Erza the Baby Sitter

Sneeze!

The three dragonslayers and Mirajane have just recently contacted headquarters about their whereabouts. After a few minutes of informing them, it appears that Lucy has been sent to catch up with them, bringing along a gigantic map of the continent.

"This is the bakery!" Lucy closed the huge map she was holding and looked around. "This place is peaceful... Now I know why Erza decides to spend her time here."

Wendy nodded in response. "This is a very good place to relax." The young dragon slayer then turns to look at Mira. "So... How do we do this?"

Mira responds, "We could buy the cake but..." The barmaid's expression drops. "I didn't bring any jewels."

As the other members of the team looked at the celestial-key holder expectantly, Lucy sighed. Her hand reaches into her small bag, rummaging through the things she's kept to look for the small pouch she specifically had for carrying her jewels. As one minute turns into five,her form sags, turning back to look at her comrades with a crest-fallen expression.

"I must have f-forgotten to bring some." She stammers, and the others are instantly hit with a feeling of dread.

Happy's laugh made everyone whip their heads toward him, a confused look engraved on their faces. The exceed simply pointed to baby Jellal in Natsu's arms, who was making a funny face indicating that he was about to sneeze. The sneeze refused to happen, though. With all the attention his wrinkled nose and fluttering eyes were getting.

Lucy who was looking forward to witnessing a cute sneeze, deflated with a disappointed look in her eyes.

The cute little baby, who has recovered from a near sneeze attack, however, looks on into the food displayed at the bakery window. His eyes sparkled, a plan forming in his mind.

Natsu catches on with the ultramarine's expression, his brows cocked up in confusion. Whatever idea this baby might have, it must be something crazy. Natsu's line of sight then follows baby Jellal's, landing on a delicately designed cake placed behind the display window.

Before the fire dragon slayer could catch up with the plan he had in his mind, the toddler's eyes began to flutter, and his eyes have screwed shut in a second. At the same time scrunching his nose as he releases a sneeze, similar to the sound of a little mouse's 'eep'. The baby has been enveloped in a ball of light. With the sudden event, the members of the team have become alarmed, yet haven't had any time to react at all.

"Jellal, what are...fyu fdoughing!"
The small baby opens up his eyes, looking upon the alarmed and panicking eyes and figure of his caretakers behind a window, their face smushed up against the transparent glass. The little baby turns his upper body around, finding himself surrounded by an array of pastries and delicacies.

His teleportation magic worked, even in the baby state he's currently in.
His wide baby eyes full of wonder turn back to look at the panicked expressions of his Fairy Tail comrades, and he raises his hand up, as if holding it up to make a small wave.

This did not comfort the caretakers at all.

Happy whips his head around to face Natsu, "Baby Jellal's teleportation worked perfectly! All he has to do is get the cake, teleport back, and we'll be out of here!"

"But stealing is wrong!" Lucy counters, and her shoulders sag, as if pushed down by weight of actually not being able to have a choice in the matter, "But if we want to survive Erza's wrath, we have to do it!"

Wendy, Mira, and Carla nodded their head in unison, at the same time, figuring out their next plan of action. Their eyes have settled intently on baby Jellal's stumbling figure, hoping he cause any big damages.

The little baby decided to crawl, his eyes surveying the enclosed area to look for the cake. Nobody from the bakery staff seems to have noticed him, and he advances towards the strawberry cake that he found. His fingertips press onto the tip of a strawberry placed delicately on top of the cake, and he sneezes once more, successfully teleporting into the arms of an unsuspecting Lucy.

If only he could control his little baby bod a little more, he muses, a bit perturbed with the inconveniences of being trapped in a baby's body.

But then again Erza singing him to sleep and gently cradling him every night while calling him cute little baby names is selfishly fulfilling for him.

Before any other thought can enter his mind, he yawns, releasing cute baby breath. As his body peacefully succumbs, his subconcious however, has been panicking.

No! Don't sleep!

But, alas. Despite the subconcious' will to keep awake, his body simply cannot take this much action in a day.

And the baby bod demands a nap.

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Lucy's initial shock has recovered and she balances the cake in one hand and cradles the sleeping baby in the other. She huffed, relieved that baby Jellal did not at all go outside Ishgar during his teleportation.

"Well, he teleports when he sneezes. That must be how he got away from Erza in the first place." Charles floats above the sleeping boy. "He does feel kind of sick."

Mira took the cake from Lucy's hand and puts a hand over Jellal's forehead. "Indeed, he's heating up quite a bit."

Lucy nods, concern evident in her facial features. "Well, we got the cake and the baby, let's-"

"Stop right there, you cake thieves!"

"-RUN!"

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"Where's Jellal?" Erza glowers over the Sabertooth members who were sure they felt a shiver up their spine.

"J-Jellal? We d-don't-"

The aura emanating from the Requip mage was intensified, fueled by the rage she felt from losing Jellal and the cake. "Where. Is. He?"

The Sabertooth members feel themselves shrinking after every word that came out from the Titania. Fro's eyes were spinning and tearing up even, pushed to the edge of fear.

"T-They went back to Fairy T-Tail!" Sting responds, his eye twitching involuntarily as his hands turned clammy.

"Y-Yeah! They're currently on their way as we speak!" Yukino speaks up, backing up Sting's answer.

"Was the baby carrying a cake?" Erza asked, her face turning a tiny bit more menacing.

"W-We don't know!"

"Oh really?"

"M-Mhm!"

And before the Sabertooth member could say another word, the infamous Titania has started sprinting down the road towards the nearest train station.
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More updates to come!

I've just recently posted a JeRza one shot entitled as "A Bit of Sugar". Hope you check it out!

-jer-chan <3