Now Complete! Severus Snape is not a kind man, but Hermione Granger is past caring. She wants his approval and will do anything to get it. How far will she go? Even she has no concept of the depths to which she will fall in her quest.

Severus Snape has been dead for years, at least that's what the wizarding community believes. What happens when recently widowed Hermione Granger runs into him and ruins everything he cleverly constructed for himself? HG/SS eventually, M for later.

When Penelo cheats death for both herself and Basch after a fall into the underground, a curious bond is forged. The events set in motion by their plight would be another three years in coming and only an unfulfilled promise away. Penelo/Basch

LEMON. Hiei returns to Mukuro at the castle to report to her, but things take a different turn as their nightly games begin. Focuses on their relation together. Please let me know what you think.