Chapter 6 - That Fateful Day

Sun stared at himself in the mirror. He was wearing his black suit, had a white under suit, had his cufflinks on, which he was constantly fidgeting with, had a dark crimson tie. As he stared at himself, his eye drifted to his scar. It had healed for the most part, but there was a very distinct line across his right cheek. He began to think back to those days, the days after he ran away, when he got caught be the Corps, the sleepless nights of torture…

"How you feeling?" He heard as he felt a hand grasp his shoulder.

Sun flinched slightly, turning to see Brendan staring him in the eyes. Sun looked back at the mirror and said, "I'm doing fine, just nervous."

Brendan nodded and looked at his own reflection, and smirked. "Heh. You're getting married and I'm the best man… probably should take off the beanie, huh?"

Sun smiled and replied, "I'd appreciate it." Brendan nodded and reached up to take off his beanie, and once it was removed, Sun saw what Brendan was hiding under his beanie. Brendan's hair was black, nicely combed back, but that wasn't what drew Sun's attention. A two large scars, with the tissue that had built up it must've happened early in Brendan's life.

Brendan sighed and explained. "Hoenn, back when May and I were young, a Salamence attacked us. I was able to knock it out, but the bastard got me directly. It got my headed, cracking it wide open. After I knocked out the Salamence, I passed out. May dragged me back to her dad's lab, determined to save my life, and with her dad's resources, they were able to save my life. Afterword, Professor Birch, May's dad, gave me a Treecko. That's when our whole adventure started."

Sun smiled and noticed a small glint come off Brandon's black suit sleeve. Sun turned and looked closer and noticed the sleeves had ruby cufflinks. Sun stared in amazement, but then stopped because a thought crossed his mind. "Hey, how did you defeat that Salamence? It you got your first pokemon after the encounter, how'd you fight it?"

Brendan smirked but before he responded, they both heard a voice pipe in and say, "Oh, he was my trainer at the time."

The two looked over and saw Celebi floating towards them. It smiled and picked up speed and landed on Brendan's shoulder. "Gold wasn't my first trainer, though after Brendan here caught Groudon, Deoxys and Rayquaza, I figured I'd find another trainer." Then it smirked at Brendan said, "I hope you don't mind."

Brendan laughed and said, "It's no problem, besides you got me out of a lot of situations like the Salamence, and when I caught all my legendaries you knew I was capable of fighting on my own."

Sun blinked and said, "Wait, how long were you Celebi's trainer?"

Brendan frowned and replied, "As long as I can remember. Time is a strange thing to Celebi, with its ability to travel through time." Then Brendan sighed and finished, "It'll be nice for the world to be peaceful for a change."

As they spoke, Gold, who was wearing a black suit like Sun's, but had a pair of golden heart's for cufflinks, and Red, who also wore a black suit, but had a pair of flame cuff links, walked over, and Gold nodded. "Peace sounds nice."

Red smiled and said, "Yeah, after today, I think Green and I'll have some time to catch up."

Gold nodded and said, "Same with me and Kris."

Sun smiled and said, "Thanks for being here guys…" Then he looked at his phone and saw the ceremony was about to start. "We'd better get going." Everyone nodded and turned to leave. When everyone turned, Sun quietly reached into a drawer, pulled out the Azure flute, and snuck it up his sleeve. When he turned around, he saw Celebi looking straight at him. Sun raised his finger in a hushed motion and smiled. Celebi nodded, and the two proceeded to head to the courtyard, where the ceremony was to take place.

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Green finished putting on Lillie's makeup, and turned Lillie to the mirror so she could see. "Do you like it, or do you want it to be changed?" Green asked softly. Green understood how important this was to Lillie, and she wanted to do everything in her power to make this perfect.

Lillie looked at her own reflection in amazement. "I… I look beautiful…" She wore wore her white dress, white heels, red lipstick, a very faint blush thanks to Green, and Lillie had decided wear a pair of crescent moon earrings. She didn't have a veil, but she leave her hair down, like May and Dawn had suggested, and Lillie loved it.

Green smiled and helped Lillie out of the chair. Green wore a simple green dress, with a pair of leaf earrings. Green hugged Lillie and said, "Don't worry, you'll be fine."

Lillie nodded, face full of confidence. Crystal and May walked over and smiled at Lillie. Crystal wore a yellow dress with a pair of crystal earrings while May wore a blue dress with a pair of sapphire earrings. Crystal and May both complemented Lillie on her looks, but then Crystal, May, and Green began to joke around, starting with Crystal making the comment, "I haven't seen you look this confident since we attacked the Corps headquarters."

Then May smirked and said mockingly, "Of course, Sun didn't walk in on anyone last night, right?"

Green sighed and said, "You wouldn't believe how hard it was to look him in the eyes after that… I felt so bad because he helped us get together that night…"

Crystal proceeded to smirk and say, "May, when I broke into your house a few days prior, I thought the whole house was shaking, you were snoring so loud. You must've been pretty tired. You and Brendan busy that night?"

May smiled slyly and said, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Green smiled and said, "Oh Crystal, don't even pretend you and Gold are innocent, you two are married…"

Lillie proceeded to facepalm and say, "Can you please get your minds out of the gutter for one day? Please?"

The four smiled, but nodded. As they were going to continue talking, they heard a knock at the door. They heard Brendan's voice ask, "You guys ready? Ceremonies about to start, just checking in."

Green responded, "Yeah, we'll be out in a second!" Then she turned to Lillie and said, "Shall we?"

Lillie nodded, face beaming, and the four headed to the courtyard.

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As Sun stood on the platform, he remained silent, scared something might go wrong. He'd never felt true fear in his life, other than when Lillie was threatened, and this was no different, though she wasn't being threatened physically, if something went wrong… Well, Lillie'd been looking forward to this day since they met all those years ago. He looked at all the tables around and they were filled. Friends and allies filled the tables, so many that picking out faces was difficult, but Sun could see Dawn, Lucas, Black, White, and Yellow, but there were so many more.

He felt a hand grasp his shoulder and he turned to see Brendan staring at him. Brendan nodded and the bells began to toll. Sun took a deep breath and watch as the bridesmaid walked out of the mansion, and down the aisle. Tables had been set up around the courtyard, but a very clear path to the platform had been left. First was May, followed by Crystal then Green, which matched perfectly with Sun's groomsmen, who went Brendan, then Gold, then Red. As the reached to platform the walked up and stood across the podium that was placed on the platform, leaving enough space for Lillie. Sun smiled at the maids and said, "You look nice."

Green smirked and said, "You clean up pretty good yourself, especially with that scar of yours."

Sun was about to respond, when the bell tolled again. Everyone, including the people who were sitting at the tables, fell silent, and turned to the mansion. The doors opened and two figures walked out. As the got closer, the two began to come into focus. Lillie was on Sun's left and Calem, who wore a silver suit, was on the right.

Sun stared in awe at Lillie, and Brendan said jokingly, "You can pick you chin up off the ground now."

When they got close, Sun, who'd regained his composure, reached out and Lillie took his hand, letting go of Calem's. Calem looked at Sun and smiled, whispering, "Take care of her."

Sun nodded and replied, "I will."

Sun walked Lillie over to the podium and stood across from her and looked her in the eyes. The two smiled at each other, and both had to resist the urge to not kiss the other on the spot. After a few seconds Lillie frowned. "Sun," she whispered, "Who's going to wed us?"

Sun blinked, completely forgetting his plan. "Oh yeah," he said. "Don't worry, I got that covered."

Then he let got of Lillie's hands, making everyone think he was going to point someone out of the crowd, but then he reached up his sleeve, and pulled out a flute. Lillie recognized it immediately as the Azure flute, but couldn't figure out why Sun had it until he began to play.

When Lillie and Green heard the same sound they'd heard the other day, they were taken back. Sun had played the Azure flute a couple nights before? Why?

After the flute fell silent, everyone began to have an uneasy feeling, and suddenly, every single legendary pokemon came out of their pokeballs and began to let out their cries. Then, and hole that seemed to be made with pure holy light appeared, and a pokemon made of the same light appeared. The pokemon floated down to the platform and began to take shape, until Arceus stood before everyone.

Everyone stared in amazement, as Sun said, "Arceus wanted asked if we would honor it by letting it wed us. I agreed… if that's alright with you."

Lillie smiled and nodded. "I'd love to."

Arceus bowed and spoke. "Then let the ceremony commence."