"I'm off!" After putting on my makeup and choosing the right clothes, I was planning to window shop around since I don't have any money with me. Yes I'm that poor.

I was wearing a pink frilly dress and a hat. My makeup was very simple today since I'm going for the innocent look. For the shoes, I'm wearing the same heels but I had improvised it by putting a strap over it. For my own safety, I got an elastic band and a short sword which I tied on my inner thigh.

"Where do you think you're going?" Hijikata-san appeared behind me. Shinpachi, Sanosuke and Heisuke was walking towards us while discussing something. Let me guess... which geisha should we call for today? Talk about being horny this early…

"Oh Chris and Hijikata-san! What's up?" Shinpachi saw us and casually started a conversation.

"Oh nothing... Hijikata-san and I was just talking about how he is born the wrong gender since he's so protective and all..." I shrugged. I could practically hear steam coming out from his ears as he glared at me. The others were trying not to laugh out since they would get their punishment if any laughter is heard.

"Come on Hijikata-san! You know how good my skills are and I won't escape I promise!" I held three fingers up, swearing that I will not escape. I mean, where else would I go? He sighed in exasperation.

"You'd better..." I hug him out of excitement.

"Chris you're a girl! You can't just go around hugging people like that!" Oh gosh... here comes again. I was feeling a little playful so I walked towards Shinpachi.

"W-what?" He look at me while backing away warily. I tiptoed and cup his face, pulling him in for a peck on the lips. I grabbed his coin bag while I was at it. Everyone was shocked by my sudden intimate action. I pulled out a bit of a money enough for some sakura mochi before handing the bag over to Shinpachi.

"C-!" Before Hijikata-san could scream at me again, I ran off while waving to them.

"Ahh... freedom~" I stretched as I walk down the street. Everything was so new for me so I decided to walk around the stores again to see if there is anything new.

"Wow..." I spotted a cute puppy while I was walking. I bent down and pat it. It rolled over its tummy for me to rub. It was too cute that I had to pick it up and hug it. It was irresistible! I mean look at that cute puppy face!

"Suzuki where are you?" The puppy responded to the voice. A familiar boy came towards me.

"Is this your dog?" I asked, smiling. He look at me, stunned for a moment before answering me.

"Y-yes..." He look down with his cheeks burning red. He then took peeks at me before asking me.

"A-are you the one who helped me out the other day?" I tilted my head, not sure what he was talking about.

"You cross dressed as a guy?" He raised his brows. Oh! Now I remember!

"So you are?!" He looked very excited and happy. He held my hand and bowed. He thanked me for saving his father's life and their business.

"Oh I never did ask you before, what do you sell?" He seemed happy that I wanted to know more about him.

"We sell hairpins and accessories that girls would love to wear. You should come take a look! I'll give you a discount!" Well, discount is my second favourite word besides free so why not? I followed him to his shop.

"Ryou, have you found..." An elderly man trailed off after seeing me. "Oh! You're the person who saved me! My benefactor!" So he recognized me... no surprise there though. They kept thanking me for saving them and even offered a beautiful pin for me.

"This is beautiful!" I held the pin in my hands. But even though it might be pretty like I've said, I would definitely not wear it since I don't tie buns. I accepted it because I didn't wanted them to grovel on their knees while thanking me.

"But you do know that the Shinsengumi are ferocious and evil right?" Ryou spoke softly to me. He mentioned Serizawa, which I believe was the person who got the Shinsengumi famous… in the wrong way. According to history, he was the only one who is evil in Shinsengumi... so far...

"Oh no. The only person who is evil is Serizawa, which is now dead. The others had nothing to do with it. They even tried to stop Serizawa however, they do not have the power to do so since Serizawa's position is much higher than them."

Well, I owe the Shinsengumi so now, the least I could do is to clear their bad reputation, even if it's a little, for them. They seemed to believe me since they don't see the others doing anything bad to them.

"Please, could you spread the good word of Shinsengumi for me? They really are not bad guys and I do not wish to see Serizawa's actions causing them all the harm even though all they were trying to do is to protect the town." I look straight into Ryou's dad eyes, asking earnestly. He hesitated for a moment but he seemed to have made up his mind.

"All right, it's the least to do for our benefactor. Lucky for you! Every rumours and information could be obtain from me! I'm that influential!" He thump his chest while looking very proud. Ryou literally tried to face palm himself.

Hi guys! Here's a new chapter! (Updated faster since i'm have more time on hand right now) Really hope you guys will like it! Remember to do a review okay? ^^

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Baka: Thank you for reading all my chapters! ^^ For Kazama, he will be appearing at Ikedaya Inn, of course, but more on him would be very much later :)