"Damn it, Natsu!" Lucy said, "I told you not to read the novel!"

"Well, sorry," Natsu joked, "You've just been working on it for a long time and I wanted to see it." Natsu said with a grin filled with contentment.

"Well, you know I didn't want to show it to you before, what made you think I'd let you see it now?!" Lucy yelled at the pink-haired dragon slayer.

"I just took a little peak inside, what's the big deal?" Natsu asked as he grin disappeared.

"The big deal is that I told you not to do something and you deceived me! Why can't you get it through your thick skull!" Lucy yelled in fury.

"Oh, so I'm the one with the thick skull! What about miss I-can't-pay-my-rent over here!" Natsu pointed out.

"Well it wouldn't be like that if someone, would actually go through a whole day without burning a city down!"

"How else do you expect me to finish a request, all nice and girly, the way you expect everything to be?" Natsu complained.

"Not all the time, but when we are given a mission to help advertise for a restaurant, then yes!" Lucy said.

Natsu and Lucy continued this argument, while somewhere in the distance, a little girl watched, she looked around curiously. She sniffed the air and then smiled."Papa, Mama" She silently said and ran towards their direction, she found Natsu and Lucy arguing and walking on the sidewalk, next to the river. She followed them, undetected. She followed them so well, that Natsu didn't even figure it out with his sharp sense or smell. She grinned when she saw them, and continued to stay on their trail.

Natsu and Lucy entered the apartment still arguing, which seemed to last forever.

"Natsu, you ruined everything! You always do!" Lucy hollered.

Natsu seemed kinda hurt by those words, but something inside him, something started to build up and eventually it exploded.

"Well, your just useless on the missions, with those so called celestial spirits! You don't even do any of the work, they do! Your nothing but extra junk we have to carry around and pay!" Natsu finished his sentence, breathing heavily as if he was just in a battle.

Then he realized what mistake he had done by saying those cruel words. Lucy's eyes began to water and tears began dripping down her face. Natsu regretted saying those words, he just felt so angry at what Lucy had just said to him earlier, and it all poured out.

"No, Lucy, I didn't-" Natsu was cut off by Lucy's soft crys.

"Lucy~"

"Natsu, I think you said enough, please leave."

Natsu wanted to stay, but he knew the best choice was to leave.

He climbed out her window, and walked back how. The whole way there he felt remorse and guilt at those nasty words he said to her. He wanted to see her smile not cry. After all, she's his best friend, right? He wanted to always see her smile, and laugh. He enjoyed seeing how Lucy's eyes began to shine when she was happy, sometimes he would get lost in those chocolate-like eyes himself.

"What are you thinking, Natsu? She's your best friend, you can't think of her like that!"Natsu reminded himself.

From a far distance there was a giggle, it sounded like laughter from a little girl.

"Huh? Who's there?" Natsu voiced echoed in the silence of the night.

Everything remained quiet afterwords.

"It must be my guilt playing tricks on me." Natsu hit himself on his forehead.

Natsu arrived home and saw Happy sleeping on his hammock.

'Great~' His thoughts uttered sarcastically. He layed down on the floor and covered himself with blankets. It was cold on the floor, but what really bugged him were the words that he hurt Lucy with.

Those words echoed in his head for the rest of the night, he couldn't even fall asleep. The guilt ate him up! No matter how many times he would twist and turn, his mind wouldn't leave him alone even if he dug his head into his pillow, it all continued.

'Lucy~'

The next morning, Natsu walked inside the guild. Mira saw him and smiled, then realized how restless he looked.

"Natsu what happened?" Mira said concerned.

"Nothing," Natsu sat on a stool and bumped his forehead on the bar table.

"You expect me to believe nothing is wrong, you're a mess!" Mira said

Natsu just layed his head on the counter, hoping he would get some sleep, but he couldn't get any.

"Have you seen Lucy?" Mira asked, and Natsu twitched when he heard her name.

"Did you and Lucy get into an arguement?" She asked concerned.

Natsu slowly lifted his head from the counter and nodded.

"I said something horrible to Lucy. It's all my fault!" Natsu blamed himself.

"Why don't you go apologize?" Mira asked

"She locked her windows,"

"Have you tried knocking on the door?"

At the response, Natsu lifted his head from the counter.

"THAT'S RIGHT!" He quickly ran out of the guild and headed towards Lucy's house.

Throughout his way there he began think what was he going to say to Lucy?
Will she accept his apology? What if she wants to get off the team? What if she wants to leave Fairy Tail?!

Natsu shook his head, his thoughts are going way to far, she'd never leave Fairy Tail, but why if she does want to get off the team? Natsu ran even faster at that thought of her leaving his team.

He made it in front of Lucy's apartment and started knocking on the door. Lucy opened the door.

Natsu's heart sank when she saw her, it looked as though she'd been crying. Same thing for Lucy, It looked like Natsu hadn't gotten any sleep.

It remained quiet for a short while as both of them examined each other.

"Natsu, I'm sorry," Lucy said, those words made Natsu feel worse.

"Why are you apologizing? I'm the one who's suppose to apologize." Natsu stated.

"I started the argument yesterday, none of this would of happened if it wasn't for me!"

"Lucy, I'm the stupid one, and now because of me you'd been crying, I never want you to be sad." Natsu said

"Wanna call it a truce?" Lucy suggested

"Yeah!" Natsu smiled.

Natsu and Lucy continued off smiling awkwardly at how stupid they'd both have been.

Natsu felt a slight tug on his shirt, he turn around and saw a little girl, no older then six. She had pink hair that reached her back and brown eyes that shined from the sunlight. She was wearing a pink sundress, with flowers all over it and a blue purse that reached her thighs. She had a cute sunhat as well, and little white sandals.

"Who's she?" Lucy asked

"I don't know" Natsu answered

"Hello!" The little girl smiled a toothy grin.

"Where are you from?" Lucy asked as she knelt down to the girls height and smiled.

"Magnolia." The girl answered

"What's your name? asked Natsu

"Nashi!"

"Well, Nashi, I think we should get you to your parents as soon as possible, you don't want to get lost, now do you?" Lucy asked

"But I'm not lost."

"Where are you parents then?" Natsu asked

"I'm with them, both of them."

Both Natsu and Lucy searched around but it was early in the morning and no one was even walking the streets.

"Nashi, Your parents aren't here." Natsu pointed out.

"Papa, Mama, how come your asking such odd questions?"

"Papa?" Natsu asked

"Mama?" Lucy asked

"Yea! Papa, Mama!" Nashi plopped a huge hug on both on them.

"Wait, your suggesting Natsu and I are your parents?" Lucy asked

"You are!" Nashi then stuck her hand inside the purse as she began searching for something.

Natsu and Lucy gave each other a look as if mentally saying 'Is this girl for real?'

"Here!" Nashi took out a picture and held them with both of her hands up high for Natsu and Lucy to see.

Both of them examined the picture and became speechless when they saw it.

The picture had both Natsu and Lucy in it, although they were both more mature looking, and in between was Nashi making the peace sign.

Lucy grabbed the picture quickly from Nashi's hand.

"W-what's this?" She said astounded.

"It's our family picture!" Nashi smiled.

"I don't remember ever having a kid, or taking a family picture!"

Lucy walked inside the apartment, and Natsu followed her in.

"Lucy, we may not be her parents, but she thinks we are, and she doesn't seem to know anyone else. What are we going to do?"

"That's mean, I just showed proof that you're my parents!" Nashi heard them.

"Am not!" Natsu said

"Are too!" Nashi come-backed

"Am not!" Natsu said determined

"Are too!" Then Nashi shoved the picture on Natsu's face.

"We should bring her to the guild, maybe someone knows her." Lucy suggested.

"It's like I'm ignored, I just showed proof and both of you are not really caring about it."

Natsu took the picture off his face and placed it in his pocket.

"Okay! So to the guild?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah." Lucy said.

When Natsu, Lucy and Nashi entered the guild Mira turned and waved, she'd figure out they resolved their problems since they came in together. No one really saw Nashi, she was holding on to Natsu's pants, hiding behind him. They made their way to the bar counter and Mira got a look at Nashi.

"Who's this little cutie?" Mira asked

"We think she's lost." Lucy said

"I'm not lost! I'm with mama and papa." Nashi took a glance at both Natsu and Lucy as if pointing out they are her mama and papa.

"Mama, papa? Lucy, Natsu?" Mira asked

"Hai! Auntie Mira."She nodded.

"I'm confused here." Mira said

"Nashi thinks me and Lucy are her mother and father, although I don't know why" Natsu shrugged

"Because you are!" Nashi began.

"Am Not!" Natsu responded

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted, and Natsu and Nashi shut their mouth rather quickly.

Mira just giggled at this action. She examined the little girl.

"I think you should see master for this." Mira suggested.

"See me for what?" Said a voice behind them.

"Master!" They turned around.

"Grandpa!" Nashi ran to give him a hug, and she was just about his height.

"Gramps, Nashi here, thinks we're her parents, what should we do?"

"Oh what's going on over here?" Erza joined in, and soon Gray and Wendy joined as well, curious to see a little girl.

"Nashi thinks we're her parents." They both explained

"Well, she kinda does look like you." Gray said.

"Natsu I didn't know you and Lucy did THAT!" Happy entered the conversation.

"Don't be so immature happy!" Carla nagged

"Well I think it's fine the brat is learning more mature stuff!" Gajeel said and Levy gave him a dark stare, which made him shut up.

"We never did THAT!" Lucy yelled quite embarrassed.

"That?" Natsu asked curiously, Lucy face palmed and ignored him.

"Well we should report her to a to the police department, or put her in a foster home, they'll send out posters saying they found a lost child."

Nashi ran back and grasped both her parents tightly.

"No!" She shook her head as tears began to form. "I wanna stay with mama, and papa!" she took a tighter grip on them. Lucy smiled and hugged the girl back. Natsu saw Lucy and Nashi hug closely and gently smiled.

Everyone remained silent.

"What should we do master?" Erza cut the silence.

"The most reasonable thing to do is allow her to stay with Natsu and Lucy." Makorav said and smiled. "Brats, don't bug me anymore." Makorav started walking away.

"Aww, she's cute," Wendy smiled

"So which one of you is she going to stay with, atleast til' they find her real parents?" Gray asked

"I don't know..." Lucy said

"Juvia thinks you both should stay with her." Juvia said

"Why?" Natsu asked

"Juvia thinks It gives it a more family-like feeling." Lucy blushed at the thought her being in a family with Natsu.

"B-but we're not a family." Lucy said

"I agree with Juvia," Erza joined in, "She's a little girl, and a little girl needs a family-like environment."

Nashi snuggled closer to Lucy, and she gave a gentle smile and said "Okay~"