Who was Bane before the mask? Condemned to life in the Pit, a young journalist finds refuge with a man born in the darkness. Faced with the brutal realities of life in hell on Earth, every day becomes a battle as her protector fights to ascend the prison's ranks, endangering the lives of those he cares about in the process and taking his first steps down a devastating path.

When Itachi finds a baby, the Akatsuki become her family. Will the group of feared S-class criminals be able to handle such a small child? When she meets the younger brother of her most important person, will she be able to choose sides?

The snake-nin recruited many orphaned children to create his army and Zaku Abumi was the only one who refused. Six years later, Zaku is living in Kohona when the Chuunin Exams roll by. The snake-nin sees the brat after all that time and this angers him. No one refuses Orochimaru.

Fireman Marco has earned the nickname 'the Phoenix' by saving numerous people from a certain death. After an accident however, he has to relearn to walk and gets a new job as arson inspector at a different fire station. There he gets confronted with a boy from his past, now all grown up and gorgeous. MarcoAce version of the Fire Universe. Image by Picmurasaki

In 1522, Monkey D. Luffy puts an end to Arlong's nefarious ambitions of conquering East Blue. Aki Sinagra, a headstrong fishfolk warrior, can't let this slide, and sets out in a quest across the world to find the young captain and claim vengeance. But it doesn't take long for that quest to lead to unexpected places - places neither Aki nor anyone else could have ever predicted.

In which Paulie meets someone new - to him, not to the readers - and falls head over heels in love. One-shot, quite short. Set in the future. No spoilers beyond Water 7 arc.

At the end of chapter 3. What happened to Red when she was swallowed by the witch? A little RedNovember, just because.