Final Chapter! Hope you enjoy!

NATSU'S P.O.V

Everyone cheered for us. They were so happy that we defeated the demons. Then something happened. Something I never expected.

"NATSU! WE DID IT!" She yelled running into my arms and kissing me. My face must have been several different shades of red. The kiss lasted for about 5 minutes and she pulled away to look at Aquarius.

"It's about time little girl. Nice job on getting a boyfriend." Aquarius said while holding Scorpio's arm.

"B-b-but we ar-aren't…"

"We Are! We better get going Lucy! Yeah!" The two spirits disappeared. Lucy turned her attention back to me.

"Is something wrong Natsu?"

"W-w-w-well y-y-y-you j-j-just…"

"Just what?" Before I could answer, the chief leader walked towards us.

"Thank you very much you two!"

"No problem. Right Natsu?"

"Uh, r-r-right."

"And as promised, 560,000 jewels! And a silver key!" The chief handed Lucy the sack of money as well as the silver key.

"(Gasp) This is the key for the dragon spirit! Draco!" She was really excited about the key. She told me that she'd been looking for that key for a while now. I couldn't help but smile.

"Mmm. This key was originally owned by the 1st leader of this village and has been passed down from generation to generation. But seeing that you have two of the Zodiac keys, I hereby bestowed this key to you.

"Thank you very much." Lucy bows in gratitude.

"Now then let's celebrate!" The villagers yelled out in agreement. In almost no time the village had prepared a feast for us. Food was set. The villagers were dancing in joy. All that was missing was Lucy who apparently needed to change out of her clothes and into some new ones. I never really understood why Lucy has to have so many outfits like Erza and her armors. But I guess it's a girl thing. But I wanted to check on Lucy since she was taking so long so I went back to the house that we were using.

When I got there I heard her laughing and talking to Plue about something. I crept over to the window, crouching under the window so I can hear their conversation. I know eavesdropping is bad, but still, I was curious!

"This too much fun Plue! I can't believe the look on his face when I kissed him! Though I really enjoyed kissing Natsu so much! I am so glad that you help me plan this! It's so much fun getting him flustered and see his red face. Natsu being in love with me is the best thing ever! But…maybe we should stop now…I really want to tell him that I love him…"

"Pun! Pun pun pun!"

"What's that? One more time?"

I got up and walked away, but I could help thinking, why the hell is she doing this!? And how does she know I love her? Then it hit me.

"That's right! She must have overheard me talking to Happy!" I said, finally understanding.

That's why she's been flirting with me! This is why she said all that stuff! And she's probably the one who put my hands on her breasts so it made it look like I was groping them.! I knew it!" My eyes were burning with anger.

"I'm so gonna get her for this. Even though I enjoyed the kiss, it's payback time." I said rubbing my head in embarrassment.

I really need to learn to keep my mouth shut!

"Natsu? Is that you?" Lucy said from right inside the house. She opened door and blushed as I noticed her in a very revealing outfit that the villagers apparently made her. Maybe this won't be as hard as I thought… or harder, depending on how you see it…

"Umm, h-hey Lucy, what's up?" I asked smiling.

"W-well… can you come in?" Lucy continued.

"Of course," I replied, going inside the house.

I walked in and sat down beside her.

"Well, I was thinking about the time we've spent together on this mission. And… I realized…" Lucy muttered slowly.

"Y-yeah?" I said, hoping to hurry her along as my face heated up again.

"You are the most amazing person I've ever met. You're brave, bold, exciting, an amazing mage…" She told me, walking her fingers up my chest.

I tried not to blush as she crept closer to me, pushing me up against the side of the tent.

"And really handsome." She finished.

"I-I… u-umm, uh… I…" I blushed more then I have in my entire life, and fell back onto the ground.

"Natsu! NATSU!? Oh my God! I killed him! His heart exploded!" She screamed, laying on my chest and making me blush even more, hopefully she didn't notice. "Oh Natsu! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to… I just was so happy! About you being in love with me and I just… I…"

It was too much though. I just couldn't hold it in. I broke out into a grin and started to giggle.

"Natsu Dragneel! Are you faking!?" Lucy cried.

"N-noho!" I giggled weakly, opening my eyes and grinning wider.

"NATSU!" She shouted, slapping me in the face.

"Oww! Hey, what was that for?" I yelled, holding my face.

"I was really worried about you!" She mumbled, slapping my arm lightly.

"Yeah, well it's payback for everything you've done this week!" I told her.

"What!? You knew!?" Lucy gasped.

"Yeah! I heard you and Plue talking!" I exclaimed, a little angrily.

"Oh." She said blushing.

"See? Not so fun, huh?" I noted.

"No. Sorry about that…" She sighed, looking down at her lap.

"So… umm… when did you find out?" I muttered, blushing as I said it.

"Find out what?" She asked, obviously confused.

"That… umm… I… uh…" I stuttered nervously.

"That you loved me?" She said, continuing my question.

"Y-yeah…" I admitted, blushing.

"When you were talking to Happy. I guess we both better stop that, huh?" She said, obviously meaning the eavesdropping.

"Haha, yeah…" I agreed, rubbing my head as I blushed for the umpteenth time today.

"Hey Natsu?" Lucy whispered.

"Yeah Lucy?" I breathed back.

"I do have one other secret I've been meaning to tell you…" She sighed, blushing again.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" I wondered aloud.

"I love you too," Lucy admitted, smiling.

"Really!?" I asked shocked.

"Yep," She answered.

"Wow…" I sighed, blushing again.

"Ya know what?" Lucy asked me grinning.

"Hmm?" I murmured, still a little shocked from her confession.

"You look really cute when you blush," She said, leaning in for a kiss.

I grinned, blushed and kissed back, by bringing wrapping my arms around her fragile waist. She did the same but wrapped her arms around my neck. I guess things worked out after all.