12 Days of Kenshin

Lina: Last two chapters everyone! Hope you like!

Esano: I do! Hehehe...

Lina: Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Kenshin characters, of course, or the songs that are in it. (Well, I may have them, but I did not write them, hehe)

Day 11: The Party

Kaoru was in the training hall, putting up the rest of the decorations. Kenshin was holding the ladder and handing her the garland. She hung it all around the walls. She then hung a writhe on every other door.

"Do you think it's too tacky?" She asked Kenshin. He shook his head. Yahiko walked in, Sano soon behind him.

"Wow, looks great. When is the party tonight?" Sano asked.

"It will start at 8 o'clock," Kaoru said, smiling.

"Great. I'll be back here then. I'm going to play a few rounds of dice with my friends, see ya," Sano said, walking out. Yahiko went over the tree. There was a small present for him from Kaoru under it.

"What is that?" He asked.

"It's your present. You will know tomorrow," Kaoru replied, smiling evily. Yahiko blinked.

"I'm not sure if I want to know," he mumbled. He went outside. Kenshin put his hand over his pocket, that was bulging out a little, and smiled.

The day went by with hot chocolate, taffy and singing, although Kaoru was very bad at it. Even Kenshin was better. Soon it was eight o'clock and everyone had gathered in the training hall. Aoshi, Misao, the rest of the Oniwaban group were there, Ayame, Suzume, Tae, Tsubame, Megumi, Dr. Genzai, Sano, Yahiko, and of course Kenshin and Kaoru were all there. There was a long table set up with more food on it than anyone could imagine, all Japanese food, from the restaurant of course. There was even a tray with some taffy and cookies on it. Everyone started talking about the different journeys that they have had. Tae was talking with Aoshi, but Misao was getting angry, so she backed off. Aoshi even smiled for a moment.

The party lasted until midnight, when everyone went home and went to bed, except for Kaoru and Kenshin. Kaoru went on the pourch right outside the training hall. It had started to snow. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She breathed out and saw it on the air. Kenshin came out next to her.

"Merry Christmas," Kaoru said, smiling. He smiled, took out a small gray box and opened it. Inside was a gold ring with a round, purple jewel in it. Kaoru almost started to cry.

"Will you be my wife?" He asked. Kaoru was speechless for a moment.

"Yes!" She managed to say. She held out her left hand as Kenshin put the ring on her left ring finger.

"Merry Christmas," he said, blushing a little. Tears fell down Kaoru's face as she hugged him. She backed away and Kenshin leaned forward until their lips touched.

Lina: Hehe! Almost done! It's going to be good too.