[X] Heroes in a half-shell
Menka manages to talk you out of heading to the markets to get a pair of living animals ("Aw, c'mon! There's good eating on those things!") and into letting him transform so you don't get your best clothes dirty fighting muggers, so after breakfast it's off to the antique district.
The owner of the shop you enter takes one look at your formal attire and the straight-backed middle-aged bodyguard behind you and smells money. Wringing his hands congenially as he comes out from behind the counter, he bows repeatedly and bids you welcome, before shouting up the stairs for his son to come down and mind the register.
After twenty minutes of looking around you settle on a painting of a river, with two turtles as tiny figures on the muddy embankment. It cleans out your savings, but you can't very well steal Nabiki's wedding present; she has to live in this town after you leave, after all.
The shopkeeper wraps it up in white linen, and you and Menka head back to the school.
Ami having just the dress for the occasion isn't much of a surprise, but Kiba's proper kimono certainly is. He looks uncomfortable as only a man with sharp nails wearing silk clothing can.
Your teacher, on the other hand, looks downright debonair.
You whistle. "And me without a camera. Sensei, ya gotta promise me to wear that outfit when you apologize to Kurenai-san; there's no way she won't take you back."
"She didn't dump me!" he retorts, stung. "We aren't even dating."
As one, you, Menka, Ami, Kiba, and Akamaru snort.
"Adults have complicated lives, kids," he says loftily, "and maybe when you're older you'll understand that. In the meantime, mind your own business."
"I've been older than you in cat years since before we met," Menka remarks.
"Opposable-thumb problems and cat problems are completely different!"
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Now, then, in this vast sea of overpriced chairs that were very important to the bride but which literally no one else cares about, where shall you sit?
[X] With your teammates, duh.
[X] With that cute little red-haired girl!
[X] With Jou and the guys. Can't let him think you're ditchin' 'em just 'cause the mission's over.
[X] Hey, the seat next to Sukaha is empty... worth a shot.