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Chapter 14: Don't let yourself be so clumsy, that you'll have to go to the doctors!

-3rd POV-

It was going to be the second night that Otae and Kyubei were sleeping in the abandoned house. Somehow, Kyubei had gotten used to laying her back on the wall, probably because she had no choice but to get used to it. Otae, on the other hand, wasn't used to it. No, she didn't believe she would ever get used to it, probably because she preferred futons over walls. Then again, who wouldn't prefer futons?

Kyubei was next to Otae, just like last night. Otae thought as she rested her cheek on Kyubei's shoulder, I hate this wall. I wish it would just crumble down.

Kyubei flushed slightly as she saw Otae closing her eyes slowly.

But before either of them could fall asleep, they heard a bird cawing. And it wasn't just any bird.

Otae widened her eyes with slight anger, and stood up quickly, grabbing the tall broom. She shouted as a dark aura was above her head, "DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO TAKE OUR BREAD!"

A black crow was poking its beak into the bag of bread, where it was obviously tied up. Otae began swinging the big broom at the crow, simply because she and Kyubei needed food to survive.

As if a monster was about to escape the 18-year-old woman, she smacked the bottom part of the broom on its head. The crow gave out a brief caw before flying away. The crow continued to caw, but when it was far enough, Otae and Kyubei couldn't hear it anymore.

They both sighed with relief, and Otae turned around to Kyubei, saying, "That was a close call. I thought that stupid crow would've taken our food."

Kyubei half-smiled, and replied, "I could've taken that crow out for you, but I'm glad you were able to make it go away."

She sighed lightly, "Sadly, though, it may come back, since we're in an abandoned house."

"That's true, but I'll keep an eye out in case that damn crow comes back."

"But aren't you going to get tired, just from staying up all night, Kyu-Chan?"

"I might, but it'll be worth trying to protect our bread…and you."

Otae smiled warmly, and said, "That's very kind of you, Kyu-Chan. Alright, I'll let you keep an eye out for that crow. And please make sure that our bread is safe."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure."

"Good."

Otae walked back to the wall, and sat down, giving out a yawn. Her mouth was over her mouth, and when she stopped yawning, she blinked once before resting her head on Kyubei's shoulder again.

Kyubei gazed her one eye at Otae, then at the bread, which was a foot in front of them. She thought as she knitted her black brows, Alright. I'll watch the bread for Otae-Chan!

Although she never knew whether or not the crow would come back, she was going to stay up all night, just in case.

-Natalie's POV-

"Gin-Chan, that's my spot, uh-huh!"

"No, this is my spot! You can sleep on the floor for all I care!"

"You're so mean, Gin-Chan! Why do I have to sleep on the floor?! I'll just get uncomfortable!"

"Use the carpet as a blanket!"

Gintoki and Kagura were having an argument as to who would get to sleep on the left side of my bed. And since, apparently, Gintoki and Kagura didn't want to be sleeping so close together, they were having this pointless argument. Though, I couldn't really tell who wanted the left side of my bed more. Gintoki or Kagura? Well, either way, I wanted them to stop arguing.

I rolled my icy-blue eyes at the duo as I told Gintoki, "No, Kagura's not going to use my carpet as a blanket. If you even dare rip up my carpet, I'll scold you."

Kagura exclaimed as she pointed at the silver-haired chibi, "I don't want to rip up the carpet, anyway! It would be itchy to sleep in, uh-huh!"

Raising a brow in slight confusion, I asked, "Why're you pointing at Gintoki?"

"Because he's a diabetic jerk, uh-huh!"

A vein throbbed in Gintoki's forehead as he shouted, "OI! I DON'T HAVE DIABETES, YOU BRAT!"

I rubbed my own forehead with my hand, and muttered a bit angrily, "Will you shut up? You're starting to give me a headache. You're lucky that my parents aren't here; otherwise you'd all be in deep shit."

Kotaro suddenly spoke up, "Not for Elizabeth and I. We'll just hide under your bed, since your bed is off of the floor."

Once again, I rolled my eyes. I then asked Kotaro, "Why're you going to sleep under my bed, anyway? Won't that make you uncomfortable?"

"It won't make me uncomfortable. If I was on hardwood floor, then I would feel uncomfortable."

I sighed as I ran my fingers through my blonde sideburns, "Fine, I'll let you sleep there. But if you do get uncomfortable while sleeping, then blame yourself, not me." Although I couldn't see him, since he was under my bed, I could tell that Kotaro rolled his eyes at my comment.

Gintoki and Kagura jumped on my bed, at the same time, and they weren't arguing anymore, though they were starting to fight.

Kagura gripped on his silver hair as Gintoki grabbed her red Chinese shirt. Anger marks were on their cheeks as they clenched their teeth.

Then, in a matter of seconds, Kagura punched the male chibi in the stomach, and tossed him to the floor. Gintoki somehow became unconscious, and drool was trailing down his cheek from the corner of his mouth.

Kagura wiped her hands together, and sat down on the left side of my bed. She said, "Now that that sweet-freak is out of the way, I can sleep peacefully, uh-huh."

Shinpachi crackly smiled at her, but didn't say anything. Kotaro sort of crawled out of the bed, and pulled Gintoki's leg as he said to himself, "I can have him sleep next to me."

He pulled him until Gintoki was under the bed as well. For some reason, that actually looked a bit funny. A very quiet chuckle escaped my lips as I walked over to my lamp. I turned on my lamp, and then went over to the overhead light switch. When I was in front of the switch, my finger pushed the switch down, making the light turn off.

The light was off, and Shinpachi and Kagura crawled under the blankets, having their bodies covered up. Only their heads were seen, and Shinpachi took off his glasses, setting them beside his head. Kagura, on the other hand, took off the buns from the sides of her head, and set them beside her. She then made herself comfortable, and quickly closed her eyes, saying, "Nighty-night, blondy."

"Good-night, Natalie," Shinpachi said.

"Night," I replied, heading over to my bed.

As soon as one of my knees landed on my comfy bed, I reached the lamp again, and turned off the light. I carefully slid under the blanket, and rested my head on the pillow.

It was dark, but I could still see Shinpachi and Kagura, probably because they were right next to me.

Shinpachi closed his eyes as well, drifting off to sleep. I gazed my eyes at the ceiling, with my mouth barely parted.

I thought, I wonder how Vanya and Teresa are doing. I know I shouldn't be worried about them now…well, not like I'm worried, anyway…but I'm just wondering how they're getting along with the chibi's. Actually, I already know Teresa's getting along with Tatsuma and Mutsu. But as for the Kiheitai…yeah, I doubt Shinsuke will actually like Teresa.

I bit my lower lip, but decided to let that thought slide. I shrugged my shoulders, and turned to the side, seeing Kagura sleeping. As strange as it sounds, she actually looks adorable when she sleeps. There wasn't a booger bubble coming out of her nostril, but even if there was, I wouldn't really be disgusted, because anime booger bubbles are far less disgusting than real like booger bubbles. Oh god, just thinking about those made me want to gag.

Anyway, I slowly lowered my eyelids, but I was still awake. Kagura started to snore while Shinpachi slept quietly. I wasn't so sure if Kotaro and Elizabeth had fallen asleep, but to be honest, I didn't care.

Soon, I closed my eyes completely, and went to sleep.

-3rd POV-

"Teresa! Will you tell me when the oven goes off? I gotta take a piss!" Josiah called his sister as he dashed out of the kitchen.

Teresa scrunched up her face as she replied, "You don't have to be that explicit. You could've just said you wanted to go to the bathroom."

Josiah rolled his eyes as he said, "Just tell me in case the oven goes off before I'm done."

He was baking a cake over an hour ago, and he was able to succeed…so far. Josiah was just hoping the cake wouldn't be as crispy as toast.

The reason he was baking a cake was because tomorrow was going to be the 27th anniversary of the "Tattoo Parlor shop", the place where Josiah worked. Now, you would've thought it was unusual to be bringing cake to a tattoo store, but the boss of the store wanted the workers to bring sweets, such as cake and ice cream, because they were going to celebrate.

The boss allowed Josiah to bring Teresa with him the next day, since she was his little sister, and he would also let family members, that were obviously related to the other employee's, join in the party, as long as they wouldn't cause any damage in the store. Otherwise the boss would kick them out.

There was only two minutes left until the cake was done. Teresa sat down in front of the stove, with her legs on her chest. Her arms were wrapped around her legs as she stared through the small window on the stove. The stove light was on, so she was able to see the fluff on the cake. Although it was still in the batter, Teresa could see the fluff rising. And just seeing it made her smile.

Tatsuma walked beside her, and asked, "What're you smiling at?"

Teresa pointed at the stove, and asked back, "Do you see that, Tatsuma?" Tatsuma looked at the stove also, but noticed the cake in the batter. He nodded, and Teresa added, "Josiah was baking a cake. It's for the anniversary at the tattoo shop he works at."

She was so focused on the cake, that she didn't realize the buzz on the stove went off. And it wasn't a loud buzz, so it only took a few seconds before Teresa finally snapped back into reality. She stood up quickly, and turned off the stove just as her brother exited the bathroom.

Josiah exclaimed, "Oh, good! You turned it off!"

Teresa raised a brow as Josiah dashed into the kitchen. Teresa told her brother, "You didn't have to run here."

"But I wanted to get the cake out by the time the stove went off."

"You could've let me take it out."

"I didn't want you to burn yourself."

Teresa widened her eyes, and glared, "Josiah, I'm not five anymore! I can take care of myself!"

He sighed, "But whenever you do try to get something out of the oven, you get terrified of burning yourself."

She made a sound, but gave her older brother a cracked smile before feeling her cheeks burn in embarrassment. She turned her head to the side, and murmured, "Good point. I feel stupid."

Without warning, Josiah landed his left hand on top of her head. Teresa widened her eyes again, but felt her cheeks cooling down. She then pouted at him, only to receive a chuckle from Josiah. Teresa always hated when her brother did that, because it made her think that he was petting her like a stray cat.

Teresa slapped his hand away, and exclaimed, "I hate it when you do that!"

He closed his eyes, and smiled, "You look adorable when you get angry like that."

"Oh, shut up! I'm not adorable!"

"Sure you are! When you pout, it makes you look like an innocent kitten!" Josiah laughed, but only made Teresa a bit angrier.

"That doesn't even make any sense!" She glared harder.

Josiah still smiled, but opened up his eyes, ignoring her glare. Teresa mumbled words that were inaudible to hear as Josiah put on a pair of oven mitts. After putting on the oven mitts, he opened up the oven, and held the sides of the cake batter, carefully pulling it out.

As soon as it was out of the oven, he asked, "Teresa, can you close the oven door?" Teresa managed to calm down, and she gave him a brief nod before closing the oven. She frowned, because she felt some of the heat, even when the oven was turned off.

She stood up, but suddenly felt a bit dizzy. Teresa landed her own hand on her forehead, and thought, Damn dizziness!

Josiah raised a brow at her as he set the cake batter on the stove, but realized that she was dizzy. He gazed back at the cake, and, again, carefully took the cake out of the batter by holding it upside down.

Seconds later, the cake was out, nice and steady. Josiah smirked at it, and then looked at his sister. He said, "Teresa, when this cools down, we can put the icing on it, okay?"

When she wasn't dizzy anymore, she gave out a big smile, and answered, "Okay!"

Meanwhile, Otae was sleeping while Kyubei was still awake. Kyubei tried her best to stay awake, because if she fell asleep, and that damn crow came back, their bread would be crumbled into a million pieces, and they wouldn't be able to eat it anymore.

Kyubei knitted her brows as she pinched her arm to stay awake. She yelped, but pinching her arm was definitely helping. She bit her lower lip, and then decided to walk over to the bread, and drag it back. She pulled on the top of the bag, and walked back to the wall, where she set it between her and Otae.

Otae suddenly landed her hand on the bread, but when she touched it, she opened her eyes slowly, and saw that the bread was between them.

She raised a brow, and asked, "Did you put the bread here, Kyu-Chan?"

Kyubei nodded, "I did, because I figured there would be a lesser chance of that crow getting it."

Otae smiled, "I see. Does that mean you'll finally be able to sleep? I really don't want you to get extremely tired the next day."

Again, Kyubei nodded, and responded, "Yes, Otae-Chan."

The girl continued to smile at her, and she said quietly, "Good-night."

"Good-night," Kyubei replied before closing her one good eye. Otae closed her eyes as well, falling into a deep sleep.

While they were sleeping, Kyubei began to have a strange dream.

(Kyubei's Dream)

Kyubei was in her normal form, and she was in a grassy field. She was walking through the field, but saw a group of crows flying towards her.

She widened her eye, but quickly pulled out her sword. As the crows were getting closer and closer to her, Kyubei suddenly heard a yell.

"GRAAAAHHHH!"

Kyubei gasped quietly, but turned around, seeing Otae with a naginata. Otae looked as fearless as ever (Well, same with Kyubei, but still). Otae hit some of the crows with her weapon, and then landed her feet on the grass.

She looked at her friend for a second, and smiled, "Let's kill all these crows, Kyu-Chan."

Kyubei was definitely not expecting Otae to appear out of nowhere, but she grinned, and replied, "Right."

With that being said, they dashed towards the crows, and started killing them, one by one.

(End of Kyubei's Dream)

Kyubei frowned at the dream she was having, though her eye was still closed.

She thought as her brow twitched, Why am I suddenly dreaming about crows?

-Natalie's POV-

Morning came, and I heard the downstairs door open. I gave out a groan as I lifted my body up, landed a hand on the side of my head. My eyes were barely opened, but I looked down, seeing that Kagura and Shinpachi were still sleeping.

My vision cleared up after opening my eyes fully. The front door closed, and I realized soon after that my parents were back home. When I also heard them walking up the stairs, I had a strange feeling that they would enter my room without knocking on my door.

I widened my eyes, and quickly pulled the blanket over Shinpachi and Kagura's faces. They groaned as well, but were confused on why I just did that. Then, a knock came at my door.

I yelped quietly as my mom said behind the door, "We're back, honey! I hope we're not disrupting your sleep!"

Feeling a bit of panic in me, I exclaimed, "Y-You didn't! I just got up!"

"Oh, good. Well, we just wanted to let you know that we're home."

As a tiny smile appeared on my face, I could hear her, and dad, walking away from my door. I sighed with relief as Kagura grunted, "Blondy, why did you just pull the blanket over our faces?"

I whispered, making sure that my parents wouldn't hear me, "I thought my parents were about to come in here."

"Hm…" She trailed off, but soon replied as she leaned up, "What would happen if they did come in here, but saw you changing?"

I glared at her, "Don't even talk about that. I'd rather not know what would happen."

She rolled her eyes, and said, "Whatever."

I sighed, and slowly got out of my bed. My pajama pants have been on me the whole night, because I didn't feel comfortable taking them off while the chibi's were going to sleep in my room. Although it didn't feel right (To me, at least) to wear my pajama pants in bed, I was starting to tolerate it.

Kotaro crawled out from under my bed, and said, "Morning, blondy."

I raised a brow at him, and asked, "You're calling me blondy now?"

"Gintoki told me that your new nickname is blondy, so I'll call you that as well."

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, then. But just remember that my real name is Natalie."

Gintoki and Elizabeth crawled out from under the bed also, and Gintoki glared at Kotaro, asking, "Zura, why did you pull me under the bed?"

Kotaro responded, "It's not Zura, it's Katsura. And Kagura-Chan kicked you off the bed, so I dragged you under it."

Without warning, Gintoki punched the man in the head. Kotaro gave out an "OOF!" and then rubbed the top of his head, where there was now a huge bump. Elizabeth stood up, and lifted up a sign, written out, 'I'm hungry. Where's the food, blondy?'

I answered, "Seriously, how many chibi's are going to call me 'blondy'? But anyway, the food's downstairs, but my parents just came back, so I have to make sure they're not downstairs." I tilted my head down, and asked the Yorozuya, "Are you hungry?"

They all nodded their heads at me (Shinpachi was already awake). I bit my lip, but nodded back, running to my door.

Before I left my room, Kagura asked, "Can you bring me some rice?"

"We don't have any rice here," I informed her.

She made a pout, but I exited out of my bedroom before she got a chance to reply. I closed my door quietly, and ran down the stairs, heading for the kitchen. My parents were still in their room, probably changing their clothes, but I wanted to hurry, because if they came out of their room, and saw me carrying some food, they would question me about it. And I couldn't just say "I'm taking care of five chibi's at the moment".

As soon as I was in the kitchen, I panted slightly, and opened up the refrigerator, grabbing two apples, a banana, and a cupcake. I know, cupcake is not for breakfast, but it was for Gintoki, since he loves sweets with a passion.

After grabbing what I needed to grab, I closed the fridge door, and bolted my way back to the stairs. I jumped over every other step, and I was soon at the top. But just as my parent's room door started to open, I gasped, and ran into my room, closing the door yet again.

Sweat was on my forehead, but I was able to get into my room before my parents saw me. The corners of my lip curved up, forming a smile.

Gintoki asked as he pointed his tiny finger at me, "Oi, you got food for us?" His tone sounded a bit cranky, but that was because he was starving.

I rolled my eyes at him as I answered, "Yeah, I got you food. Here's a cupcake for you."

Almost immediately, his eyes sparkled, and he held his hands in front of his face. I walked towards my bed, and crouched down, giving him the cupcake. I told him as he took the cupcake out of the wrapper, "Don't let too many crumbs fall on the floor."

I wasn't so sure if he was listening to me or not, but he started eating the cupcake, where icing landed on his lips. He chewed on it, and gave me a so-called sweet expression. I scratched the top of my head, and gazed in a different area.

Kagura asked as she crossed her arms, "If you don't have any rice, then what did you bring? Hopefully, it's not crap."

"Well, I brought apples, and a banana. You can have the banana."

I gave Kagura the banana. She looked disappointed, since I didn't have any rice, but took the fruit anyway, and peeled it.

As she was eating it, I gave Shinpachi and Kotaro the apples. Shinpachi put on his glasses as I let the apple fall on the bed. Kotaro stood next to Elizabeth, and I said, "You can share that with Elizabeth if you want."

Kotaro told his companion, "Let's share this, Elizabeth."

Elizabeth held part of the apple, and "her" beak opened up, where a hand was coming out. The hand was carrying a kitchen knife, which was entirely shocking. My eyes widened as the hand started cutting part of the red fruit with the knife. Kotaro, shockingly, didn't look surprised.

I yelled in my head, HOW IS KATSURA NOT SURPRISED THAT THERE'S A HAND COMING OUT OF ELIZABETH'S BEAK?! IT'S ALSO HOLDING A FREAKING KNIFE!

My brow twitched uncontrollably, and Kotaro noticed the expression on my face. He asked, "Are you feeling sick or something?"

"No!" I exclaimed without thinking.

He turned back to the apple, and started eating it. The hand out of Elizabeth's beak cut a portion of it, and held it, pulling it back into the beak. Then, I heard Elizabeth crunching the chunk of apple, and the sound of "her" eating it made me feel really awkward. Well, actually, it's not exactly awkward, but I can't think of a better word to describe how I feel.

Gintoki tossed the cupcake wrapper in the small garbage can, and wiped the icing off with his fingers. He then licked the icing, and said, "Delicious."

I looked at my clock, and found out that it was almost ten o'clock. Sighing, I told everyone, "All of you, turn around."

Shinpachi and Kagura obeyed, but the rest of them just stared at me. I slightly knitted my brows, and told them again, "Turn around."

They all turned around, having their backs facing me.

I took off my pajamas, and went to my dresser, opening two drawers up. I pulled out a pair of brown shorts from one drawer while I also pulled out a black tang-top from the other. I looked at the group of chibi's, making sure that none of them were peeking. They weren't.

I smirked, and got dressed in a matter of seconds. I said, "Alright, I'm done."

"Oh, you were getting dressed?" Kotaro asked.

"Isn't it obvious?"

"Not exactly. You didn't tell us what you were going to do."

I blankly stared at him, and then saw that Kagura was done eating the banana. She held up the banana peel, and ordered me, "Oi, blondy. Throw this banana peel away for me, please."

If she didn't say "please", I would've glared at her for ordering me like that. I pinched the bottom of the peel with my index finger and thumb, and turned, walking to my door once again.

Shinpachi asked me, "Natalie, why don't you throw that in the garbage can here?"

"I would," I paused briefly. "But because I have no lid for it, fruit flies would fly all over the place."

"Er, good point," Shinpachi chuckled awkwardly.

I left my room, and went back downstairs, going into the kitchen. I tossed the banana peel into the tall garbage can, and was about to go back upstairs, but I heard my mom's voice from behind me.

"Did you just eat a banana for breakfast?"

I flinched, and nearly yelped, but bit my bottom lip to prevent myself from making any noises. I turned around slightly, seeing my mother smile at me with her arms crossed.

I crackly smiled as I answered her question, "W-Well, I wasn't that hungry, so yes, I did just eat a banana."

She chuckled, "I'll let it slide, then, since it's healthy food." Although she said that, my cheeks were burning in embarrassment. The cracked smile remained on my face as I scratched my cheek with my fingernail.

Mom walked away from me, and I looked at the ceiling for no reason.

Well, that was embarrassing. At least none of the chibi's were with me. Wait…

I realized that I left my bedroom door open.

I was starting to panic, because I had a terrible feeling that one of my parents would go into my room, and see the Yorozuya, Kotaro, and Elizabeth. My heart was beginning to thump in my chest, and without a second thought, I dashed to the stairs.

But when I actually got to the stairs, I tripped on the first step, and widened my eyes before hitting my face on the stairs. I yelled, "OW!"

I was lucky that these stairs were covered in carpet, because if these were hardwood, the pain in my face would've been worse.

Pushing myself up, I rubbed my forehead, and heard my dad's voice, "Huh, I've never see you trip on the stairs before. Did you close your eyes while trying to run up the stairs?"

He chuckled, but I shut my mouth tightly, puffing up my cheeks. My cheeks turned red once again, but I exclaimed, "I was in a hurry to get to my room!" Alright, that was not the best answer.

As I looked at my father, he raised a brow, and asked, "Why do you need to get to your room so badly?"

Shit, I had to come up with an excuse now.

Just as my face burned to the point where it felt like I was on fire, I responded, but stuttered, "I-I-I just r-r-remembered th-that I-I h-had something i-important t-to d-do in m-my r-room!"

Based on my stutter, dad raised his brow even higher. He asked yet another question, "Why were you stuttering while answering my question?"

"It was an effect from when I accidentally hit my face on the stairs," I responded, but just felt like I was trying to make jokes like the ones in Gintama. I believe I did a somewhat bad job, though.

Dad chuckled, "That was a nice joke, Natalie." He walked away from me, and went into the living room.

My face cooled down, and I sighed with major relief.

Phew, that was too close.

I stood up, and ran up the stairs.

Soon, I was back inside my room, and I closed the door behind me, taking a deep breath.

Gintoki asked, "Oi, why do you look so red? Did your panties get exposed in front of your parents?"

"You shut up. It was nothing like that," I grumbled, closing my eyes.

Shinpachi asked, "Excuse me, Natalie. Why does your face have scratches?"

"What?" I replied in confusion.

"Your face. It has a few scratches, uh-huh," Kagura repeated for Shinpachi.

I answered, "I accidentally hit my face on the stairs."

"Eh…" Shinpachi trailed off as a drop of sweat rolled down his cheek.

Suddenly, my phone began to ring. My mouth parted as I stared at my phone, which was on my desk.

Honestly, I don't remember even turning it on.

I asked the group, "Okay, who turned on my phone?"

"I did!" Kagura exclaimed as she raised her hand up. "When I opened that phone up, it looked dead for some reason, uh-huh. So I pressed a random button for a few seconds before it actually turned on. Your phone is weird, uh-huh."

"Haven't you used a phone before?"

"Of course I've used a phone before, though I had it for only one day, uh-huh."

Gintoki and Shinpachi both rolled their eyes at her.

I sped-walked to my desk, and grabbed my phone, opening it as I put it beside my ear.

The person who was calling me was Teresa, because she said, "What's up, Natalie?!" She was trying to sound like a punk, but she wasn't doing a good job. Oh well, that doesn't matter.

I replied, "Oh, hey, Teresa. I actually didn't know my phone was on until Kagura mentioned that she was the one who turned it on."

"Who's Kagura again?"

"The girl with the buns on the sides of her head."

"Oh yeah! Well, anyway, I just want to let you know that me and Josiah are going to his workplace, because it's the anniversary of that building, you know?"

I softly chuckled, "You didn't have to call me."

"I know, but Josiah told me to, so…yeah."

"I see. Well, is there a party at his work?"

"Yep!" Teresa said cheerfully through the phone. "We'll be eating cake, ice cream, and all those other junk food! I'll catch you later, Natalie!"

"Bye, then," I said before closing my phone up.

As I put my phone into my pocket, Gintoki asked, "Was it that weirdo girl?"

"Yeah, so?" I asked back, only to receive a blank stare.

He didn't bother replying. He just sat on the floor, minding his own business.

-3rd POV-

Teresa and Josiah had just arrived at the tattoo place. She gave out a big smile as she saw other people walking into the place. They were carrying cake as well, but there was also ice cream, as Teresa expected.

The two of them got out of the car, and headed for the tattoo place. Teresa walked a bit faster than Josiah, but that didn't matter, right?

As soon as Teresa entered the shop, she heard some music playing. She looked around, seeing that there were two big speakers on a table. The kind of music this place would usually play was rock, but Teresa was absolutely okay with that, as long as it wasn't screamo or metal, because it actually frightens her whenever she hears that kind of crap.

The boss of the shop noticed them, and smiled, exclaiming, "Josiah! Teresa! I'm so glad you could make it!" Josiah's boss had very short dark-blonde hair, with a little bit of facial, and green eyes. He had a couple of tattoos on his arms, but they weren't anything that special, except for one, which was a tattoo that was written out, 'I love mom'.

Josiah smiled back at his boss, and said, "I'm glad to even come here, let alone bring my sister."

"What kind of cake are you holding, Teresa?" The man asked her, where she held the cake she and Josiah made last night.

She answered as she stared at the cake, "It's vanilla with chocolate icing."

"Vanilla with chocolate icing? My, that's unusual."

"Perhaps, but it was Josiah's idea."

"I'm not surprised."

Josiah asked, "Are we supposed to put the cake on that table, with the other sweets?" He pointed at a different table, where it was round. On that table, there was soda, and some other cakes that looked more unique than the one Josiah and Teresa made. But they weren't ashamed of their cake, mind you.

The boss nodded, and responded, "Yes, the cake can go over there with the other cakes and stuff."

"Alright. Teresa, put that cake there."

Teresa went over to the table, and set the cake down. After that, she began to wonder, I wonder if the chibi's are going to be fine all by themselves at the apartment.

Teresa didn't bring any of the Kiheitai members, Tatsuma, or even Mutsu, because Teresa wasn't going to bring her backpack here. And if she couldn't bring her backpack, then there would be no way she could hide any of the chibi's without them being noticed in a public place. So she had no choice but to leave them at the apartment.

She was just hoping there would be no harm while she was at this party.

Her brother called out, "Teresa! Mr. Henheart wants you to help him with something!"

Teresa blinked, and exclaimed as she swiftly turned around, "Coming!" She ran back to the men, but continued to think about the Kiheitai and the Kaientai.

She was apparently supposed to worry about them, but what if they were to cause a ruckus at the apartment? Would they be so loud, that the manager would go to the door, and scold Josiah and Teresa, thinking it was them who made all the noise?

Well, one thing's for sure. She and Josiah weren't going to leave the party until it was over.

This is a little shorter than the other chapters, but I don't really care. I don't have anything else to write for this chapter, anyway.

That's pretty much all I have to say for this chapter, so I hope you enjoyed chapter 14! :)