Chapter 10

The park was splattered with blood, Katashi lay dead, his body mutilated and, soon, a young man, his red hair braided, came along, followed by his subordinate.

"Katashi-kun, you lost," the redhead said, looking down at the deceased, a smile on his face. "It seems you weren't strong enough to beat that weak imouto of mine."

"Kamui, this means she has gotten stronger," the subordinate said.

"Maybe," Kamui replied, "but it seems like she had help again like the time when she defeated you, Abuto."

"Talking about that again, huh?" Abuto said, rubbing his head. "She's strong when she's protecting something. Help, huh? The glasses wearing boy from before? No, it doesn't smell like him. Was it the silver samurai that you want to fight?"

"No, no, I don't know who this is… it's similar to silver-samurai-san, but it's not him."

"Hm… To take out another Yato though, your sister must be getting stronger. Although, Katashi wasn't as strong as me."

"Yup, maybe it's time to pay my dear imouto and silver-samurai san a visit."

Approaching footsteps could be heard.

Then distant voices came.

"Time to go," Kamui said, smiling, closed eyes. The two Yatos left.

"Who were they?" Yamazaki said glancing at the two receding figures from the tree, and then looked down. "Ah, the Shinsengumi clean-up squad are here."

The Shinsengumi headquarters was under attack. Who by, you wonder? Two very pissed off father figures.

"KAGURA-CHAN," Shinpachi yelled, fighting off two members of the Shinsengumi.

"KAGURA!" Gintoki shouted, attacking several of the policemen at once. "OI, TAX ROBBERS, WHERE'S MY DAUGHTER?!"

"Your daughter?" Gintoki heard a familiar voice ask. "Why do you think we have your daughter?"

"Oi, Mayora, I'm not here to joke around. Soichiro-san took Kagura somewhere and we want to see her," the silver perm said, turning to the demon vice commander, a dark look on his face.

"Uh, Gin-san," Shinpachi interjected, still fighting, "I think it's 'Okita Sougo'."

"Who cares what that bastard's name is? He's got our Kagura."

"Hey, little bro, Gintoki, come inside for a bit," Kondo said, walking out, a smile on his face, seeming blissfully unaware of the fight. "Sougo and Queen-sama are on their way back. They should be here in ten minutes or so."

The two intruders turned and walked inside, and as they passed the Shinsengumi's cheerful commander, they both muttered to him ominously.

"Oi, punk, if Kagura's even the slightest bit hurt, I will kill you all," Gintoki muttered.

"Who the hell are you calling 'little bro'?" Shinpachi muttered.

Kondo gulped as he and Hijikata followed them in. The two Yorozuya members sat down immediately, glaring at the Shinsengumi pair, whom sat across from them. "So, Kondo-san," Shinpachi said, "Where is Kagura-chan?"

The commander averted his eyes and cleared his throat. "On her way back with Sougo. She should be her soon."

"And why is she with Soichirou-kun?" Gintoki asked. No response from the two police men, one of which, the older of the two, was avoiding Gintoki and Shinpachi's glares, the other, the black haired one, stared back at the two, uninterested in the drama. Gin, then, raised his voice, pointing his bokuto at Hijikata. "Answer the question, you stupid tax robber."

Beginning to get irritated at the two, particularly the silver haired one, who had previously intruded the Shinsengumi base, Hijikata spoke. "Oi, do you want to get arrested for threatening a police officer? She went on a job with Sougo."

"A job?" Shinpachi and Gintoki asked in unison, and then Gin lowered his bokuto and continued, "Kagura has gone on a job? She's going to get paid right? Yes, Kagura-chan! Good job! She can treat us to dinner tonight!"

Shinpachi, concerned because he expected the 'job' would have something to do with fighting, spoke up again. "Excuse me, Hijikata-san, but what was this job? Will Kagura-chan be hurt?"

"Who cares? She's bringing money home today! How much are you paying her?" Gin asked.

"¥100000," Kondo said.

"YES, GOOD JOB, KAGURA!"

"Uh, Gin-san. Shouldn't we be concerned about Kagura-chan? She might get injured on this job…"

"Oi, oi, Patsuan. This is our Kagura we're talking about."

"Y-yes, I suppose. Kondo-san, Hijikata-san, what exactly was the job you sent them on?"

CRASH. Suddenly, Sougo Okita, fell through the wall, into the room.

"Ah, I think she cracked another of my ribs," He said, groaning. Without noticing the four other men in the room, he yelled through the wall. "Oi, China, what are you doing?! You're going to damage your shoulder even more, idiot!"

"I do not care, you brat! I cannot believe you said that, uh-huh! I am not stupid, ask Gin-chan, yes?" A strained voice yelled back.

"I don't care what danna thinks; he's as stupid as y-," Sougo began and then paused, finally aware of the four men, staring at him and his blood-covered uniform. "Kondo-san, nobody told me we had guests. Oi, China, the rest of your idiot trio are here."

"Gin-chan and Shinpachi are here, yes?" She said, running into the room, her maimed arm hanging motionless by her side. She looked down at said arm, which was causing her pain. "Ow, it is not healed yet, yes?"

"Kagura-chan!" Shinpachi yelled, gawking at the injured girl. "Kagura-chan, are you okay?"

"S-Shinpachi, who is that girl that looks like Kagura? You know, the blood-covered girl wearing the same outfit that Kagura wore in Yoshiwara…?" Gintoki muttered, nudging the glasses-wearing boy.

"Gin-san, that is Kagura-chan…"

"No, no. That has to be one of those doppelgängers… or a wart! I know… We just have to find a t-t-time machine and pretend we never saw it," he said, diving into a nearby vase and receiving a kick from the girl. "K-Kagura?!"

"What are you doing, Gin-chan?" She said, looking down at her boss.

"Kagura! How did you get so injured?" Gintoki asked, taking up the fatherly position again. He turned to Okita, angrily, "is it your fault, Soichirou-kun?"

"My fault? Danna, why would it be my fault that this idiot can't even protect herself?" Okita asked, smirking at Kagura.

"You have worse injuries, yes, Sadist? At least two broken ribs, uh-huh. You are the stupid brat who cannot protect himself, yes?" She retorted, smirking back.

"Who are you calling a brat? I'm older than you, brat."

"Shut up, dumb tax robber! Once my arm is healed, I will kill you, yes?" She muttered leaning against the wall, feeling completely exhausted.

"Not if I kill you first," he replied, leaning next to her, too pained to move or to continue arguing. He noted how Gintoki and Shinpachi both tensed up and looked darkly at him as he interacted and sat next to Kagura. He smiled menacingly at them. In a few minutes, the two were asleep; Kagura's head fell on Okita's shoulder and stayed there. The four men stared at them for a while, all wondering the same thing. 'What is their relationship now?'

"Those two need medical help," Kondo commented after a while. "I'll go get a doctor. You three, get those two into the infirmary, okay? It'll be easier to keep you there rather than send you to the hospital."

"Eh? You want those two to sleep in the same room? They'll kill each other," Shinpachi said, although he was ignored.

Shinpachi lifted Kagura and between the two of them, Gintoki and Hijikata carried Okita to the infirmary. Soon a doctor would come, soon they would be able to find out what happened.

Hiya, thanks for reading.
Many thanks to all who reviewed the first nine chapters and to everyone who reviews this one. It's very, very helpful.

Sorry for the long wait - I've had little time and a major writer's block! Also, this chapter is disappointing and short - so sorry. Woo, Kamui made an appearance! Yay, Kamui. This whole chapter felt tedious, but maybe the Kamui part will make you forgive me for the rest of the chapter hehe. I'm glad you liked how I wrote the bit where Kagura went mad... I was really worried...
MY OKITA IS REALLY BAD AND I CANNOT KEEP HIM IN CHARACTER - but I think my Kagura's fine for now (especially because I've been roleplaying her on Tumblr [ ] if you want to see). Anyways, anyways, thanks so much for your reviews and for reading. You guys are amazing.

If I don't update before Christmas, I wish you all a very, very merry Christmas! :D

I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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