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Chapter 5 of 6
The Long Awaited Ceremony
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�Welcome, family and good friends of these two beings. Today, before you and before the Gods, you shall witness a transformation as Hiei and Kurama share vows and become one. Their lives� paths will now merge to become a singular road paved with love.� Koenma began.
"For that this is truly eternal, is a binding of life and love. It is more than just flesh to flesh, it is mind to mind, feeling to feeling, soul to soul, in this world and the next. Hiei and Kurama ask you to celebrate this joyous uniting with them now."
Koenma turned to the fox. �What is your name?�
�Kurama.�
�And what is your desire?�
�To join with he, whom I love.�
Koenma turned to the fire demon. �What is your name?�
�Hiei.�
�And what is your desire?�
�To join with he, whom I love.�
Koenma began to speak again. �Hiei and Kurama, you stand before me, the Gods, and this company, having desired the bond of marriage. Do you do this of your own free will, coming here today without coercion or pressure from other persons?
�We do.� The demons answered together.
Koenma nodded and then continued. �The Latin phrase �Vitam impendere vero� means to consecrate one�s life to truth, and so should truth be the whole of all your dealings within your marriage and mating. Honesty, trust, communication, effort, understanding.�� all these are the building blocks of a firm marriage and mating, and your solemn responsibility to one another. At this moment you stand at the gateway between your old life and your new one. If you, for whatever reason, feel unable to step through that portal at this time, speak now.�
When neither demon answered, Koenma picked up a dagger from the table beside him and held it out to his friends. �Touch the blade, please.� The demons reached out and placed their hands side by side on the dagger. �Swear you now, on this sacred blade, that there is no reason known to you that this union should not proceed.�
�We do so swear.� Kurama and Hiei spoke together.
Koenma smiled and looked to the group of guests. �You are friends and relatives of this couple, and thus you are an important part of their lives. Their interactions with you are colored by your actions and words. You have a responsibility to one another and to this couple to be supportive, understanding, and honest, and on this day of their marriage do I charge you to temper all of your dealings with love. Will all of you, present here and witnessing these vows, assist and support these two beings in their union?�
�I will.� Everyone seemed to answer as one.
Koenma then looked to the two ladies in the front row. �As these two beings are joined, so are your families united through them. It has been their decision to bind themselves by marriage, and their lives will be blessed and enriched by the support you give. Will you encourage and bless Hiei and Kurama in their union? Will you celebrate their marriage, standing beside them in rough times, yet not standing between them?�
�I will.� Yukina and Shiori answered together.
Koenma nodded and looked back to the two demons that were kneeling before him while he laid the blade back on the table. �Now please my friends recite your vows. Hiei will you go first?�
Hiei smiled, taking a hold of the fox�s hand. �I, Hiei, do take you, Kurama, as my partner and mate. Never will I seek to do you harm; always will I strive for your happiness and welfare. My love will be your treasure in the times when other riches fail to serve. My love will be your medicine in sickness as my hand tends your needs. My love will be your mirth when your heart is touched by sadness. My love will be your shining star through the darkest of nights. My love will be your banquet when life�s table seems empty. All of this do I promise you with all the love that is in my heart.�
Kurama had tears shining in his eyes as he began his vows. �I Kurama, do take you, Hiei as my partner and mate. My love, now do I make my promises to you. I promise to share laughter in times of joy and wonder; to share tears when sorrow touches our lives; to share my dreams and hopes, that our love and minds may grow; to share compassion and understanding during times of frustration and anger; to share all that I have, and all that I am, for as long as our love shall last. I promise you my honesty, my compassion, my hand in sharing the work. I promise to encourage your dreams and to listen to your worries. I promise to care for you in every way that I can, with all the love in my entire being.�
Koenma smiled as he started talking again. �But you cannot always be physically joined and therefore the exchange of rings is one of the deepest symbols of a marriage here in Ningenkai. It is a constant reminder, a shared touch between two beings. The Circle is a perfect figure, without beginning, without end, with no area of weakness. It is a symbol of the Cycle of Life, of birth, death, and rebirth. This shall serve as a physical reminder of your vow, and that all things begin and end and begin again, as the Gods so decree. These rings shall serve to remind you that life goes on, that these moments pass. When you are engulfed in anger or in sadness, look to your hand, and remember that the Wheel turns forever onward, and it is love that turns the Wheel.� Koenma picked up two sterling silver rings from the small table beside him and gave one to each demon.
Hiei smiled, sliding the ring onto the ring finger of the fox�s left hand. It joined the other ring there, the one that was an engagement ring, but was really a father�s ring. It matched the one he, himself wore and had gotten for father�s day from his fox. �This ring I give to you is a symbol of our love, and of the promises I have spoken to you on this day.�
Kurama nodded. �I shall wear this ring as a symbol of our love, being always mindful of the vows we have spoken on this day.� He smiled, sliding the ring onto the ring finger of the fire demon�s left hand, pushing it against the other ring already there. �This ring I give to you is a symbol of our love, and of the promises I have spoken to you on this day.�
Hiei nodded. �I shall wear this ring as a symbol of our love, being always mindful of the vows we have spoken on this day.�
Koenma smiled. �Onto each other�s hand you have now placed a ring, the circlet symbolizing the wheel of life that turns ever onward. There is a lesson in both the hand and the wedding ring. The ring is worn on the fourth finger; in numerology, the number 4 stands for steadiness and endurance. The circle itself is all-encompassing and inclusive. Your hand opens to receive and to give, clenches in frustration and anger, holds and soothes in times of sadness, and clutches in fear. With this hand cities and sand castles are made, music played and poetry written; into these hands is life given, and from these hands is it taken. All the actions of your hand move in sympathetic rhythm with the wheel of life and with your destiny. Pleasure, pain, creation, destruction, giving and receiving are all within the power of your hand. As the ring symbolizes the cycle, so does the hand symbolize the power of actualization and creation. Let this ring remind you of the many turns of the Wheel through which you and your love shall pass, and may everything that is touched by your hand be touched also by love.�
�Since you two have exchanged your rings, the outward symbol of your commitment to one another, be also reminded, that which you do affects the other. I charge you to be ever mindful of your actions and motives. Two entwined in love, bound by commitment and fear, sadness and joy, by hardship and victory, anger and reconciliation, all of which brings strength to this union. Hold tight to one another through both good times and bad, and watch as your strength grows.�
�Know now before you go further, that since your lives have crossed in this life you have formed ties between each other. With full awareness, know that within this circle you are not only declaring your intent to be married before your friends and family, but you speak that intent also to the creative higher powers. The promises made today and the ties that are bound here greatly strengthen your union; they will cross the years and lives of each soul's growth.�
Koenma moved the small, empty table over in front of the two demons. He sat three different chalices on it: two small silver ones and a larger golden one. �Kurama and Hiei will now join together under demon law. They have already mated, but now they are going through with the long awaited ceremony.�
�By Water: As the water is poured and the two become one, the halves become invisible, indefinable, a true whole.�
�Take up now your vessels which represent your own persons.�
Kurama and Hiei each picked up a silver goblet.
�The water within them is as your own lives, similar yet separate. In the mixing of these fluids in the singular vessel of your union are your lives thus blended. See how the two, once separate, are a complete whole, so now are your lives. Please pour the water into the single gold chalice.� The demons did as they were told, pouring the water slowly into the larger goblet simultaneously..
�Water to water, and soul to soul, love binds and blends us all.� Koenma moved the now empty goblets to the side. He then placed three candles on the table, two small ones in front of Hiei and Kurama and a larger one next to the chalice of water. �Now by flame: Let the fires of your love for one another and the fire of your spirits mingle here and create a singular flame. By the bringing and sharing of light, display your intent; let the two fires of your spirits and love for one another merge as one. Fires of passion and love, join here and become one, as do these people before you. Each of you take a candle representing your singular selves.�
Kurama and Hiei quickly lit the candle in front of them with, Kurama with a match and Hiei with his Youki.
Koenma smiled and motioned with a hand. �Examine the flame, how it can warm, how it can energize, and how it can harm; fire is both creation and destruction. As you light the candle of your union, bring into it the fire of your love, the warmth of your compassion, and the spark of creativity. Let them meet and unite here at the center.� The demons brought there candles together and as their single flames combined, they lit the larger candle�s wick. �Now extinguish your singular lights, and rejoice in the enduring flame of your love.� The demons smiled as they blew out their single candles.
Koenma nodded and continued the ceremony. �Now by blood: As the blood of your bodies joins and becomes one, so do your lives and spirits merge. Please remove the other�s shirt and claim your mate.�
Hiei and Kurama slowly untied each other�s shirt and pushed it off their shoulders. The shirts fell forgotten to the ground. They smiled at each other before leaning forward. The demons� sank their teeth into the left side of the other�s neck at the base, drawing blood. The guests knew this because of the small trickle of blood coming from both demons� mouths, they just weren�t able to get it all. The guests were a little shocked by this, but more so by the feral growls coming from both demons as they continued to suck at the others� neck.
Suddenly there was a flare up of energies. Kurama�s pink force appeared around him and Hiei was surrounded by his black one. The auras appeared to clash at first and then started to mingle until the startled guests couldn�t tell where one ended and the other began. The energies had become one, merged together forever. No one would ever be able to tell which energy belonged to whom, not anymore. Just as quickly as their energies flared, they dissipated. The demons slowly parted, licking the last drops of blood from their mate�s skin. Hiei and Kurama slowly picked up the other�s shirt, pulled it on their own body and retied the sash. The fire demon now had on Kurama�s black shirt with embroidered red roses. and the fox now wore Hiei�s red one with the black flames.
Koenma nodded in approval and continued. �At the times when you give and receive emotional injuries, recall here how your blood and energies have mingled and how these small hurts may quickly heal with the compassion of the other and the trust in them. Bound by love, bound in spirit, bound by energies, and by your life�s blood, I charge you to be always mindful of your vows.�
�As the waters of the world are one, and the light of your spirits burn with one flame, so is the essence of your bodies joined here. Flesh to flesh, essence to essence, water of life mingles here and join you as one. �
�You have witnessed the promises made by Hiei and Kurama, one to another, and the exchange of the symbols of their union. They are now connected to experience together whatever life may bring them.�
�Now these two beings will join together according to the Reikai law. In times past, it was believed that the being's soul shared characteristics with all things divine. It is this belief which assigned virtues to the cardinal directions; East, South, West and North. It is in this tradition that a blessing is offered in support of this ceremony.�
�Bless this union with the gifts of the East. Communication of the heart, mind, and body. Fresh beginnings with the rising of each sun and the knowledge of the growth found in the sharing of silences.�
�Bless this union with the gifts of the South. Warmth of hearth and home, The heat of the heart's passion,. And the light created by both, to lighten the darkest of times.�
�Bless this union with the gifts of the West. The deep commitments of the lake, the swift excitement of the river, the refreshing cleansing of the rain, and the all encompassing passion of the sea.�
�Bless this union with the gifts of the North. A firm foundation on which to build, fertility of the fields to enrich your lives, and a stable home to which you may always return.�
�Each of these blessings from the four cardinal directions emphasizes those things which will help you build a happy and successful union. Yet they are only tools; tools which you must use together in order to create and sustain what you seek in this union.�
�I bid you look into each other�s eyes. I will bind you two together with the ribbons you have chosen.�
�Hiei, will you cause him pain?�
�I may�
�Is that you intent?�
�No�
�Kurama, will you cause him pain?�
�I may.�
�Is that you intent?�
�No.�
Koenma nodded and looked at both demons. �Do you share each other's pain and seek to ease it?�
�I do.� The demons answered together.
�And so the binding is made. Join your hands.� Koenma instructed. Hiei took Kurama�s right hand into his left.
Koenma wrapped the first cord around the demons� wrists. �The first color of ribbon you have chosen is blue. This color signifies; tranquility, understanding, patience, health, truth, devotion, sincerity, honor, loyalty, peace, and wisdom. �
�Hiei, will you share his laughter?�

�Yes.�
�Kurama, will you share his laughter?�

�Yes.�
Koenma looked at both demons. �Will both of you look for the brightness in life and the positive in each other?�
�We will.� Came the answer from both demons.
�And so the binding is made.� Koenma wrapped the next ribbon around the demons� wrists. �The second color of ribbon is pink. This color signifies: unity, honor, truth, romance, happiness, healing, familial or emotional love rather than sexual, friendship, affections, unselfish emotions, and spiritual healing.�
�Kurama, will you burden him?�
�I may.�
�Is that your intent?�

�No.�
�Hiei, will you burden him?�

�I may.�
�Is that your intent?�
�No.�
Koenma looked at both demons. �Will you share the burdens of each so that your spirits may grow in this union?�
�We will.� Hiei and Kurama said together.
�And so the binding is made.� Koenma wrapped another ribbon around his friends� wrists. �The color of this ribbon is gold. This color signifies; the sun, male energy, wealth, financial wisdom, conscious mind, attracting happiness, activity, intelligence, unity, longevity, prosperity, and strength.�
�Hiei, will you share his dreams?�
�Yes.�
�Kurama, will you share his dreams?�

�Yes.�
Koenma looked at both demons. �Will you dream together to create new realities and hopes?�
�We will.� Hiei and Kurama answered together.
�And so the binding is made.� Koenma added another ribbon around the demons� wrists, making it now four. �The color of this ribbon is silver. This color signifies; purity, the moon, treasure, values, female energy, the unconscious mind, creativity, inspiration, vision, and protection.�
�Kurama, will you cause him anger?�
�I may.�
�Is that your intent?�

�No.�
�Hiei, will you cause him anger?�
�I may.�
�Is that your intent?�
�No.�
Koenma looked at both of his friends. �Will you take the heat of anger and use it to temper the strength of this union?�

�We will.� The demons answered at the same time.
�And so the binding is made.� Koenma wrapped a fifth ribbon around the demons� wrists. �The color of this ribbon is red. This color signifies; will, passion, strength, fertility, courage, health, vigor, lust, and danger.�
�Hiei, will you honor him?�
�I will.�
�Kurama, will you honor him?�

�I will.�

Koenma looked at both demons and smiled. �Will you seek to never give cause to break that honor?�
�We shall never do so.� Hiei and Kurama answered together.
�And so the last binding is made.� Koenma wrapped a sixth and final ribbon around the demons� wrists. �The color of this last ribbon is black. The color signifies; strength, empowerment, wisdom, vision, success, pure love, negation without reflecting, unlocking when stuck, and banishing evil or negativity.�
Koenma tied all the ribbons tightly together while he spoke again. �The knots of this binding are not formed by these ribbons, but by your vows. Forever hold true to what you have promised to each other this day. With this, your bond will continue to grow.�
"Like stones should your love be firm. Like a star should your love be constant and shining through the darkness. Let the powers of the mind and of intellect guide you in this marriage; let the strength of your wills bind you together, let the power of love and desire make you happy, and the strength of your dedication make you inseparable. Be close, but allow room to grow. Have Patience with one another, for storms will come, but they will pass quickly."
"Be free in giving affection and warmth. Have no fear and let not the ways of the unenlightened make you uneasy for the Gods are with you always. Forever love, help, and respect each other and then know truly that you are one in the eyes of the Gods. In the binding of yourselves have you created life anew. Step forth, into that new life and rejoice in your love. And so the bond is made and to that promise you are bound.�
"By the power of the Gods, I now declare that you two beings one. May you be joined in heart as you are in law in all three worlds, the Ningenkai, the Reikai, and the Makai. I bid you exchange a kiss now. May you be forever one.� Koenma smiled before taking a small step back. Hiei and Kurama looked at each other before leaning in. They lovingly kissed to the cheers and shouts of their family and friends. They slowly parted and stood up, turning to their guests. They were holding hands, the ones bound by the colored ribbons, and smiling vibrantly. They walked out of the circle together, knowing they would now and forever more walk the same path in their lives ahead.
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