Without a word, Ulquiorra Schiffer led an apprehensive Orihime Inoue to a room where she would now be spending most of her hours. Everything about this man was cold; his words were short, and his expression was inanimate...

A prince struggles to change his destiny. An unforgiving waterbender tries to see past the betrayal. Fate has decreed them to be enemies from the start but the heart cares not for the laws of the universe. AU ZUTARA starting from the Boiling Rock.

They've survived the war. He's gained a heart. Now Ulquiorra and Orihime get to face their most interesting challenge yet: living together. A series of drabbles and interrelated one-shots in which shenanigans ensue.

Please consult my profile to read the remaining chapters of Empress & Concubine, thank you!

Ulquiorra claims he feels nothing. Orihime calls his bluff. Ulquihime; birthday fic for Masayume85. One-shot.

Because if Aizen-sama indeed ordered Ulquiorra to kill her, he wouldn't enjoy it. Implied UlquiorraOrihime.

They met like this often. But when he finally returned, something changed. He held her just like he had never allowed himself to before. YUFFENTINE - may become multi-chaptered.

And in that rain of fire, Sakura's anger crumbles away to reveal the broken girl...in which Sakura learns what it means to be strong— NaruSaku

When Naruto's father met his mother, his only impression was that a village out there must have been missing its idiot. Minato/Kushina.

Ulquiorra's P.O.V. - He spent so much time questioning her actions that he almost forgot to question his own.

-Ulquiorra x Orihime- On Christmas Eve, Orihime contemplates the snow and those who will never see it.

No one was born with a heart; you live and look for it. — Ulquiorra x Orihime. One-shot.

What she had set in motion could not be reversed. Somehow, she had gone from being an inconvenient speck on the edge of his existence to a presence he did not know how to ignore. And in truth, he did not want to ignore her. Ulquiorra x Orihime.

He had no wish to step on ants, only to be the killer of giants.

The darkness was closing in over her, inch by inch. Sort of Ulquiorra x Orihime.

Ulquiorra and Orihime's first snow day together. Told from Ulquiorra's perspective. Submission for the 2009/2010 Winterfest contest over in the ulqui hime comm at livejournal.

Dark, short fic. UlquiHime fluff. Just an ordinary day for the prisoner when her food is delivered to her cell, she gets curious . . .

She wishes he could be the Lindworm prince, so that she could peel away layer by layer of taut black skin, chip away ridge by ridge of his dragonesque helmet, until she found the white of the shinigamified Ulquiorra by morning.

For once, Yuffie thinks things through and Vincent worries. VincentYuffie fluff. Oneshot.

Yuffie is more attentive than you might think. Written for ff exchange on livejournal. Yuffie/Vincent Yuffentine

See, the thing about Vincent is, he's like emo on a stick. Yuffentine.

Ulquiorra discovers the way to a woman's heart. Humor. Crack. Oneshot, complete.

Trouble really was her middle name. It was just too bad that it didn‘t help when deciding whether or not to give up on Vincent Valentine. VincentYuffie, rating for language and violence.

Underneath the mistletoe, she was his parasite. Somehow, her lips just weren’t the same. — MarleneDenzel; Nominated for The Genesis Awards as Best Drabble Category of 2010!

UlquiHime. ***Spoilers*** Don't read if you're not up-to-date with the Manga.

He fell into a fountain, was publicly humiliated, couldn't breathe through his nose, puked hell knows how many times, had to swallow the most disgusting substance on the planet, and endured Ahiru straddling his lap. Yes, Fakir had a fever. FxA Fluff

What is a heart? If I rip open your chest, will I see it? If I crack open your skull, will I find it there?

There must be something freeing about completely disregarding logic, for he has never met anyone so free and as illogical as Yuffie. Yuffentine.

OrihimeUlquiorra : When you try to carry too much, everything ends up falling apart.

Usagi doesn’t like looking Seiya in the eyes. :SeiyaXUsagi, fluffy, one-shot:

The well was supposed to be stable. It was supposed to send her to Inuyasha. And it failed. Now, Kagome's even farther into the past and she must depend on a young Sesshoumaru, who has no idea of what their shared future holds. But neither does Kagome.

Because despite the fine poetry in the world, the ballads written and jewelry bought, it all boils down to infatuation. FakirxAhiru

Orihime and Ulquiorra, circa chapter 262. A brief meditation on the nature of hatred.

Vincent finds himself in a Junon jail cell with Yuffie and a very hungry man. Their bail is up in the range of around nine digits or so, and no salvation is in sight. What happened? -Winner of Humor Category for 2008 Genesis Awards-

I drabble, you drabble, we all drabble. But Orihime and Ulquiorra drabble a LOT.

Galian Beast. Death Gigas. Hellmasker. They aren't human, but maybe they aren't evil, either. Yuffie thinks.

She would always remember the first time she heard him laugh. Mild Yuffentine, mainly VY friendship. Winner of Genesis Award - Best Humor.

IchiRuki, OneShot: Rukia wonders how it ever came to this for her and Ichigo. The barriers between them were far too big to over come: in love with a man she can never have, because he's of the living, and she's of the dead.

[Spoilers up to Chapter 262][Oneshot. AU.] Ulquiorra's orders had been simple enough: Take care of the human, do not let her escape. But it seemed that keeping Inoue Orihime alive demanded something more than mere words and straightforward execution.

[Post DoC] Redemption, check. Promises made, broken, check. Living life with someone by your side, work in progress. [Yuffentine, Sequel to Serendipity] ON HIATUS!

[Post AC, Pre DoC] There are times when even the lone gunman needs help putting himself together again. [Yuffentine]

After the rebuilding of Kinmoku, Seiya decides to follow his heart by returning to Earth and Usagi.

50 Themes: They are broken and remade by the tides of the Lifestream, but the still shots linger in their memories past all resolution. Updated often, Yuffentine, mostly one shots with drabbles sprinkled in.

She does not know the meaning of sin, and he refuses to be the one who teaches her, although it gets more difficult the longer she stays. Yuffentine.

Vincent, meet Marlene.

AU: Oneshot. An alternate ending to Naruto. The Heavens describe the Garden a peaceful paradise. The Hells describe the Garden a baneful prison. In here... which is it?

Kagome, now in college, discovers the tale of Sesshomaru and Rin. Grief can be a prison, but the bonds of love are not easily broken. What is the truth behind fairytales? [SessKag] [COMPLETE]

Valentine's Day brings burnt fingers, a lot of swearing, and the scent of linden flowers to Edge, where Yuffie struggles to make a certain gunman smile. Yuffentine, oneshot

When Vincent Valentine was a child, he had always been told that four was an unlucky number.

An ExTurk, a teenage ninja, a rainy day. What's to be done when your roomate won't let you nap?

A moderately fluffy Seiya and Usagi story. Usagi's seventeenth birthday may be destined to bring about some very interesting changes. Look who's come back to visit her! (Seemingly eternal WIP) Chapter 8 has arrived!

Hey, Odango! Your Seiya-sama has arrived!

Fakir takes some time for introspection on a misty morning.

Yuffie Kisaragi gets into trouble, and her whole life changes when she is maimed. Sentenced to death in a matter of months, the only person she can rely on is Vincent Valentine. Finished.

Time may not heal all wounds, but Vincent finds that it does enable one to look back at the past. . .and find something to smile about.

The eve of his father's death finds Rufus Shinra dry eyed. . .and slightly insane, as he ponders the price of a tear.

A poem about a scary thought...Hojo triumphant