A/N: Hello! After reading the raws for 551, I'm emotional as hell now -blows into tissue- SO MUCH OKIKAGU! But this is my version of the things that will happen afterwards. Yes, it will be weird to read this as the manga progresses BUT OKIKAGU! I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: If I owned Gintama, Okita and Kagura would be together already.

Hey, Sadist, you remember how we first met, yes?

Do you remember how our rivalry began? You do, yes? It happened after the Sakura viewing party. That crazy jan-ken-pon match. It was my first time playing it but I had so much fun. It was ridiculous, yes?

I miss the peaceful days; the days we spent catching pantsu thieves, the days we spent shooting Madao's nipples, the days we spent squabbling over our beetles.

Where are those days now?

I know; I know you had to go to Kyou because that's where the war begins. I know that war is inevitable. I know yet I yearn for the days where you and those scums the people of Edo call the police were around. It's been 2 weeks since you've left. Word is, Kyou is decorated by the blood of the new Shogun's enemies and allies alike. I haven't heard from any of you. It's so boring here in Edo... When will you be back to play with me?

"Kagura-chan," Otae called out. "It's time for dinner!" The vermilion hair girl flinched at the work dinner. Did Shinpachi cook it? Or did anaego prepared this herself... She slapped herself on her cheeks and got up to make her way to the dining room, telling herself that she will die if she doesn't eat anaego's food. (Vinny: Eh, aren't you more likely to die from eating this piece of sh- *Flies away due to Otae's flying kick*)

"I will die if I don't eat it. God will punish me from wasting food!" She kept mumbling as she made her way there. Since Edo was falling into chaos following the war that broke out in Kyou, the residents of the Yorozuya and Otae's Snack Bar moved out to the Shimura Dojo in the outskirts of the city to seek refuge.

Many of their friends had joined the war, unwilling to sit aside while their country is being destroyed by the new shogun. Some, were seeking revenge for the old shogun while others just wanted to protect what was precious to them. The Onibawanshuu, the Kyuubei household, the Katsura Faction and even Madao. War was officially declared a week ago and since then, no one has been in contact with them.

As the members of the Shimura Dojo sat down for dinner (glad that Shinpachi made dinner today instead of Otae), no one said a work. Yes, this is much unlike them but no one could find any words to say. They were all worried sick about those who had gone to war but all they could do was sit there.

They felt so, so very helpless.

"I'm done with my dinner, thank you, it was delicious." Kagura placed her chopsticks down and grabbed her umbrella, walking out of the room.

Gintoki sighed, using his pinky to dig his ear, "she's just going to sit at the rooftop again?"

"There's no helping it, we are all waiting. " Shinpachi grimaced while collecting the dishes. "To her, that's the one place where she can see when someone is approaching."

"A certain asshole sadist?"

"Probably."

Kagura laid back on the roof, staring at the bright moon in the skies. It looks so beautiful, shimmering in the starry night skies. "Will the moon become bloody one day too..?" she whispered. "Everything that was beautiful for me are all in a bright shade of red now..."

Tak. tak. tak.

Kagura sat up straight on alert and surveyed the exterior of the dojo. Tak. Tak. Tak. The footsteps still sounded far away but there was no doubt about it, someone was approaching in the direction of the Dojo. It was great that Yatos had heightened senses of hearing for situations like this.. Was it a friendly? Or...

She leapt down from the roof and rushed to the entrance and got into a fighting stance. If this was truly a foe, she will protect her precious family from it. She couldn't afford losing anymore of the people she loved and she promised a certain Sadist to not lose to anyone.

After all, they have yet to decide who was the strongest between them.

"Kagura-chan!?" Shinpachi whispered loudly, katana drawn as he rushed towards her with Gintoki and Tama-san. They had heard Kagura's commotion on the top of the roof and rushed to join her after ensuring that Otae, Gengai and Otose were in a room together, with Catherine protecting them.

"Well then," Gintoki's eyes sharpened as he took out his bokuto from his waistband. "Who dares to step in the land protected by the Yorozu-"

"It's not a foe."

"Eh?" The Yorozuya trio looked at Tama-san, puzzled. Her eyes were fixed on the darkness and scanning the presence that they could not see yet.

"This guy is in my data." She rushed forward and disappeared into the forest. The trio kept their fighting stances up. It's not that they didn't trust her but it was better to be safe then sorry. When she re-appeared with the mystery person in tow, they didn't know what to feel but they were definitely all shocked.

"Jimmy!?"

"It's not Jimmy..." he panted in between heavy breaths. "It's Yamaza-..." Before he could finish his words, Yamazaki's conscience faded into darkness.

"OI!? ZAKI!"