Chapter 11: Dresses, Tuxedos, and Balloons
At The Café:
Mint's stretch limousine pulled up to the side of the café and let everyone out. It was exactly 8:00am.
"Thank you for the lift, driver." Mint said as she got out of the limousine.
"You are certainly welcome, Miss Aizawa." The driver replied.
"Can you wait here; my friends and I might need a lift." Mint said to the driver.
"Certainly." He answered, tipping his hat to her.
Everyone else was waiting outside the café for them to arrive.
"Okay, we have to get this planed out, come on, let's go inside." Lettuce said turning and walking into the café.
They all followed her into the café, where Ryou and Keiichiro were waiting, sitting on two chairs.
"Uh, we are all going to need the day off today." Ichigo said nervously.
All of the mews had forgotten that they worked today, and that Ryou and Keiichiro would be expecting them to do so.
"Oh? And why would that be?" Ryou asked angrily.
"Well, we have to get prepared for this wedding… You two should come along." Lettuce answered shyly.
"Who's wedding?" Ryou asked, standing up.
"Well… Mine and Pai's." Lettuce said fidgeting.
"You're getting married, TO PAI!" Ryou screamed.
"We'll be there." Said Keiichiro, smiling in his usual warm way.
"What do you mean? Aren't you concerned?" Ryou said turning to Keiichiro.
"Yes, but this is entirely Lettuce's decision. Not ours, we can't stop her." Keiichiro said looking up at Ryou, "Let's give them the day off."
"Fine… When is the wedding?" Ryou asked, looking to Lettuce.
"Pai and I decided it to be at 7:00 tomorrow evening." Lettuce said smiling.
"Very well then, you can have the day off." Ryou said sighing reluctantly.
"Thank you." Lettuce said respectfully.
"Well now, Kishu, Taruto, Ren, all of his friends, and I will go to the Tuxedo shop to find something nice to each wear." Pai said as he began to leave.
All who he had mentioned followed him outside, and he teleported them all to the nearest Tuxedo shop, which he had found earlier that day.
"Okay, then we will all go to the wedding store in the city to find some dresses for the wedding." Lettuce said as she and all of the girls left.
The girls took a ride in Mints limousine to the best wedding dress store in all of Tokyo.
"What do you think of this?" Zakuro asked, holding up a beautiful white wedding gown that suited Lettuce to the last strand.
"I like it." Lettuce said smiling and taking the dress from Zakuro to examine it closer, before going into the change room to change.
"We have to find some bridesmaids gowns, you guys." Ichigo said to them.
"Okay, let's go." Mint said as her, Ichigo and Zakuro went to the bridesmaids section.
"What do you think?" Lettuce said as she came out of the change room.
"It looks beautiful." Jun said smiling.
"Yeah, It's really nice, Na no da!" Pudding said happily.
"Thanks." Lettuce said shyly.
By 10:30, everyone had found a dress that they liked. They were sitting in the limousine thinking about where to go next.
"We need to find some entertainment." Ichigo suggested.
"I have it covered." Zakuro said taking out her cell phone and pushing speed dial and number 6. "Hello? Hey, it's Zakuro. Lettuce needs some entertainment do you think you can play the piano for her Keiichiro? Thanks, bye." Zakuro said hanging up her phone.
"Keiichiro?' Lettuce asked.
"He is very good at the piano, it will be good. Trust me." Zakuro said turning to her.
"Really? Thank you, Zakuro!" Lettuce said smiling.
"No problem." Zakuro said smiling back.
"What do we do now?" Ichigo asked.
"We need some food, don't we?" Jun asked.
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot." Lettuce said.
"Driver, find the best catering place in town." Mint said to the driver.
"Yes, Miss Aizawa." The driver said as he drove off.
At The Tuxedo Shop:
"You look fantastic, Pai." Kishu said giving him a thumbs up.
"Thank you." Pai said, looking down at his pure white Tuxedo with a black bowtie, "Now then, we must find Tuxedo's for all of you." Pai said looking at them.
"Alright, dude." Horo Horo said looking around the store, something caught his eye.
He ran towards it and grabbed it off of the rack, it was a sky blue suit with a white collar and top hat, and it looked really fancy.
"Yeah man!" He yelled running to the change room.
"Hey, those look cool." Yoh said as he and Chocolove went over to two tuxedos conveniently hanging next to each other. One was pure black and had a black undershirt with a white tie, which Yoh took off the rack, and one was orange with a black undershirt and a red stripped tie, which Chocolove seemed to fancy. They both ran into the change rooms to try them on. Ryu saw a purple suit with a white undershirt and a black tie that looked like it would fit him, and left to try it on.
"Hmm…" Ren said as he slowly took a tuxedo that looked just like the one he used to wear, yellow with a white undershirt, a green tie, and short black shorts.
He went to the change rooms to try it on. Kishu saw a rather nice grey tuxedo with a black undershirt and a small white bowtie that he seemed to like, and he tried it on. Pyron saw a tuxedo that he thought looked good, it had a black top, white pants and a white undershirt with a black tie. He left to change. They all came out in their tuxedos about a moment later, all looking nice in their own ways. Every tuxedo seemed to fit the wearer perfectly.
"Now for your tuxedo, Taruto." Kishu said to Taruto who was sitting on a bench, looking up at a clock dully.
"I don't want to wear a tuxedo." Taruto whined, looking at Kishu.
"Too bad." Kishu said holding out a tuxedo in Taruto's size. It was a pure Black tuxedo with a white undershirt and a black tie.
"No way am I wearing that." Taruto said angrily.
"Come on Taruto, do it for Pai." Kishu said cocking his head.
"I don't want to." Taruto said stubbornly.
"It's not that bad, Taruto. I bet it will make your little friend happy." Kishu said grinning and pushing it closer to Taruto.
"Defiantly not." Taruto said pushing it back.
"Please?" Kishu said innocently.
"…Oh fine." Taruto said snatching the tuxedo and storming off into the change room.
He came out a moment later with his arms crossed angrily.
"You look great, Taruto." Kishu said smiling.
"Mm…" Taruto mumbled.
They all went up to the cash register to pay for the tuxedos.
"That'll come up to $991.82." Said the man behind the counter.
"Here you are." Pai said handing the man a wad of cash.
The man boxed up the tuxedos and put them on the counter; everyone took their box and walked out of the store.
"Pai, where did you get all of that money?" Kishu asked turning to Pai.
"Banks are full of it." Pai said simply.
"Hmm… The time is 11:30; do you want to get something to eat?" Kishu said as he looked at a small clock tower next to a fountain.
"Sure, let's go somewhere nearby." Ren said looking around.
There was a small burger stand on a street corner that caught Horo Horo's eye.
"There!" He yelled as he pointed in its direction.
They all had ordered something to eat and sat down at a small table near the fountain to eat it.
"Yum man, this burger's great dude!" Horo Horo yelled with his mouth full.
"This veggie burger has all the taste I was hoping it would." Yoh said as he took a big bite from it.
When everyone was finished they threw away the garbage and sat for a few moments to rest. Taruto glanced at the clock tower.
"11:58?" Taruto said to himself.
Slowly, he crept behind the tower by himself, making sure no one was looking, then he teleported away.
At Pudding's House:
Taruto appeared next to the gate of Pudding's house and looked around. He couldn't see her anywhere. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming this way. He glancing in the direction they were coming from and sure enough, there was Pudding waving to him.
"Hi Taru-Taru, Na no da!" She yelled happily.
"Hey, so have you thought about what we are going to do?" Taruto asked turning himself fully towards her.
"Yeah, I have a pretty good idea that I think you might like." Pudding said smiling.
"Well?" Taruto asked leaning closer.
"Follow Pudding, Na no da." Pudding said taking his hand and running in the direction in which she had arrived.
They were running through the streets of Tokyo, dodging traffic and pedestrians as they went. Within a few minutes of running they came to a small yellow shop. Pudding pushed the door open and pulled Taruto inside with her. She went down one isle with a whole bunch of colorful items. She stopped about half way through and smiled. Pudding slowly picked an item from the shelf and looked at it. Taruto looked at her in confusion. She turned to him and smiled.
"Perfect!" She said happily.
She walked over to the register and placed the item on the counter.
"Can I have that too?" Pudding said pointing to a big canister behind the employee that worked there.
"Sure." He said as he picked it up and placed it on the counter. "That comes to $60.95."
"Here you go, Na no da." Pudding said as she handed the man a few bills.
Taruto glanced at the items on the counter, the bag contained multicolored things, and on the package, from what he could see it said 100. The man took the bag and put it in a small brown bag and handed it to Pudding; who handed it to Taruto and lifted the big canister with all her strength.
"Thank you, Na no da!" She said as she and Taruto exited the shop.
"Pudding, what are these?" Taruto asked turning to Pudding.
"Those in the bag are Balloons, and this is helium." Pudding said smiling.
