The final chapter. It's been fun, y'all!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

It was finally over.

At last Dobengal's long nightmare was finally over. With minimal damage to the guild (his guild, anyway. Fairy Tail was still in the process of rebuilding after it had been burnt to the ground). The black scorch marks leftover from the rainbow fire lesson were more or less hidden from sight with the clever rearrangement of tables. With any luck, it would be a while before the newly returned mages noticed the marks, by which point Dobengal would be in the clear for that.

Sting and Rogue had arrived back at the guild first, incredibly early in the morning. Given how the pair greeted Lector and Frosch upon arrival – with tight hugs and buckets of tears – they had missed the Exceeds even more than the cats themselves had.

Dobengal's internment as Guild Master should have ended then and there, but Sting insisted that they were still officially on vacation for just one more day. There wasn't much that Dobengal could say to that, so he didn't.

However, Sting did take the opportunity to marvel at the amount of paperwork that Dobengal had managed to accomplish on his behalf.

"I would have done more," Dobengal stated as Sting shone with happiness at being able to see his desk, "but I developed carpal tunnel in my dominant hand."

"Dude, I didn't expect you to do any!" Sting informed him, clapping a hand on Dobengal's shoulder. "Seriously, the only thing you were supposed to do was make sure nothing bad happened and that messages went out to requesters when their jobs were accepted."

Seriously? That would have been nice to know beforehand…

"Still though, this looks fantastic. Above and beyond. I'm really happy that I left you in charge. Did you hear that Fairy Tail burned down without Erza and Lucy there to stop it?"

Dobengal broke out into a cold sweat.

"What's hilarious is that we actually saw them on our honeymoon. And a lot of other couples, too. Then again, I should have guessed that the Akane Resort would be a popular choice, but damn it was packed. I'll show you all the photos later, when the others get back."

Relieved that the topic had switched, Dobengal nodded along.

Later that afternoon, Orga and Rufus returned (Orga, for once, wearing a shirt – an extremely large, floral print one) and a welcome party began. A couple of hours in and Minerva and Yukino showed up as well. At that point, it evolved into a joint reception for the happy couples – complete with toasts and anecdotes and dancing.

Now that they were all back, and the booze was flowing freely, Dobengal could relax and enjoy himself. Provided that no one brought up what happened while the others were gone, that is.

Lots of alcohol, combined with powerful and extremely happy mages was not a particularly good combination, as it turned out.

But the roof collapse that occurred later that night happened after midnight, so it wasn't Dobengal's problem to deal with.

The End