A/N: Hey SAO fans. Luckily this story did not take long to get out since it was only one chapter. This is one I think you will all enjoy as it is a moment you've all probably been wanting to see. As the name of this one implies, you hopefully won't forget it anytime soon.

Chapter 7: A Wedding to Remember

Today was a momentous day in the lives of both Lilina Yoake and Hyde Gekido. After years of steady dating, scares, and love, the two of them were finally getting married. Five months prior, their friends Dan and Alicia had gotten married. Naturally being the person Hyde was, he wasn't one to fall behind his friends so a few weeks after their wedding he began to make plans for his own wedding with Lilina.

Over the years after college Hyde had a bit of trouble deciding what he would do with his life. While Lilina obviously went into the business world, having gotten a position at Hyde's brothers company as head finance handler and business consultant. But the ash haired man himself was a bit confused for a while before coming to an obvious conclusion for his line of work. Working as a storyboard writer for new games. Little was it known that Hyde had a hidden talent for writing interesting stories that many people were looking for. So he was hired by many different studios looking for the next big thing.

Lilina usually wasn't one to spend a lot on anything, but if there was any exception to that rule for her it was for her wedding. She had done everything she could to make it as special of a day as possible for her and her soon-to-be husband.

Per the agreement between Lilina, Asuna, and Alicia, Asuna was the designated maid of honor for Lilina's wedding. Hyde had picked out his childhood friend Dan to be the best man. While he said it was because they were childhood friends, most people knew it was really because Dan was one of the few men who could tolerate Hyde's… unique personality.

The guests started to come into the church with Riku and Sinon given the responsibility of ushering in the people and making sure no troublemakers would try and crash the wedding. Despite being an adult and having a professional job and soon to be wife, Hyde still made many enemies due to his outspoken and… direct approaches to situations. Needless to say not many people like brutal honesty or being called an idiot so his list was ever growing. It was hard to believe once upon a time that it was only Rika and Shino on that list.

Even so, Shino did not offer her services for Hyde's benefit but rather for Lilina whom she was actually friends with and didn't want her special day to be ruined by any unsavory people. Fitting that the new police officer was monitoring security.

While those two made sure that guests were being properly screened, Alicia, Asuna, Suguha, Rika and Emi were all helping Lilina get the last bit of makeup on. Normally Lilina would never even bother with the gunk as she found herself rarely using the stuff, instead opting for a more natural look. But the girl's insistence on the matter wore her down and gave in to the idea of some foundation.

"Alright, alright that's enough!" Lilina yelled making the girls move away from her. "Remember, I'm a bride not a make-up doll!"

"Geez fine, fine!" Rika complained, putting away the make-up sponge back on the counter. "You really hate this stuff don't you?"

"Sorry if the thought of gunk covering my face seems unappealing to me." The bride to be snarked back. "I'm a natural beauty and that's how I wanna be when I get married."

Asuna motioned for the others to stop which made them pout slightly but did as the maid of honor asked. "Alright let's do as the bride wants. It is her day after all."

"Thank you!"

"You know I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that you and Hyde waited this long to get married Lilina." Alice confessed while putting the makeup away. "I thought for sure you'd get hitched before any of us."

"Trust me, if I had a say in the matter we would've married the minute he proposed to me." She confessed. "But you know how Hyde's parents are with them being so cautious around the idea of him marrying so early. God knows what'd his mother would say if we did."

"Speaking of Mrs. Gekido, how are you two getting along lately?" Emi asked.

Lilina looked upwards to the ceiling and sighed. "Well she's been very enthusiastic about the whole wedding but all her 'support and attention to detail' has been driving me and Hyde ragged. Almost makes me wish that she was just a bit more distant to him to get some space."

True to what Hyde said, he and his mother soon mended their relationship to a proper mother and son dynamic. It seemed strange to see them not at each other's throats but she supposed it would be better than having her soon to be mother in law object to their union. Speaking of the woman in question, the door behind the girls opened up to let Mrs. Gekido into the room. "Okay girls! Time for everyone to take their positions! Go on you all!"

The others were rather forcefully shoved out of the room to head to the main hall, leaving the bride with her mother in law who closed the door to give them some privacy. "Lilina, you look absolutely beautiful in that dress."

"Thank you Mrs. Gekido."

"I told you to call me mother or mom didn't I?" The older woman came behind the red haired woman and softly brushed a few hairs out of Lilina's face. "You're going to be a Gekido soon as well as my daughter, I want us to have a good relationship."

"I never expected to see you so happy to see me and Hyde get married." The bride confessed. "Honestly, you moved faster in setting this up than Asuna did for her own wedding."

Mrs. Gekido gave a smile at that. "True, years ago it would be hard to believe I would even look at Hyde let alone support him. But I'm glad our relationship healed for the better because now I have my son back. It's thanks to how much you've changed him that we managed to move past our problems and renew our relationship. I can never thank you enough for that."

Lilina held her mother in law's hand and clenched it. "I can't take all the credit you know. The others helped him out of his shell as well as slow as it was. I was just a bigger push than the others were i guess."

"Well I'm glad for it." She helped Lilina out of her chair. "Now it's time for you and Hyde to tie the knot. And let me just say that I'm glad that you're marrying Hyde, he truly loves you."

The word bright could not even compare to the pure gleam that was coming from Lilina's face. "I know, I'm lucky to have someone as devoted as him to love me."

"Hyde come on, it's time for the ceremony to begin." Dan knocked at door to the groom's room. "Let's go already!"

"Alright asshole! I'm coming just give me a second!"

Kazuto, Dan, Riku, Klein and Agil all looked at the door with either annoyance or curiosity in their eyes. Five minutes ago, the groom to be kicked all the other guys out of the room and hasn't let them back in since. Kazuto would guess marriage day jitters but Hyde didn't seem like the guy to second guess his decision to marry the woman he loved.

Meanwhile in the room Hyde gave himself a few motivation slaps to the face. "Come on man snap out of it! Nothing is gonna go wrong!" He sighed while rubbing some cold water on his face. "You and Lilina are getting married today, you're gonna have your honeymoon and nothing's gonna stop that from happening today!" A few more deep breaths later, the ash haired man opened the door to his room and brushed past all of his male friends and best man. "Come on idiots! We got a wedding to have!"

"We were waiting for you asshole." Dan reminded him as they began to enter the main hall.

Seeing as how they were ahead of the girls, all the men took their places at the altar with the bridesmaids soon following them. With all the guests seated, the best man standing next to the groom and Hyde looking as ready as he'd ever be in his life, the girl at the organ who was coincidentally one of Lilina's cousins began playing the ever so famous melody of 'Here Comes the Bride'.

With that musical cue the large double doors opened which immediately almost made Hyde fall over himself at the pure beauty of his soon to be wife as she walked down the room holding a beautiful bouquet of red roses. Being accompanied by her father Daichi Yoake a man with dull red hair with a sincere smile on his face. Years ago when he first learned of the father who moved to Europe for a job opportunity to give Lilina a better life was coming back to Japan to meet him, Hyde initially freaked out but as it would turn out things ended up much better than he thought. Both sets of parents met each other and surprisingly hit it off well with no incidents to speak of… well other than Hyde's mother embarrassing him by showing Castile his baby pictures and vice versa with Lilina's parents. But moving past that Lilina was utterly stunning in her pure white wedding dress as she made her way up to the altar, all eyes following her all the while.

Soon enough she made her way to be right in front of her husband to be who had the courtesy of pulling himself together as to not look like an idiot on his wedding day. It almost made Lilina laugh to see her usually collected fiancee look so dumbstruck. The two of them both turned to face the altar with the priest smiling at the young couple.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in God's name to see the union of these two young lovers under the oath of holy patrimony. Such a commitment is not one to be taken lightly, nor is it anything to go into unprepared. But looking at these two lovers standing here before me, I can tell this is not the case for them as their love radiates hotter than this summer day. Now I understand that you two have vows you would like to say to each other. Please recite them under God's eye so that all may see your utter devotion to each other."

Hyde turned to face his soon to be wife and clasped her hands in his own. "Lilina, you are the sunlight to my life. The warmth that keeps me going and the drive that helps me pursue my dreams. My muse, my half, my one true love in this world. I promise that so long as I live and breath on this earth that I shall never let any harm or hardship ever befall you as I would rather die than see that happen."

Crying of joy seemed to be a very appealing option for Lilina at this moment. Never in her whole time of loving Hyde had he ever said something more loving, honest and reassuring of his love for her. It was only appropriate that she respond in kind. "Hyde Gekido, never have I been more happy to say your name on this day that we'd become a family. We've survived so much in life ever since we first met in SAO. Monsters that wanted to kill us, players who schemed to take our lives and a myriad of other adversities have always threatened us growing up. But every time we always came out stronger than ever before. You are the wind at my back that makes me feel that flying would be an easy task. Hyde Gekido, I love you now and forever and may the world be torn apart before I would ever stop loving you."

The priest gave a look around to the crowd of people who came out to celebrate this beautiful union and smiled at them all giving their warmest looks and feelings of happiness to the two lovers.. "It warms my heart to see so many people supportive of such love and for that support to give these young lovers hope that their love will be celebrated amongst their friends. If any of you have any reason at all for these two to not be wed please speak now, or forever hold your peace."

No sounds were heard from the crowd to object to this union. Everyone there had come to give both the Gekido man and Yoake woman their support at them being wed.

"Very well then. Lilina Yoake, do you-"

"I OBJECT!"

All heads immediately turned around at the slammed open double doors that had a woman with brunette hair looking extremely out of breath standing between them. Lilina never felt the urge to murder someone as strongly as she did in this one moment in her life.

As standing between her and marrying Hyde stood the wannabe homewrecker herself, Kaia Minazuki.

"I object to this union with every fiber of my body, soul and being! I'm the one who's supposed to be marrying Hyde Gekido, not her!"

The entire hall was so silent, one could hear a fly buzzing around and it would sound thunderous. Never outside of a romantic comedy would one actually expect to see an objection to a wedding at any given moment but here alone was proof that it could happen. People just weren't expecting it to happen to Hyde Gekido of all people on the planet.

Hyde leaned in towards Dan and whispered in his ear. "What the hell is she doing here?!"

"Don't ask me. I didn't send her an invite." Dan whispered back.

Not wanting anyone from the Gekido or Yoake line to come up to her and straight commit murder, Riku stepped up to the frantic woman and raised his arms slowly at her. "Now Kaia listen, Hyde doesn't love you like you love him. He's marrying Lilina whom he loves so please for the sake of everyone here, just let it go and leave the hall."

Klein too walked up to the brunette in an attempt to help pacify the woman. "Yeah this is a day of happiness, not drama. So let's forget this happened and-"

Both Riku and Klein soon felt instant regret at their actions as Kaia not only punched both of them in the gut and flip them on their asses in front of everyone. This action made Shino extremely angry that her boyfriend was not only attacked but taken down so easily while no one felt anything for Klein as he laid on the ground writhing in pain. "Alright no more kid gloves! Kaia Minazuki, under the power given to me by the Tokyo PD I order you to cease disturbing the peace and leave immediately!"

"And under the power given to me by my fist, I order you to shut the hell up and call this wedding off people I beat your shit in!" Kaia barked back, clearly so driven mad by love that she would even threaten a police officer.

Now Castile would consider herself a very easy going woman. Slow to anger and forgiving to a fault, no one really ever saw her mad in the entire time of knowing her.

But now everyone would see what kind of woman Castile Yoake is when she was made mad.

The older woman slowly got up from her seat in the front row and began to walk towards the interloper and the police officer with numerous attendees starting to back away in fear at the terrifying smile Castile had on her face. Shino, immediately sensing that something dangerous was coming, turned around and quickly backed off from the confrontation that was coming. Kaia looked at the mother walked to her and gave a scoff. "And what do you want grandma? I'm not leaving no matter what any of you say or do!"

"Oh dear, I really wish you would be more cooperative and considerate of my daughter and future son in law's wedding. To not be rude and give them the happiness they so rightfully deserve." Kaia's right ear soon erupted in intense pain as Castile gripped it with a horrifyingly strong force. "But I'm afraid you have to be taught a lesson in manners. And suffice to say, Yoake women don't like it when someone ruins a good and happy mood."

Once again the audience in the hall was made to watch the spectacle of watching Castile drag off Kaia by the ear like a misbehaved child out the doors and close it behind them. No words were said between the two from behind it, but yells and screams of pain faintly echoed in the hall, making numerous attendees feel super uncomfortable.

"Lilina."

"Yeah Hyde?"

"Don't ever let me piss off your mother."

"Will do."

The screams of pain soon faded into nothing with the sounds of echoing footsteps coming closer and opening the door. Castile, looking much more pleased than she was a few minutes ago, walked back to her seat next to her husband and gave an encouraging look to the lovers at the altar. "Go on you two. Continue with the ceremony."

In a frantic scurry, everyone got back into their proper places with the priest looking mildly amused. "Well now this certainly has been quite the eventful ceremony hasn't it? Though even in the face of adversity love shines through the most hardening of trials. This alone has proved that these two belong with one another. Now I ask you Lilina Yoake. Do you take Hyde to be your husband, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health until death do you part?"

"I do."

The priest turned to Hyde whose gaze stood transfixed onto Lilina. "Hyde Gekido do you take Lilina to be your wife, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health until death do you part?"

As if there was any hesitation on his end. "I do."

"Then by the powers vested to me by the city of Tokyo Japan, I now pronounce you as man and wife! Does the best man have the rings?"

Dan stepped forward and presented the box that held the two golden rings. "I do."

"Then let these newlyweds exchange these rings to signify their vows under God's eyes."

Both Hyde and Lilina placed the ring in each others fingers, savoring the moment as everyone faded away from existence. Leaving only the two lovers to each other.

"You may now kiss the bride."

Not even a millisecond passed before the new Gekido family kissed each other full on causing the entire hall to erupt in an explosion of cheers and clapping for the husband and wife.

This moment was one that both Lilina and Hyde Gekido would carry to their graves as one of the happiest moments in their lives.

As the ceremony came to a close and the hall was cleared out, the after wedding party immediately commenced with the newlyweds sharing their first dance and exchanging the first bites of the wedding cake. Music and laughter was heard from all directions, all if the party goers having the time of their lives.

Eventually it came time for the best man speech and Dan did not disappoint. Sharing numerous stories from their long history as well as having a few potshots at the man of the hour. In fact almost all of the groomsmen took turns roasting Hyde a bit. However in true Hyde fashion when it was his turn for the mic, the husband wasted no time taking some shots of his own at the men which made for some great comedy.

The party carried on after that as the sun began to set on this glorious day. Lilina sat at her chair with a content smile on her face seeing Hyde drink with his groomsmen while making jokes. Company soon filled her table as Asuna and the other bridesmaids came to the bride.

"Well Lilina, you and Hyde are now married and have a bright future ahead of you." Asuna said with a pleasant smile. "What's next for you two down the road?"

"Yeah, certainly the new Gekidos' aren't gonna be content with a plain old honeymoon are they?"

Lilina gave a poke to Alicia's side at her jab and looked once again to her husband. "Well for starters, Hyde and I are gonna be taking a cruise for our honeymoon sailing to other countries for around a month. After that we're going to break in the new home that Hyde's father got for us here in Tokyo."

"That's quite the expensive bridal registry gift."

"I know, we tried talking him out of it but then we learned where Hyde got his determination from. He was dead set on giving us this gift."

Rika gave a teasing elbow poke to the bride and showed a sneaky grin. "So when are you gonna have a little Hyde or Lilina running around the house eh?"

A bop to the head shut that teasing down in an instant. "That's not gonna be for a while. In fact I don't foresee us having a kid in any time close to a year. We gotta make sure we're all set with no surprises this time around."

Little did Lilina realize how much of her words she was actually gonna eat as about a year after their honeymoon ended, she was already pregnant.

She could've blamed a myriad of things that led to her pregnancy such as Hyde's lust for her or her own eagerness to perform the deed but at the end of the day she knew that no matter what came from this pregnancy, Hyde would sooner see the world burn than to let her face parenthood alone.

They were both in this together. Now until the end of time.

-Two years later-

Ever since the pregnancy scare in her teen years, Lilina had always wondered what it would be like during childbirth. But when the time had finally come, she just wished it would be over and done with.

Sitting outside the room, all of Hyde and Lilina's friends could hear the faint gasps and cries of pain coming from the hospital room. A few were not present, such as Alicia who was home taking care of Rin and Asuna who was busy with their newly born daughter Strea.

A few minutes passed by as the group all listened to Lilina screaming in pain. But the light at the end of the tunnel did come eventually when the sound of a new voice wailing and crying could be heard. Everyone looked at each other and smiled at what this meant.

Hyde soon came out to give his friends and family the good news. He looked at them all and cracked a small smile. "It's a boy."

Almost immediately, the girls squealed in excitement and joy while the guys all came up and patted the new father on the back.

The doctor soon came out to the group gathered outside the room. "We can have a few come in at a time."

First into the room along with Hyde were his and Lilina's families. The sight of the baby in Lilina's arms brought smiles to all of their faces. He slept soundly as he laid in his mother's caring embrace.

"He looks a lot like you, Hyde." Nohime, Hyde's mother said as she looked at the baby.

"Let's hope he doesn't end up having the same personality." Shu commented.

"Hey!"

"Relax bro. I'm just kidding."

Castile smiled at her daughter and new granddaughter. "Do you two have a name for him yet?"

"Actually yes." Lilina said as she looked down at her son. "We decided to name him Naoki."

"Naoki. What a lovely name."

Hyde took a seat at the edge of the bed and leaned next to his wife as they both stared down at their new son Naoki. When they had met back in Sword Art Online, neither one of them had imagined their lives turning out like this. But the sight of this new life brought into the world had made all of the hardships and all of the fighting up until now worth it. Because of one simple reason.

This was one moment in their lives neither Hyde nor Lilina would ever forget.

A/N: Hope you all liked the wedding between Blazing Revolution's most... eccentric couple. The next story will be a long one, so I am going to break my rule about posting each story all at once when they're finished and instead post it chapter by chapter as I complete them. And trust me, this one is going to be a story I'm sure will be a favorite for many of you.

Next time: Papa Helios