I don't know why I started to write this but I knew I needed some whump and Gin's nigh-forgotten hypoglycemia seemed the perfect choice. I did a bunch of research for this story, so everything should be accurate. Enjoy!
It all started at nine in the morning when a species of rhino Amanto decided to establish control over the people of Edo.
Kagura, Gin and Shinpachi were lounging on the couches, Kagura and Shinpachi finishing their rice and egg bowls. Gin himself was a little too hungover to enjoy the prospect of eating at the moment.
"Say, what's that on the news?" Shinpachi was the first to notice. The TV flashed with breaking news. Kagura turned the volume up.
"—invaded the Town Hall. The intruders have not listed any ransom…"
"Amanto attacked the Town Hall?" Gin asked in disbelief.
"It now seems their plans are far more extens—Ahhhh!" The reporter was scooped up by a rhino amanto holding a sword and pulled into the building. The camera flipped around to face the cameraman.
"This is…ah, Kasa Furui signing out for this news report." The screen went blank. Gin jumped up, hangover forgotten and bokuto at hand.
"We need to rescue Ketsuno Ana!" He cried. Kagura stood up and cracked her knuckles in agreement.
Within fifteen minutes, The Yorozuya had arrived on-scene and snuck into the town hall.
"Remember to be quiet." Kagura warned them as they ducked behind large wooden crates the Amanto had brought in.
"Kagura-chan, you reminding us to be quiet breaks our previous no-speaking-while-sneaking rule," Gin admonished. "Those clunkheads might hear us."
"Hear you? We can see you."
Gin sheepishly turned around and stood up, facing a growing semi-circle of twenty armed Amanto.
"Gin-san, they're all carrying swords. Real swords." Shinpachi whispered.
"That's not what we should be worried about," Gin frowned, his eyes narrowing. Shinpachi and Kagura instinctively tensed and readied themselves. "Stay back. Rhinos are known to eat their own shit."
The rhino closest to them looked incredibly affronted. "That's not true! We communicate with our feces! Occasionally!"
Kagura stuck out her tongue. "Ew! That's really gross!"
"Shut up! It's not like a phone call or anything, it's to—"
"Also," Gin stage-whispered to his friends, "they have alarmingly small brains for their size."
"That's it! We're taking you three for slaves as well." He gestured for a group of Amanto to lead them towards a rather large group of hostages, including Ketsuno Ana. Shinpachi was antsy but complied, waiting for the right moment, when Gin would signal their attack. An amanto grabbed Gin's arm and moved to handcuff him and that's when he struck, fast like a praying mantis to his victim.
His sword left a thin red line down the side of the amanto's face. Gin put some distance between them in surprise as Shinpachi and Kagura engaged the others. His attack should have been strong enough to cut a car in half. No, it must have been, it had the same pressure on his hands. It was the amanto's thick hide, which was tough enough to negate that incredible damage. And there were over thirty of them in the compound.
The amanto drew his on sword and Gin jumped in the air to evade it. They were skilled too, it seemed. His eyes darted quickly over to Kagura and Shinpachi. Already, they were being forced back-to-back. Gin struck again, hitting the rhino in the chest. Barely a scratch. He must have stopped moving in shock, because he felt the Amanto's sword grave his forehead, cutting a deep, bleeding cut across his eye. Gintoki ran around the heavy creature, standing in front of the amanto and the hostages who were just starting to run towards the exit. Kagura and Shinpachi, ever-helpful, followed his lead. Now only if they could buy some time…
"Kagura-chan! Shinpachi-kun! Keep moving!" Gin shouted at his companions at his heels. They were all pretty roughed up condition from holding their own against the amanto for almost twenty minutes. Gin's wooden sword had barely been able to cut through the rhino's thick hide. Shinpachi's sword could scarcely leave a mark and Kagura's punches had little effect to not affect. Gin wiped away the blood pooling in his eyes from a cut on his eyebrow. Even Gin couldn't keep up with an army of semi-indestructible creatures.
The Yorozuya rounded a corner, with the Amanto quick on their trail. "Quick, in here!" Gin called, opening a bank safe and climbing in. After Shinpachi and Kagura were safely inside, he slammed it shut and listened at the door. Slowly, the incredibly loud stampeding feet of the Amantos faded away.
"Good plan, Gin-chan," Kagura breathed in relief. She'd been banged up pretty badly, sporting a deep cut on her leg and an arm as well as a considerable trauma to her head, judging by the blood dripping down her neck. Despite that, she still had plenty of endurance. Shinpachi next to her sighed in relief, holding his hand to one of the many long scratches across his arm. At least he'd managed to dodge the majority of the blows.
"Alright, then. Let's sneak the other way and regroup before—huh? Huh?" Gin tried the door. It didn't budge. He took a second to summon his strength, acknowledging he was probably just tired from the fighting and knocking four of the rhinos senseless. He strained against the door but it wouldn't budge.
"Huh?" Sweat and blood dripped down his face. It must be he was closer to the end of his endurance than expected. He was more exhausted than from the battle against Kyuubei and her family. He eased himself down the wall with a sigh to wrap a gash on his thigh. Shinpachi pulled his Otsu headband out out of nowhere and after a moment's hesitation, handed it to Gin to wrap the wound.
"I'm sorry, Otsu-chan! I'll make a hundred more!" Shinpachi yelled before Kagura's slapped him to keep him quiet.
"Kagura-chan, will you try the door?" Gin asked, not at all reacting to his friend's behavior.
Kagura nodded, standing in front of the vault door and cracking her knuckles. "Here we go!" She strained, using all of her superior Yato strength against the door. Even after ten seconds of incredible force, it didn't so much as creak.
The realization that they were stuck inside until reinforcements found them first dawned on Shinpachi, who watched as Kagura completely failed at forcing the vault open. They were stuck indefinitely in a space roughly the size of a dorm room. Soon, Kagura gave up, shaking her head.
"We're stuck."
Gin stood up again and positioned his sword to take a great swing across the metal door. The quick, powerful swing caused an awful noise but did no damage to the door. Gin carefully looked over his bokuto's wooden edges for dulling.
"Yeah, we're stuck."
Five hours passed from where they'd first been trapped in the vault.
"The Shinsengumi will get orders to attack soon. They'll get us out of here." Gin told them. The Amanto had suddenly gone violent against the people of Edo. It was only time until they got them out. They just had to be patient. Gin swiped cold sweat off his forehead. Even though he hadn't done anything labor intensive since trying to get out of the vault, he hadn't stopped sweating.
"Ugh, I feel like a retired Disney movie…" Gin whined. What he wouldn't do for some strawberry milk right now…
Shinpachi and Kagura were arguing in the corner about which Shinsengumi was the most useless. Kagura was convinced it was Sougo while Shinpachi was inclined to say it was Yamazaki the Ryoma Echizen-wannabe.
Gin sighed from his position sitting against the wall near the vault door. By now, their wounds had staunched and Kagura and Shinpachi were ready to fight again once they got out of here. Gin himself was feeling a little lethargic and more than a bit hungry. As if on cue, his stomach rumbled quietly. If only he'd taken the chance to eat while he'd had it, instead of thinking about his hangover.
Six and a half hours
Gin stood up because he was starting to feel stiff and sweaty. Kagura had fallen asleep. But when he stood up, he had to put a hand on the wall until a feeling of dizziness faded. He worked a trapdoor-like vault box open from the floor, unzipped his pants and began peeing into it.
"G-Gin-san! What are you doing? That vault could contain someone's precious belongings!" Shinpachi shouted.
"Well, it still does," Gin replied, zipping his pants back up. "Now it just has something extra. Don't tell me you don't have to go."
A look of indecision crossed Shinpachi's face but less than ten seconds later, it was Shinpachi peeing into the trap door vault box while Gin rested against the wall.
"Told you."
I'll update probably by the end of the week! Please review ;) lemme know if you like it!