Title: Possessiveness
Fandom: Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!
Characters/Pairings: slight Kanou/Yukimura, Usui, implied Usui/Misaki
Rating: PG?

( Possessiveness )

Title: In the Wake Of...
Fandom: Monochrome Factor (anime-verse)
Characters/Pairings: Akira, Shirogane
Quote: "And all that guilt will make you wilt like a flower stuck in sand."
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Monochrome Factor.
Summary: Post-series slightly angsty Akira.

( It felt unnatural to not be pulled aside several times a day by individuals who pointed out that talking to oneself was the first sign of insanity, and did he need a reference to a good doctor? )

Here comes a demonstration of why I haven't been writing a whole lot of Keith/Nadja lately. Why is this here, you ask? Isn't this story Keith/Nadja, you ask? Why yes, it is. I'm still the die-hard Keith/Nadja lover I was five years ago. I just have a tendency to muddy the waters a bit more before I let them clear as of late... And with that, I retreat for the time being! *dives off journal, ducking the torrent of tomatoes that are chucked at her*

( Apparently, Francis took my lack of response as assent, because he caught me by the shoulders and pressed his lips to mine. )

More quotes! Hooray! And this time, in Hana-Kimi form.

Title: A Place of Peace and Quiet
Fandom: Hana-Kimi (manga-verse, unfortunately)
Characters/Pairings: Julia, Umeda/Akiha
Quote: "Did I just say that out loud?"
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Hana-Kimi.
Summary: Sometimes, the antics of Julia's best friend and her classmates frustrated her to no end. On one such occasion, Julia chose to seek out a quiet place.

( Nurse's offices were good. Nurse's offices were quiet. Nurse's offices contained the school nurse, who was nice, compassionate and quiet. )

At long last! A Rosemary-centric Nadja fic!!

Title: In a Forgotten Attic
Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Characters/Pairings: Rosemary
Quote: "Losing himself in his addiction."
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable form Ashita no Nadja.
Summary: First she retured because she wanted to know what the eery light was. But then she couldn't stop herself returning again. And again, and again.

( Contrary to what she would say later, when Rosemary had first been brought to the Gonzales manor to work, she hadn't expected much. )

More quote-based stuff! This is set during the amnesia arc.

Title: Unquestioned Ambiguities
Fandom: Scrapped Princess
Characters/Pairngs: Shannon, Pamela, Fulle (light Shannon/Pacifica)
Quote: "The Earth spins and turns its way, hiding you day by day."
Disclaimer: I own nothing Scrapped Princess related.
Summary: Shannon and Pacifica were brother and sister, and yet not. But all that really mattered was that in Pacifica's absence, Shannon was nothing.

( Shannon Casull was never more lifeless than in the absence of Pacifica Casull. )

And yet another quote-based story.

Title: Letting Go
Fandom: Utawarerumono
Characters/Pairings: Eruru (Eruru/Hakuoro implied)
Quote: "If you loved me, why did you let me go?"
Disclaimer: I own nothing Utawarerumono-related.
Summary: Sometimes, the decisions we make haunt us, no matter how hard we try not to let them. This was how it was for Eruru.

( At some point, Eruru had grown just as attached to Hakuoro as Aruru was—possibly more, because in Aruru, he was simply replacing the fading form of their father in her young memory. In Eruru, he had grown to be an irreplaceable force in her life that supported her, whom she supported in turn, who was her everything. )

Another quote-based one. A bit obscure in relation to the quote, but...

Title: From One Day to the Next
Fandom: Victorian Romance Emma
Pairings/Characters: Emma, Madame Stowner, a bit of Mr. Jones (implied Emma/William Jones)
Quote: "Because we were poor we also had a tomorrow"
Disclaimer: I own nothing Emma-related.
Summary: Emma's childhood was rough. But in retrospect, it taught her to appreciate everything she had.

(  She was only living for the sake of living, and the thought that she might starve to death one day didn't matter very much, so long as she died trying not to. )

New fandom! A bit strange, I guess, but I thought I'd try. This is something new—one of a bunch that I'm doing that are quote-based.

Title: Knowledge
Fandom: Real Fake Princess
Quote:"We're all equal in the face of what we're most afraid of"
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Real Fake Princess. And I'm probably slaughtering Chinese culture and history too—my apologies in advance.
Summary: When her uncle leaves her baffled with an offhand comment, a girl wonders about the origin of her parents. But there's more to the story than she can ever know.

( Her father said it was the principle of the thing; her uncle told her that the knowledge could prove useful someday. But quite frankly, she didn't see how. )

Lo and behold: finally, an update!

( Suddenly, I was the one put on the spot. I vaguely recalled that I'd come down here to lecture him and tried to remember why Keith had thought it was a good idea to expose himself. I found I didn't really know. )

Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Title: When Masks Fall Off
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Characters/Parings: Keith/Nadja, Francis/Maryann
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG just for the heck of it.
Summary: At long last, everything falls into place, and the story is concluded.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Ashita no Nadja.

( Nadja proceeded to overcome her obstacles to meeting her mother—primarily her uncle and grandfather—and meanwhile, unbeknownst to Nadja, Keith and Francis defeated their own demons together by means of an argument, also aided by Nadja's singing voice. )

And this is why I don't do romance. (<- actually does way too much romance for her own good) Ugh, the cheesiness!

A lot shorter than usual, I know...and I'm definitely not overly proud of this one. Also, I could be messing with the timeline, since I've got no earthly idea when Chris's birthday really is.

Fandom: Charmed
Title: Chris's Charmed Christmas
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Characters/Pairings: Piper, Paige, Phoebe, Chris, Santa Claus.
Genre: Humor/light crack
Summary: Chris conspires (again) to make his parents sleep together so that they can conceive him. Unfortunately, he misunderstood the spell.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Charmed.

( Chris's Charmed Christmas )

A challenge I did with a friend: pick a fandom, any fandom, then play your music system on random. Listen to ten songs, write one drabble per song, based on the song. The catch? You only have as long as the song is playing to write. No re-dos, no extentions, no loopholes.

As it happens, I actually download whatever I can get my hands on, so my music collection isn't exactly composed of stuff familiar to me. Anyway, the Japanese songs and Frosty the Snowman were the only ones I really knew. I also knew Amongst the Ruins, but that has no lyrics, and I knew Nachle, but that's in Hindi and I don't understand it. So...I kinda winged it.

Fandom: Utawarerumono
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Disclaimer: I own nothing from Utawarerumono.


Title: Amongst the Ruins
Song: Amongst the Ruins, by Delerium
Characters/Parings: Hakuoro, Eruru, slight Hakuoro/Eruru
Summary: After his first transformation into a God, Hakuoro despairs in his lack of understanding of the world around him, or even who and what he is.

( He looked around at the dead bodies that surrounded him. was this how it was meant to be? )


Title: Time
Song: The White Winds/The White Boad (First View), by Andreas Vollenweider
Characters/Parings: Eruru
Summary: All things must come to an end, good or bad.

( It was kind of scary, really. )


Title: Dancing
Song: Fat Man & Dancing Girl, by Suzanne Vega
Characters/Parings: Karura
Summary: One thing very few people knew about Karura: she loved to dance.

( She had been through slavery, and had survived it with her attitude. )


Title: We Change
Song: Lazy, by 上原あずみ (Azumi Uehara)
Characters/Parings: Sakuya and Kuya
Summary: Sakuya looks after the new, changed Kuya.

( Kuya had changed. )


Title: Evil Snowmen
Song: Frosty the Snowman, by The Roaches Sisters
Characters/Parings: Aruru, Mukkuru, Kamyu, Eruru
Summary: In which Aruru and Mukkuru are introduced to snow...and snowmen.

( The first time Aruru saw snow, she was ever so slightly baffled by the concept. )


Title: Return of the King
Song: Nachle (Reprise), by Sunidhi Chauhan
Characters/Parings: Hakuoro/Eruru, Karura, Touka, Oboro, Benawi, etc.
Summary: Post series, Hakuoro returns.

( The kingdom had thought their king was lost, and though he refused to regain the throne, the people couldn't have been happier to have their wise leader back among them. )


Title: Of Generals and Soldiers
Song: 2 the Night, by Ottmar Liebert
Characters/Parings: Kurou/Benawi
Summary: Light Kurou/Benawi. I think that pretty much sums it up.

( Fighting had always been an obligation; a duty...until he met Benawi. )


Title: Running
Song: Running, by No Doubt
Characters/Parings: Aruru/Mukkuru platonic (obviously)
Summary: Aruru and Mukkuru love to run together.

( They were an inseparable pair, and well renound—probably because it was quite a sight, seeing a little girl riding a man-eating tiger.  )


Title: Bitterness
Song: Bitter, by Nine Days
Characters/Parings: Touka, Oboro
Summary: Following the epic of Touka and her broken doll, she discovers that bitterness is something quite beyond her capabilities.

( Touka was never bitter, but what what Oboro had done to her left her free to feel bitter if she wanted to, in her mind. )


Title: Dependent
Song: Glory—君がいるから—(—Because You're Here—), by 上原多香子 (Takako Uehara)
Characters/Parings: Hakuoro/Eruru
Summary: Fluff. Yeah, that pretty much covers it.

( Dependency was a heavy burden, to say the least. )

...So...I lied. I couldn't finish it in this chapter. Francis/Maryann went haywire, though Keith/Nadja's pretty much established now.

Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Title: When Masks Fall Off
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Characters/Parings: Nadja, Francis, Keith and Maryann, and every possible het pairing among those four.
Genre: Family/Romance/Humor
Rating: PG for messed up relationships
Summary: Just as the chapter titles say: when arguments form doubt and misunderstandings go haywire. A.K.A. I take episodes 44 and 45 and make them even messier than they already are.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Ashita no Nadja.

( I'm so sorry, Francis. I guess I was so used to having no family but the people from the orphanage that I just...mistook my feelings for you for something else. )

I know, I know, it's a total rip off, long yet not quite as long as it could have been, skips over everything that isn't Keith/Nadja... But on the bright side, Keith's self-sacrificing self brought us to a Keith/Nadja spectrum again, so yay for that! I'll bet I can finish it up in one more chapter! ...Though I'm not looking forward to watching episode 44 to write that chapter. It always makes me laugh hysterically when Keith and Francis start up their little fight, and that kinda makes me feel bad. I wonder if I'm emotionally retarded? That would explain a lot.

Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Title: When Masks Fall Off
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Characters/Parings: Keith/Nadja, and a tiny bit of Troupe Dandelion, Rosemary, Herman, Rosso, and Bianco.
Genre: Angst/General/Romance
Rating: PG-13 for torture and blood, I suppose.
Summary: Essentially chapters 36 and 37 just as they are, but with a few added twists of my own for my personal convenience.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Ashita no Nadja.

( Really, there had to be something wrong with the fact that Nadja could identify Keith by nothing more than his touch. )

...And now this one was extremely long. And extremely Nadja/Francis. In fact, I think Keith might've given up on Nadja at the end of the chapter. Oh dear. How do I fix this?

Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Title: When Masks Fall Off
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Characters/Pairings: Light Francis/Nadja, onesided Keith/Nadja, onesided Maryann/Francis
Genre: Angst/light romance
Rating: PG
Summary: Francis finally re-enters the picture.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Ashita no Nadja.

( Whether it had happened willingly or not, she had no secrets from Keith. With Francis...she felt as though she had promised herself to him and then promptly run off with the first man to cross her path. )

Just in case you didn't notice, the chapter title is formatted thus: [Chapter a.b: xxxxxxxxx]. [a] is the chapter number, [b] is the episode number being rewritten, and xxxxxxxxx varies. For the first chapter, it was the episode title, For this one, I didn't really think that would fit, so I made up a chapter title.

Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Title: When Masks Fall Off
Characters/Pairings: Nadja, Keith, hints of Francis/Nadja, and a blatant beginning to Keith/Nadja.
Genre: Humor/Romance
Rating: PG-13 for some light swearing and issues of dubious consent (in kissing. But to Nadja, it's a big deal).
Summary: When Nadja slapped him, his mask fell from his face and revealed to her a secret that ripped her perfect world to shreds.
Disclaimer: I own nothing from Nadja.

( They stared each other down for a few moments, and Nadja knew that he knew that she knew exactly who he was—and that at that particular moment, she would rather die than admit it. )

I give you...another chaptered Nadja fic!

Fandom: Ashita no Nadja
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Title: When Masks Fall Off
Characters/Pairings: Nadja, Keith, Nadja/Francis
Genre: Humor/Angst
Rating: PG
Summary: When Nadja slapped him, his mask fell from his face and revealed to her a secret that ripped her perfect world to shreds.
Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with or recognizable from Nadja.

( This is my face. There was no stealing of any sort involved. And before you move on to the copying theory, I was born first, so if you must insist that there was any face-copying involved, you have my wholehearted permission to take it up with Francis. )

In which I actually try to write a fanfic of Disney.

Fandom: Swan Princess
Author: Omoi Shigemura
Title: We Are So Lost
Characters/Pairings: Brom, Derek, Odette, and hints of future Derek/Odette
Rating: G
Summary: Brom thought that girls were weak and helpless. Brom thought that he was obligated to pretend to be someone he wasn't to be the Prince's friend. Brom thought that Derek and Odette would never get married. He was wrong—on all counts.
Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with or recognizable from Swan Princess.

( What kind of girl was brave, anyway? That was a man's place! )

Title: Window Cleaner Trauma
Fandom: Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHolic, Horitsuba verse.
Genre: Humor/Romance?
Rating: PG-13 for implications galore.
Words: 1562
Warnings: Sexual implications. Trauma of a teenager who heard too much.
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, xxxHolic, or Horitsuba Gakuen/Holitsuba Academy.

( Kurogane did not forget to turn around towards the slack-jawed students to snap, “Five laps! Now!” before turning all his attention to attacking Fay. )

And that was my first attempt at my beloved KuroFai...and I think I've damaged it, somehow. *sniffle* Syaoran-torture is so much fun when it's written well... Oh well.