Everyone had gathered in the Fire Kingdom from all over the ryu, to celebrate the marriages of their heroes, Rokkan and Tanya, Michael and Nadia, and Ryu and Atlanta. It was a beautiful night.
The Dragon Lord had come to celebrate the marriage ceremony. Many other dragons filled the sky.
"As you are joined by these cords, today, I bind your destinies. As you are bound by your love, today, I pronounce you husband and wife" the Dragon Lord declared as the brides and grooms were bound together with cords.
Ryu and Atlanta kissed. So did Michael and Nadia, and Rokkan and Tanya.
"Atlanta, I will always love you, you mean more than this world to me and I promise to make you happy until the day I die and even beyond that" Ryu declared his love for Atlanta in front of everyone.
Atlanta smiled and removed a piece of cloth she had used to cover the scar Ryu had given her when he first entered the Chaos State. Surprisingly, the scar was no more.
"How?" Ryu asked.
"Ryu, when Tristran blasted us with the Soul Reaper Jutsu, I thought I was going to die. Then I saw you reach out to me, then I recalled the words you spoke to me as you left the Chaos State, 'As you are my strength today, I will be yours tomorrow. I will protect you from every pain, and share the pain that is meant to be yours.' That is what you said and then I suddenly felt my Silent Jutsu awaken of its own accord and the next thing I knew, you were standing in front of me…protecting me. Thank you for protecting me" Atlanta said.
"Wow, I'm a really smooth talker whenever I enter the Chaos State huh?" Ryu joked.
"Though most of the time, you're smooth talking a lot of evil" Atlanta joked and they laughed.
"Are you sure about this Atlanta? I mean, living with me for a lifetime? I don't even completely understand what I am yet. I am the Dragon Zone after all" Ryu said.
"Who cares? I don't care about any of that. You make me repeat myself so much. To me, you are…and will always be Ryu, the man I love" Atlanta assured him.
There were loud cheers and wonderful music.
Tanya and Rokkan proclaimed their love for one another, as did Michael and Nadia. Then the brides and grooms ran out of the Temple after the celebration was over. The grooms raised their hands into the air and summoned their dragon saints. They helped their brides mount their Dragon partners. There were many fireworks in the air as the newlyweds rode amongst the stars. The celebration lasted for an entire month! Ken was reunited with the Creeping Mist.
Ryu and the others worked hard to repair the damages Tristran had caused. He also revived the Flame ryu. Shroud and Anna worked with the Shadow ninja to restore the glory of the Dark ryu in honour of Nemesis and Shekan. Rokkan and Tanya travelled the world, searching for clues to Rokkan's past. Michael and Nadia revived the Water ryu and established connections with their distant elemental brothers, the ninja of the Ice ryu. After Atlanta's father passed away, Ryu and Atlanta united the Fire and Flame ryu to form the New Fiery ryu and ruled the Fiery Kingdom with wisdom and justice. It was a time of great peace.
In time, they had a son whom they named Gaiden, after their ancestor and heroic predecessor. Unknown to them, the boy's destiny would be great and would in fact be the key to the birth of ninjutsu and all events leading to the final defeat of Tristran but that…is another story.
Every day, humans live their lives, unaware that the smallest actions they take could lead to a future of great peace…or great destruction. As long as humans and dragons live, there might be more great conflicts in the future but when such times come, we know, we are definitely not alone, for we lean on a power greater than ourselves! That is the one fate, all of creation shares, and now, we know with certainty, that we are one creation, perhaps small and insignificant, but part of a world much greater than the world we live in!