A month passed after Fairy Tail defeated Tartarus with the help of the dragons. The guild hall was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of the townspeople and the members. As things were getting back to normal, the fire mage spent most of the month comforting Lucy after she lost Aquarius. But little did she know, he had one hell of a surprise for her.

At The Guild

Lucy was sitting at the new bar talking to Mira when Gray came up to her.

"Hey Lucy. How are you doing?"

"Just fine Gray." The blonde mage said quietly.

"Well you haven't been yourself lately. It hurts seeing you like this." In truth, Gray had feelings for the Celestial Mage, but he could never do much since Natsu was always comforting her. Now it was his turn.

"Listen, I appreciate you trying to cheer me up, but I don't feel good right now." Lucy was worried about Natsu since he left three days ago without saying anything.

"But Luc-"

"I'm sorry Gray, but I'm not really in the mood right now. Please, just go." Before Gray could say anything, Gildarts showed up.

"Gildarts! Where were you?!" Cana asked in an angry voice. He was not here for either the GMG or the guild wars.

" I had my own fight to deal with. Several demons from a guild called Tartarus were sent to kill me. When I heard that the same guild attack Fairy Tail, I came as fast as I could." Makarov walks up to him.

"Well It's good that you showed up. By the way, what are you carrying?" He noticed that Gildarts was holding something big.

"Crap! I almost forgot!" He opened the sack and everyone looked in horror when they saw it was Natsu who was severely injured.

"What happened to him?!" A concerned Lucy yelled and ran to his side.

"I'm not sure. I found him like this on my way here. Quick! Get him into the infirmary!" Gildarts and Elfman carried the fire mage into the infirmary with Lucy and Wendy following closely behind.

Hours Later

Wendy, Elfman and Gildarts came out of the room, meeting the faces of concerned guild members.

"Don't worry everyone, he is going to be just fine. My magic was able to heal him but don't make so much noise he is resting." Everyone sighed in relief after hearing that Natsu was fine. Meanwhile Lucy was in the room with him, she wanted to be there when he woke up.

"Natsu, what happened to you? Who did this to you?" Lucy whispered with tears streaming her face. One of the tears hit his cheek, waking him up. He slowly opened his eyes to see Lucy crying.

"Lucy?" The blonde smiled as she saw the fire mage wake up.

"You're okay!"

"Of course I am." He smirked.

"What happened to you though?"

"Well, since you asked, the reason why I ended up like this is because I fought against a powerful celestial mage called the keymaker."

"Keymaker? Who's that?"

"He is one of the Ten Wizard Saints who can repair any broken spirit key so I took Aquarius' key from your apartment and had it fix. Look." From his pocket, he pulled out Aquarius' key all repaired. Lucy's eyes was full of tears. She thought that it was impossible to have it fix, but here it was. All fixed up. The blonde mage looks at Natsu smiling while shedding happy tears and hugs him.

"Not so tight Luce, I'm still hurt." Natsu said while flinching in pain.

"Sorry. I didn't meant to-"

"Just cause it hurts, doesn't mean I wanted it to stop." She giggled and hugged him but not as tight.

"Natsu…thank you so much! You really have no idea how happy I am!"

"I'm pretty sure I do. Lucy, when I saw Future Lucy die right in front of me, I realized how much you mean to me. Igneel taught me that someday I will find my mate and I will know who it is. Lucy, it's you. I knew it the day we met, but if I told you back then, I figured it would scare you away so I took my time to get to know you better. Out of all the things I like about you, I like it when you are happy. Seeing you sulking about Aquarius made me so sad. I'm sorry for taking Aquarius' key, but I knew you would be happy again if I had it fixed. I wanted to see you happy again, to see that beautiful smile that I love seeing. Whenever I see you smile, it makes me happy." He looks down to the ground, embarrassed at his own words, but Lucy cupped his cheeks gently and kissed him. The fire mage was baffled, he couldn't comprehend at what was happening right now. But soon he returned the kiss, bringing her closer to him by wrapping his arms around her curvy waist.

The two mages broke the kiss for air and looked into each other's eyes.

"Natsu I love you. Thank you for telling me how you feel about me."

"I love you too Luce." Outside the door was Mira, Gray, Erza, Cana and Wendy who were eavesdropping on their conversation. That was when Natsu noticed that the door was slightly open.

"I know you're there so you might as well come in." The group was startled and ended falling flat on the floor.

"Sorry Natsu, we were worried so…" Wendy started but couldn't finished.

"It's okay Wendy." Lucy said while blushing.

"Everyone! Natsu is okay! Also, he and Lucy are a couple now!" It took the guild several minutes until they cheered. Lucy helped Natsu into the guild hall so that they can celebrate. All the guys congratulated Natsu while the girls did the same with Lucy. Everyone was happy for the new couple, all except Gray who was seething with rage.

'How dare he! How dare that stupid flame brain steal her from me!' He thought while tightening his fist. He walked out of the guild, headed to his house. He was formulating a plan to get revenge on the fire mage.

Instead of Fairy Tail disbanding and going their separate ways for a year, the guild stays together but they do train the same way. For this fanfic, Gray is consumed with hate & rage thanks to his Ice Devil Slayer Magic. How will the guild react after they find out he has turned into a dark mage of Avatar one year later? Find out later as the story progresses.