Disclaimer: I do NOT own Peacemaker Kurogane or Rurouni Kenshin. They are the properties of their respective creators and the Shinsengumi and Ishin belong to history. This is an insanity fic not to be taken seriously.

Oh, I'll be busy from next week, so no more updates for a while after this.

Sake Shack LIVE! 15: More Wolves

After the break, the crowd returned to the shack. The duel didn't turn out quite as expected. Megumi and Kaoru were supporting a very weak Kenshin between them. "Ken-san! I told you NOT to use that Nine-headed Dragon Technique! You know your body…"

"Kenshin baka…" Kaoru clucked as she propped her husband up in chair so Megumi could take a look at him.

"Hi-ji-ka-ta-san! Look, I died in battle!" Okita chirped as he splashed himself with copious amounts of fake blood to mimic the aftermath of a Battousai encounter. As a ghost who died of illness, he does not have any bleeding wounds to show off. He tries to hug Seta Soujirou. "Son! I'm dying…"

"You are already dead!" Seta Soujirou marched out of the building.

"Okita, that's enough!" Hijikata groaned. "Must you always be so…"

Hijikata, that's Okita for you. Remember this?

(Flashback reel. Hijikata is taking a bath. Okita is holding Toshi's haiku book outside the bathroom window.)

Okita reads out loud: "To know is worry, not to know is worry…" Hijikata splutters in rage. "OKITA! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT READING THOSE?"

Okita flees with childish glee as a nude Vice-Chief runs out of the bath after him. "GIVE IT BACK!" The duo ran through the compound and into the neighbouring Dr Takani's yard. Little Megumi is playing ball with her grandpa when a laughing Okita sprints through. He is followed by a buck-naked Hijikata.

Megumi: "Ojisan! Look, Yoshida-san has no clothes!"

Grandpa Takani has a fit.

(End reel to peals of laughter.)

"Everyone mistook you for me? Oh heavens!" Yoshida marched out.

Yes, for a group of peacekeepers, you chaps were a riot. I mean, the pay packets were so measly. It was no wonder some of you resorted to telling fortunes and signing up for the nightly matches here at the Sake Shack!

(Flashback reel. Soba Place. Saitou is waiting for his customers. He has a big sign stating: "Fortunes for soba!" Kenshin comes in for lunch.)

Kenshin: "Mister! One soba…" He spots Saitou and Saitou spots him. Saitou goes into Gatotsu stance. "AKU SOKU…" He gets booted in the jaw by Kenshin and all hell breaks loose in the restaurant.

(Sake Shack. Nagakura and Harada are standing in a ring with their weapons of choice. Both are masked for obvious reasons.)

Nagi, Shack owner: "Bets! Who will prevail? Red Shinpattsan or Sano the Spear? Place your bets now! The match will start shortly!

Heisuke: "Hey, those two look really familiar… I think the matches are a setup…" He is there with some other Miburou off-duty. "I place my bets on Sano the Spear!"

Sano whispers to Shinpachi: "Let's give Hei-kun a run for his money…"

(End reel)

"YOU two were moonlighting?" Hijikata roared. Sano and Shinpachi tried to sneak off. "It ain't that bad. I used to do some REAL fighting myself in various taverns," Sagara Sanosuke snickered. "I heard you were real dandy with a spear in those days! You inspired me to choose this over the sword!" Sanosuke swung his zanbatou, accidentally knocking out a wall. "Oops…"

(Flashback reel. Omasu of Aoiya and Hotaru of Umeya are slugging things out ninja-style on the roofs of Kyoto. Hotaru has her arm in a sling. Tenth patrol comes along…)

Harada looks and roars. "Halt in the name of the Shinsengumi!" He throws the spear and it nicks Omasu in the thigh, causing her to fall off the roof. "Oops…"

Hotaru looks at her fallen opponent. "Hey, Harada-san! Thanks!"

(End reel.)

Although the Shinsengumi had the strictest rules around, no one really followed them anyhow. Take this little marathon…(Shinsengumi community day marathon. All the men are running when Yamanami breezes by.)

Looky! Umeko froze the reel and pointed to the pair of abacus he is wearing on his feet. A violation of patent law! Sakamoto patented those shoes the year before, right?

"Sugar plum, I called mine roller-boots!" Sakamoto added. "They don't look that ugly."

"Hang on a minute! This was in 1864, you didn't get those boots made until after his death in 1865…" Sara pointed out. "Hey, if his death wasn't a seppuku…"

(Reel. Shinsengumi HQ. Yamanami's desertion trial. Kondo, Hijikata and Okita are the only ones present besides Yamanami… The audience watched as the truth behind Yamanami's death is revealed…)

A major uproar sounded at the Shinsengumi table as the reel unfolded. "Okita-san! You lied! That wasn't seppuku!" Tetsu yelled.

"How did you get your hands on this secret?" Hijikata roared. A riot was soon underway. This time, the shack collapsed…

"MY SHACK!" Nagi, the owner of the former Kyoto Sake Shack wailed.

We will need a new venue for the show… Please apply to me at Katsura Umeko's grave, Choushu cemetery. Do bring flowers and incense.

Gensai Family clinic. Enishi and Suzu are having a session with Counsellor Yukishiro Tomoe…

Tomoe: "Let us take all the anger you have and channel it into something creative…"

Suzu: "I want to totally destroy Tetsu's new school!"

Enishi: "I want to raze Kamiya dojo to the ground!"

Both men get slapped by Tomoe. "Weren't you listening?"

After a failed session, both Suzu and Enishi take to a local pub.

"Say, Kitamura, let's find some other redhead to beat up since neesan forbade us from hurting Himura or that Ichimura guy... Hey, that redhead dwarf over there looks like a promising candidate..."

Shinpachi comes along, alone... Suzu and Enishi try to pick on him...

A few minutes later, Shinpachi walked out groaning about his back. Enishi and Suzu follow, fairly bruised and bloodied.

Enishi looked at Suzu. "Why the heck didn't you say he was THAT Nagakura Shinpachi?"

"You never asked, punk."

"Why you..." Enishi grabbed his sword and chased Suzu out of town.