"As a reminder that Panem is strongest when her people stand united, in the third Quarter Quell, Tributes will be put into pairs in which they may compete and win." Caerwyn knows that the 74th Games changed things; she knows this year will be different, that she must be willing to do anything to win. Even if that means manipulating a Career into pretending to fall in love with her.

If, at the start of the evening, Sakura had been told she'd be dragging Gaara off to dance, she most likely would have laughed and rolled her eyes—the thought completely ridiculous in and of itself. Gaara was just Gaara; a man who neither blushed nor danced.

Still reeling from the revelations at Bespin – and not exactly reassured by Obi-wan's rationalizations and Yoda's last words and subsequent disappearing act – Luke had entered the coordinates for his first jump away from Dagobah more or less blindly. He had promptly come this close to splattering his X-wing all over the SSD Executor's colossal armored underbelly.

"I'm a shinobi," he tells her, matter of fact in all ways. "Bleeding is what we do." In which, Kawaguchi Hisa hires a shinobi, and nothing goes to plan. [Chinese Cultural Fusion, IzunaOC, Fix-It]

There's still a lot to explore and experience in a world full of magic even if you never become a main character. In Hufflepuff house, you'll make friendships that will last a lifetime. Also, we have a table of infinite snacks. Gen/Friendship. First Year Complete.

When push comes to shove, Hiwa Inuzuka doesn't go down easy. Reborn into a new, dangerous world? She puts her past life as a spy to work. Thrown into a war? Hiwa does her duty, for Konoha. And when she's forced into an arranged marriage? All there is to do is beat them to the punch and get married first. Thankfully, Genma Shiranui is willing to lend a hand. Literally. SI/OC

Prior to Izumi Chie, the only person in Konohagakure to be as much of a hardass about paperwork was the Nidaime himself.

Sequel to "Black Squadron." Luke Skywalker is on the run. Hunted by the Empire, not a single credit on him, he has to rely on old friends and new acquaintances alike to elude its powerful grasp. Every step he makes, however, is shadowed by the mystery of Darth Vader. Why did the Dark Lord save his life? (On hiatus - see end note in the last chapter)

The offer she's been given is one he'd never let her accept—but rejecting it won't be easy. They build their way out on what remains of her past dreams and his past nightmares. GaaSaku

You made a mistake, shishō. If it was Naruto, he might have made peace with it. It's people like me, who keeps wanting more, doesn't know when to make peace, can't make peace. Can't live with being the only one alive. Can't handle being left behind even in death. This is no last stand. This is selfishness. Sakura-centric Time Travel where for once, Team 7 chases Sakura.

Hokage-it was Naruto's dream, just as Sasuke was his promise. And for a short, glorious time, he had them both. But when tragedy strikes, it is Sakura who must continue to bear the reality of the dream: endless paperwork, bickering Kage, and political factions.