The Chasers: Darkness' Fold

[Reno]

OOC: FINALLY PAGE 3!

Roxas' brows furrowed, his eyes disapporving and disvelieveng but he let it alone. Sometimes even couples had to have their secrets. Or maybe he really was mad about last night and just wasn't saying anything?

Coffee... shit he forgot to make some. "Sure!" He called down, before turning away and going to the coffee maker. It was odd having Axel up so early... the only times the red-head had ever been dragged out this early was once for his birthday two years ago... and that one time the river in the Nexus guarden flooded and everyone was at their door, unsure of what to do.

Turns out it had backed up because the river downstream had been backed up by some wood that had been carried down the river and blocked one of the tunnels - no big deal.

Roxas searched the cupboard and grabbed down two cups, one that was black with orange flames painted on it - and another that was white with a red cat painted on it that said 'Someone like you only comes around once in 9 lifes'. It was a joke gift from Axel himself. Sometimes you just have to laugh in the face of death.

Axel was just coming up the stairs again once the coffee was reaqdy and Roxas poured two cups, getting Axel's ready the way he liked it before handing it to him with a soft smile and a kiss to the cheek. "Here. Morning." He turned away, adding sugar and creamer to his own.


Aqua sat in the seperated room - after all the bride could not see the bride - it was bad luck. And she knew Olette and Aerith were working on Fuu's dress among other things today.

Getting ready for... one week from now. The wedding itself.

She took a deep breath, staring at the dress hanging from the top of the closet door. She, unlike Fuu, knew how to sew clothes completely. Comes wth living a peasant life in which even clothes were too expensive - she had learned all the way back when she was 8. It was one of the few useful things her mom taught her besides cooking.

"Holy fuck what ARE you doing?" Ven asked, his eyebrows rising as he stepped into Aqua's room of their old base, seeing the woman sitting on the bed, a needle in hand.
"Sewing." She said simply, as she drew the needle though hole in her shirt - heartless really did cause problems sometimes.
".......... TERRA!" Ven cried suddenly.
"Damn it WHAT!?" Came the harsh voice of their leader as he walked next to the blonde, his frame cutting out the rest of the threshold.
"Look." Ven said pointed at Aqua.
"Just ignore them." She muttered under her breath as she continued her task, drawing the needle again and again.
"The fuck is she doing...?"
"Sewing."
"Sew....ing?"
"................. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Both boys suddenly erupted, tears coming to their eyes as they laughed.
"THATS IT FUCKERS!" Aqua screeched through her shirt aside and sntaching up her spear.
"hahaha-oh shit!" They yelped turning and running off as they got chased by their psychotic friend.

The funny thing was... that jackass Terra knew how to sew too. He just made sure no one ever knew it - until of course he started having to take care of the wounds he inflicted on Ven.

As far as making the dresses went.. well Aqua wanted them to match in some way - but she wasn;t allowed to know what it looked like. That made desgning hers... tough. So, for some guidance she asked what colors Fuujin;s dress had.

White, mostly white, with some blue at the top and very little red. She had no idea what a 'little' red meant or where it was or anything - and some blue at the top meant what exactly?

It wasn't much to go on - so she made Seifer the resident image consultant. His job was - in as little detail as possible - to go and check out one dress compared to the other and make little suggestions on how it could be better in such and such way and what needed to be more and what needed to be less.

It was actually more frustrating then she thought it would be especially when she had to sit through Seifer's little unhelped comments. Like: "No no, you don't want the frills trust me cause uh... just trust me!" or "No no thats all wrong you need to make it bigger." "How?" "Well..... uh.... I don't know."

He was fired in like a week. She didn't dare appoint either Ven or Terra - they were already snickering over her sewing her own wedding dress. Besides with Terra's sense of fashion... she was scared what he would come up with. And Ven... sucked with colors.

So she just started to make guesses - dragging Olette or Aerith aside every once and awhile and asking their opinion.

She still wasn't sure if she liked it or not - it was at these times that she wished she was a boy. Men had such simple clothing. Then again they loved to complicate them with a whole bunch of belts, chains, zippers and pockets that served absolutely no purpose.

Olette and Aerith however reassured her that it looked perfect. Aqua wasn;t just worried about how it would look next to Fuujin... but if it would look good on her period. Her wedding was the one day she was supposed to go all out and she wasn;t exactly girly enough to 'go' all out with. If it wasn;t for Fuujin she never would have even considered going back to cute dresses and pretty skirts again.

But now, on a day only 168 hours from now, she'd have to be the most dressed up ever in her life - and she had to admit she was feeling a little self-concious. She already knew from the colors that Fuujin would look stunning. the white would bring out her skin, and the blue her silvery hair and the red would accent her eyes. She didn;t know what the dress looked like persay but she knew it was perfect... she however was not so certain.

Her wedding dress itself was... well to her rather revealing. Since
Fuujin had gone with white, she went with black. It was low cut exposing her a good portion of her back, and her collarbone, shoulders and arms comletely - the dress only held up by thin straps that curled around her neck and tied into a bow. the stings of the bow however were longer then need be, trailing down her back and at the ends of each was a small metal charm. One a silvery dragon and the other a chakram.

She had created a floral design of white flowers and cerulean blue swirls (imitating wind) across the chest - and also mimiced it at the bottom where the dress flared out more, where strips in the material revealed a white slip underneath. Her shoes of course had to be bought. High heels, black with straps that curled and locked around the ankles.

She and Fuujin both disagreed about wearing veils - it'd be kinda silly to have to lift up one and then the other and it didn;t seem fair if only one of them wore one they wanted to be sequal... so it was skipped.

Rather then wearing a train Aqua had found a tiara that she would place in her hair. It was made of thin silvery-white metal that stood out in her hair - and it was a simple design of a water serpant with red gems for eyes. She had to thank Sora for inspiring that little piece. His story definitely did wonders for symbolism.

Aqua bit her lip, worrying it. Other then that, the only red she'd be wearing would be on her lips... and she had chosen a very light color eye shadow as well as some blush, eyes liner and mascara. She knew she was ready but-

"Are you SURE its okay?" she asked again.

"Jeez Aqua, if you want to try modifying it in the next seven fucking days be my guest." The exasperated brunette said, shaking his head. Women! "It looks FINE!"

"That means its horrible."

"Huh?!"

"Terra you wear pant-skirts for fucks sake! You know NOTHING if fashion!"

"S-SHUT UP!" The brunette blushed darkly as he scowled. He and Ven himself had more important things to worry about anyways. THERE ceremony would take place not long after Fuu and Aqua's wedding. Considering they proposed at the same time, they might as well get hitched around the same time.

"Well, we could try reverse psychology." A gruff blonde spoke up, smirking. "Aqua you're a fucking cow in that dress you should burn it."

"... Seifer shut up." The woman grumbled, crossing her arms. "Reverse psychology only works when you don't announce it as reverse psychology.... idiot."

Terra rolled his eyes, but then suddenly he felt his heart - strengthen? His eyebrows furrowed, thinking of Ven. What in the world was he doing?


Lucina licked her lips as she typed rapidly, trying to out-key her brother. He usually won everything of coruse but there was no harm in trying to beat him at a friendly competition.

The wedding was really soon though - she hoped all the invitations would find everyone well! She knew the only way the design finally got chosen though was cause aunt fuu complained that if they didnlt send them out soon everyone was gonna miss their wedding - even themseleves.


"Well at least I'M not the one with low-self esteem!"

"Low self-esteem?! Come here and say that again chickenshit!"

"Oh so now you have to steal my INSULTS too?! Is it too much for you to admit you might actually look NICE in woman's clothing you fucking dyke!"

Seifer had gotten incredibly good at speaking Chaser-nese.

"Well Sei, if YOU like it so much come here and let me cut your fucking balls off so YOU can wear the goddamned dress, pussy willow!"

Unfortunetly he was no match for Aqua.

Terra shook his head about to continue, or possibly halt, the small argument when... when something seemed to pass through him. His head turned sharply to look towards the door, his eyes darkening.

Delicious.

Blue irises went wide and his fingers curled into the bedsheets.

No... No not now. Please god no.

"Terra?" He heard Aqua call, sounding concerned. He had to get out of here.

The brunette glanced at her and chuckled. "Sorry I'm just... gonna go see what's taking Ven." He jumped up, trying to act natural as he left and not as if he wanted to go run and hide under the blankets or something. The door shut behind him.

Fuck, I thought you were gone.

I'm part of you Terra. I will never be gone.

FUCK JUST GO AWAY!

I will never go away.

Terra was incredibly happy that the hall was empty. The brunette groaned softly as he leaned against the wall, a hand working its way into his hair as he tried to regulate his breathing and slow down his heart.

Didn't you taste it? It was sweet... if only you had reached out and grabbed it.

What... what made the wolf rise again? Could it be... that because the blood bonding ceremony was so close the Atterian side of him had grown expectant? That had to be it...

Terra...

Nerves for the date that was drawing nearer and nearer must of weakened his resolve against the wolf somehow... "Fuck..." He whispered, wishing he could scream. The fight had begun again.

[Rikugurl]

Axel sighed as he closed the lid and shook his head. He thought all those weird feelings for Ven were gone... and... why was it so violent? He sighed and shook his head and slowly walked up the stairs and into the kitchen.

He smiled as he slowly took the coffee and received a sweet kiss from his husband. Ah... that was much better.
When Roxas turned, he walked over and wrapped his arm around the other's waist, kissing him on the neck. "Morning~"

He took a sip of his coffee and sighed happily. God, he was a man who loved his coffee.


Fuu closed her eye and nodded, looking back at the mirror.
"You know Aqua has been working really hard on her dress. She wants to make sure everything is perfect... and that she matches with you." Aerith smiled as she rubbed the other's arm.

"At least Aqua is multi-talented... I can't do anything."
Aerith sighed softly as she saw the woman's sad face. "You know that's no---"

"HEY!"
A bright voice came at them as the door opened and closed. A brunette woman in orange walked over and smiled, looking Fuu up and down. "Uh? That pout doesn't make the dress look good at all!" She smiled as she tilted her head.
"Maybe she should just marry the dress then..."

"Fujin! Knock that off right now! You haven't had one good thing to say about yourself since this started! You have to be happy that someone wants to spend the rest of their life with you! I know I was."

"There's divorce..."

"That's illegal on this ship!" Olette stomped and frowned.

"She doesn't think she can do anything..." Aerith frowned at the thin woman.

"Can't do anything!?" She frowned and looked back up at Fuu. "You can do things! You helped capture so many keyblades with your Pain majick... and there is no way in hell that I could fight with those Chakrams of yours!"

"I was more helpful as a Nobody..."

Olette gasped and Aerth shook her head.
"FUJIN FAIRHOLM!" Olette put her hands on her hips as her face got red. "With all this negativity, you're going to bring bad luck to the wedding! YOUR wedding!" She suddenly pulled the woman down from the stool and dragged her over to the mirror. Aerith gasped and quickly held up the trail.

"NOW LOOK! You can't honestly THINK that the woman in that dress is ugly!"
Fuu sighed and looked up slightly, seeing herself closer.
"And we're not even done with you yet! We have beautiful jewelry and shoes. Make-up and gems! Do you still think you should be called a Nobody?"

Fuu's red eye looked away and softly shook her head. "No..."
"Alright then!"


Gunnar glanced at his sister as he continued to type. He looked back and slowly started to misspell words. "ACK!" He cried and hit the backspace key.

Eventually, Lucina finished. He smiled happily as she seemed shocked and delighted that she won. Gunnar wouldn't tell her than he let her won on purpose. Ever since that silver haired man touched his ankle and he was infected with that Mako... he seemed to beat his sister at everything.

He didn't like being the best at everything... not with having a big sister that he loved.

He leaned back in his chair and smiled. "So you're being the flower girl again?" He asked as he looked at her.


Ven walked back into th belly of the shirt and headed down the small hallway and then turned the corner. He needed to get back to Aqua's room to see how she was doing.

He stopped dead in his tracks as he felt something tug in the hole in his chest where his heart was suppose to be pounding. He frowned as he leaned on the wall and held his chest. This feeling... he remembered it.

The wolf.

His eyes darkened and a flash of yellow passed but he shut his eyes tightly. He reluctantly pushed himself off the wall and continued to walk, his black boots clicking against the steel floor.

He turned another corner and his eyes widened, seeing Terra gripping his hair.
"Terra?"

[Reno]

Roxas smiled fondly as he receieved the kiss. Now that was the Axel he knew and loved. Caring and considerate and way too in love with coffee.

He sipped on his own drink, more sugared then Axel could take. He somehow liked the bitter taste of coffee - roxas only liked the caffine. He glanced over at their son, laughing a bit, seeing he was already quite dirty. "I have a feeling we;re going to need to have bath rime this morning." He smiled, nudging Axel towards the table. "Let me get you breakfast."


Seifer and Aqua shared a look as their leader unexpectedly left. they knew something was wrong - but when Terra didn't want people to worry about him he had a tendency to avoid them. That was just how he was - he didn't think leaders were allowed to have weaknesses. The only one he openly showed them to... was Ven.

Seifer sighed, then glanced at Aqua, trying to change the subject. "So... who's taking whose last name?"

"Uh..." Aqua blinked blankly. "Uh oh..."

"What?"

"We uh... never discussed that." Aqua said, blushing at her forgetfullness.

"Oh brillant."

"Well! I guess we'll discuss it tonight." she mumbled looking back towards the dress, feeling something overcome her from the paopu connection. Some sort of... depression.

The thing that worried her... was each and every day that passed and got closer and closer to the wedding, Fuujin's eyes got more and more dull, rather than more happy.

She was told from Aerith that Fuujin's self-esteem was far from being up - and Aqua understood. She knew Fuu had... ways of knocking herself down unfairly - thinking every little mistake made her ugly or something. And sometimes the blue-haired woman hated it, because she wasn't Sora for god's sake. When it came to encouragement and motivation she... sucked at it. after all, her method of knocking sense in to people was usually combined with slapping...

Sometimes she just wished for once 'I love you' could fix all the problems in the world...

"Seifer can you do me a favor?" Aqua murmured - knowing that her lover was getting in her wedding dress.

"Yeah?"

"Could you go and see if Fuujin's alright?"

"Uh... sure." The blonde spoke, a little confused by the request but he made no protestsd as he stood and walked for the door. Why did she suddenly look so sad...?


Lucina blinked hearing her brother make an odd noise and grinned knowing he had messed up. If she hurried...

The little girl typed faster - having little hope but a big heart as she attempted what was usually impossible. That was when she chimed 'I'm done!' and Gunnar just smiled saying he wasn;t, she was honestly shocked she had won.

She giggled. "I'm the typist queen!" She nodded, but when she heard her brother ask she smiled again. "Uh huh. It's gonna be fun!"


"Terra?"

Terra's eyes snapped open at the call, recognizing the voice instantly, and he sighed looking at the other. There was a little set back about his lover not having a heart - or even really a life - of his own. Ven's nonexistent heart could offer no support in this battle...

However, just having his presence worked wonders. He felt the wolf back down. He knew why... the wolf believed Ven to be his mate as much as Terra did - they both loved him and strived to protect him. The wolf would NEVER ever act out against the blonde unless Terra conceded to the idea. And of course that would never happen.

The brunette smiled shakily, "I'm okay... but he's back." He murmured softly. Not that Ven couldn't already tell. The Atterian sighed bowing his head, unable to stop the feeling of helplessness overcome him. Would this never end? He hated feeling this sort of weakness - he was an ATTERIAN for fuck;s sake. He was ANYTHING but weak... except in the face of himself.

However, before Ven could offer any sort of comfort, or Terra say anything to reassure him - the door behind them slid up. both the blonde and brunette looked up, seeing their pilot stepping from Aqua's 'bride's' room a troubled look on his face.

Terra caught a glimpse of the woman inside - seeing her huddled frame on the bed just before the door slid shut, cutting off all sound. "What's wrong?" He demanded, hating to see one of his longtime friends looking so... down.

"I have no idea - I think it's Fuu." Seifer explained with a shrug. "I'm off to go check on her - make sure she's not slitting her wrists and whatnot."

"Not funny." Terra barked as the blonde walked past and down the hall, heading for the room Fuujin was in one hall down. The brunette sighed, a troubled look in his eyes. One problemat a time damn it! He glanced at Ven, shrugging. "We'll... talk about it later - I think Aqua needs a bit of a pick me up." He was worried about both of them. Fuujin, from what he gathered, was having a bad case of low self-esteem, while Aqua was suffering with it and becoming more and more uncertain that what she had done was right. It was silently beginning to tick Terra off.

It didn't make sense - after seeing how enthralled Sora had been and how silently happy Roxas had gotten - or how caring riku had gotten and how hyper Axel had - fuujin and aqua's reactions completely baffled him. This WAS a happy ceremony WASN'T it?!


Seifer walked down the hall, one hand shoved in a pocket as he apporached a door, pressing a button near the door so his voice could be let into the room. "Hey... is it okay if I come in?"

[Rikugurl]

OOC: I MISS MY BABY! TAT

"I'm okay... but he's back."
The blonde frowned as he started to walk over slowly. He knew exactly what that meant. But why? What had triggered him after all these years? He wondered if it had anything to do with that feeling he got when he saw World's End.
He had to remember that whatever effected him, did so to Terra too.

That was also a downside about the Paopu.
He wasn't only connected to Terra... but the beast inside of him. Terra had explained that Ven was also the wolf's mate. The wolf would never go after him... but if he became hungry enough, he would suck in Ven's energy to aid his own... seeing that they were one with the majick of the fruit.
Ven was nothing but energy... so if the wolf sucked it all up, Ven would disappear.

Even Yen Sid didn't understand how Ven remained a Somebody. Tectonically, he should be Nobody, but Mickey pointed out that Ven still had his heart.. it just didn't do anything.
It was a mystery of the Paopu... and Yen Sid still wanted to know its secret.

Neither Terra or Ven wanted to remember the fact that Ven was technically dead... especially during copulating.
Seifer made a comment about Terra being a necrophiliac but that was a sorry day for the blonde.
Aerith stated that she had heard even odder things... so that made them feel a bit better.

He was about to ask if there was something he could do when he too saw the door open and said blonde came out.
Ven frowned at the comment and watched the blonde walk down the hallway to the other room where Aerith, Olette and Fuu were busy at work.

He too was shocked about how dark the ship seemed to get every day. He saw less and less of Fuu everyday as she hide herself away in the only spare room left.
All their depression and planning was even interrupting his and Terra's ceremony... but theirs would be much more smaller anyway.

He looked back at Terra as he started to speak again and nodded.
The door opened and the two Chasers entered.
It was just the three of them... like old times. Ven liked it a lot when just three of them got together.
He sat down next to the blue haired woman on the bed and frowned, seeing her look so down.

"What's up, Aquafina?"


Olette sighed and shook her headed, trying to figure out what to do... but when she heard her husband's voice, her eyes lit up.
Seifer!
Seifer was an orphan too! AND he grew up with Fujin!
"Yes! Yes! Come in!"

Aerith blinked and looked back, seeing the door open and the fellow walking in.

Olette walked over and hugged the man, whispering in his ear.
"Fuu thinks she's ugly, knock some sense into her."

[Reno]

Terra sighed as they walked in, looking down at his second best friend with a frown. Ven and Aqua had always been his companions through thick and thin - they'd always been there to knock some sense into him.

He wouldn't be much of a friend back if he couldn't do the same.

Aqua cracked a small smile at the familar nickname, glancing at the blonde in the corner of his eye. "Isn't it obvious Ventura?" She sighed, stretching her legs out so they hung over the side of the bed, looking towards her bare toes. "Ever since the day after I asked... Fuu, she's just been closing herself off to me and - I don't know what to do anymore."

"I thought... marriages made people happier - not sadder." She grumbled a little testily, but their was a tone of desperation their as well. She still remembered a day, long, long ago standing in the kitchen against her mother for the last time - the fight heated and painful. "Maybe mom was right... maybe I'm not worth marrying."

Terra blinked, the scoffed. Was it like a Chaser trend to have fucked-up parents? "Yeah and maybe my parents were right and I'm fucking unlovable. Or maybe Sirocco's right and what Ven and me are doing is completely wrong." He glanced at Ven then growled at the bluette. "Come on Aqua, parents don't know shit."

Aqua snorted, looking away her eyes narrowed. "Well what the fuck am I supposed to do?!"

Terra scratched the back of his head, giving that some honest thought. "Your asking me?" He joked softly.

"Right sorry Ter, I forgot you suck at social delicacies. Didn't even know how to fucking propose..."


Seifer tilted his ehad as he heard his wife practically begging him to come in. Ut oh. He blinked but some the door slid open and he walked in slowly, practically tasting all the doom and gloom that surronded the area.

He smiled at the hug, but the smile quickly fell at her words. He embraced her back, kissing her temple softly. "Will do." He murmured back, before stepping out of it and walking over to Fuujin, walking around her once before stopping right in front of her.

He crossed his arms at the sour look on her face. He didn't say anything about her appearence, just crossed his arms and scoffed. "So what's with that look? Your acting like that chickenwuss Hayner when he loses a struggle match to me."

[Rikugurl]

Ven grinned at the old name as well but frowned as Aqua started. He looked up at Terra when he mentioned the parent thing and nodded. From his experience... he wasn't big on parents. Maybe he would feel better about them if his life didn't end up the way it did. Sure he was lonely... but he didn't need his parents to grow up well.

He frowned again as the others started to bicker.
"Hey! Hey!" He shook his hand to make them stop. "I don't think cussing each other out is going to help anyone this time." He laughed wholeheartedly.

He looked at Aqua and thought. "Did you ever think of asking her what might be wrong? I know she's been shutting herself off... but you have to be tough in a relationship and demand for once. If you don't know what's wrong, how are you suppose to fix it? It's like this ship... Seifer can't fix it unless he knows what's wrong. People are the same way."

He blinked. Wow... he explained something without swearing once. What was wrong with him!?


Olette closed the door and walked to Aerith's side, just watching her husband walk around the bride.

Fuu frowned as Seifer started to walk around her. It felt like the first time he did that when they first met, seeing if she and Rajin were good enough to be in the group.
Her red eye peered at him when he stopped and crossed his arms. Her eye widened though when she heard him and growled, narrowing her eye. "Never!"

Olette couldn't help but chuckle. This reminded her of how they acted when they were kids. It was really kind of cute!

[Reno]

Terra and Aqua BOTH gave Ven a shocked looked. 62 words with one cuss word in it - a new record for the blonde.

Aqua sighed a bit, looking down. "Well... that's just it. When she's around me she never ACTS like anything's wrong. I don't know why but for some reason she wants to hide it from me."

"Well I think that answer would be obvious." Terra grumbled, making them both glance at him curiously. "She loves you Aqua and she doesn't want to make you unhappy."


"Really?" Seifer said, noticing she had fallen back into her one word answers. "Well Raijin did take a good shot of that look - I bet if I found it and held it up to the mirror you two could be twins." He tilted his head at her, his eyes narrowing right back at her.

"Now don't tell me I had a chickenwusette in my posse this whole time and she's just been deceieving me all these years."

[Rikugurl]

Ven nodded. "Yea... and if she still gives you shit, tell her to knock the fuck off. You obviously know there's something wrong. Everyone does. Tell her you wanna know... and you wanna know right now!" He frowned and nodded. That was more like it.

"Tell her if she doesn't fess up that you'll cancel the wedding or something. Yea, sure you don't want to hurt the person you love... but keeping things from them won't do either."


Fuu growled again as Seifer glared back at her. Her hands went to her hips as her face became more pissed off.

Aerith swallowed and leaned into Olette.
"Do you think making her mad is going to help?" She whispered. Olette could only shrug, a bit worried herself.

Fuu sighed and crossed her arms, looking away. "No."

[Reno]

Terra smirked. That was the Ven he knew.

Aqua was silent but slowly she nodded. She understood what they were telling her - but they sort of forgot one little detail. they were women... not men. Things were a little more complicated when it came to arguements. As far as she noticed with Terra and Ven their fights lasted no longer then three days at the most - then they were all buddy buddy again like nothing ever happened.

But when she looked the way she and Fuujin fought at times... well women had a tendency to forgive yet never forget. And they never really ehsitated to bring up the bad things that had happened because when they were angry they were so much easier to remember.

But she was being led into no choice... wasn't she? If they didn't deal with it now... they never would. And that didn't make for a very healthy marriage.

"Yeah... I guess your right. For once. Guess you've got more then hot air in that head of yours." Aqua joked, knocking on the top of the blonde's head.

"Hey, hey! I think he's suffered enough brain damage for one lifetime thank you very much." Terra said.


Seifer scoffed at her words, shaking his head. "Well then stop acting like a marriage is the end of your fucking life. Every negative damn thought you have is going straight through you and to someone else and it's not exactly helping either of you."

[Rikugurl]

Ven blinked as he got knocked on the head but laughed at Terra's comment. Yea, that was right. He almost forgot about all that time in the refuge bed with the coma.

He patted her shoulder and nodded. "I'm glad we still decided to keep your ass around."
He was still feeling sorry that he ever told Aqua that if she returned, he and Terra would of killed her.

That was back when their hearts were still closed...


Olette winced as she listened to her husband. Fuu was tough to even sit here and listen to that. Olette would have another 'to do' with the blonde if he EVER talked to her like that again!

Fuu's eyes widened as she heard the last bit. She bit her lip and rubbed her arm. That was right... all this depression was getting to Aqua too...
That made her feel even worse.

[Reno]

"Face it you two couldn't live without me." Aqua grumbled. "I left for what- Three weeks? - And what happens? You two steal my lotion and Terra jumps you."

"H-Hey!" Terra said, feigning anger. "He likes it when I jump him!"

"That stands to debate." Aqua said, laughing softly. There was a pause in the room where just the three tried to enjoy each other's company. It had been a long time since it was just the three of them - though even though they had more people around... they still shared a deep connection with one another. They understood one another in places that others were still trying to grasp.

And thats why, when Aqua suddenly ran a hand over the necklace dangling from her neck, her eyes flashing ever so slightly, Terra and Ven were accurately aware of the fact that the woman had suddenly just gotten a lot sadder. And it wasn't her own sadness.

And Terra decided enough was enough. "You know what? Let's have that little chit chat right god damned now." He suddenly grasped Aqua's wrist and yanked her from the bed, tugging her towards the door. Ven, with no real option, followed.

Maybe if they took fuujin y enough of a surprise... she wouldn't have any more excuses to give the bluette.

"HEY!" Aqua yelped, but Terra's superior sterength had her wheeling from the room and down the hall in a matter of seconds.


"Fuu..." Seifer frowned, seeing the look on her face getting worse - he had a feeling this wasn't an issue even he could solve. sure he was an orphan too, he was used to the feeling of of not being loved and even some physical appearance issues... and uncertain if anyone he fell for... could ever return that love.

And no one but Olette had ever solved those issues - even if she didn't know she had.

It would be the same for Fuujin - she NEEDED Aqua. But if he knew Fuu, he knew she would never openly address any issues that troubled her. That was just the way she was - even after she had learned how to talk. If only Aqua were here...

Just as he was thinking that, even the soundproof walls couldn't block out the sounds of yelling. And suddenly without any warning the door slid open - but even though it was quiet as a mouse, seeing the presence behind it made everyone think it had been slammed open.

"Terra!" Aqua squeaked, her hand firmly covering her eyes. She forgot how fucking pushy her friend could be - and he never gave any warning about it either!! "Damn it to all hell don't you understand ANYTHING about bad luck?!"

Terra grunted, growling at her. He wondered if she was the one making excuses now. But he was certain of it - Aqua needed a real good to honest push if she was ever going to actually address this problem she and Fuujin were having. "Fuck luck! At this rate there won't even BE a wedding." He started trying to tug her inside, but Aqua firmly held her ground - and it was amazing she was even able to stay in place considering how much physically stronger Terra SHOULD be.

"Well Mr. I-don't-know-how-to-propose, I fucking know it's not YOUR way of doing things but it's ours and for once I'd like to do something in my life without breaking tradition!" God knows she'd already destroyed enough of her own home worlds traditions and rituals... she didn't want to screw this one up too. Not the most important one to her in her life.

Terra looked from where the four chasers were staring agastly at him and then towards Aqua, catching the look of disapporval on Ven's face as he did. They were all looking like the very thought of breaking a stupid tradition like that would make the universe explode. "Damn you humans and your fucking weird ways. FINE." He gripped onto the edge of his shirt suddenly.

Riiiiiiiiip!

Terra let the woman go, only to reach up and brush her hand aside, revealing very tightly closed eyes. "You better be fucking happy. I liked this shirt." He reached up, tying the length of cloth around her eyes, effectively blindfolding her. As he did he heard the woman mutter, 'fucking girly anyways' which made him smile a bit. That was more like it.

He guided her inside by her forearm, bringing both rough yet steady with her. She didn't resist though and soon he led her right in front of Fuujin so that the two were facing each other, Seifer stepping away obligatorily. He gave the silverette a once over and understood a little more on why this whole 'not seeing the bride before the wedding' thing happened. Aqua was sure as hell going to be surprised when she did get to gander at the other woman. "Alright now, figure it out."

He stepped away, leaving the two to their space, glancing down at his shirt which now revealed his belly button and strong abs. It was a good thing Aqua wasn't dressed up too - or he really wouldn't have any shirt left.

Aqua shifted uncomfortably, not used to being blinded like this - and because she was on a ship in the middle of space rather then on land, she felt nothing that reassured her that anyone was around. She could hear soft breathing and quiet noises though - as well as the hum of the lights overhead guarenteeing that yes she was in another room.

"Fuu...?" Aqua asked, uncertainly. She could feel her presence right in front of her when she whispered her name - as if the paopu was now guiding senses... and her heart. She reached out suddenly, her fingers lightly brushing along a soft cheek to coarse hair that she instantly recognized as her lover's. God knows they'd done up each other's hair enough... "What's wrong? And don't tell me nothing... 'cause I know you're lying."

[Rikugurl]

Ven couldn't help but chuckle when he watched his lover drag Aqua out. Ah, the good ol' days.
Terra was right though, he did like it when he jumped him.

Without any protest, he walked after the two down the hallway.
When they got to the other room however, he frowned, seeing the way Aqua was acting. Oh yea... that bad luck thing. He rolled his eyes and was about to shove her in when she mentioned not to break this tradition.

He bit his lip and frowned, looking at Terra. She was right... she need to do this by herself... and breaking tradition was no way to do so.


Olette cried out when the door opened and rushed in front of Fuu, putting her hands up to block her the best she could. What the hell was Terra's problem!? Aqua couldn't see yet! Didn't he know that was bad luck? What a nincompoop!

Aerith too did her best in hiding Fujin. What was going on??

Ven winced as he heard the rip but smiled softly as he watched him wrap it around her eyes.

When Terra came in with the other Chaser, Aerith and Olette moved away. Olette smiled as she watched the two women, Fuu looking a bit uncomfortable.
When Terra went back to the hallway, Ven shoved him. "Idiot, of course you had to ruin the fucking shirt I bought you!" He stuck his tongue out playfully and shook his head.

Aerith watched the two and made a notion to Seifer that it was a good idea to give them some alone time. Once Seifer took leave, the brunette woman had to DRAG the other away. When they were all in the hallway, Olette sighed. "Bummer! I wanned to see what was going to happen!"


Fuu looked down, her eye becoming sad once again when she felt the hand on her. "I---" She stopped when she heard the rest. She rubbed her arm and looked away slightly. She slowly looked up, seeing her reflection in the mirror.

A soft smile ran over her lips as she saw the reflection of Aqua next to her. She instantly felt better. She... felt pretty next to Aqua. She felt confident and...
She looked back at the woman and suddenly wrapped her arms around her neck, pulling her into a tight hug.

"I...really didn't know until now..." She whispered. "But... I guess... I was just missing you..."

[Reno]

Terra blinked as he was shoved and pouted. "Hey it;s not ruined!" He grinned, puffing out his chest and running one of his hands over his stomach. His grin was devilish. "See, now you've got some delicious eye candy."

Seifer sighed as he stepped out into the hallway, the other two chasers joining them. the door slid shut behind them, cutting off the conversation the two woman were having. He glanced at his wife, shaking his head at her words and wrapped a hand around her waist. "Now it's not nice to evesdrop dear."


Aqua, still blindfolded, didn't know that it was coming. she heard the shifting of soft material and then suddenly she was being wrapped in a warm hug, bodies pressed together. At Fuujin's words, she got a little sad. It was true that all the... preparations of the marriage DID seperate them a lot more then they were used to. Between missions and getting ready for thw wedding... they hardly ever saw one another except when getting ready for bed or at meals.

"But I've always been right here silly." Aqua murmrued softly, kissing the woman blindly - and was proud to say she aimed well, her lips brushing the side of the other woman's mouth. "I want you to remember that no matter how far apart with you... my love will always be there with you." She carefully moving her right hand down the woman's shoulder until it came to where her heart was, feeling it beat under her fingertips. "Right here."

[Rikugurl]

Ven blinked and rolled his eyes. He crossed his arms and looked away, a large grin on his face. "Oh yea... that's REAL hot. Shit, maybe I need to take a pit stop at our room because I just can't take it anymore."

Olette giggled and held her husband's hand tightly before looking passed him and at the other two Chaser's. She grinned and pulled Seifer with her. She got into the other's business with a large smile.
"SOoooooooooo, what about you two!? When and where are you guys gonna get hitched??"

Aerith looked at the closed door, her finger near her mouth as she thought.


Fuu frowned softly as she listened to the other. That frown turned into a smile when the side of her lip was kissed. Her eye smiled when she felt her lover's hand on her heart.

"You're right... I'm sorry that I've been so depressed... I kind of forgot that you could feel it too. I didn't mean to make you feel down..." She leaned in, softly kissing Aqua's lips and running her fingers through the blue hair.

[Reno]

Terra grinned. "Damn right!" He blinked however as Olette was suddenly right in their faces and he took a surprised step back.

"Didn't I just say something Mrs. Nosy?" Seifer grumbled, but went ignored.

Terra just smiled a bit, glancing at Ven. "We though of a place. unfortueatly we're still looking for it." If they couldn't find it... they were going to have to think of something else. They'd be given no choice.


Aqua murred softly kissing back, but broke. "Just because I'm connected to you doesn't mean you're any less worthy of feel depressed then I am. But I do wish you'd come and talk to me about it more - cause how else am I gonna make it better if you don't wanna tell me?"