Sorry for the REALLY late update! I had almost all this chapter written out for a while now, but I was struggling with the ending! ANYWAYS ENJOY!
Pink cascading petals flutter in the wind as the birds chirp a song of spring. I stared absent-mindedly at the sakura tree above me with only one thing in mind.
Ahh—I want a parfait.
—That was the spring of my sixteenth—
…
—actually isn't that right now?!
Kagura, gorilla-woman, glasses and I are sitting on a pastel red blanket watching as the sakura petals fall in their full bloom state. Isn't this peaceful… —is what most people would think at this moment, but no—it was only calm before the storm.
"Gin-chan! I'm hungry!" Kagura complains as she pulls on my shirt.
I could feel it.
"Oh Kagura-chan! Why didn't you tell me sooner! I packed a lunch box just for today!" Otae giggles as sparkle float around her. Then, out of no where, she pulls out a giant bentou box.
The atmosphere around us dropped, it was like winter had decided to give us this whole sakura-viewing spring weather as a joke and had just brought back the cold, as the bentou box was brought into sight. Shinpachi quickly slides towards me to whisper, "She got up early to make it."
"How did it look?" I daringly whisper back.
Shinpachi pales several colors, even turning slightly blue—EVEN HIS GLASSES WERE TURNING BLUE! He covers his mouth and turns away, "Coal mine."
Coal mine… COAL MINE?! I scurry away from Shinpachi and bore holes into the bentou box, my eyes twitching in anxiety. I got to do something before the she-gorilla blows up the place. "Oi! Kagura!" I quickly shout, "Why don't we go get some ramen! Shinpachi's paying!"
"Oh! Ramen?!" The orange haired China girl reacts, "Pachi-boy's paying? I'm in!" she jumps up and we are about to make a dash for it when a hand grabs our heads, and squeezes it hard.
Without even turning around I could feel that the demon had caught me. "What's the need to waste money, when you have perfectly delicious free food in front of you?" Otae's voice sounded sweet like sugar, but it caused me to shudder in cold sweat.
In the end, we end up back where we started. Anticipating the charcoal eggs, I still ask, "What did you make this time?"
Otae answers with her usual grin, "Oh silly~ Of course tamagoyaki! It's the only thing I can make!" she slaps my shoulder super hard, "Why do you always have to ask such silly question, Gin-san!"
Ow! That hurts a lot! What is with this gorilla woman's strength?! Is she King Kong?—King Kong's wife?!—Huh! You're King Kong's wife aren't you?! Another slap came my way. "Ow! What was that for?!" I shriek in pain.
"For some reason, I felt like you were bad mouthing me." The brunette girl says in a passive aggressive tone. "Anyways, let's eat!" She uncovers the only thing keeping us away from her charcoal eggs—the cover. With dead eyes, the three of us stare at the contents of the bentou.
B—Black—
—Black Hole!
That's no coal mine, that's a black hole!
Those eggs are sucking out the life of the world!
Even the sakura are shiveling in despair!
"Come on, don't hold back!" Otae's sparkles contrast to the deafening black aura that her "masterpiece" was leaking out.
All three of us shake our heads at a mad rate, "Ahh—I think we'll pass… Kagura now!" I shout desperately.
Kagura dives down with the cap she quikly nabbed and slammed it into the bentou. She wipes her forhead with her arm and sighs, "Phew! And the world was saved by the beautiful, magical princess!"
Shinpachi and I bow down to Kagura dramatically, "All hail Princess Kagura-! No—ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!"
Kagura stands before us brimming with light and arrogance as she enjoyed our worship. Suddenly, something hits the vermillion haired girl's head, making her bend and a red bump to rise. Flames burst in seconds around the girl, leading to my own swift retreat. Furouciously she stomps around to get a good look at the culprit.
Standing about ten feet away is a giant group of guys—however, one of them stood out. With eye tinted red, a light brunette grins sadisticly as he enjoys the view—the view of an angry china girl that is. In a mocking tone, he laughs, "Well, well! Who do we have here?" He casually waltzes towards our blanket, "Yo Danna!" his tone quickly shifts to a lighter tone as he raises a lazy wave to me.
Kagura growls as she raises her fist, "Why you…!"
Ignoring the raging china girl, Okita-kun then brings his hand above his eyes and turns as if he is looking for something, "Have you seen Hijikata-san? He got lost when looking for some mayonnaise."
"Ha? Why would I know that?" I complain, "I'm not a dogsitter. Just get some mayonnaise and lure him out for all I care."
"Ahh—I didn't think of that!" Okita-kun puts his fist in his palm.
Suddenly, a familiar shout was heard, "DON'T AGREE WITH HIM, SOUGO!" Then a Hijikata appears! The black-haired man was smoking a cigarette like usual as he grabbed Okita-kun's face with his hand and squeezed it. "And who the heck gets lost when looking for mayonnaise! It's in the refridgerator!"
"Ow ow ow ow. Hijikata-san you are hurting me." Okita-kun's robotic sarcasm is ignored by Hijikata who squeezes harder.
"Go, go Mayora!" Kagura cheers in the sidelines for the mayonnaise-lover, which sounds all sweet and cute until her voice darkens and she begins to laugh maniacally, "Go and kill that bastard sadist!"
Meanwhile, in the sidelines, a gorilla is going all 'huff-puff' over another gorilla and glasses are sweating as a badminton raquet is once again swung. Yes, as what-was-his-name guy continued to strike lame swinging poses, Kondo was trying to smooch Otae while Otae was beating the poor gorilla black and blue. Shinpachi watches in shock and covered in cold sweat at the scene unfolding. And me? Well, let's say I was doing what any smart fellow would do.
"Oi! Oogushi-kun! I want seconds!" I hold up an empty bento box to the heavy smoker.
I was eating edible food.
The black haired man wrinkled his brows and I noticed a vein bursting from his face. He let's go of the brunette sadist, who after escaping his hold goes to bother Kagura, and turns to me. "You…" Hijikata growls in frustration, "What do you think you're eating!? Go eat your own damn food!"
"Eat my own food?! What food is there except this!" I fight back, "At least it isn't the dog food you love so much nor a weapon of destruction like that she-man makes!" Without permission, I go dive into the police dog's food supply—only to find mayonnaise.
I stare at it with dead eyes for a moment before throwing it across the park, "Go fetch!"
Hijikata cries in anger, "What do you think you're doing!?"
A hand is placed on Hijikata's trembling shoulder, and from behind him, Okita-kun pops up with a thumbs up. "Don't worry Hijikata-san, not even dogs will eat that junk. Good job Danna!"
A low growl is let loose from the smoker's mouth. "Why… you…!" Hijikata abruptly snaps, "I'm going to kill both of you!" Hijikata chases after us as the mini sadist and I laugh and tease the poor guy.
Soon enough, our commotion died down, no thanks to a pair of pathetic plain virgins. Anyways, now we are all sitting together under a giant sakura tree. It's actually seems as if it was going to be a peaceful moment for once.
Plop.
That is… before I recognized a pair of red glasses that had fallen from the sky on the ground. At the sight of those horrid pair of glasses I could feel not only my face, but my body drain from its natural beautiful color.
Hastily, I stand up to escape, and speed walk away from the group.
However, right when I was about to get away, a voice stops me. "Oi, Permhead, where are you going?" Hijikata seems to be sharp today… tch.
I twirl around with a cutsey smile, "Bathroom~" I say purposefully to gross him out.
It seemed the bait worked—hook, line, and sinker. Hijikata waves me off, "Yeah, yeah. Could you buy me some smokes while you're out there?"
"Sure, sure! But I want a parfait in return!" I joke—OKAY, maybe it's not that much of one—as I walk away from the group. Once I was far away enough from the group, I start dashing away to a more hidden spot.
I soon reach a clearing full of trees after breaking out a sweat. I let out a sigh as I spot bits of purple cloth. "Oi! Come out you M stalker!" I look up at the trees and shout again, "I know you're here! Just come out and surrender!"
Soon after my shout, the cherry blossom trees rustle, but there is no wind, and something drops to the ground. SPLAT! Following the first splat, something even heavier falls from the trees right above me, and I quickly step back to dodge the incoming weight. Then in a second, a girl with long purple hair is on the gorund before me, dirty and trembling. A high-pitch squeel comes from the purple mess of a woman, "G-g-g…" Abruptly, she jumps up and tries to hug me—no more like strangle me. "GIN-SAN!"
I force her away with my hand desperately, "Oi! Get away from me, you crazy woman!"
"Why?! Gin-san was calling for me!" She desperately claws at me as I push her away. She really doesn't know when to give up does she.
This women here in front of me is my stalker: Sarutobi Ayame. She is Zenzou's childhood friend and an ultra Masochist. She is a freelance writer who usually writes in some supposedly famous magazine, but I can never remember what it's called.
Anyways, this women is annoying! "You're annoying!" I try to keep her as far from me as possible, but she grips the wrist of the hand on her head, and begins to pull towards me by climbing my arm. I shudder at the sensation.
Maybe I should be yelling 'RAPE!' right about now…
"Gin-san~"
Uggh… she is so creepy.
Suddenly, a rustle from the grass is heard as footsteps become louder. In a second, I am wide-eyed at the intruder on the scene, and he too to me.
Hijikata dark eyes are wide and he has the weirdest expression on his face: that is probably a mixture of disgust and pity. The masochist climbing up my arm freezes and stares at the dark-haired man.
Hijikata then starts turning around, about to walk away. Desperately, I cry out, "Nooo! Hijikata-kun! Don't leave! Stay, boy! Stay!" I could not handle this woman any longer, I really needed reinforcements. And eventhough I hate to ask for his help out of all people's—desperate times calls for desperate measures.
—And this is one of those desperate times.
Awkwardly, I try to shake the women off, but to no avail. So I sigh and surrender to introducing her. "Hijikata-kun. This woman is my stalker: Sarutobi Ayame. You are lucky to not have seen her until now—but she is a regular at our place." I once again attempt to pry her off. "Partly because she is a masochist and partly since she is Zenzou's childhood friend." I mutter out, "Though he is totally useless in controlling the damn woman."
Hijikata seems speechless—probably since he still can't comprehend the situation. Must be the mayonnaise—they make his nerves less responsive. However, he lets out a shaky breath, "I'm Hijikata, Gintoki's house mate. Nice to meet you Sarutobi-san."
In turn the masochist glued to my arm seemed unresponsive. Silence filled the air with tension, which added to the suspense as she slowly turns her head towards Hijikata as she still clings to me.
A smile widens on her glasses-less face. Her smooth lips perks as she begins to respond.
It was in that moment that I remembered one more thing about her.
"Yay~ Another Gin-san~"
She really needs to get her eyes checked.
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