I meant to post this last night, but the internet was fucking up here, but it's fixed, so enjoy!
Chapter 10: Bonking into other people's bodies will only make you break a rib or two
-3rd POV-
A few hours have passed since Kyubei and Otae have been taken "hostage" by a little girl and her mother. They were in a one-floor house, where it was painted aqua blue. Otae was amazed at the color of it, but that didn't mean she wanted to be here. Same with Kyubei.
While they were trying to stay still, the little girl was having a tea party with them, despite how late it was. The time was 11:47 p.m., and the girl's parents allowed her to stay up late (Unless it was a school night) as long as she didn't make too much noise when her parents were sleeping. Usually, little girls would dress their dolls up in pretty dresses or something like that, but she liked their clothes so much, she didn't bother changing their clothes. And Otae and Kyubei were really glad she didn't change their clothes, otherwise Kyubei would say 'screw it', and try to escape the little girl's house.
But they were wearing small toy hats. Otae was wearing a cowboy hat, almost like the one Woody from "Toy's Story" wore. Kyubei, on the other hand, was wearing a pink sunhat, with a fake sunflower on it. Kyubei was agitated by the toy hat she was wearing, and for the truth, she would much rather wear the cowboy hat than this girly one, since Kyubei was raised as a man.
When the toy sunhat covered Kyubei's eye, she blinked, and gazed her eyes to the right, seeing Otae sweat. Otae was sweating, because this was getting more and more difficult for her to stay still, especially when she was about to sneeze. Well, she hasn't sneezed at all so far, but what would happen if her sneezing were to come? Would the girl find out that these so-called "dolls" weren't dolls at all? And even then, would she scream, and try to hit them with her other toys?
As long as neither of them sneezed, coughed, or any other noises they could possibly make, they would be fine…right?
The little girl said as she poured some apple juice into her plastic cup, "Now, Barbara, care to have some apple juice?" That was the name she gave her Kyubei. The little girl named Otae "Fran". Whenever the little girl called Kyubei that, it would make her cringe, because her name was not "Barbara", it was Kyubei.
Whenever she called Otae "Fran", Otae would have this rage inside her soul. She wanted to "kill" this little girl, but she couldn't, because…you know the reason why.
She poured some apple juice into their cups, and she took a big sip from her own cup. While she was drinking the juice, Kyubei thought, How the hell are we going to be able to get out of here without having this brat notice?
As if Otae had read her thoughts, she "replied", We could open up a window while she's asleep.
Do you even see any windows in this freaking room?!
Yes, in fact, there's one above her bed.
Kyubei, once again, gazed her eye in another direction, but when she saw the window Otae was thinking about, she frowned (She was lucky that the little girl didn't notice her frown), because the window was at least two feet above the bed.
She thought as if she was talking to Otae again, We won't be able to reach the window, Otae-Chan.
Otae thought also, Not if we bounce on the bed, and jump high enough to reach it.
The black-haired girl narrowed her one good eye, thinking about their "plan". If they really wanted to get out of here without being caught, they couldn't do it while the little girl was asleep. They would without a doubt make too much noise, and wake her up.
Kyubei "told" her, How about we wait until this brat leaves the room? If we try to escape while she's sleeping, we'll have the risk of waking her up.
Hm, good point. Alright, we'll wait until she leaves. Then we'll make our escape.
Kyubei smiled at her, and they couldn't wait to get out of this hellhole (To them, it's a hellhole).
Meanwhile, at the beach house, the three girls were sleeping. They were all sleeping in separate rooms, which they were glad, because coincidentally, they didn't like sleeping in the same room as other people. For the chibi's, they accepted sleeping in the same rooms as them, just like in their homes, since they don't snore that loudly. Actually, that's not the real reason, but they still let the chibi's sleep in the same room as them.
In the room Natalie was sleeping in, Shinpachi and Kagura slept in the bed while Gintoki was sleeping in a rocking chair.
For Vanya, Toshiro slept in the bed, Sougo slept in a shelf, Isao slept in a basket with a lid on top of it, and Sagaru slept in a different shelf, where he was next to a big stuffed rabbit.
And for Teresa, Tatsuma and Mutsu were sleeping in the bed, and the Kiheitai crew was sleeping on the "bench", next to a few small pillows.
Everyone was sleeping comfortably, and they didn't feel as hot as earlier, but that was because it was dark out.
-Natalie's POV-
While I was trying to get a good night sleep, my throat was suddenly dry. I took a gulp, thinking that would help, but it didn't.
I may be a heavy-sleeper, but my dry throat was enough to wake me up completely. My eyelids were a bit heavy, though I was able to open my eyes up. I leaned up, giving out a big yawn.
I slowly got out of the bed without waking up Shinpachi or Kagura. And since the floors don't make any creaks whenever they were stepped on, I quickly walked out of the room, and headed for the bathroom. I was relieved that these floors don't creak whenever they're being stepped on, because otherwise I would probably wake up at least one of the chibi's.
When I entered the bathroom, I softly closed the door behind me, and grabbed the cup that was beside the sink. I turned on the water, filling the glass cup up. As soon as it was almost full, my hand pushed the knob, turning off the water.
Without a second thought, I quickly drank the water down my throat, but when I realized that I was going too fast, my eyes widened, and I accidentally coughed. A drip of water trailed down the left corner of my lip, and my fist wiped the water off as I thought, I need to drink slower.
After my thought, my shoulders shrugged, and I continued to drink the water. This time, I was going slower.
All the water from the cup went down my throat. I smiled with a slight sigh, and set the cup down, now leaving the bathroom. I turned off the light as I quietly walked back to the room.
But I noticed that someone else was coming out of a room. I stopped walking through the dark hall before realizing that it was Teresa.
Teresa rubbed her eyes as she mumbled, "I need food. Where's the food, man? I want some food."
Every sentence she said had the word "food" in it. I had a feeling she was hungry, but I couldn't tell if she was awake or not.
Teresa passed me while slouching down as if she was carrying something heavy. I stared at her back for a moment as she went into the kitchen, opening up the fridge door.
Oh, she's having a midnight snack, I see. But did she even notice me when she passed me?
I thought about that for a few seconds before shrugging my shoulders again, and heading back to the room.
After going into the bedroom once again, I sat on the bed, sliding myself under the blanket.
For no real reason, I looked over at Gintoki, who was sleeping in that rocking chair, and gave him a tiny smile as I thought once more, Gintoki, Gintoki, Gintoki. When it's morning, you'll be too lazy to get out of that chair.
A smirk appeared on my face, and I lied down on the bed, drifting back to sleep. And since Teresa's still in the kitchen, getting a midnight snack, I'm hoping she won't eat too much before going back to sleep.
-3rd POV-
"I'll return in a few moments, little dollies! My mommy's calling me, and if I don't get to her quickly, she'll scold me!" The little girl told the "dolls" as she turned around, running out of her room. She turned off the light, and closed her bedroom door, leaving Barbara and Fran alone.
Hold on a sec, their names aren't Barbara and Fran. Silly author!
Kyubei and Otae relaxed their small bodies after staying still for a couple of hours, not counting brief breaks when they were out of the little girl's sight, and gave out sighs of relief. They couldn't have been happier to see that girl leave the room.
As Otae stretched her arms up in the air, she asked her friend, "Are you ready to get out of here, Kyu-Chan?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing," Kyubei softly chuckled.
They both took off the toy hats from their heads, and Otae said, "I despise this hat. I want to use my naginata to cut it up."
Kyubei reminded her with a bit of disappointment, "You didn't even bring your naginata, Otae-Chan."
Otae sighed, disappointed as well, "Sadly, you're right. I didn't. But I can still rip this up by using my hands, even if I am small."
Kyubei smiled, "Then you may do that. I won't give a damn if that little girl mourns over her precious toy hats."
As soon as Otae closed her eyes, giving the toy hat an evil smile, she began to shred the hat up into a million pieces. Otae couldn't care less if this toy hat meant everything to that child (That may be exaggeration, but who cares?). She didn't even want to look at the brown hat, let alone wearing it.
It was now destroyed, and the small pieces of were on the bed. Kyubei despised the color of the hat she was forced to wear, so she took out her sword, and cut the pink hat into a million pieces as well. Shreds of that were on the bed too.
Otae and Kyubei looked at each other for a second before giving each other smiles. Kyubei looked up, at the window, and said to both herself and Otae, "Let's hope we can get out of her before that child gets back."
The brown-haired 18-year-old held onto Kyubei's hand, which made Kyubei gasp almost silently. As she stared into her eyes, Otae said, "Kyu-Chan, let's get moving."
Kyubei nodded briefly before holding her hand tightly. When she looked up again, she crouched down slightly, and then jumped up to the window sill. Otae's hand was being pulled, but it didn't hurt.
They, luckily, managed to reach the window sill, but Kyubei only landed one hand on it. They weren't completely on the window sill yet. She was hanging onto the edge of it as Otae tried her best to hold onto Kyubei's hand.
The one-eyed woman clenched her teeth while knitting her brows in frustration. The only way these two were going to get out was to get onto the window sill, open up the window, and leave.
Kyubei pulled herself up as her palm was starting to get sweaty. But despite this, Otae was able to still hold onto her.
Soon, the woman's small body was on the window sill, and she pulled Otae up, having her on the window sill also.
Kyubei panted a little bit, even though she wasn't all that exhausted. But now was not the time to stop and take a break. Otae and Kyubei both stood up, and landed their hands on the window, pushing the window up. They were starting to succeed, but it was definitively hard for them to open it all the way.
Otae also clenched her teeth as a drop of sweat rolled down her cheek. They wanted to go as fast as they could, since they were starting to have a greater risk of getting caught by the little girl, the mom, or even the father.
But their hands were able to push the window up far enough for them to fit through. Kyubei smiled, and told Otae as she held onto her hand again, "We're leaving this dump." Otae nodded at her as they went under the bottom of the window. Kyubei carried her by setting her hands on her back and her legs. She then jumped to the nearest tree, and jumped down each branch. Soon, they were both on the ground, now running for their lives. At least for Kyubei, that is.
They were lucky that they weren't caught, because the little girl came back into her room seconds after they left the house. The little girl turned on her light as she started to say, "I'm sorry for taking so long! My mommy wanted to talk to me about the stupid parent-teacher conference. I swear, those are-"
Before she could finish her sentence, she didn't see the "dolls" anywhere in her room. Her eyes widened as her jaw dropped.
Her arms shook as she stuttered, "B-Barbara? F-Fran? Where d-did you two go?!" Then she noticed her shredded toy hats. She covered her mouth with both her hands to prevent herself from screaming.
D-Did my dolls come to life?! H-How the h-heck did they ruin my toy hats?! And how did they even escape?!
She refused to believe that they came to life, and escaped. She ran towards her bed, and jumped on it when she was close enough.
The little girl picked up some of the pieces of the destroyed hats, and within seconds, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and she somehow fainted on her bed.
Otae and Kyubei were just hoping to never see that little brat again.
-Natalie's POV-
My back was suddenly sweating. My blonde brow twitched as the sweat was starting to annoy me.
I lifted myself up, feeling the sweat on my back. It felt gross. I gave the sweat a disgusting expression, and decided to get out of the bed, since I wouldn't want to soak these beautiful sheets in filthy moisture.
Surprisingly, though, I didn't realize that the sun was rising until I saw a stream of light covering part of the bed. And the light was on Kagura's eyelids.
Kagura groaned as she pulled the blanket over her head, "My skin's too sensitive for sunlight, uh-huh. Don't let me die."
Shinpachi groaned as well, only he actually got up. He mumbled to the chibi Yato, "Kagura-Chan, you won't die. Your skin just can't stand the sunlight."
"Shut up, underwear-San."
There, Shinpachi widened his dark eyes, and leaned up, yelling, "WHY'RE YOU CALLING ME 'UNDERWEAR-SAN' NOW?! ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY UNDERWEAR AGAIN?!"
Kagura stood up, having the blanket, from her body, fall on the bed. She walked over to Shinpachi, and when she was close enough, she grabbed Shinpachi's hair, and began to spin him around.
Kagura shouted as she widened her eyes, with veins on her eyeballs, "NEVER YELL AT ME WHILE I'M DREAMING OF KILLING THE SADIST BASTARD! I SHALL KILL YOU WITH ALL MY YATO STRENGTH, UH-HUH!"
I believed she was still half-asleep.
Shinpachi yelled as Kagura continued to spin him around. I wanted to help Shinpachi, but the Yato was going too fast. And if she's too fast, it's kind of impossible for me to stop her.
I crackly smiled at the two as I thought, Is Kagura ever going to let him go?
As if on cue, Kagura finally let go of him, but it was towards Gintoki.
Gintoki woke up while rubbing his right eye with his fist, but soon noticed that the teenage boy was falling at him. He widened his red eyes, and before he was able to escape, Shinpachi roughly landed on Gintoki's back.
He gave out a loud grunt and yelled, "OOOIIIII! GET OFF OF ME, SHINPACHI-KUN! GET OFF OF ME BEFORE I PUKE UP MY DINNER!"
I informed him, "You didn't even have dinner last night."
"I'M STILL GONNA PUKE, DAMMIT!"
Shinpachi got off of him, and he sat up, rubbing his back. Shinpachi put on his glasses, and sighed. Hold on, did he put his glasses in his pocket before he went to bed last night? That could possibly be it, but I wasn't so sure.
But anyway, Kagura shook her head fast, and then asked, "Shinpachi, why're you on the chair?" So I was right. She was half-sleeping when she grabbed Shinpachi's hair.
The teenage boy glared at her harshly as he shouted for the umpteenth time, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT AM I DOING ON THAT CHAIR?! YOU THREW ME HERE WHILE YOU WERE STILL HALF-ASLEEP!"
"I was?" She asked again as she pointed at herself. It would make sense that she couldn't remember what she just did, because when you're sleepwalking, you can never tell what you're doing.
Shinpachi face-palmed himself as he muttered under his breath, "Yes, Kagura-Chan."
Kagura looked confused, but she shrugged her shoulders, and took out her buns, putting them on each side of her head.
Shinpachi and Gintoki jumped off the chair, and landed on the floor by their feet. Gintoki asked as he scratched his silver wavy hair, "Ugh, what time is it? Obviously, it's too early for a raw egg lover to throw a dork at me."
She glared, "Don't judge me on my taste buds!"
Shinpachi glared also, "And don't call me a dork!"
Gintoki ignored the teenagers.
I rolled my eyes at the trio as I answered Gintoki's question, "Well, it's…" I looked at the clock, and when I saw the time, I added, "…6:21. Wow, is it really that early?"
Kagura looked at the clock also, and raised her salmon brows while saying, "Yay! This is the earliest I've woken up, uh-huh!" She raised her arms up in the air as if she was celebrating.
It was Shinpachi's turn to roll his eyes. "Kagura-Chan, you usually like to sleep in until noon."
"Well, I wanted to get up early for once, uh-huh."
"Huh? You were just grabbing my hair, spinning me around really fast, and then tossed me onto that chair on top of Gin-San!"
Kagura closed her eyes halfway as she replied, "That was part of my Yato instincts, uh-huh."
"BULLSHIT!" Gintoki, once again, shouted.
I growled, "Will you stop shouting?! It's getting really irritating!"
Without even letting any of them answer, I stomped out of the room. I left the door open, that way they could get out easier.
I didn't know why, but I decided to go to the room Teresa was sleeping in. I didn't see her, or Vanya, in the living room, so it was obvious enough that the two were still sleeping, which wouldn't be surprising, considering the fact that it's this early in the morning.
My hand held onto the small handle, and it turned it slowly, where it slowly pushed the door. It was slightly open, but I saw Teresa still sleeping. She was suddenly holding Tatsuma close to her face. No, they weren't kissing, because if they did kiss, Teresa would have woken up immediately, and screamed out an apology to him.
However, she mumbled in her sleep, "Oh, just kiss me, Harry Eden. You're so hot, I can't take my eyes off of you!"
Tatsuma also mumbled in his sleep, "My dearest, kiss me while you're still in bed."
I thought with a raised brow, Who's Harry Eden?
They continued to talk in their sleep, but the Kiheitai, and Mutsu, was awake fully.
Mutsu had her arms crossed as she asked the Kiheitai crewmates, "Should we wake them up?"
Matako, who also had her arms crossed, answered, "Nah, let's give them a few more minutes."
I continued to raise my brow, but closed the door seconds later.
That was kind of…weird.
I went into the living room, and sat on the couch, deciding whether or not to watch a movie in the VCR. If I watched one of the movies Vanya brought, I'd probably wake them up. But if I didn't, then I'd feel bored. Strangely enough, I wasn't all that hungry. But perhaps I will get hungry later.
After giving myself a moment of thought, I chose to watch a movie. I picked up the movie "Beauty and the Beast", and opened the case up, where I took out the tape. The one Vanya brought was the special edition one, and I was glad she brought this version, because I really love the song "Human Again". I really do!
I put the tape in, and pressed play. The movie was starting, and I crossed my legs, relaxing on the couch.
Before the commercials on this tape came on, I heard Teresa sort of screaming.
"AAAHHHH! TATSUMA! I ALMOST KISSED YOU!"
My eyes widened at the tone of her scream. Vanya screamed as well, only she shouted, "MAY THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELL YOU, MARIAN!"
That's when I began to laugh. It wasn't a big laugh, though. As the commercials on the tape began, Teresa shouted to Tatsuma, "I'M SO SORRY, TATSUMA!"
Tatsuma shouted back, "I SHOULD BE THE ONE TO APOLOGIZE! WAAAAAHHHH!"
I turned around while the commercials were still playing. Teresa was still screaming slightly, so did Vanya, and opened up the door wide, dashing out of the room. Vanya, weirdly, also dashed out of the room she was sleeping in. But there were red veins in her eyeballs, and it seemed that she was still very sleepy. Wow, Kagura was still very sleepy not long ago. That's hilarious!
When Teresa was about to run through the hall, she accidentally bumped into Vanya. And this wasn't just any bump. She slammed her body into Vanya's! Ouch, that's gotta hurt.
I gave them a sympathetic and painful expression as both of them fell on the floor by their butts. Teresa rubbed her butt as she gave out a whimper. Vanya rubbed her own butt, but noticed that she wasn't wearing her pajama shorts.
She widened her eyes as her cheeks were starting to turn red. Seconds later, she was so red, that she was almost as red as her hair.
Vanya stood up at an amazing speed, and dashed back to the room, closing the door behind her. She shouted at the chibi's in her room, "GET OUT! DON'T LOOK AT MY UNDERWEAR!" She opened the door again, only she tossed the chibi Shinsengumi out. Vanya slammed the door closed that time.
Teresa said, "I didn't see Vanya's below parts, nope. But that's good." While I was still staring at her, Tatsuma came out of the room, and asked without looking at the autistic girl, "T-Teresa…can you forgive me for that awkward moment?"
"Definitively," Teresa answered as she awkwardly scratched the back of her neck. I was actually expecting her to go back to sleep, but she didn't. I turned back around just in time before the actual movie started.
Teresa sat down on the couch, next to me, and asked, "Are you watching 'Beauty and the Beast', Natalie?"
Smirking at her, I answered, "Yep."
"This early?"
"Why not? It's not bad, is it?"
"No, of course not! I was just…a little surprised at what time it was."
"That's okay. I didn't expect myself to watch a movie at this hour, but I didn't feel like going back to sleep, plus I was feeling bored."
"Oh, I see," She replied in a lower voice.
Vanya got out of the room again, only she was now wearing her pajama shorts. Whenever Vanya goes to sleep, she would always wear a peach-colored tang-top, and peach-colored shorts, whether it was hot or cold weather.
Neither of us turned our heads to see her, but Vanya sat in the comfy chair. I looked at the redhead from the corner of my eye, and saw that she still looked a bit red. She crossed her legs as she stared at the small T.V. screen.
It was all silence. But that was kind of good, because the narrator of this movie was speaking.
While the narrator was, well, narrating, the Yorozuya members, and the rest of the chibi's, all came to the living room. Kagura exclaimed, "Who's this man with the deep voice?! Is he a monster?!"
I rolled my eyes as I told her, "It's not a monster, Kagura. We're just watching a movie."
"Oh, so it isn't a monster! It's a jelly monster, uh-huh!"
"IT'S NOT A MONSTER AT ALL!"
She looked at the television screen, and widened her eyes at the movie. "The animation looks weird, uh-huh!"
Gintoki looked at the screen as well, but he picked his nose, and tried correcting her, "No, no, Kagura-Chan. The animation is like that because the world this movie is in is some sort of blocky, messed-up universe."
"You're completely wrong about that," Vanya informed him, getting over her embarrassment from a few minutes ago. She uncrossed her legs as she continued, "It's like that because they're windows. Windows were like that centuries ago."
"Ah? We never had these kinds of windows at home? Then again, the place in this movie isn't in Japan, is it?"
"No, it's in France."
Gintoki stopped talking.
Shinpachi asked with a raised brow, "Is this narrator British?"
I shook my head, "He's actually American." When I saw this as a little girl, I thought the same question. But when I was 13, I looked up the actors' name, on Wikipedia, and found out that he was really American.
Toshiro was suddenly starting to smoke as he decided to sit on Vanya's lap, even though he looked like he didn't want to. He wasn't wearing his uniform jacket, and he asked, "Didn't you say this story was supposed to be in France?"
Vanya rolled her eyes, and answered, "It is, but it was made by the Disney Company, which is in America. I love the 90's Disney movies, though."
Teresa asked, "Have you seen 'The Princess and the Frog', Vanya?"
"Hm, now that you mention it, I have. And I was floored by the songs. It's like they got the spirit of fairytales again," Vanya smiled.
I smiled as well, only it wasn't long before I had my eyes on the T.V. screen again.
-3rd POV-
Otae and Kyubei were walking through various alleyways at early morning. They got plenty of sleep, but they were really uncomfortable sleeping beside the walls of houses. They were lucky enough to not get caught by anyone else, especially that little girl from yesterday, but Kyubei didn't want to stay in the alleyway for too long. They had to find a place to stay, and Kyubei didn't know what to do now.
Kyubei thought as she rubbed her sore back, Where will we go? We can't let people see us, but we can't just stay in alleyways either.
She knitted her black brows as she clenched her teeth slightly. Otae also rubbed her back to ease the soreness, but they heard a noise close by. Kyubei blinked once before checking to see what the noise was.
She peaked out of the alleyway slowly, and saw a garbage truck stopping one block behind. Kyubei widened her eye, realizing that the garbage man was going to be picking up the garbage bags that were beside them.
Knitting her brows again, she ran farther into the alleyway as she grabbed onto Otae's wrist. Otae gasped quietly, but Kyubei whispered, "We gotta get out of this alleyway! Some fat man is going to pick up these garbage bags any minute!"
Just as Otae raised a brow in slight confusion, Kyubei pulled onto her wrist, making her follow her, as usual, since Otae would much rather be with her than with Isao Kondo.
They were close to the corner of the alleyway, but before they got to turn, the garbage man came into the alleyway, grabbing the handles of two full garbage bags. He lifted his head up slightly, seeing two small figures run around the corner. He widened his eyes with shock, and took off his glasses, rubbing his eyes to see if he was just seeing things.
When he put his glasses back on, he didn't see those two figures again. He was confused, but then sighed, "It was probably just my imagination."
The two chibi's had their backs on the wall, around the corner, and when Kyubei heard the fat man say that, she sighed with relief, "That was too close."
"It was," Otae replied. "But at least we won't go to another weird house."
"True, but we'll still need to find some shelter."
"Kyu-Chan…don't tell me we're going to have to find an abandoned house…are we?"
This made Kyubei a little off-guard. She hadn't expected Otae to ask such a question, but when she thought about it, she had a bit of a point. Obviously, people wouldn't want to live in a filthy, abandoned house, unless they were homeless.
Kyubei hesitated at first, biting her lower lip, but she soon smiled at her, and responded, "We'll find I way…I promise."
Otae smiled back, and hugged her friend.
Meanwhile, somewhere else in town, there were two other chibi's, who were running down the sidewalk, because three taller girls were chasing after them. Yep, they've been seen, and all they could do now was run as fast as they could.
One of them, who had long black hair, exclaimed to his companion, "Elizabeth! Should we throw the smoke bomb at them now?!"
These two were Kotaro Katsura and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth, whose hairy legs kept showing since "she" was running too, lifted up a sign, written in English obviously, 'Not just yet! We should at least wait until we turn at a corner!'
As soon as Kotaro finished reading the sign, he gave "her" a smile, and replied, "Great idea, Elizabeth!" He looked straight ahead, seeing the corner of the sidewalk, where a house was beside it.
The three girls were still chasing them, but one of them exclaimed, "Jeez, how can these two puny aliens run so fast, despite being small?!"
Kotaro corrected her, "It's not 'puny alien', it's Katsura!"
Elizabeth tapped on his shoulder, and when Kotaro gave Elizabeth eye contact, "she" lifted up another sign, this time written out, 'I believe now's the time to throw a smoke bomb at them!'
Kotaro smirked, and took out a bomb-like object as he laughed out, turning his head to the side, "EAT THIS, BULGY-WEIRDOS! HAHAHAHAHA!" No soon after that, he threw the smoke bomb at them, and the second it hit the ground in front of them, smoke came out of the object.
The three girls widened their eyes in major shock, but closed them seconds later, coughing from the green smoke. They stopped running, and didn't realize that Kotaro and Elizabeth ran around the corner.
The smoke eventually cleared up, and the girls opened up their eyes to see where the two mysterious creatures have gone. They looked around in confusion, and one of them asked, "Where did they go?! Now we can't put them on the news!"
Another sighed, "I'm giving up. They're too fast, anyway." She turned, walking the opposite way. The other two looked straight ahead for a few seconds before shrugging it off, following her.
Kotaro and Elizabeth didn't stop running, even when the girls decided to give up on chasing them. Actually, Kotaro didn't want to stop, because he refused to get caught by anybody, as if they were the Shinsengumi. And he was lucky the Shinsengumi weren't around him.
Elizabeth, on the other hand, looked back, and didn't see any of the girls chasing them anymore. "She" lifted up a sign, 'Katsura! It looks like they've given up!'
He finally stopped running, panting in exhaustion. Tons of sweat was pouring down his face, and he was even feeling sweat forming under his armpits. That's gross, Kotaro. You even have sweat on your armpits, which are now causing sweat stains on the armpit parts of your kimono? Seriously, you need to change your clothes? Oh, wait a sec! You can't, because you're in the "real world" now! Buahahahaha!
Kotaro's sweat dripped from his chin, down to the ground. Elizabeth's sweat wasn't visible, simply due to the fact that this so-called creature could be just a man under a costume. But, Kotaro doesn't believe that, so we'll let him hang out with Elizabeth until "she" reveals "her" true self.
Kotaro said, "Good. Elizabeth-San, do you think we should go back to that house where we left a week ago?"
Although you couldn't see the expression on Elizabeth's face, "she" was surprised at this question Kotaro had just asked. When Elizabeth didn't lift up another sign, Kotaro gave "her" a serious look.
Elizabeth opened up "her" beak a little, blowing out a puff of air. "She" finally lifted up another sign, saying, 'Why, though, Katsura?'
"Because we can't be the only people that got sucked into this strange place," He responded. "After all, I actually saw Gintoki one day while we were trying to hide. Plus, I'm pretty sure that the person who owns that DVD knows about…this issue."
Elizabeth, once again, felt surprised. "She" lifted up a sign, waving it around, 'You did? When did you see him?!'
"Three days ago."
Kotaro crossed his arms as he thought with knitted brows, Gintoki…I'll find you, and ask you some questions.
By that, he meant that he thought Gintoki would know how this problem happened, other than the fact that there were portals sucking them in.
When Kotaro stopped panting heavily, he waved his hand back at Elizabeth, motioning "her" to follow him. The black-haired man began to walk, followed by Elizabeth.
-Natalie's POV-
We were all still watching the movie, but the part we were on was the scene where Gaston was trying to propose his marriage to Belle. Seriously, can't he ever tell that Belle doesn't deserve him? It's just stupid. Then again, he's supposed to be the villain (Maybe that's the reason, I'm not sure exactly), so I guess it makes a bit of sense.
Kagura pointed at the small television screen as she asked with a bit of disgust, "Why does that man keep asking that pretty woman to marry him? Didn't he realize that she was trying to ignore him? He's an asshole, uh-huh!"
Gintoki told her lazily, "Kagura-Chan, you should watch your language."
"Oh, okay. He's an ass-muncher, uh-huh!"
"That's better."
I rolled my eyes at them.
Just as Belle, in the movie, refused to say "yes" to Gaston, Teresa suddenly said at the same time as Belle, "I just don't deserve you."
And that's when Belle opened up the door, having Gaston somehow fall into a mud puddle. Teresa laughed, and stuffed her face into the arm rest of the couch.
She muffled her laughs, but soon got up, and slightly exclaimed, "That gets me every time! Hahahahaha!"
Tatsuma also laughed, "That was hilarious! Ahahahahaha!"
Mutsu raised her eyes to the ceiling, staying silent. Gintoki walked over to the Kaientai leader, and punched him in the head, saying, "Don't yell so loudly, idiot. We're trying to watch the movie here."
Tatsuma held his head with both his hands as he said, "Kintoki, you're so mean! At least laugh along! Ahahahahaha!"
"It's not that funny, you moron."
"And quit calling me names, golden balls! Ahahahahaha!"
A vein throbbed in Gintoki's neck, and he was about to beat the living crap out of the brown-haired curly man, but I grabbed the back of his half-worn kimono, and lifted him from the couch.
I told him with a glare, "Don't you dare start beating up Tatsuma. If he wants to laugh, he can laugh."
"But he's calling me inappropriate names!" He exclaimed, glaring at me back.
"I don't care! I want you to at least behave!"
"Behaving is not part of my character!"
He was right, but I told him again, "Just don't beat him up or anything like that!"
Gintoki scoffed, but didn't say anything else as I put him down. He sat next to Kagura and Shinpachi, and had his eyes on the screen.
Teresa furrowed her brows at Tatsuma, and picked him up slightly as she said, "Don't worry, Tatsuma. I'll make sure silver-poo doesn't hurt you."
Tatsuma just laughed, "Ahahahahaha!"
Gintoki clenched his teeth with anger, but did nothing.
Vanya stood up from the chair, and said, "I'm gonna get some breakfast."
"You do that," Teresa said. Vanya went into the kitchen, and got herself some cereal. I heard her pouring some cereal into a bowl, and adding some milk. Seconds after, she came back, holding a bowl of her breakfast with both hands.
She sat down in the chair again as Teresa also stood up. "I think I should get myself some breakfast too." Teresa started to walk to the kitchen, but was still holding Tatsuma. Perhaps she didn't want him to be near Gintoki, since there could be a chance that Tatsuma may call him the wrong name, and have Gintoki beat him up. I wouldn't blame her, though.
Vanya grinned, and asked jokingly, "Hey, Natalie. Do you think Teresa's in love with Tatsuma?"
My eyes rolled at the Croatian girl as I replied, "I know she's not in love with him, Vanya. Besides, he apparently has a girlfriend, and I doubt that he would want to cheat on her."
The scene in the movie changed, where Belle found her dad in a dungeon, but she was caught by the beast, and she was forced to stay at the castle, causing her sadness. And I must admit, I'd feel sad too if I had to go find my dad at a dungeon, get caught by a beast, and be forced to stay at a huge castle without saying good-bye to my father. Wow, now that I think about it, I probably would've cried my heart out if that happened. But thankfully, this is the real world, and nothing like that would ever happen.
Kagura, who leaned her cheek on my thigh, suddenly muttered to me, "Blondy, I've been wanting to tell you a true story since we entered this world, but I kept forgetting, uh-huh."
I looked down at her, and raised a brow while asking, "A true story, you say?" She nodded. I added, "Well, then, you can tell me while we're watching the movie. I have seen this at least over a hundred times, so it doesn't matter if I've missed something. Just don't be too loud, because Vanya and Teresa might want to hear the movie."
She gazed her eyes up to mine, and began to say, "Almost a year ago, I was walking down the street in Edo, and suddenly, I found this girl in an alleyway. She was wearing clothes like yours, and was crying. I suggested her to come over to Yorozuya Gin-Chan's, so she followed me there, uh-huh. When she entered Gin-Chan's house, she told us…that she got sucked there."
That's when I stared at her with slight disbelief. It was disbelief at first, but I thought, A girl got sucked into the Gintama world? That's even crazier than them getting sucked into this world in chibi form!
Kagura continued, "She stayed with us, and we had a lot of adventures, until three weeks later. We were fighting with these bastards, and she killed a man, whose idea was to destroy Edo. After she killed him, she disappeared, and went home, uh-huh."
Shinpachi and Gintoki narrowed their eyes after hearing what Kagura told me. Out of curiosity, I asked, "What was her name?"
"Madison Willis," Shinpachi answered before Kagura did.
Gintoki said, "She wasn't a bad person, though she was weird at times."
Kagura glared at him.
Shinpachi sighed, "Do you think we would see her again, only in this world?"
It was Kagura's turn to narrow her eyes. She bit her lower lip, but eventually responded, "I think you're asking the wrong person, Shinpachi. Madison-Chan could be anywhere in this world. Hell, she could even be traveling here now, but I doubt she's actually here."
Somehow, I was starting to feel sympathy for the three of them. A girl got sucked into their world about a year ago, and three weeks later, she returned home, probably all happy and such.
Teresa came back, holding a bowl of cereal in one hand, and two pieces of toast in the other. Tatsuma was sitting on top of her head, and Teresa told him, "Tatsuma, make sure to not fall down, and don't fart on me."
"Ahahahahahaha!" He laughed. "I'm not going to fart on your head, Teresa! I don't even feel gassy right now! Ahahahahaha!"
Teresa giggled as she sat back down on the couch. She set the toast on her lap, and began eating her cereal. Tatsuma was still on her head.
Mutsu blurted out, "Captain, I suggest you get off her head soon before she tilts her head down, making you fall down."
"She'll still know I'm on her! Ahahahaha!"
"But what if she accidentally does, and you accidentally grab her hair to pull yourself up?"
Teresa stopped eating for a second, widening her eyes. She picked up Tatsuma from her head, and set him down on the armrest as she said, "Mutsu's got a point."
I wasn't paying any attention to them. I still had my eyes glued to the screen.
So far, our vacation was going well. But I wonder…are other Gintama characters running around in the streets? I know it's a silly question, but I'm getting a little worried about that, especially for Otae and Kyubei. Even though I don't like them very much, I wouldn't want them to be put on the news or anything like that.
Well, perhaps I shouldn't be concerned right now. Kyubei knows how to survive out in this world…right?
I had to put in Kotaro Katsura before I forgot, so here he is! And I know Otae and Kyubei's stay at that little girl's house was a bit short, but, despite my dislikes for them, I wouldn't want them to go through this kind of torment. LOL
I figured out a way to end this fic, and I decided to not try to make this longer than "Two Worlds, One Life". Speaking of which, I made my first "Two Worlds, One Life" reference! XD But you don't have to read that story.
Harry Eden is a British actor, who isn't in a lot of movies. I've seen him in one movie, and that was called "Flashbacks of a Fool". I despise that movie, though I'm going to admit Harry Eden is hot. LOL
Anyway, hope you enjoyed chapter 10! :)