(A/N: This is the last chapter of this story! Enjoy!)
Chapter 7
A Wedding and a Half
As that week went on, everything was great, but then, Nodoka began to think. She completely stopped thinking about her own wedding, and started to think about Mira. As the reporter sat in her own living room, she kept thinking of how Mira and Joey wanted to be married so badly.
Getting a new thought in her head, she ran over to the phone and picked it up. She called Mira up. "Hey," she said loudly. "I have a gift for you. It's big so it's gonna be your birthday, Christmas, and any other gift I would give you this year, okay?"
"Um... okay..." Mira replied softly. Then her tone changed and she said excitedly, "So when do I get it?"
"I'll call you when it's ready, so don't get all jumpy. I gotta go now... bye!" she said and hung up the phone quickly. She then ran to her bedroom and came down with her bicycle. She put on her shoes, and went out the door, closing it behind her.
She rode down to the Kaiba Mansion and punched the button on the intercom. "Hello?" came the sleepy voice of Mokuba.
"Hey! 'Kuba! Lemmie in, I gotta talk to your big bro," Nodoka said to the young man.
"He's at work," Mokuba replied. "I don't think he'd have a problem with you stopping by..."
"All right," she said. "I'll do that... bye 'Kuba." She then left the gate and peddled down to her fiancé's corporation. Arriving at the front, she chained her bike to the fence and ran inside. Going up to the front desk, she looked to the woman. "Excuse me, I wish to speak with Mr. Kaiba, please," she said.
"I'm sorry," replied the woman, "He's in a meeting. Please give me your name and I'll have him get to you afterward."
Scratching her head lightly, the brown-haired Nodoka whispered, "Um... okay... Well, just tell him that Arilana stopped by."
Nodoka turned to walk away but the secretary stopped her, "Wait, Ms. Nodoka? He told me to send you up there if you ever stopped by," she said. She pulled out a small orange card. "Take this and use the elevator, head to the top, ma'am."
"Thank you," Nodoka said and took the card from the woman. She then did as the lady had said and went to the top by using the elevator. When she got up there, she walked through the door and looked around the room, extremely confused on what she was supposed to do.
When Seto walked around the corner and looked to his bride-to-be. "When did you get here?" he asked.
"Three seconds ago?" Nodoka responded, adding a shrug to her words. Crossing her arms, she said, "Hey, aren't you supposed to be in a meeting?"
Seto laughed, "I have my secretary tell everyone that. There are a lot of annoying people who want to talk with me, or duel me for no apparent reason." He sighed and shook his head and then walked over to Nodoka, wrapping his arms around her. "So, why'd you stop by?" he whispered in her ear.
"Because I have a favor to ask of you," Nodoka replied just as softly.
"Then ask away," he said.
Pushing back away from Seto, she looked him in the eyes with a sort of pleading look. "Pay for Mira and Joey's wedding."
"What?" Seto growled, stepping back. "No way!"
"Seto! You have the money! Be generous for once!" Nodoka pleaded to the blue-eyed man as he began to walk away from her.
He turned to look at her as she stared down at the floor; she seemed weak in his eyes at the moment. "Why do you want this for them so much?" he growled slightly.
"Because they are not as fortunate as you," Nodoka replied. "They're expecting a child, working, going to school. It doesn't come as easily for them as it does to you."
Seto walked over to the wall and placed his forehead on it. "Would it make you happy if they're married?"
"Yes."
"Fine then... I'll pay for it..."
Running over to Seto, Nodoka spun him around quickly and kissed him. She then put her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Seto!" she said and kissed him again.
The CEO pulled out his wallet and handed it to her. "Here," he said, "Don't spend too much."
"I won't," she said and then kissed him on the cheek and left the building. She went home and called up Mira and Joey.
A few hours later, she had the two fitting on formal wear for Nodoka's wedding, afterward Nodoka told the people to take the same measurements and put them to wedding clothes.
That night, as Nodoka lay in her bed, and everything was completed, she began to fall asleep. Just as she was nodding off, a knock came at her front door. She crawled out of bed and walked down the steps, rubbing her eyes. She opened the door slowly. "Hello?"
Standing there with a sleepy expression on his face was Seto. Nodoka showed him in and over to the couch. "Did you just get off of work?" she asked him, bringing him a glass of water.
"Yeah," replied Seto as he took a sip and laid down on the couch. Loudly, his stomach growled and he looked to Nodoka in a nervous kind of way.
Patting him on the shoulder, she said, "I'll make you something." She then walked into the kitchen and took about forty-five minutes making a casserole. It was a little past midnight when they ate. The house was completely silent.
When both of them were done, Nodoka washed the dishes and Seto stood next to her, his back against the counter. After their food had settled, they sat down on the couch to watch TV, yet ended up falling asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning, Seto awoke alone, his wallet on the table, along with a note telling him to be ready for Mira's wedding at two in the afternoon, which at the moment, it was twelve.
Nodoka on the other hand had gathered Yugi and the others at the church; they were all ready for what was to come. The only problem now, was to get Mira and Joey there. But at two o'clock, everything quickly came together. Nodoka had called the two saying it was an emergency. And when they got there, they were blindfolded and taken to different rooms.
Not knowing what was going on and feeling quite a bit frightened, Mira sat in a chair, her eyes still covered. Her hair and nails were done, as was her makeup. Then the salon women stood her up and they stepped her into her wedding dress.
Joey on the other hand, kept fighting back. The women tied him to the chair as they did his hair and then fought with him even more to get him into his tuxedo. Afterward, Joey was walked up to the front of the church with his best men, Yugi, Tristan, and Bakura. When his blindfold was removed, he looked to them with an extremely confused expression and they just smiled back. Across the way was Serenity and Téa dressed in sleek lavender dresses and were holding a white rose.
Quietly, the families of those up front arrived. Yugi waved to his grandfather, and Joey and Serenity to their mom and dad.
Silently, Seto and Mokuba slipped in and stood in the back, they didn't know where to sit. Joey watched as Nodoka walked up to Kaiba and motioned him to sit on Joey's side, next to Terran, since Seto knew Yugi and the others more than Mira.
Then the wedding march began to play. Mira was taken out of the room, her eyes still covered and the veil over her face. Nodoka walked over to her and hugged her, "Good luck," she whispered and then walked up the aisle to stand in her place as Mira's parents came to take the hands of their daughter.
Even though she couldn't see them, Mira knew her parents were at her side, and the three began to walk. The people in the pews stood and smiled as the bride walked down the aisle and up to her groom. When they stopped, and the people sat, Mira's parents untied the blindfold and kissed their daughter on the cheek. They then smiled to Joey and went to take their seats.
The bride and groom held hands and Mira looked to Nodoka who gave her the peace sign with her right hand and handed her the small bouquet of red and white roses that was made for the bride. In her left hand, Nodoka held her own white rose.
No one objected to their being married, no one had a reason to do so. After they sealed their marriage with a kiss, they had their pictures taken and when they walked outside, their friends and families blew bubbles. A string was pulled to release flower petals into the wind, and two doves flew out with them. Mira threw the bouquet and after a slight scuffle, Serenity had it. The happy newlywed couple then entered a white limo and left the church, heading straight to their honeymoon, which they would find out when they arrived at the airport, was in New Zealand.
As the group stood there on the steps of the church, waving good-bye until the limo was out of sight, Seto walked over to Nodoka and whispered in her ear, "Exactly how much did you spend on all of this?"
Dropping her hand to her side Nodoka looked to Seto with an innocent expression on her face. "Maybe just a bit more than pocket change?" she said with a half laughing, half nervous tone in her voice.
Mokuba then walked up to Nodoka. "I'd say quite a bit more than pocket change," he said, holding the bill in his hands. Seto took the bill from his younger brother and looked at it. His jaw dropped just a bit and he sighed and shook his head. "I can't blame you," he said to her. "Although, this will set us back a bit."
"Sorry," Nodoka said, laughing a bit, "I couldn't help it, I just wanted the best for Mira."
"It's okay, it's okay," the elder Kaiba said and then embraced his fiancé.
Tristan walked up to the two and looked awkwardly at Seto. "You paid for this?" he asked, confused on the CEO's motive.
"Yeah, but it was Arilana's choice," responded Seto in a cold tone. Nodoka then elbowed the elder Kaiba lightly in the stomach and he glanced down at her with a funny look.
Then Nodoka stared blankly ahead. "This is just great..." she grumbled. "I barely respond to my first name and then my last name is gonna change." She sighed and shook her head.
Everyone just laughed at Nodoka and she laughed with them.
A month later, a while after Mira and Joey had come back, Nodoka and Seto were married. It was a small wedding where only the group consisting of Joey, Mira, Bakura, Serenity, Tristan, Téa, Yugi, Terran, and Mokuba were invited.
And so the day ended on a good note. Arilana moved in with Seto, but she kept her own house, just for memories, and for Terran to stay at. Mira hadn't had her child yet, but she and Joey still ended up going to college, and Joey acquired a job at Kaiba Corp to help pay for it. Tristan and Serenity continued going out, Joey was a bit twitchy about that, but got over it. Yugi and Bakura taught Mokuba how to play Duel Monsters with more strategy than Seto used, and Téa continually schooled all three of them in Dance Dance Revolution.
Chapter 7
A Wedding and a Half
As that week went on, everything was great, but then, Nodoka began to think. She completely stopped thinking about her own wedding, and started to think about Mira. As the reporter sat in her own living room, she kept thinking of how Mira and Joey wanted to be married so badly.
Getting a new thought in her head, she ran over to the phone and picked it up. She called Mira up. "Hey," she said loudly. "I have a gift for you. It's big so it's gonna be your birthday, Christmas, and any other gift I would give you this year, okay?"
"Um... okay..." Mira replied softly. Then her tone changed and she said excitedly, "So when do I get it?"
"I'll call you when it's ready, so don't get all jumpy. I gotta go now... bye!" she said and hung up the phone quickly. She then ran to her bedroom and came down with her bicycle. She put on her shoes, and went out the door, closing it behind her.
She rode down to the Kaiba Mansion and punched the button on the intercom. "Hello?" came the sleepy voice of Mokuba.
"Hey! 'Kuba! Lemmie in, I gotta talk to your big bro," Nodoka said to the young man.
"He's at work," Mokuba replied. "I don't think he'd have a problem with you stopping by..."
"All right," she said. "I'll do that... bye 'Kuba." She then left the gate and peddled down to her fiancé's corporation. Arriving at the front, she chained her bike to the fence and ran inside. Going up to the front desk, she looked to the woman. "Excuse me, I wish to speak with Mr. Kaiba, please," she said.
"I'm sorry," replied the woman, "He's in a meeting. Please give me your name and I'll have him get to you afterward."
Scratching her head lightly, the brown-haired Nodoka whispered, "Um... okay... Well, just tell him that Arilana stopped by."
Nodoka turned to walk away but the secretary stopped her, "Wait, Ms. Nodoka? He told me to send you up there if you ever stopped by," she said. She pulled out a small orange card. "Take this and use the elevator, head to the top, ma'am."
"Thank you," Nodoka said and took the card from the woman. She then did as the lady had said and went to the top by using the elevator. When she got up there, she walked through the door and looked around the room, extremely confused on what she was supposed to do.
When Seto walked around the corner and looked to his bride-to-be. "When did you get here?" he asked.
"Three seconds ago?" Nodoka responded, adding a shrug to her words. Crossing her arms, she said, "Hey, aren't you supposed to be in a meeting?"
Seto laughed, "I have my secretary tell everyone that. There are a lot of annoying people who want to talk with me, or duel me for no apparent reason." He sighed and shook his head and then walked over to Nodoka, wrapping his arms around her. "So, why'd you stop by?" he whispered in her ear.
"Because I have a favor to ask of you," Nodoka replied just as softly.
"Then ask away," he said.
Pushing back away from Seto, she looked him in the eyes with a sort of pleading look. "Pay for Mira and Joey's wedding."
"What?" Seto growled, stepping back. "No way!"
"Seto! You have the money! Be generous for once!" Nodoka pleaded to the blue-eyed man as he began to walk away from her.
He turned to look at her as she stared down at the floor; she seemed weak in his eyes at the moment. "Why do you want this for them so much?" he growled slightly.
"Because they are not as fortunate as you," Nodoka replied. "They're expecting a child, working, going to school. It doesn't come as easily for them as it does to you."
Seto walked over to the wall and placed his forehead on it. "Would it make you happy if they're married?"
"Yes."
"Fine then... I'll pay for it..."
Running over to Seto, Nodoka spun him around quickly and kissed him. She then put her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "Thank you Seto!" she said and kissed him again.
The CEO pulled out his wallet and handed it to her. "Here," he said, "Don't spend too much."
"I won't," she said and then kissed him on the cheek and left the building. She went home and called up Mira and Joey.
A few hours later, she had the two fitting on formal wear for Nodoka's wedding, afterward Nodoka told the people to take the same measurements and put them to wedding clothes.
That night, as Nodoka lay in her bed, and everything was completed, she began to fall asleep. Just as she was nodding off, a knock came at her front door. She crawled out of bed and walked down the steps, rubbing her eyes. She opened the door slowly. "Hello?"
Standing there with a sleepy expression on his face was Seto. Nodoka showed him in and over to the couch. "Did you just get off of work?" she asked him, bringing him a glass of water.
"Yeah," replied Seto as he took a sip and laid down on the couch. Loudly, his stomach growled and he looked to Nodoka in a nervous kind of way.
Patting him on the shoulder, she said, "I'll make you something." She then walked into the kitchen and took about forty-five minutes making a casserole. It was a little past midnight when they ate. The house was completely silent.
When both of them were done, Nodoka washed the dishes and Seto stood next to her, his back against the counter. After their food had settled, they sat down on the couch to watch TV, yet ended up falling asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning, Seto awoke alone, his wallet on the table, along with a note telling him to be ready for Mira's wedding at two in the afternoon, which at the moment, it was twelve.
Nodoka on the other hand had gathered Yugi and the others at the church; they were all ready for what was to come. The only problem now, was to get Mira and Joey there. But at two o'clock, everything quickly came together. Nodoka had called the two saying it was an emergency. And when they got there, they were blindfolded and taken to different rooms.
Not knowing what was going on and feeling quite a bit frightened, Mira sat in a chair, her eyes still covered. Her hair and nails were done, as was her makeup. Then the salon women stood her up and they stepped her into her wedding dress.
Joey on the other hand, kept fighting back. The women tied him to the chair as they did his hair and then fought with him even more to get him into his tuxedo. Afterward, Joey was walked up to the front of the church with his best men, Yugi, Tristan, and Bakura. When his blindfold was removed, he looked to them with an extremely confused expression and they just smiled back. Across the way was Serenity and Téa dressed in sleek lavender dresses and were holding a white rose.
Quietly, the families of those up front arrived. Yugi waved to his grandfather, and Joey and Serenity to their mom and dad.
Silently, Seto and Mokuba slipped in and stood in the back, they didn't know where to sit. Joey watched as Nodoka walked up to Kaiba and motioned him to sit on Joey's side, next to Terran, since Seto knew Yugi and the others more than Mira.
Then the wedding march began to play. Mira was taken out of the room, her eyes still covered and the veil over her face. Nodoka walked over to her and hugged her, "Good luck," she whispered and then walked up the aisle to stand in her place as Mira's parents came to take the hands of their daughter.
Even though she couldn't see them, Mira knew her parents were at her side, and the three began to walk. The people in the pews stood and smiled as the bride walked down the aisle and up to her groom. When they stopped, and the people sat, Mira's parents untied the blindfold and kissed their daughter on the cheek. They then smiled to Joey and went to take their seats.
The bride and groom held hands and Mira looked to Nodoka who gave her the peace sign with her right hand and handed her the small bouquet of red and white roses that was made for the bride. In her left hand, Nodoka held her own white rose.
No one objected to their being married, no one had a reason to do so. After they sealed their marriage with a kiss, they had their pictures taken and when they walked outside, their friends and families blew bubbles. A string was pulled to release flower petals into the wind, and two doves flew out with them. Mira threw the bouquet and after a slight scuffle, Serenity had it. The happy newlywed couple then entered a white limo and left the church, heading straight to their honeymoon, which they would find out when they arrived at the airport, was in New Zealand.
As the group stood there on the steps of the church, waving good-bye until the limo was out of sight, Seto walked over to Nodoka and whispered in her ear, "Exactly how much did you spend on all of this?"
Dropping her hand to her side Nodoka looked to Seto with an innocent expression on her face. "Maybe just a bit more than pocket change?" she said with a half laughing, half nervous tone in her voice.
Mokuba then walked up to Nodoka. "I'd say quite a bit more than pocket change," he said, holding the bill in his hands. Seto took the bill from his younger brother and looked at it. His jaw dropped just a bit and he sighed and shook his head. "I can't blame you," he said to her. "Although, this will set us back a bit."
"Sorry," Nodoka said, laughing a bit, "I couldn't help it, I just wanted the best for Mira."
"It's okay, it's okay," the elder Kaiba said and then embraced his fiancé.
Tristan walked up to the two and looked awkwardly at Seto. "You paid for this?" he asked, confused on the CEO's motive.
"Yeah, but it was Arilana's choice," responded Seto in a cold tone. Nodoka then elbowed the elder Kaiba lightly in the stomach and he glanced down at her with a funny look.
Then Nodoka stared blankly ahead. "This is just great..." she grumbled. "I barely respond to my first name and then my last name is gonna change." She sighed and shook her head.
Everyone just laughed at Nodoka and she laughed with them.
A month later, a while after Mira and Joey had come back, Nodoka and Seto were married. It was a small wedding where only the group consisting of Joey, Mira, Bakura, Serenity, Tristan, Téa, Yugi, Terran, and Mokuba were invited.
And so the day ended on a good note. Arilana moved in with Seto, but she kept her own house, just for memories, and for Terran to stay at. Mira hadn't had her child yet, but she and Joey still ended up going to college, and Joey acquired a job at Kaiba Corp to help pay for it. Tristan and Serenity continued going out, Joey was a bit twitchy about that, but got over it. Yugi and Bakura taught Mokuba how to play Duel Monsters with more strategy than Seto used, and Téa continually schooled all three of them in Dance Dance Revolution.