Kaoru, a Water fae, is a child bride to Kenshin, a Fire fae. Their clans have been at war for generations. Now they gather together to fight a common enemy. Can these two get along? After years apart they meet again, Kenshin, battle harden Lord, Kaoru now a lovely Lady. They struggle with their different natures. But it's obvious that when Water and Fire meet, there will be steam.

After a great war, Kaoru is a slave. Now rescued by a kind Dragon Rider, Sir Kenshin, she quickly learns all she needs to move up in the ranks. But the longer she stays, the more she loves her new friends. And Kenshin, most of all. How can she love a man who she should hate? And when she is offered a chance to escape the life of a slave, will she take it and betray him?

This fic gives an in-depth take of the events that play out prior Link's awakening in the franchises latest instalment, Breath of the Wild. The story not only focuses on the character development of both Link and Zelda, but expands upon their relationship while attempting to fill in the blanks between the 18 memories of the game. Originally posted on Archive Of Our Own.

Or- Beauty and the Beast. Bitter Battousai gets angry and Kaoru must pay the price. Can she live with the cursed Manslayer in order to protect her family? Can she ever discover the truth behind the scars on his body and the swirling amber of his eyes?

-COMPLETE- His eyes seemed to swirl from hard metal into a pool of molten, golden magma. "Sometimes there is only one solution," he said huskily, and what composure Kaoru had left diminished entirely. He was no longer talking about killing, and Kaoru was sick to think of what his words actually meant. He was finally claiming her, and she knew that it was far too late to escape him.

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.

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...

Kenshin is a single parent with a son that has never known the love of a mother,and suddenly finds himself pushed away by his sullen child. Will the presence of another parentless individual pull him from his shell? KK

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.

S'about Kaoru & an evil assassin that got hurt trying to protect her. When she takes him in and cares for him something else begins to transpire. Slightly AU...Viewer's discretion is advised.

After her brother is taken, Kaoru will do anything to get him back, even if it means dealing with another dragon... with nothing but an old debt to her father as protection.

After being tortured and molested by Enishi, Kaoru was no longer the same. One night she made a wish, not expecting it to become reality, she found herself in the past, in a time of blood and conflicts, in a time where Kenshin was Battousai. 25.06.11 edit

We're going to have sex now,Serena. He stated firmly. What! It's not time! I'm not ready!,I stammered as he pinned me against the wall.You're ready. He whispered before his lips caught mine and he gave me the hottest, most passionate kiss ever...

KK AU. Kaoru's family has a secret, one that will threaten to destroy all she holds dear. Originally completed 11/29/05. Revised 6/5/11.

Kaoru had been told her actions were honorable, as her sacrifice to the demon would save many lives. What did their lives mean to her? Only the freedom in the death she was promised would bring her peace.

Serenity will do anything to escape the caged life her torturous stepfather has created for her. To taste freedom she would even ruin her own reputation. Lord Endymion is known for bragging about his many conquests. He becomes her only hope.

Kaoru, leader of the Dojo, supernatural haven of Tokyo, takes in a wandering vampire, and discovers that he is much darker than he lets on. Meanwhile, Shishio Makoto is taking over Japan, and this rurouni is the only person who can stop him. AU

A man they named the Battosai struggles with his sanity as he kills time and time again for a revolution in the present times, but will the decision to not kill a witness, a child, save him where he's come up short? Or will she only hinder him?KK

Deemed the greatest music talent in the world, Serena Tsukino is one amazing woman whose lead an amazing life thus far. When she begins to want a more serious relationship with her best friend and lover of many years she finds that may not be so easy D/S

One thing is certain in the Kingdom. The King does not love his Queen. Ripped from her home at a young age, Serenity was left to deal with her husbands abuse alone. Her very happiness was taken, and the idea of love became a myth. Until she met Darien

Hermione lost it all when she divorced. Draco would lose it all by age 30 if he didn't marry. Marriage to each other would be perfect, one would even say it was most convenient. Her daughter even looked like him, although, he wondered why that was.

Kaoru will do anything to save her kid brother Yahiko from dying of an illness. Kenshin is a rich widower in love with his dead wife who wants a baby of his own. They will work together but will they both get what they want? Modern K/K

Set in the 30th Century, King Endymion has been kicked out of the palace by Neo-Queen Serenity. She has discovered that he cheated on her with another woman. Can they get past this or will their love be like a battlefield? Find out... COMPLETE

They met under a forced engagement. Kaoru left when she thought he didn't love her. 5 years later, they meet again for a friend's wedding. Sparks and passion fly without control. This time Kenshin has to convince her he loves her before she leaves again.

Endymion has returned home to find that his brother the King is slowly destroying their Kingdom. To set things right he'll have to commit treason. Serenity is a slave gifted to him by the king to give him pleasure, but he finds in her a companion.

slightly AU; the tormentor...the lover...the watcher...the fighter..."Free me", he says, "And I will never leave you."...Love...haunted by a watcher, Kaoru struggles to escape, but soon finds that she doesn't want to...

Kenshin finds a lost child in the department store and helps return him to his mother. What he doesn't expect is the one person he has searched for the last five years.

Fantasy AU. Kenshin, a Wild Boy, wants justice for his people. Kaoru, unwanted orphan, wants love. They both want to be free. Maybe the key to all is each other. B/K

partII to Mark My Love. Kenshin and Kaoru now have a firm, set relationship. But now there is a new threat, human vampire hunters who mistake them as Vampires. Sano is subject to their new weapon, a poison. The creator of this poison? Megumi, his lifemate. How far is Megumi willing to go to protect who she once thought was a monster? AU SM

By night, Kenshin is a vampire and Kaoru is a vampire hunter. By day, Kaoru is a dojo master and Kenshin is her student. Neither knows about the double life the other leads. What happens when they fall in love? KK Complete

Princess Serena is sent to live on Earth with it's royal family in hopes that she will fullfill her destiny of marrying the Earth Prince so the Dark Kingdom will be defeated. Problem is that the prince and princess don't get along.

After a bargain for her freedom goes awry, Kaoru finds herself bound to her cousin's husband. She is taken to his country to save her life. However, an old danger awaits... BK

They're not alike in any way, they're completely different people - but how does it all change when the circumstances allow it? They might just realize that they're compatible after all.

Kenshin experiences a return of Battosai, and hastily leaves the dojo for good. Kaoru and the Kenshingumi set off to find him, starting in Kyoto to enlist the aid of the Oniwabanshu. But while they're there, Kaoru finds herself falling for another man.

Set immediately after the Enishi arc, this is the story of how Kenshin recovered from that ordeal, and how him and Kaoru ended up getting married. K&K, lemon

COMPLETE! During a trip to Kyoto with his friends, Himura Kenshin winds up in deep water... thirteen years in the past. How will Kenshin deal with the Revolution again? And how will his friends deal with Battousai, who has traded places with him? R&R!

Kenshin has left Kaoru again and she vows to move on with her life. She learns how hard it is to be alone again and banish the feelings in her heart. That is until she is rescued by the most unlikely person. Warning: LEMON KxH, KxK, KxB pairing.

One moment changes their relationship. What does it take to get them back to where they belong? Rating for language, smut, and angst. Set post PL, but only minor spoilers. Babe story, slightly Joe friendly, now complete.

COMPLETE! Himura Kenshin is the richest guy in the school and gets what he wants. When Kamiya Kaoru enters his life, things change. AU There are some things money can't buy. KK! OOC Ratings vary. Kenshin's a spoiled brat!

Before sharing the same fate as her parents, Kaoru was saved by a mysterious vampire who left her nothing but a garnet amulet for protection. Eleven years later, the same vampire rescues her once more and she is thrown into his dark world of immortality…

When Kaoru takes a museum tour she doesn't expect to get lost. Nor does she expect to bleed on a dry fountain or awaken a dead garden. However getting claimed by the Battousai estate, and its master, is a consequence she comes to both dread and long for.

When Steph breaks up with Joe, she has to decide if she'll wait for Ranger to step up, or simply move on. Joe friendly, but there will definitely be a Babe happy ending.

Steph comes up with a plan to control Batman. It goes about as well as can be expected. A collaborative story between haleigh.l and Lintu68. Rating for language and sex...SMUT warnings abound.

Ever wanted something so bad you would do anything, give up everything for it? Even if it scared you half to death to even think about? How much is Kaoru willing to give for the kind of love she only dreams about? K&K AU

When Kaoru is kidnapped, Kenshin runs to her rescue. But how will what happened to her while she was captive change their relationship?

Magic, swordsmen, and a kingdom in peril. Old version. This is being rewritten as 'For King and Country', found on my profile.

COMPLETE! AU dark fic - Kenshin is Battousai, a feared assasin in modern times. His target is Kamiya Kaoru, a girl with mysterious abilities. Is a relationship between captive & captor possible? [ind. chps PG13 & R: violence, swearing, adult situations]

Kenshin has waited over a hundred years to be reunited with Kaoru, but when he finally finds her he will discover that it will not be so easy to claim the one he lost. Jinchuu spoilers. Complete.

What if Kaoru was also a feared Hitokiri during the bakumatsu? Her mission... search out and kill the Hitokiri Battosai. But what if fate had a completely different twist in store for the two Hitokiris?

Kaoru considers a ‘friends with benefits’ relationship. Kenshin has something else in mind.

A dark promise is completed when Kenshin leaves for China. Kaoru, broken and numb, neither intends to hamper his journey, or too unleash his dark half. But the Battousai is free, untamed, raw, and possessive.

[COMPLETE] [Repost & Revised] How one Makimachi Misao - refined businesswoman - came to involve herself with a sexy gigolo Shinomori Aoshi and the attraction that ensues. Clean and Lime Version. AU, Modern Times.

In the Underworld where Vampires prey on Mankind and Werewolves stalk the shadows, human finds themselves caught between blood and extinction . But even more terrifying is the Battousai, ruler of the night. And he gets what he wants, and he wants Kaoru.

Sequel to Coming Of The Dawn Will Kenshin's past continue to haunt him, or will it be the past of another change the life of he and Kaoru?

(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)

Kaoru accidently sees Battousai kill. What will happen when he has to silence her? Rated for extreme violence in some chapters

Misao and Aoshi have been best friends since they were young. Witness the trials, tribulations, love interests and feelings they go through as they grow older and move to different cities. AU Story. [Completed]