Why? Just why did no one tell me that I hadn't uploaded the final chapter? It was done by new year, I had planned on finishing this story by 2016. I thought it was a little weird why no one commented anything about the final chapter, now I know why... IT hadn't been uploaded! Dang it. I'm sorry it took 7 god damn months for me to realize that it hadn't been uploaded. You all were lucky that I began reading this story to try and fix some of the misspells (of which there were allot, especially grammatical errors) and noticed it. I don't know when I'll be able to fix all the grammar faults and I'll try to but don't count on it.

Anyway enjoy this last chapter of this story and look forward to the next one! It's a Lucy x Laxus story in an ABO setting. (Alpha, Beta, Omega). Somehow I got the hankering for writing that and so I did, but this time however I won't upload it until I'm AT LEAST 3 chapters ahead.

ANYWAY ENJOY ALL MY LOVING READERS! You'll notice that this chapter is 4 times as large than usual since it is the last one. Extra for you all. :) I can finally put this story as complete!

The Ice In Our Stars Epilogue - Koshis Forever More

"It's not my fault!" Koshi screamed at his mother annoyed at her meddling.

"Then whose is it? Because I sure as hell wasn't there, it was your mission and in such your responsibility." Lucy said in an even tone, she was not about to raise her voice.

"The bad guys are at fault." Koshi explained and Lucy huffed.

"The report we got back stated that the town had been frozen, frozen. So unless they could use the same magic as you then I'm going to say that's a lie." Lucy explained and held up the papers where the proclamation of the damage had been written. Koshi glared at them annoyed, he hadn't known that they existed.

"Alright fine, I might've frozen bigger parts of the town but I only did it to catch the bad guy, which I did!" He said and then tried to put focus on what really mattered, him catching the bad guy.

"I don't care, I couldn't have cared less if you DIDN'T catch him. You put a lot of uninvolved people in danger. They shouldn't have to live their lives thinking about a stupid magician wreaking havoc because he can't think ahead." She said and dared him to say otherwise. He did feel like retaliating, but he knew the look his mother was giving him and also knew that it was better not to.

"Lucy, sweetie, calm down. We destroyed some towns as well during our youth." Gray said and then held up his hands with the glare that came. Koshi looked at his father happy for the back up during the fight, and he couldn't help but give his mother a smug look.

"Stay out of this Gray. It was just as bad when you guys did it and hurt innocent bystanders in the process, I want my son to have more sense than that." She said and he turned around towards the bar, he wasn't getting involved anymore. He had tried.

"I DO have more sense than that, but sometimes accident happens." Koshi said quickly but his mother clearly wasn't buying it. She simply nodded in disbelief a few quick times before leaving the guild without saying a word using her magic and then reappearing with a bundle of papers that she threw on the floor in front of him.

"These beg the differ. Each one is a report on something you've destroyed during your missions." Lucy explained and Koshi looked at the papers that were at their feet. Lina felt like stopping his mother but her father had very wisely made her stand down. He knew better than anyone how Lucy worked because of these kind of things, he had enough experience.

"I get the job done, isn't that what matters the most?" Koshi eventually said, he himself hadn't known that there were so many reports but it didn't matter, he was proud to say that he had never failed a mission to date.

"Just getting the job done… that's what matters huh…" Lucy muttered slowly trying to comprehend what her son had said to her. He didn't notice but many of the guild members were sporting the same grim looks at what he had said.

"You're a magician, with that comes a responsibility. Do you know WHY you hunt down those bad guys? It's because they don't respect those responsibilities and do whatever they want." Lucy explained without stopping to allow her son to say a word.

"However it seems you don't know what that responsibility is as well. Right now, you're no better than them!" She screamed for the first time and saw her son flinch.

"Mark my words Koshi Fullbuster, if I receive another report of your negligence, a human hurt or a town destroyed I will remove your magic from you." She threatened while using his full name to show that she was serious.

"You can't do that!" Koshi screamed at her and she raised an eyebrow.

"Do you doubt my ability to be able to do so?" She asked and he shut up.

"No." He eventually answered and she tilted her head pretending not to understand.

"Then do you doubt my determination?" She asked but Koshi never answered. He didn't want to.

She nodded to herself satisfied that her son had understood and began leaving the guild, she had another appointment to tend to.

"It's my magic…." Koshi muttered as a childish retaliation thinking his mother hadn't heard.

On the contrary, she had and stopped walking before she slowly gave him a glance over her shoulder and then she began walking again. She merely put her hand up and snapped her fingers without saying a word and Koshi dropped to his knees.

Lina finally approached him wondering what had happened and he stood up annoyed before he flexed his fingers trying to make his magic react like he had a thousand times before but it wasn't. He felt like he had overused his magic and was drained, he wondered if normal people felt this depleted at all times.

"She really stole my magic." Koshi said angrily and tried yet again to try and get a reaction but failed.

"She can do that? With a snap?" Lina asked in a secret admiration.

Gray walked up to him as well asking him if he was alright.

"Why couldn't you have married a less stubborn person?" Koshi asked out of frustration and Gray laughed.

"Her stubbornness is cute." Gray said, it was one of the things that worked for them. Since he was so laid back about most things and she was stubborn to the bone they somewhat balanced each other out.

"You're the only one that thinks that." Koshi said and sighed, he wondered how long his mother would be angry and keep his magic away from him. Gray only shrugged and patted his back not knowing what else to say.

Koshi knew that right now he wouldn't be able to convince his mother to return his magic so he settled for a day as a normal person and decided to be lazy. Lina followed him as she usually did and they passed the time together.

Natsu watched his daughter go feeling annoyed that she still liked the Ice Queen's son, he had hoped that it would just be a childhood crush and that she would grow out of it but she hadn't.

He took out the frustration on the man sitting in the bar hitting him, their children were reaching an age where puberty could cause them to make bad choices and every time he thought about it he felt like punching the living daylights out of Gray.

Gray retaliated by hitting him back not understanding why he had even been hit in the first place and before they knew it the whole guild joined in as they always did.

Koshi dragged Lina along as they walked around town, shopping and wasting more money then they should but it was the only thing Koshi could think of as revenge towards his mother.

However as mad as he was at his mother he wouldn't believe anything bad about her so when he saw her exit a house he didn't recognize with a man he didn't know while trying to fix her disheveled clothes, he didn't know what to believe. In fact he stood there frozen looking lost. The thought of his mother cheating on his father wasn't a pleasant thought and he urged Lina to look as well, just in case his angered mind was clouding his judgement.

"Oh my…" She said very quietly and Koshi snorted, she had reached the same conclusion. With that he ran towards his mother trying to catch her in the act and get some answers out of her but before he could reach her she disappeared and he let a frustrated scream out. His next plan was catching the man but he was gone as well so he walked back to Lina who hadn't moved because of all the shopping bags.

"I'm sure there's an explanation for this." Lina said when he was within earshot, trying to comfort him. He nodded while his mind went into overdrive, all the anger from before just disappeared like that and now he was focusing on trying to find a plausible explanation.

Lina stood quietly, she was trying to think of a reason as well but she was more focused on trying to make her friend calm down rather than find an explanation for the situation.

"Alright that's it." Koshi said after some silence and Lina looked at him wondering what conclusion he had reached.

"Let's go, we're dropping all of this of at home and then I'm going to stalk my mother." Koshi said determined and Lina sighed. She wanted no part of this so she wasn't going to comment.

"You're able to shift into mice right?" Koshi asked with a glint in his eyes and Lina looked down, he wasn't about to let her sit this one out.

"Alright, since mom is a such a good magician that she's able to feel magic around her and is able to know where people are we need to mask your magic so I asked Grandma Porlyuscia and she gave me this masking potion if I promised to leave her alone and not bother her." Koshi said with a grin and held up a bottle with a golden liquid and Lina cringed, potions never tasted good.

"Why do I have to do this?" Lina complained but still took the potion from him.

"Because I can't use magic right now so I'm pretty much useless." Koshi explained as if it was obvious.

"You don't need magic to follow people, just a good disguise." Lina immediately said, and Koshi sighed.

"True, but I don't know how she's removing my magic. If she's doing it by using her own magic then that means that she'll be able to locate me at the ends of the earth if she wanted to, so I can't follow her around. Wouldn't you be curious or even suspicious if you felt somebody following you around?" Koshi asked and Lina sighed, why was he so smart only in these situations?

"Fine, but I still think you're overreacting. Your parents are one of the few people that are living proof that love is real. With everything they went through over the years. The odds that she would begin to cheat now is ludicrous. If she didn't cheat when they weren't together, why would she begin now?" Lina scolded with a pout and Koshi listened quietly for once.

"Who says she didn't?" Koshi asked and Lina gave him a glance not understanding.

"During the first 5 years of my life she could've been with someone, grandpa won't tell me and neither will she. During all this time she's never talked about what happened in the other world either, every time the subject comes up she changes it. Not even Le-Lo knows." Koshi said seriously, if he was being honest, the thought of his mother with another man had never crossed his mind but with the scene he had just seen, he had become a little suspicious.

Lina couldn't defend against that argument so she didn't, she had often heard her parents talking about how nobody knew what had happened to her in the other world.

"So I just drink this?" She asked with a sigh and he nodded with two thumbs up.

"Did you at least ask how long of an effect it has?" Lina asked right before she was about to swallow the liquid.

"A week." Koshi answered, and Lina immediately put the bottle away.

"A week?! I'm not following her around for a week!" Lina said not believing her ears.

"It's fine, I asked on your behalf to Mira about a fake quest that will take a week and then I told your parents that you're leaving." Koshi explained and Lina gave him a blank look, she didn't doubt that her aunt would do that, if Koshi had lied a little to push her buttons.

"Dad will be able to know that I'm here, he can smell the whole town." Lina then said finding a flaw in the whole plan.

"Don't worry, I made sure that Porlyuscia made a potion that erases your presence completely." Koshi reassured and Lina gave him a glare.

"If you could think this much during your missions and not destroy things then we wouldn't even be here." Lina complained and Koshi disagreed.

"Mom would still be cheating, we just wouldn't have been aware of it." Koshi pointed out and Lina looked at the bottle. She knew he was overreacting, he was probably still mad over the loss of his magic and wanted to make his mother feel bad or expose her as revenge. She didn't feel like indulging in his revenge but she also knew that he wouldn't listen to her right now.

So she quickly chugged the drink hoping not to get the aftertaste but failed. She waited for a few seconds and then looked at her friend for an answer.

"I don't know, no magic remember." Koshi said after he saw her look and shrugged.

"Wait, she said smell would be erased…" Koshi said as an afterthought and leaned in against her neck and Lina blushed crimson at how close he was. She could hear her heart speeding up and she wondered if he was able to hear it.

"Yup, you don't smell like you usually do, in fact you don't have any smell at all, it's like I'm breathing in the air ." Koshi said with a nod, and Lina's blush disappeared with his words as a ghastly pale one replaced it.

"I don't smell!" She screamed at him horrified.

"Yeah, that's the point." Koshi said with a grin and a nod not understanding the real meaning behind the outburst.

"I don't smell normally either." She said period and Koshi tilted his head, somewhat understanding what she had meant.

"Of course you do? All humans have a distinctive smell that belongs to them. Shouldn't you know that, with your dad and all?" Koshi asked and Lina banged him hard before she shifted into a small bird and flew away, she wasn't going to dignify that with a response.

Koshi watched her fly away and then went back to the guild. He sat and talked with Lu-Lu who loved playing with her magic, despite it being somewhat dangerous.

"You alright?" Loke asked as he appeared in front of the children, he had just heard about what Lucy had done, and honestly? He had laughed.

"Le-Lo, what are you doing here?" Koshi asked and watched him as he sat down in front of them.

"I heard what your mother did so I came to see how you were holding up, I thought you'd be more mad." Loke said honestly and Koshi shrugged.

"I don't really know what she hopes to accomplish by taking my magic, if she wanted me to learn how to control it, shouldn't she make me train or something?" Koshi answered and Loke nodded, that made sense.

"Because the purpose of taking your magic was never for you to understand that you should have better control over it, I know very well that you have good control over your magic. I want you to understand how it feels to be helpless while your life is in somebody else's hands that couldn't care less and does whatever they want." Lucy said as she passed them, she had heard the question and answered but she didn't stay to talk. She was there to talk to the master.

Koshi watched her walk past them and then looked around for Lina but couldn't find her. He wondered if she had become mad enough to not go through with the plan, but he eventually heard the chirping of an insistent bird and knew she was close.

Loke smiled before he got up and went to get a drink and sit among the older people, but not before ruffling Koshi hair as he left. Koshi scoffed at his mother words, he couldn't care less about his magic now, he wanted to catch her so that he could confront her, but...

As expected, his mother never repeated the previous offense and she never showed any signs of ever doing anything similar either. At first it had somewhat calmed him when Lina reported that after two days his mother had been doing normal things.

Unfortunately he couldn't help Lina but his father had found him a way to pass time that excited him. His old teacher and his family would be visiting soon and he really wanted to show off his magic skills but it only made him madder when he couldn't because of his mom.

Nevertheless he was excited because they hadn't met in a while. Besides, Lyons children would be coming as well and they were the closest thing he had to cousins, they had never met so he was curious about them.

"Go get a gift or something, you're useless right now." Gray said and shooed him out with Lu-Lu and some money. Koshi sighed at the very poor attempt to make him buy gifts for his cousins.

So he decided to just laze around town instead, with the young girl whose parents loved to put her in his care ever since he became unable to use said magic.

He and Lu-Lu found themselves by a cafe eating ice cream, her more than him, while she explained about all the magic she could use. He entertained her by listening to her and her rambling while she focused on the big bowl in front of her.

"And then I can create fireflies to light up the dark." Lu-Lu explained and Koshi nodded.

"Fireflies? Can you make one now?" He asked and Lu-Lu stopped eating and clapped her hands before a few small warm orbs appeared that were in no way harmful or hot but would definitely illuminate the surrounding.

"How awesome, not even your dad can make that." Koshi said and praised her with a white lie, he didn't actually know whatever the man could or couldn't but at least he hadn't seen it. Lu-Lu seemed to like it because she laughed before returning to her ice cream merrily and then continued to brag about her spells. They kept talking like that until the sound of a fight caught Koshis attention.

"Lu-Lu? Can you promise me not to move from here, no matter what?" Koshi asked and interrupted her talking, she looked at him before she nodded her head, making the promise.

"Good girl, I'll be right back." Koshi promised and then moved towards the poor girl that had two men ganging up on her.

"Hey sorry that I'm late, couldn't find you!" Koshi screamed and stepped in front of the girl with the pale blue hair and blue eyes. She gave him a strange look and he knew why, they were strangers.

"Who the fuck are you!?" One of the much bigger men roared at him because he had interfered.

"I could ask you the same question, can we help you with anything?" Koshi said and reversed the question back to them.

"Yeah, you can make it so your girlfriend behind you fucking drops on her knees and beg us for our forgiveness." The other man said and he gave her a glance wondering what she had done.

"Well I'm sure whatever happened can be solved without fighting so how about we all just calm down and take a deep breath." Koshi said and held his hands up right before a hand came flying towards him which barely missed him and he couldn't believe it. By now he would've beaten them up with his magic but since he didn't have any it gave him very limited options.

"Well I can see that this can't be resolved peacefully so… I think… we should… RUN!" Koshi screamed and grabbed her hand before darting away and taking some very clever alleys and turns that only a local would know in order to lose them.

"Are you alright?" He asked when they had stopped in a alley not to far away from where they had been.

"Yes I'm fine, thank you for helping me." She said with a smile and he smiled back.

"What happened there?" He asked and she looked uncertain.

"They bumped into me and then claimed I had hurt them so they demanded compensation." She explained and Koshi nodded, that had happened to him as well once but he had just frozen the people involved and kept on walking.

"I'm sorry, I'm Koshi, nice to meet you." He said and held out his hand, she smiled and gave hers.

"Kristall." She said and they stood still for a while observing each other, he looked at her hair wondering how it could be so pale blue that it almost turned white yet at the same time the color was visible, he had never seen anything like it. It was beautiful. She observed him and looked into his eyes that looked like an ocean, deep and beautiful.

"Oh shit, I forgot Lu-Lu!" Koshi finally screamed as his mind brought him the memories of her. She looked shocked at the outburst wondering what a lulu was.

"I have to go, bye." Koshi said and turned to leave but she stopped him.

"Wait! I'm… lost, do you… do you mind if I come with you?" She asked with a small blush and Koshi nodded thinking she was beautiful like that and his heart started pumping faster and he wondered what was wrong with him.

They didn't say anything more as she followed him back to where they had run away from, Koshi was aware of her following him but his mind was going into a paranoia hoping Lu-Lu would have kept her promise and not moved.

The moment he saw her sitting on the chair dangling her feet while playing with her fireflies he let out a relieved sigh and ran up to her picking her up, beyond happy.

"Good girl Lu-Lu!" Koshi screamed happy and tossed her up in the air before catching her, enjoying her childish laughter.

"Do you want some more ice cream for being such a good girl?" Koshi asked and put her on his arms but she giggled before she shock her head.

"I want pancakes!" She screamed and tossed her hands up. Koshi chuckled and sat her down again before turning towards Kristall, he pulled out a chair and signaled for her to sit down before he sat down himself.

"Lu-Lu, this is Kristall. Kristall, this is Lucy or Lu-Lu for short." Koshi introduced and Kristall nodded while Lu-Lu said 'Hi' before she asked if she could get chocolate and strawberries for her pancakes.

"Of course you can, do you want some Kristall?" Koshi asked and she looked a little uncertain before she bit her lip and accepted. He nodded before he called over the waiter and ordered for them.

"So, um… Is she your sister?" Kristall asked somewhat timidly and Koshi looked at her.

"No, but she might as well be. Our families spend a lot of time together so I end up taking care of her when they don't have the time." Koshi explained and she nodded.

"What about you, any siblings?" Koshi asked to keep the conversation going.

"Yes, an older sister and a younger brother." She said with a smile and when she asked him for the same information he explained that he was an only child.

"So how did you get lost? Or where do you need to go?" Koshi asked and took a sip of the water he had from before.

"I came here with my sister to do some shopping but she returned early so I decided to look around town but before I knew it I couldn't find my way back and then I ran into the people from before." She explained and Koshi nodded.

"Well, I can bring you back to where you need to go if you know the street name." Koshi offered and she thanked him with a smile before the waiter came with their orders and they continued to talk while eating and got to know each other. Surprisingly enough they had a lot in common and Koshi found himself enjoying her company.

"I don't particularly like magicians, they are dangerous and always cause trouble where there shouldn't even be any." She said when the topic of magic had been brought up. Koshi didn't have a good response to that and he didn't want to say that he was one so he didn't.

"Is it… from personal experience?" He asked carefully and she laughed bitterly.

"Yes, my father is a magician, a good one and I have to admit that when I was a child I loved magic but when I grew older it brought our family nothing but trouble." She explained and Koshi listened not understanding at all, but he didn't have to ask because she elaborated.

"Whenever he would go for mission, we would hope he was alright or when he had done something he shouldn't have during those missions, the council would create problems for us. It's just not worth it." She explained with a somewhat sad smile. Koshi scratched his chin with his finger trying to think of a way to explain but couldn't.

"That… that doesn't mean that your father doesn't love you. I know magicians can, occasionally, bring trouble with them. I live in a town that has one of the biggest magicians guild in the country so I should know but, they never mean any harm. All they want is happiness for their friends and family… I think." He said and she smiled, it wasn't like a few words would make her change her mind immediately but it did give her something to think about.

"I know." She answered with a smile. She knew well enough that her father loved all of them more than anything and would do anything for them, even if it involves taking dangerous missions to protect them, but perhaps he hadn't thought that deeply of the aftereffects of every choice he did.

"Would you mind coming with me to do some shopping? I have to buy gifts for my cousins but I don't know what to get, they are girls" Koshi asked and interrupted her thoughts and she looked a little shocked before she looked uncertain.

"I don't know… What do your cousins like?" She asked and he shrugged.

"Just get something that you would want. At least if you pick it they might like it, if I pick it I know for certain that they won't." Koshi said with a laugh that was so infectious that she began laughing too before she decided to join him.

He payed for the food and picked up Lu-Lu and then waited for Kristall to come with them. She didn't hesitate and followed him around while he showed her the different kind of shops the town had to offer and told her to just pick one that seemed interesting.

She picked a jewelry store and they ended up buying some rather simple but beautiful earrings. He thought they fitted her better and felt a little sad that she didn't get them instead but he doubted she would have accepted them either way.

They continued to walk around until it got rather late and Lu-Lu became cranky. She even fell asleep and Koshi had to carry her because he still needed to bring Kristall to where she was staying.

"Well it was nice meeting you, next time try to not get into so much trouble." Koshi said when they were in front of the hotel where she was staying. She giggled and thanked him for helping her.

"I hope your cousins like the earrings, and I… hope… I'll see you again." She said carefully and Koshi smiled.

"Sure! If you're still in town then no problem!" Koshi said and she gave him a smile back before she turned and ran inside the building without a word while Koshi wondered why she had ran?

He left and brought Lu-Lu to her home where he put her down in her bed. He didn't know what to do after that and decided to find Lina, her week would be over in three days anyway and he wanted to see if she had found anything or not.

Easiest way to do that was to first find his mom because wherever she was Lina would definitively be as well. That wasn't hard since she was at the guild like usual with his father and their friends.

"Did you buy good gifts? They'll be here tomorrow" Gray asked when he saw his son approaching them and he nodded before he held up the bag.

"What'd you get?"

"Earrings." Koshi answered before he put the bag down.

"Earrings?"

"Yes, earrings." Koshi confirmed and his mother took the bag to see them.

"You have good taste in jewelry, not something I expected." Lucy said honestly and observed the stones that shined when the light hit them correctly. Koshi didn't feel like telling them that he got help since his father and Uncle Natsu would definitively mock him, not to mention Le-Lo.

"What did you get for their son?" Gray asked after he had dug in the bag but came up with nothing.

"Son? They have a son?" Koshi asked and felt like it seemed familiar.

"Yeah, I didn't tell you? They have two daughters and a son." Gray explained and failed to see the somewhat shocked face and uncertain look.

"You… wouldn't happen to know their names would you?" He asked not knowing what to expect.

"Why wouldn't I know it?" Gray asked but Koshi just shrugged, he himself didn't know so so it wasn't that far stretched.

"Their oldest daughter's name is Talia and the younger ones name is Kristall. Their son's name is Leith." Gray explained and became surprised when Koshi began laughing.

"Well at least I know that they'll like their gifts." Koshi said mostly to himself before he left and took the bags with them. He still needed to buy a gift for the guy, but he figured that anything with magic might be cool.

He stopped walking when magic popped into his mind and he remembered that Kristall hated magicians and for some reason, a reason he didn't know, he didn't want her to hate him.

"Can they all use magic?" Koshi asked his father who nodded so he turned back so that he could listen.

"Yeah, their eldest and youngest uses water magic while the middle child uses ice like you." Gray explained and didn't notice the flinch that Koshi made because Lucy had begun giggling.

"Juvia really had her dream come true." Lucy said and Gray made a small grimace.

"Is that his wife's name?" Koshi asked while he sat down a little curious. Lucy looked surprised, very surprised at the question and Koshi wondered why.

"You didn't tell him?" Lucy asked and Gray shrugged.

"Juvia is your father's previous fiance." Lucy explained and then laughed at her son's expression, he had his mouth open wide. He didn't even understand how, just how THAT situation had played itself out.

"You were engaged BEFORE mom?" Koshi asked, the shock making him ask the question.

"Kind of?" Gray answered. He didn't like to think about it much less talk about it.

"And then you broke up and she married Lyon-sensei?" Koshi asked and Gray nodded.

"How come I didn't know about this!" Koshi asked completely bewildered.

"Why should you know about it? It was useless knowledge, most of it played out before you were born… I think" Gray answered and hoped that the subject would drop. Lucy sensed it and wisely directed the conversation.

"Did you even get something for their son?" She asked knowing he hadn't and Koshi looked at his mother.

"No, I didn't know they had a son so I didn't buy anything." He answered honestly.

"Then get out and buy something for him." Lucy scolded and shooed him away. He had planned on going anyway so he didn't fight her on it.

By now most shops were closed but him being a magician made it possible for him to enter the magicians shop without the shop keep. There were of course magic in place to make it do that you didn't just walk in, take something and then walk out without paying.

The only problem was that he couldn't use his right now so he wasn't sure if he could enter or not. It seemed that he didn't have to worry because the doors opened for him. He walked around leisurely looking for anything that might be good for a water magician.

He figured that a spell book much like the ones he had at home would suffice. The good thing about a magician's shop is that they had a variety of things to choose from and he was beyond thankful that there was a water spell book. The only problem was that there was only one, but it would do. He just hoped that Leith didn't have that particular one already.

So he payed and jogged back to the guild eager to continue the previous conversation, he was curious about how his teachers wife had once been engaged to his dad. It was ludicrous and kind of unthinkable.

"I'm back! I bought a book, now tell me the rest of the story." Koshi said and put the book on the table and his dad gave it glance before looking at his son, he really didn't want to talk about his past, especially women. Lucy gave him a glance and Gray noticed, he sighed before he ruffled his hair and then nodded.

"Fine, but I'm only telling you this once. I don't want any more questions about this after." Gray said and Koshi nodded eagerly. He was excited for several reasons, learning about the woman that affected so many people. His father, teacher and she was Kristalls mother.

"It's kind of a long story but it began when a guild that doesn't exist anymore attacked a couple of our members." Gray started but was interrupted.

"Who got attacked?" Koshi quickly asked and looked a little alarmed.

"Gajeel that actually used to be a member of that guild attacked Levy and her teammates." Lucy explained and laughed at the shocked expression.

"And now they're married?" He asked and looked around for them.

"Yup, funny how life goes." Lucy said with a smile.

"Anyway, this of course angered Fairy Tail and we sought revenge so we ran over and started a fight." Gray continued.

"But what we didn't know was that this was all a plan for us to leave Magnolia defenseless, or more specifically to leave your mother here alone and defenseless, we found out later but they had used our lack of presence to kidnap your mother." Gray said and then stopped to lean back while he folded his arms. Koshi looked at his mother, he hadn't heard this story and Lucy rolled her eyes before she caught her son's gaze.

"Yes it really happened." She answered the unspoken question and Gray laughed.

"Why didn't you just use your magic to port back to safety?" Koshi questioned and Gray looked at his wife equally curious, he hadn't really thought about it.

"At that time I couldn't use my teleportation magic because it was hidden and since my keys were taken… I didn't have much choice than to play along." Lucy said thinking back to the days where she was acting because she didn't use her magic properly.

"Anyway, the woman that captured your mother is called Juvia Lockser and she's a great water magician." Gray continued and then stopped to think about how detailed he should make the story.

"Natsu had overheard the conversation where they had discussed Lucy's kidnapping and while we were retreating he went to rescue her." Gray said and Koshi looked uncertain.

"You lost…?" He asked disbelievingly, this guild had some of the strongest members in the magic world.

"No but they had sneak attacked the master and we had to retreat in order to treat him." Gray quickly defended.

"Natsu successfully rescued your mother and we found out that the reason they attacked us from the beginning was because they were jealous over the fact that your mother had joined our guild since she was from one of the richest family in the country." He paused because he wasn't sure how he should continue, and he really didn't want to drag this story out too much.

"The other guild came for Lucy after she had been rescued and we defended our guild and your mother. It involved fighting their mages and I ended up fighting Juvia." Gray said and skipped some information, he didn't have to know that they had had a moving guild.

"The fight ended with my win, of course." Gray gloated and his family rolled their eyes at him.

"I don't really know how this next part came to be but she got kind of infatuated with me." Gray said wonderingly, he still hadn't figured this part out, and he didn't feel the need to do so anymore.

"She began stalking me and trying to win me over. I resisted because I had no interest in her but over the time she won me over and we started dating that eventually led up to us being engaged. That's pretty much it." Gray shrugged and Lucy looked at him, he had skipped allot.

"When did she meet Lyon?" Koshi asked and Gray thought about it.

"I think it was during the magic games? He became as crazy about her as she was with me and after we broke up they ended up together." Gray explained and Koshi nodded.

"No no, your dad's wrong, it was during the celebration party when we came back from the 7 year leap." Lucy corrected and Gray looked at her and thought about it.

"Yeah, that might be it." He said and Koshi looked in between them fast.

"That's it?" He eventually asked and both his parents watched him.

"Well that's about it, ain't it?" Gray answered and then drank some alcohol.

"Why did you break up?" Koshi asked despite himself and Gray flinched before he coughed.

"Well… She broke up with me with the explanation that our feelings weren't the same. She loved me far more than I loved her so she came to the conclusion that I didn't deserve her. She probably ended up with Lyon because he had the same amount of emotions for her that she had for me, they were in the same level with their love." Gray explained poorly making it impossible for Koshi to understand but Lucy however did.

"What he meant to say is that Juvia didn't feel as loved as she was loving him. While Lyon loved her just the same and she felt loved with him, when two people love each other equally it's so rewarding and beautiful. When someone loves you, you feel happy and flattered and honestly it's probably what drove her in Lyons arms instead of yours." Lucy said and Gray looked a little embarrassed.

"Well what was I supposed to do? I was in love with you so I wasn't able to love her with everything that I had." Gray defended and Lucy laughed before she kissed him and then she stood up.

"Let's go home, we have a long day tomorrow." Lucy said and took his arm.

"You coming?" She asked and held her hand out for her son but he declined so Lucy ported her and her husband home.

Koshi looked around looking for Lina and when he found her he pointed towards the doors, she understood quickly and flew outside the window while Koshi walked into the chilling night.

"Lina? Are you there?" He asked the air around him as he entered the forest where they met up.

"I'm here!" She screamed back at him and walked towards him happy to see him.

"How's it going?" He asked and she slowly shock her head.

"Nothing, I honestly don't think she's going to do anything wrong. She's just behaving normally." Lina explained and Koshi sighed before sat down. He was beginning to doubt himself and wondered if perhaps they both hadn't just jumped to the wrong conclusion after all.

"Alright, do you want to call of the stalking?" Koshi finally asked and Lina nodded excited about the idea of being able to sleep in a bed again.

"What should I do about the whole 'not having a presence and smell?'" Lina asked and Koshi shrugged.

"Just tell everyone that during the mission they hit you with a smoke bomb or something and no one will ask twice." Koshi said with his thumbs up and Lina nodded.

They parted and both went home for some needed sleep, Lina especially, the moment she walked through the doors she walked straight towards her bed and fell asleep in seconds.

Koshi on the other hand felt tired but couldn't fall asleep no matter what he did, he was over thinking about how he would meet Kristall tomorrow, officially. He was worried over what she might say and if she would hate him for withholding information.

He didn't know when he had fallen asleep but when his father came and pulled the blankets away it was already way past noon.

"How long are you planning on sleeping, get up moron. They'll be here in about 1 hour and a half." Gray said and walked out of the room with the blanket so that he wouldn't go back to sleep, lord knows how many times he had fallen for that trick. Koshi watched him go from one eye still tired but willed himself to wake up.

He dressed relatively quickly because he had already planned on what to wear so he joined his parents in the kitchen.

"What's for breakfast?" He asked with a yawn and both of them watched him.

"It's already past lunch, I'm making the dinner for when they arrive." Lucy said and returned to cooking, but she tossed him an apple that he caught and bit into to.

He wasn't nervous anymore, during the night when he had been tossing and turning and his thoughts had been flying all around he had come to an realization.

He was a magician.

That wasn't something he could nor want to change so if he was going to be hated for it… so be it. He was who he was.

He had that resolve right until the doorbell rang and then he became all nerves again, but he was great at poker faces thanks to his grandfather.

Lyon walked in without waiting for a response, they were expected and it was his little brothers house.

"How about waiting until you're invited?" Gray asked as he walked to his brother and Lyon smiled.

"I was under the impression that I am always welcome." Lyon said and hugged his brother that returned it. As they hugged each other Koshi watched the open door as the rest of the entourage walked in. He recognized Kristall that looked nervous and he wondered if she had been told about him.

Apparently not because the moment they locked eyes with each other hers widened and her mouth opened a little. He just smiled and waved at her a little before looking at who he assumed was the woman named Juvia. He wasn't really expecting anything but he could clearly see some of the features that Kristall inherited.

"Koshi! Look at you all grown up, how have you been? Is your magic advancing properly?" Lyon asked and Koshi grinned, he saw the shocked look that came to Kristall when magic had been brought up.

"Relatively well, haven't been able to use it for a while though." Koshi said honestly and Lyon looked at him and then his brother not understanding. Gray just sighed and nodded confirming it. Lucy just crossed her arms which was a clear sign that she didn't want to talk about that.

"Juvia… it's been awhile, I hope you've been well…" Lucy said feeling slightly awkward, she hadn't met the woman since the wedding, and before then her departure from the guild. They hadn't talked so much other than some polite greetings at both events.

"Juvia has been more than great, how about you Lucy?" Juvia asked, she didn't feel the awkwardness that Lucy felt at all.

"Great, I hope you like pot roast because it'll be done in a minute." Lucy said and then realized that introductions hadn't been made when she saw their three children looking around curiously.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. Where are my manners…" Lucy asked nobody in particular but successfully got everyone's attention.

"This is Koshi Fullbuster our son." Lucy said and gestured towards Koshi who made a small bow and a nick with his head.

"He uses ice magic and is my only student." Lyon added proudly and Gray rolled his eyes.

"Also these two are his parents, my brother Gray and his wife Lucy, she comes from the Heartfilia family." Lyon added and both adults greeted them.

"Koshi, this is Juvia, my wife and she's a water magician." Lyon introduced and she approached her friends son before she grabbed his head quietly observing him. She then squealed before she hugged the boy.

"He looks just like you two, these blond curls are just like yours and he looks exactly like you Gray." Juvia squealed and Koshi looked at his parents not understanding the situation he was in.

"Anyway… these are our children. Talia, the eldest, she uses water magic. Kristall the middle child, she uses ice magic and finally Leith, another water magician." Lyon explained and they nodded when their names were said except Kristall that had a hard time swallowing it all. She didn't know if she wanted to scream out or laugh, but silence seemed to work at the moment.

Koshi took that moment to excuse himself to get the gifts and then handed the girls their jewelry with a grin.

"I know you'll like it." He said and it caused a raised eyebrow with Talia that glanced at the box and a full blown laughter from Kristall that already knew what the contents were, she had picked them after all.

"I didn't think you'd want jewelry so I got you a spell book." Koshi said and the boy smiled before he accepted the book a little excited.

"Thank you" Leith said and it made the elder siblings react and mimic their brother.

"Wow, these are beautiful." Talia said and held up the blue gemstones that highlighted her eyes and hair beautifully. She had inherited her mother's blue hair and eye color. In fact all three of them had blue eyes, just different shades. Leith was already reading the book, and all you could see was his white mop of hair moving back and forth as he read each page. He had inherited most of his looks from Lyon save for his eyes. Kristall was the only one that was a mix of them both.

The adults moved to the kitchen for some drinks and small talk while they moved to the living room to do the same.

"So you met yesterday?" Talia asked, the humor clear in her voice.

"Yeah." Koshi said and then took a sip of the drink that he had served everyone.

"And then she picked out the gifts?" She asked again not really wanting to let the subject go, what were the odds?

"Except for the book, yeah." Koshi answered and Talia laughed.

"Well no wonder you were so sure we would like them then." She said and Koshi grinned at that.

Kristall had a smile the whole time and Koshi was happy that at least she didn't hate him.

Gray walked in and informed them that the food was done so they walked into the dining room and sat down to enjoy the food and each other.

The subject had been repeated briefly and then they had talked about different subjects, life in general and experiences that had happened.

When the food had been finished they decided to take it to the guild to meet other friends and have a drink together. Koshi didn't mind but Leith had begged them to take him to a river or somewhere where he could practice the spells, Talia seemed to be mildly interested as well.

So they parted with their parents and headed to the outskirts of town where there were cleaner water.

"So I figure that with the sword hanging from your hip that you use it with your magic?" Koshi asked and Talia gripped the hilt of the blade out of habit.

"Yeah, water can be lethal if used properly. If there is enough force behind it then it can even cut metals." She explained proudly.

"But of course I don't just limit myself to the sword alone, I fight using spells as well, like any magician." Talia continued and Koshi nodded, they started a full blown conversation regarding spells and magic and Leith jumped in here and there but listened mostly trying to learn as much as he could. Kristall stayed quiet, she felt a little uncomfortable talking about a subject she had bashed in front of him the day before.

When the river was in sight Leith didn't hesitate and ran towards it stripping as he did before he jumped into the water.

"Yeah, he's definitively Lyons son…" Koshi mumbled as they picked up the discarded clothes on their way. Both girls laughed but didn't comment, they knew what he meant.

Talia joined him after a while and they tried out the spells in the book. This left Kristall and him sitting and watching.

"So… do you hate me now?" Koshi eventually asked, he didn't feel her hate but he was still paranoid and curious.

"No, I wouldn't hate you just because you didn't tell me who you were, I never told you who I was either." Kristall said and Koshi nodded.

"I meant that do you hate me for being a magician?" He clarified and she gave him a glance, he wouldn't look at her but he felt her staring.

"No, I'm a little bit surprised that you are a magician since you didn't use magic against those ruffians but that also means that you're different. You wouldn't use your magic against someone to prove who is better or just because you can." She explained and Koshi made a face that she didn't see, he was glad that she saw him like that but in reality he probably would've used his magic if he could have.

"Besides, I think you might have gotten the wrong impression. I don't hate magicians or magic for that matter, how could I when I'm surrounded by it? All of my family are magicians so it would be a little weird for me to hate them, it's more like frustration rather than hate." Kristall explained and Koshi nodded, he could understand that.

"Hey Koshi! How about a sparring match?" Talia screamed after a while and he laughed but declined.

"Ah, come on! How about Ice vs Water magicians?" Talia asked and it caused Koshi and Kristall to turn and look at each other since they were the Ice magicians.

"How about another day?" Koshi asked and stood up, if he was being honest then he really wanted to spar and even more so be in a team with Kristall but he couldn't.

"Alright, we're here for a week anyway." Talia said and returned to the water where her brother was.

"Want to go for a walk?" Koshi asked and held out his hand for Kristall that eagerly took it.

"We'll be back so don't leave!" Koshi screamed at his cousins that were in the water practicing. They waved before returning to their spells. Talia had a knowingly smile on her that Leith noticed but didn't comment.

"So how about getting some ice cream?" Koshi asked when they entered the town and she laughed.

"What is it with you and ice cream?" She asked between laughs.

"Other than the fact that we're Ice magicians and like cold things, ice cream goes hand in hand with a warm day." Koshi said expertly and she continued to laugh.

"Won't it melt by the time we get back?" She asked as an afterthought. He didn't even hesitate as he gave her a deadpanned look.

"I'm starting to doubt that you're even an Ice magician or not." Koshi mumbled and she rolled her eyes at him.

They walked towards the 'best' ice cream shop in town according to Koshi. They had such a great connection that there wasn't a time when they didn't smile or laugh.

Even after they had gotten the ice cream they never stopped laughing because just as predicted they had begun to melt on their way back and they were arguing over who was going to freeze them.

"I don't see why I should do it? It was your idea to even get the ice cream." Kristall said and licked her own ice cream momentarily ignoring the melting ones.

"Because they are your siblings." Koshi argued and she snorted at that.

"Besides, I want to see you use our magic." Koshi said and missed her blush as he licked his own ice cream.

She brought her hand up and he noticed so he guided the ice creams towards it. She froze them and he looked at her in admiration.

"What?" She asked when he wouldn't stop looking.

"Nothing, you're the first person other than dad and sensei that I've seen use ice magic. It just kind of makes me happy" he explained and returned to the ice cream oblivious about what kind of effect his words had on her.

"Koshi?" A voice asked and it caused the both of them to stop and turn.

"Lina, what are you doing here?" Koshi asked as she approached them curiously watching the girl that stood beside him blushing.

"I was looking for you…" Lina said and stopped, she didn't know why she had looked for him.

"Why? Did anything happen?" Koshi asked but Lina shook her head.

"Oh, alright. Listen, I'm kind of busy so I'll talk to you later, OK?" Koshi excused himself and then turned to Kristall that looked on expectantly not really knowing what was going to happen. Lina nodded and turned to go back to the guild carefully glancing at them as they disappeared from her vision.

"Who was that?" Kristall asked after Lina was out of sight.

"Oh, I should've introduced you, I totally forgot. That was Lina, a childhood friend. She's also Lu-Lu's real sister." Koshi explained and Kristall nodded.

"Are you going out?" She asked and Koshi looked shocked at the question.

"No, of course not. I love her like family." He said in a perfectly normal tone. Kristall felt like telling him that Lina probably didn't feel like that but realized that it wasn't her place to do so.

"Hey guys! We bought ice cream!" Koshi screamed towards the water magicians in the water. They looked up and Talia jumped out to get them.

"Why ice cream?" She asked as she took a cone.

"Just doing my duty in bringing something cold." Koshi explained and Talia giggled.

"Are you done for the day? I was thinking that we could go to the guild so that you could meet some people there?" Koshi asked and gave the remaining cone to Leith as he approached.

"I guess, we tried about half of them and they are surprisingly useful. We've reached the more harder ones that takes some time but we can try those another day." Talia said and Leith looked at his sister, he didn't really want to stop but he guessed that meeting some of his mother's old friends could be fun.

"Alright, dry up and put your clothes on and then lets go." Koshi ordered and then laughed as one of them strode into action while the older one gave a doubting look.

"Please?" He tried and then laughed quietly when Talia obeyed.

They both came back much sooner than expected and he gave them a glance trying to see if their hair was was still wet or not.

"What?" Talia eventually asked when he wouldn't stop looking.

"Nothing, just don't want you to become sick. Are you sure you're both dry?" He asked as they walked and all three siblings laughed at him.

"Water magician stupid, we can just use the magic to remove the water from our bodies, or we can absorb it into our bodies. Either way, we'll never be sick because of water." Talia said proudly and Koshi shrugged, it probably worked the same way as his, he would never be sick because of the cold.

When they entered the guild the siblings immediately located their parents and walked over to them naturally.

"Kids, come here and meet your mother's old guild friend Gajeel and his wife and son." Juvia said when she saw her children enter. They trotted over one by one and were met by curious eyes of a family they hadn't met before.

"Gajeel and I used to be in another guild before we both joined this one. This is his wife Levy and their son Kurogane." Juvia introduced.

"These are our children, Talia, Kristall and Leith." Juvia then introduced and each child made a gesture after their introducement.

They started a small conversation asking about how their mother was before and how they had gotten to know each other etc.

Koshi listened halfly but he had heard the story before and wasn't that interested in the conversation. He just enjoyed looking at them and their shocked or amused expressions as they listened to a part of their parents story that they hadn't been alive for.

"Koshi?" Lina asked as she approached him.

"Lina, what's up?" He asked and stood up.

"Um…" She didn't really have a reason to call out for him but she felt jealous. He always had a smile when he was close to her.

"Right, I should introduce you. I totally forgot last time." Koshi said suddenly and she nodded.

"Kristall, this is Lina, my childhood friend and Lu-lus sister. Lina, this is Kristall, my cousin." Koshi introduced and Lina couldn't help herself as she heard their relationship, she let out some excessive air and then shook the other girl's hand.

"Oh and this is Talia, the oldest of them and their younger brother Leith." Koshi continued and gestured towards the other children. Lina smiled towards them and they nodded but then returned to listening to old stories. They particularly enjoyed the part where they had learned that their mother had been a gloomy character that went around saying 'drip drop'.

Lina didn't feel included in the group so she distanced herself from them and watched from the side as the guy she had been in love with for the last years spent time with another woman. She felt horrible, terrible and above all paranoid but she couldn't help it.

As the night came around they began parting ways but promised to meet again the next day. Koshi went to bed that day thinking about his cousins.

He woke up with his youngest cousin staring at him in his sleep and he drowsily tried to look if it was just an illusion or if he really was there.

"Are you awake?" Leith whispered and watched the older boy turn around.

"No" Koshi answered way too tired to deal with whatever it was that he wanted.

"Breakfast is ready." Leith said and then left. Koshi turned back and glanced at the door through one eye before he got up all disheveled.

He joined them 10 minutes later with a yawn wondering why they were here so early.

"Slow at waking up?" Talia asked as he sat down and he gave her a glance.

"Depends on the day." He answered and took a strip of bacon.

"So what's the plan for the day?" He asked and interrupted the adults that were obviously in their own world talking.

"We're planning on leaving to go to Crocus and we'll be back tomorrow evening." Lucy said and Koshi smiled.

"Are you going with Auriga?" He asked innocently and then grinned when he saw the flinch his father and teacher made at the mention of the carriage. Lucy noticed as well but didn't say anything, she just smiled. Juvia looked at her husband not understanding.

"No, we'll probably go there with transportation." Lucy answered and both men visibly relaxed.

"Alright, have fun." He said and returned to the food. It wasn't unusual for his parents to travel across the globe whenever they felt like it so he was used to it.

The 3 siblings looked towards their parents waiting for something, but they were in their own world again.

"When are you planning on leaving?" Talia asked and her mother looked at her suspiciously.

"Right after breakfast. You better behave while we're gone." Juvia said and dared her daughter to defy her.

"I always behave." She said in mock offense and Juvia raised an eyebrow, her memories begged the differ.

No more words were said between the parents and children until breakfast was over and it was time to leave. They hoped they had a good trip and then they were gone in the blink of an eye like usually.

"Alright, let's have some fun!" Talia screamed the joy evident in her voice and the remaining people looked at her.

"Doing what exactly?" Kristall asked skeptically, she knew that tone well, it was her sister devious tone.

"Let's go on a mission while they are gone. Together. It'll be fun." Talia explained and Leith immediately perked up, he rarely went on missions but he loved to go.

"I don't know, won't we get into trouble, again?" Kristall said not really fond of the idea.

"Oh come, we'll do a real easy one. We have to be back by the night anyway." Talia said and Kristall gave a final unsure look.

"It'll be a perfect opportunity to spend time with Koshi" Talia pushed and Kristall laughed and then nodded.

"Wait, I'm going?" Koshi asked disbelievingly.

"Of course you are. You have to go and accept a mission we can do." Talia said as a matter of fact and he sighed. He couldn't go on missions, he didn't have magic for god's sake, but that wasn't something he wanted them to know.

"Alright, but we're taking a real easy one." Koshi bargained and the water magicians smiled and then ushered him to get properly dressed so that they could go. He did so quickly and a few minutes later they were standing in front of the missions board trying to decide what to take.

"I'm not doing a C-level mission with you, pick a D-level one." Koshi said and Talia frowned.

"Those are boring and for children, I already do B-levels at home so I think I can handle a C-level one." Talia argued and Koshi didn't have anything to say to that, he himself had done A-levels one.

"Fine, but take one that'll take the least time." Koshi said and Talia snorted before she snatched one of the board.

"Here this one seems easy enough." Talia said and handed it to Koshi that looked over.

Find hidden criminal in Hargeon Town. Reward 100.000 jewels.

"You sure? What skills do we possess that can actually locate a criminal?" Koshi asked when he read it.

"Don't worry about it, just accept it." Talia said and left to tell her siblings the news.

He slowly walked over to the bar wondering if Mira knew that his mom had sealed his magic or not. He couldn't remember, so this was a shot in the dark.

"Aunt Mira, I'm taking this mission." He said and placed the poster on the counter hoping that since he was faking confidence it would work. She picked it up and read it while he nervously waited. He saw Lina giving him a look that asked him a question but he just smiled at her before returning to watching Mira.

"Are you sure? This seems rather simple compared to your usual missions." Mira asked after she read it through.

"Yeah, I'm going with my cousins and we wanted a more easier one." Koshi explained and pointed his thumb towards the siblings by a table that were waiting for him. Mira and Lina followed and one smiled while the other frowned.

"Alright, they are from Lamia Scale right?" Mira asked and jotted down the answer so that she knew what information to give to the quest holder. She turned to accept the quest and Lina took the moment to grab Koshi.

"Do you or do you not have your magic back?" She whispered not really sure why.

"Don't worry, it's an easy mission." Koshi said and Lina realized he hadn't.

"Are you crazy? You can't accept a mission for magicians if you don't have your freaking magic" she whispered harshly and Koshi gulped.

"Need I remind you that I'm going with 3 people that can? Don't worry I'll be fine." Koshi said and then turned back to Mira that was coming back.

"Alright, you're good to go." Mira said and handed the flyer back that he took and thanked for. He turned to leave but Lina grabbed his arm and even shifted it into a beastmen in order to hold him.

"You. are. not. going." She said and left no room to argue. Normally he could just move his arm but with the muscles of a beastman he had no chance. Mira watched the exchange curiously wondering what was going on.

Kristall approached them hurriedly and grabbed the red haired arm and Lina turned to look at her.

"Let go of him please, we have to hurry." Kristall lied, she hadn't liked how the girl had treated him and wanted to help.

"Stay out of this, you don't know the situation." Lina said and shook her arm effectively getting the extra arm off while holding on to the one that mattered.

"I don't have to, I can't overlook somebody just using their magic on someone else because they can. Especially on someone that hasn't shown any hostility." Kristall said while growing slightly angry and without herself noticing she began glaring, Lina herself began glaring and Koshis head went back and forward not knowing what to do.

By now they had the attention of the guild and Koshi half hoped someone would jump in and stop whatever was happening in front of him, but all he was surrounded by was amused looks.

"I am not using it because I want to, he's stronger than me and would leave if I didn't." Lina said harshly not liking how Kristall had spoken.

"So you're restraining him because you don't want him to go on a mission? Are you his mother?" Kristall asked and Lina blushed from embarrassment.

"No but if his mother was here then she wouldn't have allowed him to go on a mission anyway." Lina said strongly, his mother of all people knew exactly why he couldn't go on missions. Koshi was about to intervene but Kristall acted before.

"Please let him go, he's old enough to make his own decision, don't you think?" She asked and yet again placed her hand on her arm hoping she would let go.

"Apparently not, listen I'm sure you 3 can go but he's staying here." Lina said and Kristall sighed.

"Alright, it seems that you've made your decision." She said and Lina nodded, it seemed that she was getting the picture now.

"Then I hope you won't blame me for mine." She said and both Fairy Tail magicians watched her not understanding until Lina yelped and yanked her hand away.

It had been covered in ice and she looked at it shocked, Koshi himself blinked not really sure what had just happened.

"The same as Koshi… You're an Ice magician...?" Lina said making it sound like a question although it was a statement.

"You sound surprised." Kristall said and Lina looked at her arm, the cold didn't hurt in any way but she had been surprised because of it.

"You're an Ice magician." She repeated and despite herself tears started forming, she didn't know why but she felt that she had lost a battle that she hadn't even signed up for.

"Fine, go and die idiot." Lina said angrily before she slammed her arm on the bar effectively breaking the ice surrounding it causing it to fly all over the bar and on the floor. She felt frustrated beyond words at the moment and the only way her feelings could cope was through anger.

Kristall and Koshi glanced at each other before Leith and Talia walked up, the latter with a Cheshire grin.

"Well if you're quite done with your lovers triangle drama… we have a mission to get to." She said and Koshi blushed while he screamed that wasn't what it was while Kristall blushed and looked the other way.

Koshi gave a glance towards the back of the guild where he had seen Lina disappeared to and wondered what had happened, sure he was doing something he wasn't supposed to but he had done that all his life so these kind of emotions from her weren't normal. This was something else. He wanted to go ask her what was wrong but as she was now then she wouldn't talk to him, she needed time to calm down and sort through her emotions before she could explain them to him and then maybe he could help her.

So he went on the mission and they sat on the train on their way to the port town. Talia and Leith seemed to have a great time as they discussed the best spell for the mission while Koshi sat in his own thoughts trying to figure out what had happened to his best friend. Kristall sat in her own as well wondering why she had used her magic on such a small matter despite always lecturing other people on it. She glanced at Koshi every now and then expecting a scolding but all she saw was him in his own thoughts thinking about Lina, no doubt. It frustrated her as well as annoyed her.

"Alright, stop moping you two. We're here. Look alive and be alert." Talia ordered and Koshi snapped out of it. He looked out the window and became surprised that they were actually there. Kristall nodded, she hadn't been as gone in her thoughts but she had still zoned out a few times.

"First, we're meeting with the contractor and then we'll decide what to do after." Koshi said and picked up the flyer where an address was written. He might have problems at home but he was if nothing else professional during missions. No one had any problem with that and before they knew it they stood at the knights guard wondering if they had gotten it right.

"Are you sure? Knights would be able to find a criminal on their own don't you think?" Talia asked as Koshi reread the paper for the fifth time.

"Yes I'm sure. Maybe there's some special circumstances behind it?" Koshi offered and Talia just knocked, she didn't know but they were about to find out. The door opened and a man looked at them waiting.

"We were the ones that accepted the mission." Koshi said and held up the flyer and the man looked at it and then them.

"Follow me." He said and started walking away leaving the door open. They were children and they didn't need help from children.

"Wait here." He ordered and walked away without any hesitation. They waited for a few minutes before a much younger man appeared with a smile.

"Welcome, I am Mason Ruah; captain over Hargeon. I hope the trip here was pleasant enough." He stopped and took some papers that were handed to him.

"We called you because we need your help in locating a smuggler that is hiding somewhere in town. He's a magician like yourself and we think he uses some form of wind magic." He explained and handed them a file of the information and a picture. Koshi handed it to Talia since she was the one that was going to find him.

"All you need to do is to locate him and then we'll do the rest." Mason said and waited for an acknowledgment.

"Are you sure? We can capture him as well." Talia asked after she had red through the files.

"Yes, we believe that the location of his hiding place might hold some answers to his illegal activities so we need to capture him there. However, if you wouldn't mind then we would more than welcome you during the arrest in case he resists." Mason explained and offered. Koshi looked over at his companions wondering what they wanted to do.

"We'll find him first and then if you need the assistance then feel free to ask." Talia said and he nodded before he left going to take care of other business. They left and started walking while the rest of them began reading the small information they had on the smuggler.

"I hope you really do have a way to locate him." Koshi said as they walked and Talia laughed.

"Actually it's thanks to you that we do." Talia said and Leith laughed.

"Well aren't I awesome then." Koshi said not understanding for a second.

"The book you gave had a locator spell in it but we need to move to higher ground." Talia explained and he began looking around for higher buildings or platforms that could be used. He pointed towards a platform a little bit outside of town that looked down on it and they nodded.

It was perfect as they looked down on the large town.

"Alright, let's do this Leith." Talia said and held out her hand for him to take. He did and they faced the town as a large magic circle appeared over the whole town. It was there only for a few seconds before it disappeared and large dark clouds reappeared.

"Do you know what they are doing?" Koshi whispered to Kristall but she whispered back 'no'.

It took a few seconds before it started raining and the ice magicians waited. They started to become wet but they didn't comment, they didn't want to interrupt anything. It wasn't until half an hour passed that Leith reacted.

"I think I found him." He said.

"Where?" Talia asked and half the rain started moving towards one part of the town.

"By the coast, orange building." Leith instructed as the rain moved.

Koshi realized that they were controlling the rain and moving it towards only one part. It was pouring cats and dogs over just one area while the rest of the town had a shining sun looking down on them.

"It's him." Talia confirmed and when she did the rain began disappearing until it was gone.

"Are you alright?" Koshi asked as they both sat down on the floor completely exhausted.

"That took more magic than I thought it would." Talia said honestly and Leith agreed.

"Need a few minutes?" Kristall asked and sat down knowing they did. Koshi followed her lead while they waited.

"Good job" Koshi complemented and they both gave him a glance while one of them thanked him and the other laughed.

"So how did the spell work?" Koshi asked after they had recovered enough.

"We can conjure rain normally without a problem but I didn't know that we could use it to locate people until I read it in the book. The only difference is that we put our eye sight into the rain which is why we had them closed. It was a weird feeling. Imagine that every drop of rain was an eye." Talia explained and Kristall sighed.

"You better not start spying on people because of this." She said and her older sister began laughing because that's exactly what she had planned on doing.

"Alright, let's go inform them where he is." Koshi said and stood up, he was still soaked but it was beginning to dry out.

"Remember, we're not helping them unless they ask." Talia ordered, she still felt annoyed at the attitude the guards had.

They were still pretty exhausted by the time they reached the knights so Koshi and Kristall took charge.

"I'm assuming the crazy downpour was your doing?" Mason asked the moment he saw them.

"Yeah, we found him." Koshi said as the man nodded.

"Where?"

"An orange building by the coast." Kristall said next and the man sighed while looking annoyed.

"There are over 50 of those, anything more specific?" He asked and Talia stepped forward, they were really having an attitude.

"If you can provide a map then we can point the building out." She said and Mason raised an eyebrow before he snapped his fingers and a few moments later they had a map of the coast in front of them. Talia didn't even hesitate as she picked a building and he looked at it.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." She said and Leith nodded behind her.

"Alright, we'll gather the troops. Wait outside and we'll leave in half an hour." Mason informed and stood up about to make preparations.

"Weren't we supposed to only locate him?" Talia spoke up before he left and kept a poker face although she was grinning on the inside. Mason turned around with an obvious annoyed look.

"I was under the impression that you wanted to catch him." He said and crossed his arms.

"No, not really. I only asked because it's unusual, you see usually we catch them as well. I just wanted to know the reason as to why you didn't want that service." Talia lied still keeping the poker face although her smile was beginning to emerge.

By now an obvious struggle was going on inside him, he didn't want to ask children for help. It was beneath him. However he couldn't risk lives because of pride.

"We'll give you another 60,000 J if you assist us on this mission." He instead compromised. If he offered money then they had no reason to refuse. Talia looked at the rest of them waiting for an answer but they didn't care.

"Alright, but we're only going because you need our help and besides we wouldn't want people to die because of another magician. It would bring shame to all of us." Talia said and Mason wisely held his tongue as he exited, the rest of his squad following him.

True to his words, half an hour later they were all standing outside listening to him instruct around 50 men about the mission.

"We do have a few magicians here to help us if needed today but they are a last resort only." Mason finished and gestured to the four of them that were standing in the back waiting for him to finish up. The soldiers turned for a few seconds to look but then ignored them as they began walking towards the harbor.

Koshi observed the soldier as they walked, he was trying to see an anomaly somewhere or something that would give him information, but they all sported serious and determined faces. If there was a traitor among them then he was doing a good job in hiding.

When the building was in sight the soldiers began splitting up in order to surround the building and they were told to stand back. Leith seemed anxious and wanted to jump in and Koshi grinned at the eagerness because if that wasn't foolish youth then he didn't know what.

"Alright! 1st and 2nd squadron enter now!" Mason ordered and 2 dozen men stormed the building. The sounds of a battle could be heard and all the men readied themselves for any outcome.

It wasn't until it became quiet that the nervosity in the soldiers settled in and Koshi looked up towards the window. If he was a wind magician then he might not use the orthodox way to get out.

Just as he predicted a minute later the glass broke and a man came flying out, he looked down toward them and grinned before he flew off to another building and tried to get away.

"Start the pursuit!" Mason screamed and the soldiers strode into action. He gave them a glance that told them they were needed and then disappeared to hunt down the criminal as well.

"Lets go!" Talia screamed and began running with Leith following immediately. Koshi began running as well and Kristall sighed before she followed.

They weren't magicians that could track a criminal but they didn't have to. All they did was follow the trail of screams and eventually they had visual of him.

"Now what?" Kristall asked when they had gathered and were looking up towards him as he stood on the roof and glared at his surroundings. The soldiers had also followed the screams and had surrounded the building. It didn't matter where the criminal ran, there would be someone ready to run after him immediately.

"Think you guys can make that water prison thing your mom can create?" Koshi asked and Talia nodded, Leith shock his head a little, that wasn't something he could make yet.

"Alright, I'll distract him and then you trap him." Koshi instructed and Talia nodded. Kristall looked a little worried but she was determined.

"Give up! There's nowhere left for you to go!" Koshi screamed as he stepped out from the crowd and was in plain view.

"There's always a way out." The man answered before he flicked his wrists and razor sharp gusts of wind attacked places in the vicinity. He kept stacking but he never hit the people, this was just a distraction maneuver.

"Even if you struggle, you're still going to get caught!" Koshi screamed in between the wind he was firing.

"Nothing is decided! Although, it would make it a lot easier for me if you disappeared." He screamed back and then jumped of the building while at the same time launching several attacks that hit people this time. Their screams distracted the soldiers and he disappeared into the crowd.

Koshi was used to tactics like these so he didn't lose him at all and began following him with Talia running after. They ran after each other for a while before the smuggler realized he was being followed and began casting his magic against them.

He had successfully dodged everything that was thrown at him despite not being able to use magic, which was a feat in itself.

It wasn't until a small girl, about the same age as Lulu, stepped in the way and his body reacted before he could think. He engulfed her in a hug in order to save her. The act had gotten him a large cut on his back and he screamed when he received it.

His scream had made the smuggler stop for a brief second and Talia used that moment to capture him in a water lock. It wasn't until she was absolutely sure that he was captured that she turned to see the damage on Koshi, and winced when she saw it.

"Koshi!" Kristall screamed his name when she saw his bloodied form, she could see the gush of the wound and it looked horrid.

"You need to freeze it." Koshi barely got out because the pain was getting to him.

"What?" Kristall asked and Leith looked between the wound and his eldest sister not knowing how to help.

"I'm losing blood and you need to stop it or I could die from blood loss. You need to freeze it." Koshi elaborated and slumped in her arms losing strength.

"He's right. If his wound is frozen then it'll buy him some time until we get to a hospital." Talia said.

"Koshi, I don't know how deep the wound is. You freeze it." Kristall ordered as she tried to keep his body from hitting the ground.

"I can't." He said between gritted teeth. He really wanted to scream because of the pain.

"Yes you can. You need to hurry up before you lose conscience." Kristall ordered and slapped him a little to stop him from falling asleep.

"No, I can't use magic." He said and then everything went black.

"Can't use magic?" Kristall asked not sure if she had heard it right.

"Koshi?" She had felt when all his weight had fallen on her and saw him sleeping.

"Kristall, freeze the wound." Talia ordered and Kristall nodded before she carefully froze it trying to get as much of the wound as she could.

"Leith, do you think you can create a water bed and carry him to the hospital?" Talia asked her brother and he nodded. She would've done it herself but she already had a person in her water lock.

He nodded and used his magic to lift their cousin and then both of them were off to a hospital by asking people close by as they ran.

Talia began running towards the knights building and she didn't hesitate as she ran inside and found Mason. She had figured that they weren't pursuing him anymore when they had taken over.

"Here is your smuggler. Now give me the Jewels." She ordered. Hospital bills weren't exactly cheap and they didn't have that much money with them.

Mason looked annoyed but gave her the money and was about to say something but the moment she had gotten paid she was out of the door.

It had taken her more time than she would've liked to reach the main hospital and then she ran to the emergency room and found her siblings there looking worried.

"Anything?" She asked and Kristall shook her head.

"He's in the operation room." Leith explained and Talia sat down. She couldn't do anything else but sit down and wait.

After an hour a doctor came out and they stood up waiting for the verdict.

"He's alright. He's lost a lot of blood but the blow didn't damage anything internally so all we had to do was close the wound. He should be awake within the hour." He explained and then left to continue work.

They walked into the room where he was sleeping and waited. He began stirring half an hour later and they waited patiently until he was fully awake.

"How are you feeling?" Kristall asked and stepped into his line of sight.

"Fine. Could've been better but considering the circumstances, I shouldn't complain." He said and sat up feeling it as his back complained.

"Did you finish the mission?" He asked and looked towards Talia that nodded.

"Yeah, I turned him in and got paid but never mind that." Talia said and waved at him.

"Alright, let's go home then." He said and stood up, he didn't really have that much strength but at least he could manage walking.

"Oh no you're not. Get back in bed." Kristall ordered and stopped him.

"I'm fine. We need to be back by nightfall right?" Koshi argued and Kristall couldn't disagree with that so she turned towards her sister for help.

"Don't push yourself. If you need to rest then rest. We'd rather get into trouble than forcing you to do something you can't." Talia said and Koshi laughed.

"Thank you for the worry but I'm fine." Koshi said and looked for his clothes. He picked up his shirt and threw it in the trash can, it had a huge hole and couldn't be used anymore.

"We might need to stop by a store and get a shirt." Koshi said and scratched his head. Everything he did hurt his back but he needed to get back. Porlyuscia could help him far better than any doctor here.

"Fine, but if you feel worse than we're stopping." Talia said and he nodded.

He walked out with Kristalls help and the doctors outside immediately sprung into action and tried to get him back to bed, he was apparently not fit to be out of bed yet.

"You've lost a tremendous amount of blood and we just stitched you up, you can't be up and walking already. Your stitches might open up. We need you to stay for at least 3 days." A doctor said loudly and a few more added some things that he didn't listen to.

"I'll be fine. I'm just going home." He said and held up his hand trying to bulldoze his way through them all. They kept screaming things at him but he didn't listen.

"You should really stay." Kristall said as she walked with him trying to see any discomfort.

"I know it's a big wound but we're magicians. It's part of the job description and besides, I've had large wounds on me before and still continued to fight in the battlefield." Koshi said with a smile towards her trying to get her to smile back at him. She didn't.

"There we go. I paid the hospital bill and a train is leaving for home in an hour." Talia said as she walked out of the hospital with Leith who was holding a shopping bag.

He ran up to Koshi and handed him the bag.

"I didn't know what size you wear so I just picked a large one." He explained and Koshi took out the black shirt and thanked him. He was about to put it on when he realized that he couldn't put his hands straight up. Kristall noticed and took the shirt from him and helped him put it on.

"Thank you." He said honestly and Kristall nodded.

They walked slowly to the train station adapting to his speed and then took the train home. Koshi sat rigidly and tried not to lean back, he thanked himself for making sure the mission was in a town close by so the ride wasn't that long.

He started walking straight towards Porlyuscia while explaining to them who she was and how she behaved.

"Why are you here boy? You gave me your word that you wouldn't bother me if I gave you that potion." Porlyuscia said with a broom in one hand ready to shoo them off when given the opportunity came.

"I said unless there was an emergency." Koshi corrected with a strained smile, the pain was really beginning to affect him more and more.

"I don't see the emergency." She scoffed and brushed of a kid she didn't recognize.

"He has a wound on his back that needs treating and he said that you were the best." Talia said and Porlyuscia stopped waving the broom.

"Wound?" She stopped and sighed, she had thought it was weird that he was hunching but had thought it had been because of his stomach.

"Get inside. But don't touch anything!" She ordered and Koshi walked straight to the bed and laid down on his stomach.

She didn't hesitate and cut up the shirt and then sighed when she saw the wound.

"What happened?" She asked the trio standing awkwardly in the middle of the room trying not to touch anything.

"He got hit by an attack while trying to save a child." Kristall explained and Porlyuscia looked at the boy, it was unusual. She began mixing a concoction and then smeared it onto his back, the ones that had sewed him up had done a great job and all she had to do was remove the pain and induce faster healing and he would be good to go.

Koshi let out an enjoying sound when the pain began fading and the back began cooling.

"I love you Porlyuscia." Koshi said and she made an annoyed face but said nothing.

"Is the reason for your wound the lack of magic?" She asked instead and Koshi flinched and the trio reacted.

"Kinda." He said and Porlyuscia nodded before she began mixing more of the potion so that he could take some home.

"What does that mean?" Talia asked sternly and Koshi glanced towards them.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it." He said and tried to fake sleep.

"Oh but it does. You said that you couldn't use magic right before you passed out. That doesn't make sense, we know you can use it. Dad talked about you during our childhood, so once again. What does it mean?" Talia said slowly putting emphasis on words that made her seem cold and Koshi grimaced.

"It's not that I can't use it at all. I just can't use it right now." He explained and flinched with the scream that followed.

"AND YOU WENT ON A FREAKING MISSION MEANT FOR MAGICIANS!? Kristall screamed and he laughed sheepishly.

"You seemed eager to go and-"

"But that's not a reason to accept, you should've refused like a normal person with common sense!" Kristall screamed before he could finish.

"Well we weren't supposed to catch him so I figured-"

"It doesn't matter what you figured, you shouldn't have accepted." Kristall said and Talia flinched because she had accepted the continuation of the mission.

"It's fine. What happened happened." Koshi said and stood up, he noticed Porlyuscias look and knew that it was time to leave.

Porlyuscia handed him the jar and then shooed them all out threatening them to not come back again.

They walked back in a strained silence, well the siblings did. Koshi couldn't care less, it wasn't the first wound he had received during a mission and it wouldn't be the last. He had gotten it because of his own choices so it was his own fault not theirs.

The siblings had been at the house carefully observing Koshi and walking around eggshells trying to see if the situation changed. Koshi noticed but didn't comment, they felt guilt and he understood that.

They had begun relaxing a little thanks to him constantly trying to tell them that it wasn't their fault and they were beginning to believe him.

"PORLYUSCIA JUST TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED! I KNEW, KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN! THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO YOU GO BUT NO, YOU JUST HAD TO." Lina screamed the moment she walked in through the door and Koshi flinched.

"It's not like this is the first time I've been hurt during a mission. Stop exaggerating." Koshi defended and Lina felt like punching him because of his nonchalant attitude but held back. He had a large wound on him after all.

"No, but this was the first time you've been close to death because you couldn't defend yourself properly. You wouldn't even had been in that situation if you've just used reason or listened to me." Lina lowered her voice but she was still angry.

"Your point? You're only screaming to vent out your frustration but it won't change anything Lina. The wound on my back will still be there no matter what you say. You want to be right and that's why you're here, I recognize this childish behavior. This is your immature way to say 'I was right and you should've listened'. Only you're trying to mask it by using the accident as your fuel and trying to make us feel guilty for not listening. Grow up." Koshi said growing annoyed himself, he had just gotten his cousins to get over their guilt only for his friend to ruin it all.

Lina looked shocked and Koshi knew he had hit home with his observation. The painful dagger that was stabbing her heart was proof. He was right, she was there to show his cousins that she had been right about the whole situation and that they should've listened. She just didn't know that he knew that. She wanted to show her superiority and knowing that he knew that caused her to turn red from embarrassment and anger for being caught. She wasn't usually like this but her jealousy clouded her decisions.

"This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't stopped me." Lina said as she looked Kristall straight in the eye and then left the building feeling worse as she left. She had tried to show one final superiority over him and she knew she had affected Kristall. What made her feel ashamed was that she was proud over it.

"Oh grow up! Why is it alright for me to get hurt on missions that I go on with you but not with others!" Koshi screamed after her while he followed her through the door, now fully angry because she had tried to cause guilt. He saw Lina stop and began cry before she turned and glared at him. The answer was simple, because it was her.

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" Lina screamed with tears of frustration on her cheeks. This wasn't how she had planned on confessing. Koshi just raised an eyebrow, her point? He loved her too but he didn't act as irrational as she did.

Before Koshi could answer he noticed their parents walking towards them. His mother looked a little worried but his father and teacher had grins and he could only wonder why. He noticed uncle Natsu and aunt Lisanna walking with them and realized that they had gotten back early probably because they had heard about his accident.

He turned back to Lina because she was still waiting for an response and he sighed.

"Listen I love you too but that doesn't mean you can jus-" Koshi began but got interrupted. By now his cousins had gathered and listened in.

"No that's different, I'm in love with you." Lina said as she realized that he hadn't understood what she had meant. This time however he did because he looked at her shocked and then he put his hand over his face to try and hide the blush.

"What? Since when…" he asked himself trying to think.

"Ever since we were children idiot!" Lina screamed back, she had heard but only because she had enhanced her hearing.

"Are you sure-"

"You're asking me if I'm sure that I'm in love with you? Why wouldn't I be sure of that?" Lina asked him annoyed that he doubted her.

"Maybe you're just confusing it?" Koshi suggested and she shook her head.

"With what?" She asked and he looked towards his parents for help, they both held up their hands to show that this was his problem.

"Family love? Sibling Love? I don't know." Koshi said and Lina looked away for a second before she looked back up towards him.

"I do have a sister, I know the difference between family love and to be in love with someone. Besides, I've never considered you to be my brother." She said honestly and he felt how his heart clenched.

"Ouch." He said but she didn't budge. He felt heartbroken at that, because he honestly believed her to be a sister to him.

"I've always considered you to be my sister. It didn't even occur to me that you didn't feel the same." Koshi said and put his hand through his hair trying to think this situation through.

"That's it? That's the only explanation I'm going to get?" Lina said and she began crying, this time of sadness.

"I don't know what you want me to say? You're like a sister to me and always have been, how would you feel if Lulu walked up to you and proclaimed that she was in love with you? So no, if you want me to tell you that I'm in love with you then I'm going to have to disappoint." Koshi said and her expression hardened.

"I've never thought about you like that, and I can't just change how I feel because you want me to" Koshi continued to explain and Lina sighed feeling betrayed.

"After everything we've been through, after everything I've done for you. All the pranks, and all the trouble we've been through. I even freaking stalked your mother because you asked me to!" Lina screamed and Koshis eyes widened before he looked towards his mother that looked curious wondering when this had happened.

"That's what family does! Family goes through hardship and easy times. I thought that was it! I didn't think you lived your life with an agenda." Koshi screamed, he was beginning to grow frustrated because she was forcing her feelings on him and he couldn't accept them.

"Lina, sweetie. How about we take a break and you can calm down? Continuing to scream won't help anything." Lisanna eventually said with pity as she approached her daughter. Natsu was fuming because his daughter was sad and wanted to make the stupid kid realize that she was the best thing that could ever happen to him, but he couldn't force anyone to like someone.

"No! We're solving this!" Lina screamed and Lisanna sighed.

"What is there to solve? I love you but I'm not in love with you." Koshi said and Lina felt a stab in her heart when he said that, again.

Lisanna looked at her daughter feeling her heartache but not knowing what she could do for her so she looked towards her husband that was doing his best to stay calm, he saw his wife's look and wanted to help but even he didn't know what to do so he looked towards Lucy hoping for her to save the situation. She had always been the diplomatic one, he just punched stuff.

Lucy noticed and sighed before she looked at Gray that shrugged, he didn't know what to do either. Parents weren't supposed to be present at their children's confessing moments.

"When you say that you 'stalked' me, when was it? And why?" Lucy finally said and stepped forward towards them. She knew that they had reached a standpoint so she switched the topic, it would at least give them some time to calm down if nothing else.

Instead of an immediate answer that she had expected they both glanced at each other not knowing how to answer. Eventually though Koshi just sighed, this wasn't exactly how he had planned on doing this but why not.

"Because we saw you cheating on dad and we wanted to catch you do it again." He said with a shrug.

"Excuse me?" Lucy said not believing her ears. Gray looked towards her wondering what they were talking about and the rest of the adults looked mildly baffled.

"Last week, we saw you exit a house with a man while getting dressed and fixing your clothes." Koshi explained further and realization dawned on Lucy.

"Oh, that. Didn't think anyone saw me." She said and sighed.

"You cheated on me?" Gray asked disbelievingly, feeling a little betrayed.

"What? Of course not. That man was a doctor." Lucy quickly explained with a small laugh.

"A doctor? Are you sick?" Gray asked immediately instead and grabbed her while trying to see if anything was out of the ordinary. The second of betrayal he felt was gone as fast as it had appeared.

"No I'm fine, I promise. I just wanted to make sure before I told anyone." Lucy explained and smiled at his look of confusion, this time she would be able to do it right.

"Sweetie, I'm pregnant." Lucy explained and laughed because her husband had gone into shock. She snapped her fingers in front of him but he still didn't come out of it so she shrugged.

"Why can't I smell it on you?" Natsu asked and Lucy gave him a knowing look.

"Because I didn't want you too. I wasn't sure, but if I was, I didn't want you to tell the whole town before me." Lucy explained and Natsu grinned because that sounded like something he would've done.

"Congratulations, a child is nothing but a blessing." Juvia said and approached the blond that smiled. Lyon congratulated as well and then punched his brother hard enough to get him out of the shock.

Gray immediately picked Lucy up and swirled her around he was happy beyond words. He let her down and then hugged her not wanting to let go.

"You better not leave this time." Gray joked and Lucy laughed before she nodded in his arms.

Koshi looked on towards his parents play of affection and made a face. It didn't matter how much older he got but it always looked weird to see them act like teenagers. He sighed and looked towards the sky to try and collect his thoughts. His mom was pregnant which meant that he would get a sibling at his age. He always wanted one when he grew up, but he hadn't thought about it during the last couple of years. At least his mom wasn't cheating, knowing that made him relax and a weight lifted off inside him.

However another one took its place as he thought about Lina. He honestly hadn't known that she had thought about him like that. He had assumed that she had felt what he had felt for her, family love. That obviously wasn't the case and he didn't know what to do. He didn't want to lose her as a friend but he couldn't pretend to have feelings he didn't have just to make her happy. He looked around trying to find her but she was nowhere to be found.

"She left after your mother told the news." Kristall said as she approached him. He nodded and sighed before he began walking towards his parents to congratulate and ask some questions while he left Kristall there with some complicated emotions.

When the confession had taken place her heart had stopped and she was scared, scared that he would feel the same and that they would become a couple. The moment he rejected her her own heart fluttered with happiness and she knew then and there that she liked him. She didn't know why, and how she could even like someone that fast but she did. She watched him as he talked with his parents and joked with them and sighed before looking away.

"You like him, right?" Talia asked as she approached her cute younger sister that immediately blushed and told her to shut up.

"I'm taking that as an yes." Talia said with smile and Kristall sighed.

"I wouldn't call it like. It's more of an attraction and curiosity." Kristall corrected and Talia nodded.

"Stronger relationships have started out with less than that. Mom ignored dad and pushed him away during the first months of knowing each other." Talia said and watched Koshi as well. She cringed when she saw his back and sighed, that was probably going to haunt her for the rest of her life.

They had entered the house while the Dragneels had went to find their daughter. The Bastias followed the Fullbusters. Lucy had immediately observed her son and he stared back unaffected.

"Show us." Lucy eventually said and Koshi faked ignorance.

"What do you want to see?" He asked and Lucy deadpanned.

"You know damn well what." She answered and Koshi faked a surprised look.

"Mother, it is not becoming of a lady to curse." He said and she rolled her eyes before she snapped her fingers and he dropped to the floor with his stomach down.

"Really? Not only my magic but my strength too?" He asked out loud and heard his father and teacher try to stifle their laughs.

"Well, if you had just listened from the beginning then I wouldn't have to do this." Lucy answered and took off his shirt so that she could see where the bandage was. She saw the size of it and knew that it wasn't going to be good. She carefully removed it while making sure not to hurt him and then exhaled slowly because it looked horrible.

"I hope you're happy." Lucy said and whacked him on his head.

"Well I would be if I had my magic and strength back." Koshi answered and Lucy chuckled darkly. Koshi gulped, immediately regretting his words. Gray looked carefully at his wife, he knew that laugh, that was the laugh she made when someone was in deep, deep trouble.

"You know, usually someone without magic doesn't go on a magician's mission." She said and Koshi stayed silent.

"So what possessed you to go?" She asked and awaited the answer. Koshi considered the options right now, if he answered then she might accept it or she might get angrier by the answer. Staying silent however wasn't an option.

"Because I'm a magician." He answered honestly and vaguely.

"Not right now. You don't see the neighbor run on missions for magicians now do you?" Lucy asked and sat down on the floor by the side of her son.

"No, you don't." Koshi agreed and then said nothing more. If he was honest then the reason why he had went on the mission was still a little unclear to him.

"I get it." Koshi said instead with a huff and Lucy raised an eyebrow.

"I get what you wanted to teach me. The magician that hurt me, he was firing his magic wildly around him with no regard for the people just living their life. They had to stop because of him and innocent lives were affected. If the wound that is on my back hadn't been there then it would've meant the death of an innocent girl. So I get it." Koshi explained and then waited for an answer. A few minutes passed by and when he got bored of waiting he looked up the best he could and saw his dad watching his mother that looked annoyed.

Eventually though she sighed and looked away for a second and Koshi felt his strength and magic return simultaneously, he hadn't been prepared for the magic so he had accidentally released it and the floor received an ice coating.

"I wish you had learned that in a way that didn't involve risking your life." Lucy said and watched the ice-floor before she turned to her son that had stood up and was stretching.

"Oh come on mom, I'm a Fullbuster. We either go big or we go home." Koshi said and Gray began laughing, while Lucy sighed.

"Believe me, I know." She muttered and stood up leaving for the kitchen.

"Get rid of the ice!" She screamed and Koshi chuckled before he flexed his fingers a little and then removed it.

"So the reason you didn't have magic was because your mother took it?" Talia asked as she approached him and Koshi looked at them, he had forgotten they had been there.

"Trust me, it's a long story." Koshi answered.

"Well now that you have it back how about an demonstration? Let's see how my student has been progressing in his studies." Lyon said and put his arm around him.

"How about that duel? Ice vs water?" Koshi asked and Leith looked excited while Talia glared.

"No, I don't duel with people that have just returned from the dead. You literally got hurt today. After it's healed then sure." She answered and Kristall voiced her agreement.

"Fine, then how about next month?" Koshi asked and they looked at him considering it.

"If it's healed." Talia bargained and he nodded, Porlyuscias potions worked amazingly and he would definitively be healed within that time.

"Speaking of heal, I need to put on some more of that potion because somebody ripped it off." Koshi said and then looked towards his mother that was ignoring him and his comment.

"I'll help you." Kristall said and reached for the jar they had received while Koshi was about to argue. He didn't really want her to, it was embarrassing. Talia noticed and pushed him down on the couch before he could say anything.

Kristall took a handful and carefully started coating the wound. She didn't want to cause any pain but she could feel him shudder under her touch and wondered if it hurt that much.

Koshi felt her fingers and his muscles flexed because of them, he tried not to but it was difficult. It wasn't until the bandage was on that he stood up and thanked her.

"It's fine, I'm at fault for you having that wound so I might as well help take care of it." She answered guiltily and Koshi face palmed. He muttered something before he sighed and then grabbed her hand walking outside with her.

"Where are we going?" She asked not at all bothered by him holding her hand, although it did cause a small blush.

"Somewhere where we can talk in private." He answered, he was completely oblivious about them holding hands. It wasn't until the reached the outskirts of town that he realized he was holding her hand and then let go.

"What did you want to talk about?" She asked after he had let go and he watched her.

"You. Why do you insist on taking blame for my own mistakes?" He asked and she sighed.

"Because they are indirectly my fault, if I hadn't stopped Lina from stopping you then you never would've left and you wouldn't have had that scar on your back." Kristall explained and Koshi groaned, Lina's words had taken effect after all.

"It isn't your fault, it isn't anyone's fault but my own. What if Lina hadn't even been there? I still would've left, it isn't your fault. You didn't know." Koshi said hoping she would understand while grabbing her shoulders.

"But if I had known then I could've protected you or I could've-"

"You could've what? Taken the hit? I still would've been there and I still would've jumped in front of the girl to save her life. I'm glad I did, a wound on my back is well worth it if it means that a child is going to live." Koshi said and she saw reason in those words so she nodded before she smiled.

They began talking about other things on their way home and enjoyed each other's company, like they always did.

"What are you going to do about Lina?" Kristall asked finally after they had reached that topic. He had asked for her advice and she had given it the best she could, it was a little hard to do when she didn't want them together.

"Honestly? Nothing, there is nothing I can do." Koshi answered somewhat sadly, he really didn't want them to stop being friends because of this.

"I'm sure everything's going to be fine in the end, she just need some time." Kristall said with a smile and he smiled back. She has smiled because she had been happy that he wouldn't pursue Lina and he had smiled because she had.

When they had returned the amount of teasing from Talia never stopped and Leith had even joined in because of lack of things to do.

"Congratulations on getting your magic back." Loke said the moment he appeared in the living room startling those that weren't used to his sporadic visits.

"Thank you, what do you want?" Koshi asked as he watched his third parent. The man had raised him as much as his parents had.

"What an attitude towards your new teacher." Loke feigned disappointment while Koshi looked curious.

"Teacher in what?" He asked while the rest of the occupants looked on entertained by the interaction.

"Well a little birdie informed me that you had problems with matters regarding love. Who better to teach you how to woo a woman than me?" Loke said smugly and Koshi glared.

"A. I'm not learning that from you, thank you very much. B. I don't have a problem, in fact it's the other way around. C. Go home." Koshi counted off and Loke grinned, he hadn't been talking about Lina when he had meant that the boy had problems with wooing. He glanced discreetly towards the young woman that his boy fancied but was too dumb to realize and nodded. She was beautiful.

"Besides who told you about Lina?" Koshi asked stopping Lokes thoughts and he gave a Cheshire grin.

"A birdie." Loke answered, he wasn't about to sell out his informant.

"You saw it through mom didn't you?" Koshi accused and Loke put his hand over his heart.

"I would never spy through my princess." He lied and both Lucy and Koshi deadpanned at that. He had done it before.

"Alright fine, I might've seen the exchange between you two but I always knew she liked you so it wasn't that much of a shock. The shock was realizing who you liked." Loke said and then nodded, those words had made the young girl show an devastated expression while Koshi made an confused one. Maybe he didn't need to teach the dumb boy how to woo her over but he did need to teach him about how to take the first step and more importantly about his own feelings.

"You knew Lina liked me?" Koshi asked instead completely ignoring the other part.

"Of course I did. Everyone knew, you could see it miles ahead." Loke said and waved him and his question off. Koshi had his mouth open in shock from that, was he the only one dumb enough not to realize it. He looked towards his parent for confirmation and they both shrugged and nodded.

"Oh, come on. And nobody thought to tell me?" Koshi asked anyone that might answer.

"Wasn't our place to tell." Gray answered simply and Koshi groaned. That was true, but still. He wondered what else he had missed but didn't voice it.

"Anyway, congratulations on the baby Lucy. This time you told him." Loke said and sat down with a laugh. Gray gave a small laugh while Lucy rolled her eyes.

After that there weren't much drama between the families. The week passed peacefully and then the Bastias were returning home with the promise that they should meet up more frequently.

1 month later

Koshis wound had healed beautifully and now what remained was a pink scar that would eventually fade over time.

"And I better not see any more wound on you." Lucy said as she removed the last of the potion and nodded to herself that the wound had healed better than she had expected. Porlyuscia really knew what she was doing.

"You know I can't promise that, I mean technically I could and I would mean it but the wounds that are inflicted come from somebody else so they have to make the promise not me." Koshi said wisely and Lucy hit her son, she knew that.

"Fine, what I want from you then is the promise that you won't throw yourself into dangerous situations." Lucy bargained and Koshi did promise that.

"By the way… How's Lina?" Lucy asked carefully while she wiped her hands of the foreign goo. Koshi gave a glance towards his mother and then looked away.

"Don't know. Rather I should be asking you that." Koshi answered and Lucy sighed.

"Lisanna tells me that she's depressed. She's stopped eating and hardly has motivation for anything." Lucy answered honestly and Koshi made a somewhat devastated face before looking up at the ceiling.

"Not eating?" He carefully asked a little afraid of the answer.

"Don't worry, it's not as if she isn't eating at all, she just eats less than she used to." Lucy quickly explained, she had also become alarmed when Lisanna had told her that. She had explained it after Lucy had asked her to elaborate.

Koshi nodded but it didn't make him feel better about it, just worse. He had tried to meet up and talk to her a few times but she didn't want to.

"You should go talk to her." Lucy said and disrupted her boys thoughts.

"Tried to, she didn't even want to see me." Koshi said and Lucy nodded, she knew the feeling.

"I know, but you have to be a little persistent or nothing is going to change. It isn't unusual for younger people to ignore a problem and hope it goes away. I tried to and ran away and if your father hadn't found me and forced me to face the situation then nothing would've changed." Lucy said with a sigh.

"Can't you just send me to the world you went to? I'll be gone for a while and then when I come back a few years would've passed." Koshi suggested not serious at all. Lucy however took it seriously and slammed her hands on the kitchen counter.

"Do not even joke about that." Lucy whispered angry and Koshi glanced towards his mother.

"Is it so bad there?" He asked suddenly feeling pity for his mom.

"No, the world in say wasn't bad. It was being without your loved ones that was horrid." Lucy explained and Koshi carefully considered his next words.

"What did you do when you couldn't cope without us anymore?" Koshi formulated the question the best he could.

"I… I didn't cope at first. I wanted to end it. I… tried to." Lucy began and Koshi immediately stood up shocked by this. This was the first she had talked about the other world but he hadn't thought that it would be something as dark as this.

"But he wouldn't let me, he told me that if he had to suffer then so did I." Lucy continued and forgot that her son was listening.

"I accepted it after he had stopped me and before I knew it we found solitude within each other. We kept each other alive and pushed each other forward." Lucy stopped and shook her head trying to rid herself of those memories. She had tried for years but they kept lurking in the back of her mind somewhere.

"Who are you talking about?" Koshi asked although he already knew the answer.

"Zeref, right?" Gray asked and walked into the house. He had gotten home earlier but when she had begun talking about the other world he had stopped himself from announcing his arrival. She never talked about it no matter how much he probed. Lucy looked towards her husband with a melancholy expression.

"Yes." She confirmed simply and then looked away continuing with the dinner. Gray continued to look at his wife while multiple scenarios played out in his mind.

"Did you sleep with him?" He eventually asked and Koshi looked towards his father and then mother. He didn't really want to be there for the answer, nor the question for that matter.

"Gray…" Lucy said sadly and before she could continue he interrupted her.

"Don't. Just don't. Answer honestly Lucy." Gray demanded and she sighed.

"Of course not, I would never do that." She answered and then bit her lip trying to keep herself from continuing.

"But?" Gray continued to probe. He was glad that she hadn't but she was still hiding something.

"But you have to understand that living there without you both was torture. So we comforted each other and had a spiritual connection to each other." Lucy explained and Gray furrowed his brows not understanding.

"So he became your friend?" He asked unsure.

"That and more. When we felt hopeless or when we cried or just couldn't cope anymore we comforted each other. We were comrades from the same world so we had a connection." Lucy explained and Gray sighed before grabbing his chin trying to consider the information. He couldn't really be mad at her for that, although it was a little annoying that she had cried in that man's arms instead of his. Especially since she knew what Zeref had done to his family.

"Is that it? Not keeping anything more from us?" He asked and Lucy shook her head. That was it.

"Alright, I can live with that." Gray said and gave her a kiss before going upstairs. Koshi began leaving, he wanted to talk to Lina.

"Try not to agitate her." Lucy said as he left and he waved his hands to confirm that he heard the order. He knew the walk over to Lina like the back of his hand, but he had never felt this nervous when walking it. He hoped that she would at least see him this time.

He carefully knocked trying to hear if someone on the other side was watching and when no one answered he entered. They rarely locked it, everyone knew who live there and only somebody stupid would try to break in.

The house was quiet but he knew Lina was home, her door was closed and it was only closed when she was home, otherwise she leaves it open because she forgets to close it.

"Lina? It's me, can we please talk?" Koshi asked as he stood in front of the door hoping she would open it. She didn't.

"I know you're in there and if you don't want to talk then that's fine, just listen." Koshi said before he shut up, he didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry." Seemed like a good place to start as any.

"I didn't know you loved me, honestly I didn't. I'm even more sorry for not feeling the same. I know that we probably won't be able to go back to how we used to be but I really don't want to lose you as my friend. You're the best one I've had." Koshi said growing frustrated towards the end almost on the verge of tears.

"Is there anything I can do to help you then please tell me and I'll do it. Just… don't shut me out." He begged and his eyes widened because the door began to slowly open. Lina looked at him from the other side and he tilted his head to try and see her better.

"Hi" He said almost afraid that the door would be slammed shut any second now.

"Hi" She said back and stepped out of her room while he stepped back a little to allow her.

"Are you alright?" Koshi asked when he noticed that she had in fact lost a little weight. She nodded and then side stepped him to the living room where she sat down and he followed before he sat down opposite her.

"I know that you want to fix this as soon as possible so that we can return to normal but this isn't something that can be fixed." Lina said and Koshi nodded defeatedly.

"This isn't your fault, it's no one's fault. You can't help the feelings you catch. I caught them for you and I need time to process and get over them. I'm not mad at you, not really, just disappointed that you didn't feel the same. I thought that when it came to time spent together I wouldn't lose but even then I did." Lina said and Koshi sat quietly listening.

"Lose?" Koshi asked before he could stop himself and Lina looked at him before she gave a bitter chuckle.

"I know that you aren't the smartest person when it comes to feelings but surely you have to at least know about your own." Lina said but when she saw his confused look she sighed.

"Didn't you ever ask yourself why I confessed when I did, why now? Why not years ago? What pushed me to do it?" Lina asked hypothetically, he shrugged his shoulders. He hadn't thought about that at all.

"I felt threatened that you would get taken. Before I knew I had time, time to make you fall for me like I had for you but then it changed and in my stress and insecurity I confessed." Lina explained but he looked as clueless as before if not even more so.

"You fell in love Koshi. With somebody else and I had hoped that by confessing you wouldn't realize it." Lina continued and finally gained a reaction from him. A surprised one.

"With w-"

"Kristall. The moment she appeared you began acting differently and you always wanted to be by her side. You really didn't realize that?" Lina asked and almost felt tempted to laugh at the shock he was experiencing and the blush that was creeping up on him.

"That's not-" He stopped because he had to think about it.

"True?" Lina finished and dared him to prove her wrong. She would be more then happy if he did but it wasn't very likely.

Koshi looked down at his hands thinking about it and then realized that he probably did love her. When he thought about her he always had a smile and he felt his heart thump. The moment he saw her after he had saved her he had been mesmerized and had only come to like her more and more the more he got to know her. He looked at Lina with pity and she threw a pillow at him.

"Do NOT pity me." She demanded but he couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry." He said honestly as he removed the pillow.

"Like I said, you can't help who you fall in love with. I don't blame you, I just wish I was her." Lina confessed and Koshi was about to say something but he didn't know what so he sat there with an open mouth.

"It'll be fine Koshi, you're right. We won't go back to what we once had but we'll still be friends. I just need time to get over you, at least give me that." Lina said and Koshi nodded before he got up and started leaving but before he left he looked back at her.

"If it's for any consolation, I do love you." Koshi said and Lina laughed.

"I know." She said and he gave a small chuckle as he left to find his mother.

She was still at home with dad talking about the other world and the strange relationship she had had with the darkest magician of all time.

"So you didn't fall in love with him?" Gray asked again just to make sure and she rolled her eyes at him.

"I already told you, no. We just understood each other since both of us had been thrust into the same situation which made us confide in each other." Lucy explained again and Gray nodded but before he could ask his next question Koshi stepped in.

"Mom, can you call Le-Lo?" Koshi asked quickly and she looked at him.

"Why?"

"I need to ask him something, please?" He begged and she shrugged and tapped her key before a cloud of smoke appeared.

"Princess, what can I do for you?" Loke asked with a small bow and Lucy merely pointed towards Koshi.

"Oh, what can I do for the little prince?" Loke asked with a knowing grin and Koshi regretted his decision.

"Those lessons you offered, I'd like to take you up on that offer." Koshi said quietly and Loke put his arm around the boy.

"What was that, I couldn't quite hear you." Loke lied and Koshi gave him a look, both knew that the man was lying.

"I want your help so please teach me." Koshi asked and Loke pushed his glasses up closer before he hmmed and then grinned.

"Alright, just a question before we begin." Loke said as he guided the boy out of earshot from his parents.

"Who is it you're trying to woo?" Loke asked and Koshi blushed.

"Why do you keep calling it woo, call it date or something." Koshi complained and Loke huffed.

"Well excuse me, being an immortal being sometimes makes you forget to keep up with the latest trends. Besides women like the word woo, it sounds more romantic." Loke explained and Koshi rolled his eyes.

"Now, stop trying to avoid the question." He said with a grin.

"Kristall" Koshi whispered and Loke had to actually concentrate this time because it had been said so quietly.

"Alright, and what would you like to learn?" He asked for humor's sake, in all honestly, he didn't really need to teach him anything. He just had to give him some courage to take the first step.

"I don't know. How to ask someone's out, and not get rejected?" Koshi asked unsure, the ordeal with Lina had scared him a little. There was always a chance Kristall would say no. Loke raised an eyebrow at the end of the sentence and then sighed.

"There is always a chance she might say no. She has that right. However that shouldn't stop a man from trying, and besides I promise that with me teaching you, you won't fail." Loke assured. Most of that had to do with that the girl probably liked him already.

"And if, she does break your heart then I'll take you out drinking. Just don't tell your mom." Loke whispered and Koshi began laughing.

"I have had alcohol before." Koshi said and Loke snorted.

"Those wine and whiskey lessons you've had with your grandpa is nothing compared to what I'm going to give you." Loke said convincingly and Koshi believed him.

"First thing first. The romantic grand gesture." Loke began while holding up his finger as a matter of fact.

"I mean you could be a little boring and just ask but women like the gesture." Loke then quickly explained because it looked like the kid was going to question him.

"Fine, what kind of gesture?" Koshi asked with a sigh. He wasn't going to start questioning Le-Lo, the man knew what he was doing.

"Oh they vary from huge bouquets of flower, hiring horses and carriage, but most important, you need to look good. So that means a suit and fixed hair." Loke explained and Koshi nodded, this wasn't exactly anything new but if he didn't have the help then he might've been running around in circles and then maybe never found the courage to do something.

"I don't want to do something overly complicated." Koshi said quickly and Loke nodded.

"Alright, so let's go with a suit with blue and white roses." Loke said not and Koshi nodded. Seemed simple enough.

"And you'll need a speech, need help with that or can you do it?" Loke asked and Koshi thought about it.

"What do I need to talk about?"

"Stupid question. Why you like her of course, and don't forget 'how you would be honored if she would go out with you.' Got it?" Loke asked and when Koshi nodded, he grinned.

"Final question. How soon do you want to confess?" Loke asked and Koshi blushed. He hadn't thought about it, he had just realized that he liked her.

"Can we wait a little bit? I need a little time to get used to the thought that I like her." Koshi asked honestly and Loke nodded.

"Alright, see you in a month." Loke said and patted his back before he returned home leaving Koshi there with the task of writing a small speech.

"What did you want from him?!" Lucy screamed from her place in the couch after she felt Loke return.

"Just wanted to ask a question!" Koshi screamed back and then ran away before she could question him some more.

Lucy looked at her husband knowing it was a lie and Gray shrugged.

"He'll be fine." Gray answered the unasked question. He wasn't exactly sure what he had asked of Loke but he had a faint idea.

"If he's anything like his dad." Lucy answered with a smile and stroked his cheek lovingly. Gray smiled and kissed her, he really loved her.

"So, a boy or girl?" Lucy asked and looked into his eyes. They held so much joy in them after she had asked that question.

"We already have a boy so a girl would be nice, but I'm happy as long as the child is healthy." Gray answered and then kissed her again. She smiled into the kiss, because she felt exactly the same.

"Then let's hope for a girl." Lucy said and began heading to the kitchen, she had some cravings that desperately needed to be taken care of.

"On second thought, let's have another boy!" Gray screamed after her and she laughed.

"Why?"

"Because girls breaks your heart, look at Natsu. The flame moron feels helpless right now and I don't think I would be able to handle that." Gray explained and Lucy giggled.

"If he could keep calm and not do anything despite being such an impulsive person then I'm sure you can too sweetie." Lucy explained and Gray groaned. He wasn't sure of it.

"What are you eating?" He asked when she came back with a plate, he could of course see the contents but he felt the need to ask.

"Bell peppers and chocolate. They work surprisingly well together." She explained and picked up some chocolate with a cut piece of bell pepper.

"You're crazy" He mumbled but she heard him and laughed.

"It's called cravings, trust me you'll get used to me eating bizarre things. I remember when Loke would look at me like I had three heads when I mixed pickled vegetables with chocolate cake and black pudding." Lucy said and laughed when she saw her husband's grimace.

"Black pudding? How? Why?" Gray asked despite himself.

"I don't know, it just tasted good. That wasn't the worst part though, wait until the hormones kick in. Loke always claimed that was the worst part." Lucy said and then took another bite of her bell pepper. Gray sat quietly feeling a little left out, he had wanted to be there for her pregnancy with Koshi but had missed it. It annoyed him that Loke has been there and not him but that was in the past. He was going to be there this time, during the good and the bad times and he was looking forward to it.

A month passed and Loke came to see how far Koshi had gotten. The boy had done surprisingly well and had finished, all that was left was the grand gesture.

"So we're going to make it simple. No horses, bands or writing in the sky." Loke said and Koshi nodded thankful for that.

"I'm thinking that we make it snow-"

"In the middle of the summer?" Koshi intervened before Loke could continue.

"Yes, because it would make it all the more special now wouldn't it. You can handle that can't you?" Loke dared and Koshi huffed, of course he could.

"And then?"

"Well then you walk up to her in a dashing suit, black. With the roses, give your speech and then ask her out, easy enough." Loke finished and Koshi nodded. At least there wouldn't be any horse carriages.

"I can do that." Koshi said agreeing with the plan.

"Let's go then." Loke said and stood up ready to leave. Koshi looked alarmed.

"Wait wait, right now? I need time to prepare mentally for this." He began rambling and Loke sighed.

"You had a month, now let's go." Loke continued and grabbed the boy by his collar dragging him.

"First stop, the mansion. We have a bigger variety of suits there." Loke said and dragged him outside.

"Fine, I'll buy some train tickets." Koshi murmured a little happy that he could buy time that way.

"That'll take to long, I'll just switch with Auriga." Loke answered and Koshis nose scrunched up. He couldn't say anything because he himself had used that trick years ago when he wanted things to go his way. Loke waited a few seconds before he made the switch and Auriga stood there proudly waiting for his order.

"Hi Auri, been a while. Have you been well?" Koshi asked as he climbed up on the chariot. The spirit nodded and then shock the reins making the chariot ascend into the air. A few minutes later and it landed right at the door. Koshi stepped off and Loke took his place guiding the boy towards the closet there.

"So, since the theme is obviously blue we'll go with a dark blue shirt." Loke began and picked it off its hanger while giving it to him carefully so that no wrinkles would appear. Koshi took his own clothes of quickly and put it on standing there in his underwear and the shirt.

"Usually I would recommend golden cuff links since you're blond but since the theme is ice we're going with silver ones, they are both sleek and modern." Loke advised and handed him a pair of silver ones with a blue rhinestone that Koshi wasted no time to put on.

"A silver necktie, and a blue gem covered tiepin." Loke said and handed him both.

"Silver watch as well" Loke said as an afterthought and handed him that as well.

"Now as for the suit, we'll take a black one but when it comes to the details I'm a little torn. Straight stripes makes you taller and older but a complete black would probably be better. Should we go with a vest or not?" Loke said and pondered question he himself had asked while Koshi put on everything that was handed to him.

"Let's go with a completely black one." Loke decided and took out two different one and then handed the darker to Koshi that put on the pants and then waited on the verdict of the vest.

"Let's go with a vest after all. Usually you wouldn't but it's a special occasion." Loke said and then went to pick shoes.

"And there we go, all that's left is either a blue or silver handkerchief." He picked up both and compared, the silver one fitted better with the tie so he put it in and then stepped back to admire his work.

"Mhm, I'm awesome." Loke said to himself while Koshi stood and fixed the small details.

"Sure you are." Koshi said and stood straight putting all of the manner lessons into work.

"Next are the roses." Loke put his hand up and with a poof a huge bouquet appeared with roses ranging from dark blue to white.

"You have roses in the celestial world?" Koshi asked as he looked at the size of them, they were bigger than any he had seen.

"We have everything." Loke said with a wink and then guided them out of the closet.

"I assume that something big is going to happen considering the outfit." Jude said when they stepped out and he waited for them there.

"Grandpa! Hi, we just um, came for the suit." Koshi said surprised while Loke agreed with him, something big was going to happen.

"In the endeavor of wooing a woman a man must not forget his courage and confidence." Jude wisely said already figuring out what was going on. Loke nodded at the words agreeing wholeheartedly.

"However, you seem to have forgotten one thing." Jude observed and walked over to the cabinet where he picked a bottle nodding to himself before he brought it over.

"A good cologne is always an appreciated necessity." Jude explained and dabbed a few drops on his neck foregoing the wrists since the suit jacket was already on.

"And don't forget, where you come from." Jude added and gave him the family heirloom ring that Koshi hesitantly put on his finger.

"Thank you grandpa." Koshi said a little embarrassed. Jude didn't feel the same and nodded proudly. He knew it would go well for his grandson.

"Alright, now that that's been taken care of, let's go. I'll switch with Auriga again and then we'll be on our merry way." Loke said as he walked outside while Koshi stayed behind, he took a deep breath trying to calm his nerves.

"Leith! What have I told you about leaving clothes on the floor!" Talia screamed the moment she came in the house with the shopping bags.

"I do remember having a conversation about that but I just can't seem to remember how it ended!" Leith screamed back not bothering to make an appearance.

"Just come here and clean this up!" She screamed back.

"And where is Kristall?" She asked when she put the bags down and saw the absence of one person.

"In the back, watering the flowers." He answered calmly as he began picking up the clothes he himself had discarded.

"Why is the ice magician watering the flowers?" Talia asked with a sigh.

"She said that it calms her." Leith quickly cut in before the the lecture began. Talia only rolled her eyes before she began unpacking the groceries.

Kristall held the hose while watering the different kind of flowers they had while carefully making sure she didn't over water them. She felt the sun heat her skin up, she honestly didn't like the heat that much but today it felt nice. The weather only seemed to get better as she closed her eyes and enjoyed it.

Talia reacted when she saw snow begin to fall for some reason despite it being in the middle of the summer. She wondered if Kristall had made it since she couldn't be bothered to water all of the flowers, their mother had a large collection after all.

She looked out and then a devious smile appeared when she saw that Koshi began walking towards Kristall, that still hadn't noticed, in a suit with flowers. She hid and began watching them.

Koshi stopped a few meters away from her and smiled at how beautiful she was. She looked like and angel with the sun shining on the face while the snow fell around her. He waited patiently for her to notice, Le-Lo had been insistent on that part. It was more romantic apparently.

Kristall started opening her eyes after a while wondering why she had felt something wet every now and then. She saw the snow falling and realized that it had been why she had thought the weather had improved. She wondered when she had accidentally released her magic and sighed. She tried to retract it but couldn't, the snow kept falling.

She realized quite quickly why the snow hadn't disappeared. The reason being quite simple, it wasn't her magic.

"Koshi?" She asked a little shocked not believing her eyes.

"What's going on?" She asked incredulously as she observed him. He looked beyond handsome standing there with flowers in his hands with a smile.

"Kristall, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever met. The first day that I saw you my heart skipped a beat. You are compassionate, understanding, funny and the greatest person I've had the honor of meeting. You care, probably too much and care far too much as well. And I've never had a day with you that was boring and I never want to spend a day that isn't with you." Koshi began and he suspected that she knew where this was going because she began crying while bringing her hands to her mouth almost trembling. He didn't know if that was a good sign or not but before he lost his courage he would continue.

"I am here, to ask you if you would do me the honor of going out with me?" Koshi asked in an even voice. He felt nervous and he had forgotten most of his speech but he had improvised it.

Kristall had to take a deep breath because she couldn't believe what had just happened and what had just been said. It was what she had fantasized about. The real deal had been far better than any imagination. She looked straight into the man that had asked her out and smiled.

She ran into him and kissed him and he caught her easily before he returned the kiss. They broke off and their foreheads rested against each other.

"I'm taking that as an yes." He said with a smile and she laughed before she nodded and then began chanting the word 'yes' like a mantra afraid that if she didn't agree, it wouldn't be real.

"Congratulations!" Talia screamed as she came out of the house with a clap. Koshi grinned but didn't let go of Kristall that blushed in his arms.

"Thank you." Koshi said honestly and the. let go of Kristall. She instead grabbed the roses that he happily let go.

"These are beautiful." Kristall said as she observed them for the first time carefully.

"You're more beautiful." Koshi said and Kristall blushed before she hid her face behind them and then excused herself so that she could put them in water.

"So… does this count as incest?" Talia joked and Koshi glared. He flicked his wrist as he passed her and a small ice spear flung against her. She easily blocked it with some water but laughed at his reaction.

"Our fathers aren't related by blood so I think we're good." Koshi said before he entered the house following his girlfriend. He smiled at the word and Talia tilted her head.

"It isn't fun if you don't react more!" She complained and Koshi shut her out of the house because he knew if he didn't she would try and get a rise out of him.

"I've never seen roses become this big before. Are they special?" Kristall asked him as she put them on the table.

"They're from the celestial world." Koshi offered as an explanation and she looked mildly surprised.

"They have roses there?" She asked and he repeated Le-Lo's words.

"Apparently they have everything." Koshi said with a smile and Kristall giggled.

"Hi Koshi, what are you doing here?" Leith asked when he noticed him standing in their house out of place with an professional attire.

"Asking your sister out" He explained honestly and Leith looked towards his sister and him understanding.

"Good luck with that. At least you asked out the more sensible one." He said and moved out of their way feeling a little like the third wheel.

Koshi laughed wholeheartedly, the humor evident in his voice as his youngest cousin left. Kristall laughed as well but mostly because his laugh was so infectious that she couldn't help it.

"I don't know if I should take his words as an insult or not." Talia said as she walked inside, having picked the lock. Koshi kept laughing even more with those words.

"Oh shut it." Talia ordered and flicked water at him as revenge. He blocked it easily.

"Hey, careful. Do you know how much this suit costs?" Koshi joked and Talia rolled her eyes while Kristall sneakily glanced towards him. He was really handsome right now and she couldn't stop looking.

Koshi noticed her watching him and turned to look at her but she swiftly moved her eyes away a little embarrassed to get caught. He grinned and moved closer.

"You can look at me all you like, because I'm all yours." He whispered in her ear and she squealed and held her ear while moving away.

"Don't do that!" She screamed at him and he laughed.

"This is somewhat disturbing." Talia said a little louder than usual gaining their attention.

"Then don't look." Koshi answered deviously while Kristall blushed. Talia scrunched her nose and then she began leaving the room.

"Whatever, I'm gone." Talia said and then they heard the 'thump' of a door.

"Do you want anything to drink?" Kristall asked and moved to the kitchen and he followed.

"Water is fine." He answered and sat down. She complied and sat down after handing him a glas.

They began talking a little about the future, their relationship and liked and dislikes. Nothing too big but it was nevertheless a pleasant conversation. So much so that a few hours had passed and Koshi decided that it was time to go home.

"Where are your parents by the way?" Koshi asked as he began stepping out.

"On a mission, they won't be back before next week sometime." Kristall explained and he nodded.

"Alright, I'll talk to you soon." Koshi said and kissed her before he gave a laugh at her stupefied expression.

"You're not the only one that can do that you know." He said and she laughed.

He began leaving and walked back the way he came from. He looked a little sheepishly as he looked around, trying to find the person that he had came with.

"I'm sorry, I forgot about you waiting." Koshi answered honestly when he saw Le-Lo sitting against a tree, reading a book. He looked up amused.

"I'm assuming it went well." Loke said as he stood up and dusted of whatever had clung to him.

"Yes, amazingly so." Koshi answered with a smile and Loke nodded.

"Good job my boy, let's hear it. Did everything go according to plan?" Loke wondered and Koshi looked a little embarrassed.

"Most of it. I kind of forgot the speech because of embarrassment but I improvised." Koshi answered and Loke laughed.

"Alright, let's go home then. I'm sure your mom is starting to wonder why I've stayed in this world so long." Loke said with a gulp. He could wander around how much he wanted, Lucy wasn't that possessive but she was curious. If she noticed that her son was missing as well then she could connect those dots and then there would be an interrogation.

"OK, can I ask you to take me here sometimes." Koshi asked and Loke just gave a thumb up.

"Anything for young love." He answered and then changed with Auriga that took the boy home.

Lucy hadn't asked because she had figured out quickly enough what had happened. She had congratulated them both and then told Gray that had looked shocked by the news.

"Kristall? Kristall as in my brother daughter Kristall? You're not lying to me right now or pulling my leg?" Gray asked for the fiftieth eleventh time.

"Yes." Koshi answered again. He was beginning to get a little worried that his father wasn't going to approve.

"Does my brother know?" Gray asked and Koshi shock his head.

"No not yet, they were away on a mission when I was there." He explained and Gray sighed while he draped his hand over his face. He then began laughing so much tears formed and both son and mother glanced at each other.

"No, sorry. It's just, I'm sure Lyon never would've seen this coming or her would've kept you away from her. He always talked about how he got rid of every boy that got close to his daughters. But he didn't pay attention to the one he should've!" Gray explained while laughing and Lucy began giggling as well. Koshi rolled his eyes, he didn't exactly like being compared to vermin.

"This is gold." Gray continued and then when he began calming down he looked towards towards his son.

"I always assumed you would get together with Lina but if Kristall makes you happy then I'm happy. Congratulations." Gray eventually said and Koshi sighed.

"Why did everyone just assume that? I like Kristall not Lina. I'm getting tired of it, are you saying I should just go out with Lina because she likes me?" Koshi defended and Gray sighed.

"I'm not saying that, quite the opposite actually. I'm proud that you aren't just doing what other people wants or just because of pressure. Trust me I know what I'm talking about, I started dating someone just because she liked me. Everyone felt pity for her because I didn't like her and started pressuring me." Gray explained and Koshi looked a little surprised and then glanced towards his mother that shrugged.

"In the same way everyone saw how much Lina liked you and because of it we became a little prejudiced. Guys are a little bit more dumb when it comes to feelings so all of us just thought that you felt the same but hadn't realized it yet." Gray explained and Koshi rolled his eyes.

"Well you were wrong." He finished with that and began returning to his room.

"Clearly." Gray said right before he was out of hearing range.

"I didn't picture you as the kind of guy that would fall for peer pressure." Lucy said with a smile and Gray gave a small glare.

"Wish I could say it wasn't that, but that's exactly what it was. And a little brainwashing from myself into thinking that I liked her." Gray said with while thinking of his influential younger self.

"Well at least I raised our son to have more sense then that." Lucy joked and Gray mumbled something that Lucy couldn't hear.

Time passed quickly for the family. Koshis relationship had soared and there wasn't a day where they wouldn't meet or talk. They were happy and enjoyed each other's company.

Gray had insisted on meeting there when his brother had been informed and laughed the whole time. Lyon had obviously been shocked but after that he hadn't known how to react. Juvia had been more open minded and accepted it rather easily. Lyon had been torn between wanting to protect his daughter but the guy she had gotten together with was his own student.

He had found an stress reliever by beating up his younger, laughing brother. They had started a fight and as a result the small house had been submerged in winter. Juvia had scolded them both because her flowers had been close to perishing because of the temperature dropping.

Lyon had eventually come to accept it because he knew Koshi was a great guy and he saw how happy his daughter was with him.

The months that followed were happy ones, Lucy's pregnancy continued without any problems or difficulties and she was beginning to become bigger. Gray had somewhat learned how to handle her mood swings but he had no idea how the mind of a woman worked. Loke had laughed at him 90% of the time, mostly because he recollected how he had gone through it.

They were in the guild when Lucy had flipped a table because they had begun talking about going on a S-class mission. She had all but forbidden it and Gray scared witless had no choice and agreed. She had left fuming leaving the guild members shocked.

"That was gold. Who would've thought a pregnant woman would have so much power over you all?" Loke laughed as he popped up and received a few glares.

"You shouldn't talk, you went through this as well." Gray said and stood up from the floor and grabbed the table, fixing it.

"I handled her tantrums like a perfect gentleman, there were never any flipped tables." Loke defended and sat down.

"Well you've had thousands of years of practice." Gray said with a laugh and Loke shrugged.

"How far along is she now?" Loke asked instead, he knew approximately but timekeeping wasn't his forte.

"About eight months." Gray answered and returned continued drinking. Natsu was grinning from ear to ear. He loved seeing his friend being whipped.

"8 months, are you sure?" Loke asked and then looked towards where she had left while getting a far away look, thinking about something.

"Yeah…. why?" Gray asked a little alarmed and curious at the same time.

"Nothing, it's just…" Loke began and then shut up. Natsu looked at Loke and then at Gray and they both looked curious.

"Excuse me for a while." Loke said and stood up leaving two confused men in the guild.

He followed Lucy and found her in the house eating ice cream with Koshi cooking something in the kitchen.

"Can I ask you something princess?" Loke asked as he sat down close to her by the couch.

"Of course Loke." Lucy said with a smile, her hormones had calmed down and she was cheery again.

"How far along are you? Exactly." He asked specifically and she tilted her head.

"In the 32nd week." Lucy answered and Loke looked down at her stomach.

"Aren't you a lot bigger than you're supposed to be?" Loke asked carefully and he heard the sharp intake of air from the kitchen.

"Are you calling me fat?" Lucy asked and stopped eating the ice cream. Loke just smiled.

"I would never call the perfection that you are fat. However, I think that you are unusually big. Lucy, you might be carrying twins." Loke said with a smile and she went into shock.

"WHAT!?" Koshi screamed and ran into the living room where Lucy still looked a little taken back.

"Are you sure?" She eventually asked as she came out of it and he shrugged.

"Not completely no. But don't you think it would make more sense?" Loke questioned and Lucy looked down at herself and her stomach. She herself had noticed that she was bigger this time, but just thought that her child was growing a bit too fast or something of the sort.

"It would." Lucy answered with a laugh.

"Oh great, another sibling. Like one wasn't enough." Koshi said sarcastically and draped his hand over his face and slowly into his hair. Lucy laughed and then began crying.

"What's wrong?" Loke asked a little worried.

"Nothing, I'm just so happy that the tears won't stop." Lucy explained and Loke rubbed her back with his hand understanding.

"Wanna check for sure?" Loke asked trying to get her on other thoughts. It worked and she stopped crying.

"How?"

"It's a spirit you don't have a contract with. Asclepius the healer. He's a genius and could find out and even tell you the genders of you want." Loke offered and Lucy's eyes shot up. She had heard of him, he was a legend. She nodded her head and Loke chuckled, she was still very much dedicated when it came to her spirits.

Loke left leaving an anxious mother and son behind.

"So, how's Kristall?" Lucy asked as a diversion and Koshi looked at his mother.

"Fine, it's a little difficult since we're apart but we're making it work." Koshi answered and sat down.

"I'm happy for you. Is Lina handling it better, I know she was pretty devastated when she found out." Lucy said and Koshi sighed.

"At the beginning she was yeah, but she knew it was going to happen eventually, just not that soon. She's, according to herself, over me and we've started hanging out again but it's not the same." Koshi explained and Lucy nodded.

"Miss Lucy, Leo has sent me to give you an examination regarding your pregnancy." A man's voice interrupted them and the looked to see a man in his forties standing there. He was holding a staff with two snakes twirling it and Lucy smiled.

"Asclepius, it's a pleasure to meet you." She acknowledged him and he bowed.

"Same to you, I've heard a great many deal about you from various friends." Asclepius said and then approached her.

"This will but take a moment. Please remain calm and try not to move." Asclepius advised as he moved his staff and it began glow while the snakes started moving. Lucy felt little disgusted at the snakes but remained calm. She trusted him.

He moved it above her stomach and held it there for a moment and then stepped back.

"Leo was correct, you are indeed carrying twins. Fraternal twins to be more precise. They are both healthy and have grown well." Asclepius informed them and she laughed at the news.

"And? Did you happen to find out their genders?" She asked with a clap and Koshi rolled his eyes at her, she was acting like a child.

"Indeed I did. Both children are of opposite sex." He said with a bow and then awaited any more questions.

"Is there anything to be concerned about?" Lucy asked finally and he shock his head.

"Thank you Asclepius. You may return if you wish." Lucy offered and he bowed before he disappeared.

"Who was that? A new spirit?" Gray asked when he stepped into the room. He had seen a glimpse of the man and when he saw him disappear he knew it was a spirit.

"No, he was here because of Loke." Lucy said and Gray sat down wondering what had happened. Loke had left in a somewhat hurried manner.

"That was Asclepius the healer. He is known as being the father of medicine." Lucy began explaining but couldn't finish because he grabbed her.

"Are you sick? Is the baby OK? What happened? I can't believe Loke saw it before me." Gray said too fast and Lucy couldn't get a word in.

"Dad calm down, she's fine! Jeez, he just came and confirmed that mom was carrying twins." Koshi said when he saw that his mom was getting overwhelmed because of his dad's questions.

"Twins?" Gray asked, it was the only word he had picked up.

"Yeah twins. As in two babies." Koshi said with a grin. He liked it when his dad became flabbergasted.

"A boy and a girl." Lucy said and held up two of her fingers. Gray began chuckling and then just kissed her. He had no words.

"I love you so much." Gray said and hugged her.

"I love you too." Lucy answered and held the arms that were wrapped around her.

"Bleh." Koshi made the sound and then left the room, he was going to go see Kristall. Lucy and Gray gave a small laugh at their son's reaction knowing that he didn't like it when they became too affectionate in front of him. However that's also why they enjoyed doing it even more.

6 months later

"Alright! Is everyone ready!?" Lucy asked with a scream as she looked towards both teams. She sat comfortably from her high chair so that she could observe them easily since she was the judge. Gray was taking care of the twins close by.

"Today's match is going to be ice vs water magic! On the water magicians side we have Juvia, Talia and Leith Bastia! With the ice magicians we have Lyon and Kristall Bastia as well as my cute boy Koshi Fullbuster!" Lucy introduced to the people that had gathered, mostly guild members but there were some townsfolk in the crowd.

"There exists 3 rules. Firstly, you win if the other team admits loss or becomes unconscious, no serious injuries, particularly deadly ones!" She glared at her son after saying that and he averted his eyes guiltily.

"Secondly, stepping outside of the marked ground counts as as a loss!" Lucy informed and pointed towards the red marking on the ground.

"Lastly, no physiological fighting! No threatening or blackmail of any kind!" Lucy said with a smile.

"Right now, you are unable to use magic because of my magic. That's so that you can't start casting before I give the signal! The moment I give it, I will return the magic and the moment I do the match begins, does everyone understand?" Lucy asked and both teams nodded.

"It feels weird to not have any magic." Leith said and shock his hands in discomfort but nothing happened. Talia agreed and Koshi laughed at them.

"Tell me about it." He said after he stopped laughing.

"Alright! Water team! Are you ready!?" Lucy asked and they nodded. Juvia was smiling, happy that she could spar with her family.

"Ice! Are you ready?!" Lucy asked and looked at her son's team.

"You better not lose blockhead! Not you either stupid son of mine!" Gray screamed from where he sat and received a finger from his brother while his son ignored the comment.

"Alright then, ready! And GO!" Lucy proudly waved down a flag while simultaneously releasing her magic allowing them access to it.

The more experienced magicians retreated and observed the other team. The less experienced followed nervously.

Talia was itching and threw a water lock towards her sister that glared from the water. Koshi came and froze the ball and then broke the ice freeing her.

Kristall glared at her sister and retaliated with a wave of ice flowing towards her. Talia used her water and pushed herself of the ground and dodged it.

"Water lock does not work on ice magicians sweetie. Neither on fire magicians for that matter. How they don't freeze or boil themselves to death is a mystery." Juvia explained to her children.

"Because we're awesome, that's why!" Natsu screamed from the crowd.

"Hell yeah!" Gray screamed agreeing with the previous words.

Koshi smiled at his girlfriend that looked frustrated and she noticed it.

"If you have time to smile then do something." Kristall said and Koshi grinned.

"Your wish is my law my lady." Koshi said with a bow and then stomped in the ground creating an ice floor. He changed the terrain into their advantage and glided towards them with ease while they began adapting towards the slippery floor. He approached a Talia with a smile.

"Sorry, but your sister asked me too." Koshi said and created a buck that pushed her and began slowly pushing her out of the marks. She couldn't get a footing and realized that she was going to lose. She muttered something before she unsheathed her sword and cut of its head in one clean strike.

"I hadn't exactly planned on using my sword this soon." Talia said and watched Koshi that shrugged. He created two dual swords and began attacking her, she blocked with some difficulty because she couldn't fix her footing.

Leith looked at Koshi as his sister trying to figure out how to help. He looked uncertain before he threw a water whip towards his cousin but Koshi noticed and dodged it with ease while keeping up with the spar.

Kristall trusted Koshi and approached her brother that didn't notice until she was right in front of him.

"Even if you focus on one battle you should never forget to observe your surroundings." Kristall said and Leith pulled up an water wall creating some distance between them.

The parents stood and watched, observing their children so that they knew what to work on later.

Kristall just walked through slowly while focusing. She had coated herself in ice and kept on doing it while walking because the water cleaned it off. Leith stuck out his tongue at her and she rolled her eyes at him.

"What did I just tell you?" Kristall asked her brother as she walked tauntingly towards him.

"Not to lose focus." He said and threw a water weapon at her. She blocked it and sighed.

"Look at your surroundings." She repeated and as she did he stumbled and fell over a rock she had created.

She threw her magic at him and spears appeared trying to hit him but he rolled away, avoiding them. She kept on throwing them quickly so that he couldn't recover. All his focus went to rolling away that he didn't notice the markings that were beginning to come closer.

When he finally noticed he stopped rolling and put up a water shield that blocked the spear and then moved away.

"I think that IF that hit me I would be dead by now, don't you think?" Leith asked his sister and she smiled.

"Of course not, it would've hurt like hell but I was aiming for a place where you don't have any vital organs." Kristall said and received a glare from her brother. She was lying. She had used weaker ice than usual and had he actually been hit he would've received a wound but the ice would've shattered before doing any real damage. She just wanted him to roll out of the bounds.

Leith huffed and raised his magic level and then smiled at his sister, if she could play dirty so could he. Kristall barely had the time to turn around to see what her brother had done.

A huge wave swept over them all pushing both Leith and Kristall outside of the bounds. Koshi noticed the wave and stuck down his swords into the ground to have something to hold on to. Talia saw the wave as well but since it was her element she didn't do anything special. Neither did Juvia, Lyon froze his feet to the ground though. Koshi felt the heat of the water and couldn't help the grin. On top of getting rid of his sister he had also attacked with warm water which caused the ice on the floor to melt.

"Why'd you do that for!?" Kristall screamed and slapped her brother in the back of his head.

"Well I knew I was going to lose so I thought I might as well take you with me." Leith said and smiled happily that his plan had worked. Kristall just sighed and then began laughing.

"Kristall from the Ice Team and Leith from the Water Team has been eliminated!" Lucy announced and then focused on the people in the match ready to intervene at any second.

Koshi barely had the time to see if his girlfriend was okay before he got attacked by Talia.

"The terrain isn't to your advantage anymore so don't think I'm going to lose now." Talia said and attacked him with her sword that he blocked.

"Perhaps not, but I made a promise to my girlfriend that I intend to keep." Koshi said and then went from defense to offense. It surprised Talia but she quickly returned it and they kept on fighting.

Lyon glanced at his wife's direction to see if she would interfere but it seemed that she had no such intentions. She was observing them just as closely as him. She saw him watching her and locked eyes with him to see if he wanted to battle but they had a conversation with their eyes that only people that understand each other to a tee could have. Both came to the same understanding, they would not intervene and only observe.

Koshi quickly realized that although he had more strength, he was at an disadvantage because she was more skilled at using a sword. However what he realized was that he was better at magic, she relied a little too much on the weapon.

Knowing that, he knew what to do, remove the weapon. He maneuvered his swords so that hers came at an unusual angle. This made it difficult for her to keep holding on to it and she lost her strength. The sword went flying after a few seconds out of the bounds and Koshi twirled his dual sword before he dropped them, he wasn't a weapons user anyway.

"Hey! That's my favorite sword!" Talia screamed and Koshi shrugged.

"Ice make: Lance!" Koshi screamed as he launched his dad's favorite magic spell.

She saw the spears coming and moved out of their way the best she could but Koshi didn't give her time to relax and relaunched it, again and again.

"Son of a" Talia muttered as she dodged and Koshi chuckled. He hadn't heard her but he could make out the movement of her lips enough to know what she had said, he had heard that phrase enough to recognize the lip movement.

He guided her as close as he could to the boundary and then when he saw his opportunity he ran up to her and smiled wickedly.

"You lose." He said and then launched her own fathers spell.

"Ice make: Snow Dragon!" Koshi screamed and a huge dragon appeared and rammed itself into her pushing her out of the bounds.

"Talia Bastia from the Water Team is eliminated!" Lucy screamed, while removing any sign of pride from her voice. She was the judge and had to be neutral. However Koshi had made her proud there.

Talia huffed as she stood up and then flipped him off before she laughed. She left to go retrieve her sword from wherever it landed. Koshi laughed at her and then looked towards Kristall that were clapping for him. He winked at her and then began walking back to where they had started and where the parents hadn't moved from.

"Your wife is the only one left…" Koshi said as he walked closer and Lyon nodded.

"Is she strong?" He asked and they faced each other.

"Infinitely so." Lyon informed and Koshi sighed. He knew that would be the case but he had somewhat hoped that it would be a little easier since they were two against one.

"Any strategies?" Koshi asked and scratched his head.

"A few, none of whom I know are going to work for sure." Lyon said and Koshi laughed.

"Remember the lake up in the mountain? What I told you to do as practice?" Lyon asked and Koshi raised an eyebrow, he remembered.

"I do, what are you suggesting?" Koshi asked and Lyon smiled and then glanced at him.

"The same, but towards her." He explained and Koshi sighed.

"And if it fails?" He asked and Lyon shrugged.

"Then we improvise." He said and immediately after they split up so that they could approach her from two fronts. Juvia watched them both with calculating eyes before she turned towards her husband silently asking him what they were up to. Lyon smiled sheepishly and shrugged, he wasn't going to give it away. She sighed and then went into defense mode.

Lyon began throwing simple spells towards her that had no other purpose other than to distract her. She blocked them easily enough knowing that while she kept watch on the young boy that crept up behind her. She was curious over what they he was going to do so she allowed him to approach her.

Koshi was standing right behind her by now and had no time to think about anything else but the mission he had. He struck her right in the back and became shocked when his hand passed right through her body, it was like it had passed through water. Juvia glanced behind her raising an eyebrow.

He froze on spot thinking he had harmed her before he heard Lyons voice screaming at him to continue. He began freezing her not thinking of the consequences, trusting his teacher's judgement.

Juvia felt how the ice began creeping around her body from his hand and how her body cooled down. She glanced at her husband and sighed.

"This strategy is not going to work." She said and Koshi looked her in the eyes silently wondering why not.

"My body is made of water, and water can have many different temperatures. If your plan is to freeze me, then I'll just have to heat up." Juvia explained while slowly raising the temperature in her body to a boiling point so that Koshi had no choice but to withdraw. He could've fought and try to freeze boiling water, he had done it before. In this case however he knew that no matter how much he fought she would just raise the level higher and higher.

He ran back a little so that she couldn't reach him and then looked towards his teacher asking for the next move. Lyon shrugged and Koshi sighed, they were going to improvise then.

Koshi didn't know what to do so he waited for Lyon to begin and then he planned on assisting. Lyon sized up his wife, he himself not really knowing where to begin. He scratched his head as he thought and almost missed when a water spear came flying for him.

"Do not assume I will just wait for you to have a strategy ready." Juvia said and threw another one towards her husband that dodged it. Koshi looked on between the both of them and then threw an ice spear towards her to gain her attention. She stopped to block the ice spear and Lyon took the moment to throw his own. Eventually they both kept throwing spears at her and she blocked them or she allowed them to pierce through her not damaging her at all. However that was all she could do, there was no time or energy for retaliating.

Lyon changed tactic and threw a snow dragon and Juvia retaliated by throwing a water one. They clashed and fought for strength before they disappeared. Neither Lyon nor Juvia let down and kept attacking each other forgetting Koshi that stood on the side watching them not knowing what to do. The battle was reaching heights where he knew he would only be in the way so he stayed out of it.

They kept on battling throwing huge spells at each other and enjoyed the spar. None were lethal but some were damaging enough to create smaller wounds. They kept on fighting until exhaustion slowly came and they both felt how their magical powers were deflating with each spell. Lyon smiled inadvertently, that was the second plan he had come up with. If he could make it so that she didn't have enough magical power then Koshi could easily defeat her.

He realized something when his student popped into his head and came to a halt, the realization brought a small shock and everyone there saw the shock in the man's face and body language. They looked at him curiously wondering what he had realized and what he was going to do. Juvia was watching him suspiciously as well, she knew that look. That was the look he made when he found the answer to something so obvious but had somehow missed to realize it before.

Lyon began to laugh, a full blown laugh while holding his stomach, he didn't know how he could've missed it before. The crowd looked on curiously, some even joining in on the laugh because it was infectious.

When Lyon had stopped laughing he looked towards Juvia mischievously and she gave a glare, she had no idea what he was going to do and she didn't like it. He began running with everything he got towards her with a smile. She immediately knew something was going to happen and retaliated with some simple spells that only delayed him at best.

He picked her up and she blinked at him as he ran with her right out of the bounds.

"Eh?" Juvia asked and blinked. Lucy mimicked Juvia reaction, not believing it.

"EEEH?!" The crowd screamed not believing that it was over just like that. Lyon only grinned happy with his solution.

"The winner is Koshi Fullbuster of the Ice Team!" Lucy screamed and Koshi stood in the middle of the arena still in shock as he blinked while trying to comprehend what had happened.

It didn't take long for laughter to fill the arena as people saw the humor in the situation. Lyon smiled and kissed Juvia that was still in his arms and she giggled, it had been a good solution to the problem.

Koshi stood in the middle looking around while scratching his head not understanding. He looked towards his mother that shrugged and ported herself to him.

"Wasn't much of a fight but this solution meant less damage and useless fighting. That's how you use your head." Lucy advised and Koshi sighed loudly.

"Whatever." He said and waved his mom off, he didn't have a better answer. Kristall came running up to him and gave him a hug while laughing.

"Congrats on winning!" She said and Koshi rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah. Cause I did SOO much to win." Koshi said sarcastically and she laughed at him.

"A win's a win!" Gray said as he approached them and Lucy went to him to take one of the twins.

"Have they been behaving?" She asked as she picked up her little girl that giggled.

"Fay has but Alvis hasn't." Gray said and Lucy kissed her son and he made a baby laugh.

"Are these the twins?" Juvia asked as she approached them curiously. Lyon followed equally curious.

"Yes, you haven't met them yet have you?" Lucy asked with a smile.

"No, we've only heard about them from Kristall." Juvia informed and looked at the twins that were safely in their parents arms.

"This is Fay, she was born first." Lucy introduced her brown eyed blue haired little girl. Fay reached her hands out and made a noise only babies could.

"Hello Fay, it's a pleasure to meet you." Juvia said and took her small hand in hers. Lyon nodded and looked towards the small child remembering how his own had grown from that size.

"And this one over here is Alvis. He's a little harder to keep track of." Lucy explained and Gray showed the boy that had heterochromia.

"How beautiful, one brown eye and one blue." Juvia said as she observed them carefully.

"Yes, we were both surprised when we saw it. Gray even thought something was wrong and panicked." Lucy said with a laugh while Gray huffed.

"I've never seen it before, it was a shock." Gray defended and Lucy giggled.

"He's even got some blue streaks among his blond locks." Juvia said as she looked at the small amount of hair that had sprouted. The majority of it was blond but you could see some blue hidden in it.

"Yes, apparently heterochromia can affect either the eyes or the hair and sometimes even both." Lucy explained and tickled her son's chin so that a bubbly laugh emerged.

"Hello Alvis, equally pleased to meet you." Juvia said and reached for his hand but he pulled it back and hid in his father's arms.

"Do you know whose magic they've inherited?" Lyon asked as he observed the little boy in his brother's arms. Just like his brother, he had never seen such a phenomenon in a person and he was curious. Both Lucy and Gray looked at each other and then smiled.

"Actually yes, Koshis magic came at later age but these two have shown them rather early." Lucy said and Koshi defended himself.

"Unlike them I wasn't surrounded by magic the moment I was born so it took a little longer for it to manifest and show itself. Besides they both had dad so it's no wonder they recognized his magic since it resonated with theirs and thanks to that they were able to realize their own." Koshi defended and the parents laughed. They knew that pouting voice.

"So both have inherited Gray's magic?" Lyon asked, considering how the conversation had gone it wasn't that hard to figure out.

"Actually, Fay has but Alvis inherited both. He's a dual magician. It explains his eyes quite a bit." Lucy explained and shock was clear on the Bastias. Dual magicians were rare.

"He's unintentionally been teleporting all over the place and finding him is such a chore. You should've seen Grays reaction when it first happened! I've never seen anyone panic so much." Lucy said with a laugh as she remembered his shocked and horrified expression when Alvis disappeared right in front of them. Juvia began laughing as well imagining it and Lyon chuckled.

"Oh shut up, you would've freaked out to if your infant son disappeared right in front of you." Gray said with a huff and Lyons chuckle escalated to a full blown laugh. Gray glared at his brother, his eyes promising a beating later.

"No complications have emerged because of his dual magic I hope?" Juvia asked and Lucy shock her head.

"No not yet, he's too young to know what he's doing so he's been balancing them naturally. I'm worried that when he grows up he'll neglect one side and it'll cause damage to his body. Dual magicians always have to balance their powers, even if they prefer one magic over the other." Lucy said worriedly like a caring mother would.

"We were thinking of having Jellal teach him how to balance it when he's older." Gray said reassuringly and Lucy nodded agreeing.

"Yeah he gets to have both. Why couldn't I have had that? I could've summoned Le-Lo whenever I wanted as a child. It's so unfair that he gets to do that." Koshi said jokingly with a hint of truth and jealousy.

"Is that jealousy I hear or are my ears deceiving me? Don't worry, you'll always be my little boy that created a slip and slide made of ice and then broke the vase, painting and statue as you glided down it." Loke said as he popped up and snaked his arm around him.

"Soo thaat's what happened. Glad the truth finally came out." Lucy said with a knowing smile, she knew it had been him when it had happened but it was amusing to hear a five year old stumble for an excuse. 'A cat came in and broke everything'.

"Shhh, Le-Lo. Geez, she didn't know that." Koshi said and clamped a hand over the spirits mouth hoping to keep any other secrets from spilling out.

"How stupid do you think your mother is?" Lucy asked humor evident and Fay even laughed so the point came across clearer.

"You knew?" Koshi asked slowly.

"Of course I did. Who would believe that a cat came in and broke everything?" Lucy asked with a raised eyebrow and Koshi sighed.

"What else do you know?" Koshi asked curiously and Lucy raised an eyebrow. In reality she would probably rate her knowledge of his pranks and damages at 90%, there might be something she still didn't know about.

"What else are you hiding?" Lucy asked instead and Koshi voice hitched a little.

"Nothing at all, I promise. Isn't that right Alvis, I'm hiding nothing at all." Koshi said and picked up his younger brother to try and get away. He raised him high up and the baby began laughing. Gray stretched a little after his hands were free and then he missed the feeling and picked up Fay, his little girl.

"I'm gonna teach you so many cool things." Koshi said to Alvis and Lucy glared.

"No pranks." She said sternly and Koshi put on a mock expression.

"I would never." He lied and continued to tell his siblings of all the things they were going to do when they grew up. Gray stood and listened amused as he talked to both Fay that was in his arms and Alvis that were in his sons. He wanted to join in on some of the things Koshi was talking about.

"These kids are going to be so spoiled and overprotected." Lucy said with a sigh to whomever was listening. The men in her family were cooing the babies ignoring the comment. She was 100% right.

"Too much love is better than no love." Juvia said as comfort. She knew how it was to have a husband that was both overprotecting and spoiling of the children. Lucy laughed at that, it was true.

Kristall approached Koshi looking at him as he played with his younger brother and her mind went to babies. She wondered if he would be like that with their children or worse. What would they look like, whose features would they inherit and what gender would they have.

"Kristall? You OK? You zoned out?" Koshi said and nudged her a little worried and she smiled at him.

"I'm fine, just thinking." She answered and he was about to ask her what it was but Alvis began crying. It don't take long for Fay to follow and both males holding the babies looked towards Lucy desperately wondering what had happened and pleading for help. Lucy just sighed.

"Oh sure, now it's my turn." She mumbled and went to Koshi to pick up her son and then took Grays hand.

"They need to be fed and then put down for nap time, we'll meet you at the guild after OK?" Lucy explained and without waiting for an answer from the people present she ported them home.

"I'll go help the princess, I've had good practice with somebody else so I know what I'm doing." Like said and patted Koshis head and he rolled his eyes.

"I'm sure you did." Koshi said and waved away the hand that had been resting on his head. All he heard was Le-Los laugh and then smoke appeared showing them that he had left.

Koshi took Kristalls hand and began walking towards the guild like the rest of them. He didn't miss the chance to take some shots at Talia over how she lost. She eventually got so annoyed that she flipped him off and sent a huge wave towards him pushing both him and Kristall into the canal and they floated away a little before they got up and tried to dry off.

"Remind me not to piss her off again." Koshi said and Kristall laughed.

"It would be useless reminder since you enjoy doing it." Kristall answered and he laughed.

"At least I'll have a lifetime of you reminding me." Koshi said and hugged her. She blushed at the implication and then laughed.

"Yes, and I'll have a lifetime of seeing you ignore that reminder." She returned and he laughed again and leaned back to watch her. She was so beautiful.

"I love you." She said before he could and he chuckled.

"I love you more." He said and then leaned down for a kiss. He didn't know where life would take them but as long as he had her then he would be satisfied.

FIN.