Gintama©Sorachi Hideaki

People Judge Only from What They Could See

English Version of "Orang Menilai dari Apa yang Kentara"

Kabuki-cho, Edo, December 28th

Kagura walked along Kabuki-cho streets. Her bright blue eyes just got attached to the white silver drops on the ground, then, she stopped, and continued to walk again. The situation there was so crowded. Many food stalls, accessories, traditional charms were fulfilling the streets. Children ran happily, using their best clothes to play. Some were using colorful bandana on their head, some were using the flower-patterned yukata to their girl friends. This was the Winter Festival celebration of Kabuki-cho.

"Hello, Soyo-chan? Uh, yeah, I'm walking to stall number 18. Oh, you have been there? Okay, okay, wait, I'll come fast, aru" Kagura spoke with her high tone as usual. She pressed the red button on her phone screen and put it back to her sling-bag. It has bunny patern and given by Anego one year ago when she was fifteen last November.

"Kagura-chan, is this okay to leave Gin-san alone at home?" Shinpachi blabbered.

"Gin-chan said that he is too lazy to go out because today is so cold. He already told us to buy him candies, isn't that enough?" Kagura asked as she tried to look for stall number 18 where she and Soyo-chan promised to meet.

In stall number 18, there stood a grown-up boy was holding a phone.

"Yes, Princess, I'm standing in the Highness' appointment place, what should I do? Oh I see, I have to keep standing still until someone arrives? Understood, Soyo-Princess"

Still in the crowd, Kagura yelled, "Oi Shinpachi did you see stall number 18?"

Shinpachi couldn't help but feeling so sorry to Kagura's awkward action. Was she going to shame herself? They were in front of their destination, where there was a teenage boy using a sandy-brown scarf, just the same with his hair color.

"Kagura-chan we are standing in front of it, right now"

"No, no, absolutely, aru. Soyo-chan didn't cut her hair and change her hair color with the same color as that useless police, you know who?" of course Shinpachi knew, who else if he's not Okita Sougo, the one who stand in stall number 18.

Now Sougo felt so pissed off by the Princess. He was told to guard Shogun's little sister from a crazy stalker who intended to meet the Princess in the festival, whereas she still wanted to go even if the stalker will come, so for the sake of her, the Shogun asked Shinsengumi to send one of their members to go together with Soyo. At the very first plan made by Kondo, Yamazaki was the one who would come, but unfortunately he had a high fever since the early morning, so, Sadist came to replace him. Knowing that the one who would accompany her is Okita Sougo, the Sadist, without telling the others, Soyo made a plan to make Kagura meet Sougo during the festival.

Rather than coming to enjoy the festival, she thought that it would be more enjoyable to see Okita Sougo and Kagura going together to the celebration.

And now, all that he did to see was China and the freak glassed-otaku.

"Oi China could you please mind your attitude when you are speaking?"

"Shinpachi, can you hear a weird whisper coming from that stall? Oh, it's so bad, maybe Soyo-chan was eaten by a watchman devil?"

"K-Kagura-chan, I think… you shouldn't trigger a fight now, ne?" Shinpachi looked so pale, seeing Sougo's frowned face.

"Yo, Eyeglassed-otaku. Are ya doin' well?" Sougo shared his smirk, when suddenly a call came.

"Soyo Princess, don't play around with me"

"Ara, ara, Okita-san? Is there anyone who comes closer? If so, please tell me what color does her hair? Is it vermillion? Okay, I hope you are pleased to enjoy the festival with her, and don't forget to send the report after this. Oh yeah, if you didn't do as what I have told, you have to remember our appointment last noon, see you then, Okita-san!" Soyo said from the phone.

Sougo turned off his phone, felt pissed off for the second time. This was our Sadist Prince, no matter who the hell called him, even if it was the Shogun's little sister, he would not be reluctant to be annoyed. Ah yeah, suddenly he remembered his fool appointment with the Princess, he was told to do some freak things—something so embarrassing for him. Damn that Princess, using her power to bully me for her pleasure, and what? Accompanying China? What kind of happiness that she will get?, he thought.

"Well China, Eyeglassed-otaku, I was sent by the Princess to accompany you two to the festival. She was very sorry to you, China, because she couldn't meet you right now"

"WHAT? I DON'T NEED YOU TO BE MY ESCORT!" Kagura yelled.

"Who's the one who tell you that I'll be an escort for you? No one!" Sougo replied.

"Uh, uh, you must have tricked Soyo-chan, Sadist"

"No I didn't, for what sake I want to waste my time to see a glutton wandering around the food stalls?"

"Did you say something?"

"Yes I did. I say, a glutton!"

"You damn police officer!" Kagura was preparing to slap Sougo when Shinpachi stopped her hand.

"Stop it, Kagura-chan, we have to enjoy the festival, everyone in this place is happy, don't make any mess, okay?"

"You hear him, China glutton"

"Whatever, aru"

In the end of that short fierce discussion, Sougo decided to walk beside Shinpachi and Kagura was in front of them. Each time Kagura stopped in a food stall, Sougo would only laugh a little, she is really a huge-eater.

Eating her last bite of takoyaki, Kagura was surprised, seeing many people ran toward the opposite direction. The sound of screams, bombs, rushing people were mixed. Not so long after that, a bunch of thick smoke was filling the air. Still in the crowd, Kagura, Sougo, and Shinpachi hurriedly ran toward the source of the bomb, ready with their own weapon. Kagura who was bringing along her umbrella, Sougo with his Kiku-ichimonji RX 78, and Shinpachi… ah let's spare him, because he was bringing a frying pan, maybe he got it from the food-seller.

"Just what the heck is happening!" Sougo said.

"Alien!" a passerby screamed.

"Aliens are attacking us! Run! Run!"

"Okay I know that this China glutton is an alien who attacks you people by eating a lot of takoyaki until nothing left" Sougo said, spare his smirk to Kagura.

"You better shut up and see something in front of you, Tax-Robber!"

A group of aliens were coming. Some of them had neon-green color, some had bad smells, come had sharp teeth with one big eye, some had many hair along her body, Shinpachi felt so disgusted and tried his best to punch them.

"They are regenerating so fast" Sougo commented, "they got no end"

"Huh? What are you doing, Sadist? They fell to the ground when I hit them, are you just too weak? Haha!" Kagura mocked, while Sougo knitted his eyebrows, how could China do it?

Edo was in fear, everyone hide in their own home, or rather than it, finding a shelter in another faraway town—by running. All town infrastructures were caught by the aliens, they were guarding it, no mercy.

Sougo sighed, "oi China, are they your siblings or auntie or granny who are wishing you to come back home?"

"Of course not!" Kagura yelled.

This is bad, Sougo thought.

A/N

Hello everyone! Basically this is in Indonesian, I translated this fic into English, for having a refreshment. I'm inside the weeks of exams. Since I'm having a test, no lesson at school, so I go home earlier and get more time.

Pardon me for the bad English because it's not my first language. Please leave your supporting advice and critics.

Thank you for reading and have a nice day!

Furuchisa.