Hey guys, Murayama Tsuru here. I bring to you the fourth chapter of my silly crossover. In other, random news, today in the place I usually go shopping on the weekends there was an Anime convention. That meant that there were tons of people cosplaying various Anime, Manga, or game characters. It was pretty cool to see all the people there in costume. And, right before I went home, I was able to see a guy cosplaying Gin-chan! Besides the fact that his hair was black instead of silver, the costume was really good ^_^ well anyway, here's the fourth chapter, hope y'all enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama; it's the property of Sorachi Hideaki-Sensei. Nor do I own NCIS; it belongs to CBS.

Gibbs sat at the small kitchen table, sipping his coffee and reading the Edo times. It was both interesting and confusing for him to read about this city he knew nothing about. Ducky would have loved the newspapers here for sure, Gibbs could just hear the old doctor espousing on the, that, and the other thing in this foreign to him newspaper.

Also, watching Kagura and Shinpachi made him feel like he hadn't left his office. Even though Shinpachi's character was more like McGee's, he and Kagura seemed to have a similar relationship to Tony and Ziva. Watching the two other Yorozuya members tease each other (a little more one-sided than Tony and Ziva, but even still, it made his being in this mysterious city easier than if he'd been dumped here alone.

Gibbs's musings were interrupted when suddenly there was a knock at the door. Everyone seemed to turn silent as both Kagura and Shinpachi looked toward the door. Shinpachi then smacked his hand against his head and turned to Gibbs, an apologetic look on his face, "I'm sorry Gibbs-san; I forgot that Gin-san booked a customer today. If it's not too much trouble, could you pretend to be him for one day?"

Gibbs gave Shinpachi a look that made the glasses clad boy blanch. But before he could give any argument for why Gibbs should pretend to be Gin, the knock at the door sounded again, louder this time than the last. With a sheepish sigh, Shinpachi said, "Ok, you don't have to pretend to be Gin-san. Hopefully the customer didn't specifically request Gin-san for this job."

Seeing Gibbs's confused look, Kagura started explaining, "You see, Gibb-chan, we're a group of odd jobbers, uh-huh. So we take on various jobs from different people. We haven't had much work recently, though; I think Gin-chan's laziness is affecting our customers so they're not coming in anymore, uh-huh!"

Gibbs gave Kagura s short chuckle, "I don't quite think that's how laziness works, Kagura…"

Before he could finish what he was saying, Shinpachi came back into the living area with a very hysteric looking man with long, blondish hair following close behind. Another strange thing about this man was that his closed and yet when he saw Gibbs he turned to Shinpachi and practically yelled, "Shinpachi-san, you lied to me! Sakata Gintoki is clearly not here at the moment! I demand to know where he is right this instant!"

Shinpachi, looking nervous, opened his mouth to answer with the truth, but Gibbs stood up and said, "You're looking at him. I'm Sakata Gintoki."

"Oh really?" The blond man asked, "Then what's my name, 'Gin-san'?"

Gibbs gave the man a hard stare, coming to regret just slightly that he had spoken up at all. Of course he didn't actually know this man's name. It was only a matter of time before the blond figured it out. It was then that Kagura spoke up on his behalf, her voice petulant, "Of course he wouldn't remember your name, uh-huh! You hardly show up in this series anymore, so how do you expect anyone to remember you! Hell, I don't even remember you, uh-huh!"

Gibbs saw Shinpachi sigh tiredly. Then the glasses clad boy said in a soothing voice, "Don't listen to Kagura-chan, Ayano-san. Just because you don't show up a lot doesn't mean that none of us know who you are."

But the damage had already been done, it seemed to Gibbs. The man was now weeping exaggerated tears from his closed his eyes. He then said, his voice a choked mess, "But Kagura-dono is right! No one would remember me; I hardly have any screen time. If only that gorilla would give me and the Waka more screen time, you'd remember us!"

Gibbs, feeling oddly sorry for this weirdo, was beginning to wonder what other kind of people lived in this city. Then he heard the man say, "I don't get it, how does Gin-san not recognize me? We've gone through so many different trials together. And how come he seems older too? Are you sure that's Gin-san, maybe someone kidnapped him and replaced him with this guy."

The three floundered around for some sort of explanation as to why 'Gin' looked a lot older that he actually was. After a few moments of tense silence, Shinpachi said, "Gin-san looks older because….an experiment with Gengai-san went wrong…?"

Kagura, understanding where Shinpachi was going with this somehow, picked up where Shinpachi trailed off, "That's right, uh-huh! Gengai-jiji was making a robot that helped slow aging. But then Gin-chan came in to return something to the old man and the robot it exploded. It also took away Gin-chan's memories of the characters that have the least amount of screen time like you, uh-huh!"

Gibbs scoffed, there was no way that the blond guy was going to buy this story that Shinpachi and Kagura had come up with on the fly. But after another moment, this Toji person looked convinced and said, a sort of smile on his face, "Ah, that makes a lot of sense…wait you just insulted me didn't you?"

"No, no," Shinpachi said quickly, trying to get Ayano-san back onto the topic of what he wanted them to do, "You have nothing to worry about. I'm sure 'Gin-san' had forgotten about other characters as well. So, what was the job you asked Gin-san to do for you again?"

With a dramatic flourish of his hand, Ayano Toji struck a pose and said, "A few days ago, I asked Gintoki-dono to help me prepare for Waka's birthday. He didn't quite give me an answer then, but I decided that the meant I could come over here today and ask again."

Another awkward silence descended upon the group. It was Gibbs who decided to break the silence by saying, "So, what is it you would need us to do if we accepted this job?"

Toji's eyes lit up with excitement at the prospect that his job offer wasn't being rejected outright, "Well, since last time's surprise party didn't go as well as Waka's father wanted it to. So this time I decided to ask her what she wanted for her birthday."

"I thought her birthday was in April. Isn't it a little early to be thinking about what to get Kyube-san for her birthday? It's only February." Shinpachi commented

Toji ignored Shinpachi and continued speaking, "Waka told me that she wanted a new wooden practice sword for her birthday. So I decided to buy her one."

"So, what did you need Gin-chan's help for then? Why can't you just go out and buy a Bokken, you Yagyuu guys have more than enough money for that, uh-huh." Kagura asked

Again, Toji ignored Kagura and kept talking like he wasn't interrupted, "But then I had the thought that instead of buying a Bokken, I would make one for her myself. Also, she rejected my idea of buying her anything because she had the ridiculous idea that I would buy her some Gothic Lolita Kimono. I wonder what gave her that impression."

Shinpachi, feeling the need to summarize Toji's confusing babble for Gibbs said, "So, in short, you want us to help you make a wooden sword for your master, our friend, Yagyuu Kyube?"

"Yes," the blond attendant nodded, "that is correct. Now, will you help me or not?"

Gibbs, looking at Shinpachi and Kagura, asked a question that seemed rather out of character for him, "So, how much money will we get if we do this?"

Shinpachi and Kagura looked momentarily surprised at the question. It seemed very like Gin to ask something like this, but for some reason Gibbs looked to the two Yorozuya members like he didn't care all that much for money.

Toji, though, not noticing the interaction between the three of them, took a check out, wrote an amount on it, and showed it to 'Gin', "Will this amount do?"

Gibbs nodded appreciatively, "Yeah, that'll do."

Gibbs then found a piece of paper and started writing down a list of things he would need to make this practice sword. He then handed the list to the guy and said, "Here, go get the stuff on this list and I'll make the sword for you. Haven't had much practice making swords before, but I'm pretty good with wood, so I'll see what I can do."

Toji, elated, took the note and skipped out the door. Once the sliding door shut with a clack, Shinpachi and Kagura turned to Gibbs and asked in unison, "What was that about Gibbs-san/Gibb-chan?"

Gibbs shrugged, "I'm guessing you guys need the money. You don't seem to be swimming in money at the moment, so I thought I'd help you out."

"But are you sure you can make a sword?" Shinpachi asked, "They're not easy to make, you know."

"Besides," Kagura added, "you don't have to waste your time with that weirdo. He likes to do things for Kyube that she doesn't even want him to do, uh-huh."

"It's not a problem," Gibbs said again, "I like working with wood. Besides if I do it and it doesn't come out perfectly, then that Toe guy, or whatever, can just say that it has the homemade touch."

"Ok," Shinpachi said, giving in to Gibbs, "we'll help you out in whatever way we can."

"Yep," Kagura chimed in, "That's what we odd jobbers do after all, uh-huh!"

Later that day, Ayano Toji returned with way more supplies than Gibbs needed. But Gibbs decided to keep all comments to himself, in case he messed up on his first attempt at making a Bokken. Before he actually got started, though, he told the expectant looking blond man, "Draw me a picture of what you want the sword to look like for me."

Ayano looked momentarily confused and seemed about to ask Gibbs the reason for the picture. But a classic Gibbs no-nonsense, just do as I ask stare had the blond attendant drawing in no time. When Gibbs got the finished sketch, he was glad he had asked for it. Swords here were different from the ones he had seen, so it was a good thing to have a reference.

Gibbs studied the drawing for some time before getting started. First he chose one of the pieces of wood that he thought would feel best for the sword, and was hard enough to be used in practice. He then called for Shinpachi to come help him, not really being able to tell what to do next from just a picture…well, he had tried didn't he?

The glasses clad boy then looked at the picture and the piece of wood that Gibbs selected. Nodding appreciatively, Shinpachi said to Gibbs, "Good job Gibbs-san, you chose a nice piece of wood. I think I can make the initial sword. I watched my dad make a lot of wooden swords when he was running the Dojo."

"Yep," Gibbs nodded, "that's what I was counting on. When you've finished, I'll polish it up and we can give it to this guy."

"Yeah, I'm sorry about Ayano-san. He can be a little…over exuberant when it comes to Kyube-san."

"And that would be the understatement of the day. Are all your customers so… bizarre?"

Shinpachi chuckled nervously, "No, not all of them are like Ayano-san…just the ones that are our friends…"

Gibbs chuckled at that and watched as Shinpachi began to work on the Bokken. A while later, the Bokken was finished. Gibbs was impressed with how fast Shinpachi had managed to shape the sword out of the large block of wood Gibbs had chosen. Gibbs then started polishing the wooden sword so that it would look nice for this Kyube person.

Once the whole process was finished, and the blade was handed to Ayano Toji, the man beamed at them, "Oh, thank you," he said enthusiastically, "now I can give this to Waka along with the gothic Lolita Kimono I have already bought for her…I can only imagine her angry expression…"

There was a pause and then Kagura asked, "Did you ask us to make you a sword so you could indulge in your weird fantasies?"

Toji gave the three a scandalized look, "What would make you think that? I really did do this for the Waka's birthday. If I get the benefit of her anger because of my gifts, who's to blame me?"

Shinpachi sighed, "Ayano-san, were you even planning to give this sword to Kyube-san on her birthday? Or is this another one of your schemes to try and get Kyube-san to wear gothic Lolita?"

Gibbs, not really wanting to think about weird masochists asking for people to make him a sword so he could give it to someone to get a beating out of it, tuned out the rest of the conversation. Normally, were he at home, he wouldn't have done this, but he was too weirded out by the whole experience to want to think about this anymore.

Eventually Ayano Toji was 'led' out of the Yorozuya house after some more excuses about he wasn't a weirdo. When the "slightly" masochistic attendant was finally out of the house, everyone gave a small sigh of relief.

Noticing that the whole day had come to a weird close, Shinpachi turned to Kagura and Gibbs and said, "Well today was…productive. I think I'm going to head home now. If I don't get back soon, I think I'll have to suffer through another one my sister's 'meals'. So, see you guys tomorrow. We can start figuring out how you got here then, Gibbs-san."

Gibbs nodded in agreement, suddenly feeling very tired. Despite the calm exterior Gibbs had put on about being in this place, he now felt extremely drained of all energy. So, as soon as Shinpachi was out the door, he said to Kagura, "I hate to be an old man, but I think I'm going to head to sleep. If there's anything you need, though, don't hesitate ask."

Kagura shook her head and yawned widely, "I'm tired too Gibb-chan. That guy can really tire a girl out. So, I'll see you tomorrow."

As the two were getting ready to go to bed, though, they both realized at the same time that they were both extremely hungry. The two then decided that dinner was in order before bed. So, after a simple meal of rice and soy sauce, the two went to bed, thus ending Gibbs first day in Edo.

And that ends the first all Gibbs chapter…it got a little weird, didn't it? At first I wasn't planning to put Ayano Toji in at all. But then, I didn't really feel like making up a character that would probably only show up once and Ayano's name was the first that popped into my head. So, that's how this chapter was born. Also, I think Gibbs may be a little out of character…I think I have him talking too much. But, I can't help it, I haven't quite gotten used to writing him yet. So, yeah, that's it for now. As always, if you'd like please review, I love to know what you guys think. Until next week then, guys! Next week, we'll be going back to DC and Gin-chan.

-Murayama Tsuru