It was late at night.
Kagura slowly walked home.

She finally arrived at Otose's bar.
Kagura arrived normally, and not making a loud entrance such as yelling for food.
She just entered normally.

Otose thought something was really wrong when that happened.

Kagura slowly walked up the stairs to the Yorozuya place.

There was Gintoki and Shinpachi shocked to see her finally home. They were sure both worried.

Shinpachi ran to Kagura immediately.
"KAGURA-CHAN! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!"
Kagura slowly looked up to Shinpachi.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU LET US KNO-"

When Kagura looked up, Shinpachi froze.

Kagura's eyes were red. Red from crying.
Her eyes were also all puffy from crying too much.

"K-Kagura-chan...?"
Kagura looked down and went to Sadaharu to lay down on and sleep.
"I'm not feeling well...Leave me alone."
After several minutes, Kagura fell asleep.

Shinpachi looked to Gintoki.
Shinpachi tried to talk really low so his voice would not wake Kagura up.
"Gin-san...what should we do?"
Gintoki picked his nose.
"Ah. Just leave her be."

Shinpachi got angry. "How could you say that?! Did you see Kagura just now?! She is obviously going through some thing really painfu—"
"Shinpachi."
Shinpachi froze.
It was that voice. That voice when Gintoki's voice sounded really serious in that deep tone and not in that usual sarcastic tone that Gintoki usually always speaks with. It was like shit was about to get serious right now.
"Are you Kagura? What would you know? Even if we ask her, I doubt she would tell us. If it was something really serious to her, she would have probably run to us crying already. Shinpachi, how long have we known Kagura? You don't even know that fact?"
"Gin-san..."
"She's a girl. There are problems only girls can resolve themselves. Whatever the problem is, we need to let her resolve it herself this time. We are not her parents. She needs to learn how to take care of herself and grow up."
"Gin-san, I know what you mean, but Kagura is still really young. So let's just help her out one more time?!"
"Ah...whatever Shinpachi...do whatever you want."

Shinpachi glanced over at Kagura.

Shinpachi sighed. "I guess I will agree with you on this situation, Gin-san..."
Gintoki smiled. "Glad you agree, Patsuan. ...Besides...I'm not really good at comforting people anyway."
Shinpachi smiled back. "Same here."

It was morning.
Kagura slowly opened her eyes from her sleep.
She looked around.
Gintoki and Shinpachi was nowhere to be found in the Yorozuya place.
Then, she found a note next to her.
It said:
"Kagura-chan! Last night, we saw you were not feeling well, so we decided to leave you at home for you to rest and feel better. I left breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the table. For breakfast, it's your favorite: egg over rice; for lunch: it's curry rice and miso soup; and for dinner: it's a bowl of katsudon. I
also left ramen, fried rice, fried noodles, and fried chicken on the table which is extra food in case you get hungry again. Your snack is sukonbu!
If you want to heat up the food because it's too cold, just put it in the microwave and set each dish to 2 minutes! Yes, we are going to be home very late at night. Feel better soon Kagura!"

Tears came to Kagura's eyes.
"Shinpachi...you sound like a mom..." Kagura smiled.
Kagura began wiping her tears away.
"Hmph. Stupid Gin-chan didn't even write me anything."
Kagura went over to the table and her eyes were like in love while looking at all the food and her sukonbu. "AHAHAHAHA! I SAID I WAS NOT FEELING WELL AND THEY SPOIL ME THIS MUCH! HEHEHEHE, I SHOULD PRETEND THAT I'M NOT FEELING WELL MORE OFTEN..."

Kagura began walking happily over to her breakfast: egg over rice.
She gobbled it down quickly. Of course, it was like her second favorite food ever. First place was sukonbu.
Kagura munched while talking.
"Hmph. I wish there was more egg over rice."
Kagura got her sukonbu and ate it happily.

Meanwhile, at the Shinsengumi Headquarters...
"SOUGO! HEY SOUGOOOOOOO!"
Sougo slowly opened his sleeping mask. "What is it, Hijikata-san?"
"There has just been a murder crime scene in Kabukicho. I want you to go investigate it. I also ordered our troops to take orders from you. They are waiting for you there at the crime scene."
"Ah...where is it at?"
"...Tch. Near that silver-haired bastard's place."
"Oh...Danna's place."
"Sougo...I have a feeling he is the murderer. Be careful. If you find any clues leading to him, arrest him immediately."
"Yes yes Hijikata-san."
Sougo walked out of the Shinsengumi Headquarters.
"Hmph...Hijikata-san. Do you think I'm going to just obey you? You shouldn't trust me so much."

Sougo finally arrived at the crime scene near the Yorozuya place.
Shinsengumi police cars was waiting for Sougo's orders.
"Everyone..."
Kagura, in the Yorozuya place near where this was all happening, thought she heard a familiar voice.
Kagura then froze. "No...It can't be..."
"Investigate this crime scene. Tell me if you find any clues. If you do, contact me immediately. If you can't find any clues, then we're giving up on who the person or people are involved in this case. Then take care of the dead bodies."
"Yes sir!"

"Ah...Danna's place, huh..."
As Sougo looked up at the Yorozuya place, there he saw, Kagura staring down at him.
Sougo just stood their staring.
Kagura then looked away and closed the window.
Sougo sighed. He then walked into Otose's bar and walked up the stairs to where Kagura was.

Otose thought something was strange. "What does a Shinsengumi police officer want here?"

Sougo finally arrived at the entrance to the Yorozuya place.
Kagura then ran straight to the entrance and held tightly on the sliding board so Sougo does not enter.
"GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU! DON'T COME IN!"
"I don't want to see you too. In fact, I don't even want to be here at all. I'm here to ask you questions about the murder crime scene near your place. Hijikata-san suspects that the murderer is your boss."
"GIN-CHAN WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!"
"I still need to ask you questions. Let me in."
Kagura again forced herself to keep the sliding door shut! "NO! I SAID NO! GO AWAY!"
Then, Sougo easily pushed open the sliding door even though Kagura's strength was holding onto it. Kagura widened her eyes.
Kagura then fell down to the floor from the strong pressure of Sougo sliding the door.
Sougo walked near her.
"Don't think you're stronger than me."

Kagura clenched her fists.
"Why..."
Sougo continued staring down at her.
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SUCH AN ASSHOLE?!"
Sougo looked unsurprised.
"Wow...really? You're really asking me that? You even refer to me as a sadist. What do you think a sadist is? An asshole."
Kagura began looking up at Sougo and started trembling.

Sougo made his way over to the couch and sat down.
"Sit down on that couch over there." Sougo was referring to the couch facing the couch where Sougo was sitting on.
"...No."
Sougo was really reaching his limit. He really felt like killing Kagura at this point.
"Why?"
"...I refuse to obey you."
Sougo stood up and slowly took out his sword.
"Again. Obey me. You have one last chance."
"NO!"
Sougo walked over to Kagura and immediately pushed her to the ground. He put his sword near Kagura's neck. "You really want to die so badly, don't you?"
Suddenly, Kagura's eyes became wet.
Sougo was shocked.
Kagura started to cry. "Why...Why do I cry because of you...Why...Tell me why..."
Sougo slowly put his sword back.
"...Crying to make me feel sympathy for you. How disgusting. You're not even worth killing."
Sougo was about to leave but then he felt something tugging on his Shinesengumi uniform at his arm.
He looked back to see Kagura holding back his arm.
"Wait..."
"...What do you want?"
Sougo's eyes were facing directly at Kagura.
Sougo's red eyes were in fact just like a demon's to Kagura. But these demonic like eyes to Kagura made her feel weird. Like it was hypnotizing. Kagura just wanted to stare at those eyes forever.
"If...If I said..."
Kagura began shaking from nervousness.
"that I love you...would you believe me?"

Sougo stood there speechless for a moment.
"...Yeah I would."
Kagura immediately blushed.

Sougo pulled Kagura close to him. Sougo then landed a kiss on her. He then thought to himself for a moment.

Haha...what a stupid bitch. I'll just pretend to act like I love her...and then when I get tired of playing with her...

Sougo then let her go.
Kagura could not stop blushing at this point.
"O-...O-Oi! Sadist, what do you think you're doing?"
"What did it look like to you? I kissed you."
Kagura blushed even more.
Sougo pulled her closer to him. "You know...It's now clear to me. I've always loved you too. I didn't realize at all at first...but just now when you
confessed to me...I realized I have loved you all this time." This is the first time Sougo has had this much fun playing around with someone.

I'll throw her away... like disgusting trash.

To Be Continued