Disclaimer: I don't own Gintama and I never will, that honor belongs to the gorilla gorilla gorilla named Sorachi Hideaki. If you know that joke, you're definitely a Gintama fan.

A/N: I just wanted to let you know that I have been helping my friend with her story as well as working on my other stories so that's why this chapter might be a bit of time in coming. Also, I had to get a little help on the lime in this chapter as well. I hope you like this too!

Chapter 6

When morning came, they never even thought of Shinpachi. He came in the door and looked around but didn't see either of his friends so he figured he would go wake them up. He went and opened the door and what he saw made him scream bloody murder. There was Gin, shirtless at least in bed with Kagura, who looked to be in a similar state of undress.

As Shinpachi screamed, Gin woke up and he sat up and sleepily said, "Huh, cake? What?"

Kagura mumbled into his arm, "Papi, five more minutes."

Shinpachi glared at Gin and threw a shirt at him.

"Cover her up!" he angrily shouted.

That woke him up as he blocked Kagura's nude form back under the blanket.

"Get dressed and explain please," the megane otaku demanded as he left to the living room.

Gin got up and got dressed as he woke Kagura up.

"Hm, Gin-chan?" she mumbled. still sleepy.

"Get up, dressed and Shinpachi, We need to explain," he said plainly.

She sighed as she got up and dressed herself. In a few minutes, they were ready to talk to him.

Once they were done, Shinpachi sighed heavily and muttered, "I guess from now on I need to knock before I even come in, huh?"

Gin and Kagura smiled sheepishly at their friend as he shook his head back and forth.

Around dawn at the Shinsengumi, Okita and Hijikata woke up. In Hijikata's futon, they both laid there. Okita was spooning Hijikata contently before his superior sat up. Hijikata groaned at how sore he was while Okita chuckled.

"What's so funny, Sougp?" the mayo addict grumbled.

He rolled his eyes and said, "I warned you, it hurts. Maybe you should take the day off or just paperwork."

Hijikata groaned but said, "I still need to practice so I'll just do paperwork afterwards."

The sadist sighed as he got up and stretched. Hijikata looked away and blushed.

Noticing that blush, Okita went and turned his new lover's face back to him and said playfully, "Oh come on, still so shy? Were you a virgin still?"

Turning his face away a little, he brushed off the topic, "Not exactly, I had sex but never with a man."

"After..." the sadist insinuated after Mitsuba died with a bit of a melancholic look in his eyes.

"Yeah, but not often. Kondou-san insisted a year ago to go to Yoshiwara. I usually make do with my hand if at all," he admitted shyly.

He wondered about that look in the captain's eyes when he mentioned his late sister. Okita went to get his clothes to get dressed when Hijikata kissed him quickly. Surprised but pleased, the sadist kissed him but slower.

"I need to go, okay? Lunch in here?" he asked.

Blushing, Hijikata agreed. Once Okita got dressed, he snuck back to his own room. On his way, Yamazaki spotted him as he came back from an assignment.

"Okita-taichou? Uh?" he said intelligently.

He grabbed the spy by the collar in a flash and threatened, "You didn't see anything."

Yamazaki gulped and said, "Hai."

Okita got to his room and changed into a fresh uniform after a quick shower. At 8am, he reported for work and noticed that Hijikata wasn't there.

Kondou-san, where is Hijikata-san?" the sadist asked curiously.

"Sougo! Oh, he asked for just paperwork after practicing kata. Is he okay? He seemed hurt but he'll never say so," Kondou worried like a mother.

"He's fine, probably sore from patrol and everything," Sougo fibbed.

"Okay, well time for work, minna!" Kondou shouted enthusiastically.

Now that Gin and Kagura were together, Shinpachi was actually a bit happier.

Kagura tilted her head a bit to the side and asked Shinpachi, "What's up?"

"To be honest, I should have seen this coming," he admitted.

Gin and Kagura looked at each other and at Shinpachi, perplexed.

Shinpachi sighed as he explained, "You remember when you had amnesia, Gin-san?"

Gin nodded, unsure what he was getting at.

"After you disbanded the Yorozuya, Kagura-chan and I both wouldn't give up. But it was Kagura-chan who wouldn't even leave here when it was wrecked," he continued before Kagura finished.

"That was because of what that doctor said about the memory being like a tree. Even if I was the last branch, I wouldn't break or let the tree wither."

Gin and Shinpachi smiled at her and shook their heads.

"You're our brat, huh?" they said.

"Damn straight!" Kagura giggled.

By lunch time, the three Yorozuya were sitting, eating and reminiscing about things with Gin and Kagura they hadn't realized the significance of or things she'd missed when she'd been gone.

"Last year's hanami was really rowdy, hopefully with you back, Kagura-chan, it'll be a bit better," Shinpachi ruminated.

"Oh, let me guess, Gorilla got drunk and Anego-chan beat him up. Gin-chan and Mayo samurai got drunk and...what did Sadist do?" Kagura mused playfully.

"He kinda tormented Yamazaki-san sadly," he recalled.

"This year's will be so much better with Kagura back," Gin declared.

As the Yorozuya enjoyed lunch and reminiscing, the Shinsengumi were hard at wrok. While others were doing patrol, training and what-not, the vice-commander was doing paperwork after practicing kata for the morning. When he had sat down for lunch before paperwork, a knock came at the door.

"Yes?" the mayo addict asked as he started layering mayonaisse on his food.

"Hijikata-san?" his subordinate questioned at the doorway with his own lunch.

He sighed and gestured for him to come in. Once they started eating, Okita just glanced every so often at his superior until Hijikata broke the silence.

"What are you looking at?"

Okita blinked before he responded, "Oh, just good memories."

The mayo addict blushed lobster red as he replied, "You shouldn't talk like that at work, Sougo."

"Did I do anything else?" Okita asked suddenly.

"Why do you ask that?' he asked curiously.

"Well, you didn't seem too...displeased to come to bed with me," the sadist awkwardly phrased.

Hijikata gulped before saying, "Before the kiss, on the way back to headquarters in the car...you grabbed and rubbed my thigh."

They were both blushing but Hijikata was the deepest red.

"Oh, I didn't realize. Maybe I'm a horny drunk," he joked.

"A little maybe," he laughed at Okita a bit.

Okita smiled a bit remembering what Kondou had said, "Oh, can you talk to Kondou-san? He's worried about you."

Hijikata blinked and said, "Really? I tried to seem normal. Damn, how worried?"

Okita thought about it and replied, "He was worried because you were sore and he didn't know why."

He hung his head and sighed before starting to eat his lunch.

Once he ate a bit, the mayo addict said, "If I tell him about being sore, he'll worry more."

"But he worries more when you don't tell him. You could tell him you're sore because you had to tangle with some idiot that thought they could fight you on patrol last night," Okita elaborated on.

"I guess but what about...this?" Hijikata awkwardly inquired.

The sadist looked at his superior and said, "Hm, why? Only Zaki has any slight idea about this besides us."

Hijikata's eye twitched before he shouted, "What? Yamazaki?"

"Hijikata-san, relax. He just saw me on the way back to my room. I already told him he didn't see anything," Okita explained calmly.

"Sougo, we need to talk to him now," Hijikata demanded.

"Let's eat first and then I'll go get him," he compromised before they started eating.

Afterwards, Okita got up and went to go get Yamazaki as Hijikata started working on some paperwork.

"I'm back, Hijikata-san!" Okita announced as he dragged Yamazaki with him.

Shifting nervously, Yamazaki asked, "Fukuchou, what did you need?"

"Yamazaki, you saw me leaving to my room this morning," the sadist reminded him.

"I was just coming back and-" he started before Hijikata stopped him.

"Can you keep this to yourself?" Hijikata requested.

Confused, Yamazaki asked, "Why, what is the big deal here?"

"Oh, just that I was trying to get back to my room early before anyone saw me leaving Hijikata's room," Okita said calmly.

"Dammit Sougo! You might as well have blurted it out that we-" Hijikata stopped abruptly with a blush flushed across his face.

"So? We had sex, what's such a big deal about it? So keep quiet, okay Zaki?" he asked the spy.

Yamazaki fell silent until he asked, "Can I leave? I won't say anything because I need mind bleach please."

As he trudged out, Hijikata glared at Okita.

"Sougo, you just blurted it out. When he didn't really know the whole thing!" Hijikata yelled in frustration.

Okita had an innocent look on his face as he closed the door and came to sit in Hijikata's lap.

"Come on, don't get so grouchy," he urged before he kissed his superior.

Hijikata broke the kiss and panted, "Stop Sougo, okay? Let's just get back to work," the mayo addict decided, lobster red.

Okita chuckled as he got up, "Okay, tonight then," he replied as he caressed his lover's neck before leaving.

Hijikata sighed and said to himself, "What have I gotten myself into?" as he went back to his paperwork and started smoking a cigarette.

Back at the Yorozuya, Gin was sitting with his arm around Kagura as they sat at the kotatsu with Shinpachi.

"So what now guys?" Shinpachi asked the new couple.

The two looked at each other then at Shinpachi and shrugged.

Shinpachi facepalmed before asking, "Well, Umibozou will be coming back soon. You guys need to talk to him about you two."

Gin blanched as he replied, "Hage is going to kill me."

"No, Papi won't kill you. I won't let him," Kagura stated confidently.

Shinpachi shook his head as she seemed so invincible. They sat and talked about how Christmas was coming soon while Kagura was dropping hints about presents she wanted.

"Ugh, come on Kagura! I'm not made of money," Gin complained.

She made a face as she whined, "But I'm your girlfriend! I want something nice!"

As she pouted at him, he sighed and shook his head before relenting, "Okay, you'll get something nice. Geez, Kagura."

He stroked her cheek and smiled at her. Shinpachi turned and let them have their moment as Kagura kissed his hand and grinned at her boyfriend.

The day passed until night came for Kabuki-chou. At the Yorozuya, Shinpachi fell alseep on the couch while Gin took Kagura to his room. She had fallen asleep but woke a bit as Gin carried her to bed.

"Mm, Gin-chan?" Kagura asked sleepily.

He shushed her and carried her to bed. As they fell asleep, both Gin and Kagura were content and forgot about the upcoming battle with Umibozou.

Meanwhile at the Shinsengumi, Okita had just arrived at Hijikata's room.

"Peekaboo!" he whispered as he slid into his lover's room from the window.

Beet red, Hijikata shushed him and directed him to come to bed and close the window quietly.

"You're such a shy boy, Hijikata-san. You're going to have to get used to me soon." Okita teased his superior as he stroked his chest.

Hijikata stiffened a bit before he relaxed. He grabbed the younger man's hand and kissed it. This time, Okita turned red and decided to act. He kissed him as he grabbed his ass cheek.

"What-" Hijikata started to say before Okita rubbed himself against him and pushed him onto the futon.

The sadist dominated him as he entered him. They made love through the night before falling asleep.

The days flow by until a few days before Christmas, Umibozou arrived.

"Kagura-chan!" he shouted as he hugged his daughter.

She had decided to meet him at the terminal and ease him onto the topic of Gin and her relationship.

"So Papi, there's something new with me," Kagura started to say as they walked out of the terminal.

He looked surprised as he asked, "What could that be? A job or something with one of your friends?"

"Um, me and one of my friends. I, um, have a-" Kagura tried to say before he interrupted.

"A rash, new friend, un..." he guessed.

"Papi, me and Gin-chan are together now!" she shouted impatiently.

His eye twitched a bit and a vein popped in his forehead as he tried to process this information.

"Did Daddy hear wrong because I thought I heard that that punk was your boyfriend," Umibozou asked as he gritted his teeth.

Scared a bit, Kagura tried to calm her Papi down, "Papi, relax! Come on and let's go to the Yorozuya now."

Seeing that he scared her, he tried to calm himself.

"I'm sorry Kagura-chan. Let's go," the alien hunter stated as he stroked her cheek.

They made their way to the Yorozuya and knocked on the door. Gin and Shinpachi were in the kitchen, making sekihan.

"This reminds me of when we made sekihan for Ane-ue and Kondou-san for when they got together and then married, huh Gin-san?" Shinpachi reminisced.

"Yeah but enough recollection, go get the door Pattusan," Gin pushed the megane.

He rolled his eyes at the permhead and left to answer the door. When he opened the door, he was scared since the Yato man looked ready to kill.

"Um, hi Umibozou=san. Are you okay?" Shinpachi asked timidly.

Umibozou cracked his knuckles as he replied, "Oh fine, but where is the punk?"

"He's in the kitchen but-" the megane began to answer before the alien hunter pushed past him.

As Umibozou rushed to the kitchen, Gin went white in the face as he turned off the stove.

"Hey old man, how are you? Maybe you should sit down," Gin suggested as he moved to grab his bokuto from his waist.

Just as Gin got his bokuto out, Umibozou struck with his umbrella. They fought for a minute before another umbrella smacked them both to the ground. They looked up to see Kagura glaring down at them, cracking her knuckles.

"Are. you. done. now?" she said in a strain as she held back on hitting them.

They gulped and nodded, fearful to say anything to piss her off more. Shinpachi stood in the kitchen, stunned at the insane fighting from them. He cleared his throat and the other three looked over at him.

"So, should we eat now guys?" the megane suggested.

As they got up, the four of them went to sit down. Shinpachi brought the sekihan and they began to eat.

After eating in silence for a few minutes, Umibozou spoke up.

"Well, Kagura-chan? How long have you two been together now?" he asked.

"Um, a few days or so now Papi," she answered.

"Ah, so you plan on marrying my Kagura-chan right?" the father inquired.

Gin choked a little on his food when he asked that. Once he got his breath back, the sweet addict sputtered out, "M-marriage?"

"Hm, what? You don't?" the alien hunter questioned a bit fiercely.

He shook his head but Kagura answered for him, "We haven't even discussed that yet, Papi."

Her father glared daggers at Gin before going back to his food.

Once they finished their food, Umibozou asked Gin, "Hey punk, can we talk privately?"

Gin looked a bit surprised but nodded before saying, "Kagura, Shinpachi, you guys go downstairs to Babaa's okay?"

Shinpachi nodded and led Kagura away. Before she would leave, Kagura gave Gin a small kiss on the lips. Gin smiled and waved her to go now.

After Kagura and Shinpachi headed downstairs, Umibozou and Gin sat in the living room. Once they sat, the alien hunter cleared his throat and asked, "You two are serious?"

The silver-haired samurai looked her father straight in the eyes and answered, "Yes, we are."

The father was silent until he asked, "What do you plan to do now?"

"I don't know but I want to be with her. She's too young to get married so when she's ready, I guess," Gin said.

He thought about it for a minute then replied, "If you hurt her, I'll kill you. You know that?"

All of a sudden Gin laughed, then said, "She'll kill me if I hurt her long before you get to!"

They both laughed and then smiled at each other.

"So, what are you getting her for Christmas then?" Umibozou asked curiously.

Gin blinked before saying, "I'm not sure, earrings maybe."

"I brought back a necklace I got on the way back here," he said as he pulled out a silver cross necklace.

"Ah, she'll love it," Gin told him.

He clapped his hand on Gin's shoulder and said, "Thanks, future son-in-law."

They sat for a moment then went downstairs with Kagura and Shinpachi.

Once they walked in, Kagura jumped Gin like when she first saw him back in October. He smiled then kissed her softly. Kagura ran her fingers through his hair and got down. She hugged Umibozou and murmurred, "Papi, thank you."

Umibozou smiled and hugged his daughter tightly back.

A/N: This chapter will be the last for a bit as I need to continue writing more before i post another chapter. Please be patient as I will work as fast as I can. Also, I realizezd that I missed Otae's birthday in October so I'll write a bonus chapter for her party soon. See you next chapter!