I know this place.
Even though the moon and stars are out, it's snowing, too.
There's a floating snowman.
Papa, Mama, and I are here.
When the snowman hits the drum...
...the three of us smoothly fly into the air.
Papa, Mama, and I laugh.
Papa, Mama, see you later!
See you later!
Natsu, take good care of Asuka, okay?
Sure. She's in good hands.
Buy me lots of souvenirs!
Okay!
See you!
Asuka!
Huh?
I'll buy you a juice.
Okay!
What the True Heart Spins!
That was good!
Natsu, one more!
Huh?! One more?
Nah, better not. If you drink too much, you'll wet your...
Hey! Don't mention "wetting the bed"! You'll embarrass her.
I-I mean, uh, you'll let your eyes be bigger than your tummy!
I don't wet the bed anymore!
He doesn't understand a girl's feelings.
I know, right?
Huh?
You're lucky, Asuka-chan, getting to play with this kind "big brother."
Yeah! I wanna eat yummy cake next!
Cake? Do we have that here?
Sure. I had it here last time.
Sorry, Asuka-chan. We're already sold out today.
Too bad. I owe you a piece next time.
Then go to the cake shop in town and get me a piece, Natsu!
I'm gonna go all the way to town for that?
Natsu-san, how about I make a cake?
Huh? You know how to bake that kind of thing, Wendy?
Not that I'm confident about it, but I have made several cakes.
I'll do my best!
Well, I'd say there's about a 30% chance it'll actually come out tasty.
Fine. If you insist, I'll help out.
Erza...
Although nobody said anything to her...
If you're going to do it, you might as well make it the best cake in Fiore, Wendy.
R-Right.
I bet you just want to eat cake yourself.
Besides, you'll need Golden Strawberries, the maximum sweet strawberries
that only grow on the vine once every 10,000 years.
She's not listening to anyone but herself.
Let's head out for the hunt right now!
Hunt? For strawberries?
What are you doing? Get ready, Lily!
What?! Why me?
Why not?!
This sounds like fun! I'll go, too!
You're gonna play with me, right, Natsu?
Huh?
Oh, that's right.
Then I'll make the sponge cake.
I'll make the whipped cream.
Huh? You know how to do that, Carla?
Did you say something?
Of course you know how!
All right, I'm counting on you. Well, let's go, Lily!
Huh... Hey!
W-Why do I suddenly have to be involved?
I saw Erza and Lily heading out, but where are they going?
Strawberry picking.
What?
Strawberry picking?
The rules are simple! Whoever shoots the target from the farthest point is the winner.
Okay! Bam-bam!
Natsu and Asuka, what are you doing?
Natsu is gonna spew flames from his mouth...
...and Asuka-chan will shoot with her toy gun. It's a shooting contest.
There's no way I'm gonna lose!
If you lose, you have to do whatever I say.
Likewise!
What are you doing taking it seriously when your opponent's a kid?
When it comes to a showdown, it doesn't matter if you're a kid or adult!
If I say I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win!
So immature...
Well, Natsu really is just a big kid.
Showdown!
Clip-clop-clip-clop-clip-clop!
Run faster, horsey!
Neigh, horsey!
Louder!
Natsu's pathetic.
Well, Asuka-chan's parents are both top-notch gunslingers, so I'm not surprised he lost.
Speaking of them, where are Alzack and Bisca?
Out on a job. So Natsu's babysitting Asuka for the day.
Natsu, run to the park like this!
You're gonna make me run outside?!
Yeah! Hurry up! Let's go!
Kids sure can be cruel...
You lost the game, so grin and bear it!
All right, the park, huh?
Yay!
Natsu, take good care of Asuka-chan!
I hear there are dangerous characters in town these days, so be careful.
Sure! Although I'd love to run into a dangerous character!
Bam-bam-bam! Get back here, bad guy!
Ha ha ha! Ow-ow-ow-ow!
Bam-bam-bam! Bam-bam-bam! Bam-bam-bam!
Halt, bad guy! Halt!
Why did I have to chaperone?
For one thing, I worry about Natsu looking out for her on his own.
Natsu, you stink at shooting, so I'll teach you!
Get off your high horse, you little so-and-so!
Ow! Ow-ow-ow!
This is an order. Stand over there.
Yeah, right there!
H-Here?
Jump that way!
What are you makin' me do?!
You promised to do whatever I said today.
Next, I wanna go out on a job!
You can't do that.
You're still too little.
You're little too, Happy!
Why do you wanna go out on a job?
'Cause there's something that I want, see?
So if I get money, then, you know...
Cheeky little brat...
I see. But that's something you'd better ask your parents about.
He promised...
Okay, okay!
Should we go back to the guild and check the request board?
Really?!
Leave it to me!
Yay! Thanks!
A request that we could probably do with Asuka-chan tagging along...
I chose several jobs!
All right!
What's this? "Understudy in a fountain"?
What is it?
Asuka-chan can't do stuff like that!
Ah! But I know someone who can!
Huh?
I don't know about this...
Gate of the Water Bearer, I open thee! Aquarius!
A mermaid!
What are you making me do, wench?!
Sorry. You're taking over for the broken fountain...
What a beautiful fountain.
There's something I've wanted to ask you while gazing at this fountain together...
P-Please marry me!
Oh, I'm so happy!
And you're making me watch a wedding proposal scene!
Hang in there! This is work, too.
Beautiful lady!
W-Well...
I'll let it go this time...
My stove is on the fritz...
Do your best, Natsu!
The next job is a delivery!
Yay!
So, where are they?
Those... magnum sweeper specialists...
Maximum sweet strawberries.
They're somewhere in this mountain range.
That's too much ground to cover! How are we gonna search for 'em?!
Watch. Requip!
That's...
...strawberry-picking armor?
No.
Then what is it?
This strawberry armor gives off a sweet strawberry scent.
So what'll happen then?
A woman who smells like strawberries!
We can ask the dirty monkeys, since they like strawberries.
That makes sense.
All right! Lily! First capture these dirty monkeys!
What?! Don't order me around!
Come and get me, monkeys!
Just watching is boring.
Strawberry armor, strawberry sword!
I've heard that the Vulcans who live in this forest
know where the maximum sweet strawberries grow.
Tell me what you know.
Wow...
You can make a lot in one day, huh?
Even without choosing any dangerous jobs.
Don't be irritated with a child.
Now I can buy it!
"It"?
A pawn shop?
What is that?
It looks like a snow globe.
It's Lacrima, right? Beautiful!
This is a keepsake from Papa and Mama.
A keepsake?
Why was it in a pawn shop?
I don't know.
But I walked by that shop with Papa and Mama once before.
It's still in this shop, huh?
Yeah.
A lot's happened since then...
...but looking back now, it was a good memory.
I see. So you wanna give it back to your parents, huh?
Yeah!
Asuka-chan!
You're a good girl!
What a sweet story...
Really?
Hey, do you and Natsu kiss?
Excuse me?!
Papa and Mama are always doing it.
Uh, well, we're not a "papa" and "mama"...
Natsu, this is an order! Kiss!
Asuka, you're the best!
What a precocious brat!
That's right! We're not gonna do that!
He said he would do whatever I said...
Well, it's not like it's the end of the world.
That's true.
But that's not the issue!
H-Hey, Natsu, you're not really thinking...
Kids are scary!
Oh, well.
Huh?
The flying pirates, Winged Orca, just stole your treasure!
Who the hell are they?!
Sky pirates?
Are those the "dangerous characters" Wakaba warned us about?
Give it back! That's my papa and mama's!
It's Papa and Mama's memory!
All right! I think the sponge cake came out well.
The whipped cream is ready, too. Now we're just waiting on the strawberries.
I wonder if Erza-san and Lily-san found the strawberries...
Oh. So this is the strawberry garden...
And those are the maximum sweet strawberries.
No! Those are just regular old giant strawberries!
Maximum sweet strawberries are here.
At our feet.
Okay. After you harvest these strawberries, deliver them to Fairy Tail immediately.
You're a regular slave driver!
I bet we can get a high price for this Lacrima at another town!
Lucky!
Happy, let's fly!
You made my precious beak dirty!
Beak?
Give it back! Give it back!
That toy gun won't do you any good!
Why...? Why, when all of my shots are hitting you...
Give me back Papa and Mama's memory!
Give it back!
Ah! I can't see! I can't see anything!
Hey! Natsu!
Crap!
All right, fire! Four shots in a row!
Wow!
You're a crack shot, Asuka!
All of them were right on target!
Good for you, Asuka!
Yeah!
Natsu...
When it comes to a showdown, it doesn't matter if you're a kid or adult!
If I say I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win!
That's what you said, but you lost on purpose, didn't you?
There's good in you after all.
My beak... My beak...
All right, better collect this precious item.
Hey, you're not takin' anything that belongs to me!
Bastard!
I-I'll remember this!
Never underestimate sky pirates!
Hot!
That's Alzack and Bisca's kid for you!
With that aim, I wouldn't be surprised if you surpassed your parents.
Yeah!
We're back!
Perfect timing!
They're at the last step of making that cake!
Cake?
Oh! That's right!
Welcome home.
I'm back! Where's the cake?
Almost ready.
No, no, no!
If the cream doesn't melt the moment you put it in your mouth,
we can't call it the best cake in all Fiore!
Right, Coach! I mean... Erza-san!
H-How's this?
Wait. I'll give it a taste test.
It melts perfectly!
I can't wait to pair it up with this maximum sweet strawberry.
Okay! Let's decorate it!
It's finished!
All right, Asuka. Eat up!
Thank you for the cake!
It melted a little too soon!
That's too early!
Delicious!
I'm glad you're pleased!
Good for you, Asuka-chan!
I see. It was delicious, huh?
Yeah. I figured it would be good...
As I suspected, she wanted to eat it herself.
Papa! Mama! Welcome home!
We're home!
Were you a good girl?
Yeah!
We brought you a souvenir.
Really?! Thank you!
I have a present for you, too.
Hey, thanks for looking after Asuka while we were gone.
What? It was nothin'!
Something happened!
Here. This.
That's...
How did you get it, Asuka?
She went with us on some jobs and bought that with the money she earned, right?
Yeah!
We didn't make her do anything dangerous.
This was the reward for the first job Bisca and I did together.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Yeah.
How did something so precious end up in a pawn shop?
Well, it's a long story.
That brings back memories, huh?
Did you sell it because you didn't need it anymore?
No.
We sold it because we needed to.
You'll understand eventually.
Well, let's go home.
Yeah!
Natsu, Lucy, thank you for today.
Thank you.
Bye-bye! Let's work together again!
Sure! We'll do it again!
Listen to this! Natsu kissed Happy!
They are close.
They kissed?
I remember.
Yeah. Then too, we were talking with Asuka asleep between us.
Let's borrow money from everyone in the guild...
That's something we mustn't do!
But the cost of her medicine...
Asuka...
Asuka!
Her future...
...is more important than memories.
You'll get better soon.
Because we're with you.
Hey, Natsu, if I say "413," does that ring any bells?
4/13
What is it?
Juvia was just saying, "Tomorrow's 4-13!" and she looked so happy.
Maybe it's an anniversary or something.
I see. Maybe it's the day where you get to eat 413 fish.
I can't picture that bein' the case.
I've got it! It's the day where you get to eat 413 different kinds of fish!
It's not about kinds of fish!
Next time: 413 Days!
So when is the day you get to eat fish?
You gotta get the fish outta your mind.