It was now 12 month since the wedding of Cid and Sera. Slowly they started the plans for Tifa's and Cloud's wedding. Yuffie wanted it to be in Wutai but Cloud declined that. Cosmo Cayon was out of the question after what happed there the last time. Barrett mentioned the Golden Saucer to Tifa one night and got hit by a towel she had in her hand. Denzel and Marlene wanted the wedding to take place at the bar, but this time both Tifa and Cloud said no. Now one night after the bar had closed talked Cloud to Tifa in their bedroom who he had moved in after the wedding.

"Tifa, about our wedding! I wanted to ask you something."

"Go adead, Cloud. What you want to know?"

"They all came up with ideas where the wedding should be. I thought about that too. Those ideas waren't bad, but if you agree I like to hold it..." he stopped talking. Tifa looked at him, he started out the window. She took his face in her hands and turned it towards her.

"Where, Cloud where do you want to have it?"

"All the places the other came up with had no good memories for me. But the one I came up with did. The one I was happy, at least for ten years. Tifa I want us to get married in Niebelheim, there I lived with mom and I met you there."

"But what about the ShinRa Mansion?" he flinched a little.

"I know, but it was our home, at least while we grew up. The night on the watertank was the best what I remember, so what you mean?"

"If you want that Cloud, it's ok with me. We were happy there once, maybe we will make us happy." Then they held each other in their arms and went to sleep.

The next day they called the gang and told them what they come up with. Four days later sat the gang in Tifa's bar to discuss the wedding and what everyone were going to do.

"Who's going to be your best man, Cloud?" asked Barrett.

"Not you! You take Tifa down the isle, she has no parents anymore!"

Barrett smiled "Great! I do that. But who..."

"Barrett wait, you did not let me finish. Sera and Yuffie are bridesmaiden, Marlene the flowergirl, Denzel is the Ringbearer and..." Cloud stopped, everyone looked at him. He started to grin. "Vincent, since we already spent a night together, would you be my best man?" Then he took off running with Vincent after him. The rest of the gang just laughted.

2 weeks until the wedding

"Cloud I need your opinion, please!" Cloud looked at Tifa, who stood with something in front of him. "With what?"

"The bridesmaides dresses, I need..."

"Tifa! You ask the wrong person for that! You know me!"

Tifa giggeld "Right! I remember, ok then I ask Sera to help me. Oh we need to get your clothes too."

Cloud smiled at her. "No I get them."

Surprised looked Tifa at him. "You? But..."

"Dont worry Tifa. I will not marrie you in my uniform or jeans. But I want it to be a surprise, so please." he looked at her with puppy eyes.

"If you promise no jeans or uniform, hmm I guess I can trust you. When do you get them?"

"Barrett comes over today we'll go and get them. I already have some but they needed some tailoring." Now Tifa wondert even more.

"Ok who are you and what have you done with my financé?" but she smiled as she said that. Cloud laughed and as Barrett came the two man left.

Tifa got on the phone and called Sera and soon the two woman deceided also to go shopping for the dresses.

Barrett sat in the store and waited for Cloud to get dressed.

"Cloud, why me? You know I have no taste when it comes to that."

From the cabin where he was answered Cloud. "But you're honest. And you have to match me. Tifa wears a bridal gown and I ...Take a look!" with that stepped Cloud out of the cabin. Barrett's eyes grew as big as saucers. There stood Cloud in a perfectly fitting white suit and a blue shirt that had the same color as his eyes.

"So what you think Barrett? Barrett?"

At first could Barrett not say one word, then "Ok who are you?"

Cloud smiled "I guess you like it. Tell me what you think."

"You look greadt, but I think no one will regognize you." Then Barrett ginned a very dirty grin. "You know Vincent will kill you. If it comes to clothes he's worther than you. But you and Tifa will look great. You know she's like a little sister to me so...Thank you."

Surprised looked Cloud at Barrett. "Why are you thanking me?"

"Take those clothes off, we sit down somewhere and talk." Cloud nodded, now he was curious about that.

Sera and Tifa were in a store too. They had found green dresses tho would go with Sera's and Yuffie's hair. Now they looked at bridal gown's.

"Say Tifa, what is Cloud wearing so we can match you?"

"I don't know, he told me today he already has his clothes. I did not know about that. He and Barrett are getting them now."

"Hm then we must play it safe, white goes with everything. So let's look."

Three hours later stepped Tifa in front of the full size mirror. "That is georgeous!" whispered Sera. In a long flowing cream colored dress, with tiny blue flowers stepped to it stood Tifa there and looked at herself in the mirror.

"I thake that. I love it, but Cloud will not see it until the wedding. He keeps his secrets and I mine."

"What about your bouquet, Tifa?"

"That is taken care of. I will take some of the flowers from Aeris church, I want her to be with us, even she's dead. She saved the planet and Cloud I owe her that!"

"Too bad the church is flooeded with the water or you..."

"No Sera we would'nt it's her church not ours!"

Because the dress fit perfectly took Sera it with her to keep it until the wedding.

Barrett and Cloud sat in a cafe. "So now I want to know what yu meant by that what you said ealyer."

"Order yourself another cafe that could take some time. After the Niebelheim incident where you endet with Hojo took Zangan her to Midgar to have her healed. Then he found a couple in Sektor five who raised her. I had started AVALANCHE and bought the bar as headquarter. At that time I looked for a woman to run the bar and take care of Marlene. Tifa saw the signs and came over to me. I told her at first she were too pretty, I did not wanted her. She knocked me to the floor, so I hired her. Soon I told her what else I was doing. She...Then I ….Shit I'n not good at that."

"Go ahead Barrett I likt to know. This part she never told me."

"Ok Spiky, she took care of Marlene and AVLANCHE, she was like a mother to all of us, but because I was older I saw in her a sister I never had. Then she found you in Midgar, she brought you with her. You know how you were at that time, I did not like you. Then the chase of Sephirot started. You showed leadership and sometimes even mercy. But then gave you Sephirot the black Materia, I could killed you. But later after you and Tifa came out of the Lifestream, you explained what happened to you! Now I felt sorry for you, no one should go through that what you went through. Then after Kadaj you finally changed into the man you are now. I know you will make her happy, that is why I thaked you earlyer for. She went through a lot in the past ten years, she deserves to be happy. Cloud?"

Cloud had listened to Barrett, he looked at the ground. Now he raised his head and met Barrett's eyes. "I have to thank you for keeping her safe and for being honest with me. I love her more than my life and I will do anything to make her happy. That I promise you!"

Cloud gave Barrett the hand and the man went home together.