Silver Smoke

A story always starts with an introduction, right?

¨Yes, of course, I can do it. I've done it before, well it's almost the same. It'll take some time though. No, just a couple of days. I'll inform you when it's done. And about the payment... Hello? Hello?! Argh!¨ Old Gengai put down the phone. He looked down at the little notebook in front of him on the table. The old man looked at the things he wrote down, it was a
1. Teleporter,
2. For 25  people,
3. To a different time and place,
4. Disguised as a Justaway,
5. When a button is pushed, a teleport room appears,
6. There is enough money to live for a month and language lessons for 3 months for all of the passengers,
7. The right clothes are teleported with the passengers,
8. Give every passenger an earbud that translates the language to Japanese,
9. Send it to Sakata Gintoki,
10. Animals change to the appropriate for in that time and that place,
11. Don't let it open before these are in the room, Sakata Gintoki, Shimura Shinpachi, Kagura the Yato, Sadaharu the big dog, Shimura Tae, Yagyuu Kyuubei, Tsukuyo the courtesan of death, Sarutobi Ayame, Kondo Isao, Hijikata Toshirou, Okita Sougo, Katsura Kotarou, Elizabeth the ¨duck¨, Takasugi Shinsuke, Kamui the Yato, Mutsu the Yato  and Sakamoto Tatsuma.

Gengai sighed. ¨Why does she want it so specific? It makes everything so much harder. Well, better get started!¨ He grabbed the list and started working on the project. 
It took the old Gengai 4 days to complete the Justaway teleporter. It was with everything the lady asked for. All he had to do was to send it to Odd Jobs. He wrapped it bubble wrap and put it in a box. Even though it wasn't an instruction, he put the wish list with it. He looked at the product but thought something was off. He removed the wishlist and ripped the paper, so only the list of names remained. A smile appeared on his face. ¨It will be way more fun this way.¨

*Ding dong* ¨Shinpachi, open the door!¨ The order came from the living room. ¨Yeah, yeah.¨ The boy opened the door and came back with a package. ¨Gin-san, it's a package from Gengai-san.¨ The lazy perm head stood up and walked to the door. ¨He, Kagura, can you help me? Gin-chan wants the box open.¨ ¨Sure.¨ The sleepy girl walked towards the man calling her. ¨Here you go, Kagura.¨ Shinpachi placed the box in front of the girl. She raised her hand a let it fell down. The box was smashed. ¨WHAT ARE YOU DOING!¨ Gintoki screamed. ¨You wanted it broken right?¨ Kagura looked at the man with a questioned look on her face. Gintoki slapped his palm to his head. ¨Not BROKEN, I wanted it OPEN!¨ Kagura looked surprised, ¨you should have said so.¨ Shinpachi sighted and remembered her stupidity. ¨Let's see if it's BROKEN, it's at least not OPEN. How could that be?!¨ Gintoki looked angry at his roommate, who looked back with the same expression. ¨I guess I'll open the box, so if you guys want to see it too, stop fighting,¨ Shinpachi tried to stop the stupid quarrel. He read the ripped paper and read the names out loud. The other two paid attention as soon as their names were called. ¨It seems we'll have to gather all these people and something will happen,¨ Gintoki stated. The kids nodded and thought of a way to get all these people together. The stalkers, girl,  and Shinsengumi would be fairly easy, they saw them frequently. Katsura and Elizabeth couldn't be too hard to find. The other 2 Joui War Patriots with their comrades would take some more effort to gather.  ¨Why don't we just send everybody an invitation?¨ Gintoki sighted: ¨Why do you think it would work? What kind of invitation do we write?! FOR A HIGH TEA OR SOMETHING?!¨ Kagura looked quite sad. ¨We could try, they're your old friends after all, so we can at least give it a try.¨ Shinpachi tried to cheer up his friend. Gintoki sighted and walked to the living room with his hand behind his head. ¨I guess we'll give it a try. I don't have got a better idea. Shinpachi, grab the paper and pens. Kagura you go and get some envelopes, there's enough money in my pocket. I'll try to find the address book.¨ The faces of the kids lighted up,¨SURE!¨