I really love how carefully this is written. I like that it is placed on Kyoto ( hope I get there someday) and I really love the history lessons that you have added. Thank you so much. 

Both chapters are great, keep it coming Happy Belated Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas

I love historical fiction, and I'm really liking the story. Can't wait to see what's next. 

Nice chapters, keep it coming.

Hmm... what a proposal, Sesshomaru. Somehow, this amused me. Sorry, Kagome... but it's just I  trust you to be someone who'll change his heart, so yes I guarantee there will be love in this union. :)

Ahahahaha. Well, Kaede has seen a lot in life, ne? She should have noticed it right away, that old woman :))))

I have the feeling that somehow the Captain is not fooled.

... *speechless*

... Or not so complicated ;)

Interesting. This brings up a chain questions for me:

 • Did Kagome actually kill the Lt. because of the attack on her brother and rape of the village?

 • If not, did that attack actually happen and why did she really kill the Lt.?

 • If so, was she there when the attack took place? And was she also, therefore, one of the women who was raped?

 • If so, is she actually pregnant as a result? and would she commit jigai if she were? (or would she have been expected to if she had been raped?)

 • If so, then this situation is going to get much more complicated for them very quickly... 

That is my train of thought right now. I hope some of them will be answered later in the story :)

Well, I'm very glad I decided to re-read this part then. Before I read the AN, I was scratching my head wondering, "Weren't they on their way to Aizu?" ????

Great story, keep it coming.

*gives Kagome a virtual and fictional hug*

Poor Kagome. War is not a simple thing like a tug-of-war, you know. It's much, much worse than that.

I know he's going to say that.

I like this chapter, perhaps because they both had negative physical and mental reactions to their first killing... and Kagome is fortunate enough to have a compassionate Sesshomaru there with her.

Thanks for the clarifying author's note, though you've also done a good job painting Kagome that way in this most recent set of chapters.

I find stories set amidst real historical events to be particularly interesting because I know, in broad strokes, what happened, but I love seeing how authors set the characters to interact and influence (or try to influence) the events therein.

refreshes basic knowledge of Aizu

looks up Ishin Shishi

Hmm, inconclusive. Shishi was applied to both Aizu and Choshu-Satsuma supporters. Will we find out which clan Kagome is with? Was her story to Sesshomaru a fabrication to give her a little maneuvering room? Is Sesshomaru headed to the siege? Or is the Imperial faction still getting ready for it? If Kagome is with Choshu-Satsuma, then why would she want to keep Sesshomaru (specifically) or the Shinsengumi samurai safe and away? Or would that just be a matter of trying to reduce combatants on the Aizu side? (Questions are largely rhetorical, I can wait for updates...)

I'm definitely looking forward to more of this!

... huh, what? She offered him a place in the Ishin Shishi? *blinks rapidly*