| Sabriel41 |
Author has written 63 stories for Harry Potter, Soul Calibur, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Inuyasha, Tales of Symphonia, Immortal Rain, RahXephon, and Bleach. ~~ Back from the Japan stint - alive and well and if not full of new ideas, then certainly with one that's been haunting me for a while. Literally. Look closer? ...A good friend once described me as a "grey lady, she who sees in darkness but dreams of light" and it's fitting. Am I a shipper? Sure. I've got a taste for the unusual, the snarky, and the hopeful... but, honestly, love is love. I love slow-burn love stories, sidekicks, redheads, and banter. Good banter makes the world go 'round. Thoughts in review/e-mail/ehl-jay form are always appreciated, and it's more than likely I'll review back. And if for some flattering reason you want to archive any of this, send me a note first! I'm not scary, I swear - I just like to know where my stuff is. That said, the very cool SODA.rk.angel has begun to translate "Photo Box" into Spanish - it's over here, and has inspired me to start learning the language! Fanart-wise, WrexSoul did this awesome picture of Yuffie and Reno for my birthday - it looks like a moment out of Run. Lastly - in the words of an old Irish toast, I hope that as you slide down the balustrades of life, none of the slivers are pointing the wrong way. Cheers, | |||||||||||
1. Of Dreams and Death reviewsTo be a Turk is to embrace a certain brand of madness, but that's no reason not to take this job and... love it. Or so she's learning. With apologies to Lewis Carroll.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,151 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-21-09 - Elena & Reno - Complete2. Tell It Like It Is reviewsWhen nothing is as it seems, Reno's advice is simple - keep your hands up, babe. - Reno. Tifa. On gravity, and defying it. -Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 507 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-21-08 - Tifa L. & Reno - Complete3. Photo Box » reviewsMicrofic collection, photo twenty-two. - ...So she spun bottles and trained her fists. He fixed his gun and raised his daughter. And in between the sector raids and the sirens, they lived. -Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 22 - Words: 6,416 - Reviews: 119 - Updated: 7-20-08 - Published: 10-11-044. Odds and Ends » reviewsMicrofic Collection, sixteen. - "No," Genis murmurs, not sure if he means 'no' or 'not now' or 'not anymore,' and wondering if it matters. It's not love. -Tales of Symphonia - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 16 - Words: 5,430 - Reviews: 36 - Updated: 7-20-08 - Published: 10-13-055. Since Feeling Is First reviews-To practice. To possibility. To piles of books.- Seles and Genis make a series of toasts and a singular promise. And pointedly ignore her scowling older brother. That, too. Very, very postgame.Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,202 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-1-08 - Genis S.6. Inkstains reviewsIn the wake of Rukia's rescue, Renji watches as his world recovers, and thinks that even if Seireitei crumbles around them, he'll still know her every smile.Bleach - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,539 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-25-08 - Renji A. & Rukia K. - Complete7. Not What I'll Have You Believe » reviewsTwo years after Meteor, celebrations are set in place for the first Midwinter's Festival. But as a fugitive princess and redhead exTurk discover, there are those who would do anything to disrupt this tentative peace...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 12 - Words: 53,644 - Reviews: 77 - Updated: 3-28-08 - Published: 1-7-04 - Yuffie K. & Reno8. Firecracker reviewsNew Year's at the Seventh Heaven is its own brand of chaos, but Jessie's never liked serenity much anyway. Pregame.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 815 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-5-08 - Jessie & Reno - Complete9. Undenied reviewsIn the time between washing pint glasses and pouring a Mako Sunrise, she faces beginnings and endings and the man who won't let her walk away. [TifaReno, of sorts.]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,411 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-22-07 - Tifa L. & Reno - Complete10. Fifth Business reviewsNo true scholarship, he told her, is ever entirely above board... [Yuan. Raine. Recovering the past isn't for amateurs.]Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,167 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 5-22-07 - Yuan & Raine S. - Complete11. The Edge of Morning reviews[He'd burn as bright as his wings one day, but he'd seen what his kind had been named for as he looked past her clumsy grace and curtain of blonde hair as if it was the last time.] ColetteZelos, except when it's not.Tales of Symphonia - Rated: T - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,724 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 4-16-07 - Zelos W. & Colette B. - Complete12. Idlewild reviewsIn their experience, diplomacy is just another word for acrobatics. [four takes on Yuffie and Rufus, from summer skin to summoned dragons]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,645 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3-18-07 - Rufus & Yuffie K. - Complete13. Fairy Tale In Monochrome reviewsPoor Sleeping Beauty,' he said. 'Prince Charming doesn't love you.' [Quon and Isshiki. First kisses and fairytales in a minor key.]RahXephon - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,145 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-28-07 - Complete14. Between Blue Rocks reviewsIf they hadn't been the ones worth leaving, they might never have found each other. [CidxTifa]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,386 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 1-30-07 - Tifa L. & Cid H. - Complete15. Close Up reviews[She looks fifteen. She looks fifty. He should not be looking.] Yuffie and Reno, in the aftermath, on attraction, duty, flower chains, and finding beauty.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,997 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 1-3-07 - Yuffie K. & Reno - Complete16. Soldier Boy reviewsIt's not always heaven on earth, but amidst crushed flowers and stray tranquilizer darts, Aeris and Zack find an odd sort of equilibrium.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,759 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 10-31-06 - Zack F. & Aerith G.17. Blue reviewsHe could almost have been a hero on the cover of one of the romance novels Yuffie had stashed in the back pockets of her rucksack. Almost. [Vincent, Tifa, and the finer points of fashion.]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-5-06 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete18. Unholy Trinity » reviewsA crumbling piece of clay, a fragile purple flower, and an invisible mask tie the Bahbem children together. [Makoto, Itsuki, Helena.]RahXephon - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,234 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 9-26-06 - Published: 9-5-06 - Complete19. Fifty Ways reviewsHis facade, her guilt, and a square of fresh grave dirt will always divide them. [Drabble Collection]Inuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-21-06 - Sango & Miroku20. Ordinary People reviewsA chance encounter leads Elena to question Cloud's taste in motor vehicles. He's not about to let her win the argument, either.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,083 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-14-06 - Cloud S. & Elena - Complete21. Crimsonality reviewsThe Jenova Project's final days and the fine art of creating a ghost. [I like to think, Valentine, that my modesty is what has kept me alive.]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 782 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 5-10-06 - Prof. Hojo & Vincent V. - Complete22. Sanctuary reviewsA million miles from home and freezing down to her bones, Yuffie does what she does best: make the best of the situation. It's really only Cloud's fault for getting in her way...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 871 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 4-13-06 - Yuffie K. & Cloud S. - Complete23. Two of a Kind reviewsEveryone gathers in Altamira, but under the pretext of a friendly outing, Colette keeps the peace, Genis schemes, Zelos needs to get out of the closet, and Seles denies all involvement. [Postgame.]Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K+ - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,788 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3-4-06 - Colette B. - Complete24. Stargazers reviewsSomewhere along their journey, Tifa and Vincent share a quiet moment as they shape stars into constellations. The night sky is always prettier outside of the city...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,156 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 2-6-06 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete25. Replacement Theory reviewsGolden eyepatches and crimson tattoos were not always the trademarks of two Grand Cardinals: like their owners, these bright things hold years of history and more than a few scars.Tales of Symphonia - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,910 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 2-6-06 - Forcystus - Complete26. Homecoming reviewsBecause a hero who does housework is quite a novelty, isn't it? [Lloyd and Presea. And insomnia.]Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,460 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 1-22-06 - Lloyd I. & Presea C. - Complete27. Hope On Fire reviewsSiren's Castle was a place for lovers. And here he was, waiting for someone else's to show up. But it had just been that sort of week for Eury Evans...Immortal Rain - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,646 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-9-06 - Complete28. Jocasta reviewsTradition tells that the end of the story overtakes all that precedes it. True as that may be, this is the rest of my story. I do not ask for forgiveness. I do not want it. I only ask to be understood. [ Pronyma ]Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 878 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-11-05 - Complete29. Book of Days reviewsTruth be told, their reunion was an accident. But fate works in funny ways, so does she, and he's learned better than to argue with both. [Postgame.]Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,683 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-1-05 - Raine S. & Zelos W. - Complete30. Opiate reviewsAt the funeral of a friend, three very different women pay their respects.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,670 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 7-18-05 - Elena & Cloud S. - Complete31. Gavotte reviewsWhen their journey was over, they promised, he would free his hands and she would learn, at last, to dance. RxRTales of Symphonia - Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,191 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 6-5-05 - Raine S. & Regal B. - Complete32. Levity reviews[Postgame] Cloud, Yuffie, chocobos, pillow fights, and ugly boots. Maybe it wasn't supposed to end this way, but he's glad it did.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 362 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 5-2-05 - Cloud S. & Yuffie K. - Complete33. Vienna reviewsHe started the afternoon as a kid in a handmedown suit, waiting for a girl. He left it as a Turk Trainee. Five years later, over whiskey shots and cigarette smoke, Reno brings back the past.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 615 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-21-05 - Reno & Tifa L. - Complete34. Benediction reviewsA hundred years after saving the world, Colette's existence in Triet is interrupted by the presence of another earthbound angel. Love collides with memory and enmity, and there is a quiet beauty in their breakdown...Tales of Symphonia - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,830 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 4-13-05 - Colette B. & Yuan - Complete35. Blood and Old Lace reviewsIn which Tifa realizes that sometimes life can only be lived a day, a fight, or a cup of coffee at a time. It may be a fractured existence, but she's never alone... [Gift for cobalt dragonfly]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,898 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 3-29-05 - Tifa L. & Vincent V. - Complete36. Spectrum reviewsNot everything can be seen in black and white, and her life is no exception... Caught in a summer storm with an old ally, Sheena reflects on her journey and those she met along the way. [postgame.]Tales of Symphonia - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,269 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 3-8-05 - Sheena F. & Zelos W. - Complete37. Peace Rose reviewsSometimes, the person that catches you is the last one you expect... From broken glasses to mended hearts, Reno and Tifa realize that their place in the world isn't as lonely as they'd thought it might be.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,001 - Reviews: 33 - Published: 2-24-05 - Tifa L. & Reno - Complete38. Run reviewsFor some, attraction is a fleeting dance. For others, a sparring match. But for these two, it resembles nothing so much as a game of tag... and they like it that way.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 692 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 2-4-05 - Yuffie K. & Reno - Complete39. Blasphemy reviewsUnder summer skies, a silverhaired warrior and a woman who has remembered how to smile are watcher and watched. He shouldn't be here. But then, neither should she. [Postgame]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 483 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 1-20-05 - Sephiroth & Tifa L. - Complete40. The Devil's Own reviewsA handful of moments that change Elena's life... and the one that saves it. It's always darkest before dawn.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,472 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 12-31-04 - Elena & Reno - Complete41. Revolution reviewsNot everyone falls in love overnight: in the case of a Wutaian queen and a halfdemon gunslinger, it takes years to realize the beauty of the time they've been given.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 954 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 12-27-04 - Vincent V. & Yuffie K. - Complete42. Timeless reviews[unrequited QuistisSquall] ...Her eyes close, and though a part of her is breaking, she lifts her chin and smiles. It is enough, this realized moment of what never could have been.Final Fantasy VIII - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 936 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 12-26-04 - Quistis T. & Squall L. - Complete43. Entanglement reviewsShe had called him unwittingly: intoxicating innocence. He wasn’t sure whether he wanted to claim it or destroy its unfamiliar brilliance... [mild, dark SangoNaraku]Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - General/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,559 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 11-23-04 - Sango & Naraku - Complete44. Distraction reviewsIn which Cloud and Yuffie fight off a double case of impending airsickness with a deck of cards. Sometimes, distractions can be found in unlikely places.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 556 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 11-17-04 - Cloud S. & Yuffie K. - Complete45. Foxtrot reviewsFor a moment they were quiet, and Reno moved to lean against the wall as well. 'I suppose,' he added, 'this is where I ask you to dance.' [RenoYuffie, postgame. Gift for Tijuana Pirate]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,590 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 10-24-04 - Yuffie K. & Reno - Complete46. Speechless reviews[Gift for Tiny Q] Watching him, she forgot she was the bookworm… she was, however, speechless. With help from an unlikely suitor, Hermione realizes that sometimes behind the games there lies a beautiful simplicity.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 437 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 10-11-04 - Hermione G. & Blaise Z. - Complete47. Power Shift reviews[Go see your little Gryffindor if she’s the one who makes you happy. ‘Fire,’ you call her, when you think nobody is listening. But in Hogwarts, somebody always is.] An outsider's look at DG and the balance of power in the Slytherin House.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,439 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-18-04 - Pansy P. & Draco M. - Complete48. Redemption reviewsIn the wake of Meteor, two warriors learn that while the past cannot be forgotten, it can be forgiven.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,085 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 8-2-04 - Elena & Cloud S. - Complete49. Echoes of Angels reviewsA scientist, a Turk, and the woman who loved them both. Hojo looks back on the final, fatal year of the Jenova Project, and remembers... love. Imperfect. But love nonetheless.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,700 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 7-1-04 - Prof. Hojo & Vincent V. - Complete50. Seasons Out Of Time reviewsShe’d smile, and if you didn’t look too closely, you’d believe she meant it... but he had always been observant. The year after the War, Ginny tries to forget everything... until she finds someone worth remembering. [GD, character death]Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,112 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 6-28-04 - Ginny W. & Draco M. - Complete51. Songbird reviewsHe'd always loved her. Or so it seemed. There were those who had their doubts about the truth of his feelings: he had kidnapped her once, after all... Kouga, Kagome, and the 'beginning of a beautiful friendship.'Inuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,954 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 6-21-04 - Kouga & Kagome - Complete52. Runaways and Hot Dogs reviews“Don’t, Zell. Let me be pretend to be the eversmiling ‘Messenger Girl,’ and just be the klutzy, funny fistfighter I know… it’s easier that way.” Zell and Selphie learn that they share illusions, and that the best meetings are bittersweet.Final Fantasy VIII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,302 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 5-11-04 - Selphie T. & Zell D. - Complete53. Just A Girl reviewsYou only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she's not deadly. She's beautiful, and she's laughing... Shinra, Scarlet, and the devils you know...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,581 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 4-16-04 - Scarlet - Complete54. Limit Break reviewsMary Sues... unfounded relationships... implausible love stories... Too much for the average onewinged angel? Sephiroth rants. Lyrically.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 525 - Reviews: 71 - Published: 3-2-04 - Sephiroth - Complete55. Unconditional Things » reviewsWe were Turks: we were not allowed nor expected to possess emotions of romantic ilk or otherwise… that isn’t to say that we never did. Elena reminisces, and finds a new reason to move on...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,132 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 2-28-04 - Published: 2-26-04 - Elena & Rude - Complete56. Windows reviewsChuckling despite herself, she answered Draco. “Funny... I always saw you as more the ‘morally ambiguous’ type.” Draco, Ginny, secret rooms, masks... and the shades of gray that tie them all together.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,407 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 2-10-04 - Draco M. & Ginny W. - Complete57. Eternity reviewsA poem reflecting Aeris' final moments. Two fallen angels have finally cut their ties...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 300 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 2-3-04 - Aerith G. & Sephiroth - Complete58. A Science Apart reviews[I can’t blame any one of us for what happened: he destroyed you because of me, but you stayed because I was there, and my betrayal drove him mad.] Lucrecia reflects on her days with Vincent, and the events that led three souls into darkness...Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,348 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 1-23-04 - Lucrecia C. & Vincent V. - Complete59. You Don't See Me reviewsHe calls her name in his dreams. Wildly, sometimes, like a lost child…The mornings after those nights, he comes down the stairs with pain and guilt dancing across his face: he knows that I know. Tifa reflects on Cloud and moving on... [CT, implied YV]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,323 - Reviews: 26 - Published: 1-13-04 - Tifa L. & Cloud S. - Complete60. Shadowed Brandy reviewsEven though time had made her a beautiful woman, few people ever looked at his Ginerva. Perhaps because she was overshadowed by those around her, but he liked to think they didn't look too closely because he had marked her as his. [GinnyTom]Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Suspense/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,762 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 12-6-03 - Ginny W. & Tom R. Jr. - Complete61. Burying The Past reviewsSometimes, the hardest thing to face are the things that you have already destroyed. [Postgame, rated for darker themes.]Soul Calibur - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,230 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 10-25-03 - Complete62. What They See reviewsIvy's sword, like her soul, has a double edge.Soul Calibur - Rated: K+ - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 297 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-21-03 - Complete63. Light in the Darkness reviewsSometimes, it takes a friend's observation to make you realize the truth about yourself... A reflection on life, destiny, Sorting Hats, Draco, Harry, and survival from female Blaise's POV.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,945 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-7-03 - Draco M. & Blaise Z. - Complete