Full Summary:
It's Tetsunosuke's 16th Birthday, and when Okita finds out from Tatsunosuke - he's determined to make it the biggest birthday party the Shinsengumi has ever seen! The only problem is that the people he invites has to each go out and get their own presents for Tetsu... without the puppy noticing! To add to that dilemma, Tetsunosuke is as down as ever, and only wants somebody to talk too...

Well, this is my first Peacemaker fanfiction! It's kind of a set of One Shots... kind of... except the one shots follow a storyline... but, anyways, I wrote this because I'm bored, and I'm likely to continue to write it, even if you don't like it! Gasp oO;
Anyways, I hope you like my collection of Peacemaker One-shot-like-things. Please Read and Review nn

Disclaimer: I don't own Peacemaker. What a shame.

Chapter One
Organising

"Damn…" Tetsunosuke muttered, throwing the soiled rag in the air much like a girl would her teddy-bear. "Damn…"

As per usual, Tetsu was getting punished for trying to run off and train without Hijikata's permission. But, worst of all, nobody had remembered. Not one person, which included his older brother, Tatsu. No, nobody had remembered his 16th Birthday.

"Tatsu-nii's probably too busy with all those stupid books…" He rolled over onto his side, willing himself not to rip the cloth in half with irritation. "And I'm pretty sure I told people when it was… Hijikata-san should at least know… and here I am doing… cleaning… on… my…" Tetsu rolled up into a sitting position, and this time he really did rip the cloth in two. "DAMN THAT FREAKING DEMON VICE COMMANDER!"

Meanwhile…

"Tatsunosuke-kun, what on earth are you doing?"

Tatsu turned, twitching as he was faced with Souji Okita, who was looking very curious. No wonder why, sprawled in front of Tatsu was not mountains of books, but rather a mountain of big and small badly wrapped (half of which weren't – the wrapping paper was still sprawled behind his left leg) presents.

"You seem to be having trouble. Need some help?"

Tatsu twitched. Lately, Souji had been pointing out the plainly obvious facts. "Ah… Okita-san… What a pleasant surprise."

Okita lowered himself to a sitting position. "So, what are you doing exactly?"

"Well… uh… you see, it's Tetsunosuke's 16th Birthday today and… I kind of wanted to keep it quiet so uh…"

Okita blinked. Why on earth had Tatsu wanted to keep Tetsu-kun's 16th Birthday quiet? Oh well, he really didn't care. It gave him a great opportunity to bounce around Hijikata, and something to look forward too.

"That simply won't do, Tatsunosuke-kun!" Souji said, crossing his arms over his chest in a disapproving manner. "Tetsu-kun should have a big Birthday party with lots of cake and presents! Oh I simply must tell everybody about it!" Souji wasted no time. He leapt up, and skipped away in a happy-go-lucky manner to tell as many people as he could and to plan Tetsunosuke a surprise party.

"That…" Tatsu muttered, gripping his head in his hands, "Is exactly what I was afraid of."

"HIJIKATA-SAN!" Okita burst into the mans room, Hijikata of which turned in his normally not-interested manner. "Hijikata-san, guess what!"

"… Do I even want to know, Souji?"

Lately, Souji had been bursting into Toshi's room about anything and everything. There was even one occasion where he burst in telling Hijikata all about a pretty black cat (or Kitty, as he called it) that was walking over the fence, and asked if he could keep it. Toshi had replied with; "I'm not your Father." But, he'd forbidden to let Souji keep the cat anyway.

"It's Tetsu-kun's birthday!"

Hijikata's interest rose about one centimetre up the scale. He finally realised why Tetsu had been abnormally obnoxious towards him that morning – he figured that he was pissed off because his Birthday had been forgotten. Not that he even told Hijikata when his Birthday was.

"So you have to get him a present, 'kay?" Souji stated, pouting in his direction. "He is your page after all."

"Yes, yes, okay, okay. I'll get the puppy a present."

"YIPPEE!" Souji announced, clapping his hands together, and left without another word. Unfortunately for Hijikata, Souji double tracked and poked his head back inside the door. "Tell Yamazaki-kun for me?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"Ah! Yamanami-san!"

Sannan turned to look in Souji's direction. He had been sitting on the veranda of one of the Shinsengumi buildings, and he was rather surprised to see Souji there – Souji preferred Toshi to himself. "What is it, Souji?"

"You'll never guess!" Souji erupted, rather louder than usual.

"If I'll never guess, then tell me." It was rather surprising – Toshi put up with Souji's idiotic childish personality a lot better than Sannan did, and he was getting to the end of his ropes. Souji pouted. He'd wanted the older man to guess.

"Well, it's Tetsu-kun's Birthday!"

"Is it now?" Sannan asked, intrigued. "Planning a party are you?"

"Yes! So you have to get him a present, 'kay?"

"Of course. I'll have to go and get Saya and Akesato as well."

"… Are you s- Nevermind, I don't want to know." Souji stated, bouncing around to tell yet three more unfortunate people.

"Damn you, Sanosuke! You asked me to spar again and you make smart-ass comments, again!"

Shinpachi was pissed off. The entire morning he'd been sparring with Harada, and with a spear no less. Shinpachi didn't even know the correct way to hold a spear, yet alone use one, so he was faring quite badly against the 10th unit captain. Toudou was laughing on the sidelines.

"Hey, Shinpachi, at least it's you and not me!"

"You want a go?" Shinpachi asked sarcastically, flinging the practise spear in Heisuke's direction, narrowly missing his head. "Go ahead."

"Ano…"

"Hey! Shinpachi! That's unfair! Take it back! Take it back!"

"Ano…"

"You're my victim now, Heisuke!" Sanosuke sneered in a mock fashion, and began advancing on the man. "Prepare to di-"

"ANO!"

"Hrm?" All three turned their gaze towards Souji, who was leaning inside the door. "What is it?"

"Well… is this really time to be practising?"

"What are you on about?"

Souji now had his hands on hips, and was glaring in their direction. "You should be getting Tetsu-kun some presents!"

"Why does Puppy Boy need presents?" Shinpachi asked, stretching. "Unless…"

"That's right." Souji said triumphantly, they were finally getting the picture.

"You mean… PUPPY BOYS GETTING MARRIED?"

"WOAH!" Sanosuke and Heisuke said in unison. "He really doesn't waste time, does he?"

"No!" Souji pouted, "It's Tetsu-kun's Birthday!"

"Ahhhhh. I guess we'd better get him presents then."

"You wanted to see me, Hijikata-san?" Susumu stated. He was kneeling at the doorway to Toshi's room, and he was looking rather professional at that.

"You're taking the day off."

"Excuse… me… sir?" Susumu muttered, he could hardly believe his ears.

"Unfortuantely, we have more pressing matters today."

"Like what?"

"Like Tetsunosuke's Birthday."

It was quite funny that no matter what Hijikata said, it always sounded like he was conducting business, and Tetsunosuke's Birthday was just a different kind of business, really. "So I expect you to get him a present."

"Yes sir."

"That is all, you can go now."

"Yes sir."

Susumu made sure to nail the door tight behind him – the Vice commander had gone insane.

"Okita-san!"

Okita stood as still as stone. He'd been sneaking past the dojo that Tetsu was cleaning, and he didn't want to get caught. "What're you doing, Okita-san? Want to spar with me?"

"Ah, gomen, gomen, Tetsu-kun, but I have some errands to run and… well… bye!"

Tetsu had never seen Okita run so fast in his life. It was almost like he was trying to avoid Tetsu.

"Just my luck." Tetsu muttered, stretching out in his new spot in the dojo, "Nobody remembered my Birthday, and nobody wants to talk to me. What a rotten day."

Well, that was chapter one. It was fun to write nn!