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Kenshin

He watched amused as his son Kenji tormented Yahiko with Kaoru laughing all the while. Kaoru had this crazy idea of making Yahiko practice with Kenji, and the boy was giving him a hard time.

He still couldn't believe that Kaoru was now his wife. Having Kenji around only added to the bliss.

The gods have been good to me, and it seems my atonement has come to an end.

Kenji started waving his own shinai. "Hit Misurugee!!!" he slammed his bamboo sword against Yahiko's wrist.

"Itai!!! Busu!!! Teach your little brat some manners!"

"I'll teach you to call my son a brat!!! That's what you get for not paying attention and underestimating your opponents."

Kenji stuck his tongue out at Yahiko.

"Brat," he muttered again.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!?!?!?!?!"

Kenshin couldn't help but laugh. Kaoru had gone from defending herself to defending their son. She made a wonderful mother and he loved her for that.

And he still couldn't believe Kenji came out looking like a carbon copy of his father.

Oro... what a world we live in...

"Kenshin, think any more and your head will explode," Kaoru teased as she sat beside him, squeezing his hand.

"Maa, koishii..." Kenshin chuckled, nuzzling her neck. "If you've been through what I have, you'd think a lot too."

Kaoru giggled. "You had to put it that way now, didn't you?" her eyes grew soft. "Kenshin?"

"Hai de gozaru..."

"Are you happy?"

He smiled at her and enveloped her in his arms. "I am, Kaoru-koishii. And it's all thanks to you."

He kissed her softly.

Kaoru

He pulled his face away from her, his eyes looking intently at her face. Then he raised an eyebrow, seeming to notice the gleam in her eye. "All right, Kaoru. What's going on?"

She grinned. "I got a letter from Misao-chan."

"And?" he whispered as he lowered his head to kiss her throat.

"She and Aoshi-san are getting married."

"Oro?! Next thing I know Sano and Megumi are getting hitched." Kenshin gaped at her.

"Now that's an idea... How can we arrange that?"

"Ororororororoooooo?!?!?! Kaoru! Have you gone crazy?" The shocked expression was so comical Kaoru couldn't help it.

Kaoru threw her head back and laughed. "Oh anata...! The look on your face...!"

Kenshin looked at her as if she had gone mad, then a smile started to spread across his face. "You think that's funny, ne?" he whispered teasingly.

"H-h-hai..." Kaoru tried to catch her breath, her gaze devilish.

Kenshin looked around, and seeing that Kenji and Yahiko had gone into the dojo, turned to her and said, "I'll give you something to laugh about."

He began to tickle her, and their laughter rang in the courtyard before his lips met hers in a sweet kiss.

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A/N: It's done! I hope I didn't disappoint anyone with the SxM and AxM pairings.

Thanks to those who reviewed. They meant so much.

Ja!

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