A/N: Aww, it'll be my 5th story here huh… it's been a great year, I never assume that I'll be able to do 5 stories in this website, (I start off in Tracing footprints and I can't believe how successful it was *even right now I was still in awe* then comes Shout!; Take a Chance, and the recently concluded A different beat. Sure it was a rocky road journey ^^ So thank you so much for those lovely people who accompanied me!) Well then, as I promised, I'm going to borrow another series of minutes from you guys, Hope you'll like it!
Disclaimer: Gintama was entirely not mine, All rights reserved for Sir Hideaki Sorachi *salute!*
Saudade
~Okikagu Fanfiction~
Chapter 1 – Onset
*Normal P.O.V*
One fine day at the shinsengumi headquarters, stood a prominent businessman which happens to be a principal of a prestigious school in Edo, alongside the executive commander himself, Kondo Isao, solemnly waiting for the latter to speak; he cleared his throat, breaking the ice surrounding them.
"How may we help you Sir?" he asked as he plastered a smile.
"Excuse my sudden visit, Kondo-san." The man bowed as he sat down on the other side of the table, facing the commander of the police.
"Please raise your head Sir, It's our very duty to attend to every problem the people of this country want us to resolve, so no need to apologize Sir." He reassured.
"Well to put it all straight; I'm here to ask a certain request with regards of the school I co-owned with." The man sighed. "See, it's been a week or two since I started receiving complaints from either students or their parents with regards of a black organization as what others called it, within the school premises that was threatening almost half of the student body. As days passed the complaints unruly becoming worst, 20% of them had already transferred and there are still piles of dropping out letters on my office waiting to be signed. If this goes on, I'm afraid that we have to face the possible outcome, which is to forcefully close our school which we have worked for after all these years. I don't want our efforts to go to waste, so…" Backing down a few inches away to the table the man lowered his head to the ground and pleaded, "Please help us Kondo-san! Lend me your hand to be able to protect this school."
-#-
"So that's what happened, Toshi." Kondo said as he handed down the request form to his subordinate,
Hijikata puffed out a cloud of smoke out of his mouth as he took the papers from their superior,
"A secret group eh?" he said, squishing his cigarette on the ashtray. "I wouldn't be that surprise, that school was full of sophisticated bastards coming from different rich families, competition was inevitable there, and secret organizations are also a piece of cake to form considering that there are also daughters and sons of yakuza or terrorists attending that building."
"You're right, so any suggestion for our plan of action Toshi?" Kondo asked as he lifted his teacup.
"Noting what I just said, it'll be hard to conduct a sudden raid to that eminent school, so… no hasty actions."
"How about-!"
Their discussion was interrupted when Yamazaki slide opened the door while trying to stop a certain silver head,
"Kondo san!" he exclaimed, "Uhmm you see…"
"Yo, Gorilla! Mayora!" Gintoki greeted as he casually entered the room and sat down at the side of the table,
"Why you-!" Hijikata's fuming was cut off when Kondo suddenly spoke,
"Oh, Gintoki! What agenda do you have with us?" he smiled,
"You see." Gintoki pulled out a piece of paper and handed it down to the chief of police, "There's this girl who went to our place and asked us to protect her, because of a certain circumstances happening to her school. I saw the principal leaving out on your gate when I was walking towards Old Gengai's place so I thought maybe we could work things up here together, since we share the same goal either way." He said while munching some nori cookies sitting on the table at their middle.
"This is a rare sight ain't it?" Kondo chuckled.
"Huh?" both Gintoki and Hijikata raised an eyebrow, as Gintoki called out the poor Yamazaki and told him to get him a pack of strawberry milk as soon as possible.
"I mean, Yorozuya and shinsengumi? Working together..?" he chuckled once again,
"We're just doing this because of the job handed down to us, same goes to you too right?"He sighed, "Oi Yamazaki hurry!"
Zaki dashed off and went to their kitchen.
"You're awfully behaving like this was your house or something huh perm head? Have some self-restraint!" Hijikata glared,
"Eh? Sorry, I can't hear you, f*ckin' Mayora." Gintoki grinned,
"Why you-!"
"Well, Well, you two calm down." Kondo mediated,
"Here you go Danna." Yamazaki huffed as he handed a cartoon of strawberry milk to their guest.
"That took about 20 minutes Yamazaki, you should-!"
"Quit the yelping diabetic perm head." Hijikata taunted,
"You're looking for a fight Mayora?" Gintoki smirked,
"Oh really? Why don't we sta-!"
"Okay, Okay, Sit down you two and let's get this straight." Kondo pulled their arms and made them sit down. "Let's conduct a plan."
"Like I just said a while ago, before this bastard came along, no hasty actions." Hijikata lit another cigarette, Gintoki just glared,
"How about we gather all the students and ask them-!"
Hijikata didn't bother to har Gin's suggestion as he cut him up,
"You think they'll spill it so easily?"
"Well, let's bribe them-!"
*PAK!*
Hijikata landed a blow to Gin's head as soon as he heard the word 'bribe'.
"We are the POLICE you no brain-peasant!" he yelled,
The tension rose up on the room and was immediately extinguished when Kondo pulled their arms and made them sit down once again.
"Well, I think Toshi was right Gintoki-san." He exhaled, "It feels like it'll be as hard as of having a child confess that he took a candy without permission."
Once Gintoki had vent out his anger, he nodded, "Well, that makes sense."
The three was deep in reverence when Yamazaki entered the room yet again.
"Chief, I forgot to submit my reports for my stakeout-!"
"THAT'S IT!"
The three blurted out, "YAMAZAKI GOOD JOB!"
"Eh?" the spy was dumbfounded as he faced them.
"But that school was mainly for High schoolers who could we send there to act out as our spies and perform a stakeout without having trouble based on their neither ages nor appearance? I mean someone who could act out as a normal high school student?"
They were once again deep in thoughts, when they've heard noises drawing near towards them.
"How could you be so dumb China?"
"IDIOT! Get these handcuffs off of my hands now!"
"Just who's the idiot who steals sokunbo in the public?"
"As I was saying, I've paid for that sokunbo! The owner even said it!"
"You're my prisoner got it? So shut up~"
"YOU SICK S! YOU'RE JUST MESSING WITH ME AGAI-!"
"YOU TWO!"
Both of them paused when Hijikata, Kondo and Gintoki suddenly appears in front of them, and held their shoulders, Their eyes went from their toe to head and nods at the end.
"What's up with all these ruckus?"
Sougo's eyebrow arched up as he looked at them,
"You two…" They smiled,
"Will be going to school starting tomorrow."
The background was silent for a while, when all of the words sink in, Sougo and Kagura can't help but say;
"Huh?"
-To be continued…