A Troublesome thing called love
chapter 1.
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I do not own GINTAMA.
First day of school, it's the start of a new school term meaning, endless bonding with classmates, meeting new personalities, new classmates and sometimes there's also a transferees, school festivals and club activities. Everyone is excited and looking forward, well, except to this student named Okita Sougo.
Unlike everyone, he didn't feel the same instead, he seemed not to care about shitty things like school. He was like physically present but mentally absent.
The only thing that made him regularly come to school was he wanted to beat Hijikata Toushiro and stole the vice-president position of the student council. He would do every possible and horrible way just to make him down.
Chapter 1: How it all started.
He was already on his way to class 3z room, earphones on while holding his MP3 player. His face was covered with his bored expression.
Almost there, he paused when he noticed a girl standing in front of the door of his classroom. Just a meter away, the side of her body was facing him. He studied her first, she was wearing a swirled glasses and has an orange hair tied in two knots to the sides of her head and covered with ornaments, just like a Chinese girl.
"China." He said concluding that the girl on his front was a Chinese girl. The girl then turned her head to face the person who just spoke no idea that she was referred as China. Sougo couldn't see her eyes because of the glasses. Since he was taller than her, she titled her head to eye him.
He walked forward then placed his hand on the door ready to slide it open while the orange-haired girl just quietly stared at his action.
Before he could enter, Sougo decided to once again look at the girl that was now on his side. Both staring at each other when Sougo suddenly said "Hey kid, are you lost? This isn't police station."
The girl flinched hearing that she was just called as 'kid', scowling, "What did you say?! I'm not a kid, you brat!"
"Oh" he deadpanned not bothering with what the girl's statement as he believe that almost all kids doesn't like to be referred as… kid.
Finally, Sougo entered the room leaving the girl outside. He closed back the door.
He sat near the window leaning his back on the chair. He inserted his right arm inside his bag then slip out something revealing an eye mask, a red one with a style of big eyes. Wearing it, he rested both arms on his chest ready to take his morning nap. This was his daily routine at school, sleep during lessons, eat when it's lunch break then sleep again. If the teacher scolded him, he would go outside and would find another place to sleep.
However, if it's Ginpachi sensei, he would just let Sougo do whatever he wants as long as he won't be noisy.
"Alright, it's homeroom, class…get your books." Ginpachi sensei said while entering the room. His eyes were half opened as if he was lazy to teach or something or maybe he too was sleepy. And also, while teaching, he was sucking his 'self-proclaimed' lollipop that for some reason was releasing a smoke.
"Eto…. So we have a transferee today."
Glancing at the door, "You can enter now, Kagura-chan" he said calling for the transferee outside.
She walked inside and stand in front of the class beside Ginpachi-sensei, "My name is Kagura! Nice to meet ya' all!" she greeted cheery then forming a wide smile.
"That's your seat" pointing at the table beside the 'sleeping Sougo', "sit and stay quiet, that's a rule, 'kay? Understand? Now go." Ginpachi sensei said.
Kagura did what was told to her. Sit and stay quiet.
She heard that right, smiling as she thought that it wasn't included in the rules—eating. Getting her pack of sukonbu she picked one putting it inside her mouth then rolled her head around to have a view of her new classmates.
Lots of an unknown faces, there's only one familiar though. It was the student beside her—the person with an eye mask who just called her a kid a while ago, too bad he was sleeping he wouldn't see that this 'kid' was actually one of his classmates now.
Next day
It was P.E class under Matsudaira sensei.
"You only have one activity for today." He said.
"What is it, Sensei." The class representative, Otae asked.
"Running, prepare and do the stretching in 3 minutes…..okay, now position!" Matsudaira-sensei said.
"W-wait, sensei, it was only 2 seconds ago?"
"No, a good student only needs number 1 to be a better citizen. Position, first pair is Okita and Kagura. The first one to reach the finish line is the winner."
"Hai…" Sougo began stretching his arms while heading to the starting line. "Kagura? Who is Kagura?" he asked his self through his mind, starting to think if he was beginning to forget the names of his classmates.
From the side of his eyes, he noticed his pair also doing her stretching. He then turned his head to look.
He blinked two times…
Then lifting his arm, "Sensei" he called Matsudaira-sensei's attention.
"What?"
"Why is there a Chinese kid here?" he asked not changing the bored expression on his face.
"…" The p.e teacher ignored his question as he went back on checking his gun.
Kagura's vein popped in annoyance. This guy needs a beat up to clear his mind, she thought.
She clenched her fist then, "GYAAAA" Kagura yelled as she revolved her body to land a hard kick on Sougo's back.
Caught off guard, Sougo fell on the ground "ouch" he murmured.
She smirked resting her foot on his back. "It's not 'kid', the name is Kagura!"
"In count of 3, you two run." Their sensei explained not giving a fvck that his two students were fighting. Raising his starting gun, "...1! *bang*" it was the sign.
Kagura grinned, "haha, bye bye stupid brat!" she ran quickly leaving Sougo behind.
He raised his body while gently tapping his back "Teme.." he groaned with his knitted brows, for he, the 'great Sougo' was just kicked by a girl, it was somehow unbelievable,…for him.
Sougo stood up dashing to catch up with Kagura. As if he would let her win easily.
Kagura noticed him, frowning "Waa-..." He's fast.
Worriedly, she increased her pace but Sougo was really…fast.
Almost leveling, he grinned while Kagura scoffed.
Few meters away from the finish line, kagura inhaled a long air speeding her feet while Sougo focused his eyes forward; they both ran as fast as they can.
And then…
"Yay! Winner!" Kagura yelled
"ah-uh, China, it was me who won." Sougo said interrupting Kagura's victory jump.
She paused quickly glancing at Sougo, "Huh! You're saying something?!"
"I said I'm the winner, not you."
"Well, in your dream stupid brat!"
"Who's the brat here? Huh?" Sougo sneered.
Their veins began popping rapidly on their faces while debating who really won. Faces were close expressing scorn to each other.
"W-wait, you two calm down…" Shimura Shinpachi said, his arms were both lift up.
"HUHH?!" Kagura and Sougo said in unison facing Shinpachi which made him startled and said "N-nothing…"
"Don't copy me Brat!"
"It was you who copied me China."
"What did you say?! Wanna fight? Huh"
"Bring it on China."
"That's enough. It was a tie." Matsudaira-sensei interrupted the two hitting their heads with his class record.
"What? Tie?" she asked
The teacher nodded, crossing his arms "Are you doubting the eyes of your teacher? No? Good!"
He turned around facing his remaining students "That's all for today. Dismiss."
"Sensei, what about the second pair for this activity?" Shinpachi asked.
"There's no need, I told you didn't I? Number 1 is the only number a good student should know." He explained.
Facepalm, "The teachers here are not normal, I…I need to transfer." Shinpachi whispered to his self.
And so, the class took a rest since there was still a lot of time remaining for them while Kagura and Sougo continued glaring at each other though they were meters away. Kagura was with Otae, Kyuubei and Mitsuba, as Sougo was accompanied by his fellow student council member—hijikata and Kondou.
It was how their rivalry started…
5 days had passed.
Lunch break
"Anego, what do you have on your lunch box?" kagura curiously asked Otae, they were sitting on the ground outside, just like a picnic.
"This?" she opened it revealing a…something…strange-like…dark matter, she smiled "It's a fried egg. Do you want a bite?"
Kagura, upon seeing the 'fried-eggs' felt as if her stomach sicken, but there's no way she can say 'no' to her, "Y-yes…I'd love to." She lied, "It's the end of my world if I didn't eat this" was what actually on her mind.
Shinpachi once told her that Otae wouldn't like it 'if' her special dish (fried eggs) was offered to someone then that person would just deny it. Kagura respect Otae so much since she was one of her first friend here in Gintama High.
After swallowing, she quickly grabbed her bottle of water to drink it so that the 'dark matter' would digest easily and be discharge later at the toilet or else it would definitely contaminate her body.
Sighing in relief since she just passed a threatening moment of her life, she opened her own lunch box and began eating. She loves eating more than anything else.
"Surprising, you really eat a lot Kagura-chan." Kyuubei commented.
Kagura smiled, believing that it was a compliment then she noticed Mitsuba, who was sitting beside her suddenly poured a whole Tabasco sauce on her rice. "W-waa, Mitsuba-nee, what are you doing?" biting the lower part of her lips, even though it wasn't her food, she knew how spicy that would be.
Otae chuckled, "Kagura-chan, it's normal to her you know."
Kyuubei nodded.
Placing down the empty Tabasco bottle, Mitsuba eyed Kagura then formed a sweet-timid-like smile, "It's another way to enjoy food. Do you want to try?"
Kagura quickly shook her head, "I-I still have lots of food to finish here. T-thank you Mitsuba-nee." she smiled.
Few minutes had passed….
"Thanks for the food." Kagura said clasping her palms then putting her lunch box back inside her bag.
She waited for Mitsuba and Otae to finish theirs while staring at them including Kyuubei, she's happy that she already have her own company of friends making her form a smile.
Then, looking at Mitsuba, a thought crossed on her mind, "Mitsuba-nee resembles him" she was referring to Sougo. Quickly, she shrugged it off, "There's no way, Mitsuba-nee is so kind and…and that guy is like a sadist." She thought then laughed.
"Hmm, what so funny Kagura-chan?" Otae asked,
"Nothing Anego, I just thought of something…uh, impossible." Kagura retorted rubbing the back of her head.
"..and?"
"Hm?"
"What is it Kagura-chan?"
"Ahm, I just thought that maybe Mitsuba-nee was related to sadi-…Sougo." She laughed again then, "but there's no way righ-"
"I am." Mitsuba interrupted with a smile plastered on her face.
Kagura paused, "Eh?" dropping the laughed and smile.
"So-chan is my brother, Kagura chan."
"…." Eyeing Mitsuba then Otae and Kyubei then back to Mitsuba. "Really? But…. you are kind and that guy is a ….sadist." Kagura explained.
"Sadist?" Mitsuba laughed softly, and then she fixated her eyes to Kagura, "So-chan is kind…well, in his own way. I can tell because I'm the one who raised him." She smiled. "If you gave him a chance, you two can become good friends."
Kagura smiled admiring how gentle Mitsuba was, definitely a perfect sister, she thought.
Suddenly, It made her wonder, "Where the hell is my aniki?"
To be continue…
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