Hey guys, sorry I missed the update last week; went to Kumoricon and had no internet! So anyways, I want to say, reviews must start coming in again, or I will stop the story. So anyways, in this chapter, Odd-Jobs goes to meet Shanks and Okita fights Bansai. So read, enjoy, review!

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"Ano…Garp-san, not that I don't respect the idea of heightened security, but…why are me and my cohorts in shackles?" Gintoki laughed nervously. He, Shinpachi, and Kagura were in shackles of some kind, heading towards Garp's home island on his private marine vessel. Zeff stayed back and allowed them to depart, only to have their prison transfer be completed at the hands of the deranged ex-Vice Admiral. "So…what crazy, horrible, and self-righteous situation are we being placed in this time?"

"Nothing! Just thought I'd introduce you to one of he big sharks of the Grand Line! Red Haired Shanks! You should be honored! You get to see his heir too!" Garp proclaimed.

"So basically…you want us to babysit, huh?" Shinpachi sweat-dropped.

"Poor Red-Haired hasn't been able to have a swig of rum since a blue moon! And poor Makino's been too scared to enter the bar!" Garp wailed.

"That isn't our problem. It isn't our responsibility to promote irresponsible parenting." Kagura said bluntly.

"You're funny, Kagura-girl!" Garp patted her shoulder.

"So…what you're saying is…you're guessing kidnapping in the form of detainment." Shinpachi deduced.

"You'd be shocked at how expensive daycare is!" Garp virtually admitted.

"SO YOU ADMIT IT YOU OLD BASTARD!" The trio yelled.

"GAHAHAHA! To Dawn Island!" Garp proclaimed.

Elsewhere

On another island not far off from East Blue, a beautiful blonde girl with twin guns stood looking around impatiently. She wore a pink-kimono midriff and an extremely matching short skirt. Another was a man with a plain-looking face, a carried a sword. Lastly, a man with black-standing hair, sun glasses, wearing a trench coat, sunglasses, combat boots, and pale skin carried a banjo-type guitar. "So…this is Logue Town right?" The blonde asked.

"Eh." The plain ma asked. "Master Shinsuke asked us to entertain ourselves here until he came back from his mission."

"How boring." The black-haired guy strummed. "This place has the beat of giant bongo-drums."

"I wish Shinsuke-sama would hurry up already." She sighed.

Suddenly, they heard some rustling a few feet behind them. "So you sure this is the way to these Komi islands or whatever?" They turned to see a group of about seven people, one of them wore a very familiar police uniform.

"Yes! And would you stop mispronouncing the names?!" A clown pirate-head exclaimed. A headless body walked behind the police officer and small group in shackles. "Why is my head detached from my body?!"

"Simple. This way your body will go back together when I chop you up. This way, my fun never ends." He said in dead-pan voice.

"Okita-san." The man with long hair and pigeon interrupted. "We should be able to catch a charter; it'll take us to an island called Gecko Island. We're getting into the back water of East Blue."

"I see. Thank you Lucci-san." The young man sighed. "China better be ready for me."

"You really care about her, don't you?" The blonde woman with glasses asked.

"Eh. She's my sheath afterall; the only one capable of sealing me." Sougo smiled. "So, next is-" Sougo stopped abruptly when he sensed someone staring, he turned around and found himself face to face with the Kihetai; Takasugi Shinsuke's fraction.

Frowning at the change atmosphere, Lucci steeped beside Sougo. "What's wrong?"

Okita drew his blade, a sadistic smile went to his face. "Nothing. Nothing at all."

The three workers: Bansai, Matako, and Henpeta of the Kihetai terrorist fraction, prepared themselves for battle.

Dawn Island

Garp lead the Yoruzuya through the thick forest of Dawn Island. Gintoki groaned, the freaking jungle was hot and humid, and he was sugar-deprived! Kagura and Shinpachi weren't fairing much better; they were both beat and starving, while Shinpachi was sweating like a Shetland pony country fair ride, from the hakama he was wearing. Kagura was just relieved to be out of the sun, and was carrying her parasol casually. "Oi, Blarp-san, are we there yet?"

Garp stopped, causing the latter to fault as well. "What did you call me?" His grin was still on, but something was different about it.

"Blarp-san. It's your name isn't it-" PUNCH! Gintoki was sent flying through a tree.

"It's Garp! And don't think I'll hesitate to use these fists of love that I raised my grandsons with!" He blew on the fist he used, as if he shot a gun. He turned to Shinpachi, who had a pale expression on, while Kagura just stared at him.

"You look like a kid who just reunited with his long-lost relatives, and the relatives are lavishing you with gifts. Please stay away." Shinpachi stepped back.

"Un…you might be interesting to fight, uh-huh." Kagura looked at Garp in interest, this guy was strong, and then she remembered. "How'd you fare against Nii-san?"

"Hmmm? So you're that Kamui-bastard's sister?" Garp asked.

"unfortunately; any kind of reminder is horrible." Kagura sighed. "Tell us where we're going already! The sun's bleeding in through the trees!"

"We're going to an old friend of mine! Who kindly volunteered her shelter and land for that filthy pirate and lovely Makino!" As Garp answered, they came upon a hill. There was an old log cabin at the top, and several people who looked bandits and pirates stood outside. Gintoki frowned; they were doned with guns and swords, as if prepared for a fight. One with long grey hair noticed them approaching and went up to them. "Wait back here, got go clear the path!" The Odd-Jobs trip did as requested, and after several minutes of unheard dialogue, they were allowed up.

Back at Louge Town

BANG! Matako fired her twin guns, and hid behind a crate. She cursed her luck at the opponent she was facing; a blonde woman named Kalifa; the crate was soon split in two. She turned to her pedophile partner, who had his hands full with a guy with a long nose and growing hair. Standing up, she faced Kalifa. "Why are you people doing this? We're not your enemy!"

"Perhaps." Kalifa adjusted her glasses. "But we owe Okita-san a debt, and we're obligated to follow him until his prize is found."

"Prize?" Makoto repeated.

"Eh. He's smitten over his girlfriend; apparently she's on the Grand Line somewhere." Kalifa charged forward, using a kick to send the other woman into a wall.

Meanwhile, Henpeta was slicing the hair off Kumadori as best as he could, but was getting overwhelmed. Not to mention, the guy with the long-nose kept trying to run-up his blind side. He looked to see the other Cipher Pole agents, as they called themselves, to side watching. BAM! The hair whipped him beside Matoko; both forced themselves to get up from the ground. That was when the terrorists saw it, the main attraction: Okita vs. Bansai.

The third seat of the Shinsengumi stared down the Second-in-Command of the Kihetai; their presence could only mean one thing: Takasugi Shinsuke was also on this planet. Positioning himself, Sougo smirked. "So what are you bastards, doing here?"

"…Nothing that should concern you Shinsengumi officers." Shrugged the musician. "You're the Shinsemgumi third seat, Okita Sougo; best sword arm in the Shinsengumi and the future Brother-in-law to Kamui-san?"

"Tch. So the Harusame are here too, huh?" Okita narrowed his eyes and got into position. "You're the Kihetai's second in command, Bansai Kawakami; you're death will be my ticket to Hijiakata's position."

"Hn. You have an interesting beat Okita-kun…like…waves on an ocean…smooth and controlled at some times…other times violent, powerful, and out of control. I look forward to see which tempo you'll adopt in this fight." Strumming the chords on his instrument, Okita charged and the battled begun.

Dawn Island

Gintoki stared at the scene in front of him, and couldn't stop the smile from emerging. In front of him was a man about his age, maybe a little older, with blood-red hair, three scars over his left eye, and wore typical pirate attire. He was well-built and about Gintoki's height; but…he was injured; his entire abdomen was wrapped in bandages. But that's not what was making him smile; it was the interaction of the two people beside him. The woman next to him, was a beautiful young girl in her late twenties or early thirties, and in her arms…a baby. Shinpachi and Kagura were busy cooing at the baby, and laughing with the parents; Gintoki frowned when he noticed the man wince.

"He got in a fight." Gintoki turned to see a huge, brawny woman with bright orange, curly hair. "I'm Curly Dan Dan; the owner of this establishment. This is the legendary Red-Haired Shanks, and the Dawn Jewel Makino. They've been hiding out for about a day now; the wound's still fresh yah know."

"…With a Vice-Admiral here, I would've thought that the town would be more populated and open." Gintoki replied absently. When they arrived on the island, no one came out to greet them, it was like a ghost town almost.

"Tch! With that maniac on the loose, no one's safe; it's only a matter of time before that bastard comes here." Dan Dan sighed.

"The Navy bastard got a name?" The samurai asked.

"He didn't give us his name, all I know is…he's not form the Navy. And as far as I'm concerned, we're doomed. Red-Haired was bested by this guy pretty badly, though the bastard did get injured. Garp arrived and drove the bastard off." Dan Dan explained. "We're all thinking he's a bounty hunter, but…that's just our guess."

"What'd he look like?" The permhead asked.

"Eh…scrawny fellah, looked like he gave up on life and always carried a pipe. Also…he had bandages wrapped around his left eye." Dan Dan didn't finish her story, Gintoki's expression stunned her.

Louge Town

CLANG! Bansai and Okita clashed swords and separated from each other. They dashed at each other again, not caring about collateral damage or anyone that got in their way. The Shinsengumi officer hated to admit it, but he was getting tiered; this man was no amateur and knew exactly what he was doing. And what annoyed Okita even more was…it seemed like this bastard was actually predicting his movement and intercepted them. In fact, Bansai hadn't even flinched or broken a sweat. Okita noticed that he was slightly beat up, his jacket was torn in different areas, and sported a few bruises. While Bansai, hadn't changed in appearance at all since the fight. He strummed his instrument again. "Like a tidal wave, you vanquish whatever is in your path, but…all that power is nothing but destructive with no control."

"You're the last person I want to talk philosophy with." Sougo stood up and positioned himself into a lethal stance. "Kondo-san won't mind if I bring back your body; the second-seat of the Harusame is quite impressive in it of itself."

"Heh…your quite a wicked man. Your mouth's watering like an ocean's foam. I wonder if your tears will turn to glass." SWIPE! Okita jumped back just in time, but ended up crashing into several fruit stands. "impressive. Even in the state you're in, you still dodge my blows. Given two years or so, you truly will be unstoppable, Okita-san."

"I guess that makes you the right of passage then!" CLANG! BANG! Their movements were so fast, that Lucci and the others were having trouble keeping up. Kaku and Jabara watched intently; this boy was faster than Roronora Zoro. The two men clashed heavily, unfortuantly the difference in their skill level and experience was blatantly obvious. While Okita's speed and agility gave him an edge over Bansai's slower movements, he couldn't stop the sneak attacks hidden in that damn banjo. Sougo hissed; those damn string had practically cut though his arms.

Noticing the weakness, Bansai charged forward and jabbed Sougo with the hilt of his sword. Sougo was thrown back and landed in a watermelon stand. Staring at the boy, Bansai turned around and walked towards his group. "Let's go. The boy will be dead soon; his internal organs have been damaged."

"WAIT! TAKE ME WITH YOU!" Buggy ran up to him, desperate to keep up. He did not want to be stuck with CP9 and a weird, dead boy.

Dawn Island

After being told the description, he made sure Shinpachi and Kagura didn't hear any of the conversation after that. He asked if any towns full of rich people were on the island, when High Town was mentioned, Gintoki took off for it. Despite Dandan's annoying pestering. "Damn. Baba has a twin."

"It's just a coincidence Gin-san." Shinpachi replied.

"Yeah. Granny Otose's presence is so powerful that it's only natural that her essence would travel to different planets." Kagura replied.

"Don't mention Baba and the word 'essence' in the same sentence ever again; I've seen and heard too many traumatizing sights already." Gintoki groaned. Oh yeah, that old bat told Kagura and Shinpachi their conversation. And now he had to face his greatest enemies with the kiddies to worry about. Sighing at the ultimatum the curly woman had given him, he knew he had no choice; it was the kiddies or Shanks and his angry crew would learn he had a connection to this. Facing Takasugi with two tag-alongs was better than a whole pirate crew breathing down his neck.

"Ne Gin-san…what do you think this place used to be?" Snapping out of his thoughts, Gintoki looked around. He frowned; it was nothing but a bunch of dirt with random patches of burnt scrap-metal on it. From the looks of it, the fire happened quite awhile ago, but why hadn't anything been planted here to replace what had been lost? Seeing some guards ahead, Gintoki frowned at the appearance. Why were they in bio-hazard suits of some sort? The guards tensed as they approached.

"Halt! What is your business here?" One of them asked.

"A friend of mine's waiting for me inside." Gintoki said lamely.

"Yeah right. Does this 'friend' have a name?" The other guard asked sarcastically.

"No nice names, that's for sure." Gintoki snorted. "Oi, just move aside…I'm not in the mood to fight."

"And we're not in the mood to be guarding filth from getting in, in the hot sun, but look where we are." The guard retorted. Both postponed their weapons at the Odd-Jobs trio.

"I see. Tell me, why don't they ever choose the easy way…Shinpachi-kun….Kagura-chan?" He moved aside for them.

"Because their suits don't allow oxygen into their brains, so they decrease in intelligence and devolve to mush." POW! One guard was down from one punch.

"Because they don't understand what demeaning work means until they become a loser perm-head and sumo-wrestler-strength girl's butt-monkey." BANG! The second one was down with just a jab from the hilt.

"So let it be that Odd-Jobs enters High Town!" Gintoki declared.

BANG! "DON'T SAY SUCH STUPID CRAP!"

Louge Town

Sougo groaned and tried to sit up, finding that he couldn't. He cursed when he remembered the fight, he immediately looked for his sword.

"Relax." He was about to hit the person, but relaxed when he saw it was Lucci. "You were hurt badly from the fight."

"I see. Did they all get away?" Sougo sighed.

"Eh. We decided to treat your wounds before heading out. Buggy has also abandoned us and joined with that strange group, the Kihetai you said? Who are they?" Lucci asked.

"They're a terrorist group that exist in my group that's essentially dedicated to killing and shitting. Unfortunately they're bastard leader wasn't with them…although…considering I lost…maybe that isn't such a bad thing." Sougo sighed. "Damn I must've lost a lot of blood."

"relatively. Kalifa operated on you, and found your internal organs ruptured; surgery was your only chance." He explained.

"Well I'm here and alive. Tell her I said thanks." The bishonen replied and looked around. "So where are we?"

"Louge Town's hospital. As soon as you're well, we can head out again." Lucci explained.

"Why you helping me?" Sougo narrowed his eyes.

"While it's true that CP9's obligation to you is complete, it seems as though our goals might have a commonality." The fighter explained. "You see, recently we also heard about a man calling himself Takasugi Shinsuke…he's taken over our government and Navy with a bunch of white-coats, and from what I heard from his subordinates while we approached them…he's on Dawn Island."

"How do you know?!" Sougo panicked; that's where Kagura supposedly was.

"Because that's the most likely scenario. All of these smaller and insignificant islands have one thing in common; I'm actually suspicious of your lover's intentions." Lucci explained.

"What are you saying?!" Sougo growled.

"Recently…the World Government declared Martial Law on specific islands, extreme enough to cut-off communication. These islands, as random as they appear, are all homes or recruitment sites of the Strawhat pirates." Lucci explained.

"Strawhat pirates?" Sougo repeated.

"Eh. Dawn Island is the home of Portgas D. Ace & Monkey D. Luffy." Lucci explained. "Monkey D. Luffy is the captain of the Strawhats."

Dawn Island

"Ne Gin-chan, can I have ramen here?" Kagura asked, twirling her parasol.

"Sure. When you can afford your own Corvette or when you grow the balls to tell your father about Souji-kun." Gintoki replied.

"That's your problem Gin-chan; you're worried about Papi blaming you for the state of my chastity." Kagura replied bluntly. "You really are trash Gin-chan; old mean aren't allowed to turn themselves into stalkers while they're directly in front of their victims."

"Why are you calling yourself a victim?! How in the world would you be considered a victim?!" Gintoki demanded.

"Gin-san…the rich people are staring at us." Shinpachi groaned. Here he was, in this high-class noble town, and he was stuck a nose-picking permhead and loudmouthed behama teenager. His life couldn't get worse.

"Let them stare Shinpachi…it's our dashing good looks that's attracting them." Gintoki waved it off. Until- CLICK!

Feeling something latch onto his wrist, he looked to see a stupid looking police officer, with several others approaching. "Can I help you?"

"Yes! You three will all have to come with us! This grand city is for nobles only! You three will be confined until release is authorized! How dare you taint this great city!" The guards yelled.

"Ah you're right. Speaking of taint, I would've mentioned before that-ACHOO!" Gintoki sneezed snot right into the cop's face.

"YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He demanded.

"Ah, I forgot to mention good officer, I've recently contracted a flesh-eating virus that sperads by snot-contact, so I'd run to the decontamination chamber or whatever if I were you." Gintoki explained.

"FLESH EATING DISEASE?!" The guards exclaimed. "THAT'S HORRIBLE!" Taking their contaminated colleague, they ran off in some unknown destination.

"Okay then,Kagura, Shinpachi…the second five passed cut the lines. The bastard needed to plant the bombs electronically from here. So find the cords and destroy them." He ordered.

"Right!" Without another word, they ran off to do their mission, leaving Gintoki to his reunion. Frowning, he saw a sleazy-looking man in a purple yukata on the Pierre.

Walking up to him, he waited until he was in a few feet from him. "Thought you stopped being into scenery."

"Nothing takes my breath away like a sight before imminent death, Gintoki." He replied. "I was wondering when you'd find me."

"Wondering when? Oi, oi, oi, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were expecting me…Takasugi." Some clouds suddenly blocked out the sun.

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