Every marriage has two people in it; every story has two sides. Companion piece to Through Long Days of Labor, from Kaoru's POV

AU, sequel to Invictus. Six years later, the war is over. But the fight hasn't ended - dark plots and old grudges simmer below the surface, and the sweet peace of the new world might be nothing more than pleasant incense masking the rot of of the old. The inhabitants of the Kamiya dojo would rather nurse their wounds, but they may have no choice but to take up arms once more...