...isn't hard to master. And Bruce has had practice.

Damian was waiting in the penthouse, all expectant expression and confrontational stance. Dick closed the door behind him and let himself be confronted. "You didn't get expelled," he announced. This was, unsurprisingly, not greeted with relief. (In our house there are many legacies.)

you've made a lasting impression

Because the most satisfying way to kill Yato is to let him die alone. One-shot.

"Hey, Batman. No sudden movements, huh?"

It happens again. A bright shot of agony, arcing down your back. It's worse this time, stronger. You gasp. Your skin glows with pain. A quick check on Yukine's mind reveals he's far from asleep. No, he's awake, all right, and thinking of— Oh, no. No, no, no. In other words, Yato begins to suspect Yukine is in lust with him. This is both painful and problematic. Oneshot.

I don't hate you, but I don't love you, either. There is no room in my heart for either.

Silly rhymes in honor of a serious twelve-year-old.

Twenty truths about Ginoza Nobuchika, and a little bit more. Spoilers for episode 21.

Moments in Damian's life as he got to know Dickie, and came to love him. Even if he would never admit it. T for language.

Damian catches a disease from Dick. (Spoiler Alert: The disease is empathy.)

Sometimes, Eric is so much like an actual dog that it scares them; One-shot.

St. Nicholas is coming, the children say. St. Nicholas is kind, and generous, and watchful. St. Nicholas keeps two lists of names, and every name, in all the world, is written upon them. The idea captures Jack's imagination: that his name, too, might be there among the others.

Ja'far nags Sinbad to take a wife, as per usual.

Barry can break the sound barrier in the blink of an eye but when Wally tries all he breaks is a sweat. (Wally centric with birdflash if you squint.)

A fight in Gotham leads to Robin and the Joker both getting caught in the Zeta beam. Only Robin shows up at Mount Justice, and that's quite clearly the end of the Joker. ...Right?

It had started as a joke, contingency plans made for various hypothetical circumstances, but then the world falls under mind-control, their mentors turning against them, and those rules made up in jest become something to survive by.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was unassuming. Resourceful. Surprisingly adaptive. And his hyper-intuition hasn't been wrong yet. Regardless, he didn't need that indication of doom to know that Reborn was the harbinger of utter chaos. WIP

The two of them had grown to tolerate each other to the point that it could be called friendship. Almost. Thanksgiving exchange fic for Reidluver.

Okita puts Kagura up for prostitution, and Shinpachi bullies Gintoki into doing something about it.

In which Arthur totally gets into Merlin's pants. Take it as you will.

A challenge was given, a game was played, and a victor was made.

Shion is a vision in white sheets and lamplight, lit up in an amber kerosene glow, and he looks young. Nezumi and Shion - a quiet moment. T.

The time has finally come for Naruto and Sasuke's final battle...well, almost. First comes Naruto's appeals to stop trying to kill everyone, Sasuke's blatant rejection of facts he doesn't like, and a bit too much fondness for arguing from them both.

A few jounin sensei walked into a bar. It sort of became a habit.

Five times Robin gave his friends a near-heart attack due to his acrobatics, and he had no idea what the heck they were getting so worked up about. Because we all know he's an aerialist, a performer, and also an adrenaline junkie.

Lambo has lived his life in the wrong order. But sometimes, it's okay.

It was like pulling teeth just getting a few words from Red. A few words were still better than nothing.

...That they'd never tell anyone about themselves on pain of death. Because God forbid people start getting the impression that they're all CRAZY or something...

He finds that internal reflection is not entirely helpful.

Maybe it was the blood loss, but it didn't seem like Rapunzel was enthusiastic about Eugene's idea of happily ever after.

Today's lessons for the Yorozuya trio: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, don't count your chickens before they're hatched, and be careful when life seems too good to be true, because it might be a sign that everything is soon going to go very, very badly.

No matter what it takes, Tenten keeps her promises. -Collection of Tenten one-shots- 5: Lady In Red - Tenten wears white as a warning.

Save the ones you can.

-Ichigo x Tatsuki- She hates being left out of the loop.

99% of the time, Sherlock can't be bothered to proofread his texts. / / "Luckily I've learned how to translate your bizarre AutoCorrect mishaps, Sherlock. Anyone else might've been alarmed if you asked them to look at the 'new fetus' in the kitchen."

Sometimes, she feels like she's been working in teahouses her whole life.

One shot. First-person narrative. The "pokemon world" shown from an alternate perspective. Realism and dark content.

They say that when the Aurors came for Sirius Black he was laughing ...

If Oz closes his eyes and ignores reality, those lost years aren't quite so lost. They're still there, waiting to be recovered, waiting to be found again. - Oz, Alice, Raven/Gilbert

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie" -Shakespeare. I have NO idea where this came from. Mello cannot seem to beat Near. Matt and Mello friendship. No Yaoi. Short Oneshot. Minor Language. Constructive criticism is welcome.

Sherlock thinks it's all a bit of a nuisance, John is having the time of his life, and Mycroft is Not Impressed. With anything, but mostly his minions' inability to provide a good cup of tea.

Or how SK is actually the product of severely bored high schoolers who needed to BS an assignment. "What if we all existed in an alternate universe? And instead of being boring students, we were something cool...like shamans?" Ren snorted. "Yeah, right."

Monday and the new Noon. Takes place after the events of the first book.

Jin is a minimalist. He keeps only what he needs. One shot. Mugen/Jin/Fuu friendship.

There just has to be a reason why Natsu acts so dense. ONESHOT.

Summer heat makes people a little crazy. Karin goes overboard when she tries to find out if Toushirou is really as frosty as he looks.

He catches them in a jar. It's easy to forget how fragile she really is.

Nobody ever appreciated his magic, not really, sometimes he wondered why he even bothered.

Tsuna dreams. His dreams are filled with his Guardians, and his Guardians have always been killers. When he wakes up, he will die.

When you're done conquering Japan, you'll leave for America. And on, and on, you will keep on winning until you conquer the world. Ryoma, is tennis fun for you?

Graduation is coming up. Woe is Gokudera. Yamamoto is an idiot. Hibari leaves the school.

Both of the Kuchiki siblings have tendencies towards insomnia. Pre-manga.

A curious Gokudera and Yamamoto try to use the Ten Year Bazooka on Tsuna. After some improvisation they succeed, and are blown away by what they see.

Rangiku found herself nursing a glass of sake, and she knew exactly why. "Sorry." He had been smiling, but not really.

Byakuran has eliminated the Vongola in countless worlds, countless times.

Tsuna would like to remind everyone that he has seven Guardians, thank you very much.

After Umbridge invades the DA and brings Harry to the Headmaster's office to be punished, he finds that the name at the top of the incriminating parchment wasn't 'Dumbledore' Army' but 'Dolores' Angels.' Only one thing to do then: Impersonate a fan club.

Yumichika likes to imagine that Ikkaku's spiritual pressure is delicious. Bitter and spicy, heady and strong. 16 mini-fics matched to songs.

Ciel gets creative, his cruelty knowing no bounds. Little drabble.

The first rifle he holds is stripped of its bullets. — ColoLal.

It's amazing the things you discover when people think you aren't paying attention.

Fifty run-on sentences about Gintoki and Katsura getting lost on the road of life because they didn't stop to ask for directions. Or maybe because Katsura is a horrible driver and they can only get so far on Gintoki's scooter. Something like that.

Their ties are loose. — VongolaGuardians.

Living with failure was never part of the plan.

MaixNaru Mai knows there are a lot of theories. She's familiar enough with Murphy's Law. But Naru's back from London, she's working for him again and beginning to think she's developed an aversion to her boss, a little like polarity. He pushes, she pulls.

And in that instant Snape hated Harry Potter for being all James and no Lily. Until he saw those eyes ... A series of one-shots on Snape's conflicted feelings towards the son of Lily Evans and James Potter. NOT HARRY/SNAPE ROMANCE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM

MaixNaru A one-shot documenting Mai and Naru's relationship over time as Mai struggles to grasp her abilities. All the while, Madoka pushes the limits of what's safe and acceptable and Lin, ever the guardian watches over the trainwreck that is S.P.R.

He cursed her under his breath. The witch had run off somewhere when he wasn't looking. She had gone and hid or something. She was playing with him, teasing him, and trying to add more to his debt, no doubt. Zo/Na Can be read a friendship story.

Naruto is hurt that Sasuke didn't tell him about Itachi...or did he? Sasuke insists he talks about it all the time but Naruto hears too many sob stories to keep them all straight, Itachi tries to catch up with Sasuke and Kisame just wants to kill someone.

There could be only one explanation for why Zoro kept on dreaming about Nami: she was obviously brainwashing his subconscious. — ZoroNami

In which the Third Hokage, the three Sannin, and the Yellow Flash decide on the Fourth Hokage by means of 'not its', addressing a series of hypothetical situations, and seeing who's brave enough to put on Tsunade's cursed necklace.

*SPOILERS* Sometimes, Mizuki will feel a hand on her head when nobody is around.

The three shinobi vices: women, money, booze. The three Legendary Sannin: Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru. Oneshot.

Relationships between the Vongola members are not unnoticed at Namimori Middle. Nonromantic, but slight friendship. My last fic, so reads would be loved.

Ann Cassandra. “Happy birthday,” she says, at the same time he asks, “Would you marry me?” — BekkuBanjou

It's tough being the new guy in Division One. There's so much you need to know...

For Keely. The thing about a message in a bottle is that you don’t have to expect a reply. — ErzaJeral

Sasuke went to Orochimaru. Naruto to Jiraiya. Sakura to Tsunade. The ANBU demand the Hound return to the shadows. one-shot

The funny thing is that is doesn’t matter, they still can’t get it right. — ErzaJeral, AU

When they were at school, Squalo still had yet to learn about deference. He still does. No pairings- we really need more stories about these two.

We all have our masks. GrayxLucy if you squint.

Six things the Varia won't tell you. Chapters alternate between dark/light, rated T for language.

Everybody has their bad habits.

[Non yaoi. Crack plot.] Horio and handcuffs. This can’t be good.

A heist in prose. Yes, you read that right. Kami-sama, I must be insane.

Conversation piece. "You mean to tell me Shinichi's been stealing for four years!"

Run Gray, run!

After a heist, Kid has a conversation with a very unusual person. Related to "The Beating of His Wings," "The Road Not Taken" and others.

There is a demon putting him to sleep, Ciel thinks every night.

Sneaky Sanji knows Nami better than she knows herself...

Her choices are to call attention to everything or ignore it all. And Haruhi finds ignorance easier. Host Club/Haruhi. Written for ouran contest's "dance" prompt.

Light needs coffee, damn it.

Marui Bunta's just a weird boyfriend. Sequel to Bubblegum. MaruiOC.

That night she'll go home drunk and happy and laughing, and another story will be waiting for her to be written down.

It had been a really freaking long mission. Gai. Lee. Neji. Tenten.

In which four people are stuck in a closet. Lucy fumes, Loki leers, Natsu sets things on fire, and Gray just wishes someone would kiss Lucy so they could all get out. Oh, and Happy is an evil genius. That too.

In which Shinichi discovers the perils of betting against one Hattori Heiji.

There are several totally innocent and plausible reasons for why Natsu's taking Lucy's shirt off. Take your pick. — LucyNatsu

I'm not stupid. I'm six. Naruto. Sasuke. Sakura. Rated for reference to violence

Luffy in hungry, Nami is pissed, Zoro and Sanji are still fighting, and Usopp has reportedly slept with a thousand mermaids. I mean, a million.

Ten years is enough time to forget about the people you once loved. But he refused to move on; he didn't want to start over. Perhaps, with just one more hello, he wouldn't have to.

Drabble. Hitsugaya did not appreciate bribery especially when Kurosaki was the one attempting it. Silliness.

All Raven was trying to do was work on her hand to hand combat. She didn't expect Speedy to suddenly become a part of her training schedule.

Eiji had just a little too much sugar for breakfast. Now he's on a sugar rush, and he's having a hard time shutting up. DREAM PAIR

Apparently, the magazine industry knew Lucy was dating Natsu before Lucy did. — LucyNatsu

Lucy is by far the cutest girl he knows, and Gray is deeply suspicious. — GrayLucy

Sometimes, Shinichi swore, God had a personal vendetta against him. Then something like this would happen to make him question whether he might be a little too hasty with his condemnations against the Almighty.

Nami discovers that sometimes you have to get things done in a roundabout manner. ZoNa-ish. Vaguely. T for some language and situations.

Mitsukuni is very good at math. He knows what the outcome will be. Host Club/Haruhi

My name is Marianna Anastasia Rinslet Ysabell Summer Underground Empress. But you can call me Mary Sue.

The life of L Lawliet, in eight hugs.

Yachiru wants to know what grown-ups do when they're in love. Hilarity ensues! Oneshot.

One hundred stories for the Conan cast. —Meeting at Midnight: How did all of these people get into my bedroom?—

Matt's mother wanted to name him Christine.

Through the eyes of the shinigami, he saw Mihael Keehl, 502209. But what did he see through the eyes of a parent?

Of grimy mirrors, new scars, and counterfeit Czechs.

She had always wanted to be a ballerina for as long as she could remember. -- A journey through the human life of one of our beloved Cullen vampires. Lapses into the end of Twilight at the end.

Deciding to take Rosalie's advice and remain human, Bella learns to cope with her decision and the everyday reminder of what she could have been... One-shot Edward/Bella

Rukia still finds time to visit Ichigo while he's away at college. She also still finds new ways to turn his life upside down. He wouldn't have it any other way.

As the title says. Be warned: utter nonsense ahead.

Could anyone possibly be happy over something pink and flowery? Could a male possibly be happy over that? The answer was simple. Yes, eventually. Inspired by AirDNA's When He Was Young.

HitsuIchi "You need a HUG." "No, Kurosaki, I do not." Ichigo is given a mission. Oddly enough, it is not to hug Hitsugaya. Crack, slight slash.

Rangiku had never asked Gin where he was going, but a dream and a chance encounter convince him that the answer is more important than his life.

Hitsugaya doesn't like ice cream. Ichigo doesn't get it.

The memories flit through his brain like smoke, but the melody of the guitar tried to cling to him. Spanish Romance, it's called.

Mello and Matt in an alley in L.A. They fly out in two days. Matt has a cigarette. Mello has cynicism. Can't imagine why.

Kal Snyder finds something odd in Mello's backpack. Takes place sometime during the time skip.

He is Ukitake. He is the person everyone comes to when they need a shoulder to lean on, ear to pour grievances into. He is the unofficial counselor of the Gotei 13 and he knows it. Hitsugaya Toshiro stood no chance whatsoever.

"Male. White suit. White hat. White cape. Monocle on the right eye. Good magician. Better thief. Possibly carrying a big, shiny ruby that has the ability to transport people to different dimensions. Have you seen him?"

Higuchi encounters Yako in a cafe and offers to treat her, an offer he'll soon come to reget. VERY light HiguchixYako.

November 11 is no good with strays. November 11 x Hei

Fic of the film, not the book. Prop and Riccio have a discussion about who Hornet might fancy. Set after the moment in the film when Hornet has just been saved by Ida and Bo is with his aunt. Slight Hornet/Prosper.

Hitsugaya Centric. Innocence has been forgotten for war, but war has never been forgotten for innocence. Slightly dark.

A somewhat dark oneshot, not related to anything I've done. Conan has very little he can control... but he has this.

Ichigo's perspective on rescuing Rukia and her decision to stay in Soul Society.

A ruthless killer and a witch. Angst. Kaiora. Namixas. Roxiri. Namora. Oneshot.

Come over here, with me, and look out this window. Let me spin you a tale that I haven't spun in a while. I think you'll find it interesting. It's about a mysterious man. He went by Artemis Fowl. Are you listening carefully?

Artemis has been playing the piano since before he can remember. His family hails him as a virtuoso. Artemis thinks he's a fraud. Oneshot.

Third in the Supernatural series, follows Psychopompos and No Such Thing. Kaito takes a quick detour through the afterlife...

Every day has its own color, and its own tremor.

Al knows his brother, he's just not so sure about Ed.

It doesn't really make sense for a Rightful Heir to not want to be a Rightful Heir, and try to be anyway, Suzy thinks, and Noon's not being too helpful on explaining why it does. Plotless but not altogether pointless.

He's been alone most of his life, there's a few things he has to have learned to do for himself by this point... There's a very little bit of swearing, but other than that, it's Gen all the way. Oneshot, complete.

Hei cooks and Huang wonders about getting old.

[Drabble] An ordinary, typical day for Captain Hitsugaya...Only not really where everyone else was clearly insane.

I blame it all entirely on that day. Well, at least, it all started on that day. That day that changed everything between us. Oh well, I guess I had better explain the whole story. RyoSaku

They didn't realize that things changed over time. That mistake will cost them. [T for character death.]

A voluntary sacrifice of a pawn in the opening with the idea of gaining the initiative. She meant nothing to him. [ArtemisOFC, Artemiscentric, angst, character death and implied character suicide]

Conversations told between two Sannin and the students, and how the past exists to teach. One shot.

Nakamori Himeko only ever saw Kaitou Kid twice. Please get your hankies ready. First in the Supernatural Series.

Following on from where the profiles left off, this is what happened afterwards... as our boys each get a view of Cade. Now with actual plot!

She is much more than a mere girlbut she is still only sixteen.

He tucked the cig into the corner of his mouth, inhaling steadily as if he were in love. Oneshot. Rooftop conversational piece between Mello and Matt

Are you threatening me? That's child abuse! You're my student, I could string you up in the trees and it's not child abuse, take the dango. Oh, the joys of teaching...[OroAnko]

A series of psychologicalpersonality profiles of our boys... with guest shrink Cade Maboroshi!

Usopp and Luffy have a discussion about why Sanji is the way he is.

A poem... pas de deux for detective and thief.

What goes through the Sleeping Detective's head when he can't sleep?

Hakuba Saguru has nightmares sometimes.

[Team Seven][Oneshot] 'So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.' Sakura and fairy tales, and memories and faith and angst, except when it's not.

The twins teach Haruhi a new phrase in French. Naturally, this results in Tamaki freaking out. [Sort of HaruhixTwins, but not really.]

Ryoma’s eyes narrowed. “Stop being nice,” he instructed, voice flat.[Vaguely RyoSaku][Oneshot]

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.

They've amassed quite a few names over the years. But in the end, they are Team Gai. Oneshot, 20truths

Many of Naruto's friends have wondered about IT, but only Naruto knows the truth... [mild Naruto crack, gen]

Matt had the theoretically useless knowledge that he’d do anything, now. Whatever. Mattcentric speculation.

Even before he met team seven, Kakashi knew. Drabble

[Hitachiin genfic] Kaoru accepts the inevitable. Hikaru overreacts. Kaoru underreacts. It's just a few rooms down, after all.

Three traitors, three other ways things could have gone.

A Hinata and Hanabi fiction, exploring the bitter and twisted relationship between the two sisters.

Eiji started it. [Oneshot, gen. Merry Christmas!]

These things didn't happen to Team 7, but one should have.

Going Merry. It must have been one happy ship.

Some things are worth the pain. [Himiko & Ban gen]

Oneshot. When you find a dying man on the side of the road, you don't want to look, but can you look away? Shino.

If Ibiki sits at one table by the teashop entrance, face in shadow but turned so he can see every person walking down the street...well, that's just doing research. [Oneshot]

Deception. Seduction. Assassination. Espionage. It’s an intricate game, and the smallest misstep could mean death at best, civil war at worst. But don’t worry. They're kunoichi, and they're good at what they do. Tsunade.Sakura.Hinata.Tenten.Ino.Temari

It is a very well hidden legend of the Seigaku Tennis Team... guess who hasn't heard of it?

Gai does his laundry and reflects on his new students: Neji, TenTen, and Lee.

Take one anime series of Get backers, add a child's teasing song... result, this ficlet. Be warned: non yaoi, no plot, no sense. :

One-shot. "They do not know that she has a pistol concealed at the small of her back and another strapped to her thigh." Royai.

One-shot. Christmas on the front lines in Ishbal - and Hawkeye has been working on a secret project. Strong Royai hints. Enjoy guys, and merry Roymas!

One-shot. Hawkeye accompanies a young Mustang to his National Alchemist Exam, where he is tempted by a sophisticated Central woman. Is this the beginning, or the end, of a relationship between Roy and Riza? 1st place winner in the Animaritime Fanfiction Contest.

One-shot. He's looking for the perfect gift.

One-shot. Private Roy Mustang has his eye on a certain female squadronmate. Private Hawkeye has no obvious weaknesses, save one...if Roy can use it to his advantage. Winner of Best Prose in the Anime North Fanfiction Contest.

one-shot; Iruka does not believe in vengeance. He does believe in forgiveness. Forgiveness has its extremities. For example, Iruka is too young to be a father, especially to a hooligan like Naruto. …But somehow, he fits the bill just fine.

She thought it was too hard, that she could never love him. Then she found out how wrong she was. InoShikamaru, as requested.

Like all good boys, Itachi writes home occasionally.

[Ryoma x Sakuno. Non yaoi.] We all know it’s gonna happen. This is just my take.

What motivated Ron to learn chess? Acid pops of course! ...Well, they were involved anyway.