What if Break hadn't been able to escape Alyss, and had been trapped by her and turned into a chain himself? What if he became the Mad Hatter, serving Alyss?Serving Alyss, that is, until Sharon made a contract with him, taking him back to the human world.

will be amazing. —Gym Leaders, high school AU.

He gives her his jacket. —Volkner/Candice

he is the epitome of hell, and she is the spring, but maybe—maybe they could work out? —HadesPersephone.

Candice rents an apartment. Volkner is an awful neighbor. — VolknerCandice

Touch of fire, touch of ice. A wary convergence to a steadier rapprochement through the years.

06: Me thinks there's someone illegally using my internet connection. So, I've decided to seek help from this nerd-ish kid next-door. I swear my mom is in love with him. Yeah, I know, that's pretty cougar-y. Rimahiko. —011.

COMPLETED Practically kidnapping someone is... not exactly the best way to start off a relationship. Especially if your would-be kidnapper is supposed to be your coworker. Kouzumi

In which Tenten is forced to do embarrassing, humiliating things in front of her Bus Hottie. Here's hoping he's still interested. — Neji, Tenten. AU.

She didn't want to be uncertain of his mindset any longer; all she wanted to know what how he felt.

-Drabble- "It was subtle at first. Almost unnoticed." Rimahiko; SCDays entry

They were all severe victims of harsh reality, with facades to cloak their internal scars. They may cover up in different ways: shyness, indifference, harshness, popularity, playing with hearts, but had the same view on life deep inside. Amuto, Rimahiko

Not all scars show. Not every wound heals. Character death. Drabble RandR!

Nami Amou is curious by nature - she knows it's useless to try and change. But when it comes to Azuma Yunoki, answers are not so easily found. Something tells her it's probably more trouble than it's worth . . . but when has that ever stopped her?

"Star people are rare. You'll be lucky to meet another." — story collection

When Ino met her dream boy, it was on a bus to New York, and it took her several hours to learn his name and stop calling him 'Pinapple Head'. Sakura, on the other hand, literally ran into hers and got cake all over his shirt. Nice.

[NejiTen] Four oneshots in response to the LJ NejiTen FOIL challenge. Angst to crack.

Facts of Life: Girls crushed on boys, girls were rejected by boys, girls developed fantastic vengeance issues and sometimes became sufficiently embittered to join a nunnery. Of course, Facts never really apply to Life. Or Haruno Sakura. [SasuSaku]

In which a certain Yamanaka finds a Domestic God in the most unlikely of men, unexpected happiness amidst a compost heap.....and herself, stripped bare and fancy free. AU, ShikaIno, four parter

NejiTen request. Due to a deathbed promise, inexperienced Neji ends up with an instant son. Enter Tenten, the longlost teammate who poses as a birdbrain nanny for her jounin mission, beginning a tale of love, betrayal, and stinky diapers.

She understands why arranging flowers are an important thing. You want the graves to look pretty. — Ino

Sai has one, and it's not his, but he likes to look at it, to pretend to remember a time when [notentirelyhis] Team 7 had been invincible, together. When they could have outshone the sun. And to pretend that maybe they still can. [Team 7] [Oneshot]

Izumi helps Kouji move his things into his new apartment one hot summer day. [One-shot Kouzumi]