A/N: So we are finally here. We have finally reached the ending of this story. I really hope that it was entertaining for you guys because it was really fun to write.

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Hope you enjoy this chapter!

2 Years Later

*Ding!*

"Finally after two years these two clash again!", the announcer yelled at the audience making them even more rowdy.

"But will the outcome of the fight be different?! Will Gray be able to take the belt from Natsu?!"

Natsu charged at Gray showing no sign of slowing down. Gray gave him a determined look as he glared at Natsu's moving body.

"I'm not going to lose this time hot head! I've waited two years for this so give me your best shot!"

Once Natsu was in front of Gray, Gray threw an uppercut towards Natsu's chin. Gray's arm was so fast that Natsu didn't even see it coming.

"Gray's punch landed! Only 30 seconds into the match and Gray has already landed a punch! Amazing!"

Natsu's head flew upwards due to the impact.

"Nice hit ice breath but don't feel too proud!"

Once Natsu steadied himself he immediately threw a punch at Gray's stomach, making him lean forward in pain.

Natsu took advantage of this as he slammed his fist onto Gray's nose. Blood leaked out of his nose as he staggered backwards.

"Good I stunned him now I can make my move"

Natsu threw both of his fists at Gray's face but surprisingly missed all of them.

"Huh?! How did I miss?!"

Natsu looked down at his legs. His legs were trembling like crazy.

"Dammit! It must be from the uppercut he landed earlier!"

Gray smirked as he looked at Natsu's frustrated face.

You can't control your legs anymore, which means you can't move"

Gray rushed to Natsu as Natsu was terrified that he couldn't move his legs.

"Move legs! MOVE!"

Gray threw a right hook at Natsu's fib cage making Natsu spit out blood.

"My rib cage has never been truly repaired ever since the fight with the Grim Reaper. So I can't let him hit me there again".

Natsu backed away from Gray as he threw another punch at Natsu. But Gray caught up to him in no time.

"He's gotten faster, even faster than me!"

Gray started to wind up his punch but he was stopped by the bell.

*Ding!*

"And that's the end of round two everyone!", the announcer yelled out as Natsu and Gray made their way to their corner.

"Kid! What are you doing! You're letting him take the lead!", Coach shouted in my face as he wiped off my sweat.

"I'm sorry, it's just he's improved so much over these last two years"

"SO HAVE WE IDIOT!", Coach yelled as he slammed his fist on the top of my head. I yelped in pain as I lowered my head.

"Now I don't want to hear any excuses! I thought you said that you need to win this fight!"

Natsu's eyes widened as he remembered what he was fighting for.

The winner of this match is awarded 50,000 dollars, but the loser gets nothing.

"If I can win this fight and earn that money….. I can buy a beautiful ring and propose to Lucy"

A fire burned in Natsu's eyes, "Don't worry Coach I'm going to win no matter what!", Natsu tightened his fist.

"For Lucy….."

"That's the spirit! Now go get him Kid!"

"Aye sir!", Natsu put in his mouth guard as walked to the center of the ring where he was greeted by a determined Gray.

"Wow! Look at that determined look on their face! They both definitely want to win!"

"Round 2…. BOX!"

Natsu was the first to charge forward. He readied his fists as he got closer and closer to Gray. Gray put both of his fists in front of his face to try and shield Natsu's incoming punches.

"I'll break that shield!"

Natsu started to shower Gray with punches. As Gray just hid behind his arms.

"Break already!"

Since Gray couldn't see anything past his arms Natsu took this to his advantage. He leaned back and did a large swing towards Gray's clueless body. Natsu's punch pierced through Gray's shield and slammed onto his chest making Gray slide across the ring.

"That punch was not weak… it was filled with power. That must mean that he's taking me seriously now".

Gray and Natsu both charged at each other. Slamming punches on each other when they were close enough. Punches were flying everywhere that it turned into a slugfest. Both of them were not backing down, even though they were getting hit countless times.

Blood started to get in both of their eyes, making their vision all red and blurry.

"I can't stop! I have to win!"

The slugfest got even faster, the audience couldn't even see their punches. All they saw was blood flying out of the ring.

"This is only the second round and they already look beat up and exhausted!"

"I have to put in an end to this slugfest"

Natsu backed away from Gray as he charged up a large swing. Gray saw what he was doing which made him charge up his own attack.

Once both of them were ready they charged at each other with their attack.

"Claw of the Fire Dragon!"

"Ice Punch!"

Both of them were sent flying from each other's attack.

*Thud!*

Both of them landed face flat on the mat, showing no sign of life.

"THEY'RE BOTH DOWN!"

"WHO WILL BE THE ONE TO GET UP FIRST!"

"One!", the ref started his count as he looked at the two fighters.

"Two!"

"Three!"

Gray's body twitched showing that he was trying to get up.

"Four!"

Gray was already on his knees but Natsu was still face flat on the floor.

"I guess I knocked him out"

"Five!"

Gray was finally standing up even though his legs felt like jello.

"GRAY'S UP! BUT CAN NATSU GET UP!"

"Six!"

Natsu's body still didn't move.

"Seven!"

"NATSU! GET UP!", a familiar female voice shouted through the crowd.

This voice made Natsu jump up immediately. He was already on his feet in a matter of seconds.

"Eight!"

"I'm up! I can fight!"

"Are you sure?"

Natsu glared at Gray, "Positive".

"Ok… BOX!"

*Ding!*

"STOP!", the ref put both of his hands in front of Gray and Natsu to signal them to stop fighting.

"Yes I was saved by the bell"

Natsu limped towards his corner. His legs were still wobbly.

"Good job Kid! Don't talk just rest up!", Coach said as splashed Natsu's face with water.

"Nice job Gray you tired out the Champion. You'll have the belt in no time!", Gray's Coach said as wiped of Gray's blood.

"No…. I don't think I can win this", Gray whispered as he lowered his head.

"What are you talking about you're in the lead!"

"Yes, I might be in the lead but the look in Natsu's eyes tell me that he's fighting for a reason. And that reason is not to win for himself like me, it's something bigger. That is why I feel like he is going to win."

"Gray-"

"Don't worry I won't give up, If Natsu is going to try his best….. then I will too!"

"SECONDS OUT!"

Gray and Natsu both carried themselves to the center of the ring. It was no surprise to the audience that they were hurt.

"Round 3….. BOX!"

Gray showered Natsu with punches near his stomach making Natsu lose his guard.

"There's only one way I can win this Natsu. You and I both know this. The reason why I haven't done it yet was… even though we are opponents right now, outside of the ring we're friends. So….. I'm really sorry".

Gray threw a strong right hook at Natsu's rib cage crushing it in the process.

"GAHHH!", Natsu roared out in pain as he fell to the floor.

The pain was unimaginable it felt like Natsu's inside had exploded.

…

1 month earlier

"Kid!, do you remember your fight with the Grim Reaper?"

"How could I forget, that was the most important match in my life"

"Do you remember what happened to you during the fight?

"I got punched?..."

"Yes, but what I was trying to make you remember was that your ribcage got severely injured"

Natsu chuckled as he lowered his head, "Oh that, what about it?"

"Since you're going to fight Gray again I thought that you should probably guard that part of your body with your dear life"

"And why would I do that?"

"Because Gray saw that fight he also visited you in the hospital so he knows about your injury. That is basically his trump card if you're not careful-"

"Shut up!", Natsu cut off Coach with a fierce voice.

Coach was surprised by the sudden tone Natsu was using. Never in his life had he seen Natsu use an angry voice with him or in general. That wasn't the type of Natsu he knew.

"Gray would never do that! Sure we're going to be fighting each other for the belt. But Gray would never do anything that low!"

They stood there in silence until Coach finally whispered, "Do you actually believe that?"

…

"NATSU! IS DOWN!"

Natsu's vision started to get blurry as he stared at the mat right in front of him.

"He actually did it…"

Natsu looked up at Gray but Gray didn't make eye contact with him.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"I can tell that Gray feels bad", Natsu started to get up slowly as used the ropes around him to help him get up.

"Gray wants to win that bad"

"Four!"

Natsu was already at Gray's height but he didn't let go of the rope. Because if he did, he was sure to fall back down.

"I want to win too"

"Five!"

"That is why I won't give up! I'll give you the best fight that anyone has ever given you!"

"Six!"

Natsu charged past the ref and slugged Gray in the face.

"Now look me in the eyes and fight me like a true fighter!"

Gray look surprised that Natsu still wanted to fight.

"How are you….."

Gray's eyes widened as he saw the fire burning in Natsu's eyes.

"Oh I see it's that look in your eyes that I see every time when you fight someone. It's the look that only shows up when you fight for Lucy".

"That's the reason why you fight and that's also the reason that makes you a true Champion".

Gray put both of his hands on his head as walked over to the ref.

"I surrender!", he said to the ref as took off his gloves and exited the ring.

"GRAY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! GET BACK HERE!", Natsu yelled as he ran over to the edge of the ring.

Gray turned around and headed back over to Natsu.

"What do you think you're doing Gray! Why did you surrender!"

Gray looked at him and gave him a warm smile.

"Because I'm not cut out to be Champion. That title belongs to you.", he said casually as turned back around and headed for the exit.

"GRAY IS THE ABOUT YOU HITTING MY RIBCAGE!"

Gray turned around right as he was about to exit the stadium. The audience was quiet as they waited for Gray's response.

"NO!", was the last thing he yelled before he exited the stadium.

The unbearable pain returned making Natsu fall to his knees.

"Somebody call a doctor!", was last thing Natsu heard before he blacked out.

…

When Natsu opened his eyes he was greeted by the way too familiar white light.

"Oh what a surprise! A white light! I haven't seen that before!", Natsu smirked to himself.

"They really have to replace that with colorful lights because seeing a white light makes me think I'm dead", Natsu chuckled to himself as his eyes fully adjusted to the room he was in.

"Hmm it seems like no one's here-"

"You're finally awake!", somebody shouted right next to Natsu scaring him to death.

"AHH!", Natsu let out a shout as he flinched.

"What's wrong with you hot sauce?", the voice next to him asked him. Once Natsu heard the nickname hot sauce he knew it was Gray.

"YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH STRIPPER!", Natsu yelled as he faced Gray.

"Stripper? You haven't called me that in ages", Gray chuckled.

"That's because you don't strip anymore!"

"I know and I'm proud of it. I think I finally broke the habit-"

"Gray your clothes!"

Gray's eyes widened as he looked down at his bare chest, "HOW?!".

Tears flew out of Natsu's eyes as he laughed at Gray, "I guess I can keep calling you a stripper".

"SHUT UP!", Gray roared back as he started to put on his shirt.

Once Natsu stopped laughing Gray's face turned serious.

"Hey Natsu can I have the 50,000 dollars you won from our match?"

"WHAT! WHY?!"

"Well….. during our fight I could see in your eyes that you wanted to win that match badly. It felt like you would do anything to win. Giving up was not an option for you."

"Where are you going with this?", Natsu asked with a confused face.

"I know that you were fighting for Lucy. My guess is that you wanted to win that money to buy her a ring to propose to her".

Natsu blushed a scarlet red when he heard the word propose.

"Well I guess I was right judging by the color of your face", he smirked.

"So what does this have to do with you taking my money?"

"Well I'm guessing that you want the most beautiful ring to give to Lucy right?"

Natsu nodded

"Well I know a guy that makes the best rings in the world. His name is Gajeel, he's an expert"

"So I'm guessing that you want me to give you the money so you can pay Gajeel to make me a ring".

"Yup", Gray responded making Natsu giddy.

"Really? You would do that for me?"

"Of course! Think of it as an apology for hitting you in the ribcage"

Natsu was speechless. He was really lucky to have Gray as a friend.

"Thanks Gray! Stop by my gym and Coach should give you the money"

"Alright but you better call him just to make sure"

"Aye sir!"

"I'll have your ring ready by the time you leave the hospital", Gray said as he started walking towards the exit.

"Thanks again Gray! You're the best!"

"Anytime man!", Gray said as he walked out the door.

Once he was gone Natsu grabbed his phone that was next to him and dialed Coach's number.

"Hello?"

"Kid! You're awake!"

"Yes I am", Natsu chuckled

"So what's up?"

"Nothing much just wanted to tell you to give my 50,000 dollars to Gray"

"WHAT!"

…

Natsu was packing up his things as he was getting ready to leave the hospital. Until a knock on his door interrupted him.

"Come in!", Natsu yelled at the door.

The door swung open and Gray entered the room.

"I have it!", Gray said as he pulled out a black box from his shirt pocket.

"Really? Let me see! Let me see!", Natsu shouted as he jumped up and down.

"OK ok calm down", Gray chuckled at Natsu's excitement.

Gray then proceeded to open the box. Natsu could have sworn that he saw rays of sunshine fly out of the box.

"Taa Daa!", Gray yelled out once the ring was finally revealed.

"Umm….. Gray?"

"It's amazing right?"

"Gray?"

"It took Gajeel three whole days to finish it-"

"GRAY!"

"What!"

"THAT'S A RING POP!", Natsu yelled out as he pointed the ring made out of candy.

Gray looked down at the ring.

"Dammit! Wrong ring! That bad boy's for later", Gray said as he pulled out another black box.

"This one better be the right one"

"It is don't worry", Gray said as he started to open the box.

Natsu's eyes widened, the ring was amazing! It was silver at the bottom and had a golden key at the top. It was so beautiful that it was sparkling.

"Do you like it?"

"It's…. PERFECT! THANKS GRAY!", Natsu yelled as hugged Gray.

"No problem man", Gray chuckled as he handed the box over to Natsu.

"Now all you gotta do is propose"

Natsu froze, "Oh no what am I going to say!".

"What if I say the wrong the stuff?! WHAT IF SHE SAYS NO?!", Natsu yelled out as he cupped his cheeks.

"Hey man take it easy she's not going to say no"

"How do you know?!"

"Because I've seen you guys together. You guys are perfect for each other"

Natsu gulped, "I guess this is my hardest fight yet"

"Hell yeah it is! Now be a man and propose to her!"

"Aye sir!"

Natsu pulled out his phone and dialed Lucy's number. It took her a while to answer but when she did Natsu's breath got caught in his throat.

"Hello?"

"Hey Lucy!"

"Hi Natsu! Are you leaving the hospital today?"

"As a matter of fact yes I am that's why I wanted to ask you if you're free tonight?"

"Yeah, I don't have anything going on at the moment"

"Great! Can you meet me at our bench at the park?"

"Right now?"

"Yeah, I have something important to tell you over there"

"Ok I'm headed there right now"

"Ok, Great! I'll see you there in a few, Bye!"

"Bye!"

"Go get her man", Gray said as he gave a thumbs up to Natsu.

"Aye sir!", Natsu yelled as he started his jog to the park.

…

Natsu stared at the lake in front of him as he waited for Lucy to show up. The lake reminded him of Lucy because he never got over the beauty of the lake just like he never got tired of Lucy's beautiful voice.

"Natsu?"

Natsu's heart jumped into his throat, his palms started to get sweaty.

"I can do this!"

Natsu took in a deep breath and turned around to face Lucy.

Her beauty made Natsu even more nervous.

"I CAN DO THIS!"

"Hey Lucy you made it!"

"Yeah, I wouldn't miss hanging out with you for anything in the world", she beamed at him making his heart skip a beat.

"Then how about we stay with each other forever", Natsu whispered making Lucy's eyes widen.

"What… What do you mean?"

"I'm saying that these two years have been the best two years in my life. I always isolated myself from everyone at school but then you came up to me and started talking to me. Ever since that day I couldn't stop thinking about you".

"Natsu…."

"Every Time I was in trouble or in pain thinking about you made it all go away. It gave me courage and the guts to be strong. I wouldn't be Champion right now if it wasn't for you".

A tear came of Lucy's eye, "Natsu.."

"That's why I can't imagine us not being together forever. That is why I want to do this".

Natsu started to kneel in front of Lucy. Lucy's breathing stopped she felt like the world was gone and it was just her and Natsu.

"Lucy Heartfilia I love you so much so would you please do me a favor and make me the happiest man in the world and marry me".

Tears of joy flew out of Lucy's eyes as she ran up to Natsu and kissed him with all the love she had.

Natsu had never felt a feeling like this, it felt so warm and caring, he never wanted to let it go.

This kiss made Natsu feel happier than any belt could make him feel. He could be the Champion of the world but he still wouldn't feel this happy.

Once they pulled away from the kiss Natsu put the ring on Lucy's ring finger. Lucy couldn't stop jumping up and down.

Finally Natsu didn't feel shy or weak anymore. With Lucy by his side he would continue to feel strong and happy forever.

"Hey Lucy?"

"Yes Natsu?"

"You're my true trophy"

Lucy blushed a tomato red as Natsu just gave her his trademark toothy grin.

"I'm glad I got to know you Natsu Dragneel!"

END