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Chapter 4: Super Saiyan!
"Itadakimasu!"
The young girl chirps happily and starts scooping some stew into her bowl. Her blue eyes almost dazzle like stars as she scoops one hard-boiled egg into her bow. She stares enthralled at how the white egg makes a plop sound in her bowl. She is humming a melody that fills the eerie silence in the room. With the chopsticks in one hand, she balls a bite-size rice before tossing it into her mouth. Another humming follows, this time dreading and weaved with joy and pleasure, simultaneously soothing her hunger and arousing her companion.
Yes, arousing.
Gintoki cannot take his eyes off her.
When is the last time he ever sees a girl who hums when eating her rice? When did he ever lay eyes on a girl who kneels on the seat just to meticulously watch the egg dive into a bowl of soup?
"Oishi~" Kagura squeals in pure delight. "Delicious! You're a good cook, Gin-chan!"
He coughs, abruptly.
Good away of hiding his flushed cheeks when a praise is shot at him without warning. Trust or no trust, when one gives you a praise, just take it, chins up and boasts.
"Of course I am," Gintoki scoffs, like a boss, scooping some soup into his bowl.
"Oh let me! Let me!" Kagura snatches the ladle from him and scoops for his portion instead.
Gintoki cannot help but crinkle his nose at her. Her way of extending help can be misinterpreted easily. She is either appreciating his efforts on cooking a meal for her or simply wanting to see the egg dive again.
Young girls these days, they get fascinated over the silliest things.
A burst of giggles snaps him from his daze, his eyes noticed the egg swimming his bowl.
"Do you want potatoes too," Kagura scoops some for him to see. "Gin-chan?"
"It's not potato stew without potatoes, right?"
"Just say yes, baka!" she pouts, pouring some potatoes into his bowl.
Those chubby cheeks of her are somehow tempting him to pinch them. She gains weight slowly at this age, definitely due to her high metabolism. If he is going to take the same diet, he will be a fatso in no time. As long as he takes care of his sugar intake, he does not need to bother himself about calories intake.
"One more egg! Can I take one more egg?!"
Gintoki just had his first bite of rice and she is done with one bowl. Now she is scooping the rice like she is responsible to finish it. Funny how she did not ask about rice first. Maybe she only asks about those that are not plenty.
According to logic, however, eggs don't make you full. Potatoes and rice do. He is actually contemplating whether his overbearing carbohydrate meal is appealing enough for a second serving.
This girl is beyond his expectations. The hill of potatoes on her bowl now shows no difference from her first serving. Is she an alien? Is her taste buds not working? Why is she eating this much?
His silence seems to approve her request as she decidedly takes the egg and let it stand on her bowl. Gintoki blinks, soaking in the sight of a fourteen year old second serving. Then, the last step to her creation that probably holds the very reason why she can stomach this dish, soya sauce.
She spurts the sauce like avalanche running down the chopped potatoes. If he is drunk, he could have thought it was a parfait with chocolate sauce instead. She grabs her chopsticks and gobbles up the contents of her bowl. She seals her lips only when there is no room for more as she chews her mouth moving clockwise, mincing and reducing the food into a sludge that easily slither down her small throat.
How can this be not arousing?
No, vibrating at least. His heart is beating strangely.
Hijikata's accusations rekindle in his mind, kicking him to accept that maybe, by some wicked evil that transcends into him, he might actually have slept with her.
"No!" Gintoki suddenly cuss.
Kagura swallows and cocks her head to the side. "But the egg is already inside my tummy."
"That's not what I meant," Gintoki shakes his head and continues eating.
His memories of last night are still unclear. He is not sure if it is a good idea to ask her directly of what really happened last night. She may take advantage of his loss of memories and reinvent a new truth. By judging her character and personality for the past half of the day, she is full of mischief and undeniably clever when it comes to protecting herself. He does not deny she forms a certain extent of admiration towards him but he cannot fully identify her as sincere and trustworthy just because of that temporary sentiment.
What he can figure out is that due to unforeseen circumstances, they bumped into each other and she quietly sneaked into his apartment. Nothing could have happened between them. Both of them were fully clothed when they woke up.
One disturbing thing remains. Why did he wake up next to her?
"Ahh, I'm full!"
The girl has the guts to rub her round belly at him. Gintoki sighs and continues finishing his portion. They clean the table together, as well as the dishes.
"Gin-chan! Gin-chan!"
Gintoki looks at her dully. "What now?"
"Where do you keep the soya sauce?" she asks as she holds the bottle.
"At the shelf there. If you can't reach it, just leave it there."
"You can count on me, Gin-chan!"
"No, I said just leave it."
She is teetering off the edge of the counter, one hand for support while another hand holding the bottle, with her fingertips pushing it to the shelf. Gintoki cringes just watching how dangerous it is. Before he can reach her, she slips. He manages to break her fall by capturing from her behind.
"My bad!" Kagura giggles nervously, leaning back on Gintoki's chest.
Her orange hair flutters under his chin. He then realises her height is around his chest, his elbows can simply rest on her shoulders.
"Baka, are you expecting more injury? I won't fix you anymore," Gintoki hisses.
Kagura turns and smiles. "I think you should be fixing this, Gin-chan."
She raises in her hand the detached shelf of two racks, the bottles and contents still intact. Gintoki quickly shifts his gaze at the wall where there are at least eight drilled holes empty. The nails that penetrated the cement wall are still attached to the shelf.
"Oi! How-How-How did you do that?"
Gintoki flinches, snatching the shelf hastily that he forgets how heavy it weighs and tumbles back, literally hugging the shelf with two arms. He raises it away from him, afraid of getting poked by the nails but then a realisation hits him.
Didn't this girl just rip the shelf off the wall? Didn't she just hold it with one hand?
His red eyes widen at her. "You? What are you?"
"What are you saying, Gin-chan?" Kagura giggles, flexing her arm muscles playfully. "The potatoes just now become supee saiyan energy!"
"No, no, no! That is not logical! Potatoes don't give muscles, idiot! Protein like beef and chicken does!" Gintoki shakes his head rapidly. "You must be an alien!"
Kagura droops her eyes. "Gin-chan, do you want a dinner kick there too?"
Gintoki ignores her comment and places the shelf aside. In a heartbeat, he dashes to the living room and finds his phone. He has to call the police. They will definitely believe him that he is not some lolicon pervert but a hostage to some alien girl with monstrous power and gorilla appetite.
His phone suddenly rings by itself. In spur of panic, he answers it. "Help me!"
"Gintoki? What did you say? Help?"
Gintoki recognises that voice, "Zura! Zura, thank goodness you call. I have something to tell you."
"Oh, you mean your girlfriend?" Katsura laughs. "I already know."
Gintoki blinks repeatedly, surprised and he turns to look at the orange head. Apparently the airhead seems to rather indulge herself in a dessert of his puddings than eavesdropping his phone conversation.
"Girlfriend?"
"Yeah. She is really bold to pick my call on your phone earlier. She didn't give me her name. Anyways, did she talk to you about coming for the wedding? She sounds interested to go with you. That'll be great, right? Finally, you are moving on from the past-"
Gintoki ends the call and grips the phone so hard that the sound of cracking can be heard.
"Who is it, Gin-chan?" Kagura asks with the spoon in her mouth. "Was that Zura?"
"Teme, you picked up his call without telling me."
"Oh, did he tell you about our date?" Kagura skips to him happily. "We are going to a wedding this Sunday! Ahh, I'm so excited! But I don't have a dress- Ouch!"
Gintoki clenches his hand around her wrist hurling her away and dropping her unfinished pudding to the floor. He opens the door of his apartment and tosses her out.
"Gin-chan! What are you doing? Are you sending me out?!" Kagura questions as she tries to find her footing. "Why are you suddenly mad at me?!"
The door slams at her.
"Hey!" Kagura knocks on the door. "It is dark outside! Cold! Why?! Why are you throwing me out now? Didn't you say you will keep me again for another night?! Gin-chan?!"
Miraculously, the door reopens. She tries to find the red eyes of Gintoki but her clothes are thrown at her, blinding her sight followed by the second slam of the door. Frustrated, Kagura grips her clothes with both hands, her eyes burning in tears and her teeth grinded fiercely.
"Gin-chan!"
"Oi, keep it down."
Kagura turns to the corner of the corridor and there stands a man in black jacket. A trail of smoke rises from his face. The shadow conceals his face, giving her trinkets of fear that she has to fear the stranger.
"Relax, girl. I mean no harm."
The man begins to approach her while she retreats with small steps. "Stay away from me."
"That idiot. I told him to send you away before night comes. But look now. He does it when it is completely dark out here."
Kagura hits her back against the railing, telling herself she is in a dead end. Her eyes flicker madly showing fear at its prime. She is only in a white T-shirt and she cannot possibly fight back in this attire. She wants to call Gintoki once more but she has the strongest gut feeling he will not listen to her.
The man is barely a feet away from her that she automatically closes her eyes. Her throat is loaded with a scream that can break the glass bowls of all the lampposts at the roadside.
Suddenly, something drapes over her back. She opens her eyes carefully and looks up to the man leaning against the railing, clipping the stick in between his fingers. He has dark green hair and sharp blue eyes.
"Calm down already?" he drawls before blowing smoke. "Looks like he didn't even give you time to change. Well, I hope you give him some slack. He forgets how to treat women nicely."
Kagura is taking short breaths, beetling her brows at the smoker. They share a moment to stare at each other, although trying to understand each other telepathically. He surrenders eventually and faces away from her.
"Let's get you home."
"Don't talk to me like you know me. I don't know you either."
"What did you say?"
Kagura can hear a sneer in his voice.
"I thought you don't care who it was and just obey like a good girl."
Kagura grits her teeth. "I'm not that kind of girl!"
"Enough already. Let's move before anyone here sees you."
"I'm not leaving Gin-chan!" Kagura cowers herself under the huge jacket. "I want to stay with him."
Hijikata turns and looks at her. "He must have paid you more than a minor deserved. I never thought he has such amount of money."
"No, that's not true! I didn't take any money from him!"
"You're doing it for free?" Hijikata sounds impressed.
Kagura cocks her head to the side. "Do what?"
Hijikata widens his eyes. "Must I describe it? No, really?"
"Just say it. I don't get what you mean," Kagura sighs.
"Well," Hijikata clears his throat. "You know, when a man and a woman hide under the blanket, they do stuff."
"What stuff?" Kagura takes a step forward, suddenly curious. "Is it fun?"
A nerve burst on his forehead. With a sharp turn, he marches to Gintoki's door and rams his fists hard on it, simultaneously ringing the doorbell.
"What the hell?! I told you to leave!" Gintoki opens the door and he has his jaw dropped open. "You again?!"
"You... Did you..." Hijikata looks at him, glancing at her alternately too. "Did you really sleep with her?"
"Sleep?! Yes, we slept together!" Kagura cheers when she sees the door opened and hugs Gintoki's waist. "We didn't hide under the blanket though."
"Oi!" Gintoki pushes her head away but her remarkable strength allows her to continuously hug him. "What the hell, Teme?! You brought her back to me! I just sent her away!"
Thank goodness, the shadow hides Hijikata's red cheeks but nevertheless he is infuriated with Gintoki's lack of responsibility. "At least send her way properly, stupid! Why would you let her out with just a shirt on?!"
"Ah?! That got nothing to do with you!"
"It's my moral responsibility, idiot! I can't just keep quiet watching you do this crime!"
"Crime! What crime? Are you going to arrest me?! Why are you playing police and thief with me, knonoyaro?!"
"Who's playing with you? You're the one playing hooky with a girl!"
"That's not true! That's not true, right, Kagura?!"
Gintoki yells behind him. Instead of a response, the two lads catch the sight of the orange girl sleeping on the couch again, using the jacket as her blanket. She is very sound asleep, despite the noise they are making.
The silverhead clicks his tongue. "Good. This will be easier for me to throw her out."
"Oi," Hijikata stops him. "It's too late now."
"What do you mean too late? The dumpster is just outside."
Hijikata smacks his head. "Is she some junk you can just dispose her like that?!"
"Then what do you want me to do? Let her sleep?!" Gintoki points at her.
"You don't have a choice," Hijikata enters in and sighs. "It will be too suspicious if you carry her and find her family. Let's wait for the next morning."
His collar is grabbed from behind. "Teme, who said you can come in?!"
"Well, I can't go back without my jacket," Hijikata exhales a long breath of smoke at Gintoki, making him cough and release his grip.
"Ah," Gintoki scowls and slams his door. "I don't understand anything anymore. Why is this bullshit happening to me?!"
"Oi."
Gintoki lifts his angry gaze from the floor and looks at Hijikata carrying the detached shelf.
"Are you that angry that you have to break your kitchen?" Hijikata examines the shelf, noticing how clean the nails are despite being ripped off the wall. "I'm surprised that you have some super saiyan powers."
"It was not me," Gintoki tugs one side of his lips and points at her.
Hijikata looks over as Kagura hums in her sleep, having one arm stretched out.
"Eh, you mean she... She did this?!" Hijikata drops the shelf on the table. "No, no, no. You're drunk."
"She plucked it off with one hand," Gintoki emphasises the insanity the girl possesses. "She's the super saiyan."
"How..." Hijikata drops the sticks from his mouth. "How the hell did you two do it last night?! Don't tell me you're the bottom-"
Gintoki throws a fist at him but Hijikata is quick to dodge. "Stop with your filthy mind, Teme! We didn't do it! How many times must I say it to get into your brain?!"
"I think I should really go home," Hijikata snickers nervously and steps towards the door.
"No," Gintoki grips him by the shirt and pulls him up. "You're the busybody who dragged yourself into this so you stay here to watch over her. I will sleep in my bedroom."
Hijikata glances at her. "Can I sleep in your room?"
"Do you want me to pluck your brains out?!"
Hijikata is shoved at the couch before Gintoki heads to his bedroom.
"Oi, wait, Gintoki!"
The bedroom door slams shut as Hijikata stares at the door. Kagura fidgets in her sleep, causing Hijikata to scamper backwards and lean against the wall. He shivers in fear, pulling out the box of cigarette and he bites one bud. Lighted it up, he sucks one deep breath.
His eyes easily drop its gaze on the detached shelf. He flushes out a mouthful of smoke, enjoying the churning sensation within his chest. He then looks at the orangehead in her slumber.
"Curiosity really kills the cat."
That was fun haha! So Kagura has some crazy strength? huhu!
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