Hello, great people ( I seriously don't know how to call you all anymore)! I haven't updated in a while, i agree. It's... school. Though it's a great thing, this high school! I know a couple of chapters 'ago' I said it sucks, but… oh well!

Also, thank you all for the reviews! You know how happy they makes me.

His threatening eyes threw thunders towards the bastard who had stolen his woman.

It could have seemed unfair, disturbing a couple in the middle of their marriage night; but Gray had no excuse for what he had done.

And this instant, getting in the way of his anger was the worst thing to do.

He could've been glad. There was no reason to hold himself back anymore. He was able to kick the trash's ass and he was definitely going to enjoy his every hit.

He jabbed his foot into the floor, one step forward and closer to his enemy. Gray straightened his back and sat on his feet, his eyes not leaving Natsu's. His fingers were, even so, still clenched around Lucy's suffering arm. The girl whimpered when pulled up on her feet brutally. Her dress was partly ripped and she was trying embarrassed to fix it or at least cover her naked spots with her hands. She faced her feet after staring at her true beloved and mixed feelings overwhelmed her tiny heart. She was glad he had answered to her calls and prayers.

''Lucy…''

She flinched at the sound of her name being called out so threateningly and filled with hate even though she knew these feelings weren't directed to her. She looked up at the pinkette, the one who had said her name through his teeth. His eyes couldn't leave his enemy's.

''Get away from him. Now.''

Her poor shaking body struggled in her grip of her official husband. This wasn't going to work, though. Gray, who had realized the situation had gotten serious, decided it was the best to just leave her be. It wasn't needed for her to interfere.

He let go of her arm and she left like a small mouse at the sight of danger, retrieving in a dark corner and licking its wounds.

''Anyway you look at it…'' Gray started gaining a narrow-eyed look from his contender ''… anyway I look at it… you have no reason to be here.

Natsu twitched a smile and straightened his back.

''Says who?''

Gray smirked hatefully.

''Your King.'' he paused ''I don't know if you are aware, but… You have gone against the law.''

''Oh really?'' Natsu provoked him with a murderous grin.

''I'm afraid I can no longer overlook your filthy prints on my plans. This time, you won't get away with it. I'm going to have to kill you.'' he moaned.

Natsu stepped forward and gave him a dangerous glare.

''First of all you wretch, you aren't my king. And your miserable laws don't apply on me. I don't know if your dull brains knew, but I'm not from this world.''

This time, Gray's eyebrow twitched surprised. He had… missed that fact. He frowned even deeper and his teeth gritted.

''I don't care. I don't know why you're here. You have no reason to remain in this world anymore, no? So why didn't you take your leave?''

Natsu was now a few inches apart from his cold face.

''Because I'm afraid you have something that belongs to me.'' he whispered.

Gray's hate and anger could almost be spotted in the air as steam. No, not almost. His frozen heart was beating so fast because of his feelings that his entire body started to emanate steam. His chest was raising and lowering. He grinned gibingly.

''And I'm afraid that something is no longer yours.'' his fists clenched. ''She's mine now. She's married to me. And that means that she can never part with me again.''

''Until her death, right?''

The king eyed him a little surprised.

''Until you either get bored of her body, either accidentally kill her during one of your over-passionate 'matches', am I wrong?'' Natsu said hatefully. He plucked the little knife in the other's hand and grasped it with disgust.

''What's this? You've been that desperate for her body that you started tasting its inside, too?'' he laughed, only to grimace with repulsion the next moment ''You're disgusting.''

Gray's fists started trembling. He had been left speechless because of the hate. He looked at Natsu and felt how his entire being wanted to jump on him and rip his skin off and jab his nails in his flesh and take delight in his yells until he would leave a lifeless sack of bones and blood.

''You have no right to interfere with what I do or what I don't do. Now get out before I kill you myself.''

Natsu let out a shaky breath and felt like he couldn't take it anymore.

''No right, did you say?''

''I swear, if I ever meet you before my eyes, I'll break your bold head in two. Before I lose my temper, get lost.''

''And you think you have the right?''Natsu continued, ignoring him.

''Yes! We're married, so I have the full right, you retard sh*t!''

And then, it snapped. The tiny narrow thread that had held their temper snapped.

Natsu grabbed his collar and their foreheads slammed together. He yelled huskily:

''DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU BASTARD?!''

Gray widened his eyes threateningly big and his teeth were gritting furiously.

''YOU LOST YOUR RIGHT TO HAVE HER THE MOMENT YOU TOUCHED HER!''

Inside the king's head, a continuous commination vibrated until he couldn't bare it anymore.

How dare he?

Why did hate taste so horribly and why did it feel so heavy in his chest?

HOW DARE HE?!

A horrid groan burst out from his throat sending shivers all over Lucy's body. Her wide and scared eyes shut immediately and she cowered deeper into the shadows. She couldn't believe this was the same man with the one she used to know as the kind, gentle and loving Gray. She couldn't believe that the monster who stood in front of her was the same person she had unconsciously married.

She strewed her ears with her trembling hands when Gray began letting out many short yells in anger.

Natsu widened his eyes even more and all that he could feel that moment was hate, anger and disgust. Gray grabbed him by his shirt so brutally that he managed to rip it in the places that used to be sewed. He started pushing him forth, forcing him to take steps back to avoid falling or even worse. Natsu's surprise ended the moment he felt his back be hit against the wall extremely hard. Gray's desperate screaming was piercing through his ears and made him want to turn deaf. He tried to push back, but Gray had the advantageous position. The next second, Natsu was dragged left over the surface of the rough wall, ripping his shirt and his skin. It took the dropped on Natsu one split of a second to see the window; and the next split, he was being pushed with brutality in the glass. He shut his eyes tightly out of instinct and felt the impact in full strength. His head pierced through the glass cracking and breaking it in millions of small pieces. The sound echoed in the room and to Lucy's years, who flinched.

Natsu got dizzy and he could feel his blood coming out to surface in different places. He felt his body being lifted by Gray and it didn't take him much to figure what the king was about to do. He thrust his hand forward while he could barely see through one of his eyes partly opened. His powerful grip fell on Gray's chin. The king's head was pulled back and he was slowed down from his intention to jab Natsu's body into the chips that remained sharper than knives at the bottom of what once had been a window. Both of them were pushing with all they had while their legs were somehow tangling as both of them kept trying to kick the other one and kill his balance. But none of them was really succeeding. For now, they were only at handgrips.

Gray was surprisingly strong and Natsu could barely do anything against him. He tried to slip from under the king's hands, to rip his clothes and break free, anything!

The pink haired fighter was shocked at the impact of a new explosion of pain, this time in his foot. It seemed like Gray had managed to kick him. The place went numb from the pain and he could barely move this foot anymore. He used his new free hand that had been uselessly squeezing Gray's collar in a better way. He searched through the chips that fell on the windowsill, his fingers desperately pressing on the little blades cutting himself. He wasn't really able to feel that little pain, though. He shattered the chips and many fell on the ground while he was fighting to keep still and not let the other bastard push him in the glass. His entire muscular body was highly strung and he couldn't even breathe at the effort. His head was already red and many main stems could be easily spotted on his forehead and neck.

His fingers eventually clenched around a bigger chip which's shape was putting him in advantage. He gripped it as tight as he could and then pulled it up from its fixation in the wood. He couldn't see anything anymore. His lungs were completely out of air and he could barely put up with the pressure the king was killing him with.

The chip finally came off with a sharp sound. Natsu made the last big effort and let out a fighting yell as he raised up the new obtained weapon letting it meet the moon rays. Gray spotted the danger through his gathering of negative feelings. He let go of Natsu and backed up, but he hadn't been fast enough. Natsu let it fall down in his body. He didn't care where it was jabbed as long as he hurt him.

The king's scream vibrated in the air when he felt his shoulder being suddenly pierced by a sharp blade. He ran a few steps back and his bloody fingers grasped the chip. A moment of hesitation when his eyes were widely fixed on the wound. He then shut them and, with another yell, he took out the glass. He breathed heavily and threw the chip meters away while his glare moved on to the one who wounded him. He gritted his teeth harder and realized Natsu had gotten a use of the moment when he retreated and moved away from the window. He was covered in blood, both his and Gray's. But so was Gray himself.

The pink haired man's eyes were striking him murderously while his chest was brutally rising up and down. Gray couldn't seem to care less about his wound. He yelled once again and threw himself with his fists clinched at Natsu. The pinkette blocked his heavy punch with both his arms, but he wasn't able to block the second one. His pupils shrank and he felt his inner organs squash under the pressure of the fist in his stomach. He felt his feet leave the ground and he was sent flying through the air and into another wall. Then, his back bended painfully when his body rebounded. He recognized the liquid that had come out of his mouth and blocked his breathing for a few seconds as being blood.

He saw the entire floor move towards him and then his face hit the hard rock. His nose started bleeding after getting numb from the pain. He felt like he couldn't move another few moments. But just before he was going to rise up, Gray's hand circled his neck and his breathing was blocked again. His body was lifted from the ground and all he could do was hold the joint that kept him from moving freely. He resisted the other punch that had come at his head and caught a glimpse of the king holding him with the hurt arm. He was shocked at what strength could hate give one.

Well, he could only know it from his own experience.

He dug his nails into the raven haired man's arm and then pushed himself to the left raising his right foot and kicked the king with his knee. He used his entire strength, so Gray was thrown to the ground immediately. It was only that he hadn't let go of Natsu's neck. The pink haired man was pulled to the ground along with him.

Natsu was pushed on his back and Gray attached him to the ground. The king yelled raised his fist and then let it rush downwards to the other man's surprise. The pinkette's wide eyes shaped the fist in less than a second and he pulled himself in one side, freeing himself from under the weight of the king. Gray's fist pierced the floor and the stone cracked, leaving a hole in the place Natsu's head was supposed to be. He angrily retrieved it and threw himself in another attack. Once more, Natsu was nailed to the floor, this time being fully hit by a powerful knee and then, after the pain in the back of his head blocked his seeing for a while, he felt the whole weight of Gray's elbow in the side of his mouth.

The almost unbearable pain he was feeling inside his whole body couldn't stop him from fighting back. He pushed himself in his right leg and directed a fist in the raven haired man's temple pinning him to the rock and finally exchanging places. Now he was on the top and he had the advantage. He sent a full-speed fist in his cheek cracking his skin open and giving new ways to freedom to the blood.

But, at the same time, Gray grabbed his other arm. He didn't even seem to feel any pain. He grabbed the other arm and before Natsu had time to react, the king pulled him in his raised knee.

The pinkette's stomach was once again hurt so badly that blood rushed out of his throat falling on Gray's shirt and face. He could feel the information of pain spread through his nerves and killing most of them. Even though the king had both his arms in control, he surpassed his strength. He aimed a fist into Gray's nose managing to break it but failing to push the cartilage into the brain and so, kill him. Gray's hands grip loosened up telling Natsu he could feel the pain. He was even surprised to hear him scream as the blood was covering his face blocking his view.

The pink haired man raised up and backed away to catch his breath. He almost lost his balance to the pain in his stomach, but he wasn't going to pay attention to it. No. Not while the person he hated most was still alive right before his eyes.

His eyes pierced Gray's figure and his teeth clenched dangerously hard. His fingers squeezed his bloody shirt and hate gave him new strength for a new attack.

In front of his eyes, the Lucy screaming with pain because of his craziness appeared, driving him crazy. the distance between them was somewhere around sixty feet. Enough for him. Gray rose up slowly and filled with anger.

Natsu started running towards him and before they were two meters away from each other, the pinkette made an almost complete turn to the right, pushing his entire weight in a jump… The move he had never managed to accomplish back on Earth in the martial arts club because it was for higher graders, was going to be tried once more. If he could manage to make it perfectly, Gray was going to be seriously injured, but if not, he would be in complete danger.

While he was in the air, he raised his knees and then thrust his legs in his falling direction, towards the king.

He had jumped high enough for the move to turn out as being perfect.

Gray's stomach bended and he was thrown to the ground while Natsu landed with his legs parted and his fists clinched.

The ice-hearted man didn't let that one move finish him off. He managed to raise up ignoring the pain aching his whole body. He yelled and rushed towards the pinkette. He barely managed to dodge the coming fist with a spin and then he kicked Natsu's ankle, throwing his foot backwards and gaining one moment of control over the situation. He threw the back of his fist over the guy's face and the earthling fell to the ground. Natsu rolled over to his right getting away from the king's body that was going to send a good bunch of punches. Even so, Gray remade the try ending up landed on his enemy's back, prepared to rip his skin open just as his own face had suffered. Because of the painful damage on his sight, he couldn't surpass the pinkette on his next move. He felt the body under him bend and the raised feet caught his head in a tight grip between Natsu's ankles. He didn't have the time to react to the force that dragged his back towards the floor. The top of his head landed with speed into the rock. The next explosion of pain literally left him sightless. He couldn't feel anything but that pain. He didn't have the strength to grit his teeth when he made huge efforts not to lose his conscious. What followed were many punches and kicks in his stomach that left him breathless.

When Natsu retrieved for a break to catch his breath, the king found the energy needed to cough and let out the blood in his lungs. He opened his eyes slowly and managed to get a blurry version of reality. He let his muscles rest a little before he lifted his heavy and aching body from the ground. He kept his balance well for someone who was supposed to be long dead. Natsu yelled again and hurried his way. Gray tried a weak kick, but the other one caught it and threw his knuckles through the raven haired guy's stomach, making sure there was a hole remaining.

Gray could not take much anymore, but Natsu didn't allow him to fall down that easily.

He let of the foot and clutched the back of his head with both his hands.

The king opened his eyes widely with shock.

What followed happened in slow motion for him.

He knew that after that move, it was going to be knock out. He knew he wouldn't be able to take it anymore.

It was over.

Natsu raised his knee and, at the same time, started pushing the king's head downward.

''You're going down, buddy.''

The impact happened and silence suddenly filled the entire palace.

The body of the one that once had been a king fell with a thud on the blood-dirty floor.

Natsu's panting sounded shakily in the room.

Lucy's wide eyes that had watched everything moved with fear from Natsu to the lifeless body on the ground.

Her entire trembling being couldn't dare to move a muscle.

Blood was dripping from her lover's fingertips. His knees were trembling. His head was held low and his messy hair shone into the moonlight.

It was over.

Her back, strongly laying against the wall, started lifting slowly and with fear, higher. Her eyes couldn't leave the scene. When her body managed to sit still, she stopped making any other sound.

Suddenly, she was fully taken by surprise by a crisis of coughs. Gray's body started shaking horribly and, after the crisis was over, he rolled on his back slowly and with suffering. He gritted his teeth with pain and he looked weakly to his enemy.

Natsu didn't move an inch.

Their eyes met in the dark. The pause of silence apart from Lucy's heartbeats continued to send shivers in her body. The two that had fought not less than two minutes ago were now deeply looking into each other's eyes.

''Why…?'' Gray managed to crack a whisper. ''Why didn't you do it…?''

The girl's eyes widened slightly when she realized that, as Natsu had had the chance to send his knee into Gray's nose, push the cartilage into his brain and kill him, had actually hit his forehead making him loose conscious for a couple of moments.

''Why didn't you kill me?''

There followed a long break of silence. Natsu looked outside the window, at the moon.

''I don't know anything about you. I don't know why you've done all those horrible things in your life. I don't know why you've treated women as you have… and, even though there's no excuse for what you've done to Lucy… somebody may have treated you the same way in your childhood. I can't kill you.''

He looked again at him and grinned, his canines shining in the light of the moon.

''You gotta live and fix your problems with that person.''

He straightened his back still smiling.

''I don't like you.'' he paused. ''But you have to live on. Don't ever give up on your life that easily. Treasure the ones that are close to you and, if you don't want to live for your own sake, live for theirs.''

''I don't have anyone close to me.''

''Then live for your enemies. Isn't dying just giving up in front of them?''

They kept silent a while. Gray kept looking at him amazed. The one he was sure had wished for his death was now telling him to live on. Just…

… who was him?

Wasn't he just the annoying brat in love with the woman he had set his eyes on?

He smiled out of the blue.

The feeling that started to spread in his body was unbelievable and the bare knowledge that he hadn't truly smiled in ages was making him even more amazed.

''Fine then. I will live on. And someday, I will challenge you again. I will get stronger and win. Because you are my enemy.''

Natsu grinned and Gray grinned back.

''It was fun.''

''Yeah.''

Lucy was shocked. Weren't they full of hate and anger just moments ago?

Natsu suddenly frowned.

''But just so you know, I could never forgive you for what you've done to Lucy.'' he again paused. ''Unless you say you're sorry.''

Gray watched him wide-eyed.

He hesitated. He couldn't actually say that, now could he? He couldn't actually step on his pride this soon. And, after all, he didn't really feel sorry. Not yet.

Natsu gave him an understanding look.

''I see… I had hoped we could part better than the way we had started, but I guess I was wrong.''

The king looked away. Even though he was obviously touched and felt a slight warm feeling of affection, it was too soon for him.

He closed his eyes and heard light steps from Natsu getting further. Lucy flinched and then looked in her hero's direction.

He heard a whisper of goodbye and then Natsu and Lucy left the room.

That had been the last time he ever saw them.

It wasn't like he had ever deserved anything better, he told himself.

He smiled softly. Natsu had spared his life saying that he still had to live on. In order to fix what he had to fix.

With somebody.

If his body didn't hurt as much as they did, he would have chuckled amazed. How in the world did Natsu know?

It was true.

But even so… The little bastard was wrong. Even if he had said that… There was no way he could resolve his problems with a dead person.

When he had been a child, he had an issue with a person which turned him into the man he was.

The blood on the floor started to mix with something that looked like water coming out of his body.

That person had been the dearest to his heart. The only one he had ever loved.

His skin's pale color was slowly turning into pure white. He could feel his heart…

. . . beating.

That person he had admired since he was a child and, he had to admit, he still did.

But the day that person had died… was the day his whole world had dropped dead as well. He could no longer be the same; he had felt betrayed, stabbed from his back and gibed because the promise to be loved in return by that person had turned out to be a failure. That had been the day his heart froze, bound not to beat once more... till the day of his death.

He let out the air in his lungs slowly and deeply, taking delight in the feeling of his chest being moved by his heart. Oh, how many years have there been? One hundred? Two? The ice that could never melt had reached the moment of its crush. Slowly, as if he could barely keep his body alive, he breathed in the scent of the night. Was it just him, or did the moonlight get brighter? And that tender light on his face, who was emanating it?

''Long time no see, Gray.''

He opened his eyes surprised and saw a wonderful young lady standing in front of him. She was shinning so brightly; she couldn't be real! His dark look glittered amazed as to instantly recognize her.

But how could it be…?

That curly blue hair, delicate pale hands and loving smile… How could it be…?

''Juvia…'' he whispered shocked.

''Long time no see.'' she repeated smiling kindly. But then she frowned and looked at him accusingly. ''You moron, what have you done?''

''Juvia… H-How…?''

''You made a mock of your life blaming everything on Juvia!''

''No, I did not! I-''

''Then how do you explain your heart getting frozen so easily?''

''But you disappeared!'' he said making an effort to rise up, but failing to move. A desperate tear appeared in his eye. ''You crushed my heart on purpose!''

Her look softened and she stepped forward, bending and placing her soft, inexistent hand on his cheek. She studied his eyes sadly.

''My dear Gray… How could Juvia ever do that on purpose? Do you think that Juvia would leave the only man she loves just like that….?''

''Then…'' he whispered amazed. ''Is it true? That you truly loved me?''

''Oh… I did. I still do…''

''But'' he darkened. ''You're dead.''

She sighed, but he could not feel her breath.

''There is a land, far far away from this place where some of the dead wonder. It is amazingly beautiful. But it'd be most beautiful with the one you love beside you. Juvia wants you to come back to her.''

''I don't understand. Why now? Why didn't you come earlier? Why didn't you tell me that, all this time, all I've been doing was fool myself?'' More tears started crowding his sight.

''But dearest, you've known it all this time.'' she said sadly. ''You didn't need anybody to tell you that what you were doing was wrong.''

''But…'' he said grimacing and letting the tears come out.

''No buts…'' she whispered softly.

She lowered her transparent body and kissed his forehead. All that he was able to feel was a warm touch which overwhelmed his senses. His heart saddened and he started feeling guilty. Her warm eyes were piercing his body more than the pain did. He was able to feel his opened wounds pour with the blood of a criminal and, suddenly, it turned out to be painful. The fact that Juvia had loved him and died, not on purpose, breaking him in two and making him a monster… it all seemed like a ridiculous joke. What had been the use of his life when all that he had done was cry and destroy?

"Juvia… '' he looked deeply in her eyes slowly waking up from the darkness that had had him prisoner. ''Oh, my love… How I've longed for your eyes to look at me like that… I missed you so much! And… I've been wrong. I didn't know the truth…. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for everything I've done… But what can I do?''

She smiled kindly.

''I don't know about the rest of them, the ones that you've hurt or even killed… But I am able to forgive you. Though, you must forgive yourself first.''

He let out a shaky breath and he closed his eyes tight. Her eyebrows approached worriedly. He didn't reply. She frowned.

''You're dying, Gray. You have no place left to go to. You've wondered this world with no success to find the same kind of love you've felt beside Juvia. Your hunger for what you've once had drove you insane.''

He swallowed a whimper and many other tears came out. The water on the floor was spreading more and more.

It was his heart melting.

''I'm not dying. He spared me! I can still live on!''

''For what, dearest?'' she asked mildly.

''I can't die yet! I didn't even apologize to Lucy…''

''We can take care of that. Juvia promises she will send the girl apologizes from you.'' her tone was so soft that it could have been confused with the wind. And it seemed to be going further away.

''I… I don't know…''

''Will you be by Juvia's side? Will you stay with Juvia, you sissy little prince…?'' her voice sounded like a giggle and sweet memories started overflowing the king.

The heartbeats had gotten fewer and his skin had gotten whiter. He could only feel the last tears rolling on his cheeks. Before his eyes, the night was ending and the light was spreading into the room like a warm fire on life inside his heart. It was the first time in ages that he could watch the sunrise with a clear conscious.

Juvia was now like a little cloud of light slowly vanishing into this air. His lungs were barely working anymore. His head was foggy and even thought he was at peace, he felt a little out of place.

He knew he was at the end of his line. He whispered:

''Why…. why… am… I…. dying….? I… was supposed…. to…. live on….'' he breathed in, out.. in…. out….in…

''Because Juvia will steal your heart once more.'' her sweet voice could be heard.

His chest rose up and then lowered, every move happening very slowly.

''But be aware, my love….''

Her voice faded away after the following words, at the same time as Gray's last breath filled the morning air along with the birds' songs.

…Juvia can only steal warm hearts…

And then, his heart stopped moving.

-_-_- …

Natsu walked with tired, but determined steps. They had long exited the palace's garden, but Lucy was still a few steps behind him, keeping silent and her head low.

He waited until they completely left the capital, which meant a half an hour of their slow walk, and then he stopped and turned around to face her. She stopped as well. He hesitated, looking at her rather pathetic figure. He didn't know what to say, and nor did she.

''A-Are you ok? Are you hurt?'' he immediately thought what an idiot he was. Of course she was hurt! ''B-Badly, I mean.''

She shook her head.

''T… Talk to me.''

She didn't say anything, nor move her look from the ground.

He took two steps toward her and hesitated to touch her arm.

''Lucy…''

She brutally shook his fingers away and she took a big step back. He looked at her with big, surprised eyes. It seemed like she hadn't been sad, but pissed.

Her shoulders shook and she covered her face with her hands, starting to cry.

''H-Hey…'' he tried to calm her.

''You idiot…'' she whimpered finally raising her face and revealing a pale, blood dirty skin and a pair of big, chocolate eyes covered in tears.

''You moron, stupid, greedy rat…'' she continued and, even though it she must've been insulting him, it all sounded like a soft accusation.

She breathed in loudly and, before his onyx eyes, she stepped froth and threw herself in his arms, squeezing her body against his and burying her face in his ripped shirt. Her fingers clenched around the material and she could feel his warm, trembling hands running through her raveled hair, brushing her pain away.

''What in the world took you so long to figure it out…?'' she whispered.

He kissed her head and hugged her tighter.

Now this was the Lucy he wanted.

This was his old Lucy he had fallen in love with. The chocolate-eyed nerdy girl with an amazingly big heart.

''I love you.'' he whispered laying his chin on the top of her head. A smiled cracked her lips and she was so happy that more tears started filling her sight. She closed her eyes, letting them roll down her cheeks.

''I love you too.''

His eyes widened amazed and he slowly retrieved from the hug. She raised her blushed face and looked at him shyly.

''… What…?''

''Aw~! Silly, don't make me say it again! It's embarrassing!'' And saying that, she burying her red face in his chest once more.

He slowly grinned and his heart began to skip happily.

It had been the first real declaration of love she had ever made to him. And the words, he was sure, would resound again and again in his head till the end of his days.

He took her face in his palms and kissed her without bothering to listen to her protests. But she immediately softened and melted in the heat of his body. Her red cheeks reddened even more when he kissed her again.

Suddenly, their magical moment was interrupted by the sound of something similar of a buzz from inside the city. They looked surprised in that direction and saw a large number of people agitating from place to place. The capital had woken up; but there was something different.

The zoom seemed to be growing in intensity and they soon could distinguish people yelling with desperation.

''What's happening?''

It was a complete chaos, but, on top of all noise, two criers' shouts were able to reach their ears, turning their mood completely upside down. Their eyes grew wide and their bodies froze:

''The Queen is gone missing!'' was one of the announcements; but it wasn't this one that surprised them.

''The King is dead!''

''The Giants and the Dwarfs are attacking! For the first time in two hundred years, there is going to be war in The Frozen Roses' Kingdom!''

Before you accuse me of anything, please note that I did not copy Mashima- senpai's idea with the giants. I had had this idea long before it appeared in the manga. So I'm going to use giants.

Ok, so, the chapter is finally up! Yay! And… it's already over.

And, Lucy is free! Yay! And, Gray is dead! Ya- ….. n-no… that's not a good thing… Well, he did end up with his real love, Juvia (finally got her a contribution in the story) and they went somewhere, in another world created by the witches (probably), somewhere like heaven (probably) so they must be having their' happily ever after', right?

I hope I didn't disappoint any of you with this chapter. Even though that Gray, yes, had been a jerk his whole life, could've had a reason for being so. And then, I said 'Hey, why not? He was disappointed in love and so, he decides to take revenge on every single girl by having their love and then getting rid of them just as –he had thought- Juvia did to him.'' And also, I had Natsu leave him be after beating the crap out of him (and vice versa) because I know the real Natsu would have done the same. Right, Mashima-sempai? *laughs and high-fives with imaginary friend Hiro Mashima*.

Oh well, sorry to have stolen those last few moments of your life with nonsense. I guess… see you next time?

P.S.- Dee, are, oh, pee (drop) a review!