It has indeed been a long road to get this far. And a hard one. Some moderately serious health problems stopped me from writing at all for several months after I posted the last chapter of this. Then I lost my job after six months of not getting paid (I'm taking her to court but it will be a long, long time before it's resolved), had to scramble to find another, much crappier job just to avoid getting evicted, and generally had a lot of shit going on. At the same time I'd started a cosplay commissions business, and was spending literally my every waking, non-work moment sewing to try to get costumes done.

THEN I discovered Homestuck, which is the fandom that eats all other fandoms, and it consumed my soul for a while. At least it meant I got some practice writing again before I came back to this, so I'm not as horribly rusty as I would otherwise have been.

I want to thank every single person who has posted on my story in the last year and a half. You've all been so remarkably patient and supportive. Not a single one of you ever nagged, or got angry at me; you've only given me encouragement and assured me that you're still out there, waiting and hoping. Without all of you, I would have abandoned this long ago, but I was determined not to let you all down. Thank you so much.

So, where am I at? This chapter is done, the next is about 3/4 done. I've completely revamped my story outline, tightened it up and improved the ending a LOT. It's not going to come hard and fast, but I WILL get at least one chapter out per month, probably more. I'll do my best not to let it slide again. I owe you all that much.

Because I know so many of the readers for this story are here in my LJ, I will continue posting the chapters for this story here. Nothing else is getting posted here, and when this is done I'll be abandoning LJ completely, though I won't remove what's already here. All of my new works are being posted at Archive of Our Own, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Feel free to hop over there to follow this story as well!

ETA: oh my god the new format for LJ is awful, this is the first time I've posted something and looked at it since it changed. And also I lost all my icons since I don't want a paid account anymore and can't use the one I made for this story T_T

TL;DR - let the story continue!

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5934
Total length: 83,181

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( Why was he still doing this? Why was he fighting? )

I apologize for the long, LONG pause between stories and chapters. My health took a turn for the weird, and I just haven't been up to writing for several months now. Things are improving, so I'm slowly clearing out the backlog of unfinished projects.

Kink: Confined
Series: Full Metal Panic
Pairing: Sagara Sousuke/Chidori Kaname
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for Kink Bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. 'Nuff said.
Chapter length: 5364

When space gets tight, tempers get heated... among other things.

( He already knew from experience that being caught and tortured by the enemy was probably preferable to what would happen if Kaname suspected he was looking down her shirt, after all. )

Posting my Yuletide fic, now that the reveal is over!

Written for Rose Argent, Yuletide 2010

Title: The More Things Change
Series: Zombie-Loan
Pairing: Shito/Michiru/Chika
Rating: G
Warnings: some relatively minor character stuff if you haven't read the manga
Length: 2701

( No zombies allowed. No more zombies, ever! )

Copying most of this from last year's letter, because it's still true.

I don't care about het/slash/gen, anything is fine. If I specified a pairing it's a preference, not a necessity. I prefer no outright rape, though dub-con and rape fantasies are fine. I enjoy angst as long as nobody dies and the story ends on a happy - or at least upbeat and hopeful - note. I really don't handle depressing stories well, and I don't like to read deathfics at all.

I'd rather have a story with a bit of plot and lots of interesting character interaction than one that is all about the smut. Plot, character interaction and smut are of course awesome together. I love stories that show the deeper side of a character; why they are the way they are, and what parts of them are hidden from other people. I'm not fond of outright crack, though humour is fine as a part of the story and not the whole.

I hope this helps, and I'm sure that I will love whatever you write no matter what it is. I didn't give really specific requests because I really will be happy with anything at all! Anything that moves you and that you think is interesting is probably going to thrill me. Happy writing, and merry Yuletide!

Miko

Sorry for the long stretch between posts, guys. I've been struggling with some health issues, and not writing much. I watched Princess Tutu while I was home and bored, and then this idea grabbed me and wouldn't let me write anything else until I finished it. Hopefully now I'll be able to get back to LRTD.

If you haven't seen it, Princess Tutu is pretty much a cross between Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, and Sailor Moon. It's a little childish, especially at first, but it sucks you in with the cuteness and then makes you fall for the characters. Hard. And I am totally going to cosplay it just because it gives me an excuse to finally make a tutu for myself instead of for other people, lol.

Title: Dream Come True
Series: Princess Tutu
Pairing: Fakir/Ahiru
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: This will pretty much spoil the ENTIRE SERIES for you, so for once I'm going to warn for it. SPOILERS.
Length: 8266

The only happy ending he can't write is his own.

( He didn't want to face her just yet, not until it stopped hurting so much to see her. It took longer every day. )

Whee, two in a row. No promises for the next one, though I'm trying to go as quickly as possible.

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5714
Total length: 77,247

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( It sounded good on the surface, but it left a sour taste in Cloud's mouth. )

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 3824
Total length: 71,533

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( Whether he trusted his newest aeon or not, if they wanted to survive the next five minutes, Eqeuh was their only hope. )

Fff, okay, so I apparently completely misunderstood the point of the 'worship' category, and what I wrote was actually 'service'. There's overlap, of course, but the Kuroshitsuji fic was pretty firmly in 'service'. So here's Worship v2.0

It's been so long since I wrote anything for Fushigi Yuugi, I actually had to go look up their real names. *shamed* It felt weird writing about 'the miko', lol.

Kink: Worship (v2.0)
Series: Fushigi Yuugi
Pairing: Hotohori/Nuriko
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. 'Nuff said.
Length: 3986

Everything can change in a moment of time.

( Either way, what was done was done, and there was no escaping his fate now. )

Yet another non NC-17 fic for Kink Bingo. Two in a row, and both for the same line. Ffff, what the heck? At least this one is actually what I wanted it to be.

ETA: OKAY SO IT'S NOT FOR KB AFTER ALL. I'm a dumbass and misunderstood what the point of 'worship' was. So it can just be a random Kuroshitsuji fic. ;p

Title: Yes, My Lord
Series: Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)
Pairing: Sebastian/Ciel
Rating: PG
Warnings: None, really.
Length: 1122

There is nothing Sebastian loves more than serving his master.

( The sweetest words in any demon's vocabulary. )

Bah. Not entirely happy with this - it's not what I started out wanting to write, but Naoto decided to go all shy and virginly on me. I still don't feel like I quite have a good grip on her, which is a shame because she's definitely my favourite character in the game.

Kink: Gender Play
Series: Persona 4
Pairing: Souji/Naoto
Rating: R (maybe PG13 T_T)
Warnings: None, really.
Length: 1065

For perhaps the first time in her life, she was truly grateful she'd been born a girl.

( It wasn't as if Souji-senpai was going to laugh at her or make fun of her. )

This one is for Michael-mun at dramadramaduck, because she enables my Lockon and Tieria love. *loves on*

Kink: Dirty Talk
Series: Gundam 00
Pairing: Lockon/Tieria
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated.
Length: 1701 (I feel like this should be a Star Trek fic ^_^;)

They were so different, and yet so similar it killed him.

( He was like a tuning fork, vibrating with sympathetic resonance to a single note, built to respond to that sound and that sound only. )

Finally an actual twins-pairing fic. Given that twincest is one of my favourite kinks, it's bizarre that I've written so much Ouran without any actual twincest involved, argh.

I actually wrote the first half of this in April, but then trailed off and wasn't sure where to take it. When I saw the sleepy/unconscious square on my card, I knew I had to finish this one. ^_^

Kink: Sleepy/Unconscious
Series: Ouran Host Club
Pairing: Hikaru/Kaoru
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated.
Length: 3774

Watching Kaoru is like looking in a mirror.

( They were both normally difficult to wake up, and they'd been known to sleep through servants shouting at them, mid-sized earthquakes, and even a nanny who'd tried pouring cold water on them. )

As much as I've always loved reading FFVIII stuff, I never seemed to have any drive to write for it. When I do think about it, it's usually Seifer who captures my imagination. But this was what wanted to be written, so here it is!

Kink: Leather/Latex/Rubber
Series: Final Fantasy VIII
Pairing: Squall/Zell
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated.
Length: 699

Zell always did have a thing for gloves.

( Funny thing, though, he never hesitated to get his gloves dirty any other way. )

Kirepapa is one of those amazing yaoi short series that if you're a yaoi fan and you haven't seen, shame on you. It is yum, and has an amazing cast, and is hot in all possible ways. *purrs* There is nothing quite as sexy as listening to Sakurai and Midorikawa getting it on.

Kink: Spanking/Paddling
Series: Kirepapa
Pairing: Shunsuke/Chisato
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. One character is literally old enough to be the other's father, but Shunsuke is over 18 so it's not technically shouta.
Length: 3502

Theoretically, what Shunsuke doesn't know shouldn't hurt Chisato.

( You were just planning to be a considerate father and bring your son's friends a little snack, weren't you? )

I am so intimidated by trying to write Sam that I finally gave up and wrote Mikaela instead *hides in shame* I can't write characters like him, seriously. Comic voice is NOT my strong point.

Kink: Mechanical/Technological
Series: Transformers
Pairing: Bumblebee/Mikaela
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. 'Nuff said
Length: 2013

There's no harm in going for a drive to keep each other company while missing Sam, right?

( I'm starting to think Sam's right and you're just playing it up. )

This could have fit at least three different kinks, but this is where it wanted to be posted. *sweatdrops* Another series that if you haven't seen, you really should. The old movie is extremely cheesy, but the newer series is excellent.

Kink: Object Penetration
Series: Toward the Terra
Pairing: Keith/Matsuka
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. Also dub-con is pretty much a given with this pairing.
Length: 2204

More than anything Matsuka wants a place to belong.

( Perhaps it was from both of them, the thin ribbon of connection that drew them together despite everything pushing them apart. )

If you haven't seen this series, you really should. *purrs* You don't really need to know much about it to read this, though it helps. Sadly I'm told the shounen-ai that is so very blatant in the anime is only visible if you squint in the manga. But that's okay, the anime has Suwabe Junichi's extremely sexy voice, so more yaoi is better. Yum.

Kink: In Public
Series: Monochrome Factor
Pairing: Shirogane/Akira
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. Nuff said.
Length: 1943

One of these days Shirogane is going to go too far.

( Then again, maybe it's not the temperature. Maybe it's just being so close to you that has me too hot. )

Gah, I hate this chapter pretty much from start to finish. I kept getting stuck in exposition and skipping ahead to the next interesting bit, and then I had to fill in the connections. orz Hopefully it turned out well enough, but it's definitely not my favourite in the story. ;p

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5718
Total length: 67,709

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( You think it didn't damn near kill me to turn my back on Seph like that? )

Whew, I think this may be the shortest thing I've ever written. I actually had to add a paragraph because it wasn't long enough to meet the requirements for Kink Bingo. Weird.

Kink: Hand Fetish
Series: Junjou Romantica (Egoist)
Pairing: Nowaki/Hiroki
Rating: R
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. Nuff said.
Length: 535

It's not Hiroki's fault Nowaki has such amazing hands.

( He really had just the most ridiculously huge hands, with strong, broad palms and long, sturdy fingers. )

I triple-checked the rules, and G-rated stories are allowed. This isn't terribly erotic in and of itself, but someone could easily eroticise it if this is a kink they enjoy, so it counts. Never thought I'd write a non NC-17 kink bingo fic, but there are a couple of squares in my card this year that may end up this way.

If you've only seen the anime this may startle you. In the manga Sanada slaps Kirihara hard when he catches him tormenting people on the street courts. Possibly other times as well, but that's the one I've seen for myself. I get the impression corporal punishment is still a lot more common in Japan than in North America these days. On the other hand if you've only read the manga, the bit about the oni may not make much sense, as I understand that the Senbatsu training camp arc wasn't in the manga.

Kink: Smacking/Slapping
Series: Prince of Tennis
Pairing: Sanada/Kirihara
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and... not X-rated, oddly. Nuff said.
Length: 2127

Punishment is only a deterrent to bad behaviour if it's not also a reward.

( Hey, you're three for three this week, Akaya. )

Fff, they'd better not keep doubling in size like this, or it's going to get out of hand really fast. I think the next one will be much shorter.

Kink: Orgy
Series: Digital Devil Saga
Pairing: Embryon
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. Nuff said.
Length: 4136

Not every change brought by the lights is a bad one.

( Since the Awakening the others had become so unpredictable they were almost predictable about it. )

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 3880
Total length: 61,991

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( The last thing they needed was for Cloud to shoot him by accident, and he wasn't sure he could face the idea of Zack trying to hurt him, not realizing who he was. )

Kink: Animal Play
Series: Fruits Basket
Pairing: Kyou/Touru
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. Nuff said.
Length: 2503

The definition of 'frustration' is having a Junishi for a boyfriend.

( She loved the part of him that was always so careful to consider her feelings, even as she hated the lifetime of abuse and neglect that had made him certain no one would ever want him to touch them. )

Yay, my first fic of the new kink bingo round! I watched this series just recently, and it seemed like the perfect fit for this kink. If you'd like to hear the song, you can see the music video of the real-life band Lucifer performing it here.

Kink: Oral Fixation
Series: Kaikan Phrase
Pairing: Sakuya/Atsuro
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: It's a fic for kink bingo. It's kinky, and X-rated. Nuff said.
Length: 1929

Watching Sakuya sing is hazardous to Atsuro's playing.

( He didn't think he was quite conveying the nature of his problem to the older man, but then again he was pretty sure that explaining further would make him sound incredibly gay. )

Okay, so maybe updating once a week was a bit optimistic. *sweatdrops* But I'm coming up on some time off, so hopefully I'll be able to do it.

Playing fast and loose with battle mechanics here, but hey, that's what artistic licence is for, isn't it?

ETA: Minor edit to chapter 10 and to the beginning of this one, as of 6:40 am PST Jun 21, 2010.

Title: A Long Road to Destiny
Series: FFVII/FFX fusion
Pairing: Cloud, Zack & Sephiroth
Rating: R
Warnings: violence, angst, swearing, the usual
Chapter length: 5511
Total length: 58,111

The summoner's journey is a long, hard path to walk. Having guardians you trust makes all the difference in the world.

( Even a sucktastic cure spell would be better than no cure spell at all. )