"OH MY GOSH! GIN-SAN! THERE'S AN ENEMY SLEEPING IN YOUR FUTON!"
"Shut up, Shinpachi. There can't be any... GIN-CHAN! A MONSTER IS SLEEPING IN YOUR FUNTON!"
I groaned and put the comforters over my ears. "Shut up, Kamui! Abuto! I'm trying to sleep!"
"Did she just... DID SHE JUST CALL ME BY MY BROTHER'S NAME? BRAT! DON'T YOU DARE COMPARE ME WITH THAT STUPID BROTHER!"
"Kagura-chan... calm down..."
"CALM DOWN? HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN A MONSTER JUST CALLED ME 'KAMUI'?"
"You're over reacting..."
I pushed the comforters off of me and yelled, "SHUT THE HELL UP! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP, DUMBASSES!"
"Dumbass? Who do you think you are calling a dumbass, huh?" said an orange haired girl who was wearing a red chinese outfit.
"Were you the one who woke me up from my precious sleep?" I growled.
"Sleep? You were sleeping in my house without my permission!" the orange hair said, stomping her feet and pointing her pointer finger at my face.
When I was about to yell back at her and bite her damned finger, a familiar figure appeared beside the boy who wore glasses and was standing right by the fusuma.
"Kagura, did you wake her up?" said a silver haired samurai, scratching the back of his head.
My eyes widened as I recognized him my fury built up inside me. "Why are you here?"
He raised an eyebrow then a smirk formed on his lips. He raised his right arm and pointed himself with his thumb. "Me? Well, I own the place so why would I not be here?"
My eyebrows furrowed as he said those words then it had hit me as my eyes scanned the room I was in. This is not the Harusame ship.
I stood up and opened the window behind me and put my head out the window to see where the place was.
My eyes widened as I realized where in hell I was.
Closing the window, I turned around and punched Gintoki in the face.
He landed on the floor with his butt and had a red mark on his cheek. "That's going to turn into a bruise..." I heard him mumble.
"Why am I here?" I growled. "In Kabuki District."
"Huh? Why?" Gintoki stood up and looked at me with a smirk. "Well, to make the short story even more shorter, we kidnapped you from them."
"I asked why I'm here. Not how I ended up being here."
Gintoki's face suddenly turned serious. "Because they're not a good influence."
I put a fake smile. "To me?" My smile disappeared. "I'm already a criminal, Gintoki. I've sided with Harusame and Takkun. I think it's too late for that."
"No. I meant, you can still start make the right choices. You can start over."
"What you think is wrong, is right in my mind. People are different, Kintoki. No one is like you. Some people may have the same thinking as you but there other many other people with a different mind-set as you. And I'm one of the second one. I'm with my brother. No one else. Even if he makes the wrong choices. I have to support him as his sister."
Silence fell the room as I finished my mini "speech".
After few more seconds of silence, I decided to get out of the place.
Making my way out of the place, I slid the fusuma that led out of the place (well, I hoped it did) but a hand caught my hand and stopped me from walking.
"Shineko-"
"I hate how you call me by my name when you want something from me or try to have stuff your way," I mumbled, my head facing the wooden floor.
"Stay with me... Please."
"No."
"Why?"
I turned around and faced Gintoki, fully. "Because I can't leave something I love, just like that," I answered with a snap of my finger at the end.
I missed him.
I haven't seen him or talked to him for weeks since I had been staying with the Kiheitai.
This doesn't really sound like me but I truly missed that stupid's company.
"Kintoki," I breathed, "I got over you as soon as I left all of you's sides. I had thought love is for stupid people and a samurai only needs strength. But... when I met-"
"No."
I looked at him, straight into his red gleaming eyes that showed sorrow and pain. "What?"
"I don't wanna hear anything else." He sighed and sat down on the couch.
"Woah woah woah!" cried the China girl coming in between us all of a sudden, "we need an explanation!"
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I glared down at the silver haired old guy that was sitting down on the couch and then my eyes turned back to the China girl. "He'll explain it. Right now, I need to go back to where I-"
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"You don't belong there, Shinekomusume," said Gintoki, looking at the cup of green tea that sat on the table in front of him.
I stared blankly, at him from the corner of my eyes then turned around and walked out of the place.
I didn't turn back.
I never regretted on not turning back that time.
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The only regret I had was...
"Gin-chan... Are you okay with her leaving you?" asked Kagura, sucking on her sukonbu while sitting on the opposite couch to the one Gintoki was sitting on.
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"I hate the female species..." Gintoki mumbled as he put his head down so he was facing the floor.
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"Gin-san, Kagura-chan is right," said Shinpachi and ignored the 'I'm always right, Bakapachi' from Kagura. "From the argument you and the other lady were having, I'm guessing that you two used to... um..."
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"Shinpachi," Gintoki said, out loud.
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"Yes?"
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"What am I trying to do, exactly?"
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"How would I know?"
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Gintoki sighed and buried his face into his hands which sat on his knees. "I don't know what to do..."
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"Why don't you just go after her and drag her back here?" asked Shinpachi.
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"No... I can't do that..."
Gaining everyone's attention, Shinpachi stood up from the couch and hit Gintoki in the head.
"What was that for?" Gintoki cried, putting his left hand over his head.
"Gin-san! I don't know or have a clue what happened between you and that monstrous girl but acting like a baby and not doing anything would do no good for you! And this isn't the real you, Gin-san! You're always the one to bring people back to where they're supposed to be! And you don't think twice to do that! You don't care what giants or monsters you face to bring that person back! You don't care if you're going to be alone and face the country as your enemy! You, Gin-san, are the only person I know that would do anything for someone else! And I mean, anything! That's why we're both, Kagura-chan and I, are here with you! You're the one person out of the very small amount of people that we can trust fully! So Gin-san, bring her back! Promise us that you will and don't let someone very special to you, to slip out of your hands!"
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"Shinpachi..."
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"...yes?"
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"I think I needed that," said Gintoki with a smile on his face and grabbed his Bokuto and ran out of his apartment.
I walked down the Kabukichou District, looking around the streets and surprised at how much has changed since I had left this place.
"Oi. Who are you? Why are you carrying a Katana?"
I stopped dead on my tracks and turned around to see a young boy with light brown hair in a black suit.
Shinsengumi.
I fully faced him and decided to act like a dumbass.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.
"That katana on your hip," he pointed out in monotone, "regular citizens aren't allowed to carry katanas. Especially women."
"Oh! This thing on my hip?" I said, just 'realizing' what he was talking about, "my grandpa died a few days ago and he gave this to me and told me to carry it around."
Lies.
"You're lying," he replied, "who are you, really?"
I watched him as he put his right hand around is katana and readied to unsheathed it when suddenly someone yelled from behind, saying, "Sougo! What are you doing? You're supposed to be working!"
That Sougo dude turned around and said, "Aah, Hijikata-san, great timing. I was just asking this young lady who she was."
And the Hijikata dude stood right next to Sougo and they were both staring at me.
"You..you remind me of some one," Hijikata said.
...wait... Hijikata?
He's the vice commander of the Shinsengumi.
I kept myself from smiling evily.
The vice-commander of Shinsengumi is standing in front of me and I don't think he realizes who I am. Which means...
I'm surprised that he doesn't realize who I am.
So I decided to continue acting dumb.
"Umm... What do you want from me?" I asked, innocently.
"Just want to know who you are so we can know if its okay to kill you or not," replied Sougo.
"Sougo, stop-"
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"Found you."
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I turned my head around to see who stood behind me without me noticing his presence.
My eyes widened as I saw who it was.
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"You're...!" cried Hijikata and Sougo as they also saw who stood behind me.
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"Kamui!" I cried.
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Then, another voice was heard right behind the two Shinsengumi members.
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"Shine-komusume," the person called and I turned around to see...
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"Kintoki!" I cried.
and the chapter ends here.
I'm so sorry for not uploading the story for MONTHS. i'm truly sorry. but I'm praying that enjoyed the chapter.
the next one would be out sooner