Ever since she was a little girl she always felt this pulling inside of her, she tried to follow it one day but she never got any closer to the string that pulled her to some unknown place the pull always felt far away and almost unreachable. When she asked her father he said that it was the other half of her soul calling out and searching for her.

10 years later

Kaoru sighed as she wiped the sweat from her brow; she put down her bamboo blade and went to sit in the shade of the porch. Her dojo was run down and she didn't know how she would come up with the money to keep it going her students had stopped coming and winter was coming soon. Since her parents were dead she was having trouble meeting ends meet, the pull she felt when she was a young child had grown stronger and more demanding she had thought about following it many times but she didn't want to leave her dojo behind for extended periods of time. At least she still had Enishi he came over a lot to keep her from being lonely; he also helped her pay when she couldn't. He supported her in keeping the dojo and doing sword man ship love had transpired between the two of them; he made her very happy despite misfortune. She sat on the porch when Enishi opened the gate and walked in with a smirk on his face, he had a basket in his arms and visible steam was coming from it. She smiled as he put the basket down and gave her a sweet kiss;

"I brought some dinner from Tae's restaurant" he said

"Aww thank you Enishi I really needed a good meal" she kissed him on the cheek.

"And tonight is a special night so I brought some saki as well" He stood up and went to the kitchen he started unpacking what he had brought in his basket when Kaoru came up from behind and wrapped her arms around him. He turned around and hugged her back then they kissed, it was a kiss filled with love and want when they broke apart they were panting. Enishi gave her a quick kiss then told her to go sit while he brought over the food, she sat and he brought it all over they ate in silence for the most part of the meal then when they had a few cups of saki he suggested they take a walk.

"Thank you so much for the meal Enishi" Kaoru said as they walked down the lane holding hands.

"Of course my dear you have been working hard lately you shouldn't over work yourself"

Kaoru sighed she knew she had been pushing it this week but she didn't mind because Enishi was paying more attention to her than usual. Enishi and Kaoru had met at the market when a man refused to sell her rice because he thought her coins were fake it ended with her being thrown on the ground and Enishi saving her. After that incident he walked her home and make frequent visits they sometimes talked late into the night and then their feelings for each other grew and before they knew it they were in love with each other.

"I know Enishi but those men will be coming back soon and I need to make sure that no one will be able to take it!" She said with determination in her eyes Enishi turned to her looked into her eyes and remembered why he fell in love with her it was that sparkle of determination that he treasured and admired so much that he felt they were ready to take the next step. They were starting to approach the river he decided that now was the time he would make his move.

"Don't worry Kaoru I won't let anyone touch you or your dojo that I can sincerely promise, Which is why I think we should take the next step" He stopped them by the river with the fireflies he got down on one knee and he said

"Kamiya Kaoru will you do me the greatest honor of becoming my bride and to stay by my side forever" Kaoru gasped in shock she wasn't expecting the night to end like this tears started to pour out.

"Yes" she gasped out admits the tears "yes yes yes!" Enishi was so happy he swooped Kaoru into a hug and gave her a passionate kiss that seemed to last forever between two lovers in the moonlight. As Kaoru was getting ready for she couldn't help but notice that pulling feeling she had always felt was starting to make her feel sick and this started to worry her because she had been sure that Enishi was her soulmate. She remembered when her father told her about soul mate bonds and how rare they where they should never be wasted but Kaoru had all but given up hope on her true soul mate coming around as if he would show up it been 17 years since father told me about it. She sighed then blew out the light. As she lay sleeping she was unaware that the answer she gave to Enishi affected one man who was 20 miles away he had been sleeping lightly under a tree when he felt this wave of pain hit him in the gut his eyes snaped open and he was gasping for breath the pain didn't disappear but it was a minor throb in his gut. He resolved that he needed to find out what had been pulling at him for so long he knew the legends of soul mates and he knew what this meant, he felt a longing for the woman that had this hold over him he was curious for who would be bond for life with the legendary killer Battousai?