{This is a story that is stuck in my head a lot, my character Akiko and her story belongs to me. The Hakuoki characters and their world does not belong to me, I know it well seem into a rush, but them and you all to learn about Akiko will take longer than ever I can promise that}

The roaring river, making it impossible to hear everything else that goes around the river; the blowing breeze always bringing a new energy to Kyoto. All new to the new surrounding, with a bright mind and faces, but this new face in particular. A girl, looks like she is 13 years old, but really she is 17 years old in age. All thanks for her being short, (4.7 in height). Her fierce warrior flaming greenish yellow eyes, her dark violet, straight, long hair; that's tied into a high loose bun. Has a ninja alike type of uniform on, but it's always hard to tell so; it's all in black on all, but having a kimono jacket over her uniform makes it unnoticeable. Putting a hood over her head, so she won't be pointed out, and putting her black scarf over her mouth and nose, only having her fierce green yellowish eyes showing. While she acted the she is limping, but really she isn't; the pain that she has is the ones upon her face. Her name, that she never heard of many years; thanks to a clan that normally calls her Leiko, but isn't her name. Her real name is Akiko Ai; the Ai family is a much of gentration that has been a warrior or been in an army.

Unfortunately; Akiko is the last Ai family member to be alive, since the clan that really did kidnap her after they killed her family. However; she destroyed the clan last month.

Akiko kept on walking in the shadows of Kyoto, always having the thought of ronin asking the girl many questions. That she couldn't care less of them, she could easily beat them without no weapons, but her hands. She kept on walking, only to hear gossip especially hearing the ones of her. Akiko let out a small sigh. But those green yellowish eyes, always seems to hide something to never show the only weakness that strikes down this girl, in seconds, guilt.

Soon she notice it was night, she lets out a relieved sigh, walking out of the shadows; feeling more relax without many eyes on her. Having her two sais, on her belt; that are hidden under her kimono jacket. Walking a bit slow, getting this feeling her world is about to change to bad to worse; that thought is always is a back of her mind.

"GET BACK HERE BRAT!" Akiko rolls her eyes in annoyance, narrowing her eyes; she turns around to see another girl, that is dressed up as a young man. Running towards Akiko, the girl grabs Akiko arm. Practically dragging Akiko with her, Akiko lets out a troubling sigh before she starts running along with her. Taking a tight turn into a trapped alley, Akiko let's out a hiss acting like she is panic. But really she is really mad.

Akiko quickly grabs her sais, from her belt. Taking off her kimono jacket, her scarf and her hood; showing her scars on her right side of her face, still having her right eye. Akiko gets ready for a fight, that she really needed whenever she sees ronin. Akiko leads to the wall, trying to make her targets think she isn't there; the girl behind Akiko, seeing that she is sitting down to the ground. Getting ready to draw out her sword, knowing very well that they both need to fight.

"Where did those two went!?" Akiko heard them yell, can tell that they're starting to look around for them. Akiko gets ready to ambush them and end life really fast.

"RRRROOUUURRR!"Her green yellowish eyes widen in terror, but then went back calm; she froze a little. Then having a feeling of defending the girl behind her and herself, blood splatters on the cold ground, right in front of the alley. The girl behind Akiko gasp in true fear, "don't be afraid" Akiko said in her deep cold tone trying to comfort the girl. Then a dead roll, with a head of the sword in his chest; then Akiko sees with her fierce green yellowish eyes, is white hair man with bloody red eyes. Making some type of animal noises, "that is not human one bit or it's one animal psycho" Akiko comment about the man with white hair and red hair. While she spins her sais both her hands did so; waiting for them to strike her. It laughed before it struck at Akiko, the girl smirked, 'finally some fun' Akiko thought in her mind. Having her left sai hitting the sword, making it stop coming at her. With her right sai, stabs it in right in the collarbone, making sure she is stabbing into the bone. Blood spatters on her face a little, the thing hisses in pain; but soon it wasn't in pain, then it grabs her right hand really hard. Akiko's eyes widen a little, 'what the hell is this thing, no one could move a collarbone when it's broken' Akiko hissed. Using her knee to kick right up this thing's stomach, hoping she breaks it's ribs.

Akiko yanks out her right sai right out from the collarbone, then her eyes widen seeing the stab wound healing in seconds. "Well this is going to take longer than I expected" Akiko said having the rage in her eyes, but keeping her clam. When it gets Akiko gets ready for it strike her again, but then a sword arrives at the inch of her neck, then something bites down on her neck. Feeling her warm blood tearing down from whatever is biting down on her; Akiko let's out hiss in pain, having her attention on the thing that is sucking the blood from her neck. Hearing the girl scream, Akiko looks front of her to see the thing coming after her; out of nowhere a sword stabs it right into the chest, seeing it drop to the ground. Akiko's vision starts getting blurry, 'oh hell no I'm not dying from this thing' she thought, still having her sais in her hands. She tightens her grip on each sai, her left sai, hits the sword that was inches away from her neck, pushing it forward. Akiko shifts her body out of the way, making the thing lets go from her neck; then her right sai stabs it right in where the heart is. Then yanks out her right sai, the thing drops to the ground; Akiko leads on a wall, having her head down closing her eyes. She looks up to see three men, all wearing baby blue kimono jackets, one in raven hair, another one in reddish brown hair, and the other one in indigo hair. Akiko couldn't make out any features, puts her sais on her belt; before sliding down to the ground. Trying to regain her mind from being dizzy, from blood loss.

"I didn't knew girls could fight, but you put up a good fight" Akiko felt eyes on her, she looks up to see a reddish brown, with green eyes. Her sharp fierce greenish yellow eyes looks at him, in annoyance type of way but kept her calm. "Kinda had to, when someone else's live and yourself live is at risk" Akiko said in a tired clam way at the man.

"So you are not going to put up a fight if we drag you?" The man ask Akiko, she pulls out her two sais, holds them up for the man to carry. "Does that answer your question, even if I want to throw a fight; your not even doing things that makes to do so, why not bother?" Akiko sighs looking down closing her eyes. "Your kinda a smart mouth by the way" the man makes a little joke, Akiko kept calm, she knows that she could be a smart if wanted to. Akiko felt like she was picked up, but these arms she couldn't describe which man is it, all she knows it isn't the man that was making side comments. With strong arms going around her and all the warm as well; it made her fallen asleep.

{Well I really do hope you do enjoy, I am going back to school soon; so I am going to try to post each chapter each Friday or Saturday, well posted back soon}