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[Ficlet] Ao Haru Ride: Tomorrow's Wish

Fandom: Ao Haru Ride
Characters: Tanaka Youichi, Murao Shuuko
Rating/Status: PG / 439 words, complete
Summary: In time, Youichi knows, she will move on and remember this as just a silly crush she once had as a teenage girl.

Author's Note: Because I'm rather curious about where Sakisaka plans to go with this whole Murao and Tanaka-sensei thing. Inspired by manga chapter 11.5, featuring the side story of Murao and Tanaka-sensei, so expect spoilers for that.

Written for my Ao Haru Ride claim at

24_times, #23 - In time. Table index here. In conjunction with

500themes, #490 - When tomorrows run out.

( Tomorrow's Wish )

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[Ficlet] Naruto: Nara Men

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Nara Yoshino, Shikamaru/Temari
Rating/Status: G / 207 words, complete
Summary: This day may have arrived sooner than she originally thought, but Yoshino couldn't have said she was all that surprised.

Author's Note: Originally written back in 2010, during my bout of run-on sentences phase. I had left it lying around because I kept wondering if I should expand on it further. Reading it again recently, I realized that there really isn't much I want to add, so I'm posting it as is, with a bit of clean-up.

Applicable prompts:

500themes, #364 - Bless the union.

( Nara Men )

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[Art Fic] Naruto: Shikamaru & Asuma

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Nara Shikamaru, Sarutobi Asuma
Rating/Words: G / 93 words for fanart

Author's Note: There's something about this picture that seems sad in a surreal way, maybe it's the colors or the expressions on Shikamaru's and Asuma's face - either way, I obviously went and twisted things around again. I'm beginning to wonder if my "art fics" are ever going to be straightforward. ^^;

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( Shikamaru still sees Asuma... )

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[Art Fic] Naruto: Kurenai & Asuma

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Yuuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma
Rating/Words: G / 66 words for fanart

Author's Note: This picture is so beautiful - and sad, because well, Asuma. 'Nuff said. I couldn't resist writing a few words for it. Looking at the picture just makes me think of "after Asuma is gone" more than "while he is still alive" so I ended up with this.

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( Kurenai remembers Asuma... )

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[Vignette] Naruto: Shades of Hero

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Uzumaki Naruto
Rating/Status: G / 176 words, complete
Summary: Naruto had always wanted to be a hero. But not this way.

Author's Note: Also an old piece I found lying around my folder of Naruto drafts. One of these days, I'll write something new. I'm sure of it. :P This one was actually part of a series of short pieces based on the theme of "Heroes" but I only wrote about four and never went on with it. I'll probably post the other three eventually (Orochimaru, Sakura, and Tsunade). This one is Naruto.

Applicable prompts:

500themes, #143 - Of blood and honor.

( Shades of Hero )

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[Drabble] Naruto: Bluntly Sane

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Mitarashi Anko
Rating/Status: G / 100 words, complete
Timeline: Shortly after manga ch.328, Shippuuden anime ep.80, spoilers for events around then.
Summary: Anko prefers her blunt brand of support.

Author's Note: While digging through my huge folder of unfinished Naruto drafts, I unearthed a weird one about Anko and the way of shinobi that I don't even remember writing. No wonder too, because it was a horrible 2000+ words of convoluted crap. So I dove in, trying to see if I can salvage anything, but only ended up saving one line - which eventually grew into this drabble. :P

( Bluntly Sane )

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[Drabble] Naruto: The Mirror of Erised

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Hatake Kakashi, Team 7
Rating/Status: G / 100 words, complete
Summary: Kakashi remembers too much, too little, and forgets why he has never passed a team.

Author's Note: An old piece sitting around my computer that I either post now or end up forever fiddling with. :p Notes regarding the title at the end of the fic.

Applicable prompts:

500themes, #205 - Memory of a dream.

( The Mirror of Erised )

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[Vignette] Naruto: Residue of Control

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Gaara
Rating/Status: G / 214 words, complete
Timeline: After manga ch.281/vol.31-32, several months after.
Summary: Gaara remembers too well.

Author's Note: For

naruto_contest, theme: Control. I'm kind of dissatisfied with the way this came out. :\ I envisioned it being, well... better.

( Residue of Control )

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[Ficlet] Naruto: Destiny Freely Chosen

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Hyuuga Neji
Rating/Status: PG / 265 words, complete
Timeline: Undefined future, no spoilers
Summary: There was a time when Neji had openly cursed his destiny. He hoped now that it wasn't what people would remember.

Author's Note: Originally written for

naruto100's "Abandonment" challenge, with a bonus for rain, but I never got around to posting it by the deadline for various reasons. Honestly though, I'm not sure where this came from. I never really thought I'd write a Neji, death fic. Just goes to show you never know what I may end up writing. :p

( Destiny Freely Chosen )

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[One-shot] Naruto: Paths of Deaths

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Haruno Sakura, Hatake Kakashi
Rating/Status: PG / 499 words, complete
Timeline: Future fic, probably 2-3 years after The Strongest
Summary: They left her behind, and she finds herself living the lives of the dead.

Author's Notes: A stand-alone sequel-ish thing in the same universe as The Strongest, though I didn't originally intend to write anything of the sort. Somehow, my brain started brewing a ton of "Where Sakura Goes From Here" type of scenes. A couple of them morphed into Terribly Monstrous Things, none of which I'm able to tackle at the moment... so I compromised with this, to shut my brain up. It may or may not eventually serve as backstory to one of the aforementioned Terribly Monstrous Things, but I suppose it's irrelevant anyway as this stands on its own.

( Paths of Deaths )

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[Vignette] Naruto: A Worth Beyond

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Kankurou, Gaara
Rating/Status: G / 100, complete
Timeline: After manga ch.281/vol.31-32
Summary: Kankurou notices Gaara sitting by the window a lot more lately.

Author's Note: Drabble written for

naruto100's "No Longer" challenge, with bonuses for window and two Sand sibs. Been wanting to participate in one of the challenges there for a while now, and thought I'd finally give it a go. My first try at writing a fic with an exact 100 words count.

( A Worth Beyond )

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[One-shot] Naruto: The Strongest

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Haruno Sakura, Team 7
Rating/Status: PG/PG-13 for blood / 404 words, complete
Timeline: Future fic for confrontation between Team 7. No spoilers.
Summary: Sakura became the strongest just for them and for this moment, but sometimes even that isn't enough.

Author's Notes: This was completely inspired from reading the latest Naruto manga chapters 305-306, but there are no spoilers. It's a future snapshot so it's purely made up. Finished within 15 minutes... but it's angst so it takes me faster to write. :p The style makes it kind of choppy though, and it's also the first time I wrote something using present tense. I might build around it later?

( The Strongest )

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[One-shot] Naruto: Knickers

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru/Temari
Rating/Status: PG-13 for language and implications / 431 words, complete
Timeline: Open for anytime when they're older. No spoilers.
Summary: She was worried about her hair, only to find that her knickers had betrayed her.

Author's Notes: So I wrote two ShikaTema drabbles with absolutely no dialogue only to end up writing one with just dialogue this time around. *_* One of these days, I'll get around to finding a balance between the two. :p Written for

dialogue_500's prompt #12 The Accident, which is to write a conversation revolving around something important having been destroyed/damaged by a character. Possible OOC though I hope it isn't too bad for a weird fic like this. ^^;

( Knickers )

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[Vignette] Naruto: Defining Moments

Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Shikamaru/Temari
Rating/Status: G / 325 words, complete
Timeline: Open for anytime after the Sasuke retrieval arc (around manga ch.238+). No spoilers.
Summary: Somehow, Temari had become a defining presence in his life.

Author's Notes: My first attempt at a Naruto fic- and there's no other way to start than with my beloved ShikaTema! Written all in one short sitting for character study purposes and for exploring the relationship between Shikamaru and Temari before I try to tackle something longer. I'm not very good at drabbles so I figured this would be a good way to practice and also to get my feel of this pairing.

( Defining Moments )