Chapter 50
Three months later
Tsukuyo was walking down the streets of Kabukichou with Hinowa, Kagura, Otae, Kyuubei, and Sacchan. They were going to a bridal shop. After looking and trying on dresses the next thing on the agenda was to grab something to eat. They walked for five minutes and finally found the bridal shop.
"Let's go in!" Hinowa said excitedly. The women agreed with excitement.
They stepped into the shop and was greeted by a bridal consultant. "Hello and welcome to our bridal shop! May I ask who the beautiful bride to be is?" Everyone pointed to Tsukuyo with a huge smile on their faces. "Oh my how lovely you are! Please come over here." The consultant took them to an area with a large sofa. The women seated themselves. "Now may I ask what kind of dress you are looking for?"
"Ah'm actually not sure what kinda dress I want…"
The women started yelling out some suggestions.
"I wanna see Tsukki in a ball-gown uh-huh!"
"Oh I want to see her in a trumpet style dress! Tsukuyo-san would look so beautiful in one," Otae said.
"A white traditional kimono?" Kyuubei chipped in.
"An a-line style to make her look unflattering!" Sacchan yelled.
"A mermaid style dress would also look good on her body!" Hinowa said happily.
This was a bit too much for the consultant to handle so she decided to take everyone's suggestion one by one. "Let's start off with the ball-gown style." The consultant took Tsukuyo to a changing room and brought in a ball-gown style dress. She came out in the ball-gown dress and stood on the pedestal. All the women gasped in awe. She turned around to the women.
"What do ya guys think?"
"You look like a princess!" Kagura yelled with a smile on her face.
"You look really pretty Tsukuyo-san!" Otae said as she clapped her hands together.
"You look good Tsukuyo-dono."
"Hmph you look alright. I would look better in it," Sacchan said.
"Oh my Tsukuyo you really do look like a princess!"
"How do you like it?" the consultant asked.
"It's a bit too poofy an' big fer mah tastes," Tsukuyo replied.
"That's no problem. We'll be trying the trumpet style dress next." Tsukuyo and the consultant head back in to the changing room and changed her into a trumpet style dress. She came back out and everyone was excited.
"She really looks good in it!" they all said to one another.
"What about this one?"
"I don't think this one is good. It shows mah chest a little too much…"
"No problem at all. Shall we go in and change?"
"Yeah." They stepped back in and she changed into an a-line dress. The bridal store didn't sell any traditional wedding kimonos. She stepped back out.
"Hm, this one seems a bit too plain," Hinowa, Kagura and Otae said.
"I LIKE THIS ONE!" Sacchan yelled.
"Sarutobi-dono it isn't nice to try to sabotage Tsukuyo-dono like that," Kyuubei said.
"Who am I kidding? Take that off Tsukki! It doesn't look good at all," Sacchan said. Despite not showing it, she was happy for Tsukuyo. She even secretly threatened to take Gintoki's life if he were to ever break her heart. Gintoki was surprised that she threatened him and promised he won't hurt Tsukuyo.
Tsukuyo changed into the final dress. It was a beautiful mermaid style dress. It accentuated her curves at all the right places. It didn't accentuate too much or too little, it was just right. There were ruffles at the bottom and it had the perfect voluminity. The top had a small sweetheart neckline. When Tsukuyo saw herself in the mirror, she was shocked. She couldn't believe she was the person in the dress. The consultant took notice of her reaction and had a smile on her face. "Now that's a reaction that I haven't seen. Do you like it?"
"I really do," Tsukuyo replied with a smile on her face. Tsukuyo stepped out of the room and everyone's eyes opened wide and mouths dropped when they saw her.
"T-TSUKKI!" Kagura yelled. "THIS IS THE ONE. YOU LOOK PERFECT TSUKKI!"
"Tsukuyo-san! You look so beautiful I can't describe how beautiful you look!" Otae said with her mouth agape.
"Tsukuyo-dono you certainly look best in this dress," Kyuubei said. Even Kyuubei was a bit shocked.
"This is the one Tsukki!" Sacchan replied.
Hinowa had a smile on her face, "This is definitely the one Tsukuyo!"
After the women calmed down, they all asked her, "What do you think?"
Tsukuyo flashed them a smile, "This is tha one."
They all cheered and was happy they helped find Tsukuyo her perfect wedding dress.
"When will you be getting married?" the consultant asked.
"We decided on four months time."
"You're going to have to come back for alterations two months from now will that be okay?"
"Yeah that's fine." Hinowa ended up paying for the dress. "Hinowa ya didn't have ta! I could've paid fer it mahself."
"I want to," Hinowa said with a wink.
"Thank ya."
"No problem, no problem!"
After leaving the shop the ladies decided to go get something to eat at a family restaurant. They got seated and made their orders. About fifteen minutes later the food arrived. Everyone had the food they ordered in front of them. They all started digging in except for Tsukuyo.
"Tsukuyo-san is something wrong?" Otae asked with a concerned look on her face.
Tsukuyo's face had gotten paler as if she'd seen a ghost or something horrifying.
Hinowa was concerned also, "Tsukuyo is everything alright?"
"Tsukki are you okay-aru?" Kagura asked with food in her mouth.
"Tsukuyo-dono you don't look so good…" Kyuubei said.
"She's probably too excited from the dress shopping and wedding planning," Sacchan said.
"Ah'm sorry I gotta go ta tha bathroom." Tsukuyo covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom. The women were concerned and all went after her. Tsukuyo started throwing up into the toilet. Otae walked into the stall and patted Tsukuyo's back gently. After Tsukuyo's body calmed down and she cleaned up, they all went back to their table. Hinowa found it odd that Tsukuyo was going through the symptoms of a pregnant woman as of recent. She decided to bring it up.
"Tsukuyo could it be that you're pregnant by any chance?"
"What?!" they all yelled.
"H-Hinowa what are ya sayin'!"
"You've been feeling a bit more tired of recent, having frequent headaches, can't stand the usual breakfast that I make any longer, and I noticed you haven't had your period in two months."
"Hinowa it's probably 'cause I haven't been sleepin' well. Irregular periods can happen time ta time."
"You just threw up just from the smell of food," Hinowa replied back.
"Is Gin-chan making you do things with him Tsukki?! Just watch until I get back home uh-huh! Gin-chan's going to get a good beating, yes!"
"Is he forcing you to do things with him?!" Otae asked concerned about Tsukuyo.
"If he's doing making Tsukuyo-dono do things with him against her will, he shall pay with his d***," Kyuubei said in a serious tone.
"More like she's probably seducing him!" Sacchan said. She was still concerned about her so she asked, "Are you okay though Tsukki?"
"Guys he's not forcin' me inta anythin' so ya don't needa worry."
"I still think it's safe for you to take a pregnancy test," Hinowa said. The rest of them all agreed.
"Alright, ah'll take a pregnancy test."
"Let's head over to my house after we get the pregnancy test!" Otae said.
They finished up eating and headed over to a pharmacy afterwards. They selected couple of pregnancy tests from different brands and bought them. They all headed to the Shimura dojo. They all sat down and Otae brought out some tea for everyone. They eagerly waited for Tsukuyo while she took multiple pregnancy tests. Tsukuyo brought all the pregnancy tests and they all circled around the tests. After a couple of minutes two bright pink lines started showing up on all of them.
Kagura pointed at the tests. "IT'S TURNING PINK-ARU! THE RESULTS HAVE TWO PINK LINES-ARU!"
"Oh my! That means Tsukuyo is pregnant!" Hinowa said.
"Congratulations Tsukuyo-san! Hopefully the child will get your looks and brains!" Otae said with a smile.
"Congratulations Tsukuyo-dono. I agree with Tae-chan's statement."
"Hopefully the child will come exactly like Gin-san~" Sacchan squealed with excitement.
Kagura threw her fist in the air with excitement, "TSUKKI'S HAVING GIN-CHAN'S BABY. HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL LIKE TSUKKI UH-HUH"
Tsukuyo was in shock. "T-These tests can't be true. Tha test got it wrong."
"If you want to be a hundred percent certain why don't you go to the hospital with Gin-san?" Otae asked.
Hinowa agreed, "That's a fine idea! Why don't you go to the hospital with Gin-san?"
"Ah'll let him know an' ask him."
For the rest of the day the women were squealing about the exciting news and tried imagining what the child would look like. After spending time with each other the whole day they went their separate ways. Kyuubei stayed with Otae, Sacchan went back to her home, Hinowa, Kagura, and Tsukuyo were walking back to yorozuya's apartment together. The three of them were in front of Otose's snack bar.
"I'll be going to Yoshiwara first. Tsukuyo you can take your time and tell Gin-san the good news!"
"Hinowa I can't let ya go back alone."
"I'll take her uh-huh!" Kagura yelled happily. "I might as well visit Seita while I'm at it, yes?"
"Thank you Kagura-chan! I could use your cheerful company!" Hinowa said with a smile.
"Thanks Kagura, ah'm countin' on ya."
"Yes! Yes! Let's go uh-huh!" The two women went into the busy street of Kabukichou.
Tsukuyo walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. "Gintoki are ya there?" There was no reply. "Come ta think of it tha lights aren't on." Tsukuyo walked back down to Otose's snack bar and entered the bar.
"Tsukuyo welcome," Otose said.
"Hello and welcome Tsukuyo-sama," Tama greeted.
"It's the pretty girl," Catherine said.
"Hello everyone. I was wonderin' if ya knew where Gintoki is."
"He went out on a job earlier today. Why don't you have a seat while you wait?" Otose asked. Tsukuyo sat down at the stool. Otose gave her a warm cup of tea. "I heard you went dress shopping with the girls today how did it go?"
"It went really well. They sure do have good fashion tastes."
"Is that so? I'm glad it went well. You look very tired. You must be exhausted after all the shopping and walking today, what brings you back here?" Tsukuyo nervously cupped her hands around the cup. She stared down into the tea. Otose noticed she was nervous about something. "Is it bad news?" Otose asked worried.
"No, it's not bad news. It's just really shockin'."
"Do you mind sharing?"
"I don't mind at all. It's just that it might shock ya also."
"I can handle it. What is the news?"
"I-I think ah'm pregnant."
"Huh? You're what? You're pregnant?!" Otose was shocked.
"Added to my data," Tama replied.
"That idiot got the pretty girl pregnant?!" Catherine shouted.
"TSUKUYO YOU'RE WHAT?!"
