Chapter One – I now pronounce you…

Two and a half years later

Everyone had always said that wedding dresses were supposed to be beautiful. There were always girls who dreamed about the perfect wedding dress. There were hundreds of magazines around the world that featured wedding dresses as at least a part of their focus. There were fairy tales that highlighted the wonderful gown the girl wore when she became a princess.

Then there was the dress that Kyoko Mogami had just put on, she still didn't understand how it could be as magical and beautiful and wonderful as it was.

Not sparing the expense, she had ordered a one of a kind dress with lace, gems, hand embroidery, and the most beautiful satin and other fabrics. She had gone in for multiple consultations and fittings and she had a long train on it which was sparkling and had pictures of things like fairies and princesses and diamonds all cut out in the lace and put on so you could see them in the light.

It was the princess dress that even someone in a fantasy would envy.

And it was all Kyoko's.

… at least she had paid for sixty-percent of it herself and then her soon to be father in law had paid the rest. She would have to thank him before they walked down the aisle…or pathway since they had chosen to get married in a gorgeous and exclusive park filled with gorgeous flowers and with the perfect amount of shade.

"I feel like a princess," Kyoko grinned as she twirled around in her dress a little, "I can't believe it. This dress is so beautiful," she giggled before looking back at her maid of honor. "Don't you think it's gorgeous Moko?" she asked, her eyes bright and looking for a compliment.

"Well, it is beautiful," Kane sighed and looked at her, "but the dress isn't the main thing here. You know you could leave and still keep the dress if you wanted, or are you really prepared to be somebody's wife."

"Mokoooo!" Kyoko said as she hugged her best friend, "I know that I'm going to be a wife, but…I don't think he'll make me be a wife in the traditional sense if I don't want to. Kuon's always supported my acting and I think if I told him I wanted to continue he'd say that he thought that would be it."

"So," Kanae smirked, "I guess you did learn to love. It's nice that he's so honorable, but if you don't feel right about it. Mo." She sighed, "I just hope that he doesn't treat you badly, I might have to have some more words with him if he does that."

Kyoko shook her head, "It's not the same. When I thought about marrying that idiot Shoutaro in the past, well I always thought happily about preparing meals and having kids and being the housewife you hear about, but I can't see Kuon demanding dinner or telling me to do housework or taking advantage of me." Kyoko giggled again, "and you know why?"

"Tell me," Kanae sighed, but still grinned up at the bride.

"Because he's waited up for me before. When I was with Demon Number One, I would wait up for him so I could make him dinner or help him. I wouldn't feel right going to sleep without him being home, but I had to accept that. When we first started living together, I was scared that it would be the same thing. I got caught up in a meeting with the president and then there was traffic. It was just after midnight and when I got in I was quiet so he could get his rest. Then I suddenly see him waiting for me and he hasn't eaten, but he's been making sure everything is clean and then I saw that he had been keeping our dinner warm."

Kyoko grinned, "Even though it was really late, he sacrificed a hot dinner to eat together and it was fun. Then he kept doing it, even if it was only rice balls or hamburger egg, he would always wait for me and his first question was always, 'How was your day, Kyoko?'" She blushed happily.

Kanae blinked hard just watching her friend laugh and twirl and rejoice over the fact she was going to become joined in union to someone else. Kanae was definitely not ready to do that herself. Maybe she should have grown up a little, but men got in the way of career and even if there was only one guy she was interested in, if it wasn't advantageous to her then maybe she wouldn't marry him.

There was a knock on the door and Kyoko went to open it, she smiled seeing her three other bridesmaids – including Maria and Chiori – and her father in law. She hugged him tightly taking him by surprise a little. "Father" she grinned, "How do I look?"

Kuu gave her two thumbs up before holding her close, "You're a real vision," he smiled. "Your photographs are going to be wonderful, I need to get copies of all of them, at least two copies of all of them."

Kyoko smiled, "Of course," she nervously moved her foot in small circles, "Have you seen Kuon?" she asked. She had wanted to see what he was wearing, but he had playfully told her that it wasn't fair for her to be so secretive about her dress and for him not to give her any surprises.

"I have no words to describe the joy my son is showing that comes from marrying you today," Kuu assured her and Kyoko nodded. She held onto Kuu's hand as he led her down the garden.

…..

….

Kuon was wearing an elegant white suit with silver detailing that had been made especially for him by one of Japan's top designers. He had a three piece suit with a blue tie the same color as the Corn stone. He was wearing white formal boots with gold accents and all the immaculately white pieces of clothing seemed to sparkle in the light as he stood beside a tree and under a silver and white archway.

He had been lucky enough to find out the colors that would compliment Kyoko's own dress through his father, though all information other than that was out of his reach.

"So, are you really going to say told you so again?" Kuon asked his manager, best friend, and best man. He grinned happily as he looked in front of him to where Kyoko would enter. His blonde hair had been styled in a way that looked modern and yet elegant at the same time and his green eyes caught all the light that the decorations provided.

"I think you've heard it enough for a lifetime, Kuon," Yashiro grinned. "However, I believe I was the first one to note how in love with Kyoko you were."

Kuon laughed again, "You mean how in love with Kyoko I am," he said before the music played. It was a slightly stylized version of 'Here Comes the Bride' to sound like it could have been played by fairies during an elegant fairy tale ball. Kuon didn't mind as long as Kyoko was happy.

As he caught sight of her he took in how gorgeous she was. She had grown her hair out so that it trickled down her back and today it was a lighter red, very beautiful.

Kuon felt his heart soften as his smile seemed to have enough power to light up the ocean better than any lighthouse. He saw her looking at him with so much love and hope in her eyes and everything seemed to stop for a moment as the world changed into a glowing orb which surrounded only them. Nothing else mattered but this wonderful woman who was going to become his wife.

"Kyoko," he said as she reached him, "Wow," he laughed as she giggled.

"My prince Kuon," she said, "Corn," she repeated as she squeezed his hand.

Kuon inhaled deeply and they both turned to the man officiating their wedding who was of course, Lory Takarada. Kuon put a hand up to his mouth to hide a laugh as he saw the president smiling widely but also nearly crying at the same time.

"L-Lory" Kyoko asked, having been asked to use that familiar term a year or so ago, "Uh…are you o—"

Kuon laughed gently before nodding, "He is," he promised before wrapping an arm around behind his very soon to be wife.

The beginning of the ceremony went well, though Kuon hadn't remembered the traditional wedding reception having this much of a speech, but before he knew it, it was time for the vows and Kyoko was going first.

Kyoko turned and gazed up into the face of her prince and then closed her eyes. "Kuon, you are my favorite person in the entire world," she said. "You are my childhood friend, my mentor, my most accurate critic, my prince, one of my best friends, and the man I love. All of that in one person is amazing and I am so lucky to have been given a path to find you. For all the things that Tsuruga Ren taught me and for all the many many more amazing things that Kuon Hizuri has taught me, I just want to say thank you.

As we go through our life together, I promise to always do my best to be your support when you get a cold, and you will get a cold, to read lines with you and motivate you to develop your many wonderful gifts and talents, to talk to you when you feel like you're alone and to love you unconditionally for eternity. I love you, Kuon and I want to go through every day celebrating the passionate, caring, faithful, thoughtful, and most warm-hearted man I have ever met.

Right now, I just want to repeat how thankful I am for you. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have the amazing life I do have. Thank you for never giving up on me even when I disappointed you. Thank you for coming to my rescue whenever I needed you to. Thank you for loving me and being the person who could make me believe in love again and thank you most of all for being you, my prince, my Ren, my Corn, and most importantly, my Kuon."

Kuon laughed a little as he looked at her and listened to her vows. There was no denying how much love they shared between them and Kyoko giggled a little as she saw the tears in her eyes. If she had brought that emotion from him then she must have shown how much she adored him.

Kuon took a deep breath and started speaking. "Kyoko, there aren't enough words to describe you. As a person, as an actress, as a friend, and now as my wife, I can't even begin to talk about those many amazing and wonderful qualities that you do have. You aren't afraid to show your passion or break down walls to reach your dreams and you help me knock them down with the right amount of determination as well.

You are understanding even when I thought you might not want to understand. You listen to me and can actually tell me when I'm being stupid knowing that even if we argue, I'll still always come back to you and you to me. When I was young I thought that my life couldn't be as amazing as my father's and I realize that the reason I thought that was because I didn't have you.

I am never going to grow up and be my father, but I'm going to be something much better, I am going to be myself. I am going to be your husband, the man who will always protect you, care about you, make sure you are safe and healthy, and most of all supporting you with all of your dreams. You gave me wings to fly, Kyoko, and all of our friends and family have had their lives become better just because of you being there. I promise to always be there for you, my princess.

You are the reason I can live my life, proud to be Kuon Hizuri, your prince and I am beyond proud to become the man known as your husband. Thank you, Kyoko, my lovely wonderful fairytale Kyoko for giving me my wings. I just wish that throughout our lives together I will make your world as wonderful as you make mine every single moment of every single day."

Kyoko tried to wipe away the tears from her own eyes and smiled with a soft laugh as Kuon gave her his handkerchief.

They both turned towards the president of LME and waited for him to compose himself.

"So," Lory said, "Kuon, do you take Kyoko to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

Kuon grinned, "I do," he nodded.

"And Kyoko, do you take Kuon to be your lawfully wedding husband?"

Kyoko laughed loudly and beautifully, smiling widely, "Of course I do," she grinned.

"Then I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride," Lory ended to a loud applause that could be heard for miles around as Kuon picked Kyoko up and spun her whilst kissing as she held on tightly.

Could life get any more wonderful than this?