How and why Kondo came up with the 'job' for Gin and Hijikata to go out on a day off:

Kondo was once again stalking his beloved Otae-san.

She was currently in the kitchen cooking and Kondo thought it wise to wait for her under the dinning room floor.

In the meantime, he preoccupied himself with thinking about the concerns currently plaguing him.

First on his list was how he should never again accidentally go to Shinpachi's room instead of Otae's at night.

The 'activity' he caught Shinpachi doing one too many times made it really awkward for both of them.

He wanted to be a good future Brother-in-law to the younger man though.

Earlier today, he had left some of his own stash of 'special' magazines under Shinpachi's pillow.

Kondo smiled approvingly at his own thoughtfulness.

Next on his concerns was Sougo.

The boy was constantly causing trouble for Toshi.

Kondo couldn't bring himself to choose sides when those two had conflict.

Maybe he should find Sougo a new way to occupy himself aside from torturing poor Toshi.

What do teenage guys do nowadays?

Kondo waved off the 'they 'did' teenage girls' thought from his head.

No normal teenage girl could handle their Sougo, he'd turn them into total M's in an instant.

The only girl he knew that stood her ground against the Shinsengumi sadist was the Yorozuya's China girl.

Oh! Perhaps he should arrange ways that they could interact with each other more?

He doubted any romantic progress would happen anytime soon with those two but at least it would lessen the time Sougo spent going after Toshi.

Well, that was solved.

The next thing was the most puzzling for Kondo.

Toshi and his, in Kondo's opinion, quite sad life style right now.

Aside from being the vice-chief and a mayonnaise addict, Toshi didn't have much else going for him.

Kondo wanted him to have more fun in life but what could he possibly do to help Toshi have that?

"Love." A voice said beside him.

Kondo turned his head only to find Sa-chan.

"You! What are you doing here?" He whispered.

"Gin-san is coming over here soon and I thought I'd prepare before hand." She replied as if it was totally normal.

Now they were both under the floor boards.

"What did you say before? Also, how the hell did you hear my thoughts?" Kondo asked.

"Nevermind about that, You were asking what you can do for that subordinate of yours, the answer is Love." Sa-chan told him.

Kondo had to blink a few times, he swore he just saw actual pink hearts floating around the ninja.

"L-love?" He asked. Kondo never thought about that. He couldn't bring himself to think of Toshi loving anyone else but Mitsuba-dono.

"Yes, Love. If you found that boy of yours some love, he'd be living a full life like you wanted. As full as the life I'm living now with Gin-san Kya!" Sa-chan squealed.

Kondo stopped himself from commenting on her delusions with the Yorozuya.

"Well you make a good point, but who could Toshi possibly fall in love with?" Kondo asked. He thought of all the women he is sort of acquainted, Toshi barely even knew them as well.

The guy doesnt really closely interact much with the opposite sex.

He may be popular with women but he couldn't care less about getting one.

"How am I supposed to know? He's your subordinate, damn gorilla!" Sa-chan told Kondo.

"I'm thinking..." Kondo muttered.

Sa-chan sighed.

"Try to think of a person that's alike to him, someone he can work well together with. Someone he is himself with and both know each others worst traits." She advised.

Was there really someone like that? Kondo asked himself.

He thought long and hard.

In the meantime, the yorozuya bunch had arrived at the Shimura house.

"Good evening you two, come in. Dinner's just about ready." Otae greeted Kagura and Gin.

"You did not happen to be the one cooking the dinner, did ya?" Gin asked cautiously.

He instantly received a kick in the face.

"Of course, is there a problem with that?" Otae asked, smiling.

"N-no! None at all. Also Otae, could you kick me again? You know, so I can be knocked out already before your cooking knocks me out." Gin said.

He got another kick as requested and Kagura was asked by Otae to drag him to the dinning room.

"Ah ah! Ouch! Um Kagura-san?! Please don't pull me by my hair, I'm gonna go bald, dammit!" Gin pleaded, the kid of course ignored him and continued to drag him by his locks towards their impending doom ah! I mean dinner.

"There's no point Gin-chan, You're already going bald anyway. I know you found hairs on your pillow." Kagura told him.

"Shut up, brat! I know you put those there! Those hairs belong to that mutt of yous! They don't smell like my strawberry shampoo at all!" Gin yelled.

While Kagura and Gin argued about his questionable balding, Kondo had come to a conclusion.

"Someone that is like Toshi, someone he works well with, someone that knows his mayonnaise addiction and other bad sides, someone Toshi is himself with." Kondo recited, "I should have seen it before!"

He turned to Sa-chan.

"Hey, thanks a lot! I figured it out!" Kondo said excitedly.

"Oh? Who?" Sa-chan asked offhandedly, she was busy trying to check the back of Gintoki's head for any signs of balding.

"The Yorozuy boss!" Kondo announced happily.

Gintoki fit the categories perfectly. From all their interactions, Kondo noted how well Gin worked with Hijikata, no matter how much they fought. He also noticed that both had weird food addictions and other similar traits. They have seen each other at their worst and at their best. Gintoki was a perfect match.

"What!?" Sa-chan almost screamed, "Gin-san is mine!"

"Hmp! We'll see about that! I've got just the perfect plan to get them on a date." Kondo declared.

He would trick them by saying it was a job and get them to spend the day together.

"Just try taking Gin-san away." Sa-chan warned.

"Toshi can beat you an-" But Kondo didn't get to finish.

Unfortunately, Their argument had alerted the others to their presence.

"Ah, I found a gorilla and a pig under the floor. My my, we're not running a zoo here, so LEAVE!" and at 'leave' she grabbed both of the stalkers and sent them flying.

"Woah Anego! That's a new record! Look how far the Gorilla flew!" Kagura exclaimed.

"Thank you, Kagura-chan. Now that that's taken care of, Let's eat!" Otae declared.

And once again, poison control visited the Shimura household.

The night before Gintoki's 'job' with Hijikata.

"Sorry old man, I think that's enough for me tonight." Gin apologized to the bar keeper.

"A bit early isn't it?" The keeper asked.

"I got a job tomorrow, usually I wouldn't care but this time I'm gonna get paid big for it." Gin told him.

The gorilla had promised Gin quite the monetary reward as well as a coupon booklet for one of Edo's famous sweet shops.

On his way back to his house, Gin took a detour to an alley to throw up.

Giving Sa-chan the perfect opportunity to knock him out.

He won't wake up until well passed the time to meet that Shinsengumi Vice-chief.

"Hmp! I did warn you, Gorilla, there's no way I'm letting anyone else get Gin-san!" Sa-chan said with a laugh as she glided over the rooftops of Edo.