This is the final chapter of "Chibi's Are Too Cute". And this is shorter than the rest of the chapters throughout this story, but I figured that it wasn't very necessary to make a really long chapter, since this is the last one. At least, for this story. Well, enjoy!

Iloveallanime16: I'll miss writing this story, but it was fun! :) And thanks.

Chapter 26: A final chapter means it's the last, obviously

A month later…

A month had passed since the Gintama characters returned home, to their world. I knew I was never going to see them again in the real world, but I'll still be a Gintama fan. I'll still watch the anime, and even re-watch the movie more than once, since I did buy it.

Ever since they returned to the Gintama world, it has been rather quiet at home (When I'm alone, that is). Sometimes I'll say their names, but then realize that they're not here anymore. I've gotten over that a few weeks ago, but it still feels weird that they've been into the real world in chibi-form.

Now that they've vanished from this world, I no longer have to be paranoid about my parents finding out about them. And before you ask, no, I have no plans on telling either of my parents about what happened while the chibi's were in the real world. Besides, would they even believe me if I told them? No, they'd just laugh at me, as if I was mentally retarded.

After the night of the dance, I decided to keep my dress, because I didn't have the heart to return it to the clothing store. It was too beautiful for me to resist, and when I took the dress off, I couldn't help but stare at it. Sure, I may be crazy for that, but if you wore a very beautiful dress – that was, let's say, your all-time favorite – then you wouldn't even want to return it. You'd keep it forever. And that's what I'm going to do. Keep my dress forever.

I'll only wear this dress occasionally, but when I do wear it, I'll wear a pair of spandex. Though, since Vanya's going to be heading back to her home country, Croatia, near the end of June, I won't be able to borrow her spandex anymore. Luckily, though, I still have plenty of money, so I'll get my own spandex when I get to wear my dress again.

It was the weekend, and although I felt very tired, I opened my eyes, and saw that it was almost noon.

I snapped my eyes wide, and jumped out of my bed as I exclaimed, "Why did I almost sleep in at noon?!" I've never liked sleeping in late, past noon, because otherwise it felt like I missed the morning.

I sighed, and pulled out a black tang-top, and a pair of shorts. Since the Yorozuya, Kotaro, and Elizabeth weren't here anymore, I didn't have to tell anyone to turn around, and not look while I was changing.

Things were back to normal, mind you, but I would still think about the times we had when they were chibi's. Times such as when Vanya, Teresa, and I went to the beach house, along with the Gintama characters; I found Kamui in my fridge, and other stuff.

I finished changing into my clothes, and another sigh escaped my lips as I left my bedroom. I left my door open, and walked to the bathroom. As soon as I was standing in front of the mirror, I checked my earrings, and thought, They're fine.

Sometimes when I wake up, one of my earrings will feel loose. I don't try to tighten the earring in my ear – because that wouldn't be good for the ear – but I always make sure that it doesn't fall out. And I've had these earrings since freshman year, because these were the only ones I liked.

After checking myself in the mirror, I went downstairs, and then entered the kitchen. I opened up the refrigerator, and took out a small container of apple juice. A yawn escaped my lips as I took a few sips of the apple juice.

Is it weird that I expected some creature to be in the fridge?

I didn't know why I was thinking of that, but I put the container back into the fridge, and suddenly heard a ringing.

At first, I wasn't sure what kind of ringing that was, but it took me a few seconds to realize that it was actually from my phone.

My eyes widened once again, and I dashed up the stairs, and went back to my room.

I quickly grabbed my cellphone, and opened it, pressing "send". I then placed the phone on my ear, and heard someone say, "Finally! It took you long enough to answer!"

It was definitely Vanya.

I rolled my eyes, and replied as I sat down on my bed, "I was in the kitchen, and my phone was in my room, so of course I took a bit long to answer."

Vanya snickered, "Anyway, Teresa called me, and said that Josiah's bastard friend, or as I've been told, is coming to town today, and she wants us to be with her. I said 'yes', but…has she called you yet?" Teresa gave Vanya her number about a week ago.

I replied, "No, she hasn't."

"Oh, well, then will you be with her as well, when Josiah's 'friend' comes over to town?"

I sighed, "I suppose, since Josiah's 'friend' is apparently a huge idiot."

"Good. Meet me at Teresa's apartment."

"Gotcha."

With that, I hung up. I closed my phone, and sighed for the umpteenth time as I thought, Josiah's so-called 'friend' is coming to town…I have a feeling that Josiah is going to be in rage all day. I guess it is a good idea to comfort Teresa, in case Josiah yells.

Shrugging my shoulders, I stood up, and put my phone in my shorts pocket as I took out a pair of socks. I grabbed my shoes, and put on my socks. After that, I quickly put on my shoes, and then left my bedroom once again.

But I noticed that I didn't get my key, so I went back in, and grabbed my key. Now I left my bedroom, and went downstairs.

Soon, I left my house, and locked the door. I didn't need to leave a note, because my parents were at work, of course.

Ten minutes later…

I arrived at Teresa's apartment, and saw Vanya standing beside the door. She leaned against the wall, and had her arms crossed.

I called out her name, "Vanya!"

She blinked, and noticed me. Vanya moved away from the wall, and smiled as she uncrossed her arms, "Yo, Natalie!"

"Does Teresa know you're here already?" I asked with a raised brow.

Vanya nodded, "She wanted me to wait out here. She never told me why, though."

"Should I let Teresa know that I'm here as well?"

"You could, but she'd probably tell you to wait here with me."

I stared at the door, but decided to stand beside Vanya.

A few moments have passed, and a car was approaching. Vanya raised a brow, and whispered, "Do you think it's Josiah's so-called 'friend'?"

I looked at the car, and saw a guy smiling like a goofball. I sighed with realization, "I think it is."

The car stopped in a parking spot, and as soon as the man stopped the motor in the car, he got out, and exclaimed, "I'm here, bitches!"

I frowned, but Vanya asked as he pointed at him, "Are you Josiah's friend?"

"I sure am! My name is Zachary Mitchells!" He smirked. Zachary had short, dark-blonde hair, and greenish-blue eyes. He had a bit of facial hair, but it looked like he did a poor job of shaving.

I looked at the window out of the corner of my eye, and I could've sworn that I saw Josiah glaring at Zachary through the blinds.

Zachary walked to the door, and knocked on it a few times. Seconds later, the door was opened, and there was Josiah, still glaring at him.

He mumbled, "Hello, Zack."

Zachary smirked, "Yo, Josiah Humbleton!"

"You don't have to use my full name, you know."

"But I want to, because your last name's cool!"

Josiah rolled his eyes as Teresa walked beside her older brother.

She crossed her arms, and scowled at Zachary as he noticed Teresa. His smirk grew wide, "Teresa~! How have you been?" He ruffled Teresa's short hair, but without warning, Teresa snatched away, and bit his fingers. And based on the expression on Zachary's face, Teresa probably bit his fingers a little too hard.

"GAAH! JOSIAH, YOUR CRAZY SISTER'S BITING MY FINGER'S OFF! GET HER OFF ME BEFORE MY FINGERS GET AMPUTATED!"

Vanya and I rolled our eyes as Josiah pulled Teresa away from him. Josiah told his younger sister, "Teresa…you can do that when he leaves."

Teresa growled, and harshly glared, at Zachary. Zachary held his own fingers as water formed in his eyes.

Josiah gave Zachary a (Fake) smile, and asked, "Would you like to come in, bast- I mean, Zack?"

Zachary gave him a huge smile, and let go of his fingers as he yelled, "HELL YEAH!" He dashed into the apartment, which caused both Josiah and Teresa to widen their eyes in surprise. Josiah huffed, "Bastard."

He turned around, and Teresa said to us, "You can come in now. And I didn't realize that Natalie was here, also. Then again, I wanted you to come, so…yeah."

I chuckled softly, "You want us to comfort you, in case Josiah starts throwing a tantrum?"

She nodded slowly, "Yeah. I was going to call you, Natalie, but I somehow forgot." A cracked smile crept up her face, and she scratched her cheek with her fingernail.

I replied, "That's okay. Vanya called me, and told me about this, so I decided to come. After all, you're sensitive to loud noises, right?"

"Yeah." That was all she said.

I decided to ask her a question, so I whispered, making sure Zachary didn't hear me, "How's life been going, after Tatsuma, Mutsu, and the Kiheitai went back to their world, along with the other Gintama characters?"

She arched a brow up, and said, "Didn't you ask me this question a few days after the dance?"

"Yeah, but I thought I needed to ask again."

Teresa rolled her eyes, but answered anyway, "It's been fine. I actually decided to watch the Gintama anime, and so far, it's pretty funny, but not so funny that it makes me laugh hard."

"How many episodes have you seen so far?"

"19."

"I see. Don't worry, you'll probably laugh hard soon."

She frowned, probably confused on what I was saying, but I entered her apartment.

I thought, So she's seen the episode where Shinsuke appears. I wonder how she'll react when she watches the episode where Tatsuma first appears.

Vanya closed the door behind her, and we all sat on the couch, listening to Josiah and Zachary's conversation. Well, it wasn't much of a conversation, because Josiah was practically yelling at him so far.

He yelled, "CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN WHY YOU GAVE ME THIS INAPPROPRIATE TOY?!"

I frowned in confusion, and asked Teresa, "What does he mean 'inappropriate toy'?"

Teresa sighed as she crossed her legs, "Asshole Zack sent a package over a month ago. And the package was…I don't really want to say it. It gives me shivers."

Vanya rested a hand on her shoulder, and said, "I know what you're saying."

Teresa slightly smiled.

Zachary replied to the man, "I told you, Josie! I wanted you to try it on your ex-girlfriend!"

He was laughing, but I could hear Josiah punching him. Josiah shouted, "YOU'RE SICK, YOU KNOW THAT?! AND DON'T CALL ME 'JOSIE'! I'M NOT A GIRL!"

"But you let me call you 'Josie' when you cross-dressed as a girl in middle school! Hell, you even looked adorable in that dress! Do you still have it, by the way?"

"FUCK NO! WHY WOULD I STILL HAVE IT?! AND I WORE THAT DRESS, BECAUSE YOU DARED ME TO! DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER HOW HUMILIATED I WAS BACK THEN?!"

"Sure I do! And you could've kept it, so that your sister would wear it!"

"IF SHE WORE THAT GOD-AWFUL DRESS, IT WOULD'VE REMINDED ME OF ME WEARING THAT! BESIDES, TERESA ISN'T A HUGE FAN OF DRESSES!"

"Aw, that's too bad. I know, I'll go have a talk with her about dresses!"

"DON'T YOU DARE!"

Not surprisingly, Zachary ignored him, because he ran into the living room. Teresa scowled at him, and when he was in front of her, he asked, "Teresa, what kind of dresses do you like?"

"Why does it matter?" Teresa growled with clenched teeth.

Zachary pouted, "Because you look cute in a dress! Come on, let's go dress shopping!"

It felt weird when he said that, because he's a guy.

Zachary grabbed her wrist, and commanded, "Let's go~!"

Vanya bit her lower lip, and grabbed Zachary's hair. Zachary yelped as Vanya snarled, "Don't grab her wrist like that. And if Teresa doesn't want to say what kind of dress she likes, then she won't say it!"

I smirked at her action as Zachary let go of Teresa's wrist. Teresa rubbed her wrist as she said to the man, "Yeah, I won't answer your stupid question, you bastard."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" Zachary shouted in (Possible) false anger. He ran into the kitchen, and it sounded like he was taking something out of one of the drawers.

Josiah ran into the living room, and asked, "What's that asshole doing?!"

"He's going to 'punish' me," Teresa said sarcastically.

Zachary came back, holding a rubber spatula. He smirked evilly, "I'm gonna smack your ass with this!"

"No you won't," Teresa told him. "Because my ass is on the couch."

Zachary quickly walked towards her as he replied in a dark tone (Which wasn't scary, by the way), "Oh? I'm gonna move your ass right now!"

Before he could get close to her, Josiah ran after him, and grabbed his shoulders, pushing him to the floor. Zachary hit the floor with a loud thud, and shouted, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, JOSIAH?!"

"You're not going to spank my sister with a spatula!" Josiah growled.

The door was knocked, and Teresa stood up, saying, "I'll get it."

She ran to the door, and as soon as she was in front of it, she grabbed the handle, turned it, and opened the door. There, we saw a middle-aged woman, who looked pissed for some reason. Wait…

"Is there fighting going on here?" The middle-aged woman asked.

Teresa made a cracked smile, and answered, "Sort of. Josiah's, quote on quote, 'friend' came over, and he was about to do something bad to me, so Josiah attacked him."

The woman frowned, "Is it Zack Mitchells?"

Teresa nodded, "Sadly, yes."

"Why's he here?"

"Because he's a douchebag, and decided to come here…just to visit."

Zachary glared at Teresa's back, and yelled, "HEY! DON'T CALL ME A DOUCHEBAG! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE SPANKED BY THIS SPATULA?!"

Josiah snatched the spatula away from his hand, and slapped him across the face by using the item.

The middle-aged woman sighed, "Well, Josiah and Zack are being too loud. If you two are going to fight, then please fight outside."

Josiah got off of Zachary, and stood up, wiped his hands on his tang-top. He said, "No, we're done."

The woman rolled her eyes, and replied, "I'll be going. Bye." Teresa barely waved at her, and she closed the door.

Teresa looked at Zachary, and scowled, "Now look what you've done. You've pissed that lady off."

"Josiah's the one who knocked me to the ground!" Zachary exclaimed, but Josiah hit the spatula on his head. Zachary yelped, and asked as he rubbed the back of his head, "What the hell did you do that for?!"

Josiah angrily muttered as he crossed his arms, "You deserved it, that's what."

"Huh?!"

Once again, Josiah smacked his head with the spatula. This time, he replied, "That's for trying to force my sister to go dress shopping."

"She needed a dress!" Zachary retorted.

Teresa rolled her eyes, and said, "You really are weird, Zachary."

Vanya asked Teresa and I, "Do you two want to take a walk together?"

"That's a good idea," I answered. Teresa agreed as well, and we all walked out of the door.

But Zachary also walked out of the apartment, and exclaimed, "Hey! At least wait for me!"

"What are you, retarded?" Vanya rhetorically asked the blonde-haired man.

"OI!" Zachary screamed.

"And by retarded, I mean both physically and mentally." Vanya gave him a quirky smirk as she squinted her eyes.

Zachary made the biggest frown ever, and was about to say something, but Josiah walked past him, and said, "Have a good walk, you three."

Teresa grinned, "Thanks. Oh, and Josiah, can you 'take care' of Zack while we're gone?"

Josiah grinned back, "I sure can."

Zachary stared at him as if he was insane. A drop of sweat rolled down his cheek as Josiah grabbed his wrist, and pulled him back into the apartment.

He closed the door, and I said, "Anyway, where should we walk to?"

Vanya shrugged, "How about the park?"

"Good enough."

With that, we all walked to the park.

-3rd POV-

As soon as the door was closed, Zachary stared off into space, and thought, What the hell?! What's Josiah going to do?!

As if on cue, Josiah flicked the side of Zachary's head with his finger, and told him, "Hey, Zack…punch me in the face."

"What?" Zachary questioned.

"Punch me in the face," Josiah repeated.

Zachary raised a brow, wondering why he commanded him like that all of a sudden. One minute, Josiah was pissed off to the point where a vein throbbed in his neck, and the next minute, he was all calm, as if his anger never existed.

Zachary hesitated for a few seconds before shrugging his shoulders, and saying, "Alright." No soon after he murmured the word, he formed his hand into a fist, and swung it towards Josiah's face.

But little did Zachary know that he was being naïve, because Josiah grabbed his fist, and kicked him in the crotch.

The facial-haired man widened his eyes, and held his crotch with both his hands as he knelt on the floor. Josiah landed his hands on his hips as he said, "That's payback for last Halloween."

"Wh-What did I do last Halloween?!" Zachary whimpered.

Josiah rolled his eyes as he responded, "You threw eggs at me and Teresa."

It only took about a minute for Zachary to remember, and when he did remember, he raised his eyebrows, and smiled as he let go of his crotch, "Oh, yeah! How did I forget about that?!" Josiah knitted his brows as Zachary added, "Boy, that was fun!"

Josiah formed a fist, and asked darkly, "Do you want me to punch you in the face?"

Zachary crackly smiled at his high school friend, and raised his hands as he told him, "Jeez, chill out, dude."

The black-haired man sighed, but didn't completely calm down. Zachary stood up, and walked over to the couch.

As soon as he sat down, he rested his cheek in his palm as he said, "Look, I just wanted to have some fun with you at the time. Can't you forgive me for throwing eggs at you and your sister?"

Josiah's brow twitched, and he answered, "Forgive you?! Are you fucking serious?! How can I forgive you when you threw eggs at us on purpose?!"

"I did it on purpose?" Zachary idiotically asked as he raised a brow.

Josiah face-palmed himself, and replied, "Do you have short-term memory loss?! Yes, you did it on purpose! Hell, you even gave us a weird smile when you threw those eggs at us!"

"God, I feel so bad now."

"Don't bullshit me! It even looked like you wanted to egg Teresa more than me!"

He shrugged, "What can I say? Teresa never stands up for herself. If she didn't have autism, then maybe she would've at least tried to smash the eggs on my head."

That's when Josiah's blood boiled with anger. He stomped towards the idiot (Who was probably more idiotic than Tatsuma), and when he was close enough, he grabbed the collar of his shirt, and pulled him close. Their noses were a few centimeters away, but Josiah made sure to not bonk his head into his 'friends''.

He muttered, "You listen here, Zack. Teresa's autism has nothing to do with the egg incident, which you caused. Secondly, even if she didn't have autism, she would've had a hard time smashing the eggs on your head, because you would've thrown tons of eggs at her."

He let go of his collar, and began to walk away, but Zachary exclaimed, "Wait, Josiah!"

"What?" He growled, not in the mood to talk to him at the moment.

Zachary asked as he pointed at himself, "Am I really retarded?"

"That's a stupid question," Josiah snorted. "Yes, you're really retarded."

"HEY! YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT!"

"You ask, I answer. Would you want me to lie, instead?"

"YES!"

Josiah rolled his brown eyes, and walked to his bedroom. Zachary was curious as to why he went there, but Josiah returned a moment later, and it turned out that he was holding the package Zachary sent him weeks back.

Zachary stood up from the couch, and before he could ask why he was carrying the package, Josiah stuffed the box into his chest. Zachary gave out a barely audible "oof" as he widened his eyes in surprise.

His mouth parted, but Josiah spoke before Zachary did, "Have your sex toy back! You should remember by now that I don't even speak to my ex-girlfriend anymore! And since you have a girlfriend, you should use it on her!"

As Zachary held his package, he smirked, "Josiah…are you a pervert to my girlfriend? You haven't even met her!"

"You can just shut up!" Josiah had to admit that it was awkward, saying that Zachary should use the sex toy on his girlfriend, but it couldn't be helped. His tongue slipped.

-Natalie's POV-

Teresa, Vanya, and I sat on a bench, watching children play in the playground as adults were walking their dogs. Dogs were barking for no apparent reason, and babies were crying, all because they pooped in their diapers.

Uh, okay, that was unnecessary.

Teresa kicked her legs up as Vanya looked through her phone. I asked her, "What're you looking at, Vanya?"

Vanya shrugged, "Nothing interesting."

"Hm," I hummed.

Teresa pointed at something, and said, "Look, a little boy fell down. He's crying now."

Although she sounded nonchalant, she furrowed a brow, and stared at the boy who probably tripped, and fell down. I looked at the boy as well, and saw him crying. His mother crouched down beside him, and put a bandage on his knee.

Vanya mumbled, "That boy should be more careful."

"Yeah," I agreed, mumbling as well.

For no reason, I decided to ask Teresa, "Teresa, do you miss Tatsuma, Mutsu, and the Kiheitai?"

Teresa raised a brow at me, and gave me a look that pretty much said, 'Why're you blurting out this question all of a sudden?'

She sighed as she ran her fingers through her short, black hair, "To be honest, I do miss Tatsuma. As for Mutsu and the Kiheitai…well, I don't miss Mutsu that much, but she was fun to talk to. And as for the Kiheitai, I don't miss them at all, because they were mean to me."

I nodded, "That's understandable." I turned to Vanya, and asked her, "Vanya, do you miss the Shinsengumi, Otae, and Kyubei?"

"Nope," She immediately answered. "I don't miss any of them. They were all annoying."

"Um, how, exactly?"

"Sougo kept on saying 'die, Hijikata' to Toshiro, and Otae kept on beating the crap out of Isao."

I narrowed my eyes, and didn't reply, but Vanya asked back, "What about you, Natalie? Do you miss the Yorozuya, and those other two you mentioned? I don't remember their names." I knew she was referring to Kotaro and Elizabeth, but as she said, she didn't remember their names.

I responded without looking at the redhead, "You could say that, but…they needed to go home. And they deserve to be home."

Vanya chuckled, "True."

Just then, a phone was ringing. It wasn't my phone, and I knew it wasn't Vanya's, because she was still searching stuff through her phone. So I realized that it was Teresa's cellphone.

She pulled out her cellphone, and opened it, answering the call. She asked the caller, "Yes, Josiah?"

Oh, so her brother was calling. I wonder what'd he want.

Teresa blinked, and said, "Okay. That sounds good. Alright, I'll meet you at the theater."

I thought with curiosity, Theater?

Teresa closed her phone, and she looked at Vanya and I as she asked, "My brother wants us to hang out together."

"What?" Vanya questioned in slight confusion.

"I mean, there's a movie he wants to see, and he wants us to hang out with him."

"Wait, wasn't he having an argument with his 'friend'?"

"Yes, but he told me that Zack was going to pay for the tickets. Apparently, that's his punishment for being an asshole." A snicker escaped Teresa's lips, and she stood up from the bench as she added, "Let's go. Josiah's going to wait for us at the theater."

"Why exactly does he want to see a movie?" I asked.

She shrugged, "He said that it would calm him down. It doesn't make sense, but whatever."

Vanya stood up as well, and they both started walking. I stayed where I was, and parted my lips as I thought off-topic, Yes…I will miss the Yorozuya, but I'll still watch the Gintama anime. It's not like I'm ever going to see their faces on the internet again.

I stared at my knees, and was starting to stare off into space, but Vanya exclaimed, "Natalie! Why're you still there?! Let's go!"

My eyes widened, and I quickly stood up, exclaiming back, "I'm coming! I'm coming!" I ran towards them, and when I was beside them, I panted slightly.

Teresa smirked, "You need to pay more attention, Natalie."

I didn't bother to look at her. I continued to think, I still feel weird that some of the Gintama characters came into this world a month and a half ago. But hey, things are back to normal, since they're never coming into the real world again.

I walked with Vanya and Teresa, and a smile started to appear on my face. We were heading to the movie theater, and I may not exactly know what movie Josiah wants to watch, but I'm just hoping that it's not a crappy-looking movie.

I wasn't thinking about the movie, though. I was thinking of the times where I had to hide the Yorozuya, Kotaro, and Elizabeth from my parents. It was a bit scary, I'll admit, but I managed to not let them get spotted by my mom or dad. And Vanya and Teresa were also lucky, because they, too, managed to not let anybody see the "chibi's" they were taking care of.

My eyes gazed at the clear sky, and my smile grew bigger. Vanya and Teresa were talking to each other, but I didn't pay attention to them. Instead, my mind wandered off, and I began to wonder what the Yorozuya were doing, after they returned home.

I don't think that matters, though. The only thing that does matter is that they've – along with the other Gintama characters – returned home, safe and sound.

~End.~

The final chapter for this story wasn't the best, but hey, at least I made it decent...I think.

Anyway, this story is done. The Gintama characters are safely home, and things are back to normal in the real world.

Thank you for reading and reviewing "Chibi's Are Too Cute"! :)