Hey guysss :D This is my first fanfiction that I'll be writing. I really like reading the Hakuoki fanfictions.. especially ones with Okita ;). So I have decided to try and make my own. Enjoy~

Finally Giving in: CHAPTER 1

It was a nice day in Kyoto. The people were bustling around and there was a slight breeze in the air. Aki walked leisurely through the city as she strolled past shops taking everything in. But she never let her guard down too much, there was no way she could. Aki passed by a kimono shop as she began to hearing yelling a little bit up.

"Oi! You little brat! Who do you think you are?!" a man's voice yelled. Curious about the yelling Aki ran into the crowd of people that began to gather around the scene. She pushed her way to the front and couldn't believe what she saw. A young boy, about the age of fifteen or sixteen, was taking on a full grown man..and he was winning.

"Little?! I am not LITTLE!" The boy yelled back, kicking the man in the stomach. Aki couldn't believe he was able to knock the man off his feet so easily. And just for calling him little? The man began to get back up and charged at the boy, furious. But before he even hit him the young boy quickly grab his arm and twisted it behind his back and kicked him. The made the man fly forward right into the wall of the shop. Aki could barely control her laughter at this point. As soon as she turned around to leave, unable to handle anymore, a huge man crashed right into her pushing her down.

"Watch where your goi-" Aki began but stopped as soon as she saw the man's size. He was very ugly yet looked very strong.

"What was that you little punk?" The man said unsheathing his sword, ready to slice at Aki. "You better apologize real fast and proper." He threatened while tightening the grip on his sword.

Aki got her self up, not paying attention to the fight in front of the store. "It wasn't even my fault…" she said staring at the man with her hand on the hilt of her sword, getting ready to attack.

"Like hell it wasn't you brat." The man yelled angrily as he swung his sword at her. Before he could strike Aki quick drew her sword and swung at him using the back of it and hitting him in the gut. He man coiled when she hit and fell to his knees. "I don't wanna put up with someone like you right now." She said as she glared at him and hit him in the back of the head with the back of her sword. The man fell to the ground with a big thud, unconscious.

"Hahahahaha! Heisuke did you see that?" A man walked forward to her with brown spiky hair. He wore a blue haori just like the young man earlier.

"Sure did! She took his ass out!" Heisuke replied dropping the man he was fighting a few minutes ago to the ground. He excited walked over to the other man. The crowd from earlier began to fade away as people went on with their day. Aki sheathed her sword and carefully eyed the two men in front of her.

"Not too bad for a woman." A strange voice said. Aki looked around to see where the voice had come from as another man walked next to the two. He had dark brown hair that was half tied back with bangs framing his face. His eyes were forest green and mischievous. Aki began to walk away unamused at the men who had begun to gather.

"Hey, wait!" The young boy called out running up next to her. "I'm Heisuke Tondou. What about you?" He asked happily, still amazed by what she had done earlier. Aki began walking a little faster hoping the boy would leave her alone. All she wanted to do was get back on her walk before it became dark

"No thanks kid." She replied emotionless while continuing to walk away.

"I'm not a kid!" he said still following her. "You don't even look to be that much older than I am." He continued. They could hear laughing from the other men behind him.

"He already got rejected!" The man with the spiky hair had said while laughing. Aki thought it was funny and laughed a little to herself. The young man heard him laughing as they walked after Aki and Heisuke.

"Shut up Shinpach-san." Heisuke told him as he caught up. Aki was getting annoyed by the men at this point.

"Why are you all following me?" she asked as she turned around and glared at them.

"I just wanted to know your name. You were pretty good back there." Heisuke said as they stopped walking and looked at her.

"Yeah, I was a little curious too." Shinpachi added. The man with the green eyes also followed them and just stood there quietly.

"Well go away. I must be going before it gets dark… There are some things I need to take care of." She told them as she walked away from the men. This time they didn't follow. When she reached the corner she quickly looked back and saw they were gone. "Good." She sighed to herself as she went down an alley.

'Thanks to them I'm not gonna be able to get dinner by time it's dark' Aki thought to herself. Aki didn't have any money or a place to call home. She just lived on the streets having to resort to stealing to just get herself a meal. She walked past an elderly man and decided he was the perfect target. She pulled her scarf up over her mouth hiding her face so no one would recognize her. It was dusk now which made less people on the streets. She quietly snuck up behind the man and reached her hand into the tie of his kimono where a money pouch hung. Expertly she untied the pouch as he walked without him noticing. She had done this hundreds of times before and now it just felt natural to her. She got the money pouch in the hand and quickly began walking the other way from the man. She didn't like stealing but she had to get food somehow. She would be damned if she worked at one of those brothels for a quick buck. To her stealing was better than that life.

"Got it." Aki quietly said to herself as she turned down the nearest alley way and began to sprint far away so she wouldn't be near when he noticed his money pouch was missing. Little did she know a pair of green eyes had been watching her the whole time.

Aki picked up some dango from the other side of town right before the shop closed for the night. She was so relieved she had gotten there before they closed. She didn't want to go another night without eating. She took her dango and walked the river that she usually slept at. It was peaceful at the river and it was the perfect spot for just looking at the stars. The light of houses from the city didn't reach it which she liked. She was almost there when he heard the faint noise of foot steps behind her. When she turned around to look she saw nothing there. 'Must have been my imagination.' She thought as she reached the river bank. Aki kept her guard up not completely believing she had imagined the footsteps.

As she took a bite of her dango a voice rung in her ears from right behind her.

"Found ya, little thief."