The Big List of Stuff
Um, so, you've run out of things to read (including cereal boxes and toilet paper packages?) Still want more? Well, if you're sure, here's a few more stories of mine. They're all of varying quality, from polished to not-so-polished to absolutely spur-of-the-moment fics.
The ones that are locked are locked for a very good reason. But if you're really sure ...
**= Flocked Entries
Hikaru No Go
The "Official" Stuff
FFNET -- mostly posted in a period between 2003-2007
Free Floating Entities
Untitled Drabble 1** (2004, five minute sprint, not edited -- Quick Summary: Hikaru follows the fan)** Freewriting exercise -- stream of consciousness style. I had TOTALLY forgotten about it ... for a good reason. Not really good, but eh. First Journal fic EVEr.
The Art of Losing (2004, semi-edited, Quick Summary: Sai on the idea of losing)**
Waiting (2005, quick drabble, unedited, Quick Summary: Touya Kouyo, Jealousy)
Listening** (2005, quick drabble, summary: pain is quick teacher)
Proof and Pudding** (2005, semi-edited, summary: Yashiro, Touya, Shindo, Pudding. I'm still not happy with this one.)
Avocation
(2005, semi-edited, quick summary: Shindo used to just hear one voice. Now he hears a lot more than that ...)
Teaching Touya (2005. My first yaoi. NO REALLY. utter, utter crackfic.)
Educating Shindou (2007, uh, the reverse B-side to the above story. XD. Actually, between Teaching Touya and Educating Shindou, you can see I've gotten a smidge better. But not by much, or by a long shot "good." Even more Slash.)
Left Over(2005, semi-edited, Oochi on a bus with Touya and Shindou. It's not a pleasant place to be. Again, I'm still really not pleased with this one.)
Shine **(2006, semi-edited, still need to change the name of this, and I'm really not happy with this one either. It's a rather bitter fic, and don't read it if you want happy endings, but it is my first serious attempt at trying to work out the Shindou/Touya dynamic.)
Bruce (2007, edited crack fic, "Contrary to popular belief," said Touya Akira, "my mother does not dress me.")
Porkchops and Pancakes (2007, edited fic, "Ah.So eternal rivals eat real food too.")
Puddle Jumping (2007, permutations exercise. Quick Summary: Hikaru, Akira, and the importance of being Hikaru. And, of course, rain.)
Sojourn (2007, edited, finished, and I return to my ever favorite subject: Touya, Shindou, Sai)
Better Days (2006, Blind Go Fic, edited, unfinished, but am working on it! Currently ... 7 parts. It's very long.)
Square One (2008, Blind Go Fic ... reposted- edited -- FINISHED! Quick Summary: Things go wrong. Then they go right. Warnings: Mild Slash).
Resignation (2008, Blind Go Fic, Akira and Hikaru don't need to change their natures, just the games they play.)
Exchanging Territories (2008, Originally a comment drabble in issen4's journal, but turned into an edited fic. Kaga and Touya meet. Oh noes! Someone save Akira from the Elvis!)
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Story related Stories:(as if I didn't write enough on the first time round)
In The Forests of the Night -- link
-- Rivers and Rain: Touya Akira Parallel Story (2004, edited, companion piece to ITFOTN)
-- Kitsune Weather (2004, sequel to ITFOTN. Hikaru isn't the only one who's gifted. Akira knows what it means to touch greatness --and that which is beyond -- as well) Still unfinished, but yeah, I've been working on it on and off for four years. XD I've only unlocked the first part; the rest are under beta. It's really nearly done, but it shows you how long I can poke at a story. I don't ever give up though. This one probably won't get finished within the next year; it's really low on the priority level, but yes, I still go back and add paragraphs. It's more here for curiosity's sake. I really shouldn't write sequels. XD
-- Three Things about Torajiro (2007, comment fic, prompt by Tarigwaemir)
The Will of Stone: Link (AKA: HIKARUTO!)
-- Reasons (Comment fic for the TOTALLY AWESOME dumbimps
prompted by her wonderful pictures!)
-- The Burden of Expectations** (2007, locked, and needing to be proofed)
-- Average (2007, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic, "Isumi")
-- Determination (2007, comment fic, prompt from therhoda, "Hikaruto's first day!" -- with a slight Gash Bell crossover! XD)
-- Monsters (2007, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic, Hikaru's first *real* mission)
-- A Circle of Stones (2007, comment fic, prompt from ontogenesis, Hikaru, the memorial, and how things go in cycles)
-- Passages** (2007, LOCKED FIC awaiting editing, Team Isumi go on their first mission. Involves bridges and emo scenes thereabouts) Actually, this is just a placeholder, so I can remember to come back later to release the fic! XD
-- In Passing (2007, Birthday Fic for Imbrium, Hikaru, Akari, and those who were left behind).
-- Paisley (2007, CRACK FIC prompted by HimaD, not-really-in-continuity).
Miles to Go (2008, prompt from therhoda, "fuzzy sweaters in the snow" .... erm, I didn't quite make this request, heh)
Stepping Forward (2008, edited fic, Hikaru, Isumi, and Waya go forth and be ninja!)
Realizations (2008, comment fic for flyby311, "realization." "Touya Akira doesn't remember the first time when he wanted to be a shinobi">
A Mission in the Rain(2008, edited fic that started as a comment prompt from alita_b_angel0. Hikaru learns that there are different kinds of missions. Heed the warnings: not for the underaged!)
Overthrown (2008, comment fic, prompt from uminohikari "Ripped Pillows!")
In Passing (2008, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic, "Ogata, Isumi, and the importance of being ninja")
There is an Omake hidden somewhere, ninja-like. But um, it's so ninja that I can't find it. I just know it exists.
Better Days Link
-- Three Things about Hikaru-Sensei (2007, comment fic, prompt from imbrii)
-- Three Things about Sai (2007, comment fic, prompt from Akung)
-- One Thing about Waya ... (2007, comment fic, prompt from daisy_chan
-- Brighter Nights (2007, Touya Akira parallel fic. Okay, this is a placeholder -- this fic is finished, but LOCKED since it has spoilers for the next few parts. I'm just putting it here so I don't forget I have it on the journal. It will be released when I finally release part 9, which is where this bit can fit without spoiling everyone).
Different. (2008, comment fic, prompt from daisy_chan "anything from the BD universe").
Driven link
-- Three Things about Ryuk (2007, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic)
And the Stars Fell Down Link
-- Three Things About Sai (2007, comment fic, prompt from Akung)
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Comment Fics (Totally unbetaed, written on the spur of the moment)
Linger (2005, prompt from issen4, "scary stories")
Midpoints
(2005, prompt from ramble_corner, "Sai inbetween losing the game and the river")
Firefly Go (2005, prompt from xiaraix, "Sai and Torajiro". This one was later retooled into "Shine" with a parallel Hikaru and Akira part).
Jealousy (2005, prompt from Jgal87, "Waya and Touya").
Shadows in the Hall (2005, prompt from questionable537, "Sai, Hikaru, and the absence of fathers")
Ghosts (2005, prompt from therhoda, "two boys, lost")
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ... (2005, prompt from pastles, "There are many uses for snow")
Like a Girl (2006, prompt from therhoda, "So Touya, you're not a girl?")
Pride
(2006, prompt from tarigwaemir, Yashiro and the word's "we're proud of you")
Doorways (2006, prompt from chaootaku, Hikago parody with swords). Actually, here we can see where the preliminary groundwork for the ninja hikago comes from!
ALSO BONUS ISSEN COMMENT FIC THAT ROCKS SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS Because she's awesome like that. I love getting comment fics. I wish I was better at writing them!
Better than Sex (2007, prompt from tarigwaemir about PWP, Hikago, and well ... I don't honestly know where it comes from, but great cheebus!)
Generations (2007, prompt taken for issen4, because our discussion about kids in hikago couldn't be complete without me actually trying to FIC about it.)
The Games We Play (2007, prompt taken from kitsune_jade, "Akira shouldn't be allowed near RPGS").
Halloweenie
(2007, prompt taken from aiwritingfic, "Sai's opinion on Halloween revelry")
Hikaru no Jumanji (2007, prompt taken from sivullinen, "Hikaru no Go meets Jumanji!")
Family (2007, prompt from issen4, Hikaru catches his mom and Touya, in the kitchen, doing something unexpected)
Like Earth and Fire, Water and Stone (2007, prompt from dumbimps "Hikaru no Go and Avatar!")
Sweetness Follows (2007, response fic in tarigwaemir's journal. Some things are more than genetic). BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE FIC IT IS BASED ON: Haunting, by Tarigwaemir
Circular Logic (2008, prompt from uminohikari, "Circular Logic").
After the First (2008, prompt from daisy_chan, "hikaru/akira morning after fluff").
Reciprocate (2008, prompt from aiwritingfic, "Ogata and Hikaru" summary: Ogata has more than one reason to find Sai.)
Fathers and Sons(2008, prompt from swish_swish, HNG/Death Note crossover -- redux! ... I didn't do so good this time. XD
Stakes (2008, prompt from therhoda, "Hikaru bets Akira and win/loses and the other get to pick the costume")
Building a Mystery (2008, prompt from readerofasaph, "1st-person POV, any Hikago character you like. There must be a mystery to solve.")
Strange Territories (2008, prompt from uminohikari, "any hikago character (other than hikaru) dealing with inexplicable events, but refusing to believe that there is a supernatural cause?")
Starting Rumors (2009, prompt from noctaval,"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour and when I die, I expect to find him laughing."
Triangulated (2009, prompt from tarigwaemir, "Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?")
Story Bites
James Joyce Challenge (2004, thirty minute sprint, not edited -- Keywords, James Joyce)** <-- So? Yes, I write boring ass crap on an alarming basis. Basically, most of my locked stuff or exercises look like that and don't really amount to much. The actual answer to this challenge is in an word document somewhere. XD. But yeah ... there's a reason I keep fics under lock.
Death Note/Hikaru no Go comparison that eventually led me to write "Driven." And actually, that odd Hikaru no Go/Petshop of Horror Crossover ... heh (2004) and it's Companion musing in 2005
Timeline for ITFOTN. Dang, I knew I wrote it down somewhere!
First planning stages for Your Hand In Mine. Yeah, I ended up writing that fic anyway.
First Lines Meme (2004)
Blind Go whining leading up to Better Days, including fic ideas in AIM. Pretty bad stuff, but eh, what can you do?
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Howl's Moving Castle:
The Day After (2005, Comment Fic, prompt from tarigwaemir
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Spirited Away
'Til Human Voices Wake Us (2005, 31_days fic, "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist")
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Death Note:
Office Space (2006, comment fic, prompt from aishuu, Raito saying "I was wrong")
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Konjiki no Gash Bell
Advent of Thunder (2004, full length published story, removed from internet) **
Invincible!(2005, comment fic, prompt from pastles)
Regency (2005, planning stages for a fic, mid-Faudo arc, now somewhat obsolete. But I hold dreams, I tell you, of returning to this!)
Puddle Jumper (2007, permutations fic, quick summary: Gash jumps in puddles. Kiyomaro learns to act his age).
Nor the Battle to the Strong (2005, 31_days, prompt: Gilgamesh)
Past and Pending (2007, 31_days, prompt: The Spell That Cannot Be Broken)
The Future Perfect, (2009, 31_days, prompt: Lost in a Dream from which I can't Awaken. Can be seen as a companion piece to "Past and Pending").
The Hatsunoutena Collection (The Memory of Trees and Kiyomaro Explains It All)
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Jungle wo Itsumo Hale nochi Guu
Guu Vs. Santa Claus: Total Annihilation (2005, comment fic, prompt from mareimbrium, "Santa Claus vs. the Martians")
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Fullmetal Alchemist/Jungle wo Itsumo Hale nochi Guu
Guu needs Ed for her collection. Ed finds that there are things more terrifying than Homunculus (2004, five minute crack fic)**
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Sentinel:
After Words (2004, sentinel_thurs fic, Prompt: Proverbs)
Walking On (2004, sentinel_thurs fic, prompt: Blair)
Acceptable Variations (2004, summary: Blair. Jim. Toficken and symbolism and everything inbetween.)
The Waking(2004, drabble, "Take Waking Slow")**
Sentinel/Sandman
A Dream Deferred (2004, crossover, unfinished)**
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Okami
She Moves in Mysterious Ways (2007, permutation fic, quick summary: There are worse things to be than a muddy goddess)
Catching the Wind (2007, 31_days Fic, "Sometimes, she is the wind")
Bow, wow, wow (2008, comment fic, prompt by imbrium, "Minigame Hell" XD XD XD)
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Kingdom Hearts
And the Sea Whispered, Me (2006, edited, Summary: Summer, Sora, and Riku)
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Naruto
Moments. (2008, comment fic, special request from Sarasusa Naruto, Kakashi, Iruka, and photo albums. Only because it's sarasusa, really ... XD I don't normally write in this fandom unless it's the Hikaruto fusion!)
On the Nature and Feeding of Hyenas (2008, comment fic, special request from Sarasusa. XD I'm noticing a trend here ... anyways "Kakashi, Iruka, and the nature of Hyenas")
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Kekkaishi
First Time Out** under editing lock. Will release once I'm happy with it! (2008, fic-in-editing, B-day fic for Imbrium.) summary: We don't always just start out knowing what to do. We watch those who come before us, right? And Masamori is a poopy head!
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Mushishi
The Edible Nest (2009, written in response to tarigwaemir's prompt for Mushishi fic. Originally submitted to 31_days, prompt: The Language of Cities.)
summary: In the beginning, when we come -- we come into the world not knowing how to hear. Ginko follows the fox.
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Shadow Hearts Covenant
I'm Sorry, but Our Princess is in Another Castle! (2009, comment-fic, not betaed. This provides solid evidence that Imbrium is EVIL.)
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Also, there's this ... dubious collection. XD
I accidentally released this batch of fic (which was written solely for my awesome friend and loyal beta, Imbrium) for her birthday in November 2007.
She's nice enough to share though! Anyways, in this batch, you'll find fics (non-betaed, cause that'd be mean to make her beta her own gift!) from: Hikaru no Go, Hikaru no Go and Naruto, Final Fantasy XII, and Escaflowne.
Happy Birthday Imbrium! <--- the best beta ever. The stories here would not exist without her help.
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Finally, some people have been crazy enough to want to write with me. Though yeah, I'll admit ... sometimes, it's involuntary, and usually occurs when I trick them into a round robin. XD
(One of my favorite cowritten pieces is with Tarigwaemir who probably didn't know I was about to urp all over her piece when she wrote her original one. Sadly, I don't have a copy to place here since well ... um ... she locked her journal. XD But yeah.)
I'm always up for a cowrite, and usually like to do it over chat. If you see me, flag me down. You never know what will happen! XD
Other cowritings have gone more peaceably. Aishuu seems to be the most glutton for punishment. I've written three pieces with her.
Having a Lousy Time, Wish You Were Dead (2006, Edited Crossover Cowritten with aishuu, George from Dead Like Me plus Light from Death Note equals a very strange combination. No, I don't know either.)
An Offering of Names (2008, edited fic cowritten with aishuu, Haku learns the value of names and the reasons that a even a river must have its limits.)
Natural Selection (2010, edited fic cowritten with aishuu, Even for gods, there is nothing as constant as change.)
Hehe. I actually really like writing with a partner and will pretty much write with anyone if I can find the time. XD I think I've been really lucky in some ways that most people I have written with have been really gracious about trying to adapt to my weird turns of thoughts and phrases. XD
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Fandom is one of the most talented places I've ever been a part of. And it's not just in the writing ... it's in how there is so much creation, from podfics to fanart ... and music ... there's so much people do out of love of the creative mediums they are inspired by.
I've been really lucky too, in that some people share their talent with me and make stuff based on my stuff. *blush*
Podfic
Podficcing is an art onto itself. For anyone who thinks it's easy, try recording your own voice reading a story. Making a story come alive through the spoken word is an art form ... you have to make decisions such as what words to emphasize. What words to say softly. What words to yell LOUD! Listening to someone read my fics is something that makes me shiver, sometimes -- there's just something really neat to hearing the audio version of your words; it adds an extra dimension somehow. (Though yeah, it also makes me wince at some of the grammar errors I've made ... those come out really clearly! XD)
I've been really lucky that I've had several people podfic some of my work and ALL of them have been excellent.
If you love Hikago podfic, you should definitely check out ihikago Great. Googly. Moogly. It is awesome.
I've had two of my fics podficced through Ihikago.
The ever awesome sarasusa podficced Porkchops and Pancakes In addition to her talents as a storyteller of the spoken word, she's a really awesome editor too.
Daisy_chan podficced Better Days Part 7:The Substitute Note XD. She's an awesome mod, and awesome writer and quite insistent that I finish that story some day.
Even more amazing to me is that rhea314 made a podfic of my crazily long story, Square One. I mean, that one is 25,000 PLUS words. GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY. 0_o. She still does a great job throughout on every word. There's also a podbook version here:
Much thanks and cookies to Rhea and cybel *is still awed.*
Fanart
I've also been really lucky that several very talented people have been taken something I've written and added a whole new visual dimension to it as well. I never really know what to say because I am quite overawed whenever someone gives me fanart of my work. Wow. I wish I could draw. But ... wow.
For example, corbeaun drew me this absolutely perfect picture of Hikaru and Akira from Square One. I love the serenity in the scene, how Hikaru and Akira are just ... together ... under the wisteria. It's a mood that I tried so hard to create with so many words and she gets it in a single picture. WOW.
The extraordinarily talented dumbimps has also been incredibly kind to me and has drawn me several pieces over the years. It always takes my breath away to see how she has taken something I scribbled out and really given it movement and color and everything. I don't think I can ever thank her enough. Take a look through her livejournal for some really well executed original and fanart. I think what I love most about her style is that it's very expressive, from the stances she chooses for the characters, to their expressions, to their clothing (what a designer!) My favorite is her ninja pictures... there's just so much motion in them that it's hard to believe it's a still picture. So yeah. Um *Blush* I'm incredibly honored.
Dumbimps is awesome and illustrated several of my work, including
Here's Dumbimp's completely awesome drawing of a scene from Better Days
Even her sketches are quite cool and so dynamic. ^_____^. I love to see how she saw those Better Day scenes.
Not to mention her illustrations of the Hikaruto Verse makes me want to write ninja igo players forever. FOREVER.
I mean, look at Dumbimp's Akira. And her Hikaru. And the clear dynamic ACTION in those shots! *Dies* I'm so grateful she drew me these pictures.
The worst thing is that I've lost several pieces of fanart from other people. My old computer died on me so I can't find them. I just know every last piece was awesome. If you have a link, please send it to me so I can thank you properly and put it here; your work should be shared!
The ones that are locked are locked for a very good reason. But if you're really sure ...
**= Flocked Entries
Hikaru No Go
The "Official" Stuff
FFNET -- mostly posted in a period between 2003-2007
Free Floating Entities
Untitled Drabble 1** (2004, five minute sprint, not edited -- Quick Summary: Hikaru follows the fan)** Freewriting exercise -- stream of consciousness style. I had TOTALLY forgotten about it ... for a good reason. Not really good, but eh. First Journal fic EVEr.
The Art of Losing (2004, semi-edited, Quick Summary: Sai on the idea of losing)**
Waiting (2005, quick drabble, unedited, Quick Summary: Touya Kouyo, Jealousy)
Listening** (2005, quick drabble, summary: pain is quick teacher)
Proof and Pudding** (2005, semi-edited, summary: Yashiro, Touya, Shindo, Pudding. I'm still not happy with this one.)
Avocation
(2005, semi-edited, quick summary: Shindo used to just hear one voice. Now he hears a lot more than that ...)
Teaching Touya (2005. My first yaoi. NO REALLY. utter, utter crackfic.)
Educating Shindou (2007, uh, the reverse B-side to the above story. XD. Actually, between Teaching Touya and Educating Shindou, you can see I've gotten a smidge better. But not by much, or by a long shot "good." Even more Slash.)
Left Over(2005, semi-edited, Oochi on a bus with Touya and Shindou. It's not a pleasant place to be. Again, I'm still really not pleased with this one.)
Shine **(2006, semi-edited, still need to change the name of this, and I'm really not happy with this one either. It's a rather bitter fic, and don't read it if you want happy endings, but it is my first serious attempt at trying to work out the Shindou/Touya dynamic.)
Bruce (2007, edited crack fic, "Contrary to popular belief," said Touya Akira, "my mother does not dress me.")
Porkchops and Pancakes (2007, edited fic, "Ah.So eternal rivals eat real food too.")
Puddle Jumping (2007, permutations exercise. Quick Summary: Hikaru, Akira, and the importance of being Hikaru. And, of course, rain.)
Sojourn (2007, edited, finished, and I return to my ever favorite subject: Touya, Shindou, Sai)
Better Days (2006, Blind Go Fic, edited, unfinished, but am working on it! Currently ... 7 parts. It's very long.)
Square One (2008, Blind Go Fic ... reposted- edited -- FINISHED! Quick Summary: Things go wrong. Then they go right. Warnings: Mild Slash).
Resignation (2008, Blind Go Fic, Akira and Hikaru don't need to change their natures, just the games they play.)
Exchanging Territories (2008, Originally a comment drabble in issen4's journal, but turned into an edited fic. Kaga and Touya meet. Oh noes! Someone save Akira from the Elvis!)
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Story related Stories:(as if I didn't write enough on the first time round)
In The Forests of the Night -- link
-- Rivers and Rain: Touya Akira Parallel Story (2004, edited, companion piece to ITFOTN)
-- Kitsune Weather (2004, sequel to ITFOTN. Hikaru isn't the only one who's gifted. Akira knows what it means to touch greatness --and that which is beyond -- as well) Still unfinished, but yeah, I've been working on it on and off for four years. XD I've only unlocked the first part; the rest are under beta. It's really nearly done, but it shows you how long I can poke at a story. I don't ever give up though. This one probably won't get finished within the next year; it's really low on the priority level, but yes, I still go back and add paragraphs. It's more here for curiosity's sake. I really shouldn't write sequels. XD
-- Three Things about Torajiro (2007, comment fic, prompt by Tarigwaemir)
The Will of Stone: Link (AKA: HIKARUTO!)
-- Reasons (Comment fic for the TOTALLY AWESOME dumbimps
prompted by her wonderful pictures!)
-- The Burden of Expectations** (2007, locked, and needing to be proofed)
-- Average (2007, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic, "Isumi")
-- Determination (2007, comment fic, prompt from therhoda, "Hikaruto's first day!" -- with a slight Gash Bell crossover! XD)
-- Monsters (2007, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic, Hikaru's first *real* mission)
-- A Circle of Stones (2007, comment fic, prompt from ontogenesis, Hikaru, the memorial, and how things go in cycles)
-- Passages** (2007, LOCKED FIC awaiting editing, Team Isumi go on their first mission. Involves bridges and emo scenes thereabouts) Actually, this is just a placeholder, so I can remember to come back later to release the fic! XD
-- In Passing (2007, Birthday Fic for Imbrium, Hikaru, Akari, and those who were left behind).
-- Paisley (2007, CRACK FIC prompted by HimaD, not-really-in-continuity).
Miles to Go (2008, prompt from therhoda, "fuzzy sweaters in the snow" .... erm, I didn't quite make this request, heh)
Stepping Forward (2008, edited fic, Hikaru, Isumi, and Waya go forth and be ninja!)
Realizations (2008, comment fic for flyby311, "realization." "Touya Akira doesn't remember the first time when he wanted to be a shinobi">
A Mission in the Rain(2008, edited fic that started as a comment prompt from alita_b_angel0. Hikaru learns that there are different kinds of missions. Heed the warnings: not for the underaged!)
Overthrown (2008, comment fic, prompt from uminohikari "Ripped Pillows!")
In Passing (2008, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic, "Ogata, Isumi, and the importance of being ninja")
There is an Omake hidden somewhere, ninja-like. But um, it's so ninja that I can't find it. I just know it exists.
Better Days Link
-- Three Things about Hikaru-Sensei (2007, comment fic, prompt from imbrii)
-- Three Things about Sai (2007, comment fic, prompt from Akung)
-- One Thing about Waya ... (2007, comment fic, prompt from daisy_chan
-- Brighter Nights (2007, Touya Akira parallel fic. Okay, this is a placeholder -- this fic is finished, but LOCKED since it has spoilers for the next few parts. I'm just putting it here so I don't forget I have it on the journal. It will be released when I finally release part 9, which is where this bit can fit without spoiling everyone).
Different. (2008, comment fic, prompt from daisy_chan "anything from the BD universe").
Driven link
-- Three Things about Ryuk (2007, comment fic, prompt from aiwritingfic)
And the Stars Fell Down Link
-- Three Things About Sai (2007, comment fic, prompt from Akung)
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Comment Fics (Totally unbetaed, written on the spur of the moment)
Linger (2005, prompt from issen4, "scary stories")
Midpoints
(2005, prompt from ramble_corner, "Sai inbetween losing the game and the river")
Firefly Go (2005, prompt from xiaraix, "Sai and Torajiro". This one was later retooled into "Shine" with a parallel Hikaru and Akira part).
Jealousy (2005, prompt from Jgal87, "Waya and Touya").
Shadows in the Hall (2005, prompt from questionable537, "Sai, Hikaru, and the absence of fathers")
Ghosts (2005, prompt from therhoda, "two boys, lost")
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow ... (2005, prompt from pastles, "There are many uses for snow")
Like a Girl (2006, prompt from therhoda, "So Touya, you're not a girl?")
Pride
(2006, prompt from tarigwaemir, Yashiro and the word's "we're proud of you")
Doorways (2006, prompt from chaootaku, Hikago parody with swords). Actually, here we can see where the preliminary groundwork for the ninja hikago comes from!
ALSO BONUS ISSEN COMMENT FIC THAT ROCKS SO MUCH THAT IT HURTS Because she's awesome like that. I love getting comment fics. I wish I was better at writing them!
Better than Sex (2007, prompt from tarigwaemir about PWP, Hikago, and well ... I don't honestly know where it comes from, but great cheebus!)
Generations (2007, prompt taken for issen4, because our discussion about kids in hikago couldn't be complete without me actually trying to FIC about it.)
The Games We Play (2007, prompt taken from kitsune_jade, "Akira shouldn't be allowed near RPGS").
Halloweenie
(2007, prompt taken from aiwritingfic, "Sai's opinion on Halloween revelry")
Hikaru no Jumanji (2007, prompt taken from sivullinen, "Hikaru no Go meets Jumanji!")
Family (2007, prompt from issen4, Hikaru catches his mom and Touya, in the kitchen, doing something unexpected)
Like Earth and Fire, Water and Stone (2007, prompt from dumbimps "Hikaru no Go and Avatar!")
Sweetness Follows (2007, response fic in tarigwaemir's journal. Some things are more than genetic). BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE FIC IT IS BASED ON: Haunting, by Tarigwaemir
Circular Logic (2008, prompt from uminohikari, "Circular Logic").
After the First (2008, prompt from daisy_chan, "hikaru/akira morning after fluff").
Reciprocate (2008, prompt from aiwritingfic, "Ogata and Hikaru" summary: Ogata has more than one reason to find Sai.)
Fathers and Sons(2008, prompt from swish_swish, HNG/Death Note crossover -- redux! ... I didn't do so good this time. XD
Stakes (2008, prompt from therhoda, "Hikaru bets Akira and win/loses and the other get to pick the costume")
Building a Mystery (2008, prompt from readerofasaph, "1st-person POV, any Hikago character you like. There must be a mystery to solve.")
Strange Territories (2008, prompt from uminohikari, "any hikago character (other than hikaru) dealing with inexplicable events, but refusing to believe that there is a supernatural cause?")
Starting Rumors (2009, prompt from noctaval,"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour and when I die, I expect to find him laughing."
Triangulated (2009, prompt from tarigwaemir, "Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday?")
Story Bites
James Joyce Challenge (2004, thirty minute sprint, not edited -- Keywords, James Joyce)** <-- So? Yes, I write boring ass crap on an alarming basis. Basically, most of my locked stuff or exercises look like that and don't really amount to much. The actual answer to this challenge is in an word document somewhere. XD. But yeah ... there's a reason I keep fics under lock.
Death Note/Hikaru no Go comparison that eventually led me to write "Driven." And actually, that odd Hikaru no Go/Petshop of Horror Crossover ... heh (2004) and it's Companion musing in 2005
Timeline for ITFOTN. Dang, I knew I wrote it down somewhere!
First planning stages for Your Hand In Mine. Yeah, I ended up writing that fic anyway.
First Lines Meme (2004)
Blind Go whining leading up to Better Days, including fic ideas in AIM. Pretty bad stuff, but eh, what can you do?
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Howl's Moving Castle:
The Day After (2005, Comment Fic, prompt from tarigwaemir
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Spirited Away
'Til Human Voices Wake Us (2005, 31_days fic, "Thoughts of a Dying Atheist")
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Death Note:
Office Space (2006, comment fic, prompt from aishuu, Raito saying "I was wrong")
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Konjiki no Gash Bell
Advent of Thunder (2004, full length published story, removed from internet) **
Invincible!(2005, comment fic, prompt from pastles)
Regency (2005, planning stages for a fic, mid-Faudo arc, now somewhat obsolete. But I hold dreams, I tell you, of returning to this!)
Puddle Jumper (2007, permutations fic, quick summary: Gash jumps in puddles. Kiyomaro learns to act his age).
Nor the Battle to the Strong (2005, 31_days, prompt: Gilgamesh)
Past and Pending (2007, 31_days, prompt: The Spell That Cannot Be Broken)
The Future Perfect, (2009, 31_days, prompt: Lost in a Dream from which I can't Awaken. Can be seen as a companion piece to "Past and Pending").
The Hatsunoutena Collection (The Memory of Trees and Kiyomaro Explains It All)
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Jungle wo Itsumo Hale nochi Guu
Guu Vs. Santa Claus: Total Annihilation (2005, comment fic, prompt from mareimbrium, "Santa Claus vs. the Martians")
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Fullmetal Alchemist/Jungle wo Itsumo Hale nochi Guu
Guu needs Ed for her collection. Ed finds that there are things more terrifying than Homunculus (2004, five minute crack fic)**
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Sentinel:
After Words (2004, sentinel_thurs fic, Prompt: Proverbs)
Walking On (2004, sentinel_thurs fic, prompt: Blair)
Acceptable Variations (2004, summary: Blair. Jim. Toficken and symbolism and everything inbetween.)
The Waking(2004, drabble, "Take Waking Slow")**
Sentinel/Sandman
A Dream Deferred (2004, crossover, unfinished)**
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Okami
She Moves in Mysterious Ways (2007, permutation fic, quick summary: There are worse things to be than a muddy goddess)
Catching the Wind (2007, 31_days Fic, "Sometimes, she is the wind")
Bow, wow, wow (2008, comment fic, prompt by imbrium, "Minigame Hell" XD XD XD)
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Kingdom Hearts
And the Sea Whispered, Me (2006, edited, Summary: Summer, Sora, and Riku)
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Naruto
Moments. (2008, comment fic, special request from Sarasusa Naruto, Kakashi, Iruka, and photo albums. Only because it's sarasusa, really ... XD I don't normally write in this fandom unless it's the Hikaruto fusion!)
On the Nature and Feeding of Hyenas (2008, comment fic, special request from Sarasusa. XD I'm noticing a trend here ... anyways "Kakashi, Iruka, and the nature of Hyenas")
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Kekkaishi
First Time Out** under editing lock. Will release once I'm happy with it! (2008, fic-in-editing, B-day fic for Imbrium.) summary: We don't always just start out knowing what to do. We watch those who come before us, right? And Masamori is a poopy head!
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Mushishi
The Edible Nest (2009, written in response to tarigwaemir's prompt for Mushishi fic. Originally submitted to 31_days, prompt: The Language of Cities.)
summary: In the beginning, when we come -- we come into the world not knowing how to hear. Ginko follows the fox.
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Shadow Hearts Covenant
I'm Sorry, but Our Princess is in Another Castle! (2009, comment-fic, not betaed. This provides solid evidence that Imbrium is EVIL.)
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Also, there's this ... dubious collection. XD
I accidentally released this batch of fic (which was written solely for my awesome friend and loyal beta, Imbrium) for her birthday in November 2007.
She's nice enough to share though! Anyways, in this batch, you'll find fics (non-betaed, cause that'd be mean to make her beta her own gift!) from: Hikaru no Go, Hikaru no Go and Naruto, Final Fantasy XII, and Escaflowne.
Happy Birthday Imbrium! <--- the best beta ever. The stories here would not exist without her help.
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Finally, some people have been crazy enough to want to write with me. Though yeah, I'll admit ... sometimes, it's involuntary, and usually occurs when I trick them into a round robin. XD
(One of my favorite cowritten pieces is with Tarigwaemir who probably didn't know I was about to urp all over her piece when she wrote her original one. Sadly, I don't have a copy to place here since well ... um ... she locked her journal. XD But yeah.)
I'm always up for a cowrite, and usually like to do it over chat. If you see me, flag me down. You never know what will happen! XD
Other cowritings have gone more peaceably. Aishuu seems to be the most glutton for punishment. I've written three pieces with her.
Having a Lousy Time, Wish You Were Dead (2006, Edited Crossover Cowritten with aishuu, George from Dead Like Me plus Light from Death Note equals a very strange combination. No, I don't know either.)
An Offering of Names (2008, edited fic cowritten with aishuu, Haku learns the value of names and the reasons that a even a river must have its limits.)
Natural Selection (2010, edited fic cowritten with aishuu, Even for gods, there is nothing as constant as change.)
Hehe. I actually really like writing with a partner and will pretty much write with anyone if I can find the time. XD I think I've been really lucky in some ways that most people I have written with have been really gracious about trying to adapt to my weird turns of thoughts and phrases. XD
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Fandom is one of the most talented places I've ever been a part of. And it's not just in the writing ... it's in how there is so much creation, from podfics to fanart ... and music ... there's so much people do out of love of the creative mediums they are inspired by.
I've been really lucky too, in that some people share their talent with me and make stuff based on my stuff. *blush*
Podfic
Podficcing is an art onto itself. For anyone who thinks it's easy, try recording your own voice reading a story. Making a story come alive through the spoken word is an art form ... you have to make decisions such as what words to emphasize. What words to say softly. What words to yell LOUD! Listening to someone read my fics is something that makes me shiver, sometimes -- there's just something really neat to hearing the audio version of your words; it adds an extra dimension somehow. (Though yeah, it also makes me wince at some of the grammar errors I've made ... those come out really clearly! XD)
I've been really lucky that I've had several people podfic some of my work and ALL of them have been excellent.
If you love Hikago podfic, you should definitely check out ihikago Great. Googly. Moogly. It is awesome.
I've had two of my fics podficced through Ihikago.
The ever awesome sarasusa podficced Porkchops and Pancakes In addition to her talents as a storyteller of the spoken word, she's a really awesome editor too.
Daisy_chan podficced Better Days Part 7:The Substitute Note XD. She's an awesome mod, and awesome writer and quite insistent that I finish that story some day.
Even more amazing to me is that rhea314 made a podfic of my crazily long story, Square One. I mean, that one is 25,000 PLUS words. GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY. 0_o. She still does a great job throughout on every word. There's also a podbook version here:
Much thanks and cookies to Rhea and cybel *is still awed.*
Fanart
I've also been really lucky that several very talented people have been taken something I've written and added a whole new visual dimension to it as well. I never really know what to say because I am quite overawed whenever someone gives me fanart of my work. Wow. I wish I could draw. But ... wow.
For example, corbeaun drew me this absolutely perfect picture of Hikaru and Akira from Square One. I love the serenity in the scene, how Hikaru and Akira are just ... together ... under the wisteria. It's a mood that I tried so hard to create with so many words and she gets it in a single picture. WOW.
The extraordinarily talented dumbimps has also been incredibly kind to me and has drawn me several pieces over the years. It always takes my breath away to see how she has taken something I scribbled out and really given it movement and color and everything. I don't think I can ever thank her enough. Take a look through her livejournal for some really well executed original and fanart. I think what I love most about her style is that it's very expressive, from the stances she chooses for the characters, to their expressions, to their clothing (what a designer!) My favorite is her ninja pictures... there's just so much motion in them that it's hard to believe it's a still picture. So yeah. Um *Blush* I'm incredibly honored.
Dumbimps is awesome and illustrated several of my work, including
Here's Dumbimp's completely awesome drawing of a scene from Better Days
Even her sketches are quite cool and so dynamic. ^_____^. I love to see how she saw those Better Day scenes.
Not to mention her illustrations of the Hikaruto Verse makes me want to write ninja igo players forever. FOREVER.
I mean, look at Dumbimp's Akira. And her Hikaru. And the clear dynamic ACTION in those shots! *Dies* I'm so grateful she drew me these pictures.
The worst thing is that I've lost several pieces of fanart from other people. My old computer died on me so I can't find them. I just know every last piece was awesome. If you have a link, please send it to me so I can thank you properly and put it here; your work should be shared!