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

Authors Note: Hola! Enjoy this 29th chapter of mine…

Chap. 29 Insanity Usually Runs in the Family

Akatsuki grins. "I think we should give them a war." Everyone looks at him, dumbfounded.

Akira's the first to speak. "Are you insane?! You think he'd fight back? Your bro-" Akira suddenly stops, eyes widening as he says too much.

Akatsuki's eyes narrow into a hard-set glare. "Don't ever talk about him." Suddenly, he blinks, eyes widening. "I… need to check something…" With that he turns, exiting through the double doors.

Once he's gone, Souchi turns to Gintoki, grinning broadly. "Now we can get Gin up to speed on everything."

"We don't need to tell him anything." Akira says, glaring at Gintoki.

Gintoki raises an eyebrow at the sudden hostility.

Eiji sighs. "We might as well tell him…"

"Good!" Souchi exclaims excitedly. Souchi taps his chin in thought. "Let's see…"

"About half of the Tendoshuu broke off from us a while back." Akira interrupts.

"Hey! Akira! I want to tell it!" Souchi says.

Akira ignores him, causing Souchi to pout. "Akatsuki hates the guy who took the group… I think you humans call that sibling rivalry."

Gintoki's eyes widen slightly. "Sibling rivalry? They're brothers?"

Akira nods. "His brother was… jealous of him…" Eiji, Ryouchi, Minase, and Souchi look at him in surprise. Akira ignores them, continuing. "So, his brother turned on him… Akatsuki took one side of the Tendoshuu, while he took the other."

Gintoki raises an eyebrow. "Is that it? Jealousy? That's the most idiotic thing. Betraying your brother for being jealous, the one person you shared half your life with." Akira's eyes widen in surprise.

Eiji turns to Ryouchi and Minase, nodding. Eiji looks at Gintoki. "If you'd come with us Gintoki…"

Gintoki blinks. "Uh, sure…"

As soon as they leave, Souchi turns to Akira. "Why did you lie to him?"

Akira snorts. "Like hell I'd tell him the truth."

Souchi raises an eyebrow. "Man, what's up your ass? Why don't you want to tell him?"

Akira looks away. "It's not like I don't…"

Souchi grins, turning so he can see Akira's face. "So, what is it?"

Akira glares, grabbing Souchi's hair, pulling. "Damn, you're so noisy!"

"Ow! Hey!" Souchi swats at Akira's hands. Akira laughs, releasing Souchi's hair. Souchi purses his lips, hands gripping his head. "Hey, Akira… Why did you seem so surprised when Gintoki was talking about jealousy?"

Akira's eyes widen. He quickly turns around. "I did not look surprised."

Suddenly Souchi shows up in front of him, poking his cheek. "Yes. You. Did." He leers.

Akira slaps his hand away, chuckling. "Whatever… But, I don't think Akatsuki wants Gintoki to know the real reason…"

"Really~" Souchi slurs, poking Akira's cheek again.

"You brat!" Akira yells, wrapping his arms around Souchi, putting him in a headlock. Souchi laughs like a child. Akira rolls his eyes, a small smile coming to his lips.

"What are you doing?" Hijikata asks.

Sougo looks slowly behind him, glaring. "Leave me alone…" Hijikata sighs as Sougo lifts the bazooka.

"And where the hell are you going with that thing?" Hijikata asks.

"I always carry it around…"

Hijikata snorts. "Well, this time you look prepared to kill someone other than me."

"I'm not going to kill someone." Sougo turns, glaring. "It's for if anyone interferes."

Hijikata raises an eyebrow. "Interferes with what?"

"I'm going to find boss…" Sougo says, walking past Hijikata armed with sword and bazooka.

Hijikata turns in confusion. "Wait. What? Why do you want to find him?"

Sougo grips the handle on the bazooka. "I'm going to warn him."

Hijikata's eyes widen slightly. "Really?"

"You got a problem?" Sougo demands, glaring.

Hijikata laughs. "No, but I think that's a good idea." He takes out a cigarette, lighting it.

Now it's Sougo's turn to be surprised. "What are you…?"

Hijikata smirks, turning. He pumps his fist in the air slowly. He turns his head to look at Sougo. "Let's start a rebellion…" He grins. "Sougo."

Sougo presses his lips together, nodding slowly.

Kondo watches Sougo and Hijikata walk away. He sighs. "This has become troublesome…" He smirks. "But, that was the first time I've seen those two agree on something…"

"Captain!" Yamazaki screams.

Kondo shakes his head. "What is it Yamazaki?"

"One of the guy's patrolling saw a ship approaching!" Yamazaki screams.

Kondo raises an eyebrow. "Yamazaki… There are a lot of ships that come and go over Edo a day."

"Yeah, but Captain… The ship had a sign…" Yamazaki whispers. He bites his lip. "It was the Harusame symbol."

Kondo's eyes widen. Suddenly he turns, breaking into a run.

"Wait, captain!" Yamazaki screams, running after Kondo. "Couldn't it just be the squads?!"

"No!" Kondo screams. "It's not the squads…" He whispers.

"Why did we leave?" Gintoki asks. Not particularly speaking to one of them.

"Tension was just bad in there." Eiji says. Gintoki's eyes narrow. Eiji laughs. "You're pretty sharp. We're going to find Akatsuki."

Gintoki raises an eyebrow. "Why?"

"So we can give you the true story about what happened between Akatsuki and his brother."

"Wait. That bastard lied to me?" Gintoki growls.

"Well, no… Not really. Jealousy was only part of the reason." Eiji says. "The real reason was that-" Eiji is cut off as the door swings open, slamming into Eiji's face.

"Eiji?!" Ryouchi exclaims.

Akatsuki looks around the door. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Dammit! Akatsuki!" Eiji screams, gripping his bleeding nose.

Akatsuki looks both ways down the corridor. "Where are Akira and Souchi?" Without waiting for an answer, he continues. "I need you guys to tell them and everyone else that we're going back to Earth." Everyone's eyes widen in surprise.

"Wait… What?" Eiji asks.

Akatsuki grins. "I had a bad feeling so I came to look at the transmitter, which has a messenger from my brother's ship."

"What?! There's someone from our group on your brother's ship?!" Eiji exclaims.

Akatsuki raises an eyebrow. "Are you stupid? Of course there is. My brother probably has someone on this ship." Suddenly he breaks into another grin. "The messenger told me some good news." He chuckles. "It seems… we're going to see the war a little earlier."

"W-What do you mean?" Ryouchi asks.

Akatsuki laughs, slamming the door shut behind him with a flourish. "We're going to Earth! Well…" He looks down at the ground, a small smile coming to his lips. "We're going to Edo…" He looks over at Gintoki and the others. His grins widens, his canines seeming sharper. The red in his eyes as thick as blood. "Let's go see this… brother of mine."

Ryouta walks up to Shinpachi and Kagura, he looks at Shinpachi, tapping his head. "You okay?" Shinpachi nods, smiling. Ryouta chuckles. "Where's Gintoki?"

"We haven't seen that curly haired bastard for two days!" Kagura screams.

Ryouta's eyes widen. "What? Where could he…" Ryouta trails off as the wind starts to pick up. His eyes widen as a ship comes into view, hovering overhead.

Kagura's eyes widen. "Is that…?"

The ship starts its descent. Ryouta squints, seeing the heads of several amanto on the deck of the ship. He gasps slightly, eyes widening as he sees amanto wearing familiar cloaks. He takes a step back as their hoods come down, their smiling faces staring right at him.

"W-Why are they here?" Shinpachi asks.

Ryouta's eyes narrow. "I know why…" He answers, the ship touching the ground.

Ryouta, Kagura, and Shinpachi turn as squad cars speed towards them, screeching to a stop.

"T-The Shinsengumi?!" Shinpachi exclaims.

Kondo and Yamazaki step out of the first squad car, the rest of Shinsengumi from the others. "Get ready!" Kondo screams. The Shinsengumi members nod, drawing their swords.

Kondo lowers his sword slightly, noticing Kagura, and Shinpachi. "Yorozuya, what..." Kondo trails off as a door on the side of the ship opens, releasing a platform. A man steps out, starting his descent down the platform.

Everyone stares, eyes widening at every confident step the man took. Kondo quickly raises his sword again when the man reaches the end of the platform.

The man reaches up, grabbing the hem of his hood, pulling it down. The man smiles, his teeth as sharp as a shark. He tilts his head, his shaggy black hair, shifting slightly. He grins widely, one eye shining bright blue and the other a swirling pool of crimson.

"It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it."-Robert E. Lee

Authors Note: Damn, there were a lot of twists in this chapter… If you feel as if I'm getting off the main Gintama setting, I will not. Gintoki will have a bigger moment NEXT CHAPTER. It will most likely be all about him. Sorry, it's been like two chapters with barely any Gintoki at all.

Yes! Akatsuki's bro has a heterochromia. People are born that way, so don't ask me to explain a reason why.

Also! Hijikata and Sougo agreed on something! Muwhahahaha! It must be the apocalypse.