I do not own bleach, Tite Kubo does.

Note: Please don't flame me for mistakes in this chapter, I don't know much about weddings, Western or Eastern style so I went with the info about Japanese style weddings that a friend gave me. Thanks Rouge Dreams, this chapter is especially for you.

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Wedding Bells, Wedding Cake, and Chaos

Bells rung throughout Karakura Town, each stopping at the twelfth time so as to signal that noon had arrived. As the sun reached its height in the sky, many people began scurrying around a tall church. Everyone was dressed for a special occasion and various among them rushed to complete their assigned tasks before the traditional ceremony started. Meanwhile, Ichigo was pacing back and forth in his designated room, his three best men and best friends watching him with mixed expressions.

"She's not going to show." Ichigo blurted out suddenly, "I just know it, she's not going to show. She's going to realize she's making a big mistake and run off."

"Calm yourself Kurosaki." Uryu said, pushing up his glasses and watching Ichigo continue going back and forth.

"Yeah, what are you so nervous for?" Renji asked, yawning as he lazily slouched in a chair, "You asked her to marry you two years ago. You moved in shortly afterward and after a few months you two practically adopted a kid. If she were gonna leave you she'd have done it by now."

"Right, I should listen to you Renji." Ichigo said sarcastically, "By the way, how are things going with Rukia?"

Renji's expression went to surprised to annoyed in two seconds, "We're doing great actually." He mumbled.

"Really? So then why did you bring Rangiku as your date?"

"Alright," Renji growled, incredibly ticked off now, "I haven't asked her out yet. There, are you happy?"

"I think he's too nervous to be happy." Chad said.

Keigo and Mizuru stood in a corner of the room. All the men had on tuxedo's that fit them well and were perfect for the occasion. Despite Ichigo's yelling, Uryu had grabbed his tuxedo and did some last minute modifications to it, saying that his needed to stand out since he was the groom. And it came out looking good, it fit just right and Ichigo had no idea how Uryu had done it but it made everyone think about how Ichigo looked in his bankai form. It made him look pretty good and, he had to admit to himself, made him feel more courageous about the occasion.

There was a loud crash and sound of something breaking into a million little pieces, making all the men rush out the room and to the sight. They were surprised to see a large amount of broken ice on the floor of the lobby to the church, and even more surprised to see Yuki holding up what was left of an ice sculpture Orihime had absolutely had to have for the wedding. She was putting all her strength into it, and luckily Chad was quickly behind her and pushed the partially broken angel statue back into place.

"What the hell happened?!" Ichigo yelled looking between Yuki and the sculpture.

"Well, Yachiru ran inside after hearing the bells and started bouncing around the place. Kenpachi-san tried to get her to calm down but she ended up pushing him into the ice statue and then it fell over and I tried to stop it but the wings fell off and-"Yuki tried to quickly explain the situation so Ichigo might not be angry at her.

Ichigo mumbled something as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Somebody go find Toshiro. Quickly."

Renji ran off while Keigo and Mizuru wondered off to make sure nothing else broke before the ceremony started. When Ichigo opened his eyes he saw Yuki looking up at him, her best puppy dog eyes on and full of tears. With a sigh he leaned down and put a hand on her head, telling her she did a good job and to go check up on Orihime. While he retreated back to his room with Chad and Uryu the little girl ran off to the opposite side of the church and snuck into the room where one of her guardians and her group of brides maids were turning her every which way to get a good look at her in her dress.

"Oh you look absolutely gorgeous Orihime-chan." A woman Yuki knew to be Rangiku said happily as she kept turning Orihime around, making the girl slightly dizzy.

"Hey, hey, hey, knock it off." Tatsuki interrupted, stopping Orihime, "We don't need her getting so dizzy she can't walk down the aisle."

"Eh, Ichi-nii won't mind." Karin said from her seat in a corner, "He'd probably enjoy catching her as she's about to fall, he likes playing hero."

"Yeah," Rukia agreed taking time to admire Orihime, "if there's one thing Ichigo can do, it's play the hero."

"A-Are you sure I look alright?" Orihime asked nervously, taking another look at herself in the mirror, "What if I don't look beautiful? Ichigo might walk away, or the little blue men might take control of his mind make him leave so he they use him to control the world."

A giggle alerted all the girls to the presence of Yuki, hiding behind a chair. She ducked out of her hiding spot and put on an innocent smile.

"Yuki-chan, what are you doing here?" Orihime asked, walking over to the girl.

"Ichigo-san wanted me to check up on you, he's nervous you're gonna run out on him." Yuki explained, suddenly she got a good look at Orihime, "Wow, you look great Orihime-chan."

Although she'd heard it all day from her friends, it actually meant a lot to hear that coming from Yuki. A true smiled graced Orihime's face as she knelt down, careful not to rip or tear the dress, and pulled Yuki into a hug.

"Okay ladies, we'll be staring in thirty minutes." Nanao said as she popped into the room. Everyone who wanted to help with the wedding had eventually ended up with a job, and Nanao was in charge of making sure things were kept in an orderly manner and done on time.

"Hey, where's Yuzu?" Karin asked as she stood up to make sure she looked alright in the dress Orihime had picked out for her brides maids.

"Last I saw, she was putting the finishing touches on things in the reception hall." Nanao pushed up her glasses.

"And my dad?"

"Hmm . . ." Nanao took a moment to think, "I'm afraid I lost track of him a while ago."

"Somebody better go warn Ichi-nii."

"I'll do it!" Yuki piped up and rushed out of the room behind Nanao.

As she bolted through the lobby again she noticed Renji arguing with a young man with white hair and white tuxedo in front of the broken ice sculpture.

"I can't make ice in any shape." The young man said with a bit of an icy tone.

"We're not asking you to make wings, just put a chunk of ice on the back and we'll sculpt the wings." Renji said, the rest of the conversation being lost as Yuki rounded a corner.

Ooomph!

And ran into the back of a guest. She fell flat on her butt and looked up to see a rather tall man with some decorations in his hair looming over her. His cold stare made her scared until he reached down a hand to help her up. She looked at him carefully until another guest appeared.

"Kuchiki-taichou, ever the gentleman." The newcomer said. He had shaggy brown hair tied back in a tail and some stubble for a beard and mustache, but what caught Yuki's attention the most was that he was wearing an old straw hat even though he had on a tuxedo.

"Kyouraku-taichou." The man that helped Yuki up addressed him. Suddenly they could both smell a strong scent of sake, "Have you been drinking?"

"Just a little bit." Shunsui made a little space between his forefinger and thumb for emphasis.

"I don't believe Kurosaki or Inoue will appreciate you being inebriated during their ceremony." Byakuya said coldly.

"It's fine, I haven't enough to get really wasted yet." Shunsui pulled a small bottle out of his tuxedo, "Besides, it's a wedding, a time of celebration. And you have to have sake when you celebrate."

"The ceremony will begin in about thirty minutes." Yuki piped up and ran off, leaving the two men to argue.

She ran through the hall until she came to Ichigo's room and slipped in again.

"You crazy old man!" she heard Ichigo yelling, "You attack me even on my wedding day!?"

"Very good my son." A strained older voice said, "You don't let your guard down even now. And you'll need it even more since you're getting a wife today."

Yuki looked over to see Ichigo holding Isshin's arms back as he dug his heel into his father's spine. Despite the fact that he was in a very painful position, Isshin was grinning like crazy. Suddenly he spotted Yuki and broke out of the hold, rushing over to lift her up.

"Yuki!" he cried happily, "How's my granddaughter doing on this wonderful day? We're going to have so much fun when Ichigo and Orihime leave for their honeymoon. I rented a bunch of scary movies and the freezer is full of ice cream and candy bars."

"Oh no you don't!" Ichigo kicked his father across the room, "The last thing I need is for Yuki to be hyperactive and scared of the dark when she comes back! It was hard enough having to deal with her sugar high when we let you convince us to baby sit her!"

"I'm a grandfather now Ichigo." Isshin said as he stood, "It's my duty to spoil my granddaughter rotten."

"No ice cream or scary movies!" Ichigo yelled and proceeded to kick his father around the room.

Yuki turned to leave; her warning not needed and decided to look around at everything. As she passed by the lobby she heard Renji and young man arguing again.

"That's too big a chunk! How are we supposed to carve that into the same size as the wings on the other one?!"

"I have an idea Abari-fukutaichou, why don't you make the ice yourself!"

Yuki peeked into the main hall and saw half the guests were already seated. Plenty of Ichigo and Orihime's friends were there. Yachiru was sitting on the shoulder of the scary man who brought her, Kenpachi, as he had introduced himself. Right beside him sat a man with long white hair while two people in the row behind him argued with each other, one a woman with short brown hair and other a man with black hair and a small beard. An old man with a long white beard sat in the front row while another man with white hair and a black mustache sat beside him like a diligent servant. A woman with short black hair and a mean expression sat behind the old men while a distance away a very large man with a bad haircut was eating snacks, very messily.

In the back towards the aisle sat a woman with her long black hair tied into a braid in front of her, she exuded a calm, motherly presence, and to her right sat a woman with messy grey hair, although she was definitely young. The two men from before that had been arguing about the drunk man's drinking were still arguing, but quietly as they took their seats. Nanao took a look at everybody from another doorway, scrutinizing the drunk man, before she turned away to tend to other things. And with all those people more kept filing in and taking their seats.

Yuki turned away and heard very loud arguing coming from the lobby followed by a scream and the sound of something being swung around. She didn't pay it much mind and ran off to the reception hall to fetch Yuzu. Just like Nanao had said, she was adjusting the setting of things and the placement of the food. She was so busy she didn't notice Yuki until Yuki had yanked on her dress to get her to return to the main hall.

Finally, and just in time, everyone was seated and the wedding was ready to begin. Yuki ran to the lobby and was surprised to see the angel figure that had been broken was repaired, although the room felt much colder than it had before. The music started and the groom's men and brides maids lined up to walk down the aisle together, where Ichigo was waiting nervously at the end. Uryu was walking with Tatsuki, Chad with Rangiku, and Renji with Rukia.

When they reached the front of the main hall they parted and stood off to the side. Then came her, Yuzu, and Karin's job. They picked up their baskets of cherry blossom petals and started walking down the aisle themselves, spreading the petals around. Yuzu and Yuki did it with smiles and enthusiasm while Karin only managed to look bored.

And finally it came time for Orihime. Everyone in the room stood as the music reached a high point and higher volume. Even though she had seen it before, Yuki was taken aback by how beautiful Orihime looked as she walked down the aisle. Yuki took a glance back at Ichigo and was glad to see his nervousness was gone, replaced by sheer awe. His eyes never left Orihime and his mouth was slightly open, she was sure that even if he wanted to talk, he wouldn't have been able to.

Finally the music stopped and Orihime was standing in front of Ichigo. His surprised expression left his face and he smiled that smile Yuki had seen him only give to her.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today-"the man behind the two started with a calm voice.

Throughout the service, Ichigo and Orihime's eyes never left each other. Both of them had known the day was coming but now that it was here, neither could believe they were actually marrying the one person they wanted to be with more than anything. Ichigo couldn't stop smiling, his mind didn't listen to the man behind them instead it was replaying all the times he'd shared with her.

When the time came for them to drink the sake, Rangiku, Rukia, and Renji stepped forward to represent Orihime's family. Isshin's eyes were filled with tears that he shed silently yet dramatically as the ceremony continued.

"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Ichigo took a second to take in the moment he'd remember for the rest of his life; Orihime in front of him, smiling up at him, and his, truly his. He kept smiling as he leaned forward and pulled Orihime into a deep kiss, one he wanted her to remember for the rest of their lives.

End

Okay, probably not as good as the others but I put what I could in here, I don't know anything about weddings.

Anyway, stay tuned, there's one more chapter left.