Author's Notes: I don't own Ruruoni Kenshin, and I like it that way.

Well here's chapter 2 for you guys. I uploaded it already as to have a continuation already of such an abrupt chapter. Please don't forget to review so I know it's being read.

Chapter 2

It has been months since I met Aoshi but it seems as if I knew him forever. The thought of being unable to love him seems a distant memory but that this Megumi could only dream of becoming his wife and mother to his children. He wasn't selfish and he shared me his world. He was just like me, and together we discovered new things. He taught me swordsmanship in secrecy, a thought at which we would both laugh at times when my father would be unsuspecting. He wasn't afraid to tell me things that could make me like him more. At one instance he even spoke of a child whom he once adopted and who loved him and he loved back. I still recall when I ran away from him after hearing it, afraid to show my tears at how jealous I was with that girl whom he called Misao. Unknowingly I fell for him, and I laughed at how he could take such an effect at me, Megumi the one who wears a mask. As I recall this times I couldn't help to realize how much I do like him and love him with all my heart; But above all how much I want to marry him.

"Megumi-chan…" I looked up as he called me by that name. I gave him a slight pout as I raised my head. "How many times must I tell you not by that name…?" Yet he continued to give me his smile, as he planted a light kiss on my forehead. "Would you like to take a walk with this Aoshi?" His honest smile was painted on his face. I gave him a smile and a nod as a reward for that kiss.

The walk he chose was our favorite walk in the woods. It was the most beautiful. The scent of fresh blossoms of the cherry tree lingered here. We loved this walk for too many reasons that it would take an eternity to tell it all. As I walked with him side by side in my ornate green kimono with gold embroidered designs of gingko leaves and my hair up with an ornate headdress, my hand on his arm, I couldn't help but smile. It was a place to talk about beautiful things like plans for our future. My curiosity was at a peak and I wanted to know why he wanted to walk me, as I turned my head to ask him, his lips met mine and we were locked in a kiss. He smelled of that a fresh, clear spring honest and lively and as our lips parted he spoke, "Mi-chan… marry me?" still at a daze with the kiss we shared it took me sometime to answer him "Aoshi, I am to marry you… to be your wife."

He let go of my hand and walked in a much slower pace now then turned to me until our eyes met. "My father told me to marry you and I will…"

Yes this was completely forgotten, he was only here to marry me since I was an heiress, and I was simply Lady Megumi daughter of an ally of the Tokugawa. What if I wasn't would he still be so kind to me, I can't help but look dismayed.

At this he lifted my head so that I can see his face, I can't help tears from swelling up from my eyes. I wish he wouldn't see me like this all weak and vulnerable. "But marry me because you love me. I have felt towards you a strong inclination and now as a man, simply as Aoshi, I profess my love to you." My heart leapt for joy and it did somersaults in my chest. The line of thought which made me so desperate died so sudden and was replaced by thoughts of pure happiness. All I could see was him and I happily settled. At once I wrapped my arms around his neck and drew him close to me and whispered my reply in the sweetest voice, "Yes, I Megumi will marry Aoshi, and be his always," and sealed our agreement with a passionate kiss.

As he walked me back to our house, we walked hand in hand and I was sure everyone envied us. I was the happiest woman in Tokyo, simply because Aoshi is here beside me, just beside me. Nothing can possibly go wrong. In a few weeks time, I will be his bride and wife forever. All I had to do is wait for our wedding day.

I woke up feeling a bit restless and uneasy.

Author's notes: That's the second chapter folks... please read and review. I have the third chapter waiting for you guys. Flame or not come on...