tired" makarov smiled as he looked onward towards the sunset as he watched a couple of birds fly by him.
"nastu do you remember what I said to you that day that I told you to never tell anyone?" makarov turned to natsu who was looking down at the old man with a smile as he nodded at him making the man smile as he nodded his head "what was it that I had said to you that day?" makarov looked at natsu who smiled at him and looked out towards the pond as he watched two swans float by slowly.
"As clear as day and as clear as night this knight shall rise above the rest and do his best and never rest" natsu looked back at makarov who nodded and wiped a tear away and looked at the male as he took something out of the pocket in his jacket and handed it to the pink haired male. Natsu's eyes had gone wide when he saw what it was that the old man had given him and looked at makarov with disbelief as he studied the object in his hand.
Makarov had handed natsu the key to the house that he lived in and smiled as natsu's eyes began to water as the teen looked at the old man who coughed and smiled at the male "makarov what is the meaning of this? You never told me about signing the deed to your house to me" natsu looked at makarov who smiled at him and shook his head as he grabbed both of the teens hands and interlocked them with each other so the key would be safe.
"natsu my boy you have been such a kind and innocent child your entire life and I myself cannot repay you for what you have done for me...Its almost time and you know it as well" makarov forced a smile as nastu began to let tears fall down the sides of his cheeks as he shook his head and walked over to the older male and gave him a hug.
Makarov had been surffering from cancer and it was almost time for the mans life to end and he had been given one last request which someone of his choosing had to do for the man. Makarov's last request was to have one last afternoon spent with the teen that he had raised from a child to a fully grown adult he felt an immense amount of pain knowing natsu would be crushed by the way he was getting to say goodbye but makarov knew that he wanted to spend his last afternoon with the teen.
Nastu walked back to the car with makarov by his side and the teen took his time as the old man had already been pushing himself to his limit to even be able to walk and it was hard for natsu to even look at the old man knowing he was close to death but he was glad that he had the chance to spend one last afternoon with the person he really cared about.
Nastu drove makarov back to the hospital as the man had been spending too much time already away from the hospital bed and he knew that the man was ready to face his death in the face without any regrets and even though he knew he would miss the older male natsu knew that it was for the best that makarov returned to the hospital to be by his friends side as they watched him slowly move on from life.
It had taken a little longer than what natsu had anticappated as he had arrived to the hospital a little late but still made it in time for makarov to be returned to the bed, It was known throughout the entire hospital that makarov was the first of all patients that was able to leave and do what he had to do before returning to he place that he would die at.
Everyone of makarov's friends had come to the older mans funeral including natsu and lucy and wendy who were really devastated by everything that had been happening to them and even though the adults were all said they were glad that Gildarts had said somethings about makarov at the funeral which helped make it seem less tragic and even though everyone had been mourning over the dead man they were happy that he had lived a full life doing what he had loved doing the most.
The last thing natsu had done with makarov before he had died was stand by his side as everyone else cleared the room so the male could be alone with the man in his final moments of life and it had been hard for natsu and everyone knew that it was hard for the male to be in the same room with the person he had thought of as a father since he had been little and it was tearing the pink haired male to shreds.
Natsu had been holding makarov's hand just as the man had said his last words to him " natsu..you have always been a good kid...don't ever forget about me..don't ever turn your back on lucy and especially..nashie..please natsu..take care.." makarov's last words made natsu break down into tears as the older mans hand had slipped out of his as he fell onto his knee's as he buried his face and cried his eyes out.
"don't worry makarov..I'd never forget something you've told me to do...you can count on me" natsu sobbed as nurses let his friends come in and see makarov who had already passed away and laxus out of all the males began to cry and not even lisanna could stop the blonde as he punched the hospital walls and broke the walls while natsu was consoled by lucy and the rest of his friends as they all tried to keep their cool.
Natsu knew that his friends were just as sad as he was but he knew that they would never know the feeling of how it felt to be commanded one last time by the man you respected and the male planned on following out makarov's final order.
ooOoo end flashback
Natsu looked up at nashie and smiled as he wiped another tear away from his eyes and grabbed the picture and examined it carefully and began to chuckle "nashie, makarov was a good man and he will always be in my heart and he is the reason by I treat you so well" natsu stood up and pulled his daughter into a big hug while lucy sniffled and wiped her eyes as she stood up and hugged natsu knowing that the male was still hung up on makarov and she knew that he would never forget the older male.
Mikan smiled as she watched the family have a big huge and looked at the picture that she had taken from her house and made a copy of and noticed that gajeel and levy had been making out earlier that night since they had a lot of hickeys on their necks which were clearly visible which made the young brunette giggle knowing that her dad and mom were still as touchy as they had been back in their teen years.
"so mikan did you know that gajeel and levy were always so frisky in public when they had been together in high school and in the university?" natsu smiled as mikan nodded her head with a serious blush on her face as she admitted to knowing about her dad and mom being the way they were in their teen years which lucy found funny and giggled knowing that she and levy used to compete to see who was better at kissing with their boyfriends while gajeel and natsu enjoyed the free kisses.
"well I hope you know that at every party that we went to together gajeel and levy somehow managed to slip away and makeout somewhere or they just did it in front of everyone" natsu smirked as mikans face turned beet red as the brunette tossed a couch cushion at the male in an attempt to get him to shut up which nashie thought was funny and got a cushion to the face.
Natsu smiled as the teens began to wrestle in the living room as he and lucy walked into the kitchen to see virgo and caprico working on making breakfast for everyone, Natsu also noticed that caprico was now working more often with virgo since he had nothing else to do causing an idea to pop up in natsu's head as he thought of something the male could do and pulled him to the side to talk while lucy got something to eat.
"morning virgo how's it going?" lucy smiled as at the pink haired brunette as she stirred the batter for the pancakes that she was making for nashie and mikan while the food for the other assistants in the house was cooking in the ovens in the kitchen. "morning is their anything that you'd like to eat today?" virgo looked at lucy and smiled at her as she looked around the kitchen thinking about what it was that she wanted to eat.
"well how about I get some pancakes, haven't had some of those in while" lucy giggled along with virgo as she shook her head and added more milk and eggs to the pancake batter for lucy since she was asking for the food. Virgo shook her head as she smiled to herself knowing lucy hadn't changed from her ways as being a kid and was glad she hadn't since she hadn't as well and she had grown up with the girl so being close with lucy was a good thing even though they hadn't talked much during the blondes high school and university years.
Lucy had taken virgo to her fathers company many times whenever she needed someone to keep her company and with the simple action she had begun to rebuild her relationship with her old friend and she was glad she was too seeing how she found virgo very interesting and good looking and she could tell that the woman didn't have to work out to keep herself fit and was kind of jealous since she had to hit the gym almost every two weeks.
Natsu walked back into the living room after talking to caprico about a job that he could do for his company which was taking executives to where they needed to go and since he was doing it for natsu's company caprico agreed and decided that he would start the next day since natsu mentioned their being seven executives in need of transportation.
Natsu sat down on the couch and relaxed as he looked at mikan and nashie who seemed to be a little out of breath since they had been wrestling for a good ten minutes non stop and with the force they had the pink haired male knew the two had been giving it their all and hadn't hurt each other in the process which he thought was impressive seeing how the two had tried to land punches on each others face.
Natsu sighed and relaxed as he cleared his head from the thoughts og makarov and what he had said when he was on death bed and looked at the ceiling as he thought about the old man and what he had done with him during his life and chuckled as he remembered the times that he had joined the teen at parties during a drinking contest and recalled when the old man had thrown the best prom party for twenty eighteen's seniors.
Natsu smiled as he looked at mikan and nashie who were still panting and chuckled as the two slapped each other on the cheek in a small attempt to beat the other individual which he thought was funny knowing the two wouldn't stop even if they broke an arm or leg and would keep going til someone interferred.
Natsu pat happy and charlie on the head as the two cats curled up on the couch and began to sleep peacefully until knock was heard from the door which caught natsu and mikan and nashie off guard since they hadn't expected someone to be at their house so early in the morning. Natsu got up from the couch and walked over to the door and didn't know who it was that was knocking but he didn't like the way they had been slamming their fists down on the door at eight In the morning.
Natsu opened the door to see elora and bonney standing still and smiling directly at the man which made him sigh as he looked around and noticed dreyar sitting down on the grass and looking up at sky and enjoying the cool breeze in her face as she relaxed and laid back. Natsu looked back at elora and bonney who still had a smile on their faces as they looked at him.
"hey natsu! we wanted to know if nashie and mikan could come with us to the city place to watch a movie!" elora smiled as he looked at natsu and the for some reason the male seemed a little scared seeing how elora was an exact copy of erza's younger self besides the purple hair that she had and her voice was much sweeter but the thought of her being erza scared the male.
"yeah um sure nashie and mikan go with you er..elora..um let me get them" natsu closed the door breathing heavily knowing he almost called elora by her mothers name and quickly got mikan and nashie to go with their friends since he was scared enough of seeing elora and even though he knew the girl was strong but still sweet for some reason natsu was scared and lucy noticed this.
As natsu waved goodbye to his daughter and her friends lucy pecked him on the cheek making him smile as he closed the door but when he turned to look at lucy he noticed he had a sly smirk on her face which made him curious "why do you have a smirk on your face luce?" natsu looked at the blonde as he smirked "still scared of erza" natsu cringed and tackled the blonde onto the couch and smashed his lips against the blonds as she smiled at him "I love you natsu" lucy smiled and returned the kiss while virgo did her best to tune the two lovers out as she made their breakfast "lovebirds" the pink haired maid whispered to herself as she chuckled.
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So makarov had died because of cancer huh? It was hard thinking of that which i have to admit was sad since i thought of the man as natsu's father figure.
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