A Day With Haru

It went without saying that Lisanna's return to Fairy Tail elicited immense joy throughout the guild. Much of the guild was gathered around Lisanna welcoming her home. However, the rest of the guild, including Lisanna herself, was crowded around Lucy, who was cradling Haru in her arms.

"He's just so adorable!" Lisanna said.

"He looks just like Natsu!" Levy said, "Though he's got Lu's eyes!"

"Now I'm going to be his big brother!" Romeo said happily. Lisanna then looked around.

"I guess Haru's just the beginning, though," she said, "Its look like the whole guild has changed."

"Perhaps," Freed said, "But I don't think anything can beat a baby's birth." Lisanna saw the Thunder God Tribe assembled before her.

"Hey guys!" she said, smiling, "Weird for you to be here."

"Not exactly!" Evergreen declared, showing off, "I am a pure fairy!" She was now wearing her hair down and wavy, as well as a coat lined with fur.

"You just changed your hair," Wendy noted.

"Juvia did as well!" Juvia said, showing off that she had returned to her original style from before she joined Fairy Tail, "The Edolas Gray clearly liked it, so Juvia decided that her Gray would like it too!"

"Really, but didn't Gray fall in love when you had the other hairstyle?" Carla inquired.

"Oh that's right, he did!" Juvia cried, suddenly very scared, "Juvia needs to change it back!"

"Actually," Gray admitted, blushing slightly, "I kind of like your old style!" Juvia paused, before she let out a cry, as she exploded into a torrent of water, which coiled around Gray like a snake.

"Juvia loves you so much!" she cried. Gray just chuckled. Haru just looked up in wonder at the people surrounding his mother. Lucy smiled, as she held her baby close.

"He's going to be one hell of a fire mage!" Natsu declared happily, slinging his arm around Lucy's shoulder.

"Fire mage?" Lucy asked, arching an eyebrow at her boyfriend, "I'm going to teach him about the Celestial Spirits, and all the different constellations."

"Let's hope Haru takes after Lucy," Macao said, "I don't think we could take another fire breathing destroyer in the guild."

"Actually, that makes me wonder," Alzack said, before turning to Lisanna, "What was the Natsu like in the other world?" Lisanna giggled slightly.

"Let's just say he wasn't anything like our Natsu," Lisanna answered, "He was more like 'Oh! Please don't hurt me Lucy!'." Everyone cackled at that.

"Edolas was certainly quite an adventure," Erza said, smiling, "We took on a kingdom, freed a dragon, fought our counterparts…."

"But it was all outdone by Haru's birth!" Levy declared, before smiling big at Lucy, "And of course I'm to be the godmother, right? After all, I have been your best friend since you joined."

"'Best friend'?" Mirajane said, as she loomed over Levy, "Need you forget I've supported Lucy and Natsu's love since they got together, not to mention I've been like Lucy's sister all this time. I'm to be the godmother!"

"Are you kidding!" Lisanna declared, "I'm one of Natsu's oldest friends, not to mention that Edolas Lucy and I were really close. I should be the godmother!" At first, Lucy had been slightly nervous about Lisanna's return, but Lisanna turned out to be one of the biggest supporters of Lucy and Natsu's relationship, and took every opportunity to cuddle with Haru.

"I think all of you are forgetting a rather important fact," Erza said, as she spun her sword in her hand darkly, "I made a vow to protect Haru. As such, I already laid claim to the title of godmother."

"Are you all insane?" Cana said, picking out a card, "Who here was one of the first to lead the charge to save Lucy when Frieze kidnapped her? Not to mention that I spurred her on for getting with Natsu!"

"Juvia should actually be the godmother!" Juvia piped up, "I owe it to Lucy to protect her son after all the harm that was caused to her!" One of the girls who wasn't clamoring for the title, was Wendy. She was already Haru's aunt, so she didn't see a need to be godmother as well.

In due time, all the girls were now actively fighting over who got to be the godmother (and yet nobody going after the godfather title, which Lucy found rather strange), so much so that an all out brawl was starting. Lucy then noticed Haru beginning to squirm slightly, clearly not liking all the noise. She then looked to Natsu, who understood.

"Everyone! Listen to Lucy!" That got the girl's attention, as they looked to her.

"Natsu and I actually thought a lot about this," Lucy said, "And we think about how everyone in Fairy Tail is family, and that we can trust everyone. So with that…." She then smiled.

"We decided that every girl in Fairy Tail would be Haru's godmother, just like every guy would be his godfather." Everyone looked at the couple in surprise.

"Well, I guess I can deal with that," Erza said. The rest of the girls all relented, having been willing to compromise. During all of this, Pantherlily looked on, not sure what to make of this sight.

"This is one noisy place," he said.

"You'll get used to it," Carla said.

"Its not noisy, its fun!" Happy said.

"I know it must be rather overwhelming at first," Erza said as she walked up, smiling, "But you'll get used to it." Pantherlily smiled.

"I know you're a different person, but seeing a familiar face is good," he said.

"If it helps," Erza said, "I've got this." She then summoned up the Ten Commandments.

"Knightwalker's spear," Pantherlily noticed, "So you took it?"

"The Erza there said that I would get more use out of it then she would, so she gave it to me," Erza explained.

"A pity I couldn't bring my Buster Arm," Pantherlily said, "It would've come in quite handy here."

"Hey! Salamander! Little girl!" Gajeel bellowed,as he jumped up, "Let's fight our cats!"

"Eh?" Wendy and Natsu said together.

"Lily is the best here!" Gajeel declared proudly.

"You kidding?!" Natsu snapped, "Happy's way better than your lame cat!"

"Uh…. don't I have a say in that?" Happy asked nervously.

"Come now, Happy," Carla said, "Don't sell yourself short."

"Did you just support me?" Happy asked.

"You're not selling yourself short," Pantherlily said, "But I'm a trained soldier, and I don't like hurting others unless necessary."

"Good to have someone else of maturity here," Erza said with a smile, "It can get a little…" She was interrupted when she was clobbered in the face with a chair. A typical Fairy Tail brawl had flared up, and was inevitable, it got Erza's attention.

"You going to challenge me!" she demanded as she leapt into the fray. Pantherlily blinked before chuckling.

"Maturity is quite fickle here, I notice," he said. The guild went through its regular fights, more and more people got sucked into it. Lucy was nervous that Haru would get upset by the noise again, but this time he was laughing, which caused Lucy to laugh as well.

"You really are your father's son, aren't you?" she said, "Always excited by a good fight." All of this Makarov and Gildarts watched passively.

"So we regain one old member, and get an entirely new one as well," Makarov said, "Though its a shame about Mystogan. I just hope he'll find his way there in Edolas." Gildarts smiled.

"That guy is a true Fairy Tail mage," he said, "He'll have no trouble there." Makarov chuckled at that.

"That's our guild," he said.

(three months later)

Well Mom, its been three months since I became a Mom myself. Its still amazing to think that. If Dad has found out about Haru's birth, he hasn't tried to reach out to me. In all honesty, I'm not sure if I want to reach out to him myself. Maybe Dad and I parted on good terms, but that can't undo everything that happened between us after you passed away. Lucy was going to continue writing, but then she heard Haru crying, set her pen down, and picked Haru out of the basket that was beside her writing space.

"Alright, sweetie," Lucy said softly, rocking him slightly, "What's wrong?" Haru continued to cry, as Lucy wondered what was wrong. He didn't need to be changed, Lucy had just fed him, and he had been sleeping rather well.

"Do you miss Daddy?" the boy's mother asked. Natsu had left to go to the guild, and though he insisted that he bring Haru with him, Lucy, who wanted to write to her mother, convinced him to let her keep him. Haru continued to cry.

"What say we head back the guild?" Lucy said, as she got her things together, and put a baby carrier over her arms, before setting Haru into it. Haru, somehow realizing what he and his mother were doing, stopped crying, and began laughing. Lucy then headed down the road, back towards Fairy Tail.

(at Fairy Tail)

When Lucy arrived at the guild hall, she was greeted by Mirajane running up to her.

"Hi Lucy! Hi Haru!" she said, as she picked up the boy, and spun around with her, "Your Aunty Mira is so happy to see you!" Ever since Haru first arrived at the guild, both he and his mom had been the center of more than a few people's attention.

"Lucy!" Natsu said happily, as he ran over to his family. Haru saw his father coming, and happily reached for him. Mirajane reluctantly handed him over.

"Hey Haru!" Natsu said, holding up his son, "Your dad sure missed you!" Haru laughed, happy to have his father's attention like that. Lucy smiled as she sat down beside Wendy.

"I never get tired of seeing those two together," she said.

"It is pretty nice," Wendy agreed, also smiling, "Have you and Natsu considered going on jobs again?" Lucy paused.

"Well, Haru has been occupying our attention for a while," she said, "We haven't really had the time."

"You know you guys can go ahead and go on a job," Erza said, as she sat across from the two, "We can all sit and watch over our collective godson."

"Well…," Lucy said. Its not that she didn't trust her guild mates, far from it, but this was her son, and she didn't want to leave him.

"Come on, Luce!" Natsu said, as he came over, Haru balanced on his shoulders, "We can't let Haru know his parents slacked off when he was little. Right little guy?" Haru laughed at that.

After some persuading, Lucy finally agreed to let Fairy Tail watch over her baby. She and Natsu then grabbed a smalltime quest off the board, one that would have them back home in the same day. Wendy volunteered to go with them, saying that her status as Natsu's sister meant that she had to go with them. And of course that meant that Happy and Carla had to go as well.

Once she was done showing Haru with goodbyes, as well as feeding him so as to tie him over, Lucy, Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla, all departed. That left Fairy Tail all looking at Haru, who was sitting on the table, sucking on the red stuffed dragon that Cana got him.

"I just realized," Levy said, "What if he gets hungry? He's not weened yet, so he still needs Lucy."

"That's why Lucy fed him before they left," Erza said, "I don't think we need to worry about that. So with that said…" She then came up to Haru, and re-quipped into a cat suit.

"Want to play with the kitty, little one?" she asked, as she waved her paw glove at him. Haru looked up briefly at his Aunt Erza, before turning his attention back to his plush. Erza looked disappointed.

"Really, you don't want to play with me?" she asked.

"Stand back, he needs a real little kitty," Mirajane said, as she transformed into a cat girl, "Nyah!" Haru looked up at her, and cocked his head curiously, not sure what to make of all of this.

"At the rate you're going, you're just going to scare him," Gray said, as he created a small snowflake in his palm, and held it out to Haru. Intrigued, the baby reached over, and touched it. However, the sudden cold surprised him, and he began to tear up slightly.

"Uh oh," several people said at once. With that, Haru began to cry.

"No! No!" Lisanna said as she picked Haru up, "Please don't cry! Here, look!" She then turned into a bunny, and let Haru sit on her stomach. That made Haru stop crying, but he still looked rather sad.

"Geez, that brat is so hard to please," Gajeel said, as he looked over from his table.

"He's a baby!" Levy scolded, "He doesn't understand everything around him."

"The boy needs something more flashy," Bixlow said as his babies floated up next to him, "I once took a job where I had to entertain some kids. Leave this to me." The dolls then began to dance around Haru, singing and bouncing. Haru didn't know what to make of this strange sight.

"Well, at least he's not crying anymore," Lisanna, as she turned back to normal, and set Haru back on the table.

"Lucy said that Haru often likes to watch Natsu make fireworks," Erza said.

"Alright then," Macao said, stepping forward, "Leave this to me!" He then held up his finger, and his purple fire swirl around Haru. But Haru seemed all around disinterested, as he crawled over, and retrieved his dragon plush, and began cuddling it again.

"Come on!" Macao protested, "That was just as good as Natsu's fire!"

"You know that's not true," Wakaba said.

"Al and I can do a gun show for him," Bisca said, spinning her pistol through her fingers.

"I don't think a three month old would be that into guns," Kinana said.

For the rest of the time, the guild threw everything at the wall, and checked to see if anything would stick. Cana tried some card shows, but it proved to intricate for Haru to really absorb. Levy tried reading him some books, but he was too young to understand what was going on. Evergreen used her Fairy Dust to try and entertain the boy, and while it looked like Haru was liking it, if not for Erza's intervention, it could've exploded. Juvia volunteered to try something, but seeing as the boy couldn't swim, they told her otherwise.

"What's wrong little bro?" Romeo asked, as he came up to Haru, "Why don't you like anything?" Haru then looked up at Romeo, and to everyone's surprise, smiled and reached for him.

"Seems like he's taken a shine for Romeo," Warren said. Erza, Mirajane, Levy, and Lisanna all resigned themselves to a corner.

"Outdone by Romeo of all people," Erza said solemnly, a shade looming over her, and the rest of the girls. For the remainder of the day, Romeo sat by Haru, playing with him, never getting bored somehow. Eventually, the boy's family showed back up.

"Haru!" Lucy cried happily, whisking her son up, cuddling him, "Mommy missed you so much!"

"Don't forget Dad!" Natsu said, hoisting up Lucy in her own right.

"How'd the job go?" Max asked Wendy.

"Great," Wendy answered, smiling, "Natsu even volunteered to get on a train to get there and back as soon as possible."

"Natsu suggesting to go on a train?" Wakaba asked, "The end times must be upon us."

"From the looks of things, it might not have been necessary," Macao said, looking over at the family.

"Of course it wouldn't be," Erza said, "They could leave Haru with us for seven years, and the guild would take care of him.

Note: With this completed, next chapter will kick off the Tenrou Island arc. I've been bumping around ideas to differentiate it from canon in my head, and I've got a few.

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