Rose petal Rain Ch 7

June 25th, the evening before the wedding...

A single black car drove through the streets of New Domino, it was time for the bachelorette party for Aki and her friends.  Aki sat in the front while Mikage drove.  Stephanie, Carly, and Ruka sat in the backseat talking amongst themselves. Aki smiled while she remembered her earlier talk with Misty about how she was going to be late. The red haired duelist was glad Misty called instead of leaving everyone worried. It wouldn't matter though as Sherry had prepared for everything.

The hotel that Aki's group went to was a very tall tower and the entrance had fountains on both sides and a statue of an angel in the front.  It certainly had a very elegant introduction...certainly the opposite of the normally rambunctious and often chaotic bachelor or bachelorette party.  The girls looked at the grand scale and while walking inside continued looking around the hotel's bombastic, fanciful architecture.  The hotel's lounge had a bright red carpet which was cut in the middle so a large, cylinder like fire-pit was inside of the hole while surrounded by comfortable looking, bright red furniture.  Behind the fire-pit sat the front desk with fountains of mermaids pouring water on both sides.  It was like every step into the hotel was an exaggerated set from a Hollywood movie.  However Aki, didn't really care about how it looked, she only cared about the party and the wedding that was going to happen there.

Aki walked up to the front desk and claimed her key to the big room where all the girls would sleep.  the reason why they were sharing a room is so that they could prepare her for the wedding...and Aki always went back to sleep after turning off alarm clocks.  Besides, there was an extra bed as well as few couches with pillows and blankets brought by Sherry so it wasn't really a problem.

While on the elevator up, Carly was shaking a bit.  Aki looked at her confused.

"You know Carly I'm supposed to be nervous because I have...you know...a wedding."   Carly turned to Aki.

"Sorry I'm just excited for the party, it's going to be so much fun!"  Carly answered.

"It's not going to be that wild Carly, just a fun little get together."  Carly calmed down a bit.

"Right it's just that....sorry....you're right."  Carly looked at the group rather embarrassed.  The elevator dinged and the doors open to hall.  Right in front of them lied the door to the suite.

As they opened the door an enormous room stood before them.  A bright chandelier set the high class atmosphere while a bright red, comfortable looking furniture surrounded the room.  Aki's bed sat at the end of the room directly opposite the rest of the furniture and on the ground lay sleeping bags evenly spread out.  Aki looked around the room impressed.

Such a lovely place, shame I'm only gonna be here for a night and the next day, Yusei and I get married here and go on our honeymoon .  Aki thought to herself

The group walked outside where they were on a large balcony, almost as a big as the room.  They looked to their right and saw Sherry, Misty and Kiryu lying in the surprisingly large hot tub....Yes, Kiryu was there.

"Oh hello Aki!"  Misty shouted to her in the very large hot tub.  The girls looked towards Misty rather surprised.  Sherry and Kiryu turned back to say hello as well.  Meanwhile the rest of the girls looked at Kiryu confused.

"I don't get it?  Why is Kiryu here?"  Carly asked.  Kiryu smiled at Carly's question.

"What?  A guy can't come to a bachelorette party?...Besides Misty said I shouldn't go and fool around with any strippers if the guys wanted to hire any so she dragged me here."  The group chuckled at his reason.  The girls went back inside to changed into their swimsuits.  Aki changed into a rose red bikini, Mikage into a similar one but white, Stephanie in a black and white striped one piece as with Carly in a blue and white and finally Ruka in a basic green bikini.  All of the group climbed into the hot tub, most sighing save for Ruka who yelped at first from the temperature before the warm feeling took over.  Carly sunk in up to her nose to enwrap herself in every drop she could sink herself in.

However suddenly after the girls got comfortable in the pool, out of nowhere the lights inside the pool and outside went out.  The women all yelled and began asking what was going on and a splashing sound came and the women started wondering who just came in the pool.  Out nowhere though the lights turned back on.

Inside the pool were Crow, Bruno and Rua, all relaxing in the pool as if they came with the girls.  Aki suddenly grew very confused...but mainly angry.

"Crow...what the hell are you doing here?"  Aki demanded to know.  Crow smiled cockily towards her with a smug smile which made Aki all the more annoyed.

"Well we thought it would be nice to visit you guys at your party."   Crow explained.

"But we kept our party a secret, how did you guys find..."   Aki's eyes suddenly opened wide in realization and turned to Sherry who all the while was cracking up at the situation.

"Vhat can I say Aki? Ze more the merrier!"  Sherry said while trying to calm down.  Misty looked around at the situation before noticing something felt different on her.  She looked downwards and noticed the problem...and covered her then exposed breasts.

"Someone stole my bikini top!"  Misty shouted.  everyone turned to her shocked and Kiryu scanned the pool like something out of a science fiction movie for the culprit.  He then noticed something under the water which Rua appeared to be holding.  Kiryu suddenly looked at Rua in a very angry manner.

"Rua give Misty back her top."  Kiryu said rather menacingly.  Rua slid the bikini top further behind him and tried to act like it wasn't there.

"Hey man, I don't have it!  Don't look at me!"  Rua defended.  

"Oh my god he does!, I can see it behind him!"  Stephanie cried out.  Kiryu swam quickly over to Rua who climbed out of the hot tub and tried to run.  Rua ran to the edge of the balcony, forgetting that they were on one.  Rua turned back and Kiryu was standing right in front of him looking as if the former dark signer was going to kill him.  The green haired teenager cautiously gave him the black bikini top ...but Kiryu grabbed Rua by his ponytail and while he moaned in pain, the white haired duelist dragged him back towards the hot tub.

"Here you go Misty."  Kiryu said while he handed the bikini top back to the black haired model.  Kiryu sat next to her and pulled Rua down with him.

"Wha...what are ya gonna do to me?"  Rua asked.  Misty got closer to Rua

"This."  Misty dunked the teenager down into the water.  Rua tried to come up but Misty's strength was too much for him.  After a while she let go and Rua sprang back up gasping for air.  Kiryu tapped Misty on the shoulder  and she turned to her showing a smiling face.

"Thank you for retrieving my top back, you're quite the chivalrous hero now aren't you?"  Misty asked while complimenting Kiryu who smiled back.

"Well I do my best for you."  Kiryu and Misty briefly kissed and cuddled inside the hot tub.  Everyone else looked at them surprised, including a half alive Rua.

"So he dunks me and then kisses afterwards...are we sure they're still not evil?"  Rua asked.

"I didn't know you two were boyfriend and girlfriend?"  Ruka asked, ignoring her brother.

"Well after a while I started visiting him because I couldn't get over the Dark signer thing so I thought I would be more comfortable around someone who became one like me.  We began to know each other more and became friends, I often made donations to Satisfaction town and later on we decided to start dating."  Misty explained.

"Awww so sweet!"  Ruka responded.

"Rich model dates leader of small tow...."  Carly tried to say.

"Carly, no.  No reporting on us please."  Misty said.  Carly pouted.

"You guys never let me report on anything."  Carly said in a faux whiny voice.  Everyone chuckled at Carly there.  However Aki was looking around rather confused.

"Yo, Aki what's wrong?"  Bruno asked.

"If all the boys are here than where are Jack and Yusei?"  Aki responded.  Crow smiled mischievously and turned back towards the hotel room.

"Hey you two! Get on out here and how what you've been practicing!" Crow yelled towards the suite, everyone else looked at the door in curiosity.  Suddenly they began to hear music.  Everyone looked around for the source and Aki saw a mp3 player attached to some speakers playing music near the door.  Aki looked at it confused as it was not there before.  The music itself was energetic but also very alluring at the same time.  

Then the doors swung open, Jack and Yusei walking out wearing normal clothes.  Jack was wearing a white, button-up shirt with black jeans while Yusei wore a basketball jersey with matching shirts for his red and black uniform.  Jack was even oddly enough wearing glasses.  The girls all look at the situation confused but entranced.   

Then Jack ripped the shirt off, not take, RIPPED and in the process revealed his firmly built, muscular body.  He spun towards Yusei whom he pulled the jersey off of and discarded the clothing to the ground like this shirt.  Jack licked the side of Yusei's neck, making him moan slightly, the girls got more intrigued even as blush began to paint their faces.  Jack kissed Yusei's lips briefly and after they parted started panting on him, few of the girls squealing in the process.    

But the show wasn't over as Yusei pressed himself against Jack, slowly grinding himself against him and slowly unbuttoned Jack's jeans and slid them off gently, revealing a black swimsuit thong.  Mikage blushed so hard that her face had no trace of her original skin color, only red blush.  Jack pulled down Yusei's shorts in a more aggressive manner revealing a Speedo that while not as revealing as Jack's, was still not the most subtle swimwear either.   Jack looked to the "audience" embarrassed.

"Yusei, they're staring at us so much...."  Jack said in a whispery tone though loud enough for people to hear.

"You should be used to it by now Jack, even before dueling you liked being the center of attention.  We should continue...go a bit further"  Yusei said in the same whispery tone, reaching for Jack's swimsuit.

Aki and Mikage then squeed jumping up, causing a big splash which reached everyone in the hot tub.

"See!  I told you she would!"  Yusei proclaimed, suddenly breaking character to point towards Aki, the two breaking into laughter.  All of the girls looked at the situation confused.  Aki and Mika broke their excitement and looked at the situation confused too.

"Me and Jack decided to surprise you Aki.  I've seen what kind of porn you like.  You didn't think I was done after I found the trunk?  I have been planning this for a while.  Give you a show the night before the wedding."  Yusei explained.  Aki looked very angry.

"Yusei you bastard!"  Then she began to grow a smile while chuckling.  "You brilliant bastard."

"Thought you'd love it."  Yusei said smiling.

"Well Mikage, what did you think?"  Jack asked as the two men climbed into the hot tub.

"Well...I...uh...It's..."  Carly and Stephanie wrapped their arms around Mikage's shoulders.

"What's she's trying to say is that she loved it." Stephanie explained. Mikage smiled but looked down embarrassed, the blush still painting her face.  Jack swam over to his girlfriend and cuddled up next to her.

"I must say Aki, Yusei is quite the big boy." Sherry said.  Bruno looked at her shocked.

"H-hey what about me?  I went through your cousin for nothin?"  Bruno asked.

"Depends, will you do something like that for me?"  Bruno looked started rubbing his chin, pondering which after he began Sherry cracked up.

"Bruno I vaz kidding!  Normally aren't you ze joking one?"  Sherry asked while laughing

"Maybe he cares so much about you that when it's something related to your relationship, things get serious."  Misty hypothesized.  Sherry kissed Bruno lightly on the nose.

"If zat is the case than Bruno, I'm glad to be with someone who cares zat much about being my boyfriend but keep cracking jokes ok?"  Sherry asked.  Bruno smiled at his girlfriend and hugged her.


"I guess we did get strippers after all.  Best of all, we don't have to pay for them!"  Ruka pointed out happily.  Rua grumbled and Ruka looked towards him confused.

"Not the kind I was hoping for..."  Rua said pouting.  Everyone chuckled at the green haired teenager's frustrations as everyone relaxed in the warm tub of water, Trying to get as much relaxation before tomorrow.

At the end of the party, everyone went to bed except for Aki and Yusei  who cleaned up after everyone went to bed.  As they cleaned up they looked at each other happily, excited for the next day, though they were both going to part that night, they made the most of it.  

When they were done cleaning Yuse walked out of Aki's suite with Aki holding his arm.  Yusei turned around and looked at her shyly.

"So...I guess this is the last time we'll be boyfriend and girlfriend?"  Yusei said nervously.

"I guess so.  Next time it's Husband and Wife."  Yusei warmly wrapped his arms around Aki as did Aki in return.  Making the most of the little moments they had left.   When they separated they kissed each other on the lips and made the most out of the kiss, but Aki pushed back Yusei a little during it with Yusei looking at her confused.

"I want you to save your best for the wedding.  This is just the night before.  To think though...remembered when we hated each other?"  Aki asked.

"Well I didn't hate you, you hated me."  Yusei corrected.  Aki smiled slyly there.

"Was it because I was sexy and you wanted to find a way to get with me?"  Yusei chuckled.

"No, just want to help anyone I can...though I won't lie, I thought you were beautiful."  Aki suddenly pouted very angrily.

"Were?  Are you saying I'm not hot now?"  Aki demanded to know.

"Aki...you'll always be beautiful."  Yusei complimented.  Aki looked to the side in an embarrassed manner.

"You're just saying that."

"Is there a way I can prove it to you?"  Aki smiled evilly once more and looked back to him.

"I think I have something in mind for our honeymoon."  Aki said, the two began to chuckle some more.  The hotel suite door suddenly opened, revealing a very tired looking Sherry.

"Go to sleep...You can do all this at ze wedding..."  Sherry groaned before shutting the hotel room door closed.  Aki and Yusei looked at each other awkwardly from that.

"Well...good night...Yusei."  

"Good night...Mrs. Fudo."  Aki smiled and Yusei walked to his room on the floor.  Aki watched Yusei walk off and sighed seeing him go.

Mrs. Fudo....


That night both hotel suites were silent. Not a sound was heard, everything was peaceful. Inside the dreams of the married couple to, however, anticipation and fear was jumping around in their minds. While they had high hopes, there were also the fears of what could happen during the wedding. The fears ranged from having a nervous breakdown, rain pouring down suddenly, and anything else that could go wrong. It had bothered them the entire night even if they wore masks of gentle sleep; terrified they were. Aki was suffering the worse, she had fear after fear come into her head. She couldn't get a pleasant sleep all night. And when she thought it had finally come…

"Wakey Wakey eggs and bakey!" All the girls shouted out to Aki, waking her up with horrified eyes. Bolting up right, Aki groaned before she fell backwards with her head hitting the pillows with an arm covering her eyes.

"I can't believe that's the line we use..." Ruka commented, shaking her head.

"Hey it's from Kill Bill, anything Tarantino does is gold." Carly replied cheerfully. Ruka and Carly began to argue then about the filmmaker.

The noise caused Aki to rise from bed exhausted. "That is enough. While we'd all love to argue about popular, edgy and innovative filmmakers…we have a wedding we need to get Aki ready for. No?" Sherry pointed out while chiding the girls; Carly and Ruka focused back onto Aki.

"Guys, I don't think I have enough energy to get out of bed." Aki said in an exhausted tone.

"Don't worry, Stephanie has you covered." Mikage comforted her friend while she moved to the side allowing Stephanie to walk up to the right side of the bed. The brunette put a metal plate on Aki's lap with a top over it. The bride-to-be's eyes grow wide when Stephanie unveiled the food where pancakes stacked upon each other, bacon strips, a hot cup of coffee, and French toast. It looked amazingly deliciously; it was if all the best chefs in the world had made breakfast specifically for Aki.

Aki's heart sunk as she said tiredly and sadly, "I don't think I can eat anything guys..."

"Aki, if you don't eat, you're just going to feel worse." Misty pointed out. Aki nodded and took the cup of coffee, she drank it very nervously.

"Now remember you have to go down in an hour, take your time, and you can change later." Mikage instructed Aki who slowly ate her breakfast. A worried expression began painting her face. Without a doubt the horrible outcomes that were in her dreams plagued her thoughts while eating her breakfast. A shiver slithered down her spine.

It took Aki twenty-five minutes to eat all of her breakfast, giving the rest of the girls' time to get changed. And when they came back, they were baffled by how long it took Aki to finish. The girls practically pushed Aki into the bathroom when she finished to get changed. After ten minutes, Carly began to get annoyed.

"Come on Aki, are you ready yet?" Carly asked.

"Yeah, just a bit nervous and I need to be zipped." The door opened and everyone looked at Aki in amazement.

"You look just as amazing as you did back when we bought the dress, if not better." Mikage complimented.

"Thanks, hope Yusei will like it." Aki replied back nervously.

"Dahling, I think he vill love it. Now hurry, guests are going to be coming soon."


Meanwhile...


The room where the hotel was going to have the wedding had bright chandeliers on the ceiling. Various flower pots lined the corners of the room and the bleachers were elegantly carved and for wooden seats they looked surprisingly comfortable. Golden drapes lines the edges of the ceiling and big stained glass windows showing a male angel looking at a female angel in the other window. Roses and white cosmos painted the wall where Yusei and Aki would stand. A fountain stood there too, water poured out of the wall and sunk into a little well near the floor.

Guests were already starting to arrive with some of them being Aki's family members and other guests coming. The first to arrive were Aki's parents.

"Well now this is quite the wonderful room, isn't it dear?" Aki's mother asked.

"Yes indeed, my daughter has great taste. It won't be long before she is married before our eyes."

Then the doors opened again and a black hair, dark skinned woman came through the doors.

"Oh hello, I assume you too are Aki's parents?" The woman asked. The couple nodded.

"Ahh I thought so, you have the same hair as her, eyes,…sorry getting a bit ahead of myself." Setsuko giggled at the woman's compliment while Hideo looked at her confused.

"Oh pardon my manners, my name is Martha, I was Yusei's guardian and took care of him all these years." Suddenly Hideo looked at her intrigued.

"You raised Yusei? Martha smiled proudly and crossed her arms.

"Yes, taught him a lot that he knows, even taught him duel monsters and now he is the champ...but you know if he tried to duel me I could take his championship title away from him." The group all laughed in unison, shaky introductions became good laughs.

"Aki is a wonderful girl, she and Yusei will get along well in their marriage." Martha proclaimed. Somebody someone tapped all three on the shoulder simultaneously. They all turned where they saw Sherry smiling at them.

"Of course they will, have you seen how well they get along?" Sherry said to them.

"And you are?..." Hideo asked.

"My name is Sherry Leblanc. Me and Yusei vere somewhat rivals, maybe even lovers if it weren't for Aki. But I kid, Aki is a vonderful girl." Sherry complimented, Bruno walked up to her from behind.

"But have you gotten together with him than you wouldn't have me now would yep?" Bruno asked cockily. Sherry chuckled at Bruno and kissed him on the cheek.

"Hello Mr. & Mrs. Izayoi. I'm Bruno, a good friend of Yusei." Hideo chuckled.

"Very nice to meet you Bruno." Hideo said shaking Bruno's hand.

Then the doors opened again and through the doors stood a brown haired man with a fox like face and an odd cure in his hair. Hideo & Setsuna looked at him surprised but Bruno & Sherry looked at him confused.

"Well now, it's wonderful to see you again Divine." Hideo said. Divine smiled and walked over to the Hideo and shook his hand. Setsuna still looked at the situation with surprise and even a bit of worry.

"But...Divine as in?" Setsuna asked. Hideo smiled towards his wife.

"No worries, he has changed his ways now, he told me and apologized for what he did." Hideo explained. Martha walked up to Divine.

"So you were Aki's "stepfather" huh? Were you the one who gave her that dress?" Martha asked.

"I guess I am...I wanted her to have an amazing presence so I made it out of various pieces of clothing I found." Martha then smiled.

"You should enter a fashion career, I think you might be good at it." Divine shyly smiled and nodded at the elderly woman and looked at his watch.

"It won't be too long until the ceremony, I hope Yusei and Aki aren't feeling stressed." Martha chuckled at Divine's worry.

"He'll be fine, the Yusei I helped raise is a brave, calm and determined warrior."


Meanwhile....


"Dude, I can't believe how calm you are! Any other person would be worried sick!" Crow pointed out to Yusei as he changed in the bathroom with Crow and Jack waiting for him.

"Well Crow, I'm marrying a woman I love...a lot...what do I have to worry about?" Yusei asked calmly. However as he said this several paper towels had been used by Yusei to wipe the endless beads of sweat dripping down his face.

'Calm down Yusei...like you said, you're marrying a woman you love...nothing to worry about, those were just bad dreams. Nothing more.'   Yusei thought to himself. Yusei and put on the top of the tuxedo on, not wanting sweat to get on it.

Yusei took a deep breath and walked outside of the bathroom stall.

"Looking good Yusei." Jack told Yusei, giving him a thumbs up. Yusei smiled back at his friend. Crow however looked at Yusei concerned.

"Hey Yusei you've got some sweat on the side of your head." Yusei wiped away the sweat instantly while Crow smiled cockily.

"Hmmm seems you are getting nervous now." Yusei looked at Crow somewhat annoyed but restrained himself to focus on the matter at hand. He opened the bathroom door and walked with Crow and Jack by his sides. After a while he reached the door which lead to the altar, he could hear organ music playing inside. He took a deep breath and wiped any possible remaining sweat on his head. He put his hands on the doors and took one more breath.  

'Showtime...'

Yusei pushed the doors open and walked down the aisle. The seats were already full with the guests. Many of Aki's family members sat waiting for the ceremony to begin. Yusei looked at the benches and saw many of his friends sitting anxiously as well. He saw Martha near the front, Yusei smiled seeing her there, she was the only mother figure he had so naturally like any mother she'd want to see her child get married up close. He could see Rua and Ruka in the middle row. Yusei noticed he was giving the thumbs up as well before making the hand gesture of sex which Ruka noticed and was not happy with. Yusei chuckled at them, even though they were older, they were still the same Rua and Ruka when they first met. When he got closer to the front he saw Crow and Kiryu near the front, he remembered their adventures as kids, when they were older as teens and now adults. He remembered a lot of the trouble they got in and he smiled, Yusei had matured a lot but even he will admit sometimes trouble came to his mind. He saw Sherry and Bruno near the front too, he remembered how cold Sherry was, he smiled she was dating such a happy go lucky guy but at the same time they had skills he didn't have and needed their help and was happy to see them happy.

When Yusei finally reached the altar, Jack was standing by his side, his best man, his best friend. Of all the people to have the title, it was Jack. Jack had been by Yusei's side for a long time, even when they were rivals. Yusei knew that even though they didn't always get along, Jack was the guy to rely on. Yusei turned around and looked at the door. Now he just had to wait for Aki.


Meanwhile...


Mikage was waiting outside of the bathroom door near the grand room for Aki. Mikage was Aki's Maid of Honor and wanted to make sure everything was perfect for Aki. She was aware of Aki's stress so she wanted to make sure Aki felt like nothing could go wrong as well. In fact, that was the reason Mikage was chosen in the first place. The blue haired woman suggested Aki go to the bathroom before going on the aisle just in case which Aki agreed with instantly. Mikage stood there, holding Aki's flowers waiting. A knock was heard on the door and Mikage opened it for the bride to be.

"Thanks, zip me up?" Aki asked turning around, Mikage happily obliged and gave Aki her flowers as well.

"How do I look?" Aki asked stepping back a bit to show Mikage her wedding dress in full view.

"You look amazing." Mikage complimented.

"Thanks. I could say the same for you, where did you get that dress?"

Mikage's dress was blue Chinese dress, and the pattern on it was that of a mistletoe like plant which painted the dress. The fabric used was a soft silk which if Aki hadn't been the bride that day, Mikage would be a standout.

Mikage blushed and looked at the dress. "Thank you, my mother wanted me to wear this at some very special events. So I decided to wear it for one of my best friend's wedding." Aki looked at Mikage surprised.

"Y-you really think of me as a best friend?" Mikage nodded.

"Completely, you're a wonderful woman and duelist. Sometimes I look up to you honestly. I didn't exactly have many friends growing up...Sometimes I don't get along well with some of the members of the team...but honestly I feel braver watching you and Jack duel. I became a police officer not just to protect people, including the ones I love, but become stronger which you kind of inspired...though Jack also inspired me too." Aki chuckled a bit and smiled at Mikage.

"Thanks, I honestly don't know what to say." The blue haired woman smiled and walked behind her and pushed her a bit.

"Nothing, you have a wedding, remember?" Aki and Mikage chuckled and began walking down the hall and they reached the door. Aki's father was waiting by the door to walk her down the aisle. When Hideo saw his daughter's wedding dress, he was astounded.

"Aki...you look wonderful." Aki smiled, blushing a bit. She went in front of the door with her father, put the veil over her face and her maid of honor and put her hands on the door.

'Showtime...'

As Aki opened the doors, the famous "here comes the bride" organ music started playing.  Everyone looked towards Aki, which unnerved her quite a bit.  However as she walked down the aisle she grew comfort seeing her husband to be, and how good he looked.  Yusei's Tuxedo was a bright white coat with a black shirt underneath which itself had a black tie.  He wore black pants as well and his overall outfit made him look like a millionaire secret agent.  Yusei looked at Aki very impressed as well.  The dress she wore was like pure white angel wings were wrapped around her.  In the center of the chest lied a white rose and while her cleavage was revealed, the rest of the dress was so eye-capturing it did not even matter.  Various ribbons tied in a matter similar to bowties were wrapped around the dress and the shoulders for the dress had frills which gave it an elegant, flowing look.  The dress was ruffled downward and flowed like an ocean of white every time she took a step.  a white veil covered her face which was attached to a crown of red roses.  Yusei told himself to be thankful because he was about to wed one of the most beautiful and fun women he ever met.  Yusei never imagined growing up he'd have a girlfriend like this, let alone a wife like this but Yusei loved this surprise life threw him, as did Aki.

When Aki made it to the altar she hugged her father tightly before she let her go to stand behind them.  was standing behind the couple and Mikage joined him as they watched them side by side.  The priest walked up to the altar and stood  closest to the back.  The man prepared to speak, clearing his throat and putting on the most warm and inviting smile he could.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this man, and this woman in holy matrimony.  The marriage of Yusei Fudo and Aki Izayoi whom I am proud to say I was the minister at her parents wedding."  Aki looked to her family who were smiling proudly,  Aki smiled under the veil knowing they probably had a hand in this and thankful for them.  

"Hideo Izayoi, do you give your blessing to this couple to be?"  Hideo smiled at the priest.

"How could I not?  Yusei, I've seen what a hard working, determined, responsible, intelligent man you are.  I could think of no one better to be my daughter's husband, nor would I probably ever meet one.   You have my blessing."  Yusei smiled at Hideo as he went to sit with Aki's mother.  Aki's mother was watching with tears beginning to fall from her eyes in happiness.

"Aki Izayoi, do you take this man to be your husband?"  The minister asked the duelist in the white dress.

"I do."  Aki said with excitement in her voice.  She carefully put the gold wedding band on Yusei's ring finger. The minister turned to Yusei.

"Yusei Fudo, do you take this woman to be your awfully wedded wife?"  

"How could I not?"  Yusei honestly asked.  Aki blushed slightly under her veil and the minister smiled warmly.  Yusei put the gold ring on Aki's ring finger and a tear of happiness slipped from her eye.

"In front of us all this couple have pledged their vow, if there are any objection to this marriage, please speak now."  The room was completely silent, no one wanted to speak in case a single word could be signaled as an objection.

"Then it is with the authority vested in me, that I declare they are man and wife.  You may kiss the bride."  

Yusei gently took the veil off and while he has seen Aki's face before, he still was always amazed by it, her fiery eyes, her pure white smile, he was always happy to see it.  He closed his eyes and puckered his lips.  However Aki suddenly jumped into his arms and Yusei quickly put his arms under her to support her, surprising everyone, including the minister.  Aki wrapped her arms around Yusei's head and Yusei chuckled at the situation.  He closed his eyes and kissed Aki.  Yusei always enjoyed kissing Aki but there, it felt more satisfying than anything before, it felt like one the most amazing things for Yusei.  Everyone applauded, tears were spilt, screams of joy came from the room.  When Aki and Yusei parted lips they turned to the crowd.

" I have the honor to present to you Mr and Mrs Fudo."  Tears were falling from Mikage's eyes in happiness which Jack quickly tended to, wiping them from her eyes.  

"Way to go Yusei!!!"  Crow yelled out from the crowd, Yusei and Aki chuckled from the energy of the crowd and they both looked at each other eye to eye.

"And this is just the beginning."  Yusei told Aki.

Later on, the party in the gardens of the hotel began.  Tables were everywhere along with various delicacies on top of them.  Music was playing, primarily love songs but some fun rock songs played once in a while . Kids from Aki's family played around the garden and all the adults were chatting away.  As Yusei and Aki went out, Aki prepared the bouquet to throw.  Women crowded around the wife of Yusei and waited for it to be tossed.

"Come get it!"  Aki tossed the bouquet in the air, Women jumped up to try to catch it but before it could even be caught by a few, one women managed to catch it due to her height and it was Mikage.  Yusei and Aki looked at Mikage holding the bouquet with shock, they knew Mikage was not nearly that tall.  When the crowd moved away, they saw how.  Jack was holding her up in the air and he put her down gently.  Some of the members looked at the duo annoyed while some looked at it surprised and delighted with Yusei and Aki being the latter.

Yusei and Aki sat down at a table and just looked at the party.  They saw various sites like Jack bragging about the bouquet, Crow trying to pick up some of Aki's cousins and failing, Stephanie serving drinks with the waiters,  Misty taking pictures with some of Aki's family who were fans.  Sherry was signing autographs for fans and Bruno smiled in his usual happy go lucky attitude,  Carly filming everything for a wedding video (They of course said no reporting).  The now married couple looked at the party and smiled happily, it was a wonderful time for everyone.  Aki turned to Yusei.

"Hey Yusei you know how you said getting married was just the beginning.  What do you mean by that?"   Yusei chuckled slightly.

"Isn't it obvious?  They're a ton of things that can happened with married couples, and I'm just saying the wedding ceremony is the first thing to come."  Aki smiled embarrassed.

"You're right, I guess it was obvious.  Though what do you think is next for us?"  Aki and Yusei suddenly saw her relatives' young children playing around, having fun.  One of them fell on the ground, starting to cry but her parent came by and picked her up, kissing her knee better.  Aki and Yusei looked at each other.

"Kids?"  Yusei asked, Aki smiled a bit, pouring some wine for herself and Yusei.

"Maybe another time, that could be fun but I want to wait a while before I even think about having a kid."  Yusei smiled and picked up his glass as did Aki.

"No worries, no rush.  We got plenty of time and there are other joys of marriage to do before kids."  Aki The couple clung their glasses and took a drink looking back to the party. All the joys were continuing to grow and Yusei thought to himself.

'I await those events with open arms'

Yep RPR is done.  Thank you for those who favorited, followed, critiqued.  thank you all (Can't list people this time, it's getting a bit confusing to find everyone who fid all that on both DA and FF) And yes JackxYusei striptease!  betcha didn't expect that?  I'd like to thank Mel-Meiko-Mei-Ling for coming up with the idea for it and various elements for it, it livened up the party and thank you so much.   Definitely check out her artwork and fanfics on both Deviantart and Fanficion.net.  Speaking of checking out, check out Scooby82101's writings on Deviantart too (Especially Story of Our Lives which so far has been great)  and thank you Scoobs for checking over this.   Thank you everyone, I love your face.