For the sake of Love!

Once more, Hiroto was walking aimlessly around town. It's almost as if it's his favorite pastime…

Walking around, he saw a crowd gathering in front of a store, all murmuring and discussing something.

Walking forward, Hiroto saw a drunk man waving his arms around sporadically and stumbling all over the place.

"You idiot! Can't I drink during the day? Since when was it against the law?!" The man complained with his slurred speech.

On the side, Hiroto saw a camera crew capturing the whole ordeal. "Is this a reality show?" Hiroto thought, watching the crew turn the camera around, looking as though they are searching for something.

From the distance, a couple of police cars that were black with a yellow logo on the hood pulled up on the road.

Exiting from the car, Hijikata and Sogo arrived at the scene to put a stop to the drunk.

"Hmm, so they're filming the Shinsengumi? What is it, live PD?" Hiroto muttered to himself, watching them approach the drunk.

Sogo walked up with the others towards the drunk, speaking up, "Hey you lush, there's no point in putting up a fight. Surrender…"

"What?! Who're you calling a lush?!" The drunk shouted, walking up to the Shinsengumi, "This doesn't even count as drinking. Boy…" The man covered his mouth.

"Hijikata, can we kill him?" Sogo casually said.

Hiroto whispered to himself, "I better scram, these guys could still hold a grudge against me."

"Ah, you." Sogo's voice came from the side, as the crowd of people parted ways to expose Hiroto, who was trying to tiptoe away.

"..." Hiroto slowly turned his head towards the Shinsengumi, as the camera crew zoomed in on Hiroto's face. "... No hablo, Japanese."

"Oi! Don't try and lie to us, you damn miscreant!" Hijikata shouted towards Hiroto. "It's you! The one from the building who was with Katsura!"

"I already told you that I wasn't with him! He was the one who manipulated us!" Hiroto shouted, walking up to Hijikata's face.

"Huh?!" Hijikata raised his head up, saying, "So? Who lets you free anyways? Shouldn't you be in prison?"

Hiroto did a thug like scowl and said, "What's it to you? I was released as a free man by police way better than you. Patoeey." Hiroto spat to the side.

"You damn…!" Hijikata gripped his sword and was about to draw it.

"Not so fast!" Hiroto shouted, grabbing the drunk man's shoulder and swinging in front of Hiroto's body. "Vomit Splurge!" Hiroto slapped the man's stomach.

"GUMP" The man covered his mouth and then threw up all over Hijikata.

Hiroto gave a smirk and said, "Oh my, looks like the vice chief of the Shinsengumi was puked on, how tragic. You should be more carefu- ACK What are you doing?!" Hiroto threw the drunk away as he started to puke on Hiroto's shoes, but was kicked away before he could.

"I'm gonna kill you!" Hijikata shouted, about to draw his sword but was stopped by the other members of the Shinsengumi.

"Vice-Chief! We can't! We're being filmed!" A bald Shinsengumi member said, holding Hijikata back.

"I don't care! I'll kill that bastard!" Hijikata shouted, swinging his sword around wildly towards Hiroto, not being able to reach him.

"Tsk, I've got better things to do than to hang around here with you guys (not really)" Hiroto said, turning around to walk away.

Sogo watched Hiroto walk away, as Hijikata was finally released and calmed down, scowling at Hiroto.

"He's strong," Sogo muttered.

"Tsk, who cares. Although… he did give us the slip last time. It was like he was toying with us, and it pissed me off." Hijikata grumbled, taking out a cigarette and lighting it with a mayonnaise shaped lighter.

"I want to fight him," Sogo said with a slight smile.

Blowing out a drag of smoke, Hijikata said, "Don't bother. I don't even know how I would fare against him in a fight, let alone you. He only dodged around our attacks, now imagine if he was using a sword back then."

Sogo shrugged his shoulder and stopped paying attention.

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As the evening started to arrive, the town was covered in an orange hue as the sun had started to set. Hiroto was called over to come by a riverside next to the bridge.

"What's all this about? I was going to go buy some french fries…" Hiroto muttered, scratching his neck.

"Hiroto!" Shinpachi shouted out from within a crowd that was watching over the bridge.

"Hm? What is it? You called me over here." Hiroto said.

"Yeah! I didn't know that you had a sister!" Shinpachi said, looking anxious. "Now Kondo is challenging Gin to a fight over who gets to be with your sister, Yui!"

"PFFT. Say what now?" Hiroto said, walking over to the side of the bridge, and seeing Kondo standing opposite of Gin.

"Ah, Hiroto." Otae greeted Hiroto, with Kagura next to her.

Hiroto nodded and said, "What's this all about?"

"Ara, isn't this your doing?" Otae smiled.

"Um, well. Not really?" Hiroto said, looking off to the side.

"Why are you unsure of that?" Shinpachi said with a gaze full of suspicion.

"Well, let me tell you," Otae said. "Kondo here wants to be with Yui, and Hiroto said that she was engaged to Gin, so in order to win her hand they have to fight for it."

Shinpachi turned to Hiroto and said, "Really? Gin is engaged to your sister?"

Hiroto thought to himself, 'Screw it, might as well just milk this story as best I can.'

"Yea!" Hiroto said, "He sure is."

"Hiroto!" Kondo shouted, seeing Hiroto on the bridge, giving a big smile. "Where's Yui? Shouldn't she be here to watch the fight?"

"Um, she left the cat on the stove." Hiroto lied.

"Oh really?" Gin spoke up, looking at Hiroto with eyes that practically screamed, 'You're fucked'

"Of course!" Hiroto shouted.

Kondo shrugged and said, "Whatever, I'll just have to fight you and become the victor!" Kondo shouted, pointing towards Gin.

Hiroto watched on, but then saw a sly smile on Gin's face. 'Oh no, I have a bad feeling about this.'

"You know Kondo, I should probably tell you this." Gin said, looking up to Hiroto. "You might not know, but Hiroto is actually a huge sis-con!!"

"HUH?!" Hiroto shouted out.

"What?! Really?" Kondo looked up to Hiroto.

"No! That's a lie!" Hiroto yelled.

"It's true!" Gin shouted, taking out a photograph. "I even have the proof!" Gin threw the photograph forwards to Kondo and Hiroto.

On it, was a picture of Hiroto holding the dress that he was wearing before when he was dressed up as Yui.

"AGHH!!" Hiroto ripped the photo into shreds and pointed towards Gin. "I was only just putting it away, you bastard! Don't paint it as me doing something dubious towards the clothes!!"

Gin shrugged and showed an innocent expression on his face, "What can I say, the photo's all there as proof."

"Hiroto, is this true?" Kondo looked up towards Hiroto.

Hiroto quickly waved his hands and said, "No no no, I was only, uh, doing the laundry for her! You know, Yui is actually quite clumsy that she leaves her clothes around the house. Ha ha ha." Hiroto gave a nervous laugh.

"You know." Hiroto's face suddenly lit up, as an idea popped into his head, "If you were to live with Yui, who knows what you might find lying around the house?"

"GINTOKI!! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL!!" Kondo shouted, raising his wooden stick and rushing towards Gin.

"Tsk." Gin clicked his tongue and ran forward to meet Kondo dead on with his own wooden sword.

"Wait!!!" Another voice suddenly stopped the two from fighting.

Looking to the side, another man was standing at the edge of the bridge and jumped down to the riverbed.

"I am the one who loves Yui the most! I will fight you both to attain her love!" The man shouted.

"Stop right there!" Another man shouted out, jumping down from the bridge. "I am the one who is fit for Yui!"

*splash* A man's head with a snorkel sticking out of his mouth popped out of the river. "Nho, I wam tfhe vone hor ber!!" (No, I am the one for her.)

Various different men started to jump down onto the riverbed and fought each other. It was an absolute mess as people of all ages fought and declared their love for Yui with such ferocious passion.

"Ara." Otae said, tugging Hiroto's sleeve. "Aren't these all the people from when we were at the cosplay store?"

Hiroto sighed, "I give up. These guys are a lost cause. Anyway, at least Kondo won't bother you from now on."

Hiroto shook his head and walked away, leaving a smiling Otae behind with Shinpachi. Kagura walked next to him and asked, "Hey, Hiro, who's Yui? Is she really your sister? Can I meet her?"

Hiroto ruffled Kagura's head, smiled, and said, "Hell no."