AU: After 10 years in the quiet of Besaid, Yuna, under the guardianship of Auron, is taken to Zanarkand. The city of Blitzball, the city of lights... the city of her dreams. TxY

*AU* Flynn Rider's terms of parole include going to therapy, and they don't expressly forbid hanging around with that one awkward graffiti girl.

"Spectres, well, that's what they look for- initiative, sound judgment, a dash of insanity." My novelization of Mass Effect 1, featuring Commander Nathaly Shepard and the rest of the crew, with an eventual Shenko romance. This fic takes a deeper dive into the story and characters, as well as adding or altering some events.

When the past doesn't keep its peace, one must silence its voice. Except Hermione Granger doesn't know how. Sort of HBP compliant but very AU.

Rukia Kuchiki: smart, successful, & forever single. When her new job throws her into a whirlwind of mergers, jealous secretaries, treachery, and vile, yet incredibly sexy orange-haired coworkers, she is left wondering whether fate will let her out alive.

Two men seeking to save the future, driven by the burdens of their past: Perhaps they had more in common than Hope once thought. Post-game fic, Noel/Hope, contains game ending spoilers, ignores DLC.

The Planet isn't willing to let death take away its greatest weapon. If Cloud can't save the past, then he'll be damned to watch history repeat itself. Time travel, SxC, ZxA.

Flashbacks, interstitial scenes, and backdoor dealings. A companion to ME2 focusing on characters and worlds, big and small.

In the end, there's only one thing that really matters. Explorations, variations and off-camera moments from the Mass Effect 3 storyline. Multiple character POVs.

Mass Effect 2/3 AU where Kaidan is downed by Collectors on Horizon and Shepard has no choice but to take him aboard the Normandy to save his life. A simple act that changes the path that had been laid out before them, rewriting the legend of Commander Shepard and the man at her side. Mature for violence, sexual situations, and language. Kaidan/Fem!Shepard.

Saren? Geth? The total annihilation of all organic life? Pffsh. Don't worry! Rich Achievement Unlocked! Emphasizes side quests, hard science, technobabble, & military jargon with a side of Shenko & a helping of squad mate banter. Action, humor, flirting, drama, & brushes with death. Now with 100% more rampaging dinosaurs! (I regret nothing.)

It's hard being a telepathic barmaid but Sookie Stackhouse can't complain. She has a nice life in her small town. It all goes up in smoke when a fairy blackmails her onto marrying a vampire. A vampire that could care less who she is or what she feels. Watch their unlikely story unfold. This isn't an easy love story but then again love and life seldom are.

Releasing a potentially unstable krogan in the confines of the Normandy without anyone to help you was something only Shepard would even think of doing. Garrus is angry. He makes this known. Shepard is not happy. Aaand cue the awkward conversations.

There was a line in one of her many psych evals about an impressive ability to compartmentalize. She supposed the psychologist hadn't been talking about her ability to dress an amputation in the field in under thirty seconds. Mass Effect 2

Kaidan listens in as Shepard and Tali are having a little chat over the link, and it's not going well. M for strong language. Post-ME3

ME3 SPOILERS. Post-Destroy. There's no room for war heroes in peace time. A shattered, exhausted Shepard expected to die. Vega and Cortez, the only ones left of her old crew, won't let her.

While the Reapers ravage Palaven, some of the Turians on Menae pass the time by trading stories about the species they've bedded. Garrus enlightens them on what it's like to be with a human. Originally posted on the MEK community on LJ.

Insomnia was the stimulus for a relationship that both Shepard and James knew was already doomed by the ticking clock of galactic annihilation. FShep/Vega, past FShep/Kaidan.

According to the vids, the end is nigh. Kaidan knows he's got to come clean with Shepard sooner or later about how he really feels- before it's too late. m!shep/Kaidan slash, done for the MEKinkMeme. ME3 spoilers

ME3 SPOILERS. James Vega doesn't understand why Anderson assigned him to guard this quiet, restrained Commander Shepard through her trial. Any grunt could babysit her from hearing to hearing. Until she explodes. Slight Shenko.

Spoilers, second person POV, Hope. Implied Hope/Lightning. The problem with changing reality is that you're not sure how much has actually changed.

Being a genius with knowledge of humanity's downfall is a burden that weighs heavily on even the sharpest of minds. Oneshot.

For Ichigo, it ends when he loses his powers. It takes Rukia much, much longer. — ichiruki.

Prompt: 'Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning: character study - eating her up inside.' Spoilers, midgame. Stuck in Taejin's Tower, Lightning finds she's less than appreciative of her surroundings.

Mass Effect 3 spoilers. Shepard has been wearing his N7 hoody around the Normandy. MShep/Kaidan

If the Normandy's crew knew what they were in for, they would have stepped back to wonder if they were in the wrong line of work. But when serving with a crew like this, it's not all bad news, all the time. Snapshots of Mass Effect in 1000-word vignettes. (Cover images all belong to Bioware. As with Mass Effect itself, I'm just borrowing them and giving credit where it's due.)

Nothing is the same, but eventually everything's similar enough. Shepard/Kaidan, post-ME2.

Throughout their journey, Serah handed him more surprises than he could count. The number of non-surprises? Two. Noel/Serah. Spoilers.

Hope was a professional, and somehow anything of this nature seemed just a few pegs lower than professional. NoelxHope, office sex.

In a world without Lightning, Hope dreams the same dream. Sometimes, the barest of comforts may be found in inevitability. Hope-centric. Oneshot. Vague allusions to Hope/Lightning

Lightning isn't able to just move on. Note: This work contains light kink and dream sex. End-game spoilers.

He smells, hears, tastes, sees and touches. He remembers them because they're gone and he's still here. Hope/Light if you squint.

Shepard has saved her crew and the galaxy more than once, and the crew of the Normandy think it's about time they did something for her in return, after all, she hasn't had a proper birthday in over two years. Crew Team shenanigans. Fill for KMeme.

The day she leaves is the day his heart breaks. These are the days after. Spans from the end of FFXIII to the start of FFXIII-2.

Hope's learning some hard lessons. Set after game. Major spoilers for the entire game. Note: This work contains violent and disturbing themes. Hope-centric. Gen.

Soldier boys and flower girls make pretty tales, but that's all they are to a mother's eye.

Gangsters, magic, & moonshine abounds as one man makes a deal with a high-spirited girl who just might be his ticket out of New York. She turns his precarious world on its head, and the secrets they are both hiding threaten to change their lives forever.

Jeff and Annie decide they can be friends, no sexual-tension strings attached. It works. For a while. Loosely based on the movie "When Harry Met Sally." Jeff/Annie.

One-shot. The reason why Cloud has all his memories in Duodecim, and Sephiroth doesn't.

Somewhere between flying and falling, Kain and Lightning find a moment of peace. A one shot about storms, and the moments wrapped within them. Pseudo-angsty character fic, taking place at about the same time as all those "in-war" reports.

Everyone knows that Shepard and Kaidan are in a relationship... too bad they didn't get the memo.

It was a time in her life where no one was who they seemed, not even her.

"Fourteen was yesterday," he said, but she didn't understand. Not then. Five years, five birthdays, and of growing up. — Hope & Lightning, HopeLight, HopeRai

A witch struggles to conform in a society that restricts her. A wizard thinks he has nothing to offer anyone but his duty and, ultimately, his life. An SS/HG Regency Tale. As AU as you get. M for later chapters.

There are 10 contradictions that form the gravity Ichigo must defy to reach her. [IchiRuki]

*Minor Post-Game Spoilers* Before when he asked her, he was just a kid. Three years later Hope is eighteen and has a question to ask Lightning. This time maybe the answer has changed. I suck at summaries

AU:Lightning comes out of crystalstasis in the middle of a revived conflict with PSICOM, the last l'Cie to wake after the fall of Cocoon. Hope has a five year head-start, but even his expert mechanical skills can't fix the bigger problems of their future.

Lightning doesn't give up; Amodar almost wishes she would. No real spoilers.

The birth of a culinary tradition.

The Command Team of the Normandy SR2 are sick of Joker's pranks. They make up a list of 182 things that Joker is no longer allowed to do.

KH/FFVIII. Squall, Maleficent. He has experience dealing with sorceresses.

Annie falls off the wagon and Jeff tries catch her. Serious!fic, definitely leaning towards shippy.

-SasuSaku- -Complete- It was almost time, Orochimaru was going to take his body as a vessel. He hated being used...he refused to be used. With that thought, he took the kunai in his hand and slashed across his eyes.

Seated around a campfire, the warriors of Cosmos discuss chivalry, love, and plot continuity. Revelations, misunderstandings and emotional blackmail abound. Bonding has never been more unsettling for Cloud.

Post-series. An accident has unexpected ramifications, and Ichigo suddenly faces a new life and a new threat in Soul Society. Living is never as simple as it seems. IchiRuki, complete.

One-shot. After Avalanche tries to blow up the Sector 5 Reactor, Cloud starts getting messages from a mysteriously well-informed stranger on his PHS.

Join Lightning and the cast of Final Fantasy XIII as they communicate through... instant messages? Humor, romance, action, and mystery parody fic!

Cloud has an accident with a Time materia. There are people to save, and for that, some people need to die.

She didn't know how to stop it, or why she should stop it. Hope x Lightning. One-shot.

Here's the thing: she's not with him because it's a good idea, or the best choice. Annie hadn't dumped Vaughn at the last possible moment because Jeff Winger is such a sweet guy who's gonna make the big romantic gestures and take it slow.

"She's pale and quiet when it ends; sits on the Impala's bumper and watches it burn."

Married!fic. Lightning and Hope may not have the same plans for the future. Short and sweet.

The unopened doors lead the way home, if you'd care to look. – American Revo AU

To answer your question, there was someone. FangLightning. AU. [hiatus]

Lightning doesn't mind that Snow and Hope like to playfight. She only wishes they wouldn't do it next to the adamantoise.

The only method of transportation on Gran Pulse was to walk... or by Chocobos. Lightning's just the smallest bit reluctant to let Hope ride on the Chocobos on Gran Pulse. The rest of the team disagrees.

Rumours abound: the Omega 4 relay has been used, and signs lead to Shepard being involved somehow. Someone has to investigate, and who better than one of Shepard's former crew? Of course, that's just the start of strange goings-on.

Aeipathy - a continued passion; an unyielding disease. The Doctor tries everything. 11/Amy, pre-Pandorica.

Prompt response: 5x10 Abandon All Hope AU. It's Sam who goes back for Dean, not Jo, and Sam who thus suffers the consequences.

Women warriors always get the job done. Valkyrie Shepard is no exception, even if her feelings sometimes get in the way. Follows the Mass Effect 1 plot with some biotic & Shenko liberties. Bioware owns all. This is PART 1 of the tale of 'Valkyrie' Shepard

In which Usui lets the chips fall.

Lightning and Fang talks about Hope, and how Lightning found his company more than bearable. HxL F

In an alternate universe where the First Contact War never ended, Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian meet on the battlefield-as enemies. But destiny will not be denied... Garrus/FemShep, AU. 2 chapters. First story of a series.

He's fourteen -- almost fifteen! -- and five feet tall. She's twenty-one and towers seven inches above him. He's decided to confess the day they stand equally. Until then, he's got seven inches taller to grow. Post-game, slight AU, minor minor spoilers.

Hope proves he's not just a kid and the games he plays, are deadly.

After the loss of his mentor, Zack decides to uninstall the training room's last virtual copy of Angeal as a way of trying to move on. Only, it's not as easy as he had hoped it would be...

One day on Gran Pulse, Hope gets sick. Snow and Light care for him and end up making plans for the future. No pairings. Just a bit of fluff.

Whenever she looked him, he'd always have a cigarette stuck in his mouth. It was entirely his fault that she was now jealous of inanimate objects for spending more time with his lips than she, his girlfriend, did. /Tasuku x Teru, fluff one-shot/

Hope knew the risks when he decided to follow Lightning, that didn't mean he was prepared. No pairings

There are many post-Horizon Shenko fics. This is mine.

Weeks later, Hope still experiences nightmares of the Purge. Lightning tries to help.

Lightning tries to comfort a distressed Hope. Oneshot, minor spoilers.

It's a long five years and things change. 'The End' coda, Dean/Castiel

“She needed someone that needed her right back. And you just needed a reason to grow up.” - Complete

So when the Winchesters aren't looking, Castiel keeps running into the devil. Five times Lucifer caught up with Cas and five conversations we hope never happened. missing scenes post 5x10

Post-Movie. Layla gets Will, and everything is perfect. Except that it's not.

Lilith knows she shouldn't, but she -hates- Commander Shepard.

-Shunsui x Chad- He was the first to break him. He will be the last.

KakaSaku. War is coming to Konoha and Sakura is far from home, uncertain of her future. But one thing is for sure, Sakura will protect her unborn child at all costs, whether it be from Konoha's enemies... or from its own father.

-Dean x Castiel- A gift from an angel is lovely beyond compare.

Amelia Novak and Castiel grapple with the concept of atonement. Ch. 3. "What happened between us didn't feel like sin." "What did it feel like?" His eyes light up. "Redemption."

Bad movies and sentimental bonding; no one can resist Zack and his ideas. Oneshot, sidestory to Eir's Tomorrow.

The curse of a third son: ever grasping for treasures beyond his reach. A story of ambition and family. A story of twisted Doctor Cid.

Freedom was a long way from this place. He couldn’t remember what fresh air tasted like. -- oneshot

Up from the ashes of seventh year grow the roses of the eighth. Eight students return for their final year at Hogwarts, and Hermione Granger would never have thought Draco Malfoy would or could be one of those roses. DMHG, EWE Dramione Awards winner

Castiel tries to deliver a message at three in the morning and there is much confusion.

Five years after "the end" in an ending where Balthier and Fran do NOT send word of their survival, Ashe is forced onto the marriage market. Larsa Solidor is coerced into presenting himself and brings with him a mysterious judge magistrate. Balthier/Ashe

Crisis Core. Even after the events at Nibelheim, there are still missions to be done.

We each grieve in our own way. Post-Virmire. FemShepard, Shepard x Alenko.

There are regs for a reason. Pre-Virmire. FemShepard, hints of Shepard x Alenko.

Given the choice, Dean would gladly watch the world burn. Dark!Fic. Dean/Castiel.

It was Chora's Den with its Asari dancers that started it. Kaidan/Shepard, slash. Yuletide 2008 story for Sidrin.

Actions speak louder than words, but without a voice, can the words inside you speak louder than those actions? A tale of unexpected friendship, struggle, love, and everything that goes with it. AerithSeph. Post Meteor, started before AC.

An interlude in the mess in the dark hours after Virmire: Kaidan, Shepard, and survivor's guilt.

IchiRuki AU taking place during the latter half of 19th century Japan. The events transpiring from the crossing of paths in between a Russian soldier Ichigo and a tribal Japanese witch Rukia. Inspired by the "Knight and Witch" fanart by peca.

Ashley Williams on Virmire.

ONE SHOT. DM&HG. MATURE. It's the last night of school, and Hermione Granger has something to prove.

Explorations, variations and off-camera moments from the main storyline. Shenko, multiple character POVs.

Snape lives and marries Hermione.—MLC with a twist turns into AU-sequel of DH with new dangers, old secrets, and much more.—Virtual penny dreadful. Many short episodes with adventure, romance, a dash of hurt/comfort, and a sprinkling of horror.

YY A hardened Yuugi brings home a man he's met at a hotel, a man who has achieved the amazing task of getting Yuugi's attention. With a troubled home life and Atemu's past a mystery, Yuugi may have more to deal with than he bargained for. -Complete-

When Detective Rukia Kuchiki finds her brothers body in the slums she vows to find his killer, but when the murders continue she is forced to work with a Detective who can push all of her buttons. Will they find the killer or end up killing one other? IR

Yuna goes to Bevelle. What she finds there is not what she had expected. [BxY]

A Spira that's slightly more mundane than the one we're used to - in this Spira, Auron manages a crappy chain sandwich shop and deals with his obnoxious employees. A goofy AU with appearances from the usual suspects. Rated T for language.

AeriSeph. Rated for Language, Violence, and Adult Themes. The afterlife is not as it should be. What should have been a gift, has become a burden. When one is alone, even paradise can become a prison. ON HOLD. Unlikely to be updated.

Orihime, Ishida. How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back. Orihime comes home, only to find that she hasn't.

SS/HG. Post-Deathly Hallows. Severus Snape survives, only to find himself entangled in an enchantment he never expected. COMPLETE.

When Ino met her dream boy, it was on a bus to New York, and it took her several hours to learn his name and stop calling him 'Pinapple Head'. Sakura, on the other hand, literally ran into hers and got cake all over his shirt. Nice.

At the end of his life, it's time for Ichigo to become a real shinigami, but with death comes unexpected challenges—not the least of which is that presented by seeing Rukia again for the first time in years.

One person can change your life forever.

AU: Ichigo and Uryuu get caught up in a range war on the American frontier and the wild west will never be the same. IchigoRukia, OrihimeUryuu: Story completed.

A challenge issued by the BalthierAshe LJ community was to make Balthier a vampire. So well, I guess I kind of did, kind of didn't. Borderline crackfic? Probably. Amusing? Hopefully! BalthierAshe. Spoilers through Archades.

A chronicle of the year following the events of Charon's Gift.

Auron is a hard man in a hard world. He has a job to do and he can't let anyone or anything get in his way. Can anyone bring light back into his dark world? Now aurikku. Follows the game, but pretty AU now.

In the end, Ichigo breaks. Rukia tries to pick up the pieces. Loss, sacrifice and forgiveness all bear a price. Set after the Winter War. RukiaxIchigo

Because, technically, the first love letter that Solo wrote to Organa was blackmail. UPDATED. NO, SERIOUSLY.

DeanJo set a little bit in the future. Dean's broken and Jo just wants to help.

[KakaSaku] Sakura knew why Tsunade didn’t want a virgin on this mission. Things might get out of hand. Acts might be carried out too far. She was glad Kakashi was accompanying her, but right then she wouldn’t have minded the entire population of Konoha.

[Goofy x Aerith]

Aerith reminds Leon of Her sometimes.

Vegnagun is gone and with all her friends separating to different paths, Rikku desides to suck it up and work for her father. She never expected she'd have to work on her loose emotions with a desk job. And the reason is a cocky machine leader.

‘Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.’ Voldemort’s second rise to power and a part in Shakespeare’s infamous Scottish Play make this fitting for Hermione – especially when she discovers a darker side to Draco Malfoy. PreHBP

Nothing can cure Yuffie's aversion to ships, but for once that doesn't seem to be the only thing that needs healing.

Post-FFX-2, perfect ending, spoilers. Dreams can be more complicated than they seem. So are happy endings.

Leia weaves her fingers into his hair as she has wanted to a million times. ‘Stay’ she thinks but nothing comes out.

Discontinued

Tasked by Mother to bring the last remaining Cetra to heel, Sephiroth finds himself conflicted at almost every turn by the woman he's been taught to view as the enemy. AeriSeph.

it's finally time to let go. [postgame, complete]