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When Someone Mistakes You For Someone Else, They Often Try To Make It Up To You, But Not Always

Ch. 2

Gintoki's head hurt quite a bit when he woke up, even though he had no recollection of going drinking the night before. In fact, his memories of the day previous were quite scattered. He remembered being dragged out of bed by Shinpachi, lazing around inside reading Jump, and going out to play pachinko. However, he didn't remember arriving at the pachinko parlor. All he could recollect was something about Zura and purple hair. He had to wonder briefly then, if Zura had gotten a new wig.

Oh well, it didn't matter if Zura decided to finally wear a wig to live up to his name. All that Gintoki was interested in right now was staying in bed for as long as he could before Shinpachi came to wake him up. With that thought in mind, Gintoki pulled the blankets around him tighter to snuggle deeper in their warmth.

When he thought it was time to finally get up, and Shinpachi still hadn't woken him up, Gintoki decided to open his eyes. What greeted him when he opened them though was not his bedroom ceiling. Instead, it looked remarkably like one of those found in a hospital. Curious, Gintoki looked around and met the eyes of a white-haired man.

"Ah, you're awake," the man greeted with a smile. "I'm Ukitake Jushiro, captain of the 13th division."

Knowing it was expected of him, Gintoki parted with his own name, "I'm Sakata Gintoki." Left unspoken by Gintoki was the words 'where exactly am I'. He didn't want to sound cliché after all.

Ukitake soon answered his unspoken question anyways, "Sakata-kun, you are currently in Soul Society, a dimension different from your own. By accident, Captain Kurotsugi mistook you for someone else, and that is why you're here. Unfortunately, you won't be able to return home for almost a month." Ukitake bowed his head, "You have my deepest apologies."

Figuring that Ukitake was a good guy, Gintoki waved his hand briefly and said, sighing, "You don't need to apologize, Ukitake-san. What am I supposed to do for a month?"

Ukitake visibly brightened at this and answered, "You can live with me!" At Gintoki's raised eyebrows, he continued, "You need a place to stay after all, and not all of the other captains are as accepting to outsiders as I am."

"Oh, why not," Gintoki replied. He didn't really need to make the captain sad by declining his offer. Anyways, Ukitake's concerns were quite real. "By the way," Gintoki continued, noticing he was in pajamas, "Where are my clothes?"

"They were dirty, so the squad 4 members washed them for you," Ukitake replied, pointing to the pile of clothing in the corner.

Gintoki looked and saw that they were all there. He started to get off the bed saying, "I'm going to go change so…"

Ukitake seemed to get the message and soon left the room, closing the door behind him. True to his word, Gintoki changed clothes. He did notice that his bokuto was missing however.

Once done, Gintoki slid the door open to find Ukitake there waiting for him. Silently, he gestured for Ukitake to lead the way.

Instead of going, however, Ukitake continued to talk to a female doctor. She had dark hair braided in the front. They seemed to know each other very well, especially since Ukitake kept calling her by what was probably her first name, Retsu.

Once he failed to get Ukitake's attention, Gintoki just decided to wait it out. Unexpectedly however, Retsu soon walked over to him and introduced herself, "Hello, Sakata-san. I'm Unohana Retsu, captain of the 4th division. How are you feeling?"

Although Unohana had a kind smile on her face, Gintoki had the feeling that lying to her would be very, very bad, and that he should never cross her under any circumstances. He replied slowly, "My head hurt a lot earlier, but it's gotten better for the most part. I think I'll survive, Unohana-san."

Unohana nodded, and seemed like she was considering something for a second. "Well then, Sakata-san," she pulled something out from behind her back and continued, "I believe you want this back, correct? I had a hard time getting it away from Captain Kurotsugi." She stopped for a moment and then continued with a sly grin, "He was trying to figure out why it shoots out soy sauce when you press the handle."

Gintoki blushed, and accepted his bokuto murmuring, "I'm not even the one who made that adjustment…"

Unohana laughed quietly, and started walking away, saying, "Sakata-san, please look after Jushiro-kun for me. He's supposed to be taking it easy."

Gintoki looked back over to Ukitake, and found that he had a slight blush on his face as well. Now both of them were embarrassed.

Ukitake saw Gintoki's curious eyes, and sighed saying, "I suppose you'll need to know this if you're living with me. Unohana-san gets concerned about me because I have a chronic sickness."

Gintoki nodded, "I'll make sure to watch out for it this next month. Shall we get going?"

Ukitake nodded, and started leading the way. It was a long walk, so Ukitake started a conversation to pass the time, "So, Sakata-kun, why don't you tell me a little about yourself?"

It was in this way that an epic conversation about samurai, Jump, candy, and strawberry milk started between the two, lasting all the way until they reached the 13th squad's barracks.

A/N I've finally finished the second chapter :) If anyone has any suggestions for what may happen, or theories, I'll be happy to hear them. That way the story will be even better.