Because That Is How We Are

Chapter 6: Because That Is How We Are

Ten Years Later…

It was a beautiful, highly anticipated day: the day of Utau and Kukai's wedding. On Utau's request, the party was limited and American style (the blonde had decided this when she visited America on a tour and saw a wedding) Well, at least it had started out beautiful. The cake was tremendous, three layers, pure white with light purple icing and decorated with sugar roses. The decorations were extreme and of course the weather was perfect. But alas, even the most beautiful of things cannot last forever, be damned whether it is a day of eternal bonding on not!

As usual, it was Kukai who ruined it all by deciding it was time for entertainment when everyone had settled down and he and Utau were officially married.

"Hey, Rima," he whispered so his wife couldn't hear.

"Hm?" the little blonde girl asked as she fed her fiancée Nagihiko.

"What do a blonde and a beer bottle have in common?"

"KUKAI!" everyone except for Rima (who gently wiped her mouth with her napkin) shouted.

"They're both empty from the neck up!" Kukai laughed.

Maybe the list of wedding guests should be explained first:

Amu and Ikuto were there (after all, Utau had come to their wedding and no matter how many times Ikuto begged, Amu forced him to come);

the Nikaido family (yup, the ex's got together again and married) had come, complete with three hellish children;

Kairi was present, a box of tissues in hand, so naturally, Yaya and Tadase were there, glowering at each other.

Nagihiko and Rima had come, obviously since Rima was…ah…well, those are really the only people who are worth knowing about.

"Very funny Soma," Rima said.

"It's 'bout time someone agreed with me," Kukai said grinning.

"But it's not half as funny as this," Rima said before she, delicate, fragile, so innocent looking young woman she was, jumped up on the table and kicked the cake of ultimate perfection into Kukai's face. He spluttered and everyone's jaws dropped.

"You messed up my cake!" Utau screamed and so began the food fight that everyone would always remember.

It's truly amazing how in matter of seconds, a beautiful wedding with mature adults can turn into a place that looked like all hell had broken loose. Nagihiko was throwing pudding at Amu and Ikuto had accessorized a small salad on his shirt—complete with dressing—and Utau's beautiful cake was splattered all over the hall. I'm sure that you can all imagine Utau's expression.

The fight went on for quite a while—no one was exactly "in it" enough to keep track of the time. The thing that made it memorable, however, was the expression on Ikuto's face when his younger sister grabbed a fistful of lemon pie and threw it at his face. (A/N inspired by when my muse who took my mom's lemon pie and threw a piece at her ex-boyfriend/my neighbor's face. I swear it really happened and it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. He's a jerk though so he deserved it).

It continued on until the priest—who Utau had brought from America and was the only one she could find who could speak a little bit of Japanese—walked over to the new couple to give his congrats. Aiming for Tadase and completely missing, Kukai's shot went straight to the holy man's face.

"Um, whoops?" Kukai said, chuckling weakly.

"Be banished evil demon from the pits of Hell!" the priest roared in English. Everyone exchanged glances. They had no clue this man was talking about whatsoever.

"Excuse me?" Utau asked slowly.

"BE GONE CURSED DEMONS! MAY THE DEVIL TAKE YOU BACK TO HELL WHERE YOU ALL BELONG!" the priest continued. The rambling priest slowly made his way back to the chapel to prepare his departure home.

"What the hell was that about?" Ikuto asked bluntly.

"I have no idea," Kukai responded, shaking his head sadly.

"Yaya wants to do this when she gets married to Kairi-koi!" Yaya squealed.

"SANJOU-KOI IS MINE!!" Tadase yelled.

"I'm not getting married to anyone!" Kairi all but sobbed.

"This is definitely the most disturbing wedding I have ever been to," Ikuto said blankly.

"No shitting," Nagihiko snorted.

"This is the weirdest wedding I have ever had," Kukai noted.

"YOU'VE HAD ANOTHER WEDDING?" Utau demanded.

"N-No! I was just saying—"

"I can't believe you would completely betray me like this!" Utau began and the after-holy matrimony insanity began (you know, where the husband learns the many joys of having a wife XD).

"Why does it always end like this?" Amu sighed.

"Because that is how we are," Nagihiko, Rima, Ikuto, Tadase, Kairi and Yaya all replied at the same time.

"I think we all need a shrink," Amu groaned.

"I hope she's blonde," Kukai said.

Everyone looked at him with weird expressions.

"Why?" Kairi asked.

"So I can tell her dumb blonde jokes!" Kukai declared.

"We won't ever change," Rima said smirking.

"Why the hell would we want to?" Nagihiko asked.

"We wouldn't," Amu replied.

Because that really is how they are.