Do not own Gintama. If I did, Sougo and Kagura would already be together. (A girl can dream, right?)

Yay chapter two! Finally had the energy to fix it up and actually post it. I think they reallyget OOC in this chapter, but you be the judge of that. This one's completely centered on the couple but some of the chapters will contain the others. Oh and thank you for those who reviewed. And thank you so much for those who pointed out my mistakes. Really I didn't even see the whole 'Otae' problem. Whoopsie. Thanks for letting me know. Hope you keep doing so, because I miss so many things haha!

Well here's the second chapter! Enjoy!


CHAPTER 2: EVENTS

The group finally separated. Gin had set up a meeting place by the near top of the mountain. If anyone is missing by the next day then a group will go looking for them while another goes after the monster. Those were the deals. But only a few minutes in the mountain and already, two people and one huge dog had already gotten lost. Only a few steps in the expanse of trees and already one group has no idea where they're headed.

"This is all your fault." Kagura began. "If only you'd listen to what Gin-chan was saying then we wouldn't be lost."

"Like you were listening too. You're too busy with your stupid dog." Sougo replied unenthusiastically.

Kagura gasped dramatically as if he'd said the most ridiculous thing and covered Sadaharu's ears. "Don't you ever dare calling my Sadaharu 'stupid'!"

Sougo waited until she let the dog's ears go before he opened his mouth to talk once more. "Stupid. Dog."

The girl growled and kicked a rock towards him. He quickly dodged and kept walking. "Stop whining, the faster we find that thing, the faster we get out of here."

Kagura kept her mouth shut; she agreed with the idea and walked in silence. He ambled in front of her while she followed right beside her gigantic dog. The silence seemed nerve wracking; only the buzz of insects and chirping birds echoed through the green forest. It was relaxing after having to yell and argue with everyone back there. Peace and quiet. But of course, something always destroys the peace and quiet.

RUMBLE

"Eh?" Kagura mumbled; her head turned to observe behind them.

"GRROOOAAAARRR!!"

She swiveled on the balls of her feet and readied herself for whatever was coming. Again, silence was the only thing heard. Her eyes traced every detail in the green forest, looking for anything that was out of touch, but she saw nothing. Everything seemed at peace again.

"What? You see something?" Sougo asked acting like he hadn't heard anything.

Kagura decided to calm down and turn back towards him. "I thought I heard something out there."

He stared innocently at her. "What're you talking about?"

"Whatever! If I hear it again, I'm leaving you behind! That thing is mine to collect anyway." she huffed and walked passed him, her eyes closed in attitude. "You're definitely slowing me down."

"China girl... You better open your eyes before you die." Sougo spoke.

Kagura grew confused over his statement but decided to ignore it. She kept walking.

"Oi. Really, are you paying attention?"

Her mouth twitched in annoyance and she turned to yell at him but the expression on his face caught her off guard. He pointed passed her. She wondered if he was playing tricks but a sudden growl resonated. Slowly she turned her head. Eyes met a black void, covered in teeth.

"GRRR..."

Her eyes grew wide and as instinct kicked in she jumped back, whipping out her purple umbrella, ready to make a move. Sougo stood right beside her, his sword ready to be unsheathed. The monster stood over the two by 9 feet. It's slimy green body camouflaged it in the green expanse of trees; a huge mouth covered what looked like its body-it was wide open, showing its sharp set of teeth, and two small dots served as its eyes and four lanky arms that looked like they could be human arms except longer, extremely long, protruded out of its sides. Its feet resembled those of an elephants except it carried six-three on each side. It breathed, releasing a green gas that smelled like putrid milk mixed with vinegar and vomit. Even Sadaharu who stood near her couldn't take the smell and had to jump back just to stay away from it.

"Blech!" Kagura grimaced at the smell. She held her nose as she took as small step back.

"Watch out!" Sougo shouted as he jumped out of the way. The monster's lanky arms swatted down on the ground. Kagura had enough time to dodge after hearing his warning and the white dog jumped to the side in safety.

The two landed far from each other but the creature didn't stop. It withdrew and swatted down again. Kagura took a chance and jumped on its arm, her legs carried her up towards its two eyes, but once the arm began to move she started losing balance. She flipped off of it and started shooting. The small dark eyes focused on her; another arm flew, attempting to grab her. Kagura cursed; her eyes searched for a foot hold to jump off of, she had no time to think and she prepared herself for the pain. Nothing came. A loud roar echoed through the forest and she opened her eyes. Sougo who had been free of trouble thanks to her distractions slashed through the creatures arm. The hand that she saw was coming towards her was now flopping on the ground like a fish out of water. She sighed in relief and landed safely on the ground.

"That's what you get for acting like the hero." Sougo stated as he rushed towards the screeching alien. He slashed its side but was disappointed when all he got was air. It already began to back out; they definitely under estimated its speed. It was out of their line of vision before they could even turn to see it go.

The two began to run after it, Sadaharu followed them excitedly.

"Damnit! Why'd you let it get away?" Kagura yelled.

"I was trying to slow it down, I don't know what you were doing back there!" he replied, his voice only rose by a little.

"Hurry up! It's getting aw-..."

THUD

Silence

Sougo had to stop himself from laughing as he watched the vigorous girl fall flat on her face. She let out a shriek and after that a loud crashing noise followed. He held his mouth shut knowing that if he let even one chuckle out of his mouth he'd be as good as dead. The girl lied on the ground in silence, and it made him wonder if she was knocked out cold but without warning she propped herself up with both her arms and she curled her knees up to sit on them but then...

"YAARRGH!!" she yelled as smite of pain ran through her leg, two hands shot to her injured foot. Sougo stared down at her, still stopping the urge to laugh.

"Hurt yourself already?" he asked, covering his giggles as he stared down at her ankle.

"No! It just feels weird! Nothing's wrong with it!" she bluffed and jumped up to her feet only to fall once again, flat on her butt. She grabbed her foot as she writhed in pain. "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!"

Sougo chuckled and squatted down beside her. "Stop moving. Let me see it."

Kagura formed a pout with her lips and forced the coming tears back in her eyes. She sat up carefully as to not irritate her foot and showed it to him. The young male took her foot in his hands and examined it. A blue bruise had already covered part of her ankle, he made a face at the bruise and it made her wonder just how bad it was.

"You obviously can't walk." He stated.

Kagura groaned in frustration. "I can't beli-.. H-HEY!!"

Without warning Kagura felt an arm snake around her back and another arm snake behind her legs. She felt a floating sensation after that and an odd closeness to the person next to her.

"W-wha! Put me down! What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Kagura shrieked as Sougo began to walk, with her in his arms.

"Why are you always so noisy?" he asked casually as if nothing had happened.

Kagura panicked; her arm flailed towards him, but he didn't stop walking. "PUT ME DOWN!!"

Finally Sougo huffed and sat her down on the ground. "Fine, but you're going to have to figure out a way to move on your own." Sadaharu seemed to have found some fondness to the odd man and decided to follow him.

The injured girl sat on the ground alone but satisfied to be away from him, but when she noticed him walking away she began to worry. Just how exactly was she supposed to move? She clearly couldn't even stand and walking was definitely out of question. She looked over to him, his back getting smaller and smaller, even Sadaharu had walked away with him.

"Damnit." She cursed. "This guy's such an asshole."

Her eyes looked around for anything that might help her. A lengthy stick caught her attention and she thanked god that it was only an arm's length away. She grabbed it and used it to support her. With only a small amount of energy, she managed to stand up, using the stick as a crutch. She tried taking a step forward but the weight that rested on the stick made her hand slide down its length. The loose shaving 

on the stick acted as needles and she let out a shriek at the pain of the sharp, thorn-like spikes. She was lucky enough that the stick hadn't stabbed through her hand.

The attempt to walk with stick as crutches landed her on the ground once more. She cursed her luck for injuring herself so easily. Her eyes looked for him again and before he could disappear into the forest she decided to suck up her pride.

"Damnit! Help me out!" she yelled, but no answer came. "HEY!! ARE YOU LISTENING?! I NEED HELP!!"

Yet again, he showed no signs of hearing her. She began to tear up in frustration. "GET BACK HERE! I CAN'T GET UP!"

Nothing.

"SOUGOOOO!!" she called out his name.

He stopped and turned. Kagura formed a pout on her lips again as she watched him walked back to her, although she felt relieved to have finally gotten his attention.

It didn't take very long for him to reach her. His long strides always made him fast. Once he stood over her, she saw the victorious smirk that was plastered on his face. She almost jumped up and punched him just to wipe out that grin but she figured it'll just injure her much more.

"Yes, little lady?" he teased.

She growled; she hated it when he made fun of her. "Shut up. I can't get up."

"That's not a very nice way of asking a favor." He replied, taking the joke even further.

"Don't start with me! Or else you'll die by my hands!" she yelled.

"I should just leave you here to rot then." He added sending her an innocent smile before turning around to walk away again.

Kagura panicked. "No! Okay, okay fine! I need help, I can't get up." She stated calmer than before.

He turned around. "Say 'please'."

"No way!" she retorted.

"Fine." He turned away.

"PLEASE!"

He turned back. "Please what?"

She growled. "Please, help me. I can't get up."

"Still not convincing enough."

"STOP BEING SUCH A SADIST!!"

"I'm not a sadist; you are."

"Hurry up and pick me up!!"

"Walking away now..."

"Ugh!" Kagura groaned, writing a new job on her 'to-do list': kill him later. "I need help, pretty please, with cherry on top!"

Sougo grinned triumphantly and he crouched down in front of her. "Wow, never knew you were so easy." He chuckled and picked her up before she could say anything back. Sadaharu barked beside him as if he was taunting her too.

'Since when the hell did they team up against me!' she yelled inwardly at the same time wondering why her face was beginning to heat up.


Well, there you go.I didn't really know how to start up with their little romance so I just went old school and made one of them injured. (Haha, sorry Kagura.) How's the OOCness? Too much or what? Let me know and I'll try changing it up a bit. And please, if you find more mistakes, tell me. It helps.And thank you for reading, you better review, or Kagura's gonna hunt you down tonight! Haha!

-Torogi