Preparation
"Wow, this church is beautiful!"
"Isn't it? It took me a while, but I think I did a great job."
"Yes, you did. And the temple was great, too."
"Well, of course. Hey, Seto, do you like it?"
"Hm?"
"If you like the church?"
"It's not me who will marry his girlfriend here, so what does it matter?"
"It's your brother who will marry here, so it should matter, Nii-san."
"All churches look the same to me, you know that."
"Leave him alone, Mokuba. You know that he actually just wants to leave here as soon as possible to get back to work."
"Listen to what your girlfriend said and let me finally leave."
"Seto, it's OUR money that we will spend on this wedding, and you're my ONLY brother, so it's important to me what you think, and you know that."
Seto sighed. He loved his little brother and was there for him whenever the other needed help. But sometimes he was just too much and got on his nerves. But well, he loved him, so he just had to play along.
"It's nice here, as well as at the temple."
"Thank you."
Actually, the Kaibas wanted just a little ceremony at a temple, but Shizuka's family were Christians, so they decided on two ceremonies and both, a temple and a church. And as time passed by, they had more and more people on the guest list. Seto got a headache just thinking about the crowd.
"So are we finished?"
"We're just waiting for Shizuka's mum, she wanted to see the church, too. And she said something about a surprise she had for the wedding."
Seto raised an eyebrow. He disliked surprises, most of the time surprises caused trouble. He hated trouble. Fortunately he got a call from the office and went to the other end of the church, so the other two wouldn't interfere. On his way he found a door and when he entered the room, he realized that this was one of the waiting rooms for weddings. This thought made him smile. In a few months Mokuba or his bride would wait here for their moment to enter the church, totally nervous he bet. Then he concentrated on the call again, solving whatever problem his workers had. It didn't take him long, so he returned to the pair soon. Just as he wanted to ask them if Shizuka's mother had finally arrived, the big doors opened and a middle aged woman entered the building.
"Mom!"
"Sorry for the wait, but we were stuck in a traffic jam.", she hugged her daughter and then Mokuba.
"We?"
"I promised a surprise, didn't I?"
"So this surprise is a person?", Mokuba asked confused.
And then it hit Seto, just as he turned to his future sister-in-law and saw her eyes sparkle. This could only be one person, only this guy made her as happy as his brother could.
"You mean-?"
"Yes, he made it and will stay for a while before leaving again."
"Where is he? Did he bring her along?"
"In the car, he has to take care of her. Just give him a few more minutes."
"And he will stay here? How long?"
"I don't know, he didn't tell me anything, just that he won't leave any time soon. But something else: This church is beautiful!"
"Isn't it? I said the same. Mokuba did a great job."
"Yes, he did, thank you for the work."
"I have my ways, so~"
Seto was uncomfortable. He didn't know how to handle a happy family, he didn't remember how it felt. His brother was an easy going type, so he went along well with all types of people. But the brunet had a hard time to assimilate to this whole situation. And knowing who would enter the church any time soon made this even harder for him. They weren't on good terms, even back in school it was hard to stay civilized for more than two minutes.
As the others continued to chatter, he heard the doors open again. His gaze went to the person that entered the building and the sight surprised him. The blond hair was shorter and tamed, covered by a dark blue hat with two gold lines, in the middle a light blue one on the front. The jacket had the same dark blue, underneath he wore a white shirt with a tie. On both sides of the jacket buttons were decorations and the straight cut trousers had golden stripes on the outside. Only now did Seto recognize this as the uniform of the US Army.
The blond's walk was straight and steady, only his face showed his feelings, which was unusual. Back in school he would run towards his sister, ignoring all the people around them. But he restrained himself and that surprised Seto.
"My baby sister will marry! And she will marry the cutest kid around. Congratulations to both of you!", and so the blond hugged them both at the same time. Then he turned to Seto.
"Long time not seen, Kaiba."
"Yes."
Then he turned back to the happy couple, checking out the ring and chatting about random stuff. Uncomfortable again. Seto pretended to have gotten an e-mail, then turned to the group and excused himself, saying his employees needed his help and left. He hated to lie, but he couldn't take this any longer, a headache already growing.
Katsuya really had changed, so much was clear. And just as he left the church, he saw a car waiting in front of it. On the back seat laid a little girl. Her hair was a shiny blond and she seemed to be asleep. And then it hit Seto: This was that "her" the blond in the church had to take care of before.
But as his car arrived to pick him up, his thoughts started to revolve around business again.
