Crystal of Love

Neither RK nor YYH belong to me.

Author's Notes: Omochi, you win, and the prize, you get a small part in the story! You can have a small part, a person you make up and I'll enter that character into the story line some where along the line. Just tell me in a review and I'll get to it as soon as I can.

I hope you liked the last chapter, despite the fact it was somewhat blood filled (or I thought any way). Thank you for reviewing and on with chapter 2.

Chapter 2: The most darkest hour

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The room was dark and people were everywhere, kissing and moving in the most erotic of movements as Kaoru made her way through the crowd. She had grown from the small 6 year-old she was when she entered the human world she now loved. Her curves were more rounded and stood out in the tight leather she wore, her black hair was longer and reached down to the floor when she let it down, and her eyes were of the darkest blue.

In other words, she had grown from the young child that was found by her one and only and his teacher when she fell into the dark woods. In fact, her one and only was who she was looking for, he said he would meet her here, then they would go to the old Shinto Temple of the small sea town, where they would be married with only the priest as a witness.

Kaoru was grabbed from behind, but before she could lash out and hit the person, red hair came past her vision, as Kenshin rubbed his check against her own in a soft caress. "Are you ready?" he whispered into her ear, sending chills down her spine. He had that effect on her.

"Yes." He nodded and dragged her along with him to the back door of the demon and human club and out into the misty town and towards the temple. A smile came to her lips, as she was lost in her thoughts of the future that was to come to them after this day. So lost she didn't notice that Kenshin had stopped suddenly and that she almost bumped into him of it wasn't for her own skill.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Kenshin asked, his voice so soft that she almost didn't hear.

"I'm sure… more sure then anything else then in my life… I love you more then my own life!" Kaoru declared in a strong voice as she stared Kenshin in the eye, trying to get him to believe her words. "Why? Why would you ask something like that? Don't you think I love you—"

"Kaoru, its nothing like that! It's just… I'm supposed to be following my destiny, and marry some Spawn of Darkness, but I don't care! I love you with all my heart, even though everyone who knows me, and my stupid 'destiny' discourages our love!"

"What? What is this destiny?" Her blue eyes were full of confusion as she gazed at him.

"I'm supposed to mate with the Spawn of Darkness or else the darkness takes over the world or something like that… wait, you don't mean you haven't ever heard of it, and you've been living with me and Shishou for what? 7? 8 years?"

"No… I haven't… is this why you're having doubts?'

"Doubts? About this? Never Koishii, never in a million years! I love you too much to do that, ever!" His eyes and voice showed his sincerity of his words as they locked eyes, and lips, as Kaoru wrapped her arms around his neck. They soon went back on their way, heading to the temple in record time as Kenshin lifted Kaoru into his arms and ran off using his speed.

When they got there, the priest was there, waiting patiently for them at the stone steps, eyeing the two lovebirds with a sigh; nothing was going to stop these two from wedding. A beautiful woman with the equally handsome man to happily wed. Kenshin with his long red hair tied in a samurai's knot, muscles practically every where, or every part of him that was out in the open, and the violet eyes that turned a threatening amber when he was mad.

Doing the ceremony, the two were wed and left the temple, thanking the priest for his trouble before doing so. They walked, hand in hand, back to where they lived, or so Kaoru thought before Kenshin took her off the path and deeper into the woods.

Kenshin had been working on a small house in a beautiful clearing on his Shishou's land, after getting permission from the man, though he would damn hell if his teacher knew why he wanted the small plot of land in the most beautiful clearing in the place.

"Where are we going?" Kaoru asked breathlessly as Kenshin allowed them to stop for a moment for a quick breather. He didn't reply, only wrapping a ribbon around Kaoru's eyes, and leading her from the behind to a small clearing not far from the spot they paused in. "Kenshin…?"

"You'll see Koishii, just trust me, okay?" Kenshin said, holding her still and untying the blind fold and taking it off to show her the small home he had set up for them. She gazed at the one story building, a small shed by the side, and a small garden of flowers and vegetables just started.

"Oh Kenshin… you shouldn't have…"

"But I did, and all for you. And now, I think its time we do something every married couple does at one point." He winked at her, and she blushed scarlet from the meaning of his words. He swept Kaoru off her feet and she squealed as he took her into their small home, a small silver fox guarding from a distance.

Kurama gave a far off sigh as she watched the two newly weds with a shudder following. She knew perfectly well what newly weds do, she was, after all, once married, before she was taken by the Narks. Now, she didn't know what to do at the time. Kaoru had some one to look after her, so, she could go off now and try to find her husband… but something was making her stay, she had to watch her charge until the feeling went away.

But… what if her husband didn't want her any more? She had been gone, for years, he would have moved on, her little Hi-chan… A soft thud informed her of a visitor, the form of a tall man, black hair and clothes, blending into the shadows of the woods. Kurama knew the person even before he entered the moonlight. She turned into her human form, reaching out to embrace her fire demon as he hugged her back.

"I'm sorry Hiei, but I had to stay and watch ov—"

"I know Kitsune no baka, I've been watching you for t he past few days now… your watching over your small charge that now resides in that house with her husband," Hiei said, gesturing towards the house with a nod of his head. "You were at the wedding, watching from the shadows, as was I, not far behind from you."

"Why didn't I sense you?" Kurama said, looking deep into a pair of ruby red eyes.

"Because I can mask my ki." He leaned forward and kissed his wife.

Kenshin looked at his slumbering bride with pride and love in his eyes. They had come a long way from the children they once were a long time ago. The love they had now shared started when they first made eye contact with each other when she came to the forest. He had never felt such strength run through his veins before, the power was all his in that second of eye contact, and then it was over just as fast as it begun.

"Kenshin…?" Kaoru whispered softly, opening a pair of drowsy blue eyes and looking up at him with the softest of loving looks.

"You need to sleep, Koishii," Kenshin replied.

"About the Spawn of the Darkness—"

"I don't care about that."

"—I'm her." Silence filled the air after she spoke, and Kaoru feared the worst. "I'm sorry Kenshin, I meant to tell you, but… I didn't know how you would react and after what you said to—"

"I don't care… all I've every wanted in this world was to be with you… and now, it seems like all those people who spoke against us, will be eating their words, ne?" Kenshin smirked up at her, laughter flying in his eyes despite the seriousness of the conversation.

"Yeah…"

"Now sleep Koishii, you are tired and need your rest."

"Hai, anata, hai." Kenshin spooned Kaoru to his body, wrapping their arms around each other as they slowly fell to sleep.

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AN: Sorry for the chapter being so late in updating, but, I haven't been able to get to the computer lately, well, I have but not for a long enough time to really write and update my story. And the chapter's tittle doesn't seem to fit the chapter very well… but it is, for in the next chapter, many people show up from both Kaoru's and Kenshin's past. Things go horribly wrong from there on.

Omochi: Thank you for reviewing, and tell me what ever I said up above at the top please. And about the "marrying one's daughter" I think I got it from Lasher by Anne Rice, where the day did both his daughter and then his grand daughter, just to make witches. So, Kaoru's dad is like going to screw his daughter to make more of his kind to help rule the world (but who knows if his plain will succeed, I don't ^.^).

Tsuki-sama: thank you for reviewing, and if you want me to tell you when I'm updating CL, just tell me in a review, I'll do so.

Amy: do you still want to proof read my chapters for me?

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