1Disclaimer: Don't own anything except my meager excuse of plot and Elizabeth

Pairings: UxY, JxA

Author's Note: Neo Aquni I'll try, but not sure if I'll be able to, thanks for the review anyway!

Ulrich led her to a small secluded part in the maze and they sat there by a fish-filled pond with a fountain in the middle. They could still hear the noises from the faire and there was the muffled clip clop of a horse walking by on the path. "You wanted to talk...?" Yumi asked, looking at him. They were sitting on the edge of the pond and she fingered the fringe on her pouch carefully.

"Yeah...Yumi, I uh..." he paused and leaned back against a tree trunk. She raised an eyebrow at him and he laughed a little. "I'm a bit nervous, as you can tell." She nodded and he swallowed. "I was wondering if you really were serious about the hand-fasting."

"I told you already, I am. I'm looking forward to it. This way when I go home, I can tell my parents that we're engaged," she joked. He laughed and she smiled. "Honestly though, I really do want to. I think it'd be great and, well, we'd be..." she trailed off.

"Officially going out?" he added. She nodded and he smiled. "Yeah, I guess we have to ask Elizabeth how to go around getting hand-fasted."

"Yeah, that'd be helpful," she muttered. They stood and he kissed her gently. "I guess we're official?" she asked when they broke away.

"Yeah," he said.

"Good. Now, whenever Sissi comes near you I can officially tell her to 'get lost,'" Yumi said giggling. He laughed and they started on their way back to the faire.

They met the others at the booth where Elizabeth's family worked. Her mother was behind the tables, calling out her wares to passing potential customers and her father was in back making more. Her sister and brother were also helping their mother, displaying the trinkets to the passer-by's. "Oh good, your back, we were wondering where you went to," she said when she saw them.

Jeremie was with Aelita in the back corner of the tent. She was standing in front of a mirror and he seemed to be adjusting a necklace around her neck. "We were just talking," Yumi said, walking over to one of the displays and looking at the jewelry.

Odd grinned, walking over to them. "We thought we'd have to send a search party out for you two! Then again, who knows what they'd come across," he added as an after-thought. Ulrich shot him a warning look, then went over and joined Yumi.

"You want that?" he asked, pointing to the necklace in her hand. It was a golden dragon with sapphire eyes.

"What? Oh, yes, but, Ulrich, no!" she exclaimed as he took it out of her hands and walked to the counter, paying for it. She blushed as he handed it back to her after he'd paid for it. "Thank-you," she mumbled.

"Your welcome," he replied.

Aelita walked over to them and grinned. "That looks great with your dress!" she said enthusiastically. She wore a pale pink rose necklace around her neck.

"Jeremie?" Yumi asked, gesturing to the necklace.

The girl nodded, smiling bigger. "He gave it to me, right after he asked me to be his girlfriend!" she squealed. Yumi grinned, hugging Aelita and Ulrich grinned at Jeremie.

"Congrats," he said. Jeremie nodded, blushing darkly and Odd whooped, hugging him.

"Way to go Einstein!" he exclaimed. He looked at Ulrich. "So what were you and Yumi talking about?"

"About getting hand-fasted, which reminds me, how do we go about doing that Elizabeth?" Ulrich asked. At that moment they heard a loud crash and when they turned around, they saw Sissi standing there, chalk white and seething, a box of rings at her feet.

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