A/N: Because the last chapter was so damn short you get two at once. Here yah go.

Chapter Twenty-Five

The Big Day

"Yunie!" cried two voices, waking Yuna and Aeris from their sleep. Two pairs of small little legs carried Vidina and Loesia into the hut. Both jumped up and down in front of Yuna.

"Hi Loey; hi Viddy," Yuna grinned. "Are your Mom and Dad here already Loey?"

"Yup!" she giggled. Loesia was an excitable little girl.

Vidina ran over to Aeris, "See! Mommy cut my hair! And it didn't hurt!"

Aeris smiled, "I told you, didn't I? And does it help when you play?"

"Yeah!" he laughed.

"Loesia!" Leblanc called.

"Vidina!" Lulu yelled. The two toddlers ran out of the hut again, their little arms flailing.

"They are so cute together," Aeris laughed.

"Lulu says she can't seperate them," Yuna smiled. iToday's the day.../i she thought. A month had passed by so quickly.

"Are you nervous?" Aeris asked, sitting up in her bed.

More than possible. Not only is it my wedding day... but today's the day we'll hopefully reunite you and Cloud, she said to herself. "Maybe not nervous. I guess I'm just... excited."

Aeris stood up, "Well I suppose we should start getting ready. Five hours is going to go by really fast."

Yuna nodded. They had planned the morning out the night before, so everyone could get ready quickly. The temple had been closed to everyone but Yuna, and the other females participating in the wedding or helping. The men would get ready in the Celsius.

Soon, Yuna found herself in the center of Aeris, Lulu, and Leblanc. Her hair was being tugged on, brushed, dried, and styled. Alia, the bridal shopkeeper, was busy tailoring Rikku's dress. Rikku had grown another two and a half inches around her belly since they had last visited. Paine was busy chasing down Loey, who was enjoying running through the legs of the statues.

When they had finally finished her hair and face, Yuna was allowed to look in a mirror. Her hair was mostly down except for a few small braids that made a net looking pattern on top of her head. Each of the braids stopped with a small sparkly bead. Her hair glittered, which Yuna guessed was the effect of one of the few sprays they had covered her hair with. "Wow," she said in awe.

"Yay! She likes it!" Aeris giggled.

"Of course, it's perfect," Lulu smiled.

"Well come on ladies, we still have to get everyone else ready," Leblanc said.

After another three hours and lots of hair spray, they decided they were ready. People were beginning to gather in the village, walking to the beach. Where is he? Yuna wondered.

"Don't worry," Rikku whispered. "He'll show up."

Yuna looked at her cousin. The royal blue dress looked perfect on her, and hid most of her belly. Her long blonde hair was pulled back loosely. "He better," Yuna said.

"Yuna! Rikku! Come on!" Leblanc said, holding Loesia in her arms. The toddler was dressed in a baby blue sundress, her soft copper hair piled on top of her head.

Rikku walked down the temple stairs, holding her stomach carefully. "It starts in half an hour, come on!"

She acts like I will be late for my own wedding. Yuna followed, walking slowly. She felt like she was going to fall if she walked too fast. Maybe that's why the crystal colored sandals could only be found in the bridal shop. When they arrived near the beach, Yuna got to take her first look at the decorations. They had been done that morning because the sea breeze would have blown them into the ocean overnight. It was amazing. The altar stood just before the tide; Yuna guessed that Baralai, their priest, would have wet feet by the time the ceremony was over. A few benches full of people were lined up along the aisle, which had been cleared of any driftwood or junk that had floated from the ocean. Balloons knocked into each other in the soft ocean breeze. Looking at the small crowd of people, she reconized Dona, Barthello, Lucil, Elma, Clasko, Calli, O'aka XXIII, Wantz, Brother, Nhadala, Buddy, Shelinda, Rin, Leblanc, Nooj, and Lulu. There were a few other people who lived in the village that sat near the back as well. But no Cloud. Damn him, she thought angrily.

"Are you ready?" Paine asked. She, Aeris, Rikku, and Loey were all ready and waiting.

Yuna looked at her three friends and the toddler. "Ready as I'll ever be." She looked at Rikku with a hopeful glance, and recieved a shrug.

"I haven't seen him," she whispered as a soft piano melody began to play.

Loesia walked out onto the beach, tossing flower petals out of her small basket. From the other side of the beach walked out Vidina, wearing a tuxedo. They met at the middle; Vidina took Loey's hand and they marched down the aisle.

Yuna chuckled quietly, seeing the look on both of their faces. They looked like they'd rather be doing anything other than holding hands and walking down in aisle in stuffy clothes. Paine and Aeris had followed behind them, and met up with Neal and Wakka. Poor Wakka looked ridiculous in a tux. He took Aeris' arm in his and followed Paine and Neal where they seperated at the altar.

"Come on," Rikku said, tugging on Yuna's arm. She walked a few steps in front of Yuna, meeting with Gippal at the middle.

Yuna felt her heart flutter as she saw the young blitzball star behind Gippal. Any doubt or anxiety she might have felt disappeared. He wore a navy blue tux, making her feel a bit sorry. It had to be terribly warm for the men. Tidus' eyes seemed to widen at her appearance, making Yuna blush softly. Holding her bouqet of white roses in her left hand, she threaded her arm through his. Soft murmurs ran through the crowd as they continued up to the altar.

They were greeted by a grinning Baralai. "Ladies and gentlemen, today is a wonderful day. You will witness the joining of these two magnificent people. Lady Yuna, the former summoner and defender of Spira, and Lord Tidus, her former guardian. Please be seated..." and with this the crowd sat.

Tidus looked at Yuna, his cerulean eyes gazing into her emerald-sapphire ones. Yuna could tell the 'Lord Tidus' bit had bugged him. ere is the man I will spend the rest of my life with, Yuna thought happily.

The ceremony had ended and the reception was to begin up in the village. Most of the group had left to begin setting up except for the newlywed, Rikku, Paine, Aeris, Gippal, Lulu, and Wakka.

"You look great Yuna," Gippal said with a grin.

"What about me?" Rikku said, her lower lip stuck out.

"Words can't describe how wonderful you look," he said, wrapping his arms around his wife. "Congrats Tidus!" he said as they walked up the path.

A teary Lulu embraced her 'little sister' tightly. "I promised myself I wouldn't cry..."

"Thanks Lulu," Yuna said, smiling.

She and Wakka walked up to the village, to help get everything ready.

"Rikku told me about your plan. Sorry it didn't work out," Paine said. "But I'm really happy for you guys," she said, hugging Yuna. The warrior headed up the path, going to change.

"What plan?" Aeris asked, curious.

Tidus and Yuna glanced at each other. "I'll tell you tonight, okay?" Yuna said.

"Oh all right," Aeris sighed. "See you in a bit!" she grinned, and skipped up the path.

"I can't believe he didn't show," Tidus sighed.

"I know," Yuna said quietly. "I really hoped he would..."

"You tried," Tidus said, wrapping his arm around his newlywed wife's shoulders. "Maybe you shouldn't tell her though."

"Yeah. She'll feel even worse then," Yuna said as they walked up the beach path. "Did you see the look on Loesia and Vidina's faces?" she asked with a small chuckle.

"Heh. They didn't look too happy to be there," Tidus laughed.

"You know, I never thought I'd see the day when Wakka would wear a tux. Or you!" Yuna teased.

"Do I look that bad?" Tidus asked.

"Of course not. You look perfectly handsome," Yuna smiled.

"Well not nearly as perfect as you look," Tidus said, causing Yuna to blush.

They reached the village, the sun was almost touching the horizon. "C'mon Yunie! You have to throw the bouquet!" Rikku squealed

The newlywed couple walked up the temple stairs. "Okay, ready everyone?" Yuna called out. She turned around, tossing the white roses into the air. She heard a scramble as she turned around, watching to see who'd catch it.

"I've got it!" cried Aeris.

"Oooh!" Rikku giggled.

"Oh no... not another wedding," moaned Paine.

"Yay. We can doll up Paine again," teased Yuna, walking down to her friends. Tidus had gone off to change.

Aeris smiled, "Don't worry Paine. I have no plans on marriage anytime soon."

"Might there be a chance in changing your mind?" The four spun around to see the speaker. The spikey-haired mercenary smiled sheepishly at them. "Sorry I missed your wedding Yuna."

Yuna grinned. "That's okay. Come on you two," she said to a gawking Rikku and Paine, "let's get out of these stuffy dresses and into something more party-like."

"Party!" shouted Rikku happily. The Gullwings girls walked inside the temple.

"No booze for you," Paine warned.

"I know, I know," Rikku said.

Yuna smiled, "I'm just glad he came.
"Cloud... how did you... why...?" Aeris fumbled for words.

"Hi Aeris," he said quietly. "You look... really... lovely."

Aeris blushed furiously. "Thank you."

"Listen, I'm really sorry about everything. I don't know what's been going on lately but I'm glad it's over now." He looked around, "Is there somewhere we can go and just talk?"

"Yeah. We can go to the beach, if you'd like," Aeris said, her voice trembling. "How did you get here?"

"Well I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your friend Yuna. She came by and gave me one of those time-keys. I wasn't sure if I was going to come, but in the end I did."

"I'm sorry about Tifa and the others," Aeris said quietly as they passed the falls.

"It wasn't your fault. And hey, maybe someday they'll come back," Cloud said. "But there's something about Tifa and me, that you ought to know."

"I know you were married," Aeris spoke.

"Yeah. We were. But a few nights before you came, we got into a really big argument. We realized that being married to each other wasn't just right," Cloud said.

"But, you loved each other," Aeris said, confused. "I don't understand why it wasn't right."

"Well, to tell you the truth, we both still had our hearts set on other people. Tifa was still somewhat in love with this other fella that she had met and dated a while back."

"And... you?" Aeris asked as they stopped at the beach.

"I couldn't forget you."

Aeris sat down on a bench. She knew her legs wouldn't hold her up. "Me?"

Cloud sat beside her, "You changed my life so much. It hurt so much when you came back. I thought I had gotten past you, and the thought of being with Tifa and not you destroyed me. When you, well Sephiroth and that other guy, killed Tifa... I didn't know what to do. Thanks to Yuffie I finally came here... and here I am."

Aeris looked at her hands. "So you're saying... because of me, you're marriage was destroyed?"

"No, no!" Cloud shook his head. "I'm saying because of you, I've realized something." He took Aeris' hands in his, causing her to look at him. "Aeris, I love you."

The flower girl met his eyes, her own beginning to fill with tears. It had been so much easier to tell Yuna that she loved him... "And... I love you too... When... I was killed, I just knew I was alone. I had left you all. And when you didn't believe that I was back... it hurt me too, you know?"

"I'm sorry," he whispered. Cloud wrapped his arms around her, bringing her close.

She felt relaxed under his touch. "It's okay..." Everything was perfect. They could hear music from the party, but watched the stars slowly poke out of the dark sky, one by one.
"Do you think Aeris will leave?" Yuna asked. She sat beside her newlywed husband on their bed. They were both tired from the long party, and they were leaving for their honeymoon the next day.

"I think she'll do whatever her heart tells her to," Tidus yawned.

"You know, I was thinking the same thing," Yuna said. She shimmied under the blankets beside him.

"I love you Yuna. There's nothing that will ever change that."

"I love you too. Goodnight," Yuna whispered, snuggling against his body.

"Goodnight Yuna."
A/N: Holy chocobos this took me a LONG ass time to write. Mostly because it was all mushy-gushy fluff and I'm not good at writing that without my fluff buddy. Heh. I told you all it'd be an Aeris/Cloud fic! YAY!!! huggles Tidus and Cloud and Gippal plushies Okay, one more chapter, and the epilouge. The end is near. But I probably won't update until Monday because I need a break!! LYL, hope yah like this chappy. -Letselina