Hi! I'm Kaiko. Not my real name, but why would I tell you that? Do you want to know? STALKER!

Those who know me from some of my fics, not that there's that many of you, I used to be Kaito. Which I was using happily, until I was browsing BehindTheName.com and guess what? It's a male name. I fail. Thus, I am now Kaiko. 海子, or かぜこ. The kanji for my last name is 澄. Translation=Ocean-child Blue-sky.

I like to think I am unique. This does not mean that I am senselessly random and hyper, because senseless randomness is the norm. I can be random if I feel like it, but random people tend to gravitate towards other random people, whereas I am pretty much a social leper. That leads me to believe that my brand of randomness is completely different from most other peoples'.

I live by two philosophies: "Things happen. No one knows why." Also, "No matter what happens, there will be a solution when it happens." Readers of Terry Pratchett or Shaman King should recognize them.

I read. A lot. As in, seven to fifteen books a week depending on length. You name it, I've probably read it (though maybe not; I'm not very good with classics). If you read like I do, PM me. :) I'm always open to book discussion.

Anime I Like, In No Order At All:
Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hikaru No Go, Rurouni Kenshin, Ranma 1/2, D.Gray-Man, Bleach, Ouran High School Host Club, Code Geass, Shaman King

Current updating status (Last edit 31 October 2009):

Chapter status:
Chapter three of Reconciliations I should really start work on...
Chapter two of Repetition is also in the works. I'll probably finish it after Reconciliations.
Chapter two of Black and White is finished. It's going up when I finish chapter 3.

Assignment count: Nothing major.
Interruption to updates? Nope.

Current Anime/Manga addiction: Hikaru no Go.
Interruption to update category(ies)? Neh, not really. Well, Death Note.
Interruption to update speed? Nope! If anything, I'll start updating faster...

Other: My updates happen when I finish the chapter, unless stated otherwise. I'm on really bad writer's laziness, though (excuse), so don't expect updates for a while...

RE My Writing:

I have a bad habit of starting stories and not finishing them. This is due to my overactive imagination. No sooner do I publish a first chapter than I come up with another idea for a story. So, I wind up with way too many first chapters... But I will eventually get around to finishing them. At some point.

I am anti-yaoi. I am not anti-gay-rights. I am, in fact, pro-gay-rights, though not a lesbian myself. Are you gay? Yes? No? I couldn't care less. However, I do not have to read pornographic fics with virtually no plot about two characters who used to be perfectly decent, may or may not have any base at all (or a negative base, more often than not) on which to write a pairing, one or both of whom may be below the legal age of consent, and have no reason whatsoever to have suddenly decided that they're gay or are even obviously straight (-cough-Allen Walker-cough-), and I choose not to. The feeling of wanting to scrub my brain with hot water, soap, bleach, a wire brush, and maybe some hydrochloric acid is not a pleasant one, ne?

I do not ship. I refuse to believe that any fic with a certain pairing is awesome simply because of that pairing. On the other hand, I will not shove my favorite pairings down your throat. You don't have to like them to read my fics.

RE Fanfiction(My Beliefs, Preferences, and Crap You Probably Don't Care About):

Regarding feminine and effeminate: Effeminate is how guys think girls act. Effeminate is also how the stereotypical gay guy acts. Feminine is how girls really act. A guy who is feminine is most likely not gay. (coughFujiwaranoSaicough) And he has an excuse; Heian-period guys were supposed to be feminine.

Why are there so few people who support HikaruxAkari? I mean, really. She obviously likes him. And I think he likes her back, but doesn't really know what do do with the feeling, so expresses it by trying to annoy her--very Calvin and Susie-ish (If you don't get this reference, read Calvin and Hobbes NOW). This has roots in personal experience, too--I know what I'm talking about. (Maybe that's why...? I don't think it's that common a situation.)

Hikaru No Go fanfiction archive is depressing. The yaoi fangirls have even metastasized there, to a fandom populated mainly by sixth-eighth graders and one thousand-year-old ghost. It used to be just the occasional fic, but now I'm looking and there's more and more every day. It's sad. These people must be seriously sick... I mean really. SIXTH GRADERS? No. Just NO.

Another problem with yaoi fangirls: Their very existence affects my ability to write any interactions whatsoever between male characters. I'm constantly having to edit it, making sure that there is no implication whatsoever of yaoi/shonen ai. Because I don't need to give myself brainbleach.

Am I seriously the ONLY person who's picked up on the parental thing between Sai and Hikaru? The ONLY one? Jeez, people. You can get shota(read:squick), but not parental? That's just... sad. And kinda creepy, too...

Nothing to Do with Anything

"English should be the national language. All these immigrants should have to learn learn it before they come here. English is the language of the land."
"Excuse me, but osiyo Sarah dawado."
"What the hell was that?"
"Cherokee."
~Randall Munroe (xkcd)
Owned.

"Everybody has a secret world inside them. All of the people in the whole world. I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds. Thousands, maybe."
~Neil Gaiman (Sandman)

The comma is a gentle creature, peaceful, with an unassuming presence and a cautious nature. It makes its home between clauses, in front of introductory phrases, between lists and near certain conjunctions, with smaller herds breaking off and living elsewhere. Its close relatives, the em dash, the colon and the semicolon, while rarer, are also larger and more distinctive, having similar tendencies and temperament. Fascinatingly enough, its closest biological equivalent, the period, which looks almost exactly like the comma, displays a far more aggressive personality and fierce pride, always making its territory clear and presence obvious.

This is natural. Part of life. But the problems begin when bad fanfic authors take this innocent beast and misuse it.

In most places in the world, the comma alternately suffers neglect and abuse at the hands of its owners. Yanked from its ancestral home and stuck into strange and unfamiliar territory, it does not know how to support itself and survive. While steps have been taken to preserve and cultivate these poor creatures, they prove largely ineffective due to public disinterest.

Join the Purple Ribbon Foundation for the Preservation of Commas. Show that you care.
-//Save\\
-\\/the\//
-//Com\\
//--ma!--\\
--The One Called Demetra, an epic fanfic author (the typeart, however, is my own.)

MY NON-DEAD CHAPTERFICS:
Reconciliations--Hikaru is, after all, human. After his death, he meets Sai again. Plus, he has to explain Sai to the soon-to-be-arriving others. Parental Sai and Hikaru fluff, Hikakari.
Repetition--"As I exist for you, you will exist for another, until the Hand of God is achieved." In the year 3000, Sai's prophecy comes true.
Black and White--DN/HikaGo. Light walks into a Go salon, intending to test his strategic skill. He comes up against Sai, and loses, badly. Feeling rather vindictive, he overhears Hikaru making an uncannily accurate assessment of the Kira case... What will this mean for Hikaru? Set around the time of the Second Kira.

COMING SOON (or not-so-soon):
Feral--DN. It was meant to be a vacation for the family, just the three of them. Due to a miscalculation in the fuel tank, the plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Thankfully, there's an island nearby... but it seems it's already inhabited. FeralChibi!L, UberChibi!Light, Caninefied!Wammy's Kids. No pairings.
Return--SPOILERS Sai returns to the human world--but his coming back has unforeseen consequences. Hikaru was injured more deeply than either of them could have thought, and time once passed never returns.
Reincarnation--Tsuki Shinzukae and Hanryo Yamahara were born in a walled city in the country once known as "Japan", or "Nihon", the only place left on earth where humans could survive. AU based on "Old Radio", a Kaito song. More to do with HnG than it sounds.
Reverberations--Set post-series. On vacation in Kyoto after second Young Lions tournament, Hikaru meets a fortune teller. He doesn't understand her words until that afternoon. Nonromantic Sai and Hikaru fluff. Hikakari. References to XXXHolic.
A Dredging-Up of Memories--Fujiwara-no-Sai through the eyes of those who knew him. Beware of OCs, however, no OC pairings. Probably. I'm not sure. It depends how the story goes.-hums- A-ny-where the wind blows, lit-tle high, lit-tle low...
Awakening--Spirited Away. Two years after Chihiro's visit to the Spirit World, Haku returns to the human world. But the Spirit World has changed Chihiro more than she thought, and as her thirteenth birthday approaches, strange things begin to awaken both within and around her.

Ellîniká--Series of five oneshots. Projected titles--Agapê, Eros, Philia, Storge, and Thelema (All Greek words for love, with different meanings). NOTE: Eros will NOT be smut. I doubt I'm even capable of writing smut. I have absolutely no desire to write smut. And Eros doesn't necessarily denote physical love. There will, however, be copious amounts of fluff.
Remaking--In the year 2001, the entire human race was struck with a massive attack of claustrophobia. Shortly after that, certain humans began developing distinctly nonhuman characteristics. Warning: Be prepared for humanoids. Probably will only amount to several very bizarre oneshots.

POSSIBLY COLLAB (KAIKIRA):
Reality--Hikaru wakes up one morning to discover that Sai has inexplicably become solid, and his age. Now he has to explain Sai's existence and odd behavior, defend Sai from kids who object to said odd behavior, and somehow find time for them both to play Go. Poor Hikaru. Chibi!Sai, Hikakari.