HEEYYY! I'm Back from the death! could you believe it! I manage to finish this story after 3 hours! WOw! And eight reviews? Wow!
Disclaimer : I don't own Gintama sadly. I will add more interactions between Gintoki and Shouyo-sensei If I do.
Hey! have anyone watch the movie? Man... I only watched the trailer and Shinpachi and Kagura look damn hot! I can't wait to download it.
The Lost Sensei
Chapter 2
The History
Previously on The Lost Sensei
"My name is Yoshida Shouyo. Ah…. Yes I taught a school called Shouka-Senjuku." The man said.
*PRAAANG!*
All three turn their heads to the voice's sources. Shinpachi and Kagura surprised to see a stunned Gintoki with moreover, he dropped his precious Chocolate Parfait.
"Shouyo…. Sensei…" Gintoki said.
Shinpachi and Kagura turn their heads to the man in front of them. "WHAAT!"
"Wait a sec. You are Gin-san's sensei? Gin-san! I thought your sensei was dead already?" Shinpachi loudly said.
"Pardon my rudeness. But I am pretty well alive." The man, Shouyo felt offended.
"Wait…. I don't mean like that. I mean…. Ano…." Shinpachi felt confused. After all, Gintoki himself said that his sensei died at the Kansei Purge. Shinpachi look to Gintoki with questioning eyes. But to his surprised, Gintoki still stunned. Normally, he would be yelling to his heart content, but now? 'Gin-san really is shocked isn't he? After all, this man probably had the same face and coincidentally the same name too.' Shinpachi thought.
"S…. sensei? But how?" Gintoki stared at Shouyo with disbelieve. He saw his sensei's head, and confirmed his death a few years ago, but now? His sensei is in front of him pretty well alive and his head attached to his body. How?
"Emm…. Who are you? You look familiar with one of my student but, do I know you?" Shouyo asked. Gintoki rushed to his sensei and kneeled in front of him. "Sensei! It is me! Gintoki! Don't tell me you forget about it?" Gintoki desperately asked.
Shinpachi and Kagura stunned. They never saw their boss with such a desperate look in his face.
"Gintoki-kun? I'm pretty sure you are still a 10 years old. How come you are an adult now?" Shouyo asked with disbelieve look. Something hit Gintoki. His mind back when he still fought at the Joui War. He fought an amanto that had the ability to went through space and time.
"Sensei. What year is it?" Gintoki asked.
"What year? I'm pretty sure it was 1XXX." Shouyo said with confidence look. But his confidence faltered when he saw the expressions of the trio in front of him.
"Yoshida-san, that was twelve years ago. Gin-san, what happened? Was your sensei time travelling?" Shinpachi asked.
"Time travelling? Is that even possible-aru?" Kagura asked while picking her nose. Shouyo seemed a bit uncomfortable with the girl attitude.
"What do you mean twelve years ago? And time travelling? I did wake up in an unfamiliar place, but time travelling is just impossible." Shouyo said with uncertain smile. He looked over Gintoki who still wondering about something.
"It's possible." Gintoki suddenly said. All attention turned to him now. Possible? How? Everyone know there is no way time travelling is possible.
"What do you mean its possible Gin-san? Everyone know it is impossible." Shinpachi said. Gintoki move to his desk and took his bokuto. He then moved to the front door and put his boots on.
"Where were you going Gin-chan?" Kagura asked.
"I'll get Zura. He know about this better than I do." Gintoki said while waving his hand. "Sensei. Just stay here okay? I'll be right back." Shouyo nodded and sighed.
"He is very different now. If this is really the future." Shouyo smiled. He remember how he gave Gintoki a piggy-back ride on his back at the day they first met. How Gintoki became extremely shy around his new friend.
Shinpachi and Kagura looked at Shouyo with questioning stare. They really wanted to know about Gintoki's past.
"Ano…. Yoshida-san. How did you met Gin-san?" Shinpachi asked. They sat in front of Shouyo and listened.
"Well…. The story is like this…." And Shouyo started on telling the stories.
Gintoki stood in front of Ikumatsu Ramen. If his guess is right, Katsura should be in here, eating Soba with his partner-in-crime, Elizabeth. Gintoki entered the Ramen shop and immediately see those two eating Soba.
"Oi Zura." Gintoki called and take a seat beside Katsura.
"Zura janai, Katsura da. What is it Gintoki. Are you going to join me in fighting the Government?" Katsura asked.
Gintoki immediately replied, "For the last time Zura, No. that will be my final answer. And I want you to come with me. There is someone I want you to meet."
Katsura stopped eating and looked at Gintoki. "Who? It's not the Shinsengumi, is it?" he asked. Gintoki shaked his head.
"No. Someone more important than those tax robbers." He said.
"The shogun?"
"No."
"Sawada Tsunayoshi?"
"No. that's from another manga damn it."
"Hmm…. Okumura Rin?"
"No. Stop with another manga's main character will you?"
"Then who?"
Gintoki sighed. Sometimes he just can't stand his friend's idiocy. "Shouyo-sensei." And that simple answer made everything so quiet.
"W-What? Who?" Katsura stuttered.
"I told you before. It's Sensei." Gintoki looked annoyed. Seriously, can Katsura be more idiot than now? Suddenly, he was dragged out of the Ramen Shop. He notice the white thingy that always followed Katsura is behind them. That's odd, because normally that white thingy always faster than them.
"Umm…. Zura. Did you drag me? How come suddenly you ran faster than that duck? Are you going to join the race?" Suddenly Katsura stopped running and throw Gintoki to the nearest wall. Elizabeth also stopped running and hold a sign board saying "Why were we stopped?"
"Stop it Gintoki. You yourself said that sensei was with you. And now you're trying to stop me from meet sensei?" Katsura asked and somehow, he looked really angy.
"That's not what I meant. I need to tell you something about sensei." Gintoki said while rubbing his head. Who knows that the usually calm Zura could be this angry.
"Hmm. What is it?" Katsura asked.
"I'll tell you on the way. Let's go."
(While Gintoki trying to get Katsura, Shouyo tell the kids about his first meeting with Gintoki)
"I heard about the news of corpse-eating demon. That time, I already met Shinsuke-kun and Kotarou-kun." Shouyo said.
Kagura raised her hand and asked, " How did they act?"
"Well…. Kotarou-kun is always a serious kid, while Shinsuke-kun is a naughty and rebellious kid. Even so, Shinsuke-kun really caring about his friend."
Kagura almost burst into laugh if Shinpachi didn't look at her with such glare. Seriously, the world most hunted criminal care for his friend. Hell, he even tried to kill Gin-chan.
"Something wrong?" Shouyo asked. Shinpachi shaked his head.
"No. Nothing wrong. Please continue." Shinpachi said.
"Okay then. So I leave the school at Kotarou-kun and Shinsuke-kun's hands. They may be children, but they always helped me with the chores. I left wondering on every wargrounds I know. Especially the ground where the war had just finished. Because I heard that the corpse-eating demon only eat from fresh bodies. I was planning on eliminating it, since it could be used as weapon by the Bakufu." Shouyo took a break and give Shinpachi and Kagura chances to ask. Seeing that those doesn't want to ask anything, Shouyo continue.
"I went on travelling from one ground to another, but I could never find that so-called demon. Until one day, at a certain ground, the sun was almost set, a lot of crows flying and scavenging the corpses. I saw a kid staring at the sunset while munching something. I walk closer to see him."
"That kid is…. Gin-san?" Shinpachi asked.
"Yes. Sitting at the top of the pile of corpses, munching a leftover Onigiri. I pat his head, and he turned his gaze to me. 'I came after hearing about a corpse-eating demon. Would that be you?' I asked. 'A rather cute demon.' As soon as I said that, Gintoki-kun slap my hand away and jumped away. He then drew a sword that he took from one of the corpses. 'Did you also take that from a corpse?' I asked again. And again, he didn't answered it. Instead, he licked some rice from his mouth. Gintoki-kun looked at me with such an untrustful eyes.
That made me think that he was stripping the corpses to protect himself. 'That's very impressive. However, you no longer need that sword.' I said. I told him, that a sword that was only swung for self-defense while fearing others should be thrown away. And I throw my sword at him. He manage to catch it and keep his balance. He looked at me with questioning eyes. I told him that I should gave him my sword. And if he wished to learn how to use it properly, he should came with me." Shouyo take a break from his long story. SHinpachi was in adeep thought, while Kagura almost cried her heart out.
"Did…. Gin-chan came with you?" Kagura asked with tears.
Shouyo nodded with a smile. "Yes he did. I told him that he would swung that sword, not to cut down his enemies, nor to cut away his weaknesses and protect himself. But to protect his very soul. He then following me and asked me to give him a piggy-back ride." Shouyo chuckled at the memory.
Kagura and Shinpachi smiled. Now they know, why Gintoki always so rash when a fight came. Suddenly the door slide open. Two men and a weird duck thingy came in.
"And Zura. I gave you…. Our Shouyo-sensei." Gintoki said.
Katsura enter the room and almost jumped to the man that sat at the coach.
"SHOUYO-SENSEI!" he yelled and his eyes full of tears.
How was it? It is difficult to write Gintoki's past. Don't forget to leave your review~
