CHAPTER 41- The Wedding Reception

We rode a car towards the reception hall which is a few kilometres away from the church. The reception hall is a club house near the beach and is a Vongola property and is designed for the wedding.

At the front of the place is a long table wherein the bride and groom with the sixteen of us were seated and other round tables are prepared for the other guests.

The first part is to eat lunch and a catering service was present distributing the foods. It took us an hour to actually enjoy lunch and at 12 noon we started the program.

The host are no other than Rhea and Laela and the first in the list is to deliver the greetings and messages to the bride and to the groom.

First on the list is Elena, being one of the closest friends of the bride and the maid-of honor/organizer of the wedding.

"Uh hem...let's see...A pleasant good noon to everyone most especially to the newly married couple. I would like to give thanks to the VG Catering Service (Vongola cooks in disguise), the VG Group of Designers for the beautiful dresses and coats (Vongola designers and seamstress), and VG Planners (Vongola occasion planners). First of all I would like to congrats the new couple and wish them a better future. Thank you and enjoy the rest of the afternoon", a thunderous applause was heard after Elena's speech.

"Next to deliver the message is the best man, Daemon", Laela stated and Daemon went to the podium next.

"All I can say is congratulations to you Niko and Beth and I hope you will have a good marriage life. Niko I'm going to tell you being married is tough and you'll have no time for yourself", Daemon said and everyone in the audience laughed. "But, from now on to you'll have someone to share your burdens and accompany you every time you feel lonely. And that's good for you. I hope in the future, if you'll have a family you won't hesitate to invite us again and surely we will give you our full support"

Daemon finished his speech and he and Niko both shook hands and laughed.

The remaining guests, both close to the couple said their own greetings and messages.

After that, is the most anticipated part of the program- the garter tossing and the bouquet tossing.

First to happen is the garter tossing and the groom took the garter placed on the bride's thigh and everyone cheered. The groom then requested all the single men to gather at the center. Giotto was forced to participate courtesy of Daemon and stayed at the middle.

When the groom tossed the garter, a lot of men jumped to catch it but for unexpected reasons, it landed on top of Giotto's head which he got and made all the girls cheer.

G and the other Guardians then pushed Giotto to the front making all the ladies present, married or single alike crowd at the center waiting for the bouquet tossing. All hopeful to be close with Giotto.

"Hime-sama aren't you going to join the crowd?" Hayate asked me and I just shrug.

"I don't really want to go there", I replied and remained seated at the chair just behind the crowd.

This time, the bride and groom together with Giotto went to the stage and Beth turned around and positioned to throw the bouquet.

The girls on the other hand jumped up and down and push other people, hopeful to catch the bouquet.

"One, Two, THREE", Beth shouted and screams and shrieks from all the girls can be heard. I just looked at the bouquet tossed at the air who made its way pass from the crowd and landed in no other than my lap.

It took me a minute to realize my situation and I can hear all the Guardians and Protectors screaming and preparing their cameras.

"Tsuna go to the stage now", Elena said and dragged me towards the center and the crowd of girls parted and made a way for me.

This time she push me towards Giotto who placed his arms around my waist to let me stay upright. I can already see the flashing of the cameras bought by the Guardians and Protectors and just blushed.

"Okay, we'll tell you what to do. The lucky winners are no other than the Prince and the Princess... as expected of them", Laela said and Rhea also nodded.

"Now, in every wedding, the one who got the garter must place the garter on the thigh of the one who got the flower bouquet", Rhea announced and I can hear the screams coming from Elena who was now stationed downstage.

Laela then let me sit on a chair while Giotto was kneeled before me.

"Oh yeah before anything else, the boy must use his mouth to place the garter on the girl's thigh", Laela said and both Giotto and I widened our eyes and coughed.

"What? But...", Giotto and I asked and the Guardians and the Protectors gave us creepy smiles.

"If both of you won't do this, then we will recklessly do our mission, and provide both of you lots of paperwork", G said and everyone else agreed.

Giotto and I gulped and positioned again. The worst part is this...I am wearing a dress.

Giotto then slowly placed the garter on my toes and slowly dragged it towards my leg. I can feel all the girls staring at me intently and I can't help but bite my lip. When the garter reached to my knee, I quickly grabbed it and yanked it towards my thigh.

I can hear the disappointment sounds of the crowd and I can't help but blush and Giotto offered his hand to me which I accepted and we both stood up.

"Well that's quite disappointing", Laela and Rhea said and Giotto and I gave them a glare."Alright, so the next part is, the pair must follow what the newlywed will do"

Once again Giotto and I gulped and we both looked at Niko and Beth who had smiles on their faces. Niko whispered something to Beth, and Beth's smile became wider.

They both looked at us and after a few seconds, Niko gave Beth a kiss...on the lips.

After seeing that I started to pale and once again I can hear the shouts coming from the Guardians and Protectors who still had their camera in their hands.

"That's quite hard...can't we do another one?" I said but the newlywed just shrug.

"Well it's the rule, so both of you should do it", Rhea said and I can hear Giotto sigh.

After a few seconds, Giotto faced me, grabbed my head and placed a kiss on my forehead and everyone shouted in happiness.

"They look so good together", I can hear a lot of people say and I can't help but blush.

"Alright, alright, that's good. The last part is the dance", Rhea said and with that both Beth and Niko went downstage and started to dance when the music played.

Slowly a lot of couples join them in dancing and all that's left are all of us from the Vongola.

"Excuse me guys, I'll just go somewhere" I said and quickly excused myself from the group.I got out from the reception room and started to walk towards the forest like area and looked around.

"SHOW YOURSELVES", I said already in my Sky Protector Mode and rustles can be heard from the bushes and trees. After that a group of 10 people was revealed and I can't help but sigh.

"We didn't know the Arceo are also here", one of the men said and started to shiver.

"Who sent all of you?" I asked and they all shivered.

"The Peggio Family, Sky Protector, please spare us", one said and the others gave him a glare.

"We don't need their kindness, let's kill them all", one said and the remaining 8 nodded and started to run towards me, weapons on the ready. I closed my eyes, summon a large amount of flames and faced sideward. My right hand was at the back and my left hand was at front both in shoulder level. I parted my legs and opened my eyes.

"X- Burner"