Chapter 6

Nabiki stood at the entrance to the chapel and stared at her groom to be with a blank expression…not that her expression wasn't always blank but on a day like this people normally gave some emotion. Then again Nabiki Tendo had never been known to have any other expressions that "bored" and "Money"…though some were confused at how money could be considered an expression.

"Are you ready, Nabiki-Chan?" Kasumi asked as she stared at her sister with a concerned light in her soft eyes. "I mean this is all happening so quickly. Akane was married off only a few weeks ago and now Father's marring you off too…" Kasumi's voice broke at the end. "We'll never see Akane again and, with your new husbands job, who knows how often we'll see you…" Kasumi dissolved into tears.

Nabiki placed an awkward hand on her older sister's shoulder and gave her a reassuring pat. "Don't worry." She said in a blasé attitude. "Even if I don't visit often I'll still write to you and father…not to mention wasn't father supposed to have a husband for you too?"

Kasumi wiped her eyes then nodded. "He's an old friend of our family. You were probably too young to remember him, but he was training to be a doctor back then…" She trailed off as their father walked up to them.

"Ready Nabiki?" he asked as his voice trembled. Nabiki nodded and sent a silent prayer that her father wouldn't break down as he had when Akane had walked out the door and out of their lives. The music started and her father walked her slowly down the aisle.

As they got closer to her groom to be, she let out a small gasp of recognition. Her husband was Tatawaki Kuno, an old childhood friend of her's that many accused of being richer than God. Glad for the veil and the music that muffled her surprise her face fell back into blankness. It's been so long, I doubt he'd remember me. I wasn't very nice the last time I saw him…and it wasn't his fault either. Her mind wandered back to the month after they had lost all their money. Both her and Kuno had been the best of friends, joined at the hip and inseparable…or that was what they thought.

Though they'd always been together people began to whisper that Nabiki was only after him for his money. She'd brushed it off at first, but the whispers soon grew to screams and she had picked a fight with Kuno. She could still remember his hurt look as he told her good bye. She'd forced herself not to cry at the loss of her best friend.

After that day she'd thrown herself into trying to make money so she'd be able to befriend him again. So they could have that same close relationship of whispers in a secret hiding place and him sneaking in her house to check on her in the middle of the night.

But how had H found out about her? Why had he decided to marry her? It'd been so long ago, did he still feel the same way for her that she felt for him? Did he not hate her for shoving him away?

Soun Tendo placed his daughter's palm in Kuno's and left to sit by his eldest daughter.

The preacher started and Nabiki let her mind wander off to visit days when they'd been wealthy and it'd been okay for Nabiki to throw her arms around Tatawaki and call him Tachi-chan. She was pulled back to reality when the vows came. After all the reciting and "I do's" Kuno threw back her veil to kiss her and paused with his lips a hair's breath from her's and whispered "Hi, Biki."

That caused the Ice Queen to show emotion for the second time that day and smile. "Hi, Tachi." They sealed their union with a kiss as a thought rolled into Nabiki's mind. Maybe, Tachi could use his job to track down my sister…

OOC: not my best chapter but you've all suffered long enough waiting for another one. Yes you did not find out if Akane killed herself…guess you have to wait for the next one.

As for Kuno…I always imagined that Him and Nabiki used to be friends, the best of friends really, but that society drove them apart by saying that Nabiki was only after him for his money. So, If Nabiki is anything like Akane, she would have shoved him away. Then thrown herself into trying to make money so people would stop saying things about them being together. However, I can imagine that Kuno would be hurt by this and try to get back at her by liking her sister. Nabiki would have been upset by that and started to use him to get money. After a while it would all become a habit to try and hurt each other. They'd delude themselves to making this illusion into reality. I'd probably take a sucker punch, Like Ranma and Akane's at Jusendo, to even make them start to move back into the way they were…Any way that's just how I see it. You can agree or not, I don't care.