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

The Knight Lautrec has stumbled upon a terrible realization: Lordran is being cycled over and over endlessly by a stream of 'Chosen' heroes. Now he's intent on finding a way to put an end to the madness, and is enlisting the aid of Quelana, Mother of Pyromancy, Patches the Hyena, and others to resolve this eternal conflict - and break the cycle. Cover Art by 'AskCiaran' on Tumblr.

It began so simply. The 11th Division lost their barracks, and decided to move next door to bunk with the 10th Division. Surely such an ordinary beginning couldn't draw the entire Soul Society down into an ever-escalating spiral of chaos. Right?

President Mustang, Rebecca and Ross travel to Xing on a dimplomatic mission. Gen. Post-manga.

Have I ever told you how much I admire you? Have I ever told you that I think you are stronger than me? Can you even imagine how much I love you? — Ishida, Sado, Orihime, Rukia, Ichigo and a Comedy Of Errors. Spoilers for chapter 423.

One boy and one shinigami never meet. The lives of Uryuu, Orihime, Renji, Byakuya, and most of all, Ichigo and Rukia. IchiRuki. One-shot.

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.

Endless Eight. Trapped in eternity, Yuki Nagato's sanity is slowly crumbling-and the only thing that can save her is a promise.

If she lets him get too far away, she'll lose him. If he lets her in too close, he'll be skewered. Their best bet is somewhere in the middle ground. Shino. Tenten. Rated for violence and some language.

Riza Hawkeye, before. RoyRiza.

Morinth muses on Omega, a special sort of prey and the nature of firsts. ME2 Spoilers. One-shot. Complete.

NaruHina For Naruto, time was always of the essence, especially when he knew everything that would come to pass and only had a certain amount of time to change it all. WILL NOT BE CONTINUED.

For three years the ninja of Konoha and their allies have fought a losing battle. When Konoha becomes so short handed that Shikamaru must train a Genin squad no one could have predicted the effect he and his team would have on the war. ShikaTema

They shack up together, him and Juliet, and soon he memorizes the way her footsteps sound against the floor.

When Calvin finally sorts out his feelings for Susie, his timing is not great.

Son and brother, genius and killer. This is Itachi's story, from cradle to manhood, a descent into darkness with a mind so terribly clear it redefines the borders of madness. Power at any price, strength at any cost...

"If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice." The Joker shuffles the deck and makes himself anew with every card.

It was to be expected, really. Robots did not last forever, even if the humans thought them to be immortal. Drabbly.

Sometimes the good guys don't win against unstoppable odds. Yuffie Kisaragi and the last stand: before Traverse Town, there was the Planet, and before Sora, there was AVALANCHE.

Sometimes the prey evolves, or at least learns how to issue restraining orders. Metafic.

When she accepted the graveyard shift of border patrol, Temari expected to find nothing but snakes and scorpions nestled between the dunes of dark sand. Amongst them, the last thing she expected to find was a missing nin out for a midnight prayer.

[AU] An attack on a young Naruto leaves his mind completely shattered, causing him to become semi autistic. However, while he may have lost something very important, he may also have gained something which may well outweigh the cost...

The bond between two brothers cannot easily be cut, and only Sasuke and Itachi have ever succeeded. Sasuke doesn't love Itachi—he hates him, and Itachi knows this. [Gen. ItachiSasuke.]

Legs crushed and ethos shattered, Gaara stagnates in the hospital at Konoha, hovering over the abyss. A character study. Finished.

Zabuza & Sakura. Ten years later, and she doesn't even remember his name. He was her past. He was her nothing. And now he is her responsibility.

Elizabeth and Norrington. Three ways the story could have gone. Spoilers for At World's End.

She is not helpless. She will never be helpless again.

It was incredibly rare to find a person so pathetic and deprived of love and affection that they’d turn to someone like him for comfort. Love, Zetsu realized, and humanity’s selfish desire for it, had bestowed him with a sense of normalcy.

Ichigo doesn't make it in time to save Rukia from execution, and after Byakuya watches his sister die, he slowly breaks under the weight of the promise he has broken and the memories that remain. AU, Byakuyacentric.

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see. Ibiki/Anko.

"Want me to buy you another hooker?" - In which adulthood is unsimple. Naruto/Ino, slight Kiba/Sakura.

Sequel to Winds of Change, and the final story in the Anakin's Saga Series.

A Commander is judged for heresy, a soldier is honored for heroism, a Prophet weaves his own designs, and a darker will listens silently, biding its time as it lurks in the shadows of the Forerunners' legacy. A novelization of Halo 2.

There is no perfect love story. But he tells her, whimsical and smiling, they would have what happily ever after there exists because this is easy as lovers go. Or something like that.

Darkfic, Tifa pov. 'What was left except pools and pools and pools of crimson in the dark...' Tifa's upset and Vincent didn't make it to Traverse Town. FF7KH verse.

A history of grief. Koh

Drabble 33: Best Laid Plans. Hidan asks questions. He gets answers. He hates his job. Spoilers for current chapter 329. Addicted to crack? Need a quick fix? Supplying you with pure, sweet crack since 1889.

Who is Renji to refuse the bride on her wedding day? IchigoRukia. Renji POV. Angst.

It is the nature of mortality to race ahead like a runaway train, but some things never change. Ichigo x Rukia.

Can you hear it? The hooves are beating.

Prequel to Fall of the Sith. 300 years before TPM, and shortly before becoming a staple on the Jedi Council, Yoda is a very different Jedi. While visiting his home world, a strange experience in the Force leads him on a quest that could cost him his soul.

Her grandfather is dying and there is no such place as Amestris.

Ichigo escapes the Visoreds in his fullblown Hollow form and Rukia fights him. Winner of the Spring 2006 IchiRuki contest on livejournal.

Mace Windu makes a critical decision in the Chancellor's Office that changes the outcome of the entire SW saga. Note: This story starts from a point in Matthew Stover's RotS novelization and borrows heavily, at times, from the text in that book.

Regrets, broken promises, and the names of the dead.

After the attack on Karakura by the Arrancar, Ichigo has some hard thinking to do. Rukia isn't helping.

KoTOR: Eight months on from the fall of the Star Forge the expected peace has not come to the Republic. The news of Revan's return has become a source of schism and conflict within the galaxy, and Revan himself has his own demons to face.

Sasuke's return to Konoha, and everything that comes after it. Some people have changed more than they wanted or deserved to. Vaguely AU. B.Y.O.Subtext

Every chapter brings twentytwo quick, random glimpses into the world of Naruto. Sometimes poignant, sometimes utterly insane...

He’s been playing the name game for as long as he can remember. She of all people should understand that. SawyerKate.

No man creates himself in isolation, and no mother intends her child to be a monster. A story of the Yagami family.

An AU where Ichimaru Gin is innocent, and other people aren't. Spoilers for the Soul Society arc.

Tell me a story, boy, tell me a story: 20 facts about Chad

Konoha's going to war, undermanned or not. [On serious hiatus please see author profile for details and apologies.]

Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader short story. Some bonds are never broken. TESB, SOTE, ROTJ. COMPLETE.

Luke Skywalker awakens from a nightmare only to discover that the real nightmare is only just beginning. Ten stories written between 1989 and 2004 and ROTJ turns out a little different... Dark Luke. Note - Given the time scales in which Penumbra was written it is solely based on what we knew from the Original Trilogy. No PT or EU.

Based on Lacewood's Excessive Chain. Specifically, it speculates on these lines: This night, he doesn't dream. When he wakes, the window is open and his room is too empty, and there's a dent in the bed beside him where someone small could have slept.

And now imagine that the beach is on an island. Boone lives. Sorta.

Rukia is broken, Ichigo is lost. Not all happy endings are so simple. [Post SS AU, spoilers up to chapter 178]

For Kakashi, time is a spectrum…with life and death as mere spectators. Beware spoilers, surrealism, and swearing.

[Part 1: Naruto-centric, spoilers upto chapter 244, AU] The mission to retrieve Sasuke goes horribly, horribly right.

Life as chess. The pieces set. Breda recalls how he became Roy´s. Breda-centric. Spoilers for the whole manga.

What Charlie saw on the other side of death is coming back to haunt him. Based on spoilers for "Homecoming," mixed with my own speculation. Dark fic.

Because, sometimes, good intentions alone aren't enough to save your galaxy or your friends or your dreams ... or your soul. [Dark LM AU]

Spoilers up to ch.238. Connected moments of various characters at various times. A thousand ways to express something, and still not be understood.

[AU; post-Chuunin exams; Sakura-centric; oneshot] She cuts her hair at twelve. At thirty-five it's long again. But there is a long way between twelve and thirty-five.

Calvin is all grown up... how has the passage of time affected him and those around him? My first nonStar Wars fic!

An old friend brings Vader the means for his own salvation.

Good isn't stronger than evil it just has better luck. Ten years after the Battle of Endor goes wrong, Han Solo finds something and someone he thought was lost forever. Angsty HL AU.

Multichapter fic, Kabuto character study. Spoilers. The colors of various masks and the way they contribute to the single individual who wears them. Finished.

Everyone's identity is fragmented. Everyone needs a mirror, a reflection, to complete themselves. Except vampires don't have reflections. (Or, more prosaically: Angel thinks.)

Sequel to Children of Circumstance. Early days of the fall... Anakin's path after he is secretly married and returns to the Temple. Second story in the Anakin's Saga series.

Survival and loss, dealing, adaption. Anticipation and dread -- Those Hidden in the Leaves, sitting on the edge of no tomorrow.

The universe is infinite and everything you can imagine is real. TsunadeJiraiya, except when it's not.

Xander considers the astronomical event of Mars passing and its impact on his life. Takes place three months after ‘Chosen.’ Character study, slight AU, stand-alone story. COMPLETE.

Sometimes scars tell more than you'd like to admit.

A story about Anakin, his love and his path. First story in the Anakin's Saga series.

The padawan and the Senator find that it is very difficult to be in love when everyone is watching and a shadowy figure is pulling strings....