Disclaimer: The characters of Gintama belong to Sorachi Hideaki. :)

Authors Note: Hey! I'm the author of You Find the Good Things in Life on New Battlefields. :D I hoped you liked it! Now you may enjoy my new story! =)

Chap. 1 Battlefields Are Where You Find Demons

A crow cawed loudly in the distance. The sun was setting as Yoshida Shouyou, approached the blood drenched battlefield. He saw bodies littered all over the ground. Amanto and humans. Some you couldn't tell apart.

Shouyou's eyes brightened as he hears crunching, and a head of silver. The silver haired boy was eating a rice cake, sitting atop a blood drenched corpse.

Shouyou walks up to the boy, him apparently not noticing since he believed everything to be dead. Shouyou places a hand on top of the silver haired boys head. The boy gasps jumping back. He drops the rest of his rice cake, scowling at Shouyou.

Shouyou chuckles, "This is the corpse eating demon if been hearing about?" He smiles as the boy unsheathes the sword he is holding slowly. "You're rather cute for a demon." The child grits his teeth, glaring coldly.

Shouyou tilts his head, "Would you like to fight?"

The boy licks the piece of rice cake at the corner of his mouth in response.

Shouyou smiles, "Alright then," he whispers. He grabs his sword slowly at his side. The boy's eyes widen, but he quickly regains his glaring demeanor.

Shouyou now holding his sword, but not unsheathed looks into the boy's burning crimson eyes. "You know you would look even cuter if you stopped glaring like that." Shouyou smiles, the boy continues glaring.

Shouyou throws his sword at the boy lightly. The boy gasps, catching it awkwardly. He looks at Shouyou eyes wide.

"You can have my sword instead of that dirty one." Shouyou says, "I'll teach you how to use it. You have to know, that I will only teach students that have the full tendency to not kill everything that crosses their paths, but to only protect the ones they care about."

The silver haired boy nods slowly. Shouyou smiles, extending his hand he says, "Then follow me."

The boy clutches the sword to his chest. He walks forward, a sure stride. He ignores Shouyou's hand, he walks ahead a little, he stops and turns around looking at Shouyou expectantly.

Shouyou chuckles as he walks past the boy, he hears small footfalls behind him, knowing the boy is following.

They walk for about an hour in silence. Shouyou speaks up, "I don't mean to pry, but where is your family?"

The boy stops suddenly, he looks up at Shouyou his face dejected. The boy looks down and stutters as he says quietly, "D- Dead."

Shouyou's eyes widen, "I'm sorry."

The boy nods slowly, he looks up at Shouyou imploringly, "C- Can we drop it?"

Shouyou nods fast, "Yes! I'm sorry, we only have a little farther to go." He smiles, "Everyone will be expecting me, and they would love to meet you." He smiles. "That will have to wait for tomorrow though."

The boy nods slowly again, "A-Are they nice?" He blushes.

Shouyou laughs, "Yes, they are. They are one of the best classes I've had."

"T-That's good," he says quietly.

Shouyou smiles, he looks ahead seeing the building, and the big dojo next to it. "We're here," he says happily.

The boy looks up, his eyes scared.

Shouyou chuckles, "There's no need to be afraid."

The boy bites his lip, "Okay," he whispers.

They climb the steps, turning they walk down the long hallway. Shouyou stops in front of a shoji screen. He turns to look at the boy, "This will be your room, okay?"

The boy nods, "T-Thank you."

Shouyou's eyes widen, but he quickly laughs, "Your welcome," he ruffles the boys hair.

The boy blushes. Shouyou opens the shoji door, a futon in the middle of the room already made. He gestures at the boy to go inside. The boy walks slowly inside, he looks behind him at Shouyou.

Shouyou smiles, "I'll get you tomorrow morning, when my class starts. For now get some rest."

The boy nods eagerly, a vague smile on his face, "Bye," the boy says confidently.

Shouyou chuckles, "Bye."

The boy slides the shoji quietly, shutting out the life he had, and starting a life anew.

Light streams through the shoji screen as the silver haired boy opens it slowly. He sees the man walking towards his room.

Shouyou stops surprised, he smiles, "You heard me?"

The boy nods. Shouyou tilts his head, "Well, you're really special." The boy stares, "Follow me, my class is waiting."

The boy rubs his neck absently, nodding. He follows Shouyou down the long hallway. They stop in front of a large shoji screen, halfway closed. They hear loud voices inside.

Shouyou looks down at the silver haired youth, "Wait out here, I'll call you inside." The boy nods nervously. Shouyou smiles, and opens the shoji slightly.

The boy hears kids excited screams, "Sensei! You're back! We were so worried, because you didn't come back last night!"

He hears the one they call sensei laugh, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry I worried you all." He hears him pause as all the kids quiet down, "We have a new student." He hears the class burst into excited voices. Shouyou laughs, "Quiet down." Everyone obeys immediately.

The boy jumps nervously as he hears, "You can come in now." The boy sighs, walking towards the shoji, he walks through, he swallows hard as all eyes turn to him.

Shouyou smiles and gestures for him to join him in front of the class. The boy bites his lip walking forward, trying not to trip. As he stands beside him, Shouyou says, "Class this is…" He turns to the boy, and says quietly, "I never did hear your name."

The boy nods slowly, a new burst of confidence filling him. He turns to the class, "My name is Gintoki."

The kids look at the boy curiously. His white curly hair and burning crimson eyes, were something really new to them.

A few seconds pass of silence before someone say, "It's nice to meet you." Gintoki looks at the one that spoke, his long black hair in a ponytail. "My names Katsura."

Gintoki nods, smiling slightly. Another kid speaks up, Gintoki is taken aback by the bright sea green eyes, "My name is Takasugi."

Before Gintoki can nod at Takasugi, lots of kids speak up saying their names. Gintoki tries to keep track of them all.

After they are done Shouyou speaks up, "My name is Yoshida Shouyou, but you can call me Shouyou- sensei." Shouyou's eyes widen as Gintoki smiles brightly, this time not a vague smile. Shouyou smiles brightly back, as do the other kids.

Shouyou points to the back of the class an empty desk sitting there, right next to a window. A cherry blossom tree obscures most of the view outside.

Gintoki heads to the desk, everyone watching him as he goes. He sits down, crossing his legs. He looks up at all the kids smiling at him. He smiles back.

Shouyou chuckles, "Ok, let's get started." Everyone turns to look at Shouyou. "Gintoki, you'll find the book on your desk." Shouyou holds his book to show Gintoki. Gintoki looks down nodding as he picks up the green book. "We are on page thirty- five." Shouyou flips to the page as does the rest of the class. Gintoki follows suit.

Shouyou starts reading. Right then Gintoki knows that these moments in this room, will change him. His life walking blood drenched battlefields was now over. Now it was, happiness for the rest of his life. Or so he thought. He would never know what battles he would have to face. He would never know of the sorrowful war that was coming. It would come too quickly. To him it would feel like no time passed at all.


Authors Note: I hope you liked it! Look forward to next chapter!