Chapter 17: The night between and a Wedding.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, Ulrich, Odd,Yumi, Aelita, Jeremie, or any of the other characters seen in Code Lyoko. I do however own Shinrai Flare, and Krista Flare.

Please look at Code : Changes and Living up to a Legend by Rycr . He is one of the best writers I have ever seen. Please look at my other friends story, called MidgardAwakening by Kairu Souseiki .

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almostinsane

Rycr

Flipmymood-Secrets (Please read!)

Neo Agumi

BassDS

Aelita Stones-16

Odd Della Robbia-16

Ulrich Stern-16

Jeremie Belpois-16

Yumi Ishiyama-17

Shinrai Flare-17

Krista Flare-16

Elisabeth "Sissi" Delmas-16

(In the story, it has been about a year since everyone has met, and they were 13 and 14 when the series started, through calculations and all that, from the 2 or 3 years in the series. I don't know what the legal marrying age is in France, but it is 16 in most parts of America.)

(I AM SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION WITH POSTS, there were some dividers I used that for some reason never showed up)

(BTW.. This is a very very very long long chapter.)

"Sissi...What's bothering you?" Shinrai asked as they sat down against the giant tree. The stars were bright in the sky, so Shinrai and Sissi had decided to sit outside to talk.

"Nothing... It's nothing at all," Sissi replied quickly, gripping his hand tightly.

"Sissi...Yumi called me, she said something was going on, and I can see the pain in your eyes,"

"I'm just...I'm," She stopped after the three words and looked down to the dirt.

"Sissi..My love, please tell me," Shinrai almost pleaded. She looked to him, confused, as he never heard that tone in Shinrai's voice.

"I..I was scared, like the time with those men... Now it was someone who I had called friend..." She told him tearfully. She grabbed his hand tightly and whimpered once. He wrapped his arms around her protectivly as he kissed the top of her head.

"Nothing will ever hurt you...I swear on my life," He said, holding her lightly and close. She smiled once and looked into his soft aquamarine eyes.

"That sounds very Middle Ages," She said with a light giggle,"I like it,"

"You do?"

"Yes, I do,"

"Well, my lady, I vow with my heart, honor, and soul that I'll always protect thee" He said, lasping some into mideval speak. She giggled again and stayed close to him.

"Where did you learn to speak like that?"

"Well, besides fighting XANA, being with you and the group, I had a class on the study of the Middle Ages," He told her with a small grin.

"Really?"

"Yep, and I will keep my vow," He told her before kissing her again.

"That is so beautiful," Aelita said softly as she looked from the window down to where Shinrai and Sissi sat. She looked to Jeremie and hugged him close.

"Not as beautiful as my lovely princess," Jeremie commented playfully, his fingers running slowly through her soft, beautiful, pink hair. She looked up to him, smiling some before his lips met hers, pulling her into a loving kiss.

"Oh Jeremie!" She gasped out, tears of happiness in her eyes, "Soon, I am going to be with the man I love,"

"Aelita, I just don't deserve you," Jeremie told her, his arms holding her close and tight.

"Jeremie, you are the one who saved me from Lyoko, if anything I don't deserve you, She replied with a giggle, but then gasped as a pillow was thrown from the bed. Odd looked to the two before leaning back and listening to music with Krista. Jeremie laughed lightly and then turned back to face Aelita.

"Ulrich...The sun is coming out soon.." Yumi said softly, they were sitting up on the dormatory roof, staring at the stars intently, while they talked about how life will be with each other.

"We should get going back to the rooms..."Ulrich said slowly before standing up, gently pulling Yumi by his said, he opened his mouth to say something, but Yumi's lips against his silenced him. He stared into her beautiful eyes as his hands slowly ran through her raven black hair. As they broke the kiss, Ulrich grabbed a small rock from the roof and tossed it, hitting the tree that Shinrai and Sissi were at, unfortunatly, the rock bounced off and hit Shinrai in the side of the head.

"OW! Son of a!.."Ulrich heard Shinrai begin but stop. Ulrich laughed some and opened the door for Yumi, smiling some as they began heading to the dorm. Ulrich smirked some more and opened the door to his dorm room, where most likely Odd and Krista were. As they entered, they saw Aelita and Jeremie dancing slowly in the center of the room, soft music playing in the background. When Aelita saw Yumi and Ulrich, she stopped dancing and blushed a bit.

"A..Aelita was helping me learn how to dance," Jeremie said, his face as pink as Aelita's hair.

"They are really cute at it too," Krista said with a giggle as she pulled off her headphones and looked to them.

"Cute at what?" SHinrai asked as they slowly and silently entered the room, Shinrai rubbing the back of his head, "Oh and Ulrich, What the hell was that for?"

"Sorry... I meant to just hit the tree as a signal," Ulrich said, laughing some as he said it. Shinrai grumbled some and sat down on Odd's bed on the opposite side as Krista and Odd, Sissi falling right onto his lap and into his arms.

"Soon... Two more weeks..." Ulrich said wistfuly.

"Odd... I do not want to listen to your new music..." Shinrai said as they all sat in the dorm room. It was the night before the wedding and the girls were at the Ishiyama household. They were not to see their fiancee's that day and the morning before the wedding, as was supposed bad luck.

"I swear to you.. It is good!" Odd pleaded as he reached and placed the disc in the stereo. They had been planning something ever since the wedding plans, something that was to happen at the reception. Jeremie looked to Shinrai and yawned a bit before asking out.

"Who is going to be the one that is giving Krista away.. Since your getting married as well?" Jeremie asked as he leaned up against his chair, typing on his laptop.

"Well.. We had talked about it and we agreed to have Jim do it... Other than you all and the girls, Jim's the only other who really looked out for us," Shinrai told them," Have you given any thought about what you will do after everything?"

"Well, Yumi and I got that music deal after the reporters found that she sings and I play," Ulrich told them.

" Aelita and I will most likely make computer programs... Aelita also wants to take up singing." Jeremie explained.

"Krista sent in a demo tape of some of the stuff I made, I got a call yesterday so After the Honeymoon and the home, I'll be a DJ," Odd said.

"Heh, Sissi's father offered her a vice principal job after this year. I'll finish writing the book I started," Shinrai yawned out, shivering as he pushed play on the stereo. The music of Odd's began to play, and surprisingly... It wasn't bad.

"I hope these lyrics of yours work man," Ulrich said with a small laugh.

The morning of the wedding brought a unique branch of chaos for everybody. The girls were busy at the wedding area to put on their dresses and clothes, and to talk before the wedding happened. Odd was pacing around the dorm room while Jeremie and Ulrich each sat on a bed. Shinrai sat on a chair, looking at Odd for a second.

"Odd, calm down man, sit before you wear a hole in the floor," Ulrich told him, smirking some before leaning against the wall silently. After a while, a shaking Jeremie looked to Shinrai.

"Why are you not nervous?" Jeremie asked him, cleaning his glasses some.

"I'm shaking down to these damn shoes!" Shinrai replied, laughing a bit. Odd stopped pacing and stood in thought for a second before looking to the three.

"What wre we getting nervous about?" Odd started, a bit of the thinker now showing up, "We are getting married to the women we love!"

"That's the whole point... We are finaily going to stay with them for good," Shinrai started, smirking some. He stopped when he heard a bang on the door and the voice of Jim coming through it.

"Ok, you have to head over to where the wedding is... You have to be there before everybody else, it's a tradition! That.. and I forgot how to get there!" Jim yelled to him, the last sentence had high levels of embarressment in them.

"Oh man... Fine, one second Jim!" Shinrai called out as she stood up slowl, the circulation running back into his legs, quite painfully. He grabbed the chair, sending a glare to a laughing Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremie as Ulrich and Jeremie stood up.

"Well... I guess it is time," Ulrich said before walking outside to the parking lots, Shinrai tossed him the keys and jumped in the passanger side while Jeremie and Odd were fighting over who got it. Odd groaned and sighed, sitting behind Ulrich, while Jeremie sat behind Shinrai. On the way to the area of the wedding, Odd sighed and yawned some.

"Why does it have to be thirty minutes away?" Odd asked some.

"Cause geography is like that," Ulrich retorted, smirking some.

"Aelita... In about 2 hours.." Krista started, but three giggles stopped her, she looked to her three firends and blushed, "Sorry... Am just giddy,"

"Don't worry... I bet Odd is scared out of his mind.." Yumi said, smiling.

"How so?" Aelita asked.

"It is just how he is," Yumi told him before Sissi burst out giggling. Krista did a playful glare and looked at Aelita.

"Jeremie, Ulrich, and Shinrai will drop dead when they see you three," Krista told them.

"About the same as Odd will drop when he sees you," Aelita retorted quickly.

"Mr. Ishiyama!" Ulrich called out as he ran to meet his futer father-in-law.

"Oh.. Ulrich, I was just looking for you," Mr. Ishiyama replied.

"Y.You were?" Ulrich said, backing up once, still a bit frightened by him.

"Yes...I wanted to thank you, Yumi has been flying around the house, as happy as she could be, ever since you were dating her. I see that you are the one to be with her, you have always protected her. She told me about a blizzard once, and how you stayed and helped her," Mr Ishiyama told him.

"I love Yumi with all my heart..." Ulrich told him until a laugh from behind made him turn, to see Hiroki.

"HAH, I KNEW IT" Hiroki yelled out to Ulrich, "I knew you and Yumi loved each other!" Ulrich began smirking, and even blushing some.

"Yep... I love your sister, soo much, I love her this big," Ulrich said, spreading his arms wide, causing Hiroki to run off. He laughed and looked back to Mr Ishiyama, who had told him he had to look for his wife. Ulrich sighed some and walked back to his three friends, seeing Jeremie's parents standing there, his mother shrieking.

"I heard you were getting married, but you didn't tell me who it was with!" Mrs. Belpois told him.

"M.Mom, you know who it is with, the girl that I pointed to in the picture!" Jeremie responded back, a red tint on his face. Shinrai began laughing until his face grew very serious after a moment...

"Shin, whats wrong?" Odd asked as he turned to his friend, as he did, he saw two people moving down the trail to the wedding area. One of them was the blonde haired Nicolas, the second was...Herb. Without missing a beat, Shinrai began to walk to Herb, blocking the path from both him and Nicolas.

"Heya, Shinrai, we were just getting a seat," Nic said before looking to Shinrai's face," Whats wrong, you should be happy..."

"Not to be mean... Herb is my problem..." Shinrai told him quickly, not taking his eyes off of Herb.

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't Herb tell you that he kidnapped Sissi?" Shinrai asked.." I didn't mind him trying to kill me, but he had threatened to kill my future wife..."

"WHAT!" Nic looked to Herb and backed up, "What is this about?"

"I..I love her!" Herb exclaimed for the second time since Shinrai saw him.

"That isn't love... Thats...Lust!" Nic yelled at him with a growl and then looked to Shinrai, "I am seeing if it would be alright if I watched the wedding... I don't like people who attempt to kill others on purpose..."

Shinrai smiled some and nodded to Nic, pointing up the path before turning to face Herb again.

"I'll let you in, Herb, but if you say anything that upsets anyone at this wedding... I won't be happy..." Shinrai grinned some and looked to Herb and began to laugh cruely. Herb stormed past Shinrai and looked at him with daggers in his eyes before walking fully to the wedding area. Shinrai turned and headed back to the group, smiling lightly before looking to Mr. Belpois's watch, "We need to get up and wait for the girls, all the guests are here,"

"Right," The three grooms said and the four of them began to walk into position.

"Who here has the right to give these beautiful brides away," The priest asked loudly to everyone at the ceremony.

"Her father..." Mr. Ishiyama said loud enough for everyone to hear him.

"Her soon to be father-in-law," Mr. Belpois said, following Mr. Ishiyama's example.

"Her father," Mr. Delmas said, tears shining behind his glasses.

"Her guardian," Jim told them all, a hand softly on Krista's arm.

"Do the brides have any objections to this marrage, or do the grooms?" THe priest asked, no one said anything but Yumi, Aelita, Krista, and Sissi walked to stand by their future husbands, each smiling with pure joy. The priest turned to Ulrich and Yumi first, nodding his head to them before starting.

(A/N: I know this isn't how a real wedding is, but sometimes weddings should be different.)

"Ulrich stern, will you take Yumi Ishiyama as your wife, to protect, love, and to honor her forever, even after death?" The priest asked Ulrich.

"I will always protect, love, and honor her, far beyond death, this I promise infront of everybody," Ulrich said formaly, feeling Yumi's grip on his hand tighten.

"Yumi Ishiyama, will you take Ulrich Stern as your husband, to love, protect, and honor forever, even after death?" Yumi nodded as well and smiled softly.

"I will always love, protect, and honor him, far beyond death, this is my vow," Yumi replied, her eyes shining with happiness. The priest nodded again and then looked to Odd and Krista.

"Krista Flare, do you wish for Odd Della Robbia as your husband? To keep him safe and to cherish him, even after death?" The priest asked her.

"I wish for Odd Della Robbia as my husband, I will also pkeep him safe and cherish him forever as well," Krista replied, staring into Odd's eyes, which were staring right back.

"Odd Della Robbia, do you wish for Krista Flare as your wife? To keep her safe and cherish her, even after death?" Odd grinned some and held her hands softly as he nodded.

"I wish for Krista Flare as my wife, I will also keep her safe and cherish her, and the ground she walks on forever," Odd added, as he grabbed the rings and held them ready, Ulrich doing the same while the priest turned to Shinrai and Sissi.

"Elisabeth Delmas, will you take Shinrai Flare as your husband, to have and to hold, to love and keep forever?" The priest asked her seriously.

"I will..." Siss siad, smiling widely as the priest then looked to Shinrai, who was looking to Sissi.

"Shinrai Flare, will you take Elisabeth Delmas as your wife, to have and to hold, to love and keep, forever?"

"I will," Shinrai replied to him without hesitation. He grabbed the two rings and then looked to Sissi happily. The priest smiled and bowed his head before then turning and looking to Aelita and Jeremie. Before the priest could say anything, Aelita beat him to it.

"J..Jeremie Belpois, ever since I first found you, I've loved you. Everyone helped me to be here, but without you, I would never really be here with you," Aelita started, hearing the murmur of agreement and seeing the nods from the other couples.

"Aelita...Your the only think I think about, even thought about before I've even met you. I felt joy on the day I completely found you, joy and love...What I'm tirying to say is that I'll keep you safe, and love you with all my being, Aelita Stones," Jeremie said, tears forming in his eyes, as well as Aelita's and even everybody elses at the reception. The priest wiped his face before looking to Aelita.

"Aelita Stones... Do you take Jeremie Belpois as your husband?" The priest asked. Aelita's face turned pink as she turned in her pink and white wedding dress to face Jeremie.

"I do!" She exclaimed as she exhales. She was now shaking with excitement about living her life with her new husband.

"Jeremie Belpois, do you take Aelita Stones as your wife?" The priest now asked Jeremie

"I do.. Always.." Jeremie told everybody loudly, but his voice was directed at Aelita, his face filled with love and affection for the woman that stood infront of him. Aelita shared the same affection as tears now began to shine brightly from everybody's face.

"Place the ring on the one you love," The priest said, smiling, having seen the four couples already having done that," In light of this..I wish you all luck and love in your life, and far past that..I am pleased to announce to everybody here that these four couples are now officially married!" The priest called out. There was cheering, and then one audable groan as Herb began heading down the aisle and then faced Sissi.

"I..I hate you...You damn slut..." Her told her deep from his throat before turning and heading back up the aisle, only to be stopped by Mr. Ishiyama, Mr. Belpois, Mr. Delmas, and Jim. Sissi growled once softly before looking at the four men preventing Herb from leaving. She began to move up the aisle, Shinrai following close behind. followed by Aelita and Jeremie, Yumi and Ulrich, and Krista and Odd.

"Let him be..."Yumi said before drawing back and slapping Herb sharply in the face, earning him two more slaps from Aelita and Krista. Sissi drew back, her hand looking ready to slap, that is until she clenched her fist and punched Herb hard enough to send him sprawling on the ground.

"Herb.. Never call my wife a slut, or next time, We'll punch you," Shinrai started, his face looking with malace," Now if you will pleas excuse us... We have a reception to go to.." With that, the four couples began to walk to where four cars sat waiting. Odd, Ulrich, Jeremie, and Shinrai held the door open for their new wives and smiled to them as they got in, the young men following, only pausing to hear Mr. Delmas yell out to them.

"The reception is at the school!" He yelled to them as they now began to drive off, taking the path to the school.

(I am sorry for the crappy ending of this chapter, but there is still one, or possibly two more chapters after this. I am sorry as well for the sparseness of my posting. I have had a very hectic week, ranging from working in Kenpo martial arts, Conditioning for track, not having a normal and steady computer time I wake up at 3 am usualy for school at 7 am, but I was having problems continueing to write that early. and hanging with my friends, as Kairu will state, I spend alot of time writing nowadays.

Anyway.. I do need some help on something in the next chapter, I would like you to send me a message if you would like to help, and once again.. PROPS TO EVERYONE WHO POSTS! DOUBLE PROPS TO WHOEVER WANTS TO HELP.)