A New Chapter...

[Animebella]

(Lol stalling perhaps, I have an idea for the cure, but like Ryou continues to rant about, it won't be liked or easy to go about, before the wedding. But I guess we'll see. Plus I was unsure how to word it.. ^^)

Ryou sighed, "I suppose in that case there is no hiding the matter then." Tadashi looked over at him wondering why Samuel was protective but willing to help either way. Ryou continued, "Well all in all the only way to help Raidon in full would be with the one he loves, in return the one that loves him has to.. well.. give or take a bit I suppose. The matter would have worked with me and Lillie had I figured it out sooner. But by killing my brother you eliminated the curse.. in your case though it hasn't gone away. Anyway, Raidon.. well you have to... err.." He paused knowing the reactions before he even said it, "Raidon has to get Harumi in ...bed." He looked away just as Raidon's jaw dropped, he gaped at his father. Tadashi looked to Samuel, he knew the matter would not go over well when he found the solution from reading his father's face. "It's not as bad as it sounds, but the matter of the wedding, I assume everything being said and done the traditional way. None of that would happen until after the wedding, but I'm afraid if this curse isn't gone soon then something terrible may occur." He sighed, "I trust Raidon well enough to stay sound throughout the wedding, but if anything were to go wrong not only Cloud, but mother will kill us." Tadashi frowned, "I'm sure you agree that something has to be done correct Samuel?" He was grimacing knowing that Samuel's reaction would be the one to fear.

Lillie watched Yuffie as she went on and on about this or that, throwing punches, and kicking the air until Potatoe took on the job of keeping the store and everyone safe from her. Lillie shook her head, "I suppose, but I'll have no violence at this wedding, I only want a simple marriage, nothing extravagant or nothing too small...." She was off on a tangent all her own until Harumi's voice brought her back and she looked over at her. "Hmm.. oh, yes of course hun, I bet you anything that Raidon will be in awe in anything you wear. he loves you, that's the point of being a guy, and if he's not i'll kick his butt." She was serious but she said it with a smile, confusing everyone around her. She giggled, "Why not keep that one to the side and try a few more." She helped her back in and took out the ones that she had tried and replaced them with her armfull. "Take your time, we'll be here." She said closing te door behind her.

[Anjel]

((xD *cracking up* I guess that makes sense huh? Yeah, I’d need help wording that too.))

Samuel held back a furious shout. One could almost see the real bear inside of him roaring with rage and suddenly, he tried to be serious. He couldn't stand to look up at them as red as his face had become. He lowered his face to the table and sat quietly for a while, as if time itself had stopped. "Right... so..." he paused trying to figure out something to say and looked up gradually, his hand where his blush would be. "Okay so this is no problem... as long as Aria and I will keep Cloud under control… this was going to happen anyway right?" he glanced at Raidon, a very real and dangerous scowl came over his face. "But if you touch her before the wedding, I swear..." Samuel trembled incredibly upset. The solution would have happened anyway but he didn't care. He saw Harumi the same ways everyday of his life: his saintly mother or his innocent little friend. "No one is going to say anything to her about this and... and..." he turned into a stuffed animal and pouted under the table. "Dammit I should have made her a nun when I had the chance." he shouted in his small little bear language. He cursed and shouted, never expecting to have one of his misdeeds backfiring on him. Really, what kind of lie could he tell Cloud? Finally after a while he laid down in the chair. “Ryouta you are really quiet interesting coming in here so coolly… so for that, you can explain to cloud.” He said, pointing at him with his small stuffed paw. He blinked wondering if they could understand him.
Yuffie scoffed, “Well then I suppose you should hire more security…” Harumi smiled. “I guess but…” she let her voice trail off as she separated through the next few dresses. She evened it out until there were only a three dresses left. “Okay, I’ve narrowed it down to three… here’s the first one…” Harumi said. She smiled, liking it the least of the three but wanting a second opinion.

[Animebella]

(Lol I tried, but it seemed to have a great effect on Samuel ^^ Poor thing)

Ryouta looked back at Samuel seeing as he had disappeared from sight slinking under the table he sighed. Looking to Raidon, his face was bright red as he sat there gaping at him wondering why in the world that would help the matter. Plus.. it..it wa just odd. He haden't even thought about going that far, even though it seemed to be a tradition on the honey moon. He shivered and looked away. Tadashi looked to his father, "Are you positive this is the only way?" He nodded slowly, "The true cure is to embrace your lover, seemingly it does make perfect sense." Tadashi nodded slowly as Samuel reappeared from under the table, he was back in a teddy bear form so everything he said they were unable to understand. Ryou sighed, "I knew it would come to this. Look they can wait until after the wedding but I can be assured that Lillie will kill me if something goes wrong. Raidon.. are you able to keep your temper or whatnot down until that time?" He asked looking back to him, Raidon looked up and heaved a heavy sigh, "I suppose I will have to. But what makes you think harumi will even go along with this?" he asked, "She's been so..." He paused bitting his lip before he could say any more. "Nevermind. I'll do what you need me to." He said looking away.

Lillie sighed, "Yes yes... the more the merrier. I suppose.. but I have the best in the area.. I think we should be fine." She smiled and looked back to harumi who had gone back to the stall and now came out with another one on. "Hmm... pretty, but not as much as the last one." She looked over at Yuffie, "What do you think? I still say the first one." The store clerk was taking the unwanted dresses and was already out of sight ruunning around to put them away. When she returned she grinned, "I donno that one makes her look pretty good as well." She shrugged, "But I agree on the first one so far."

[Anjel]

Samuel grew angrier as he turned back into a man. “I said you are telling Cloud. I refuse to tell him the only way to save his precious daughter’s fiancé is to allow her to sleep with him! Don’t you think he’s going to start wondering why the curse can’t be broken until after the wedding? And how is he suppose to know when we still haven’t figured out what sets him off?” Samuel sat down again. He puffed up before standing to leave. “I’ll be back I need to go eat something…” he mumbled, slamming the door behind him.
Yuffie agreed, a bit uncaring but again pointed out another battling interference. Harumi took the next dress, since it was her favorite. With one sheer sleeve and a long slit on the side she smiled. It wasn’t very traditional, but she loved it. “Okay, how about this one?” she asked, a bit overly excited. Yuffie blinked reading her right away. “It’s awesome! And you can hide a gun… you know… but since there’s not gonna be a fight, it’s still awesome!” she said. Harumi smiled and turned to Lillie.

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Ryouta grimaced at the slamming of the door and slumped back into his chair, "So much for that explination." he puffed, as Raidon looked to the door then back, "Who said he even has to know? He already told Cloud the curse is lifted, it's only natural for that on the honey moon. He has to allow her to life after were together no?" Tadashi looked over to his brother and nodded slowly, "If Cloud is her guardian he has every say in the matter though. Unless... " Raidon perked up, "Unless what?" he growled, "Unless he wishes to stay in her life, even though Harumi and you will be married, If he's not willing to give her up so easily this may prove quite difficult." Ryou nodded slowly, "Less there is something that will set you off while he is here then I vote to keep the matter under our hats. Less of course you two disagree with me? I may be the king around here but I hiighly doubt he will take a matter like this so lightly." It wasn't lying to Cloud, so long as nothing happened then everything would go smoothly. If not.. well.. they would all have h8ll to pay.

Lillie watched Harumi head back in and looked around as she waited for her to appear again, once she did Lillie grinned. "Everything aside, that one is beautiful. Not traditional, but I still think it does wonders on your features, soft and elagant but at the same time sweet and sexy." She winked at her, "I think we have a winner then." She started back to the store over to the jewlery to find the best pair of earings and necklace to match.

[Anjel]

Samuel walked into the kitchen and sat grimly at a stool. He put his head on the table and waited for the chef. “What’s wrong Samuel… cheer up. I don’t see what the problem is…” a voice from within him called. Samuel sighed and mumbled under his breath, silencing his friend who quickly left him alone. He’d finally done something that would really come back to bite him. Then again, there was always the chance that she would help him out of it the way she always had: taking care of Harumi as her grandmother, making Licht human, banning Harumi from the forest, destroying Cloud’s house. Every time he’d gotten or someone around him got in trouble Aria was there to help. But this was a bit different. She couldn’t help him let go of Harumi.
Harumi smiled and went back inside. She got redressed and showed the dress off. “I know right…?” she said quietly. Yuffie smiled and walked off, following Lillie. Harumi watched them both leave and stole a glance at herself in the mirror. She sat down suddenly different and leaned her head against the wall sadly. After a while Yuffie came back, wondering why she hadn’t come along. “Hey, what’s wrong with-?” she paused sensing something suddenly. “It’s not that I don’t love him Yuffie… I do, so much… but… all of the bad memories that could reappear later. I mean, hiding your past doesn’t usually go well with a vow to always be honest, you know?” she said unable to tear her eyes from her mirror image. Yuffie took hold of her knife and crept closer. “Even though most of that is probably true…” she stabbed something just above her head that quickly appeared as a small red apple. “That’s just your past talking too. Now lets go before it has anymore effect on you.” She said dragging her out of the room.

[Animebella]

The chef walked out to find his friend looking mighty depressed, he walked out and over to place a hand on Samuel's shoulder. "My friend, what seems to be troubling you?" He asked as he looked him over trying to find the problem before spoiling him with his favorite dish. Raidon looked to his father then to his brother. It seemed everything was over, he had to keep his "problem" undercontrol and somehow get Harumi with him after the wedding. Heck he didn't even know where they were off to after the wedding. He hung his head before pushing back and walking over to the door. "I'll be in my room." He somewhat growled before walking out and sulking to his room. Ryou looked up hearing the chair on the floor then looked to Tadashi. "What a disater." He said and Tadashi nodded, "I have some things to deal with, you should probably go find Samuel and make sure everything is alright with him." He said pushing out of his own seat leaving Tadashi there alone.

Lillie had finished with the choosings and she was making her way back to the changing rooms. She met up with the other two and looked into the stall. "Is something the matter Harumi?" She asked, wondering why the two haden't come out yet. Though something seemed wrong, but what was the problem?

[Anjel]

Samuel shrugged. “Harumi’s not going to be the same after she gets married you know? Like all those other married women. They act differently and then, kids appear. I’m suppose to be happy for her but seriously? Kids? Do you know how scary that is for me? Or worse, what it takes to have kids? She’s still a kid herself! She should wait right? Until she’s at least thirty. Maybe even when she’s in her twenties, but now…?” he sighed. “Do you have anything that could take my mind off of it? I think I need a drink.” He said, slumping down in his chair. He really didn’t know what he was talking about, but it was so common to hear about it in movies, that he assumed it was normal during this time period.
Yuffie jumped, running into Lillie but smiled. “Nothing, just some girl talk right Harumi?” she asked, punching her arm. Harumi blinked, finally out of her trance. She looked at Yuffie who was nodding and nodded. “We’ve decided the brides maid’s can wear these cute scorts too! They’re half dresses like the one she has and half shorts!” she said. Harumi frowned a bit but agreed. “Yeah, I suppose it doesn’t really matter what the brides maid’s wear since I only have one.” She said. Yuffie laughed, “Yeah, one plus three! You forgot Yoh’s wife Anna, Aeris, and… I think Cloud’s bringing your grandmother. Who’s not your grandmother… something like that I guess.”

[Animebella]

The chef smiled, "My dear boy, you are troubled indeed. Let Chef Paolo help you out then." He smiled before disappearing for a second to hand out a few orders then returned, He sat down across from Samuel and smiled, "Harumi is still Harumi no matter what happens to her. I'm unsure that she would agree to have kids at the age she stands at but I still think everything will be fine." He patted his shoulder lightly before disappearing into the kitchen again. Tadashi sighed lightly, "So much for a great wedding." he mumbled to himself before standing up and walking out of the room and towards the kitchen. Once there he found Samuel sitting over to the side looking distressed. Tadashi bit his lower lip before walking over and sitting next to him, not saying a word.

Lillie was still suspicious of the two, but it was soon forgotten when they started speaking of the bride's mate's dresses and what not. A grin had spread across her face, "then we should make certain we have everything we need. If we need to order something we should do it now to be sure everything will be ready on time." She looked to Harumi about to question her again but turned back towards the store clerk who was busy chatting away to another customer.

[Anjel]

Samuel glanced over at Tadashi as his friend filed back into the kitchen. He sighed and tried chipping the paint off of the table with his nails. “So, how’s Raidon taking it? I stormed out so I don’t know what’s happened.” He said. He thought about what Paolo was telling him and continued, “Because it’s really not that bad of a cure right? It was inevitable anyway.” He grumbled trying to sound at least a bit better so not to lose his company.
Harumi glanced at Yuffie who brushed her away. “Just go along with it. You haven’t missed anything.” She said glancing at the dresses. “Okay, blue, silver, or yellow?” she asked, picking up a few of them. Harumi pointed at the yellow one. It looked the most like a dress and somewhat matched her own dress. “So you’re not even going to tell me what happened?” Harumi asked, glancing at the small apple in Yuffie’s pocket. Yuffie took a small head band from a rack and put it in her pocket. “Good because that one has pockets. I can hold my knives and weapons in there without Lillie noticing.” She said, looking for more useless items to steal. Harumi put the headband back, accustomed to the klepto symptoms her friend had. “So after this what’s next Lillie?” Harumi asked allowing the subject to change.

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Tadashi looked over at Samuel when he noticed he had arrived. He could see he was upset, but at the same time he looked, well okay with the whole matter. Then he asked about Raidon, "He's... well.. he sort of..stormed out much like you. But more on the lost puppy dog kind of matter. I assume I'll make a trip to his room after I finish talking with you. I wanted to make sure you were alright before hand. It must be tough to take all of this in, if I had known ahead of time I would have told father to keep quiet. But no, it's nothing horrible, it's not as if he needed to have kids with her or anything of the sort." he said trying to help out a bit, he shrugged. "The matter cannot be helped, we should just be happy that there is a way to cure it."

Lillie was looking around when she heard Harumi ask for her. She turned to see her holding a few more dresses and she smiled, "Glad to see you have everything then. We should pay and then make it to our next stop then." She ushered the two to the counter and waited as the clerk rang everything up.

[Anjel]

Samuel glanced over at him and smiled a bit gruffly, “Yeah, your dad needs to work on his people skills… coming in smiling like that.” He muttered. “I think
I’ll go with you though. I don’t know if food is really going to help me right now…” he said, getting up.
Harumi smiled and agreed as she got yuffie to stop stealing. Once they were done Yuffie ran off ahead. She smiled thinking about the pen she’d stolen from the clerks desk. “I can’t wait for lunch!” Yuffie said oddly. Harumi glanced at her and smiled. “Just wait Yuffie, there’s a little restaurant at the castle you know?” she said. Yuffie smiled and shrugged. “Yeah I know.” She said, happy to have at least stolen something and gotten away with it.

[Animebella]

Tadashi nodded slowly, "Yeah, he was never good with those sorts of things, mom usually takes care of the speeches or what not, he just follows a script." He grinned, "But that's just him." He paused as Samuel said he would accompany him now. "I bet Raidon would appreciate that then." He said smiling at him as he stood up to follow him, "I'll let Paolo know and you can come back for whatever it was he was making for you a bit later then." He smiled, "I'll be right with you." He walked past the swinging doors and told Paolo, after done he came back out and started down the hallway, catching up with Samuel.

Lillie was behind them as they put their stuff in carriage, "Okay, no we can either check flowers and decorations or we can go for the cake store, I have yet to perfect the menu as well." She said as she climbed in after the other two. "So what do you think?"

[Anjel]

Samuel continued walking. He stopped at Raidon’s door and sighed. “You go in first, I’m not good at cheering guys up.” He said, crossing his arms. He watched as Tadashi caught up and glanced back at the door. He wondered what Raidon was doing. He was probably the most upset but Samuel couldn’t seem to feel any worse for him. After all one would think the cure would be in Raidon’s favor, but then again, Samuel didn’t want to think about it. It only made him sick.
“I think we should ask Sanji to do it.” Harumi said as if she’d waited the entire day to ask. Yuffie glanced at her and rolled her eyes. “Sanji only cooks for women going through a divorce now.” She said grumpily. Harumi crossed her arms and sighed, “Figures…” she mumbled softly. “Let’s do the cakes and food next anyway though. I was thinking of a winter theme, but I’m not sure how that would look on a cake.” She said, looking out the carriage window as if trying to picture one. She shrugged and Yuffie sighed. “I say we go with a white cake with two little people on it like the movies. Then you can give Bear the little people to play dolls with since you’ll be with Raidon for the few days afterwards. Honeymoon and stuff. Then he won’t be so lonesome.” She said chuckling a bit.

[Animebella]

Tadashi caught up and nodded, "Perhaps your right. I assume he won't be all to happy to have visitors." He shrugged before knocking a few times on his brother's door. There was a shuffeling from the opposite side, and after a few minutes the door opened to reveal a distressed looking Raidon. "What is it?" He somewhat growled, giving off an aroura of not being too happy, but also having a tad bit of confusion and sadness. Tadashi looked him over, "Can we talk?" He questioned, seeing how his brother was not himself. Raidon sighed but nodded, "Sure.. come in." he said ushering the two in and closing the door behind them. Tadashi hesitated but walked in, making his way over to the couch and sitting down. Raidon followed the two in and sat down in one of the arm chairs across from the couch, "What do you want to talk about? The matter my life is falling apart.. or the part that Harumi will hate me fore life.. you know I have no need for any of this. This is supposed to be a great time in life, not something so stressful that makes me feel as if I'm a worthless thing." He growled, his anger somewhat getting the best of him.

Lillie told the driver as they started off and she looked back at the two, giggiling at the idea. "I think that sounds perfect, but there's still so much to consider, layers, flavors, decorations on the cake.. you know all of the good stuff." She smiled, "I've always worried about not having enough, but this time I think the bigger the better. We'll have a lot attending and I want to make sure that it appeals to almost everyone. As for the food, I can have Chef Paolo make us up a couple banquet tables of everything under the sun. Of course we will need a catering team to help him out, keping it stocked and what not.. but maybe I'll leave that matter up to him. I can send you all in to request your favorites and he can build on that." She smiled making mental notes of everything now.