So, uh, I know that I said that this was being put up on AO3, but I figured that I would also put it up here ^-^. Please be kind!


An amanto, unknown to this world, walked silently down the busy streets of Edo. People were bumping into her left and right, not even acknowledging that they had bumped into her. She didn't mind. It wasn't like she was going to get any sort of respect out of humans anyway. She had been beaten one day, robbed the next, called a filthy amanto and other unpleasantries every day. She hadn't even found a hotel that would accommodate her. Amantos were clearly not wanted on this planet.

Olivia Achi of the Akemi tribe had fled her home during an attack which left her the only Akemi alive. They had been attacked by vicious shapeshifters that hunt down the most powerful of their victims and take ahold of their powers in order to destroy them. They feed off the destruction. Fortunately, it takes hundreds of years for them to finish feeding.

Olivia opened the door to a dusty, run down motel. They should be able to room her for at least a night, right? The bell on the door rang and a little old man popped up from below the counter. He gave a bright smile and adjusted his glasses.

"How may I help you today?"

"I'd like a room for… just the night if you could."

"Ah, yes! I can do that! Can I see your ID?"

Olivia gulped and with shaky hands, she fumbled through her bag for her passport and gave it to the man. Once the man saw that it was some sort of passport and not an ID, he frowned. Though, he searched through it anyway, and she relaxed a bit with a gleam of hope in her eyes.

But she relaxed too soon.

The man shook his head and threw her passport on the table. "No amanto! You are the reason that Edo is such shit! Please leave before I call the cops!"

Quickly taking her passport and bag, she bowed her head and ran out the door. No luck as usual. She was used to finding a quiet alleyway to stay in for the night. She wasn't usually disturbed by anyone and she had a blanket in her bag. It was enough.

She started down another street, again bumping into everyone that walked by. The fliers on the electricity poles were about to be ripped off by the wind. Usually, she would just ignore them since most of them didn't want amanto anyway, but one stood out to her. She walked up to the flier and pressed it against the pole.

"Odd Jobs… We do the jobs that you don't want to do," She read to herself. She tore down the flier and looked at the address. It wasn't too far. She should make it before sundown if she hurried. She put the flier in her bag and started for the Odd Jobs address.

They might help her, but she wasn't expecting much. She was an amanto after all. A new amanto to the area. It's not like she had a good reputation that allowed for at least some people to respect her. Back at home, everyone respected her, but here… here wasn't home. She wasn't anyone here. She was just a stupid amanto.

She made it to the address and stared up at the 'Odd Jobs' sign. It was above a snack shop. Great. What had she been expecting? She shrugged and started up the stairs. Hopefully they were still open. The lights were on and there was a lot of noise coming from inside. She stood at the door, hesitant to knock. What if they didn't want to help her because of being an amanto? She gulped and brought her fist to the door. Only one way to find out.

"Shinpachi! Get the door!" She heard a man yell.

There was some shuffling of feet and a young man, around 16 maybe, open the door. The young man, apparently named Shinpachi, stood frozen as he looked her up and down slowly. Olivia started to fidget uncomfortably.

"Uhm, hello? This is Odd Jobs, yes?" She said, making the young man stop checking her out.

"Oh! Yes, yes! Welcome! Come in! Our boss will be happy to help!" He urged her inside and shut the door behind her.

Olivia took off her boots and followed the man into what looked to be a living room. On one of the couches sat a young girl eating rice and to the right was a desk and behind it was a wavy, silver haired man. The silver haired man put his boots on the desk and prompted her to step in front of it.

He looked her up and down, and grinned slightly. "How may we help a beautiful lady such as yourself?"

Olivia's cheeks turned a slight shade of pink, but she took out a sack of money and put it on his desk. "Mr. Odd Job, I'd… I'd like for you to help me find a place to sleep at least just for a little while."

"Why don't you just get a hotel?" He snorted, putting his feet down on the ground and playing around with the sack of money.

"I'm… I'm new to Edo and I didn't realize how much humans hated amanto here…." She gulped, fidgeting with her bag strap.

"They wouldn't give you a room because you were an amanto… Yeah, that'll happen a lot around here, even though it's technically illegal," Shinpachi chimed in, sitting on the opposite couch from the young girl.

"So, I was hoping that Odd Jobs could find me a place to stay… just for a little while until I get a job here and I can find my own place… I have more money if that sack isn't enough," She pursed her lips and looks down to the ground. "If you don't want to help me, it's fine. I'm used to people not helping me by now."

The man sat back in his chair and looked her up and down again. "Why don't you just stay here?"

Olivia's head shot up and she furrowed her brows in confusion. "Excuse me?"

"We don't have much room but our couches are comfy enough." He took the sack from the desk and started to throw it up and down in his hand. "This will be enough for at least a week."

"O-oh… you're serious… N-no, I couldn't. I don't want to be a burden-."

"It's no burden miss…?" The man cocked an eyebrow, leaning on his desk on both elbows.

"Olivia Achi of the Akemi tribe…." She whispered, looking back down to the ground. "And I couldn't ask that of you."

"Gintoki is my name." He pointed over to the girl on the couch. "That's Kagura and the boy is Shinpachi." He put the bag back on the desk and started to pick at his ear. "Listen Achi-san, if you can't find a place that will give you a room, making us look for one for you isn't going to be a big difference. Even if we did find you a place, after we leave it's likely that they'll just kick you out. So, stay here. Just pay for however many weeks you stay here until you find a job and your own place."

"Please just call me Olivia. No need for formalities," She said with a smile, waving her hand to dismiss it. Formalities like that made her think of home and she wanted to put all that behind her. "And I suppose your right. I'll try to stay out of your way."

"No need for that cause we won't stay outta your way," Kagura pipped up, slurping down the rest of her… 5th bowl of rice. "You're in our house now sweetheart. We're family and families get in your way all the time."