Heya! Tory there! It's been a while, hasn't it? And even my lattest fics were not Gintama based! But here is a new one. My usual format, 3 chapters. Hope you will enjoy!
Disclaimer : I do not own Gintama ^.^
Sometimes I just hate my job. I have to get up early, only to wander in the city. Most of the time with boring colleagues, telling me about that hot chick they met last night or that cute kitten they found on their way home or don't you find it weird that the Captain is still single or even that's the best Anpan I've had on my life.
Seriously guys. When did you think I was the talkative one? Where on my face is it written "I care"?
And even when I'm alone, that sucks. Especially on those friggin hot days when whenever you feel like taking a nap you see a robber stealing a grandma's handbag and running away with it so you have to chase after him. Being healthy and athletic does not mean that I like to run. Just let me rest for a bit, would you?
And you know what's worse? Terrorism. Not those stupid guys working for Katsura. The Joui. Sure they make a few bombs explode sometimes but it's always against Amanto. And the bad ones. The bastards ones. So sometimes when I see one of them trying to kidnap an Amanto rich guys who treated like shit some of the citizen, I just look away. Maybe that was just my imagination.
Anyway, those are not the terrorists I'm talking about. Lately, a new group formed. We know really little about them, only that they target mostly only humans, or integrated Amanto. And their name. "The Justice League". Yup, like the cartoon. And the violence is getting worse every day. At first, it was people beaten up. Rich people, mostly. That happened all over the country and no one connected the beatings. But then beatings became house burning. Schools. And lately, on the other side of the country, near Sapporo, a cop got shot. Everytime, a note is found nearby. "Humans should pay for their betrayals. That's the Justice League Role."
I can't help but imagine them wearing latex masks and thighs. But I'm almost the only one laughing about it. Everyone's scared. People are starting talking about it. They don't go out as much. And our priority as the Shinsengumi is to arrest those people.
I yawn. I don't mind arresting them but we don't have a single clue. So I'm just sent to watch the streets. And that's probably more to make people feel safe than to actually protect them.
"Think about it... And please, just go to our meeting before taking any decision."
Talking about Amanto... Three of them talking in the streets. How many of them could be part of that league? I suddenly notice that one of them is a girl. Around my age. I smirk. Obviously, China.
The two other Amanto leave – one has a tail dragging on the floor and I feel so much like walking on it – and China is there, showing me her back, a paper on the hand.
"If that's not a suspect Amanto I see right there... What are you doing here? Posing a bomb or something?"
I know I can make that kind of jokes, because she's probably the Amanto I trust the most on this planet. Well, I do not trust her that much, but she owes Earthlings so much she's the one that would never hurt our specie.
She shoves the paper on her pocket and looks at me, her eyes murderous.
"So what, is every Amanto suspect to you? That's racist, Sadist, you know?"
"I wouldn't say that every one is, but you're still the sister of the Harusame's leader, you know... Which makes you suspect enough."
She giggles with a bitter face.
"And now you do not even consider me as a person by myself, I have to be guilty because one of my kind is an asshole. That's so much... You. So much all of you, actually. I don't even feel like fighting. Shouldn't you be patrolling to protect people?"
I must confess that I'm a bit shocked by the venom in her words. A sound behind me makes me look back, but it's just a cat. With my usual sadist smile, I throw at her.
"What's with you, on your periods, China?"
But she's already gone.
On the next day, I wake up late. I did not sleep well. My dream was full of bombs exploding on primary schools and airports, and I caught the culprit who was undoubtedly China's brother but when I grabbed him by the shoulder to turn him around, he had China's face.
Seeing China's face in a dream is probably the worst nightmare I've had in years.
Anyway, I know what I need to do today. I leave the Shinsengumi place saying I'm off patrolling and peacefully start walking to where I need to go.
The place is as noisy as ever. The old lady is banging on the door and her piercing voice could be heard through all Edo. Not surprisingly, the inside of the house is dead silent – even I would pretend I'm dead if such a old hag was insulting me like she was through my door.
"Listen to me you fucking useless perm head! It's either you pay me the rent or I call the fucking cops! I know they're useless as shit but for once they will do something useful!"
I cleared my throat loud enough so that she would notice me. She gave me a cold glare and lit up a cigarette.
"This is house is not jail. You don't get free food, you ain't got a roof for free. If I don't have my money by tomorrow, I'll find a way to contact that stupid League so that they chop off your head."
I almost shivered while she was getting down the stairs. I've met many debt collectors in my life. Not the kind of guys you would have fun with. They would all look like cute little kitten next to her.
I wait for a bit before taking the stairs. It still smells tobacco. If I knocked, I know for sure Danna is gonna hide, thinking it's the old lady again. So, instead, I opened the door. I'm a policeman, I'm sure that legal. I'm the law.
"I'm here to arrest the stupid Chinese girl!"
Danna's head pops from behind the desk. Seeing that I'm alone, he goes out completely.
"Sorry kid but she's not here. What did she do this time? Do I have to pay something? If so just send her to jail, that will teach her life."
"She's not there? Really? Fine."
I close the door behind me. Danna looks at me, surprised.
"Told you she ain't there."
"Told you that was fine. I came to talk to you. And we can't have her in the way."
I can see by his face that he is really clueless of what I'm going to talk about. Great. Maybe I'm just wrong.
I wait for him to sit on the sofa before talking.
"You heard about the League? Obviously you did. Everyone did. Anyway, I suspect that China - "
"Kagura has nothing to do with them. She's not the nicest girl on Earth but she's not a terrorist."
But as he's talking, I can read doubt in his eyes. I tell him everything that happened yesterday. He says nothing, he just listens. When I'm done, he keeps silent for a moment.
"Honestly, I can't promise you she's not one of them. Lately, she said a lot of things like 'You humans / Us Amanto', or complaining that whenever someone's being mean to her it's a racist... I don't know who put those ideas in her head. It is true that outside, people are being more and more suspicious, and often, indeed, racists. But she looks human! No one treats her like an Amanto. Yet, she feels isolated. Even her friends won't play with her."
His eyes are those of a father. A worried father.
"Okita-kun... I will talk to her. But please... Keep her safe. Watch for her."
A few days passed. I have promised to Danna to keep an eye on the China girl, and I do. Day by day, I can see her change. Her eyes have lost their brightness. Her attitude is more and more suspicious. Hell, I did not see her smile once, and yet she is probably the dumbest yet happiest girl on Earth. And one night, Danna calls me.
"She told me she was going out with her friends and that I should not wait for her... Her friends do not talk to her anymore. Would you mind..."
"Sure."
It does not take me long to find her – maybe we have a radar for each other, one can spot its natural enemies easily or something. Anyway, there she is, walking carefully, looking behind a lot to see if she's being followed. Of course you are, stupid, but I don't expect you to notice me. And she doesn't. She turns on a dark alley, but when I want to follow her, someone taps on my shoulder. It's one of the men who were talking to her a few days ago. His skin is so green you feel vegan just by looking at him. But he's not alone. Five, six, ten... Wait, ten guys just for me?
"I guess you're not here to thank me for protecting this city?"
He throws his fist at me. Well, I guess they're not. Too bad, I get too little recognition for what I do. But they're still a piece of cake for me. Describing that fight would be worthless : it took me less than five minutes to beat them. And I even had time to text Kondo-san that he should not expect me for dinner.
But once I'm done with them, obviously, China is long gone. And my radar can't seem to find her. She has just vanished into thin air. I spend a full hour looking for her, but nothing, so I come back home.
I decide to wake up early on the next day to investigate.
What I did not plan was that bomb exploding.
Next chapter next Monday! What do you think? Did Kagura make that bomb explode? Maybe Kamui did? Maybe Otose did because Gin didn't pay? WHO KNOWS ? (well, I do)