Kenshin finally gets up the nerve to propose to Kaoru. This is a story about their life of love from marriage to the birth of Kenji their son. LEMON in most every chapter. Kenshin X Kaoru & Battousai X Kaoru only, IC (Main story finished, there may still be more)

AU. Early summer, 1601. The Western Army is defeated; the country stands, uneasy, under the hand of the Tokugawa. Kaoru Kamiya, whose family was on the losing side, has been sold into marriage for the sake of peace. Her new husband is a legend, a demon bound in human form, marked by his blood-lust and his bright red hair. However, legends have a way of being not exactly... true.

For a thousand years the village has known of the beast living in the old palace. A beast said to live on human blood. One father knows the truth, and is now bound by word to return a favor he has ignored for thirteen years.

AU, sequel to Broken Pieces All Kaoru wants to do is forget the past and move on. But when Kenshin becomes involved in an investigation that will unearth their forgotten history, they find themselves unwillingly drawn into a bloody power struggle.