Happy/Sad Pathetic Day we Call Birthday
Chapter 3: 1 Day Left...
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Chapter 3: 1 Day Left
Last Time....
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.
And now Chapter 3...
How many times had Okita walked the streets of Edo wishing for something to do? He had lost count ages ago. Being a slacker when it came to work was something he was known for but oddly enough he couldn't seem to slack off today.
Today he was supposed to be patrolling while keeping an eye out for anything or anyone with a connection to the missing China. Usually he would go to the park and take a nap but for some reason his conscience just wouldn't let him.
He had tried. Oh believe me he had definitely tried. The sadistic youth had even put his trademark sleeping mask on, but there was this nagging in the back of his mind that just wouldn't leave him alone. 'What if something bad happens to her while you are taking a nap. She could be in serious trouble and we wouldn't know it.' the voice would reason within his mind. Honestly all Okita wanted to do was sleep, but his worry for Kagura was getting in the way of that.
Wait...Back up...did he just admit he was worried? About China? No way in hell. That would mean that he actually...likedher. No way. Okita decided that he would not stay up late watching dramas after successfully blowing up Hijikata's room ever again. The dirty blonde replaced the sleep mask over his eyes and tried to sleep.
In his dream....
"N-No leave me alone!" Kagura yelled. Two figures stood above her. She was bleeding from a bullet wound to her shoulder and another in her leg.
"No way girlie. You'll fetch quite a lot on the black market. Right Random Villain B" Random Villain A stated with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Righty-O Random Villain A" Random Villain B replied in a terrible rap format. The two Random Villains inched closer to the injured Kagura.
"No get away!" but the two men continued to get closer and closer. Soon their dark figures were hovering above the helpless Yato girl. Dark hands reached out towards her.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!" she screamed
Okita bolted up from the park bench. His sword which was leaning against fore-mentioned bench, fell over. A bird that was resting on his sword flew away chirping in a way that seemed to be out of complaint.
"What the hell?" Okita mumbled to himself. 'Why on earth would I have a nightmare about China being taken away by random villains?' he thought. His conscience was the one to answer. 'Because you love her.' it said.
'No way. There is no way in hell that I love China.' he argued.
'Quit denying it. You are so in love with her.'
'Am not.' His conscience sighed.
'Remember that time a couple of weeks ago when you two were fighting and fell into the river.'
'Yea. That punch to the face really hurt'
'Yea it did, but anyway if I recall after you two fell all you could think about was how soft her hair seemed when it was wet and how petite her body was with her wet clothing.'
'No that was you that thought those things'
'You forget Okita. I am you.'
Okita was shocked. The dude had a good point. Upon this realization Okita thought back. He thought back to all those times when they argued. Could he have been covering up his love for her by always picking on her and starting fights. The first division captain couldn't believe it. He had fallen in love with china girl. Six words....When the hell did that happen?
Back at Shinsengumi Headquarters.... (8:00pm)
Shinpachi sighed for the twentieth time in the past five minutes. Why was he here in the headquarters of his bosses sworn enemy instead of out there looking for his younger friend? Besides when you really thought about it you cant trust any of those people with such an important thing. Wait. He was being way to pessimistic. They were just as much Kagura-chan's friends as he was and they cared about her... somewhat. They were bound to find some more information today. Megane-kun just had to have faith in his friends like they do in those crapy manga because in the end everything turns out even better than the manga started.
There was a knock on the door and Shinpachi went to open it. He would never admit it but he was really anxious to find out who was behind that door and whether they had found Kagura-chan or not.
When he reached the large wooden double doors he opened them. It was none other than Gintoki returning from a long day of searching for Kagura. Shinpachi was so excited but nervous at the same time. It was until he was about to ask the first of many questions that he realized the older samurai's appearance.
He was fat. No he was full. The silver haired man looked like he had just been to an all you can eat buffet. To be exact an all you can eat parfait buffet. Since there were remnants of whip cream and chocolate on his face. Shinpachi's face went from excited to straght and disbelieving.
Gintoki walked more like waddled into the compound and waved dismissively towards the plain 8th place character. Shinpachi still looked as though he couldn't believe what he had just seen.
. . .
"What the hell?!?" Shinpachi yelled. There was rumbling sounds and a door opening loudly. Shinpachi had rushed to the common room where the samurai was watching T.V. laying down casually with his head prooped up with is right hand. He looked over his shoulder and nodded in acknowledgement of Shinpachi's new presence.
"Why the hell do you look like that?" the glasses wearing nerd asked. Gintoki shrugged.
"Well I was walking down the streets of Edo when I saw a sign. The sign said that there was an all you can eat Parfait buffet and that it was FREE. So I couldn't resist. But now my stomach hurts and I don't ever want to eat another parfait today and maybe tomorrow." The older man stated.
"What about Kagura-chan?"
"Who? Oh right the alien I'm supposed to be searching for. Nope didn't find her or any clues. Oh well."
Shinpachi was at a lost for words. Honestly how could his boss be so...so...
Me: cold, heartless, evil, sugar addicted
Shinpachi: yea those
Honestly how could his boss be so cold, heartless, evil and sugar addicted. It didn't make any sense! Doesn't Gintoki worry about Kagura-chan too. They're not the Yoruzuya without her. It's like the three musketeers missing one of their musketeers or one of the three blind mice getting laser eye surgery and finally seeing. It's not the same!
Shinpachi was so caught up with ranting in his mind that he didn't notice Hijikata and Kondo enter the room behind him. It wasn't until he turned around only to bump into Kondo's chest that he realized the two were there. He honestly had new found hope for good news and was about to ask them questions when he noticed something wrong with their appearances.
Hijikata was, much like Gintoki, fat. His face was covered in what appeared to be mayonaise and he was rubbing his enlarged belly with pride. Kondo on the other hand was not in anyway fat. He was however, extremely beat up. His once perfectly Gorilla face was now puffy and bruised sugesting he had been in a fight, but Shinpachi new otherwise.
Here we go again...
"WHAT THE HELL?!!??!!?" Shinpachi yelled.
"Geez no reason to yell. What seems to be the problem?" Kondo asked as if nothing was wrong.
"The problem? The problem is why do you two seem even worse than HIM?" Shinpachi stated pointing towards his boss who was still watching dramas on television. "What's your excuse huh?"
"Well I was patroling the city keeping my eye out for your alien friend when I noticed this sign that said 'ALL YOU CAN EAT MAYO CONTEST'. As you can probably guess I had to go and participate. The mayo-god requires all who follow him to do so and win. So I participated and won. I am officially King of the Mayo. -Mayo" Hijikata stated.
Shinpachi said nothing. The glasses wearing normal person turned to Kondo.
"And whats your excuse you lame Casanova?" he asked.
"Well I thought it would be best to go to all the places your China friend goes to. I went to the park and to sukonbu store but she wasn't there. So eventually I made my way to Otae-san's house since your friend goes there often but she wasn't there. Otae-san was though. So I thought I would ask her some questions but when she saw me she got angry for some reason and started beating me up." Kondo said in a very informative way.
"You guys are all idiots!! What about Kagura-chan? She could be dead! or worse!"
"Aw come on Megane-kun lets not be so negative. Kagura-chan can take care of herself" Gintoki intervened from his position in front of the T.V.
"But still-" Shinpachi tried but he was interrupted by someone entering the room behind him.
"Yo!" it was none other than Okita. Shinpachi didn't even bother asking whether he found anything since he automatically assumed the blonde slacked off. "Man I'm hungry." point proven.
"Before that though I have to tell you guys. I found a lead on China." The room was silent. Okita continued. "Baka prince why don't you get your idiot self in here."
The Baka-Prince entered the room with his equally stupid assistant. Both of them looked displeased. It could be because they were both called idiots by Okita and the authoress or the fact that some very unfortunate events fell upon them (refer to second chapter).
"Well don't just stand there sulking. Tell them your story." Okita commanded. The alien duo proceded to tell the group their story. (again I'm lazy refer to chapter two).
One hour Later...(9:00pm)
Gintoki, Shinpachi, Okita, Hijikata, Kondo and Sadaharu were running in the direction the Baka-prince pointed them in. They all wondered exactly what would drive Kagura to go through the lengths she did. What was driving her? Was she trying to go back to her home planet? What was she thinking?
Quickly the group continued to make their way towards Kagura. Okita couldn't shake the feeling that time was running out for some reason. He didn't know why but he just felt it. The group still had a few hours before the would reach the ship. Okita could only hope that this feeling he had was wrong, but he knew that his gut feeling was usually right.
At the ship...(11:59 pm)
Kagura looked at the stars for one last peak. Judging by the height and brightness, she could tell she was mere seconds away from losing it. She layed down from her sitting position next to a control panel. She pushed a green button on the panel and watched as the observation window began to close. She sang to herself quietly as she watched the stars disappear.
"Happy birthday to me."
"Happy birthday to me."
"Happy birthday dear Kagura-chan"
"Happy birthday to me."
Then everything went black.
OOOOOOO I wonder whats gonna happen. You'll just have to wait and see on that one now wontcha?
Next chapter will be out soon.~~~ at this point all i have to worry about is keeping my grades up and final exams which will be in several weeks so I plan to work on my fics and start poppin out chapters pretty quickly in the weeks to come. Thanx for all your support and patience. Here have a pack of sukonbu. *hands pack of sukonbu* Hope you enjoyed~~ Remember to review!