'Mommy and Daddy are amazing. They saved so many lives, take countless jobs, and always manage to find the time for the three of us.' A new day was coming as it shined through the window of Igneel Dragneel, the youngest of the Dragneel family. He woke up with a smile and was excited for the day. "Time to go to work."

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The Guild

"Bye Mommy and Daddy." Igneel said as Natsu and Lucy dropped him off with Ichigo at the guild.

"Be good, honey. We'll be back later today." Lucy said.

"Take care of our little one, Ichigo." Natsu said.

"Sure thing." Ichigo said. The two of them left with Ichigo and Igneel seeing them off. "Alright, you ready for a fun day?"

"Yeah." Igneel said.

"Igneel's Day"

Igneel and Ichigo settled inside to have something to eat and Igneel was already having a good day. Orihime came by to see what was going on.

"Hey, Ichigo. What are you doing with Igneel?" Orihime asked.

"Well, his parents went out on a job and Nagato took Lilly out of town. So they asked me if I would watch him for the day." Ichigo said.

"Ichigo said we're going to have a lot of fun today." Igneel said. "I'm glad they asked him. Ichigo is a lot of fun."

"Aww, how sweet of you to say." Orihime said.

"Then again, Mommy was hesitant since Ichigo hasn't proven to really be great with kids." Igneel said and that gave Ichigo's respect for Lucy a shot.

"That's less sweet to say." Ichigo said. To start this great day for Ichigo and Igneel, Ichigo set up a game of checkers for them to play. "The rules are simple. You just need to take all of your opponent's pieces by jumping your pieces over them. Be sure to stay on the same color square."

"Sounds like it could be fun, but if I win, you have to do whatever I say for the rest of the day." Igneel said.

"You're on." Ichigo said.

"Be sure to go easy on him, Ichigo. He is just a kid." Rukia said.

"I'm not going easy on him just because he's a kid." Ichigo said.

"You think Igneel can take him?" Chad said.

"It might be a long game if Igneel thinks just like his father." Uryu said. The game was a lot shorter than he thought since Igneel took all of Ichigo's pieces. Since Ichigo lost, he had to honor his word and Igneel started with a horsy ride on Ichigo.

"Faster!" Igneel cheered. While he was running around on all fours, everyone was laughing at him.

"I guess Igneel's brain comes from his mother." Rukia said.

"Giddy up, Ichigo." Renji mocked.

"Now, let's go to the park." Igneel said.

"You're going to have me do this in public?" Ichigo said.

"You promised to do whatever I said." Igneel said.

"You don't want to let that kid down. Maybe you really aren't that good with kids." Uryu mocked.

"Alright, but I'm doing what Happy does. High speed!" Ichigo shouted and ran out of the guild with Igneel holding on and laughing. He was already having a great time and the day was just starting.

….

The Park

Igneel was chasing Ichigo around and hitting him with a toy gun. Ichigo was getting hit, but he was still running. While those two were playing, Orihime decided to come along and watch. She wanted to see for herself how great Ichigo is with kids and right now, she liked what she saw.

"Ichigo, freeze!" Igneel ordered and Ichigo stopped right where he was standing and was balancing on one leg.

"Why did you have me stop?" Ichigo said. Igneel ran right to him and pushed Ichigo into the fountain. Igneel laughed with Ichigo climbing right out. "Why did you do that?"

"It was adorable, Ichigo. Igneel is just looking for a little fun." Orihime said.

"He just better not cross a line." Ichigo said as he tried to dry off his top. Orihime felt her clothes were pulled. She looked and saw Igneel and he held out a flower for her.

"For me?" Orihime asked and Igneel nodded his head with Orihime gladly taking it. "Thank you. That is so nice of you."

"He's nice to girls, but not me?" Ichigo said as he sounded a little irritated. "He better not become one of those Blue Pegasus playboys."

"So what do you want to do next, Igneel?" Orihime asked.

"I want to go on a job." Igneel said.

"What? Igneel, I don't think that's a good idea." Ichigo said.

"Yeah. We would have to ask your parents to do something like that and you're still learning to use magic." Orihime said.

"But I've come a long way. I can open a celestial gate and I can breathe out puffs of fire. See?" Igneel said as he shot out puffs of fire.

"That is great, but I still don't think we should." Orihime said. Igneel was already about to bring out the waterworks.

"But…you promised." Igneel sobbed. They didn't want to let the kid down, but they needed to do something.

"Well….maybe it would be okay if we take some small jobs that don't pay that much." Ichigo said. "Let's go to the guild and see what we can find."

"Yay!" Igneel cheered.

…

The Guild

Ichigo and Orihime took Igneel back to the guild so they can find a safe job they can take him on. Of course, that means that it has to be one that won't pay so much.

"You see anything?" Ichigo said.

"Here we go." Orihime said as she grabbed a few flyers. "These ones are safe and they just need us to do small things."

"Alright. Let's see what we can do." Ichigo said and they spent most of the day working. Ichigo chopped down a few trees, Orihime and Igneel helped out in a garden, Igneel used his puffs of fire for a stove, and many other small jobs. In no time, they stacked up a lot of money.

…

The Streets

Igneel held all the money and he seemed really happy. He also looked like there was some place he really needed to go to.

"So now that you have all that money, what are you going to do with it?" Orihime said.

"There's something I want to buy and here we are." Igneel said as they stopped by a shop.

"From here?" Ichigo said.

"Yeah. Right here in the window." Igneel said as he pointed to it. It was a star shaped box that had a dragon design in it and it rotated around the center like it was flying. While it was moving, the box played a soothing music like you would here in a lullaby. They went inside and bought it with Igneel carrying it.

"What is that thing exactly?" Ichigo asked.

"It seems like some sort of music box. How did you find out about it, Igneel?" Orihime said.

"One day, Mommy and I walked by the store and we saw it there." Igneel told.

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Flashback

It was just as Igneel said. The both of them were walking by the store, but Lucy stopped when she heard the music and saw the box.

"Mom, what is it?" Igneel asked.

"Igneel, look at that." Lucy said as she pointed to the star box as it was playing the music.

"It has a red dragon just like Daddy." Igneel said. "You know, the star also makes me think of you, Mommy."

"Yeah. I guess this thing would be like me and your Dad." Lucy said. Igneel looked back at it and that's how he got the idea to get it.

End of Flashback

…

"Aww, so you wanted to get it because it makes you think of your Mom and Dad?" Orihime asked. Igneel turned and smiled at her. Orihime was getting a little misty eye and couldn't hold herself back anymore. "Come here you little sweetheart." She hugged Igneel and rubbed her head against him.

"I've got to admit it, it is pretty cool of you to do that little guy." Ichigo said.

"Orihime, do you and Ichigo going to kiss each other?" Igneel said as he pulled back.

"What?!" Orihime said with her face becoming red and Ichigo was a little taken back by that himself.

"Mommy and Daddy are doing it all the time. I also heard Nagato talk about you two doing that a couple times." Igneel said.

"Yeah, but we're not a Mommy and Daddy." Orihime said.

"What sort of things is your brother telling you?" Ichigo said.

"This is an order Ichigo: kiss Orihime." Igneel said and Orihime's face got even darker.

"No way, kid. That's crossing the line." Ichigo said.

"But you promised to do anything I say." Igneel said as he looked like he was ready to cry again.

"Well….we did promise." Orihime said with a nervous smile as she fiddled with her fingers.

"No way! That is one-hundred percent out of the question." Ichigo said as he stormed off.

"Meanie." Igneel murmured. The next thing he knew, some sort of rope came and grabbed the music box and yanked it out of Igneel's hands. "Hey, give that back!" All three of them looked up and saw a group of bandits just stole it.

"This might be worth a few jewel." The leader said with him being the one who had the box.

"Who the heck are these guy?" Ichigo asked.

"I have a heard a few things that there were bandits in the area." Orihime said.

"Give that back. I need to give that to my Mom and Dad." Igneel begged.

"Sorry kid, but I need this more." The bandit said and they made a run for it.

"What do we do? I have to get that back." Igneel said, but he felt Ichigo pressed his hand against Igneel's head and had his hair block his sight.

"Listen Igneel, I want you to breathe out your fire and aim it right at them." Ichigo said.

"But I can't see." Igneel said.

"Trust me. You got this." Ichigo said. Igneel did what he was said and breathed out puffs of fire, but Ichigo was really the one that shot out his magic and blasted all of them down with his own magic. "See?" Ichigo took his hand away and showed the damage. "You got them."

"I did!" Igneel said. Orihime thought back to the game they played earlier. She now saw that Ichigo let Igneel win.

"Wow! He really is great with kids." Orihime said as she admire that about Ichigo.

…..

The Guild

"We're back!" Natsu called out. He and Lucy returned from their job and along the way they ran into Nagato and Lilly. So they decided to head back together. Igneel and the others were at the bar and he ran right to them.

"Mommy, Daddy!" Igneel called out and right into Natsu's arms.

"Hey, Ichigo. Mom and Dad told me you were watching Igneel. I hope he wasn't much trouble." Nagato said.

"Not at all." Ichigo said.

"Mommy, Daddy, look what I got for you." Igneel said as he handed them the box.

"Oh my gosh, where did you get this?" Lucy said.

"Orihime and I took him on a few small jobs so he could buy it at that store you two went by." Ichigo said.

"That's awesome. So did you have fun with Ichigo and Orihime?" Natsu said.

"Yeah. Ichigo did everything I said except one thing." Igneel said.

"Oh and what was that?" Lucy asked.

"I told him to kiss Orihime and he didn't." Igneel said. That was a little surprise to everyone. Nagato tried to hold back from laughing.

"I pay money to see that." Nagato said.

"Don't bring that up again." Ichigo said as he was feeling embarrassed.

"But you promised." Nagato said with a snide grin. "You aren't going to break your promise to a little kid, are you?"

"Ichigo, it's okay." Orihime said.

"Alright, I've had enough." Ichigo said as he walked over to Orihime and gave her a quick one on the cheek. "There, you happy?" Orihime certainly was. She was so happy that she fainted. "Oh man! Orihime, are you alright?!"

"Nice, I think you killed her." Nagato said. This was certainly the best day Igneel ever had.

…

Ichigo: Grimmjow, one of Fairy Tail's most recent members, doesn't seem to get along with others. He holds a harsh personality and seems to keep a tough image. So who entrusted him to look after a kid in a troubling situation?

Next Time: Grimmjow to the Rescue

Ichigo: One of Fairy Tail's tough members is on his own to help one kid.