Chapter 9:

Hana watched as the doctor with beautiful waves trembled at the name before him. She didn't know what it was but she sensed a strange mixture of waves emitting from him. It was a mix of nervousness, fear and excitement. Whoever it was, it must be someone that pleases him.

Hatori's eyes came up to meet hers and she tried hard to discern what he was silently saying. She felt as if she almost had it when…

"Hana-chan!" they both turned to Tohru who was coming forward, a happy Momiji by her side. Only her voice had snapped the two out of their trance. As Tohru stopped in front of Hana, she hugged her friend tightly, making Hana stiffen upon contact. "I kept thinking about the soul mate bottle you gave me, and so I decided to buy you one too!"

She took out a soul mate bottle from her pocket with the head of a ram for a cork. She gave it to Hanajima, but Hanajima gave it back. "Gomena, Tohru-kun." She said.

Tohru looked down at the bottle with concern, "What's wrong, Hana-chan?"

Hana gave her friend a comforting smile and said, "I don't believe in this. I wrote it, remember?"

Hatori watched as Tohru insisted and Hana kept pushing it back into her hands and noticed that Momiji was up to something. He also noticed that Yuki was absently walking towards them along with Uotani who came back from the booth. Yuki and Uo were simply talking.

When the two arrived, Momiji pounced, revealing a pair of handcuffs from behind him. He aimed for Yuki and Tohru, remembering what Tohru found out when she opened her bottle.

It turned out, Tohru's soulmate was, to her surprise…

Souma, Yuki.

And so, Momiji devised a plan where Tohru and Yuki would realize their love for each other at the marriage booth! When he heard the light 'chink' of the cuffs, he smiled triumphantly. But when he finally stepped back to look at his work, his face fell.

Instead of chaining Tohru's wrist to Yuki's, he chained the creepy Hanajima to the Prince! "Oh no." he whispered low. He screwed up!

Tohru, Uotani, Hanajima and Yuki all looked down at the cuffs and stared at Momiij. "Momiji…what is…this?" Yuki asked.

When Momiji finally came back from his stupor, the rabbit smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. "Ah, ehehehe… gomen?"

Uotani started laughing hysterically and everyone turned to her. "Oh my God! You two have to get married!" she exclaimed.

"W-What!" Yuki asked with a flustered look. Hana seemed unaffected but Tohru had an unreadable expression. The paper said Yuki was her soul mate. Should she believe it?

"You can't take it off since the key to the cuffs is in the marriage booth! But you can't get the key unless you two get married!" Uotani explained further then laughed again, clutching her stomach.

Yuki threw an accusing glare Momiji's way and Hatori lightly tapped the mischievous rabbit on the head. "Come, Momiji, I'll take you home." Hatori said. He didn't want to stay for such an event and besides, the rabbit's father told Hatori to have Momiji home by eight.

With one last glance at Hanajima and Yuki, he turned and left.

Before leaving, Momiji kept apologizing as Yuki steamed quietly like a pot. What Momiji did was completely uncalled for and totally embarrassing! What would Hana think? He didn't want to force her to marry him! Yuki turned to see what Hana would think, only to see her looking down at the cuffs with empty eyes.

Sensing his eyes on her, Hana looked up to stare back at the beautiful Prince. His expression was that of concern. For her? Strange.

"Should we…go?" she asked, breaking the silence.

At that, Yuki smiled apologetically, cocking his head to the side. "I guess we have no other choice, Hanajima-san."

Before the two could start walking, Tohru spoke in a rush, "Oh, I-I just remembered; I have to go!"

Yuki looked at her curiously and Uotani was the one to speak. "Tohru, what's wrong?"

"N-Nothing, I just—gotta go, see you all later!" with that, she faked a bright smile and turned on her heels. She left in a hurry, leaving everyone to wonder what had Tohru so wound up.

Tohru didn't know what it was that made her feel so strange… the soul mate bottle said it was Yuki with whom she'll be happy with forever. So why was she with Kyou? But no, she shouldn't believe in things like this! She was already happy with Kyou-kun and vise versa! But…deep inside she still wondered, what would have happened if I chose Yuki instead?

Hana turned to Uo and the tomboyish girl shrugged. "I'm not going anywhere. I want to see this." She declared cheerfully as if enjoying their dreaded union. Or, so she thought.

"Alright." Was Hana's lifeless answer as they continued to walk towards the marriage booth. But just as they neared, Yuki saw a shop to the left that was selling some accessories and a pair caught his eyes. He turned to Hana, catching her attention. She raised an interested brow as Yuki stopped walking… she stopped as well.

"Hanajima-san, would you mind if I bought something first?" Hanajima's mouth parted as she considered his polite question. Yes, this was the prince she knew. The gentleman that everybody loved and idolized. Silently, she nodded. Yuki smiled and led them both to the shop. As he peered at the glass, he saw what he was looking for.

Hana noticed the girl in the counter was biting her lower lip, looking anxiously to Yuki. It seemed that she was waiting for him to talk to her. She looked at Yuki, of course the prince was attractive. But she didn't really give much notice to it. Beauty was only a point of view, as she believed it. She turned back to staring into space; thinking of the waves she'd been feeling all day.

Yuki smiled and looked up to the girl behind the counter, she gasped in delight and covered her mouth before she could squeal. "How much for the rings?" he asked.

Hana quickly turned to him and so did Uotani. The blonde's face was that of surprise and her jaw dropped to the ground.

"Eh?" the girl behind the counter asked. Yuki kindly smiled, knowing the girl was slow and lengthening his patience.

"I'd like to buy that silver pair over there." He kindly said.

The girl blushed then turned to Hanajima who was staring lifelessly at the incredibly irresistible boy. She then turned to peer at Uotani who had a baffled and completely awe struck expression on her face. Why was Yuki-san hanging around with the witch and the Yankee?

Carefully and cheerfully, the girl smiled and made the transaction with Yuki. Yuki was content to have gotten what he wanted and smiled down at Hanajima, seeing that she was looking straight up at him with untrusting eyes.

"Let's go, shall we?" he asked.

When they finally arrived at the Marriage booth, the 'priest' guy became confused. He didn't know if he should either be happy to see the oh-so-loved Yuki or be terrified to be in the presence of the spooky Hanajima.

"H-how'd you end up getting cuffed?" he dared ask the couple.

"It's a long story." Yuki smiled kindly, but inside he just didn't want to tell the guy. Why did everybody have to be so nosy?

"Can we have the keys now?" was Hana's demure and toneless voice.

The guy pretending to be a priest stiffened at the sound of her voice but tried to smile, "G-Gomen. I can't give you the keys unless you two get married."

Suddenly, to the 'priest's' horror, Hana's dempa revealed itself and pointed at his direction! Her eyes darkened even more like a devil and he was just about to run for his life when—

"It's alright, Hanajima-san." They all turned to the smiling Yuki and he continued, "I don't mind being married to you for the night." They didn't know how true that statement was.

Hana stared at him for a while, trying to contemplate his waves. Thankfully, her dempa fell back into the thick mass of her braided hair like it was never even there and the 'priest' sighed of relief.

As the ceremony went on, Hana sneaked a few peaks in Yuki's direction. Why was he being so kind to her? Did he want something? But what could a prince want from a witch? A prince was supposed to have everything, right?

After they were officially married by the power invested upon a fake priest, the boy reminded them, "Now don't worry. This marriage thing is only for the night. After this everything can go back to normal, 'k?"

Hana nodded and Yuki did the same. When the boy was reassured that Hana wouldn't attack him, he reached over and took the cuffs off. Hana exited the tent first, outside Uotani was waiting for her.

Uo smirked, "How was it?" she asked, arms crossed in front of her.

"It was…fine." Hana answered. But before they could go, Yuki had called to her. They stopped and turned around to see Yuki coming closer. The dim light from inside the tent illuminated his already perfect features.

To the girls' surprise, Yuki took Hana's hands in his. Hana stiffened at the contact and her eyes widened considerably. Yuki smiled at her surprised reaction and said, "I just wanted to give you this, since we're married and all." And with that, Yuki slipped the silver band from earlier around her ring finger. It was then that the moonlight glistened upon the two silver bands around Hana's and Yuki's ring fingers.

It was a symbol of their union. Hana was rendered immobile. What did Yuki Souma think he was doing?

"Souma…why?" was all she could say.

Yuki smiled charmingly, "I want you to always remember this day as the day we got married." No one spoke until Yuki continued, "Now that we're here though, we might as well go to the cheesecake stand, ne?"

Hana couldn't help but smirk. Yuki would always be an enigma to her. She would never be able to understand what goes on through his mind. "Alright." She said.

"Great!" Yuki said happily. Finally, Hana had said yes to him. With that, he pulled her along to the cheesecake stand, not even minding that people were staring at their entwined fingers.

Uotani stood alone in the crowd. They had left her. Now that they were married, and Tohru was busy, they left her. She was all alone in a see of strangers with no one to hold on to. But then she shrugged, "Ng, it's only for the night anyway." She waved the two away and turned to go to the bump cars. "Let the 'adults' have fun for a change." She muttered to herself.

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