Yay~ I'm back with another Chappie~! I'm late. I know, but it's ok! :D I brought in the Chappie safe and sound! Thank you to all the reviewers again for dropping by and encouraging me to keep writing. Special thanks to Riouchi! Your review really made my morning(to the point where I was almost late to school, because I was too busy jumping in happiness instead of getting ready. Lol)

PS. I'm too lazy to look it up, but I want it to be right. Is it Seireitei or Seiretei? Ohhh... japanese... why must you be a foreign language to me? lol.

PPS. Of course the story is going to deviate from the original. It's already a crossover. Lol. Don't be bothered if something different happens from the canon from here on out. I just need it to fit in my story, but I'll try to be as accurate as I can.

Words : Thoughts- usually Gintoki's, because even though this is written in third person, it focuses more on Gintoki. If not, I'll usually indicate it was someone else's thoughts. :3

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN IT. NEVER HAVE. NEVER WILL.

Chapter 5

I CAN'T GO HOME YET, AND THERE'S A CREEPER WATCHING ME!

Finally someone speaks up! Gintoki thought to himself.

"Explain yourself, Gintoki. You claimed you knew nothing about this, and yet it seems that there is more to it than that." Commander Yamamoto demanded.

"Eh...? EHHH?!" Gintoki said incredulously. He didn't even know how the hell this happened. Apparently he's stuck in the Arrancar Arc, but that meant the Hōgyoku hasn't been activated yet.

How the hell am I supposed to explain the fact that I was brought here by Gin? Plus, his creepy leader-slash-enemy is standing right THERE.

"What the hell is going on here, Urahara?! You just ran into Seiretei like that! Don't you know the Commander is going to execute you for tha- HOLY SHIT! He's here already?! I thought his soul would've been dumped in Roukongi instead. Why the hell is he in Seiretei?" Ichigo sauntered into the room shouting. He hadn't even realized Gintoki was there, because he was so focused on Urahara.

"So you're the guy who got pulled out of his body." Ichigo said curiously, his head tilted at an angle. "Who the hell managed that?"

"Be silent, Substitute Shinigami. It is not your place to speak." The Commander spoke harshly. His words silenced the ginger within moments.

Gintoki counted the heartbeats he could hear pounding through the silence of the room. Eight, nine, ten... The tension spiked the moment Urahara burst into the room, and the gazes of all the Shinigami focused on him once again. It didn't seem like Urahara planned on jumping in to help him anytime soon either, rather, he looked amused at Gintoki's predicament. Gin swallowed thickly as he raised his eyes to lock gazes with Yamamoto.

"I can tell you honestly. I have no idea what happened to me. All I know is that someone came up from behind me, and then Captain Unohana found me. That's it. There's nothing more to say, and there's nothing for me to hide." Gintoki raised his chin defiantly. "What Urahara san stated is true as well, if you really wanted to know. I'm not from this world, realm, universe, or whatever you wanna call it."

Commander Yamamoto didn't speak for a moment, seeming to mull over what Gintoki said. If Gintoki was really telling the truth, then the commander- or possibly even the Soul King- had any jurisdiction over Gintoki's soul. Nevertheless, Gintoki is currently in their world, so...

"You shall be pardoned for now, but if you are to do anything out of line, then you know the consequences. I'm going to assume that you have rules and laws you follow in your world as well."

Gintoki tried not to burst out laughing. "Of course there are laws in my world. What is a system without boundaries?" Of course, he wouldn't mention the fact that he was a government rebel, rarely follows the laws, and only gets away with his crap because of his connections with the Shinsengumi.

"That's good to hear. Urahara, you have this man's body?"

"Yes sir. It's being taken care of as we speak, but it is imminent that he returns to his body or else he will truly die." Urahara responded.

"Gintoki, you may return with the ex-captain and substitute shinigami there to the physical realm to reclaim your body. You will stay there until further notice. Captain Kurotsuji, you will lead the investigation on figuring out inter-dimensional travel and finding out how to return this man to his world. There is no telling how his presence in our world will affect us. The meeting will now be dismissed!" With a shout, the commander turned his back and left the meeting room. Gintoki let out a sigh of relief. Tiredly, he turned toward Ichigo and Urahara, both seemingly entertained by the show he put on with the commander.

"Come. We have much to discuss, Gintoki! I'll show you the way around here!" Urahara said cheerily.

... He must've not heard the silent death threat in Yamamoto's voice when he was telling them to go back to Karakura Town...

"Urahara, let's not get carried away. To his body, remember?" Ichigo sighed.

Of course! The hero to my rescue- not that I'm a maiden in distress...

As the three walked out, Gintoki opted to stay a few steps behind the two as a safety precaution. In these types of mangas, people tend to like flying towards one another, but I don't feel like getting body slammed today... luckily Kagura's not here, or else she'd do that too. Hmm... Our manga styles aren't that different! I must get some kind of power too~!

Lost in his thoughts, Gintoki didn't realize Aizen walking silently alongside him as he leaned in to whisper in Gintoki's ear.

"You know something they don't, don't you?" A chill ran down Gintoki's spine. He turned to look at the handsome man beside him. Aizen's innocent smile doing little to ease the alarm running through Gintoki's every nerve. I don't even need to have read Bleach to feel the evil rolling off of this man! Years of complacency must have left these geezers totally stupid if they can't even use their instincts to sense this presence!

"I don't know what you're talking about." Gintoki said, trying to keep as straight a face as possible.

"Hmm..." Aizen hummed. He smile widened as he made an about-face and strode away gracefully.

Gintoki let out a breath he hadn't realized he was holding.

"By the way," Aizen turned his head back. "If you do stay here long enough, I do hope you become a substitute shinigami like Ichigo. I can feel that you have oh so much potential. I'm looking forward to watching you progress~"

Gintoki needed a drink. Badly.