Two Months Later:

The day that Akari Dragneel was announced to the rest of the world was a day that no one in Magnolia was ever going to forget for at least a few years considering how much damaged was caused throughout the town. But the most shocking part about all of this was that Natsu didn't cause any of it directly like most would think, actually he and his daughter weren't seen at all throughout the whole ordeal. Something that Makarov was thankful for since he knew that if the fire dragon slayer did take part it would have been at least ten times as bad considering that he hadn't been able to let loose for a while now.

And to the displeasure of those trying to find the small group of three, none of them showed up until the next day at the guildhall. Where they were instantly asked all sorts of questions and also offered all sorts of things to try and get one of them to stay or join the other guild. Surprisingly this went on for more than an hour, at which point Natsu had enough and made it extremely clear that he and Minerva were only friends at the moment and neither of them would be leaving their respective guilds any time soon. After that was established things started to go back to normal as they ever were when talking about Fairy Tail, with the small difference of Natsu no longer being the cause for most guild brawls. Another change was one of the people able to hold Akari being with the two of them every hour of the day just like the month before Minerva was added to that select group. And it just so happened to be Cana's turn this week.

"Dada up!" cheered Akari as she grabbed onto his cheek, attempting to wake him up as best as she could. Which she could have done just by calling out to him thanks to his enhanced hearing, but she enjoyed the funny faces he made when she played with his face.

"Good morning, my Little Dragoness, did you have just as good of sleep as I did?" he asked with little grin as he tried to get up but failed thanks to the unexpected weight on the other side of his chest that wasn't occupied with his daughter. Looking down to see what was responsible for this additional weight he was met with a mop of brunette hair, instantly causing him to remember what transpired last night.

Last Night:

Natsu was sitting on his bed smiling down at Akari who had finally just went to sleep after listening to four different stories from him when a faint knocking noise came from his door. Luckily for him, Akari seemed to be a heavy sleeper in regards to him actually being able to have normal volume conversations with any visitors that they might have.

"Come in, Cana." he replied, as said woman slowly opened the door and peeked her head in.

"I'm not bothering you two am I?" she asked still with only her head sticking through the doorway.

"Of course not, Cana, she only just went to sleep a few moments ago." he answered while giving her his usual grin that let her know he meant what he just said and she could come all the way in. And when she did it let him take in her current attire, which actually covered more skin than what her daily outfit did. She currently had on one of his t-shirts that she was confident she had never seen him wear to the guild or anywhere else for that matter. Other than the shirt the only other article of clothing she had on was a pair of pink panties that Natsu only noticed when she closed the door quietly as she could to not wake up Akari.

"Good, because I couldn't get to sleep and after lying in bed for a while I decided to see if either of you were having the same problem." she stated while going over to one of the open walls to lean up against it since there wasn't really anywhere else for her to sit except for on the bed with him. And the last thing she wanted to do at the moment was come on to him too strongly, something that she honestly probably couldn't even do considering how dense he is when it comes to things like that.

"Ever since I got Akari that really hasn't been a problem for me." he stated with a little chuckle.

"Natsu, I don't think that has ever actually been a problem for you, especially when you consider all those times that you somehow fell asleep in the middle of the guild." she replied with a smirk coming across her lips.

"What can I say, listening to everyone at the guild puts me at ease." he said while giving her another grin.

"Most people would say the guild is way too loud for a normal person to get any sleep there, but then again you've never been normal or even tried to be have you?" she asked while watching him smile down at his new purpose in life, that she couldn't imagine him without anymore. Since to her at least it seemed like he was always meant to be a father after witnessing how he was with Akari.

"Why try and be something you aren't and if you want you can sit on the bed with me since standing over there doesn't look very comfy to me." he offered while moving over to the side so that he was no longer in the middle of the bed.

"Are you sure?" she asked hesitantly, which was something she usually wasn't no matter what situation she was in.

"I wouldn't have offered it if I wasn't." he replied, wondering why the three women that watched over him and Akari seemed to keep asking him that while they were with him. So with a slight blush, which Natsu didn't notice thanks to him being lost in his own thoughts, Cana climbed into bed with him and got into a sitting position next to him as the two sat there together in silence for a few minutes.

"Natsu, can I ask you something?" asked Cana as she rested her head against his shoulder.

"Shoot." he replied while glancing over at her questioningly since he really didn't expect her of all people to start leaning against him for some reason.

"Does us always being with you two get on your nerves at all?" she asked while twisting her head slightly to look up at him, slightly caught off guard by the thoughtful expression he currently had on his face.

"I'd be lying if I didn't say that it would be nice to have some more time with just the two of us, like we were having just a little while ago." he answered, causing her to have a frown start forming as she was about to get up and leave. "But there will be plenty of time for that once we're confident that no one is targeting her because of me. And it's honestly nice to know that you all care about the two of us so much to actually waste a whole week just looking out for us." he finished with a warm smile as they locked eyes.

"It's honestly the least we could do." she stated with a little laugh while breaking eye contact with him and looking away.

"If you say so, but I really appreciate what you're all doing for us while I'm still trying to figure this all out." he said while turning his gaze once again back to his sleeping daughter.

"What more do you have to figure out, Natsu? Because from what I can tell you've got this whole father thing down pretty good." she asked with a little grin coming across her face.

"Everything, right now all I'm doing is whatever feels natural to me. But I know that won't cut it later on which has got me really concerned." he answered in an unsure tone that was rarely heard from the usually brash fire mage.

"And that's all you will ever need to do." she stated while looking back up at him, and could tell that he wasn't too sure about how true that was. "Natsu, your fifty percent focus is what most people's hundred percent is. Also anyone who's seen the way you are with Akari can instantly tell that you would literally do anything to protect her and make sure she's happy." she continued in a sincere voice.

"Thanks, Cana, but what if something happens that forces me to leave her like what happened with me and Igneel?" he asked while looking down at Akari sleeping peacefully in his arms with a sad smile.

"You wouldn't let that happen." she answered without a doubt in her mind that he would.

"But that's the thing, Cana, we both know that unfortunately we can't know something like that for certain." he said while looking over at her with a stern look, one that told the card mage that no matter what she might say to him he knew that some things are out of his control.

"Yes we do, but all that really means is you'll do everything in your power to not let any of that happen. Not only that, but the rest of Fairy Tail and I will also do anything we can to prevent something like that happening. You're not alone anymore, Natsu, and just like every time you've been there for everyone else, we'll now be there for you." she replied while no longer leaning on his shoulder so that they were eye to eye with each other. She continued to gaze into his onyx eyes as he looked back into her purple ones, which was something that she had in common with Akari. The two of them stayed this way for a few more minutes in silence, until a slight grin formed on Natsu's lips as he went back to looking at his sleeping daughter.

"Thanks, and I think you no longer being drunk all of the time has made you into a wise woman for someone so young." he finally replied with a little chuckle as she gave him a playful hit. Before she then went back to her previous position of using him as her extremely warm and comfy pillow.

"That has nothing to do with it, the only difference now is that I'm no longer slurring my words anymore." she stated as a grin of her own started to form, glad that he seemed to no longer be thinking about all of the what ifs.

"Whatever you say, Cana." he said while wondering how he got so lucky to have such good friends as her and everyone else in the guild. "So do you have any idea when Gildarts might be stopping by?" he asked, wondering if their guild's ace even knew about Akari yet. Something that he thought should be impossible since after his interview and little photoshoot with her, pictures of the two of them have been in all of the other magazines thereafter. But considering how absent minded and oblivious the crash mage can be, he might very well still not know about her until he finally sees her face to face.

"He sent a letter saying that he was going to be back at the beginning of the week." she replied in a slightly sad tone. "But considering that was three days ago, who knows when he'll finally come waltzing back in and start smothering me like a little girl." she finished no longer sounding sad and actually had a slight smile forming at the edges of her lips.

"You know you love it when he's like that with you." chuckled out Natsu knowing that this was probably the only thing that could cause her to become slightly flustered.

"I do not." she denied while not letting him see her face, which she was confident had a slight blush on it at the moment.

"Sure you don't." he drawled out with a little smirk now on his mug. "I mean if I didn't like someone doing that to me I would also go and spend some alone time with just the two of us for the rest of the day." he stated as she pinched him hard enough to get a little hiss out of him.

"Were you following us?" she asked while giving him a heated glare and another pinch.

"Of course not, Gildarts just can't shut up about you now that he knows you are his daughter." he answered with a warm smile, glad to see how happy the brunette was to hear that from him. Something that even she couldn't hide due to the huge smile she now had spread across her face.

"He does not." she replied while going back to using him as her pillow.

"Oh yes he does Cana, instead of us talking about his most recent jobs like we usually do. He had me tell him everything that I could about what happened with you while he was gone." he stated still smiling, remembering how he wished at that time he had someone that interested in him and his wellbeing. He knew that everyone cared for him at the guild, but he also knew that none of it compares to that of a real father looking out for their child. Something that Igneel did for him and now he is currently doing for Akari.

"And what exactly did you tell him?" asked Cana as she looked up at him questioningly.

"I told him about some of the jobs that you completed and other things like that." he replied nervously, slightly feeling as if he was walking into a trap.

"What other things, Natsu?" she asked in a tone that made him start thinking that she was upset with him.

"I don't know, I've told him about a few things you like besides booze." he answered while rubbing the back of his head. "Also about how even I can see you're happier when he's actually at the guild, despite you constantly rejecting his overly affectionate hugs and his coddling of you. How you are always looking out for everyone else in the guild and willing to help them no matter what they might have gotten themselves into." he said with a fond smile as he looked over at her, only to be surprised when he was met with a warm smile from her.

"I didn't know you noticed all of that." she replied, wondering what else the supposedly clueless dragon slayer knew about her.

"Of course I did, you're part of my family and how am I supposed to make sure you're happy if I don't know anything about you?" he asked back as if that should have been obvious for her to realize. This made Cana let out a little giggle at his reasoning since it was so him to be so concerned about everyone else's happiness.

"So you're saying you know stuff like that about everyone else in the guild?" she asked with a sly grin.

"Yep." he answered proudly.

"We'll see about that, but let's first see how much you actually know about me." she said while shifting slightly into a comfier position against him. "What are some of these things that I like besides booze that aren't common knowledge to the rest of the guild?" she asked while gazing up at the ceiling of his room.

"Well that's pretty much all of them since you're someone that likes to keep most things to themselves if you can." he stated with a slight frown, upset that she suffered for so many years thinking she needed to prove herself to Gildarts before she told him who she was. Something that he should have noticed thanks to his nose, but no he was always more concerned about trying to beat the mage whenever he stopped by the guild. "Your favorite flower is the purple tiger lily and you enjoy watching the sunset whenever you can sneak out of the guild unnoticed." he said with a small smile now coming over his face.

"Apparently someone did notice me slipping out every once and a while when I thought no one was looking." she commented with a slight smirk.

"Just like your drinking didn't affect your wisdom, neither did any of the fights that I would get into stop me from noticing when someone would leave." he replied.

"Those dragon sense of yours are really impressive, so what else do you know about me?" she asked, knowing that he wouldn't think twice about telling her how much he actually knew about her. Not realizing that this was a way for her to figure out how he might feel about her.

"That you're like most girls and still enjoy dresses, even though you don't wear them for some reason. Which I really don't understand since you used to wear them when we were younger." he answered with a slightly confused look.

"That's because I feel awkward in them now after not wearing them for so long. Also they are way more confining than what I currently wear, which keeps me cool at the same time." she replied with a slight blush forming.

"Anything is more confining than what you usually wear, even what you have on right now is." he stated incredulously while nodding down at the shirt she was currently wearing. "And I thought you looked really good in that orange sundress you tried on while we were in Crocus, which I'm told shouldn't cause you to overheat." he finished while looking down at Akari with a smile, glad that she seemed to always be able to sleep at night now while still being held in his arms.

"First off you're wrong about this being more constricting than my usual getup." she stated with a slight smirk.

"How?" he asked back with an eyebrow raised.

"I don't have my bikini top or pants like I usually do." she answered with sly grin. "And the only thing else that I have on other than my panties is this shirt of yours." she continued while giving a slight glance up at the shocked dragon slayer that let out a little cough as he didn't know how to respond to that. "As for the whole heat thing, I don't really know if you can say much about that considering you're practically a walking furnace at all times of the year. Not changing your outfit even during the hottest or coldest days of year as well." she finished with a little giggle since she was glad to see that she could still get him slightly flustered. Something she was actually concerned about after him not even reacting to the sight of her in nothing but her lingerie the few times she walked around in nothing but that in the mornings at his place.

"I guess you've got a point there." he mumbled out nervously, wondering why in the world she felt the need to tell him that she wasn't wearing a bra or bikini top like she usually did while with him.

"And if you really did think I looked good in that dress, maybe I'll wear it tomorrow." she said in almost a purr that once again threw Natsu off guard. Causing him to stutter a little bit and trip over his own tongue as she continued to enjoy herself at his expense.

"Like I'd care?" he mumbled out with a slightly upset look on his face after listening to her giggle at him for a while.

"So you're saying that you didn't like how I looked in it?" she asked while looking up at him with a sad look that instantly made him feel like a complete jerk.

"Not at all, I'd actually love it if you wore that dress tomorrow." he quickly replied, hoping that she wouldn't start crying like he was afraid she would after thinking that he didn't like her in that dress. So when she started to openly laugh he was slightly confused, but also relieved that she wasn't sad like he initially thought she might be.

"Man. Natsu, that was too easy, just like Minerva said it would be. You really need to learn when a woman is just messing with you like that." she stated in between giggles as she tried to calm down. Not even noticing the slight glare she was receiving from said dragon slayer that she was giggling at.

"She was supposed to help me with things like this, not tell you to start messing with me like she does." he mumbled while adjusting Akari into a different position.

"Don't worry, Natsu, you don't need to change this part of yourself. And I don't know if you even can since you honestly care too much to not react like that when you see someone possibly hurting." she said now no longer giggling at him. "But let's go back to seeing how much you know about other members of the guild, and just so you know we'll be coming back to me unless that is all you know about me?" she asked with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.

"I know a few more things." he replied with a confident grin spread across his lips.

"Good, but right now I want to know what you know about Mira that I might not." she said and that is exactly what the two of them did for the rest of the night, until they both finally drifted off into sleep after talking about most of the members in the guild for a little bit.

Present:

At least that is what Natsu remembered about what occurred last night, which didn't really explain Cana's current state of attire. Or it might be better to say lack of attire since she was now currently only in her panties and snuggled up against him with her arms wrapped around him. Somehow she lost his shirt that she was wearing during the night and then deciding that he was going to be her teddy bear for the rest of the night as well. Depending on who you asked, he was currently lucky that he couldn't see anything thanks to her clinging to him with a content smile spread across her face.

Seeing her smile like that caused Natsu to stop in his poor efforts to get up and start his day. So instead he let out a sigh and got ready to stay there until either Cana woke up or Akari needed something that he couldn't do for her in his current position. Without even thinking he used his one free hand and combed the brunette's hair out of her face so he could have a better view of her in such a peaceful stated. And it would seem that this action from him caused the only other person in the room to finally notice the woman snuggled up against him.

"Mama up!" cheered Akari as her left hand came down onto Cana's cheek with all her might, which wasn't very much given that she was still a toddler. But it was enough force to cause the sleeping woman to let out a little moan and shift her position, letting Natsu get a glimpse of what was usually held behind her bikini.

"Just a few more minutes, Natsu." mumbled out Cana, causing said dragon slayer to start blushing at the fact that he was apparently in her dream and more than likely it was because of what he just saw.

"Up Mama!" said Akari with a slightly upset look on her face as she went to grab her face this time, something that worked on her father a few moments ago. But right before her little hand could grab on, it came to a stop thanks to the only other person awake in the house.

"Akari, let her sleep a little longer." he said while not smiling at her like he usually does. He learned a while ago that his daughter could pick up on this and would usually stop whatever she was doing before, which came in handy at the moment since he didn't know how to handle the situation that he was in.

"Mama?" she asked him back while pointing at the sleeping form of Cana still holding onto him firmly.

"Yep, let Cana have her beauty sleep a little longer." he replied with a grin, still finding it extremely odd that she would continue to call the three of them Mama. But he was told by all three of them and even the rest of the guild that he really didn't need to worry about that, or the fact that she would barely crawl around. Mainly because she was usually clinging onto him or one of the other few people that could hold her by themselves, but even during the few times that she wasn't being held she would usually just sit there looking around.

Hearing this from him she looked back up at him with a smile before starting to look around for something that she apparently couldn't find. "Hap." she said after not being able to find what she was looking for and turning back to look at him almost on the verge of crying.

With a little chuckle Natsu reached over and grabbed the plushy of his partner and gave it to her as she let out a squeal of joy while hugging the blue doll against herself with her one free arm. This caused him to chuckle at how attached she became to that doll after their little vacation in Crocus, which seemed to be the start of her having favorite toys. All of which happened to be presents from the people that she interacted the most with, most of them being the people still looking over the two of them.

"I don't know why you like that doll so much when you can have the real thing anytime you want." he said with a little smirk sent his daughter's way.

"No she can't!" declared Happy now glaring at his partner with his head just barely sticking out of the crib in the corner of the room. This actually caught Natsu by surprise and caused him to jump a little, which caused Cana to let out another moan and tighten her grip on him.

"When did you get in here?" hissed Natsu as he glared back at his partner, knowing that this whole situation just got way more complicated for him now that the Exceed was involved in it.

"We were here before the rest of you were." came the reply of Carla as her head also popped up from the crib. This would have been something shocking a few months ago, but now she pretty much was as much of a resident in their house as any of them. Possibly even more so since she made sure that it was neat and tidy, claiming that it was all because of her concern for Akari. But he knew that was just one of her many excuses to explain why she was now usually with Happy most of the time.

"You're kidding, please tell me that the two of you are kidding." he said, already knowing that they weren't going to give him the answer he was hoping for.

"Nope, and you two really liked talking late into the night." replied Happy with a smug grin as he flew over to them and landed on Natsu's right shoulder and waved down at the smiling Akari.

"Do you really think it's appropriate for Akari to see her like this?" asked Carla as she flew over and landed at the foot of the bed and gestured to Cana.

"Why wouldn't it be?" he asked back with a slightly confused look.

"I don't know, maybe because she's practically naked!" she shouted back at him, causing Cana to mumble something again as her grip on Natsu somehow got even tighter. And whatever she said caused Natsu to have a slight blush spring up on his face as the white Exceed let out a scoff of disapproval.

"She somehow lost her shirt last night." he stuttered back while starting to look around for said article of clothing.

"And that's supposed to make this better?" she asked while glaring at him disapprovingly.

"Yes, now would the two of you help me find it so she can put it back on as soon as she wakes up." he replied while still looking around for it.

"Are you sure you didn't help her out of it Natsu?" asked Happy while snickering with his paws covering his mouth.

"I'm positive Happy, and why in the world would I want her like this anyways?" he asked, giving up on the shirt being within his reach or line of sight for that matter.

"Because you two like each other." snickered the blue exceed as he took to the air just outside of the dragon slayer's reach.

"You say that about me and all of the girls that Akari calls mama." stated Natsu as he glared up at the snickering Exceed.

"That's because you like all of them right now." he replied in a slightly serious tone. "Maybe you're trying to start that one thing Gildarts and Gramps told you about, what did they call it again?" continued the Exceed with a thoughtful expression as he scratched his chin while still floating in the air.

"I honestly don't have a clue what you're talking about, buddy." said Natsu while looking down and wondering how Cana was still able to sleep with all of this talking going on around her.

"Yes you do, Natsu, it's where a guy has multiple women that he's in love with." sang out the Exceed in an excited tone as he traced the shape of a heart in the air.

"Still don't know what you're talking about." replied Natsu with a confused expression.

"Happy is talking about a harem, and thank goodness Akari doesn't call Wendy mama. Otherwise you and I would have to have a few words about all of this." said Carla as she made a broad gesture to his whole room.

"Oh, so that is what you were trying to get at." he said while shaking his head at his partner, who had the innate ability to make situations worse by saying such things out loud without even thinking about the consequences. "But what does any of that have to do with Akari calling Wendy mama like she does with Cana and the other two?" he asked while looking at the white Exceed at the foot of his bed.

"You are really dense sometimes aren't you? What I meant by that is a few of the other guild members are whispering about you possibly having a little harem with the women that Akari here calls mama." she explained while shaking her head at how clueless he can be with things like this.

"Mama!" cheered Akari as she tossed her Happy plushy at Cana.

"Shh, Akari, let Mommy sleep a little longer." replied Cana without even opening her eyes and somehow gently placing her hand that wasn't behind Natsu onto Akari's tummy. This caused Natsu and the two Exceeds to remain completely quiet and not move a muscle, all of them waiting to see if she was now awake. And after two minutes of silence they concluded that she was still somewhat asleep.

"And from what I've just seen and heard this morning I'm starting to think that they might be right about that." she finished while glaring daggers at the pink haired man holding a baby girl with an almost completely naked woman clinging to him.

"That's not what I'm trying to do here." he stated while glaring back at her.

"Then what are you doing?" she asked him back while not letting up on her glare.

"Nothing, they're just looking after me and Akari in case someone comes after us." he replied, thinking that would be a good enough of an answer for the white Exceed.

"If that's the case then you really need to open your eyes and see what everyone else already does." she said before turning away from him and exiting the room in a huff.

"What does she mean by that?" he asked while looking over at Happy who was currently shaking his head back and forth.

"I'm really glad that I didn't get my brains from you Natsu." stated the blue Exceed as he continued to shake his head in disbelief.

"Hey!" shouted Natsu as he tried to catch him with his free arm, but had to stop because of the displeased moan that came from the brunette and the giddy giggle that came from his daughter.

"Let's just say that what she was getting at was something you thought about before you got Akari." replied Happy with a sly grin before he flew after Carla shouting something about how he wanted his morning fish.

"Seriously, Akari, please always just tell me what you mean when you're older." he said while looking down at her.

"Baba." stated Akari while looking up at him as her tummy let out a little rumble.

"That's daddy's little dragon, straight to the point just the way I like it." he chuckled as he once again tried to get back up, completely forgetting about the other person sleeping on the bed with him.

"Natsu, please stop moving." mumbled Cana, this time sounding like she might be finally waking up.

"I would love to, Cana, but Akari is hungry and I need to go and prepare her morning bottles for her." he replied, knowing that upon hearing this she would definitely let go of him so he could attend to his daughter. But it would seem that Happy had other plans as he called out to them from the kitchen right after he stopped talking.

"Don't worry, Natsu, Carla and I will prepare Akari's breakfast for you." shouted the Exceed, and at the end Natsu could have sworn that he heard snickering as well.

"See, nothing to worry about." she said while once again giving the dragon slayer a good show as she adjusted herself into a comfier position.

"Fine, but would you mind putting your shirt back on?" he asked while looking away with a slight blush coming over him.

"It's still on." she replied while finally taking notice of how comfy and warm she was at the moment.

"No it isn't, Cana, and I think I would know." he said while giving her figure a quick glance, and since he was still a man he couldn't help but admire how perfect it was in his eyes.

"Natsu, there is no way that I…" she started until her sleepy mind finally cleared enough for her to figure out that she was in fact shirtless. Not only that, but that she was currently embracing Natsu as if they were lovers. Something that she would have assumed was the case if a certain little girl wasn't still in his arms giggling at the faces he was currently making for her.

"See, so would you mind telling me how in the world you lost your shirt last night?" he asked while looking at her out of his peripherals, taking note of the slight blush she had while most likely trying to figure out how to cover herself up without letting him see any more of her.

"I think I should be the one asking you that." she replied while snapping her head towards him with a slight glare on her face.

"How so?" he asked with a confused expression as he cocked his head to the right.

"Because most guys would almost do anything to get a woman into my current state." she stated with a stern look, which then turned a little mischievous as she watched a blush come over the dragon slayer's face before he turned away from her.

"Well I'm not like most guys." he replied in a slightly higher tone than his usual voice.

"Oh is that what you actually think, Natsu?" she asked with a sly grin coming over her face. "Because if I didn't know any better I would've guessed that you might have been checking me out while I was still asleep." she continued in a sultry tone as Natsu didn't respond back to her for a few moments.

"So you did, that's quite naughty of you, Natsu, taking advantage of a woman like that." she accused in a joking tone that might have been missed by the man she was having fun with.

"You were the one that was sleeping with me while not wearing a shirt for crying out loud, and I would never do something like that to any woman." he snapped back at her in a defensive tone as he finally looked over at her again. Once again being slightly confused when he was met with a smile from the brunette that was still embracing him, because she didn't really know what else to do since they were on top of the covers and she wasn't confident enough at the moment to let him see it all.

"Just kidding, I know you aren't the type of person to do something like that, Natsu. But I am a little surprised to find out that you were in fact checking me out while I was sleeping." she said while also taking a little pleasure in knowing that he did. "So what are we going to do now, because laying here like this doesn't sound too bad to me." she asked while looking up at him again with a sultry grin this time.

"I guess we can since Happy and Carla are getting to work on Akari's breakfast." he responded with a nervous chuckle.

"Baba!" cheered Akari as she once again tossed the current toy she was holding away from her.

"She is definitely your girl in everything but blood, which I'm now starting to actually wonder about." said Cana with a little giggle as she rested her head against his chest like she was while she was asleep.

"I wouldn't have been able to keep something like that from the guild." he stated while grabbing a different toy and giving it to the little pink haired girl clutching him with one of her hands.

"I know, but you do have to admit she is surprisingly similar to you in a lot of ways." she replied with a content smile coming over her face, wishing that they could stay like this for the rest of the day since it just felt right to her. And that wasn't even including the calming and protective aura the dragon slayer seemed to have oozing out of him at the moment.

"That she does." he said while smiling fondly down at the little girl that was currently grabbing his face with a big smile spread across her face. "So about you putting at least a shirt or something else back on?" he asked once again having a slight blush come over his face as he thought about their current state.

"Look at you, blushing up a storm just because you have a gorgeous woman like me almost completely naked in your bed." she replied in a teasing tone as she slid up his side a little more so that their faces were now closer to each other. "It makes me wonder how you would react if happened to lose my panties as well." she purred out in a sultry tone as Natsu's face became the same color as his hair and started to stutter nonsense back to her. Of course this caused the brunette responsible for his current stated to be reduced to a laughing mess that was laughing so hard that she forgot her current state.

But that didn't last long for her since in between a fit of her giggles she noticed Natsu's wide eyes as he looked at her next to him. So she looked down at what he was currently staring at and let out a squeal of embarrassment before pouncing back onto him to cover herself back up. And just like that she was now also blushing up a storm just like the man she was currently sharing the bed with. Who she was slightly surprised hadn't said a thing for a few minutes as she clung to him to cover her assets that no other man has even had the pleasure to gaze upon.

"I guess I kind of had that coming didn't I?" she asked, hoping to break the awkward silence that was now over the two of them.

"I wouldn't say that, so how about we finally get you a shirt." Natsu replied nervously, which caught the brunette slightly off guard since she honestly thought he would have been the only person dense enough to possibly not realize how awkward this situation was.

"I would if I knew where the damn thing was." she replied while starting to look around for it.

"I couldn't find it either when I looked for it earlier." he stated still acting strange in Cana's opinion.

"Well that's kind of odd." she pointed out with a confused expression since Natsu's room was surprisingly neat and it didn't really have much in it for shirt to get lost in.

"You're telling me, we still don't even know how you lost it." he said while not being able to look at her, letting the card mage know that something was bothering him.

"What's wrong, Natsu? Don't tell me that seeing my boobs are making you that uncomfortable." asked Cana with a smirk, knowing that the fire dragon slayer had seen Lucy's quite a few times already. So much so that he seemed to not even register it anymore when the blonde would eventually loss her top on a job.

"It's not that, it's just…" he said to only trail off at the end.

"It's just what, Natsu?" she asked, now growing slightly more concerned about what was going on with him.

"I can feel them." he mumbled back just loud enough for her to barely hear him. But once she did she couldn't stop herself from once again breaking into a fit of laughter and not caring this time if he got to see her glorious twins since he already has a few times. Of course this slightly upset him, but considering the sight he was getting to see he didn't say anything and just waited until she stopped laughing. He was hoping that once she did, she would get up and go put on some cloths so he could hopefully finish the rest of the day like he and Akari normally would.

But it would seem that the brunette had other plans, because as soon as she stopped giggling and laughing at him she went back to pressing up against him and holding on so he couldn't get away from her. Causing him to wonder why the hell he didn't get up and leave while he had the chance, but he then realized that he was way too busy watching her for him to make a getaway like he was now wishing he had. Although he did have to admit that some part of him didn't mind what was currently happening and were it looked like it might lead.

"So you're saying that the big bad Salamander is getting nervous from this much skin on skin with a female?" she asked him while moving ever so slightly, just enough for him to not be able to ignore the two peaks rubbing up against him. Or her hand that was currently tracing his abs that weren't covered up by the rest of her body, using just her finger tips and taking her time with it.

"N-no that i-isn't w-what I'm s-saying." he stuttered out, causing her to start giggling at him as a mischievous grin spread across her face. But before Cana could start acting on whatever she had planned for Natsu, the other occupant of the room decided to make herself know once again.

"Mama, baba!" stated Akari while looking at Cana with an extremely cute but somehow also stern expression. But then again most of the little girl's expressions were cute no matter what she might be actually trying to convey to all of them. And this time was the same, but it did stop the brunette from doing whatever she had planned for the pink haired dragon slayer she was currently all over.

"Okay, Akari, just give me a second." she replied while smiling at her, but was stunned when the little girl didn't smile back to her like she usually did. And she continued to look at her with that adorable yet still stern glare of hers.

"No need to, and why aren't you wearing a shirt yet?" asked Carla as she flew back into the room carrying a little basket that had four bottles of milk in them. That she handed over to Natsu before turning on the card mage with an upset look now clearly on her face.

"Because we can't find my shirt." she mumbled back nervously, wondering why she felt as if the Exceed was treating her like a mother would with their little child.

"You're saying that Happy didn't bring it in here for you?" asked Carla as she looked around for the blue Exceed.

"Happy hasn't come back in here after saying that you two would get Akari's breakfast going for her." answered Natsu already feeding his daughter one of the bottles.

"Then where in the world did he run off to with your clothes?" asked the white Exceed with a thoughtful expression, until it quickly turned to one of anger as she started to mumble to herself.

"What's wrong Carla?" asked Cana, since the little Exceed was never one to all of a sudden get angry like that.

"That idiot is trying to start trouble again." she mumbled back while shaking her head.

"How exactly is he going to do that with my clothes?" asked Cana, only for her mouth to drop open as she realized how easy it would be for the fly fur ball to get the rest of the guild in a tizzy over this. Especially after most likely seeing them in the state that they were in when he woke up.

"Come on you two, after the last few months everyone at the guild knows what he's up to and barely even listens to him anymore if it's about me and one of the girls that looks after us." he stated with a confident smirk sent their way before going back to feeding Akari. Which was harder than normal and slightly awkward for him since a certain brunette was still taking up half of his chest and not moving any time soon from what he could tell.

"You're right." replied Cana, while thinking that what he just said wasn't true for her and a few other girls that were always interested with what he and Akari might be up to while they weren't with him.

"I hope you're right because I unfortunately have a bad feeling about this." stated Carla as she looked at him feeding his daughter with a bright smile. Still slightly amazed at how good he actually was with the little girl, especially when it seemed like he was completely clueless about three specific women taking an interest in him after he showed everyone he was more than the idiot that most of them thought he was.

"If I'm not Master will prevent it from getting out of hand." he said, clearly not concerned about what could possibly happen because of his partner trying to stir things up again.

"Just like he did when the guild thought you and Minerva were in a relationship and possibly leaving Fairy Tail?" asked Cana with a smug grin sent his way.

"That only happened because of that darn article of Jason's." he replied with a slight sneer, not because he didn't like the article but because it really did make it sound like he was going to start dating one of the three women sometime soon. When that was the furthest thing on his mind since he was really concerned about Akari not doing what he read most babies her age would start doing at her approximate age, since he actually didn't know how old she was.

"Yeah but this time he's got something that might even be worse, my clothes." she said still grinning up at him.

"Good point, but you don't seem too concerned about any of this anymore." he responded while looking at her questioningly.

"I think it might be fun to be on this side of things for a change, and you're going to be the one that has to deal with most of them." she replied with a little chuckle as a flash of fear crossed over his face for just a second.

"That is only if any of them are dumb enough to believe Happy and whatever he's saying." he stated confidently, which he lost as soon as he noticed Carla have a slightly scared look on her face. That usually came whenever she got a glimpse of the future, but before he could ask her what she saw the side wall of his room blasted open. Sending small cubes flying everywhere that also rained down on him as he instinctively protected the two girls that were currently in his bed. While Carla on the other hand happened to move to the only place that wasn't showered with cubes that used to be his bedroom wall.

"I'll kill you!" shouted the figure now standing in the new hole made in Natsu's room. It didn't even take a second for both Fairy Tail mages to be up and in their respective fighting stances, both not caring for a second about their current attire and completely focused on whoever was attacking them. Natsu in one swift motion passed the stunned Akari off to Cana and was now standing protectively in front of them as his magic sky rocketed as his orange flames started to spiral around him.

"Get out of here and head to the guild while you still can, Cana." he growled out, only for him to finally take a sniff of the air and realize that the scent and even the magic were extremely familiar to him.

"I'll kill you Natsu for touching my precious little daughter like that!" bellowed Gildarts as he stepped through the hole, confirming for Natsu who he thought it was and letting his own daughter realize it was just him.

"Oh it's just you, Gildarts." replied Natsu with a little chuckle as he deactivated his magic. Only for him to then be sent crashing through the rest of his house and into the forest surrounding it, leaving the two shocked girls and one Exceed that already saw all of this in her premonition. And it looked like Gildarts was about to chase after the fire dragon slayer he just sent flying way, but instead he came to a stop when he picked up the sounds of Akari whimpering as she clutched onto Cana for dear life.

And if the Ace of Fairy Tail was confused before he was now on a whole new level, because right now he was looking at his daughter in just her panties holding onto a crying baby that had Natsu's hair. But before he could even ask a question to try and figure out what was going on Cana delivered a swift kick to the man's family jewels. This action of hers resulted with him falling to the floor in pain clutching them as she continued to kick him over and over again.

"What in the hell were you thinking?" she shouted at him while holding Akari protectively and still continuing to kick her father. "The first thing you do once you return is attack Natsu out of the blue, not even thinking how much that might scare Akari!" she said while giving him one last hard kick to his ribs. After which she went back to trying to console the little girl crying in her arms as she took a seat back on the bed, occasionally giving her father a deadly glare that he knew meant more pain for him later once she was free to deliver it to him.

"Okay, I'm a little confused here." stated Gildarts as he looked to Carla for answers. Not just because Cana was busy calming down Akari at the moment but because of her lack of clothing that she didn't seem too concerned about fixing while she was holding a crying girl in her arms.

"That was pretty obvious." remarked Carla as she shook her head at the Ace of Fairy Tail.

"Would you please tell me what's going on before I get hit in the balls again?" he asked her with a pleading look sent her way.

"Did you happen to run into Happy before you made it to the guild?" she asked him back and got a nod of agreement from him. "Well that explains why you seemed shocked to see Akari and also not know what is going on here." she stated in a tired tone.

"It's pretty obvious isn't it? Natsu and my daughter were sneaking around together behind my back and now have a daughter." he replied while pointing over at Cana and Akari, only to cower at the glare he was now receiving from her.

"You've only been gone for a little over half a year you idiot! So please tell me how it would be possible for me and Natsu to have a kid around a year old already? And even if we did your first thought is to attack him!" Cana asked him while still glaring daggers at him as she continued to try and get Akari to stop whimpering and hiding her face against her.

"I don't know, maybe I accidentally got trapped in another Fairy Sphere and lost a few more years." he answered while rubbing the back of his head nervously, now realizing that he might have let his emotions and over protectiveness of her cloud his better judgement. And all she could do to his response was roll her eyes at him and go back to trying to soothe Akari with tender words and telling her that Natsu was fine. Something that she honestly didn't know if it was true since Gildarts hit him pretty hard, but given his track record she knew that he would soon be most likely charging back in upset at her father for landing a cheap shot like that.

"If that did happen Gildarts than they really wouldn't have been doing it behind your back since you disappeared." pointed out Carla with a smug grin as Gildarts didn't know how to reply to that. "But I think it would probably be better for everyone if I filled you in on exactly what you've missed out while you were gone." she said before doing exactly what she said she would.

"Wow, all of that really happened while I was gone?" he asked as the white Exceed nodded her head. "Okay but that really doesn't explain why she's dressed like that and in his bed with him." he stated while gesturing at his daughter over his shoulder, not wanting to see her like this anymore than he had to.

"I honestly can't explain how that happened, but I can assure you that the two of them didn't do anything last night." replied Carla, noticing the appreciative smile that Cana gave her after hearing her say that. "As to why she's still like this that would be because of Happy trying to stir up trouble like he just did." she said while starting to back away from him.

Gildarts was about to ask her way she was doing that all of a sudden but before he could a flaming orange mass smashed into him and sent him out of the hole he entered through. "Not very nice being blindsided like that is it Gildarts?" asked Natsu as he now stood where Gildarts once stood only just moments ago.

"Dada!" cheered Akari as she started to reach out for him.

"Hi, Akari, I would love to hold you, but daddy has to teach Gildarts that it isn't nice to attack someone for no good reason in their own home." he replied while giving her a tender pat on the head.

"But didn't you used to always attack him like that when you were younger?" asked Cana with a little smirk.

"Yeah but I was trying to prove that I was as strong as him, and it was only just him there whenever I did that." he stated while cracking his neck and rolling his shoulders.

"Dada!" cheered Akari again now smiling at him.

"Yep, your daddy is going to go let off a little steam. So be a good little dragon for me and don't give Cana too much trouble while I'm gone." he said while fire once again started to swirl around him. Just as Gildarts came into view as he started to enter through the hole made in the wall as if it was the appropriate entrance.

"Hey, Natsu, Carla filled me in on what…" started Gildarts but he got cut off when Natsu shouted FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN and rammed into him resulting in the two of them then disappearing from the view of the other three.

"Dada?" questioned Akari as she looked up at Cana.

"He'll be fine, actually this might be exactly what he needs since he hasn't gotten to do something like this in a while." she replied as a few explosions went off just outside of the house.

"Happy is going to get the worst scolding of his life for causing this." remarked Carla as she started to inspect the damage to the house.

"You got that right." agreed Cana as she started to try and figure out the best way to punish the blue Exceed.

"Hap?" asked Akari as she looked between the two of them.

"Don't worry about him dear, he's definitely earned a severe punishment for almost getting you hurt." declared the Exceed with a tender smile. "And don't you think it's about time to put on some appropriate clothes?" she asked while looking at the brunette with an incredulous look on her face, causing said woman to let out a little giggle as she got up to go and do exactly that.

"Since Natsu is no longer here I guess you're right, Carla." she replied while heading into the hallway and then going to the guest room.

"I'm surprised that you are being this upfront with him." stated the Exceed as she followed to two of them. "But I would've definitely waited until Akari wasn't with the two of you at least." she said in a disapproving tone.

"First off, Carla, I didn't plan any of this and he still probably doesn't even realize any of us are into him that way. And just so you know, nothing inappropriate happened except for him seeing my girls which isn't even that bad considering how much he's seen Lucy's." stated the card mage as she tried to find her bag in the small guest room, but couldn't locate it for some reason.

"Mama, baba." said Akari as she poked her in the face.

"In a minute honey, I just need to figure out where I put my things." she replied, now getting slightly angry at not being able to locate them.

"I'll go and grab them from the other room." said Carla as she took flight and headed back into Natsu's destroyed room, returning a few seconds later with two bottles.

"Here you go, and seriously why can't I find my bag?" asked Cana as she started to feed Akari one of the bottles.

"I'm guessing that Happy decided to snag that as well so you would be left in your current state in case someone happened to stop by." answered the white Exceed with a faint smile, seeing how Happy could find this funny given how easy it was to get Fairy Tail mages riled up.

"Why that little twerp." she hissed out. "I'm going to make sure he doesn't get any fish from anyone for at least a week." she declared as Carla couldn't help but snicker at how upset her fellow Exceed was going to be once he found this out.

"Well we can't have you walking around like this all day even if you're completely fine with it." stated Carla with a smug look.

"Hey, I'm not at all fine walking around like this for all of Magnolia to stare at." she snapped back at the Exceed.

"But it's okay if it's just Natsu?" asked Carla in a smug and superior tone.

"Yes, and I don't think you have any room to judge me since you've been sleeping with Happy for months now." she argued back while giving her a heated glare.

"And that is all we've ever done." stated Carla now glaring back at her.

"Same for us so let's just leave it at that." she said as both of their glares lessoned noticeably.

"Fine, and I guess you'll just have to wear some of Natsu's things until either Happy comes back with yours or we swing by your place for some different ones." she suggested as they headed back to the room that they were all sleeping in earlier that morning.

"Dada?" asked Akari as a louder explosion than the previous ones rang out.

"Yep, both of our daddies don't really know the meaning of taking it easy." said Cana with a little chuckle as Carla started to go through Natsu's clothes for her since she was a little preoccupied with Akari at the moment.

"Foo!" cheered the little girl happily, clearly not too concerned about her father after eating and wanting more.

"She really does have his appetite doesn't she." stated Carla as she tossed some of Natsu's clothes on the bed and headed back to the kitchen for some of Akari's baby food.

"That she does, but it's just because she's still a growing little girl. So what food would you like to have today?" she asked while looking down at the little girl smiling back up at her in a pink little onesie, with Natsu's scarf lazily wrapped around her.

"Foo Foo!" cheered Akari loud enough for Carla to hear her from the kitchen thanks to the holes going through most of the walls in the small house.

"Did you hear that, Carla?" asked the brunette as she slipped on one of Natsu's vests and pair of his pants that he was usually seen in.

"I did, and I also found something that should help out with your current lack of proper clothing." answered the Exceed as she reappeared with a few containers of baby food and a large roll of white cloth that looked similar to what Erza used while only wearing pants and no other form of armor.

"And what exactly do you expect me to do with this?" she asked as the two traded items and she was now left holding the roll of white cloth.

"Wrap yourself up since I highly doubt that Natsu has a spare bra for you laying around." replied Carla already in the process of feeding a surprisingly still hungry Akari.

"I guess this is better than nothing, and now I don't have to button up the vest." she stated with a little smirk as she started to wrap herself up, which was actually harder than she thought it would be.

"I would prefer it if you did have it closed, but considering that your usually top is just a bikini top this is actually an improvement." stated Carla as continued to help feed Akari.

"I'm starting to think I should just wear a bikini and see if I can convince some of the other girls at the guild to join me." she replied with a smirk as Carla stopped just an inch away from giving Akari the next spoonful and turned to look at her with a look of horror.

"Please don't." begged Carla, not wanting Wendy to have to deal with that when she was already extremely self-conscious about her body as it is.

"As long as you stop making comments about my outfits." countered the card mage with a proud smirk spread across her face since she was now done with wrapping her chest so that they were comfy while also containing her girls from prying eyes.

"Deal." agreed Carla as she was about to go back to feeding Akari, only to realize that the small girl already ate what she had on the spoon and was patiently waiting for more.

"These are surprisingly comfy." stated Cana now standing in front of a mirror and checking herself out in it. "No wonder he has enough of them to wear a different one for two weeks straight." she said while doing a little spin in them and coming to the realization that they slightly hid her ass thanks to how baggy the pants are on her.

"Does he even change them?" asked the Exceed in an inquisitive tone as she glanced the other woman's way.

"Considering that these smell clean and it took you a while to find them I would assume so." she replied while making a few slight adjustment to the pants she had already slipped off herself.

"Good point, but he definitely needs to do his laundry soon." stated Carla with a disgusted look as she remembered the pile of dirty clothes in the corner of the closet. But considering how clean he actually kept the rest of his place since getting Akari, she really didn't feel the need to lecture him on it.

"It seems like the two of them have quieted down." she pointed out as both of them stopped what they were doing. They both were now straining their ears, hoping to pick up at least some sort of sound from the two that used to be destroying all of the forest just seconds ago.

"Do you think they've finally started talking with each other?" asked Carla, once again looking back to an empty spoon and a smiling little girl that was trying to look innocent.

"That would be a first for the two of them; I'm betting that Gildarts ended up knocking him out and is probably carrying him back as we speak. But didn't you already see all of this in one of your visions?" she asked back since she actually didn't really know how the Exceed's ability actually worked.

"Nope, I only saw up to Natsu hitting Gildarts out of here with his head as the two of them disappeared from our line of sight." she explained while starting to put away the baby food that she brought.

"Mama, up!" cheered Akari while reaching out from the bed with both of her pudgy little hands.

"Okay Akari, do you want to go and see what our daddies are up to right now?" she asked with a bright smile as she scooped up the little girl since she was done adjusting the pants more to her liking and already slipped them back on.

"Dada!" declared Akari as she pointed to the hole that he and Gildarts exited through in a ball of fire.

"Alright let's go find those two idiots." replied Cana with a little chuckle as they headed towards the hole.

"There won't be any need for that." stated Gildarts as he appeared in the hole with Natsu slung over his shoulder. He once again completely forgot about the little girl that he had only found out about just a few minutes ago.

"Dada." called out the little girl in an obviously scared tone.

"You colossal moron." stated Cana as she glared at her father. "Put him down on the bed and then go to a corner and don't say or do anything until I tell you to." she finished in a deadly serious tone, which caused Gildarts to do exactly as he was told. Afraid that if he didn't she might completely disown him as a father and never let him speak with her again.

"Dada, up." said Akari in a quiet whimper as Cana set her down next to the passed out Natsu since the little girl was doing everything she could to get to him.

"Sorry, Honey, but he can't hear you right now." replied Cana with a frown, that was only gone so she could give her father another deadly glare.

"Dada." she said one more time now starting to cry as she hugged his neck as tightly as her little arms could.

"Shh, it's okay, Akari. Your daddy isn't going anywhere, he just needs a little rest." replied Natsu as he brought his arms around her protectively. Needless to say all of the other people in the room were shocked at this turn of events, none more so than Akari who let out a happy little squeal as she continued to hug him as hard as she possibly could.

"Well I'll be damned; I thought he would be out for at least another two hours." stated Gildarts as he let out a low whistle. Something that he regretted when his daughter rounded on him with a look of complete rage after hearing him utter that.

"Why in the world would you hurt him to that extent?" asked Cana while stalking towards him and cracking her knuckles menacingly.

"Because he wouldn't have stayed down otherwise, I'm actually really impressed with how strong he's gotten since the last time we saw each other." he replied while covering his balls just in case his daughter decided to attack him there again, and judging by the look she was currently giving him it wasn't too farfetched. "Just look at what he was actually able to do to me during our little fight." he quickly said while gesturing to himself.

And upon closer inspection of him you could see that it actually looked like he was in a legit fight, having a few scrapes and bruises on his exposed skin. Not only that but some of his clothes had slight singes and charred areas on them, clearly pointing to the pink haired man being responsible for it. This for some reason made Cana happy, probably because she knew that overcoming Gildarts has been one of Natsu's goals ever since they first met each other. And today the fire dragon slayer got one step closer to accomplishing that goal of his, even if it would always come after protecting Akari.

"It does look as if he got in a few good hits." she replied with a smirk coming over her face as Gildarts started to rub his now bruised jaw. "But this is the last time that the two of you will be fighting each other for a while, am I making myself clear?" she asked while looking between the two of them.

"I promise, anything to make you happy." answered Gildarts with a smile. This caused both of them to look over expectantly at Natsu still spread out on the bed with Akari hugging his throat for dear life. But they didn't get a response from him after waiting for a few moments in silence.

"Natsu, please don't tell me you still want to fight him after the fight you two already had?" she asked while coming over to the bed. Which allowed her to see that he was actually in a worse state than she initially thought he was after he woke up to comfort his daughter. So with a look of concern she turned to ask Carla if she would go and bring Wendy back to help him recover faster than he would on his own. But when she looked at the spot that used to contain the Exceed she was met with nothing, making her let out a sigh of relief since Caral was most likely already looking for Wendy.

"He's probably just asleep again." stated Gildarts as he started to head over to them. But he came to a stop when the two remaining girls in the room started to glare at him, something that he expected to receive from his own daughter. Although he really didn't anticipate receiving one from the little girl that was only about a year old if he had to guess.

"That better be what's going on with him right now, because if you hurt him more than that you might as well not step foot in the guildhall for at least a month." replied Cana as she took a seat on the bed with Natsu and started to check out his wounds. Dressing any of them that were within her skill level, which was surprisingly most of them thanks to his overall durability and skill in combat.

"Why wouldn't I want to go into the guild if he was injured like he usually is after our fights?" he asked with an eyebrow raised, already having a pretty good idea why but just wanted to be sure.

"The girls are extremely protective of Akari." mumbled out Natsu while still having his eyes closed. This caused Akari to let out another excited squeal as she continued to hug him, but unfortunately for Natsu it caused the brunette treating him to have an irritated look come over her face.

"Were you ignoring my earlier question?" she asked while giving him a stern look that he couldn't even see.

"Nope, I was kind of going in and out there for a little while." he replied while slowly opening his eyes and starting to try and get into a sitting position. But before he could make any progress two firm hands held him in place, hands that belonged to the resident card mage who was now giving him a concerned look.

"Natsu, you need to rest, so stay still." she said in a commanding tone, slightly surprised when the stubborn dragon slayer actually did as she said.

"Fine, but only for a few more minutes." he mumbled back while closing his eyes again.

"Good, now let me go back to treating your wounds." she stated while grabbing a few more bandages from the first aid kit that she had to assume Carla brought into the room before she left to look for Wendy.

"So would either of you like to explain what exactly I walked in on?" asked Gildarts once again having a serious expression as he looked at the two of them. Making sure to take note of how the two of them reacted when he asked them upfront like this, and was actually surprised by his daughter's response. Or it might be more accurate to say lack of response, since she pretended to not hear him as a small blush tinted her checks as she continued to work on the wounded man beside her.

"No one in their right mind would call what you did just walking in." retorted Natsu with a smug grin slightly appearing on his face.

"Fine, but what did you really think I would do after hearing from Happy that you two slept together last night?" he asked back with an unamused look taking over his face.

"That the flying fur ball is up to his usual antics." answered Cana while not looking back at him because of her slight blush that she hoped he hadn't noticed yet.

"I would agree with you on that if I hadn't see what I did once I got here." he argued back while giving Natsu a deadly glare, but stopped when he noticed that Akari seemed to be glaring back at him with just as much intensity as he was. And he also could have sworn that she bared her teeth at him that looked to have fangs just like her father, only smaller.

"Cana couldn't fall asleep last night so we started to chat until we both finally drifted off." replied Natsu in a tired tone that sounded slightly irritated to the other two.

"Okay I guess that is a reasonable enough of an excuse." he said with a little smirk.

"It's not an excuse you, old geezer." stated Natsu, causing Gildarts to have an upset expression quickly come over his face for being called old. But he decided to let that slid and try and figure out the part that had him really concerned, which was his daughter's attire when he came blasting in.

"So why was she only in her panties?" he asked with a sneer, once again getting a similar expression from the little girl in Natsu's arms as she stared him down.

"That I actually can't explain, or why she's now wearing my usual clothes." answered Natsu in a confused tone as he also cracked one of his eyes to look at the brunette that was currently wrapping his last wound. And he couldn't help but think she looked good in his clothes, actually not just good but drop dead gorgeous in his opinion. Her well-toned stomach that was on full display like normal but this time with his vest around it, that was also around her wrapped chest that somehow made them look even bigger than before if that was possible. And finally to his pants that now looked shorter and a whole lot tighter since they showed off her slender thighs and supple ass.

"Well, Cana, would you care to enlighten the two of us?" Gildarts asked her with a little smirk since she was clearly embarrassed about all of this, so much so that she stopped what she was doing. And the three of them remained there in silence for a few minutes as Cana tried to get her head in order, and she only seemed to find her confidence after noticing the small reassuring grin Natsu was giving her.

Making her slightly regret what she was going to say next since it was going to push the blame back to him. "I'm guessing that it became too hot in here last night so I took the rest of my clothes off while we were asleep." she replied as Natsu gave her a weird look since she only lost a shirt last night and nothing else unlike what she just made it sound like. "As for why I'm wearing this outfit, that would be due to Happy stealing all of my stuff and taking off with it before I could change." she finished while giving Natsu an apologetic smile that only confused him more than he already was.

"Natsu, as soon as your daughter is no longer in your hands. We're going to have to have a few words, man to man." said Gildarts as he tried to contain his anger at the dragon slayer that sneakily got his daughter into bed with him and removed the rest of her clothes in what some could see as an innocent way. Something he would have been proud of if Natsu had done it to any girl other than his own daughter.

But before Natsu could even respond to him, Cana decided to help him out since she definitely was the reason he was in his current position. "No you won't, dad, you promised me that the two of you wouldn't fight each other. And judging from Akari's current state I don't think that is going to be happening anytime soon, and who could blame her when a Neanderthal attacks her father for no reason." she declared while glaring at him and giving a quick wave to the little girl still clutching Natsu like there was no tomorrow.

"We were only going to have a little chat." he said while raising his arms up defensively.

"Sure you were, like anyone would believe that the two of you could actually chat without it ending in a fight that Natsu will lose." she replied while still glaring at him.

"Hey, you don't know that I'll lose and just so you know me and your old man have had plenty of conversations that don't end in a fight." stated Natsu while giving Cana a little glare. The other two looked at each other in disbelief, leave it to their resident fire dragon slayer to defend the man that was clearly upset with him but that is probably because he didn't realize that yet. And after realizing this Gildarts couldn't help himself from starting to chuckle at how worked up he was getting with Natsu of all people. Someone that he knew wouldn't do anything that could possibly hurt a person he considers his friend. This caused Cana and Natsu to now give each other a shocked look at this odd turn of events.

"You got that right, Natsu, just look at what you were actually able to do against me when I was upset with you." chuckled Gildarts.

"You were upset with me?" he asked back with a confused look as he got up into a sitting position with his back against the headboard of his bed.

"That I was, but now I see that I was a complete idiot for being that way with you. Although I think you and me should definitely have a talk about something very important." he replied with a sly grin.

Hearing this caused Cana's eyes to shoot open and have a slight panic attack. "Gildarts, you better not be planning to tell him what I think you are." she said with a prominent blush spread across her face that only made Gildarts grin grow wider.

"Judging by your expression, Honey, I can say that I'm definitely not telling him what you think I am." he replied, which resulted with her now having a slightly confused expression on her face. "He needs to learn about the birds and the bees from someone experienced in that area, but now that I'm thinking about it I might also have to give him a few warning about if he does something to hurt you." he continued with a little chuckle as a look of horror came over his daughter's face once again after hearing this.

"I have no idea what you mean about the birds and the bees since I've seen both of them plenty, but I will never do anything to hurt Cana." stated Natsu while looking straight at Gildarts with a determined look in his eyes.

"I know you won't so I guess we can skip that part." he chuckled back as Cana remained silent and was currently trying to hide her blush that only grew after Natsu declaring so confidently that he would never hurt her.

"Good, so why in the world did you attack me randomly? That is definitely something I am a little more likely to do than you are." asked Natsu as he got Akari to let go of his neck and get back into her usual position.

"You'll figure that out once Akari there is a little older." replied the crash mage as he noticed that the little girl wasn't taking her eyes off of him. And what concerned him even more than that was the fact that she looked upset with him as she continued to slightly glare at him.

"I'll take your word on that I guess, so what caused you to be late?" asked Natsu while giving him a look that Gildarts had never actually seen on the boy before. And it was a look of disappointment, one that he figured out was because he didn't keep his promise to his daughter who Natsu gave a quick glance to before looking back at him waiting for an answer.

"Yeah about that." chuckled out Gildarts nervously as he rubbed the back of his head. "I accidentally got banned from all trains in Fiore." he finished as a little laugh escaped Natsu's lips while Cana turned on him with an upset look on her face.

"And how in the world did you accomplish that?" she asked, knowing that it most likely resulted from him not being too careful with his magic.

"I destroyed a good chunk of one of their stations and a train by accident." he replied while no longer being able to look at her in the eyes.

"Good riddance if you ask me, just one less death trap out there." stated Natsu with a huge grin plastered across his face as he laughed at what he just heard.

"I would hope that it was by accident, and why are you laughing at this now that you no longer get sick on them?" she asked while giving Natsu a glare for finding all of this funny.

"You don't get sick anymore?" asked Gildarts with a shocked expression.

"I don't know about that just yet, but so far I've been completely fine with them as long as I've got Akari here with me." he replied while lifting the arm she was nestled in slightly. "And she's being awfully quiet for some reason, what's going on with my little dragon?" he asked while smiling down at her.

"I think she doesn't like me." stated Gildarts now feeling slightly nervous that she was still glaring at him.

"I wonder why?" asked Cana sarcastically as she moved over next to Natsu and Akari on their right side, using the headboard as a backrest.

"Well we can't have that now can we?" he asked while giving Akari's tummy a little tickle, but was shocked when she didn't start to laugh like she usually did. "Okay, I really didn't expect that." he mumbled with a slight frown.

"Here let me try something." replied Gildarts as he got closer to them and then proceeded to make weird faces. Some of which, both Cana and Natsu didn't think any little child would ever like seeing from him. "Well I'm all out of ideas." he said with a slight frown as he stood back up straight, not even getting the slightest smile from the little girl.

"I'm more surprised you didn't make her start crying with some of those faces." stated Cana with a smirk from her spot next to Natsu, once again using his shoulder as a head rest. Something that Gildarts wanted to comment on but thought better of it considering what he had already done this morning.

"I think I've got something that might work." said Natsu with his usual grin spread across his face. "Akari darling, I need you to look at me." he said, causing his little girl to finally stop staring at Gildarts and look up at him with a small smile. This shocked Gildarts because he was honestly starting to think that the little girl might not be able to smile, which would have just been wrong if she is Natsu's daughter.

"What happened this morning was just Gildarts and I having a little fun so you can't hold it against him." he said as a look of surprise came over her adorable little face.

After looking up at him with that look her expression went back to an upset one as she turned away from him. And she said "No." which caused Natsu and Cana to have surprised looks of their own.

"I didn't even know she knew that word." stated Cana still having a shocked expression.

"Me either, now come on, Akari, you can't be mad at him for this." he said while giving her a pleading look.

"No." replied Akari as she went back to glaring at Gildarts.

"She seems to be just as stubborn as you are." pointed out Gildarts with a little grin on his lips.

"No kidding, okay daddy's little dragon are you telling me that you're going to be upset with your grandpa forever?" he asked, completely disregarding the shocked looks that Cana and Gildarts where giving him at hearing this. He was completely focused on his stubborn little girl that now looked at him with a look of disbelief as her head went back and forth between the two males in the room.

And she finally stopped doing this as she looked up at him questioningly while pointing at Gildarts with her pudgy little hand. "Yep, Akari, I would like to formally introduce you to your grandpa Gildarts." he replied while picking her up and handing her over to a shocked Gildarts. Who really didn't know how to hold her so he just kept her about a foot away from him as they looked into each other's eyes, which they did for a few quiet and extremely awkward seconds.

"Hi there Akari." said Gildarts while giving her a nervous smile since this was way out of his comfort zone.

"Dada!" said Akari in an upset tone as she tried to turn away from Gildarts and go back to Natsu. This caused the Ace of Fairy Tail to have a slightly hurt look wash over him as Natsu took back his daughter from him, but was thrown off when both Natsu and Cana started to chuckle to themselves.

"What's so funny about her not liking me?" he asked while glaring at the two that pretty much looked like a couple with how they were sitting in the bed together.

"We're laughing for the exact opposite reason." replied Cana as she gestured to Akari who was no longer glaring at Gildarts like she was up till now and was happily playing with one of her toys that Natsu grabbed for her. This of course didn't really clear anything up for Gildarts, which he made clear to them by having a confused look on his face.

"Akari here, only lets a very select group of people hold her without crying or throwing a temper tantrum like she has been recently. So her just asking for me is the best you could've hoped for given that the first thing she saw you do was attack me." explained Natsu with a little smirk. "And if I'd have to guess, she's definitely going to make you work to get on her good side." he stated while smiling down at the girl he was talking about.

"I can live with that I guess." stated Gildarts with a smirk of his own as he looked at the three of them, not being able to deny that they looked like a happy little family at the moment. "But I don't know about this whole Grandpa thing?" he asked still smirking.

"What's not to get?" asked Natsu with a confused look.

"I thought that Makarov would be her grandpa." he pointed out, already imagining how upset Makarov would be to hear another young mage calling him that.

"No he's her great grandpa." answered Natsu as Gildarts couldn't stop the disappointed look coming over his face at hearing that it was pretty much already decided in the dragon slayer's mind that he was now a grandpa. Something that apparently Cana found very entertaining if you went by her giggling at all of this, but he then quickly realized how upset Makarov might be once he learns that he'll be called great gramps by the little girl once she's older.

"I guess I can live with that, especially since it might actually be the truth in a little bit." he said while giving Cana a sly grin as the poor girl started to blush up a storm again at what he just insinuated.

"It already is since I've kind of always seen you as a second father of mine." replied Natsu as he didn't even bother to look up at Gildarts since he was preoccupied with his little one at the moment.

"Thanks Natsu, I've also seen you as the son I've never had. Well I guess I've already caused enough damage here and should probably head to the guild and check in with Master." he said while giving his daughter a knowing look and a quick thumbs up before heading to the exit he made when first showing up today.

"Wait a minute Gildarts, you own me some jewels to pay for all of this." stated Natsu as he glared at the older man and gestured to his destroyed room and badly damaged house.

"About that, I'm kind of a little strapped in the whole jewel department area after destroying that train and station." he chuckled while not stopping on his way out of there.

"Like I give a crap old man, I'm running on a tight budget right now and there is no way I'm going to let you walk away after doing this to my place." declared a slightly angry dragon slayer as he got up out of the bed to the displeasure of a certain brunette.

"What was that? I think I just heard Master calling for me, so I guess we'll have to talk about all of this later." replied Gildarts before taking off at a brisk jog with a little chuckle.

"Is he seriously not going to pay for any of this?" he asked with an astonished look coming over his face.

"It would appear so, but I'm confident that the three of us can change his mind on that. Isn't that right Akari?" asked Cana while giving the girl a big smile.

Akari did one of her own straight back at Cana while giggling and clapping her hands together. And she finally finished it off by pointing in the direction that Gildarts fled in and cheered happily "Dada! Mama!"

This caused Natsu to let out a little chuckle before taking off with the two determined women, that he had a feeling were both intent on seeing Gildarts in a little more pain than he already was today. Something that he honestly wouldn't mind since the man did destroy his home and take off without even apologizing for it.

End of Chapter

Author's Notes:

There you go everyone, as always I really hope you enjoyed it. So it might seem that Cana was a little forward in this chapter and might have not acted proper, but I've always seen her as one of the women that is extremely confident in her looks and if she did find herself in a situation like this she would decide to have a little fun with it like I had her do. So just a little heads up for the next chapter, it will be a Natsu and Kagura chapter with some other things going on of course. And after that chapter I'll probably wait until the end of the one after it to stop taking in your suggestions on if this should be a harem or not. Or who he should be paired up with if it isn't, and once that happens I will not be posting the results since I like a few others out there like a little bit of mystery. Well I guess that sums it all up for these notes, so as always feel free to leave a review or PM and I'll get back to you when I have some free time.

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