The Joui war, and the parts Gintoki, Takasugi and Katsura played in it, as told by their captain.

That fire that had raged through him since sensei's death, that raged through him even now as he stared upon Edo before him, was nothing compared to the burning that ravaged his chest. The blood in his hands, the sticky nectar of life that had come from his lungs, cemented the final blow. Shinsuke has TB. Bansai/Takasugi

If there was ever a man she should have chased out of the shop with a broom, he was the one. A series of one-shots for Bansai/Ikumatsu.

[Unfinished fic outdated by more recent canon] "I present my friend with both steel and blossoms. Those two elements are coexistent on this earth. Why must strife ever prevail?" - Katsura Kogoro. A Takasugi-centric Joui War fic.

Today's lessons for the Yorozuya trio: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, don't count your chickens before they're hatched, and be careful when life seems too good to be true, because it might be a sign that everything is soon going to go very, very badly.