The Magic of the Earth and the Sky

by Flare Haynekie

Disclaimer: …………
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness, shonen-ai
Author's note: XD The extra. I'm a nutty person, but I'm glad of this fic. (huggles it) I'll miss it.

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Chapter 35: EXTRA – Selphie's Greatest Idea (ever)!!
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"I have the greatest idea!!!" Selphie suddenly announce one day.

It was summer again, and high school was finally over. Not only that, but they were all planning to attend the local university. They felt really attached to the island. Especially after the play. Actually, so much had changed after that play.

Cloud and Irvine returned to Kuri City at one point. Exactly the day after the play. They had worked overnight on their overdue research project, so they had to make it the best one yet. In fact, they took a copy of the play and showed it over there. It became quite a fuss. Suddenly everyone was interested in Destiny Islands. And once they were done, they returned to the island. Cloud moved in with Leon, which caused a bit of a stir, but then again, everyone just wanted to stalk them. Irvine finally married Selphie when he returned.

Since it was summer, they spent most of their free time at the beach or at Caroline's shop. It was one day that they were at Caroline's shop that Selphie announce she had an idea.

"You have another great idea?" Sora asked curiously, slurping his juice.

"No, no! You don't understand, this is the greatest idea out of all of my ideas!!!" she exclaimed.

"That reminds me, how's the book going?" Riku asked, making Selphie change the subject. Her ideas usually weren't that great, in fact, they were downright troublesome.

"Oh, it's going quite nicely. Since I'm practically passing down what Sora gave me, then adding my memories to it, it's going well. Cloud also came by at one point to help me with a part. But I'm going to need your help to explain how you two met again…" she trailed off. "But anyway!!! My idea!" There was just no way to make her suddenly forget about it.

"Sorry I'm late!" Roxas voice announced as he and Axel took the last seats between Riku and Wakka. "Dad was being extra picky in choosing what way did he want the furniture to go." He looked around. "What's this about an idea?"

"Selphie has an idea." Tidus explained. "But I don't think anyone's too keen to hear about it."

"A wedding!" Selphie finally declared, everyone looking at her. "We should have a small wedding for Riku and Sora!" She cleared up.

A pause, then a shocked "what?!" from Sora, everyone turning to look at him and laughing at his reaction.

"A wedding? A wedding?!!" Sora asked. He was blushing, but he just needed to clear it up in case he heard wrong.

But Selphie just kept smiling. "That's right, a wedding."

Riku cleared his throat to gather her attention. "You do know that by making a small wedding, it just won't stay as a small wedding. Especially if you're trying to marry us."

"You're getting married?" a voice asked, the table inhabitants looking up to see Kairi.

"Kairi!" Selphie jumped to hug her. "You'll come too, right? I'm gonna make a wedding for Riku and Sora."

"Ooh!!! That sounds lovely!" Kairi smiled. After everything had happened, she was now a definite friend of theirs, every once in a while making outfits for Sora. "I can make Sora's wedding gown!"

"Cool!" Selphie cheered, glad to have someone other than Irvine and Yuki agreeing with her. It was quite a surprise to Selphie when Irvine returned after handing down his project with a beautiful white wolf named Yuki. She was pretty sure it was the same one she had had in the past, who's name had been Wolf.

"Does that mean that it's settled now?" Riku asked, patting Sora's back as the brunet drank his juice as a way to try and ignore them.

Selphie turned to him with a large grin. "Of course! Now we need to plan where!"

They debated over the place, none of them noticing as Kairi slipped away from them. Moments later, Cloud appeared. He looked like he had ran all the way from the store where he worked with Leon, to Caroline's shop. He quickly approached the table.

"Are you insane?!" he asked, the question mostly directed at Sora, who looked up startled. "What is this about you two getting married?"

Selphie squealed. "Wow! News travel fast!"

Sora simply tried hide under the table, but Riku held him up, giving him a small chuckle. Cloud took a deep breath.

"Who's idea?" he simply asked, everyone pointing at Selphie. "Right. I should've known."

"What?" Selphie quickly asked in her defense. "I think it's a great idea."

There was a small pause, broken by the sound of a cell phone. Namely, Sora's. Startled, the brunet picked up the call.

"Hello? Oh, hi dad… the marriage. It's Selphie's idea. Who's doing catering?!" Sora took the phone away from him ear and held it up like it was possessed. He placed it again on his ear. "Dad. I have no idea. This all started an hour ago or so. What? Yes… what?! No! Will you stop it with the catering… a, what? You told… oh dear. I'll talk to you later." Sora quickly hanged up. "Oh, dear…"

Another silence, this time broken by Riku's cell phone. Which was strange because it almost never rang. Riku picked it up, Sora knowing full well who it was. He hanged up a few minutes later.

"My parents are coming to visit." Riku groaned, leaning to take Sora in his arms. "This isn't fair. Who in the world told them?"

Sora gave a whine. "My dad said he called Midori and told her."

"Sion called my mom?! Just peachy."

"Where's Squally?" Selphie asked Cloud, ignoring the ones she was going to marry.

"Leon's back at the store. I need to return or we'll be in trouble. Then again, with this kind of news, I'm surprised Yuffie hasn't run here to demand an explanation." Cloud replied, the gods finding it funny to play with his mind today.

"Riku! I demand an explanation!!!!" Yuffie called as she entered the store.

Cloud quickly took that as his cue to leave, far away from a certain someone's possible wrath.

"It was my idea." Selphie quickly piped in, Yuffie gathering her attention to the younger girl.

"What? Why?"

Selphie pouted. She had been learning from Sora without his consent. "But it's a really great idea…" she whined.

Yuffie sighed. "I should've known."

"Oh! I know who can do the opening act!!!" Selphie suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone looked at her puzzled. What did she think this was, a concert?

"Selph, this isn't a concert. It's a wedding." Tidus finally said. "There is no opening act at a wedding. A small party afterwards, yeah, but not an opening act."

"Yeah, that! I know who can do it!" Selphie grinned. "I'm sure my cousins wouldn't mind!"

Riku quickly looked up. He had been busy hugging Sora to keep the brunet from thinking about the half-planned wedding. "You don't mean those three…?"

Selphie looked at him puzzled. "What? Of course I mean those three! Yu-yu and Rikku are my favorite cousins! I'm sure they'll either do it for free or give us a low rate."

"Huh?" Sora looked up. "Riku? I thought he was Yuffie's cousin."

Riku simply chuckled. "No, not me. The one Selph is talking about is Rikku with two k's. She's part of a rather famous band."

"Oh." Sora heard his phone ring again, noticing it was Sion and picking it up. "What's up, dad? What? Kairi made a committee? And they already decided on the catering… and the place is by the beach. Why by the beach?? Huh. That's not funny." Sora gave the phone to Selphie. "Here, vice-president of my wedding committee. My dad wants to talk to you."

Selphie grinned, grabbing the phone. "I'm vice-president? That's so cool! Oh, hello Sion!!! Uh, what? Yes, I was serious…" she smiled. "How about two days from now? Riku's parents will be here around tomorrow, so I believe it's enough time to prepare everything."

Everyone looked at her worried. Two days before the wedding and everyone was wondering how she was going to pull it off.

---- The next day ----

"Is she here yet?" Sora asked for the third time in the last five minutes.

Riku sighed. "Not yet." He was bored too.

According to Riku, Midori had called around three in the morning to say that her plane arrived at six. Since he was already awake, Riku had decided to wake up Sora too and have some breakfast and prepare the guest room for his parents. After that, they calmly walked up to the airport, Sora getting random hugs from people who congratulated them. It happened so much, that it completely woke up Sora and kept him alert, ready to use Riku as protection.

All in all, they arrived at the airport before six. But they were told that it was a little bit delayed, so they sat down to wait for it to finally arrive.

"We should go visit dad and see how his new apartment looks like now that they finally finished furnishing it." Sora stated, finally tired of asking the same question repeatedly.

Riku smiled, placing a kiss on the brunet's hair. "Yeah, we should. We should also see your brother's house."

A bit after graduation, Caroline gave Sion the house papers, making it officially his. But he gave them to Roxas, who quickly gave them to Sora, declaring that Dominique would've liked it if Sora had it. After that was settled, Sion and Roxas moved out. Since Cloud was already living with Leon, all they had to do was inform him. Then Riku talked to Midori, his mother, telling her that he would now be living with Sora, which in turn made her sit and talk to Sora for over an hour. According to Sora she had talked about the play, courtesy of Selphie who sent everyone's family a copy, and how he didn't really look that much like Dominique, but Roxas did.

"Meh. Ro doesn't want us there until next month." Sora yawned. He got up and stretched, not even noticing Midori running to him and pouncing on him.

Riku paused, shocked at the sudden occurrence, before helping Midori up, Sora crawling to hide behind Riku.

"It's Sora!" Midori happily stated. She hugged Riku. "Oh, Riku! He's adorable! You should've invited us sooner!" She let him go, Riku taking one of her bags.

Sora gulped, but grabbed one too. He also pulled Riku down. "She reminds me of Selphie!!" he quickly whispered, watching as Midori kept a close eye on him.

Riku gave a sigh. "Yeah, they're best friends."

Sora startled. "No way!!!"

Midori looked at them curiously. "Honestly, stop the gossiping and let's go!"

"Are you planning on leaving me behind?" a tall man with silver hair and bright purple eyes asked, approaching them.

Riku smiled. "Hey, dad."

Sora curiously looked at him. He had heard so much about Midori, but never about Riku's father.

Riku took hold of Sora's free hand, gathering the curious brunet's attention. "Sora, this is my dad, Tsuzuki."

Sora blinked. "Um… pleased to meet you?"

Tsuzuki chuckled. "Don't get nervous, I don't bite."

"Um, okay?"

Midori searched her pockets and found a ribbon, tying up her black hair. "Man, the heat here sure doesn't change." She smiled at the boys. "Shall we go now??"

Riku and Sora nodded, walking in front as Midori and Tsuzuki trailed behind. They were completely quiet until they reached the house, Midori running across the street to say hi to Yuffie. Meanwhile, Riku and Sora took her luggage to the guest room, Tsuzuki following them.

"Isn't this Caroline's house?" Tsuzuki asked as he followed the boys outside to the porch.

Sora smiled. "That's my grandmother. She gave the papers and all the house rights to my dad, and he gave them to my brother Roxas, who gave them to me."

"You're Dominique's son then?" Tsuzuki asked, quite puzzled.

"You didn't know?" Riku then asked.

"No, your mother forgot to mention that small detail." Tsuzuki sighed, watching as Midori and Yuffie walked towards them. "Mimi, you forgot to tell me Sora was Dominique's son."

Midori blinked. "I did? Huh. Oh, well." She smiled.

"Are you going to visit Caroline?" Yuffie asked the boys, who simply nodded.

"It's early, so I don't think Selphie's meeting with the rest of the committee just yet." Riku stated, grabbing Sora's hand and leading the brunet down the small stairs.

"Could we accompany you?" Tsuzuki asked, smiling at the cute couple they made.

Midori quickly went and hugged Sora. "Oh! Let us go too!"

"Sure! Sure!" Sora agreed, struggling to get away, Riku chuckling but helping him.

After a saying good bye to Yuffie, they walked to Caroline's shop, Midori quickly rushing to talk to Caroline, while Tsuzuki, Riku, and Sora walked up to the table where Selphie and Irvine sat, a bunch of papers scattered across the table.

"Busy, Selphie?" Sora asked.

Which made Selphie look up and smile. "Oh, you're here! Perfect!" she showed him to drawings. "Kairi made a lot of different designs, but we ended up with these two. Which one do you like?"

Sora took a seat as he held the papers. "Is this the supposed wedding gown?"

"Oooh! You found out. Well, if you don't choose, I'll choose one for you."

Sora groaned, showing them to Riku. After a few moments, Riku took one of the papers, made it into a ball, and threw it to Irvine. Sora gave the other to Selphie. "This one then."

Selphie took it and smiled. "Great! We liked this one too. Okay, so, half of the decoration is currently being put. We moved the wedding from the beach to the nearby church because the others in the committee wanted to put more decorations and the fact that we couldn't do much at the beach was frustrating. So, we're holding the ceremony at the church, and then the party is at that nice restaurant by the sea. What do you think?"

"Will you actually be able to pull it off before tomorrow?" Tsuzuki asked.

"Of course! The whole town's helping, so we have extra help like crazy! In fact, we might even finish before midday." Selphie giggled. "Maybe. But anyway, let me call Kairi and her sewing crew and inform them which one they're making. In the meantime, you guys can pick a menu. Here." She handed them a small pile of papers and went out, dialing Kairi's number on her cell phone.

Sora looked at the pile and groaned. "This is not funny."

Midori approached them. "Oh! You're picking out the menu? Can I help?"

Riku grinned, taking the papers from Sora and giving them all to Midori. "Help yourself, mom."

Midori squealed and sat down, organizing the papers in different piles. Meanwhile, Tsuzuki talked with Irvine, while Sora took a nap on the table. Riku was checking the rest of the papers Selphie had on the table. Selphie came back a while later, waking up Sora.

"Wake up, sleepyhead! Kairi said that she knew you guys would pick that one so they had already started. Since they have a lot done, they would like you there for fitting!" Selphie informed, turning then to Riku. "And you! Tidus and Wakka called saying that you should go fitting for the suit!"

Tsuzuki accompanied Sora, while Irvine accompanied Riku. Meanwhile, Selphie sat down to finish the last decisions before the committee reunion. When Riku and Sora got together again, it was dark and they were tired, so they went to sleep after a relaxing shower. Midori woke them up the next day with a large serving of pancakes, something she liked to make for special occasions. If that wasn't enough, Selphie and Sion came by to pick them up for a short rehearsal, which proved quite successful, even if Selphie had made a small screw up.

Once rehearsal was over, Selphie dragged Sora to where Kairi waited with the dress, while Roxas accompanied Riku to where the others waited with the special suit.

"Why do I have the feeling that there's something different in this dress from the one you tried on me yesterday?" Sora asked as Kairi helped him dress.

"That's because we decided to change it at the last minute!" Selphie smiled from her spot by the door.

Midori currently combed down Sora's hair, applying a strange liquid to his hair. Once Sora was dressed, and his hair was dry not to mention completely flat, the girls moved him to stand in front of the mirror. It was a beautiful white dress. No sleeves, long enough to cover his feet and the slippers, and small gloves. The veil was attached with a glittering silver tiara, Midori coming up to him to place a silver necklace around his neck. Hanging from the chain was a silver charm of a heart shaped case, a small Paopu inside of it.

"This is beautiful." Sora awed, softly touching the charm.

Midori smiled at him. "You think? I had it made a long while ago along with your mother. They're not rhinestones, but actual gems, so you can imagine how much it took us. But she said that once Sora married Riku, I would give it to Sora." She smiled. "Guess there's no stopping your mother and her promises."

Sora looked up at his reflection. "That's right! Mom had said that!"

"That's right. She had promised me that you would marry Riku, but I guess even she found it impossible since you were both boys."

Sora smiled. "Yeah. Well, I guess this is were I finally take that rain check I gave Riku on marrying him."

"A rain check?"

Sora simply laughed, proceeding to explain to her about the lunches. It wasn't long before Sion entered the room, announcing the beginning of the ceremony, and giving his arm to Sora, the flustered brunet placing his hand on it and softly arguing that it was embarrassing. Selphie, the flower girl, passed rather quickly, wanting to see the kiss rather than actually paying attention to her job.

Sion, on the other hand, took his time as he should be to approach the altar where Riku was, shock clear on his face. Sion left him there in front of Riku, walking to stand nearby with Tsuzuki and Midori. Parents on one side, Roxas, Cloud, Selphie, and Kairi on the other. Sora shyly looked up at Riku, the older smiling contently. Everything went on smoothly, including the exchange of rings, which were a present from their closest friends.

"You may now kiss the bride."

It was announced, everyone giving a quiet chuckle at Selphie's loud "yes!!!"

Riku took a deep breath, and took the edge of the veil in his hand, softly raising it to pass it over Sora's head, letting it rest behind the small brunet. Sora closed his eyes, leaning his face upwards, Riku leaning down and taking Sora's lips fully with his.

Everyone cheered and applauded, a small reminder of the ending of the play, but neither Riku nor Sora paying much attention as they resumed their kiss, breaking it when they heard Selphie cheer, and laughing at her reaction. Then hand in hand, they walked down the aisle, to the door, then out the church, Sora pausing to raise the bouquet to show that he was going to throw it. The crowd gathered around just as Sora threw it, quickly turning around to watch it fall right into Kairi's hands. And with that, they climbed onto the small car belonging to Leon, and drove off in direction of the restaurant.

"You look like a small princess in that dress." Riku stated, smiling. He tapped the tiara. "You even have your own crown."

Sora laughed. "It's not a crown. Kairi said it was a tiara."

The after party was a blast. Selphie's cousins did come by, happy to do a small concert for them while cuddling Sora because he was just adorable. Selphie herself got drunk halfway through said party, and so did Sora. But Selphie was the loudest. Then they played a copy of the play, and they tried to make a repeat even as drunk as they were, which was good for laughs all the way into the night…

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The end!!
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(Author's rants)
Another supposedly lame ending, but, I did the wedding! OMG, this chapter is long! Plus, Riku's dad made an appearance! Completely unexpected, but made for good entertainment. Kairi got the bouquet too! And, honestly, Selphie and Sora drunk is the best thing ever.

Well, this is now really the last good bye. Like last time, I would like to thank everyone.

Small shameless plug: if you like Albel and Fayt being idiots with each other, then please read my fic "A little bit of love" currently being my sole project until I think of either passing the KH vampire fic or just simply coming up with another bright idea. XD


(Things you should know)
1. The wedding dress is made to be an actual wedding dress, but it's also made in a way to keep Sora from overheating or anything. Which is nice, considering I know how hot an island in the tropics can be in the middle of summer. (grin)

2. I think it should go without saying, but Selphie's cousins are Yuna and Rikku, and the band is YuRiPa (XD). Yeah, I wanted them to appear since around halfway through the fic. Mostly because I was hearing "Real Emotion" and "1000 no kotoba" (1000 words).

3. The necklace… it's beautiful in my head. Since Midori said they weren't rhinestones, I guess it's a topaz, and an emerald for the leaves. No detail on the rings because I just remembered there was supposed to be some there. Oh well.

4. Erm, Leon has a car! LOL!!! Other than that, I guess it was a surprise that they left the house to Sora.


(Things I was hearing and/or working on while writing this chapter)
Mostly my playlist, but near the wedding kiss I put "Tifa's theme – piano version" from Advent Children, although I don't think there's another version but the piano version. Oh well.


(Reviews)

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