[VIDEO/ACTION] Imperfect Wings Won't Get You Into S*ul S*ciety

[gin_san]

[ You’re flying!

Or more specifically, the video (also known as the journal) is flying! There is a spot of cloud, and there’s another slice of tree, and a whole lot of snow, and then with a rather unimpressive thump, the entire thing comes to a stop with a small puff of snow covering one corner of the screen, which appears to be sideways and hanging from a branch of a tree, under which two people stand -- a tall, silver haired man with silvery white wings, and a short, red-haired girl with bright red wings.

It appears that he was mid-shout when the journal opened, as he has a finger pointed up in the direction of the journal and is gesticulating furiously. ]

-- YOU WANT IT SO MUCH, WHY DON’T YOU GO UP THERE AND GET IT, HAH?!?!

[ Clearly, this is the main character of the show, because he’s 1.) shirtless, 2.) quite loud, and also 3.) has the Protagonist Image, being shirtless and buff and all. (And yes, of course he is the protagonist, because he is Gintoki, and that makes him the star of Gintama, and you are currently watching part of season 7, which has not yet begun to air on TV Tokyo because Gintama has been on hiatus. It is not in fact canceled, as you might believe.) ]

Gin-chaaaaan!

[ The girl huffs angrily, looking from the journal, to the “protagonist", gritting her teeth angrily. That journal was hers, and she knew it. Surely, an angel wouldn’t do something like this. An angel wouldn’t put her through the daily torment that Gintoki does. So she makes her decision in an instant.

He doesn’t deserve to be an angel.

She reaches out quickly, aiming to rip one of those stupid wings off of his back. She only manages a handful of feathers, but still, her point is probably made. ]

Fly up there and get it now aru, you bastard!

[ And of course, because this is Gintama, or more specifically, a Gintama roleplay, instead of just a small trickle of blood and a scream or something along those lines, there’s an explosion of blood and Gintoki goes pale and suddenly staggers as he clutches at his poor wing (is he actually serious? he’s not actually serious, is he, this is just for dramatic effect isn’t it) and actually collapses onto the ground.

He may or may not be slightly twitching.

It’s all very dramatic.]

Gin-chan?

[ For a moment, she nearly ignores him and trudges off through the snow without him. But that twitching… It’s a little disconcerting. She crouches next to him and pats his face roughly. ]

Oi, there’s parfaits over in that snow bank. I wasn’t going to tell you aru, but if you get up you can have one.

[ At first there’s no response, and then Gintoki slowly manages to move his head to look up at Kagura the way a man close to DEATH might. ]

I can’t do it. You ripped out my re*atsu when you ripped out my feathers. Without a full set of wings, I can’t enter S*ul S*ciety.

[ Her eyes widen at that. Is it true? Will he really get left behind while she ascends? ]

I’m sorry, Gin-chan! Please wait, I will carry you to the hospital aru!

[ BUT FIRST, she’ll step away, and crouch down to dig a little hole in the snow, where she buries those feathers. She doesn’t want any B*nkai wielding S*ul S*ciety sh*n*gam* after her.

And when they are sufficiently hidden, she won’t go to immediately pick him up. She instead hops up to knock that journal out of the tree. She tucks it down the front of her shirt, then she’ll hoist the man on to her back, and start running through the trees. She actually has no idea where she’s going, so she’ll probably circle back around at some point.]

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Comments

[gin_san]

Oh, h-hey, Na-Naruto-kun, how's it going? Guess K*sh*moto-sensei decided to kill you off too, huh? Sorry to hear about that, but I guess we finally get to do a crossover now!

[chinagirl]

A crossover aru?! Where's that chinagirl character?

[ She narrows her eyes. SHE HAS A SCORE TO SETTLE, OKAY? ]

[believeit]

China-who now?

[chinagirl]

[ She just points to her hairbuns. She wants the character who OBVIOUSLY ripped this style off. ]

[believeit]

[The hair? Oh.]

You mean Tenten?

[chinagirl]

[ She cracks her knuckles, grinning menacingly. ]

There's only room for one China character, so where is she? She is not your girlfriend aru, is she?

[believeit]

[No, but she was his wife in that fakey fake Luceti Valley.]

N-no, of course not! Why would you say that!

[chinagirl]

Because you're hiding her, and because men can't resist foreign-looking women. Of course you were probably harboring a secret crush, yes?

[believeit]

I DON'T HAVE A CRUSH ON TENTEN OKAY!

[chinagirl]

Now it is only obvious that it is true! I do not want to have to separate lovers, but it is for the good of the ratings aru!

[believeit]

[Naruto-kun?]

How'd you know my name? Who're you?

[believeit]

Who-sensei? Eh? [Kishi-something-sensei who the hell is that?]

[believeit]

[Aaand here it comes]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN KILLED ME OFF TOO?! I'M NOT DEAD!!

[gin_san]

Sure you are, we're all dead. This is heaven, isn't it? I mean, we all have wings and everything, so clearly, we're on the road to S*ul S*ciety. Besides, the last time I checked, you were in that big battle with Uch*ha M*d*r* and he just ***** out the ***** from the ********** and all, and you know, canonically and everything when that happens, you're supposed to die. Unless you're G**ra and have the help of Ch*****sama.

[ Gintoki's talking lightly and far too flippantly, the way he does when he's being a know-it-all. ]

[gin_san]

Anyway, we all know who you are, Naruto-kun. I get that Gintama isn't as popular as Naruto and all, and we don't get as many JUMP covers as you, but I'm sure you've heard of Gintama before, right?

[believeit]

....This ain't heaven y'know, it's Luceti. Lu-ce-ti.

[He just blinks, trying to take in everything the guy is saying but it's just a whole load of what because obviously he is a ninja with that much information but he doesn't know him at all.]

What village are you from? You said Madara right, are you there in the war? [Suddenly looking a little more serious] What's happening?!

[believeit]

[Also he didn't understand that bit about Gintama or JUMP covers at all except for one thing:]

Gintama? Never heard of it.

1/?

[gin_san]

[gin_san]

[ He's never heard of Gintama. ]

[gin_san]

[ Never. Heard. of Gintama. ]

done

[gin_san]

[ He's kidding, right? He has to be kidding. Definitely has to be kidding. He's just trying to stay in character and all because Naruto's character type is supposed to be kind of stupid and clueless, right?

Gintoki knows that the big JUMP stars like Ich*go and L*ffy and Naruto don't usually have a chance to deal with the smaller canons, if at all, but he thought that at least they must have all heard about Gintama in passing! Even if Shueisha is really big and publishes many things, Gintama has infringed upon so many copyrights that at least they must've heard about that, even if they've never heard about the many illustrious things Gin-san has done, right?

Gintoki starts laughing nervously. ]

Come on, you're kidding, right? I mean, we've ripped you guys off so many times that it's amazing Gintama hasn't been bankrupted with copyright suits from K*sh*moto-sensei by now. I get that you're a big star and all, Naruto-kun, but you must've heard of Gintama by now, right? I mean, it's been ten years that we've been doing this, ten years! That's only four years less than N*ruto's entire serialization in JUMP!

[believeit]

[Okay this guy is definitely batshit insane. Copyright suits? This Kishi-sensei guy? Jumps?]

Nothing you're saying is making any sense y'know!

Serialization? Serialization of what?

[gin_san]

[ Why is Naruto acting like he doesn't understand? Of course he'd understand, right? He's one of JUMP's biggest stars! ]

You know, your manga and anime and everything...

[ He has to know, right? Gin-san isn't doing something illegal, is he? ]

[believeit]

I have a manga?

[Blink blink.]

Eh?

[gin_san]

And an anime and movies and video games and action figures and everything, and you know that, so just cut it out already, alright? This whole staying in character thing is getting real old.

[ And Gintoki is getting annoyed. ]