1Damn! I haven't updated in forever! It's because I don't have many resources for this, and Gin Tama isn't primarily a story that has anything to do with romance. Even so, those last two chapters were short. They only spanned three pages (my criteria is usually 6-9 pages)!

So today, I will bring you a longer, better chapter! But since I haven't written the story in so long, I've gotten rusty. Please forgive me.

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Lesson Three: Even if you haven't written your story in a long time, continue writing so that people won't get disappointed.

So Sa-chan asked for help from Shinpachi. She had a plan to get help from the Yorozuya. "And when the day is done, Gin-san will have finally stopped playing hard to get!" Some people, you just don't want to tell the truth to.

"Um, Sa-chan? This approach seems too forward to me...."

"What are you talking about Shinichi? It's just forward enough to work!"

"My name is Shinpachi. Or you know what? Just Shin. It's easier to remember."

"Okay Nobita."

"Where the hell did Nobita come from?"

"You already have a Doraemon in the closet."

"That's...." Her comment made Shinpachi think about the girl who slept in the closet, Kagura. She went up to him and kissed him...... and then pushed him out the window, then insulted him. I don't know if that incident should make me happy or mad."

"You should be happy. It was a once in a lifetime moment."

"Being pushed out the window or being kissed?"

"Either one is fine. But you can't pick both."

"What? If either one could be considered once-in-a-lifetime, why do I have to choose one? That serves no purpose!"

Later that day....

*Knock, Knock*

"Shinpachi! Get the door."

"Why don't you get off the couch and get it yourself?"

"My favorite show is on."

"That is a soup commercial!"

"I like to eat soup."

"Well, I've never seen you eat soup, Gin-san!"

"Because we're broke."

"Well, it doesn't do much good just to look at soup on a commercial, does it?"

"It simulates the look and feel of the soup."

"You can't feel anything from a TV!"

"Okay, this is going nowhere. Even though I'm right, I let you think that you're right so that this can end."

"Who says you're right?! I just wanted you to get the door!"

*Knock Knock*

"Alright, alright. I'll get it."

"Hey! I'm not done talking!"

Gin walked up to the door. But as he walked to the door, he felt a strange presence behind it. 'I have a really bad feeling about this....'

He opens the door and sees.... Sa-chan in a violet bondage outfit, all tied up. "Hello..."

Gin slammed the door shut. "Shinpachi, it's for you."

'Is it not time yet?' Shinpachi walked over to the door. He opened it. :o

"S-Sa-chan! You're half naked! And tied up!"

"Oh yeah. We never really discussed what problem I would make for Gin-san."

"This is a problem? You basically set yourself up on a platter for any sex-hungry man."

"No, I want him to help me get untied...."

"Did you need the purple bondage suit for this?"

"...... Can you repeat the question?"

"Ugh......"

So Shinpachi had to be the one to untie her, since Gin obviously would not.

"Sa-chan, you need a different approach."

"No I don't. I just need a different job for him."

"That's kinda what I meant."

"Then say so!"

"You have no romantic experiences, do you Sa-chan?"

"Yeah, that coming from the guy who only ever got kissed once by someone other than his mother."

"I-it's not like that!"

"Then who else have you kissed?"

"......... Up until I was 14..... my sister....."

"..... So you roll that way?"

"No no no!"

"Either you have a sister complex, or you actually needed parental comfort as a teenager. Which one is less embarrassing?"

"Well, the parental comfort one of course!"

"Really? Because I could say 'Ha! What a baby'."

"Well, what if I said it was a sister complex?"

"Then I would say 'She's too good for you'."

"What do you mean 'too good'? She's too combative to be dated! And what does that have to do with the fact that she's my sister?!"

"It isn't as gross if you think about how cute people think she is.... until they get punched in the gut."

"That doesn't make me feel any different!"

"You might be accused of being a masochist."

"No, because I don't like her that way! And isn't that what you are!?"

Well this is getting out of hand. The International Narrator's Association (I.N.A.) says that this argument is pointless and irrelevant to the plot. Little do they know, that I'm one of the Narrator's Resistance Front (N.R.F. or it can be pronounced "Nerf", that was the joke), a group of Narrators who either narrate things that aren't necessary, are too lazy to write what is necessary, or both. I could be either one at any given time. Okay, this was completely irrelevant. Let's skip ahead by about two hours.

"And that's why you'll never have a girlfriend."

"...... You're so cruel."

"I am cruel to those who cannot fulfil my S&M. Gin-san is the only person right now who can do that."

"So what? You turn into a sadist if Gin-san isn't around?"

"No. I don't enjoy being cruel."

"Then don't be cruel!"

Shinpachi was annoyed. It was already 5:00 pm, and it seemed like Sa-chan had nothing better to do than insult him. So he left.

'You know, she actually brought up a good point. Do I love my sister? I know I should love her like a sibling, and I do. But I never actually look at her as a woman... because I was always hunched over in pain.' Shinpachi also thought about his position as the Tsu Terakado fan club president. 'No! Loving another woman is not like loving an idol! Although being with an idol could never happen, you love them regardless of other relations! And although loving a combative woman would hurt a lot, at least I would love someone who's here! ..... So I can love both at the same time!' According to what logic? 'And then there's the issue of Kagura..... I'm not sure if I love her either.... I don't know who I love any more.....' Shinpachi is struggling.... but oh well! This is about Sa-chan, so any tribulations that he is facing will be a side story. A side story that will continue right now.

At home....

"Sigh.... I just don't know what to do anymore." Said Shinpachi as he laid down on his futon. "I don't know who I should choose...."

"Choose for what Shin-chan?"

Shinpachi sat up to see his sister, Tae Shimura at his door. She was a beautiful girl (when she isn't angry) and today she had been dressed in a blue flower patterned kimono.

"Sis? What are you doing in here?"

"Well, I'm working double shifts at the hostess club, so I wont be here for the rest of tomorrow."

"Oh."

"Miss Sarutobi called today. She said you were having girl trouble...."

"Oh! Um, no! Gee, I..... cannot believe she would call you. It's like a teacher calling home after seeing two young children get into a fight, completely pointless!"

"But who is this girl?"

"Um, she's, someone you don't know..." he lied.

"I see..... well, if you have any trouble, come to me."

"Um...." Shinpachi uttered. He couldn't really come up with an answer to that. She wasn't the most romantic person he knew....

"I know that look. You're troubled."

"Yeah...."

"Way back when dad was sick, you would stay up all night worrying. I don't want you to worry so..." She sat down next to Shinpachi on his bed. "I'll be your comfort. Your confident." She gave him a small kiss on the cheek. "So don't worry. I'm here for you."

"Y-yes...." Shinpachi was blushing furiously. He disguised it by covering his head with his covers and trying to get to sleep. But he couldn't sleep. 'Nngh. It looks like I do love my sister.... And Kagura..... Sa-chan was right.' About what? The fact that you love your sister and coworker, or the fact that you'll never get a girlfriend?

Next time, the primary focus will be on Sa-chan's mission to stalk Gin and the Yorozuya in Kyoto! Secondary focus will be Shinpachi's 16 year old life without love.

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Including these comments, this whole thing spans 6 pages! Sure there was a lot of talking, but that's what happens in the manga too (except they have pictures, and it would probably span more than 8 pages). Now the focus is split between Shinpachi and Sa-chan. But since this is primarily about Sa-chan, she will be featured way more than Shinpachi (even though he has more pairings than she does. Poor Shinpachi).

Sayonara!