Chapter 4

Tama spoke up. "There may be a chance she still exists in this world Gintoki-sama."

Gintoki looked up to Tama. "Huh? There's a chance she still exists in this world? How?"

"Since she existed in the world you came from, she most likely exists in this world also. She's probably just living a different life than the life you know of in your world. It's simple really. All you have to do is find her." Tama explained.

Gintoki groaned. "That's such a pain in the ass. I have no idea where to start looking for her. Nobody knows or remembers her." Gintoki put his head down and buried his hands into his hair.

Otose breathed out smoke and had one eye open. "If she's that important to you, don't you want to find her?"

Gintoki put his head up and had a soft expression on his face. "Yeah, I want to find her."

Otose smiled. "Then you'll find her. It's you we're talking about afterall."

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For the next several weeks he went all around Edo trying to find a clue about where to find Tsukuyo. Unfortunately much to his hard efforts there were no results.

"AH! WHY IS IT SO HARD TO TRACK DOWN ONE PERSON?!" Gintoki yelled to himself. He walked back to his apartment and called it a day.

"How did the search go Gin-chan?" Kagura asked while she was watching television.

Gintoki let out a deep sigh. "Not well Kagura. Why is it so damn hard to find a single woman?! She's not generic looking either!"

"Maybe she's trying to hide from you in this world-aru," Kagura said teasingly.

"Tch. You don't know a thing about her Kagura. We've been friends for so long now, no way she would want to hide from me. I'll definitely find her." Ah, I need a break. I feel like going back and just visiting the countryside again. An idea popped up in his head. "Oi, Kagura. I'm going to go to the countryside. Just to refresh and clear my mind."

"Huh? Why the countryside-aru?" Kagura asked.

"Just 'cause. I just want to check things out and see if anything changed in that specific area," Gintoki replied.

"Hmmm. Okay Gin-chan. Shinpachi and I will cover things over here-aru," Kagura said with a grin.

"Thanks. I know I can rely on you guys," Gintoki said.

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The next day arrived. Gintoki was ready to leave to the countryside. He turned back and saw Shinpachi and Kagura one last time.

"Oi. I'm going to be on somewhat of a vacation so you guys hold the rest of this place up, alright?" Gintoki said to the two.

"You got it, Gin-chan!" Kagura yelled with a fist in the air.

"Have a safe trip Gin-san," Shinpachi said as he gave him a thumbs up.

"I'll be off then." Gintoki walked away from the apartment as he gave them a wave.

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Gintoki arrived to the countryside within a few hours. The place was very near and dear to his heart. This is where he grew up with other orphans and alongside Katsura and Takasugi. The place felt nostalgic. He started walking around and just viewing the countryside of this world. Everything looked pretty much the same. He finally stumbled upon his old temple school. It was no longer there of course, but a new temple school had been built in its stead.

"So a new temple school's been built huh?" Gintoki said to himself. He walked around the temple and saw that a class was going on. Eh? A class is going on. I want to take a peek. Gintoki hid himself and peeked into the classroom. He saw young children all excited to be learning. Cute kids. Then he heard the teacher's voice. Huh? That voice...It couldn't be. Gintoki was shocked at who was teaching the class. It's her…

"An' that concludes today's class. Did anyone not understand anythin'?" The teacher asked the students.

"No! Thank you sensei!" The children yelled back excitedly.

The teacher smiled. "Alright, good job everyone. Ah'll be seein' y'all tomorrow alright? Class dismissed."

"Yes sensei!" The class replied. The children got their books and left the classroom to go onto other activities.

"Tsukuyo sensei!" A voice called out to the teacher.

"Ah, Yuna-san hello," Tsukuyo responded.

"Thank you so much for always taking time out of your busy schedule to teach these children. Sorry to burden you with such a task. No one really wants to teach without pay…" the older woman said.

Tsukuyo shook her head. "It's no burden at all. I was an orphan ta. These children deserve ta get tha education they need." She took out a thick envelope from her sleeve. "Yuna-san please use this fer tha kids. It should be enough ta give them new clothin' an' toys they want."

Yuna was speechless and refused to take the envelope. "I can't take this Tsukuyo sensei! You already do more than enough by teaching the children. Besides you constructed this whole temple for us!"

Tsukuyo wouldn't take no for an answer and firmly planted the envelope into her hands. "Yuna-san please. Take this. It really ain't much. I wanna support tha children as much as I can."

Yuna was so moved to the point tears started flowing from her eyes. "Thank you so much! Thank you so much, Tsukuyo sensei!" She started bowing her head down repeatedly to show her gratitude.

Tsukuyo gave a small smile. "It's really nothin' much Yuna-san. I have ta go early today, so ah'll be takin' mah leave now."

"Oh yes of course! See you again tomorrow!" Yuna said to Tsukuyo.

"See ya tomorrow." Tsukuyo exited the classroom.

She's here. I just saw her with my own two eyes. She teaches orphans here. She's still just as kind in this world too. She only looks slightly different. She's not wearing the usual kimino and she has longer hair. I've finally found her. I've finally found you, Tsukuyo. Gintoki was relieved to have finally found her after weeks of trying to get information about her. I need to get more information about her. Gintoki called out to Yuna. "Excuse me miss."

Yuna turned around and saw Gintoki leaning on top of the windowsill. "Oh yes? Can I help you?"

"Can I ask you what this temple's exactly for?" Gintoki asked.

"I'll be more than glad to!" Yuna said excitedly.