A/N: Well, as I said in the last chapter, all good things must come to an end. This is the last chapter. About some of my future writings: As some of you may have noticed, my FFX-2 parody has been taken down. I've decided to rewrite it so that it fits 's Nazi guidelines. I'm also thinking of writing a Kimahri centric-fic, because he's cool like that. So, enjoy this last chapter of PAWS. Oh, BTW: I probably got the order of how they go down the aisle wrong. Don't hold it against me.

Ding-dong!

"Coming!"

Yuna rushed to the door, and opened it.

"Hey, Yuna." Paine greeted.

"It's about time! You're a whole 10 minutes late! We can't have a wedding if the bridesmaids are late!" Yuna teased.

"The excitement has gone to your head. I'm never late." Paine said, and whacked Yuna on the head lightly with her bouquet of pansies.

"Yeah, you probably won't be as late as Rikku."

"Hey! I heard that!"

Rikku had driven up on her motorcycle. She walked up to the door and imitated Paine, whacking Yuna on the head with her bouquet.

"So, where's Tidus?" Paine asked.

"In his room, getting dressed. You know we're not supposed to see each other dressed until the wedding." Yuna replied.

"Speakin' of which, where's your dress? I wanna seeee it!" Rikku cried.

"Okay, okay!" Yuna laughed, and went to her room. She returned moments later, with a sky blue dress over her arms. She held it up for them to see. The dress was made of satin, with no sleeves. It had a chiffon shawl over the skirt, which was a midnight blue. The bodice was corset-like and also midnight blue, with a pattern of a waterlily sewn into it. The hem was lined with dark blue feathers.

"It's...it's...BEAUTIFUL!" Rikku cried, and ran her hands over it.

"Lulu made it for me." Yuna beamed.

"I thought wedding dresses were supposed to be white." Paine queried.

"They are, but only if you're a virgi - " Yuna stopped and turned bright red. Rikku and Paine laughed.

"Oooooh, has Yuna been NAUGHTY?" Rikku teased.

"I – I ..." Yuna stammered.

"Ah, it's okay, Yuna." Paine said, patting her on the back. "At least you're not lying about it. Who else is coming?"

"Hmm...Lulu is the maid of honor, and Wakka is the bets man...Kimahri, most of the village, Brother, Buddy, Shinra, Gippal - "

"He's my date." Rikku interrupted. She nodded knowingly.

"That's nice, Rikku." Paine said.

"...Nooj, Leblanc, Ormi, and Logos." Yuna finished.

"I'm surprised all of Spira isn't coming, what with you being the world's savior and all." Rikku said.

"Isn't...Baralai coming?" Paine asked.

"You know, I don't know. He never responded to my invitation." Yuna said.

"O-oh..." Paine said. She sank down into a wicker chair.

"Hey, don't sit down just yet! We've gotta put on our bridesmaid dresses!"

Eventually, the guests began to show up. The wedding was taking place on the Besaid beach, under the stars. Buddy, Brother, and Shinra came in the airship, but everyone else showed up by boat. Paine soon realized why all of Spira hadn't shown up when Shelinda, the reporter from Luca News, came with her cameraman in tow. Everyone pretty much behaved themselves, except for Brother who showed up in quite possibly the gaudiest tuxedo ever devised and regularly broke into sobs several times before the wedding even started.

Paine still saw no sign of Baralai. She waited by the dock most of the time before the ceremony, but he never showed.

Paine sighed.

"Guess he's not coming, then..."

Paine looked at her watch, and realized it was 15 minutes until the ceremony was to begin. Everybody else was seated in front of the large marble arch in front of the ocean. Paine ran to the back to take her position.

"Where were you?" Rikku whispered.

"Nowhere, I was just waiting for someone." Paine whispered back.

Suddenly, the pianist began to play a slow, sad song that sounded nearly identical to the song Yuna sang in the Thunder Plains. Paine walked down the aisle next to Wakka, followed by Rikku & Gatta. Then, Tidus walked down the aisle alone to the end.

But before Yuna walked down the aisle, Paine realized another boat had come in while the beginning of the ceremony had happened. She craned her neck to see who was driving the boat. Could it be...?

It was. Baralai climbed out of the boat, and waved to Paine. She waved back, and gestured to an empty seat near the altar. Baralai snuck over to the seat as discreetly as possible, which wasn't very discreet at all.

And then, Yuna came down the aisle with Cid. Truthfully, Paine had thought her wedding dress was a bit gaudy when Yuna had shown it to her. But when she came down the aisle, Paine was absolutely stunned. Her arms were full of dark blue pansies, waterlilies, and white narcissus, and she was wearing a dark blue veil nearly identical to the one she had worn in her near-marriage to Seymour Guado, which was fastened to her hair with a barrette shaped like a flower.

"She's beautiful..." Paine whispered to Rikku.

"I'm getting all misty-eyed." Rikku said, her voice breaking. "Our wittle Yunie's grown up."

They reached the arch. Cid took Yuna's & Tidus's hands, and placed them together. Paine looked at him, and realized he was crying too. He joined Rikku and Paine at the left side of the altar.

The preacher began to speak.

"Good evening, all of you. We are gathered here tonight to witness the uniting of Yuna Cissuhan and Tidus Kiynteyh in holy matrimony. If there is anyone present who objects, please speak now, or forever hold your peace."

Brother attempted to stand up and scream, but Buddy held him down and clapped a hand over his mouth.

"Tidus. Do you take Yuna to be your wedded wife, until death do you part, in sickness and in health, and in riches and poverty?"

"I do." Tidus said, looking deep into Yuna's eyes.

Paine looked behind her. There was a sort of rocket launcher behind them.

"Rikku! We should move a little!" she whispered loudly to Rikku. "We might get set on fire!"

"What?" Paine pointed to the rocket launcher. "Oh. That must be that 'big surprise' Yuna was talking about. She's gonna set them off when they kiss. There must be another one over there."

Paine gestured for the right side of the altar to watch out for the rocket launcher.

"They're gonna go off at the end!" she whisper-yelled.

"...and in riches and poverty?"

"I do." Yuna said, nearly crying as well.

"Then, in the name of Yevon, I hereby pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Yuna and Tidus wrapped their arms around each other and kissed. And as Rikku predicted, the fireworks went off. The entire audience looked up and clapped. Even Brother stopped sobbing and watched the spectacular light show.

"So ROMANTIC!" Rikku cried.

"Yeah...yeah, pretty romantic." Paine said, looking at Baralai. He smiled at her, and she smiled back.

The pianist began to play the end of the song in a crescendo.

"Ladies and gentleman, I am proud to introduce you Mr. And Mrs. Kiynteyh!"

Everybody cheered. And thus, the party to end all parties began.

The reception was wild. The wedding band played nothing but hard rock music the entire night. Wakka amused the crowd with his drunken rendition of the chicken dance. Brother tried several times to jump onto Yuna and pry off her huge wedding ring, only to be stopped every time by Buddy. There was a cake fight several hours into the party, which resulted in some very messy palm trees. When the bouquet was thrown, there was a scuffle between Leblanc and Rikku, which resulted in the bouquet being flung away from them and into Paine's arms. Finally, the last dance began. It was a song called "Suteki da Ne" which Yuna and Tidus insisted had some sort of significance.

Paine leaned back in her chair and watched everybody else dance.

"Hey."

She looked up. It was Baralai.

"Would you like to dance?"

"With you? Of course." She took his hand, and they began to slow dance.

"Lovely wedding. I'm sorry I showed up late," he whispered in her ear.

"It's okay. I was worried you weren't coming." Paine whispered back.

"How could I miss an opportunity to see you?"

"Heh. Good point."

They danced closer and closer until they were almost embracing. The song was ending, but Baralai and Paine showed no signs of stopping.

"I saw this really beautiful plateau on the way over here. You want to get out of here?"

"Love to." Paine said.

They pulled apart, and snuck off from the reception. Everything was absolutely beautiful under the full moon, Paine thought. Or maybe it was just beautiful because Baralai was there.

They reached the plateau. It was absolutely gorgeous. They were directly above the reception area. The ocean was glowing a beautiful azure. The moon shone over them like the sun. Millions of tiny stars covered the sky.

"It's beautiful..." Paine said in awe.

"I thought you'd like it." Baralai said.

"I can't think of any other place I'd rather be." Paine said, and kissed Baralai.

"Then...I suppose I ought to show you why I was late."

He reached into his pocket, and pulled out something. Paine's heart stopped in her chest. It was a ring. He took her hand, and placed the ring on her finger. It was a ruby, carved into the shape of a sword.

"I had to get this for you. It took a couple of weeks to get it carved like that. I hope you like it. Will you marry me?"

Paine's eyes began to water.

"I love it..."

She flung her arms around him and began to sob.

"Is that a yes?"

She nodded.

"All the crap that's ever happened to me...can't possibly ruin this moment. I love you. I love you so much." Paine cried.

"You're awfully teary for someone so happy." Baralai chuckled. He wiped away her tears.

Paine sniffled. "Thanks."

They kissed, more passionately than before. Paine sighed, and let herself fall onto the cool grass.

Meanwhile, down at the reception area, Yuna and Tidus were looking up with utter confusion.

"Are those people SHAGGING?" Tidus asked, stunned.

"It looks like it." Yuna said, equally stunned.

"Hey! Where are Paine and Baralai?" Rikku cried.

"Oh, crap..."

fin