The Land of the Samurai ; 侍の国 (Gintama x Reader)

Benizakura [Part 2]

A sense of hunger lingered within the child; but there was no way of getting any type of food without committing the crime of theft. For days, she sat by her beloved oak tree, hoping that her parents would come back - they were hopeless wishes.

The girl laid weakly on her side, passerby's taking a quick glance before going on with their lives; no one in the right mind would want to affiliate themselves with such a dirty looking girl. However, there was a young man who approached the girl, on his face was plastered with such an angelic smile. Behind him, a boy about your age - he wore a blue hakama and had curly silver hair.The man with the smile outstretched his hand, "What's your name?"

"...[last name]...[na]...[me]. Who are... you?"

He placed his palm on her head, seemingly to calm the girl down,"Yoshida Shōyō."

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Gintoki woke up instantly after having a nightmare. His breath was irrational as he was trying to see where he was. He was in his room in his own house, laying in a futon with bandages wrapped around his torso. Beside him, was the brown haired girl with the brother, Otae, she was kneeling down beside the futon, dozing off and hadn't realised that he had woken up.

On the other side, he noticed you; also in a futon, sweating profusely in his white and blue yukata. He could see that underneath the garment, bandages were also wrapped around your torso, your arms and your palms. He then grabbed at his wound, grunting in pain; the noise waking Otae up.

"You're finally up! Thank goodness. You wouldn't move an inch, so I though that maybe you were dying. Have you regained consciousness? Do you know who I am?"

"You're the woman whose breasts resemble a chopping board, right?" Otae punched him in the face. "Why are you here?"

"Shin-chan asked me to nurse you and [name]-chan," she lifted her spear.

"Why does a caregiver need to carry a spear?"

"Shin-chan requested this too. He said to make sure you rest, and to stop you if you try to leave."

"Stop what? My ability to breathe? Speaking of which, where are Shinpachi and Kagura?"

"Let's see... they're out in errands."

"What errands?"

"You shouldn't be worrying about these things. Patients should just go back to sleep. Here, let me read JUMP to you."

Gintoki sat up, "Oi, are you hid-"

Otae stabbed the spear into the floor in front of his face, "I told you not to move. What will we do if your wounds happen to open back up, you bastard?"

The room got quiet for a moment, the only audible thing they could hear, was the rain outside and your heavy breathing. Otae got the towel from your forehead and squeezed out the remaining water from it and replaced it with a new one. "Is she alright?" Gintoki asked.

"She was hurt quite badly. Her arm was the worst thing though; it was almost cut to the bone... Luckily I was able to stitch it back up. But, I believe that she will be fine. She's still breathing right?" Otae reassured him. That's when they heard the doorbell ring.

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The man with the long light-brown hair brought the small child to a building. It was a cozy house with many rooms, but it didn't look like there were any people in it besides the two children and the young man.

The man named, Yoshida Shōyō cleaned the young girl called [name] and dressed her in a spare yukata, "You must be hungry." He left her alone in one of the rooms to go grab something in another; when he came back, the young girl no longer sitting in the middle of the room, but in the corner with her knees up to her chest. "[name]-chan, everything is going to be alright. I'm here now," Yoshida embraced her in a hug, wanting to make her feel comfortable around new strangers. "Here, please eat this," he handed her a piece of bread.