Family Ties

Cats out of the bag

Gray sat down on the bed next to Juvia as Jackson and Lucy explained what happened after they left. "So you just so happen to bump into each other?" Gray said as he looked at them. Jackson looked at him and just shrugged.  "It was weird I'm not going to lie. But what can I say were family and you don't turn your back on family." Jackson said just as the door opened to reveal Natsu standing in the middle. "Who are you people?" He said looking at Jackson and Lucy.

A few minutes ago in the main hall

Natsu sat at a table and watched as Gray ran into the infirmary. "How is that even possible?" Erza asked as she ate a cake. "What? How is what possible?" Natsu said looking back at Erza and Wendy. They both looked at him. "Well for starters how a little girl fought the master and only has one injury." Wendy said as she looked at Nashi. "Then someone fighting Guildarts and beating him and finally someone beating you." Erza said smacking him upside the head. Natsu sat their and rubbed his head and thought yes he used his brain. Then he stood up and walked over to the table of kids. They hadn't noticed him so they were all still having their own conversation. "So where are you guys parents?" Nashi asked the table. "Well ours are on a job and they should be back in a day or two. Oh and you don't know our names. Well my name is Sarah Redfox. This tall idiot is my brother Logan. You know Storm. The one eating the chocolate cake is Samantha Scarlet. Those three over there are Zack Straus (Elfman and Evergreens kid), Xavier and Sabrina Drayer the masters kids." Sarah said as she pointed at the group. "Hey kids how are things?" Natsu said as he looked at all the kids thinking that if Lucy was here her kid would be around the same age as the kids in front of him. "We're good we were just introducing ourselves to I'm sorry I forgot your name already." Samantha said as she set down her cake. "It's fine. My name is Nashi Heartfilia." After hearing that name it echoed around in his head. He looked towards the infirmary door and walked over to it like a drunk.

Present time

"ANSWER ME!" Natsu shouted at the group of people in the infirmary. They all looked at each other. "What do you mean?" Lucy asked tentatively looking at Natsu (She put her hood on just before Natsu barged in and Jackson doesn't look like his original self cause he let his hair grow.) "Why does your daughter have her last name?" Natsu snarled. "That is an easy one. We are relatives of the Hearfilia family." Jackson said before Lucy could answer. He could already smell the tears escaping her eyes. "Do you know where Lucy is!?" He yelled as grabbed Jackson by the collar and shoved him against a wall. "Natsu! Relax or else you'll do something you'll regret again." Gray said trying to calm him down. Natsu let him go and stormed off.

By the time it was late in the evening only a few people were left.  Cana who was talking to Jackson, (She knew it was him cause a drunk Guildarts told her.) Wendy with her boyfriend Romeo and Carla (The cat). The Drayer family with Sarah and Logan, Lucy, Jackson, Nashi and the Fullbuster family.

Carla looked around the guild and stopped at the kids who were talking. She had a vision of people yelling. She saw Lucy and Nashi then an explosion. "Hey you alright Carla?" Romeo asked her as Wendy waved a hand in her face. "I'm fine children just had a thought." Carla said getting up and walking towards the door. Just as she opened the door a breeze blew Lucy's hood off and Wendy and Romeo saw her. "L-Lucy? Is that really you?" Wendy said as she walked over to her with Romeo close behind. "Yes its me. How are you two?" Lucy said as they both sat down. While they talked Carla sat their staring at them thinking about her vision. "And here we are back to our home with Nashi." Lucy had finished explaining what happened after she left. "So Jackson. It was you from that job seven years ago? That's how you knew so much about us." Wendy said as she looked at the older man as he sat by the drunk woman. "Yeah. I wish I could have told you then but I had to keep quiet for obvious reasons. Couldn't take any chances of the others finding out." Jackson said as he brushed hair out of Cana's face. "Yeah look how that turned out. Well we'll see you guys tomorrow." Gray said as he carried a sleeping Sarah while Logan and Storm said goodbye to Nashi, Xavier, and Sabrina.

A few days later

At this point a few people knew about Lucy and Jackson being back while most of the rest of guild still had no idea who they were. Nashi and Sarah were sitting at a table while Storm and Logan fought. That's when the doors were kicked in. "Were back! Now where are my little dragon slayers?" Gajeel shouted while Levy shook her head at him. "DADDY! MOMMY! Welcome home!" Sarah and Logan yelled as they both tackled Gajeel. "Oh I missed you guys so much." Levy said as she pried one of her kids off their father. (Laxus had contacted Levy and Gajeel about Lucy and Jackson) "Hey Gajeel can I have a quick talk with you?" Jackson said as he, Gray, and Laxus followed him to an empty table in the corner of the guild. "Sure. I'll be right back honey." Gajeel said as he made his way to the table.

Jackson

"So what did you want to talk about?" Gajeel said as he sat down. Jackson pulled out two pieces of paper. "I want to build two things and I'll need you guys help. The first being rebuilding my old business and the second is a house for Lucy and Nashi." Jackson said as he pointed at the papers. "We already started Lucy's house it should be done in a day or two. We mostly just need help with the shop were adding it on to his house." Laxus said just as they saw flash of fire. "OH SHIT!" Jackson said as he looked to the middle of the guild hall.

Lucy

After Gajeel left to talk to Jackson Lucy went and sat with Levy. "So you and Gajeel?" She said as she nudged her arm. "Yeah it happened not that long after you left. Then I got my little angels. I also see you got yours. Is it true that Jackson is your brother?" Levy asked Lucy just nodded her head. "Yes to both. I even have proof about him being my brother. I have a letter from our mother and an old picture of both of us." Lucy said as she showed Levy the picture. As she looked at the picture Nashi and Sarah came over and looked at it. "Is this you and Uncle Jacks mama." Nashi asked Lucy who just laughed remembering the memory "Yeah. I'll tell you the story later alright? But first Mama has to go look for a job." Lucy said as she walked towards the board. "Hey fight me." Natsu shouted as he shot flames towards her. The flame didn't touch her but it did catch the cloak on fire.

Guild hall

As the cloak fell to the ground and turned to ash. Natsu stared as he saw Lucy's hair glow in the flames light. "L-Lucy is that you?" Natsu asked as he stepped closer to her only to be stopped by Nashi punching him. "Don't hurt my MOM!" He just looked down at the child who kept hitting him. "I guess the cats out of the bag now. Huh." Jackson said taking his hood off. "Wulf? Why are you here? What are you talking about? And how do you know Lucy? Lucy where have you been?" Natsu asked looking back and forth between the two. Nashi ran to her mother as they sat down with Levy. Jackson turned his hand into a Lycan arm and started to cut the extra hair off his head and face. "First of all my  name isn't Wulf Heart. It's Jackson Heartfilia I'm Lucy's older brother. Were here cause this used to be home and it still is really." Jackson said as he finished up with his hair. "Lucy you still haven't told us where you were?" Erza said as she looked at her old teammates. "We lived in a town near the coast. We stayed their till something happened." Lucy said as she looked at them. Jackson then walked over to Erza. "I wanted to comeback just in case something happened to me. Just to make sure they would be well looked after." He said so only she heard him. "Well this is great lets celebrate the return of our family." Cana said as she walked over to Jackson. He then leans back and tells Erza something else. "Also came back cause of her." Erza looked at him as he blushed as Cana dragged him towards the booze and Lucy.