Happy/Sad Pathetic Day we call Birthday
Chapter Two: Two days left
I do not own Gintama…yet. =) (=
Chapter Two
Two Days left
Last time…
"Maybe we should get the police to help." Shinpachi stated. Gintoki smirked. Usually he would never agree for police help, but if it meant they got to annoy the Shinsengumi he was all for it.
"Yea let's go" Gintoki said right before he broke out in evil laughter. Shinpachi hesitantly followed and sweat dropped the entire way.
And now Chapter Two…
Gintoki and Shinpachi arrived at the Shinsengumi headquarters at around four thirty.
"Excuse me. We are poor defenseless civilians who need your help!" Gintoki yelled into the building while picking his nose with his usual dead-fish eyes. Suddenly the door opened and Kondo stood in front of them.
"Who needs help? Is Jimmy stuck in the well?" Kondo stated. As he frantically searched for someone innocent looking.
"WE NEED HELP AND WHO THE HELL IS JIMMY?" Shinpachi yelled.
"Oh it's you guys." Kondo said kind of disappointedly.
"Yo!" Gintoki added.
"Isn't one of you missing?" Kondo asked.
"Actually Kondo-san, that's why we're here," Shinpachi stated.
"I see come in then." Kondo said motioning for them to enter.
In the headquarters…
Gintoki and Shinpachi sat on one side of the table while Gorilla, Hijikata, and Okita sat on the other.
"So let me get this straight…the china girl is missing." Hijikata asked. The two odd jobs nodded.
"And you want us to find her." he continued. The two nodded again.
Okita burst out laughing. He was later joined by Hijikata and Kondo.
"This is serious! Kagura-chan could be in trouble or worse." Shinpachi yelled.
"Don't worry. China can take care of herself." Okita stated.
"I know but I can't shake the feeling that something like that will happen again." Shinpachi said looking down at his knees. This caught everyone's attention.
"Shinpachi what do you mean?" Gin asked. Shinpachi suddenly realized what he said. He sighed. "Kagura-chan is going to kill me when she finds out I told them" he thought.
"I'm referring back to Yoshiwaru." Shinpachi stated.
"Oh yeah that's when we weren't in like 5 episodes." Okita chimed.
"What happened at Yoshiwaru? It was when I left you two behind wasn't it?" Gintoki asked.
"Yes. It was against that Yato person. I don't recall how it happened but I do remember it happening. Kagura-chan was barely keeping up with the guy. At one point he had her pinned. He was about to kill her when I attacked. It's all a blur after that, but I remember looking down on Kagura's face. She was screaming for him to stop. Then suddenly she stopped screaming. And the next thing I knew, I was on the floor witnessing the scariest most frightful thing I've ever seen."
Everything was silent again. "W-What d-did you see?" Kondo asked shaking slightly.
Shinpachi inhaled and exhaled. "I saw…Kagura-chan, no, that was not Kagura-chan. That was a monster."
Gintoki said nothing. What could he say? Shinpachi had just described Kagura as a monster. He hadn't expected that.
Surprisingly it was Okita who spoke.
"Elaborate. Your definition of a monster and my definition might be different." Okita said. There was no trace of sarcasm or any sadistic undertone to his voice. It was serious.
"She was like a hungry bear. No, more specifically a mother bear who has lost her cubs and found them dead near a river and is currently locked in battle with the hunter responsible."
Okita sighed. "China is causing problems again" He thought.
"Shinpachi, why didn't you two tell me earlier?" Gintoki asked. His voice was laced with hurt and for the first time in seasons, his face was worried.
"Kagura-chan threatened to burn my Otsu collection if I told anyone." Shinpachi stated.
Gintoki sighed again. "Man what a pain. You two bring me nothing but pain."
"I wonder where she could have gone." Hijikata pointed out. He exhaled a small puff of cigarette smoke.
"Let's see…We don't even know why she ran away. So, I have no clue." Gorilla-san said.
"OI Why am I called Gorilla!!? Author can't you call me by my first name?!"
"Um no. Now shut up and get back to the plot!"
"Maybe we should ask someone who connects with her on a deeper level. Women always have that one annoying female friend who they tell everything even the stuff you don't want anyone two know." Okita said.
"No way Kagura-chan doesn't have anyone like that." Gintoki rebutted.
"What about my sister? Kagura-chan really looks up to her I think." Shinpachi said.
"Well we went over there earlier and your sister said she hadn't seen her."
"Oh yeah that's right."
"Well now what?" Hijikata stated.
"Maybe she ran away because you guys were heartless and forgot her birthday." Okita said looking at Gintoki and Shinpachi. Said males started sweating a lot.
"Oi Gin-san you don't think…" Shinpachi whispered.
"No way. That's not even possible. Kagura-chan wouldn't leave us because of that…would she?" Gintoki tried to reassure.
"What if she did leave because of that? Then it would be our fault." Shinpachi said. He was no longer whispering and instead was yelling.
"Calm down. It's not that serious. She probably went to go celebrate it with other Yato clansmen. You know reconnect with family." Gintoki stated.
"That's impossible. Kagura-chan really can't stand being around her family. You saw how she treated her own father. Let alone the fact that the main reason behind her character is her insane brother! Why would she want to spend time with them? Huh?"
"Maybe her brother told her this was some sort of misunderstanding and now she is searching the universe in search for the truth!"
"What truth? Her brother is a homicidal maniac and her father has parenting issues! What can you possibly misunderstand about that?"
"Those two were probably picked on when they were little and it transferred to their adulthood. So they mistreat their wives because they don't really understand how to treat them nicely."
"That doesn't make any sense. Who is whose wife?"
"Now. Now. Calm down you two. We will find her. There's no reason for us to argue about it. She probably just wanted to say high to her family after years of being separated." Kon- I mean Gorilla-san intervened. Hijikata was in deep thought.
"That doesn't make any sense! If she did that with all the screen time spent on developing her character, then we would have wasted all that money!"
"It's not about money. It's about family, Megane-kun (1)" Okita replied.
"I'm telling you! Kagura-chan did not leave because of her family!"
"Ah!" Hijikata realized.
"What is it?" everyone said simultaneously.
"I told Yamazaki to spy on you guys yesterday. Maybe he knows something." The vice-chief stated. Shinpachi didn't know whether to be happy or pissed of. Gintoki glared at Hijikata but otherwise said nothing and went back to picking his nose.
"Well I better go get him." Hijikata said as he left the room. Shortly after he left this is what was heard.
"YAMAZAKI!!!!!!!!!!!" *sound of running*
"NOOOOOO!!!" *sound of someone else running*
*something crashed*
"PLEASE SPARE ME!!" *running noises can still be heard.*
"GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!!" *running stops*
*sound of weapon being picked up. A bazooka most likely*
"CHIEF DON'T FIRE THA-" *running speeds up*
*sound of bazooka being fired*
*explosion*
Everyone in the room had straight expression on their face as they looked at the door.
Hijikata returned with Yamazaki, who looked as if he had just been through an explosion. This was in fact the truth. Everyone sweat dropped as the two men moved over to the table.
"Alright speak" commanded the Vice-chief.
"H-Hai! Well um yesterday when I was spying on you guys the China girl left the odd jobs at approximately five o'clock in the afternoon. She did not return until about 9 o'clock in the evening. She left again at around midnight and did not return." Yamazaki informed.
"What was her expression like? Was she angry or sad?" Shinpachi asked.
"She seemed to be in deep thought. Like she was contemplating whether or not she was making the right decision."
All was silent again. What decision could she possibly be making at this time? The only thing that everyone in that room thought was…
"Kagura where the hell are you?"
To Kagura…
Kagura continued to walk in the direction of the desert. If she continued at this rate she would be there in a matter of hours.
Kagura thought about all her friends and a single tear fell down her cheeks. She really did want to stay with them, but she couldn't live with herself if she woke up from her nightmare to find them all dead. She continued to walk towards her destination.
About an hour later she could visibly see the desert. She decided to take a quick break to rest. She would need as much energy as she could get when the sun rose in the morning. She reached into her small backpack and pulled out a box of sukonbuku. She slipped a fresh piece into her mouth and she chewed on it.
She looked up to the stars and couldn't help, but be amazed. Very rarely could she see so many stars. On her home planet, it always rained. So, she could not see the stars. Because of all the lights at night here on earth, she couldn't see them then either. The stars were really a beautiful sight to behold. They just sat up there shining all the time even when people couldn't see them.
"If I die out here, I want to become a star." She thought. The night breeze blew and her peach colored hair blew gently as it passed by.
Kagura stood up and brushed herself off. She really had a long way to go. She popped another piece of sukonbuku into her mouth and continued on her way.
Few hours later…
Kagura had long since reached the desert. Right now her only goal was to find a good place to set up camp. Preferably a large rock or a crashed ship would provide the perfect place to rest and stay out of the sun.
After wondering for another thirty minutes Kagura stumbled up a crashed alien ship. There was a light on so that meant that someone or something was still inside. She was about to pass it, but she could see the beginning of the sunrise so she went inside.
"Helloo!! I'm going to stay here for a while. Uh-huh." She said when she entered the space ship. There was a rumble from down the corridor and Kagura could sense someone running towards her.
As the people got closer it turned out to be none other than the Baka Prince and his old assistant.
"Thank God! Someone to get me and Baka-ouji out of here!" the old man stated with relief. Kagura stared at them.
"Don't call me that you old geezer." Hata stated. Kagura sighed and grabbed their hands. She led them to the door and shoved them out. The two amanto fell onto the cool desert sand and stared dumbfounded at each other. It wasn't until they heard a giant slam and click that they realized that they were locked out. The two jumped up and started banging on the door begging to be let in.
"Please let us back in. No more importantly let me in. Don't leave me out here with the Baka-ouji."
"Don't leave me with the geezer who calls me bad names!"
"Both of you go to Edo. Uh-huh. I don't feel like listening to you. Uh-huh."
"How do we go back? We are lost. There's no way for us to get back." The prince reminded.
"Look behind you. Baka-ouji" Kagura stated.
The two looked behind them and saw a big sign that read "EDO 5 MILES." The two stared blankly at it. The looked at each other then at the sign and back at each other. Out of nowhere the two ran off in the direction of Edo.
Back inside the ship, Kagura smirked. Even though she didn't care too much for those two, she still needed to get them away from her. This spaceship was just simply perfect. She punched the wall. There was a small dent but otherwise no sign that the ship was going to break. The perfect containment for her when the time came.
Kagura wondered around the ship and found the observation room. She sat down in the chair at the middle of the room and watched as the sun rose. There was only one day left until she would sub come to her dangerous side.
Megane means glasses. Megane-kun is Shinpachi's nickname.
Thanks for reading. Make sure you review. I'm open to suggestions and stuff.
Chapter Three: 24 Hours till destruction
Contains:
A visitor from the stars
And
The jig is up. They know.