In a world where the Avatar wasn't found, the Fire Nation took over two nations and they strive to overcome the last one. Water Tribe warrior Sokka seeks to fight for his people's rights, but he's captured by his enemies. His life is no longer in his hands as he fights as a Gladiator, and his fate will eventually depend on the Fire Nation Princess, who needs him for her own ends...

"I can stop anytime I want to." My intention was never to purposely write a fluffy story because neither Shikamaru nor Temari appear to be purposely fluffy people. It's more about depicting the type of relationship I could see them having and all the things that come with it. Watch them grapple with reality and either sink or swim. Popular or not, it's all mine. I don't own Naruto.

In love and loss, it often comes back to family, and Team 7 had always been fated, hadn't they? Deny it as she may, Sakura finds her heart strung to them with an uncanny reverence and the weight of their ghosts. Sakura-centric. Heavy, heavy angst. Slow burn Sasusaku. Canon pairings. Lots of friendship feels. Eventual (consensual) lemon.

Bad dreams are nothing new for any shinobi. But being comforted is, especially in a fashion as sensual as this. Sasu/Saku. Angst. Fluff. Lots of lemons.

Guided by otherworldly forces as she searched for answers, Korra stumbles upon a wounded shipwreck victim. She had no idea how that day would change her life. Deep emotional introspective for both PoV's. (Post Canon (after season 1 finale))

He will burn her but not before she drowns him. Katara is the Fire Nation's only hope at getting to the Avatar and Zuko is desperate to restore his honor. He doesn't know that she can manipulate more than just water. She knows nothing about him except his fire. What both of them don't know is that their destinies will make them Gods and Monsters. [AU]

Fate's changed the game but it's not over between the players. With Kusagakure's mission as the final round, Neji's agenda is finding his freedom. Shikamaru's agenda is forgetting his fear. But when an old and unfinished game threatens to pull Shikamaru back into the shadows of his past, Neji must make an impossible choice; his own destiny or Shikamaru's darkness. (Part 4 of BtB)