A/N(Author's Note): Hello everyone! I know I haven't updated the other fanfics for a long time but the idea of this fanfic just popped out in my head from nowhere and I had to write it. By the way, this is already a completed fanfic so no worries about updates. There are 12 chapters overall. YEY! I should have done the same way with my other fanfics before... Oh yeah, this is my first Gin-tama fanfic. : )

Along with this new story, I also updated my SasuHina fanfic so I kinda feel satisfied... just a bit. I really have to finish them... ;_; why do ideas pop out from nowhere anyway?! and then they won't leave my head, silly head of mine.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gin-tama anime/manga and its characters except for this storyline.

I hope you enjoy! This is a mixed Drama, Comedy and Romance.

Chapter 1:

Escape

He had nowhere to go to.

Nowhere to go back to.

But still, he had to run. Run fast. With all his remaining strength.

Or else it would be over for him. Everything would be over for him. This was his only chance. If he wouldn't be able to escape, hell would be welcoming him.

~ X ~ X ~ X ~

He could see himself, wounds all around his arms, on his face, neck. Fresh wounds. It looked like he took a bath of blood, his black shirt was a mess, with cuts here and there. The mirror reflecting himself looked as if it was laughing at him.

He looked miserable.

...Oi. Oi!

...

Voice? Who?

The mirror in front of him broke into pieces as his eyes slowly widened. Then he heard the voice again. So he was inside a dream. Now that he thought of it, he was in a dark place. Nothing was surrounding him, just pure black. Endless black.

Wait. What if this wasn't a dream? What if he was already dead and now he was in hell? And what if the one calling him was the demon itself?

He was about to turn his head to look behind him when he heard a loud thud.

"Oi, wake up already. If you don't properly answer, I'll send you straight to hell right now, you brat."

Now, he was wide awake. And the first thing his eyes saw was a pair of blue eyes staring right into him. It took him a few more seconds before he realized that the loud bang he heard was from right beside his left ear. His face turned to the side and he blinked. It wasn't that he was suddenly afraid of this stranger facing him. It was just that...

...Would someone normally punch a hole beside a sleeping person...?

He sat up, bumping the forehead of the stranger. That hurt, of course, but he was more taken aback by what the frantic stranger did a while ago.

"That hurts, you stupid! Is that what you do to your savior!"

"What?"

Savior? And it was a girl. The stranger was a girl. The one who almost punched a hole in his face! He choked. Putting his left hand on his mouth as he coughed, he looked at the girl who sat on the floor. Her hair was the color of mixed orange and pink...? Her skin was pale white, and she was wearing a red china dress with two slits on each side. She had no sleeves which made her pale skin even more eye-catching.

Why was he with a cosplaying girl? He remembered escaping from a bunch of bastard amantos... not playing a stupid mama-papa game with some weird-looking girl. So what now? Why was he at a small house he couldn't recognize, with this girl?

"Who are you? What savior are you talking about?"

"Hah! Be thankful to this Kagura-sama! I saw you lying down on a road with bunch of bad-looking guys beating you down, so I kicked them away. You looked like a ragged doll you know? What did you do to those guys to make them that mad at you?"

Ahh... She saved him from those bastards. Great. His life was saved but now he was indebted to a little girl. Heaving a sigh, he nodded at the girl to show that he understood.

"Did you just sigh? What's with the boring reaction eh? And you were saved by this Kagura-sama, so bow your head!"

"Huh? I don't remember asking you for help so why would I bow my head, stupid girl."

"What did you say, this ungrateful brat!"

"You're a brat too!"

They were bickering and yelling at each other when another voice joined in, stopping them from quarreling.

"Oi oi, stop fighting you two. Kagura, he's still injured so let him be for now."

"Tosshi!"

A tall man with black hair came in and walked until beside the girl. He was wearing a navy blue yukata. His appearance looked more normal... but then shouldn't the girl be wearing a yukata as well or at least something that didn't define weird? Okay, maybe they were not normal.

"Sorry for that. How are you feeling now?"

"Not bad... Anyway, you two, why are you helping someone you don't know?"

"I'm Hijikata Toshirou, this girl here is Kagura. You?"

Seemed like they weren't going to answer his question. But why? Why would they help a stranger like him? There weren't any merit for them.

"Okita."

"Your first name?"

"Do I have to say?"

"You brat, we're being kind here you know!" The china girl grabbed his collar.

"Kagura, that's fine, come here. Okita... rest for now. If you get hungry, just call to either one of us."

"...Tosshi and I are really nice. But I'm not as patient as him eh, you got that stupid brat?"

"Yeah I got it very well, stupid brat."

He repeated what she called him in a sarcastic manner however the girl named Kagura only let go of him without uttering any more word, then she ran after the man. They both left the room, giving him a temporary space for himself alone.

~ X ~ X ~ X ~

Kagura followed Hijikata to his room. She didn't like that guy. Why did she even bother saving him...? Oh yeah, she was too nice to walk away after seeing someone being beaten down by a bunch of freaks. And he looked as if he was about to die in a minute was she to abandon him right back then.

But who knew he'd be a rude brat? she wanted to strangle him so bad.

"Tosshi, that guy-"

"Ahh. I know someone before with the same surname as him..."

"Eh? Who?"

"Someone... from past. Anyway, you brought that guy yesterday night. What exactly happened?"

"Yeah, he's a rude brat."

"...I wasn't asking about that."

Kagura put her arms across her chest as she sat on the bed beside Hijikata.

"He..."

. . . . .

Kagura was on her way home, nibbling on her favorite sukonbu when she heard people shouting something she couldn't understand. There were running footsteps, ragged breathes and a sound of clashing blades. She followed the sounds, curious as to what all the commotions was about..

She raised an eyebrow when she saw men, probably with a number of eight to ten, cornering one young man. She actually didn't want to step into their business but he was already lying down and almost taking a bath in his own blood, his wounds were clearly seen and he was almost like... out of breath. By the time she walked towards them, he was already unconscious.

"Oi, what are you doing?"

"Haah? Who are you-"

Kagura sent the creep who spoke flying backwards with her kick. The other freaks around her gasped and glared at her. They all had this similar creepy shape of face that made her stomach churn.

Why the heck do they look like cockroaches? She hated cockroaches, creepy! Ah yeah, amantos eh? She was an amanto as well but she didn't look anything horrible like them. What a bad image!

Kagura glared back, pointing her umbrella at them as they all ran towards her at once. Wasting no time, she shot at them and jumped above, stepping onto their faces one by one. Then she did a forward somersault and kicked one on the stomach, the other one on his side. She shot again at the remaining others but none of them she directly hit the vitals. She just wanted to drive them away and she won by frightening them off.

"Y-you... Everyone, let's go! Get the sword! Hurry!"

"Hah! Losers!"

Kagura snorted before running close to the unconscious guy. She checked his pulse on the neck and fortunately, he didn't seem to die from all the blood loss. What a durable body huh? She took and carried him on her back, he was taller than her but his weight didn't bother her one bit. Not knowing what else to do or where to bring the guy, she decided to take him with her.

. . .

"So he was being targeted by those amantos... Something strange you saw about them?"

"Hm, I don't know eih."

Bang. Hijikata and Kagura jerked their heads towards the door. Okita was leaning on the wall, out of breathe and glaring at Kagura. Then he walked to her, grabbing both her arms.

"The sword. You let them take the sword! Without that, there's no point that I survived!"

"Hoh, eavesdropping eh? Bad habit we have there, don't we. And sword? I don't know such thin-"

"Y-you... Everyone, let's go! Get the sword! Hurry!"

"Ah. It was that sword."

Did Kagura perhaps, let those freaks take some important thing...? But she didn't know! It wasn't her fault. Damn this guy. Kagura slapped Okita's hands away as she stepped closer to him, their faces inches close.

"Look, I don't care about your sword okay? You should be thankful I even helped you. And now you're acting all high and mighty ahh? If you died, then the more you can't take back that thing eih!"

...

"... My bad."

Okita turned around and walked off. Hijikata could only stare at the two, while Kagura could only remain still there.

. . .

. . .

Okita was seething in anger, but she had a point. Still, he almost lost his life protecting that sword just to be stolen away from him again. If only he was at a good condition yesterday, he could have just slashed them all to death... How irritating.

Next time, he would make sure to take that sword back again, no matter what.

What do you think everyone? I'd appreciate any feedbacks! And if you found any errors or spelling mistakes, please don't hesitate to point out. I don't have any beta-reader, I had to reread this many times before uploading here but I still might have missed some mistakes... Sorry for that!

Anyway thank you for reading. And... ahem*cough*... I'm also a Hijikata x Mitsuba shipper but I find Hijikata x Kagura kind of cute and I find Okita x Kagura x Hijikata extremely adorable, I don't know why. I love Okita x Kagura the most though.
Please respect my preference in pairings.