Here's chapter 2 guy, I hope you enjoyyy :)

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.

"Got ya."

Aki froze as she panicked, dropping the dango she was enjoying to the ground. She quickly tried to leap forward but was stopped as her arms were caught by two strong grips, keeping her stuck to the ground. Aki's eyes were wide with fear.

"Never would of thought you would be like this, my little thief~" The voice of the man said sounding a little playful. Aki could swear she heard the voice before but she couldn't connect a face to it. She slowly turned her head to see the one who was holding her back. When her head turned she was that pair of forest green eyes, mischievous yet sad, staring down at her.

"You." Aki quietly said quietly to herself not believing he was here. Aki felt a little relieved it was someone she recognized from earlier but that was short lived when the mysterious man spoke.

"You know, I'm gonna have to take you to headquarters Aki-chan~. It's not very nice to steal from the elderly." The man spoke as if toying with her. Aki had moved a little from his hard grip being too tight on her.

"Who are you?" Aki asked. She was annoyed knowing she had let some man catch her like this without knowing who he was.

"I'm Okita Souji, yourself? Do you remember me from earlier?" He said into her ear making Aki really uncomfortable. Aki fidgeted trying to get his head away from her but it was no use. Okita was strong and wouldn't let her budge.

"It's Aki and sadly." Aki replied in a harsh tone. She could tell she didn't like him. Okita laughed a little to himself.

"You're so mean Aki-chan." He said while starting to get up. "But we should get a move on. Hijikata will be glad to know I've got the one who's been stealing around here lately."

"Hmph." Aki said with a smirk on her face. As Okita pulled her up she kicked one of her legs back and hit his out of surprise causing one of his arms to let go of hers. Aki turned herself around and kicked him again trying to break free. Okita was barely fazed by the second kick and wrapped his arms around her again but tighter this time so she couldn't move. Aki's arms were pressed tightly to her sides as her back was pressed against his chest. Struggling wasn't an option now. The grip was too tight for her to move her arms.

"If you wanted me to hold you tighter you could have just asked." Okita said smirking. He couldn't place a reason on it but he found it very entertaining to play with this girl.

"Ass." Aki said harshly turning her head away. All she wanted to do was enjoy her dango and sleep. But no, this stupid man had to come up and ruin it.

"Now no more stunts like that or I'll have to kill ya~" Okita chirped as he started to walk with her in his grip to headquarters. They walked for a little while and were almost there. Aki could feel her eyes become heavy from wanting to sleep. They reached headquarters and walked up to a certain room where voices were heard from behind the door. Okita slid the door open and the voices stopped.

"I got a present for you Hijikata-san~" Okita said as he let go of her and pushed her in. Aki was half asleep by now and wasn't prepared for the push. She tumbled to the ground and cursed a little when she hit.

"Damn it." She said rubbing her knee that hit the ground first. "Didn't have to push me ass hole." She glared at Okita who slid down the wall and sat by the door.

"Now, now Aki-chan. Don't make me have to kill you." Okita replied smirking. She hated when he had that smirk plastered on his face. It made him seem cocky and like he knew everything.

"What the hell is this, Souji?" A deep voice rang through the room from in front of Aki. She turned and found the man where the voice had come from. He lad his long black hair tied into a pony tail with deep purple eyes that stared at her like she was a nuisance. As she looked around the room she noticed the other two from earlier. The boy Heisuke and the one he called Shinpachi-san were in the room as well.

"Oi, you're the girl from earlier." Heisuke said remembering her. "Didn't think we would see you again, especially not at headquarters."

"You know her?" Another voice rang. Aki didn't know that man who said this. He was next to Heisuke with red hair that was tied back. His eyes seemed gentle.

"Yeah. She took down a really big guy today when I was fighting that man outside the shop. She took him out with the back of her sword without getting a scratch on her." Heisuke replied as he gazed at her. "She wouldn't tell me her name though." He said sounding a little disappointed.

"So what is it?" The man with red hair asked looking at Aki. "I'm Harada Sanosuke." He said to her nicely. Aki didn't want to let these strange men know who she was but she knew she had no choice now.

"Harune. Harune Aki." She said looking at the ground just wanting to leave. It was really late now and she was still hungry since she never got to finish her dango cause that bastard interrupted her.

"Why did you bring her here, Souji?" That deep voice from before said. He looked angry with his eyebrows furrowed and lips in a straight line. His arms were crossed making him look impatient.

'This guy needs to lighten up.' Aki thought as she looked at him.

"This one here has been the one who has been stealing lately. I just had to wait until I could prove it. Saw her take an old man's money pouch and then run off with it." Okita told the man.

"Really? This little girl has been doing that?" A new man said. He looked a little big and had his black hair tied up and spikey on the top.

"I can just kill her now and we can move on." Okita chirped pulling out his sword. Aki glared at him hard as he smirked.

"Souji, no. Toshi, we should let her explain first." The man said.

"No fun Kondou-san." Okita sounded disappointed like a little kid who couldn't have a toy. My death was his toy.

"Fine. Why are you going around stealing?" The purple eyes man asked Aki. Aki didn't feel like going through the whole story. She never liked telling people. Usually when she told them they would look down on her and never speak to her again. After a while she just stopped letting people know. Even if they tried being her friend.

Sighing to herself Aki began to speak. "It's what I need to do to survive. I don't have a home or money to get food. I've tried working for places but no one will hire a woman. Especially not a woman who lives on the streets and carries a sword." Aki told them while all eyes were on her a listened.

"We can't let you continue to steal like that. From now on you will stay here under our supervision until we know you won't do that." Kondou told her in a serious tone. Hijikata and the other stared at Kondou not believing his decision.

"Oh come on. All I wanted was to eat dinner and sleep. Stupid bastard showing up and dragging me here." Aki said to herself. Aki was kind of glad she would be able to sleep indoors but hated that she had to be watched by them. She wasn't a little kid; she knew how to handle herself.

"Souji, you'll be the one in charge of her. Since you brought her here she will share your room since we have no extras." Hijikata spoke with his eyes closed from frustration.

'Why him?' Aki thought to herself. That was the last thing she wanted. The river bank sounded like a luxury hotel compared to sharing a room with him. At least there she could be by herself.

"Meeting closed" Kondou spoke to everyone in the room as he got up a left. One by one everyone left and the room became silent. The only ones who remained were Okita and Aki.

"Looks like we'll be living together Aki-chan~" Okita chimed playfully breaking the silence that lingered in the room. Aki turned and glared at him and then walked over to the door leaving. Okita was behind her and grabbed her arm and pulled her the right way.

"Don't touch me." Aki said. She was angry at him. It's his entire fault she was in this situation now. She pulled her arm out of his grip and continued to walk to his room as Okita guided her. She didn't speak when they entered. She just simply took her sword off and sat in a corner of his room with her knees pulled up to her chest. She was too tired by now to think right. She laid her sword on the floor next to her and leaned her head against the wall a dozed off instantly.

'This will be interesting.' Okita thought as he smirked at the girl who was now sleeping peacefully in his room. 'I wonder how much I can play with her.'