Hello again or for the first time, Murayama Tsuru here. Here is the first chapter of a story starring Abuto and Kamui! I really felt like going back to these two and I've had an idea for this sort of story for a little while. So, I decided to start it today. Here is the first chapter, I hope you guys enjoy ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama; it belongs to Sorachi Hideaki-Sensei.

Abuto woke up with sweat on his brow and a curse on his lips. He'd just had some nightmare or other, but he couldn't remember the contents for the life of him. That was not a good thing. It was definitely time for a shower. The sandy haired Yato got out of bed, but immediately stopped. Looking around, he thought aloud, "This isn't my room. Where am I?"

Something also felt off, everything seemed farther away and he felt strangely off balance. Figuring some stupid witch had done something to him again (like turning him into a woman), Abuto felt up his chest for any (very unwanted) breasts. Thankfully, he felt none; at least he didn't have to call Mikazuki Tsumi and ask her what went wrong with her mom this time.

But then Abuto realized something, he had used both hands to feel his chest. Since when did he have two hands? He'd lost his left arm a long time ago due to the admiral's and Hosen-Danna's fight in Yoshiwara. 'Well,' Abuto thought, 'that explains my feeling off balance now doesn't? It seems like I am a starfish after all, if I can grow this arm back…'

Abuto decided that he would need to find a mirror to see what happened this time since he couldn't feel anything wrong, other than having two arms again. Luckily for him, there was a mirror in this room (wherever it was). Abuto felt another wave of relief wash over him, now he wouldn't have to go out and have the whole ship know what happened to him before he did (something he definitely hadn't appreciated last time).

Abuto went over to the mirror and was met with the image of his boss, Kamui. Confused, Abuto opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again as Kamui seemed to have something to say. Abuto waited a moment, but Kamui didn't say anything. And then the realization hit him.

Abuto ran his hand through his hair, and so did the mirror image of Kamui. The (not so sandy-haired anymore) Yato sighed, "Are you serious?" he said aloud, "What did I do to deserve this? Damn, I need to go find the admiral. Who knows how much trouble he can cause in my body…"

With another sigh, Abuto tore the mirror off Kamui's wall (his boss would probably be really confused as there wasn't a mirror in Abuto's room) and left Kamui's room with said mirror tucked under his arm. Hopefully Kamui hadn't woken up yet…

In another part of the ship, Kamui rolled over in his sleep, right off the edge of his (Abuto's bed). Eyes snapping open, the admiral of the Harusame Space Pirates glared at his bed, wondering how it had gotten so much smaller all of a sudden.

The first thing Kamui had done when he had become admiral of the Harusame Space Pirates was procure a larger bed. It may seem like a stupid thing for a guy who only seems to care about fighting strong opponents and eating, but Kamui loved his sleep as much as eating and fighting. And, being more than a little twitchy in bed, he had gotten sick of rolling out in his sleep (like he had done this morning).

Grumbling in annoyance, Kamui stood up and almost fell over again. What the hell? Kamui suddenly realized that for some reason he felt taller and there was something wrong with the left side of his body, it felt like a weight was missing. To reiterate, what the hell?

Confused, Kamui began looking around for a mirror. If this was his room (and Kamui was getting the feeling that it wasn't), then there should be a mirror somewhere around here, albeit one he never used. There was no mirror, confirming Kamui's suspicions that this wasn't his room. Running his hand through his hair, Kamui was (once again) surprised to find his hair wasn't in its usual braid. Wondering with annoyance if his hair had come undone in his sleep, Kamui reached around to redo his braid. And, he found his hair was a lot shorter than it used to be.

This morning was just getting weirder and weirder. But, Kamui's stomach began to rumble so he decided to put off braiding his hair again until his hunger was sated. But, as Kamui was about to leave the room, but he saw the doorknob turning and jumped back just in time for it to bang open and…himself came into the room, an uncharacteristic scowl on his (?) lips.

Totally confused now, Kamui, no words to explain what was happening right now coming to mind said extremely eloquently, "Huh?"

The Kamui in front of Kamui let out a sigh that radiated absolute relief, "Thank god you didn't leave the room."

Before Kamui could respond to that, the other Kamui closed to door with a bang. Kamui opened his mouth to say something again, but the other Kamui held up a mirror before he could speak again (Kamui didn't like this other Kamui very much). Reflected in the mirror was an image of a very confused looking Abuto.

Kamui raised an eyebrow, so did the image in the mirror and everything began to make sense. Well, that explained the lack of balance Kamui had had earlier and why his hair was too short. It also explained why his bed had been too small this morning. Now understanding what had happened, Kamui asked, "So, Abuto, what witch did you piss off this time?"

The scowl on Abuto's face deepened and Kamui thought to himself, 'Oh, so that's what I'd look like if I scowled'.

Abuto then responded to Kamui's question, "I didn't do anything…that I know of…it must have been your fault."

Kamui lifted an eyebrow and a dark smile appeared on his face, "What was that Abuto? I thought I heard you say it was my fault. Last time I checked, I'm not friends, or enemies, with any witches."

Unfortunately, Abuto recognized that look immediately. Keeping the mirror in front of him (even though it probably wouldn't do as protection at all), Abuto said, "I didn't mean that, admiral. I was just venting. Now if you'll just calm down, I'll call Mikazuki Tsumi and see if she knows what's going on…"

Kamui's smile didn't get any lighter, "You do that Abuto. And you can put down the mirror; I'm not going to attack you. I'm not quite used to this body that only has one arm …yet."

Abuto sighed, and looked as if he didn't believe Kamui in the least. But, he acquiesced and put the mirror down. Abuto then walked over to one of his desk drawers and pulled out a cell phone. Kamui made a mental note about that for later.

Abuto then punched in a couple numbers and put the phone to his ear. After a few moments, someone answered and Abuto said, "Mikazuki Tsumi, it's me, Abuto."

There was a pause and then Abuto growled, "Yes, I realize I don't sound like myself. That's because my soul has been put inside the admiral's body. I can assure, though, my sparkling personality has stayed exactly the same."

There was another pause, "No, I don't believe I've pissed off any witches lately. And, you don't count since you were going to change me into a female anyways. So, could you come over here and see if you can reverse this spell, if it was made by a witch?"

Tsumi must have said something that annoyed Abuto, because the second in command of the 7th squad sighed, "Ok, so I'll owe you. Would you please just come over here and check us out. As much as I think I would enjoy having two arms again, this seems problematic…"

Tsumi said something else, Abuto nodded and said goodbye. He then hung up the phone and Kamui looked at him expectantly, "So, what'd your girlfriend say?"

Abuto raised an eyebrow in confusion, "I don't know what you're talking about, but Mikazuki Tsumi is not my girlfriend. Besides, I don't—"

"You're digressing, Abuto." Kamui interrupted with a grin

Abuto rolled his eyes, that also seemed a very strange gesture to see on his own face, Kamui thought, "So, Mikazuki Tsumi is going to come and check to see if she can undo whatever spell, if it was indeed a spell, on us…"

"But?" Kamui asked, hearing the irritation in Abuto's voice

"But," Abuto said with a sigh, "she can't come until the end of the day."

"Ah," Kamui said, his grin widening enigmatically, "well, I guess that means we're stuck like this for the rest of the day. That really is too bad…"

"Oi," Abuto's eyes narrowed suspiciously, "what's with that look? You better not be up to something, admiral…"

"Oh no, I'm not planning anything at all…admiral." Kamui said, smile growing larger

For a moment, Abuto was very confused about why Kamui had just called him the admiral. And then he remembered that, technically, he was the admiral at the moment. Eyes widening, Abuto growled, "Admiral, you better not be planning what I think you're planning…"

Kamui's grin only grew more and before Abuto could stop himself (a very strange prospect, to be sure), Kamui was out the door. Abuto smacked his hand against his forehead; even when he was in Kamui's body, it seemed as though his boss wasn't going to let him get out of doing the work he usually did…this was going to be an extremely long day…

'No!' Abuto thought, anger burning through him, 'I am not going to let him keep doing this to me! I'm the admiral, sort of, at the moment! So, to keep people from getting suspicious, I'm going to make him do the work he's supposed to be doing in the first place!' Determination in his eyes, Abuto turned, opened the door and barreled after Kamui at full speed.

The other members of the 7th squad of the Harusame Space Pirates looked on in confusion at the scene in front of them. It wasn't every day that Abuto ran around the ship trying to get out of work (usually when Kamui was concerned, he was a big push over), a grin that seemed to belong to Kamui stretched across his face.

Nor was it typical, though, that Kamui was chasing after his (unofficial) second in command and uncharacteristic scowl on his face that would have been much more at home on Abuto. None of the other members wanted to get involved with what either Kamui or Abuto were doing, so they watched as the two ran around the whole ship.

Eventually, Abuto somehow lost his balance and fell, the grin faltering. Kamui quickly caught up to him. Hoisting the older Yato over his shoulders, 'Kamui' growled, "Ok you brat, you are coming with me back to my office. And you will do the paperwork you should have been doing from the beginning. I'll see to that!"

Kamui, with Abuto still slung over his shoulders, then stalked back to Abuto's room for some reason. After the door closed with slam, every member of the 7th squad looked at each other in consternation; nothing like this had happened before…but, none of them wanted to interfere so before anyone had to come tell them to get back to work, the 7th squad scattered to their assigned parts of the ship.

And that is the end of the first chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it, that I did. And now I've run out of things to say. So, I'll see you next chapter. As always, reviews are always appreciated I love to know what you guys think!

-村山鶴