Epilogue

5 months later

"That's her! That's her! Don't lose her!" A chorus of angry screams were echoing outside the house that afternoon, and it was getting harder and harder for Gale to concentrate on his work. That morning he might've heard an explosion, but he ignored it thinking that it couldn't possibly be his wife causing it. A few hours later he could've possibly heard some of the villagers screaming 'fire', but he knew that there was no way that his wife could've burned anything. And a few minutes before this, he was pretty sure he heard the sound of sharpening pitchforks, but there was no way that it was to threaten his wife.

"Merde…" Gale's head fell into his hands as he massaged his forehead out of frustration and worry. There's no one on this earth that can create utter chaos in a day other than Vivi.

He knew that it could only be his wife that was creating all of the chaos outside, but he had sincerely hoped that it wasn't her. Before she would marry him, she made him swear that he wouldn't breathe down her neck so much about her experimenting, and for 5 months, he didn't. He ignored every new burnt mark he saw around town, or any signs of objects turning purple, or any sound that made even him shudder, but he couldn't ignore it any longer.

The door burst open and Vivi ran inside, slamming the door closed with her foot before she sped up the stairs and dove under the bed to pull out an enormous luggage.

That's not a good sign…

"Vivi…what did you do today?" Gale asked from downstairs, slowly getting up and gathering his own stuff to get ready to run. He's been in this situation before and it won't be his last, that's for sure.

"N-nothing! Absolutely nothing!" She squeaked back, but the thundering footsteps of villagers nearing their house didn't sound so assuring.

He stepped towards the window and looked outside and spat out a muttered curse. Every villager was each holding a pitchfork, but that wasn't a new sight. What was new was that the town hall and a few other buildings have blown up, and the villagers were covered in soot.

"VIVI!" Gale yelled in shock when he saw what happened outside, backing away quickly from the window to gather his stuff even faster. In this kind of situation, hesitation kills. There were no more pauses in his sentences anymore when he asked, "What were you doing out there?"

"I was just trying to make and experiment my own fireworks! I wanted to contribute to the fireworks festival!"

"That was last season!" He said through gritted teeth.

The herd of villagers was getting closer and closer, he could hear them. He ran upstairs, opened the wardrobe, grabbed all of her clothes and stuffed it into the open luggage without folding it neatly like what she was doing.

"We gotta go. Now!" He slammed the luggage shut and locked it immediately, carrying it with one hand so he could grab her hand with the other. Pulling her up, they ran downstairs to get the small rucksack he packed a short while ago with all of his study essentials and opened the door. The villagers who were nearby spotted them opening the door and one cried, "Over there!"

"Come on!" Gale yelled, pulling his wife into a run.

He looked back to see how far the villagers were from them and caught sight of Vivi smiling at him, laughing out loud as if she was enjoying the moment.

"What?" He asked, breathing hard.

"I love you!" Vivi yelled in reply, and this time, it was his turn to smile. He threw his head back and laughed out loud too. As crazy as it sounds, no matter what kind of trouble she gets into, the idea of a mad crowd of villagers with pitchforks chasing them didn't bother him as long as he had her running right next to him.

"Oh, bee-tee-dub, I used the last of your batch of fugue mushroom for the fireworks, baby."

…But sometimes, he couldn't help wanting to kill her.

"…"

"Gale?"

"…"

"Gale! Say something!"

"There she is, get her!" The herd of villagers yelled, the mayor himself riding on top of the wave of angry villagers.

"Gale! Are you mad at me?"

"Don't lose her men!" The mayor and his son yelled in unison, both raising their pitchforks in the air.

"…"

There's never going to be another woman like her, someone who drives him crazy with love and frustration at the same time. A smile cracked upon his face and he yelled back,

"I love you too. But you're being grounded when we reach the next village!" He growled, reflecting a thrown frying pan. For an old woman like Yolanda, her strength was not to be overlooked.

"And I'll happily stay put-" she ducked away from a coconut, "-because…because…Gale, I'm pregnant!"

Gale almost tripped on his own feet upon hearing the news. He was about to become a father? He was so overcome with happiness and excitement that he almost didn't dodge a knife in time, the knife nicking his cheek slightly. Acting on protective impulse, he shot a ball of fire onto the ground behind him, the flames growing into a wall to separate them. The villagers tried to throw things through the flame, but it simply reduced into ashes. The both of them slowed down into a slow jog before stopping completely to catch their breath.

"Just like you to tell me the important stuff later, love…" He pulled her closer and kissed her, hearing a muffled giggle.

"If I lay down all of my surprises, where's the fun in that?" She countered, patting his cheek while grinning mischievously. His hand traveled down to touch her stomach and he smiled.

"The next village better be ready for the three of us, you two will wreak havoc and trouble for sure."

"But you'll be there to extinguish the flames, dear."

"I'm the only one who can."

Before he could pull her into another kiss, the wall of flames came down and the villagers who hadn't budge came running again, several were holding more pitchforks, and they didn't hesitate in throwing them.

Gale and Vivi broke out into another run, and as they continued running, both holding hands and bags while expertly ducking flying pitchforks and objects thrown at them, they were laughing and smiling all the way as they ran into the sunset.

FIN.

Yup, this is the FINAL end of the story. I hoped all of you guys enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it...even though at some points I wanted to do simply nothing but pull my hair when I cant think of what to write. I wanna thank everyone who ever reviewed my story, but I would really like to thank Halloween Witch, MagicalSquaresofDarkness, and floridapanther28 for all the reviews, encouragement, and support for the story. You don't know how happy I am whenever I see your reviews, seriously, I smile like a crazy person that freaks my sister out.

Anyhoo, thank you again guys! Maybe i'll make a one-shot of their kid. Name suggestions anyone? ;)