Secrets

Chappie 23

The family of 7 were walking to the guild, joined by Wendy, Happy, and Carla. It has been another year since the incident with Yuki's devil slayer magic, and has learned to control a majority of it. Gray held a sleeping Seiichi and Aki, Natsu held Sayuri, and a sleeping Haru, and Wendy held Yuki, who was also asleep. It was about 6 a.m. but Gray had a mission to go on, and so did Wendy. They entered the guild full of quiet and sleepy people. Once seated, Yuki had sat up and rubbed her eyes. 

"Hey, Yuki, how'd you sleep?" Natsu asked. She shrugged and continued to rub her eyes. After her hands dropped to her sides, she blinked a few times, crawled under the table, and onto Gray's lap.

"Daddy, can you stay home this time?" 

"Why?" 

"Because I want you to stay here this time. Mommy can go on missions, right?" 

Gray shrugged and looked at Natsu, only to find her looking hopefully at Gray. He shook his head and laughed. 

"Fine, I'll stay here. Mommy can go this time." 

"Yes! Fill me in, hun!" 

He chuckled and proceeded to tell her that is was a simple mission to catch a band of thieves described as wearing black spandex. (A.N. If you can guess who it is, I'll give you virtual cookies!!) She got excited and Gray had gone back to the house with Happy; switching his stuff with hers. When he got back, all the kids were awake and drawing in a different corner and Natsu sat with Gajeel, Laxus, and Wendy. He sat next to Wendy and Laxus, sliding her bag to her from under the table. She hoisted into the seat next to her.

 "Gray, are you ready to go?" 

He turned, seeing Lucy and Erza. Wendy smiled at them and Gray lifted her over himself and put her on her feet in front of them. 

"Actually, I'm gonna sit this one out. But, you'll have Natsu with you."

 Erza looked toward the woman and Lucy grabbed her hand; dragging her out of the doors. 

"Come on, this is your first mission in, like, 7 years!"

The guild laughed as they watched Natsu practically fly out of the guild. Gray shook his head. 

"She's gonna be tired just from that, huh?"

 "Mhm. Well, we'll be going now. See you sometime tomorrow." 

He nodded and waved as they walked out of the door, leaving himself, Gajeel, and Laxus at a table. 

"I feel kinda bad for her." Laxus said honestly. The other two laughed and started a new conversation. 

*-On the train-* 

Natsu laid on Erza's lap, remaining awake. 

"Are you sure that's better, Natsu?" 

"Yeah. During one of our visits to Sabertooth, I laid on Gray's lap, and the train started to move before he could pressure point me. Turns out I'll know what a train's like as long as I lay there and feel it." 

Lucy, Wendy, and Erza laughed. 

"I just realized this is an all-girl mission." Carla said. The girls smiled and looked at the team that consisted of the 5 girls. 

"Hmm, you're right. At least none of the boys will be fighting the whole time." 

They all nodded and enjoyed a peaceful ride to Crocus. 

*-Back at the guild-* 

Freed walked in with a little girl laying her head against his shoulder as he walked. Just from looking at the girl, she looked to be about 4, and had red hair. She wore a blue shirt and light purple pants, with silver, sparkly flats and socks that reached the middle of her shins. 

"Hey, Freed. How's Ehlianna doing?"

 Freed smiled and sat next to Laxus on the other side of the bench. 

"She's doing well, thank you for asking." 

Ehlianna is the adopted daughter of Freed and Laxus, and she's Yuki's best friend. Her head turned toward the other two and she sleepily opened her eyes; smiling at the two sitting in front of her.

"Hi Gray-nii and Gajeel-oji-san. Morning, Papa and Daddy." They all smiled. Loke, apparently bringing himself from the spirit world, walked in with 3 kids. Lucy had been around Natsu too much... Anyways, the oldest child, Lana, walked beside Loke and held his pocket. In his arms were the twins, Luke and Laci. Laci had strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes, while Luke had blonde hair and brown eyes, and they were both 4 months old. Romeo, now 13, brought in a dark blue hair, blue eyed baby, with a big smile on his face. 

"Did you do it, Romeo?"

 He nodded, a smug look now on his face. 

"Alright, hold on."

 Gray stood up and fished out his wallet, did some quick mental math, and handed Romeo 60jewel. 

"Woah, this is the most amount of money I've ever held! Thanks, Gray!" 

Romeo handed him the baby and he let Gray ruffle his hair. 

"Spend it wisely, bud. Thanks for babysitting her." 

He nodded with a wide grin.

 "So, little Elli, did you have fun with Uncle Romeo?" The 4 month old little girl gurgled in response. He chuckled, followed by Freed, and sat down. 

"She's adorable! I haven't seen her in a while!" 

"I know. Romeo wanted to prove Macao wrong that he wasn't immature, so I told him that if he could take care of Elli for one night, by himself, then he could prove himself as mature." 

Laxus bounced Ehlianna on his knee as Elli held his finger. He laughed and they watched as Rogue made his way in with Raijin and their daughter Freydis, followed by Levy and Jet, because Jet helped her get the kids ready. Emma let go of Jet's hand and ran to the other kids, and Levy sat with Gajeel, Gray, Laxus, and Freed with the twins, Logan and Layla. Layla had blue hair and red eyes, and Logan had blue hair and hazel eyes, just like Levy. Evergreen bounced her and Elfman's baby girl, Ania, on her knee as she sat at the bar, talking to Mira. Everyone decided that today was just a day to enjoy each other's company. 

MOrE KiDdOS!!!!!! And I finally posted a chapter! There's now 17 KIDS!! HAHA! Anyways, I hope you guys liked this chapter, I'll try to get another one up by tomorrow. Also, who do you think the villans in black spandex are?? Anywho...

See ya!

~Son Chiyu