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Chapter 4: Putting bars on a ball makes zero sense

It was now nighttime. During the past few hours, Christine and Sean had been ignoring Gintoki, because he was being a jerk to them when he, at first, told them that they couldn't stay here. However, Shinpachi – as mentioned in the last chapter – managed to convince Gintoki, so Sean and Christine were going to stay at the Yorozuya's house for now.

Shinpachi had already left, and Kagura went into her closet, now going to sleep. Gintoki faced Sean and Christine, and told them as he landed his hands on his hips, "Alright, you two. You're going to have to sleep on the couches from now on."

Christine replied as she scratched her cheek, "I'm fine with that."

Sean stared at the couch, and thought, The couch was uncomfortable when I was sitting on it, so I'm not even sure if I'll be comfortable sleeping on it.

He didn't like to complain, so he sighed, "Same here. Oh, by the way, where're the blankets?"

Gintoki pointed at the closet Kagura was sleeping in, and answered in a dull tone, "They're in that closet. Try not to wake Kagura up, though. She goes insane when her sleep is interrupted."

Christine immediately walked over to the closet, opened it up, and grabbed two blankets. She closed the closet door, and walked back to the couch.

She tossed one to Sean, and said, "Here you go, bro."

As soon as Sean caught the soft blanket, Christine sat on the couch, and said to the silver-haired man, "'Night, Gintoki-san."

Gintoki rolled his crimson eyes, and replied as he walked away from them, "'Night, you brats."

Sean frowned, but as soon as Gintoki went into his room, he sighed, and whispered to his younger sister, "Christine, are we really going to have to sleep on the couches?"

Christine blankly stared at him, and whispered back, "Yeah. We can't just sleep on the floor. That'd be uncomfortable."

"I know. It's just that…I'm not very fond of these couches. They don't feel very…comfy."

The teenager rolled her eyes, "You're going to have to get used to it. Otherwise you'll have bags under your eyes."

Sean's frown deepened, but he replied with yet another sigh, "Darn it."

Guess I have no choice but to sleep on that couch.

The 19-year-old sat on the other couch as Christine lied down, and pulled the blanket over herself. Though she didn't want to sleep in her clothes, she refused to ask Gintoki for a yukata. He probably didn't have any, anyway, since he tends to wear those green…pajamas. Besides, Christine could tolerate sleeping in her clothes.

Christine just forgot something, so she asked her brother, "Sean, could you get the pillows?"

"Are they in the closet?" Sean asked.

Christine responded as she supported her head by resting it in her palm, "Yeah."

Sean walked over to the closet, and opened it, seeing Kagura. He was beginning to wonder why she was sleeping in a closet (Christine told him that it was Kagura's "bedroom"), since closets weren't supposed to be used for sleeping.

But he ignored the Yato, and grabbed two fluffy pillows. He managed to not wake Kagura up, but he thought, I don't get that girl.

He gave Christine a pillow, and walked back to the couch he was sitting on. Christine smiled, "Thanks."

Sean didn't reply, but he nodded at her. As he set the pillow on the couch he was going to sleep in, he decided to ask, "Christine, are you sure you won't try to kiss Kagura?"

Christine frowned, and glared at him, "Why're you bringing this up?! I told you and Shinpachi-san before: I'm not going to kiss Kagura-chan while we're in this world!"

"Okay…I just thought you were going to try to kiss her while we're here, because you're apparently in love with her."

"For your information, I do love her, so don't put the word 'apparently' in that sentence."

"Too late, I already did."

Christine rolled her eyes a second time, and rested her head on her pillow as she said, "Anyway, I'm going to bed, so goodnight."

"Goodnight," Sean chuckled as he also lied down. He covered his body with the blanket, and pulled out his book.

He stared at it, and thought, I want to read, but it's too dark to see anything. Perhaps I'll read tomorrow.

He shrugged his shoulders, and placed the book on the coffee table. Sean was aware that someone would take his book while he was sleeping, but luckily, he was a light-sleeper, so if anyone would even dare to steal his book, Sean would immediately wake up, and beat the crap out of them. Well, maybe not literally, but he'd still scold them. Yeah, he really loved that book. It was like his baby…who couldn't speak, and had no body parts.

Anyway, Sean turned his body, and went to sleep.

The next day…

Gintoki exited his bedroom, dressed and fully awake, and went into the living room, seeing Christine and Sean still sleeping on the couches. Although it was still early in the morning, Gintoki held a megaphone up, and as soon as it was in front of his mouth, he turned it on, and said, "Oi, wake up, you brats."

Christine and Sean immediately widened their eyes, and they both fell off the couches, hitting the floor. Christine yelled, "GAH!"

Sean yelled as well, "Banana bread!"

When their backs hit the hardwood floor, they grunted in pain. The Wardenhall siblings slowly leaned up, and Christine glared at the man, "What the hell was that for?!"

"You two needed to get up."

The girl rubbed her back as Gintoki spotted a book on the coffee table. He raised a silver brow, and asked as he was walking towards the table, "Where did this book come from?"

Sean gasped quietly, and before Gintoki could reach it, Sean grabbed his book, and held it close to his chest.

He snapped, "Don't you steal my book!"

Gintoki frowned, "I wasn't going to steal your book. I was just wondering where it came from. But now I know that it's yours."

"It is mine, and don't even try taking it away from me!"

Christine blankly stared at her older brother, and said, "Shojaro, you really treat your book like a baby."

Sean rolled his eyes, "No, I don't."

Just then, the front door opened. Shinpachi entered the Yorozuya house, and greeted, "Good morning!" He walked over to the closet, and opened up as he told Kagura, "Time to get up!"

Kagura groaned, but was able to get up in a matter of seconds. A yawn escaped her lips, and she stepped out of the closet as she told Gintoki, "Gin-chan, I want sukonbu for breakfast."

He ignored the female Yato, and when Shinpachi saw the megaphone in Gintoki's hand, he frowned, and asked, "Gin-san, did you wake Christiko-san and Shojaro-san with that megaphone?"

"Yeah," Gintoki admitted as he picked his nose with his pinkie.

Shinpachi's frown deepened as he replied, "That was kind of cruel of you."

"These brats needed to get up."

"Why do you keep calling us brats, anyway?!" Christine snarled.

Gintoki answered as he slightly glared at the teenage girl, "Because I have too many kids in this damn house."

Sean corrected him, "Actually, I'm 19, so technically, I'm not really a kid."

Gintoki rolled his dead-fished eyes, "You look like a kid, so I'm going to call you a kid as well."

Sean glared at him, but didn't say anything else.

Then, all of a sudden, a knock came at the door.

The Yorozuya, Sean, and Christine stared at the door, wondering who it could be. Shinpachi said, "I'll get it."

He walked towards the door, and Kagura – who was fully dressed – sat on the couch as she ordered Sean and Christine, "Oi, weirdos! Put these pillows and blankets away!"

Sean grumbled inaudible words as Christine grabbed the blankets and pillows. She went to the closet, and put them away.

Sean thought as he sat next to Kagura, Since when did Kagura have the right to order people around?

Shinpachi opened up the door, and saw a man with messy and facial hair. He wore a gray loose kimono, with a black sash.

The man smiled, and asked, "Are you the Yorozuya?"

Shinpachi widened his eyes, and thought, Do we finally have a customer?

He smiled back, and answered, "Yes, we are. Please come in." The teenager allowed the man to come in, and he took off his sandals before entering the house.

Gintoki raised his silver brows in slight surprise, and jumped on the couch, next to Sean. He pushed Sean off of the couch, and Sean yelped as his knees hit the floor.

Sean scowled, "What did you do that for?!"

Gintoki told him, "Whenever we get customers, only me, Kagura, and Shinpachi sit on the couch."

Christine grabbed Sean's arm, and pulled him up as she muttered, "We'll just have to stand behind the couch, Shojaro."

Sean rolled his eyes, but he and Christine walked behind the couch as Gintoki and Shinpachi sat down.

The man sat on the other couch, and Gintoki crossed his legs as he asked, "So…what job request do you have for us?" Although he sounded bored, he was eager to find out what kind of job the man wanted them to do.

The man answered, "Well, first off, my name is Rikuro Amitsu. I am a worker at a carnival a few miles outside of Edo."

Gintoki waved his hand up and down, and told him anxiously, "That's nice, but tell me what your job request is."

Despite Gintoki's rudeness, Rikuro chuckled, "You want to get working, don't you? Alright, I'll tell you." Rikuro cleared his throat, and explained the job request, "You see, I got myself a big, clear rolling ball."

"Huh?" Gintoki asked in confusion.

Rikuro sighed, "I don't remember what they're called, but it's one of those big balls, where you go in, and walk in it, making the ball roll."

Sean corrected him, "They're called zorb balls."

"Oh, that's it! Thank you."

Sean just smiled.

Kagura snapped her cerulean eyes wide, and exclaimed, "I want to go in it!"

Rikuro chuckled once again, "As I was saying, I have gotten the zorb ball all ready to go, but I'm terrified about it popping, so…I'd like you to put metal bars on that; that way, there's a lesser chance of the ball popping."

"That's the job request?" Shinpachi asked.

Rikuro nodded, but when he noticed Sean and Christine, he asked while pointing at them, "Are those two part of the Yorozuya as well?"

Shinpachi scratched the back of his neck as he answered with a small smile, "You could say that, though they won't be staying here forever."

"I see," The man replied. "Anyway, I'd like you five to come with me. I'm pretty anxious to show you."

The Yorozuya stood up, and Shinpachi told Christine and Sean, "Christiko-san, Shojaro-san, since you two will be with us from now on, I expect you to work."

Christine nodded, "Of course, Shinpachi-san. We want to work with you, because we want to get paid. And the first thing Shojaro and I are going to get, when we get paid, are new clothes."

"I understand that, Christiko-san, but I must warn you…Gin-san hardly ever pays us."

Again, she nodded, "I'm going to be aware of that, but if he doesn't pay us, I'll kick him in the nuts."

Shinpachi gave her a cracked smile, and thought, Wow, I'm surprised she's not embarrassed by saying that.

Shinpachi sighed as he and the others put on their shoes, and walked out the door.

20 minutes later…

They arrived at a worn-out building, and right outside, there was a zorb ball – like Rikuro said – and some metal bars.

Rikuro showed them the bars, and politely ordered, "Alright, so I want you five to put the bars on the ball."

Christine just realized something, and asked the man, "Excuse me, but I just figured out something. When we're putting bars on the zorb ball, won't that make it difficult for people – who get in the ball – to see?"

Rikuro answered, "Don't worry, young lady. The bars aren't that thick, so people will be able to see through the ball."

Christine nodded briefly, but added, "Also, I know you said that you were terrified of the zorb ball popping, but they actually don't pop that easily."

Sean held his chin, and said, "You know, for once, she's right."

"What do you mean 'for once'?!" Christine snarled.

Rikuro was now glaring at the girl, but he was still able to say calmly, "You're still going to put bars on it, so don't put words in my mouth."

Christine rolled her eyes, and thought, And here, I thought he would be a kind man.

Rikuro gave the Yorozuya another smile, and told them, "Anyway, I'll be back in about two hours."

"Where're you going?" Gintoki asked.

"I have to do some errands."

"Hm," Gintoki hummed.

"Well, see ya!" With that, Rikuro left.

Gintoki scratched his wavy hair, and muttered, "Alright, brats. Time to get to work."

Sean and Shinpachi rolled their eyes, but they walked over to the metal bars, and picked them up. The bars were also a bit curvy.

Christine "examined" the bar, and asked her older brother, "Sean, how many inches do you think these bars are?"

Sean shrugged as he guessed, "Probably about two inches."

Shinpachi picked up a random bar, and grabbed a hammer as he said to no one in particular, "How exactly are we going to put the bars on the zorb ball?"

Kagura heard him, and said as she put glue – which came out of nowhere – on the bar, "Easy, Shinpachi. We just put glue on it, and it'll stick on the zork ball, uh-huh!"

Sean corrected her, "It's a zorb ball."

Kagura ignored him, and put the bar – with the glue on it, of course – on the zorb ball. Kagura smiled, and was about to cheer, but the bar slid down the ball, and it eventually fell off, landing on the ground.

The Yato frowned, and complained, "Why won't it stick?!"

Gintoki held the megaphone again, and said through it, "Oi, Kagura, you're supposed to hold onto the bar until the glue dries out."

Since he was right next to Shinpachi, Shinpachi flinched, and yelled, "Gin-san, why do you still have that megaphone?! Where did you even get that, anyway?!"

Gintoki lied, "I bought it off of the internet."

"We don't even have a computer! And also, even if the glue dries out, the bars will just fall off!"

Sean said as he held two bars, "Guys."

The Yorozuya looked at him, and Sean added, "There's super glue. I believe the one Kagura-chan used was just regular glue." He pointed at the bottle of super glue (Apparently, the Yorozuya didn't see it there before).

Shinpachi raised a brow, and asked, "Does that mean Amitsu-san wanted us to use glue in the first place?"

Sean shrugged, "Apparently."

Shinpachi sighed, "Then I guess we'll need to use the super glue. Hopefully, the bars will actually stick onto the ball."

Sean looked around, and frowned, "Say, where's my sister?"

As if on cue, Christine came back, and exclaimed while holding some rope, "Here I am!"

The man frowned, and asked, "Christiko, why do you have that rope?"

Christine answered, "In case some asshole tries to hurt me."

"That…doesn't make much sense, but whatever." Sean turned around, and put a little bit of super glue on the bar.

After about an hour of working, they were finally done. The bars were on the ball, and from how it looked, it looked more like a prison than a zorb ball.

Gintoki murmured, "Phew, we're finally done."

Kagura cheered, "Yay! Can we ride in the fork ball now, Gin-chan?!"

"First off, it's called a porn ball. Secondly, I believe we should wait until the old man comes back."

Sean frowned, "No, it's called a zorb ball. But I will agree; we probably need to wait for that man to come back. Then we can ask him if we can ride in it."

Christine stubbornly said, "But I want to ride in it now!"

"Same here!" Kagura agreed. She and Christine went through the "tunnel", and they entered the zorb ball. As they looked around the inside of the ball, Kagura added, "I feel like I'm in jail, uh-huh!"

Christine muttered, "I don't get why that old man wanted us to put bars on it. It makes no sense."

Shinpachi scowled, "Kagura-chan! Christiko-san! Get out of the ball this instant!"

"Psh, you're not my mom!" Christine snorted.

Sean put his hands on his hips as he told her, "Christiko, get out of there! Don't make me pull you out!"

He took a few steps forward, but Christine widened her eyes, and exclaimed, "Let's get moving, Kagura-chan!"

"Yes!" Kagura exclaimed back before she and Christine walked in the ball, making it roll.

Sean snapped his eyes wide, and snarled, "Oh no, you don't!"

"Eep! Faster!" Christine commanded as they rolled the ball faster.

Soon, they were rolling down a small hill. Sean's jaw dropped, and he yelled, "What the heck?!"

Gintoki rested a hand on Sean's shoulder, and when Sean looked at him, Gintoki said, "They'll be fine."

"How can you be so sure?!" Sean snarled.

Gintoki admitted, "I'm not."

Sean face-palmed himself.

Meanwhile, Christine and Kagura didn't stop rolling the ball, but Christine said, "I think we lost them."

Kagura looked back, and raised a brow, replying, "Hm, I expected Gin-chan to chase us, uh-huh."

Christine decided to change the subject, "Anyway, where should we go?"

Kagura tapped her chin for a moment before answering, "Let's try to roll on the rooftops."

Christine frowned, "How're we gonna do that?"

"Easy." She rolled to a random house, and told the light-brown haired girl, "I'll jump."

Christine was a bit confused, but Kagura crouched down, and then jumped, pushing the top of the zorb ball. Christine yelped as she fell down, hitting her stomach on the plastic.

The zorb ball was now on the rooftop, and Christine yelled, "How the hell did you do that?!"

Kagura shrugged, but didn't bother answering her question.

Christine managed to stand up, and they both continued to roll the ball.

But an old man opened up a window, and saw them. He screamed, "Hey! What do you brats think you're doing?!"

Kagura yelled, "We're riding in our new jail ball, uh-huh!"

Christine agreed, "Yeah!"

The man hollered, "Well, get off my rooftop before I call the cops!"

They both ignored him, and they eventually got off of the rooftop. As soon as they hit the ground, Christine, once again, fell down.

"Ah!" Christine yelped as Kagura ignored her. Christine was trying to get up, but Kagura was rolling the ball yet again, which meant that Christine couldn't get up, no matter how hard she tried.

Kagura suddenly saw Sougo and Toshiro walking down the streets. She snickered, and thought, Today will be the day I trample over that sadist, uh-huh!

Without warning Christine, she ran full speed. Christine widened her eyes in shock, and because Kagura was running really fast, Christine was practically rolling, along with the ball. To Christine, it felt like a rollercoaster with no seatbelt. And since rollercoasters made her nauseous, she felt like she was about to throw up.

She thought, Don't let me throw up! Don't let me throw up!

Kagura screamed, "OI! SADIST!"

Sougo blinked, and turned, seeing the zorb ball heading his way. Toshiro's jaw dropped, and he yelled, "Sougo! Get out of the way before that thing hits you!" Toshiro stood beside a house, but Sougo just stood there with no expression.

When the zorb ball was only inches away from his face, Sougo quickly stood to the side, and smirked, "Nice try, China."

Kagura yelled, "You asshooooleee!"

Although she was angry, she didn't stop running in the ball.

Christine exclaimed, "K-Kagura-chan! St-Stop running so fast! I'm gonna throw up!"

"Don't throw up yet, weirdo girl!" Kagura told her.

Christine groaned as her stomach started to rumble. She covered her mouth, trying hard to not puke.

Kagura stared at the girl, and raised a brow, wondering if she really was going to vomit. But when she didn't pay attention to the road, the bars on the zorb ball hit something, and all of a sudden…they were going up a building.

Kagura widened her eyes in surprise, and saw that they – or she, since Christine was still rolling on the ball – were rolling on a tall building. Kagura exclaimed, "Okay…how the hell am I doing this?! This is unbelievable…but awesome, uh-huh!"

The salmon-haired Yato ran faster, and Christine asked, "Wh-Where are we?!"

"We're rolling on the building, uh-huh!" Kagura responded.

"Wait, what?!" Christine questioned in disbelief.

They were eventually on top of the building, and Kagura stopped walking, meaning that the ball stopped rolling.

Christine panted heavily, and poked her head out of the "tunnel" before puking. Kagura gave her a disgusted expression as she exclaimed, "Whew! That stinks, uh-huh!"

After a moment of puking, Christine finally stopped. She sat down in the zorb ball, and panted, "I'm so dizzy…"

Kagura rolled her eyes, "Get up, weirdo girl."

"Is that what you're going to call me?" Christine snorted as a smirk crept up her face.

As she was slowly getting up, Kagura replied, "Yep, because you're weird, uh-huh."

Christine laughed, and finally got up. She asked, "Did you really roll on a building?"

"I did. I didn't expect myself to do it, though."

"Wait…" Christine realized something. "Are we on top of the building now?"

"Yeah…why?"

Christine frowned, "We're going to have to roll off this building, aren't we?"

Kagura smiled, "Don't worry, weirdo girl! The building we're on isn't that high up! At least, I don't think so."

Christine hesitated, "…I think I should see how high we're off the ground." She exited out of the ball, and walked across the roof.

When she was at the end of the rooftop, she looked down, and found out that she and Kagura were really high up.

Her heart dropped, and she widened her eyes in utter shock as she thought, Oh shit. I feel terrified now.

She quickly walked back to the zorb ball, and slid through the tunnel as Kagura asked, "Are you okay? You look like a dead pig, uh-huh."

Christine only said, "Let's go."

Kagura didn't quite understand why Christine looked petrified, but she shrugged her shoulders, and started rolling the ball again. This time, Christine rolled as well.

Kagura asked the girl suspiciously, "Weirdo girl, is there something you're not telling me?"

Christine whimpered, "We're really high up. Possibly higher than you think."

"Huh?"

Just then, the ball was off the building, and they were falling down.

As they were falling towards the ground, Kagura and Christine were screaming their lungs out as they were now "flying" in the ball.

While they were still screaming, Christine wrapped her arms around Kagura's shoulders, and hugged her tightly as she yelled out, "I don't wanna die!"

Christine's heart began to beat rapidly. She was praying to god (Even though she's an atheist) that she wouldn't die like this. She obviously didn't want to die before she returned home.

From what seemed like an eternity, the zorb ball finally hit the ground. Kagura and Christine hit the bottom of the ball, and gave out an "oof". They weren't injured, thankfully, but they were pretty dizzy.

Kagura rubbed her head as she muttered under her breath, "That was quite a ride, uh-huh."

Christine said, "Let's go back."

With that, they were rolling back to Sean and the Yorozuya.

Minutes have passed, and when they returned to the others, Sean crossed his arms, and yelled, "Are you done with your ride now, Christiko?!"

Christine hesitantly got out of the ball, and she sheepishly smiled at her brother. Kagura also got out, but said to Gintoki and Shinpachi, "That was pretty fun, uh-huh."

Shinpachi frowned, "We were worried about you two, Kagura-chan."

Sean agreed as he glared at Christine, "Yeah, I was very worried about you, Christiko!" He was used to saying "Christiko", but he still didn't like it.

Christine shifted a shoulder up, and felt her cheeks grow hot in embarrassment.

Sean sighed as she patted her head, "Don't leave us like that again, okay?"

"Okay," She mumbled.

Another hour had passed, and Rikuro returned, giving the Yorozuya their money. Rikuro smiled, "Thank you very much for your hard work."

Gintoki nodded as he stared at the envelope, full of money. He thought anxiously, I wonder how much money is in this.

Sean tapped Gintoki on the shoulder, and when Gintoki looked at his emerald-colored eyes, Sean asked, "Are you really going to pay me and Christiko?"

"Eh? Why're you asking that?" Gintoki questioned.

Sean crossed his arms, "I've heard that you're lazy, and don't bother paying Shinpachi and Kagura."

Gintoki rolled his eyes, and replied with a hint of annoyance in his tone, "I'll pay you before I go to bed, alright?"

Sean stared at him skeptically, but Christine grabbed Gintoki's arm, and warned him, "If you don't pay us by tomorrow, I'm going to kick you in the balls."

Gintoki widened his eyes, and exclaimed, "Oi! You wouldn't want to do that to a grown man, would you?!"

Christine tightened her grip on his arm, causing Gintoki to flinch in pain.

Sean sighed, "Alright, Christiko, that's enough."

The teenager almost immediately let go of Gintoki's arm. As Sean, Christine, and the Yorozuya were heading back to Gintoki's house, Sean whispered in his sisters' ear, "Would you really kick him in the groin if he didn't pay us?"

Christine whispered back, "Yes."

Sean frowned, but didn't say anything. He gave out a sigh, and thought, I can't wait to get new clothes. That way, people won't stare at us.

I was actually a little hesitant while writing this chapter at first, but I needed to post another chapter, so yeah. XP

Anyway, if you don't know what a zorb ball is, look it up on Wikipedia. By the way, don't ask why Rikuro made the Yorozuya - plus Christine and Sean - put bars on the ball, because it's not supposed to make sense. LOL

My answer from the previous question: My favorite color is purple. I used to love pink, but I grew out of it, so now I hate it. LOL

Question of the update: In your opinion, what's the most overrated anime ever?

Hope you enjoyed chapter 4! :)