Guh! I found this and...uh. Woah. Wow. I'm stunned. And I think I'll give you the rec now before I confuse you even more....
Burning Pearls by Kiro
The writing is solid. The goal of the story, fulfilled. Excuse me while I go back to read this again....
Summary: Gaiden ends, but what happens just after the final curtain?
Rating: PG
Notes: excerpts from Journey to the West are included at the end of the story.
I'm currently watching X/1999 as loaned to me from Alex. *bows humbly* I've gotten halfway through it and...wow. I loved the movie but this is even more complex and wonderful.
However, how in the hell does Kaumi (yeah, I know I'm not spelling his name right at all...er...) walk and run and jump on those toothpick skinny legs of his???????? @_@ I'm mean, really. He's got these (and remember, this guy is considered a shrimp) HUGE broad shoulders, the typical inverted triangle torso and these super duper uber looooooooong let-me-compete-with-a-toothpick-in-thinness skinny legs. Argh?!
And, lets just not get D started on the slash --
no, not hints, those moments are way too blatant to be considered hints...so, what, then?
Epiphanies. Yeah. That's a good word.
And, lets just not get D started on the slash epiphanies. *passes out from slash overload*
*twitch* Can only... *twitch* handle *twitch* ... so... *twitch* much. *goes limp*
^_^
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