Hoshistar: Whew, managed to get this up before the month was out.

Yusei: I must say, you can really type up a chapter when you want to.

Hoshistar: Thanks *gasps* Yusei.

Yusei: Hoshistar17 makes no attempt to profit from the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise. This story is a hobby.

Seer made his way down the corridor, towards his superior's office. Whatever he wanted to speak to him about must have been urgent, as he never really never calls upon him like this, unless it's to do with the DX Grand Prix.

Has there been some new development? he wondered to himself.

Presently he arrived at his boss' office, and after knocking, entered, "Is there a problem, sir?"

The man was sitting in his chair, his back to Seer, "No Seer, there is no problem. Just thought that this might pique your interest," he said, turning his chair slightly, so he could slide a holo-projector to Seer.

Seer picked it up, and after turning it on, realized it was a news article with a headline which read: Wedding of the Century? The famous Fudo Yusei & Izayoi Aki tie the knot!

Seer looked up as he turned the projector off, "This is what you called me hear for?"

"He thought you'd find it interesting," said a female voice off to Seer's right, "Surely you have to admit that it is quite the event?"

The voice belonged to a young woman who looked to be in her late twenties/early thirties; she had long wavy black hair, alabaster skin, and wore a tight leather suit that didn't leave a lot to the imagination.

"How long have you been there, Lilith?" asked Seer.

"For a while, in fact we all got here a while ago."

After Lilith had finished her sentence, four male figures emerged from the shadows of the dimly lit room. The first was dark haired, he had a flame tattoo over his right eye, and wore a coat with ripped sleeves; Scorch.

The second wore a light green shirt, sky blue trousers, and a headband over his blonde hair which stood up as though he'd been struck by lightning; Zaaper.

The third was a large man who looked like he worked out regularly, he wore a padded shirt and studded trousers and boots; Andro.

The last individual was very simple in his appearance, his hair was stark white, his skin almost a deathly pale, and his eyes were red, marking him as an albino. Any clothing underneath was covered by the black cloak he wore; Lucius.

"Well, after all, you're the one who knows Izayoi personally. Surely that does interest you slightly?" said Lucius.

"Yeah, cause, and do correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you have a thing, with Izayoi? A certain part, or rather 'part's', of her relationship with your former boss, that you were jealous of?"

As usual, Seer found Zaaper's remarks to be a tad grating, mostly due to the fact that he tends to speak the truth, even if it hurts.

"That's none of your concern. And I no longer feel anything of that nature towards her," Seer said, a bit put off.

"Could have fooled me," said Scorch, "she's the one member of Team 5D's you openly show interest in."

Seer ignored this.

"Unless of course he's just planning to gate-crash the wedding," said Andro, "That would certainly get her attention."

At this, Seer was about to fly into a fit of rage, but was interrupted by their boss, "Enough!"

All of them turned towards him, "We will allow them to enjoy this little festivity, and delay the DX Grand Prix until they've settled. After all, I've waited a very long time for this, I can wait a little bit longer. I called you all here to tell you not to do anything rash, and to just wait until I decide the time is right."

His six subordinates acknowledged his decision, before proceeding to leave the office.

Yusei's home

Yusei, Jack, Crow and Rua were discussing arrangements for the wedding. Aki, Ruka, and Carly were at Carly's apartment, doing the same thing.

"Ok, so, what did you call us here for?" asked Jack.

"Well, I just wanted to discuss what me and Aki had thought of for the wedding with the rest of you. To start off, we managed to secure a venue; the church hall, near the Blue-Eyes Memorial Park."

"That place? Lucky you," said Crow, "So, given how popular that place is to have a wedding, when's the date? A year from now?"

"Actually, about two and a half months from now," said Yusei.

The other three were silent for a moment, before, "WHAT?!"

"How did you manage that?!" asked Rua, "I mean, doesn't it take a long time before you actually have the ceremony?"

"Shall we just say; being famous, and having a senator for a future Father-in-law, has its advantages," was Yusei's reply.

None of them could argue, and with such a deadline, that would mean everyone didn't have any room to slouch.

"Ok, moving on," said Crow, "who's going to be your best man?"

"You, actually," said Yusei, "No offense Jack."

"None taken," said Jack, "He's probably a better option anyway."

He actually admitted to being inferior to Crow? thought Rua, World must be coming to an end.

"So, is there anything else?" said Jack.

"Yeah, I need a new suit for the Wedding, but I'm not sure where to get a decent one," said Yusei.

"Actually, that's something we all could do with," said Rua.

Jack, and Crow nodded in agreement.

"Hey Jack, what about that place where you got that ostentatious suit done for the WRGP opening ceremony?" said Crow.

"Don't go calling my suit ostentatious," Jack said. He then thought for a moment, "Yes that wouldn't be a bad idea."

"So, should we go see what they've got now?" said Rua.

"I'd say that'd be a good idea, given the deadline we're working towards," said Crow.

Having, agreed on the decision, the four friends got onto their D-Wheels, and headed for Neo Domino City.

Carly's Apartment

Carly turned from the kitchen with a tray in her hands, three mugs were placed upon it. She brought it to the coffee table, sitting on the sofa were Ruka and Aki.

"Thanks for helping guys, I'm feeling really nervous about all this," said Aki, looking down in awkward embarrassment.

"It's nothing," said Ruka, placing her hand on Aki's shoulder.

"Yeah, we're here to help," said Carly as she placed the tray onto the table.

Aki thanked them for their support, before they got down to business. Aki told them that thanks to her father's influence, coupled with Yusei fame, the ceremony would be happening in six weeks.

Afterwards, Aki said that she was hoping Ruka would be the Maid of Honour for the ceremony, to which Ruka's reply was, "I would gladly be the Maid of Honour, Aki," she said.

"What about the dress?" Carly asked excitedly, "I bet you'll be wearing your mother's? Assuming of course, that your parents had this style ceremony?"

"Yeah, about that," Aki said looking down awkwardly.

Aki remained silent for a little bit before Carly broke the ice, "What, Aki?"

Aki, with a bit of a blush, showed Ruka and Carly a picture of her in her mother's wedding dress, "This was from yesterday."

"Wow," said Ruka, admiring the elegant white dress, "you look lovely."

"So, what's the problem?" asked Carly.

Aki's blush turned a deeper shade of red, "Given a choice I would love to wear the dress, but…" she paused, before mumbling, "it was a bit tight around the chest area."

There was silence for a moment, before Ruka and Carly tried their hardest to stifle their giggles, which caused Aki to throw them some very murderous glares at the pair.

"Sorry Aki, didn't mean to laugh," said Ruka.

"Yeah, it's just we weren't expecting that," Carly said.

Aki just decided to let by, before she brought up her major concern, "Well, now I'm stuck looking for a reputable shop that does Wedding dresses."

"Surely there would be options here in Neo Domino?" asked Carly.

"Yeah, about six major shops between Satellite and the city itself, all with very good reputations," said Ruka.

Carly didn't need to say another word.

Elsewhere

Seer was frustrated. Very frustrated. Yes he knew that the possibility of Aki marrying Yusei was pretty much guaranteed, but he didn't think it would happen this soon.

She hated him when they first met. Just allowing her to think for herself, was that all it took?

Seer then thought about what the others had said earlier. They were correct into guessing that he still feels something for the burgundy haired psychic. He thought she looked positively radiant when he first met her, after Divine had brought Aki off the street and into the Arcadia Movement.

Divine was sly, convincing her that if she allowed Divine to think for her, she would trust him completely. And he even went as far as using that trust to get her into his bed!

Seer was jealous of his former master whenever it came to Aki, he admitted to having a number of fantasies about her, which he wished would have come true.

"Damn! If I knew it was just as simple as letting her have freedom of thought, then I would've been able to win her myself!" he said slamming his fist against a wall.

"Still, I was told to not do anything rash. Not that I'll stay away or anything," Seer said, grinning.

Neo Tailor shop; Neo Domino City

The shop owner, Mr. Fujimura, was sitting at the till reading a book. He was an elderly man who'd been in the business for a number of years, his shop was the number one place to get a suit in the city.

But even he had quiet days. Or rather, he didn't have a lot of customers on some days, outside it was anything but quiet.

"What are those people making such a fuss about?" he said to himself.

He got his answer when four young men burst in through the entrance, and almost immediately, plastered themselves against the door, preventing the hyper-enthused crowd from getting in. Mr. Fujimura just stared at the peculiar scene that played out before him.

"Um, can I help you?"

"Yeah, could you lock the door, and put the closed sign up?" said the ginger haired man.

"Why certainly," Fujimura said, getting up and walking briskly over to the door, "If you don't mind me asking, what is going on?" he said, as he locked the door.

"It's been a while sir," said the blonde man, who the man recognized as Jack Atlas.

"Ah, Mr. Atlas, how nice it is to see you again. I take it you were the cause of the commotion outside?"

"Half. The rest were hoping to get a word out of him, since he's engaged," Jack said, placing his hand on Yusei's shoulder.

"Ah, Mr. Fudo, it is an honour," Fujimura said, as he bowed, "Can I assume then, that he requires a suit for his day then?"

"We all do actually," said Jack, "And after you crafted that fine suit for me, for the opening ceremony of the WRGP, your shop has become my number one choice," Jack said with a smile.

"Your words do me proud Mr. Atlas. Well, let's see what's available," he said, leading the four Duellists into the shop's main area, "Did you have anything special in mind, Mr. Fudo?"

"Just a suit that will complement whatever my fiancé decides to wear," Yusei said.

"Do you know for certain what she's wearing?"

Yusei shrugged, "All I know is she's going for a white wedding dress."

Mr. Fujimura nodded, "Well, I'll see what I've got. When's the happy event?"

"About six weeks from now, believe it or not," said Crow.

"Well, well. I'm afraid that won't leave me enough time to do a custom order. I'd have to see what fabrics I'm using, and to get all the parts done to the same standard."

After a while he pulled one suit out, "How about this one?"

Yusei examined it, it certainly looked well made, but he was a little unsure if it would go with whatever Aki chose, "I don't want to seem troublesome, but would it be possible if I came back on a later date, with a photo of the dress my fiancé has picked, and I choose the suit then?"

"Certainly. Wouldn't want the two of you to look mismatched now, would we?" Mr. Fujimura said with a small laugh.

Yusei let himself laugh a little.

"Since we're here, we'll get ours now," said Rua, "We'll be able to cover it."

"Of course. Please have a look around."

As the others went to look for the suits that they wanted, Yusei pulled Mr. Fujimura to the side, "Thank you for helping. As thanks, I'll bring along an invite for the Wedding when I'm in next."

"I would be honoured to attend Mr. Fudo."

Elsewhere in the City; Snow-White Dresses

Aki, Ruka and Carly had already visited two shops for a Wedding dress, but it boiled down to either; they didn't have styles she liked, or the ones she liked ended up having the same problem with the chest area.

So now they were trying yet another shop. Ruka, and Carly understood perfectly that Aki wanted a dress that would look amazing for her special day, but they didn't want to have to end up going to all six shops.

"Ok, you can come back in," the shop owner said, "What do you think of it?"

Ruka and Carly turned to see Aki re-enter the room, wearing a dress which clung to her body from her neck down to her knees where it flared out into a mermaid skirt. She wore gloves that matched the design on her dress.

Ruka and Carly were astonished.

"Aki, you look gorgeous," said Ruka.

"You think so? I feel like this suits me well."

"Oh it does Aki. You've definitely got to go for that," said Carly.

Aki told the shop owner that she wanted the dress, but before she went back to change out of the dress Carly said that she'd take some photos of Aki in the dress.

"Don't show these to Yusei, he'll only be allowed to see you in your dress on the day of the Wedding," said Carly as she got her camera out.

"Of course, but could give me some copies though. I'd like to show to my parents."

That Evening; Yusei's home

Both Yusei and Aki felt like they'd achieved quite a bit in one day. Aki had arrived home after Yusei, telling him not to try and sneak a peek of the dress. He promised he wouldn't, and after she put her dress in the wardrobe, she and Yusei settled down for dinner.

"You did say that I wasn't allowed to look at the dress, but could I at least take a picture with me so the man at the store can pick out an appropriate suit?" Yusei asked, as they ate.

Aki thought for a bit, "Just as long as you don't see it. I want your reaction to be for our Wedding day."

"Ok."

After a little bit Aki chimed in with the one thing that had been on her mind, "Yusei, shall we buy each other's wedding rings?"

Yusei realized that he hadn't thought about that. As long as the rings were bought, the rules concerning them weren't set, but buying each other's did seem like it would be the right thing to do, "Yes let's do that. Our first gifts to each other as husband and wife."

The way Yusei worded it made it sound so romantic that Aki visibly blushed.

After dinner, the betrothed couple settled down for bed.

A week and a half later; Izayoi Mansion

Aki drove her D-Wheel down to her parent's house. The reason for her visit was twofold; her mother was quite keen to see her daughter in her wedding dress, and so did her father. But the main reason for her visit was to ask her parents for advice about something on the wedding day that was weighing on her mind.

Aki arrived and parked her D-Wheel in her parent's drive, before dismounting and going to the front door.

A few minutes after she knocked the door opened and Aki was face to face with her mother.

"Hello Aki," Setsuko said before giving her daughter a hug, which Aki returned.

"Hi Mama," Aki said.

Setsuko and Aki walked into the living area, where Hideo was waiting for them, smiling he walked over to embrace his daughter.

"So, Aki, have you bought the ring you will give to Yusei?" he asked.

"Yes I have. Though it did cost quite a bit," she said, "But it's for Yusei, so I don't mind."

The family sat down for a drink, while Aki prepared herself to talk to her parents about the subject on her mind.

"So Aki, what did you want to talk to us about?" asked Hideo.

Aki remained quiet for a bit, "It's about one part of the wedding day that I'm feeling nervous about. And no, it's nothing to do with the ceremony, or the reception."

"What is it then?" said Setsuko.

"It's…" Aki said before looking down, a blush appearing on her cheeks, "the…Wedding night."

Her parents exchanged glances, this indicated that their daughter and her betrothed hadn't taken their relationship that far yet.

"It's perfectly fine to be nervous," her Mother said.

"It's…not that simple," said Aki.

This confused her parents, "What do you mean?" said Hideo.

Aki then proceeded to explain to her parents about her flings with Divine, and how they had left such an imprint that she just couldn't forget it and was now interfering with her relationship with Yusei.

Her parents were left speechless; their daughter had kept such a dark part of her past to herself, and only now are they made aware of it.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" her Father asked.

"Because I still felt like I was treading a fine line with you. I just felt that if I mentioned anything, you'd be angry at me."

"Aki," said her Father, "we love you. Yusei helped us realize that we shouldn't have pushed you away, and should have given you the support you so desperately needed. I don't blame you, that man was the one at fault for abusing your trust."

"That's right. You were not in the wrong at all," Setsuko said.

Aki looked at her parents, both of them smiling warmly despite what she had told them, that made her feel extremely happy. She went over and hugged them both. Both parents returned the embrace, feeling closer to their daughter than ever.

The family sat down to lunch, where Aki showed her parents the pictures Carly had taken of the dress, both of her parents agreed that she looked wonderful in it.

After an hour Aki got herself ready to leave. She got onto her D-Wheel, and after waving goodbye to her parents, revved her bike and sped back to Yusei's.

"We're watching her leave us again," said Hideo.

"Yes," said Setsuko, wrapping her arm around her husband's, "but this time it's to a new, happy life."

Hideo smiled to his wife, and the pair went back inside.

Meanwhile, the Church hall

Seer was alone in the office. He'd managed to learn from several people that this hall was where the ceremony would happen. In this day and age, everything is recorded on digital archives; events, guests, etc.

So after paying the caretaker a handsome sum, he was able to get in, and access the guest list for the wedding. The man who revolutionized Neo Domino City, and the daughter of a famous senator getting married created quite a list of guests, local or otherwise.

With the amount of people attending, no one would notice if he made a slight addition to the list. Seer grinned as he added his name.

That night, Satellite, Yusei's home

Yusei held Aki close as they lay in bed. Aki enjoyed the feeling of being embraced by Yusei, he made her feel so safe and warm.

She nuzzled against his chest as Yusei stroked her burgundy hair, she really liked when he would touch her gently the way he was doing now, So why do I get so nervous when we try to get more intimate? she thought to herself.

He'd never take advantage of me, he'd make sure I was comfortable. He's not the type who'd force me into anything I wasn't comfortable with.

"Is there something on your mind?" Yusei said.

"Yeah," Aki said quietly, "I'm still agonizing over the wedding night."

Yusei gave her a quick peck on her forehead, "Don't think about it too much."

"But, I shouldn't be getting so flustered over this."

"Aki, don't worry. We'll just deal with it when the time comes. After all, we still have a lot to do, even if we've bought everything that we personally need."

Aki smiled, Yusei really was a nice guy, and he made her feel so happy. She might still find herself wondering about how the night would go, but she'll focus her energy on the entire day as well.

Aki leaned her head up to kiss Yusei, who returned it with the same amount of affection.

"So," said Aki.

"So?" Yusei responded.

"Ready to get married?"

"You bet."

Next Chapter Preview: The day of the Wedding has arrived. Yusei and Aki exchange the rings and their vows to one another, as their friends and family gather to watch the happy event. But what are Seer's intentions, and will he end up ruining everything?

Hoshistar17: Ok, I do apologize if the chapter seemed rather lacking, but I hope it was enjoyable, and I'm sure a number of you are waiting for the next chapter.

Yusei: Here's hoping nothing else will mess you up.

Hoshistar: Aside from my Apprenticeship (which won't bring me screeching to a halt), I hope so too.