Types of speech being used:
"Speech" = Regular Speech
"[Speech]" = Sign Language
"Speech" = Radio Speech
Speech = First Person POV/Thoughts
{ Speech } = Quick Flashbacks Dialogue
"Speech" = Echoing Speech
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"Big Brother!" a little girl had called for her brother as he was about to leave.
"Where are you going?" she pleaded, "Don't leave mommy!"
"…" For a moment her older brother stopped walking down the stairs. He turned to his sister one last time, most of his face shadowed under the umbrella he was wielding.
"Kagura…" her brother finally said, "Get lost." He replied, "I have no need for weaklings like you."
Many years Later, Somewhere at Sundawn
"Gintoki! You'd better have the rent! You'd better pay up now!"
"Quit whining about the rent you old hag! Wasn't the rent already paid!"
"Uhh…" the ensuing argument was loud enough to wake Kagura from her sleep.
"You'd better stop relying on others to pay for you! Pay up now!"
"Well, I don't have the money! How the hell am I to pay for them?!"
"Stupid Scientists." she got up from the couch and ,"Why can't you let me sleep-" she stopped upon realising something, Hang on, This isn't a creepy lab…
"How should I know!? If you aren't gonna pay, you'd better sell your liver!"
Where am I? She got up and observed her surroundings. She wasn't in a lab anymore but rather a standard looking room.
"Err…I fixed your video last month! That makes up for the rent!"
Hm? On a nearby table was a packet of something labelled as 'Sukonbu'; It caught the attention of the girl's eye. She grabbed the Sukonbu and ate from it.
"Yummy." she muttered.
"Excuses! Excuses! That's all that comes out of your mouth! No matter how many months pass, there's still no rent! That fix of yours was a failure anyways! The video still broke!"
That noise. Kagura explored the place to find an exit; she wanted to shut up all the commotion and go back to sleep.
"Keep trying, it'll work again."
The young girl exited the room to the entrance of the building. By the exit she saw an old lady arguing with a man with a white natural perm.
"I don't care!" The old lady was about to grab Gintoki and mercilessly beat him into submission, "Just pay the rent you natural perm head-" She stopped upon seeing Kagura.
There was an awkward silence.
"Gintoki. You are a complete good-for-nothing slacker who barely pays rent…" the old lady narrowed her eyes in disgust, "…But I didn't think you were rotten enough to stoop lower than that."
"How in the hell am I that rotten-" Gintoki stopped to realise something, The girl Suzaku and I found…she's right behind me isnt she…
"Hey old lady, It's not what you think" Gintoki tried to explain.
"Oh really. That young girl being in a straightjacket seems to explain a lot." The old lady said, "I'm going to call the police." she then held Gintoki's struggling body high up in the air, "Right after I go kick your ass!"
"Wait?!" Gintoki tried to explain, "A friend and I just found her when we got caught up in a military operation-"
"A likely story! You'd better make more believable lies if you want to avoid rent!" the old lady grabbed Gintoki and threw him off the stairs.
"What the hell does this have with reeeeeeent!" Gintoki screamed as he was mercilessly thrown off the stairs.
Meanwhile Suzaku just arrived wielding an umbrella. Gintoki's old friend was now clad in robes heavily covering his body with the exception of the head. Gintoki landed face-front in front of Suzaku.
"Hey Gintoki. Did the girl we take from the military wake up already?" Suzaku nonchalantly looked down at Gintoki.
"Ugh…" Gintoki groaned, "…Is that the first thing you say after seeing your friend get injured…Uhh"
"Oh she already woke up." Suzaku walked up the stairs past the old lady and approached the girl, "Nice to meet you girl. What's your name?"
"Kagura." she said.
"Nice to meet you Kagura. Mind if I ask you some questions?"
30 minutes later
"…And then that's how we got here."After the whole mess was settled Suzaku explained the entire thing to the old lady, Otose. Currently, they were all discussing matters on a table within the old lady's bar beneath Gintoki's home.
"So is that what happened?" Otose asked.
"Yes, ma'am." Suzaku answered.
"Alright I believe you." she said.
"Oh bullshit! How come you didn't believe me, you Old Hag?!" Gintoki screamed.
"I know that even if it was true, it was still another one of your schemes to avoid rent." Otose deduced, "You people still owe me the rent."
"How the hell would that relate to rent?!"
"I just know it." She narrowed her eyes on Gintoki.
"So Kagura. That your name right?" Suzaku asked the girl, "How'd a girl like you end here?"
"I thought you people carried me here," Kagura answered.
"He didn't mean that." Gintoki facepalmed, "What were you doing in that capsule?"
"That? Some bad men just ambushed me." Kagura explained, "I get struck with some needles and the next thing I know I'm in some lab getting experimented on."
"Ok good to know." Gintoki responded, "Where do you live?"
"I landed here." she replied
"An immigrant huh?" Suzaku assumed.
"Yup." Kagura answered, "My family was really poor and we didn't eat much outside rice bowls." she continued, "I heard this was a good place to make money. So I came all the way to this planet."
"Case solved, let's just bring the brat back home" Gintoki suggested.
"I'm not going back without my stuff." Kagura exclaimed.
"Yeah, I care." Gintoki replied, "I'm certainly sure we can get you new clothes-"
"Gin, let's go get her stuff back." Suzaku suggested.
"No!" Gintoki detested the idea, "The last thing I want is to get in trouble with the law again." he added further, "You always follow the rules, don't you! Whatever were gonna do next is definitely against the law"
"Not unless you follow this." Suzaku brought out a rulebook for helping illegal immigrants, "According to rule 109-"
"Why is there a rule book for that crap?!"
"Oh that. It's to make sure even criminals can follow the law as best as they can." Suzaku answered, "As I was saying: Rule 109 states that if the immigrant we helped happens to have an unknown background, is a prisoner and asks to retrieve something, we retrieve it so we can figure out more about them."
"That rule sounds bullshit!" Gintoki exclaimed, "Where would her stuff even be?!"
"The capsule she was in was stolen from a military compound." Suzaku explained, "So it would be probable that her stuff is still there. So who's ready for a military raid?"
"I am!" Kagura childishly raised her hand.
"I have nothing to do with this." Otose said, "I'm definitely not tagging along."
"Understandable," Suzaku said.
"Me neither. I'm not getting dragged into this again." Gintoki added.
"Why Gin? You helped save this girl." Suzaku asked, dissapointed.
"I am not risking my life for some little girl's stuff." Gintoki answered, "Besides we don't know where it even is-"
"I was debriefed on it, remember." Suzaku informed Gintoki, "It was stolen from the Research Base in Narita. The sooner we get this done, the better."
"As if you know anything on how to break into it" Gintoki made a slight chuckle.
"Which is why I also brought this." Suzaku brought out another book. It was yet another rule book, this time it was for breaking and entering.
"Another one?!" Gintoki's jaw dropped upon seeing the book, "Who would make a Rule Book for Breaking & Entering?!" the white haired samurai exclaimed, smashing the table beneath him, "Its suicide! We're breaking into a highly armed military compound." he reasoned further, "Rescuing that girl is all I am willing to-"
Simultaneously, Kagura and Suzaku smashed the table. However, unlike Gintoki, their smash had caused the table to collapse into millions of little bits.
"-not just do! I am so happy to help!" Gintoki complied with a shiver.
"Gintoki, I am adding the damage fees to your rent." Otose added.
"Good, I'm glad we could come to an agreement." Suzaku smiled, "Gintoki, pack up. We're headed for the mountains."
Midnight, Somewhere in the Narita Mountains
A truck drove through an empty road.
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
Within that truck was a cargo of supplies. Nothing seemed out of place…
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
Well nothing except for a cardboard box sealed in tape. Within that cardboard box were Gintoki, Suzaku and Kagura, all garbed in dark ninja-like clothing. Gintoki had a box cutter knife & the metal pipe he had from Chapter 1, Suzaku wielded an umbrella and Kagura was eating from a packet of pickled seaweed.
"Are we there yet?" Kagura asked, mouth full of Sukonbu.
"No," Gintoki replied, his eyes twitching.
For the past 2 hours, Kagura kept asking if they were there yet. Gintoki really really wanted to shut her up. Too bad for him, Suzaku was right beside him.
Curse you and your stupid rule books. Gintoki couldn't do a thing without breaking one of Suzaku's rules. According to Rule 501 of Suzaku's stupid rule book for helping illegal immigrants: When escorting an immigrant, if he/she happens to keep asking if we are there yet, you must not shut them up and answer truthfully.
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
Why must I suffer for this torture?! Gintoki was screaming on the inside.
The truck stopped by a Secret Research Facility. A guard went to inspect the truck; he was currently engaged with asking the driver some questions.
Finally, I can get to shut her up! Gintoki let out a sigh of relief.
"Are we there yet-"
"Yes! We're already here!" Gintoki screamed at the top of his lungs, "You can shut up now!"
"The hell was that?!"
Oh crap. Gintoki quickly realised his yell alerted security.
Hearing the sound of a scream, the guard & the driver inspected the inside of the truck. The box sealed in tape caught the attention of the guard's eye.
"Scuse me Steve, what's with the box." he called for the driver.
"That? I dunno" the driver honestly answered, "It's probably some weird-sounding machine the guys need for their weird science project."
"Ah I see. I guess you're clear then."
"Aight." The truck moved into the confines of the facility.
Using the box cutter, Gintoki cuts through the box. He emerges and observes his surroundings.
"Is the coast clear?" Suzaku asked.
"Seems so." Gintoki exits the box followed by Kagura and Suzaku, "What's our next step?"
"The sneaking part." Suzaku answered.
"Alright let's go." Gintoki said.
"Hang on Gin." Suzaku stopped Gintoki before he could do anything else.
"What is it now-" Gintoki was tackled and pinned to the ground by his old friend.
"According to Rule 1 of Sneaking & Entering. You must always keep quiet, otherwise you might alert the guards!" Suzaku yelled, "You screamed and alerted them!"
"You're screaming too!" Gintoki pointed out.
"Stop screaming, you rule breaking deviant!" Suzaku screamed, "You might alert security again!"
"Hypocrite!" Gintoki shouted back, "You're breaking the same rule too!"
"How dare you!" Suzaku lifted Gintoki by the collar, "Questioning a man of the law is a serious offence!"
"What man of the law are you?!" Gintoki cried, "You're a soldier, not a policeman!"
"What are you people doing here?!"
"Ah shit…" Gintoki & Suzaku turned to see a bunch of guards open the truck's inside. They were fully armed with rifles.
"If only you had kept quiet…" Suzaku said in disappointment at Gintoki.
"Alerted them!" Gintoki was livid at Suzaku's rule-obsessing antics, "They wouldn't have been alerted if you hadn't shouted!"
"Shut it! What the hell are you Elevens doing here?!" one of the guards demanded.
"No need to worry, good sirs." Suzaku affirmed, "We're just breaking & entering to retrieve this young girl's clothes." He pointed at Kagura.
"Alert the others." one of the guards ordered.
"Wait before you go report us, may I go through this book first." Suzaku asked as he presented the rule book on breaking & entering.
"Yeah right. As-"
"Let's see here…" Suzaku skimmed through the book faster than the guard could finish his sentence, "aha!" Suzaku stopped at a certain page. According to Rule Number 99: if you get caught by security, just beat the hell outta them."Okie dokie!"
"-If we'd let you do that." The guard stated, "Y'know what? Screw calling the others. Boys! Open fire-"
In one swift kick, Suzaku had disarmed all the guards.
"What the hell-" The guards were then decked by Kagura. They were launched all the way to another nearby truck, shattering the vehicle's side.
"Looks like the coast is clear." Kagura stated as the truck the guard were launched to started beeping loudly.
"Not for long!" Gintoki screamed, "We better do this quickly!" He did not want to get killed today, "Where off to next?!"
"Oh simple, let's just go through the compound and force our way in." Suzaku answered.
So much for keeping quiet, Gintoki facepalmed.
Gintoki, Suzaku and Kagura had already progressed through most of the compound. Of course, the entire security had been alerted to the highest degree. Though thanks to Suzaku and Kagura, the guards weren't that much of a challenge.
After busting through every single door they came across (Courtesy of Suzaku & Kagura), they finally came across the room containing Kagura's stuff. There really wasn't that much save for her clothes and an umbrella.
"There's my stuff!" Kagura exclaimed.
That umbrella…Suzaku's interest peaked upon seeing that type of umbrella. He recognised its design.
"Hey, Kagura." Suzaku asked, "You don't happen to be one of the Yato? Are you?"
"Why are you asking?" Kagura asked in return.
"I recognize that umbrella." he replied, "I know for a fact Yato hate sunlight. So they never let go of their umbrellas"
"Oh, yeah. I am a Yato." she replied back.
"Huh. Neat to know." he said, "Mind if I ask you more-"
"Who cares about the Yato! Let's make a run for it." Gintoki said. He made a dash for the door only to be pushed back by armed men.
"There they are!" Multiple Guards suddenly rushed into the room to surround the three.
"Well, well, well." A man in a lab coat entered the scene. Kagura gasped upon seeing him, "If it isn't the Yato girl."
"You're the bad man." Kagura shivered at the man's sight.
"So what if I am? It ain't saying much coming from your kind." the man gloated, "With that mess you caused back there you're probably even worse. Y'know with all the bloodshed you Yato love to cause."
"That's not true!" Kagura exclaimed.
"Yeah right." the man ordered, "You alien freaks only know bloodshed."
"Alien?" Gintoki & Suzaku wondered.
"Quiet elevens! You have no right to speak." the man said, "You're gonna die anyways."
"To think the Yato they're from space…Intriguing." Suzaku answered, "Hey, mind if I ask you about the Yato?"
"Why should that matter? You're gonna die anyway." the man pointed out, "Oh well, Kill those elevens and retrieve the alien."
"Yes, sir!" the guards complied as they aimed their rifles.
Suzaku narrowed his eyes as he reached for his umbrella.
Gintoki observed Suzaku. His eyes suddenly widened as he realised something .
["I know for a fact that Yato hate sunlight. So they never let go of their umbrella"]- Suzaku said that the Yato hates the sunlight.
["Mind if I borrow your helmet? I forgot mine back at the truck." Suzaku asked.]- Back in Chapter 1, Suzaku asked to borrow Gintoki's helmet before going out. It was as though he needed to cover himself from something outdoors, like the sun.
[Suzaku hissed as the sun's rays shone upon him. He covered himself as a means to shield from the sun.]- From the times they spent together, he knew Suzaku was sensitive to sunlight.
[Meanwhile Suzaku just arrived wielding an umbrella. Gintoki's old friend was now clad in robes heavily covering his body with the exception of the head.]- Suzaku usually wore a lot of clothing while holding an umbrella too.
[Simultaneously, Kagura and Suzaku smashed the table. However, unlike Gintoki, their inhuman smash had caused the table to collapse into millions of little bits.]- He constantly displayed feats of immense power throughout the times they spent together.
Does that mean Suzaku…
Suzaku quickly got a hold of his umbrella's handle. Hidden from the umbrella, he unsheathed a katana. In one fell swoop, he cut down the Guard's rifles.
"To answer your question." Suzaku responded, " I learned of the Yato through my mom. She happened to be one of them."
"Shit, there's two of them…" sweat was dripping down the britannian man's face as he shivered in terror.
"What are you idiots waiting for!?" he exclaimed, "Blast them!"
The men prepared to fire only to be struck down by Gintoki & Kagura.
"Yet again you morons forgot about me." Gintoki let out a confident smile, "So, which of you lolicons are first in line to get their asses kicked."
"How about all of them?" Kagura put her fists together.
"That I agree with." Suzaku pointed his blade at the men, "They all deserve justice."
The man in the lab coat cowardly retreated out of the scene, making turns at every corridor. He still heard the sound of loud gunfire but was diminishing with each second. There was less and less gunfire until he heard nothing.
He finally stopped and took a moment to breathe.
"Cursed Yato!" He clenched his fists, "I won't let those alien freaks run amok on Britannia's lands!"
"Can't really fight them…" The man realised that fighting the intruders was a useless attempt, "No matter! I just gotta escape from those freaks and come back stronger than ever."
Britannia may lose this battle but they wont lose the war! For I am still able to escape from this unscratched-
"Hey, Hey." The man felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see a certain red haired alien with an umbrella gun. The girl let out a smile, aiming her umbrella at him "Remember me."
Oh shit! Oh Shit! Oh shit! The man runs along the compound, narrowly avoiding rapid gunfire. He runs and runs until he comes across some guards, likely the last ones remaining.
"We heard the commotion. Something wrong?" one of the guards asked.
"Of course there's something wrong!" he yelled and pointed to where he was running, "Deal with the intruders!"
The guards ran towards the direction the man pointed at, Those guards may not last but at least I'll have enough time to-
Before he could escape, the ceiling was hit with a barrage of bullet fire. The impact caused the ceiling to collapse, blocking the exit.
escape…He turned to see Kagura walking towards him. The remaining guards lay beaten next to Suzaku & Gintoki.
"About what you said…" Kagura said, "It's true. I do like fighting but I won't give in." she affirmed,"From now on I will fight my Yato blood."
"You alien freaks! I won't let you ruin our-" before he could finish he was hit in the mouth by a metal pipe, courtesy of Gintoki.
"Quit yapping! I ain't even a Yato!" Gintoki said, "Anyways. got any last words before we cut to the next segment."
The man gulped in terror knowing what was about to happen.
One really painful beating later
"Finally, it's over." Gintoki sighed in relief, "Now that we got that brat's stuff back, she can finally go home."
"But I can't." Kagura replied.
"What do you mean you can't. You already got your stuff back-" Gintoki remembered that Kagura was an alien from outer space, Oh wonderful…
"Thanks to your planet's primitive technology, I can't go home." Kagura said, "I don't even have money…" she continued, "In the meantime, I think I'll just hang around you guys."
"Sorry, Kagura. Can't hang out with me right now." Suzaku assured, "Going to the Britannian Military honestly sounds like a horrible idea." he then turned to Gintoki, "I guess I'll leave her under your care."
"Hell no!" Gintoki objected, "I may have helped rescue this brat & risk my life retrieving her stuff but I am not letting a violent little girl-"
Kagura hit the wall behind Gintoki, making a humongous crack on it.
"You were saying?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Nothing. You can live in my house." Gintoki replied, paralysed by pure fear.
"I'm glad you people came to an agreement. I'll be taking my leave now." Suzaku said as he nonchalantly smiled, "Oh well, good luck Gin!"
After that ordeal, Gintoki & Kagura return back to Kabuki. By the time they had returned home, it was already noon.
"Hello, is anyone there?" they heard the unfamiliar voice of a young man. The voice was coming from upstairs.
Hm? Someone must be looking for me. Gintoki & Kagura walk up the stairs to find a young man with glasses knocking on the door. Accompanying him was a woman with brown hair.
"What brings you people to my house?" Gintoki asked
"You're the freelancer, Odd-Jobs Gin right?" The woman replied.
"Yeah, I'm Odd-Jobs Gin." he answered, "What do you want my help for?"
"Please help us!" the woman pleaded, "We need your help to find someone."
"Okay, who am I supposed to be looking for…" Gintoki then noticed that the young man with glasses was menacingly staring at him.
"What's with that guy?" Gintoki pointed at him, Hang on? Where have I seen that face before? For some reason he looks familiar, Eh must've been nothing.
"My brother here just lost his job." the woman answered, "We're looking for the guy who got him fired."
"It's you." the young man finally spoke, "You're him."
"Huh?" Gintoki noticed that a wooden sword was hanging on the man's sash, it was his wooden sword.
"Hey is that my swor-" Before Gintoki could finish he was smacked in the head with a wooden sword.
"I finally found you! You goddamn jackass!" the young man yelled in unrelenting fury.
"Ah! What the hell was that for?!" Gintoki yelled back.
"Shinpachi, what are you doing!" his sister yelled, "He's supposed to help us!"
"Aneue, he's the guy!" Shinpachi yelled, "That's the Samurai who made me lose my job!"
"Oh my…So you're the guy responsible for my brother's unemployment" Shinpachi's sister turned her attention to Gintoki, "Good to know." She let out a killer smile as she clenched her fists together, " I thank you for helping me find him."
In the next few minutes, the only thing Gintoki would yearn for was the sweet release of death.
Author's Notes:
Finally done, I can finally focus on chapter 3.
Anyways, here are some stuff to clarify:
Clovis and his goons aren't just focused on Code-R with C.C. but also another project involving the Amanto (Not sure on what to name it so I'll take any good suggestions if you guys have any).
Suzaku is a Yato (Half-Yato at least). As for why, with all the crazy stuff he was able to pull in cannon (e.g. outrunning bullets) I thought it'd be funny to make him a Yato. Plus with the lack of cannon info on his mom, I figured I could also flesh her out in my own way (She'll show up much later, I assure you). As for his umbrella, I figured an umbrella sword would work better the standard Yato Umbrella with him never being born into the clan in the first place.
Also Fun fact: Shirley was the one who was gonna be the half-yato but I later realised Suzaku would fit much better and would also make for more interesting ideas I could play off in future arcs.
Also renamed the fic to "Code of the Soul". Since I don't plan for Lelouch to be appear until the first arc, Code of the Soul sounded more appropriate that Code: Silver & Black and Souls of Rebellion.
Anyways that's it. See you next chapter
