"Daddy! Daddy!" A pinkhaired little girl only about the height of the older one's waist, an only around the age of seven ran towards him, "Oni-chan is picking on me again!"

"Again?" Natsu questioned and picked up the little girl, "What's he doing this time?"

"He's saying that dragons are better than zodiac signs!" The girl cried into her dad's chest. Natsu couldn't help but chuckle at that. This girl was a lot like her mother. Already at the age of seven and she could name off all the constellations in the sky.

"That's because they can!" Her brother spoke up, running towards the two, "Dragons can beat anything!"

"No they can't! They can't beat all of the zodiac signs!"

"Yes they can!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Kids...come on...why can't we just agree that dragons are better?" Natsu questioned, only to receive a horrifying look from his daughter and a smug one from his son.

"What was that, Natsu?" A certain blonde haired woman asked from behind him. He looked back slightly to see his beautiful wife leaning on the doorway with a curious/smug look on her face.

"N-Nothing.." Natsu stuttered as he let his daughter down to fully turn around and face his wife.

"Are you sure? I'm pretty sure I heard you say that dragons could beat the Zodiac Spirits?" There was an evil glint in her eyes as she stared directly at Natsu.

"Y-You heard wrong.." He sweatdropped, knowing this was the end for him.

"Now you're saying I'm wrong?" She raised an eyebrow, deliberately taunting him.

"N-No.." He sighed. He already imagined himself digging his own grave. The shovel in hand, watching the dirt fly out the hole and into a small pile. Yeah, he's dead. Oh so dead. Oh so very dead.

"Then you're saying that I heard right?"

"...You know what? I think I'm gonna go get some dinner!" Natsu called out and headed for the door, dodging Lucy's grab at him as he eagerly opened it and ran outside. He didn't expect to find himself in the garden with a naked man on top of him. Well..half naked.

"Ugh, what the hell Flame Brain?" A certain dark blue haired man grumble as he and Natsu fell of the front steps and into the garden Lucy had worked hard on.

He may have had a chance before, but yeah. That's gone. He's screwed. So badly screwed.

"What the hell YOU, Ice Prick?" Natsu snapped back and pushed the guy off of him. It didn't work out how he wanted though. Instead of Gray flying and crashing into the sun like he hoped for, Gray ended up rolling onto more of the flowers Lucy worked so hard to grow.

Why had the Gods forsaken him today?

"Natsu? What's going on?" Lucy peeked out the doorway, Juvia, Gray's wife, standing beside her with a small box. Natsu winced as he saw the twitch on Lucy when she just stared at her destroyed garden. The one that she put her soul and blood into it.

"Daddy's gonna die~ Daddy's gonna die~" His children sung as they jumped around in circles.

"Kids...go play in your rooms.." Lucy told the children, not even looking at them now.

"No! Don't go kids!" Natsu yelled and reached out for them, but they were already gone.

That's when his pain started.

"OW! OW! OW!" He screamed as Lucy kept kicking and punching him, "I FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP!"

"It's not! Shut up!" Lucy yelled as she finally stopped with her assaults, ignoring the weird looks she got from neighbours that walked by and that one couple that hid their children from Lucy's sight.

"Juvia's never seen Lucy-san this violent.." Juvia sweatdropped while Gray only chuckled, "You need to pay more attention."

"She does this a lot lately.." Natsu muttered as he sat up, earning a smack from Lucy.

"I do not. Shut up." Lucy glared at him while he made a gesture motion that said 'SEE?'

"She's gotten more violent since we got married!" Natsu complained, earning another smack.

"That's because I've learned how much of an idiot you really are!" Lucy exclaimed teasingly.

"Ouch Luce...that hurt..." He muttered, clutching his heart. Lucy rolled her eyes as she grabbed his scarf, pulling him into a sweet kiss. Natsu kissed her back with no hesitation, wrapping his hands around her back and pulling her closer. Her hands let go of his scarf and made their way around his neck. The kiss lasted for a little while before they heard Gray cough, loudly.

"Still here.." Gray muttered as the two separated,looking obviously annoyed.

"I know." Natsu gave him a grin and wrapped an arm around Lucy, pulling her into his chest, "So..why are you guys here?"

"Because Juvia and Gray-sama have news!" Juvia exclaimed eagerly, holding her stomach. Lucy widened her eyes and smiled brightly as she hugged Juvia excitedly.

Natsu raised an eyebrow out of confusion as he asked "Wait...what's going on?"

"She's pregnant, you dumb ass." Gray rolled his eyes at Natsu. Juvia gave a very excited nod as she hugged Lucy back, obviously happy by this. Gray was happy as well, though if you didn't know him well enough, you wouldn't be able to see it.

Natsu widened his eyes and smiled lightly before laughing, "HA! Good luck! I've got two brats and I'm dying already!"

"DADDY PILE!" His daughter yelled at that exact time as she ran out the door and jumped off the stairs, onto Natsu. Her brother followed almost right after, tackling their father to the ground again.

"Ack! SEE? SEE WHAT I MEAN?" Natsu chuckled as he rolled around with his children, playfighting with them. He couldn't help but smile at the moment, appreciating the family and friends he had now. He never had a single regret about meeting Lucy or telling her father off now. If he hadn't had done it, worst things would've happened by far.

And it seemed like everyone was happy now.

Though Lucy's father died about a year later, Lucy donated all of the money she got to charity. She even got his house, but she didn't live there. She and Natsu had decided to live a normal live in the city. So now Lucy was an inspiring author and Natsu had a very well paying job. The kids were happy. Their friends got good jobs and were getting their own families as well.

Even Sting was happier. Sting was obviously pissed when he found out everything that happened, which got his father pissed at Jude. But Jude knocked some sense into Sting's father. Sting's father then couldn't deal with his atrocious behavior and kicked him out of the house until he learned his lesson. Surprisingly enough, he did learn his lesson and is now a respected business man. He even had a son with a poor girl named Yukino, and his ex spy is the child's godfather.

Even the group Natsu used to hang out with in college got their acts together and are now living a normal life.

Yeah..everything turned out better this way.

And when he looked at his family, he would never regret it. Because this is what he's wanted. This is what he's always wanted..

I hope you guys like the epilogue. But yeah, the story's now over. It's kind of sad, because I liked writing this story but I'm also pretty happy. I just think it's awesome how I'm able to complete a story. It took a while though eh? And just for the record, I've noticed all the reviews and followers and favourites. You've all made me extremely happy and have pushed me to keep going.

And do you know how amazing that actually is? I'm horrible with commitments but I never seem to stop writing fanfictions. I've even gotten myself into writing original stories!

I used to think that I could never actually have a chance at being an author or anything like that, but you guys are so amazing and have given me so much hope. So thank you all.

I know, I know, mushy mushy stuff. xD I'm just happy to have that out there.

Well...I hope you all have a nice day and enjoy life!