I'm trying to get better at writing from a 3rd person perspective (like with Before the Eclipse) so bear with me as I get better. I'm picking this up as The Heartfilia wraps up because I like to have a full plate to work with, and if I am having trouble with one piece I can just start working on a different one. I hope you enjoy.

Three years had passed since that cold winter night where Taiga and Ryuuji had admitted their feelings to each other, in the middle of half frozen river. Three years had passed since the day that they had promised to run away and get married. Three years had passed since they had fixed their relationships with their families. But today wasn't about what happened three years ago, today was their chance to finally make their bond eternal. It was, of course, their wedding day.

"You're joking right. How can you be nervous about something like this, you've been together for three years, but now you get cold feet?" Ami was calm as always, but the girl she was speaking too looked like she was going to pass out.

"You stupid chihuahua, have you ever gotten married, no you haven't, so stop acting like you know everything." Taiga snapped at Ami, but instantly looked like she regretted it, "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean that. Thank you for being here, I just…" she stopped and looked down at the floor.

"I know, Minori isn't here yet. You're scared that she won't come because of everything that happened between her and Ryuuji when we were in high school," She stood up and grabbed Taiga's shoulders forcing her to look into her eyes, "but she's your best friend, I guarantee that she is just running a little late."

"I know, but I can't help but worry. She always pushes down her issues until she can't handle it anymore and then she freaks out and acts irrationally." She looked down once more. The room was silent for a moment, but the Taiga quickly stood up. Even though she was still less than five feet tall, her posture made her appear bigger, she smiled and stared out the window. " I trust you." she spoke the words to no one in particular, but Ami could tell who they were meant for.

Across the city a pink haired girl in a cherry pink girl was running through the streets. She was carrying a large duffel bag on her shoulder and had a baseball hat on top of her head, but even the hat couldn't hide how messy her hair was.

"Oh crap, I'm late. How could I be late on a day like today, I'm such a terrible friend" Minori mumbled to herself as she continued to run through the streets. Up until about 5 minutes ago when she stepped off a train, she had been traveling with her baseball team to games all over Japan, but she had quickly run off without them when the train arrived. Everything was planned to go perfectly that day, but their game went to the 15th inning and when they tried to board the train there wasn't enough room, so it took her almost an extra two hours to get to town.

"I'm so sorry Taiga, please wait for me." As she ran through the streets she frantically tried to keep her bag from falling of her shoulders while trying to fix her hair so she was presentable. As she ran she stopped paying attention to what was in front of her. As she quickly rounded a corner she ran into a man wearing a leather jacket.

"Oh I'm so sorry sir, that was my fault are you okay." she took this moment to catch her breath, but as she looked at him she received an awfully familiar feeling.

"I'm fine, thank you," although his voice sounded kind enough, there was something about him that gave a menacing look, "but I was wondering if you could help me find something."

"Oh sure, what are you looking for?" was it his body, maybe the way he held himself? Minori couldn't quite pinpoint what was off about him.

"I'm looking for a church that's supposed to be around here somewhere. Someone I know is getting married." Was it that slicked black blue hair, or …

"Oh, what a coincidence I'm going to a wedding right now. Could it be the same one?"

"Well my son is getting married, does the groom happen to be Ryuuji Takasu?"

Time seemed to stop for Minori.

'How could I not notice it,' she thought to herself, 'those damned eyes. Those eyes that he hates so much. The ones that strike fear into everyone who meets him.' Minori was currently stuck, she had no idea what to do. Should she tell him the truth and bring him along, or lie to him and let Ryuuji continue living in peace.

"Yes, I know Ryuuji. I guess if he's your son then you must have received an invitation, shouldn't there be an address on there." At this, he laughed incredibly loud. Minori didn't think what she had said was funny, but she chuckled along with him as not to seem out of place.

"Oh, he doesn't know I'm coming. I thought it would be a great surprise if I just showed up at his wedding," He stopped laughing and smiled, "so if you wouldn't mind…" he waved for Minori to lead the way.

"Oh of course." She quickly spit out, but in her mind she was only thinking about how large of a mistake she had just made.

"You're sure it was him. I don't want to storm out there if he isn't actually here." Ryuuji asked.

"Hey its me were talking about, not Haruta. I wouldn't give you false info would I?"

"That's just not cool dude, I'm not a total idiot. I thought we were better friends than that." Noto and Haruta looked at each other for a moment, but they both realized that there were more important things. The two groomsmen and Ryuuji were all quiet, until the door to the room they were in opened up.

"I just went to double check, and it is indeed Mr. Aisaka in the flesh," Kitamura walked in and closed the door, "but that does not necessarily mean that you need to take a threatening course of action. I believe it is best if you talk it over with Taiga before you act rashly."

"Always calculating Kitamura, did they do something to you while you were in the states that turned you into a robot?" Haruta asked with a stupid grin on his face.

"No, he's right, it isn't my place to just up and tell him to leave." Ryuuji pulled out his cell phone and quickly pressed his speed dial to call Ami. After about two seconds of ringing a click could be heard, "Hi, Ami, is Taiga there with you?"

"Of course, is there something you need?"

"We have a situation. Kitamura just went out and saw the Mr. Aisaka was waiting in the church. I want to know if Taiga would like me to ask him to leave." Silence followed. For what seemed like an eternity the four men stood in a circle as the waited intently for Ami's answer. There was utter silence, if one were to listen close enough they could hear each of their individual's heart beats as the anticipated the answer.

Finally a voice came back, "She's okay with him being here. She does want to thank you for asking before acting." Everyone let out a long sigh and Haruta fell into a small chair in the corner.

"Thanks Ami, I'll see you in a little bit." Ryuuji hung up the phone and put it away.

"Well, now that that's taken care of, let's make sure you've got your vows ready." Kitamura clapped his hand together and smiled. For the past year he had been studying abroad in the U.S. alongside of his girlfriend Kano. He had abruptly left for Japan when he learned that Ryuuji was getting married, and was furious that he had not informed him prior so that both him and Kano could have attended. As always, Ryuuji had no thought of it as something big and thought that he would be more inclined to continue studying in the states rather than leaving.

"He'll be fine, I mean if push comes to shove he can just make up some sappy speech about when they saw each other at graduation." Haruta let out a huge sigh, and closed his eyes as he stared at the ceiling. In the last three years, he had accomplished a surprising amount. He held over 20 different jobs and began attending 3 different universities, but each time he said 'It just doesn't feel right for me' currently he was working alongside his father to become an electrician.

"Nah, he'll just talk about everything that happened during that year of high school, I mean looking back a lot happened, and everything changed for us." Noto spoke up, even now he still had that cool guy persona around him, even though the second he started talking to any girl he'd turn into a puddle and would fail at constructing the most basic of sentences. He was currently studying at a large university in Tokyo where he could be close to his long time crush Maya Kihara who was at the wedding as one of Taiga's bride's maids.

"Guys, seriously, I'm going to be fine. I've been thinking about what I would say to Taiga for the last three years, and I know it's going to be perfect" They all smiled at Touma. Each of them knew how important of a day this was for him, and they were going to do everything in their power to make it perfect.