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Lucy nodded. "Yeah..." she whispered, so soft Natsu almost couldn't hear her. "The full story."

Natsu nodded, staying quiet. Some might say he was being unusually serious, but he wasn't. Not really.

The pink haired dragonslayer had changed a lot in the 6 years Lucy was gone. Yes, he asked Lisanna out. Yes, he acted like he usually did at the guild. And yes. It was a front.

Everyone, not even Happy, knew what he did while he was thought to be 'sleeping'.

Every night he would sit on his bed staring at the wall. Just staring, thinking. Thinking about the one thing he loved and cherished above aynthing else, almost above Igneel, that had run away from him. Had left him.

Every night he cried. Every night he resisted running outside and screaming to the world, asking why she left him. And when the next day was over, he would do it all over again. And he had been doing it for the past 6 years.

Lucy sighed. "Well, when I found out I was pregnant, I was scared. I mean, I wasn't even 20 yet. I figured that I'd smelled a bit different, but relatively normal the week or two before I left. I found out I was pregnant about 3 or 4 days before I left." she said. "I was scared that...that...you would...I don't know...Just like...hate me all of a sudden, or just leave..."

She was starting to cry, and Natsu reached a hand out to bruish her tears away.

"Luce, I never would've done that to you." he whispered softly.

Lucy nodded slightly, still crying. "I-I know...but I still..." she whispered.

Natsu just nodded slightly, in understandment. There are things that you know for sure, but can do nothing about the fear of being wrong. He placed his hand on hers, waiting for her to continue.

After a few moments, she took a deep breath and started again. "So, I grabbed some clothes and other things I needed that I couldn't buy, and packed it all into one suitcase and took off. I'd borrowed a communications lacrima at the station and called Lyon, and asked him to see about me staying in town with Lamia Scale. He did and before I got on the train, it was decided between us that I'd be staying with Lamia Scale."

Lucy gave a short laugh thinking about what she was going to say next. "That year was pretty hectic, terrible, and kinda funny." she said, covering her mouth with one hand, her eyes closed, tears still visible at the ends of her eyelashes.

"Oh, you would not believe how many times I cursed your name for doing that to me." she laughed.

Natsu smiled. "Maybe that's why I was so miserable, and Gray beat me in every fight we had that year. You left and kept cursing me."

Lucy exploded with laughter, even though it was about her leaving. "That would be hilarious!" she cried, her tears streaming down her face again, but this time in laughter.

Natsu's grin expanded a bit. He was glad that he'd made Lucy laugh. He didn't like to see her cry.

There was a small noise from the bed, and Lucy quieted down. With a soft smile, she continued her story. Absent mindedly she played with his fingers, staring down at her lap.

"So, once I had Ayame, her birthday is July 7th by the way," Natsu smiled softly, yet sadly. "Lamia Scale threw a party -no where near the ones at Fairy Tail- and I stayed with them until she was 4 years old. That was when you guys came by. Once I had gotten into town I'd asked Lyon and Sherry to help me find a mage who could block trackers, and paid him to block my guild insignia. So I wouldn't be confused with someone needed something done, and so my where abouts wouldn't be spread around, I used concealer to cover my mark. But after you guys stopped by, I grabbed Ayame, packed our stuff, said goodbye the next morning and we left. We went to Blue Pegasus." she explained, then gave Natsu a pointed look. "If you charge off, saying you're going to go kill someone, I will hurt you." she said firmly.

Since Natsu didn't doubt that she would, he nodded quickly. She smiled again. "Good."

"Now where was I...?" she trailed off. "Oh! I remeber now. When we got there, I left Ayame downstairs -I was not subjecting my child to that sight just yet- and went upstairs to talk to Master Bob," Natsu shuddered. "And told him about what had happened, and he agreed to let me stay there, and not tell Master. I thanked him and went downstairs..." she started laughing softly again. "Ayame was...being sweet talked by Ichiya and the Trimens-"

"WHAT? THEY WERE TRYING TO SUDUCE HER? SHE WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD! ALMOST FOUR!" he shouted, jumping up, fire roaring out of his mouth.

"NATSU!" Lucy shrieked, shoving his jaw closed. "DON'T BURN DOWN MY HOUSE YOU IDIOT! NOW SHUT UP AND LET ME FINISH!" she shouted, her hands on her hips.

Natsu nodded meekly, gulping, dropping back down onto the couch.

Lucy huffed quietly. "Now, as I was saying. I came downstairs and screamed, freezing the Trimens and Ichiya in their place. Well everyone froze. Except Ayame. She just turned towards me and grinned. She'd hoped from her place on the couch between Hibiki and Eve and ran over to me, and hugged me. She started talking about how funny the four of them were. I was shocked. It was about 2 to 3 months before I actually let them hang around her let alone babysit her." she chuckled.

Natsu sulked, pissed that he couldn't go rip off their heads.

"And well, we've been living there for the past 2 years. A week ago, I decided to come back home. I told Ayame that we were going to a new place to live. She kept asking me where we were going, but I refused to talk about it. Then...well, we came here." she finished.

Natsu nodded, and remained silent. After a couple of minutes, he asked. "What was her first word?" his voice was hushed, soft.

"Daddy..." the blonde whispered back.

Natsu's head shot up, his eyes wide as he stared at her. Lucy refused to meet his eyes.

"I talked a lot about you. 'Ayame, you're Daddy is one of the strongest people in the world! He was raised by a dragon! He'd protect you and hurt anyone who hurt you. he may not know you exist, but I know he loves you...'" she whispered. "I told her that a lot. She always smiled, and cooed at me, raising her arms and kicking her legs. So her first word was 'Daddy'..."

Natsu grinned, a tear falling down his face.

Something stirred on the bed, and Lucy looked over at her daughter. She was starting to get up, rubbing her eyes. "M...Mommy...?" she asked, yawning.

Lucy removed her hand from Natsu's and went over to her daughter, sitting on the edge of the bed, pulling the pinkette onto her lap. "Hey sleepyhead." Lucy chuckled.

Ayame smiled tiredly up at her mother. When she put her arms down, and looked around the room she was in, she squeaked in fear at seeing Natsu.

"Mo-Mommy! H-he hit U-uncle Gray!" she whispered, clutching her mother's shirt tightly.

Natsu looked down at his hands that were in his lap. Lucy smiled, giggling softly. "Never thought that you're favorite past time would freak out your daughter would you?"

Natsu looked up at her, giving her a small grin.

Lucy grinned back and looked down at her daughter. "Don't worry Ayame. He always hits Uncle Gray. And Uncle Gray always hits Natsu. They're fire and ice, so they don't work well together." she then preceeded to lean down to her daughter's ear, and whisper loudly enough so that Natsu could hear, "But of course, they're best friends."

Ayame giggled, and Natsu jumped up outraged. "That is not true! I am not best friends with that ice block!" he shouted.

Lucy laughed, and Ayame soon followed suit. Natsu huffed, and soon, cracked a smile at them.

Once the two girls sobered, Lucy sighed deeply. "Ayame, let's talk about Daddy."

Ayame's eyes widened, and she snapped her head up to stare at her mother. "Really?" she squealed, her eyes shining. She knew her mom said that she looked a lot like her father, and would have the same magic, but she never really knew anything about him.

Lucy nodded. "Yes. Ayame...you've met him, but you don't know it..."

"I have? Who? Who? Who?" she cried, jumping out of her mother's arms and onto the bed.

Lucy gulped, and looked over at Natsu. He nodded at her. The blonde took a deep breath and looked her daughter straight in the eye, grabbing her hand and pulling her down to sit.

"Ayame, I'm also going to tell you that Heart is your middle name. Ayame Heart Dragneel, meet Natsu Dragneel."

Ayame's eyes widened as she looked over at Natsu. "H-he's..." she trailed off.

Lucy nodded. "Yes Ayame. Natsu Dragneel, the Salamander of Fairy Tail. The fire dragonslayer. Mommy's pink haired best friend. You two look so much alike..."

"Hey Ayame..." Natsu cleared his throat uncomfortably.

The pinkette remained silent, looking back and forth between her parents. "Y-you're...Daddy...?" the five year old whispered, tears welling in her eyes, and instantly flowing down her face.

Natsu nodded, and that was all it took.

Ayame gave a small hiccup and threw herself off the bed, and into her father's arms. "D-daddy...!" she wailed, clutching his vest tightly in her two small hands.

Natsu's arms instantly wrapped around his daughter, holding her close. "Sshh...Sshh...It's okay..." he murmered. He didn't know what he was doing, but he looked at Lucy and saw her smiling softly, and guessed he was doing the right thing.

"Daddy?" Ayame whispered softly, her tears gone.

"Yeah Ayame?" he asked. Natsu felt a strange happiness just burst inside him when she called him Daddy. Was this what it was like? Being a father?

"I'm real glad I got to meet you..."

"Me too kiddo. Me too..."

Lucy smiled at the sight before her. Her wish came true.

Natsu accepted his daughter. They weren't together, but that was alright. It was her fault, she left in the first place. But none of that mattered. As long as he accepted her.

xXx

"Sooo..." Gray said, bothered by the unnatural silence at the guild. He looked around at the people sitting at the same table he was at.

Levy, Erza, Wendy, Juvia, Happy, Charle, Lily, and since Levy was here, Gajeel as well.

No one said anything after Gray's attempt to start something.

He sighed, letting it drop.

Levy had been attempting to read, but was failing. With a sigh, she took her glasses off and closed the book.

"How do you think Natsu and Lucy are doing?" she asked softly, looking down at the cover of her book.

"Well, since Lucy knows Natsu deserves the full story, they're probably discussing it at her house. She's also probably taking care of her daughter." Erza stated, not eating her cheesecake. Normally they would all be shocked, but today was a day full of shocks and suprises.

Wendy nodded. "When Lucy-san and Natsu-san were talking outside, I overheard her say something about him accepting her." she said.

Juvia nodded, agreeing with the Sky Maiden. "I wonder what kind of magic their daughter has..."

Gray answered. "The squirt told me earlier Luce said she'd have her dads magic. And Natsu is her dad so..."

"Ayame's gonna be a Fire wizard!" Happy cried.

They all groaned. "You all will probably have to pay for more renovations with two fire Dragneels." Charle said with a sniff, before sitting down on the table in front of Wendy.

Lily nodded his agreement.

"Knowing the flamehead, he'll probably teach the little brat how to destroy everything." Gajeel spoke up for the first time in their discussion.

They all nodded, sighing.

A silence enveloped them as they all started thinking about how the future of Fairy Tail would be with two pink headed Fire wizards, when the doors where thrown open, smacking into the wall with a crash.

Startled at the sudden loud noise, most in the guild looked up and saw Natsu and Lucy, but what was new was the fact that there was a small pink headed child on Natsu's shoulder screaming in joy.

When the little girl looked up, she instantly noticed Gray. She grinned. "Uncle Gray! Uncle Gray!" she shrieked.

Natsu winced, setting Ayame down,. causing Lucy to laugh, holding her stomach.

Once she was on the ground she took off running, tackling the raven haired Ice Mage into a hug. "Guess what Uncle Gray?" she cried, joy shinning in her eyes.

"What is it squirt?" he asked trying not to laugh, as everyone at the table looked at them smiling. Well...Juvia seemed tio be trying not to get annoyed.

"I got to meet my Daddy! I finally get to meet him, and hang out with him and stuff! He said he's gonna teach me everything about our magic!" she exclaimed.

That snapped everyone out of their happiness. Everyone groaned. Gray sighed giving her a smile. "Why don't you go and talk to Auntie Mira? I'm sure she'll be excited to hear all about it. And I'm glad you found your Dad." he told her.

Grinning, Ayame nodded and jumped off of him, and ran towards the white haired bar-maid.

Sighing, he ran a hand threw his hair and turned to face the rest of the table.

"This might be harder to deal with then I orginally thought..." he said.

Levy giggled. "Of course it's going to be harder. It's a girl version of Natsu, what'd you expect?" she told him, getting up from her seat. "I'm gonna go talk to Lu-chan, see if she has my book done!" she said and headed off towards her blonde friend.

Gray sighed, as everyone started to get up to talk towards Lucy. "Two fire Dragneels...What have we gotten ourselves into?" he laughed.

xXx

Lisanna watched everyone in anger from her place in the doorway to the back room.

She wanted to go appologize to Lucy, but the way everyone was drifting towards her upset her. She never got that type of reaction when she came back after everyone having thought she was dead! So why was Lucy so special?

And how come Natsu was acting a lot more happier now that Lucy was back with her little brat? He didn't actually want her could he? But what about them? They were together, not him and Lucy! Sure they were before, but not now!

Suddenly what her older sister said, floated into her mind. 'All Lucy wants is for Natsu to accept his daughter...'

Lisanna let out a sigh of anger before straightening up. Fine. Natsu could accept the brat as his daughter, but she wouldn't.

After looking around the guild, and a look from Mira, she headed towards the blonde.

She cleared her throat as she approached. "Hey Lucy?" she called.

The blonde looked up from where she was talking to Levy. "Sorry to interupt, but can I talk to you for a second?" she asked.

Lucy nodded, giving her a smile. "Sure. I'll be right back Levy-chan." she said, going over to Lisanna.

"So, what's up?" she asked.

Lisanna sighed and looked down. "Look...I'm...sorry about what I did to you and Ayame earlier..." she trailed off, rubbing her arm. "I just...got mad and really jealous...And I took it out on you and your daughter...I'm really sorry." she said, and spared a quick glance at the blonde.

Lucy smiled softly. "It's okay Lisanna. I get it. I'm sorry about just barging in here, and taking Natsu away for a bit. I swear I'm not here to get back together with him. I just want Ayame to have a father. So we good?" she asked.

Lisanna was shocked, but she hid her emotion. 'She's acting so nice to me...After what I did to her and her daughter...?' she thought. It made her heart hurt to know that she didn't like the two.

Lisanna put on a smiled and hugged Lucy. "Yeah. We're good." she said.

"Great!"

"I'm gonna go help Mira out, so I'll see you later!" she said and started walking away. Lucy nodded.

"Okay! I'm glad we're friends Lisanna!" she said. Lisanna smiled.

'Should I really stay bitter towards her...?'

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