I'm assuming this chapter to be the last one (for now). Quite close to this story's anniversary, we are. I'll try to include everything I want to get in this chapter. If I manage to do that, then you guys shouldn't be expecting a very quick update. It's been two god damn weeks, maybe even three? Idk. Oh, right, I should probably tell you people why that is. First week I was on break. Vacation makes it pretty tough for me to write, as that time is pretty valuable. Second week, I came back to school. First thing I get is this major assignment for French (hate French), so that was fun. Kept me busy for all three days I had up til Thursday, which was the deadline. So, yeah. Ah well, that's the way it is. I was stuck again on what to do. I suppose the nice ideas that were given to me only served as a way to postpone the inevitable. But, I got it done. I think what I got is fine and works. It's no glorious ending that I hoped to achieve, but you gotta go with what you got. I'll give you all what I believe to be the final chapter.

Oh, and one more thing. A good friend of mine around here, Rainbowmnms, is going through some REAAAAALLY tough stuff right now with her family. If some of you could leave this brilliant author a friendly PM, wishing for things to get better or something perhaps, I would greatly appreciate it. Maybe something like "I am here in honor of the long awaited ending of Atomic's story, yadeyade." Idk. Anything that makes her smile or distract her would be great. If you mention my name, not boasting, I'm sure it'll help. She deserves better than what she is forced to deal with right now.

The first sound we get to hear, entering the house of Natsu and Mirajane, is the sound of food being devoured. Some nice breakfast was served by the lady, and quickly disappeared in the gaping hole that is a man's hungry mouth. Mirajane enjoyed Natsu's eating manners. At least, when it was her food he was eating. Just because he makes it seem like he truly appreciates your efforts, and appreciation is a nice feeling to receive from others. Then, a thought crossed her mind. Something she never paid any mind before, but since they were about to lay their oaths or whatnot, it felt appropriate.

"Say, Natsu." She called his name as Mirajane placed herself in front of him.

"Hm? What is it?" The Dragon Slayer took a break from eating while diverting his eyes to the source of his favorite voice.

"I never asked you before, so this may be a bit late, but I want to ask nonetheless. Why is it that you accepted me as your lover?" Natsu gulped. If he had been eating, it sure wouldn't have gone down the right way.

"..." He remained silent for just a bit, making the silver haired maiden before him quite anxious for his answer.

"Well, there were many factors that lead me to the decision which I consider to be the best I've ever made." He started, folding his hands together before him and straightening his back.

"Like what?" The obvious question came.

"For one, guilt. From the whole Lisanna event. I wanted to do as much for you as I possibly could. So, that resulted in us spending more time together and me spending more time thinking about you. And you know what I came to realize? I realized, disregarding the dark times we were going through, who you really are. You covered it up with the tomboy act, but you've always been a caring person at heart. And now, the whole guild knows that. The you right now, that's nothing I could get from Erza, or Lucy, or Lisanna, or any other woman I know. Because no one is the same. I got to experience the real you before anyone else did, and it made me feel like you'd do anything you could for someone you care about. That made you the most reliable person I knew, and that is something I really value. Among other things, that just got me to feel attracted to you. In the end, it just felt right. And I'm happy I followed my gut on that without too much thought. Because, that's what love is, isn't it? A feeling, not a theory or thought process or any of that. You feel if it's right, you don't think if it's right. And you, Mirajane, you are just right." The woman in front of him was fighting her emotions.

"Why'd you ask? Having doubts?"

"Not one bit, I just wanted to know for sure what I'm getting myself into." She said as Mirajane leapt towards him and embraced Natsu.

"And I can now say with certainty, that I've no regrets living my life with you."

"God damn it, Mira." He cursed out of nowhere.

"Huh? What?" She looked down at his head.

"First, you start the day with such a heavy subject. And then, you suffocate me between the best meat pillows I'll ever have. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP RIGHT NOW!" She chuckled as she pushed his head further into her cleavage.

"As I said before, I've no regrets." She grinned triumphantly.

"I suppose it's not the worst that could happen." He grunted, pretending as if he wasn't enjoying it.

"Hey, how about we pay Gajeel and Wendy a visit? You know, it's a pretty special time for them, and we can just hang out for a bit." She proposed.

"You do realize we've got work to do, right?" He counterargued.

"Oh come on, we've been working non stop recently. Of course, besides the times that we were at home..." A mischievous smile creeped on her face.

"Fine, fine. We'll go and check up on them." Natsu gave in. It's not like they hadn't been working a lot the days leading to this one.

The couple left to search for the other Dragon Slayers of Fairy Tail. They figured it'd be best to take flight, so Mirajane performed her simple Satan Soul Take Over. The demon wings carried both herself and Natsu through the sky over Magnolia. Gazing upon the city, they detected no trace of them. Not that they expected anything in Magnolia, so they figured that's where they'd look first. You know, it's closeby and all. Moving on, they headed North of the city.

"Natsu, shouldn't you be able to catch their scent from quite a distance? Because they're Slayers?" Mirajane spoke above the sound of the wind soaring by their ears.

"That's only if they didn't mark it on purpose, which they might've. I kind of have an idea of what they might be doing right now." Natsu tells her. As he finishes his sentence, a glimpse could be caught from the forest below them. Without much time to react, a heavy gust of wind is released skywards. Mirajane barrel rolled out of the way. Nevertheless, one of her wings was still struck by the wind blast. She spun out of control and let go of Natsu. The fire mage fell with great speed towards the hard surface that is the earth. They saw Wendy and Gajeel going at each other. The blast of wind came from the white, female dragon while it was reflected from an iron shield towards the sky.

"Ah, what the hell." He shrugged and engulfed himself in fire. As if he was a meteor, he crashed in between two unaware dragons with Slayers riding them. Both shielded themselves with their own element from the fire exploding from Natsu. Mirajane watched him from above, having recovered from her flight frenzy. She landed smoothly next to the Dragon Slayer that found it necessary to make a dramatic entrance.

"Natsu-san?!" Wendy yelled in surprise from the head of the sky dragon, Grandine.

"Salamander?!" Gajeel had a similar reaction from the top of his father, the iron dragon Metallicana.

"Figured you guys would go at each other in a power struggle at one point." Natsu shared his suspicions and how they turned out to be true.

"Can you blame us? We've been separated for almost all of our lives. I wanna see what my old man's made of!" The iron Dragon Slayer yelled as he pat the head of his father.

"Don't you diss my age when you've a major lack of experience yourself!" Gajeel's Dragon grunted.

"Glad to see you're as lively as ever." Natsu joked.

"Man, I want to beat Igneel up so bad now." He grunted again, it's like he doesn't know how to talk without sounding pissed off.

"You might get to." Natsu announced quietly.

"What was that? He's dead, how can I beat him up if he's dead?" Natsu seemed to be holding back now. That disrespectful tone is provoking him, and he's not afraid to defend Igneel's honor.

"If you want to know, you can always find out." He was about to release the dragon inside of him, until he was stopped.

"Wait, Natsu!" Mirajane's voice sounded exciting, as if she just thought of something.

"What is it?" She gave him a warm grin before she started talking.

Two weeks later...

"I do..." Comes simultaniously from Natsu and Mira.

"If anyone has anything against this binding, speak now or remain forever silent." Natsu smiled as he turned to look at all the ones that had gathered for the occasion.

"CHOTTO MATE! I object!" Hisui comes crashing through the double doors while panting heavily.

"H-Hisui?!" Natsu shouts in surprise. He thought it'd be an average wedding with the average rings and the average oath, until the princess of Fiore comes crashing in.

"You didn't think I was gonna let you have a boring, old-fashioned wedding, did you?" She has a devious smirk on her face. He glances at Mira, who seems to be smiling brighter than ever.

"You knew of this?" He asked. The group before him started laughing at his question.

"We all did!" Hisui yelled before she signaled someone.

The building surrounding them is magically deconstructed, revealing the actual location they found themselves in. Natsu and Mirajane now stood on the balcony of the palace in the capital of Fiore. A large group of people cheered at the sight of the two mages.

"Now you see the amount of people who have actually gathered for your special day. Inhabitants and visitors of Crocus, let our hero hear your voice!" The cheering multiplied itself at least threefold upon the king's command.

"So, this is why I was blindfolded and all that while we moved. I thought you just didn't want me to see the church. Sneaky as ever." His sarcastic comment was brushed aside by her angelic smile once again.

"There's something here for you. I thought you might want some additional people to be here today." Elfman pushed a mirror towards our Dragon Slayer as Mirajane explained it's purpose.

"It's an artifact that was kept safe in the vault of this palace. I looked into it, and I've got a general idea of what it'll do. Try it!" She pushed him towards the reflecting surface.

He turned around, nervous as to what this mirror would supposedly do. She gestured him to give it a shot. Natsu stood before the mirror. He saw himself, but not only that. Behind him stood figures. They cleared up, and Natsu started to see what they were. They were people very close to him. Violet, Spark, Blaze, Blue, Grim, and even Azur. He stretched out his hand, reaching for him. As his hand made contact with the mirror, a crimson light engulfed it. Now, separating itself from the mirror's surface, Blaze walked out of it. His perfect human form now stood before Natsu, with the glorious red hair and the ever so slightly tanned skin. Followed by Blue, Spark, Violet, and all of Natsu's spirits. It was quite unbelievable. He and all of his friends could see them in person.

"Don't stand there gaping at us, c'mere you!" Blaze pulls him closer under his arm and playfully rubs his hair. Natsu's grin and their pleasure spread joy to all of the people watching. Violet hugged him, Spark chest bumped him, Blue pat his back, Azur Na Ten shook his hand, and Grim did a staring contest with him (He won, of course).

"The mirror's yours to keep, son." Lautrec told Natsu.

"Wha- Really? I can keep it?"

"It's not like anybody else has any use for it. Make sure to keep it safe, though. Just in case." THe king winked at him.

"Sure thing!"

"Now, shall we pick this up where we left off?" Mira asked him, stretching her hand out towards the Dragon Slayer. He turned, and saw her angelic form with the incandescent sun radiating from behind her. Natsu moved next to her.

"You were about to symbolize your oath." What would usually be rings, would be something a little bit different.

"Violet." Natsu called out for her. She nodded and walked over to his side.

"Blaze." Mirajane did the same thing and called for Blaze, who also walked over to her side.

Natsu asked for Mirajane's hand. He was holding it in his left. The back of her hand was facing upwards. Natsu held Violet's hand in the palm of his right. He brought it down on Mirajane's while both his and Violet's hand set ablaze with the spectral flame. As contact was made, something was imprinted on Mirajane's hand. She did the same to Natsu, and now both hands had this small text imprinted on them.

"The closer we are to one another, the brighter it gets, and the stronger we are." Natsu explained. The text said "Karyuu no shukufuku"

Natsu and Mira turn to face the people of Krokus and raise their intertwined hands. The burn marks, giving off a pleasurable feeling to the both of them, shining as bright as the sun itself.