Chapter 7 - "I Love You."

Once everyone calmed down about Arceus' sudden appearance, people began sitting down and regaining. After a brief moment, the crowd's murmuring was a dull hum of excitement over seeing the Alpha, much quieter compared to the shock and awe of when Arceus appeared.

During all the excitement, Lillie and Sun locked eyes in excitement, awaiting Arceus to wed them. Just before Arceus began to speak, it began to let off a faint golden glow that seemed to dance around the courtyard, making the miniature suns and moons the hung around glow almost like the real ones, along with giving everything a gentle air about it. This caused even the murmuring to stop, which was Arceus' que to begin. "We are gathered here today," Arceus boomed, "To bear witness the to conjoinment of two souls, who have bound together for many years, fate itself unable to tear them apart. They have mounted countless challenges many would have thought impossible. Sun contained the Ultra Beasts before they were able to expand to other regions, Lillie fought me at my strongest, and was able to best me."

Arceus then bowed its head, and a wave of tranquility and golden light washed over Sun and Lillie, before it continued, "I am eternally grateful for what you both have done for this world." Then it raised its head and spoke in a tone that embodied the peaceful atmosphere. "We are here to bear witness to the conjoinment of these two souls forever, until they rest. Lillie, do you take Sun's hand in marriage?"

She nodded, staring warmly into Sun's eyes, and responded, "I do."

"And Sun, do you take Lillie's hand in marriage?"

Sun smiled warmly and said, "I do…" as he was fighting back tears of joy.

There was a small chuckle that spread across the crowd at the sight of Sun practically brought to tears. Once the sound died down, Arceus spoke again, and stated, "I believe we can skip the formality of objections, as there will be none anyways." Then Arceus began to release a radiant golden light that illuminated the courtyard as it boomed, "With the power vested in my as the Alpha Pokemon, I pronounce you husband and wife! You may kiss!"

And that was all they needed. Sun and Lillie flung themselves into the other, lips locking almost instantaneously. The two had waited for this moment since they had met, and their dreams had finally become a reality. As their kiss continued, the two blissfully oblivious to the sheer awkwardness, Brendan leaned back to Gold, who stood right behind him, and asked, "So, when does this become awkward enough for us to say something?"

Gold responded immediately, "Whenever they pass out from lack of oxygen."

Brendan turned his head around and saw Red trying to hold back laughter, along with Gold and looking away, trying to avoid the situation entirely. Brendan shook his head and glanced at the bridesmaids and saw them all whispering to each. "Wonder what they're talking about," Brendan muttered to himself.

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"What's it at?" Green asked in a hushed tone.

"Fifteen seconds and counting," Crystal responded in the same tone.

May sighed and said, "Well, looks like I lost. Thought they'd be able to pull themselves together after the first ten seconds."

Green giggled and said, "With how head over heels they're for each other? No, we're gonna be here for a bit."

The three watched carefully, Crystal taking small breaks to look at the stopwatch on her phone. "Twenty seconds are up, getting real close to your time Green."

Green frowned and said, "Really? I thought I was over estimating at twenty-five, but they really don't look like they're gonna stop soon."

After a few more moments of watching by all, Sun and Lillie's lips parted, through their eyes remained locked on each other. Sun wrapped his arms around Lillie's waist and brought her in for a hug and whispered in her ear, "I love you…"

She smiled, returning the hug, and responded, "I love you too."

But, before they could enjoy their tender moment together, they heard Green grumbling about something, and when the turned toward her, they saw her and May paying Crystal, with Crystal beaming, May sighing, and Green grumbling. The two sighed and Sun asked, though knowing the answer, "Did they seriously bet on our kiss?"

Lillie rolled her eyes and replied, "Green probably started it."

The two were startled when Arceus spoke to them, saying, "You have made an interesting choice in friends."

Sun, recovering from the shock first, replied, "Yeah, but they like to make jokes and poke fun at us, but they're the best friends anyone could have."

Arceus nodded , but asked, "When I spoke, I seemed to startle you. Does my presence bother you?"

Sun shook his head and replied nervously, blush showing on his face, "No, that's not it… it's…"

Lillie finished, face fully red, "We… got caught up in the moment and… forgot you were there."

They heard Arceus make a humming noise, which they could only assume was a chuckle, before it said, "With my size, it's amazing anyone could forget I was there." Then it bowed deeply to everyone and boomed, "I shall return to the Hall of Origins. Farewell." And just as quickly as it arrived, Arceus disappeared into the evening light.

Lillie took Sun's hand and whispered, "Well, shall we have a dance?"

Sun opened his mouth to answer, when he was cut off by May saying, "Oh no, you two aren't going anywhere."

The two turned around and saw Brendan and May standing side by side, both holding a pokeball in hand. Brendan smirked and asked, "Forgetting something?"

Sun smiled, rolled his neck and replied, "Never would dream of forgetting this." Sun reached down to his belt to grab a pokeball, when he realized… "Umm, guys. I forgot my battlers in my room."

Lillie smiled and shook her head, can't helping herself but giggle, while May and Brendan just laughed. "Preoccupied, were we Sun?" May asked sarcastically.

Sun replied, in the same tone, "You know, I had a couple things on my mind, and remembering my battling pokemon happened to slip my mind."

Brendan said, "Well, you'd better get moving. We aren't going to wait here all day."

/

After a few minutes, Sun returned, pokeballs attached to his belt, determined look on his face. As he returned to his place next to Lillie, he noticed she was holding any of her pokeballs, so he decided to ask, "Uhh, Lillie? Where are your pokemon?"

She laughed and opened a special pocket on her dress and pulled out one of her pokeballs. "I had this specially little pocket designed for this battle. The dress flows so freely and is so long that a little extra fabric wouldn't hurt."

Sun nodded and turned to their opponents. "Ready?" Brendan and May nodded. "Then let's do this!"