The last update was super long, I know. There's actually two other stories, 'Shikon Legend' (24,000) and 'Escaping Imprisonment' (47,000) posted on my ao3 that I have no plans to add to this archive, even though they would fit in here. They're just much too long. But if you'd like to check them out, that's where they are. I'll also be adding some more 'explicit' content to the ao3 version of this archive.

More Random 'Past Time' Bits

Circa 2006 - 2008

Genre: General

Rating: T

Determination

Yu-Gi-Oh GX crossover

Summary: She was beginning to lose hope that he'd never notice her. She was new, sure, but she was an excellent duelist. She'd thought that all the little moments they'd had would mean something to him, but how could they with with Alexis standing in her way? [Manjome Jun x Kagome]

"She's really serious, isn't she?"

Jaden nodded, looking down at his friend, "I think so, Sy. I mean, I don't think I've ever seen her have this much spirit." He grinned, "Who would have ever thought her father was the King of Games!"

A smirk formed on said girl's lips, as she pulled another card from her deck at the beginning of her turn. She was paying more attention to her friends than to the other girl she was dueling. She barely heard her own voice as she began wondering why she was doing this again. Why she was going to… "I'm going to wipe the floor with you, Alexis," she heard her own voice. She called out the monsters she was going to sacrifice and laid down the Winged Dragon of Ra, a gift from her father.

Once more she felt like she was falling into her own world, her eyes looking over to the side. She found the one she wanted and noticed that he was cheering Alexis on, though not as loudly as Jaden and Syrus were cheering for both sides. Stupid idiot actually thought he was in love with her, but she would set him straight. She would knock some sense into his head, no matter how many times she had to destroy Alexis on the battlefield. Her father might not have approved, but she didn't know what to do anymore, not when he wouldn't even acknowledge the fact that she was in the room once Alexis stepped in.

"Is she…?" Jaden stopped, blinking as he listened to Kagome chant the words that appeared on the card she'd summoned, thus releasing the Winged Dragon of Ra from its sphere like prison.

Syrus frowned, "I think she is, Jaden." He looked closer, "Kagome's crying."

Jaden was confused instantly. "Why would she be crying? She's doing a wonderful job. I mean, I know that she's Yugi's daughter, but she has a style all her own. Even using some of his cards, she duels with her heart. What reason would she have to cry?"

"I don't know," Syrus replied.

Another boy standing near them said, "Perhaps she is dueling for more than just the chance to win."

"What are you talking about?" they asked.

The other boy sighed. "If you hadn't noticed, she continues to glance in a certain direction each time she makes a move. There's more to this duel than simply deciding a winner. Kagome's dueling with her heart, truly, not just using the heart of the cards, as I'm sure she was taught to do. She's trying to prove something, and from the looks of things, she already knows she has the abilities to defeat Alexis."

"I still don't get it, Bastion…"

"I didn't think you would, Jaden." Bastion sighed.

"What's that supposed to mean?" the Slifer Red asked, frowning.

"Nothing, just that you've never had the experience one would need to know what Kagome's feeling at this moment," the Ra Yellow replied.

She was lost, she didn't even realize that she'd told Alexis that she'd made a weak move, destroyed her trap card, and had her monster attack the inferior card she'd played. She only listened to the pounding of her heart, hearing her father's gentle instructions as he'd taught her how to play. She remembered his hand ruffling her hair, and she remembered the way he smiled. Those memories faded into the background, until she was staring at completely different ones.

"So that's why you wear black all the time!"

"What are you talking about?"

She blinked, "Oh, well, I just noticed that you're always," she giggled, "cleaning the tables with your jacket. Black doesn't show it, but I think you might want to wash that thing soon."

He scowled, "Shows what you know."

She frowned, "I was just making an observation. I mean, I always thought it was simply your favorite color, but…" she lowered her voice, "the school uniform would show all that dirt that's on that jacket, wouldn't it?"

His scowl deepened, before he looked away, a bit of color powdering his pale face.

Another turn ended, Alexis's, and she glanced up at the transparent monster staring at her. The first card she'd ever owned, the first card her father had ever given to her and told her to keep safe, telling her it was from Joey. The Red Eyes Black Dragon—her pride and joy, and her favorite card, though she usually played a sequence of cards that stomped her opponents into the ground before she even played the Red Eyes.

Reaching her hand out, she drew another card, silently asking the cards to guide her. Smiling when she saw it, she heard herself sacrifice the monsters needed, all of which she'd played simply for this move earlier, and quickly summoned her favorite card to the field. She didn't care that she already had the Winged Dragon of Ra on the field, the Red Eyes was her favorite, and even if the Dragon fell, she would have her Red Eyes to back her up. After all, with the cards she was holding, she knew that she'd probably win already.

She lost herself again after she had her Dragon attack the newest monster Alexis had summoned on her turn, before laying a card face down and ending her turn. She didn't care that Alexis had somehow managed to get past her monsters and attacked her directly, because she knew that it wouldn't matter much. What was a few thousand points, when she was going to crush her in one to two moves?

"Why is it that you don't like Jaden?"

"That Slifer Slacker?" he scowled.

"Yeah," she nodded. "I know that he might be a Slifer, but that's no reason to call him names. I thought you were friends?"

"I'm not friends' with that Slacker!"

"You don't have to yell," she muttered.

"Yell? I'm not yelling," he stated.

"You don't have to lie about it either. Is it hurting your pride, because you're friends with him, or because you can't admit you did raise your voice?" She noticed that she'd stunned him into silence, but after a moment he began glaring at her, trying to ignore her. "Fine, be angry with me, I'm only stating a fact."

"What do you know? You've only been here for a few months," he replied, once again scowling.

"That's long enough to notice things around here. Especially the way that Jaden is always trying to get onto your good side and you snap at him."

"What? You got feelings for that Slifer or something?" he glared.

She blushed, beginning to stutter. "N-no!"

"You're hesitating, which leads me to believe you're now the one lying," he smirked. In his eyes, though, she could have sworn she saw a bit of displeasure at his own words. Maybe it was just her imagination, though.

"Shows what you know!" she hissed. "I don't like Jaden that way. He's my friend; I'm looking out for him. Something you should be doing, as his friend." She turned away from him, beginning to walk away.

"I'm not friends with that Slifer Slacker!" he yelled after her.

Once again her glare intensified on her opponent, as she pulled another card from her deck. Glancing at it, she smiled. It was for dragon type monsters and raised their attack points by three hundred points. Not that she needed it, but it would help, since she didn't want her Red Eyes being defeated.

Caress

Naruto crossover

Summary:A simple brush of hands made them notice one another, but something more made them learn that not everyone in the world was against them and their ambitions. [Sasuke x Kagome]

"Who does she think she is?" someone whispered, watching a couple not far away.

Another from the group nodded. "No one should be able to get that close to him."

One scowled, lifting her head higher to see more. "Sasuke-kun is mine! How dare she try to get close to him, especially when he's emotionally unstable from being with that evil Orochi—"

"Shh," others whispered, as the couple moved past them, and then moved away. They were very close, though once in a while the male would thrust the female away, while keeping himself attached to her one hand. Then he would tug at her arm and she would spin back into him, his arms wrapping around her protectively, almost like she was the one in need of him, instead of him being the one who could easily be taken advantage of.

They couldn't understand it; Sasuke had never paid attention to anyone before he'd gone with Orochimaru. Then, suddenly when he'd returned, and they all decided that he was still the genius they knew he was, he paid them even less attention. They didn't know why, and they really didn't care. Truthfully they knew they'd fight even their best friend for his attention, but the wench dancing with him at that moment had only been a resident for nearly four months before Sasuke's return. She hadn't even known him, yet they'd seemed to be attracted to one another as soon as they'd locked eyes. That just wasn't right to them!

They scowled watching as his hands roamed, his confident smirk growing with each passing second. Apparently he'd said or done something that had stunned the woman in his arms, since she was blushing. They glowered, but bright smiles crossed their faces as soon as the woman said something and Sasuke's suspicious glare settled onto their group.

One sighed, "Poor Sasuke-kun! That woman is obviously tricking him! What could she possibly have that we don't?"

The others sighed.

One frowned, "Natural beauty."

Another glared, "A pretty face."

A third tipped her head slightly, "A body that's been attracting many of the men around the village."

Another spoke up, "She's pretty good when it comes to healing."

"No," one interrupted. "Not just good, really good. She's good at fighting, especially Taijutsu and Genjutsu, and her Ninjutsu is pretty good, too. I watched her train once, she has to practice very often, cause she's got her style down to an art. It's nearly perfect."

"I heard she wants to kill someone. Something about her younger brother's death," one mumbled. "Sasuke-kun's always had ambitions, maybe he likes her because hers are similar."

Their eyes lit up, "If we had ambitions, then Sasuke-kun would like us too!"

"But then we would be lying," one sighed. "Sasuke-kun would hate us and never look at us again when he found out we were only playing with his—"

"Shh, shh," the others said, putting on bright smiles again. The couple moved past them, closer together than they had been a moment before, almost like they were trying to melt into each other's skin. Their fake smiles faded into deep scowls as they each glared at the woman being spun so that she was once again facing the male she'd captured with her poison dripping claws. They could have sworn their vision turned deep red when Sasuke's mouth lowered to her neck and he began sucking on a dark area they hadn't noticed before. From the smug look he had, it was obvious that he had been the one to make it.

It was almost like he was showing his claim to her, and they hated her more than ever because of that.

Valentine's Day

Naruto crossover

Summary: After giving her card to Rock Lee by mistake, Kagome is desperate to find any way to escape the boy's demanding affection.

The two hidden kunoichi smiled at each other, clapping their hands together while they watched the sight before them. The final watcher, a boy, was glaring at the scene as if it were disgusting and wrong, though very different thoughts were going through his head. Most of jealousy as he watched the girl before him kiss Rock Lee's cheek; he couldn't understand the reason for these feelings, since he denied the fact that he liked her at all.

Sakura looked back, continuing to smile as she took a small glance at the boy who'd turned down many offers on that day. Uchiha Sasuke couldn't fool her. He'd already had someone he wanted to give something to, but she couldn't figure out whom. She'd almost wished it was her, but she knew that it had probably been for Ino or TenTen, one of the cuter kunoichi. "Did you ever find someone to give something to, Sasuke?"

"No," he snapped.

Sango frowned, looking back at the Uchiha. "Is everything alright, Sasuke? You look kind of angry." She saw Sakura nod in agreement, before turning her attention completely away from Lee and Kagome. Her head tilted to the side, wondering if the usually silent and arrogant boy would even answer her.

Sasuke blinked, continuing to watch the sight before him. "I'm fine."

Sakura couldn't help but push her question. "Why didn't you bring something for today?"

Sasuke stuffed his hands into his pockets, before scowling. "Valentines Day is for losers," he said. He turned his head so that they couldn't see the slightly tormented look in his eyes. It wasn't fair. It wasn't fair. Lee had taken what he'd considered his! Lee needed to die, and he'd kick the boy's ass.

It still wasn't fair, especially as his fingers touched the texture of paper within his pocket. This was because hidden deep within Sasuke's pocket there was a small, beautifully wrapped, box. Inside was a silver chain, with a blue teardrop hanging off the end. Connected to it, hidden completely by Sasuke's fingers as he crushed it, was a small card. Printed in red ink were the words, For Kagome, across the top.

It's not fair!

Matchmaker

Yu Yu Hakusho crossover

Summary: Kagome was sure that everything was going to go wrong when her cousin decided to set her up with one of his friends. However, she might be completely wrong.

"Um, that's very nice of you, Yusuke, but I really don't think that's such a good idea," she mumbled. "He'll get mad, and then there'll be no hope. You should just allow me to—"

Yusuke waved his hand, "There's nothing I can't handle, Kagome. Just calm down and let me do this." He smiled, "Besides, there's nothing that I can't get for you. If the idiot can't accept you, then he doesn't deserve you. Just let me handle it, okay?"

She gulped, "Yusuke—"

"I know that you think I'll mess this up, but I promise I won't," Yusuke argued. "Hiei won't know what came over him when we're done with him." He tried not to sigh. It was a shame that Kagome couldn't go after someone like Kurama, since he knew that Kurama was a nice, polite, guy who would treat her good if he didn't run away from her, thinking she was one of his fans. However, Hiei… was almost a completely mystery on how he would react. The fire demon might seriously hurt Kagome, or at least almost kill her in order to make her stay away from him. No, though, Kagome's got to have the guy who could easily slice her to pieces; not that Kurama couldn't, he was just too nice to do it. She needed a better taste in men. A lot better, but trying to convince Kagome of that was impossible.

Kagome closed her eyes and prayed to herself, something she did every time her cousin Yusuke, Urameshi Yusuke, decided that he was going to get her something she wanted. Yes, Hiei was very handsome to her, but that didn't mean that Yusuke had to jump when she told him so. So, she prayed that unlike the last time, Yusuke wouldn't screw everything up and make the guy try to completely avoid her because of what he'd said. That and the fact that now almost everyone at her school knew she was the Urameshi Yusuke's cousin and to mess with her would mean messing with him.

Her eyebrow twitched a little as he continued to talk about his big plan. Yusuke, you idiot! Why can't you just stay out of this for once? Why… she silently sobbed to herself? Why couldn't he just go chase after Keiko and let her deal with this herself? Why.