Mr.Who2123: 15 more chapters after this…it's kind of weird, seeing the story actually has an end to it after all. I never thought I'd finish this story…
Kratos: Well, all the better for me. She owns nothing.
Mr.Who2123: BEGIN!!
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It was strange, having it been a week so quickly. The engaged lovers were absolutely exhausted from the prodigious work that had taken place so far. Kratos actually needed to sleep after the fourth day of trying on a new suit, and finally convincing the minister to let him use the church for two hours. Two hours, that is how long the wedding will be. Just an hour to rejoice for the new couple. It was a short amount of time, but it was time, and that was enough for the surly Seraph.
Anna had began to love her bed in the Flanoir hotel every night when she'd come back, tired of looking at dresses or getting flowers, or anything that she did to make the wedding look all the nicer. It was strange, though; that the week of preparing had already begun to fade away. Yuan and Sanaro had also begun to become exhausted, but not as much as the couple themselves. They had merely bought some food and a couple gifts for the new couple, but it was somewhat difficult to go through the many shops around the world and find the perfect things that they wanted.
It was the night before the beloved day of the wedding, Anna so excited that she couldn't sleep. She looked at Kratos from the other side of the bed, seeing his face relaxed and composed as he slept, weariness gone from his face. She smiled at his form, and began to drift to sleep as well.
This week has been so stressful for us…but all of it will be gone by tomorrow…I can barely wait! She thought before drifting off into a peaceful slumber.
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Anna was alone on her room, getting ready for the wedding. She pulled on her white dress by herself, zipping it up in the back to secure it. She looked at her figure in the large mirror, positioned next to a bed. She saw the beautiful dress, the small headdress of white roses on her head, and her hair gently lay on her shoulders, simply down, but still beautiful. The young woman never imagined her wedding like this; preparing for it by herself, without any other person's help.
The way Anna had pictured her wedding preparation was with her mom helping her get ready, and having a couple of women to do her hair, or make the perfect dress for her. However, the young woman had prepared alone, but she was happy.
Although this is different than I imagined, I don't mind, because as long as I'm with Kratos, I'm happy, she thought, smiling at her form. She made a small twirl in her dress, the white fabric lifting a couple inches from the quick spin. Her dress was simple, but she loved it all the same.
It was a long dress, to about her heels, and was not thick with fabric, and big from her waist down, but was not tight or slim either. The material was silk, soft to the touch, and lovely to look at. The top of the dress was sleeveless, but she had thin, white gloves that daintily covered her forearms. The chest embroidered with an ancient, elven design that was used for their weddings as well. It was white as well, and barely discernable in all the saintly cloth, but if you looked hard enough, you could see it.
Grinning at her dress, Anna fixed her headdress before grabbing the wedding band which Dirk had made, still in the small box. She left the room, closing the door gently, and was met by Sanaro. He seemed to enjoy wearing a tuxedo which he had bought, as he looked quite comfortable. It was dark blue, matching with his eyes, and had a slim, white tie over his white, collared shirt beneath the suit. He gently took Anna's arm, walking her out of the hotel room and into the outside. One would have thought that the two were getting married, but in actuality, he was just bringing her into the church, giving her some company to ease her anxiety.
They exchanged no words as they walked, Anna almost invisible as she mixed with the snowy scenery and the light day. A few people had stopped to look at the two, smiling at the sight and sighing happily. Sanaro opened the door of the old church, gesturing her in gracefully with his arm, which almost looked like a bow. Complying with a smile, Anna entered, where she was met with the beautiful scenery of the church.
White ribbon was on the walls and long benches, and a red carpet was laid at the doorway, stretching long and thin to the altar, where Kratos waited. When the two lovers locked gazes, they smiled dreamily at the other, both pleasantly surprised at each other's beauty. Kratos then absently straightened his black tie, loosening it slightly. Unlike the blonde Seraph, he hated suits, but he would do almost anything for his love.
He wore a simple black suit with a white collared shirt, but he had a strangely sensational glow to him. Although not specially dressed, the simplicity of the suit made him radiate with purity. He put his hand gently into his pocket, feeling the ring box before letting it fall to his side once more. Sanaro silently moved to a bench before Anna slowly strode up the carpet, excitement growing with each step. It seemed forever before she stepped onto the only slightly raised step of the altar, and the priest began to give the speech.
That priest was no other than Yuan, dressed in a matching, dark blue suit as Sanaro with a slim, white tie. He looked up briefly, smiling at the love that could clearly be seen from the two lovers. He began the speech, reading from the Book of Martel, despite the reality. To be happy, the blue haired Seraph edited the parts with "Martel" and "Goddess" by saying "The Summon Spirits" or "the Gods." Those were the actual gods of the world. They kept the balance in the world, each creating different aspects of the planets which became the harmonious and lovely land of Symphonia. However, by the twisted power of Mithos, that balance was corrupted, and the worlds became worse and worse until they became what they were today. That explains the constant snow in Flanoir and the constant heat of the Triet Desert.
The speech was long and repeated itself many times, but the Seraph kept reading, enduring the dreadful words. Kratos and Anna were complacent however, as they merely stared into each other's eyes, just happy to have this day finally come.
"…Do you, Kratos Aurion, wish to take Anna as your wife, and cherish her until the end of your days?" Yuan finally said. It felt like forever before those words were said, and the Seraph was almost not expecting them to come after awhile.
"I do," he instantly replied, slightly surprised that the sentence came and went so quickly. Yuan then turned to Anna, her eyes now on the blue haired Seraph as she waited for his words.
"And do you, Anna Irving, wish to take Kratos as your husband, and cherish him until the end of your days?" he asked. Anna smiled, sighing happily before replying with her own answer.
"I do, and I will cherish him even after the end of my days," she said. Kratos smiled even wider, the two staring each other with intensified love. Yuan was so captured by the lovely and beautiful sight that he nearly forgot to say the last line. When he did, his face was slightly red when he noticed that everyone was waiting on him.
"You may kiss the bride!" he finished, closing the book with a slam, and the bride and groom kissed, Anna with her hands around Kratos' neck while the other held his arms around her slim waist. They held there for a moment before releasing each other, quite reluctantly, and Anna beamed. She grabbed her ring box, fastened under a bundle of fabric on her waist, and opened it for him. Kratos' eyes widened at the beautifully simplistic ring, taking it and placing it on his right hand. He, in turn, grabbed his ring box from his pocket, opening it for her. She didn't just widen her eyes at the sight of the ring, Anna gasped, covering her shocked mouth.
Taking the ring out for her, Kratos gently held Anna's left hand, when she had put her hands down once more, and slid the ring up her slim finger, nestling comfortably there. Anna kissed Kratos once more, beaming with love and gratitude.
This wedding it definitely different than I thought it would be, but it is way better than I could've imagined, she thought. The two finally took each other's hand and walked down the altar, being ambushed by the only four guests at the wedding: Noishe, Annule, Yuan, and Sanaro. Each offered their congratulations, all of them perfectly enjoying the perfect day. To show a congratulation, Noishe and Annule simultaneously howled, creating a simple harmony, but a pretty sound nonetheless.
"Thank you, you silly dogs," Anna said, going to her knees and giving each dog a nice scratch on the head. The canines looked like they were smiling when she pet them, their tongues hanging and their mouths opened slightly up to form an arc.
"We finally got you two together!" Sanaro exclaimed, patting both Kratos and Anna from behind on the shoulders. They blushed slightly, but shook it off, smiling at the complacent man.
"Yeah, Kratos is a dunce in affections, so he needed a little jump start," Anna added, laughing at Kratos' confused stare.
"I am not a dunce," he retorted, though he held a smile. Yuan practically burst out laughing.
"Yeah you are, Kratos…remember when we were on our journey in the Kharlan war, and you were the only one who didn't know Martel and I were in love when I proposed to her. You thought kissing was like…normal behavior for two friends or something!" he replied. He began laughing at the Seraph's former stupidity in the "love section."
"It's not that bad," he replied, but no one heard as they were laughing at the surly groom.
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Mr.Who2123: Sorry for the lack of updates…I've just been sidetracked…I got to drive a car for the first time today! I would've finished earlier, but I'm kind of busy with learning to drive. I also got an iPod for Christmas, and just configured it a week ago, and I've been pretty obsessed over it, and had almost no time for True Pain…
Kratos: Alright, you don't need to tell me your life story…
Mr.Who2123: (Ignoring Kratos) Oh, and if you guys ever wondered how I got that line for Anna, when she said, "I do, and I will cherish him even after the end of my days"? I got that from my religion, as we believe in love even after death, so, I decided to incorporate that into True Pain, as it seemed so right to do that, seeing it as Anna dies, so Kratos knows she loves him even though he kills her. I just liked it.
Kratos: …Please review, readers…and Mr.Who2123, did you even hear me?
Mr.Who2123: I also thought it would be…(Trails off for hours…)