Disclaimer: I apologize for the lateness of this chapter, I got to doing other things and forgot about it. Originally someone else was going to finish it for me when I remembered but she never got back to me so here it is. Once again sorry for the delay and as always I own nothing but the plot and in this case Celeste.
Going to the Chapel
Hey, I'm back, sorry it took so long but I had to help keep Tori away from Sakura and trust me, that was far from an easy thing to go about doing. I could have just used magic on him, would've pleased my Master to no end but it would have upset Sakura so I behaved. In case you've already forgotten my name, not that I'm forgettable but if you have its Celeste and I'm here at the wedding everyone in the magic world will be talking about for centuries to come. Of course I'm kind of biased in that they are my Master and Mistress so of course I think this is a big thing. However my master is the head of the Li Clan and my mistress is keeper of the Sakura Cards so excuse me for thinking this is a big deal. Anyway like I said its really busy around here getting everyone seated and stuff so pardon me for not talking to you in a while. Anyway, better get back to seeing that everything is going smoothly.
"Wow, so this is what I look like." Julian said as he stared at Yue who stared back at Julian with a sigh as he got use to the unfamiliar feeling of not being inside or part of Julian. Eriol had separated them temporarily for the ceremony and Yue wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of being part of the wedding party though he would do it for Sakura's sake.
"Yup, pretty much." Tori said looking up to watch the two look at each other before turning his attention back to the list.
"Well don't you three look good enough to eat." Celeste said as she breezed into the room, making Julian blush a bright pink while Tori and Yue glared at her. "Boy, you'd think this was an execution as oppose to a wedding, Tori dear. Cheer up, my Master loves her more then anything else on earth, what more could you want?"
"For her to marry someone else." Tori shot back looking more then a bit frazzled as he ran his fingers through his hair for the millionth time since he'd sat down. "Why in God's name does she think this is a good idea, she'll be absolutely miserable and she'll say to herself that she should have listened to me."
"You know that's not true." Julian said walking over to place his hand on Tori's shoulder. "Now quit thinking about how much you don't like Syaoran and think about why you don't. Sakura knows what she's doing Syaoran and she's old enough to know what she wants. As her big brother it's your duty to want her to be as happy as possible, that means letting her marry Li with your blessing. Do you really want her to walk down the aisle knowing that one of the people she loves most in the world doesn't want her to be happy?"
"Dammit all, that was a low blow, Julian." Tori said with a frown as he rubbed his hands over his face. "Fine, all right, I'll wish her luck and I'll stop trying to screw this up, just promise me one thing Celeste, all right?"
"What do you want me to promise, Tori?" Celeste replied, hoping that whatever it was she could do, she didn't like seeing him so upset.
"That if he ever makes her unhappy you'll come get me. I know he's your Master but you're a part of both of them and if he loves her as much as you say he does then this won't be a problem. Just promise me that if she ever needs me you'll come get me." Tori said, holding her gaze pleadingly.
"I swear upon my life that if ever Sakura needs you I'll come and get you immediately." Celeste said as she moved over to lay a hand on his shoulder. "And if I can't get here then I promise to send Yue or Kero."
"And I'll come and get you personally if she forget." Yue said, after all he was a part of Julian and Julian loved Tori so he hated to see Tori upset, even if he didn't share Julian's feelings for Tori.
"Thanks." Tori said with a sigh. "Well I guess I better finish getting dressed for this thing since I won't be trying to ruin it anymore."
"That's a good boy." Celeste said with a smirk, patting him on the head like he was a small boy, which she knew would piss him off. "Now if you'll excuse me I've got places to go and people to see." And promptly disappears into thin air.
"So you're a friend of Sakura's? I don't think we've ever met, I'm Nicki." Nicki said as she held out her hand to the cute blonde who'd she'd noticed standing at the back of the room, watching the people come in. Sakura had sent her to find Madison's mother and she'd stopped outside the church to see how things were going.
"Kero, Kerobaros." Kero said with a stretch smile as he tried to forget the fact that Sakura was getting married to the Brat in half an hour. So he once as bad a brat as he'd once been but Li Syaoran was still not one of Kero's favourite people though unlike Tori he'd given up on changing Sakura's mind years ago. "Shouldn't you be helping Sakura get ready?" He added, knowing that Nicki was part of the wedding party.
"I just had to go tell Madison's mom something, I'm on my way back as we speak." Nicki said with a charming smile as she looked over to see another good looking man who looked a lot like Eriol coming towards them. "I wonder who he is?"
"Who-oh that's Suppi." Kero said looking over in the direction she'd been pointing towards. Trying to hold back a glare Kero watched Suppi drag Ruby from whatever group of people she'd been torturing to lead her over to them which made the cupcakes in Kero's stomach roll. He liked the brat more then Eriol's guardians.
"Well, well, if it isn't Kerobaros." Ruby said with a cute wink as she walked over to them with a huge smile on her face that did nothing to calm Kero's nerves. Despite the fact that there was going to be a separate wedding later for the magically inclined in China quite a few members of the Li Clan had decided to come to this one too. Not to mention that Eriol had brought Ruby and Suppi, lord only knows what those two were capable of doing. He wanted this day to be perfect Sakura and he just knew that something was going to happen that would force Sakura to use the Erase Card on a lot of people. "Going for a new look today?"
"I better be going." Nicki said, picking up on the dislike and a strange energy that sent the hairs on the back of her neck standing up. There was something about these three that made her think that they were quite powerful though none of them really looked it. Slipping away Nicki was out of sight before Kero allowed himself to answer, it took him that long to come up with a good comeback to Ruby's snipping.
"Well I figured that I could come in a flour bag and still look better then you, Moon so I figured I didn't need to worry about what I was wearing." Kero replied sweetly, showing off his still rather pointed teeth. Ruby surpassed Kero's dislike for the Brat easily and this was about as civil towards her as he could get.
"What's the matter Kerobaros, not enough chocolate in the building?" Ruby said sweetly though there was a quick flash of anger in her eyes. Annoying little stuffed animal.
"Kero, it's time for us to join the rest of the wedding party." Yue said as he came up from behind as though he'd suddenly appeared there. Looking the same as usual, only with slightly shorter hair and no wings he was an imposing figure and many people instantly forgot to gossip about the wedding and began speculating who he was. He'd retained his cat eyes as well as the ice behind them, which he used to his advantage when he realized he was being stared at. He'd definitely retained his personality.
"Oh yeah-sure." Kero said with a smile, glad to leave the other two behind. "Lead the way Yue." Nodding his head the two out of necessary politeness nodded their heads to Eriol's guardians before making there way through the crowds and out into the hallway which was getting empty as people made their way to the main lobby where everyone was until the wedding's beginning.
"Now is not the time to get into a fight with those two Kerobaros." Yue stated as soon as they'd turned into an unoccupied hallway. "Spinner knows how to remain indifferent to your childishness but like you Ruby does not. This is our Mistress's day and we will not have it ruined, understand?"
"Yeah, sorry." Kero said as he hung his head a little. Normally he would have chewed Yue out for lecturing him but Yue was right, he shouldn't have picked a fight with Ruby, not today anyway. "So how's Tori doing?"
"He won't be attempting to ruin the wedding." Yue said with a small smile as he remembered some of the ridiculous excuses Tori had come up with for why Sakura shouldn't marry Syaoran. Trust Tori to do such a thing. One minute he's calling his sister a monster and the next he's ready to hire hitmen to protect her from the man she loves.
"That's good to know, I really would have hated to sic Celeste on him." Kero said with a smirk.
"That would have been something to see." Yue agreed as he pictured Syaoran's guardian in his head. Though she was slightly on the flighty side he'd helped Sakura create Celeste so he knew that she would be more then capable of keeping Tori busy. Celeste had just about all the guys wrapped around her little finger Yue thought with a dark look.
"Yeah, well here we go." Kero said as he pointed to a door that had a piece of paper taped to it announcing that it was the groom's room. Lifting his hand he lightly tapped on it then when Eriol told them to enter they walked in to find Eriol and Zachary try to calm down Syaoran who was nervously pacing back and forth, muttering under his breath in Chinese.
"There's nothing to worry about, Syaoran, everything will be just fine." Zachary said cheerfully, wondering if he'd be wearing a hole in the carpet when it was his turn to go through this. "Remember it's Sakura you're marrying, not Attila the Hun."
"He'll be fine once he gets this out of his system." Eriol predicted as he smiled at Syaoran who's pacing had slowed down when he noticed that Yue and Kero were in the room along with Spinner who had slipped in after them.
"It'll be fine kid, don't worry about it." Kero said roughly, not looking at the brat. As much as he hated to admit it this guy wasn't so bad and besides, Sakura had threatened to put him on a diet if he tried to scare Syaoran away. "So how long till it all starts?"
"About ten more minutes till we have to get into our places." Yue said looking over at the clock which ticked loudly now that Syaoran's swearing had ceased. "This was meant to be, Li, don't worry about those thing which are of no importance when there is a bond such as what you have with our Mistress."
"You're right, thanks, thanks you guys." Syaoran said as he sat down on one of the couches looking a lot sturdier then he had before. He'd allowed Madison to create his wedding attire
as well and he reminded himself that even if this went bad at least he'd look good watching it. Madison had opted to create a tradition/Chinese wardrobe and he was wearing a black tuxedo jacket over a Mandarin collared green shirt with black trousers. His mother and some of the Clan members hadn't been pleased but he'd pointed out that both he and Sakura were wearing tradition Clan clothing for the second wedding in China so they should be able to wear what they wished for this one. His part of the wedding party were all wearing the same thing as himself except for the colour of the shirt underneath which Madison had changed based on their colouring. Zachary, Julian and Yue wore blue shirts, Eriol and Spinner were in purple of course and Kero's was a bright gold.
"Well we have our health anyway." Zachary pointed out with a smile. "And think of it this way, Syaoran. It's a pretty big wedding party, you'll have plenty of time to calm your nerves before Sakura comes down the aisle."
"Yeah, good point." Syaoran agreed with a smile for his best man. "And I'm not nervous because its Sakura that I'm marrying today and that makes everything right."
Meanwhile
"I can't believe I let you talk me into having such a big wedding, Madison. What if I trip or Kero and Ruby get into a fight. What if Tori storms in and tries to stop it all or Syaoran's mother decides I'm not good enough for him?" Sakura practically wailed as she paced back and forth while her bridesmaids watched with a bit of amusement and worry mixed in. Sakura was always so upbeat, they'd never seen her so nervous in all their lives.
"It'll be fine, Sakura." Madison said with an encouraging smile as she tried to reassure her best friend that everything was going to be okay. "You won't trip and Kero will be up at the front with Syaoran and Yue, they'll keep him out of trouble. Plus Tori loves you and won't storm in and ruin things, Syaoran's mother adores you and you have nothing to worry about."
"You're right, Madison. I'm being silly." Sakura said with a deep breath as she gave her maid of honour a big smile. "This is the happiest day of my life and I'm not going to let any stupid nerves stop me from enjoying and remembering every part of it."
"That's the spirit, Sakura." Chelsea agreed with two thumbs up and a wink. "No matter what you're marrying the perfect guy for you and that's all you need to think about." She added for good measure as she straightened her dark blue sundress over her hips. Each of the bridesmaids matched the shirts of the guy they were paired with from Syaoran's half and she was paired with Julian who Chelsea really liked though not as much as her Zachary-kun.
"Yeah, plus I met Kero finally and he seems like a nice guy, it was too bad he missed the rehearsal last night." Nicki said with a smile as she crossed her arms in front of her gold dress. "I also saw the mysterious Spinner though and he's really cute in an Eriol sort of way." She added as she looked at Rika who'd been paired up with Eriol's relative.
"Yeah but Celeste is the really lucky one, did you catch a glimpse of Mr. Cat Eyes? Talk about yummy." Chelsea said with a huge grin as she finished arranging Rika's hair, the shy girl looking beautiful in her deep royal purple dress, which went great with her colouring.
"Yue?" Melin gasped out before putting her hand over her mouth at the thought of what the Guardian of the Moon and Judgement would ever say about being called yummy. Though he was good looking he was ice through and through, not her type at all though Celeste seemed bent and determined to give the guy an attitude adjustment.
"He is very good looking." Sakura chimed in, he was her guardian after all and she felt that she should contribute to the discussion. "But I wouldn't recommend flirting with him Chelsea, he's not one to pay much attention to girls and he'd smash Zachary into a pancake."
"I'll just bet he could." Madison chimed in. "He's very photogenic but he hates it when I take pictures of him which is a shame because he's so great to look at!"
"On that we can always agree on Madison." Celeste said as she walked into the room looking fabulous in her own blue dress. Her pitch black hair was drawn up in a high ponytail since it was past her waist when it was down so she'd put it up so people could get a better look at Madison's dress designs. Her dark brown eyes were wide with merriment as she looked at the girls, admiring their dresses and their taste in guys. "And of course the entire male section of this wedding party are pretty hot so we all got lucky." She added with a wink in Sakura's direction who turned pink as expected.
"On that we will agree as well." Madison said as she stood before the mirror and satisfied that she looked good in the blue dress gave a happy sigh. "Today is going to be the best day ever."
"Dad, you keep fiddling with that flower and the pin's going to break." Tori said in amusement as they stood side by side as they watched the people chatter in their seats. The church was packed but Tori really wasn't surprised, his sister attracted people like bees to honey.
"Excuse me young man but it isn't every day my little girl gets married." Tori's dad Aiden replied as he forced himself to quite playing with the small bunch of cherry blossoms that were pinned to his lapel. If only she were here he thought as he pictured his wife Natasha in his mind, how she would have been here by his side to watch their little girl become someone's wife. They'd joked about it when she was pregnant so certain that it was going to be a girl and she'd been right, they'd gotten their girl. And now his little girl who was no longer so little was going to move into another stage in life, she was going to belong to someone else.
"Everything will be fine, Dad." Tori said reassuringly then smiled when he heard the sound of female voices approaching. "Looks like the other half of the wedding party has finally arrived."
Turning around Aiden felt a lump come into his throat as he caught sight of his little girl walking towards him, a vision in white as she beamed at him with joy and happiness. She looked just like her mother had on the day of their wedding Aiden thought with a smile, eager and happy beyond belief. Several meters away he knew Syaoran stood with his friends, waiting for Sakura to join him and probably sweating buckets. That boy loved his daughter Aiden thought with a huge smile, that was all he needed to know. "You look beautiful honey, like an angel."
"Thanks Daddy." Sakura said with a hint of tears in her eyes. Breaking away from her bridesmaids Sakura wrapped her arms around her father, struggling not to cry as she felt his arms wrap around her a little tighter then normal. This was the biggest day of her life, bigger then Judgement or changing the cards or battling the Hope card. This was her wedding day and everyone she loved and cared about were here to see her through it. "I love you, Daddy."
"I love you too, Sakura." Aiden said, pulling her away slightly so that he could place a kiss on her forehead. "Are you ready?"
"You bet I am." Sakura said with a sparkling smile before turning to look at Tori, a hopeful look in her eyes. "I love you too, Tori, more then anything." She finally said before embracing him as well, not surprised when he hugged her back as tightly as her father had. "You're not losing your monster you know, I'll always be your sister, no matter who I marry."
"Yeah, I kinda figured that out." Tori said with a lump in his throat as well. Drawing back he studied her for a moment then smiled. "You don't look too bad either, for a monster."
"Thanks." Sakura said with a huge smile. "Now let's get this show on the road because I've been waiting to be Li Sakura for a long time."
Well I'm afraid I have to leave it there, I'm in the wedding party after all so I can't be talking to you now can I? I mean how am I supposed to watch my Mistress and Master get married and talk to you at the same time. Of course it would be kinda cruel to just leave you hanging like this, maybe I should continue telling this, after all they still have to tie the knot, right. Then again I have no idea if anyone's listening to me so maybe you could let me know if you want me to continue, that way I'll get a sense if I should. If not well then thanx for listening to me and catch you later.