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"NDS: Book 13—Crimson Clovers: Chapter 99: Double Vision"

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It's time that I finally get to the wedding, eh? Why am I writing this AN? Just to mess with you is all. That's right, I just wasted valuable time and delayed you from beginning the chapter.

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In a small setup off the coast of the Vahalla sea was the setting for the Enduro—Maxwell wedding. The chairs had been set by Adven, and the alter and all other necessary items had been provided among the church. It was built in the shape of a lower-case 't', with the entrance on the smaller end of the t, and the alter at the longer side. There were five rooms in each of the left and right side of the t. At each of the ends were the rooms where the bride and groom were readying themselves, with Virginia on the right wing and Jet on the left. In the ornate room lavished with red carpeting stood Virginia in her white gown pacing about the floor, causing the threads to create a noticeable line in the carpeting. Catherine, Carole, and Emilia watched the worrisome woman.

Sakura walked in, and immediately took notice of the pacing bride-to-be. She quickly shut the door. "How's Virginia doing?"

"Just look at her." Emilia simply sighed.

"So…she has last minute jitters?" Sakura questioned. "Well, can't blame her. The wedding's only an hour away."

Catherine stops the pacing Virginia, who looks at the older woman. "Virginia, don't worry. Marriage is a great thing."

"Right." Carole chimed in. "To tell the truth…I was nervous, just like you, right before I married Clyde. I'm sure Catherine would say that she was just as nervous."

Catherine gave a slight nod. "It's worth it." She spoke. "To have a love just like that. Nothing makes you feel greater than a husband's love."

Carole agreed. "It means that you never have to be alone again."

"Yes, I know, I know." Virginia sighed with an agonized grunt in it. "And yet…something makes me nervous…I mean…not only do I have this…what if it's true that Jet's seeing my dress is bad luck?" She wrung her hands tight. "What if Jet doesn't show?"

"You know he would never do that!" Sakura yelled in Jet's defense.

Emilia interrupted him. "Virginia, I'm sorry I ever mentioned the dress thing. But I was wrong to. It's not true. It's just a superstition." She argued. "A wedding myth. Nothing more."

"Virginia…you are nervous, and you're afraid to be, you might even feel embarrassed about it." Sakura softly explained. Her hands sweating even through the white gloves she wore to match her soft colored dress. "Like you were the only the one, but…I'm…just as nervous too right now."

"Sakura…" Virginia looked at the same aged woman.

Sakura instead faced the other three women in the room. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves. "Not to steal Virginia's thunder, but I have something to tell you three." She swallowed her spit. "I'm pregnant…with Adven's baby, but…he doesn't know anything about it."

Emilia blinked. "Wh-what?"

"Oh my, I could be an adopted grandmother…at my age?" Catherine irked. "I think I'm too too young." She shook her head. Now she regretted having taken Sakura as a practical daughter like Clive because it made her feel old. She was far too young to be a grandma.

"B-but…how long?" Emilia wondered. Carole seemed pretty quiet through it all.

"Listen, Virginia," Sakura began. "If I…can do this, so can you do your own thing. Little by little…we have to face our fears and make big steps." She calmly suggested. "I could have just as simply got rid of this…but…I want to have the child." She firmly stated. "That's what I decided, and that decision is the cause of my worried and nervousness, but I know it is worth it. This wedding is your decision, the cause of what you're feeling. But just like this baby, your wedding is worth it. Don't disappoint your friends, family, and most importantly, Jet."

"I couldn't have said it better myself." Carole noted.

Virginia sighed with a nod. "Sakura, I understand." She let out a breath of air from the side of her lip before smiling. "An'…you're right. I was so worried about the event, that I kept forgetting the benefits of the after. Heh, maybe I should have a child too. So we can arrange a wedding between them.

"Virginia, please, let's not be stupid." Sakura simply said with a moan. "Let's do one thing at a time."

Virginia laughed. "I was just kidding." She let the laugh fade. "I'm not ready to be a mother."

"Like Sakura is?" Catherine chuckled.

"Mother!" She barked. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough that having a child is never easy." Carole smirked.

"Heh. I was planning on letting you two handle the baby after birth." Sakura mused. "I'll be going back to work right after the delivery."

Carole shook her finger as Catherine butted in first. "Nuh-uh, I don't think so."

Carole nodded. "You better plan on raising the babe between just you and Adven." She suggested.

"Well, I told you. Adven doesn't know…so I can't be sure he would even stay with me." Sakura replied with downcast expression.

"He better, or I'll slice him in two, but first…" Emilia declared, "I will cut off what spread his seed to you."

Sakura looked at the woman nervously, with a laugh that said that. "I'll be sure to tell him that when I talk to him about it."

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As guests took their seats, Adven was outside in the wings, currently the left one. He ran up quickly to one of the doors in the ornate halls as he viciously threw it open. Just as soon as he looked in he shut it and moved on to the next one, leaving behind a curse that he spoke. At the next door he opened it, and as soon as he found it right, he shut it close.

"Adven?"

"Huh?" The man jumped and turned to stone as Sakura came to his side. He looked to her like a stiff robot, eyes of question.

She looked at him like he were a little kid. "W-h-a-t a-r-e y-o-u d-o-I-n-g?"

"Uh…just," He glanced away. "Just looking for something."

"What's that?" She wondered.

"Uh…um…another chair." He lied. He found that to be sufficient and nodded abruptly. "Yeah, see, we need another chair."

"Oh…okay." She left him for the main hall with a paranoid look.

Adven calmed and drew in a breath of air. "What did you really lose?" Gallows wondered. Adven looked to him in shock as the Baskar comes out from a small alcove built into the wall.

"Wh-what are you doing there?"

"Watching you." Gallows answered. "Wanted to see why you just opened nine doors in this hallway. All except the one Virginia's in." He grinned. "You're not a pervert, because you would have gone there first."

"Well, it's nothing." Adven lied.

"I can tell lies when they come to a man with no poker face."

"Okay, well, don't freak out or anything, but…well, there's twenty minutes until the wedding and well…no groom."

Gallows eyes stayed on the brunette. He waited to hear that it was a joke, but it never came. "Jet's…missing?"

"Yeah." Adven dumbly nodded.

"You tell me not to freak out?" Gallows quietly shouted. "This is sort of a HUGE deal!"

"I know, so keep it down!" Adven suggested as they gained stares from some passing guests. They moved aside.

"Right, well." Gallows coughed. "Have you looked everywhere?"

"Everywhere except the bride's room." Adven replied. "Even looked at his house and the sandcraft. Nothing."

"Well…hmm…" Gallows put his hand to his chin. "I'm at a loss."

"We…should just go to the priest and call this off." Adven suggested.

Gallows stretched out his arm to stop the other man. "No, we can't do that."

"Well, what?"

"Jet will show." Gallows said with honest trust in the punk. "We both know he actually has been looking forward to this, and he also would not stand Virginia up." The Baskar looked on with further trust. "He'll show up."

"Right." Adven replied with new confidence.

"Let's get to our places and tell them to go on. Jet will show up."

"I hope he does…or we'll be screamed at."

Gallows nodded. "Right…the day that Jet skips a wedding he is condemning the fates of all men."

"Aye."

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In soon enough time the wedding began as Adven, Gallows, and Pike stood at their places. The standard wedding march began as the bridesmaids began their walk down the aisle. They stop, and see no Jet at the alter however. Sakura choked down spit and kept up the walk, as did the others. It was at that time that Virginia began her walk as her uncle had the spot to hand her off to Jet. She too came to a stop, but continued anyway down the aisle.

"Where's Jet?" She wondered.

"He'll show." Her uncle spoke. "Let's continue though so no one can tell something's wrong."

"Right." She took a deep breath and continued her walk. They reach the end soon enough, and her uncle leaves her side for a seat. "Adven, where is Jet?"

"Uh…I'm sorry." Adven mumbled. "I can't find him anywhere."

"Oh…" Her words trailed off as her heart started to crack up.

After slow moments of silence, the priest walked forward. "It's been over a minute. Is the groom coming?"

"I—" Virginia's words broke off.

"I'm sorry I'm late." Everyone looked to Jet as he ran to his spot from the door near the alter. "I got lost in the halls." The young man explained.

The priest let off a cough. "Yes, well, let's begin, shall we." He turned to the crowd. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today…"

The words that the man spoke were not listened to by a worried Virginia. It was so odd of him to show up late like that. She looked at her soon-to-be-husband who stood in a black tux with a red bow-tie.

Adven's own eyes looked to the groom. Something about Jet…didn't seem right to him. But whatever his feeling was, he did not know it's cause. In wonder he just stared at the man.

Emilia shook her head. She had trouble understanding Jet's tardiness. He would never be late, and definitely not for Virginia. Even if he had his doubts, doubts that were not there yesterday, he still would have shown.

Adven squinted his eyes. Watching the man who he had fought countless times. His broad shoulders and muscle tone. The way his tan skin took in the sunlight. How his gray bangs with green hair under…wait.

The priest took his breath. "…Does anyone here today object to this union, speak now, or forever hold your peace."

"I do." Adven took a step forward from his spot with a serious look on his face.

"Adven?" Virginia looked to him with concern, confusion, and shock. Did he just say what she thought he did? But…that made no sense.

Sakura felt the same though, but mixed with anger, betrayal, and a feeling of being pathetic. "You…"

Suddenly a loud clink could be heard of a door opening at the end of the carpeted aisle between the two sections of guests. The large doors hitting the wall with a loud bang. "I object as well!" Jet declared from the doorway, dressed in the same outfit as the one at the alter.

"Jet?" Virginia questioned, looking at the second Jet. She slowly turned to look at the one beside her she was close to being married to. "Then…which…" The same confusion ran through the rest of the room aside from Adven and the two Jets.

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See, I told you there was no way you could see that one coming. The wedding ruined as two Jets stare at one another and the secret to this doubles will probably not be what you're expecting, and I have a good idea what you will think, but let me tell you, it's probably wrong.

Also, next chapter is 100! Wow…I wonder if I can even go that high. Fanfic might have some flaw being that you can't go triple digits. I don't know. I never saw one that high before, but either case, I'll continue into Book 14, but I will keep the title to that book secret because it would give a good idea about some things. I'll tell you the title as soon as it comes up in the text. Same thing with the original name of the next villain and the thing I lost during transition to this version. That'll probably be the same chapter though.