Summary: Tomoe and kaoru related, hate each other, and kaoru wants to hurt tomoe by stealing Kenshin away, only to fall in love for real with kenshin. Kaoru keeps a journal about her hate for Tomoe's side of the family and about how she uses Kenshin only as a tool. Kenshin one day reads this journal, what will happen? on the side, Enishi, Megumi, Misao, Aoshi, basically everyone else have also releation problems, one way or another.

A/N: Please bear with me, this first chapter is just telling some history about the parent's past, how they met, and describe them slightly. It may be boring, but please bear with me. I don't own RK.

Chapter One: Yukishiro's beginning

The streets filled with mini shops, innocently selling chickens, eggs, vegetables and others. That was the streets of Kyoto. Just as any typical day, as it seems, the great general Yukishiro Katsura rushed through the streets on a horse with an army closely behind him running on foot, trying to keep up with him. The moment everyone heard this racket, they knew, the victory of a war has just been won, and the general Yukishiro was the triumph. The citizens quickly got out of the way to avoid being run over.

Few streets down, Kamiya Tohru in her pink silky kimono with sakura blossoms weaved into the cloth, was with her mother shopping for fruits. Her hair was in two pig tails swinging side to side innocently. Mother and daughter were talking and giggling over her new fiancé when the army was approaching at such a fast speed. Tohru caught a glimpse of the army just seconds before them, she quickly pushed her mother out of the way and she herself was crashed into the side of the horse falling down on her chest. She landed on the hard cold ground with the air knocked out of her. Her mother yelled something at her, bring her back into reality, turning around to get up, she faces the horseshoof inches from her face about to come smashing her beautiful face. Katsura saw this and quickly pulled on the reins harshly and the horse twisted sideways as he jumped off and brought her to the side of the road in safety.

"Where are you hurt?" his dark midnight sapphire eyes pierced her sky blue ones.

"I…I'm…fine, not hurt." Tohru replied hesitantly from being frightened by the event minutes ago, and him being so close to her.

"If nothing's wrong, get out of the way next time." He said with almost no emotions.

Katsura got back on his horse and started to ride away. Before turning around the corner, he turned back and trotted back to Tohru. She, on the other hand, was busy brushing off dirt with her mother, the two asking each other if they were hurt when the general's voice pierced through their conversation.

"What's your name?" those beady blue eyes asked.

"Me? I, I, um…"

"Her name is Kamiya Tohru, I'm her step mother, we're just here to shop, we didn't mean to cause any trouble." Seeing Tohru in lost of words, the mother answered for her.

"I didn't ask you." his voice filled harshness. He looked at Tohru once more and in a softer voice, "what's your name?"

"I… My… my name is Kamiya Tohru… I'm sorry; we didn't mean to cause trouble."

Katsura called his body guard to his side, "Her- her name is Kamiya Tohru, remember it and find out where she lives, her history and—"

"Understood." The body guard said firmly.

The two got back on their horse and road away without looking back.

The next morning at the Kamiya house, dozens of army people rushed into the house with gifts. Tohru's father and mother stared at the men in confusion.

"My name is Okina; you will be wedded to Katsura Yukishiro tomorrow afternoon as his eighth wife. I will be here to protect you until then. There is no argument, any denial or refusal will lead to death." Okina said.

He turned around and yelled "out" and the army people in green shirts turned at the same time, lined up, and marched out. Tohru stared at this man, bewildered at what just happened. Her parents quickly rushed over to the wrap of clothing; obviously it was the wedding gown inside. They opened it and gasped.

"He-He wants you to wear a horse riding outfit to the wedding?" the mother said in shock.

One year later the general was at a show and saw another beautiful woman, named Yumi and decided to wed her as well as his ninth wife. On their wedding day Yumi whispered evilly, "I suppose no one was good enough for you, you are all mine."

Not long after, war broke out in Kyoto so the whole family moved to Tokyo to settle down.

A/N: this was like a flashback Tohru has of the event of their meeting and forced marriage. Just extra note, Tohru later fell in love with Katsura, but he was in love with Yumi, and for a secret reason, Tohru and her daughter were kicked out of the mansion.