Chapter 20: Switching bodies is the least option when you are lost in a jungle.
Beta Read by AL19
"Here you go." Satsuki tossed a blue bracelet to Gintoki.
He barely caught it on time, and asked, "What's this?"
"A bracelet." She confessed.
"I know it's a bracelet! But why are you giving this to me?!" Gintoki exclaimed.
"Be thankful! That's my thank you gift for giving me this clip; by the way, I got the red bracelet. Man, I need to take a bath!" Satsuki announced while stretching her arms up; she headed to the bathroom.
As for Shinpachi and Kagura, they were watching T.V. It was rather boring since the news was about switching bodies or something like that. They caught a glimpse on the news that there had been bracelets selling all around Edo. Making the user have its phenomenon. It seemed that if you gave the other bracelet to that person they'd start it. Shinpachi had this uneasy feeling and hurriedly asked Gintoki.
"Gin-san, may I see your bracelet?" Shinpachi asked.
But he didn't reply and continued to stare at it.
Once again, the glasses man asked, "Gin-san, may I see your bracelet?"
"Huh? I am not Gintoki! I'm Satsuki! Wait! Why am I again in the living room? I should be in the tub already!"
The two jaw dropped on this scene. Shinpachi sweat dropped to this and thought that he should ask one more time, "Ummm. G-Gin-san, don't joke around us."
"Huh?! I told you; I am not that stupid perm head! Tell me why am I—"
Kagura held out a mirror in front of her and saw that she was Gintoki. With his trademark silver perm head and kimono. Gintoki (Satsuki) touched his body all over and screamed, "Don't joke around! Why am I Gintoki?! What happened Shinpachi?!"
"Most likely, you switched bodies and maybe… Gin-san is in the tub now." Shinpachi replied.
Hearing this made Gintoki (Satsuki) dash over to the tub. Shinpachi warned her, "Satsuki-san! Wait you're not allowed to—"
"So what?! That's my body you jerk!" Gintoki (Satsuki) opened the door and saw a horrible scene.
Satsuki (Gintoki) POV
"Man, what a lame bracelet. Just wha—"
In a split second, I found myself in the tub with some boiling water. Just what the heck happened? A while ago, I was still in the living room with Shinpachi and Kagura. Now, I was in the tub. I glanced over the tub and saw something crazy. It felt like blood was dripping out of my nose.
"Why the heck am I naked?! Also, I have breasts?! What's this?! What kind of sorcery is this?!" I screamed.
I-It was my first time seeing this so close. Could I grope it? Could I grope it? Could I feel the sensation of softness here? Wait, then am I a girl? Or did… Wait… Satsuki said that she needed to take a bath. And… That meant we switch places?! Damn it, now I felt dizzy here! If I touched this heaven over here, she might beat me to death. Did that mean that Satsuki was in my body? Huh?!
Wait, she won't find out that I touched her breasts, right? It was just a few seconds, so she'd forgive me. So here we go… I gulped deeply as I slowly touched it. Wow! It landed perfectly.
Just then, I saw the door flying and heard someone screaming my name.
"GINTOKI!" I saw my body in front of me. And wait….
I didn't remove my hands on time! She was going to kill me! My body marched upon me and it beat me up.
Normal POV
"And that's what happened." Gintoki (Satsuki) sighed.
"She didn't even think twice and beat her body up!" Satsuki (Gintoki) pointed out.
"That means, Gin-san is Satsuki-san and Satsuki-san is Gin-san, right?" Shinpachi asked.
The two of them nodded at this. As for Shinpachi and Kagura, it'd be a big problem.
"Do you know what's the cause of this?" Gintoki (Satsuki) asked with a serious tone. Making them feel uneasy, they knew that Gintoki couldn't be so serious. Sometimes even in the serious times he knows how to make the people around him laugh.
"Maybe it's because the bracelet news, uh-huh!" Kagura answered.
"It's because of this damn bracelet of yours!" Satsuki (Gintoki) scolded to his body.
Gintoki (Satsuki) felt sad and apologized, "Then, I'm sorry about it. I just wanted to repay you, that's all."
A light struck his heart. Satsuki (Gintoki) knew that he made her sad, so he immediately tried to calm her down. Just then, Otae barged in the Yorozuya. Making the whole gang surprised and, at the same time, uneased because of the incident between Satsuki and Gintoki.
"What makes you come here, Shimura-san?" Gintoki (Satsuki) asked.
"Huh? Gin-san, why are you calling me Shimura-san?" Otae was surprised.
Satsuki (Gintoki) immediately gave her eye contact, telling her to be his character. So Gintoki (Satsuki) tried to imitate him, "Umm... Otae, what are you doing here?"
"Now Gin-san is calling me Otae. What is going around here? It seems that Gin-san and Satsuki-san are acting strange. Look, Gin-san is seating properly while Satsuki-san is having some bad manners." Otae asked.
Gintoki (Satsuki) immediately smacked Satsuki (Gintoki) on the head. At the same time, the four were alarmed by this. If Otae found out about this incident, it would cause chaos. Shinpachi didn't have the choice but to take cover.
"S-Sis, umm. What brings you here?" Shinpachi nervously asked.
"I'm going to give this to you. You forgot your lunch." Otae cheered.
"But you didn't even give me lunch." Shinpachi bluntly said.
"But now, I'll give you some. If you have problems, come and talk to me, Satsuki-san and Gin-san." Otae stated and bid a farewell to the four.
Finally, the nuisance was gone. So they needed a plan about this, they couldn't go out on a job with this situation. Satsuki (Gintoki) ordered not to accept jobs for the meantime because of their situations.
"How about removing the bracelet, uh-huh!" Kagura suggested.
The two nodded and tried their best to remove them. But it was no use; the bracelets were stuck on their wrists. Kagura brought out a pair of scissors and was about to cut the bracelets, but Shinpachi told her to stop, since he saw a while ago that it wouldn't cut it. The souls who were stuck in the bodies might not return. The two face palmed at this; they really didn't know what would happen now.
"Now what shall we—" Shinpachi was interrupted when someone crashed in the Yorozuya, making them jump in surprise. It was a ship and the color of it was red. Satsuki (Gintoki) knew who it is because he heard someone laughing. Just then, a curly brown haired guy with red sunglasses barged in with a brown haired lady with her straw hat.
"Ahahahahaha. Hello, it's been a while, Kintoki!" Tatsuma greeted.
"My name isn't Kintoki, you damn idi-" Satsuki (Gintoki) stopped when he realized that he wasn't in his body. He sweat dropped and smiled. The trio squinted their eyes to Gintoki (Satsuki), knowing that she needed to act in character.
"Ohhh. Are you Kintoki? You've changed! Ahahahaha!" Tatsuma laughed. Thank goodness Tatsuma was an idiot.
"I am Kintoki, not her." Gintoki (Satsuki) deadpanned.
"Hey! Your name is Gintoki, not Kintoki!" Satsuki (Gintoki) hissed.
"And wait, you just destroyed our house, Tatsuma!" Satsuki (Gintoki) pointed out. In a split second, he realized that he didn't act in character. Moreover, he mentioned Tatsuma's name.
"Oh. You know me? Man, I am really popular, Ahahahaha!" Tatsuma scratched the back of his head.
"By the way, why are you here? Ummmm... Who are you again?" Gintoki (Satsuki) asked.
"What?! Kintoki, how did you forget about me?! Is it because I lack screen time?!" Tatsuma screamed.
"I told you to answer my question!" Gintoki (Satsuki) shot back.
"Man, too serious, are we, Kintoki? It's because I am inviting you to go on a vacation! Ahahahaha!" Tatsuma laughed again.
"Also, why is Mutsu-san here?" Shinpachi asked.
"She's going too! I forced her since she always thinks about jobs!" Tatsuma explained.
"The one who'll handle our ship for the meantime is the newbie who's assigned in babysitting this idiot." Mutsu butted in.
"But she is sure coldhearted! I'm telling her that I like her, but she's just saying 'no' bluntly! Ahahahaha."
Shinpachi couldn't help but feel worried, so he asked them, "Are we going, Gin-san, Satsuki-san?"
"Sorry, but we couldn't accept your request. If you want us to go on a vacation, pay us." Gintoki (Satsuki) decided with a serious tone. Surprisingly, Tatsuma prepared a bag of money in front of them.
"This idiot already prepared for you to go. He is really looking forward to this vacation. Don't worry, the ship won't be able to locate us. It's between all of us, that's all." Mutsu said.
"Wait, where are we going?" Satsuki (Gintoki) asked.
"Just wait! Ahahahahaha! By the way, girl, what's your name?" Tatsuma asked.
"Sakakurab—" He was unable to continue, because Gintoki (Satsuki) smacked him hard.
Tatsuma placed his hand under his chin and stared at Satsuki (Gintoki) from head to toe, making Satsuki (Gintoki) confused to his acts. He leaned more to Satsuki (Gintoki). Again, he scanned all over him.
"AHAHAHAH! I have this feeling that we met before! AHAHAHAHA!" Tatsuma laughed.
It made Gintoki (Satsuki) very confused. Really, she couldn't remember this person's face. She was very anxious by this; something was really wrong. So, she just decided to shake her head and forget about this topic, which she couldn't even solve. She headed to the airport with them. They were already inside the ship and Gintoki (Satsuki) wouldn't stop whimpering like a kid.
"Oi. Shut up already. You're already in my body, so act mature!" Satsuki (Gintoki) lectured.
"Shu-Shut up!" Gintoki (Satsuki) whimpered yet again.
Just then, they heard a very familiar voice coming from behind them. They glanced all over the place, and saw Kotarou with Elizabeth, laughing out loud.
"We escaped again from those scums! Nothing can beat us!" Kotarou proudly announced.
"Oi, Zura, what are you doing here?" Satsuki (Gintoki) faced the duo.
"It's not Zura, its Katsura! Oh, it's been a while, Satsuki-dono!" Kotarou greeted.
Gintoki (Satsuki) was able to face him and greeted him warmly, "Hello, zura-san. Why are you here?"
"It's not Zura-san, its Katsura! We escaped from the—"
Just then, a loud boom was heard, even though the ship was moving. The Shinsengumi didn't slip any chance, they really wanted to capture the Joui Patriot.
"Katsura! Where are you?!" Toushiro screamed.
It caused all of the civilians to gasp and murmur to each other. Asking why the Shinsengumi was here. Kotarou clicked his tongue, "Tch. They were still alive? After all the Nmaibo I threw at them."
The Shinsengumi marched from one place to another to investigate if Kotarou was there. Just then, Kagura saw the Shinsengumi and her life time rival.
"Bastard! Sadist, why the heck are you here?!" Kagura spat and kicked him. Obviously, Sougo dodged it. They both started a fight; tons of bullets had been given to him. But, Sougo wasn't really thinking and fired the bazooka. Causing the ship to be on fire, all of the civilians were very scared and went to evacuate.
"Sougo, why did you do that reckless thing?!" Toushiro screamed.
"Huh? Oh, I missed. I thought it would be two… No… triple kill." Sougo sadistically said.
Now Toushiro was really pissed because of Sougo's recklessness. He decided to command all of the Shinsengumi members to evacuate all of the remaining civillians. As for Tatsuma, he dramatically entered the ship while vomiting.
"AHAHAHAH. Why is the ship on fire?" Tatsuma asked innocently.
"Idiot! There's no time for laughing!" Mutsu angrily yelled.
Kotarou and Elizabeth were trying to find something wherein they could evacuate easily, since their parachute was broken.
"Oi. Zura, help us escape, too!" Satsuki (Gintoki) yelled.
"HELP MEEEE!" Gintoki (Satsuki) screamed on top of her lungs as she tugged Satsuki (Gintoki)'s hair endlessly.
"It hurts! Stop it!" Satsuki (Gintoki) pushed her with all his might, but she kept on struggling with him.
Meanwhile, the Shinsengumi were with the Yorozuya trio. Kagura and Sougo didn't stop fighting. Shinpachi already did his best on keeping them in touch. But still, he was getting beaten up, until he realized that the two who swapped bodies weren't here. He was really frightened by this; he didn't know what would happen if there were others knowing about their true selves.
"To finish this all!" Kagura pointed her parasol at Sougo.
"Let's declare who will win." Sougo pointed his bazooka at her.
This made Shinpachi feel nervous about this situation. If those two clashed, what would the world end up as? He tried his best to stop their fight., because if he didn't, they'd crash on a nearby planet and they wouldn't escape. But, the rival didn't listen to his words; rather, they ignored it and fired the weapons. A loud boom was heard again. The ship was on fire and they knew that it was really the end of them. Screaming was heard all around the ship.
"AHAHAHA! This is going to be exciting!" Tatsuma laughed.
Mutsu was angry for butting out; she kicked him in the groin, "We are already falling idiot!"
"Herpess me! Herpess me!" Kagura shouted.
"It's help me, idiot." Sougo deadpanned.
"Can you please shut your mouth?! We're in this current situation, yet you two are still arguing!" Shinpachi retorted.
"I don't want my life to end! I don't want my life to end! I will marry Otae-san and have 30 babies with her!" Isao screamed.
"Kondo-san, where are the other Shinsengumi officers!?" Toushiro asked.
"They also escaped from the riot, Tosshi! It means that you, Sougo, Yamazaki and I were here!" Isao announced.
"What the fuck?!"
Meanwhile at Satsuki (Gintoki), Gintoki (Satsuki), Elizabeth and Kotarou were screaming endlessly.
"I'm going to die! I'm seriously going to die! Help me, you idiot!" Gintoki (Satsuki) tugged Satsuki (Gintoki)'s hair. She didn't even care if it was her own body; still she was scared as hell.
"Stop it! Stop it! It hurts!" Satsuki (Gintoki) wrestled with her.
"Gintoki! We're falling, right?! We're falling!" Kotarou asked.
"Of course we are!" Satsuki (Gintoki) retorted.
And the ship fell in an unknown planet…
…
Shinpachi's POV
I was surrounded by complete darkness. A while ago, we were in a ship and it was crashing. Now, I didn't know where I was and where the hell everyone else was. I got the courage to open my eyes and see an unfamiliar sky. It was very blue as the sky on Earth. I sat down and saw something unbelievable. The waves of the ocean were splashing on the sand. Glancing from left to right, I saw two familiar figures with me. It was Okita-san and Kagura-chan. It was really a terrible experience for me. Lastly, I was very nervous and concerned about Gin-san and Satsuki-san. I hoped that they were together now. Because if they weren't and everyone knew about this phenomenon... Who knew what would happen to them?
Yey! An update so this the start of the Phenomenon Arc! Keep on reading so that you'll know what are the things happening between Gintoki and Satsuki! :D