Here's chapter 4 guys :) Sorry about making you wait a little. I've been busy with tennis and homework ^-^' which I still have some left. Enjoy~

Finally Giving In: Chapter 4

Okita sat there in his room with a scowl on his face.

"She should have been grateful I woke her up from that." He said to himself as he lay down for the night.

'Maybe next time I won't be so generous. After all, for hitting me I should have killed her.' Okita thought laughing a little to himself as he closed his eyes and went to bed.

It was around midnight as Aki began heading back to headquarters. Along the way she stopped and bought some bandages with the little money she had left. Thankfully the Shinsengumi wasn't charging her anything for staying there. But she didn't like being broke; maybe soon she'll find a job and make her own money. Especially since there's no way they'll be nice if they catch her stealing…again.

As she walked she wrapped her right hand so all the scratches from the branches earlier were covered. Her left hand did have some scratches but not as bad as the right one. The walk back was very peaceful, nobody was on the streets, or so Aki thought. She was in what everyone would call the "red light district". She didn't like this part of the town but to reach the river you had to go through. You could always go around but that took a lot more time, and Aki's time was limited. Aki could hear the drunken laughter of men as she passed a building called "Shimabara". Geishas would serve men and have to deal with getting touched and fondled by them. Aki knew she would never be able to handle a job like that. She would cut their hands off for touching her.

"Hey shere prettyyyy. Wanna come home wish ush?" A big man said walking up to her. Aki could already smell the scent of sake coming off of him. He had a bottle in his hand that was almost gone. Behind him, his friends also noticed Aki and came closer to her.

'This isn't good.' Aki thought as she tried walking away.

"Oi sweet cheeks, where ya goin? Don't wanna playyyy?" Another man said as he grabbed her hand that was bandaged up. There was a sharp pain in her hand when he grabbed making Aki try to pull her hand back but he would let her go. The man got closer noticing that she couldn't get out of his grip.

"I promise we won't do something you don't like." The man with a hold of her hand said with a smirk on his face. He wasn't as drunk as his friend which made Aki a little more worried. It would be easier to handle if he was drunk but he seemed pretty sober. The men that gathered behind him came closer to see Aki.

"Nice catch boss." One man said as others agreed and started surrounding her.

"Bastards." Aki said as she tried pulling her hand back to her only causing more pain.

"Ooh, got ourselves a feisty one." The man who gripped her hand said. They all came too close and Aki was pissed now.

"God dammit. I don't have time for you." Aki yelled at them and grabbed the man's arm who was holding onto her hand. She pulled him forward and kicked him in the gut making him fall down.

"Stupid bitch." He said through his teeth while pressing down where she had just kicked. "Get her."

The men had big smiles on their face, they were just a little too confident. Aki knew this would take a while so she pulled out her sword. The men were interested even more and drew there's as well. One man charged at Aki but got sliced in the arm before he could even touch her. The man who was kicked earlier was now up and telling his men to keep going at her.

"Come on hun, stop fighting and we promise not to be too rough." He smirked at her.

"Disgusting pigs." Aki said as she cut down two others. It seemed like when she cut one down two more would pop up. 'How many of these bastards are there?' She thought getting really annoyed at this. She knew she was going to get yelled at when she got back. Just another pain in the ass she had to deal with.

A man from behind her ran up and grabbed her arms right after she sliced someone. This caught Aki off guard. She tried wiggling out of his grip and almost had it until the man was able to stabilize himself and get a better grip. This man was really big and ugly. Just the thought of him touching her made Aki want to get sick.

'I'm gonna need a long bath after this.' She thought still trying to get free.

"Now, now. Calm down young lady." The boss said getting closed and raising the tip of his sword to Aki's neck. He had a big smirk on his face now that he and his men had her under control. Many of his men were hurt and he would make her pay.

"You didn't have to be so rough on them. We just wanna have some funnn." He spoke while lightly dragging the sword over her scarf to her breast. He pushed the sword in making a hole in her shirt and began ripping down. The bandages that covered her breasts became more visible as he kept cutting down her shirt.

"Stop it." Aki said through clenched teeth with a few tears in the corners of her eyes. She kept trying to break free but the man behind her was too big. He was stepping on her feet so she couldn't kick his boss again.

The boss's sword reached the bottom of her shirt and he pulled back. He reached his hand forward to Aki's chin and lifted it up.

"Hmm. Much better." He said trailing his fingers down to the bandages around her chest. He grabbed the top of them and began pulling back, making them start to rip.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Aki yelled with tears now coming out of her eyes. She tried moving her body away from the man but only hit the one who had her in his grip. She could feel the bandages come loser and they started tearing.

"That's not the way you treat a lady~" A voice spoke as a man walked out of the darkness of the alley. Aki looked up through her tear filled eyes and became very relieved. The man who walked out of the shadows was someone she would never have expected to help her.

"That kind of behavior will get you killed!" Okita yelled the last part as he charged to the boss and stabbed him through the neck. Some of his blood went on Aki as the sword pierced through his neck. The others watched their boss get killed and became frightened. The man holding Aki loosened his grip and tried rubbing away. He turned around and tried running but was caught.

"Not so fast bastard!" Aki yelled as she picked up her sword and stabbed him through his stomach. She was furious. She took her sword out of the man as he fell to the ground.

"Nice hit, Aki-chan~" Okita said from next to her. Aki used her arms to cover herself along with what of the bandages was left.

"Go ahead, laugh. Laugh about how I wasn't even able to handle myself. I bet it's killing you to hold it back." Aki said with her head down. She was relieved that Okita had helped her but was also mad at herself at the same time. She began walking away towards headquarters where she could get cleaned up.

"Oi" Okita said walking up to her. "I may be an 'ass', but I'm not mean." He said taking off his haori. He held it out to Aki as they continued walking. "Here use this until we can find you new clothes."

Aki grabbed it from him and stopped walking. "Uh, thanks." She said looking up at him with a little blush on her cheeks. She has never worn something from a guy and wasn't sure about it but there was no other choice. She couldn't constantly cover her chest and it was a little chilly out. Aki turned her back to him and put on his haori.

"You don't have to be so shy Aki-chan~" Okita said into her ear teasing her. She turned around and glared at him.

"Baka." She said hitting him upside the head with the handle of her sword.

"Still as mean as always." Okita said laughing. They walked through the town and approached the headquarters entrance. "Oh just to let you know, Hijikata's pissed." Okita said walking away.

"Yeah, figured." Aki said as she walked to the room where Hijikata-san and Kondou-san usually were. She wrapped the haori tightly against her. It was big on her. The sleeves went passed her hands and it went to her knees. She probably looked really funny but it was much better than ripped up bandages that were practically see through now.

'Should have bought more bandages earlier.' She thought as she got up to the door. She could hear their voices behind the door laughing and talking about who knows what.

'Might as well get this over with.' She thought as she used her bandaged hand to open the door and the other to keep the haori closed.