Kaoru is a geisha in a war torn city. She is taken by a red-headed samurai and is forced to become his slave. Does this pretty geisha have what it takes to stand up to the demon she loves? Will Kenshin be able to keep his distance? AU KK

"If Satan's door stood between humanity and extinction, Delta was the only squad with big enough boots to kick it down, and everyone knew it." The war's over and Delta's been pushed into the working world, where the fight for civilization has just begun.

What could have happened between Lily and Severus if he had said the right thing outside the Gryffindor Common Room. This story is AU. Everything you recognize belongs to JKR everything else is me. Rating is for violence, language and some adult content.

AU after the Sasuke Retrieval Arc. Inocentric. Shikamaru didn’t choose her for the mission because she was weak. Furious at him, and at herself, Ino decided to change that – but sometimes change is a bumpy road to walk.

All these years everyone had it wrong. Only Itachi saw the horrible potential Sasuke had. He saw the murderous intent hidden deep within. And he knew bringing that rage to the surface would be the only way to know if Sasuke could redeem himself. SasuSaku

Youkai preyed on human beings in a time when there were no barriers to separate the races. Hiei's out for blood, Yusuke's out for a good fight, and everyone's fate rests on the relationship between a human girl and a demon. AU / Yusuke x Keiko [Hiatus.]

Suppose the Marauders torture hadn't driven Snape to Voldemort and he had been the better man. What would the future have looked like? Warning: may now contain DH spoilers.

Edward Elric can't get back to his own world, so he tries to make a life for himself in the closest one he can find. Yep a nice quiet life, no military breathing down his neck or monsters trying to live forever, but then a kid in an orange jumpsuit...

What if Naruto had been selected for a different team? What if he'd had a different mentor? Who would guess the consequences would be so large?

Sin. The destroyer that has terrorised Spira for a millennium. Fallen summoner Braska begins the pilgrimage of Yevon in a bid to end Sin's chaos. With his guardian Auron, Braska enlists the aid of a drunkard named Jecht, who claims to be a Blitzball player from the mythical lost city of Zanarkand. Can Braska bring the Eternal Calm? And can Jecht return home to make things right?

When Gambit left Rogue on the shores of Blood Moon Bayou, he slipped a playing card into her hand. More than a conciliatory gesture, it signaled the start of something that carried the understanding: Never bet more than you are willing to lose.

Now complete as of its 30th chapter. Naruto and his teammates, and his mentors, find themselves faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they take it. But time is a fickle thing, and even a ninja can't just jump inside the river of history and change its course. Not without getting swept up in it. Uzumaki Naruto is about to learn that.

Following the Miranda broadwave, there's only one direction for Malcolm Reynolds and his crew to go. Part Nine: Wrath: Cornered on Persephone, River faces both the dark products of the Academy, and her own inner demons. Post-BDM, Series.

"Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects." — GinRan, 100 themes. Traces of other pairings.

The Uchiha clan were known as genius ninja. But all clans have that one black sheep. Meet Uchiha Itachi, a born genius and the laziest ninja you will ever find! Abandoned

[AU] 13 years after Yuna falls in the Final Summoning, a Cult of Sin has arisen, Isaaru must resume his pilgrimage, and Auron must try once again to kill a friend before his time runs out. They'll need all the help they can get from the Crusaders, the Al Bhed, Yuna's surviving guardians and the Crimson Squad to combat a Sin like none before.

Raminas was at his wit's end. His niece needed a husband, whether she wanted one or not. And when Basch fon Ronsenburg strode into the room, he realized the Captain was the perfect candidate. BaschxOC 07.03.17 UNDERGOING MASSIVE REWRITE!

Uchiha Itachi.Missing Nin, Akatsuki member, mass murderer.He has power, and a lot of it.But after an encounter with the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, he begins to wonder what the point of it all is.What good is power if you've no good reason to use it? NaruxYugito

AU - All choices have repercussions. At the time, he hadn't even realized he'd made a choice, but it would change his entire future: for better or for worse. Full game spoilers. -Thanks to Ladynadiad and Trystle for helping with the editing-

The Joker once had a life removed from all this, different from what he'd become. But that life was gone, dead. He wasn't even sure if it had ever been real. That is, until she suddenly appeared, and now everything's become confused.

Luke timetravel fic. When Lorelei sent Luke into an alternate universe to change things, Luke thought there would be nothing that could stop him; after all, he'd lived it before. But his alternate friends still had free will and then there was Gunthrea...

It seems everyone wants something from Eddie...some more than others. Sequel to Twelve Days of Riddler.

Sequel to Bad Touch. CHAPTER 10 up! "Ya poker face don't work on me, Sugah."

As the war rages on, Severus Snape and Lily Evans cross paths once again and find themselves on a dangerous road of love and betrayal that will shape the fate of the Wizarding World. Meanwhile, Regulus struggles to deal with the reality of his choices.

Canon. SasuSaku. Red was the color of passion, womanhood. Pink was the shade of little girls and delicate things. Next to Karin, Sakura felt like a washed-out imitation.

In a world where a nukenin lived and Karma is... unkind, things go astray. Most ninja pray that Karma never has anything to do with them. Ever. Naruto finds out why early in life.

You know, maybe there was a good reason why Naruto didn't learn Hiraishin no Jutsu during the time-skip...

Maito Gai has been assigned to a mission to pose as a nobleman due to their uncanny similarities in appearance. Unfortunately for him, he has been paired with an unfamiliar Kunoichi named Hachi Hani who has been trained in the ancient arts of seduction.

When Mouri Ran returns to Tokyo, Japan, after ten years in America, she learns that a childhood friend has passed away in the interval. Then who is this in the supposedly unoccupied house...? AU/AT, character death, general OOC-ness.

The real reason Seifer Almasy wasn't openly promoted to SeeD status. Post-FFVIII, after Ultimecia's defeat. A take on a Seifer-Quistis fic based loosely on a few elements from the movie "The Departed."

Sequel to Time and Again. Naruto has gone back in time from a war ravaged future and has a chance to set things right, but despite his efforts things seem to be worse rather than better. Akatsuki, Orochimaru, Danzo... some jinchuriki have no luck at all.

Exactly what did Severus Snape do for the brief time he was a Death Eater? Part two of the continuing life story of Severus Snape. Part II ends when Severus becomes a Professor. This installment contains foul language, violence, & sexual situations.

A conspiracy within Konoha leads to a near fatal encounter for Naruto on the night of the Genin Exams. As he copes, his team struggles to work together and live up to the Hokage’s expectations.

Post Winter War. Hisana is reincarnated in Soul Society. Cursed to remember her old life she tries to keep that fact a secret to spare those she loves the pain, despite being assigned to the Sixth Division. All the while a new war threatens Soul Society.

NaruHina For Naruto, time was always of the essence, especially when he knew everything that would come to pass and only had a certain amount of time to change it all. WILL NOT BE CONTINUED.

To be a Vizard is to be a criminal in the eyes of the 46. With Aizen's fall Ichigo is cast out, allowed to escape for his service to the Seireitei. What happens when he sneaks back in? Early angst, starts around Chp4, some language, rating may change

Sarutobi said ANBU was no place for a child, but a brotherhood of killers is more of a family than Naruto ever had. Now, with war looming and intravillage tension threatening his fragile world, even this may not last. Not super!Naruto.

He told her he loves her. And she pretended he did. K/K -to be revised/edited-

AU/AR, mid-Chuunin Exams on. Orochimaru fails to seal the Kyuubi's chakra in the Forest of Death. Naruto interferes with Sasuke's curse mark. And what's wrong with the Hokage? Read and review, please!

Sequel to Shades of Grey. Now that Team 7 has been reunited, the dangers have increased tenfold. War with the other nations looms on the horizon, and the threat of Akatsuki is ever present. Can their fragile bonds hold, or will Team 7 shatter once more? ON HIATUS

InoXShikamaru

Seven hundred years he's waited, sitting on his throne. Now, as his life and strength dwindle, he has finally lost his patience. He seeks the one thing that still remains of his old lover. He seeks his heir... DISCONTINUED

Ino decides to play a prank on Naruto in retaliation for a few misspoken words, which ends in the girl discovering a side of of the young man she never knew existed. WAFFish. Taken over by Agent-G.

Three years after the Yondaime's death, the Hyuuga elders found a way of killing Naruto legally. Hiashi, trying to prevent his clan's political suicide, put in motion the wheels of a plan that will rock Konoha's future. The legend starts here. NaruHina

Something terrible has happened. Seireitei has fallen. The Gotei 13 is in shambles. Aizen is nearing his goals. But worst of all for Toushiro Hitsugaya is Momo Hinamori, who has descended into darkness and evil.

Nero didn't sign up to be interrelated to Sparda's psychotic Wonder Twins. Just his luck: They won't leave him the hell alone. Evil abounds, Vergil raises s'more hell, and Kyrie takes up swearing. Dante just can't believe this crap keeps happening to him.

Salvation from chaos or ashes and dust from the whole of creation? Which will Naruto choose when the world is his playground? He should be careful though - he isn't the only one playing the game.

An heiress of the sacred sword, an avenger of a once great clan, a half-demon bound to a curse, and an exiled priest who has lost his eye to a sin recompensed.In darkest night of a thousand moons, when the most evil soul was brought to Earth,the four meet. ON HIATUS

[AU] A small change can send events spiraling out of control. What if Luke wasn’t Asch’s replica? What if they were really twins? One small change can make everything so different. Enemies, events, and… friends.

Stricken with a rare disease at birth, Kaoru is forced to hide in the darkness until a stranger offers her a chance to touch the sunlight. AU KK. Complete.

Complete. AU from 309 onwards. Following a botched mission, Sakura is made a slave by Sound, a position that could very well alter the future…especially concerning a certain familiar missing-nin. SasuSaku.

Time Travel fic. In a war torn future, in the burning ruins of Konohagakure, Naruto fights Orochimaru and loses as the world collapses around him. From that ending comes a new beginning and a new chance to set things right, if only he can figure out how..

The difference of a second can mean life or death to a shinobi. How would Uzumaki Naruto's life change if such a difference had occurred? Above the red waves, Naruto's path is forever altered.

Why did Auron refuse the hand of the priest's daughter? And what exactly caused the rift between him and Kinoc? Auron's tale, set pre-FFX, of the events that led to Braska's pilgrimage. Auron x O.C.

When an injury leaves Neji without his sight, the Hyuuga prodigy must decide for himself what fate he really bears. COMPLETE

The ancient, time-honoured learned art of seduction was an important rite of passage for kunoichi. This was all very good and well... Ino just really, really wished they could switch partners. Ino/Shikamaru

Sakura knew that Sasuke would hate her when she brought him back to Konoha, but she was willing to let him do so, as long as he came back. She hoped she could save him from his darkness...but more than that, she hoped he could save her from her own.

Naruto was the ideal shinobi, a cold killer twisted by the Kyuubi's demonic whisperings. When he is placed onto a Genin team, new bonds develop. Now this living machine struggles with his dark past and what it means to be human. Now complete.

All Uzuki Yuugao ever wanted to do was to be the best. As an ANBU rookie, she thinks she's finally made it... Until she realizes that the greatest challenge she's ever faced is her captain, Gekkou Hayate. Collaborative fic with Kilerkki

In a fit of hubris, Hiashi forced Hinata to attend the same Academy class as Neji. Having never been in the same class as Naruto, who shall serve as her inspiration to grow stronger? AU Team Gai: Lee, Tenten, Hinata. Gen for now. Surprisingly not crack.

Meet Uzumaki Naruto, the number one prankster ninja. He lives in Konoha...and has a dark secret so large that NOBODY knows, not even Naruto.

Hatred, Anger, Pain, Sorrow. Feelings not uncommon but still felt. These emotions can change the pure hearts of innocent people. Destiny is never set in stone.

What if Sasuke chose a different path? How could he change his destiny, just by one small act of personal weakness? How many lives would be changed for the better, and how many for the worse? [Team7 friendship fic,AU from Ep 33]

After Orochimaru's attack on Konoha, Kakashi's team embarks on a Wave Country mission, risking war with the Mist Ninja. There Naruto and his friends must face Shinkuhana...an assassin's jutsu that brings instant death to both its victim AND its wielder...

The story of the life, and love, which grew between an unlikely couple. Follows Saitou and Tokio from the Genji era through and past the Rurouni Kenshin tale. Rated for: Violence, Language, Adult Themes. (COMPLETE except for epilogue.)