Disclaimer: The characters of Gintama belong to Sorachi Hideaki. :)

Authors Note: Hey! Enjoy chapter 10!

Chap. 10 Reminiscing the Past Can Bring the Demon Out of You

Gintoki sighs walking down the street. He finally got out of the hospital, but hardly with the doctors consent.

"Gin- chan are you sure you're alright?" Kagura asks him worry in her voice.

"Would you quit worrying, I'm perfectly fine." Gintoki replies, annoyance in his tone. His eyes flash, "Besides," he pauses, his eye twitches, turning he screams, "Why the hell are you guys following me?!"

Tama, Otae, Catherine, Otose, and Tsukuyo smile at him. "We're worried about you Gintoki- sama," Tama says.

"Well stop your damn worrying!" Gintoki retorts angrily. He turns walking as fast as his weakened body can go.

"Gin- chan!" Kagura yells.

Gintoki mutters to himself angrily. He gets a good distance away when a cold chilling voice stops him short.

"You sure have changed Gintoki."

Gintoki's eyes widen as he looks in the alley, the man that spoke is leaning against the building, smoking his pipe.

"Takasugi! What the hell are you doing here?!" Gintoki yells.

Takasugi looks over at Gintoki looking tired, "You really asked that question? What have I been coming here to do?"

Gintoki smirks, tilting his head, "You don't look so enthusiastic."

Takasugi sneers, "You want to know why?" He pauses eyes flashing, "You just won't die!" Takasugi unsheathes his sword fast, swinging it at Gintoki's head. He ducks, but cries out falling backwards as the stitching on his wound opens slightly. He holds a hand against the wound, gritting his teeth.

Takasugi scowls, using the distraction to charge Gintoki, bringing his sword atop his head. Gintoki rolls to the side in time. He kicks upwards, connecting with Takasugi's side. He falls back with a yell.

By this time the townspeople are screaming for them to stop fighting. The samurai ignore them of course. Takasugi picks up his sword that had fallen, gripping it tightly. "You idiot, just die already!" Takasugi growls.

Before Takasugi can charge, he hears a click as something presses against the back of his head.

"Get away from Gin- chan," Kagura says darkly. She positions the umbrella, pressing it more on the back of Takasugi's head.

A kunai is thrown lodging in the side of the building, close to Takasugi's face. Tsukuyo spreads the kunai in her hands, glaring at Takasugi.

A mop is positioned at the side of Takasugi's face, "Don't you dare harm Gintoki- sama," Tama says dangerously.

Otae stands to the side, fists held up.

Takasugi laughs, "Good group of friends Gintoki," he grins, "They'll all die."

Gintoki's eyes widen as he remembers the dream he had. "Takasugi…" His eyes darken, "Takasugi you bastard!" He gets up quickly swinging his sword at him so fast that Takasugi doesn't even blink, but something is much faster. A bullet.

Blood explodes out of Gintoki's arm as the bullet hits.

"Gin- chan!" Kagura screams. Gintoki jumps out of the way as a series of bullets hit the ground where he was.

Kagura stops training her umbrella on Takasugi and starts shooting in the general direction that the bullets were shot. She gets an instant response, she quickly opens her umbrella repelling the bullets.

Matako lands lightly as she jumps off a house, she points her guns at Kagura. She scowls, "How dare you try and hurt Shinsuke- sama." Kagura bursts out laughing. Matako stutters, confused, "W-What?"

Kagura grins sadistically, she points at the bandage wrapped around Matako's head, "Bet it hurt like hell."

Matako's eye twitches, "You bitch!" She shoots quickly, but Kagura easily hits the bullets with her umbrella.

"Who the hell are you calling a bitch, you dirty slut!" Kagura screams.

Kagura and Matako keep yelling at each other, but stop when Bansai walks up. "What are you fighting for, you idiots?"

"Who are you calling an idiot?!" Kagura and Matako scream, umbrella and guns pointed at him.

Kagura lowers her umbrella, laughing again. Bansai raises an eyebrow. His ears are covered with gauze, and some is wrapped around his head. "You look like an idiot without your headphones." Kagura says.

Bansai unsheathes his sword quickly, "What'd you say?!"

"Wait Bansai," a new voice says. Takechi walks up beside Bansai, looking at Kagura and Matako, "Don't hurt growing young girls."

"Shut up, you lolicon!" Bansai growls.

Takechi glares at him, "I'm not a lolicon, I' am a feminist."

"Sure you are," Bansai mutters.

Takasugi sighs, "What are you idiots doing here?"

Bansai glances at him, "We knew you'd try to find Gintoki, so we came to watch."

Takasugi raises an eyebrow, "Watch?" He glares, "Don't you mean interfere?" He glances behind him at Gintoki, who's digging the bullet out of his arm. He looks back at Bansai and the others, "Get out of here," he commands menacingly.

"But Shinsuke- sama…" Matako starts. Her eyes widen in fear as Takasugi glares at her.

"Um," attention turns to Gintoki. "Can we get this over with?" Gintoki sighs, "This is all a pain in the ass."

Takasugi's eyes flash, "You'll find my sword up your ass soon." He looks at Bansai, Matako, and Takechi, "Go away," he hisses.

Bansai's eyes narrow, "Why does it matter? The Tendoshuu are already coming."

Gintoki's eyes widen in confusion, "Tendoshuu? Why the hell are they coming!"

Kagura looks at Gintoki surprised, "But Gin- chan, you said you didn't know who the elders were."

Gintoki's looks at her angry, "I never knew them to be the elders! So you're saying the fricken Tendoshuu are coming?!" He looks at Takasugi, "Why the hell are they coming?!" He asks again.

Before Takasugi can say anything, they hear a familiar voice yell.

"Gintoki!" Kamui runs into the clearing, not even stopping when he sees Takasugi. He looks desperately at Gintoki, "You need to go!" Gintoki gives him a confused look as do the others.

"Oi, what's wrong?" Gintoki asks.

Abuto runs up beside Kamui, "There here!" He says gasping for breath.

Takasugi's eyes widen, "No way… I still have more time!" Takasugi screams.

Kamui and Abuto whirl around when they hear laughter from multiple sources.

"What are you talking about, Takasugi? Time is for weaklings," the amanto grins, "Weaklings like you."

"Who the hell are you?" Gintoki asks, eyes fierce.

The lead amanto's face actually grows disappointed, "You didn't tell him we were coming, Takasugi?" He grins when he looks at Gintoki, "We finally get to meet you Sakata Gintoki." He holds his hands outwards, "We're the Tendoshuu."

Gintoki's eyes darken, "So you're the elders."

The lead amanto laughs, "Another name for us, but yes, we're the elders."

Another amanto speaks, "We would like you to come with us, Gintoki."

Gintoki's eyes widen, "Oi what are you-"

The lead amanto interrupts, "We would like you to become an elder." Gintoki gives them a blank stare, the amanto smiles, "We want you to become part of the Tendoshuu." Everyone stands there shocked, except for Takasugi, who looks down, staring intently at the ground.

Kamui's eyes darken as he growls, "Why the hell would he do that?!" He walks over standing in front of Gintoki, "You'll take him over my dead body!"

The lead amanto laughs, "Well that's good, because you're going to die."

Kamui's eyes narrow, "What…"

The lead glares at him, "Kamui, you know we don't like to play around. You were a pawn," his eyes flash, "You seemed to change your role in this world." He looks into Kamui's perfect ocean blue orbs, "You know we hate when our pawns change." He turns his attention on Takasugi, "You will also have to die too, Takasugi. Instead of following orders, you decided to try and kill him yourself."

Gintoki steps forward, pushing Kamui protectively behind him. He slowly pulls his wooden sword out. Gintoki's crimson eyes burn, "I'd definitely wouldn't want to join the Tendoshuu, or anything having to do with amanto. And definitely not after you killed some people I cared about."

The lead raises an eyebrow, "You mean the Jiou war? That was inevitable."

Gintoki's eyes darken, "Yeah, maybe, but there was another." He looks into the amanto's eyes, "Do you remember a man that you executed? A man that was innocent!" Gintoki screams.

The lead tilts his head thinking. His eyes brighten as he laughs, "You mean Yoshida Shouyou?" Takasugi's eyes widen at Shouyou's name. The lead grins, "He was meant die. He banded you together to fight in the Jiou war. That man was weak, he was too nice. He died without even saying anything." He grins, "You must have felt terrible seeing his bloody decapitated head in front of you."

Before the amanto can even think, Gintoki is upon him, he swings his sword down. The lead amanto jumps back in time. The sword snaps in half, the hilt flies in the air as the tip is buried in the path. Gintoki's crimson eyes burn intensely as he stares into the lead amanto's eyes. Their noses almost brush together as Gintoki whispers darkly. "That man meant a lot to me, and you come here going to kill my friends after you bastards ruined my life."

Gintoki brings his arm back his fingers bent, bringing his hand forward digging his fingernails in the lead amanto's eye. The amanto screams. Blood pours out of his eye socket. Gintoki smiles devilishly, ripping out the white orb, blood dripping from it.

The amanto looks up at him his body shaking slightly. He covers the now empty socket with his hand, blood squeezing between his fingers.

Gintoki gives him a sadistic grin, "I won't let you see the light of day ever again."

Authors Note: Ending maybe a little dark for Gintama, but then again Gintama can sometimes be really dark. Hope you liked it! Look forward to next chapter!