Birds chirruped sweetly on rooftops, as the brilliant yellow sun majestically rose, lighting the earth with its power-

A bowl came winging out of an open window, smashing into the bird. "Oy- Gin-chan! I think I caught breakfast."

Sleepily the perm-head rubbed his eyes as a triumphant Chinese looking girl began to climb out the window, not minding the fact that those below could see everything. "OY! Kagura! Get back in here-"

Too late. With a grin she had already jumped onto the neighboring roof to pick up the bird. "Look Gin-chan, breakfast!"

One fisheye twitched in response. "Kagura- you can't actually be meaning to eat that- right?"

"Stupid Gin-chan- we'll make four-eyes cook it for us!"

"No, no, I'm quite certain that Shinpachi won't cook it for us-"

"Good morning, Kagura-chan, Gin-san. What are you guys doing being so loud this early in the morning- OY IS THAT A DEAD BIRD? WHY ARE YOU THRUSTING IT AT ME, HUH? DO YOU HONESTLY EXPECT ME TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT!"

Kagura looked away with a soft "Tch" as the bird in her hand began to flutter. Gintoki's eye twitched in response, as Shinpachi took a step back.

"Kagura- you did kill it…right?"

"Of course I did-"

With a squawk, the bird began to flap its wings desperately, as unnoticed, the door slid open behind them. Kagura, reacting instinctively, threw the bird at the door-

Only to slam right into someone's face, causing him to topple over, just in time to miss a sideways stab from the person beside him. The bird squawked loudly, before flapping off. The person lying on the ground snarled, a puff of cigarette smoke climbing up into the air. "Sogou- what do you think you're doing?"

"I missed. Oh well, at least this time I will get you-"

The Shinsengumi member rolled sideways, before jumping to his feet and pointing an accusing finger at his fellow man. "Okita! Stop trying to kill me all the time1"

"Che- I missed."

Okita sighed as he looked away, directly at Kagura. "It's all your fault China, if you hadn't let that bird go it would've hit directly."

"Oh, you blaming me Sadist?"

Two sets of eyes met and burned, as Gintoki stuck his pink in his ear, before taking it out and blowing on it. "What brings you guys here? Here to hire us?"

Hijikata twitched, as Shinpachi's head craned to take a look around him. "Ah, Yamazaki-san, you're here as well."

The spy nodded, patting his badminton racket at his side instead of his usual sword. "Yep. I was told to come along in case its another three vs. three deal."

"Three vs. three? Ah, well- would you like some tea?"

In the background he could hear the sound of a table being smashed, and the Landlady below began screeching at them to quiet down and not break anything. Yamazaki began to nod, when a hand descended upon his head with a black cloud gathering behind him.

"Ya-ma-zak-i~" The sugary sweet voice from Hijikata sent chills down the spy's back like no other, "We didn't come here for a drink! We came here for one reason!"

"Y-Yes sir." Yamazaki sighed, wanting to cry as Shinpachi shrugged, moving back behind the nearly destroyed couch.

"Kagura- if you keep that up, the Landlady is going to demand that we pay to replace everything." Shinpachi's calm words made everyone freeze in their steps, as a dark, ominous cloud that blotted out Hijikata's appeared.

An old, frail looking woman stood in the doorway. She took a long drag of her cigarette, before breathing out just as quietly. Then, one hand thrust out to the Shinsengumi members. "Pay up."

"Huh?"

"It's useless trying to squeeze milk out of a stone, and you guys are here to hire them right? So pay up."

Hijikata teeth ground on his cigarette, as Gintoki laughed maniacally. "That's right! Show them who's queen of Kabuki-chou!"

An umbrella descended upon his head as a Kagura's deadpan voice said, "That would be me."

Blood trickled down his face, as Gin's head slowly turned to her. Then, with an infuriated roar of his own, he lashed out. Instantly the entire place degraded into chaos as Okita took it as a signal to start fighting and leapt into battle eagerly (making certain to slash at Hijikata first).

A tick mark appeared on the landlady's head, and Shinpachi took a step back, before grabbing Yamazaki by the wrist. "Run."

The spy nodded. After working so long in dangerous areas, he had learned when to identify when to cut his loses and run. Together the two jimmies darted past the landlady before she could react, and quickly disappeared onto the streets of Kabuki-chou.

"WOULD YOU MORONS STOP DESTROYING MY APARTMENT?" The landlady's scream stopped both Gintoki and Kagura dead in their tracks as they suddenly began scrambling to get out the doorway.

"Oh no you don't!" She gestured sharply, as a robot maid with long green hair stepped out of the shadows, wielding a mop.

Kagura smirked. "SADAHARU!"

The giant dog barked once as he leaped- Kagura jumped on his back, sticking her tongue out at them as she smirked in triumph.

"Huh, that was a close one."

Her triumphant smile dropped as she turned around- Okita sat further down Sadaharu's back, shading his eyes as both Hijikata and Gintoki were left to the unmerciful landlady.

Shinpachi gasped for breath, as he leaned against the wall. "So- *pant* why did the *gasp wheeze* Shinsengumi come to the Yoryuza?"

Yamazaki, also wheezing for breath as he leaned against the wall, held up a picture that he fished out of his pocket. "This is the shogun's pet dog. It disappeared, and since it looked like a miniature Sadaharu, we wondered if it had come running to you guys."

Shinpachi's eyes narrowed as he regarded the picture. It did indeed look like a miniature Sadaharu… "I think I know where to look for it."

"Huh?" Yamazaki looked surprised as Shinpachi straightened from the wall.

"There are two fake priestesses that gave us Sadaharu. If we go to them, then we'll probably get more information." Shinpachi paused, before turning around. "By the way- you didn't happen to feed it strawberry milk or something, did you?"

"Huh? No- I don't think so…"

Shinpachi sighed in relief. "That's good. We don't need a giant dog trying to kill everyone running around. Let's go. It'll take awhile to walk there so-"

"Should we just use the police car?"

"Can you drive?"

A number Sixteen appeared in the air, pointing at Shinpachi, while a Not Yet Revealed pointed at Yamazaki. Shinpachi's head hung as he groaned. "Otase probably is already selling it for money. So unless you can call up another one-"

Yamazaki held up a small radio. "It's standard equipment to carry these."

Shinpachi's eyes twitched as he pointed at the radio. "Where did you pull that rfrom? You weren't carrying it before!"

Yamazaki smirked. "You know, since no one notices us Jimmies, its easy to carry something and pull it out magically! Ahahahaha!"

"BUT WHERE DID YOU PULL IT OUT FROM? YOU'RE A-"

A squad car pulled up, and a head stuck out, "Oy, Yamazaki- Kondo wants to know where Hijikata and Okita went to."

"They went to go gather information. Hey- can we-" The car drove off, as the men turned to each other, chattering normally as they completely forgot about the two Jimmies.

Shinpachi smirked.

"Come on Yamazaki, we should start walking. It's going to take us awhile."

"Yes, lets…" Yamazaki sighed heavily as Shinpachi glanced at the picture clutched in his hands.

"It seems like the Shogun sends you out to look after his pets a lot," Shinpachi murmured.

Yamazaki nodded. "We're the Emperor's dogs. We do what we must."

Shinpachi slowly nodded, before looking back at the street before them. "Yamazaki-san, just a question, but… who do you follow? Hijikata, or Kondo?"

"I- I follow…" Yamazaki paused, before saying a single name, wondering if it was the right name.

He received his answer when Shinpachi grinned, nodding. "That's what I thought you'd say."

Kagura glowered as Sadaharu sat next to her, staring out like some sort of guard dog. "All I'm asking for is if you've seen this dog."

"It's a miniature Sadaharu, uh-huh. Why are you asking me this? If you try to take Sadaharu away, I won't forgive you, nope."

"Why would I want your stupid dog? I just want the miniature one here. In this picture. You do understand Japenese, right? Or should I start speaking slower?"

"If you start speaking slower I'll take your *Bleep* and do *Censored*."

Okita smirked, "What a dirty mouth you have. Maybe I ought to teach you a lesson in pain?"

"Huh. Anyways, if you want a miniature Sadaharu, you should go the priestesses, uh-huh. They were the ones that originally owned him, uh-huh."

"Priestesses? Where China?"

"Why should I tell you, Sadist?"

Okita stood up from the bench as he drew his sword. "Let's fight then- the first person that draws blood can ask a favor from the other."

Kagura smirked as she too stood. "Oh? Then be prepared to be my slave!"

Two hands grabbed them by the back of their heads, knocking them together and knocking the two out. Sadaharu was instantly up, growling loudly, only to cut off with a loud yelp as a huge needle slammed into his buttocks, and a large net dropped over him.

-(Meanwhile)-

Hijikata could only watch as Otase walked away, smirking in triumph as she held in her hands half of the back rent owed to her. Both he and Gintoki were almost naked except the barrels around their waists.

"I… feel violated."

a/n: A quick chapter I've come up out of nowhere- it'll probably be a pretty short story... Anyways, I hope you enjoy it! The pairings, if you haven't already guessed is HijikataXGintoki, OkitaXKagura, and YamazakiXShinpachi. Whenever the six of them get together, I get the feeling that they're like an extended family. Either way, please review!