(Disclaimer I do not own Hakuoki or any of the characters all rights go to respectful owners) A/N I could never figure out if the lesser soldiers knew if Chizuru was a girl or not so I'm making it so that they do know. Sorry about the spelling. and a shout out to Ashleygrusz who was kind enough to help edit my story thanks :)

Chizuru POV

The next day when Chizuru woke up to see Sanosuke holding her in his arms she smiled at him. Then the events of yesterday hit her like a giant wave making her sad. She looked up to see that Sanosuke was awake.

"How are you feeling Chizuru?" he said

She looked at him sadly. "I'm doing okay but I'm still scared."

Sanoske stood up and held his hand out to help her up. "Don't worry I'm here for you but right now Yamazaki needs to make sure that you're okay."

They headed out the door to the common room where everyone was waiting for them. As they walked into the room, everyone looked up at them. Yamazaki stands up saying "Chizuru, if you would come with me, I can look at your injuries"

Chizuru pauses for a moment saying "Um, can Sanosuke come with me?" At Yamazaki's confused look, she said, "It's not that I don't trust you, Yamazaki, I'm just still scared."

He smiles at her and nods. Chizuru and Sanosuke follow him to their room where they all sit down. "Now Chizuru do you feel pain anywhere?"

Chizuru looked at him with a troubled look on her face. "Well I tried to struggle at first and that made him hit me a few times and hold me down." She rolled up her sleeve to reveal some big black and blue marks on her wrist where it was clear that he had held down her arms then she showed them her shoulders which had giant bruises as well.

At seeing them, rage filled Sanosuke but he kept calm for her sake. Yamazaki looked at the marks and also felt anger asking "Is there any other pain?"

"Well-"

Yamazaki knew what she meant and cut her off. "I understand. You don't have to say anything but you should take it easy and rest."

After saying that, he left and Sanosuke spoke up. "Hey, you should go rest. I'm gonna go on patrol and look for that bastard."

Chizuru shook her head. "I'm coming with you. I know you want me to stay here but I want to see him suffer."

Sanoske just looked at the once cheerful girl in front of him shocked that she would want to see anyone suffer, he would do anything to make her happy so he relented. "Okay, but don't leave my side at all." she agreed.

Before they left, Sanosuke gave orders to his men, "Remember that her safety is important now. We are looking for a man with long purple hair, a black shirt and he carries a western revolver, so if you see him come alert me as soon as possible. I will take two men with me, the rest of you will split up into two groups."

They all said "Yes, sir" at the same time as they headed out while Sanosuke said.

"Good, move out." Sanosuke looked at Chizuru. "Remember to stay close to me." She nodded and they started to walk the streets of Kyoto.

Ten minutes later, they were asking around with no luck. while they were talking to a shopkeeper Chizuru heard a familiar voice say, "Chizuru-chan."

She looked over and saw Sen-chan coming over to her. "How are you? I haven't seen you in a long time."

But Chizuru didn't say anything, instead she looked at the ground. Sen knew that something was wrong. She saw that Sanosuke was there as well and said, "I know, why don't we go get some dango?"

Sanosuke told his men to keep looking and they went off to search. Meanwhile, at a little tea shop, the three sat at a table and Sen was the first to speak. "So Chizuru-chan, what's wrong?"

Instead of answering, she gave Sanosuke a look. He understood and started to speak for her, "You know that demon Shiranui that hangs out with Kazama Well, there's no easy way to say this, he raped Chizuru."

tears started to roll down Chizuru's face and Sanosuke held her. Sen spoke up, "And you're looking for him."

He nodded. "I'll help. Chizuru-chan is my friend and he has disgraced our kind. I'll have Kimigiku start tracking him. Kazama may know where he is as well. In the meantime, if it's okay with the Shinsengumi, I would like to stay with you for a little while to be there for Chizuru-chan."

after that comment, Chizuru spoke up. "Oh no, you don't have to do that. I don't want to burden you."

Sen looked at her and smiled, "Nonsense. We're friends and we girls need to stick together."

They left the tea shop and parted ways after Sen explained how she had to talk to Kimigiku and get some information as well. She planned to meet up with them in a week, so Sanosuke and Chizuru started heading back to headquarters. Back at the Shinsengumi base, Chizuru and Sanosuke were having a meeting with Kondou and the rest of the captains to discuss what everyone had found, which was nothing.

Chizuru was the first to speak up. "I just want to thank all of you for everything you're doing for me."

Everyone looked at her with strange looks on their faces. Then Kondou and everyone else had big smiles on their faces after the shock had left them and Kondou said, "What are you talking about Chizuru-chan, you're a part of the Shinsengumi now which means that you're a part of this little family, and we protect our own."

Chizuru looked at everyone with surprise, "But I'm not-"

Sanosuke cut her off by putting his arm around her shoulders looking into her eyes. "Listen, no one here would ever say that you're not a part of the Shinsengumi." Everyone in the room nodded their heads in agreement Chizuru was happy as tears started forming in her eyes.

"Also, Chizuru, Sanosuke, it will be fine for Sen-chan to stay here for a little while. Toshi and I think it will be best for you to have some support here and by support, I mean someone other than a bunch of men."

Chizuru bowed. "Thank you, Kondou-san, Hijikata-san."

Later that night after an eventful dinner, Chizuru and Sanosuke went outside to the cherry blossom trees. They held hands as they walked under the moon. They sat on a bench under one of the trees.

"Chizuru, what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, before we parted ways with Sen-chan, she told me that when she comes she can help me unlock my full demon powers and that she'll help me learn to fight with them. She said that Shiranui isn't a full-blooded demon and that if I could use my powers, then I could beat him. I wanted to tell you that I'm gonna take her up on it."

Sanosuke smiled. "I think that's a great idea, but when we find him, I want to be the one that kills him. You're not a killer and I don't want you to become one, okay?"

Chizuru agreed even though she wasn't sure about that. "Okay, but you know every girl can be a killer if someone hurts her."

She gave him a look that she'd never made before. It was a look of hatred. Sanosuke was scared of what she was becoming so he changed the subject thinking it was as good of a time as any for what he was about to do.

"Chizuru, I will never love anyone more than I love you. You're the bravest girl that I've ever known. You're not afraid to stand up for what's right even though you might get hurt and I want to protect you no matter what. So I guess what I'm trying to say is, would you do me the honor of being my wife?"

Chizuru gave him a puzzled look before putting her head down, and said in a heartbreaking tone, "But I'm not pure. That day, before Shiranui left, he said that now no one would want me, that I was a piece of trash, that I was worthless. Why would you still want me?"

At this point, she was crying. Sanosuke couldn't believe what he had just heard, that bastard had the nerve to tell her that. He put his hands on her shoulders.

"Chizuru, listen to me. You are more important to me than anything. You're not worthless, okay and you're most definitely not a piece of trash, so please don't let anyone make you think otherwise."

She was still crying, so Sanosuke did the only thing he could think of: he kissed her passionately. After a few seconds, he broke the kiss saying "Now do you believe that you're perfect just the way you are?"

Chizuru didn't know what to say, so she kissed him back. "Then, in that case, I will be your wife with all my heart no matter how wrong a union between a demon and human might be."

Sanosuke stood up and held out his hand for her. They started to walk back to their room hand in hand.

"When do you think we should tell the others?" he asked.

Chizuru thought about it for a minute. "Well, how about when Sen-chan gets here in a few days? That way, we can tell everyone all at once."

"Okay, but you know that once Souji finds out, he's gonna mock us so I may just hit him once or twice please don't try and stop me."

Chizuru laughed, "Okay, but only once."

"Deal."

They went to bed waiting for the day when they could tell the others and Chizuru was happy for the first time since her incident.

A/N Well the second chapter is complete. Thanks for reading and please review.