Baby Mania Part Two

Disclaimer:Fairy Tail® by Mashima Hiro

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Gray Fullbuster sighed; his was cupping his chin with his elbow supported by the wooden chair inside his apartment, and stared at the small being toddling around his room, little arms stretched out, wide grin on the petite face and squealing voice filled the room.

"Happy! Happy!" Natsu Dragoneel, who was accidentally turned into a one year old baby, was now under his care for this night. Happy, the blue furred cat baby Natsu called, was flying (not too high though) while letting the baby chased after him.

"Here Natsu! Come here!" Happy called out, baby Natsu giggled and run towards the flying cat midair but with his uneven gait, baby Natsu accidentally tripped down his own feet and landed on the wooden floor, face first.

"Natsu!" Gray called out.

There was an awkward silence while baby Natsu pushed himself from the floor, wobbling a little, he seated down the wooden floor while his big round black eyes stared first at Happy before his little face slowly grimaced, lower lips trembling.

"Waa~~~aahh!" baby Natsu cried out, little fists on his shut eyes with tears continuously flowing down from it. "WAAA~~~AAAHH!" he loudly shrieked.

Gray hurriedly aided the crying baby while Happy eyed the baby looking guilty. "Now, now, please stop crying." Gray said trying to sooth the baby but all the more he sooth baby Natsu the louder the small being cry. Gray slightly danced the baby.

"Natsu, I'm sorry." Happy said patting the pink hair of baby Natsu.

"Shh… stop crying, everything's okay now." Gray rocked the baby side by side, gently; he stroked baby Natsu's pink hair slowly and gently. Baby Natsu's cry reduced to hiccups and sniffles, he wrapped his small arms around Gray's neck and lie down his head on the Ice Make Mage's shoulder. The gentle strokes and soft singing from Gray caused lethargy on baby Natsu, the baby yawned widely, slowly dropped his eyelid while thumb-sucking and eventually baby Natsu fell asleep.

"Gray, I think he's asleep." Happy said with much soft voice.

"Can you prepare the bed for me please?" Gray asked and continued to rock the baby while slowly walking towards the single bed. Happy nodded and fly towards the bed, the part next to the wall was the space for baby Natsu that Happy prepared. Gray laid the sleeping child on the bed, and carefully lay next to baby Natsu.

Gray was lying on his side; his head was supported by his palm while silently staring at the sleeping baby. Baby Natsu mumbled something that caused for Gray to chuckle softly, the Ice Make Mage brushed baby Natsu's pink hair. Gray felt as if he's a father now and baby Natsu was his son. He finally decided to lay his back on the bed.

"Happy can you turn off the light?" Gray asked.

"Aye…" Happy said with sleepy eyes, he flew towards the switch and flicked the light off. "Good night, Gray…" Happy said and dropped his tiny body on the throw pillow on the single couch.

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Gray tossed his head to his side there was a subtle unsettling feeling that cause him to wake up. His eyebrows met and groan while cupping his forehead. It was still dark outside, probably 12 or 1 am, Gray turned his head to his side were baby Natsu was sleeping but he suddenly froze he heard soft moaning coming from the baby.

"Natsu?" Gray asked but the baby continued to moan as if he was having a bad dream. Gray hurriedly flick opened the lamp shade next to him. "Natsu, what's wrong?" Gray asked again.

Baby Natsu was squirming in discomfort and in invincible pain. The toddler was slightly panting and series of groan escaped from his throat. Gray tremble a little, casting a worried look down to the toddler. "Natsu, are you okay?" Gray cupped Natsu's damp forehead and jolted up collecting the baby inside his arm.

He was surprised to feel the high temperature on Natsu. The toddler was having a high fever. "Happy!" Gray shrieked in panic causing for the Exceed to jolt up from the make-shift bed, looking half asleep and disoriented.

"What's wrong, Gray?" Happy sleepily asked, his tiny fist rubbing the corner of his eye while flying unevenly towards Gray.

"Natsu's having a fever." With that Happy instantly woke up, worriedly gazed down the moaning baby inside Gray's arms. "Look after him while I prepare something to cool him down." He said and laid the baby back to the bed carefully. Happy nodded and settled himself next to the squirming baby Natsu. From time to time Happy brushed the damp forehead of the baby while Gray disappeared into his small kitchen to get some water. Gray appeared with bowl of water and towel hanging on his arm.

"Gray, I think I have to call Wendy to take a look at baby Natsu." Happy said and without waiting for the response he flew outside the window towards the Fairy Hills, their guild's female dorm.

Gray approached the baby and pat the wet towel gently on baby Natsu's forehead when baby Natsu turned his head away from the towel, Gray scooped baby Natsu inside his arms, he laid the baby on his lap and let the his tiny head used his arm as pillow. Gray placed the wet clothe on the toddler's forehead.

"Everything's going to be okay now, Natsu. Wendy's going to be here in now time." Gray leaned his forehead against baby Natsu's forehead. "You're gonna be okay." He whispered soothingly, slightly rocked the baby.

Baby Natsu tried to open his eyes, his tiny hand reached out at Gray's cheek. "Gurey… Gurey…" baby Natsu mumbled, Gray was touched in baby Natsu small way of showing his appreciation, the Ice Make Mage placed a finger on the toddler's tiny fist and instinctively baby Natsu wrapped his small fist around Gray's finger.

Gray placed the baby back to the bed, he was kneeling on the floor while wiping the towel around baby Natsu's body and placing it afterwards on the baby's forehead. Gray would whisper encouraging words into baby Natsu's ear and the toddler will answer him by calling him by his make-up nickname 'Gurey'.

"Gray! I bought Wendy with me!" Happy exclaim, knocking hastily on Gray's door. Gray immediately stand up and opened the door, revealing Happy, he was carrying Wendy by the pajama earning a sweat dropped from Gray. Wendy's Exceed cat, Charle was eyeing Happy with disapproval gazed.

Happy, in panic, fly directly towards Wendy's window. Without explaining the details to the youngest Dragon Slayer of their guild, Happy snatched the sleeping Wendy from the bed and flew out the window. Startled, Wendy yelped that caused for Charle to wake up and followed Happy and Wendy to Gray's apartment. Happy vividly explain baby Natsu's situation to Wendy and Charle while flying towards the apartment.

"Where's baby Natsu, Gray-san?" Wendy asked when Happy placed her down the wooden floor.

"He's was sleeping on the bed over there." Gray motioned his head to the bed. Wendy rushed towards the baby Natsu and knelt down next to the baby.

The temperature decreased a little due to Gray's constantly wiping the baby with cold water before Wendy's arrival. The Ice Make Mage stand next to Wendy looking worried while the latter murmured that baby Natsu was having an acute viral infection and there's nothing to worry about the baby's condition. Wendy continuously healed the baby and then afterwards, Wendy sighed in relief and smiled reassuringly at the worried Gray and Happy.

"He'll be fine, Gray-san, Happy." Wendy said, wiping off the bullet sweats on her forehead using the back of her palm. "Just a good night sleep and he'll be okay again."

"Thank you, Wendy." Gray said in relief and knelt down next to baby Natsu. He wrapped his arms around the tiny body of baby Natsu and cradled the baby against his chest. Soothingly rocking the baby who was sleeping peacefully on chest, the baby was thumb sucking while snoozing quietly. Gray took a sit on the bed and watched the baby snoozed off, relief washed off from his handsome face while he was playing some strands of baby Natsu's pink hair.

Wendy chuckled knowingly while watching how Gray soothingly caressed baby Natsu; she leaned forward towards Charle and Happy. "Hey, don't you think Gray-san looks like a father to baby Natsu?" Wendy whispered but Gray was too distracted to baby Natsu to even hear Wendy and the two cats' conversation.

Happy nodded eagerly. "Yes! It's kinda refreshing to see that instead of fighting, Gray was taking care of Natsu."

Wendy smiled and nodded. "Let's leave them like that, I'm kinda getting sleepy." The youngest Dragon Slayer yawned widely while stretching up on the ceiling. Happy agreed and carried the brunette young mage out back to the Fairy Hills.

Gray, unaware that Wendy and the two cats flew out the window, he laid down the baby back on the bed. Baby Natsu clutched Gray's finger in his sleep.

THE END

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Sabrina-chan's Musing Corner: Someone requested for Gray taking care of baby Natsu, so here's the story. I hope it's not disappointing one T_T. Gurey obviously a baby way to say 'Gray'… SPOILER WATCH OUT! For the latest FT manga: MY HEART SWELLS FOR POOR LUCY! XC I kinda predicted that her father's dead after the start of time skip but still… waaaaahhhh~~

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