A New Chapter...

[Animebella]

Paolo smiled, "I have heard of this matter, I was told to make a few things for the get together." He looked over his shoulder then sighed, "My crew is working on finger sandwhiches and a few different kinds of desserts." He said looking back to them all. Tadashi grinned, "You desserts were always the best." He said already imagining them. Raidon looked at Samuel, "Right.. that's the matter of having the party, to give us time to talk. But knowing my parents parties, they will run extra late anyways." He shook his head, "I suppose it's to be expected. It's fine though, I would rather have iit this way."

Lillie giggled, "They would kill me if I made them wait for that long, but they know how I shop. It never takes less than an hour." She grinned, "Actually sometimes I'll go on a week shopping spree in Paris, or what not." She shrugged, "It depeneds what I need at the time." She looked over to Harumi, "Perhaps we will have the time soon enough to go on our own shopping adventures." She said growing excited over the thought. The carriage had finally came to a halt and the driver was around the side tapping on the door before opening it. "We have arrived m'lady." He said as he backed out of the way. Lillie smiled, "Wonderful." She stepped out of the carriage, "Yes, we will need to get the dresses in unseen." She said turning to him as he nodded and went qaround to grab them, placing a charm on them to make them invisable and making his way for a secret door to hide them like he was told to do so beforehand.

[Anjel]

((xD Sorry about any spelling errors!!))

Samuel smiled and sat back. He thought about it for a while and sighed. "It'll be awesome... and since everyone will be there, I'm giving you the chance to prove that I don't have to worry about the two of you before you're married... you understand?" he asked, staring at Raidon. "If you keep cool, I'll back off." he said softly. Samuel started eating again and when he was finished he smiled. "Anyway, I'm looking forward to finding a new favorite food. Honey and fish can't be the only awesome combinations out there..." he said cheerfully.
Harumi smiled as she woke Yuffie up. "I'll look forward to it. Paris sounds like fun, expecially in the spring..." she said, thinking about the fashions of the new year. She smiled thinking about it as Yuffie then woke her Chocobo up. "Snap out of it! What about Japan in the springtime? Don't forget our trip to the cherryblossom festival!" she said. Harumi blinked, not remembering anything about it. "Ha, just kiding. But you know, don't leave me out of stuff either okay?" she asked, getting out of the carriage and following after Lillie. Harumi did the same.

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(No worries really ^^ I'm sure I'm just as bad.. my typing was never that good)

Raidon looked back at Samuel and nodded, "To be expected, it's odd though. I ould have thought That I would have earned your trust once I accepted you into my life, much like Harumi. But you always have been quite possesive over her." He grinned, "Which is wonderful, becuase Cloud wasn't always around to look after her, at least not as much as you were and still are. But don't think on the matter of you being out of her life just because I moved in on her you know. She's still your Harumi just as much as she will be mine. I will however make sure to prove myself to you later on, making sure I can get her to tell me what I can... hopefully I can get her to open up and tell me what you did." He felt his back pocket to where the album lay before sighing lightly but then smiling to push it away before anything else happened. "I'll be sure to have her tell me.. I don't want any secrets between us, but I won't push her to tell me something bad either." He smiled, then looked over at Tadashi who was looking at him with curious eyes, "You know you really do take too many things to heart, your so soft." He grinned as he stood to ruffle his brother's hair. Unfortunate the younger sibiling would have a chance to do so, aside from the normal older to younger. Raidon almost glared at him for uttering such words, Tadashi only laughed.

Lillie looked back at the two, "Your always welcome Yuffie, I do hope this location isn't a problem for your relationshiip with Harumi, just know you can come over at any time to have fun still... so long as Raidon doensn't have her hostage or something.." She giggled bnut then turned back to the opening doors. Ryou came out to greet them and kissed Lillie's forehead, "Wonderful to see you two survived one of Lillie's little quests." He said with a grin, Lillie sighed, "You still hate me for that time don't you?" He looked at her, "That time? I've no idea what your talking about." He said like a playful little kid, She sighed, "Ryou, that time I left you in the middle of the mall and only noticed when you weren't there to carry my..." She shrugged it off, "Nevermind." Ryou pouted, "Oh stop you overgrown baby, come on we have so much to do." She said tugging him along as he pouted but was grinning inside.

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Harumi blinked at the oddness of the comment, but decided that she might not have minded much if Raidon had tried to keep her to himself. Yuffie smiled at Ryou for a moment before losing interest a bit. “Hm… so that’s your father in law.” Harumi waved politely. “I’m glad I’m not getting married you know why…?” Harumi glanced at her a bit amused, waiting for the answer. “Because that means, I can’t go clubbing with those bad boys anymore… but you know, if you have a big bachelorette party…” She said slyly. Harumi quickly turned away and started up the stair case. “Bear kun, Yuffie’s here!” she called. Yuffie frowned and followed after her friend. “Aww, come on!” she whined, not noticing the growing blush on her friend’s cheeks.
Samuel blinked and turned away, slightly embarrassed. He’d never been complemented on his weakening father skills so now he felt bad about threatening him all the time. “Yeah well…” he was glad as Tadashi took over so only Paolo was enabled to see any type of blush that might have appeared on his face as he sat. “Cloud’s still the one walking her, so I’m just the back up plan… that’s what I’m here for.” He said thoughtfully. He smiled a bit before thankfully hearing of Harumi’s return. “Hey, they’re back… and it sounds like Yuffie’s ready to party, so… yeah, bye!” he said, quickly leaving so not to bring any attention to himself.

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Raidon looked ready to kill his brother as he heard Samuel rush out of the room saying something like the girls had returned or what not. He ducked out of Tadashi's grip and looked back at him as he stood up. "You know... that's supposed to be the other way around, less you've forgotten." He said but then grinned, "I guess it's alright, now come on.. we should go greet everyone." He said already on his way out of the room, soon to follow after Samuel. Tadashi looked back at Paolo and sighed, "Young love ehh?" He laughed as did Paolo, "Yes, It's wonderful but you know.. everyone has wonderful qualities regardless of their partners." he nudged Tadashi playfully, "Go along then, Paolo has much to do." he said with a grin, and Tadashi nodded, "Thanks Paolo." He said before hurrying along after the other two. Wondering if there was something he could help with. He soon caught up with the others as they made their way to the stairs to find the girls.

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Samuel made it to the stairway in only a few seconds. He scanned the area for a moment before going straight to Yuffie. “Yuffie! Marry me!” he cried, jumping into her arms. Yuffie looked up just in time to catch him. “Hey Bear kun! Ready to party?!” she asked cheerfully. Samuel smiled, his answer, and waved to Lillie and Ryou before going to Harumi. “Marry me too Harumi.” He whined, playfully. Harumi smiled and hugged him back, laughing a bit. “I remember when you use to say that to us. Such a cute little Bear.” She said softly. Samuel smiled at her before going to Lillie now. He glanced at Ryou and blinked, waiting for him to look away so he could jump to Lillie. “Hey, is Raidon still here too?” Yuffie asked, putting Harumi into a headlock. She smiled playfully, as she watched her friend try to get away. “Because Ms. Harumi needs to go get dressed before she spills her life story out tonight. The cuter you look, the less shock he’ll go through.” Harumi got a hold of her arm and threw Yuffie over her shoulder. She smiled a bit and nodded. “Yeah… I’ll be back soon okay?” Harumi then walked back up the stairs leaving everyone behind. Samuel’s frown reappeared a bit wondering if Yuffie was planning anything, but then turned to Ryou, waiting for his chance to go to Lillie.

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Lillie grinned as she watched Samuelpounce around from Yuffie, to Harumi then walked over to her. She held out her arms expecting him to jump but he seemed to hesitate. She looked to Ryou who was watching him as well and as he got the hit he shook his head, "Go ahead Samuel my boy." he said with a grin, he figured he would just have to get used to it. he started to walk off for other preperations, and Lillie shook he head but grinned at Samuel, "Come on then, I'm always up for a wonderful bear hug." She cooed happily waiting for him. Raidon and Tadashi were just about to round the corner for the staircase when Raidon bumped into Harumi, "Oh.. sorry about that." he said as he looked her over wondering what sorts of things his mother dragged her through today. "Mind meeting me in a bit hun?" he asked a bit hesitantly. Tadashi was already rounding the corner and making his way down stairs, "Mother, wonderful you could make it back." He grinned, as Lillie looked up, "Tadashi, you know your mother." She somewhat glared at him but giggled in the end. "Yes yes, indeed I have.. and you four are next. It seems I will have to ready you all." She said almost exausted just by the talk of it, she would do it too! He looked around spotting another girl, "And you must be Miss. Yuffie." he said with a pleasant smile as he reached for her hand.

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As Ryou walked off, Samuel jumped into Lillie’s arms. “You know, I’d ask you to marry me too, but it seems Ryou beat me to it.” He said playfully. He hugged her for a while and then stood beside her, watching Tadashi come along. Yuffie smiled, and glanced over to Tadashi before he took her hand. “Miss? You don’t remember me, I’m Yu-” she paused oddly as her mouth dropped open, realizing that he wasn’t Raidon. She blinked and stole a glance at Samuel who started laughing at her. “That, liar, she said Raidon didn’t have any brothers….” She thought in shock. “Yeah, it’s nice to meet you! You’re… Raidon’s brother then right?” she asked with a slight embarrassed giggle.
Harumi blushed a bit at the sudden meet, but agreed. “…That’s fine I wanted to talk to you too…” she said softly. She fell silent for a moment before continuing. “How about we meet in the garden in about twenty minutes? We’ll talk then.” She said, cheerfully pecking him on the cheek and going off to her room.

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Lillie was ready as Samuel jumped into her arms and she held him up in a tight hug while he explained that he would have said the same but she was already taken. She giggled, "Yes, that he was a bit quicker, but Samuel my dear i can garentee you will find someone perfect just for you. Even if not, your always loved around here." She smiled as she hugged him for a bit until he let go to watch Tadashi and Yuffie. She giggled a bit more, "Raidon never knew about his brother until fairly recently. It was for his own safety to say the least." She said a bit silently still regretting that part of her past just a bit. She shrugged it off as she smiled a small smile. Tadashi grinned, "I never thought we looked that much alike to say the least." He shrugged, "But It's nice to finally meet you Miss Yuffie." He said kissing the back of her hand like any other gentleman would, before he pulled back his hand slowly. A smile plastered on his face as she looed embarassed. "It's alright really, I'm more well known around her, but even so.. not as much as Raidon."

Raidon nodded, "Sounds good then." He said as she kissed his cheek and he blushed, not expecting it. Before he could say anymore she was off. He grinned to himself and continued, rounding the corner and making his way down the stairs. "Welcome back mom." He said smiling, "Ah Yuffie, you as well, I sure hope mother didn't drag you two around too much." He said with a grin as he took the last step and Lillie glared at him, "What is this? Everyone around here is against me and my shopping trips!" She pouted and Raidon grinned, "Aww mom, we just know how much you love to shop, it's a wonder you can keep so much free space around the castel with those trips of yours. He laughed but walked over to kiss her cheek. "Relax, we still love you. The kiss caught Lillie offguard and she blushed at her foolishness.

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Samuel agreed, half heartedly before watching Yuffie for a while. While they were busy, he snuck over to Yuffie and Tadashi, wanting to get a front row seat of the majority of Yuffie’s embarrassment. “Oh, hey Raidon… Well, now that I actually get a chance to look at you, you don’t look that much alike. I just wasn’t paying attention.” She said oddly blushing out of character as Tadashi kissed her hand. “As usual. She was probably too busy trying to steal your wallet to pay anymore attention, the poor little klepto.” Samuel snickered as Yuffie blushed harder and started to beat the life out of him. “Take it back you little snot!” she lied, even more embarrassed as Samuel continually laughed at her. “Don’t worry… she’s a little feisty too. Just make sure… you guys are never alone… she’ll try and kill you too.” Yuffie dropped Samuel, having enough of his jokes and turned to Tadashi. “I… I’m going to get ready for the party.” She said, too angry and embarrassed to say much else. She started up the stairs and nearly tripped before rushing around the corner after Harumi. Samuel turned to everyone. “Well, we should all do the same too! Let’s get ready to party!” he said cheerfully.
Harumi got to her room and took a shower. She smiled, in her pajamas and sighed, seeing as she only had about five minutes left before she wanted to be in the garden. She wanted to be early, to figure out an easy way to tell everything, with little confusion. As she began to walk out, she ran into Yuffie. “What…? You’re meeting him in that?” she asked, trying to get the last situation out of her head. Harumi nodded. “Yeah, I was going to get ready for bed… why?” she asked. Yuffie smiled, seeing her chance to get back at Samuel and pushed Harumi back into her room. “Here, wear this blue gown instead!” she commanded. Harumi laughed, before realizing she was serious. “No way.” “But, but, it’s hot! You bought it, and I bet Raidon’s never seen it!” Yuffie sang. Harumi glanced at the gown and shook her head before a scowl came over her friends face. “Oh, you’re going to wear it. Or I’ll tell Cloud who really put that dent in his motorcycle!” she said. Harumi sighed, a bit frustrated and snatched the gown. “Fine…”

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Raidon turned to Yuffie and grinned, "Glad you see it now as well. I suppose you hadn't seen the two of us together before anyways, being you are just meeting Tadashi now and all." He said and shrugged, Tadashi nodded, "Yes, well it's not as if I knew mom was storing someone inside the castle. I mean seriously mom, what were you thinking?" He asked turning to see Lillie trying to escape. "Oh no you don't." He called catching her hand in his own, "Where do you think your going ehh?" Lillie giggled nervously, "No where, just getting ready for the party." She was glad when Yuffie spoke of the matter before she rushed off, "Must go." She said slipping out of his grasp and rushing after her. Raidon watched and sighed, "Those two." He said sheking his head as Tadashi grinned, "You know it's nice to have a few more females around, I bet mom has been lonely surrounded by so many guys. Not that she minds, but I bet it still gets to her." He shrugged as Raidon nodded slowly, "Well.. I best be getting ready, Harumi's waiting." He said with a goofy grin as he made to his room to get ready. Tadashi looked to Samuel, "shall we then?" He asked with a grin, he too needed to get ready.
~A few minutes later~
Raidon sat on the bench in the garden, he had put on a bit nicer setup. Not quite a suit but a nice looking shirt and pants, even a tie. He wasn't sure how Harumi would be dressing, he felt a bit overdressed actually as he fidgetted waiting for her. He sighed and looked around as the many scents filled the air around him. He sat back and closed his eyes allowing them to take him away, looking almost peaceful now.

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Samuel smiled and nodded. “Yeah, okay.” He said, following in suit as he made his way back towards his room. He smiled to himself and stopped short. “You know, I don’t think I mind the extra few girls either.” He mumbled.
Harumi watched as Yuffie giggled to herself. She couldn’t stand to look at herself in the mirror. “Well, you’re ready so go!” Yuffie said. Harumi tapped her elbow nervously as Yuffie continually laughed at her. “This is really… I mean, it’s almost see-through.” She said weakly. Stealing a glance at herself she sighed. The silky blue gown was something she really only wore when she was home by herself, where no one could see the cottony lace at the bottom and the top which covered almost everything that really needed to be, minus a few designed lace holes. It held the dress up against her with two small tank top straps. “It’s fine, now go. You said you had twenty minutes right? Well, you’d be on time if you where there now.” She said carelessly. She looked up and Harumi was gone.
When Harumi made it to the garden it didn’t take long to find him. She stood, hiding beside the door until she had enough courage to go out to him. Still, as she was about to meet him, she paused to watch him for a while. He appeared to be sleeping, so she went close to him, assuming he’d gotten there early and fallen asleep. She sat over next to him and cautiously caressed his face, letting her hand trail down to his neck and arm. The thought of leaning closer to kiss him occurred suddenly. Agreeing to her urges, she giggled a bit, completely forgetting about her dress until she realized he was actually awake. Her body seemed to freeze in place, as her face returned to its usual crimson hue, inches away from him.

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Tadashi continued as he passed Samuel's room and grinned, "I bet you don't. It's nice to have a few more faces around." He said stopping to look back over his shoulder as he answered. He smiled as he continued down the hall whistling lightly to himself as he ran all of his outfits through his mind, trying to figure the perfect one for the occasion. Lillie had already passed the girl's room and was making her way to her own room, she found Ryou on the bed looking as if he was waiting for someone. He looked up as she entered, "Oh, Lillie dear." He said with a smile as he opened his arms to her. Lillie smiled, "Nice to see you too hun." She said walking over to sit on his lap and kiss his cheek. "To what do I owe the honor?" She asked as she leaned back, his arms cradeling her. "No reason, just thought we would make an entrance together is all." He said with a grin, Lillie looked him over missing the matter of his suit and tie, "Wow, you look amazing." She said kissing his cheek again as he held her tight. "Now my dear, I have something for you already set." He said as he pointed to their shared bathroom. "I bet you'll liek it." Lillie looked excited as she slipped out of hisarms and into the bathroom to check it out.

Raidon waited only a few seconds before Harumi was there. At first he hadn't noticed as she was so quiet, but then he felt a hand on his cheek and her cute little giggle. Only once he had smiled at the giggle had he opened his eyes. Only to find her face inches from his own, but instead of flinching he smiled a bit more and closed the gap, kissing her lips with the utmost care, the lightest yet most passionate kiss yet. He pulled her closer with an arm wrapped around her shoulders before pulling away slowly. "Hello sweetie." He whispered after a few seconds.

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Yuffie chuckled now and again as she got dressed up. She didn’t know how a royal family party would be, but she really didn’t have many options when it came to outfits. After a while of thinking about how embarrassed her friend might still be, she put on some black capris with an oversized thin chained belt and a white shirt. She smiled, looking through Harumi’s scarves and stole one as well as a small back hat. “Hey Bear, guess what I made Harumi wear to go see Raidon?” she called, leaving the room. She watched as Samuel poked his head out of the door and stare at her the way a hungry lion would. “What…?” he mumbled. Yuffie smiled to herself and laughed louder than usual. “Oh, well it shouldn’t matter. You trust her to be a good girl right?” she asked playfully. Samuel clenched his teeth as she continued. “Because if you interrupt them and screw something up…” Yuffie whistled, sounding ashamed.
Harumi was a bit shocked at first, but she quickly caught on. She kissed him back, astounded by his passion for her and did the same, hoping to show him her feelings as well from the one kiss. It was almost unnoticeable at first, but she’d wrapped her arms around his neck, as he pulled her closer. She smiled, feeling the suddenly security and stared into his eyes as her heart melted. Even the sound of his voice when he whispered seemed to send warm shivers through her body. “Hey… sorry for being late.” She said softly. “I went back to change… good thing I did too, I bet it would be kind of awkward since you got dressed up.”

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Ryou chuckled as he brought out her playful side as she slipped from his arms and disappeared around the corner. He heard the cheerful squeal of delight as she emerged again clinging the drees to her front as she ran out and hugged him. "You remembered!!" She squeaked as she almost hugged him to death. He was caught off guard as he fell back on the bed, with her hovering inches from his face, now bright red. Matching the dress that lay between the two on Ryou's chest. He blinked a few times before grinning, "Of course I did. You think I would forget something once you pointed it out to me? I remember the look on your face when you saw it in the window, begging me to let you try it on. I swear your a little girl with that fashion love of yours." He laughed, "But I think its adorable." He kissed her lips lightly, "Now go change." He said after he pulled back, leaving her even more dazed as she stood, swayed, and stumbled back to change. All the while wondering how he could remeber something like this. She slipped it on over her head, the lace strings criss crossing down to her waist in the backside. The small straps allowing it to hang freely from her shoulders, only a bit above knee length, a bright red in color with the sparkle of what looked like diamonds, all in all more of and expensive but adorable looking dress. He had accented it with a diamond necklace and earings.

Raidon was more than overjoyed as she kissed him back, showing him exactly what he wanted to see, or more so feel. The passion behind the kiss was entirely wonderful, something he wanted to feel every time they kissed, even though just being with her was just perfect enough. He knew it was there and up to fairly recently he had never had the feeling that she was opening up to him a bit more. He remembered the first time he kissed her, she was so reluctant to kiss him back, more or less being embarassed of course. He laughed lightly at the memory that never eft his mind, always stirring when she was around. He felt her arms around his neck, so glad to have that warmth. He blushed slightly, "Yes...well I was slightly unsure of what you would be wearing, I suppose I was more worried on the party factor. Not that I'm wanting any less to spend time with you.. you know.. it.." He paused, seeming to find himself stuttering and sounding like a fool in the end. He sighed, "Sorry, I donno what's gotten into me." He said looking away slightly, he shook it off and looked back at her, "I'm greatful to be able to spend so much time with you, even if it's but a second it seems like so much more." He smiled, wondering how they were going to get through all of this. He knew he wanted everything to be pieced together tonight. With no secrets the marriage would make everything perfect to make it out to be just what they needed.