The sun shone down upon the small white building. Bells rang out loudly as the ceremony within the building concluded. As the doors burst open the escaping couple was pelted mercilessly.
"Ah! I never understood this part!" Robert laughed as he was covered with white rice.
"It's supposed to represent the good tidings and well wishes from our friends and family." Sammantha called out over the slight roar of their gathered friends and family cheering the happy couple.
After Battle Island Robert and Sammantha had both decided that putting the wedding off much longer wasn't a good idea, The future was uncertain, as Roberts predicament after his Duel with Willem Spring had shown.
The wedding had been a relatively simple affair, held in one of the only Catholic Churches in Domino city, Sammantha's parents and brother had flown in the week prior to help with the last minute arrangements, her father griping the whole time about the cost of having the ceremony in Japan rather than their home country of America.
Three days earlier...
"Lil' Girl why'd you and that man o' yours have to move out here?" He'd complained a few nights before the wedding. Robert and Sammantha had agreed to stay apart for the four days before the ceremony, She was staying in the house and he was taking up residence in one of the Employee Quarters in the Industrial Illusions building downtown.
"Because Daddy, Robert had a great opportunity with this promotion and I can't think of anywhere else to put those six years of college to work." Sammantha replied giving her father a kiss on the cheek as she helped her mother take the plates into the small kitchen.
"What kinda job is that anyway? Th' boy works fer a toy company?" He called after her.
"No Daddy he works for one of the largest game production companies on the planet, helping to produce the most successful card game on Earth." She called over her shoulder, rolling her eyes which elicited a small chuckle from her mother.
"Don't worry none dear, Your papa's just cranky about the trip." Mrs. Dawson spoke softly.
"Ain't just that! Man can't get a decent Steak on this damn island fer less than seventy five dollars US!" Sammantha's father scowled as he brought in the remaining dishes. His large calloused hands making the average sized plates look like tea saucers.
"Well there really isn't much cattle land here and importing Beef is a bit hard daddy." Sammantha laughed, taking the plates from the large Texan.
"Where'd Tommy get to?" Mrs. Dawson asked, looking back over her shoulder towards the archway into the dinning area.
"He's probably going through Roberts binders, One thing about working for Industrial Illusions, that man's got at least one of almost every card they've produced." Sammantha replied, calling over her shoulder she shouted. "Tommy you'd best not mess up any of those cards!"
"I won't! I'm just looking!" Tommy called back as he flipped through the pages of yet another folder filled with Duel Monsters cards.
"Man if I had a third of these cards I could really juice my deck up!" He spoke to himself.
"Keep your mouth shut about me sneaking in to visit your sister and I might be persuaded to help you build a deck that will make your friends back home jealous." Robert spoke up, peeking his head in through the window looking out over the tiny strip of grass behind the small home.
"Jeez Robert don't do that!" Tommy gasped as he caught sight of Robert.
"Wait, You really mean I can have some cards?" The teen's previous pallor at having been so badly startled had been replaced with bright eyed hope.
"Maybe, Go get your sister, but make sure your parents don't tag along." Robert replied, which sent the teen quickly out of the room.
The Present
"Well can we get into the car fast? I'm getting rice in places I didn't know I had." Robert joked as the two made their way down to the vehicle, only to be stopped by Seto Kaiba, head of The Kaiba Corporation.
"Congratulations Mr. Marcus. You're the new head of the joint venture between Industrial Illusions and Kaiba Corp. I'll see you in two weeks at the Kaiba Corp headquarters, Your office will be packed and moved while you're on your honeymoon, Don't be late to work." He spoke, and turned to get into the waiting limo in front of the newlyweds waiting car.
"That was incredibly odd." Sammantha commented, her face screwed up into a confused expression.
"But quite a Kaiba thing to do." Robert replied, his face in the same confused expression as his new brides.
"Let's get to the reception before Pegasus decides to pop up out of a sewer grate and yodel." Robert joked and helped Sammantha into the waiting car.
Later that night...
Robert and Sammantha shared many a song that night as they, their friends and family all danced, ate and rejoiced the happy occasion. Kelly and Ryu snuck off to a quiet corner midway through the party, as had Mai and Joey.
Yugi and his friend Anzu seemed to be a bit more than just friends, at least that's what Sammantha surmised as she watched the two throughout the evening.
The happy couple was toasted by their friends from California who had flown in for the wedding. Darius, Richard Peter and, Brittany all seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"Been a long time since we were all together in the Grove huh?" Peter spoke, the Yellow rose on his lapel standing in stark contrast to the black suit he wore.
"You know it man. Shame Mike couldn't make it." Robert replied, taking a sip of his drink.
"Well Micheal now owns the Surf Spot, he's got a lot on his plate now. He wanted to come along though." Darius added, looking over at Kelly and Ryu. "Your sisters grown quite well." He added with a smile.
"Watch that!" Robert warned.
As the night wore on Robert found himself outside looking over the sparkling lights of Domino city, Sammantha was inside dancing with her father before she and Robert were going to head back to their home and prepare for their Honeymoon.
"Busy day." Robert spu around to see Yugi standing behind him, the Millennium Puzzle glowing even in the dim light.
"Yeah, I didn't think it would be like this. I mean I don't feel any different really, just happier." Robert spoke, turning back to the sparkling lights of the city spread out just below the small hill the reception hall was on.
"I saw you brought your Deck and Duel Disk." Yugi motioned back towards the device resting on the banquet table inside the hall.
"Yeah I was helping Sammantha's brother tweak his new deck a bit. I promised I'd help him before his sister and I left for the Virgin Islands." Robert replied.
Silenced followed, Robert didn't even really notice until he heard footsteps coming up behind him and a sharp jolt to his back. Spinning around he saw Yugi holding his Duel Disk out for him to take, ont he young mans left arm was his own Duel Disk.
"I believe I have something that's supposed to belong to you." Yugi spoke, locking his Duel Disk into ready position, his tuxedo jacket unbuttoned and flapping about in the night breeze.
"You know I was just thinking about that. I wonder if that's why i couldn't control it properly, because I didn't win it in the first place." Robert replied, sliding his Duel Disk onto his left arm and placing his deck into the unit and taking a few steps back.
As Roberts Duel Disk locked into place he shot a look towards Yugi and smiled.
"Let's Rock!"
The end...?