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Chapter 25: Even if the bad guy is three feet taller than you, you can still kill them

Everyone, including nameless-guy, stared at me in shock. Vanya raised a brow, parting her lips. Teresa, well, she was beyond shocked.

Kagura exclaimed, "Blondy! How can you be so sure that he's the one?!"

Before I could answer, nameless-guy snickered, which caused us to stare at him in anger.

He replied in a really low tone, "So you figured it out, huh?" As the purple flames continued to spin around us, the man took another few steps towards us, and added, "You're correct. I am the mysterious person, and I am also the one who created those portals."

Teresa and Vanya gasped, but I was silent. Kagura harshly glared at the man as he pulled his dark hood down. There, we saw his face. He had short, really messy black hair, and small black eyes. There were also a couple of scars on his face, which didn't look too serious, yet they were visible enough for us to see clearly. As for his clothes, he wore all black. He also had black fingerless gloves.

Teresa yelled, "WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO THE CHIBI'S?!" She was probably trying to be brave, but she was definitely scared.

Nameless-guy snickered, "Why? Oh, you'll find out right now, young lady."

Teresa glared at him also, and clenched her teeth as a drop of sweat tolled down her cheek.

Vanya rested her hand on Teresa's shoulder, trying to calm her down, but I doubted that Teresa would calm down anytime soon.

Nameless-guy said as he raised a hand, "Well, first off, my real name is Mura Seguchi. I am obviously not from this town, but what you don't know is that I'm not from this world either."

My eyes widened, and I replied, "Are you from the past?"

"You could say that, but I'm actually from their world." A smirk appeared on his face as he got closer to us.

I frowned, and asked in confusion, "What the hell are you talking about?"

His smirk grew wider. "You can't see me clearly enough, but I'm not bulgy like you three girls." Just as my frown deepened, another purple flame went up, only it was beside his body. Then, we saw him entirely, and noticed that…he was also an anime character!

We all gasped in utter shock, and I stuttered, "Th-That can't be! I saw your face! How the fuck did I not notice that before?!"

He chuckled darkly, "I don't know, and frankly, I don't give a shit."

I knitted my brows, and clenched my fists as he continued, "Anyway, the reason why I created those portals in the first place, and turned those guys into chibi's…was because I wanted to kill them."

Vanya's eyes were as wide as saucers, and Kagura scowled at Mura as he said, "You see, if I were to go to Edo, and try to kill them in their normal forms, then it would've been difficult, because I've heard that a man named Gintoki Sakata is a samurai, and samurai's are well known for being strong."

Gintoki took a step forward, and growled, "So that's why you turned us into midgets!"

"Chibi's," I corrected, but the silver-haired chibi ignored me.

Mura rested his cheek in his palm, and replied, "Yes, that's right. That's the reason why I turned you all into small, puny chibi's. And you all look so adorable."

"Shut up!" Shinpachi snapped, which surprised me.

I raised my brows, and parted my lips as Shinpachi exclaimed, "You may have turned us into chibi's, but we will not let you kill us! How the hell did you actually transformed us like this?!"

Mura widened his eyes, probably surprised by how loud Shinpachi was, but he chuckled, "How did I actually transform you, you ask?" He put a hand in his shirt, and then pulled out something, which looked like a necklace. Mura explained, "I used this to transform you. It's called 'the chibi-transformation technique'. While I created the portals, I added this as an 'ingredient'."

The necklace suddenly brightened up, and it turned out that the necklace was oval-shaped, and the color of it was aqua.

Mura smirked evilly – which was scarier than Shinsuke's smirk – and added, "If you want to return back to normal, you're going to have to break this first. And if you want to kill me, then you're out of luck, because you're too small to defeat me."

"Oho, we'll see about that!" Gintoki snarled as he took out his wooden sword. He gave him a terrifying smile, and added in a dark tone, "We're going to kill you right now, Mura Seguchi!"

No soon after he growled those words, he dashed towards him. The purple flames were a few feet off the ground, so Gintoki ran under them, and before he could reach the man, Mura snapped his fingers, and another purple flame came up, only it was right in front of Gintoki.

Gintoki gasped in shock, and immediately stopped his feet from running anymore. Mura chuckled, "I didn't say 'go', yet, you silver-headed twerp."

Gintoki scowled, but didn't say anything.

Mura died the flame down, and said, "Now, on the count of three, we start fighting. One…"

I thought, This bastard's gonna get it. We're going to kick his ass!

"…two…" He added as the flames around us died down as well.

Mura finished by exclaiming, "…three!"

Kagura immediately jumped out of my arms, and she, Shinpachi, and Gintoki all dashed towards Mura.

The rest of the chibi's dashed towards him as well, but I heard the back gym door opening. I quickly turned my head around, having a bad feeling that one of the teachers caught us. But it turned out that I was wrong.

Kamui and Abuto stepped into the scene.

Kamui asked, "My, my, has the fight started already?"

Gintoki and Shinpachi were trying to attack Mura, but Kagura stopped, and stared at her older brother wide-eyed.

Kagura yelled as she was charging towards her brother, "KAMUI! I'M GONNA TRY TO KICK YOUR ASS FIRST, UH-HUH!"

She tried kicking him in the head, but not surprisingly, Kamui dodged her kick. Kagura clenched her teeth in anger, and tried the same attack again and again. Apparently, she was ignoring Gintoki and Shinpachi.

Speaking of which, Vanya, Teresa, and I need to help them as well!

I told the two, "Teresa, Vanya! Let's help them, and kill Mura!"

Teresa whimpered, "B-But I'm scared!"

I gave her a sympathetic smile, and rested a hand on her shoulder. Her mouth parted, and her blackish-brown eyes locked into my icy-blue ones as I replied quietly, "It's okay, Teresa. Just stay behind us."

She gave me a weak smile, but whispered, "Th-Thanks."

It sounded like she didn't want to fight, because she was this scared. I didn't blame her, though. I didn't want to fight either, but I was going to, anyway.

Teresa walked behind Vanya and I, and Vanya looked at me as she asked, "Are you ready, Natalie?"

I nodded, "I'm ready."

"Then let's go!"

With that, we both ran after the chibi's as Gintoki swung his wooden sword on Mura's leg.

Although Mura had a surprised look on his face, he smirked, and kicked Gintoki in the stomach. Gintoki let out an irritated grunt as his back hit the bleachers.

His butt landed on the floor, but Gintoki shut his eyes tightly, and murmured, "Damn…that hurt, you know!"

Mura chuckled for the umpteenth time as Shinpachi grabbed part of his pants leg. If Shinpachi had a sword, he would – without a doubt – cut part of Mura's leg. Unfortunately for Shinpachi, he didn't bring one, so he was in trouble.

I was about to help Shinpachi, but Mura also kicked Shinpachi in the stomach. Shinpachi grunted in pain, and flew backwards until he bumped into Gintoki. No, wait, correction, he slammed into Gintoki.

Gintoki yelled, also in pain, "GAUGH! SHINPACHI, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT FOR?!"

"MURA KICKED ME IN THE STOMACH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!" Shinpachi yelled back at the samurai.

Gintoki pushed Shinpachi off, and told him, "Get off of me!" Shinpachi was off, but he landed on the floor again. Gintoki, however, stood up, and added as he pointed his wooden sword at the bastard, "We're going to kill this guy, if it's the last thing we'll do!"

Shinpachi finally stood up, but rubbed his hip. I could hear him mumble an "ow", and all I did was stare at him.

But I ran to Shinpachi, and when I was close enough, I crouched down, and asked, "Are you okay, Shinpachi?"

He was still rubbing his hip, but he answered with a brief nod, "I'm fine. Thanks for worrying, though, Natalie."

I smiled, but said, "Come on, we can't give up, yet. If we want you to at least return to your normal forms, then we must destroy that necklace."

"How can we do that, though?" Shinpachi questioned with a worried expression. "Mura's blocking every attack from everyone."

"Not to worry. Vanya and I can try to take that necklace away from him. Anyway, you need to get into the fight."

Shinpachi smiled back, and replied as he let go of his hip, "You're right."

Shinpachi ran back to the group, but Gintoki glared at me, "Oi! You're supposed to be rooting for me, also!"

I rolled my eyes, but said in a dull tone, "Kill him, Gintoki."

"You call that cheering?! Bah, whatever!" He ran away from me, and when he was close to Mura, he jumped up, and swung his bokken down, but Mura grabbed it with one hand.

Gintoki gasped, and Mura snickered, "You think your wooden sword will kill me?" Without warning, he pushed the wooden sword down forcefully, and since Gintoki was still holding onto it, Gintoki was sent back to the floor, but his back was hit hard on the gym floor.

His eyes snapped wide, and he coughed out a bit of blood.

Kagura gasped quietly, and turned around, seeing Gintoki hurt. But because she was off-guard, she was kicked in the cheek by Kamui.

"GAH!" Kagura yelped, but grunted at the same time.

Kagura fell to the floor, and I wanted her to join in the fight with Mura, but apparently, she was too busy, because she continued to fight with Kamui.

As for Abuto…he's not doing anything, really. He's just watching.

Anyway, I decided to try to punch Mura in the face, even though I've never fought with anyone before. I ran to his side, and clenched my fist before swinging it to his cheek.

Unfortunately, he seemed to notice my attack, because he grabbed my clenched fist. Before I could do anything, he turned my fist, making my arm twist. And the more he did it, the more painful it was for my arm.

I whimpered as I shut my eyes tightly. I thought as my teeth slightly clenched, No…I can't stop now! I need to kick his fucking ass!

He pushed my fist very forcefully, which caused me to be pushed back, and fall to the floor. I landed on my butt, but because Mura's push was so rough, I landed on my back as well. And I was lucky that I was wearing spandex – that Vanya gave me for the night – because otherwise I would've been embarrassed with my underwear exposed.

Mura snickered, "Tch, it's a shame you're wearing spandex."

I rolled my eyes as I replied, "Shut up, you pervert."

He ignored me, and grabbed the back of Nobume's jacket. She still had that blank look on her face, but I didn't know what would happen next.

Mura questioned in front of Nobume's face, "Shouldn't you be scared, emo lady?"

Nobume replied as a sudden dark aura rose above her head, "My name is not emo lady…it's Nobume Imai."

Without warning the man, Nobume swung her sword onto his face, and there was now a diagonal cut on him. She missed his eyes, but the sight of the cut made me laugh. And that's what I did.

A snicker escaped my lips, and although I covered my mouth with my hand, Mura glared at me, and shouted, "DON'T LAUGH! I ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH SCARS ON MY FACE!"

"You deserved it," Nobume bluntly said. Though I'm not a huge fan of her, I'd have to agree with her on that.

Vanya laughed, but was also attempting to kick Mura in the crotch. But she failed at doing so, because Mura punched her in the face. And just by looking at it, Vanya must've been in real pain.

She barely made a sound, but she lied on the floor, shaking as her eyes went wide.

Vanya randomly said, "The light…it's coming closer! Am I dead?!"

I frowned, and ran to her, helping her up. I told my friend, "No, Vanya, you're not dead! If you were dead, then you wouldn't be talking…or breathing, or shaking!"

She sat up, and replied, "You're right, but I could've sworn I saw a light at the end of the tunnel."

I rolled my blue eyes, "There is no tunnel. Get up!"

"Okay, okay, I'm getting up. Jeez, why're you so pushy all of a sudden?"

"Because we still need to kill Mura Seguchi, that's why!"

She frowned at my attitude, but I turned my head around, and asked Abuto and Kotaro, "And why're you two not doing anything?! You should at least help the others kill Mura!"

Abuto ran his fingers through his sandy hair as he answered, "I don't help out others."

I knitted my brows in slight anger as Kotaro also answered, "I don't have any weapons to fight. And my smoke bombs won't help."

"Shinpachi doesn't have weapons either, and yet he's fighting him!"

Kotaro shook his head, which caused my blood to boil in complete rage. I was about to stand up, walk towards him, and shake him violently, but Teresa interrupted my thoughts by saying my name, "N-N-Natalie…"

"Huh?" I questioned, suddenly calming down.

"I-I want…to try to fight."

"What?" I questioned again, but in disbelief.

Teresa gulped, but managed to also say, "I-I want to help you. Standing here, and watching you makes me frightened. I'm scared…that you and Vanya are going to get injured." She really was trying her best to look brave, but tears were starting to form in her eyes.

Her cheeks turned red, and she told me as she clenched her fists, "I'm not going to stand here and watch!"

My lips parted a little, and although she gave me a somewhat demanding look, I closed my eyes, and smiled as I tilted my head. Teresa was probably staring at me in confusion (As to why I was smiling), but I replied quietly, "Alright, Teresa. You can help out. Just don't get yourself hurt."

I opened up my eyes, and saw Teresa smiling back, only her smile was smaller than mine. She said with a nod, "I'll try not to." She wiped her eyes by using her fist as she took a few steps forward.

I turned around, and said, "Whenever you're ready."

Teresa nodded once again, and I dashed back to Mura.

Vanya managed to grab his black hair, and as she was gripping it, Mura harshly glared at her.

Bansai pulled out his shamisen, and before I could question why he brought that instrument out, there were strings coming out.

My eyes snapped wide, and I thought with realization, That's right! His shamisen has strings that can "grab" onto someone! And his strings are made of steel!

A smile crept on my face, but my smile faded away from Mura grabbed Bansai by the jacket.

Bansai was still holding onto his instrument, and the more Mura pulled, the tighter the steel strings were on his left calf. Yes, the strings were only wrapped around Mura's calf, but that was because Bansai's shamisen was small as well as his body. If he was back to his normal form, then the strings would've been on Mura's arms and legs altogether.

Mura clenched his teeth in pain as blood was starting to come out of his calf. Bansai smirked, "Think before you do something like that."

Mura widened in eyes with irritation, and let go of his jacket. Bansai hit the floor unharmed. Mura clenched his fist, and punched Vanya in the stomach. Vanya coughed, but didn't let go of his hair.

As I also grabbed Mura by the hair, I saw Tatsuma holding his gun.

He held it in a proper position, and smirked as his sunglasses lowered down, "The show's just getting started."

Wait, haven't I heard him say that in an episode of Gintama before? Let me think…

…he said that in a filler episode! Wow, I'm amazed he said those words again.

Tatsuma's smirk grew wider, and he shot a bullet. The bullet hit Mura, but it was on his right calf. Now both his calves were in pain.

"GRGH!" Mura grunted, shutting his eyes tightly. His body shook, and he barely crouched down to cover his calves.

Blood seeped out of his right calf, and Mura growled, "You…are all going to pay for that!"

He pushed Shinpachi, Gintoki, the Shinsengumi, Kyubei, Otae, the Kiheitai, the Kaientai, and Vanya with full force. I still gripped his hair, but when he noticed that, he grabbed part of my blonde bangs. He wasn't gripping it, though, because I didn't have much hair.

Mura snarled, "Let go of me, you blonde-bitch!"

"You're calling me a blonde-bitch?" I snarled back. "I'll show you who's the bitch!" Without alarming him, I swung my fist, and punched him in the forehead.

He didn't make any noises, though a growl could be heard.

Kyubei and Otae ran back to the scarred man, Kyubei swung her sword, cutting part of his shirt.

Mura saw this, and grabbed Kyubei's ponytail. Otae jumped, and ripped the cut-part of the shirt. Mura laughed, "Ripping my shirt isn't going to do shit!"

I gazed in another direction, and saw Teresa clenching her teeth in rage. The Shinsengumi were about to try to attack Mura again, but Teresa suddenly dashed towards us (I say "us", because I'm still grabbing his hair), and when she was close enough, she grabbed the necklace, and snatched it off of Mura's neck.

Mura gasped in shock, and he yelled, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU BRAT?!"

"I'm not a brat…" Teresa mumbled, but then exclaimed, "…I'm Teresa Humbleton!"

She turned to Gintoki, and ordered, "Gintoki! Break this damn thing!"

Gintoki looked surprised by how Teresa's attitude was, but he grinned, and exclaimed, "With pleasure!"

Mura growled yet again, "Don't you fucking dare!"

Neither of them were listening to him. Teresa dropped the oval-shaped necklace, and Gintoki gripped on his wooden sword before swinging it. He broke the necklace. The necklace was shattered into a million pieces, and before I knew it, sparkles were around the chibi's bodies.

I let go of Mura's hair, and ran back to Teresa. I whispered, "Good job."

Teresa's cheeks turned red, and she replied as she scratched the back of her neck, "It was necessary for me to do that."

Her comment didn't make much sense, but I smiled anyway, and patted her back. Teresa widened her eyes, and asked, "Are the chibi's turning back to their normal forms?"

I nodded, "Yes, though they aren't chibi's anymore."

As the Gintama characters were returning to their original forms, Teresa replied with raised brows, "You're right."

The sparkles became brighter, and as Mura's jaw dropped, Gintoki chuckled, "Do you think you can kill us now, Mura Seguchi?"

Sweat formed on Mura's face, and when the characters finished transforming back into their normal forms, the sparkle disappeared.

Vanya also had her jaw dropped, but she asked loudly, "Are these your true forms?! Jesus, you're not adorable-cute anymore! You're hot-cute!"

Kagura exclaimed, "Are we really back into our normal forms?! Wow, I'm so happy, uh-huh!"

She ran beside me, leaving Kamui. Since they all returned to normal, Kagura was almost as tall as me. Kagura jumped up and down as she added, "Now can we kill Mura-asshole?!"

I smirked, "What about your fight with Kamui?"

"Pah, he's less of an asshole than Mura, uh-huh!"

I chuckled, "Anyway…ready to kill Mura?"

"Hell yeah!" She gripped onto the handle of her parasol, and positioned it in front of Mura.

Gintoki asked the others, "For those who use guns…will you shoot this bastard?"

Mura looked like he wanted to strangle him, but he barely moved. Bansai managed to get his shamisen strings off of his calf, and he smirked as he walked away from the messy-haired man.

Tatsuma, Matako, Kagura, and Kamui smirked at him, while Isaburo and Abuto held blank expressions. Since they had guns/parasols, they were the ones who were going to shoot Mura.

Matako answered, "I may hate you, but I'm definitely going to shoot this bastard in the heart."

Everyone was ready to shoot, and I whispered to Teresa, "You may want to cover your ears, Teresa."

She stared at me, but nodded, and plugged her ears. Vanya ran to us, and whispered as she grabbed my arm, "What if the people at the dance hear this?!"

My eyes widened, and I realized that Vanya was right. We may be a little far away from the dance, but a gunshot can easily be heard by others from over 50 feet. I was scared that a teacher was going to come in here, and ask if any of us had any guns. And if we tell them that we don't, they may get confused, and ask why they heard gunshots.

The thought was scary, but there was nothing we could do about it. The character that had guns looked like they were about to shoot him any second, though Gintoki yelled, "SHOOT HIM!"

Without wasting any time, they shot multiple bullets at Mura, and Mura took a few steps back as blood came out from all over his body, including his mouth and nose.

They stopped shooting a few seconds later, and Mura vanished into some kind of dust. I actually expected the floor to be covered in blood, but shockingly, there wasn't any blood on the floor. I was glad, actually, because then we wouldn't have to take care of the body.

Shinpachi smiled, and said, "We did it. We killed Mura Seguchi."

Just when nearly everybody nodded, the sparkles came back.

Teresa blinked, and asked, "Are you all…going home now?"

Shinpachi turned around, and answered with a smile, "Yes, Teresa. We're going home now."

The first few people to disappear were the Shinsengumi, but I could've sworn I heard Sougo say to Toshiro, "I should've killed you first, Hijikata-San."

The next people to disappear were Otae, Kyubei, Kamui, and Abuto.

Nobume asked Isaburo, "Sasaki-San, although I didn't kill him, may I have a doughnut when we return, anyway?"

Isaburo nodded, "Yes."

They also disappeared.

The Kiheitai, Kotaro, Elizabeth, and the Kaientai also disappeared, but Teresa said to Tatsuma, "Bye, Tatsuma!" Tatsuma waved as they disappeared completely.

The only people that were left were the Yorozuya.

As more sparkles covered their bodies, Shinpachi said, "Thank you for taking care of us, Natalie."

I smiled, "Anytime, Shinpachi. We may never see each other again, but I'll always remember you. I watch Gintama, after all."

A chuckle escaped my lips, and Shinpachi replied as he narrowed his eyes, "We'll never see each other again…that's what Madison said when she went home."

At first, I was confused on what he was saying, but I remembered that we saw a girl named Madison Willis.

My smile grew bigger, and Kagura cheered, "Bye, blondy!"

Gintoki also said, "Good-bye, blondy." He rested an arm in his kimono as he picked his nostril.

Seconds later, they vanished into thin air. I narrowed my eyes, and thought, Have a safe trip home, everyone.

As soon as the sparkles were gone, it became silent.

The three of us didn't say a word until Vanya spoke up, "So…should I tell my host mom about this?"

"Hell no," I responded with a chuckle.

Teresa grinned, "I'm glad I helped out."

"Yeah…"

But just then, we heard somebody opening the gym door.

We all widened our eyes, and turned around, only to see Miss Senkaz.

She yelled in anger, "WHAT'RE YOU THREE DOING IN HERE?!"

Teresa awkwardly chuckled as Vanya fidgeted her fingers. I, however, answered, "W-We were having a conversation at the dance, b-but we couldn't hear each other properly, so we went here."

Miss Senkaz rolled her eyes as she told us, "You could've talked in the bathroom."

"Eh…" I trailed off, feeling my cheeks burn in embarrassment. I looked at Teresa and Vanya, and saw that they were flushing in embarrassment as well.

Miss Senkaz added, "And why did I hear gunshots? I was in the bathroom when I heard them."

I yelped, but Vanya quickly responded, "W-W-We were playing a v-video on Natalie's phone!"

She rolled her eyes again, and said, "I guess it was just my imagination, since you three obviously don't carry guns. Or maybe…Xephur, you don't have a gun in your purse, do you?"

Miss Senkaz glared at the redhead, but Vanya shouted, "HELL NO!"

"Are you sure?"

"WHY WOULD I WANT TO LIE TO YOU ABOUT THAT?!"

Miss Senkaz sighed, "I must've been hearing things, then. But you three need to get back to the dance, or I'll kick you out. Understand?"

"Y-Yes!" We all yelped, and ran out of the back gym.

The teacher added, "Why didn't anybody lock this earlier?"

As soon as we all left the back gym, Miss Senkaz locked it with one of her school keys, and followed us, only she was walking.

Teresa slightly smiled, and said quietly, "At least we don't have to explain why we were in there."

I murmured, "True."

-3rd POV-

At Yorozuya, in Edo

Sadaharu took his usual nap, but he was sleeping on one of the couches.

A strange wind was heard, and Sadaharu immediately woke up from the sound. He gave out a soft "arf" as he turned around, only to see the Yorozuya appear on the floor. Some of the sparkles were still on their bodies, but it soon vanished.

All three Yorozuya members grunted, and Gintoki told them, "Get off of me, you brats."

Shinpachi and Kagura glared at him, but he ignored them, and stood up, wiping his hands on his kimono.

Kagura gazed at Sadaharu, and smiled, "Sadaharu! We're back, uh-huh!" She ran over to the inugami, and wrapped her arms around Sadaharu's neck. Sadaharu barked, probably happy to see the trio again.

Shinpachi looked at the front door, and made a cracked smile as he said, "Uh, Gin-San, I think Sadaharu broke the door while we were gone."

The samurai also looked at the door, but raised a silver brow as he replied, "Oh, that's right. While we were gone, he must've busted the door, just to get food. That dumb dog, he should've waited for us until we got back."

Kagura said, "But Sadaharu would've starved to death, uh-huh! Did you want that to happen to him?!"

"Speaking of starving, I'm hungry," Gintoki said, ignoring the Yato.

Kagura screamed, "HEY! AT LEAST GET SADAHARU SOME FOOD FIRST!"

Gintoki still ignored her, and left the house.

Shinpachi and Kagura had anger marks on their cheeks, and they looked at each other as Kagura asked, "Should we beat him up?"

Shinpachi agreed, "Yes, let's do that."

With that, they all ran out of the house – with Sadaharu following them – and chased after Gintoki.

-Natalie's POV-

Two and a half hours later…

For the rest of the dance, Vanya, Teresa, and I danced (Obviously. Why else would it be called a "dance"?), played some more "Just Dance", had some soda, and also had random conversations.

Aside from killing Mura, the dance was pretty fun. No, scratch that, it was really fun. I was surprised at myself, because I was glad I came. Not because of defeating Mura, but because dances are fun, and if I stayed home, then I would've missed the fun.

The dance had ended, and it was time for everyone to go home, including the teachers. We were lucky that Miss Senkaz didn't give us detention, because if we were in the back gym during school hours, then we would've gotten detention.

Vanya and Teresa were sweating, but I didn't sweat much. I was hot, though.

Vanya set her purse strap on her shoulder, and said, "I'll see you two in school on Monday."

As she turned around, heading for home, Teresa and I waved at her, and replied, "Bye, Vanya!"

I pulled out my phone, and called my mom to let her know that the dance was over.

The phone rang twice before mom actually answered it. She asked through the phone, "Natalie? Is the dance over?"

I smirked, "Yes, mom. The dance is over."

"Alright, I'll be there in about five minutes."

"I'll see you then." I turned off my phone, and put it back in my pocket as a car drove up. When Teresa walked towards the car, I found out that it was Josiah.

Teresa said to me, "See ya, Natalie."

"Bye," I muttered as she got in the car.

I heard Josiah ask his sister, "Did you have fun, Teresa?" Teresa nodded, and Josiah added, "Did the chibi's return to their world?"

Again, Teresa nodded, but she responded, "Yes, but they also returned to their normal forms."

Josiah chuckled, and they both left the school building.

Everybody else left by either walking home, or getting picked up by their relatives. I wasn't exactly sure if five minutes had already passed, but I wanted my mom to pick me up as quickly as possible. If I was the only person at the school, then I would've felt a bit creeped out, because it was really dark out.

Luckily, though, my mom drove up, and as soon as she halted her car, I ran, and opened up the car door.

Mom asked, "Did you have fun at the dance?"

I grinned, "I sure did. I'm actually glad I came."

She widened her eyes in surprise, but smiled, "Well, I'm happy you had fun, Natalie."

I nodded in agreement, and when I put my seatbelt on, and closed the car door, mom drove away from the school.

A sigh escaped my lips, and I thought, Now I won't have to worry about the chibi's – I mean, Gintama characters, anymore.

I leaned my head on the window, and stared at the trees from outside.

I'm happy that the characters are returning home. It may have been a bit irritating to take care of the Yorozuya, Kotaro, and Elizabeth, but…it was worth it.

The Gintama characters are now back home. Now there won't be anymore problems for Teresa, Vanya, and Natalie. LOL

Anyway, the next chapter will be the last, and I'll finish this as soon as possible.

Hope you enjoyed chapter 25! :)