Into the World of Gintama
Chapter 11: There's no good servant who gives a first good impression... Part 2
It was now nighttime, meaning the Yorozuya was unusually quiet. Shinpachi-san rarely stays this long, but he was on the couch opposite of me, complaining about being hungry and what not. I could actually stay a long time without eating, as long as I have my Tea-kun. Anyway, Gin-san was sitting at his desk, looking out the window.
"Hungry... So hungry..." Shinpachi-san mumbled, sprawled out on the couch with a dead look on his face.
"Shut it, man." Gin-san demanded. "Why don't you just go home? There's sure to be food and such there."
"My sister's there today..." Shinpachi-san replied, sitting up. "My sister's there, making dinner..." He continued. "When my sister makes fried eggs, you see and tastes things you can't even imagine."
"So, she's a bad cook?" I smirked. "This could be good blackmail... On you, Shinpachi-san." He gave me a bored, but angry look, before turning back to Gin-san.
"Gin-san, did you know?" Shinpachi-san suddenly asked, randomly. "There are some canned goods that smell so bad, even a cat wouldn't go near them. They say that smelly things often taste good..!"
"...What?" Shinpachi-san is going crazy...
"Len-kun, did you know?" Shinpachi-san started, now looking at me, a crazy grin on his face. "When the Inuit catch a reindeer, they eat all the intestines and everything." He leaned in. "I'll bet it's so soft and warm and delicious..!"
"S-Shinpachi-san, p-please calm down..."
"And, Gin-san, Len-kun, did you know?" He asked again, staring down wide eyed at his hands. "When a hawk catches a rat, it only eats it after taking it apart in it's nest!" He looked up crazily, his mouth quivering, and his eyes unusually light brown... In comparison to his dark brown eyes. "I'll bet it's sooo..."
"Shinpachi-san! Calm down!" I tried, but the crazy in his eyes didn't go away.
"There're so many good things in this world!" He stood up, now looking at Gin-san, who was just looking outside, ignoring Shinpachi-san. "Think about it! The rent here isn't really so low. I'm sure that if we look, we could find a bunch of places cheaper than this. Right, Gin-san?!" He turned Gin-san's chair to look at him... And... Gin-san was gone! It was a log with a silver wig attached to the top!
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"WHAAAAAAA?!" Shinpachi-san and I screamed, me now standing up. How is that possible?! Where did he go?!
"Our emergency snack fund!" Shinpachi-san exclaimed, opening up a random cabinet with nothing in there. I gasped.
"We have an emergency snack fund?!" I narrowed my eyes. "I've been starving every day! Why did no one tell me about it? And where did Gin-san go?! And now that I think about it, Kagura-chan isn't here either!"
We just stared at each other, blinking, before a thought came in both of our minds.
"THAT MILK-DRINKING SONOFABITCH!"
~Later: Still Being Nighttime~
Apparently, Gin-san just went out for a walk, and Kagura-chan was downstairs. After we stopped raging, some policeman knocked on our door, asking for everyone in the house to go downstairs. We obliged, everyone, even Gin-san, now being downstairs in Otose's Snack Shop.
"Is this everyone?" The policeman asked. His name... Will be... Jake!
"Yeah. Whaddya want?" Otose asked. Kagura-chan was eating, Catherine was serving Kagura-chan, Otose was standing behind the bar table, some other policeman was here, just standing up... I'll call him... Bale. Anyway, Bale was just standing up, Gin-san was sitting down, and Shinpachi-san was also standing up. I was just sitting down on the couch, drinking my Tea-kun. We'll need to buy some more, soon... Yeah...
"Well, you see..." Jake coughed in his arm, sitting down beside me. "There've been multiple incidents nearby, in which stores had their day's earnings stolen."
"14 this month alone!" Bale said, nonchalantly playing with his weapon. Is he trying to scare us? It's not very scary...
"Well, that certainly is a big deal..." Gin-san nodded, his eyes half lidded. And then he coughed out a puff of smoke.
"There's your culprit!" Shinpachi-san exclaimed, pointing at Gin-san. "What the hell's with that glazed-over sugar coma?!"
"It seems that the culprit is an Amanto, but we're still shaking things out." Jake explained.
"There's your culprit!" I exclaimed, pointing at the munching Kagura-chan. "She eats waaay to much, she must be an Amanto!"
Kagura-chan just glanced at me, before grabbing my finger and b-bending it upwards!
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" I exclaimed, tears flowing from my eyes as I clutched my broken finger. "IT HURTS! IT HURTS SO MUCH, YOU STUPID YATO BITCH!"
"People who tell unfunny jokes gets their fingers broken." Was all she said, sticking her nose up.
"Then I'll break your neck!" I screamed, jumping at her. She just brought her foot up and brought it down on my head, instantly stopping me and making more tears flow from my eyes. I just laid on the ground, reaching for my Tea-kun... Almost... There...
"That was mean, Kagura-chan." Gin-san said. "I'm sure he was just trying to show you a way to get back home for free!"
"Well... Deportation isn't exactly free..." Jake told the silver haired man.
"Exactly!" Kagura-chan agreed. "I would never subject myself to such shame!"
"It's not something you choose, bitch!" I yelled, massaging my aching finger. Gah... It stings..!
"If worse comes to worse, I'll just stow away on some rocket ship." She explained. "That's what I did to come here. I'll think of something."
"That would make for a cold funeral!" Shinpachi-san exclaimed, grabbing Gin-san's head and pushing it down.
"Don't worry." Gin-san reassured. "She'd be fine, even if we threw her into space!"
"I'm not a cockroach!"
"You're annoying like one!"
"Hey, you! Don't hate on cockroaches! Apologize! Cockroaches are the most durable beings on this earth!"
"No! I hate cockroaches!"
"Yeah! Cockroaches are awful, and I won't apologize!"
"Don't say that about cockroaches!"
"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT COCKROACHES?!"
"Shinpachi-san, you're annoying like a cockroach, too..."
"Yeah, yeah... Shinpachi is a cockroach."
"No, no, no... Don't make fun of the cockroaches like that. Shinpachi-kun is more of... A nasty fly."
"A pest."
"Exactly!"
...
"HEEEEEEEEYYYYYY!"
After that talk of cockroaches and such, the policemen left and everyone went to bed and such. Shinpachi-san went home, and Catherine left, probably to go steal some more things. I want to stay up and confront Catherine about the stealings... But... I'm so tired... It's so quiet...
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Zzzzz...
3rd Person Point of View
Gintoki Sakata could not sleep. He supposed it was because of all the strawberry milk he drunk, but his mouth just tasted horrible. He felt like throwing up, so he got out of his futon, put on his clothes, and walked out the room. He had to be careful not to wake Kagura and Len. Kagura would definitely kick his ass, and who knows what Len does when he's sleepy and irritated... Probably pour tea in his strawberry milk...
"That'd be awful..." Gin mumbled, walking past the mumbling boy who was sprawled across on the floor. He opened the door and slowly closed it behind him, not wanting to cause attention. He walked down the steps, mumbling about his mouth tasting nasty and he shouldn't drink anything sweet before going to bed.
"All right, I've finally climbed the steps to manhood!" He said after he walked down all the stairs. "Wait, or did I climb down?!" He sheepishly scratched his head, standing in front of Otose Snack Shop. "Eh? What am I talking about, all alone?"
He opened the doors to reveal Catherine standing there, just about to walk out the shop. She had on an all black suite, which was totally different from her green one. They just stared at each other, their faces inches apart, before Gin broke the silence.
"Hey. Working overtime?" Gin asked, still scratching his head. "Don't suppose that's possible... Huh?" He looked down at what Catherine had in her hands; a metal lunch box.
...
Shinpachi also couldn't sleep, so he was just leisurely walking around the neighborhood. He was starving, because there's no way he would dare eat his sister's cooking. It's poisonous... That's the reason why his vision is getting worst and worst!
He was unconsciously heading for the Yorozuya, but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the scene in front of him. In front of Otose's Snack Shop, Gin and Catherine were face to face, inches apart. When Gin noticed him, he gave him an annoyed, but tired look, making Shinpachi realize what was going on.
"I'm s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sorry!" He apologized, shielding himself as if he was about to be attacked. He then stopped, realizing how stupid it looked, but continued talking. "I didn't mean to interrupt your pleasurable night-time encounter!" He did another pose, not knowing what else to do at this point. "Please, enjoy the concealment of darkness to the fullest!" He turned around, planning to leave, but was stopped by... Len and Kagura!
"Ignorant fools!" Kagura yelled. "Tremble before my power!" She exclaimed, then started to laugh, her hands on her hips. But... Her eyes were shut close.
"Ignorant indeed!" Len started, his eyes also closed, but he somehow had his bottle of tea balancing on his head. "You should submit to the Tea God and bow down! Bow before the Tea Lord's power!" They were both laughing now, like complete, utter maniacs...
"Are you two sleep walking? What kind of dreams are you two having?" Shinpachi asked, his eyes narrowing in annoyance and confusion. Gin was also looking at the duo, so no one was noticing Catherine was tip-toeing away. "A shot glass and a cat?!"
"A shot of tea you impertinent changeling..."
"Hey."
"Your vocabulary gets really impressive when you sleep..."
"Men's lives are so puny..."
"Hey."
"Where did that menacing tone come from?"
Kagura and Len suddenly opened their eyes, waking up. They didn't really know what was going on, but Len made sure to catch the tea falling from his head, even though his senses were sluggish because of him just waking up. They could also see Catherine grabbing Gin's scooter, the noise making everyone turn to look at the thief.
"That looks like my scooter..." Gin pointed out. Catherine just looked at the idiotic group, the lunch box, a purple umbrella, the cash register, and a jug of tea attached to the back of the scooter.
"You're all good people." Was all Catherine said.
"Come to think of it, that umbrella on the back looks a lot like mine..." Kagura said innocently.
"T-T-Tea..!" Len gaped, his eyes wide and a scowl forming.
"Hey, that's the food from the shop!" Shinpachi yelled, his finger pointed at Catherine in an accused manner.
"What are you all yelling about?" Otose asked, coming out of the shop. She tried to ignore the shouts when she woke up, but she couldn't ignore it any longer when she started hearing them talk about tea and money and such. She gingerly got out the bed, put on her clothes, and walked outside. She couldn't hide the confusion and shock on her face when she saw Catherine stealing everyone's stuff, shown by her stumbling and hardly catching herself.
"Catherine!" Otose gasped, wide eyed.
"Later, ya dumb broad!" Catherine smirked, riding off on Gin's scooter, everyone's stuff on the back. Except Shinpachi's... He doesn't own anything... "See ya, suckers!" And with that, she was gone.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!" Gin, Kagura, and Len yelled, all for different reasons. Gin for his scooter, Kagura for her umbrella, and Len for his tea. Even though he has a bottle in his hands right now...
Kagura ran in the street, standing in front of a driving car. The taxi driver abruptly stopped, not wanting to run over the girl, but that was his mistake... Kagura, Gin, and Len moved like lightning; Kagura opening the door to the driver and throwing the taxi driver out, Gin tearing off the back door and throwing the screaming riders out, and Len kicking through the window and plopping down in the passenger seat. Kagura sat in the driver's seat, and Gin sat in the back seats.
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A 14 year old driving. A 12 year old in the passenger seat. And a 21 (or 22) year old in the back seat.
...
"Hey, what're you doing?!" Shinpachi asked, walking over to the car in mere curiosity. They ignored the boy, starting to drive off. "Hey, wait for me!" And Shinpachi jumped in the car right before it sped off after Catherine.
"They're gone..." The taxi driver said in unbelief. "They're gone!" He screamed in anger now, still sitting on the ground.
"I'm so scared..." The lady on the ground cried.
"I'm so turned on!" The man exclaimed.
Otose just had a hard, but slightly confused expression on her face...
Len's Point of View
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" I screamed, praying in the back of my mind that we don't crash. "WHY DID I GET IN THE FRONT SEAT?!"
I suddenly remembered the sad, distressed look on my tea's face... It must have put up a hard fight... But... But that cat eared bitch! She did this..! She stole my tea, so she must die!
Although, that still doesn't explain why I'm in the front seat, with no seat belt, in a speeding car, with a 14 year old driving... And the two oldest in the back seats...
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We're going to die..!
Kagura-chan turned a sharp corner, making me hit my side on the door. She then sped through the long road, almost hitting a man with a ramen selling stand. The man then threw a bowl of ramen at the car, but that didn't stop us from still speeding down the street, running over trashcans and random boxes. Also people, but why are they walking around during this night?! They should die!
Suddenly, a black cat came into view, making Shinpachi-san shriek. "OOOOOOOHHHHH! NOT THE CAAAAAAAT!"
"WE JUST RAN OVER COUNTLESS PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT A CAT?! KILL THE THING! THE TEA GOD ALLOWS IT!"
But, Kagura-chan ignored me, turning as to not hit the cat and finally making it on the highway. Although, as soon as she did, we ran into a car...
"Hey! What we're doing is worse than Catherine!" Shinpachi-san screamed. We all looked to the side and saw Catherine leisurely driving down the highway, not paying us any mind.
"Catherine!" Kagura-chan yelled after her.
"Tea!" I yelled as well, making Shinpachi-san sweatdrop.
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"DIIIIEEEEE CATH-ER-INE!" Kagura-chan and I exclaimed, Kagura-chan practically stomping on the pedal and following her at an ungodly speed. She just smirked back at us, driving into an alley and into the sunset peacefully. We busted through the alley, running over plenty of stuff and chasing her! I'm not letting her get away with making my tea give me that look... That look of defeat!
"AAAAAHHHH!" Shinpachi-san and Gin-san screamed.
"WE'RE GETTING CLOSER~! RUN THAT BITCH OVER~!" I yelled in a sing song matter. And I wasn't lying, we were practically right beside her! All Kagura-chan has to do is turn the wheel and we-
Catherine turned a corner and we flew out into the sky. There wasn't a road anymore, but we didn't notice. There was an ocean below us, but instead of falling down into the water, we were flying up into the sky.
"Eh?!"
The car suddenly stopped flying, and we fell down to the water!
"WAAAAAAAHHHHH?!"
Splash!
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"Gaaaahhh!" I'm... Drowning! No... Looking around, we're all drowning! The water's stinging my eyes... Clogging up my nose... I can't... I can't breathe..!
"Blaaaa!" I'm... Losing consciousness... I... Didn't get to save my tea...
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Suddenly, I felt arms wrap around me, and it didn't take long for me to realize Gin-san was saving Shinpachi-san, Kagura-chan, and I. He swam us up, but let go of us, then. He jumped out the water, his sword in his hand, running towards Otose..? Yeah... Otose was here... And Catherine was just about to run her over. But, Gin-san jumped in front of Otose in time... And..!
~Later~
The police were here now... They had Catherine in hand cuffs, while Gin-san, Otose, and I were standing in front of the police and Catherine. Shinpachi-san and Kagura-chan were running around, Shinpachi-san chasing Kagura-chan over the food. I was snuggling with my tea... My sweet, cold tea... I'm here for you, baby...
"So this is how she repays you by giving her work?" Gin-san asked. "People's souls sure are black, aren't they, old hag?"
"Isn't it worse to speak ill of others when you can't even pay the rent?" Otose asked, crossing her arms.
"It wasn't her fault, she just made one mistake. She stole my tea." I shrugged. Catherine just gave me a sad look, probably trying to gain sympathy. "Nope, girl. You steal my tea, you are my eternal enemy."
"You just don't make any sense, do you?" Otose asked, to which I shrugged. I'm tired... Staying up till morning chasing Catherine in a killer car ride.
"Thanks for your help, all of you." The policeman said, bringing Catherine to the police car. Catherine still had that sad face... Like she would cry any minute now...
"You're quite the stray, aren't you?" Otose asked, to which Catherine looked down. "But, you know, you get attached to cats pretty easily." Catherine gasped, while I scoffed.
"I guess that means you struck gold..." Gin-san grinned.
"If you're ever hungry again, come on back to the shop." Otose smiled. "I'll let you have some leftovers."
"...Otose-san... You're such an idiot..." Catherine said, crying. "But..." She couldn't finish, because she was pushed in the police car. Oh, well. Guess we'll never see her again. Who wants tea?
"That's the first time you haven't gotten mad at being called an idiot." Gin-san mused.
"Even I have flights of fancy, on occasion, so I guess I can let this month's rent slide." Otose said, looking away. I just smiled, before almost hugging her. Almost.
"That means more tea! Yay!" I cheered, striking a pose, grinning. "Straight down the road of sweet tea! Tea will win!"
Everyone! I hope you all liked this chapter! Also, I'd very much appreciate it of you read my Sket Dance story! It's like this one, but with an entirely different OC... And such. Please read! Bye nii!