Part
Eight: The Wedding
It has been nearly seven months and I can no longer speak to my friends. Now I may only whisper to Cloud. Even then he will only hear me when he is listening. It is horrible. They will get so close to figuring it out and then assume they are losing their minds. I have shouted at these incidents several times.
I kept going, though. I will not give up. That is not even a thought in my mind now. I only whish they could hear me. That would make things easier.
As for my whish, I met with my ancestors and elders about my whish. They declared that I "May only whish for the present. The wish must be in exact sync with the actual request." Or so they said.
So basically, I need to whish for them to be given the opportunity to live in the Promised Land only when they know they may. It is so frustrating. I am coming close though. I know they will understand. Especially with the clue I am going to show them today at the wedding.
Cid and Tifa are getting married. I watched them over the months as they flirted and dated. Neither wanted to admit the others feelings, as usual, but Cid finally spoke up and asked Tifa to marry him. She was overjoyed and practically screamed. "YES!" I did as well when I heard the news.
I never imagined the two of them in love, although, I never imagined myself in love with Cloud OR Sephiroth either. It's strange how love works. I am sure Cid and Tifa love each other too. I've seen the way they look at each other and act around each other. They are really cute together, I am so very happy for them.
Their wedding is beautiful as well. The lifestream is showing me the wedding site. It is set in a pasture in between Rocket Town and the Nibelheim Mountains. A few flower patches can be found scattered around the green pasture, making it a colorful melody of nature.
Everyone from Nibelheim and Rocket Town had come including Cloud, Vincent, Red XIII, Caith Sith, Barret, Yuffie, and Marlene. A few people from different cities and towns we had gone through that had heard about the "wedding of two heroes" had decided to join the party too.
They were all dressed for the occasion. Red XIII had not worn anything more than a black bow tie and a strange collar around his neck. Cait Sith too had only worn a black cape and attached a black bow tie around his neck and the moogle's neck that he rode. Seeing as they were animals, real and robotic, they got away with the small attire.
Cloud and the others on the other hand had dressed in considerably more than a black bow tie. I looked around for them. My eyes fell upon Barret as he was playing some ort of game with Marlene.
Barret had dressed Marlene in a cute little pink dress that resembled my own almost perfectly. He himself wore a white dress shirt under a black leather vest with black cargo-like pants. He wore a thick belt with some yellow material placed in the center of the belt buckle.
My eyes wandered more and I caught a glimpse of Vincent talking to Yuffie. They seemed to be really interested in the conversation. Vincent had a charming smile on his face and Yuffie, with her permanent smile, was giggling like chocobo chick. It almost appeared as if they were flirting.
"Hmm." I whispered, grinning at the concept of the two together. The idea was humorous to say the least, but made a bit of sense.
Vincent wore similar pants to Barret's, but deep red instead with a black sash. The pants were so red that if he turned away from the light they turned back, almost as if they were iridescent or two colors in one fabric, a bit metallic looking. He had a red dress shirt the same color. He also had a cape that wrapped around his shoulders and was draped over one arm. A red sash also was tied around his head as a bandanna and hung down his back. He wore black boots up to his knees that allowed his pants to stick out a little.
Yuffie was wearing a pale green and pale blue skirt outfit that also seemed to have two colors in one fabric. The skirt was short and only reached about the middle of her thigh. She wore a tight shirt that was short and showed her trim stomach. The shirt had its two-inch sleeves hanging off her shoulders so that they resembled bangles. The shirt reminded me of a bodice. She had elbow length gloves and calf high boots along with straps around her thighs, resembling bangles. Her dress was all the same color but had one very characteristic feature. The entire outfit was encrusted with about a hundred pieces of materia along its edges. Even the gloves and boots carried it.
"Only Yuffie." I stated, giggling at Yuffie's fashion statement. My eyes fell upon Cid up at the altar. He looked as if METEOR was about ready to fall again.
Cid was wearing a black tuxedo. At first I thought it was just a simple suit, but when I looked closer I found it was not. Cid's suit is perhaps the most interesting. He wore black cargo like pants with knee-high navy-blue boots. He had on a navy-blue dress shirt, but his jacket resembled a pilot's uniform. There were stripes on the shoulders and down the arms. It held patches that read: "AIR", "I fly for life", "EX-ShinRa", "Rocket Man", "Space Cowboy" and so forth. Around his neck was a white scarf and he wore black gloves. The most interesting part of his attire was the way he wore his hair, which was slicked half way back, as usual, and had a pair of flight goggles in front of it.
I looked around for Tifa and assumed she was preparing to walk down the aisle. Music played and everyone began to take his or her seat or place in the wedding. That was when I saw Cloud.
Cloud was wearing a white suit that had blue lining inside and a light blue trim around all the edges. The suit jacket was straight and did not button down the ceter but over to the right side like a general's uniform. The pants of the suit were tucked into his ankle-high boots so that they stuck out a bit, as was the style. His sleeve cuffs were oversized and folded back. His hands were covered by light blue gloves and in his jacket pocket I saw a small flower that had been dried. I recognized it as the flower I had sold him the first time we met. I can't believe he kept it. This gesture brought a tear to my eye but I whipped it away quickly.
Cloud took his place next to Cid as his best man. The music grew and I gaze was now on Tifa walking down the aisle. She looked gorgeous.
Tifa was wearing a strapless white corset. The corset had purple spiral stitching across the bust and revealed her stomach slightly. Under the bust was a translucent lavender mesh in two layers that hung down to her stomach. The skirt of the dress was very full and had the same purple spiral stitching as the corset around the waist and the bottom of the skirt. The stitching was also down the center in the front of the skirt. Two more translucent layers of mesh hung around the skirt. They started at the waist and hung to the floor, parting in the middle. She wore white ankle boots and white gloves that went up to her wrists, both decorated with purple spiral stitching around the edges. On her head was a tiara that held the same translucent lavender mesh. It hung down to her feet to form a veil.
Tifa walked down the aisle, holding a bouquet of flowers that looked like the ones from my garden. This also brought a tear to my eyes. This time I let the tear fall.
I continued to watch the ceremony. Cid and Tifa exchanged vows and kissed. I was very happy for them. I had always hoped that they would find love. Perhaps now Cid would stop swearing.
"Doubtful." I whispered to myself. And I watched as they went to the reception dinner arm in arm.