Still trying to figure out where the story is headed, anyway, a sudden lightning of inspiration hit me describing the beginning of the this chapter. So, here you go! :)

~ Earlier Chapter ~

"Oh? Is the sun getting to be too much for you? You brought lotion for sunburns didn't you?!"

The man chuckled slightly, which Gintoki did not like as a response in this situation. "We simply remembered that your schedule was already full", he answered smoothly, "Appointment was to be today, no?" he continued.

The silver soul could do nothing but grin nervously, eyes reflecting the knowledge of the danger in the other's question.

Yorozuya, where have you been?

VI

He had nothing to do. All day he had been counting the different kinds of shoes he could view from beneath his straw hat where he was sitting beside a bridge. It was a warm day, maybe one could even call it blazing. The day had started with him catching sight of a perm-haired lazy soul, in the cafe opposite the street, being offered chocolate parfait. Later he got arrested and taken away in a car. The man had witnessed this without changing expression much. He thought that perhaps the man in question had undoubtedly created some kind of problem on his own again – which he managed to do quite often in fact. Shortly thereafter the monk-look-a-like had began to count the different kinds of shoes passing him to pass the time.

It was later that day, when the day got warmer and almost blazing hot that the monk-look-a-like saw the perm-haired samurai again. He passed him in black boots. Black boots in this heat? That man sure never changes. He noted, with a tilt of his straw hat, that the man headed towards the sea and a bit more quieter area too. Perhaps he was going to see if it was cooler there? He was getting tired of the heat too. He decided he was to be on standby no more and stood up, casting off his disguise and dressed up as Captain Katsuuura in one go and began to quietly follow the other.

"Have you seen Gin-chan, glasses?" a young and adventurous lady asked. The glasses looked at her. They were currently in the Yorozuya headquarters, as they liked to call it.

"He has been gone since morning, Kagura - oi, who are you calling glasses?!" he retorted from the other end of the table.

"Gin-chan is no morning person, yes!" she complained loudly. The glasses sighed.

"Oi, who are YOU calling glasses?!" Shinpachi calmed down shortly. "He ran out when I got back with groceries shouting something about free chocolate parfait", he continued. He just received a long and suspicious stare in turn. "What's with those eyes, huh?!"

"No-othing", Kagura replied and stared off at the side disinterestedly while picking her nose.

"For some reason I have a feeling you just insulted me", he said in a funny voice. Kagura was not listening though but she stopped picking her nose when suddenly she looked like a thought of worry hit her. What if..? She quickly got up on her feet and scurried off to the TV.

"Almost missed my favorite drama re-runs!" she chimed happily.

"I got a serious case of deja vu here.. Stop re-using old materials, oi!" he complained as if they were to get sued for mere fiction. Right after the straight man's comical lines a knocking could be heard. Both souls in the room looked to the door. Then the younger one turned to Shinpachi with empty eyes, staaa-ariiiing.

"I GOT IT! Stop the creepy staring!" Shinpachi retorted and left the sofa and Kagura to her drama re-runs. "Geez", he complained and went to the door.

Gintoki followed the group of Yato without much protest. Or rather, he followed the missing-one-arm-man while he had a flock of yatos behind him. What kind of star was he born under? Ah, yes, the star of poverty. To think that first thing in the day was to be offered free chocolate parfait – which he could not refuse as he lost his last money on pachinko, and then to run in to these bastards... Though, was that considered being poor? Poor in luck maybe. He smiled nervously and looked at the man he followed right beside him.

"So, where is this crazy brat who got my appointment of doom?" he dared to ask. He got a short laugh of the other and no reply at first. The man sighed as well before deciding to answer:

"I have no clue as well. The idiot keep on disappearing no matter where we go, babysitting is difficult work I tell you!"

Gintoki smiled in a serious manner after getting to know the fact, he needed to get away from them soon – real soon. "Indeed", he finished their conversation with.

Shinpachi reached for the door and began opening it, "Welcome to the Yo-" he began but stopped the door midway seeing who it was.

"Why, hello there", a man said happily while smiling. The smile turned into the more menacing kind as he opened his eyes to reveal clear blue color and closed his umbrella. "I'm searching for a certain silver samurai, do you know where I can find him, Yorozuya?" he asked in a cold voice.

By now also Kagura had reached the door and shouted as she charged at her hated brother; "KAMUUUUUUI!"

To be continued . . .

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Thank you for reading. ~ Yaana