This is the final chapter of my Kanketsu-hen fanfic. Thank you so much for all of your support!

The Aftermath takes place after everyone returns to the beginning of the movie.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gintama

15

Kagura

Kagura walked out of the party alone, she needed to clear her head. It was raining. She opened her umbrella and went outside the courtyard.

She wanted two things: The first was to be undisturbed; the second was for her husband to rush after her to make sure she was okay. She preferred either way, but she felt somewhat bummed when Chin was the one that came after her in the end.

The penis-shaped man looked distressed. She asked him why but he deflected the question and wanted to know how she was doing.

It couldn't be helped. She told him to follow her to the hospital, it would be easier for everyone if he just knew what Shinpachi and his sister was going through.

At Edo Hospital

It was still visiting hours, so Kagura didn't have to sneak them in like she used to do whenever she came around.

They went up to the floor where Tae was held. Shinpachi was sitting on the bench outside of his sister's room. He was crying and listening to the women yelling inside her room. Kagura stopped to look at her former comrade; she put a hand on his shoulder while Chin went straight in to the room alone.

They could hear a ruckus on the other side of the door, and Otae mistaking Chin for Gintoki.

'She must really be at her limit' Kagura contemplated.

Shinpachi stood up from the bench and walked in to the room. Kagura followed right after. They decided to play along with Otae's vision, giving the dying woman some much-needed relief.

Sacchan tried to object to the scene, but fortunately, Kondo arrived at the right time - for once - and silenced her by putting his hand over her mouth.

Otae reached her hand towards the reconciled Yorozuya, hoping it wasn't a dream. The three of them grabbed her hand and promised it was for real, that she didn't have to worry anymore, that they'll change the future for the better.

After the hospital scene, they all walked their separate ways

Kagura headed to the Shinsengumi compound with Sadaharu, unsure of what was going to happen next.

Sougo was leaning agianst the main gate when they arrived at the HQ. He must have been waiting for her a while; it had stopped raining right after she left the hospital, but his clothes were soaked to the bone.

She managed to give him a meek smile as he walked towards her. He looked at her for a moment before he embraced her. He was cold, but the hug felt warm and reassuring.

"You're cold you know"

"You're strong enough to break free."

"I don't want to."

"Then you shouldn't complain."

They walked inside together, Kagura was about to retire to Kondo's room when she realized that she didn't live there anymore. She blushed a little and followed her husband in to his room.

All her belongings had been carefully placed among his things, making it look like she'd been living with him all along.

"I took the liberty of moving your stuff over to my room while you were gone. I hope you don't mind"

'Hope you don't mind? He's completely out of character!' "Asking if it's okay... you're not getting soft on me are you sadist?"

"I thought it would be easier to give you Stockholm-Syndrome if you felt more at home," he deadpanned. He started to remove his garments.

Kagura blushed and covered her face, "what are you doing you pervert?"

"I can't stay in these wet clothes, I might get sick. Sadists can't handle being sick you know." He took off everything except his boxers. "I'll have to go and take a shower. I'd suggest you do the same while Kondo's still away, unless you want to join me and the other men in the shared bathroom" he gave her a smirk.

"Kondo's bathroom will do just fine!"

He grabbed a towel from his closet and tossed it over to her. "I'll see you later wifey. Make sure to shave your legs, you don't want to disappoint your husband on your wedding night?"

Kagura threw a pillow after him as he left the room. The wedding night hadn't been on her mind at all. She got nervous and rushed to the bathroom, taking all her toiletries with her.

It took Kagura almost an hour to finish up before she headed back to the room. She met the gorilla on the way. He looked at her with confused eyes and was about to open his mouth when she interrupted him.

"Don't even ask," she said and rushed past him, hoping he wouldn't follow her.

When she re-entered the room, the sadist was already sleeping. He had laid out a bedroll for her, a meter from his. She didn't really understand what was going on and felt kind of disappointed about shaving her legs for this.

Instead of going to sleep, Kagura walked over to her husband and kicked him in the stomach. "What are you doing asshole? Shouldn't you be bursting with excitement or something?" she yelled.

He rubbed his eyes, "you were taking so long, no woman is worth that much wait."

She kicked him in the stomach again, much harder this time. "You've been waiting for me ever since we broke up that disgusting fighting arena five years ago, another hour wouldn't have made much difference now would it!?"

"You honestly think I wanted you that way when you were a flat chested fourteen-year-old?" he dodged her kick this time and grabbed her leg in the process, pulling her down on his bedroll. "It's sleepy-time now China, calm down."

"Weren't you boasting about ravishing me this evening?"

The sadist turned his face and looked her straight in the eyes. She could tell he was serious. "I don't want to do anything to you that you're not comfortable with Kagura. So please calm down and just go to bed, we have a busy day tomorrow."

She couldn't believe it. All this time she'd thought of him as a womanizing sadist that relished in others pain. Here he was, not making a move in case she would feel uncomfortable...

Kagura stood up from his bedroll and went over to hers; she grabbed it and pulled it next to his. "Husbands and wives sleep next to each other." She muttered and slipped into it fully dressed, her back against his.

He slid a little closer and put an arm around her waist. She liked the feeling of having him this close to her.

Sougo

They were awaken(awoken?) the following morning by Hijikata's loud knock on his door.

Hijikata would usually walk right in and threaten him with seppuku if he didn't get up; this time he just yelled that Sougo had ten minutes 'til the morning briefing about the enmi.

"What's an enmi?" he heard his wife whisper next to his ear.

"I don't remember that well, but I think it had something to do with the joui war. Both Katsura and Chin seemed worked up about it yesterday."

He huffed and got out of bed "did you sleep well China doll?"

She grinned "I slept okay"

He gave her a triumphant glance and tossed over her clothes. "Get dressed, we need to eat before the meeting."

China sat up and covered her half-naked body with the clothing. "Could you hand me that bag over there?"

Sougo grabbed the bag and tossed it over. He watched as she took some familiar red clothing out of it. "You feeling nostalgic?"

She shook her head, "no, I feel happy. These are my happy clothes. Now turn around so I can get dressed."

He raised his eyebrow and smirked, "like you have anything left to hide from me."

She threw the bag in his face and yelled obscenities at him. He really wanted to eat breakfast before the meeting, so he complied and turned around so she could get some privacy while changing.

"You can look now," she chirped.

He turned back and looked at her. She was wearing the same clothes he'd always seen her in five years ago "Seeing you like this makes me want to blast you with a bazooka."

"Now who's feeling nostalgic?" she walked over to him.

Sougo wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. "I don't hate you."

"I don't hate you either," she replied and hugged him back.

"Let's get some breakfast."

"Yes let's"

They walked off to the kitchen, ready to face the day.

Aftermath

Kagura found Gin passed out on the floor in the cinema's bathroom.

"Oi, what do you think you're doing lazy ass bum." She kicked him in his privates. "Did you seriously pass out from excitement because of that dirty film? You're so disgusting, you should really think about what you teach innocent children like myself."

Gint grabbed a hold of his sore spot and wallowed in self-pity. "You broke it! I didn't even get to use it, AND YOU BROKE IT! You're not innocent, you just killed a million potential Gins"

"Then I've done the world a favor."

The yato grabbed his collar and pulled him out of the Movie theatre. She was about to yell some more when she crossed eyes with her rival passing by on the other side of the street. He gave her an evil grin and walked away with the mayora. She started to blush.

"What's going on Kagura? Why are you blushing?" Kagura stomped on his manhood again.

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"What are you so happy about?" Hijikata said to Sougo, lighting a cigarette.

He shrugged, "I think I've done something dirty to China."

Hope you all like it, I was kind of at a loss when i started the last Chapter. I remember some of the Movie-parts wrong, so I had to adjust to that. I also skipped the last part when they all go back to the past, it didn't really match the story.

To Guest: I hope I didn't disappoint you with this final Chapter. I had wanted Sougo to follow after Kagura, or take Kondo to the hospital himself and wait for her there, but I realized that they had a scene where Sougo stayed behind and polished his sword (that sounded really dirty...) with Hijikata and Elizabeth in the room. I had to change the end completely.

I'm also currently working on an alternate ending. They use a couple of days to search for the enmi, so there's still some room for more Okikagu. Feel free to come with any suggestions you would like to see in it, it won't be up for some time yet since I'm engrossed in my two other stories atm.