What If?
Stories
A Bittersweet Elegy by Poppy2 Rated: PG [Reviews - 6]
Summary: Corruption surrounds Kenshin when his sanity is lost with the flip of a sakabatou. Now with the Battousai in control, will he see through the lies the government used to awaken his hitokiri self? Or will he unwittingly kill what he was trying to protect?
Categories: What If?
Characters: Kaoru, Kenshin
Genres: drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 52245 Read Count: 13813
[Report This] Published: 10/22/2005 Updated: 10/22/2005
A Little Bit of Earth by pruegarner Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Kenshin as he grows from boy to man.
Categories: Works in Progress, What If?
Characters: Kenshin
Genres: drama
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 2036 Read Count: 141
[Report This] Published: 10/31/2011 Updated: 01/19/2012
A Silk Ribbon by QueenKaoru Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

What if Kaoru lived in Edo/Tokyo during the Bakumatsu in her family's Dojo. What if her fathers off fighting for the new era, her mothers still alive, and Yahiko is her younger brother. Now there's only one problem, she's being stacked by a mysterious golden eyed hitokiri.


Categories: Short Stories, What If?
Characters: Kaoru
Genres: general
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 2759 Read Count: 902
[Report This] Published: 11/07/2010 Updated: 01/28/2012
An Unexpected Lesson by Conspirator Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 4]
Summary: Three years after the end of the Bakumatsu, a chance encounter with a kabuki troupe teaches Kenshin an unexpected lesson in survival.
Categories: What If?
Characters: All Characters
Genres: angst, drama
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 13 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 114887 Read Count: 16025
[Report This] Published: 10/12/2005 Updated: 11/01/2005
Black Devotion by Violet Goddess Rated: R [Reviews - 6]
Summary: Kaoru will trade herself to save Yahiko from the dark Battousai. rated for sexual situation and violence. R&R Semi-OOC
Categories: What If?
Characters: Kaoru, Kenshin
Genres: angst, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 32122 Read Count: 8050
[Report This] Published: 11/01/2005 Updated: 11/01/2005
Bloodwynd by BakaBokken Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 1]
Summary: Majutsusha were monsters of myth. At least, that’s what Kamiya Kaoru thought, until she met the most fearsome Majutsusha of them all… and discovered that the real Battousai was nothing like the legendary demon she’d heard of. [AU]
Categories: Works in Progress, Alternate Reality, What If?
Characters: All Characters
Genres: action / adventure, drama, fantasy, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 17925 Read Count: 2201
[Report This] Published: 12/09/2006 Updated: 06/11/2007
Burning Bridges by SiriusFan13 Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 2]
Summary: What if Kenshin had never met Tomoe? Would he have remained Battousai? And what kinds of chaos could that create for our Meiji tales? Come enter a world where the Demon of the Bakumatsu still exists, and find out what Fate has in store. AU. R&R
Categories: What If?
Characters: None
Genres: action / adventure
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 8403 Read Count: 8613
[Report This] Published: 04/26/2006 Updated: 04/23/2007
Catharsis by Deleria Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 1]
Summary: When Kenshin’s guilt won’t let him leave Rakuninmura, Kaoru finds herself drawn to the emotional wounds of a man consumed with revenge. Confused by her altruistic gestures, Enishi lets his guard down. His heart latches onto her. Enishi Kaoru
Categories: What If?
Characters: All Characters
Genres: angst, drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 61346 Read Count: 26543
[Report This] Published: 10/13/2005 Updated: 10/22/2005
Caught in His Web by Via x Infinito Rated: R [Reviews - 7]
Summary: COMPLETE... What happens when Enishi catches an innocent mistake on Kaoru’s part? Blackmail, betrayal, and broken love ensues. Kenshin’s caught right in the middle except he doesn’t realise what’s going until it’s much too late… AU, OOC
Categories: Long and Completed, What If?
Characters: Enishi, Kaoru, Kenshin
Genres: drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 29 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 132857 Read Count: 37210
[Report This] Published: 09/25/2006 Updated: 09/25/2006
Coincidence by SiriusFan13 Rated: PG [Reviews - 5]
Summary: After a late evening purchase of sake in Kyoto, Hiko is attacked while walking home, and recieves a little unexpected help... Please read and review! Thank you!
Categories: What If?
Characters: Hiko
Genres: drama
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 963 Read Count: 917
[Report This] Published: 10/22/2005 Updated: 10/22/2005
Cursed Inheritance by km909 Rated: PG [Reviews - 0]
Summary:

Two siblings travelled all the way back to 1878 just to seek the legendary manslayer. But why?


Categories: Alternate Reality, What If?, New Character
Characters: All Characters
Genres: drama
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 2726 Read Count: 3451
[Report This] Published: 05/11/2010 Updated: 05/12/2010
Divine Commiseration by Wicked Enough Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 0]
Summary: [Kyoto Arc SPOILERS][CHAPTER 11][SoujiroMisao]['Misao, the blood of the weak has been spilled for so long, you no longer see anything that was not made without it. There is no point on wishing on fireflies for something impossible...']
Categories: Works in Progress, What If?
Characters: Kenshin, Kenshin, Misao, Misao, Soujiro, Soujiro
Genres: action / adventure, angst, drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 33599 Read Count: 15857
[Report This] Published: 10/22/2005 Updated: 10/22/2005
Fancy's Child by Dragonsdaughter Rated: R [Reviews - 1]
Summary: You might be prepared to walk away to protect your most important person. But you're never ready.
Categories: Works in Progress, What If?
Characters: None
Genres: romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 21162 Read Count: 3814
[Report This] Published: 10/01/2006 Updated: 10/02/2006
Five Things that Never Happened to Kamiya Kaoru by nebulia Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 4]
Summary: If you can't figure it out from the title, I pity you. [warnings for death, angst, rape, hints of KK]
Categories: Short Stories, What If?
Characters: Kaoru
Genres: angst, general
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 716 Read Count: 910
[Report This] Published: 06/01/2006 Updated: 06/01/2006
Forever Mine by Angie san Rated: R [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Kenshin has waited over a hundred years to be reunited with Kaoru, but when he finally finds her he will discover that it will not be so easy to claim the one he lost. Jinchuu spoilers.
Categories: Works in Progress, Alternate Reality, What If?
Characters: Kaoru, Kenshin
Genres: drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 84854 Read Count: 15764
[Report This] Published: 09/25/2006 Updated: 09/25/2006
forgive me of my sins by Blue Jeans Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 1]
Summary:

Lifetimes of mistakes can drive even those destined to love to go their separate ways. But given the chance, can Kenshin and Kaoru find forgiveness and acceptance in each other before their future becomes consumed by their past? [Nominated for RKRC 2005 contest in the category of Angst]


Categories: Long and Completed, What If?
Characters: Kaoru, Kaoru, Kenshin, Kenshin, Sanosuke, Sanosuke
Genres: angst, drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7970 Read Count: 997
[Report This] Published: 06/16/2006 Updated: 06/16/2006
Hajime and Tokio by AngryBee Rated: R [Reviews - 2]
Summary: The story of the life, and love, which grew between an unlikely couple. Follows Saitou and Tokio from the Genji era through and past the Rurouni Kenshin tale. Rated for: Violence, Language, Adult Themes. (COMPLETE except for epilogue.)
Categories: What If?
Characters: All Characters
Genres: drama, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 23 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 285006 Read Count: 25492
[Report This] Published: 10/12/2005 Updated: 10/22/2005
How the Past can Change by Bunny Rated: PG-13 [Reviews - 9]
Summary: Kaoru, thrown back into the Bakumatsu, meets the Hitokori Battousai and changes the normal course of events, and then some. This story alters the original R.K. story and timeline, so beware if you don't like changes. KK, OOCness.
Categories: What If?
Characters: Kaoru, Kenshin
Genres: drama, humor, romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 42 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 86802 Read Count: 74908
[Report This] Published: 12/25/2004 Updated: 04/19/2011
Kyoto Interlude by omasuoniwabanshi Rated: G [Reviews - 0]
Summary: On a visit to Kyoto, Yahiko searches for the past and finds more than he bargained for.
Categories: What If?, Works in Progress
Characters: Kenshin, Yahiko
Genres: action / adventure, drama
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 15670 Read Count: 6301
[Report This] Published: 11/09/2007 Updated: 11/09/2007
Like Father Like Son by Author chan Rated: G [Reviews - 0]
Summary: Post-Seisouhen Kenshin has finally atoned for all his sins he comitted as a hitokiri, but what of his sins as a Rurouni? Kenshin has to fix what happened between him and Kenji, but how can he when he's dead?
Categories: Works in Progress, What If?
Characters: None
Genres: action / adventure
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 35 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 135155 Read Count: 44350
[Report This] Published: 09/24/2006 Updated: 09/24/2006