------ You're Mine ------

Disclaimers: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or any of their products. This is an AU story but deals with the same timeline as the series also a continuation of my first story, but of course the focus has changed to another troublesome couple.

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Prologue

Laughter rang in a mother's ears as she walked out of her kitchen to see her three children playing in the court yard. She held a bright smile on her face, it was spring and they had chosen to stay in their Kyoto home instead of Tokyo. Her husband usually worked in Tokyo majority of the time, but since he had an assignment in Kyoto he was actually considerate about letting the family join him during his stay in Kyoto…plus he needed his wife's expertise in gathering information for this sort of situation. The woman smiled as her emerald eyes sparkled as she ran her fingers through her long silk raven locks, the last time she smiled this brightly in Kyoto was the day of her marriage to her husband, Hajime Saitou. Granted he went by Gorou Fujita as he worked in the police force, but Tokio Saitou was quite content with the life she had.

"Eiji Saitou…be nice to you sister and brother," Tokio said as he wrestled with six year old Mina and her brother that was a few years older, Tsutomu Saitou. "Dinner is almost ready so I suggest you three get cleaned up before your father gets home!"

"Yes mother," all of the children the chimed. Eiji was now in his teenage years and Mina had been a surprised birth after the difficult birth of Tsutomu, but she couldn't be happier. They had adopted the young boy that Saitou had brought home during his journey to Kyoto with the once Hitokiri Battousai. Tokio made her way to the kitchen when she felt hands snake around her waist and she tensed in ready for battle when she felt a soft kiss on her left cheek.

"Your senses have weakened, wife," Saitou told his wife and she let out a grunt of disappointment. "Boy has much improved on the sword…"

Tokio smirked, "He practices none stop while you are away, he wants to make sure you'll teach him more of the style you possess."

"Is that so?"

"Anyway, you're home early," Tokio said returning to her cooking. "Does this mean you did not go to the Aoiya?"

"How did you guess?"

Tokio arched her eyebrow as she looked at her husband, "Husband, you've been avoiding asking the leader of the Oniwaban for quite some time now. How am I supposed to teach her to be your personal spy if you do not ask her?"

Saitou grunted, "It's not like I want to see them…"

"I would do it…"

"NO!"

"Is it because I am expecting," Tokio teased as she kissed her husband's lips quickly as she returned to her dinner preparations. "You worry too much, but she is younger than I…and would be much more capable of seducing old pigs like the ones you are after."

"Hmph. Why are we discussing this before dinner," Saitou asked as she sat down on the western style chair. The house was completely opposite from the one they had in Tokyo. This one was decorated in western customs and their home of course in their homeland, Japan. "Did you find out more information?"

"Yes," Tokio answered. "We can discuss it before bed after the children are asleep. I don't need Eiji, Tsutomu or Mina hearing our conversation of business."

"I love you," Saitou surprised Tokio by his confession. He rarely ever said it out loud and it made her smile, it was one of the rare moments he did but she hadn't realized he was right behind her. Tokio turned in his embrace as he kissed her passionately on her lips causing her to wrap her arms around his shoulders.

"Ewww…mommy and daddy are kissing again," the couple broke apart to see their youngest making faces as Eiji and Tsutomu was laughing at their sister.

"Is dinner ready mother," Eiji asked with a bright smile. It was hard to believe this boy once so bitter was now holding such a brilliant smile on his lips.

"Yes," Tokio said as she began to set up dinner on the table. Mina bounced happily to her father as he picked her up into his arms as Eiji and Tsutomu sat down at the table. It was difficult to tell if this man really once the leader of the third squad of the Shinsengumi as he was gentle with his daughter. She would never say it aloud to her husband, but he had been a wonderful father…and always will be in her eyes.

"Father, will we be able to spar later," Eiji asked as he took a mouth full of rice and swallowed quickly to ask.

Saitou arched his eyebrow, "Are you sure you're ready?"

"Yes, father…" Eiji said with a look of determination in his eyes.

"Very well then, we can spare tomorrow…I have the day off."

"DADDY IS GOINGTO BE HOME TOMORROW!" Mina shouted gleefully and clapped. Tokio who was sitting next to her quickly wiped her mouth of the grains of rice sticking to her face. Eiji and Tsutomu were laughing at the younger girl.

"Mina, where are you manners," Tokio scolding gently. "My goodness, look what your father has done…you won't be getting any sleep tonight."

Saitou laughed as he ran his hand over his wife's read end causing her to sit up straight, as he leaned over to whisper in her ear, "Neither will you."

Tokio gently punched him on the shoulder, "Eiji is there something you want to tell your father before I decide to beat him into the floor?"

"I…I…uh, met a girl today…" Eiji blushed and Saitou arched his eyebrow and told his son, "I hope she is nothing like your mother."

"What is that suppose to mean?"

"Nothing, wife."

XxX Later that Evening XxX

"We're going to the Aoiya tomorrow evening…"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me Hajime, you can't put off asking the leader of Oniwaban group any longer. If you don't get her you could at least get one of the other females in that group to help, since it does concern them." Tokio said scolding her husband, "You are avoiding that place like the plague and I am going to find out why."

"I think you need to keep your nose out of my business, wife." Saitou growled at his wife and Tokio gave him a defying look. "Why must you always defy me, even when I was courting you…you defied me."

"Tell me and I won't deny you any pleasures tonight," Tokio threatened as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"I don't want to see that weasel girl nor that stupid ice block Shinomori," Saitou said and Tokio laughed at her husband.

"You're acting like a child, we will all go have dinner at the Aoiya…and you'll tell the leader your findings and see what she wants to do," Tokio suggested. "Also, if she decides to do it, and she hasn't been properly taught about seduction and western traditions."

"I am not agreeing to anything…"

"Then you special treatment tonight," Tokio said with a smile.

"Damn you and that weasel girl!"

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"ACHOO!"

Misao Makimachi stood up straight and began rubbing her nose, I wonder who could be talking about me. Misao was preparing for bed and let her braid slip from its hold as her hair was like a river flowing from the top of her head. She began brushing the long tresses, her body had changed over the years, the now twenty year old Misao was passed the age of marriage but she didn't really cared. She recalled that Kaoru Kamiya but now Kaoru Himura had gotten married after the age of eighteen and so had Megumi Takani and now Megumi Sagara. Both had children, Kaoru had a son Kenji, speaking of them…they were on their way to visit them. They should be there tomorrow, but Megumi and Sanosuke had several children. She recalled they had three, or working on the third one.

Misao's features had grown softer from the time of her youth. She was more feminine in all the right places, she had scared most of them men off due to her features still looking fairly young…at least she gained some height. She had even gotten taller than Kaoru, it made her happy with that but she was still shorter than Megumi, which was fine. That woman was way too tall for her taste. Misao wasn't the shortest one anymore…well Kaoru was just slightly shorter but still…she could gloat.

There was a soft knock on the wall by her door, "Yes?"

Okina entered her room with his usual bright smile on his face, he handed her some papers. Misao over the years since she was sixteen took the role of leader by the horns and did such a wonderful job in keeping it glued together all over Japan. "So my pretty Misao, what has been on your mind today?"

Misao just smiled her usual bright smile, "Just stuff, I've been getting so many requests for me to make visits to all of our branches it's kind of hard to divide my time on how I can grant all of their requests."

Okina nodded in understanding, "So my dear, what about marriage?"

"Excuse me," Misao said with her eyebrow twitching. "Gramps, I don't need a matchmaker if that is what you are thinking. Besides, most of the men get scared off by either Shiro, Kuro, Okon, Omasu, and the worst out of all them is Lord Aoshi. Besides, I'm not really interested in getting married…ever."

"Misao, you are the leader of the Oniwaban yes…but you still have duties as the leader…especially being a female one at that," Okina told her and got a very dark glare from his adopted granddaughter. "Don't give me that look, you know our laws. Even males are not exempted from the law of producing an heir; if Aoshi still remained as leader he would have had to gone and found himself a wife."

"Yes I know," Misao said with a sigh. "I still have till I'm twenty three before I let you get a matchmaker."

Okina laughed, "My pretty Misao you are blessed with youthful looks, if only we are all so lucky."

"Shut up," Misao said with a warm laugh.

"Oh, I received word from Tokio Fujita or Tokio Saitou which ever you prefer, is going to pay us a visit tomorrow evening."

"Huh, what for?"

"Dinner of course…"

"What are you not telling me?"

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Well, here is the first installment…I'll see you next time!