Hanako. Do you remember her? She's the girl from Osaka that followed the phony religion. She also had surgery done (for those of you that far in the series). I just felt like bringing her up. She hasn't been featured in a while.

Adventure in Kyoto. Whoo-hoo.

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Lesson 4: If this is the first actual job involving work you've had in the past year or so, try dabbling in other professions, seeing as how you aren't making much money now.

Over the course of about a week, Shinpachi became Sa-chan's, "Man on the Inside". She learned all of Gin's preferences, but didn't know how to incorporate those into love.

Eventually....

"Gin-san!" Shinpachi yelled.

"Ugh, what is it Shinpachi? I was in the middle of a great story." Said Gin as he put down his JUMP.

"We've got work!"

"....... Seriously?"

"Yeah!"

".... You do it."

Kagura came out of her closet. "Yeah, you do it."

"The person who requested it is giving us an all expenses-paid trip to Kyoto."

"..... Even though we could go there anytime we want, this is 'all expenses-paid'.... right?"

"Er, right Gin-san."

"And that means free lodging, free food, and free JUMP?" It was Sunday today.

"Um, yes..."

Kagura added, "Free sukonbu?"

"Yes...."

A couple of hours later, they were in a hotel in Kyoto.

"So, Shinpachi... who is it we're working for?"

"Gengai Hiraga."

"You mean that old man? What does he need?"

"Well, he needs..... a strong fighter."

"...... Kagura, you handle this."

"Yes!" Said Kagura, with fire in her eyes. "Not that I'm doing it for the sukonbu... I mean, it would be nice if he got me some, seeing as how this is all expenses-paid and all..."

"Yeah, with you around, sukonbu is like an expense."

"Gin-san, we need more than one person."

Gin shook his head. "I don't see why."

At Hiraga's garage....

There were robotic versions of the Yorozuya trio standing next to Hiraga.

"Okay, now I see."

Shinpachi seemed to be the only one who really wondered why.... "Mr. Hiraga, why are there robots who look like us.... I think, here?"

If you looked closely, they all had bug eyes, their robotic joints were showing, and they also had antenna.

"So why did you need strong fighters?"

"I wanted to compare them to the originals. See if they had any value."

Gin laughed. "We can beat carbon copies anyday!"

Two hours later. Gin and Gin-bot were in a tragic battle.... of JUMP.

"No way! Aizen leads them!"

"Affirmative, but Ichimaru may be hiding something behind the scenes...."

"If he was, then Aizen would have found out!"

"Aizen may not mind if Ichimaru is using his position to his own ends. As long as he has a powerful army, Aizen would let Ichimaru and Tosen do what they want."

"Gr! That makes a lot of sense.... but we aren't that far in the story yet!"

"Looking at Ichimaru's mysterious behavior, and his selfishness, it is very likely."

You aren't an anime fan if you don't know which anime they're talking about.

Shinpaci and his double were....

"Do you go to every concert live?"

"Yeah, she gets more amazing the more concerts she performs!"

"Mr. Hiraga wont let me go, because I'm just a robot...."

"Do not worry comrade.... I will help you!"

They're talking about Otsu-chan.

The two Kaguras... were looking at a tree.

"Kagura-chan, isn't that Sa-chan?"

"Yeah, it is."

Everyone stopped, and looked at the tree.

The tree moved back a little.... and then ran away!

"Hold it!" Gin said as he threw his bokuto.

It smacked the tree in it's head. It fell down. When Gin approached the tree, it said, "Do that again."

"...... No."

Gin took off her tree disguise. "Okay, I can see that you're serious, so I'm going to just calmly explain things to you...."

Nine hours later.

"So the fortune teller says that the guy in the future, John F. Kennedy will be killed by that person."

Don't ask me how the conversation got there. Something about, laws against stalkers, and "Who makes up the laws", and "What future laws will be", and "How he knew that". He knew that by learning of the future presidents of America (though they're in Edo) from a fortune teller about two years ago. He went when he still believed that fortunes could be told. Apparently, this one could see the future (Way back then, Kennedy wasn't assassinated).

"But Gin-san, I..." She blushed just a bit. ".... really do love you."

Gin sighed. "Look, It's not that I don't like you, it's just that I'm not partial to any woman...." he lied. He has a thing for another woman.... Ms. Ketsuno (the weather woman). "Really, I don't think that I can settle down. Not with my income, or," Gin pointed to Kagura and Shinpachi, "with a family like this to support. Other than that, I only see people. I don't differentiate between men and women, unless it's about hotness. At that time, I see women. But if they annoy me, it doesn't matter if they're a guy or a girl."

"I.... annoy you?" Sa-chan grew sad.

"Not all the time. Everybody is annoying at some point in time. Hell, I irritate the Hell out of most people. But think about this. Just because people are annoying at times, doesn't mean that they aren't pleasant to be around."

Sa-chan blushed. "Gin-san...."

"I mean, why the hell do you think Shinpachi and Kagura put up with me? Why do you think we put up with Kagura? Or Shinpachi? Or Sadaharu? Because we enjoy that person's company. And because we've seen our way through hard times."

Sa-chan started to understand. "So... do you tolerate me?"

"...... Sometimes. Which is a 'yes', and a 'no'. But that goes for everyone. Those in my family," again, he looks at Shinpachi and Kagura.... and thinks of Sadaharu, "I just tolerate them more than others. But it came gradually." Gin started to walk of towards his family. "Who knows, maybe that same feeling will come around you someday.... maybe."

"Gin-san...."

"Guys, lets go back home."

After that, Hiraga said that he refused to pay the expenses, since none of what anybody did could be considered a "battle". (The Gins were arguing about BLEACH, the Shins were sharing their interest in Otsu, and the Kaguras were staring at the fake tree for about two hours before they realized it was Sa-chan). Kagura "persuaded" Hiraga (broke his garage) and they got a night and morning of a free hotel room, meals, and room service. Sa-chan checked into the room next to theirs.

What Gin said to her could be taken many ways. Sa-chan had the right idea, but she figured that just "tolerance" wasn't enough. She wanted to be his girlfriend, no matter what!

She decided that first, she would work on getting him to tolerate her presence as much as Shin and Kagura, if not more, and THEN she would seduce him.

But first, she needed a way to get him to tolerate her sooner. She decided that seduction was the fastest way (some people have a one-track mind).

Gin got the first bed. Shinpachi got the second bed. Kagura.... got the closet. Again.

"Good night!" They each said.

"Good night!" Came from the other room as well.

Shinpachi sighed as he said, "Good night Sa-chan!"

Kagura also said, "Good night Sa-chan!"

Gin just sat there. As it looked like his employees were expecting some kind of reply, he said, "Good night, stalker." After that, they could hear a squeal of.... joy(?) coming from the other room (for those who don't remember, she is a masochist).

'He taunts me.... so well....' Any form of teasing will do.

The day after, The Yorozuya trio ate free breakfast (they cleaned out the hotel's kitchen) and went back home. Sa-chan, obviously followed.

Sa-chan already had a good plan in wait...

And what's going on with Shinpachi?

At the Shimura home...

Shinpachi is just walking in.

"Hi, sis."

"Hi Shin!"

"I'm sorry, but I'm gonna go to bed early." BTW, It's just 6:00.

Shinpachi lay down in his futon. 'It's awkward just being in the same room with her.... It's wrong! I love my sister like that, but it's wrong! Two siblings can't love each other like that! It's morally wrong! But then again....' He thought back to Kagura. 'Although she may be stronger than me, she's still way younger," Only two years dude! "acts like a child, and in a way, still looks like it. In today's society, liking a girl that even looks younger than you would make you weird in other people's eyes.' I used "weird" instead of "lolicon", because I'm not sure if the same manga they have published in Gin Tama's time includes any of the cute "moe" characters that look like little girls.

'This makes love in my life even less possible...'

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Shinpachi is in sort of a stalemate between who is more appropriate to love. Now me, I would just go along with the fact that my mind is more twisted than the people I criticize and think of them as women, not "little girl" and "Sister", only I wouldn't call it twisted to love who you love. To criticize someone else's love is stupid, since they are allowed to love who they want.

Sorry, I went off track. Well, since Shinpachi is in a stalemate, the next episode will solely be about Sa-chan and Gin! If he comes up at any point, even where he is essential to the plot, I will punch myself in the face! It's a promise to you, readers! (Whoever's left!)