CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE*

[seventhe]

Fandom: taking back Valentine's Day since 2008!

So last year bottle_of_shine had a Kissing Battle. The last edition is here (EDITED TO ADD: this is the old battle, not the current one!). It was a lot of fun and might be known around FF-fandom circles as the best Meme ever**.

Pretty much everyone I know is stressed about something, too, so this round of the Kiss Meme Battle honestly couldn't have better timing. (I love you guys) This round is about feeling good, it's about love, and it's also about seeing who can write the most kissy drabbles and ficlets in one week!

Final Fantasy Kissing Battle: Valentine's Edition!***
Happening right here in this very entry

This portion of the rules I borrow from Nay, because she explained it well.

Requirements:
  - Kissing. Of any sort, even if it happens to be platonic. Otherwise known as: gen kisses are okay!
  - Put the fandom and pairing in the header of comments with kiss fic! SERIOUSLY. This makes it 300% easier for people to browse (and for me to compile).
Limitations: above the belt (this isn't about porn) and Final Fantasy only (crossovers are cool).

There are many ways to play! Write kisses and post them as comments. Make a list of requests and hope someone will fill them. Write other people's requests and hope they do the same back. (Requests can be filled more than once.) Find other good kisses and squee! EDIT - You can request anonymously, if you want!

This is about love and feeling good and that kind of stuff so people who are stupid about it will get my steel-toes in their ass. WITH LOVE ♥ ♥ ♥

I'm thinking about a week for this, so whoever writes the most kisses in that time wins!

GO TO IT, GUYS.
Let the Kissing Battle begin!
Feel free to pimp and invite people! THERE'S LOVE FOR EVERYONE.


*Don't lie to me. You hate it, you know you hate it, and you love to hate it. You love to complain about how stupid of a holiday it is. Single, committed, married, playing the field, porn star, straight, gay, bi, curious, into donkeys - we all have a hate-on for Valentine's Day, and we all compete with each other over the size of our Valentine's-Day-hating cock. I've had it. ENOUGH. THE HATE STOPS HERE! FILL THE WORLD WITH MOTHER FUCKING LOVE, YOU FUCKING COCK BITCHES.

**it might also not. I may have made that part up.

***the name of this color is "Dark Hard Magenta." HAHAHA. HARD. i am such a loser. Also, I hope it's as annoying on YOUR screen as it is on MINE.

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REQUESTS
Updated: ~1:00pm 02-18-08

♥ Each *asterisk* represents one kiss already written for that request. It certainly does not mean you can't write another - it's really for people who are trying to make sure everyone gets their fair share of the kisses.
It's only based off of kisses with labeled comment headers. If you forgot to label your kiss, reply to it with a comment WITH THE PAIRING IN THE HEADER and I'll try to update you.
♥ Newest requests are at the bottom of each list, labeled with a heart. ("New" simply means "the most recent people I've added".)

Again, if you don't want your name on your request, feel free to comment anonymously.

FFI
Garland/Sara*, Arylon/Elf Prince, Jim/Kope, Light Warrior/Anyone - ovo_lexa

FFII
Paul/Leila, Maria/Guy - ovo_lexa

FFIII
Ingus/Sara* - kristinmachina
Dorga/Unne - ovo_lexa
♥ Arc/Alus, Cid/Mrs. Cid - rosehiptea

FFIV
Cecil/Rosa*, Cecil & young Rydia* - venefica_aura
Edge/Kain - katmillia
Rosa/Rydia, Edge/Kain/Rydia - first_seventhe
Edge/Rydia*, Kain/Rydia*, Kain/Valvalicia/Golbez/Rosa (any comb.)* - lassarina
Edward/Anna** - ovo_lexa
Rosa/Edge**, Rosa/Palom*, Anna (as Rosa)/Edward*, Rosa/Sylph - salarta
Porom/Edward, Porom/Anyone* - shiny_glor_chan
Rydia/Asura*, Kain/Rosa, Kain/Cecil, Edward/young!Rydia, Palom/Porom* - eerian_sadow
Cecil/Kain/Rosa - wakka_luver
♥ Yang/anyone** - fanaticalone

FFV
Syldra & Faris* - ovo_lexa
Reina/Faris* - salarta

FFVI
Setzer/Celes* - astrangerenters
Maduin/Madeline* - deadshrimpblues
Terra/Anyone*, Locke/Celes - first_seventhe
Celes/Leo* - aesriella
Locke/Celes, Leo/Celes* - lassarina
Terra/Celes/Kefka - salarta
Sabin/Cyan* - jianna
♥ Cyan/Terra - rosehiptea

FFVII and assorted
Tseng/Elena - irish_ais
Tifa/Elena*, Reno/Aeris*, Lucrecia/Ifalna** - venefica_aura
Veld/Ifalna*, Veld/Lucrecia, Vincent/Ifalna* - astralavator
Cid/Shera**, Rude/Elena*, Tifa/Barret*, Chocobo Joe/Esther, Ilfalna/Elmyra* - deadshrimpblues
Tifa/Barret, Tifa/Rude, Yuffie/Reno - first_seventhe
Vincent/Tifa* - rhianna_aurora
Vincent/Cloud* - kristinmachina
Cid/Vincent, Cloud/Zack, Cloud/Sephiroth, Sephiroth/Zack, Zack/Aeris, Reno/Rude, Rufus/Reno - jameva
Zack/Aeris, Reno/Rude, Tseng/Elena - lassarina
Tifa/Scarlet - salarta
Tifa/Vincent, Tifa/Veld*, Tifa/Tseng, Tifa/Reno, Tifa/Sephiroth - is_bel
Vincent/Elena*, Aeris/Elena*, Reeve/Tifa, Anna/Veld* - tijuana_pirate
Vincent/Cloud*, (AC) Marlene & Denzel - solitaryjane
Any combo: Cloud, Reno, Zack, Sephiroth, Rufus, Angeal, Genesis - jenovas_boy
Tifa/Vincent - sarasa_cat
Cid/Loz, Cait Sith/Red XIII*, Aerith/Cait Sith* - wakka_luver
Cloud/Tifa, Loz/Tifa, Yuffie/Vincent, Yuffie/Cloud* - anime_angel_ash
♥ Cloud/Barret*/a> - firefly99
♥ Zack/Tifa, Zack/Cloud, Rude/Tifa - fiorieart
♥ Reno/Rude/Elena* - fanaticalone

FFVIII
Squall/Rinoa*, Seifer/Zell, Seifer/Quistis, Seifer/Xu, Seifer/Fujin, Irvine/Selphie*, Cid/Edea** - irish_ais
Seifer/Squall, Rinoa/Ellone*, Fujin/Xu*, Cid/Edea* - venefica_aura
Squall/Ellone* - katmillia
Squall/Quistis*, Irvine/Quistis* - astrangerenters
Selphie/Seifer*, Irvine/His Hat** - achenar
Quistis/Zell*, Seifer/Zell, Quistis/Laguna*, Selphie/Seifer, Irvine/Anyone* - first_seventhe
Irvine/Rinoa** - rhianna_aurora
Seifer/Zell, Irvine/Squall* - dior_anghel
Quistis/Xu*, Xu/Nida, Quistis & Angelo***, Quistis/Bobo/Zell - aesriella
Quistis/Shiva* - aesriella
Seifer/Zell, Irvine/Selphie - jameva
Seifer/Irvine!*, Seifer/Squall - lassarina
Seifer/Ma Dincht*, Seifer/Raijin*, Seifer/Xu*, Seifer/Fujin, Selphie/Edea, Xu/Martine, Xu/Zell, Zell/Fujin, Zell/Irvine*, Zell/Chocobo - siva630
Edea/Quistis - salarta
Quistis/Irvine* - solitaryjane
Quistis/Squall - owlmoose
Seifer/Zell - not_cynical
Edea/Laguna* - mrsteninch
Squall/Rinoa, Seifer/Zell, Xu/Martine*, Irvine/Seifer - bottle_of_shine
Ultimecia/Anyone*, Ifrit/Shiva* - wakka_luver
Selphie/Irvine, Zell/Library Girl*, Seifer/Xu*, Seifer/Rinoa*, Raine/Laguna - anime_angel_ash
♥ Quistis/Odin*, Zell/Quistis, Squall/Zell*, Squall/Nida, Seifer/Nida, Cid/Dr. Kadowaki* - fiorieart
♥ Zell/Selphie/Irvine* - fanaticalone

FFIX
Beatrix/Steiner, Beatrix/Garnet* - aesriella
Kuja/Zidane, Zidane/Garnet - jameva
Freya/Amarant, x7 - siva630
Garnet/Beatrix - salarta
Steiner/Beatrix, Freya/Fratley, Vivi/anybody - owlmoose
Zidane/Garnet, Eiko/Vivi* - anime_angel_ash
♥ Freya/Zidane* - fanaticalone

FFX/X-2
Lulu/Rikku, Tidus/Rikku, Yuna/Auron or Yuna & Auron* - venefica_aura
Auron/Rikku**, Baralai/Gippal, Yuna/Baralai* - katmillia
Wakka/Rikku*, Lulu/Rikku*, Yuna/Anyone* - first_seventhe
Gippal/Baralai - dior_anghel
Lulu/Chappu - aesriella
Auron/Jecht*, Lulu/Auron - jameva
Lulu/Auron*, Nooj/Paine - lassarina
Yuna/Kimahri, Rikku/Wakka*, Wakka/Lulu, Wakka/Yuna - siva630
Lulu/Doll, Lulu/Leblanc, Elma/Lucil - salarta
Kimahri/Rikku, Braska & young Yuna, young Yuna / young Auron - eerian_sadow
Lulu/Luzzu, Yuna/Isaaru, Buddy/Anybody*, Paine/Nooj! - owlmoose
Auron/Braska, Auron/Jecht, Tidus/Yuna, Baralai/Gippal*, Paine/Nooj*, BARALAI/ISAARU - not_cynical
Auron/Belgemine, Shelinda/A Chocobo - mrsteninch
Auron/Braska, Dona/Bartello*, Baralai/Gippal*, Shinra/Pacce, Buddy/Brother, Yuna/Beclem* - bottle_of_shine
Braska/Jecht* - jianna
Kimahri/Moogle - wakka_luver
Gippal/Yuna, Paine/Rikku, Nooj/Lucil, Beclem/Elma, Isaaru/Belgemine* - pink_rapid
Tidua/Yuna, Wakka/Lulu, Nooj/Lucil, LeBlanc/Gippal, Paine/Baralai, Braska/Yuna's mother*, Jecht/Tidus' mother* - anime_angel_ash
♥ Lulu/Wakka/Luzzu - fanaticalone
♥ Wakka/Tidus - rosehiptea

FFXII
Basch/Ashe* - katmillia
Balthier/Ashe**, Drace/Gabranth - astrangerenters
Penelo/Larsa/Vaan - achenar
Vaan/Ashe - astralavator
Balthier/Vaan*, Balthier/Fran - kristinmachina
Fran/Balthier - aesriella
Balthier/Fran, Balthier/Basch*, Basch/Vossler* - jameva
Balthier/Ashe*, Gabranth/Drace*, Gabranth/Ffamran**, Vayne/Ashe* - lassarina
Larsa/Penelo**, Vayne/Drace**, Fran/Vaan* - mariagoner
Balthier/Vaan, Balthier/Basch, Ashe/Al-Cid* - not_cynical
Basch/Ashe, Basch & Noah*, Noah/Penelo**, Ffamran/Fran* - aorin107
Fran/Penelo - mrsteninch
Drace/Gabranth*, Penelo/Basch**, Venat/Dr.Cid - sarasa_cat
Reks/Penelo* - mariagoner
Ondore/Drace, Balthier/Penelo, Basch/Fran, OLD DALAN/HOOKAH* - pink_rapid
Al-Cid/Ashe, Vaan/Ashe, Larsa/Penelo - anime_angel_ash
♥ Vayne/Larsa, Vayne/Gabranth, Zargabaath/Zecht, Gabranth/Zecht - manic_intent

Revenant Wings
Lluyd/Filo, Penelo/Velis, Fran/Mydia - kristinmachina
llyud/Filo, Kytes/Filo*, Llyud/Penelo/Vaan, Kytes/Filo/Llyud - shiny_glor_chan

Crossover
Reno/Rydia****, Quistis/Rydia, Squall/Cloud - katmillia
Basch/Celes* - astrangerenters
Quistis/Rydia** - first_seventhe
Ferris/Setzer, Edgar/Ashe* - kristinmachina
Auron/Celes, Ashe/Celes, Zack/Rydia - lassarina
Rosa/Edea*, Rosa/Kefka - salarta
Ultros/Balthier!!* - sarasa_cat
Faris/Leila* - shiny_glor_chan
♥ Balthier/Mustadio, Balthier/Zalbaag, Balthier/Cidolfus Orlandeau - manic_intent
♥ Rude/Fujin - fanaticalone

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HONORABLE MENTION FANDOMS THAT ARE NOT FINAL FANTASY BUT YOU MIGHT KNOW THEM ANYWAY
Sir Hilldo / Kitty Kitty by hilldo

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REQUESTS FOR CHARACTER/INANIMATE OBJECT
I am not going to be able to keep track of all of these, so feel free to just respond to the entry with any kisses these prompts might inspire!

Already requested:
   - Irvine/Hat (all over the place)
   - Lulu/Doll

New
   - Sabin/His Too Sweet Fists Of Fury
   - FF7 Cid/Pack of Cigarettes
   - FF7 Cid/The Highwind
   - Wakka/Blitzball
   - Reno/Nightstick
   - Kadaj/Jenova bits
   - Cloud/Cell Phone
   - Cloud/Fenrir
   - Squall/Triple Triad Cards
   - Shinra/CommSphere
   - Leblanc/Nooj's Glasses(/other parts)
   - Balthier/The Strahl
   - Yuffie/Materia
   - Rikku/Auron's Sake Jug
   - Seifer/Quistis/Quistis' Whip




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Comments

I Request for GREAT JUSTICE

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

FFIV:

Cecil/Rosa (THEY ARE SO EFFIN CUTE)
Cecil/baby!Rydia (IN THE CUTE PLATONIC WAY PLZ)

FFVII: aka, indulge my crack

Tifa/Elena
Reno/Aeris
Lucrecia/Ifalna

FFVIII:

Seifer/Squall (yes, I'm uncreative stfu)
Rinoa/Ellone
Fujin/Xu
Cid/Edea

FFX:

Lulu/Rikku
Tidus/Rikku
Yuna/Auron (CUTE GEN PREFERRED)

FFIV- Cecil, Rydia

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

"Don't turn the lantern out."

Cecil sighed, wishing for the tenth time that Rosa was there to help him deal with the strange quirks and needs that accompanied a seven-year-old child.

"It's night," he explained, again, as he tucked the covers in around her small form. "Night means sleep. And to sleep, it needs to be dark."

"No," Rydia said. Her bottom lip was trembling in a precariously held pout. "I don't want it out."

"But it's night," he said.

"No," she repeated. "It's scary."

"Look," Cecil started, "just close your eyes, and it won't be scary anymore."

"Promise?" she asked, dark eyes wide. Pudgy hands were clutching the thread-bare linen of the Inn– didn't anyone bother to stock the beds with real blankets anymore?– and she seemed on the verge of believing him.

"Yes," he said, withholding a relieved sigh. "Yes, I promise."

"Well, I need a goodnight kiss," she said, huffing. He leaned forward and kissed her forehead where the emerald strands blew across her eyes.

"Goodnight," he said, and tip-toed over to the lantern before she changed her mind. Again.

Re: FFIV- Cecil, Rydia

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

Eeee! HAPPY FUZZIES.

Tellah icon approves.

~Cendri

Re: FFIV- Cecil, Rydia

[astralavator.livejournal.com]

So cute!!

FFVIII, Fujin/Xu

[irish-ais.livejournal.com]

The last time, she had tasted of war, of death, of the tingly sensation that paramagic left in your system when you had a spell junctioned for too long. What had it been? Cure, Blizzard, Quake?

Xu downed the last of her drink-- it wasn't for courage, she didn't need a drink for courage. That was only what cadets and civilians did, and an A-ranked SeeD was hardly the same as a civilian.

The clock above the bar said that Fujin was five minutes late, the stark black numerals a disapproving frown at oh-seven twenty.

"Anything else?" the bartender asked; the night was too slow. Xu wished there was someone else for him to wait on. She pushed her glass across the slick shiny wood and asked for another.

It wasn't half-bad liquor; it wasn't like she was drinking it to ease her nerves. Mercs didn't have nerves that needed easing.

The glass was tilted to her lips when Fujin said hello, and Xu jumped halfway off the stool as cold liquid spread across the thigh of her pants.

Fujin smirked. "Miss me?"

"No."

"Liar."

Xu dabbed at the whiskey with a napkin, and when its absorbency limit finally protested, she added, "I need to change."

Fujin nodded, and followed as Xu paid for her drinks, the generous tip certainly not intentional. Fujin followed as Xu walked toward the elevator at a staid, precise pace.

Fujin shut the door and flipped the lock behind her.

Fujin's lips were cold-chapped against hers, and this time, Fujin's lips only tasted like home.

And Xu didn't admit that, because a soldier didn't need home, either.

Re: FFVIII, Fujin/Xu

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

See, I was totally pointing that prompt at you and you took it. Because I blame you for it.

Soldier discussion is always always awesome. <3

~Cendri

FFVIII: Rinoa/Ellone

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

There was something distinctly sweet about Ellone's magic, and the way it echoed in her form, like vibrations through her bones. It was different than Quistis' Blue Magic, different than Selphie's slotted magic- just different from everything else around her. Whenever Elle visited Garden, she usually made a point to spend time with Squall (after all, what were big sisters for?) and Rinoa took the opportunity during the third visit to hide herself behind one of the bookcases (cleverly disguised behind My Moomba and Me: A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Your New Best Friend).

She liked to stretch out with her senses, let her abilities wander, so she could taste the bits of swirling magic Elle always gave off. They twisted when she moved and rippled when she laughed, and they felt like little pings of joy in Rinoa's head.

Rinoa thought she was being awfully sneaky until Elle rounded the corner and gave her a look that clearly read she knew exactly what Rinoa was doing, and gave absolutely no wiggle room to come up with a clever excuse (who didn't want to learn about raising Moombas, anyway?).

"Sorry," Rinoa said, sheepishly, replacing the book on the shelf in the incredibly incorrect opening. "I just– you feel different, and it's... nice."

"Nice?" Ellone asked, eyebrows rising.

"Yes. I mean, it's just different and all, with your magic and mine, and I just wanted to explore it a little bit, I didn't mean to invade or anything," Rinoa said, quickly, words falling out in a jumbled mess on the floor (sort of like Selphie's attempts at cooking). Elle shot her another look then, one that said, quite clearly, she knew what it was like to invade, and she knew the pros and cons and everything in-betweens. And Rinoa couldn't get the sensation of Elle's ribbons of time out of her head, the sweet aftertaste the magic always left, so she leaned forward a bit and kissed the other girl, just to see if it worked the same way.

It did, apparently. Elle tasted like strawberries and time and magic.

And she didn't look displeased when Rinoa finally summoned the courage to look her in the eyes again.

"Nice?" Elle asked, one corner of her mouth quirking upwards.

"Nice," Rinoa repeated.

going to class FOR REALZ NOW

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

<3!

I AM SO GLAD I REQUESTED THE FEMMESLASHY.

~Cendri

Re: FFVIII: Rinoa/Ellone

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

I loved it. :)

FFVII: Lucrecia/Ifalna

[astralavator.livejournal.com]

“So he’s a Turk.”

It wouldn’t have been difficult to have merely overlooked Ifalna’s flinch. The girl was practical being devoured by one of Gast’s atrocious finds he’d mistaken for a house planet. After specimen had begun misses the techs were spreading all sorts of rumors of how this one had been munching on some of the Projects more unwary specimen.

The jab hadn’t been at Gast tasted in greenery, there was only one specimen who was allowed to opportunity to be wayward. If they’d known how Vincent had ended up on the project then little Iffy wouldn’t have to be a focus of such distasteful lies, even if she’d been dealing them out herself rather freely.

Of course, Lucrecia shouldn’t have disapproved wasn’t that what the good Professor was for. As the eldest of the pair Lucrecia should have asked if he knew then given out sagely advice on how these types of engagements weren’t going to last.

“They aren’t the same person.” Ifalna wasn’t frustrated. Her voice sounded slightly off as it was coming out of those purple leaves that should have been consuming her odd eyes to get the color back to its leaves. Lucrecia knew she wasn’t frustrated because she was Ifalna.

Certain types of behaviors you can see without needing to see.

Why did it always come back to Grimoire?

“I’d hardly be able to mistake the two of them.”

When she let you look into them, Ifalna’s eyes were startling but to have them appear without warning inches away from your own could almost be terrifying. Lucrecia’s security level wasn’t nearly high enough to know what exactly Ifalna was nor did Ifalna feel the need to indulge her.

“What color are his eyes?”

“What?” The unnaturalness if Ifalna’s eyes made nearly any eye color irrelevant. Those eyes, though, they’d been a little inhuman themselves hadn’t they.

“Red,” she’d almost said like his father’s but she caught herself before the words slipped out. Ifalna didn’t need to know about that affair or how it ended.

“No, they’re a lovely shade of brown almost a black as top soil. If you don’t know someone’s eye color then how can you say you know them?”

Lucrecia kissed those dirt stained cheeks that were reminiscent of eyes, a pretty Turk boy’s eyes. It wasn’t the imagery her mind was teasing her with that landed her kiss there, after all a Turk could hardly be considered faithful.

It was the words. Filled with childish logic, they reminded Lucrecia of how she was so very much older than Ifalna. They weren’t enticing words…like her eyes but Ifalna was more than eyes.

“Ifalna, all Turks have certain tastes.” Lucrecia slipped an arm though Ifalna’s.

It was difficult overlook the little hints of disappointment in Ifalna’s steps. Lucrecia did, though; she wanted to be able to appreciate more than Ifalna’s eyes.

Re: FFVII: Lucrecia/Ifalna

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

See, I knew you would bring the awesome, and I was totally hoping you'd pick this prompt up.

<3!! <3! It's full of awesome and creeeeepy!

~Cendri

FFIV: Cecil/Rosa!

[first-seventhe.livejournal.com]

She knows Cecil the instant she sees him, with that instinctual jolt of recognition that hearts are so good at. It isn't until she's been freed, in the dizziness of her first steps in weeks, that she realizes her eyes are not playing tricks on her.

He's different.

Gone is the dark armor, the helm with its terrifying spikes. Gone is the dark sword. In its place is light - a sword gleaming like a star, armor made of crystal and glass.

Even his face is different. His doubt, his grief, his shame - all the things she could help with, the burdens she could kiss away - they are gone. There is still worry in his eyes, but there is a sense of resolution there that her Cecil never had.

He found it without me, Rosa thinks. Who is this stranger? What has he gone through without me there? What sort of trappings are these, these noble robes of light - has he donned them for show? For disguise? Or is he truly -

He bends forward to kiss her, and she lifts her face nervously, wondering what happened to her Cecil, wondering whether -

Oh.

He still tastes the same. She sighs, and smiles, and leans forward.

Re: FFIV: Cecil/Rosa!

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

YES! ALL MY REAL OTPS ARE CANON MARRIED AND THAT'S AWESOME! EEEEEE.

THIS MEANS YOU TOTALLY HAVE TO WRITE SOME MORE CECIL/ROSA BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ROCK AT IT.

~Cendri

P.S. TELLAH ICON APPROVES!

Re: FFIV: Cecil/Rosa!

[katmillia.livejournal.com]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah that's so awesome. xD

Re: FFIV: Cecil/Rosa!

[salarta.livejournal.com]

Jealous salarta is jealous! Excellent writing! I'm not just saying that because of the pairing either, the depth of it makes me wish I could write stories this eloquent all the time.

The picture I'm using for this comment is entirely random, btw. :)

Re: FFIV: Cecil/Rosa!

[lassarina]

....Damn it, don't make me like this pairing :(

Re: FFIV: Cecil/Rosa!

[is-bel.livejournal.com]

This was adorable. I've never tried reading any FFIV fics before but I loved your characterization of Rosa, I couldn't help but say something.

with that instinctual jolt of recognition that hearts are so good at. So true.

FFX: Yuna & Auron

[shahrizai.livejournal.com]

The first time Auron ever saw her she was all of three years old: the hem of her skirt was covered in mud, her little hands were caked with dirt, she had smudges on her face that looked disturbingly like Al Bhed war markings, and the smile that stretched from ear to ear made her look positively radiant.

It was because of that brightness that he really, really didn't mind her running up to him, flinging her arms open with all the trust of a child and giving a big, huge, slobbering kiss on his eye.

It was because of respect for that innocence that he said nothing, ten years later, when she somehow managed to have her first real kiss with Tidus' nose instead of his lips.

Re: FFX: Yuna & Auron

[venefica-aura.livejournal.com]

ADORABLE. That's... eee, that's what I was hoping for, something that cute.

<3!

~Cendri

Teenages make me laugh

[tijuana-pirate.livejournal.com]

You’ve got to go to judgement and stand trial.

Jezebel, Recoil

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Reno couldn’t have said why he did it. Well, there were always the usual subjects. He was young, cocky, hormonal, under-aged, and drunk in a Midgarian bar after closing time. There were a lot of reasons why.

It was that he’d never seen her before. It wasn’t that she didn’t belong; she did. He could tell by the way she moved, by the fact that she never flinched at any of it. She belonged in the Slums, just like him. It was written all over her.

Minus the pink. Who the hell wore pink in the Slums anyway?

One of the guys he was drinking with said something but Reno didn’t hear it. He couldn’t even remember the other boy’s name now. It didn’t matter.

Reno stood and moved to close the distance – she was at the bar and he was in the back. He slipped through the people, the souls of his shoes making faint slurping sounds as they were constantly stuck and unstuck with every step he took.

There are lots of ways to kiss a girl, Reno knew. There are boy-meets-girl kisses. There are spin-the-bottle kisses.

This was not that kind of kiss.

Reno didn’t even bother tapping her on the shoulder first. He spun her around from the bar, noticed that her eyes were green – deep, clear green – and then kissed her, hard.

It was a kiss-me-like-the-world-is-ending kiss. It was a kiss-me-like-we’re-the-only-ones-left-standing kiss. It was the kind of kiss you gave a complete stranger that you’d spun and pressed up against the counter in a seedy Midgar bar after-hours.

The best part was that she kissed back. Reno felt her fingers dig into his hair and he shifted his weight to take a bit more of hers. Gods, she was everywhere. She was …

Reno knew that he was a good kisser but he had the vague suspicion that she was probably better.

Eventually her heels touched the ground again and he loosened his grip on her waist. It took them half a second to open their eyes. For the briefest instant, Reno had all kind of half-formed teenage boy thoughts in his head and vague concepts about what was going to come next.

Her eyes were just as green. For a brief moment they were slightly puzzled. Then –

The knee to his groin was swift, sharp, and very painful. The floor was as hard as it was sticky.

“Jerk!” the girl shrieked. “I thought you were my boyfriend!”

The green-eyed girl kicked Reno once more in the ribs just for good measure before storming out of the bar. Reno curled into the appropriate position and tried to pretend that there weren’t a few tears at the edge of his eyes.

It took a moment before a slow, devious smile crept onto his face.

Dear gods, it had been worth it.

FF7: Reno.Aeris (I suck at this, apparently)

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See above.

-TP

FF7: Tifa/Elena

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Too long to post here. Follow the link. :)

-T. pirate

Re: I Request for GREAT JUSTICE

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Err. For some reason, I didn't see your Lulu/Rikku request until after I'd written it for sev. Is it can be counted as for both of you? :)

FFVII - Cid/Edea

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Their island was quiet after the kids left - not that they could really call them kids anymore, regardless of whether the Deling government would allow them to buy porn.

"Sometimes I think... we should have done something else. Done it some other way," Cid frowned as the Garden disappeared over the horizon.

Edea shook her head. "There's no guarantee anything else would have worked out better. And it looks like they're going to win."

"Yes. They'll save the world." Cid hesitated. "I think I would have rather damned it and stayed with you."

Edea laughed a little at that, and he smiled. "Don't worry, we've still got plenty of time left." She kissed him suddenly, and he was reminded of how she kissed when she was very young, before she became so guarded and afraid of herself. Then she took his hand and led him home.

FFVII - Lucrecia/Ifalna

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I never met Lucrecia, but I couldn't help feeling as if I knew her. Of all the people Gast left behind at Shinra, she was the only one whose name he didn't seem to stumble over. He confessed to me what he'd helped do to her, and how she died without really dying, in the hope that I would explain it to him in some way that would make him less guilty.

I couldn't do that. I never lied to him. But his words stayed with me in the years I spent in Midgar, a prisoner of the Shinra building. Every time I spoke with Hojo, I thought about Lucrecia and what Gast had told me.

When Aeris was safe and I returned to the planet, the first person I looked for was not my husband or my family. It was her. It didn't surprise me that she wasn't in the lifestream. I just kept looking.

The cave I found her in was dark and damp, illuminated only by the makou pool and the natural materia formations. "Ah, finally. Dr Crescent, I presume?"

I saw her body outlined in the dim light. I found something eerie about the situation, but I couldn't put my finger on the reason. I'd seen plenty of dead bodies in my years with Hojo, and been in many a dark cave before that. There was a long wait before Lucrecia replied, and I had plenty of time to collect my thoughts.

"Who's there? Vincent? Hojo?" Her words were slow, but still managed to carry a quiet, wavering note of... hope? Panic? I wasn't sure.

"Neither, I'm afraid," I told her. "My name is Ifalna. Gast told me a lot about you."

This time the response was faster and more sure of itself. "What did he tell you?"

"About the Project... and what happened to you. I wanted to see for myself, to see if I could help you."

The sound she made was not quite laughing, more of a chittering echo among the stone walls that made the cave feel hollow and far removed from the Earth. "I can't be helped. I'm infectious. Can't you tell?"

Suddenly I understood what was wrong with this place. It was uncanny to be surrounded by so much makou and feel so little life.

"I can't return to the Planet, even if I believed in that," she continued, the crystalline echo chilling her voice. "The Jenova cells in my body keep me from dying completely."

"Incomplete death?" I mused. I'd heard hints about it here and there, but there was no real answer, and the voice of the Planet was weak here.

I stepped closer to her body, frozen as it was, and wondered if history was repeating itself. If one host for Jenova were dug up, did the Planet require another take its place?

I laid my lips against the smooth surface and tried to convey my warmth to her. "The Planet will find a way, Lucrecia. Sooner or later, it always does."

If she nodded, it was so small a movement I couldn't see it. "I'll see you again when it does."