AU, sequel to Invictus. Six years later, the war is over. But the fight hasn't ended - dark plots and old grudges simmer below the surface, and the sweet peace of the new world might be nothing more than pleasant incense masking the rot of of the old. The inhabitants of the Kamiya dojo would rather nurse their wounds, but they may have no choice but to take up arms once 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.

Every marriage has two people in it; every story has two sides. Companion piece to Through Long Days of Labor, from Kaoru's POV

AU. In the eleventh year of the Meiji, 1878, Japan still practices chattel slavery. The Tokugawa shogunate still reigns from Edo castle, backed by the infamous Kanryu family and their merchant empire. And Kaoru Kamiya finds an abandoned slave hiding under the docks as she's walking home...

n. 1. a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves; 2. that look across the table when two people are sharing an unspoken but private moment; each knows the other understands and is in agreement with what is being expressed. 3. an expressive and meaningful silence.

"Through long days of labor/and nights devoid of ease." It hurts, coming back to life, but not many people get to do it twice. Kenshin, Kaoru, and a long-earned peace.

IYKa. AU. Marriage seems inevitable for the couple who can’t stand each other. [A Swan Lake parody]

Two children grew up loving each other before they knew what such words meant. Until one day, a cold wind from the North blew through town and stole the boy from the girl... Kenshin and Kaoru.

A short "what if" fic about a girl that vanished fourteen years ago...

His pitiful whimpers woke me and I tried to soothe them as best I could but it wasn’t my voice he heard in his dreams...

(AU)(rated R for chapter 12) Kaoru's tomboy lifestyle is ruined when she's forced to become the personal escort to the prince. Her duty is to protect him from a prophecized disaster... and duty failed can have a heavy price. (Complete)

Many years after the end of the quest for the Shikon no Tama, Kagome returns through the well.