Well here is another chapter right away. Don't ask how I am doing this. I have no idea how I am. It just sort of rolls out. If you see any mistakes tell me please. ^_^
Kit/Katherine/Kei
Chapter Sixty-Nine: Getting ready
Duo woke and glared up at the ceiling. He had gone without his usual cuddle buddy and Deathscythe just didn't do it for him. He sighed and pushed himself up to stare at the Tuxedo that was set out on a chair waiting for him to put it on.
They had all gone with the usual black tuxedo but they all decided on different accessories. Duo himself was going for a purple vest the color of his eyes and white dress shirt. The tie was one of those ones he could never remember the name of. It was like a purple ribbon around the neck with a with a white diamond stud holding it together at the front. Wufei was going to have a black dress shirt with a creamy white vest. He wasn't going to wear a tie at all. Heero was going to wear a cobalt blue blue vest with a pale blue dress shirt. His tie would be a pure white ascot. Quatre was wearing turquoise vest with a white dress shirt. He was wearing the traditional bow tie the same color of the vest. Trowa was copying Wufei accept his shirt was a green the color of his eyes and he had a white ribbon tie like Duo's with and emerald gem stone stud on it.
Duo remembered the fashion show for what the attendants would wear and laughed when he finally got through to people. It had been decided that the women would wear a dress in a shade of the color of whom they would be attending too. The tuxedos of course were black for the men but with the accessories of course being a shade of the color of the person they were attending. Shades of purple for Duo, shades of grey for Wufei, shades of blue for Heero, shades of turquoise for Quatre, and of course shades of green for Trowa. The shade would be the best color suited to the person wearing it.
The paramedic could still see the amazement on their faces at the idea. Especially when he said he didn't care if they wore the same style just the color really mattered. Because there was no way that they would find a style that would fit everyone. There was too many body types for that to work.
He slowly crawled from the bed that Howie had provided for him in his old apartment. He had a few things to do and he new that Damian and Katey would be arriving any time now to help him start getting ready and he wanted to at least get his shower over with before they arrived. He had decided to let his hair be loose for the wedding and he would get Wufei to braid it later if it started to bother him. Wufei had decided to follow his lead in that.
He wandered down the hall to the bathroom lost in thought when he bumped into a body. He stared blearily upward. "Oops, sorry Howie." He muttered as he walked around the older man much to that man's amusement.
"Sure kid, bathroom is free." The old sweeper stated as he watched his adopted son in almost zombie mode heading for said room. He shook his head and wandered to the kitchen knowing that coffee would be needed that morning to get people going. He heard the shower start as he finished setting up the coffee machine.
The door bell rang as the last drop of coffee dripped down into the coffee pot. The sound of the shower still coming from the bathroom told the old man that he would have to answer the door. He wandered over with a cup of premium brew and opened it to see Wufei holding a squirming Sakura with Damian and Katey behind him.
"No seeing the bride." Howard growled trying to keep the amusement out his voice at his statement.
Wufei only rolled his eyes as he handed over the bag he was holding and letting Sakura loose into the apartment. "Sakura has decided that she wanted to get ready with Duo. Heero and Quatre should be here soon. Enjoy the Invasion of Women." He stated with a smirk before turning around and heading back to his own home to get ready himself.
Howard growled after the man as he turned away leaving the door open to allow the two teens inside after him. He watched Sakura zooming around the living area taking in everything and wondered what she would accidentally break first. The sound of the shower stopping caught everyone's attention and Damian headed for the kitchen to grab a mug full of coffee for his brother. He knew that without Wufei there that Duo had probably had woken up in semi zombie mode.
Katey watched in amusement as Howard started to growl at Sakura as she picked up everything she could get her hands on and ask what it was. She placed her dress over the back of the chair in the dining area before turning to stare at the dogs that were sniffing out every corner of the room looking for anything that would be harmful.
Mindy decided to check out the springboard area of the room. When the old man started growling at her to get away from there she decided to growl back at him. It was funny the way humans tried to get their words right. They never did but they tried at least.
Jerry Lee and Brussels headed for the kitchen to see what goodies they could find. Brussels headed straight for Deathscythe's food dish to see if there was anything left in it for him to finish off.
"'Russels!" his master called him. "No eating 'Scythes yummies. Dat's bad!" He felt little hands grab his collar and allowed them to pull him away from the dish. He had to be gentle with his little human and besides the black german shepherd had started to growl at him. He may be the biggest but he knew who was the deadliest.
The only adult female in the room laughed at the dogs antics. She caught Duo venturing forth from the bathroom in nothing but boxers. She giggled then sobered as she wondered when such a sight didn't bother her anymore. The men in the home had become so none threatening now that Angel and she had started to laugh at how they use to react. A soft smile spread across her features at the thought.
The old sweeper felt his lips quirk at the site in his home. He had a little asian whirlwind making her best effort to destroy anything in its path. A young paramedic in training that had a really hard life and shouldn't even be comfortable in his presence alone. (Considering that Damian and Duo were now in the spare room.) A major prankster that made it his life to help people feel better and happier. And a young man that would become an excellent craftsman. They were all so different and yet been through so much to be where they were, and they were all so very happy. Plus a herd of mongrels.
He shook his head as he attempted to herd Sakura over to where Katey was so she could start getting the precocious minx ready. He finally managed to grab his target. "You ladies need to start getting ready before the others get here. Why they decided to send all of you to the smaller apartment to get ready is beyond me." He muttered as he deposited his burden into the red heads extend arms.
Katey laughed softly. "I don't either, they should have sent Trowa and Wufei here. But I can't do anything about it." She tacked on as she tried to grab Sakura's and her own things while holding her wiggling neice.
"Here I'll get that." Grumped the old man as he grabbed the things Sakura and Katey would need to change. "The ladies get my room since there is more of you then the men." He motioned the females down the hall to his room as he followed behind them.
Duo stared at the tux as he sipped on the coffee that Damian had provided him. The younger man stood behind him drying his wealth of chestnut locks.
"So you ready for this?" The young wood worker asked his brother.
"I've been ready forever. Just wish I could have slept with Fei last night." He muttered. "Sometimes I hate traditions." Laughter met his reply.
"Well at least you don't have a bunch of different wedding styles to deal with."
"True." Duo replied. "It wouldn't have been possible to have an asian/ muslim/christian marriage. It would have taken forever and a lot of different sites to do that."
"Has Wufei told you where you are going for the honeymoon yet?" Damian asked curiously.
"Nope." Duo growled in frustration getting the attention of one of the dogs outside of the door.
Jerry Lee paused to stare at the door that was closed. The growl had sounded like Deathscythe. But he was sure that said male was in the kitchen protecting his food dish from Brussels. He huffed and went back to tracking the nice smells he was finding all over the apartment.
Katey giggled as she tried to get Sakura to hold still long enough to get the dress that was chosen for her. It was the same cobalt blue as Heero's accesories. It was one of those fairy princess dresses with ribbons of white lace adorning it. It was most little girls idea of the heavenly dress. The little asian had changed her mind about it after she had chosen it. She now thought of it as a torture device.
"Come on Sakura you don't want to make uncle Heero sad do you?" She tried a winning tone for her niece.
"Why sad?" The six year old stopped her escape efforts to ask.
"Because you won't be able to be his flower girl if you don't dress properly." She stated finally getting the dress over the little one's head.
The head full of silky black hair popped out to glare at the young budding paramedic. "I be Uncle Heero's 'lower girl." She stated with a stomp of a foot.
"Not if you aren't properly dressed." A voice stated from the doorway.
Katey turned to see who her rescuer was.
Suki Yuy stood in the door way a frown on her face at the impudent little girl glaring up at her.
Sakura glared at her grandmother before putting her arms through the arm holes of the dress and turning to allow her auntie to zip her up and tie the pale blue waist ribbon in a neat bow. "Dere I ready now." She stated with a stomp of foot.
The much older woman shook her head sadly. "What about your hair? Don't you want to look like a fairy tale princess for everyone?" She was using everything in the book on the stubborn little munchkin and she was hoping it would work. She had arrived with Heero to have him head straight where Duo was. She had been left to find the girls as Howard and Miles sat around the living area and talked men talk and watch the dogs.
The little face turned up to her in thought. Sakura thought over what her grandmother had stated. She wanted to make her daddies and uncles proud of her. But the idea of sitting still wasn't one she wanted to do. But on the other hand if she got it all over with now she wouldn't have to put up with it later. She turned and climbed up on her grampy's bed and plunked herself down on the end waiting for the torture to begin.
Katey laughed out right at the scowl so like Wufei's on the little girls face. She was so much like her daddies sometimes that all you could do was laugh. "Okay Sakura Nana Suki is going to work on your hair while I get my dress on." She received a nod and went over the corner away from the two. She pulled the asian style evening gown in a lilac purple color that brought out the color of her hazel eyes. It had delicate embroidery in gold and a the color purple of Duo's eyes along the hems of the sleeves and skirt of the dress. She would have her hair pulled back in a twist and flowing down her back in spiral curls. She would have sprigs of lilac and baby's breath set like a clip along the left side of her twist.
She finished the last button and turned to find more women in the room attempting to get ready. She looked over to Suki and found that she was placing the last piece of baby's breath into the little top knot in Sakura's hair.
The white baby's breath and blue veined white roses were perfect in the black back drop of the little girl's hair. The architect picked her up and placed her on the floor. "Go show off you little hoyden." She told the six year old fondly. She turned and noticed Katey done and motioned to the spot that her granddaughter had been in.
Katey moved to the spot as she watched Sakura race out of the room at top speed heading to show off her wonderful new look. She shook her head sheepishly as she remembered her efforts to get her started on getting ready. She blinked as she felt the first tug on her hair and fell into conversation with the other women in the room as Suki started to work on her hair.
Duo looked up as Quatre entered the room his bagged tuxedo draped over his arm as he looked out at the little speed demon running full tilt down the hall. A look of bemusement was on the blond's face. He raised an eyebrow in enquiry.
The blond doctor answered his unasked question promptly. "Sakura in on the move. I don't know how they got her to sit still that long but she should be here soon to show off her wonderful dress."
Laughter from the other men in the room met his statement. Men sat around the room in different states of partial dressedness. Duo being the only one almost fully dressed the only thing he didn't have on was his dress jacket.
"She has been running around all morning." Damian answered as he pulled the folds of his ascot together. "Wufei didn't know what to do with her. So he decided to send her over here with Katey and I. He thought that she would be more looked after with the ladies here."
Duo rolled his eyes at the statement. He knew that Wufei just wanted to make sure that he was okay and bringing the little menace over here was an excuse. Katey and Damian were perfectly alright bringing them over their selves. He just wanted to see if he could get a glimpse of him. It was a good strategy but didn't work out for him.
Wufei glared into the mirror as Trowa finished shaving.
"Didn't even get a glimpse?" The fireman asked as he rinsed his blade off.
"No, from the sounds of it he was in the shower." The lawyer answered as he let his hair loose once again. He had just finished his ablations.
Zechs sat on the toilet with the seat down behind them wearing his tux pants but nothing else. His platinum blond hair was pulled back in a loose pony tail and he looked like sin personified but neither man at the sink looked interested as they went about their routine. He sighed mournfully remembering Lu kicking him out of bed that morning. Why women had to get them up early when they didn't need to get up he didn't know and he would never understand it. Especially since they still had four hours to get ready in time. But then again from what he knew it took women a lot longer to get ready for this sort of thing.
Wufei looked up to were the tall blond was lounging and smirked. The man looked like he needed to have a nap. "Zechs we do have a couch long enough for you to lay down for a nap you know." He informed him.
Trowa looked up to see the man in the mirror. "We have no problem letting you get a nap in." He added as he looked at the clock on the wall. It read 11:30. "Damn we only have 4 hours left. The whirlwind woke us up early Wufei. Gotta get her to the telling time part of learning."
The preventer agent and prosecutor laughed at the tall fireman.
"You expect a six year old girl to not be excited about something like this?" The asian asked rhetorically. "Trowa when you have a daughter you will find out that they don't care what you think about time. They have their own time clock and what they want they usually get."
"Actually most younger kids are that way. Wait till you have the baby around." Zechs stated as he stood up with a yawn. "You will find that you don't have any time at all to do what you want to do. Especially sex."
The acrobat glowered at the older man. "That is why we are going to have care givers."
"For while we work Trowa. But when we are home we are going to want to take care of them or they will never know who their parents really are." The lawyer stated as he moved to leave the room. He was going to get ready. There was a lot he still had to do and by the sounds of it Bev, Andy, and Caleb and their crew had arrived to start setting up. "Zechs you might want to put a shirt on. Or you will be drooled on by the catering crew." He informed as he moved to the door. He ignored the talking behind him as he made his way to his room. There was still a few things he had to do before he got dressed for the wedding, like check the back garden to make sure the access was open for people and to show the crew where they wanted things set up.
He sighed and rubbed his face. Yes, he had wanted this day but he didn't think it was going to be this big occasion. But he wouldn't regret it. Not any day of the week.
Three hours later Wufei stood in front of the mirror and stared at himself. He was in his get up and ready to go. It was the day that would bring Duo into his family. The happiest day he had had in long time. He smoothed out the fabric beneath his hand and turned to look at the other people that were gathered in his living area. Everyone of them looked spectacular.
Across the way Duo was doing the same thing. He didn't believe that this day would ever have happened to him. Now that it was here he was a nervous wreck.
"Duo-daddy, top fussing." Sakura stated with supreme confidence. "Baba duves you he not care what you look like."
The wraith blinked and looked at the precocious girl. A smile slowly forming on his face. 'From the mouth of babes.' He thought. "You know what munchkin? Your right. Lets go prank grampy." He said with a grin as he held out his hand to the little asian princess.
Said princess nodded happily and accepted the hand as they went to find some mischief and mayhem to cause while they waited for the time to leave. People looked at eachother wryly wondering when Howard would find the gifts the two would leave for him to find.