An Auspicious Year

By Diane Long

Author's Notes:

This story is set in Nihon, assuming all travels are over and Kuro and Fai have settled down.

February 3rd, which is one day before Risshun (the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar), is called Setsubun in Japan. It's not a national holiday, but mame maki (bean throwing) ceremonies are ( Read more... )

Ihai*

By Diane Long

The flapping canvas of a large indigo pavilion caught the hot and damp breeze of the Nihon summer. This time of year the sun held its place in the sky way into the evening and the royal court and retainers lounged in the borrowed shade and tried to amuse themselves. Even better than the usual entertainments were ( Read more... )

Progress

By Diane Long

A gift for Flaked Ice to express gratitude for her wonderful Lord and Prince AU XxX-Holic stories.

Set directly after False Physician

Kimihiro traced a finger idly against the intricate wards carved into the window sills of his study as he squinted past his back-lit reflection to watch the spirits milling about on the ( Read more... )

Silence ( Read more... )

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No that anyone is interested in this Fandom anymore, it is what pulled me into Anime in the first place!

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There was once a time when I spent HOURS a day on the Tenchi IRC chat room and the Paperpusher's Daria forum.  Life got busy - fiveish years passed and these Live Journal thingies have gotten quite sophisticated!  I remember when you couldn't even spell check in these guys- it was basic text all the way ( Read more... )