Title: Speculation
Author: Amber Michelle
For: imanewme
Words: 416
Notes: set at an undetermined time before book 13. Written for the latest fic request meme (locked entry).

Prompt:
+ noon-thirty
+ condiments
+ Reishin and Houju

Gauntlet theme: 22 - the silence a mirror that breaks the light in two

( If things continue as they are, we will have a new emperor before the year is out. )

Stupidity Tax
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Genre: gen
Warnings: lame title n/a
AU/Canon: canon
Characters: Kou Reishin, Ko Houju
Words: 645

Prompt: February 2010 - Motivation (free word count)
Note: the timing is slightly off, but I wanted plum blossoms. Reference to... er, episode 4 of season two, I think.

( You're late - I started without you. )

Call Me Uncle
Author: Amber Michelle // myaru
Words: 5336
Rating: T
Characters/pairings: Reishin, Shouka, Shuurei, Ko Kijin

For: hisoka44
Request: Shuurei finding out about Reishin's relation to her and Reishin's reaction to that; bonus points for commentary from Shouka, Kijin, or other related characters.

Note: the requester didn't say she disliked ( Read more... )

Beauty on a Winter Morning
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K+
Genre: gen
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: slightly AU.
Pairing/Characters: Juusanhime, Shuurei
Words: 3013

Prompt: November 2009 - Thank You (free word count)

Notes: inspired by my vague memory of The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, and not a very good imitation. Will be edited when my brain isn ( Read more... )

Desert of Letters
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Warnings: n/a
Word Count: 982

Gauntlet Theme: 24 - promises almost kept
Prompt: young!Reishin, a moment that determined his decision to take Kouyuu in

Notes: Gaiden #3 actually addresses why Reishin decided to save Kouyuu, so this is an extrapolation on that confession, which went something like ( Read more... )

Red as the Rose
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Genre: gen-ish
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Shuurei, Juusanhime
Words: 838

Prompt: #60 - rememberance (100+ words)
Notes: eh.

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.

( Do you think it'll be awkward? )

Cold Light Melting - I
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: T
Genre: introspective?
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: slightly AU.
Pairing/Characters: most of the Kou family, a few OCs.
Words: 3628

Prompt: June 2009 - still waters run deep (1500 word min.)
Previous Installments:
+ Prelude: A Kinder Season

Notes: Spoilers up to book 14, but I ignore some of the ( Read more... )

First Kill
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: T
Genre: dark? and gen.
Warnings: violence, blood.
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Seien
Words: 250

Prompt: #49 - you can never go home again (250 words or less)
Notes: eh.

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.

( If only you had never been born. )

Melodrama
By: Amber Michelle
Prompt: vicious
Character(s): Reishin
Words: 587

For: imanewme (original request post is here)

( All these people knew how to do was whine. )

A False Rebirth
By: Amber Michelle
Prompt: death
Character(s): Ryuuki
Words: 566

For: minerva_one (original request post here)

( Ryuuki should have learned to fear fire instead of the dark. )