Kari's pov
I wake up and look around me. Azusa is asleep in the chair by the window, and Ryoki is asleep in the chair by my bed. I smile at Ryo, and shake him awake.
"Wha.." He opens his eyes. I laugh and think back...
A flashback pov
A 14-year-old Kari sits with her cousin Ryoki on the landing where he usually went to think.
"Hey, Kari wanna go to the arcade with us?" A boy her age says walking down the stairs. He winks at her, staring at her bum.
"No thanks, Ryo and I are going to go hangout."
"Ryo? Oh Tachibana? Well wouldn't want his Mom mad at me." He laughs. Ryo starts to get up, but Kari walks over and kicks him in the stomach.
"Don't you say anything about him, he's more of a man then you'd ever be." She says watching him run back down the stairs.
"That was violent." Ryoki says with an eyebrow raised.
"I know, but you know how guys can be. All for sex."
"What's wrong with that?"
Kari shoves him. "You are such a loser Ryo."
Azusa's pov (because I love him)
I open an eye and look at Kari. She's sitting up talking to Ryoki.
"I'll be by the shop later, just let me change and everything back at Azusa's."
"I really don't like that bastar..."
"Don't even say it Ryo. I could say somethings about Hatsu."
"Like what?" Ryoki stands up, and she gives him the same angry look he usually gives me.
"That she's a brat."
"You're a brat!"
"No I'm not! Just go away Ryo and hang with your bratty fiancé." She says her nose in the air. Ryoki walks out, and I chuckle.
"Azusa, have you been awake this whole time?" She asks blushing.
"Ya, geez he's angry in the morning isn't he. I'll go find us a doctor and we'll get you home."
She looks at me a moment, then bites her lip. "Home?"
"Ya, home."
Mizuku's pov (2 nights before the wedding)
Auntie Neptune comes over, with the bad man. Daddy says he took her with her to England for photo shoots for a few weeks.. I hope she wasn't hurt if they was photo shooting her.
He holds her hand, and I want to bite him again but I promised Mommy I'd be a good girl.
"Sorry Hatsu, I've had lots of things going on. Now bring out the brides maid dress." Neptune tells Mama. Mama takes her into her room, and I sit on the couch with the bad man.
"Hey brat." He smirks at me half laughing.
"I'm not a brat, Daddy says I'm a princess." I tell him. "Neptune says I'm a sailor scout."
"Well your dad has mental problems."
"What did you say?" Daddy is standing behind the bad man. I smile and giggle.
Daddy's gonna beat up the bad man, yay!
"Don't beat up my boyfriend Ryo." Neptune calls out. "Oww Hatsumi don't stab me!"
We wait, and Auntie Neptune and Mama comes out. Auntie Neptune is in a huge pink dress, squirming around.
"Its very...interesting." The bad man says laughing. I bonk him in the head with my wand, then hide it behind me, smiling innocently.
Kari's pov
"Its beautiful." Hatsumi smiles. I roll my eyes, I feel like a balloon and I'm not even that far along yet...
"Hatsumi...why am I wrapped in a thousand layers of fabric? I can't feel my legs."
"But you look really nice in it.."
"Hatsumi I feel like a balloon." I finally admit. "Please can I cut down some of the fabric, for the sake of life?"
Akane walks out of Mizuku's room, in a dress similar to mine. "If I'm stuck in this, so are you."
I sigh, and roll my eyes, this is sure to be fabulous...
The morning of the wedding...
Hatsumi had wanted a white wedding.That's exactly what he gave her. A huge church housed it, with plenty of guests. I stand in my balloon dress, with Mizuku, who was lucky enough to end up in a white kimono instead of a big puffy pink dress like mine. I smile at her and look around.
Subaru walks by, twitching a bit. Akane keeps smiling at him, but that seems to only make him more nervous. He's worried he'll fall or lose the ring. Poor thing. I sigh and look at everyone coupled up.
Azusa had said he'd be here for the afterparty, so I'm alone...
"Neptune, we're supposed to go now." Mizuku says pulling on my wrist. I let her lead me down the long aisle. Ryoki is kind of nervous looking, and I gaze over the crowd. Aunt Natasue is sitting in the back, I'm amazed she came. But then Ryoki is her only child.
Hatsumi's mother is crying already, then I see him. Shinogu is sitting in the front row, his eyes downcast. Some part of me wants to reach over and hold him, but I can't.
Mourning the fact your losing her aren't you.. I want to tell him that, but I only continue down the aisle with Mizuku, with Akane. As the procession continues, Hatsumi comes out.
Hatsumi's pov
I stare down the aisle at Ryoki. Our eyes meet, and I know this is the man I will always love. The man who will always love me.
This is it, I'm getting married, oh my God I'm marrying him...
I had got a long white kimono, my hair tied up in a veil. This is the moment everyone lives for, because I'm going to marry him. The man I love..
Kari's pov
All the luck in the world to you Hatsumi. I wish for her to be happy, even though I know its bittersweet. She doesn't like me much, I think she put me in the wedding to humor Mizuku and Ryoki.
I gaze around. White lace, white silk, everything is matched white. Here I am, a big pink bit of cloth. Great.
I look back on Hatsumi. She looks beautiful, even if I don't like her. Her hair tied up nicely, and smiling her usual smile at everyone. For real Hatsu, be happy together...
Ryoki's pov
Hatsumi takes my breath away. It seems like an eternity she walks down the aisle, but stops at me, her eyes slowly filling with tears. I wipe them away, and she giggles.
"Here it is." Hatsumi whispers.
"What?"
"Are you ready? Because I'm a wife now Ryoki, I won't take orders."
"One last order then."
"What?"
I smirk. "Marry me, here and now."
"You just wasted an order, I'm set on doing that anyway."
Kari's pov
My mind wanders, as I smile at the couple. Finally I sigh and I gaze back at Ryoki and Hatsumi.
"And wife." The man ends. Ryoki picks up Hatsumi, and kisses her. They both smile and beam at everyone as they go down the aisle.
"Where's Mama going?" Mizuku says looking up at me.
"Wedding party, come on we're going with them." She grabs my hand and we follow everyone.
At the party
Hatsumi and Ryoki dance their private dance, with Mizuku watching beside Akane. I had changed into a long black skirt and a long sleeved matching shirt. I know Hatsumi will get onto me, but only after the party. Right now she's too happy.
Shinogu stands alone watching. I know he's heartbroken. He's lost her, the love of his life, and I want to go comfort him. I should. I'm coming Shinogu...
Suddenly a hand falls on my shoulder. I turn to see Azusa. He smiles and kisses me, making me forget Shinogu in a heartbeat.
"Your late." I smile. "Very late."
"But I've made up for it."
"And how exactly..." He puts a finger to my lip, and gets down on one knee. My jaw drops and I gaze around. No one is looking.
"Azusa what are you doing?"
"Kari Tachibana, will you marry me?"
A million different thoughts fall in my head. No, yes, yes of course I'll say yes. But Shinogu might still love me...what if he does? Remember him yelling at me? If he cared he'd have...
"Kari?" I come back from my thoughts and stare down at Azusa.
"What do you think I'm going to say?" I smile playfully.
"Yes of course Azusa, I would love to be Mrs. Kari Odi..."
"Well aren't you full of yourself."
"Come on Kari, say yes." He stands back up, and puts an arm around me. I look up at him, and feel tears fill my eyes.
"Azusa, give me a second okay. To think." I manage. Suddenly my favorite song comes on, All That I've Got by The Used.
We dance, and everyone's eyes fall on us. Yes, everyone here's heard of Azusa Odigari. Famous Model. I smile and rest my head on his shoulder, as we glide across the floor.
I look back at Shinogu. He's standing with Subaru's sister Asahi. She smiles at him, and I get a sinking feeling in my stomach. So I guess that means that he's replaced me...
I wipe my eyes, and look up at him. "Azusa, I'll marry you."
Shinogu's pov (poor thing)
Asahi stands by me talking. "Hatsumi looked really pretty. I did her hair for her."
"You did a great job."
"Look, for the record, I think it should have been you up there not Ryoki."
I look at her. Her big brown eyes staring back at me. "No, Ryoki loves her. She loves him, their fine."
"Then what's got you down?" She looks at me a minute, then away from me. She must be looking at Kari. God why was I so stupid?
"Its Kari isn't it? Ryoki's cousin?"
"Ya, I mean if I had any guts I'd go over there but, she seems happier over there."
"Oh of course not, she's looking at you right now Shinogu." I turn quickly, and she does look at me a brief moment, then Azusa stops their dance, and puts a ring on her finger.
"I''d better go."
Kari's pov
When I get back to Hatsumi and Ryoki's apartment, I help Mizuku pack her things. Since Subaru and Akane are going to the Bahamas for a few months, and Ryoki's planned a trip to Europe for their wedding present, I offered to watch Mizu.
"Auntie Neptune, how long is Mama and Daddy gonna be gone?" She asks staring up at me. I smile and play with a bit of her hair.
"A few months. I'll probably have my baby right before they get back." I sigh and throw together some last things.
"Are you sad? You look sad."
I stare down at my ring. I couldn't be sad, I'm marrying a model, I'm having a baby, what could go wrong?
"Of course not. Hey guess what, I'm going to get married."
"To Uncle Shinogu?"
"No, to Azusa. You can be in my wedding just like you were in your mother's." I smile, and she grabs her moon wand from the floor.
"I don't like the bad man."
"Oh Mizuku he's really nice you just have to get used to him. Say Azusa."
"Ajusa."
"See, its even fun to say. You'll be staying with me and Azusa sometimes, and if you like I'll take you to Uncle Shinogu's house to play."
She looks at me, then hits me with her wand. "Moon healing magic!"
I stare at her confused, then she does it again.
"Mizu what are you doing?" I ask. She looks at me, sighs.
"I was going to make you love Uncle Shinogu again." I take her bag, and sigh.
"I wish you wouldn't, because its already happened."
A/N-----I rewrote the wedding so many times last night I thought I'd die. I also went through all my cds trying to find a good song to play during the Azusa/Kari dance scene. I would love it if you would suggest songs for me, because I listen to music when I write, and I've used up my cds in all my writing lately.
Hint for next chap...
"Beautiful." Neptune holds the baby to her, smiling at it crying.
Reviews-----
the littlest weasley–Yes the wedding was good, even though I almost died writing it lol. The biting thing was great.
Ryoki lover—Yes, Ryoki is a great character, I love him.
Jenbo----LoL I just have lots of time on my hands when babysitting, my cousins make great inspiration for Mizuku.