He had grown cynical and just a bit bitter at the world but he'd long ago made peace with the ideals that once made him suffer. He was already satisfied with the existence he had ended up as... yet a certain brown haired master had decided that he deserved far more. So now an earnest wish from someone dear had lead to another chance at life and... maybe at happiness.

A different wish, an alternate path, while vanishing inside the Moon Cell's Core, Hakuno Kishinami wishes for the chance to experience a world of magic. Now the digital magus finds herself in a realm where gods walk among mortals. However, a distant star seeks her annihilation, a Regalia on her finger had split in two, and the blessing of Falna given to her barely functions...

Surviving in the 78th district of South Rukongai was tough. When you were a ten-year-old girl with a baby to take care of, it was even harder. Getting reincarnated as Kuchiki Hisana after dying of cancer was never part of the plan. SI/OC, Pre-Canon

AU reboot of the entire SAO storyline, beginning from the premise that Kayaba Akihiko was obsessed with magic and Norse Mythology rather than swords and pure melee. As a result, he created the Death Game of Alfheim Online rather than the floating castle of Aincrad—a world in which PvP is not a crime, and the nine player races are in competition to escape. **SPOILERS IN REVIEWS**

There is never only one change. There are always many changes. Because one thing will change another. It will affect something more. Ripples through time. Irrelevant to some, disastrous to others. There can never be only one change Emiya Shirou. There will always be consequences.

Femininity is not weakness. Courage does not exist without fear. Hope is lost the moment you stop fighting. A grittier take on the 'girl falls into another world' trope.

The Umbral Star. The Khaos Brigade. A continued Age of Gods. Fellow Servants of the Moon Cell, hear my call! There are enemies to defeat! Alliances to forge! Together we shall protect our Sovereign, and take this unknown world by storm! Post-Fate/Extella. Writing Prompt/Challenge.

Crossover between FSN and Prisma Illya. Magical Girl Illya finds herself in the fifth Holy Grail War and facing her counterpart, the Master of Berserker.

Catalysts. They determine the summoning of Heroic Spirits. The whims of fate in the Fourth Holy Grail War result in a different set of Servants. The Tohsaka family obtains a relic for a hero of India. The Matou summon a hero from Victorian England. The Einzberns get a very different King Arthur. These Servants will alter the destines of those in the Fourth War.

"That which cannot be surrendered-" To win this Chalice, I would give that and more.[–By my sword of promised victory][–I am the bone of my sword][–If the world is destined for even greater chaos][–The power of the King will condemn you to a life of solitude] I have become all Heaven's virtue, covered in all Hades' evil. With this, I am the greater evil. This is my fated ascension.

On the eve of the Great Holy Grail War, Ruler summons a Servant to aid her in duties as mediator. Answering her call, Saber appears. A knight whose ties to the Holy Grail War runs deep. Both set out on their journey, soon realizing that an even greater conflict was on the horizon. Uniting both Red and Black, a battle to save the world begins. This is the tale of a Saint and a King.

Shirou Emiya is expelled from Homurahara Academy after defending Illya, unaware of his actions being puppeteer by the man he trusted the most. Set to walk on a path of ruin, he tries to fight against the oppressive chains placed on him and for the change he seeks in a rigged game where not even the Trickster can overcome. DISCONTINUED. Story is being rewriting.

Being a hero was just an exercise in frustration on the best of days. When he found himself in a large town that seemed to be something out of the medieval period he thought that it looked normal enough...till he saw cat eared girls, boar eared men, dwarves, elves and what looked like hobbits walk past. It was then, Archer decided, that he needed some answers.

[AU] After the death of Senju Hashirama, a new Hokage rises among ashes to carry on the will of fire, while a demon rages within her and tragedy haunts her. And so the history of Konoha is altered forever.

Tiger Dojo 1 AU/continuation. One refusal does not end the story...nor one casualty, the battles. Even without Emiya Shirou, the Grail War goes on. -IN PROGRESS-

Sometimes, the tiniest of changes can have the greatest impact on the world. One chance encounter goes in a new direction, and the course of the Holy Grail War is irrevocably changed...

Fate is a fickle thing. Time and time again, the Once and Future King has woken from her slumber to aid her country in its time of need. The World could not refuse her plea, her prophecy, but it has entered a never-ending loop as a result. Fed up, Alaya sends one of her dogs to fetch the key to a new Guardian. Fuses myth & FSN. Very Slow build. Cowritten with UniverseCreator.

She had been commanded to destroy the Grail in the 4th Grail War. But the conclusion didn't send her back to Camlann as expected. Can she obtain happiness? And does she deserve it? It's hard to contemplate these things as Remnant is thrown into chaos with the Fall of Beacon.

A series of snippits based on the idea that Saitama was considered the number one most powerful villain and a God level threat for years by the entire world... and never knew.

Ilya likes to play video games, and in the time she has remaining, Shirou is more than willing to play the new VR game with her. But when they are trapped inside the game, [Sword Art Online], they determine something even more distressing: Kayaba Akihiko is definitely a Magus.

Kayaba Akihiko had accounted for many things when he set his stage. The players would be kept alive to populate Aincrad, unique skills to be granted to those with the potential to be the heroes of this story and even the role he would play in this living world he created. But there was one thing he could never have foreseen. The appearance of a real hero in this fake tale of his.

The fifth Holy Grail War has ended. The participants have moved on, and are living their lives peacefully. At least until the ambitions of Yggdmillenia revive the Grail War and draw them back into the battle between the Masters of the Red and the Masters of the Black.

Short stories made for a weekly writing contest. This time: A short story made for the touhoushipscollab on tumblr.

For him, the night was supposed to end. The Dream would come to a close and he had done his best in his service as a Hunter. He would awake in the new dawn and make the most of what remained of his life. But a new nightmare threatens the Hunter's Dream and a foreign world. The young hunter is thrown into a different world of huntsmen and huntresses to warn them, to save them.

When he died, the board was reset. Pieces realigned. Commanders reassembled. And while his invitation to the rematch remained largely indisputable, the position he played was unfamiliar at best. What is one to do, after all, when one's former seat has been taken?

Ten years after the Fifth Heaven's Feel, Waver Velvet, Rin Tohsaka, and their allies seek to dismantle the Greater Grail for good. Post-Fate.

It's the first day of spring, and Cirno and her friends are once again up to no good! But after stealing a strange box from Marisa's house, they soon find themselves over their heads as they discover some things are meant to remain locked up.

All Jaune Arc ever wanted to do was to enter Beacon and become a hero, but Arcs don't give up just because people see through their fake transcripts! After months of hard work, he finally manages to enter Beacon... as the Supreme Commander and Glorious Leader of a twice-reformed organization now threatening to engulf Remnant in an all-out world war. Uhh, Oops? Move over, Cinder.

Lelouch had been quite happy with his life. Sure they were living in obscurity, but he and Nunnally were safe. All of that changes however, when his identity is revealed and Lelouch is forced back into the fold of the Imperial family.

Taylor Hebert always triggered because of the bullying of classmates and a former friend. Here, instead of triggering, a cosmic entity gifts her with the memories of a man as talented as he was tormented. One who accomplished amazing things in his life. Now Taylor has the opportunity to use that knowledge to save her world. First, she'll need to save her own sanity.

If bringing a sword to a gunfight is tantamount to suicide, then what does it mean if a swords were all a person knew? What if that was all they ever were and could ever be?

What... is it that you desire? Is it wealth? Power perhaps? Maybe revenge? Or mayhaps...Something that surpasses all others? Haste not to answer, young one. Instead, why don't you sit down and listen to a story? The story of the man who could claim all, yet desired nothing. The story of the 25th Baam. Or should I say... Jyu Viole Grace? The story of a God.

Desperate mothers will do anything to protect their children, even sign them up to become child soldiers. SI/ third war era AU.

In a portion of the dead Amazon, four suitors engage in a battle royale to stop the fifth from obtaining a sapphire-wearing-tree. Each armed with a mystery that surpasses Humanity, let this blood-soaked, feverish dance under a full moon surrounded by a shattered sea of ice begin. Tsuki no Sango story. should really get a general Nasuverse category and allow ruby text.

Igor had asked him to die for the world. She would ask him to die for her. Problem was, he didn't really like dying, not for a second time, at least.

Cloud's first thought on waking in the Shinra training grounds..."Where's the hidden camera?". What is one supposed to do when they find themselves inexplicably in the past? Become a terrorist four years early, of course. And look up a few old friends.

My day had started on a down note. First Elaine had been sick, then I found out my mentor wanted to shove me in a straitjacket. It shouldn't have been a surprise when I died. But, nothing could have prepared me for my life being saved by a devil—or becoming one myself. Still, the magical girl was the biggest surprise.

You know those times where you look at a game and say to yourself "If it was me in there, I would do it better"? Don't do that, that is what we call 'tempting Fate', and it will never end well.

A chance conversation changes the course of the world. Eidolon sought for fellow parahumans to measure himself against. Now, for better or worse, he has his Worthy Opponents. A ruthless Warlord. A stubborn Vigilante. A villainous Rogue. There are others, scattered around the world and wielding immense powers few can match. The Protectorate is going to have its hands full.

How does the Grail choose a Master or a Servant? Fact of the matter is, it knows the difference between want and need. Masters of the Fourth Holy Grail War know they want a strong Servant, but the Grail knows the Servants they need.

The presence of a foreign soul may have unexpected side effects on a growing child. I am Lord Volde...Harry Potter. I'm Harry Potter. In which Harry is insane, Hermione is a Dark Lady-in-training, Ginny is a minion, and Ron is confused.

Tokiomi summons a red Archer for the Fourth War. - Chapter 12: Interrogations, infodumps, and expositions.

When Naruto finds himself in the land of Drangleic every time he sleeps, it doesn't take long to realise it is horribly real. Unsure of why he goes there and struggling to progress in a world where death is an inconvenience, it will be a test for his will to succeed the likes of which the Academy Student has never faced before. He cannot come through the crucible unchanged.

Issei blinked, and she was gone. It was only Issei, sitting half naked in a dark taxi while glowing and the doors unlocked. Then he placed his face into both hands and just let out a long suffering groan. He really was having one of those days. AU. Highschool DxD x Exalted Crossover.

Terror: Something that must be overcome to be victorious. Triumph: When you attain victory there is nothing else. Trap: Umm, something to watch out for...? Shirou, please be careful.

World War III has ended. The threat of the witches has been vanquished for all time. Yet there are those who wish to trample over the sacrifices that made these miracles possible. When magic and science once again collide, these stories must continue.

Trapped in a collapsing cave, Naruto and Gaara escape when they find a mysterious portal. Consequently they wind up in a monster world. Stranded there, the two Jinchuriki are forced to enroll at Yokai Academy. How will they adapt to this new way of life? Chapter 10 has been posted!

Near the end of his life, Ezio Auditore, once Mentor of the Assassins, decides to serve his order with his dying breath by retrieving an ancient artefact. To his surprise, it whisks him away to a strange country of magic, where old eagles fly again...

What if Berserker did retain his sanity during the Holy Grail War? Follow Berserker as he journeyed through an epic tales of family, sacrifice, and redemption.

There wasn't even a good reason to get involved in this Sekirei plan. He wasn't an Ashikabi, in fact he wasn't even certain he could love anymore. That future Archer had accused him of seemed closer than ever... but while people still suffered, what could he do? This bloody path I walk, without thanks or acknowledgement, though my heart may become iron, I must never fall to regret.

An Imperfect Metamorphosis spinoff. Due to events beyond their control, Kaguya and Mokou find themselves trapped in the world of dreams. Will they ever escape to reality? Can they stop killing each other to find out? And who is this girl "Rumia" anyway?

4 months prior to his meeting with Index. Kamijou Touma was unwittingly thrown into another world and was forced to fight in the Holy Grail War due to the schemes of a certain General Superintendent and a certain Sorcerer called Kaleidoscope. How will his existence and his right hand affect the Holy Grail War?

This is now finished. It's a deeper look into what Fortuona and Mat go through to regain Seanchan, but also follows most of the favorite characters and that they did after AMoL. If you enjoyed this story, please pass it along to others. AMoL spoilers, obviously.

Kirigaya Kazuto, Kirito, Beater of SAO, and now a Spriggan in ALfheim online, is fighting to save the love of his life from a fate worse than death. Louise De La Valliere, third daughter of the Valliere family, and student of the Tristain Academy is fighting to prove herself. Two worlds collide as a summon goes wrong and Tristain finds itself with some very confused new residents.

Ranma gets booted out of Furinkan after dealing with Saffron, and ends up on the bus to a new school called Youkai Academy, meeting a rather timid guy named Tsukune on the way. At least this place can't be worse than Furinkan, right?

Who better to help a fallen prince, then a fallen hero? ::Fate Stay Night x Revolutionary Girl Utena:: ::Post-series, Heaven's Feel AU::

Marisa finally succeed in one of her oldest research projects, forcing the three most active magicians in Gensoukyo to reevaluate their place in the world. With the help of a small devil and a few other faces.

In the fire that ravaged Fuyuki city, it was not Emiya Kiritsugu who saved the life of a young Shirou, but the tainted grail itself.

So, Zack agreed to go back in time to change a few things, yeah? And usually, in all the numerous Time Travel fics, the actual time traveling turns out okay. Unfortunately for Zack, he's still kinda, you know, dead. So how the heck's that gonna help?

A Fate / Stay Night x Tsukihime AU. In the city of Misaki, Japan, the 5th War for the Moon Cell would determine the fate of humanity.

A story of love and loss, friendship and romance, and a sword. Sometimes happy endings just take a little time to happen.

Dimensional Magic has always been a thing of uncertainty. It always manages to do things at the most inconvenient of times. This time, dimensional magic has interfered with the climax of the Fourth Great Shinobi War. A rewrite of Crossing the River Gates.

Shirou broke Heaven's Feel by accidentally summoning six servants.

There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across.. and a girl with an ankh around her neck. The true story of how the Peverell Brothers first encountered Death. Originally published December 6th, 2011.

Late one night in the Clock Tower, a frustrated Rin and a mildly amused Zelretch have a little chat. As the moon shines down, the Wizard Marshall weaves a tale for his prize pupil, of the greatest and most costly battle of his career...

Saidar changes those who channel it, especially the very young. Hidden among girls wearing white, the youngest channeler begins her trip through the white marble halls toward attainment of the shawl, but her enemies are legion. Book 4 Chapter 8 posted.

He has his mother's red hair, his father's face, and most importantly, he has two of the best friends a Jinchuriki could ask for. His name is Naruto Uzumaki... and his tale is a bit different than the one you remember. AU, Alt!Naruto, CadetBranch!Hinata

Short vignette scenes presenting a Fate scenario where Shirou summons a Saber closer in persona to Saber Alter.

Asuka Langley Sohryu is relocated from Germany to Tokyo-3 after the death of the Third Child in the battle against Sachiel. But soon she has to ask herself if Ikari Shinji is as dead as she's being told. And what exactly is she piloting?

One-shot AU. The unwanted child in a new marriage, Cloud is shipped off to Midgar to meet his father for the first time.

When Louise Valliere performed her summons for her familiar, she certainly didn't expect for it to be a human! Strangely enough, the boy she summoned, Shirou Emiya, didn't expect to get summoned so soon. He hadn't even died yet!

One-shot. After Avalanche tries to blow up the Sector 5 Reactor, Cloud starts getting messages from a mysteriously well-informed stranger on his PHS.

Cloud has an accident with a Time materia. There are people to save, and for that, some people need to die.

Mat has followed Tuon to rule in Seanchan, but now his daughter can channel, and he will do anything to keep her from being collared. Fortunately he's been planning for this disaster for years...

Just a small class reunion for Fuyuki High alumni... that just happens to take place during the Fifth Holy Grail War.

Fate Stay Night. Ten possibilities in a world of infinite choices. Spoilers for the game, all routes and Hollow Ataraxia. Revised 10/30/2011.