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

Authors Note: One of my longest chapters. Enjoy chapter 14!

Chap. 14 When You Fight Make Sure It's to Protect Someone

"KAMUI!" Kagura screams. She shakes him; his breathing had slowed even more. "Kamui!" Tears spill over her eyes. Abuto runs up beside her, dropping to his knees.

"Oi!" Gintoki yells, running beside Kamui. He crouches down. "Kid!" Kamui's eyes open slightly, but they quickly close when he shudders, blood trailing out of his mouth. "We had a deal kid! Don't you dare die!"

Gintoki glances behind him at the elders as the lead claps. The other stands there, looking bored. The lead laughs, his eyes bright. "This was a good show! We got rid of Takasugi and Kamui in one fell swoop!" He grins. "Now Gintoki, if only you'd listen to us…"

"I told you guys…" Gintoki growls.

The lead chuckles. "We know what you said. We can't ask you to come with us." His eyes narrow. "But we can force you…"

Gintoki snorts. "I can take you guys down in a second."

The lead smirks. "Yes Gintoki you can, but can you take on this whole country? The country you tried to protect from us amanto?"

Gintoki's eyes widen. "You wouldn't…"

The lead laughs. "Oh Gintoki we would. As you see the Bakufu controls the Shogunate and the shogun himself." He smiles, mockingly. "We can tell them anything and they would do it without a second thought." Gintoki grits his teeth glaring at him. The lead grins. "This country does not belong to the samurai! This country is and always will be the Amanto's!"

Gintoki gives a yell as he runs forward, swinging his fist. The other elder quickly steps in front of the lead, blocking Gintoki's fist with his forearm.

"Make sure you don't kill him." The lead whispers to the elder.

The elder nods once, lashing out with his foot. It connects with Gintoki's right shin. He screams as the bone snaps, leaning forward. The elder uses this time to bring his fist out, connecting with Gintoki's stomach. Blood explodes out of Gintoki's mouth as he flies into the air, landing hard a few feet away.

"Gin- chan!" Kagura screams.

"Stay back!" Gintoki yells, spitting blood onto the ground. He stands, but makes sure he doesn't add pressure to his right leg. Gintoki smirks. "This guy can't be as tough as Housen."

The lead laughs. "That's right! You did kill Housen!" The lead narrows his eyes as the elder steps back. The lead smiles. "What's wrong with you? You saw the tape. You already know he killed him."

The elder grits his teeth. "I know that…"

"Then what's the problem?" The lead says, chuckling. He tilts his head. "You can't possibly be scared now."

"Shut up…" The elder whispers. "I can deal with him."

The lead narrows his eyes. "Deal with him? Make sure you don't kill him. We have no choice but to fight him, since he will not do as we ask."

"I know that…" The elder scowls. The elder makes no move towards Gintoki.

"What are you waiting for?" The lead hisses. The elder bites his lip, still not moving. The lead's eyes widen as he gets it. He laughs. "Don't tell me you don't want to fight him?" He smiles. "Did you lose your fighting spirit?" He chuckles. "Or did this man's soul finally reach you?"

The elder smiles. "And what if he did?" He turns to look back at the lead. "This man is truly strong. He protects his friends. That's the only reason someone should fight… to protect." He looks down at the ground. "This man is to strong, I won't be able to fight him."

The lead laughs. "What's with this sudden change? Did killing the little girl's brother make you sad?"

"I didn't kill him you bastard." The elder growls. The lead looks over at Kamui who had his eyes slightly open, smiling at him. The lead laughs. The elder rubs his arm, grimacing. "Also that samurai broke my arm with that punch."

The lead's eyes brighten. "Is that all?"

The elder smiles. "I'm also tired of listening to your shitty orders."

The lead laughs. "So you're going to rebel? Are you going to take on the rest of the Tendoshuu?"

Gintoki chuckles, limping over to stand next to the elder. "Has all this made you go insane, like your leader? There's only one of you now."

The lead laughs. "Oh Gintoki! There's so much you don't know!" Gintoki's eyes narrow. He smiles. "Gintoki there is way more than six of us." Gintoki's eyes widen as the lead continues. "There are elders scattered all over the universe!" He tilts his head. "We were the only ones that came to Edo to meet you."

"No way…" Gintoki looks over at the elder, who was looking at the ground intently. He looks behind him at Kagura who looked as confused as he was.

The lead laughs, eyeing Gintoki intently. "Are you sure you want to take us all on?" He grins. "You will be making enemies with the entire amanto race! Even your precious country you fought so hard to protect will hate you!" He tilts his head. "Are you really prepared for that?"

Gintoki laughs, causing the lead to narrow his eyes. "The country will hate me? Are you stupid?! These people hate you guys!" Gintoki glares at him. "You took over our planet!" He snorts. "They even want us to coexist with you!" Gintoki's eyes darken. "The amanto I don't care about, but you Tendoshuu guys… I'll kill you all without a second thought."

The lead smirks. "Still trying to avenge your stupid sensei? It's useless you know." He laughs. "No matter how many of us you kill nothing will bring him back, just old memories."

Gintoki smirks. "Yeah, I know that… But I made a promise with him to protect my comrades." He flashes a devilish smile. "You guys are the ones making it hard, so I guess I'll have no choice but to kill you all."

"Interesting…" The lead mumbles. He smiles, looking over at the elder. "So, you're actually going to rebel? Even against your own brethren?"

The elder snorts. "Brethren my ass. The amanto don't care about their own kind. They'd kill each other if one showed any kind of weakness."

The lead tilts his head, a smirk playing on his lips. "Well I guess you're right about that…" He chuckles. "So are you going to fight us with that man?"

The elder looks at Gintoki out of the corner of his eye, who was picking his nose, looking bored. He grins. "Yeah, I'd like to see more of what his soul is like."

The lead laughs. "You truly have changed him Sakata Gintoki!" He looks over at Kamui, his chest rising fast as his breaths come out into small gasps. "You've changed a lot of lives…" He whispers. He turns, waving a hand over his shoulder. "Until later, Sakata Gintoki!"

"Oi! You think I'm going to let you get away!" Gintoki yells, stepping forward.

The elder holds a hand out in front of him. "Wait… He's not worth it." His looks behind him at Kamui. "We don't have much time."

Gintoki narrows his eyes. "What makes you think I can trust you?"

The elder laughs. "Gintoki, I just made myself an enemy of the entire Tendoshuu."

"Good point." Gintoki mumbles. He turns, limping over to Kamui. "Geez you losers still haven't taken him to the hospital?" He asks Abuto and Kagura lazily.

"The hospital isn't safe." Kagura whispers. "The amanto are there."

"It should be safe now." Abuto says. "Those people probably took care of it."

Gintoki smiles. "Alright then." He leans down, putting his arms under Kamui, picking him up. He looks at Abuto and Kagura's dumbfounded faces. He raises an eyebrow. "Well let's go." He starts limping towards the hospital. Abuto, Kagura and the elder close behind.

"Otae are you sure you're okay?" Tsukuyo asks for the third time.

"Tae- san!~" A familiar voice screams. "Are you hurt?!"

Otae sets her jaw, punching the figure. "I'm perfectly fine you stupid gorilla!" She screams at Kondo. She looks over at Hijikata and Sougo standing silently, watching their idiot captain. "Why are you guys even here?"

Hijikata sighs, taking a drag of his cigarette. "Kondo wanted to make sure you were okay, so we tagged along."

Tsukuyo sighs, looking down the corridor. "I hope Gintoki's alright." She blushes when she sees Otae glance at her. "I mean I'm way more worried about Kagura."

"What happened to China?" Sougo asks.

Tsukuyo shakes her head. "She went crazy. She even tried attacking us, but she stopped suddenly, turned tail and ran. That man that was with Kagura's brother ran after her."

Sougo snorts. "Probably forgot to take her meds again."

Tsukuyo glares at him, putting her kiseru on her lips. "That's not it. She scared me. Her eyes, they weren't human."

"Well we have to remember…" Otae whispers. "She is an amanto."

Tsukuyo nods. "An amanto has never scared me before though…" She whispers.

"China's an amanto?" Sougo says, clueless.

"Where the hell have you been?!" Everyone screams.

Everyone turns to look down the corridor as they hear an all too familiar voice yell. "Oi! Where the hell is a doctor?! I've got a dying kid here!"

Tsukuyo's eyes brighten. "Gintoki…"

Gintoki shows up at the end of the corridor. Seeing all them he walks towards them. Kamui breathing rapidly in his arms. Kagura is walking beside him, biting her lip worriedly as she looks at Kamui. Abuto and the elder close behind.

"Oi do you guys know where a freakin doctor is?" Gintoki asks, annoyed.

Tsukuyo shakes her head. "They ran off when the amanto came."

Gintoki raises an eyebrow. "So the amanto left already? Well that was quick."

She nods, looking at Kagura warily. "A-Are you alright Kagura?"

Kagura nods sadly. "Yeah, I'm sorry Tsuki."

"Do you remember anything?" Tsukuyo asks. Kagura shakes her head. Tsukuyo bites her lip. She opens her mouth to say something else when she notices the elder. Her eyes widen. "Isn't he one of the Tendoshuu?"

"Not anymore…" The elder says emotionlessly.

"Enough of this, we need to find him a doctor!" Abuto says, frustrated.

Tsukuyo's eyes widen as if just noticing Kamui in Gintoki's arms. "That's Kagura's brother…"

Gintoki shakes his head frustrated. "Aren't Yato supposed to heal really quickly? Why isn't he healing?!"

Abuto shakes his head. "Not with those wounds. He's lucky to still be breathing right now." He looks at the elder, who was looking down sheepishly. Abuto stiffens, he looks quickly behind him; a figure had stopped at the end of the corridor, looking at them suspiciously. He was wearing a long white coat like a lab coat. "Oi! Are you a doctor?!" Abuto yells at the figure.

The figures eyes widen at them. He nods shakily.

Gintoki sighs heavily. Turning to limp over to the doctor. "Hey! If you're a doctor, help him!" He holds Kamui out towards him.

The doctor shakes. "He's an amanto isn't he…?"

Gintoki raises an eyebrow. "So what! He's dying, so help him!"

The doctor blinks, nodding quickly. He points at the emergency room door. He waves a shaking hand for Gintoki to follow him. As they go inside the room the doctor gestures for him to set Kamui on the bed.

The doctor rips open Kamui's shirt, gasping. "H-How did he get these wounds?" Abuto and everyone else walk into the room, everyone gasps at Kamui's wound, except Abuto and Gintoki who'd seen worse. It had gone black from all the dried blood, but it looked like someone had taken a huge bloody chunk out of his chest. His stomach had a couple of small bloody indents from Kagura's fists. The doctor shakes his head in disbelief. He examines the wound closer. "Nothing touched his heart, right?"

Gintoki, Abuto and Kagura look over at the elder. He shakes his head. "I-I don't know…"

"Wait…" Tsukuyo whispers. "He did this to Kagura's brother?" The elder looks down, biting his lip.

Gintoki waves his hand. "He's fine, so forget about it." He turns to the doctor. "Just hurry up and fix him."

The doctor shakes his head. "There's not much I can do with a wound this-" He stops when he sees Gintoki's cold crimson eyes glaring at him. "I-I'll try…" He squeaks.

He grabs a ventilator mask, putting it on Kamui's face and sets the machine. Kamui's heart rate beeps slowly on the monitor. To slowly. The doctor sets to work cleaning around the wound. Kamui's heart rate goes even slower.

"Hurry up…" Kagura whispers. Her eyes shimmering.

"I'm trying…" The doctor murmurs. He examines the wound closer. He shakes his head. "Something had to have touched his heart…" He looks over at the monitor. "He would be breathing more normally with the ventilator. With the amount of blood, I think there's a hole in his heart." He bites his lip. "I'm going to have to do open heart surgery…"

"Well do it quick." Gintoki mutters.

The doctor nods. "It's easier since his is an open wound." He walks over to a table, grabbing a needle and thread. He sterilizes the needle first before threading it. He lets out a small breath. He looks at Gintoki. "I've only ever done this once."

Gintoki narrows his eyes. "Well then you've had plenty of experience."

The doctor nods slowly. "I need someone to hold open the wound, since I don't see the equipment."

Gintoki raises an eyebrow. "Shouldn't he be asleep?"

"I think he's already unconscious…" Abuto mutters.

"Just please, would you hurry!" Kagura yells, tears streaming down her face. Otae walks over and puts an arm around her.

Gintoki walks over. "How far you want it open?"

"Just enough to see the heart."

Gintoki nods, grabbing two sides of the wound and pulling. The doctor puts on gloves. He looks down into the wound, grabbing the needle. "I see it…" He mumbles. Taking the thread to it. He threads for a few minutes, tugging one last time and snipping the end of the thread with scissors. As he pulls his hand out, blood covers it. He shakes his head. "He's lost a lot of blood…" He takes a new thread and needle sterilizing it and threading it. "Okay now I need you to hold the wound together, so I can stitch it." Gintoki does as he's told. The doctor makes each stitch slowly and carefully. When he's done the stitch leads all the way from the middle of his stomach to the heart. "That's going to leave a nasty scar." He grabs a syringe from the table. "He's lost a lot of blood, I need a donor." Gintoki nods, holding his arm out. The doctor's eyes widen. "B-But he's an amanto."

Gintoki snorts. "Blood is blood."

The doctor bites his lip. "Alright…" He puts a hand on Gintoki's elbow, finding the vein he sticks the needle in. Blood fills the cylinder container. "I'm going to need a significant amount." He whispers.

"As much as it takes…" Gintoki says.

The doctor nods, removing the needle from Gintoki's vein, blood filled to the top. He walks over to Kamui, lifting his elbow to find the vein and slides the needle in. As the cylinder container empties of Gintoki's blood, Kamui's heart rate raises to a normal pace.

Kagura lets out a loud gasp as if she was holding her breath the whole time. She lets out a small sob. Otae brings her closer to her, hugging her.

Gintoki sighs. "Well that's taken care of…"

The doctor sighs to, but in relief. "He should wake up soon, so I suggest you guys stay here."

Gintoki nods. He opens his mouth to say something, but a voice interrupts.

"What happened…?" Asks the voice.

Everyone turns to see an all too familiar person. Their eyes widen as they stutter. They try to get his name out but can't.

Gintoki's the first to speak. "S-Shinpachi…"

Shinpachi smiles, leaning against the doorjamb for support.

Otae's eyes shimmer. "S-Shin- chan… A-Are you real…?"

Shinpachi raises an eyebrow. "Of course I'm real."

Otae's jaw trembles. She stands slowly, walking cautiously towards him. She stops in front of him. Her eyes suddenly brighten as tears stream down her face. "Shin- chan!" She exclaims, throwing her arms around him.

Shinpachi cries out, as his wound has pressure added on to it. Otae ignores him, hugging him tighter.

"Shinpachi!" Kagura screams, throwing herself onto him. Shinpachi screams again, falling backwards, but Kagura ignores him still hugging him tightly.

"Wait Kagura, you're going to hurt him again." Otae says, worriedly.

Abuto's eye twitches. "Um, you already hurt him…"

Kagura leans back on her haunches, grinning brightly at him. Shinpachi rubs the back of his head, smiling at her.

Tsukuyo smiles, blowing smoke from her kiseru. "Well it seems everyone's alright now."

Gintoki nods, grinning down at Shinpachi. "Well Shinpachi it looks like you kept your promise."

Shinpachi raises an eyebrow in confusion. "Um Gin- san, what promise?"

Gintoki nods slowly. "You did good Shinpachi."

"I still don't know what the hell you're talking about…" Shinpachi mutters.

"Hey boss." Sougo says. "Maybe instead of worrying about other people's wounds you should worry about your own."

Gintoki looks down, his shin bone was sticking out of his skin.

"Whoa…" The doctor says, eyes wide.

"It's not that bad." Gintoki says.

"The hell it isn't!" Hijikata yells.

"It's perfectly fine." Gintoki says, placing his leg down. He grits his teeth together. Pain flashing across his face. "S-See what I mean?"

Sougo crouches down in front of Gintoki. He uses his finger to push the bone in.

Gintoki screams, falling back. "The hell you doing you sadist?!"

Sougo smiles sadistically. "So it does hurt." He chuckles darkly.

"This kid scares me…" Tsukuyo mutters.

The doctor looks down at the bone. "I'm going to have to snap it back into place."

"Dammit…" Gintoki mutters. He screams again as Sougo pushes on the bone. "Stop doing that!" He screams.

Everyone in the room laughs at them, even the elder. The only person not laughing was the doctor, who was looking at them as if they were insane.

Takasugi cracks one eye open, then the other. He raises an eyebrow when he hears the strumming of a shamisen. He sits up quickly, only to let out a scream, falling back again. The shamisen stops abruptly.

"Shinsuke- sama!" Matako screams, running to his side.

"Shinsuke!" Bansai yells, running to crouch beside Matako.

"What the hell…" Takasugi mutters, grabbing his head. He looks around. "Where are the Tendoshuu?"

Bansai shakes his head. "We're back on the ship."

"What!" Takasugi growls. "Why?!"

"Y-You were stabbed by one of them, then you passed out." Matako says quietly.

"What about Gintoki?" He hisses.

"When we left Sakata Gintoki was fighting the two elders." Bansai answers.

"He better not be dead… I still need to kill that bastard." Takasugi growls. He struggles to get up, only to fall back with a groan.

"Not yet…" Bansai says. "You need to rest or your wounds will open again." Bansai sighs. "I'll have one of the men go scout Edo to see how it all turned out."

Takasugi was one not to relent, but he sighs, looking up at the ceiling.

Bansai nods, getting up and walking out of the room. Matako sits awkwardly, looking at Takasugi out of the corner of her eye.

Takasugi sighs again, but only to grit his teeth in pain. "Shit…" He mutters. He looks at Matako, who started blushing fiercely. "Hey…?"

"Y-Y-Yes?" Matako stutters.

Takasugi looks down at his bandages. "Can you change them?"

Matako's eyes widen, as the blood was soaking through the bandages. "Yes!"

Authors Note: Hey! Damn I'm tired… This chapter was so long! I had to research things about heart surgeries and shit. I also found a way to say there are more elders. Alright people, listen up. (Hopefully you're reading this!) I have a plan forming for the oncoming chapters, but I don't know how long they will be, because I'm trying to see how this idea will all play out. Well whatever… I will try it anyway! Look forward to next chapter!