A/N: All right, I felt bad for leaving the last chapter hanging so here ya
go!

Polaris
By heavenangelgrl

Epilogue: In-laws... You're Kidding, Right?

"Hiiragizawa Eriol, get your behind down here now!" The head of the Li household shouted. At the sight of the azure-haired man walking down the marble steps, he rolled his eyes and let out an exasperated sigh. "You know, this is kind of important to both of us considering your daughter is marrying my son. Of course, I am kind of glad because I can finally rescue my cute little "niece" from your evil grasp."

"Are you kidding, My cute little descendant? The offspring of my dear Tomoyo-chan and I can not POSSIBLY be evil!" Eriol said dramatically, mocking a pain in his heart. In truth, he was ecstatic about this newly announced marriage. It was about time he whipped out that old tux and gave it a little polish. Looking down, he was amazed that the black suit still fitted him perfectly and he almost laughed at Syaoran's unruly hair that did not at all match his formal attire. "Did you even brush that mess up there?"

"Roses are red, violets are blue, just last through today, then I'll strangle you," he recited his mantra under his breath. It was something he'd developed over years and years of being neighbors with him. He is still amazed as to how he kept his little string of sanity. Suddenly, they heard someone clear the throat. Syaoran turned and found his son standing at the doorway, feeling unusually uncomfortable in the stiff white suit, as handsome as he looked, it was not his usual attire.

"Ahhh! You look so kawaiiiiiii! Now I'm jealous of my own daughter!" Eriol turned into his neko-self that had no bones what-so-ever and wrapped his arm around Akira's neck, which freaked him out incessantly. He desperately tried to pry his future father-in-law off of him. However, all signs of possibility of movement disappeared when he looked up the stairwell at the sound of a voice and his breath caught at his throat.

"Daddy! You can't possibly be thinking about stealing my fiancée weeks before my wedding! Even Mommy can't help me find a replacement in time!" the 24 year-old Hiiragizawa-soon-to-be Li Kara complained with a cute pout and a gentle, immature stomp of her white high-heel slipper-clad foot. Her white gown flowed behind her and her hair was up in a messy bun.

"Kara-chan!" Sometimes it amazed Akira himself how he could marry this woman, who would openly help her father embarrass him. Then again, when he looked back on it, that is one of the many things he looked about her. "I understand that it is a good thing to have good relationships with in-laws, but isn't this taking it to an extreme?"

"Hiiragizawa, get off my son..." Li Syaoran said with a mild glare.

"Awww, you don't want to admit it, but you know you want to do the same to my beautiful daughter. You must contain yourself though, hohohohohoho!" Eriol laughed in that special laugh he had caught from years of living with his sweetheart. The entire room just stared at the maniac, who still looked desperately handsome despite his... far-from the norm actions.

"Over here, they have to take pictures now!" Hiiragizawa Tomoyo practically shouted across the room. She had been waiting for this day for so long and now finally, her little girl is grown up and marrying the man she loves. She sat next to Sakura in their kimonos and sat on the sides with their husbands as they watched their children make different poses for the camera. Of course, almost everytime was just Akira blushing while Kara hugged him or even on occasion, jump on his back in a forced piggy-back ride. Still, their mothers just had to whisper a few kawaii's under their breaths and giggle. At the warmth of her husband's hand on her shoulder, she still wondered how much the years they spent together had seemed like a dream.

She played with the diamond pendant that was kept around her neck for five years, after her daughter had returned it to her in replacement of a necklace that her own fiancée had given her. As she watched her daughter glowing with happiness, she closed her eyes and imagined that night sky from so long ago. And in her heart, that streak of light still ran across the sky, surpassing time, and binding together destined hearts.