A/N:

Hi guys! Juuno here. It's been so long since I last wrote a fanfic. Anyways, here is my first take on a Gintama fic. Reviews and comments would be highly appreciated, thank you!(⌒▽⌒ゞ

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Gintama, but Hideaki Sorachi does. ^-^

Enjoy~!


Crimson Eyes


CHAPTER ONE


"Curiosity killed the cat."

It was purely unintentional, really. Aika didn't mean to barge into the large space ship that came into her view; it's just that curiosity got the better of her.

"Argh. I just couldn't resist the idea of fun this ship may possibly have. Me and my crazy adventures always gets me into trouble. When will I ever learn…" she thought as she cautiously darted from one place to another, avoiding the guards on lookout. "Why the hell did I go in anyway?"

*Flashback*

It was a fine day as Aika was walking along the harbor of Edo, twirling the handle of her black umbrella. Her shoulder-length, midnight blue hair swayed with the salty breeze.

It's been a year since she lived in Earth; she left her own family at home, with the reason that she wanted to explore and venture upon her own adventure, much to the protest of her father who was reluctant to let her go, since she was an only child. But then again, no one can ever put up with her own stubbornness; once she decides on something, she'll never take 'no' for an answer.

"I wonder if I'll get to see any dangerous people today. It's been a while since I fought with someone, and now I'm really itching for a fight." Aika mused. Soon, a large space ship came into view.

"I wonder what that is for. And how does that thing float on water? Is that a sea-slash-space ship? Oh well, that ship seems to be fun to explore~! Might as well check it out." she skipped happily towards the ship. However, several guards were surrounding the entrance.

"Crap. At least I get to practice my skills while I'm at it. Better get to work!"

Aika charged towards the guards, hitting them with her umbrella. Every step she made, one guard fell down. It wasn't until long that she entered the ship. However, because she was caught, reinforcements were called.

*End of flashback*

And basically, that is the reason why she got into this sticky situation.

Aika opened an air vent and climbed up. She silently crawled, aiming to find an exit as soon as possible. Even though she is a Yato, it still isn't possible for her to be able to battle the lurking guards without getting hurt, for basically they were Yatos as well.

"Shit. I shouldn't have listened to my stubbornness. This is getting bad" she worriedly thought, cold sweat trickling down her face.

She crawled quietly until she reached a dead end with another air vent opening.

"Now what to do, what to do. I guess I have no choice" she shrugged as she pried open the vent before jumping down.

Soon after, a large room came into view. The carpet was a velvet red, silencing every step she made as she inspected the room. It had a large office table and chair with stacks of paper piling up.

"Anybody here? Hello~!" Aika called out.

"Wait. Why did I just talk out loud. I might get caught! Stupid me" Aika regretfully thought as she realized the situation she was in. She attempted to climb back up the air vent when suddenly an umbrella was pointed to her head.

"What are you doing here?" a male voice said.

"Drat. I guess the real fun begins now" she thought.

"Uhm-it's-nothing-I'm-not-doing-anything-bad-I-just-went-inside-because-I-thought-it's-fun-to-explore-the-ship-it-seemed-weird-that-it's-floating-above-the-sea-though-considering-that-it's-a-space-ship-anyway-I-think-I-have-explored-enough-thank-you-for-your-kindness-I'm-so-sorry-for-barging-in-it-won't-happen-again-goodbye!" Aika hurriedly blurted out before swatting the umbrella pointed at her head. She swiftly ran outside the door and never looked back.

"Did she just swat my umbrella? I will be damned. I can't just kill off a woman, a Yato at that. She'll get caught by the guards anyway. But she's minced meat once she bumps into Taichou" Abuto shrugged as he walked into the table to sort out the piling paperwork. "And this paperwork is piling up. I have to start now, that bonehead of a captain won't do the work anyway." he sighed.


"Okay okay where to go now. Ugh I can't climb back to the air vent since I got caught in that room. It's either fight or die then" Aika thought as a bunch of Yato guards came into view.

"Hey catch that chick she's not supposed to be here!" one guard shouted.

"Get her!"

"Shit." Aika reached another dead end. "Two dead ends in a row? You've gotta be kidding me. Lady luck is probably not by my side this time."

"Etou~ Please let me go. I did not mean to barge in your beautiful ship. I promise to be a good girl and get out. Please don't kill me." Aika pleadingly begged, with puppy-dog eyes in tow.

However, a bullet fired just centimeters away from her head as a response, destroying her ribbon ornament and ruining her hair in the process.

A vein popped in her forehead. It really pissed her off when her hair gets ruined, let alone destroying her favorite ribbon ornament. Her crimson-red eyes glared at the two guards.

"Nobody. Fucking. Messes. With. My. Hair." Aika slowly stepped forward, cracking her knuckles.

"Mess with your hair? It's already messed-up to begin with. And that annoying ribbon is just so—" the guard was cut off as a hard punch struck his face, rendering him unconscious. Within ten seconds, Aika had successfully knocked down two dozens of Yato guards surrounding her.

"Are you happy now? Thanks for ruining my hair and my fun." She muttered as she angrily kicked a guard blocking her way.

"Oh are you leaving? And I thought the fun is just about to get started"

"Huh?" Aika swiftly opened her umbrella as bullets started to make attempts at shooting her.

"My, my. What an energetic brat we have here. So you put my guards into sleep just because your unkempt hair got fucked-up further?" A guy with orange-colored hair came into view, his braid cascading down his back, grinning his trademark smile.

"Who the hell are you calling a brat? Unkempt hair? Ha! Don't make me laugh, your hair is what's unkempt. And what's with that hair antenna of yours? It's disgusting." Aika smirked, getting into battle position. "Let's see how well you fare, you moron. Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY, insults my hair."

Kamui's 'antenna' stood straight at the girl's statement, twitching. "What did you just say to me?"

"I just said that your antenna is digusting. Oh, and that annoying smile of yours. Could you quit being an ass and stop acting cheerful?"

No verbal response was made as Kamui's eyes suddenly opened, a creepy smile on his face. "Well, aren't you a cocky brat. Let's battle then so I could shut up that mouth of yours for good." He charged at Aika, aiming to pierce her heart.

Aika backed-off immediately, shooting bullets from her umbrella swiftly at Kamui's direction. Kamui easily dodged and successfully kicked her umbrella away from her right hand.

"Shit. I knew I should've used my left hand instead" she thought as she landed a kick on Kamui's shoulder.

However, Kamui caught her ankle and started to twist it in an inhumane way.

"AAAAH! ACK! WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO? THAT'S MY STRONG FOOT FOR PETE'S SAKE!" Aika shouted in pain, back-flipping and retrieving her umbrella. But then again, Kamui was too fast for that. He kicked the umbrella out of her reach and charged towards her.

"You're weak. You might as well just die." Kamui snickered, pinning the poor girl on the floor. He was just about to deliver the finishing blow when…

"Oh really? I think your future should just die too." Aika smirked, kicking Kamui hard. In. The. Groin.

"OUCH!" Kamui toppled over, wincing in pain.

Even though Aika couldn't walk straight, she took the opportunity to get her umbrella and sprint away as fast as she can. Soon after, she was able to get out of the ship.

"Shit. I'm never doing reckless explorations such as that again. I almost died!" she thought, as she hurried away from the ship.


"That bitch… I guess she's not that weak after all. But it would be a delight to kill her, considering what she did to me." Kamui angrily muttered as he stood up, recovering from the pain he received earlier.

"Taichou! What happened to you?" Abuto suddenly appeared from the corner.

"Well, there's this crazy girl who appeared out of god-knows-where and trespassed on our ship. I'd like to kill her Abuto." Kamui replied with his trademark smile.

"I believe she had just escaped. I will be damned. I didn't kill her because she's a Yato." Abuto sighed, his palm on his forehead.

"Well I'll hunt for her and kill her. Nobody kicks me in the groin shamelessly. She mustn't be that far-off, since I twisted her ankle."

"But Taichou, you still have a job to fini—"

"I will kill ya if you don't stop nagging me like a mother" Kamui smiled, cutting off Abuto.

"I will definitely be damned" Abuto gulped. "Hai, hai. We shall find her then."

"Great! I'll get ready then and go out. Takasugi and his plans would have to wait for now~" Kamui walked happily, his hair antenna bouncing to the beat of his footsteps.


Aika staggered limply along the Kabuki district, her adrenaline rush finally disappearing.

"That really was a close call though. Oh well… What to do, what to do. I guess I'll just lock myself up for a day or two for my ankle to heal" she thought. The sun's rays are making her weak, and she hasn't eaten for a while now. "To think that I also just skipped lunch. I feel so weak."

She breathed in and out deeply. "Alright! Time to get back home." She suddenly clutched her head, gritting her teeth in pain. "But I feel so weak right now I could just sleep…"

Soon after, she collapsed from the heat and hunger.


"Gin-chan! I am so hungry right now-aru!" Kagura whined as she collapsed to the couch, opposite of Gin.

"Quiet down, Kagura. I was just getting to the good part! Go ask Pachi for food." Gin lazily answered, picking his nose and wiping it to the couch while reading Jump.

"I AM NOT GETTING YOU ANY FOOD! AND WHAT TIME IS IT, AREN'T YOU PEOPLE GOING TO HELP ME AT LEAST CLEAN?" Shinpachi angrily retorted. Kagura and Gintoki stared at each other blankly, before looking at Shinpachi with dead-fish eyes.

"Naah. You look good in that mother outfit-aru, megane. Now act like the mother you are and make me breakfast-aru!" Kagura replied, picking her nose and flicking the booger towards Shinpachi's direction.

"AND YOU DID NOT JUST FLICK A BOOGER AT ME! GO MAKE BREAKFAST YOURSELF! I'M GOING OUT!" Shinpachi shouted before going to the entrance door, only to return again. "AND DON'T CALL ME MEGANE! IS THAT HOW LITTLE YOU THINK OF MY CHARACTER?"

"Yeah, yeah. Your glasses are really important Megane-kun. I'm glad a glasses boy like you gets to be a straight man. Look at our little Kagura here, she is starving to death" Gintoki lazily pointed at the now seemingly weak Kagura slumped on the couch, dark circles forming around her eyes. "And while you're at it, buy me my stock of strawberry milk too. There's none left in the fridge anymore. I need to have my sugar intake or else I'll end up like her."

"MY ROLE IS TO BE A STRAIGHT MAN, NOT YOUR ERRAND BOY!" Shinpachi stomped out of the door and slammed it shut.

Gintoki merely looked at the door with dead-fish eyes before starting to focus his attention on his Jump. "Oi Kagura you can stop the act now. Pattsuan is pissed off enough."

"But I'm still hungry-aru. I need my Sukonbu!" Kagura whined.

"Oh well…"


"Those two always make fun of me. Is that how little they think of my character?" Shinpachi whined as he walked down the stairs of their home, Yorozuya Gin-chan. He was lost in his thoughts when suddenly he caught sight of a girl sprawled on the floor just below the steps, unconscious.

"Gaaaah! Wh-wh-what is an unconscious girl doing here?" he freaked out as he looked sideways immediately. He crouched down and peered over her. "She looks like she's just about Kagura's age" he thought when suddenly a hand grabbed his sleeve.

"Food. P…please. I need food." Aika weakly croaked, looking up at Shinpachi.

Shinpachi was taken aback and thought for a while, before deciding to carry the girl back to where Gintoki and Kagura are. "Alright, please hold on tight miss. Are you okay? What happened to you?" he worriedly asked the girl.

"Adventure. Backfire. Beaten to a pulp by some sick bastard. Hungry." She replied, dragging her twisted ankle.

"Maa. We should get you inside for now, then tell us what happened" Shinpachi replied in his mother-like voice, opening the door.

"Ah, Pachi. You've arrived! Now, where's my strawberry mil— GAAAAH! WHAT DID YOU BRING? THAT IS NOT MY STRAWBERRY MILK! Go back to the store. Out!" Gintoki exclaimed, pushing Shinpachi and Aika towards the door.

"Gin-chan how shameless of you! Are you just going to let this girl die from the heat outside?!" Shinpachi replied angrily.

"Shinpachi-kun where's my Sukonbu-aru?" Kagura turned around. Her eyes sudden widened in surprise upon seeing Aika and the black umbrella, which was held by Shinpachi on his other hand. "What is a Yato doing here-aru?!"

"I really don't know. I just saw her sprawled on the floor. At first I thought she was unconscious, but she just seems weak. And hungry."

"Now, now Pachi. You just don't bring in any female just because she's unconscious. We don't even have the time to care for others with our busy schedule. This is Yorozuya Gin-chan, not a hospital or refuge center whatever you call it" Gintoki calmly said in his father-like tone, picking his nose with deadfish eyes.

"That is really cruel! Don't have the time? Then what do you call the time you allot for reading your Jump mangas—"

"Nobody brings up my mangas negatively! It is my responsibility to faithfully read and be up-to-date! How could you!" he smacked Shinpachi's head.

"OUCH! WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?"

"Oh, I thought your reasoning would come back to normal if I hit it just as hard. Like those people who bump their head and forget. You just have to bump their head again for them to return to normal right?"

A vein popped on Shinpachi's forehead. "You know what? Never mind. I'm going to Anoue's house instead!" Shinpachi was about to go to the door when suddenly it toppled over them.

"What the—"

"Gintoki~! Come join the Jouishishi forces with me— OUCH!" Katsura's head was smacked by Gintoki.

"Shut up Zura. We have enough problems over here already. Don't stress out Gin-chan more-aru!" Kagura replied, helping the now knocked-out Aika up.

"It's not Zura, it's Katsura. And what is that girl doing here? Is she dead?"

Another smack on the head from Gintoki this time.

Elizabeth picked up her signboard. "You just don't know when to stop."

"Now, now Elizabeth. My, as an apology for my barging in so suddenly. This girl over here can have my special Nmaibo— OUCH!" Katsura winced as Aika started to bite his hand off after gulping down the nmaibo, with its wrapper intact.

"Thanks for the food, woman. Ah, I still need more. I guess this will suffice for now though." Aika happily said, finally standing up.

"It's not woman, it's Katsura. Wait, did you just call me a woman?!"

Aika looked at him blankly before turning to Shinpachi and the others. "Oh, before I forget. Thank you for bringing me here. I am sorry for disturbing your peace" she bowed down and was about to head for the door when Kagura stopped her.

"I think you shouldn't go outside-aru. You're still weak from hunger and the heat. Maybe you'll die-aru!" Kagura exclaimed, pushing her back to the living room.

"Now, now. Why is our Kagura-chan suddenly soft? You should be like that to me too, I'm dying from the lack of sugar intake here!"

"Shut up, Gin-san."

"Shut up, megane."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!"

Aika smiled and turned to Kagura. "Thank you for the offer… but I really must go now. I don't want to disturb you guys further."

"No-aru! Sit here and I'll get you food. Sadaharu, let's go-aru." "Arf!" Kagura pushed Aika down to the couch before leaving with Sadaharu.

"Oi Kagura! My strawberry milk! Don't leave your cute Gin-chan to die~!" Gintoki pleaded, fake tears in his eyes.

"You're really shameless, Gin-san." Shinpachi wrinkled his nose in disgust before going to the kitchen.

"I guess I have no choice. She's probably a Yato too" Aika silently thought as she saw Kagura walk out with the giant dog, a violet umbrella in her hand.

"So… for starters. Who are you?" Gintoki asked, finally turning his full attention to the girl.

"My name is Tachibana Aika." She stood up, bowing at Gintoki. "And well… as you can see, I'm a Yato. A wandering one at that."

"Why are you sprawled on the floor then?"

"Oh, I guess the heat and hunger really got into me."

"Now, now. We should let Tachibana-san rest for a moment. Here, I brought you some cold water." Shinpachi smiled as he handed Aika the glass.

"Thank you." Aika gratefully replied, taking the glass.

"Ah, since you are a Yato I think you are just as strong as Leader. Would you like to join me in being a Jouishi—oof!" This time Shinpachi hit Katsura's head with a tray, knocking him down.

Elizabeth put up its signboard. "That must have hurt."

Aika laughed. "Yeah, but I'm not that strong. There's someone who's far stronger than me, and that person is also responsible for twisting my ankle."

"Were you caught up in a fight?" Shinpachi asked, nervously adjusting his glasses.

"Obviously she was, Pachi. Can't you take the hint?" Gintoki replied lazily.

"I don't need you answer and shut up Gin-san!"

"Haha! Yeah, it was my fault anyway. Me and my recklessness. I went into this strange ship by the harbor and got ambushed by a lot of Yatos. They were pretty harmless though, except for one bastard."

"Err—"

"I'm back! Here's your food-aru." Kagura happily gave Aika her share of food.

"Wow, thanks! Kagura's your name, isn't it?" Aika beamed at the girl while munching on her food.

"Uh-huh. I am also the queen of Kabuki district-aru!"

"Cool!"

"Don't believe her, Tackybana-san. She's just a little Yato brat with a monster inside her stomach." Gintoki said with a boring expression.

"Uhm, excuse me, it's Tachibana, not Tackybana."

"Yes, yes, Kutaribana-san. I'm listening."

"Uhh."

"So what's your name, Tackybana?" Kagura asked.

"It's Tachibana Aika."

"See, I told you her name's Tackybana—OUCH! How mean of you Megane-kun, how could you smack my head like that?" Gintoki whined, clutching his head.

"We should be tending to her wounds right now, shouldn't we?! And stop with the false names Gin-san! I'm tired of being the straight man in here!" A vein popped again on Shinpachi's forehead.

"But Shinpachi, Yatos don't need that. We heal quickly than regular humans-aru." Kagura turned to Aika and observed her ankle. "Who did this to you-aru?! We should beat the bloody pulp outta him or her!"

"I know! He's a guy and I don't know his name. Well, it's my fault for barging in their ship shamelessly, but then again, he shouldn't just twist a lady's ankle just because he feels like it. He almost fucking killed me out there!" Aika grimly replied.

"He? Is he a Yato too?" Gintoki chimed in.

"Well, yeah. Since I entered a ship full of 'em."

"What does he look like?" Kagura asked. She turned to Gintoki and Shinpachi, giving them the I-think-I-know-who-it-is look.

"He had orange hair and cerulean blue eyes. Oh, and he has a braid to, with that annoying smile of his and his disgusting hair 'antenna' or whatever you call it." Aika snorted. She suddenly turned to Kagura, eyes wide. "Oh yeah, I don't mean to be rude but… you kinda look a bit like him."

Kagura stood up. "I'm going to hunt him down!"

"Now, now, Kagura-chan, we must not jump to conclusions. Right, Pattsuan?" beads of sweat started to form in Gintoki's forehead.

"Gin-san is right Kagura-chan, maybe it's just somebody else…" Shinpachi hurriedly added. "And he's not supposed to be here right?"

"Uhm, I'm sorry I can't follow. But, do you guys know him?" Aika asked, confused.

Kagura turned around and grimly said, "Because I think the person who hurt you-aru is none other than… my Baka Aniki."


Meanwhile, somewhere in the other side of Kabuki District…

"Abuto. I think she's around here somewhere. I can feel it." Kamui smiled, eager to kill Aika.

"Eh? How do you say so Taichou? This seems a bit far from the ship. Are you sure?" Abuto glanced at the captain.

"I'm positive. Now follow me or I'll kill ya."

"Hai, hai."


A/N:

So… that's it for Chapter one! A review and some comments would be nice, so I would know what to improve in my story thanks! ^_^

Kamui: Hey woman. You didn't give me enough screen time

Juuno: Uhm… Err, well. You'll be appearing more often in the second chapter don't worry!

Kamui: Good. Because if you don't… *evil smile* I'll kill ya~

Juuno: *sweatdrops* Err, yeah. Thank you for reading!

P.S. *whispers* It's my birthday today. *u*