So it's been settled. I'll write the rest of this story in 3rd POV. But bear with me, because I'm not the best at writing 3rd-perspective stories. Anyway, enjoy!

DoctorPerky: Don't worry, you made perfect sense. :)

Annie Leonhart: I didn't realize that capslock (When there's a lot of it, that is) would hurt the eyes. I'm such a horrible person. :( But anyway, Christine is supposed to be immature. And the reason why she's mean to her brother is because Sean gets too serious, and Christine doesn't exactly like that (I'm really not trying to be mean. Honest!). I am trying my best to make her at least a bit likable, though I'm not sure if you're supposed to like a character after the first chapter. :P Oh well. Anyway, I don't know why I capitalize the suffix in names. It was my own fault, not the Word program. Again, I'm a horrible person. :(

Ishinomori Ayame-sensei: I'll try my best. :) Don't worry, I'm not going to say you were copying me. I only speak English, anyway. *shot* XD

Chapter 2: Lying isn't always a bad idea

Eventually, Christine and Sean hit the ground hard. Christine landed on her butt, while Sean landed on his stomach. Both of them grunted in pain. Christine rubbed her butt, and thought, Dammit, my butt hurts now.

Sean got up, and when he opened his eyes, he widened them, and stammered, "Ch-Christine…you better look!"

He touched his lips, and thought, I just spoke in Japanese! What the heck?!

"Eh?" Christine mumbled before opening her eyes as well. She snapped them wide, and her jaw dropped.

Everything around them was animated!

A smile appeared on Christine's lips, and she whispered, "We're in the Gintama universe…" Out of curiosity, she looked at her hands, and added, "I'm animated!"

Sean also looked at his hand, and frowned, "So am I…" He looked around, and noticed that they were in an alleyway.

Sean stood up, and when Christine turned to look at him, she noticed the same book in his arms.

Christine said, "You know, I'm amazed you didn't let go of that thing."

Sean scowled, "Christine, why're you always so rude to me?!"

Christine answered as she crossed your arms, "Sean, you used to be so cheerful when you were a kid; now you're a jerk!"

"I am not a jerk! And you're one to talk!" Sean replied as he pointed his finger at her. "You're mean to a lot of people! You pull tricks on them – including me – and you even give them inappropriate nicknames!"

"Hey, I like nicknaming people, alright?!"

"No, that's not alright!"

Christine stuck her tongue out at him, and stood up, saying, "Anyway, the anime god told us that time has stopped in our world, so our parents won't even know we're gone."

Sean rolled his eyes, "That may be true, but the anime god also told us to not get ourselves killed."

"I'll try to not get myself killed. I'm a badass, after all."

Sean snorted in amusement, "Yeah, right."

Christine glared at him. Sean ignored her glare, and added, "At least my book's safe…" But when he looked at his book, his jaw dropped.

Christine asked, "What's your problem now? Did the pages in your book rip off?"

"N-N-No…" Sean stammered yet again. "Th-The cover of my book…has Japanese on it!"

"What? Give me that!" Christine grabbed the book away from him, and as soon as she saw the cover, she realized that he was right. She wasn't as shocked as Sean, but she raised a brow, and realized, "I think the anime god did this."

"Huh?!"

"She must've made your book look Japanese." Christine opened up the book, and added as she looked at the words, "Yep, all of it is in Japanese."

She gave Sean the book back, and he looked through the pages. He frowned again, "Why did she have to do that? But wait a minute, how am I still able to read it?"

"Perhaps the anime god gave us the ability to read and speak Japanese. That way, we wouldn't have trouble talking to people in this world."

"Why does everything have to get stranger and stranger?" Sean mumbled as he dropped his head.

Christine patted his shoulder, and replied, "Quit glooming, Sean! Let's go explore! I've always wanted to explore Edo!"

Sean was still feeling gloomy, but as soon as Christine ran out of the alleyway, he widened his green eyes, and ran after her.

When he was behind her, he told her, "At least wait for me!"

Christine and Sean were now in the streets of Edo. Sean looked around, and suddenly felt a drop of sweat roll down his cheek. He thought, This is so weird. I feel like I'm dreaming. And is this really Edo?

Sean curiously asked his younger sister, "Christine, is this actually Edo?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Look." He pointed at a wire far above them. Sean was fairly certain that that wire was used for electricity.

Christine informed him, "They have modern technology here. I know it's unusual, but Gintama is a parody anime, so…yeah." She shrugged her shoulders, and added, "You'll get used to it, though."

Sean thought, Yeah…hopefully.

Sean looked around, and noticed that a few people were looking at them. They were giving them weird looks, and a random woman asked her husband, "Who are these people? Why do they have such weird clothes?"

Obviously, Sean wasn't used to this much attention. And the more people stared, the heavier the atmosphere was.

The man whispered, "Uh, Christine. People are watching us. I think it's because of our clothes."

"Hm?" Christine hummed as she looked at her shirt, jacket, and pants. She smiled, and said, "Just ignore them! Sure, our clothes are different from theirs, but who cares?"

Sean turned his head around, and saw two men walking towards them. The men were wearing some kind of uniform.

Sean whispered again, "Christine. I think those guys are following us."

Christine also turned around, but when she saw the two men, she widened her eyes, and told her brother, "Sean, those guys are the Shinsengumi!"

"Shinsengumi?" Sean repeated. "As in, police?"

"Yep! The one on the left is named Okita Sougo, and the one on the right is named Hijikata Toshiro."

The men were getting closer to them. Sean began to panic, and he stuttered, "Th-The one on the r-right d-doesn't look too happy!"

Christine rolled her eyes, "Quit being a baby, Sean. We need to explore Edo!"

Right after that, Sougo and Toshiro grabbed their arms. Sean gasped, still panicking, while Christine just gave them a smile.

Toshiro ignored her smile, and asked, "We've heard a few people talking about two citizens wearing weird clothes. And since your clothes are…unusual, you must be the ones they're talking about."

A man ran up to them, and said as he pointed at Christine and Sean, "These two must be amanto! Their clothes prove it!"

"Hey!" Christine hollered, giving the man a death glare. "We're not amanto, you peasant!" Christine didn't expect herself to say that, but it couldn't be helped.

The man gasped, "How dare you call me a peasant!" The man slapped Christine in the face, but Christine bit his finger, and the man yelled in pain, "Ow!"

Toshiro pulled the girl away from him, and muttered, "Alright, that's enough." He glared at Sean and Christine, and added, "Let's go, you two."

Sean exclaimed, "W-Wait! My sister's right! We're really not amanto!"

Without warning, Sougo squeezed his arm, causing him to winch in pain. Sougo told him in a calm tone, "We don't care if you're amanto or not. We're still taking you."

"Wh-Where?!"

"Where do you think? To jail."

Now it was Christine's turn to panic. She turned to Sougo and Toshiro, and yelled, "W-W-Wait! Y-Y-You can't take us to jail!"

"Why not?" Toshiro gave her a suspicious look.

Christine's mouth parted, and she thought as sweat was forming on her forehead, I can't tell them that we're from the real world. They won't believe us. I have to find a way to convince them, so that Sean and I won't go to jail!

Although Christine (Sometimes) disliked her brother, part of her really cared about him. She loved her brother; she just didn't like to admit it.

She took a deep breath, and crackly smiled, "We're from a different city!"

Sougo, Toshiro, and even Sean stared at her, frowning. Well, except for Sougo.

Christine continued, "Yes, we're from a city far away from here! We've actually never visited Edo, and it's our first time coming here!"

Sean thought with realization, Is she trying to convince them?!

Toshiro had a skeptical look on his face, and he replied to the girl, "What's with the weird clothes, then?"

"Th-The city we live in has clothes like these!"

Toshiro raised a black brow. Christine continued to lie, "Our hometown is starting to invent these types of clothes! Hell, maybe the people of Edo will also wear these in the next few decades!"

Sougo and Toshiro stared at each other, and Toshiro sighed before letting go of Christine's arm. Toshiro told them as Sougo also let go of Sean's arm, "We're letting this slide, but if either of you do anything idiotic – such as stealing, or even harming innocent people – we'll put you in jail. Understand?"

"Understood!" Christine immediately exclaimed.

Toshiro rolled his eyes, and he started walking away from them, but he realized that Sougo wasn't following him.

Instead, Sougo pulled Sean's book away from him. Sougo curiously asked, "What is this?"

"Hey! Give that back!" Sean demanded as he tried getting his book back. Sougo, unfortunately, dodged him.

Sougo said as he opened up the book, "'Coral Underworlds'…that's a pretty cheesy name for a book."

Sean glared at the crimson-eyed man, "It may be a cheesy title, but…just give me the book, already!"

"Hm…" Sougo stared at the book, and replied, "Nah, I think I'll take this."

Sean now gave him a dark expression. His brows were scrunched, and his teeth were clenched. He growled, "Give me my book!"

Toshiro frowned. He didn't like where this was going.

Another sigh escaped his lips, and he told Sougo, "Sougo, give him back his book."

Sougo rolled his eyes, but tossed the book in a random direction. Sean widened his eyes, and jumped on the ground, where he caught the book.

Toshiro shook his head, but had something in mind. He decided to ask Christine, "What're your names? I nearly forgot to ask you that."

"Eh?" Christine stared at him as if he was crazy. "Our names?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to know?"

"In case you or your brother do anything stupid in this city," Toshiro crossed his arms.

Christine was about to say her real name, but Sean gave her a look that pretty much said, 'No, let's not give them our real names'.

Christine thought, That's right. Foreigners aren't allowed in Edo. At least, that's what I remember.

The teenager gave him a sheepish smile, and "introduced" herself, "My name is Christi…ko."

Sean gave her a what-the-hell look, and thought, Seriously, Christine?!

Toshiro replied, "Christiko? That's an unusual name."

"It is, but our parents died when we were very small, so we came up with the names ourselves," Christine lied yet again.

Sean knitted his brows, and bit his lower lip to prevent himself from shouting, 'What is happening to your brain right now?!'.

Sougo pointed at Sean, and asked, "What his name, then?"

Before Sean could actually "introduce" himself, Christine answered for him, "Shojaro!"

"Shojaro?!" Sean shouted without thinking. Christine glared at him, and Sean frowned before deciding to play along, "I mean, yes, that is my name."

As he was getting up from the ground, Sougo suspiciously asked, "Why did you shout, then?"

Once again, Christine answered for him, "My brother has short-term memory loss. He forgot his name just now."

Toshiro rolled his eyes, and said, "Whatever. Let's go, Sougo."

Sougo mumbled, "I'll kill you for ordering me like that." Although he sounded calm, a purple aura rose above his head.

They soon walked away, and Christine sighed with relief. But as soon as she was facing her brother, Sean crossed his arms, giving her a harsh glare.

Christine frowned, "What? If you're still mad at Sougo for almost taking your book, then you should be going after him!"

"That's not it," Sean replied. "Out of all the Japanese names you could've used for both of us, why the hell did you choose 'Christiko' and 'Shojaro'?! They aren't even names! It's just gibberish!"

Christine bit her lower lip, but she managed to say, "I had to come up with something! You should be happy I at least saved us from going to jail!"

Sean was still glaring at her, but a smirk appeared on his face, and he said, "So you do care about me."

"W-Well, I-I…" Christine didn't know what to say to that. She crossed her arms, and mumbled as her cheeks turned red, "P-Perhaps…but that's not important!"

Sean sighed, changing the subject, "Anyway, since our clothes are receiving attention, we're going to have to wear kimonos from now on."

"But how are we going to do that? We don't have any money!"

The man frowned, and held his chin as he replied, "You're right, but we're going to have to earn money…somehow." A sigh escaped his lips, and he added, "We should get a job, though I'm not quite sure if any workers will hire us."

Christine also sighed, "The anime god could've at least given us kimonos."

"Like I said, we're going to have to earn some money."

Christine suddenly widened her eyes. Sean arched a brow, and asked, "Is something wrong, Christine?"

She smiled, "I just got an idea!"

"What?" Sean asked a bit nervously. He was nervous, because Christine's ideas always caused trouble. The last time Christine had an idea, she accidentally broke the bathroom mirror, and she tried to fix it with glue, but that only made the problem worse. So…yeah.

Anyway, Christine said, "We can go to the Yorozuya, and ask them for money!"

"Whoa, whoa, WHOA! First, who're the Yorozuya? And second, we can't just ask them for money! That's basically stealing!"

Christine rolled her eyes, "The Yorozuya are the main characters in Gintama. Their names are Sakata Gintoki, Kagura, and Shimura Shinpachi. They're also called 'Odd Jobs', which means they'll do any job, as long as they get money. And you're right. We can't just ask for money."

Now Sean stared at her in confusion. Christine added, "We could work for them; that way, they'll be able to give us enough money to buy kimonos!"

Although Christine sounded confident, she had to admit that that was easier said than done. The Yorozuya always had trouble buying food – and not to mention the rent – because they didn't get very many jobs in the past few months. So if they didn't have much money, how were they going to pay Christine and Sean, whether or not they worked for them?

Sean sighed as he rubbed his forehead, "Alright, fine, we'll go to the Yorozuyi."

"It's Yorozuya," Christine corrected him.

Sean rolled his eyes, but they started walking, trying to find the Yorozuya.

While they were walking, Sean snickered, "Hey, Christine."

"What?" She asked without looking at him.

"Why did you hesitate when you lied to those…police officers about where we lived? You usually think quickly."

Christine scowled, "I was panicking, alright?! I do think quickly, but when I'm panicking, I stammer!"

Sean rolled his eyes yet again, but chuckled, "Calm down, Christine." He ruffled Christine's light-brown hair, and added, "I was just teasing you. You may be annoying, but I still love you."

Christine pouted. She hated when people ruffled her hair. The only person who could do that was, well, Christine herself.

Sean told her, "Say that you still love me."

"No!" Christine huffed stubbornly.

"I told you I still love you, so say that you still love me back."

Her cheeks shaded into a reddish blush. She gazed away from her brother, now avoiding eye contact.

Sean grinned, and muttered, "I'll buy you some steak when we get enough money."

Christine immediately snapped her eyes wide, and stared at her brother as she parted her lips. It was obvious enough that she loved steak. Actually, she loved meat in general. She thought, If I don't say it, I won't get steak! When we earn enough money, that is.

She crossed her arms, and admitted, "I still love you, but only as a brother! And you only love me as a sister, right?"

"Of course I only love you as a sister, Christine," Sean said a matter-of-factly. "I would never love you as anything else. Seriously."

Christine half-smiled, "Good. Anyway, let's find the Yorozuya."

"Right," Sean mumbled before walking again.

We'll be meeting the Yorozuya in the next chapter, I promise. And I'll try my best to give the canon character as much screentime as possible (Since I don't want people saying, 'Christine and Sean are taking the spotlight'.). This story is in 3rd-person, after all.

Anyway, yes, Christine and Sean will be using their fake names, "Christiko" and "Shojaro" for now (They'll reveal their real names [At least to the Yorozuya] at some point, just not right now). And the fake names aren't supposed to sound Japanese. XD

Hope you enjoyed chapter 2! :)