Kathryn ran shrieking from Sephiroth as he chased her down the hall with a long candelabrum, the candles having fallen off a while ago. He swung it at her and she ducked down under a table of food, her dress trailing out from under it. He stepped on the fabric and she yanked hard, tearing the dress and making him lose his balance. Kathryn scrambled to her feet, swiped a nearby SOLDIER's sword and got on top of the table. Sephiroth was still sitting on his butt from when she knocked him over.
"AAAIIIGH!" she shrieked and jumped down at him, sword held in both hands, blade down. He rolled to his feet and faced her. Guests watched as the battle continued though the parlor of the church, back to the altar, through the pulpits, and over the buffet tables. Sephiroth finally caught Kathryn and wrapped his hands around her neck, lifting her feet off the ground.
Gagging, she gripped his wrists and kicked her foot out sharply into his stomach. With a cough, he dropped her and she quickly ran to get the sword she'd dropped.
Sephiroth sprinted toward her to catch her quickly while she was crouched to get the sword. Kathryn spun around, holding the sword out, eyes squeezed closed.
There was a gasp from those watching. The blade ripped through the back of Sephiroth's coat but Sephiroth remained standing, though absolutely still. He looked down and smirked as Kathryn opened her eyes. "You missed!"
"NOO!" she let go of the sword and scrambled for safety.
Rufus watched in amusement and looked toward his father, "They're getting along quite nicely, don't you think, Dad?" The president grunted and puffed on his cigar, glowering as the newlyweds ran past again, this time Kathryn chasing Sephiroth with Masamune. More like, she dragged it and occasionally lifted it high enough to swing, but Sephiroth couldn't get near enough to take it from her.
Kathryn brought the blade up again, swinging it downward at Sephiroth who was standing on the other side of a table with the cake on it. Masamune cleaved both the cake and the table in half. Sephiroth grabbed the blade, yanking it from her grasp and getting hold of the hilt to turn it upon her. She swung her arm, lobbing a handful of cake at him, hitting him in the face and blinding him long enough to escape.
Kathryn stared in horror as she was trapped, back to a wall. Sephiroth drew back and threw Masamune at her like a javelin. It cleaved into the brick wall and stayed there, bouncing slightly from the left over momentum. Kathryn slowly turned her eyes to stare at the blade that had sliced some of her hair off, not more then three millimeters away from her left ear.
"You missed!" she said and suddenly threw her high heel at him. The shoe twirled end over end then cracked into Sephiroth's forehead, heel first.
Sephiroth slowly sat down and she put her hands on her hips, her torn and stained wedding dress clinging to her mostly in scraps. "Now- what were we fighting about?" she dropped the 'I won' pose and asked.
Sephiroth rubbed his forehead with one hand, "I have absolutely no clue."
"There might be some ice out there..." she said, "And I know there's some food..."
Sephiroth got to his feet, "You would notice the food, wouldn't you..." he muttered.
"What was that?" she asked, taking her other shoe off.
"I said that you would notice the food, you're observant!" Sephiroth saved and she eyed him.
Kathryn's eyes narrowed. All those watching, either in person or on TV, stared, thinking another fight would break out. "Yeah... you'd better fear me," she warned Sephiroth and limped past him, chin high and dignity gathered around her like a cloak. She picked up her other shoe so as to have two weapons should he try to attack her again.
Sephiroth looked at his hand, realizing he was wearing a gold ring. His gaze went to Kathryn's hand, she too had a ring on. "@#$%^$@#$%^&$&*$#@^&@%$&*!!!!!"
Kathryn blushed deeply, she'd never heard any stories of Sephiroth using language like that. She looked at him. "What? Just realize that you're a jackass?"
Sephiroth turned to glower at Shinra and Rufus smirked, both father and son nodded slowly. "B-but- HOW?"
Rufus smirked more, "You'll have to watch the tape to find out!"
Kathryn blinked, "What? What happened?"
"It can't be binding, we were arguing the whole time!" Sephiroth exclaimed, hands clenched into fists.
"You said 'yes' she said 'I do', you exchanged rings, you kissed, its binding," President Shinra said, sucking on his cigar a little. "Of course, whatever was said between that would have to be ignored, but the priest didn't notice anyway, so it's binding."
"I- refuse!"
"Too late, Sephiroth. You should have objected when he asked," Rufus laughed and flipped his hair with one hand.
Kathryn's jaw dropped, "But we were fighting the whole time! How could we-"
"I already said that," Sephiroth interrupted her and she glowered at him, threatening to throw her shoe at him.
"How about you two enjoy what's left of the cake and continue that later tonight when no one else is likely to get hurt," Shinra suggested. They limped over to a table that had been righted and chairs set at it. Kathryn flopped down into a chair and scooted it away from Sephiroth.
"I'm going to kill them all," Sephiroth muttered softly.
"Not without me you aren't," Kathryn replied, glaring at the cameras that focused on them.
"And what are you going to do? Throw shoes at them and kick them in the balls?"
"It phased you so it could kill a normal person," she defended.
"Wench."
"Slime ball."
"Congratulations, Mr. Sephiroth, Mrs. Kathryn. I hope you two .....eventually get along," said the elderly woman who had been Kathryn's tailor, she looked mournfully at the scraps that Kathryn had managed to retain of her dress.
"I'll only be happy when he's dead," Kathryn said firmly and Sephiroth glared at her.
"And you're going to kill me, I suppose?"
"Yes. Right after I kill everyone responsible for this," she said, chin set firmly.
"Hah! You wouldn't be able to even catch Scarlett to kill her," Sephiroth retorted.
"I would too," she sniffed, turning her face away from him, folding her arms on her stomach.
Beverages were given to them, alcohol of some sort and they both declined to drink it. Hours passed and Kathryn was about to fall asleep, Sephiroth was bored and annoyed, and there was no sign of the party ending.
President Shinra made a speech about wishing the newlyweds luck on dealing with each other and finally Sephiroth was able to get up. Looking down, he saw that Kathryn had fallen asleep, her head on her arms. He grabbed her by her waist and threw her over one shoulder as if she were a sack of potatoes. She woke and shrieked at him to put her down.
Sephiroth grabbed her ankles with his other hand, keeping her from kicking him but she wiggled and hit his back with her fists. He got outside and went straight to the car that was to take them to their new house and threw her in once the door was open. She howled in rage at him for treating her that way and he dodged a shoe then got in, slamming the car door closed.
In the car Kathryn calmed down, stuffing herself against the door, trying to be as far from him as possible. "Put on your seatbelt," Sephiroth told her.
"Why should I?" she pouted.
Sephiroth sighed, moving over to roughly put it on her. "I'd rather you didn't die yet," he said and returned to his seat, clipping his seatbelt and relaxing back in the seat.
Kathryn glared, "So you can have the pleasure of killing me?"
"No," Sephiroth warily said, he had never felt so tired in his life.
His answer took her aback and she was silent a moment, "Then...why?"
"Because...despite all appearances, I ...." a smile touched his lips, "I enjoyed that argument and fight..."
She eyed him, "You would."
He turned his head to look at her, "I really was trying to kill you, Kathryn, didn't you notice that you got away from my hardest efforts with only a few scratches and bruises?"
"What do you mean?! My throat hurts from when you choked me!"
The trunk of the car was closed with a thump and the driver got in finally, having put Sephiroth and Kathryn's things into the back, including Masamune. Sephiroth shook his head. "Kathryn, think a moment, even my best trained First Class SOLDIERS can barely live when I loose my temper upon them and here you are with not even a finger missing!"
Kathryn sniffed, looking superior, "Goes to show that women are better then men," she said but Sephiroth saw the astonished look on her face before she covered it.
The car started and they went down the streets. Kathryn picked at the fake nails, "Its weird having them this long," she said after a while.
He looked over at her, "They do look nice," he said after another moment of silence.
Kathryn slowly looked over at him, "Is your lip alright?"
"It healed hours ago."
"There's still some blood on your chin though," Kathryn said and pulled off a piece of her dress, spitting on it and reaching over to wipe the blood off. He flinched but she grabbed his chin and forced him to stay still. "There, all gone now," she said with a slight smile.
He looked down at her neck, noticing the gold chain he'd given her the day before, the gold frog charm hanging from it. "You- wore it..."
She blinked, "Huh?" Reaching over, Sephiroth picked up the charm and drew her attention to it. "Oh that..." Kathryn blushed, "Yeah... I.. did.."
Sephiroth slowly lowered his eyes to beyond her neck. Her shapely legs were barely covered by the shreds of her once long and filled skirt. She had her knees together but her feet spread, only one shoe remained. The bodice of her dress had ripped down the front, the corset ripped as well. Her small but perfect breasts were quite visible if one looked down from the right angle and Sephiroth was treated with a view he'd never seen in his life.
He found that he couldn't stop staring and he knew that she knew what he was looking at. She slowly took his hand, letting the charm drop from it. She moved his hand to put the palm against her shoulder, sliding it down, but he jerked his hand back.
"I can't touch you there!" Sephiroth exclaimed, looking very startled.
Kathryn shook her head, "We're married now, Sephiroth, all rules like that are waved."
He looked at her carefully, "All?"
"Yes. All."
He looked mischievous, "Then I can put my hand here?" he put it in her lap. She nodded, not looking down, her eyes widened when he moved his hand. "And I can do this?" Her eyes got wider as she nodded. "And I can do this?" Sephiroth leered somewhat at her as she gasped softly but nodded. "What about this?" he unbuckled his seatbelt and moved closer to her, using both hands now.
"Yes!" she gasped, trying to keep her voice down.
"Then I'm allowed to do this?" he yanked and fabric ripped, he tossed something aside. The driver glanced back at them, seeing only Sephiroth's back. He didn't look again. "Hey- what about this?" Sephiroth asked and got only a moan in response.