Title: A Marriage To Be Broken Rating: R Author: Milika E-mail: mitstinahotmail.com Summary: Kenshin and Kaoru had been married happily for a year until after a certain event that forced their separation. They had been living separately for 2 yrs. Kenshin, as a really wealthy man, lived in the glamorous city of Paris while Kaoru, being a simple girl, continued to live in Tokyo. Kenshin, even when he still longs for Kaoru, had decided to finally put their 'marriage' to an end by filing a divorce. At the same time, he also helps his best friend / lawyer, Sanosuke, get back his true love. Notes: Please!!!!!!!!! Be considerate in reading my story!!! It's like my first fanfic ever!!! Please Review!!! This is an Alternate Universe fic and it is set in Tokyo. Kenshin is currently 30 and Kaoru, 28. (Sorry! I like it to be that way and I hate age gaps) So that means that they were married when they were 27 and 25 years old.

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Chapter One: We All Have Our Own Past to Face

Kaoru Kamiya Himura opened the door. She saw her best friend Misao Makimachi and Aoshi Shinomori ( Misao's boyfriend ). She let them in and offered them food. Hmmm... 8:00pm... What a great time to have a meeting!

Kaoru owes Misao big time. Without her, she will need to hire an expensive lawyer for this. But with Aoshi, it's totally free.

"Thank You so much for coming" Kaoru said with a courteous bow.

"Sure. Anytime you need help" Misao cheerfully replied. "Aoshi wants to know the details of the matter."

"Do you mind?" Aoshi asked.

"No, if this will hasten the process, I'll do it."

"What are we waiting for?" Misao asked.

"We are to meet them in a Five-star Hotel tomorrow at 3 pm"

"You see, Aoshi, that guy is filthy rich." Misao butt in with a grin.

"Misao....." Aoshi looked at Misao.

"Sorry"

"Ok." Kaoru continued, "After we were married, we lived together in Paris for a year until after a certain event that I intend to keep private."

"I understand." Aoshi said.

"We've been separated for 2 years now. He continued to live in Paris while I returned here."

"I'll go get Popcorn, ok!!!" Misao was really sad to see Kaoru like this. She doesn't want Kaoru to hurt so much. She knew that Kaoru still had some feelings for the man but Misao doesn't know how she can help. If she only knew this Kenshin guy....

"I received a phone call a week ago from his lawyer, Sanosuke Sagara. He told me that Kenshin is willing to give me 30% of his possessions." Kaoru continued.

"You mean... you only talked to this Sanosuke Sagara lawyer and not to Kenshin himself?"

"Yes. Do you know him?"

" Yeah. I know him alright! He was my classmate at law school - a very intelligent guy. Greedy for money. He lets his emotions affect his opinion so much so he's a little exagerated. Anyway, let's go back to Kenshin."

" I told him that I'm not going to accept anything from him. I just wanna get this over with."

"I'll make sure of that, Kaoru. Trust us."

"I do."

After a few more conversations, Aoshi left and Misao was fast asleep. Tonight was gonna be the hardest night to get through. Tomorrow, she will have to meet Kenshin again. It was already 10:00pm. She was wondering what he was doing.

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Meanwhile............ Kenshin Himura and his best friend and lawyer Sanosuke Sagara had decided to spend the rest of the night (after discussing some matters about Kenshin's divorce) at a nearby bar. Since both men were good looking guys, girls from the place were busily darting their direction, painfully oblivious to their subjects.

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