The morning of the Joui War
"Onii-chan!" A girl with short dark hair, held by a ribbon called out.
The man with the long raven hair turned to see his sister holding back her tears. His two other companions had also looked back.
"...When you come back…all of you…"
The other dark haired man looked on, while the silver haired man stared with a bored expression on his face.
"I promise to have a hot and steamy meal waiting for each of you!" The girl looked as if she was ready to break down. She looked as if she was about to lose everything she had.
The long haired man felt his vision blur. But he wouldn't let a tear show. Not in front of his most precious sister, who was experiencing the most excruciating pain of all. Compared to her, he had no right to cry.
"So…," she fought back the tears that were ready to come out, "be safe and come back ok?" She gathered all the strength she had left to send them off with her best and most reassuring smile.
All the long haired man wanted to do was run back and tell her it was ok. They didn't have to go to war and they would all stay the way it was before. Sadly that wasn't the case.
Before he could react back, the silver haired man had spoken up, "I don't know if I want to come back to a meal that could possibly kill me. Might as well get it over with on the battlefield." The silver head then shoved his pinky up his nose and began to nonchalantly walk away.
Everyone was at a loss of words and the two other men just stood there, in slight shock at their friend's words.
"Shut up you asshole!"
The men turned to look at the girl, surprised at her sudden change of mood.
"My cooking's great and you know it! If you don't appreciate it, then why don't you go find someone else to cook for you!"
The silver head just chuckled to himself, "Fine fine. You have until we all come back to cook up a damn great meal so it better be the best food I've ever tasted if you want me to come back," he then waved a farewell to her and then continued on his path.
The long haired fellow, now encouraged by his comrades words, could say just what his sister needs to hear. He turned to her and gave her a reassuring smile, "We'll be back soon. We'll be really tired so please make sure our futons and meals are ready when we come back."
His sister was ready to cry, but instead shined a hopeful smile to him, "Hai!"
The long haired man turned and followed his silver haired friend, silent tears coming down his face.
The last to leave was the other dark haired man. She noticed his gaze and locked eye contact with him.
He said nothing and neither did she. They simply stared into each others eyes. Deeply. He finally broke contact, turned his back and gave a small wave without looking back.
The girl simply stared after his back, noticing how broad it had become. She smiled to herself peacefully and silent tears began to stream down her face.
"Goodbye to you too, Takasugi"
Present Edo
"Gin-chaaaannn~! I'm hungry~!"
"Oi, Kagura. Stop complaining you ungrateful brat. You already ate mine and Shinpachi's share so will you quit it?"
"Mou~ Gin-chan you meanie!" Kagura said sticking her tongue at Gin in despise.
"Oi Patsuan, bring mami more food, she needs to eat a lot so the baby's healthy."
"Who exactly is having a baby?" Shinpachi said with a straight face, trying to fulfill his straight-man character.
"Kagura, you're too young to be pregnant. And aren't you a Yato? Can aliens get pregnant the way we do?" Gin asked in nonchalance while flipping through his JUMP.
"Of course we can! How do you think I was born!? Duh!" Kagura fired back, "Gin-chan, you're a dummy sometimes." Kagura laid down on the couch across Gin and started to pick her nose.
"No, no Kagura, you've got it all wrong," Gin waved off, "First of all, how would you know you were born like a human?" Gin pointed an accusing finger at Kagura. "Hmm? Did your parents ever tell you? Did your papi impregnate your mami by *bleeping* her *bleep* with his *bleep*. Hmm?!" Does papi have a video of you coming out of mami's *bleep*?"
"Oi! What are you trying to teach Kagura-chan!?"
"Shush Patsuan. Our Kagura needs to understand where exactly she came from. What if she's a Radish Patch Kid (A/N: not very creative sorry .)? Huh? As her guardian, I should be the one to break the news."
"WHAT NEWS lS THERE TO BREAK!?" The Megane was losing his patience.
Suddenly Gin was by Kagura's side, "Kagura, I'm sorry the news had come to you this way…..but you were never born from your parents. Your parents picked you from a field."
"WHAT KIND OF LOGIC IS THAT? WHY IS THERE A FIELD OF KIDS ON HER PLANET!?"
"It's ok Patsuan, I'm glad I was picked," Kagura stated seriously to the megane."There's no way I could be related to Papi."
*Somewhere in the universe Umibouzu sneezes*
"Ugh we cannot drag this pointless conversation any longer."
(A/N: Thanks Patsuan o^_^b)
"Yea no problem Author-san…...Did you just call me Patsuan!?"
(A/N: Like you said megane, on with the story ^_^")
"I'm going to ignore that….."
"Shinpachi! I'm hungry!" Kagura complained again
"We're back to this!?" Shinpachi sighed knowing there would be no end to this. He went to the Yorozuya "money safe" to check how much they had. And by "money safe" I mean an old tin cookie box Gin had.
Shinpachi looked in the box and could only gather ¥116. "Sorry Kagura chan, we don't have enough to be spending right now. We haven't had a client for awhile. Until we get one we can't spend this. Why don't you go to Ane-ue's and eat something there?"
Kagura deadpanned at Shinpachi and got off the couch heading outside, "Shinpachi wants me to die uh-huh. I'm going out! C'mon Sadaharu!"
"Arf!" The dog happily complied and the two were gone.
Shinpachi just stared off in annoyance. "Gin-san, we should look for jobs. We need the money."
"Yea yea Patsuan. Just go find one, I'll meet up with you later…." Gin said, entranced with his JUMP and motioned for Shinpachi to leave.
"Lazy perm head."
It was a busy day at the Terminal, as ships were constantly passing in and out. Passengers were everywhere; entering and leaving the terminal. One particular customer seemed to stand out amongst the other passengers that left the Terminal. Well she stood out because she had bodyguards by her every side.
"Ah! Home sweet home!" The girl stretched her arms out to the sky and embraced the warmth of the sun. Her dark hair shining and showing off her red string that tied her hair back, decorated with bells.
"Kazumi-sama," a guard said, "the car is here, let us be on our way."
Kazumi, brought her hands down and positioned herself in a lady-like manner, "Yes lets go shall we?" She smiled.
While in the car, the guard began to discuss the week, "Kazumi-sama, from what we've all been told by Ikedo, you are allowed this week to yourself in the place you have chosen to spend before your marriage to those merchant Amantos."
As the guard was talking, Kazumi simply stared out the window, enjoying the view outside.
The guard coughed, trying to get her attention when finally he bluntly said, "Kazumi-sama? Are you even listening-"
Before he could finish she stopped him, "Yes I heard. This week is all to myself and this is my last time to enjoy the privileges of freedom, yada yada yada." she mocked.
The guard nonetheless proceeded, "As you know Kazumi-sama, this being your "own time," we as your bodyguards are not allowed to accompany you. There will be no one there to defend you if something happens."
"I am aware." Kazumi said blandly and continued to watch the view pass her by.
"In that case, Kazumi-sama, we beg you to take one of us-"
"That won't be necessary." Kazumi was now seated properly, straight up, and looking her bodyguard straight in the eye.
"Kazumi-sama!"
"Do not worry. I requested myself for this week to myself before the marriage. You should not trouble yourselves with my own choices."
"But Kazumi-sama!"
Kazumi's features softened into a peaceful smile, "Don't worry, I can handle myself well."
The car stopped and Kazumi got. She looked into the opened door and said her goodbyes. Before she left she said, "You all have been such lovely bodyguards, please enjoy your stay in Kabukicho while you can." She saw some of her bodyguards look hesitant and chuckled, "No need to worry guys, this is my hometown. I will be absolutely safe." She gave them one last smile and walk off.
"Now to find a guide that will help me around for my stay."
I've never been one for conclusions sorry ^_^". This is my second fanfic about Gintama so I'm sorry if my humor isn't up to par. That's probably also due to the fact I wrote this at 1 in the morning. I've been wanting to do a fanfic with Gintama for a long time 'cause it's just so fun to play with and its such a flexible anime, you can't get any better material for fanfics than this really. Lemme know what you guys think and if you have any questions so far feel free to ask :)