Chapter 2
The Wedding
--The Next Morning--
Zidane wakes up, stretches, and looks around. He sees Dagger curled up in a ball next to him. He gets up, making sure that he does not disturb her, and goes to the bathroom, and changes into his clothes. As he was putting on his dagger belt, he sees her waking up with a smile. Dagger looks at Zidane and goes, "Well, hello there, how was your night?"
Zidane smiles as he replies, "It was great, sleeping next to you, that is."
"Oh, is that so?" Dagger replies, getting out of the bed. She goes to the bathroom and changes as well, she changes into a blue tank top, with white mini-skirt, with shorts under the mini-skirt, white socks and her blue shoes. She looks at Zidane, then goes to her bag and grabs her brush, and brushes her long, brown hair back into a ponytail. Dagger walks over to Zidane and holds him around the waist. "So what's for breakfast?" she says in amusement.
"I don't know yet, I think I might have to go steal it," Zidane says with a huge smile on his face.
"You know that Steiner and Beatrix won't like that!" Dagger exclaimed, putting her dirty clothes in her bag. She also grabs Zidane's dirty clothes as well, and puts them in her bag.
"I was just kidding, Dagger!" Zidane said with a smile.
"I know you was, but you know how they feel about stealing!" Dagger said.
Dagger puts her makeup on and finishes in front of the mirror. Zidane was sitting on the bed thinking, 'Man, how long does it take for women to get ready?'
"Dagger, I am going to get the others up." Zidane says as he walks to the door the connected the two rooms together. He goes in and sees Eiko sleeping in the bed and Vivi on the floor, curled up in a ball with a blanket. "Ok, rise and shine!" Zidane shouted, as he flipped on the lights. Then he goes to the other room, where Beatrix and Steiner were. He notices that Beatrix is half naked. Zidane thinks, 'Steiner and Beatrix must got it on last night, but I have to wake them.' "Yo, Rusty, Beatrix, rise and shine!" he yells, as he flipped on the lights. Beatrix looks up at Zidane, and shoots him a death glance.
"Don't you know how to knock?!" Beatrix exclaimed, covering herself.
"Well maybe if you didn't get to on with Steiner last night, maybe you wouldn't have the reddiest face in the world!" Zidane shot back.
Beatrix gives him another angry look as he crosses into Amarant and Freya's room, Freya is in the bed, with her spear beside the bed, and Amarant, standing up, was sleeping. "Wake up sleepy heads!" Zidane shouts as he turned on their light. "Hmph," said Amarant, the light shining on his eyes. "Do you always sleep like that Amarant?" said Zidane, smiling a bit. "Breakfast will be ready soon."
Just then, Blank and Marcus walks in. Marcus tells Zidane, "Are you going to cook? Blank and I usually have to cook the meals for you to get anything to eat!"
Zidane replies, "Yeah yeah, I try to cook though."
Marcus shakes his head, as he puts on his bandana. He replies sarcastically, "Ok, mister, how are you going to get the food? Are you going to steal it?"
Just then, Steiner walks in as he heard Marcus talking about how they were going to get the food. "Beatrix is in front of the mirror." Steiner says, his glaze looks like he has been through the ringer. "She said it would take her about 15-45 minutes in front of that mirror! I can't even go into the bathroom!"
"Steiner, you should've went in before Beatrix did!" Zidane says, shaking his blonde hair, "I went in before Dagger got up."
"Yeah, but at least you don't have to pee!" Steiner replied, dancing a little bit.
Zidane laughs at Steiner's reply. He turns to Freya, which who was still sleeping, he goes over to the bed and taps her on the shoulder. She walks up, and as she stretches, she smacks Zidane under the chin.
"OW! Freya that hurt!" Zidane yelled, a fixated glance on the sleepy Freya.
Amarant looks at Zidane, then Freya and laughs, "Zidane, what have you gone soft all of the sudden?" Freya looks at Zidane, laughing as well, "Well I told you never to sneak up on me. Didn't I not say that?"
"Yeah, but that hurt!" Zidane replies, rubbing his chin. "Anyway, to answer Marcus's question earlier, went I went to the market last night, I picked up some eggs and bacon. I hope that is ok with everyone else."
"Zidane! You know I can't have that stuff!" Beatrix yelled from the other room, "you know that makes me fat!"
"Beatrix, I have you covered!" Zidane yells, laughing. "I got you some milk and something that Steiner will love!"
Steiner looks at Zidane, with wondering eyes, "And what is that, Wonder Boy?"
Zidane smiles, trying to hold back a laugh. He goes to his room, Steiner following him, and hands him a sucker. "Here, she is susposed to suck on that while that thing," he points to the end of the stick, "is in your mouth."
"Oh, very well." Steiner says, as he grabs the milk and the sucker. Then he grabs some bacon and eggs for himself.
Dagger looks at Zidane as the others got the food. They all set down happily eating and Beatrix was sucking on the sucker that Steiner had the stick in his mouth. Zidane looks at Dagger and smiles. "I am trying to get those two together as well," he says, smiling.
Dagger shakes her head. She smacks him with her hair that was in her ponytail. "Zidane, why don't you just let them be."
"Because I want Steiner to get off my case," Zidane replies, laughing a little bit, "Oh, yeah," he points to the red mark under his chin, "Freya slapped me when I tried to wake her up."
Dagger laughed, "You probably deserved it, Zidane, after all, you do annoy people sometimes, but I love it."
Zidane sticks out his tongue as he kisses her on the lips. They finished eating breakfast, they got all of their suitcases together and headed out the door. They called for the taxi as Dagger was turning in the keys to the rooms. She waltzes out and smacks Zidane in the butt. She smiles as the taxi pulled up and they all climbed in. Amarant rode on the roof, since he liked that kind of stuff, and Freya rode in the trunk. They all arrived at the airport sharply at 9:00 in the morning. The wedding was scheduled to be held at 5 o'clock that evening. They all hopped onto the plane and took off. Dagger took the window seat as the rest followed them into seating. Marcus and Blank was behind Zidane and Dagger and the boys messed with Zidane some. When the plane touched down in Conte Petie, the party saw a familiar face. He runs up to the party, with his tongue stuck out of his mouth. S/he smiled at the party as they met up with it. "Hey Quina, I am glad we found you." Zidane replied, as he smiled at Dagger then at Quina.
"Are you going to have yummy-yummies at this wedding?" Quina asked, his tongue out of s/he mouth.
"I told you that there was, but don't eat all of it, " Eiko said, as she goes to the counter and asks where they pick up their bags. The party goes to the bag station, and pick up their bags, they walked to Madain Sari, since it was a short walk. They end up in Madain Sari, the place declorated with the flowers and all. "Morrison, Momatose, and the rest of my friends, where are all of you!" Eiko calls from the outside.
"Kupo!" they all replied.
They all go to Eiko's house, seeing that she has the only living quarters in the whole summoner village. They all looked inside to see the whole place was decorated with flowers, and ribbons, and other things that make it look like a wedding was going to be held here. Dagger takes out her cell phone, and calls Regent Cid.
"Hello?" A man's voice said.
"Uncle Cid, it is me, Dagger!" Dagger replies, happy to hear her uncle.
"Whats wrong, did you crash on the way there?" Cid said, a hint of worry in his voice.
"I just had an ideal. Maybe you can come here with Hilda so you can be part of my wedding," Dagger said, hoping that he would say yes.
"Ok, we should be there within an hour or so," Cid said, with a sigh, "I guess I got to get Minister Artania to watch Lindblum while we are gone."
"Thank you uncle!" Dagger smiled at Zidane. They said good-bye and they hung up. She sticks her cell phone in her purse. Zidane looks at Dagger, wondering who the call was from. "Who did you call Dagger?" asked Zidane.
"I called Uncle Cid," she replied.
Zidane thinks, 'Oh, boy, there goes the little surprise that I had planned, but it might still work, I have to think about it.'
Just then, they heard an airship land outside. Then five minutes later, they see Hilda and Cid stroll into Eiko's home. "This place is fancy, fit for a wedding," Cid said, a smile on his face.
Freya and Quina looked at each other, then Freya said, "Eiko, where is the wedding actually going to be held at?"
Eiko looks at Freya, "It is going to be held at the Eidolon Wall," she replied.
Freya asks, in a rather amused voice, "Why at the Eidolon Wall?"
"Because that is where Zidane and Dagger want it held at, don't ask me, ask the couple in love here, " Eiko replies, shaking her head.
Eiko walks to the Eidolon Wall and gets it ready, with the sound equipment and the video equipment, since they wanted it filmed. She looks at the place and smiles at her work. Then she goes and gets changed into her white bridesmaid dress. While she was inside, it starts raining and she changes back. Eiko goes to Zidane and Dagger and says, "I don't think that this will let up anytime soon, so we might have to postpone the wedding for a while."
Dagger looks at Zidane and says, "It is ok, Eiko, we will, get married as soon as the rain's let up."
Dagger looks at Cid, "So, did you get Uncle Artania to watch Lindblum?" she asks, shifting her weight from one foot to another.
"Yes, but he thought he should come as well." Cid laughed at what he said.
Dagger smiles at her uncle's joke, "Haha, but we are filming it, so he can see, if he wants to that is."
Zidane looks at Cid, "Yeah, I can program the camera to shoot a direct image to Artania, if......" Zidane smiles at what he was going to say, "Dagger and I get some 'Quality Time' together...."
Cid laughs and says, "Ok, Zidane, if that is what you want." Cid pulls out his phone and dials for Artania. Cid says, "Artania, you can watch the wedding from there. Zidane is going to send you a direct link......"
Zidane grabs the phone away from Cid, "Artania, it is Zidane, get Boss and the rest of the gang to watch it as well, I want to hear the comments afterward."
"Ok, Zidane, I will do that," Artania said, as he switched the phone from one ear to another, "Zidane, put back on the Regent."
Zidane hands Cid his cell phone back and he looks at Dagger. He holds her by her waist and pulls her closer for a warm, passionate kiss. After the kiss was over, Eiko started cooking for the meal. The rain has stopped and the sun was shinning. Zidane looks at his watch, 2 in the afternoon, lets set it for about 6, that will give a great sunset. "Why don't we set the wedding for about 6 o'clock?" He asked.
"Ok, that is fine by us," they all replied.
"Ok, since it rained, I have to set up the equipment again," he said as he walked out the door, "let me know when dinner's ready."
"Ok!" Eiko yelled from the kitchen.
Zidane walks to the Eidolon Wall, looking at it all wet. He thinks, 'This is going to be difficult, but I will make it.' He puts up all the sound equipment and and video equipment. As he was playing with the sound system, he sees Dagger walking in, smiling at him. He looks at her, with a smile on his face. She walks over to Zidane and sits on his lap. Dagger puts her arms around Zidane's neck. She looks into his eyes and says, "In about two hours from now, we will be married."
Zidane looks at her, a grin on his face, "Yeah, we will. Let me know something now, so I know what to do. Do you want to go through this?"
Dagger looks at him and nods, "Yes, I want to be with you, forever."
They kiss for a few minutes. Then he looks at his watch, 5:30 PM. "Dagger, you should be getting ready, it is almost time. I need to finish up here, so that way, Artania can get a visual."
"Ok, hun, I see you when we get married." Dagger said, running off to the house.
Zidane finishes and attaches a cord to a switch box, and clicks the switch on. He takes Dagger's cell phone, which he took from her purse when she wasn't looking, and calls Artania. "Artania, it is Zidane again."
"Hello Zidane, you ready for the big moment?" Artania asks.
"Yeah, but first, switch on your TV and turn it to Channel 3, you should see me." Zidane says, as he stands in front of the camera.
"Yes Zidane, we see you, " Artania replied.
Zidane hears some commotion in the backround, "Is that the gang?" He asks.
"Yes it is, they are play fighting right now, with Baku," Artania replied, handing the phone to Baku.
"Hey Zidane, yer ready for the big day, eh?" Baku's voice comes on.
"Yes I am, boss, " Zidane replies.
They said good-bye and Zidane goes to the house. He changes into his black tux, his white shirt, and a blue tie. He wears black slacks that has a hole in the butt, for his tail. He has on his white socks, with his black shoes. He combs his hair and grabs his dagger belt and puts it on. Then he grabs his shoulder holster for his daggers and puts it on. Then he puts on his black jacket. He goes over to the Altar and waits for the rest of them. He sees Cid walking with Steiner, Freya, Amarant, Vivi (with his children), Hilda, Blank, and Marcus. They walk in and sit down, looking around the place.
--Same time in Eiko's house--
Dagger stands there, putting on her dress, which is all white. She looks at Eiko, which is putting on a purple dress. Dagger has her hair down, with a yellow scrunchi toward the bottom of her hair. Eiko has her purple hair up into a orange ribbon. Beatrix, wearing purple as well, walks in unhappy. "I don't like purple," Beatrix says, looking at her dress.
"It was Eiko's ideal," Dagger said, smiling. "Steiner is going to like that on you, like you said, he doesn't know what is going to happen at this wedding."
"Yes, my queen, I did say that," Beatrix says, as she finishes up.
The girls walks out. Dagger is getting nervous, she walks and almost trips on her dress. "This isn't going to work," She says, as she turns back. Eiko grabs her by the shoulder and says, "You are going to do this." They drag her to the enterance to the Eidolon Wall. They hear the wedding music starting to go off. Eiko goes in first, putting petals on the ground. Then Dagger walks in, with Beatrix, smiling at Zidane. Zidane looks at Dagger and almost passes out. She gets up to Zidane and he puts his arm unders hers. They interlock fingers and they look at the reverland.
The reverland smiles at the two and begins the speech, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today, to honor this man and this woman, in holy matromony. If anyone should reject why these two should not get married, speak now, or forever hold your peace." The reverland looks around, "Zidane Tribal, do you take Queen Garnet to be your lawfully wedded wife, to charish and to hold, in sickness and in health, as you both shall live?"
Zidane looks at Dagger, "I do."
The reverland continues, "Queen Garnet til Alexandros 17th, do you take Zidane, to be your lawfully wedded husband, to hold and to charish, in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall live?"
Dagger looks at Zidane, smiling, "I do."
The reverland says, "The rings, please."
Zidane fiddles in his pocket and thinks, 'Damn, I forgot the ring!' Steiner comes from behind and slips Zidane a ring. Steiner looks at Beatrix and they interlock fingers as well. Zidane whispers, "Thanks Steiner, I owe ya one."
Steiner looks at Zidane, "Whatever, now get married!"
Zidane looks at Dagger and slips on the ring to one of her finger and says, "With this ring, I be wed."
Dagger takes out her ring and slips on the ring on Zidane's finger while saying, "With this ring, I be wed."
The reverland looks at the two, "By the power invested in me, I pronounce you, man and wife," He looks at Zidane, "you may kiss the bride."
Zidane looks at her and gives her a passionate kiss and turns with her, and walks down the aisle. Dagger grabs her boquet and throws it in the air. Beatrix catches it and turns bright red. She looks at Steiner, "I guess we are next."
Steiner pulls out a ring himself and gets on one knee, "Beatrix, would you marry me?" he asks as the rest of the people, including Dagger and Zidane, turn around and looks at the two.
Beatrix smiles and nods, "Yes I will," she takes the ring and puts it on her finger.
Zidane looks at Steiner, "You go, boy!!!!"
Zidane and Dagger goes to Eiko's house, where the boat is waiting. They climb in and go to the back part of Eiko's house, where the reception is going to be held. They reach it, with Zidane carrying Dagger, they go in, where they sit together and make out while they wait for everyone else.