Hey, Murayama Tsuru here. Here's the sixth chapter ^_^ you guys will finally get your confrontation with the witch girl! Also, the Gintama Anime has returned! I watched the first episode and I was so happy I could have cried! I really missed watching the Anime. Anyway, without further ado, here's the sixth chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama; it's the property of Sorachi Hideaki-Sensei. I wish I did own Gintama, though, that would be really cool.

"What the hell do you mean 'who are you'?" a vein throbbed on Abuto's forehead as he glared at the witch girl. How the hell had she forgotten about him? It had only been a little over 24 hours since she cursed him!

The witch girl blinked at Abuto innocently, "But we've never met before. Isn't 'who are you' the proper question in that situation?"

Abuto's eyes narrowed further and he felt the beginnings of one hell of a headache coming on, "You can't be serious…You met me, no, you cursed me the day before yesterday and now you asking me who I am? How bad is your memory?"

The witch girl took another look at Abuto and started tapping a finger on her chin thoughtfully. After a minute, she said, "I think you have me confused with another witch. The person I cursed yesterday was a male Yato. And while you're clearly a Yato, you're also clearly not male."

"Yeah," Abuto gestured to himself, "I noticed I'm not male right now too. You know whose fault that is? Yours!"

"Oh," realization dawned on the witch girl's face, "so that's the form you took on because of the curse I placed on you."

"What did you just say?" Abuto asked, furious, not quite understanding what he was hearing

"You see, I've never actually cursed a Yato before. I'm glad to see it worked the way it was supposed to."

"You're glad to see it worked?" Abuto almost yelled, "What would have happened to me if it hadn't?"

"It's a spell that turns the target into what they desire the most. I don't actually know what would have happened if it hadn't worked, that was my first time casting the spell." That made unfortunately little sense to Abuto. He didn't really desire women all that much; they tended to cry too much for his liking. There had only woman he had really wanted, and she was now sitting in a jail cell, crazy as hell.

Abuto was brought out of his thoughts when the witch girl began walking around him, her eyes inspecting all she could see. By the time the witch girl had made a full circle around him, he felt naked and exposed. The witch girl took one last look at Abuto's body and then grinned up at him, "Well at least you make for a pretty woman. Things could have turned out much worse."

Abuto's eyebrow twitched, "I don't particularly care how I look as a woman. I'd like you to lift the curse on me, so I can go back to my normal life."

"Sorry, I can't do that." The witch girl said without pause, her eyes becoming serious.

"Why not?" Abuto growled, his patience starting to wear thin

"For two reasons, really," The witch girl started, "One, if I undo the curse, they won't trust me with a job like this again. And two, my specialty is foresight. The first time I ever cast a curse was on you. I don't quite have dispelling curses down yet."

"Any why exactly did you decide to test your cursing abilities on me?"

"Because I need to get 'them' to trust me. If I didn't curse you, I wouldn't be let into that group and I wouldn't be able to take them out from the inside."

"What are you talking about?" The witch girl was starting to make less and less sense to Abuto

"Wait…You don't know?"

"No, obviously I don't know. I if I did, I wouldn't be asking."

"You mean, you really don't know? Uh oh…You aren't the Yato known as the greatest sweeper in the galaxy are you?"

"No, I'm too young to be him." Abuto said, bored; maybe he should happy to be compared to the great Umibouzu. But, somehow, being compared to bald old man just didn't seem very flattering.

At Abuto's answer, the witch girl blanched, "But…the picture they showed me looked so similar to you as a man…Are you sure you're not Umibouzu?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. Once, my previous boss said I looked a little like him, but I'm pretty sure he was just telling me that so I'd work harder."

"Then…" The witch girl said, "I-I've made a terrible mistake. How did I not foresee this?" Then tears started welling up in the girl's eyes and Abuto felt the slightest bit sorry for her.

"Well, all you have to do is lift the curse and all will be forgotten."

The witch girl seemed to think about this possibility for a minute, but then she shook her head, "No, I can't do that. Since the pictures are so similar maybe they won't be able to tell the difference. Sorry Abuto-san, you're going to be stuck that way for a little while longer."

"Wha?" Abuto shouted indignantly, he was so close, it had seemed, to becoming male again, "Why are you doing this to me witch girl?"

"My name is Mikazuki Tsumi, not witch girl. I need that organization to fall no matter what, so in order for me to do that they have to trust me enough to let me in."

Abuto glared at the witch girl again, but before he could protest or yell at her anymore she waved at him and said, "Goodbye, Abuto-san. The next time we meet will be in the witches' base in Yoshiwara. I hope you enjoy your time as a woman until then."

She then disappeared in bright flash, leaving Abuto thinking, 'Why the hell does a group of witches have a base in Yoshiwara?'

Gin exited the Pachinko parlor feeling pretty happy, he'd won more than he usually did; must be thanks to Akari-chan's lucky effect. It was too bad she was kicked out when she was, he had a feeling that if she'd been able to stick around, he would have won even more. As the automatic doors closed behind him, Gin looked for Akari. She wasn't right outside the door, and Gin became slightly worried. What if something had happened to her? Gin chuckled at that thought; she was a Yato, if anyone tried to harm her she could probably take care of them easily. She was probably just going to the bathroom or something.

So, Gin stood outside the Pachinko parlor waiting for Akari to come back. While he was waiting, the rain from earlier started up again and he Tch'ed, why hadn't he brought an umbrella with him? He hoped that Akari would come back soon. The overhanging roof of the Pachinko Parlor only gave so much protection…and it would be nice to be able to share an umbrella with Akari-chan. Gin started imagining what that would be like.

She'd walk up to the Pachinko parlor, see him and call out, "Gin-san, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Shall we head back?"

"But, I didn't bring an umbrella with me. How about we just wait for the rain to end?" He'd say

Then she'd blush and avert her eyes from him. After a while, she'd say shyly, "G-Gin-san, w-would you like to come under my umbrella?" He'd pretend to think about it for a while when, of course he'd agreed to the plan the moment it left her lips. Once he saw the apprehension on her face, he'd smile and join her under the umbrella.

Then the two would begin the walk back to his house much slower than necessary, enjoying each other's silent company. Once the two were almost at the house, she would say, a light blush tinting her cheeks, "Gin-san, I know we've only just met, but I've wanted to do this with you ever since I met you…"

His eyes would widen, and a blush forming on his cheeks as well, would say, "M-me too, Akari-chan." He'd then lean over and kiss her on the lips. Time would stop for the both of them at that moment. When he'd eventually pull away, he'd look at him, her lips still slightly pursed, her eyes full of longing and say, "Again…" he'd do as she requested and kiss her again. Then they would walk the rest of the way to his house up to his room and not come out the rest of the day.

Gin blinked and felt his face heat up as he came out of his fantasy. It had been like something out of a Shojo manga, but then again Gin was pretty naïve when it came to the ways of women (he only knew the crazy ones, and tried to stay the hell away from them as much as possible).

Still half-lost in his fantasy, Gin saw Akari walking toward him. She had her umbrella down, and the rain was streaming off her face in such a way that it looked like she was crying. It might have been his imagination, but her shoulders looked a little hunched.

When she saw him, she gave him a small nod and then called out, "Oi, Gin-san, sorry to have kept you. Shall we head back?"

Gin's ears perked up at the sound of her voice, could his fantasy be coming true? Hoping it was, he answered the way he had in his head, "But it's raining Akari-chan. And I didn't bring an umbrella with me. Why don't we wait 'til it lets up?"

Instead of suggesting that they share her umbrella like she did in his fantasy, Akari extended her umbrella toward him and said, "Here, you can use mine. I prefer to walk without one when it's raining."

Feeling slightly discouraged, he took the umbrella. As soon as it was in his hands, Akari turned and started walking briskly back toward Gin's house. By the time Gin had opened up his umbrella, Akari was a fair ways away and he had to jog to catch up with her.

Since she hadn't waited for him, Gin decided something was wrong so he asked, "Akari-chan, is something wrong? You seem tense."

Her shoulders tensed further, but she kept on walking; her face was turned away from his so he couldn't see her expression. Eventually she said, "While you were in the Pachinko parlor, I saw the witch that cursed me. So, I followed her and tried to get her to undo the spell. It turns out she cursed me on accident; she thought I was someone who looked a like me when they were younger."

"So, did the witch undo your curse?" Gin asked after Akari made no move to finish her recollection

"No," Akari said and her shoulders slumped, "apparently she's trying to infiltrate some witch organization. And to gain their trust I need to remain cursed. And, if I want to be un-cursed, I have to meet them in their base in Yoshiwara."

Gin had almost no idea what to say to that. So, he asked the obvious question, "Why is there a witch organization based in Yoshiwara?"

Akari laughed ruefully at that, "I have no idea, Gin-san. I wanted to ask her that myself, but she left before I had the chance." And the rest of the walk back to Gin's house was silent, both Gin and Abuto wishing their outing had gone better.

When the two got home, Shinpachi had asked Abuto where they went, but he really didn't have the heart to recount his tale of meeting the witch again, so he left the explaining to Gin. Abuto was still sulking, so he sat down on the couch and watched TV with Kagura.

The afternoon soon turned into evening which soon turned into night with Abuto moving mechanically through it. Soon Shinpachi left for the night and Kagura decided to go to bed early. Not really feeling like being alone with Gin, Abuto announced that he was going downstairs for a drink. He had notice that the bottom floor of the building of Gin's house was a bar, and Abuto needed a good couple of drinks to forget the day he'd had.

When he sat down at the bar, he was greeted by an old lady in a black Kimono. As the old lady handed him his first bottle of Sake she asked, "So, are you the new customer I've been hearing about?"

He nodded, and took a sip of his Sake, "Yep, but there hasn't been much luck so far. I'm still cursed. If anything, the situation's only gotten more complicated."

The old woman chuckled, "As usual, he's going to get himself into trouble, all for a pretty girl. When the time comes, let him down gently, will you?"

Abuto raised an eyebrow and was about to ask what she was talking about, when the old woman had another customer to attend to just then. So, Abuto kept drinking bottle after of bottle of Sake, not talking with anyone.

Once Abuto was quite drunk, he heard someone pull out the chair next to his. He looked over to see Gin giving him a worried look. Abuto probably gave Gin a very unladylike snort as he said, "Akari-chan, are you sure you should be drinking so much?"

"What?" Abuto said, surprised that he still had his full speech capacities, "You're the type that thinks women can't drink as much as men, eh?"

"No," Gin chuckled nervously, "that's not it at all. All the women I know seem to be able to drink a scary amount. It's just, y'know, drinking too much isn't good for you, that's all."

"I'll have you know that we Yato have a very high alcohol tolerance!" Abuto said emphatically. Just to prove his point; Abuto went to take another sip of his Sake, but before he could Gin took the bottle away from him.

An indignant noise escaped Abuto's lips, but Gin didn't give the bottle back, "I really think you've had enough, Akari-chan."

A drunken grin then spread across Abuto's face, "I ge' it now," he said the alcohol finally starting to affect his speech, "you don' wan' your image o' 'Akari-chan' ta' be taint'd do ya?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Gin asked, confusion plain in his voice

After a peal of drunken laughter, Abuto said, "Y'see, I kno' your type all too well. Ya'll want your women ta be all perfect an' sweet an' stuff like that. Well, I'mma let you in on a li'l secret. My name in't Akari, it's Abuto."

As the confusion grew on Gin's face, Abuto continued, "I was curs'd by a witch, see? She turned me into a woman by accident. She Thought I 'as Umiboz when he way young'r. So, Y'see, you're helping not Akari, but me, Abuto, Kamui's slave."

As Abuto watched Gin's confusion turn to shock and then horror he giggled one more time and then promptly passed out on the table.

And that ends the sixth chapter. I really mean am aren't I? Leaving you hanging with Abuto revealing himself like that. Well, you guys will just have to wait 'til next week to see what happens ^_^ but until then, you could always go read my Takasugi story, The Day Time Stopped. Apparently I did a really good job portraying Takasugi. But anyway, please review if you'd like, I always to love to hear what you guys think! Until next week then

-Murayama Tsuru