HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUCKERSSSS. And welcome, my dearest friends, to the 23 and final chapter of Only Time Can Heal A Dragons Heart. Once again im very sorry for the long hiatus, but this here is my apologetic return. I hope you enjoy!

I don't own Fairy Tail but I do own my original plot and my OCs.

Battle of Dragons: Part Three: FINALE

"THIS FIGHT CHILD OF IGNEEL...HAS JUST YET BEGUN!" roared the now human Acnologia. Despite his smaller size, Natsu only felt a larger sense of dread.

Natsu stood up, the only human part of his body, his face, glowing with determination. Nova swooped down and landed next to him before lowering down into an offensive posture.

"Natsu!" called out someone from the ranks of Fairy Tail mages, he didn't have to look to see who it was. Lisanna.

"I don't know what you've gone through. I don't know how you've gotten this strong. But if you are anything like the Natsu we knew, then we all know you'll find a way to win and save everyone!" she cheered, and the rest of his ex-guild joined her, all raising their fists into the air and cheering for the dragon slayer. Looks like they didn't take a grudge about what he did to Gildarts.

Natsu took a moment to glance back at Fairy Tail. His oldest friends, all cheering for him. He had abandoned them and joined a dark guild.

Natsu just gave a determined smirk and nodded at Master Makarov.

"COME NOW CHILD OF IGNEEL. THIS FIGHT WILL GO TO YOUR DEATH!" roared Acnologia

'The path to your destiny has been laid out, and your first challenger stands before you. SO FIGHT NOW NATSU!' Durak cheered

Elsewhere in a volcanic wasteland

"YOU CANT BEAT HIM NATSU! HE WILL KILL YOU! RUN AWAY!" Roared Igneel desperately, he knew Natsu couldnt hear him, but what else could he do. There was no way Natsu had enough antibodies for the upcoming fight, if Igneel left his place Natsu would surely turn into a full fledged dragon.

Back on Tenrou

"You want a fight! Well come on then! Lets do this!" Natsu roared before launching up into the sky with a single flap of his wings, Nova right behind him.

Below him, Acnologia in his human form sprouted wings and took off to meet Natsu.

When Acnologia reached the clouds, Natsu was nowhere to be seen, and his dragon senses couldn't pick him up. That is until his ears picked up the flap of a wing and his eyes shot up towards the sun. Or at least what he thought was the sun. There was Natsu, holding a miniature sun over his head.

"DRAGON PRINCE DESTRUCTION ARTS: SOLAR FLARE SURGE!" Natsu roared before dozens of coils of fire erupted from the solar mass and snaked their way towards Acnologia.

Acnologia dodged most of them midair until one got a bit too close and seared the tip of his left wing. Nothing to the Black Dragon of the Apocolypse.

"IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT SON OF IGNEEL!?" Acnologia roared in challenge. But he received no response, instead, he got a pink haired Dragon Slayer appearing in front of him with his fist cocked back.

As Natsu thrust his fist forward he was shocked as Acnologia caught his fist and thrust his own punch into Natsu's gut. It felt like he had been hit by a freight train, only lacking the motion sickness. Before Natsu could recover, Acnologia grabbed Natsu's tail and swung it around him, throwing Natsu away.

To stop his movement, Natsu spread out his wings and came to a halt, But before he could re-orient himself, Acnologia appeared above him with an orb of chaos in his palm.

"BLACK DRAGONS DOMINATING PALM!" Acnologia spoke before he thrust his hand onto Natsu's chest. For a second nothing happened, but just as Natsu's eyes widened, he exploded in a cloud of darkness only to immediately penetrate it as he came hurtling down to the ground.

As Natsu made impact with the ground, a huge crater formed around him.

Natsu laid there, eyes blank and blood trailing from the corner of his mouth.

'Shit. Can't move. Why is he so strong? How does that even make any sense. I destroyed his dragon form easy enough' Natsu thought to himself.

After a few seconds, his vision cleared up and he could see that above him, Nova was fighting Acnologia on his own, there was no way the solar drake could last against the Apocolypse Dragon.

'Gotta get up, gotta help Nova, gotta save my friends' Natsu told himself, but his body remained unresponsive

'Natsu...' a voice run in his head. It was so familiar, so sweet.

'Wha?' he thought.

'Natsu. Sweetie' the voice called out again, and once Natsu realized who it was, the visage of the person appeared above him, floating there, staring him in the eyes.

Ultear.

'Come on lazy. You can't let Nova do all the work. You've got to be more useful than this' she said playfully, despite the clashing in the sky.

'I can't move Ultear. I can't do anything. What if im dead? Just like that'.

'You're not dead. But you will be soon if you dont get up' she spoke, her voice turning a bit more serious.

'How am I supposed to defeat him? I used one of my most powerful moves just to beat his dragon form'

'Natsu. My own Dragon Slayer. You promised you'd never leave me. Never leave...us" she said, gesturing to her swollen stomach.

'The baby...' Natsu thought.

'Our baby. Natsu you have to beat him, for us. For our child. Don't make me raise our child alone! Don't let our child grow up without knowing his father! BEAT HIM FOR US NATSU!' Ultear cried out before her image was shattered as Natsu gasped for the breath he didn't knew he was holding. Natsu crawled to his feet and shakily stood to his feet. Above him he could see Nova diving in for another attack, but Acnologia had had enough and caught the drake by the throat.

"NOVA!" Natsu roared.

'Sorry Buddy, I know we never got to test this out, but I feel that this is gonna have to happen if we're to beat him'

The drake in question strained his head down to look at his master. Acnologia too was looking at Natsu, not entirely surprised to see the Dragon Slayer up on his feet.

Natsu gave the drake a nod, and the drake returned it. In a flash of blinding light, the drakes normal scaled form was replaced by one made entirely of blinding solare fire. Acnologia roared in pain and released the drake, who immediatly flew down to Natsu in a nose dive.

"I REALLY HOPE THIS WORKS!" Natsu roared before he opened his mouth as wide as he could and and inhaled the entirety of the body of the drake. As Natsus stomach expanded massively in size and receded, a pulse errupted in Natsus head as a new consiousness took place there.

Then a blinding white ball of fire formed around the Dragon Slayers, blocking all view from every onlooker.

"DRAGON MASTERS ULTIMATE FORM: BOND OF INFINITE SUNS!" roared the voice of Natsu from within the orb, but his voice was off, there was another unfamiliar voice overlapped with his. Before anyone could question the voice, the orb exploded revealing Natsu in a new form. His drakogon form could still be seen, but his claws and eyes were glowing yellow as well as several locks of his hair. And all over his body in swirling patterns, his scales glowed bright yellow among the usual crimson ones.

"WHAT IS THIS!?" Demanded Acnologia.

"THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR UNDOING. THIS IS THE GREATEST MAGIC A DRAKE MASTER CAN EVER ACHIEVE, PERFECT FUSION."

The newly formed Natsu shot up into the sky to meet Acnologia head on, Natsu immediatly launched a fist at Acnologia, but instead of catching it, this time it struck hard across Acnologia's face, the look of shock evident on the face of the Black Dragon.

"For my friends" Natsu roared before launching into an assault on Acnologia. Punch after punch, each striking the enemy harder and harder, until a final blow to the stomach was chained together with a devastating ax kick that sent Acnologia hurtling towards the ground.

As Natsu flew down towards Acnologia's impact site, he knew he wouldn't have long to do this next attack.

Natsu hovered over Acnologia's impact site and could already see the rubble shifting.

Natsu focused all the fire energy he could into his right hand, as it grew hotter and hotter the air started churning around Natsu. Natsu was ready to attack.

Finally, the rubble covering Acnologia exploded and he revealed himself.

Acnologia immediatly started to inhale all the air around him for a roar attack, Natsu couldnt let that happen.

"DRAKE FUSION FINISHING MOVE: ALMIGHTY SOLAR SPEAR!" Natsu roared before he rushed at Acnologia in a blinding flash of speed, Acnologia barely had time to turn before Natsu thrust his hand through the Apocalypse Dragons chest. Instantly the roar attack faded from the Dragons maw as he looked down at Natsu's arm.

"For my Guild"

Natsu retracted his arm, and stood back, the battle was over.

Or so he thought.

"Not even close to finishing me boy" the monster said with an evil glee.

"Shit" Natsu cursed before Acnologia planted his fist into Natsu's stomach sending him hurtling across the ground and a cliff side, causing said cliff to crumble.

'That assault took a lot of energy out of us' said Nova inside Natsu's head

'I know. How the hell are we supposed to beat him when a hand through the chest wont put him down' spoke Natsu

'Natsu. I think I have a solution. But will be pretty risky, and it might end up doing more damage to you than its worth' announced Durak.

'Who the fuck is that!?' asked Nova in shock

'The one who was here in this idiots head before you. Natsu, what do you think?'

'If you think it can end this fight then go ahead. As long as it doesnt kill me. I still have a kid on the way' Natsu thought

'Okay, I just need a few moments, which means you just need to keep fighting him' Durak spoke before going silent.

'I think we can handle that' Nova spoke

Natsu roared as he exploded out of the rubble of the mountain, Tenrou island wasnt going to be much when they were done here.

Natsu charged at Acnologia with a breath attack locked and loaded, Acnologia responded with one of his own.

"SUPERNOVA DRAGONS ROAR!"

"ULTIMATE APOCOLYPSE ROAR!"

The two roars clashed head on and began a struggle for power, but slowly and surely, Natsu lost ground.

Somewhere in a Volcanic Wasteland

"Gods above. When the hell did Natsu learn to fuse with a drake? And a Solar drake no less. Where did he even get a Solar Drake?" Igneel asked himself

"That would be my doing" Announced a unfamiliar voice

"WHO GOES THERE?" Demanded Igneel

Suddenly, a black flating orb appeared in front of the Dragon King.

"My name is Durak. I have been training your son in his time at Grimoire Heart"

"Hmmm...I see. Well, why are you here? WHY ARENT YOU HELPING MY BOY!?" Igneel demanded.

"That is exactly why I'm here, see, while Natsu has gotten far closer to Acnologias power, he still falls short. Too much is left for him to surpass on will or anger alone" Durak spoke

"I see. And what do you propose?" Igneel asked

"I can give Natsu access to my power, sort of a three way fusion between him, Nova and I. The only problem is, that his body wouldn't be able to contain so much raw power" Durak presented

"I understand, and you want me to sacrifice my energy to strengthen his body"

"Indeed. Even from Natsu's consciousness I can tell your energy is fading. You don't have long. A few more years at the most. But I believe that If you do this, you can also overcharge the creation of antibodies in his system so that there will no longer be any chance of him turning into a dragon".

"This is quite the plan. If I say no then Natsu will slowly but surely be overwhelmed by Acnologia. I see I have no choice, but I want to say goodbye before I fade away completely" Igneel spoke, sadness shrouded his tone.

"Of course. Thank you Ingeel, Father of Natsu" Durak spoke before the orb moved closer to Igneel and expanded large enough to encompass the Dragon King.

Natsu was blasted away by another one of Acnoloia's attacks, he was running out of ideas. Just as he was about to try another tactic, Durak's presence returned in his mind.

'Natsu, there isnt much time, but I have a way to empower you even more, and I also have a way of keeping you safe. You have to accept me into your fusion with Nova. I can aid you with the power of the Devil's Heart' Durak announced

'Whatever I have to do, lets do it! Ready Nova?'

'Yes Natsu'

'Alright Durak' Natsu spoke before he tried to pull Duraks consciousness into the melded one of his and Nova's. At first it felt like it wasn't working, until eventually, Natsu could feel Durak's consciousness meld with his own.

'Alright Natsu, now comes the hard part' Durak said before he began to draw on the power of the devils heart and fuse it into Natsu's body.

Natsu roared in pain. His body felt like a water balloon that was close to bursting he could feel spikes erupting from his body and his scaled skin shifting and changing.

Just when Natsus body felt like it was going to explode, a sudden surge of relief flooded him, like that very same water balloon somehow magically got bigger and able to hold more water.

But for some reason, he reminded himself of Igneel, if that even made any sense.

But before Natsu could think much more on it, he could feel the transformation coming to a close.

Taking in his new form, he was kind of shocked with the drastic change. The scales covering his body were now jet black, but the spiraling patterns of glowing scales remained, but half were bright yellow, and half were dark red. The bony spikes jutting out of various places on his body were either glowing white. If he could see his face he'd be able to see that his eyes were red with black pupils and his hair had now turned into pink with white locks in various places. His wing skin and claws were blood red as well.

"What happened to us" spoke three voices coming out of Natsu

"A perfect fusion between a Demon Heart, a Dragon Prince, and Solar Drake Familiar"

"A Solar Demonic Dragon?"

"Eh, sounds kind of lame. Maybe we will think of a different name later".

"Well now, looks like Acnologia is looking for us. Lets go over and show him we didn't run away"

"Good Idea"

Natsu launched into the air at top speed and hurtled towards Acnologia. Acnologia saw him before he could catch him by surprise.

"ONCE AGAIN YOU CHANGE FORMS? THIS IS NO LONGER AN AMUSING BATTLE!" Acnologia roared before he charged at Natsu.

Before the Black Dragon could throw a punch at his opponent, Natsu appeared above his enemy and charged a punch straight into the back of the Apocalypse Dragon.

In a flash, Acnologia made impact with the ground.

Natsu was there in a flash. Acnologia burst up and tried to deliver a punch to Natsu, but Natsu easily caught it. Acnologia tried to throw his other fist but Natsu caught that one as well, Acnologia couldn't fight.

"WHERE IN HELL DID ALL THIS STRENGTH COME FROM?" Acnologia demanded

"A DEVIL HEART" "A SOLAR DRAKE" "A DRAGON KING" Spoke all three voices at once.

Acnoligia let loose a roar that shook the ground underneath them and inhaled for a roar attack.

Natsu just grinned and inhaled for one of his own.

"APOCALYPSE ROAR!"

"TRIPLE FUSION ULTIMATE ATTACK: ROAR OF THE DEMONIC SOLAR DRAGON!"

The two beams met in the little distance between them, but Natsu's over powered Acnologia's instantly. Natsu's breath overtook Acnologia and engulfed him in a black fire so hot it was turning all the ground around them to molten rock.

Acnologia screamed out in pain as his body was burned away. Here ended the rule of Acnologia the Black Dragon of the Apocolypse. He dared to challenge Prince Natsu Dragneel and he fell to the might of a king.

Once every trace of Acnologia had been burned to a crisp, Natsu fell to one knee. His mind could barely take it anymore. The fusion of three dissolved into three parts, Natsu grossly wretched up a glob of white hot fire which slowly grew and solidified into an unconscious Nova. Either that or he was napping. And Duraks consciousness separated from his own and retreated into a dark corner to reconstitute.

Just as Natsu was about to struggle to his feet, suddenly a familiar voice stopped Natsu.

"My son" spoke the voice, and Natsu froze. Could it really be? As he turned around he was met with the one person he'd wanted to see in so long. Igneel.

"D-dad?"

"Yes Natsu, it's really me. Before you say anything, I have some explaining to do and I don't have much time"

"O-okay?"

"This whole time, I've been inside you Natsu. I've been creating anti-bodies inside of you so that no matter how much Dragon Slayer magic you used you would never turn into a dragon like Acnologia."

"This whole time...inside of me?"

"I know, but now I've used up too much of my energy. You're friend Durak came to me and asked for my assistance, and I was all to glad to help, anything to kill that monster Acnologia"

"D-dad, what are you saying?"

"I'm dying Natsu. I only have a few more moments. But I want you to know this and never forget it. What you did today, here, it made me so proud. You are so strong Natsu, even with the help of your friends. You managed to defeat a monster none of us dragons ever could. That's why you are taking my title Natsu"

"Wait what?"

"Natsu, today I proclaim you Natsu the Fire Dragon King"

"Dad. Don't leave me. I've spent all this time looking for you. Don't leave!"

"I could never have been more proud of you my boy. Raise my great grandchild well. I love you Natsu..." Igneel spoke before his body slowly disintegrated into nothing.

Natsu was overcome with his emotions, happiness, sorrow, depression, pride. So many at once, he didn't even notice when he blacked out.

When Natsu was awoken, he was surrounded by Fairy Tail Mages, they had put a tent up over him and Nova, who remained sleeping soundly. It looked like Wendy had healed his wounds pretty well. As Natsu climbed out of the tent and stood to his full height on shaky legs, he was met with the surprised stares of his ex guild.

"Natsu" spoke Lisanna, her voice shifting from shocked to overjoyed.

"Natsu" sighed Lucy, her face switching from worry to relief.

"Natsu" said gray, his face shifting from shocked to happy to neutral very quickly.

"Natsu my boy" spoke Master Makarov.

"Master Makarov" Natsu spoke.

"Jesus christ boy, what you did today is beyond the realm of legends. You fought the apocalypse and won" Master spoke, his voice brimming with pride.

"Oh you know. It was nothi-" Natsu started before he was consumed by his friends trying to hug him and pat him on the back. Even an especially crippling one from Gildarts, which probably included a little bit more than a little contempt.

"Natsu. I'm sorry to ask this so soon after everything, but this has been killing us all" spoke Gildarts.

"WHY DID YOU JOIN A DARK GUILD" the whole guild asked in unison

"I thought they would help me find Igneel" Natsu spoke, before he remembered the events that transpired before he fell unconscious, and his face turned sad.

"Natsu, did something happen? asked Makarov

Then Natsu went into the story of what Igneel told him. Many of his ex-guild members shed tears of their own as he told them how he dissipated away.

"My dear boy. I'm so very sorry" Makarov said

"It's okay gramps. I'm just happy that I got to see him" Natsu said, trying to end the pity party.

"Well, I know just the thing to get our spirits back up. Lets have a party!" roared Makarov as casks of beer and mead appeared out of nowhere. Everyone cheered in response.

Natsu just sat down on the ground and went over recent events. How had everything come up to this? Just a few months ago he was the new guy at Grimoire Heart, not knowing what to do. Now he'd killed their guild master in a rage. It was all thanks to Ultear that he found his way there...

"OH SHIT! I FORGOT ABOUT ULTEAR!" Natsu cried out in despair. She was probably worried absolutely sick.

"Nastu my boy, whosh this Ultear?" Makarov asked, his cheeks rosy from his inebriation.

"SHE'S MY-"

"OH MY! Does Natsu have a lady friend?" Gildarts asked, his cheeks matching Makarovs

"Is she that girl you were with when we met in Kendon Natsu?" asked Lisanna shyly, stepping towards Natsu, apparently things hadn't worked out for the best with Gray.

"She's m-" Natsu started but was interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Girl? I'm much more than just a girl to Natsu here, isn't that right loverboy?" spoke the voice aloud, and all faced turned to see a very pregnant Ultear walking towards Natsu, her hands supporting her stomach.

"Ultear!" Natsu shouted before he ran over her and embraced her as hard as he could while still being careful of the baby.

"When the reports stopped coming I got worried, so I sent down personnel to search the island. When they started bringing back the seven purgatories in unconscious state or worse I started to freak out. The only conscious one was Keiron, and he said that you were facing off against a super tough guy." Ultear started, before all eyes turned to Gildarts.

"What? He was the enemy" Gildarts shrugged nonchalantly.

"I was going to come down here myself to find you myself, but then that dragon showed up..." Ultear trailed off as tears started to well up in her eyes.

"I know I know, I'm so sorry Ultear baby. I had to fight him though. He would have killed everyone" Natsu explained as he held her. One of his hand covering one of hers that was supporting her stomach.

"Wheres Hades. I need to have a few words with that bastard. Hes the only person unaccounted for" she said. Natsu froze.

"I may. Have, Just a little, kindaaaaa...killed him" Natsu said in a tone that was entirely too modest. All noise around them froze, any eyes that weren't on them were now.

"Y-...you killed him?...why?"

"He put a spell on Zancrow that made him torture Mira and Erza..." Natsu spoke, and everyone gasped, even Erza who didn't know Zancrow had been influenced.

"Jesus christ Natsu, what are we gonna do? Half the guild is out of commission"

"Don't worry baby. I...I-Ill take over for the time being. How hard can running a guild be?" Natsu asked innocently, and for a second, the silence remained, then Master Makarov erupted in laughter.

Natsu just sighed and sat down on a stump while Ultear took a seat in his lap and leaned into him.

"I was so worried Natsu. If something had happened to you..." Ultear said, trailing off at the end. Natsu just laid a hand on her stomach and caressed it.

"I know. But nothing. No force on Earthland could stop me from being there to raise our child with you" Natsu said, before he gave her a kiss on her cheek.

"I love you so much Natsu" Ultear spoke quietly to her Dragon.

"I love you more than anything Ultear"

Natsu left Fairy Tails company on good terms, he even waved goodbye to Lisanna and Lucy. Many of his ex guild members tried to talk him into staying with them, but Natsu told them all the same thing. He had found a new guild. One that he was going to turn around. He had decided that he WAS going to take leadership of Grimoire Heart and build it back up to its glory. There might be some policy changes, but at least for now, Grimoire Heart would remain a dark guild.

As Natsu, Ultear, and Nova neared the airship, Ultear stopped him.

"What are we going to say? About Hades?"

"I think, for now, we keep it hidden until we know what Hades was up to. He put that spell on Zancrow, clearly he wasn't the man we thought he was" Natsu responded, and Ultear nodded in agreement.

"Alright, all settled then" Natsu spoke before wings erupted from his back in a slightly if not more painful looking display.

Natsu picked Ultear up bridal style and gently took off into the air with Nova right behind him.

As they flew higher, Natsu could truly see the damage dealt to the island. The majority of what was still standing was charred and burned. The rest was occupied by rubble filled craters. The clouds above them were dark and heavy, no doubt about to release the mass amounts of water that must have been evaporated during their fight.

Natsu entered the airship from the still shattered window of the main room. There he could see that the majority of the purgatories were awake and nursing their wounds. Natsu was set on edge when Azuma looked up at him, but nothing parked in his eyes, he must have forgotten that Natsu knocked him out.

"Natsu! Ultear!" shouted Keiron as he ran up to them from his place next to Keina.

"Kei, hey" Natsu spoke cheerfully

"What the hell happened? What was that dragon?" Kei asked, and instantly everyone turned their heads towards him, clearly interested in his explanation.

"Alright, might as well say it while everyone is listening. That, was Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse. He was summoned to Tenrou by a mysterious man that confronted me on the island. When the dragon showed up, we fought to the death, its obvious who won" Natsu said, and was received by some tired but still enthusiastic cheers.

"But there's something you all should know" Natsu started, and everyone's face turned to concerned curiosity.

"During the events down on Tenrou, Master Hades was killed" Natsu stated, and everyone gasped.

"HOW!?" many of them demanded

"I don't know. But I'm determined to find out. I'm sure this will come out eventually, whenever Zancrow wakes up. But Master Hades did cast a spell on Zancrow influencing him to torture the Fairy Tail members Erza Scarlet and Mirajane Strauss" At this, the guild members were even more shocked.

"WHAT?"

"NO WAY?"

"WHY THE HELL WOULD HE DO THAT!?"

"QUIET DOWN!" Natsu ordered

"I don't know why Hades would do that. Frankly I didn't even know him that well. But I believe that Hades was up to something he wasn't telling us, I don't know what it was, but i'm determined to find out. I've decided that for the time being, if no one objects, I would take up the tile of Guild Master and rebuild Grimoire Heart" Natsu announced, and as the shock on their faces faded, one by one, each of them stood up and saluted Natsu, a clutching gesture over their hearts.

"Then it's settled. From here on out, Grimoire Heart is under reconstruction!" Natsu shouted before walking towards Hades's office. Ultear told him she was going to bed early and for him to not be long. He sent Nova with her.

When he stepped inside, he was surprised by the messiness, it wasn't usually like this from what he'd seen in the past. On his desk there were several books and dozens of pages of notes and journal entries, most of which spoke about a specific person, usually like 'still no sign of him' or 'how can he be so elusive' and the last entry is what caught Natsu's eye.

We found him. Finally. Now we can move on with the next part of the plan.
We have determined that he has been asleep on Tenrou island. I plan to mobilize the Purgatories, as well ans Keiron and Natsu. I'm still not quite sure about that boy. I don't believe he is truly devoted to the cause. Perhaps it was indeed best that the entire truth be kept from him until further notice. I will call the guild together to announce the mission tomorrow. HE WILL BELONG TO US.

That was the last entry Hades wrote. Was the man Natsu met on the Island the same one Hades spoke of? And why did Hades want this man so badly? It hurt Natsu's brain thinking about it. He was just too exhausted, with a sigh, Natsu rubbed his eyes before exiting Hades, or rather his, office.

The rest of the guild was one by one turning in for the night. Keiron and Keina had disappeared, Natsu didn't even know where Rel and Ren were.

When Natsu entered his room, Ultear was sound asleep on their bed.

Natsu slowly took off his heavily battle damaged armor, the majority of his shredded clothes, and climbed in next to her. The mattress felt like heaven. The last thing he saw before his vision went black was Ultear smiling in her sleep.

Not too far in the future

"Push Ultear! Push" shouted the doctor, standing in front of Ultear who was dressed in a hospital gown and was laying on her back on a padded table.

"Come on Ul, keep pushing! You're so close, you're almost there!" Natsu cheered, the love of his life was giving birth to their child.

Ultear screamed in pain as she tried her hardest to push out the vile demon that Natsu had cursed her with. That fucking idiot.

With one more scream the baby was fully delivered and was immediately tended to by the nurses. Ultear finally released her hold on Natsu's hand and just stayed their, trying to catch her breath.

Natsu leaned over to the doctor and whispered into his ear.

"Yeah, pretty sure she snapped a bone or two like thirty minutes ago" Natsu muttered, and when the doctor laughed he sighed.

"Congratulations Ultear, Mr. Dragneel. It's a boy"

There you guys go. Honestly I'm pretty proud of myself. I posted this story exactly two years ago, and I couldn't be happier with it. I love this story just as much as I love you guys, even if the majority of you fuckers don't leave reviews, (SERIOUSLY, LEAVE A REVIEW. THAT'S ALL I WANT). But anyways, this story has been a ride, and I'm a little sad but also happy to say this.

Thank you all for the time you've spent reading my stories. Especially those of you who were with me in the beginning. I appreciate every single one of you.

This has been WINDBEAR. And I'll see you all next time.