Disclaimer: I'm starting to think that my disclaimers, which say that I do not own Pokemon or the songs I use, are the best part of these drabbles.

Characters: Red X Yellow from the manga.

Summary: ~I hear wedding bellllls~ *Cue me and Blue laughing evilly at our hopeless-romantic ways*

Rapture

~You raise me up so I can stand on mountains

You raise me up to walk on stormy seas

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

You raise me up to more than I can be~

The piano starts to play a familiar tune, and everyone stands at once. You do as well, your trembling hands held behind your back, your heart singing in a way that you didn't know it could.

She steps out from around the corner, and suddenly she's all you see. Not Blue, who is fangirling in her maid-of-honour dress; not Green, who is looking at her with a what-am-I-going-to-do-with-you-smile plastered on his face from his position as best man beside you. You don't see your mom mopping away her tears with a handkerchief, or the beaming Prof. Oak that sits beside her. You don't see any of them.

All you see is Yellow.

She's a vision in white, a shimmering veil partly obscuring her face, her dress a waterfall of opal that tumbles to the floor. She's hand-in-hand with her uncle, and as you watch she gives you a smile that makes one of your own break across your face. She stops so close to you that you can see the flush spreading across her apple-blossom skin, and her tiny hand is soft and warm when it is placed in yours.

You don't think you've ever been happier than you are at this moment.

Gold clears his throat and begins his role as minister in that whimsical, ever-jubilant voice of his. A grin tugs at his lips the entire time, and he bursts into laughter every now and again. But he finally finishes: you and Yellow swap rings, embedded with two shards of garnet and topaz that are melded together in the shape of a yin-yang symbol, and seal it with a kiss that sends the crowd into a paroxysm of hooting and clapping (and Blue into a squealing fit that lasts for ten minutes straight). The wedding then flows into the reception party as effortlessly as a river's current sweeping a leaf downstream, and all you can register is snapshots of dazzling moments that are burned into your brain as if with a branding iron: you and Yellow dancing under the afternoon sun, filled with so much joy you think you might explode; Sapphire catching the bouquet, and everyone nudging her and Ruby and winking; you flinging the garter into Green's face; twirling your mom around and around on the dancefloor, and hugging her when she begins to get weepy. You grin when you see Kotone adjusting Silver's tie, kissing his blushing cheek. You're nearly overcome with emotion when Crystal and Gold come, hand-in-hand, to congratulate you and give you your wedding present- a scrapbook filled with pictures of all of the Dexholders together. You find yourself feeling the tiniest bit nostalgic when you spy Platina, Dia and Pearl swaying in a group dance, their arms slung around each other's shoulders. Everyone you love is here, along with people who have come to wish you a long and happy life with your new wife: there's Winona and Wallace, along with their twins; Lady Caitlin and her valet Darach, who, despite their coolness, never stray from each other's sides; Emerald and Wally, who've recently tied the knot; and the new group from Unova, who all seem joined at the hip. The whole thing pierces you with emotion, and you hold onto Yellow tightly, love bubbling up inside you and threatening to overflow.

"I never want this to end," you tell Yellow.

"It doesn't have to," she replies, and kisses you.

~You raise me up to more than I can be~