Chapter 22: Weird things happens to this world and you're included there.

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The two cute kids surprised the glasses man. Their bodies were soft and small and the clothes that they're wearing didn't fit them at all. It should be nice to see them, but this wasn't the right time. It was way too troublesome. Shinpachi couldn't take this anymore; this wasn't just a game. If Toushiro and the others learned about the truth, absolute chaos would happen. He squatted in front of them and decided to ask their ages.

"Satsuki-san, Gin-san, how old are you?" Shinpachi held a delighted smile in order for them to not be terrified.

"I am nine." Little Gintoki answered.

"Like I'll tell you!" Satsuki threw a stone to the poor man and stuck her tongue out.

"Ummm. I am asking a nice question here." Shinpachi cracked smiled and deeply sighed, "Satsuki-san, please stop joking around and tell me what your age is."

Satsuki's red orange irises began to widen. Stuttering a few steps backwards, she began to tilt her head, "Who is…Satsuki?"

Shinpachi was surprised and at the same time shocked, could it be she lost her memories? But wait, Gintoki didn't forget his own identity. The teenager began to scratch his hair violently, "What should I do to this situation?!"

The little Satsuki snapped her fingers, "Hey! Dork guy! My name isn't Satsuki, got it!?"

Shinpachi stopped scratching his hair and retorted, "The heck! My name isn't dork guy and wait… your name isn't Satsuki?"

The cold wind passed by as the little cute girl with the other kid stared at them with dissatisfaction. She rounded up her arms against herself, "Yes! I am not Satsuki! Ahh. Wait… I am mi—"

The little girl stopped as a familiar voice came and interrupted them. Hearing this made Shinpachi lose his mind. There stood the Vice Commander of the Shinsengumi, looking confused.

"Wait, who are these kids?" Toushiro asked. Shinpachi was filled with sweat as his cracked smile was still plastered on his features. He tried to explain this, but eventually failed because of what Satsuki did.

"T-Toushiro! Wow! A huge Toushiro showed up in front of me!" Satsuki shouted in delight as she walked towards the shocked vice commander.

"Oi. What the heck is happening here? Where are Satsuki and the Yorozuya boss?" Toushiro questioned.

"T-they're j-just lost kids! Gin-san and Satsuki-san have nothing to do with this! They're not Sat—" Shinpachi stopped when Toushiro glared at him really hard. He gulped as he saw this. That was it. He couldn't do it anymore.

"Toushiro! You really don't recognize me?!" Satsuki arched up a brow, "It's me… A-tan."

"H-Hijikata-san! W-Who is A-A-tan!?" Shinpachi asked.

Toushiro clicked his tongue in seeing this dreadful scene. In this case, he wouldn't hesitate to ask Shinpachi about this, "What happen here?"

Wearing his usual deadly stare at the poor man, Shinpachi sighed and explained everything, "Hijikata-san the truth is… Gin-san and Satsuki-san are having a phenomena. The bracelet that Satsuki-san gave to Gin-san is the main cause of this. That's why you're wondering why they're acting strange, well, they swapped bodies."

Toushiro squinted his eyes, "Then why didn't she tell me about this?!"

Shinpachi trembled. This was bad; Toushiro getting angry about the situation, "Sh-She doesn't want you to get involved in this. Only the whole Odd Jobs knew this… tha-that—" he was interrupted when Toushiro lifted up little Satsuki.

"T-The heck! What are you doing, T-Toushiro?!" Satsuki argued.

"Answer me honestly, how old are you?" Toushiro asked.

"Six turning seven! Well today is my birthday! July 2nd!" She happily announced to the raven haired guy. Hearing this made his cigarette fall in the ground. He thought about the things happened, when they were kids, during her 7th birthday.

"Well, I was about to go to our original meeting place when I came here! Isn't it amazing? I get to see big Toushiro instead of the weak Toushiro?" Satsuki smiled.

"Oi! Glasses guy! What time will this stop?!" He shouted with anger, enveloping him.

Shinpachi stuttered and continued to deny things, "I-I do not know anything!"

Toushiro clicked his tongue and leaned against Satsuki, "Listen, your name is Satsuki, get it? You're the master in hiding your identity right? So be Satsuki and act normal!"

The little girl put a gentle smile on her features. She leaned on him to whisper something, "Roger that!" Toushiro let her go and scratched the back of his head.

Just then, little Gintoki threw a stone at Toushiro's face, which caused him to start bleeding. A wild nerve cracked upon his features and shouted, "Where did that come from?!"

"Don't sound like I'm an innocent kid. I may be small, but my memories are still intact. I'm still this 20 year old guy!" Gintoki scolded while lifting up his loose kimono, "Most likely, the situation is like this, I just reverted to a kid while Satsuki switched places with her old self. But there're no changes at all, she is still—"

Satsuki planted a head chop to his head, "Do not sound like you're superior to me! KID." She gave out a black aura that could devour souls. The four made a circle and sat down as they continued to analyze things. Later, the sun went down; they only managed to collect some food. Also, about Satsuki and Gintoki's condition...

"Arghhh. What do we do? Are we going to tell Sougo this?" Toushiro asked.

"Well, it's the best thing to do since we need to cooperate in order to get the culprit in this situation." Shinpachi exclaimed.

"By the way, what time is it?" Gintoki expressed. Again, he lifted up his loose kimono and lied down on the dirty ground. Suddenly, their peaceful moment was disturbed by Gintoki and Satsuki's scream. It alarmed Toushiro and Shinpachi. They hurriedly stood up to go to their places.

"M-My body, it's burning!" Satsuki screamed. Gintoki screamed, too, only he rolled all on the sand. Shinpachi and Toushiro realized that they were back to normal. But something was wrong, since their clothes weren't intact. Gintoki did care, but Satsuki did.

"W-What happened?!" She screamed while covering her parts. Shinpachi and Toushiro immediately turned their backs; as for Gintoki, he didn't care at all. She threw her sandals at the guy to make him fall asleep.

After that incident, the four returned to Sougo and Kagura, only to find out that they were already eating and the whole place was a mess. Making sounds in their stomach, they started to devour the food that Kagura and Sougo caught. Even though it was against their will, they still needed to eat in order to overcome this situation. Afterwards, Shinpachi and Toushiro explained the phenomenon centering Satsuki and Gintoki. Sougo didn't care about this, though. Evening came and they needed to sleep. All of them prepared their own bed made out of leaves or branches somewhere. But in the middle of the night, Satsuki left the group and went to a nearby shore, clearing her mind. Sighing deeply, someone with a familiar voice came, interrupting her train of thoughts.

"What's the matter, spacing out in a shore while others are asleep?" Gintoki asked, heading towards her.

Satsuki minced, "N-O-T-H-I-N-G."

Gintoki sat beside her and flicked her forehead, "Idiot, it's written all over your face that you need some to talk to. Come on, spit it out. I'll listen."

"I can't really hide anything from you…Tell me, what magic are you using?" Satsuki asked.

"I don't use anything! It's just that, I already know your nature so—" Gintoki was interrupted by her light chuckle.

"Already know everything? Fine, I'll tell you. When we were in the cave, it all went black. I don't know what happened, but it seemed that I reverted to my child self, according to Shinpachi. I was brought back into my past when I was six—no—seven. July 2nd, my 7th birthday was my worst birthday ever. I invited my only friend, which is Toushiro, to come to my house at exactly 8:00 PM. I hated it… I was about to see my parents being slaughtered. It was about 11:59; when Vendetta was about to attack, I returned to my original self. I was glad that I returned to my original self in the right time, but at the same time, I felt anxious and sad about it. I don't want to remember…I hate this… But I—" Her explanation was cut when Gintoki gently pulled her head towards him, making her lean on his shoulders.

"If you want to cry, do it." This statement from Gintoki made her feel joyful, with her blank stare that started to get blurry because of her tears. Gintoki just couldn't help it. Seeing her feel sad made his heart crash by a heavy metal. He couldn't stand women's tears at all.

"Gintoki?"

"What?"

"I...am thankful you are here… Thank you..."

Again Chisato is apologizing for the late update! A lot happened and I just cannot continue to update fast! QAQ Forgive mehhh for this. Anyway, thank you for the support~~ Even though I don't even update fast XD Anyway, another romantic scene coming from our pair~~~ Huehuehue /3

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