Author's Note: The amount of alerts and favorites surprised and motivated me to continue writing this. So here goes nothing!

"Huh?!" Gintoki recoiled in surprise. "I'm an Amanto?" he repeated.

"Yes. You are a Funabashi from the Star with that very same name. Our people are humanoid, but we are talented fighters because we utilize our strength and speed, attributes you must've known you possess." The cloaked figure continued, her face still unrevealed.

"I don't believe you. You'll have to prove that I'm an Amanto." Gintoki replied back. He was still in denial as he noticed the shocked and speechless expressions of both Shinpachi and Kagura.

"Very well. I shall prove it to you." The cloaked figure nodded in agreement. She took off the hood that concealed her head and it revealed a stunning detail that convinced even the hard-headed Gintoki.

She had silver hair.

"Whoa! Gin-san! Silver hair! Just like yours!" Kagura squealed.

Yes, the cloaked figure did indeed have silver hair. Her silver hair was straightened out like that normally of a girl's; it was shoulder length and it glistened with the light, just like Gintoki's.

"Who…are…you?" Gintoki barely mouthed those words. He was trembling now, the harsh world of reality crashing down on him.

"I am Kayoko. I was sent by the nobles of Funabashi to retrieve the lost hero." The silver haired Amanto responded.

"Lost hero?" Shinpachi remarked.

"Indeed. Sakata Gintoki, you are the lost hero of Funabashi. Our star has dealt with constant strife with neighboring planets. Our people have lost motivation to fight, and if we do so, our star will plummet into the hands of our enemies."

"How does that make me some lost hero?" Gintoki scoffed. He was still not buying this story.

"You are the great descendant of a line of nobles from our planet."

Gintoki chuckled. This must be a joke.

"Nice one Pattsuan, Kagura. The joke's over now." Gintoki laughed to himself.

"Master. This is not a laughing matter. Thousands of our people are dying every day."

"Why are you calling me Master? I'm not anyone's master!" Gintoki laughed as he tried to change the subject.

"Very well. I shall tell you the story of your family." Kayoko sighed. She felt that this was the only way to make him listen.

Gintoki's interest was piqued; Kagura and Shinpachi's as well.

"You are not the son of a king or a damsel princess if that's what you were thinking. You are born from a noble family that used to wield significant power in Funabashi."

"Used to?" Shinpachi noted.

"Yes. Your family, Master, used to be one of the most powerful noble families in all of Funabashi. That was until the war with our current enemy, the Denbe Tribes, escalated. Those scoundrels sought to take out the powerful nobles and then rampage the star. Your family was slaughtered as a result, but that was before you were sent to Earth as a last resort."

Gintoki recalled some of those memories now. The lifeless bodies stained with blood all lay before his childish eyes like Jenga pieces.

"Our star has is struggling to survive despite rebel factions constantly fighting with the Tribes. The people are unmotivated, Master. They are tired of fighting but cannot withstand the oppression that the Denbe enforce upon them. We need your return as it would ignite the callously disregarded people and unite our star!"

Kayoko finished her brief speech.

Gintoki was serious now. His normally jester-like face was now a cold still.

"Master? Will you join us and help us defeat the Denbe?"

"You haven't explained why you call him Master!" Kagura interrupted. She felt uneasy about how this was going to end.

"That's simple. I was determined upon birth to serve you, Master Gintoki."

"Like a servant?" Shinpachi commented.

"No. As his wife." Kayoko answered.


"Wife?!" Gintoki couldn't take it anymore. Fear, surprise, total shock, he must've felt every emotion possible to man in the previous exchanges.

"Indeed, Master." Kayoko answered. She was blushing now. The revealing detail about their relationship exposed.

Shinpachi and Kagura's jaws dropped, if it hadn't dropped any more than it has in the past fifteen minutes.

"Wife?!" Shinpachi repeated.

"Master. I shall ask once more, will you join our crusade?" Kayoko stuck out her hand, ignoring Shinpachi entirely.

Shinpachi and Kagura both held their breath. Kayoko looked tense as she and the two Yorozuya members awaited an answer from Gintoki.

Yes, this was the moment, all the horrible plot build up by the author, Kayoko's semi-motivating speech and Shinpachi's glasses awaited for Gintoki's answer.

Gintoki took a deep breath and exhaled.

"I just have a request, Kayoko. Can I say my goodbyes?"

Author's Note: Gintoki's onboard! What will happen next?