OOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYGGOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD ! It's been FOREVER, guys! How have you been? Are you still here! Are you still reading this fic? I hope you still are because you are in for a treat! My brain kinda died... Like... forever ago! Plus, I was kinda busy with some college stuffs, too. I'm moving around August, so I'll try my best to give you more chapters as soon as possible. I should give you guys four chapters since I left you guys with chapter six in a long run. I am so sorry about that. But, don't worry! I have a new chapter made just for you! Took a while, huh? Sorry for abandoning you guys for this long. ;n; I just got hit by another idea. I just remember an episode, so that's going to be a start for chapter seven. It is now, Gintoki's POV that I need to work on. Again, I apologize for the long-term hiatus. It's not easy when you get distracted for almost a year.

I guess rereading my fic was a good idea. Along with watching nearly almost every season of Gintama. (Which, I am almost done with, btw! And plan on rewatching soon.) It's so good to be back, guys! Now, on with the long and awaited, chapter 7! Enjoy! :3

~Gintoki's POV~

I just had the strangest dream. But, right when I woke up, I forgot. Do you ever get those dreams where you wake up and you have not a single clue of what happened? Well, that's what I ended up with; a forgotten dream. Is it a sign that your mind doesn't like what you dreamt about and decided, "Hey! You have a weird dream now let's erase that, shall we? Now wake up so you can forget!" If only forgetting was that easy when you were awake or when you get completely wasted the night before and you don't even remember what happened when you find you're in someone else's bed when you actually have a wife or a husband. Wait. How did this get pretty deep and personal all of a sudden? Oh, forget it. I can't sleep anymore, anyway.

I was just about to step out my room when I hear Arthur from the other end. Who is he talking to ? I went over to investigate and opened my door a crack to take a little peek. All I saw was a huge ball of fur. Sadaharu? Where does he plan on taking him? What's Arthur up to? I placed my hand onto the door to step in, but before I managed to budge the door an inch, I heard Arthur's reply. "...I'll take you with me, but not a single peep from you until we're out of here. Is that a deal?" Is he seriously making a deal with a dog!? And he thinks we're the weirdoes. I chuckled softly as I heard him call Sadaharu a "good boy". It was true, but at times it wasn't. But, that was Sadaharu for ya. I only hope no one took that out of context. It didn't take long for Arthur and Sadaharu to walk out. Right as the door shut, I waited a moment before stepping out. I looked around, noticing he neatly folded the blanket he used with the pillow huddled in a small bundle to the side of the couch. He's pretty neat for a guy. Is that normal? For a guy who would clean his underwear, I guess it's no surprise. Wait. No. Don't look at me like that! I don't know if he cleans his underwear! No, wait, that's not that what I meant! I—oh, forget it. It's too early for this.

Since I was already up, I decided to start the day off and grab a toothbrush and start brushing my teeth. Right as I began brushing, I hear the door from outside open and close. After a few seconds, silence until Kagura entered the bathroom with a deep yawn. "Morning, Gin-chan."

I spat in the sink before greeting her back. "Mornin'."

She rubbed her eyes and looked at me from the mirror. "Gin-chan, have you seen Sadaharu? I woke up and he wasn't there. Have you seen him?"

"Eh?" I blinked up at her as I continued to brush my teeth. I spat once more before replying, "I think he left with Arthur a few minutes ago. I guess they decided to go for a walk together." I told her as she just got done washing her face. I finished up as Kagura dried her face with a towel before walking out.

"That's good, though." She said. "We never did spend any time with him."

"What? What's that supposed to mean? We do spend time with him!"

"Well, not like that, Gin-chan. I mean, taking him out for a walk and things like that."

"What do you mean!? I walked him!"

"That was about a week ago!"

"A week, a day, what difference does that make?"

We managed to separate for a bit to change out of our pajamas. Before sitting down in the living room. I would have turned on the TV, but Ketsuno doesn't show up this early. Oh, dammit. Can this day get any slower? I wanna see my Ketsuno. I went over to the kitchen and decided to peer into the fridge for anything to eat. Empty, except for a carton of strawberry milk, which I took from the fridge before closing it back shut before sitting back down. Perhaps, I can go drag Shinpachi grocery shopping with me today. There's nothing to do today. And that reminds me, while we're out I can snatch a new issue of JUMP that's out today.

I looked over and noticed Kagura tuning the channels on the television set, grumbling to herself with a bit of sukonbu in her mouth. What does she think about in that little, girly head of hers? Actually, what does any woman think about in their pretty little minds? I sighed to myself and looked up at the door, expecting Arthur and Sadaharu or Shinpachi to barge in. Better yet, we'd be lucky if we got a job this early in the morning. I chugged the milk carton, realizing there was at least half of it left. Ah, well. Good excuse to buy more. I shrugged and chugged every drop down before looking into the carton for anymore of the strawberry taste.

The closed up the carton before tossing it in the trash and with no effort, it touched the rim and fell to the floor. I didn't plan on picking up, so I just left it there and leaned back against my seat, staring up at the ceiling for a moment until the door swung open and a familiar voice chimed. "Good morning!"

Perfect timing! I got up out of my seat a bit too happily and turned around. "Pachi boy! Just the man I wanted to see! You're here early!" I said to him cheerfully.

"Uhm. Well, I'm always here early." Shinpachi said to me, a bit dully. "And you're usually asleep. What made you wake up so early? No, wait. Don't tell me. You're waiting for Ketsuno Ana to show up on TV, aren't you?"

"I... Well..." That was somewhat part of the truth. "Actually... I just thought we could go grocery shopping!"

"At this hour?" He blinked at me in disbelief. "As a matter of fact, when do you ever insist on taking me somewhere with you? Groceries, especially. Are you alright, Gin-san? Did you hit your head or something?" He gave me a sympathetic look as he placed his hand against my forehead. "You're not sick, are you?"

I shook my head away from him. "Knock it off. I'm fine." I said to him. "My fridge is empty and we have nothing to eat. Why else would I want to go out for groceries? Besides, the convience stores are open 24/7."

He wasn't very convinced about it. But, he shrugged and waited for me. "Alright. As long as I don't have to pay anything."

"You won't have to." I told him with a grin as I held up Arthur's wallet in my hand.

~England's POV~

I was just on my way back to Gintoki's place when I just remembered something. Where's my wallet? I began digging around my pockets for it. But, it was nowhere to be found. I cursed under my breath wondering just where the hell I put it. "I know it's in here somewhere..." I muttered to myself almost frantically as I bit my lip in thought. Where could it be? How could I be so irresponsible? Where did I leave it? Did I drop it at the park? On the way there or...? My heart was racing; my adrenaline was flowing quickly right now. What would I do if I lost it? All the money Otose gave me... And, my pounds! I can't take this anymore. "Hey, Sadaharu. Do you think we could go back to the park? I may have dropped my—" I felt Sadaharu tilt a bit roughly as he bumped into someone when he turned. "Oh! S-Sorry!" I said as I looked up at a figure covered in a huge dark cloak, but he paid no heed to me and just kept going.

I stared at the figure as it continued to head down the street. Sadaharu started to walk back to the direction of the park as if nothing happened. Meanwhile, I looked back at the figure, but it was gone. I turned my back again. Was I just seeing things or did that just really happen? I looked back a few more times before Sadaharu began to pick up the pace, running back to the park.

As soon as we came back to the park, I looked everywhere I was at the time I may have lost it. I even checked the places I may have lost it. The sandbox, I ran all over the grass with no luck, even Sadaharu decided to help me that was until I saw him biting on some kid's head. "S-Sadaharuuu!" ...Or not. I double checked the places again just in case I may have missed something. I also ran back the way Sadaharu dragged me. I was desperate to find it. I asked a few of the parkgoers and no one's seen it. Most of them doubted I would find it considering the number of homeless people that roamed Kabukicho. Strangely enough, I managed to find Hasegawa there as well. I tried asking him but, he happened to be absolutely delusional than the last time I saw him. Wonder what happened.

I went all around the park more than once and still nothing. I can't believe I could lose that. How on earth could I lose the bloody thing? This was a really big park. There could be somebody here that could've taken it. And if I was lucky, took it to the authorities. But, maybe they were right. Someone could have taken it... I didn't want to believe it. So I decided to call Sadaharu back and we took a little trip to a station nearby.

"I'm sorry, sir. But, no one's come by with a wallet at all today."

"Oh, I see."

The officer may have sensed my anxiety and sighed. "Well, if anyone comes by I'll let you know. We could have someone send it to you if it's found. If you could if us an address we'll hand it to personally if you don't plan on dropping by the station."

"If you could, just send it to Odd Jobs."

"Odd Jobs?" He stared at me in disbelief. "Sir, in case you haven't noticed this, but Odd Jobs is a pretty weird place to go to for anything really. That place isn't as busy and if anyone needs something is probably not as often. Their boss is a bit of a downer and if there isn't a job all he does is loaf around. I wouldn't trust leaving your belongings there unless you want to come there to an empty wallet."

"I see.." I wasn't sure exactly what to say at this point. I was rather shocked, I couldn't believe Gintoki's place is getting some bad reviews. Of course, coming from the title of their name they are pretty odd. I suppose his place isn't as bad. And I'm sure if they did find my wallet, they wouldn't have to worry since I would be there and if not, surely Shinpachi would hold it for me. I mean, sure that police officer was kind enough to go out of his way to deliver my wallet to me. I just hope they do find it. But, what he said about Gintoki, though... I couldn't find any words since I haven't seen how he works yet.

"So... Are you sure you really want us to send it there?"

"I'm sorry, what was that?"

"Do you really want us to send it there?"

"Yes, I do. I don't exactly live here, per say."

"Ah! Are you traveling around, then?"

"I suppose you could say that. They were kind enough to at least let me stay there for a while."

"I see. So how long will you be staying here?"

"I'm not sure. It could be a while until I come back home."

"No wonder you don't look like the usual here. Foreigner?"

"I am, I guess."

"That's good. That's good to know Edo is known in other places as well. Welcome! Sorry about your wallet."

"There's no need for that. I'll be alright, officer. And, thank you."

"Take care of yourself now."

"I will. Have a good day."

Well that went well. I hung my head the whole way back, dragging my feet onto the dirt with Sadaharu trailing behind.

~Gintoki's POV~

Shinpachi and I just stepped out of the convience store. I sighed a breath of relief as I finally got a new issue of JUMP along with the other things I need. I also couldn't help it, but I also bought a box of strawberry pocky. What? I can't start the day without sugar.

On our way back, I happened to walk past some guy in a cloak. I looked up at him, but I couldn't make out his face because of that hood he has on. I noticed he dropping something so I stopped and knelt down to picked it up for him. It took Shinpachi to notice that I wasn't behind him, so he stopped in his tracks.

"Hmm? Gin-san?"

"Oi!" I called out to the man that past me. I saw him stop, but he didn't turn around. "You dropped this." I said as I held up the pack of cigarettes.

It took him a while, but he turned around and approached me. He didn't say anything, but he held out his hand as if wanting me to hand him the cigarettes. I disregarded his odd gesture and placed the pack in his hand. I looked at his face but the hood gave off a shadow so the only thing I was able to see was the lower half of his face. His lips formed a smirk and he replied a simple "thanks" before turning away again.

"Gin-san. Who was that?" Shinpachi asked me curiously as he was looking back as well.

I shrugged and replied, "I haven't a clue, either."

Later as we were half way back home, I spotted Arthur just up ahead. He seemed upset about something, Sadaharu sitting right next to him. Shinpachi was the first to greet him.

"Arthur-san! Are you alright?" He sounded pretty worried about him, can't blame him either. I'd feel sorry for a guy if he had a constipated look on his face also.

"Oh, hello."

"Did something happen?" I decided to ask him. "You didn't get in trouble again, did you?"

"The only person that would cause trouble would be someone like you." Arthur said to me, bluntly. "I lost my wallet."

Shinpachi looked a bit surprised. "That is terrible. Are you sure you checked everywhere?"

"I did. I checked the park twice and no luck."

"Perhaps, Sadaharu must've eaten it."

"Don't be ridiculous, Gintoki! Sadaharu would never!"

"He'll eat anything. He managed to barf up an inflatable doll once."

Shinpachi just rolled his eyes and looked back at Arthur. "We could help you look. What does it look like?"

"Well, it's red, blue and white. The white lines intercept in a certain way, kind of like a white line going down a white X."

I noticed Shinpachi staring at me, blank-faced. "Gin-san. Do you know anything about this?"

"Eh!? Me!? Why do you ask?"

"Why...? You're asking me...why?" He suddenly got up and grabbed at my shirt. "YOU'RE THE ONE! YOU SAID THAT WAS YOURS! HOW COULD YOU JUST TAKE HIS WALLET WITHOUT HIM KNOWING!?"

"YOU TOOK MY WALLET!?"

"BE QUIET!" Another voice boomed into ours. I looked over and saw Otose. She didn't seem really happy. "I understand it's morning, but keep your mouths shut!" She shouted before slamming her door shut.

We stood there in silence for about a few minutes before quietly going back up the steps. Right as we reached the doorway, Kagura jumped out to greet us. She looked a bit anxious.

"Gin-chan! Shinpachi! Artie!"

"Kagura-chan, what's wrong?" Shinpachi asked her worriedly. It seemed pretty urgent because she was practically jumping around.

"Kagura! Mind breathing, first before you fall over?"

"I—uhm, Artie! There's something for you. Some guy dropped it off earlier. He said to give it to you as soon as possible!" She held up an envelope to him. It had no name or a return address. Does someone know he's here?

"I suppose I'll just open it inside. It looks urgent." Arthur said to her as he stepped inside.

I looked around descretely before following behind Shinpachi, sliding the door shut behind me. Something about this just doesn't seem right.

Omgosh! Hey, guys! It's been forever due to a long-term hiatus. (Forgive me! OTL) I'll try my best to continue with chapter 8. That's all for now. :3