{(Epilogue- To Have and to Hold)}
6 Months Later…
::Starfire's POV::
I watched, fascinated, as the elegant bride slowly made her way down the isle. She was dressed up very fancily. Her big, white dress was silky and sort of flowed as she walked. Her red hair was tied back in an elegant bun, and her face was decorated with make-up and a huge smile. Though, you could hardly see any of it through the thin white veil covering her head.
The church whose isle the bride was walking down, was also decorated elaborately. White and red roses colored the walls, and a large white canopy was hung over the front of the church.
Most of the guests in the pews were dressed in beautiful garments, and seemed to fit in with the rest of the church. I felt out of place in my Tamaranian clothes. But not too out of place. My friends had also stayed in their usual outfits.
"Hey, Star?"
Robin's whisper caught my attention, dragging it away from my observations.
"What is it, Robin?"
"I was just wondering if you're enjoying your first Earth wedding."
I thought it over a moment before answering. "It is... peculiar. I have never been to a wedding so formal, and..."
"And?"
"...Boring."
Robin chuckled. "I think a lot of people think weddings are boring. They just never say so out loud."
"Then why do they make them so?"
"It's supposed to be a grand occasion."
I sighed. I guess "grand occasion" is what you could have called the wedding. But, still...
"On Tamaran, weddings were a 'grand occasion' as well, but they were not like this. There was much more singing and dancing and celebrating and..."
Robin smiled. "We have something like that, too. After the wedding is over."
"Oh..."
Robin fell silent again, turning his attention back to the priest. I tried to do the same.
I heard the young priest was a close friend of the groom. He was standing in front of Sayuri and her soon-to-be husband, Takeshi Kenohe, and reciting a rather long speech.
"... here today, to bear witness to the union of..."
No use. I couldn't believe the entire church hadn't fallen asleep already. I missed the loud, happy wedding festivals we'd held on Tamaran. Trying not to yawn, I took my attention away from the priest, and looked over at my friends.
A few rows in front of Robin and I, Beast Boy and Raven sat side by side. I'd noticed that Beast Boy had slipped his hand into Raven's less then two minutes after the music had started. Despite the soft music and dull speaches, they both seemed to be enjoying themselves.
I smiled, turning to look at Cyborg, seated a couple seats to the left. He, too, had a friend sitting next to him. Her name was Natalie, and I was told Cyborg met her during our big escapade with Slade. I'd met her for the first time 5 months ago, when she'd come to the Titan Tower to apologize to Cyborg. She'd said something about being a rude, close-minded person, and then broke down crying.
Since then, I'd noticed that Natalie and Cyborg had grown closer and closer.
The priest continued to drone on. "... do you take Sayuri Iotanke as your..."
I felt Robin elbow me. "Try to pay attention. This is the important part."
I smiled and nodded. If Robin wanted me to watch, I'd do my best. "All right."
"...to have and to hold, through sickness and health, as long as you both shall live?"
I noticed that Takeshi Kenohe wasn't looking at the priest as he answered his question. His eyes were still locked on Sayuri. "I do."
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::Robin's POV::
"Sayuri Iotanke, do you take Takeshi Kenohe to be your lawfully wedded husband...?"
I chanced a quick glance at Starfire. Still on the edge, but still there. And still safe. Thank goodness.
"...to love and to cherish, to have and to hold..."
I couldn't help but worry, not after everything that'd happened. And especially not recently. Just 3 weeks before, we'd been informed of Slade's escape from prison. From a high security cell! I shouldn't have expected anything less.
"...through sickness and in health..."
I heard Starfire whisper something to me, and snapped out of my thoughts.
"Robin?"
"Yeah?"
Starfire was now looking at the ceremony in a new way. There was an almost hopeful look in her eyes. "Do you suppose you will ever get married?"
"...as long as you both shall live?"
I didn't even need to consider the question. "Yeah. Someday, hopefully."
Starfire smiled and nodded. "Myself as well."
She slipped her hand into mine, giving it a gentle squeeze. I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
And, for just one second... everything was perfect.
"I do."
End
((A/N- I'm... done. This fic is actually over. 0_0 I don't know whether to be happy at the accomplishment, or sad that it's all over. I guess I'm just too surprised. Wow. It's over.
Well, I hope you didn't mind the epilogue too much. I know it's real short... but from my own experience, I'd have to say about 4 of every 5 epilogues are shorter then a normal chapter would be. ^^;; Just an estimate though. Also - I noticed that having it in the different First Person POVs might be a bit of a shock. I read it over, and it sounded very confusing, so I added in the sub notes saying when the different POVs started. I hoped they helped, and didn't look tacky or anything. ^^;;;
Perhaps I should do... credits or something?
For inspiration and support: I give credit to my sister (Mel), my cousin (Tiff), AND, Dark II Raven, CloakedFireMage, and TheTeenTitans. (^^; If I left anyone out, don't hesitate to tell me.) Thanks a ton!!
For saving Chapter 16 from a horrible, horrible death: God and the creators of Microsoft.
For being my character model for Faith: Nannette.
For being my character model for Natalie: Katelyne.
To apologize for stealing things/people from their show: The creators of Rurouni Kenshin, Teen Titans, and Yu Yu Hakusho.
And, of course, For being such awesome readers, and sticking with the story so long: Starfire7383, candykiss, Specter Von Baren, Black Ice, Sailor Otaku, some guy, Amber, Melonie, Blue glowing thing, BurnedFighter, Joanna Breon, F-Zero Racer, warprince2099, Veral42, Orion Kohaishu, Ravenrules99, ocdsugar, dreamingofflyingaway, Ayumi, Pline, Silver Panda, Aisleigh, Holly, A. Kiwi, Brie, WatcherOfDarkness, Miss Queen of the World, CrossSaumrai, QT102, dragonmaster01, LilK9Girl13 n' AznAngel21, Times Mortal Enemy, Lizzy0888, Cosmuluver, A.N.D, Momentum, ROBINROX, Loselen Snowstorm, Silver Storm Dragon, Seventy 5ive, Mephistopheles-Hellfire-Master, and Foooble Bloop.
^^ Luv you guys. Please let me know if I left anyone out.
Now... my last section of review response! *flexes fingers*
Fooble Bloop: *nods* I heard about that. I'd tried my best to e-mail you... but for some reason none of my e-mails would send. Anyway, you have my prayers and condolences.
Mephistopheles: I should probably let you know that my e-mail box has broken down along with my computer. Well, at least the e-mail sending system has. ^^; I'm getting all these e-mails you're sending, but there's not a darned thing I can do to reply to them. Gomen nasi...
Seventy 5ive: ^^; Nope. Don't mind. Thank you.
Loselen Snowfire: Thank you for the corrections. They're probably there because my mom used her spell checker on that last chapter. o0; It's an old one, I suppose. Anyway, I'm very honored to have a place on your fav author list. Thank you.
ROBINROX: Really? That's awesome!! What a cool coincidence! ^^
Cosmoluver: I was told I was overdoing the fluff that I had in this fic, so I decided to tune it down a bit...
Time's Mortal Enemy: n_n; Wow. More big words. I'm very impressed by your vocabulary. And, no, it doesn't sound like you're sucking up to me at all. And you have absolutely no reason to. u_u There may have been a few off words in your review, but that's not you're fault. I was being a real jerk when I replied to it, and I'm sorry. I think I sent you an e-mail of apology as well, but you might not have gotten it. Anyway, yes, I really would like to be friends - if you can forgive me for being so snappy.
Aisleigh: ^^ I love how you manage to take my story's major flaws and turn them into compliments. You have some real talent at being optimistic. Or, is it called "finding the cloud's silver lining" or something? n_n;;
Ayumi: Well, for being new to the site, you review very nicely. Critisim and complaints. I'm glad you liked my story over-all. Personally, I don't think one of my best. But since when have I ever posted my "best" on this site? ^^;
ocdsugar: ;_; Yep. It's the end. *cries*
Ravenrules99: Well, reviews are something to appreciate on this site. You need the criticism, and sometimes you just need the compliments as well. It's also very nice to know who's reading your stories, to return the favor. Also, I may write a sequel. It just depends on how many people actually want one. So far, only two people have asked about one... If a lot of people are uninterested, and glad to be done with this fic, then this will probably be the last Teen Titans fic I write for a while.
Black Ice: Unfortunately, no, I didn't catch Pixel Perfect. Don't those Disney specials last a month, though? Hopefully I'll be able to watch it sometime in the near future.
Candykiss: Thank you for the advice.
^^; Well, that's about it. I didn't hesitate to reply to a whole lot of them... this is, after all, this story's final Author Note! ;_; Now I'm all sad. Eh...
Well, as I said above, to Ravenrules99, I am considering a sequel. It'll probably be starring Cyborg/OC, though it'll have fluff of the other Titans in there, too. I'm working desperately hard on trying to improve my OOCness and Mary-Sue-Thing, so I think it'll turn out a whole lot better then this did. Anyway, if you're the least bit interested in a sequel, let me know in your review (or in an e-mail, if you'd prefer). Please! Many thanks to you all.
God Bless.))