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Naruto

Indifference

by orphan_account

In which Nara Shikamaru is the host of the demon fox Kyuubi. Until Gaara of the Desert arrives in Konoha for the Chuunin examinations, this doesn't disrupt his peaceful, passive life too much. But now: fights, plots, secrets, lies, demons, ninja! How troublesome...

Teen 75k words 44 ch Complete 78 kudos

Friendship · AU · Mild Peril · Shonen Manga Fight Scenes· +3 more

Arthurian Literature - Fandom+1

Calamity Song

by Reynier

The world ends, and Camelot returns.

Teen 2.1k words 1 ch Complete 37 kudos

Eldritch · Post-Apocalypse

Merlin (TV)

That's the Spirit

by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle

“You really do have a soulmate.” Arthur said with a frown and Merlin shrugged. “That might be a problem.”"Can’t stand anybody but you having a shot a true love?” Merlin asked flatly. Arthur wrinkled his nose.“No, idiot. Spirit animals don’t get along unless they belong to their soulmate. If my bird sees your hideous lion-““He is quite dashing, thank you. Besides, your bloody bird is too loud-““My bird is just trying to do me a favor and tune you out!” Arthur snapped and took a long breath “The point is they can’t be around each other. So unless you want Emmy to pluck out this lion’s eyes I suggest you tell him to bugger off.” He snapped. Merlin was inclined to tell Arthur to bugger off himself, but was immediately distracted by one word.“Emmy?” He repeated and smiled. “You did name him.”Or In a time of myth and a land of magic, your soulmate’s spirit animal looks after you (even after you meet your soulmate). Arthur and Merlin are oblivious fools. We know this. That doesn’t change here.

General 12k words 1 ch Complete 12k kudos

Allusions to different episodes · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Arthur Pendragon Lives (Merlin)· +21 more

Haikyuu!!

bet on it

by selenophim

Volleyball players are known for a lot of things.Intense plays, long rallies, arm-breaking serves—those are to name a few. But in Japan, the volleyball players (high school, college, and professionals alike) are infamous for something that no one really expected: their betting pool.(or alternately, everyone finds out that one of the best spikers in Japan, Sakusa Kiyoomi, is dating someone and they try to figure out his identity while the person he’s dating remains clueless about it.)

Teen 13k words 1 ch Complete 11k kudos

Bets & Wagers · Canon Compliant · Chatting & Messaging · Crack Treated Seriously· +12 more

Batman (Comics)+4

Asimov’s Integral

by sElkieNight60

Tim is an unwanted android, a Robo-Child. After being sent back by his parents, his last and only hope rests in the hands of a man still grieving the loss of his own son. “I didn’t ask for a replacement,” Bruce barked. “I don’t want a replacement! You can go back and tell the RCO I don’t need a replacement.” Bruce Wayne didn’t want him. If Bruce Wayne didn’t want him, he’d be sent back and dismantled.

Teen 18k words 4 ch Complete 9.5k kudos

(He Comes Back To Life) · (It's Jason Just FYI) · A.I. (2001) AU · Android Jason Todd· +19 more

Marvel Cinematic Universe+1

the Futurist

by esama

Tony wakes up in a literal pool of bad decisions and past mistakes.

Teen 59k words 14 / ? ch In progress 9.5k kudos

Alternate Universe - Time Travel · Do not repost · Don't copy to another site · Fix-It· +9 more

Avatar: The Last Airbender

the heartless and the gentle

by sokkaesque

[Sokka is five when the first mark appears.  It writes itself in a deep red like a wound, as if someone had carved the word “nonbender” in a messy font across the knuckles of his left hand, as if it was handwritten with a knife. When he asks his mother, as she applies salve on Sokka’s knuckles, she sighs deeply and says nothing for a few moments.  “Sometimes, spirits don’t make much sense.” Sokka has yet to turn thirteen when he wakes up screaming in pain, about ten soulmarks all over each other between his left shoulder and his ear, red and vivid like burning flesh. Among the few words that are somehow possible to read out of the disastrous scribbling, “disrespectful” and “coward” and “burned” and “sorry sorry sorry” are the ones that stand out the most to Sokka. He thinks, at the tender age of twelve, whoever did this to his soulmate will be sorry too, one day. A month after Hakoda leaves him with the job of the protector at the age of thirteen, Sokka realizes, with a bitter taste in his mouth, that he’s got more soulmarks than his entire village combined.] Or, to have a soulmark is to carry the vilest things that your soulmate believes about themselves on your skin.

Teen 23k words 1 ch Complete 8.7k kudos

Aang's temporary death is mentioned a bit · Alternate Universe - Soulmates · Angst with a Happy Ending · Big Brother Sokka (Avatar)· +39 more

Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid+1

Boston Lily

by avesbabes

Ilya picked up his phone to check.. whatever he was going to check, but to his surprise he found something out of the ordinary. It seems like he was added to some sort of groupchat. A group chat called “Metros WAGs.” Ilya, partly because he had no idea what a “WAG” was, and partly because he was intrigued by the mysterious new group chat, clicked on it.   OR: Ilya is living his best life as a Montreal Metros WAG

Teen 4.1k words 3 ch Complete 7.1k kudos

Autistic Shane Hollander · Crack · Identity Reveal · Ilya Rosanov is one of the girls· +6 more

The Witcher (TV)+1

The Kaer Morhen Book Club

by Jack Ironsides (JackIronsides)

It’s a tradition the three of them hold. Whenever one of them finds a book of the right kind, he brings it back to Kaer Morhen to share with the others. They keep the books on a shelf in the library that they inexpertly installed themselves.Eskel drags a chair up to form their little semicircle in front of the library fire. Lambert opens the first bottle of krupnikas.‘Well?’ Lambert says. ‘Either of you find a good one this year?’‘Feast your eyes, lads,’ says Eskel with relish, ‘on this.’He waves an octavo at them.‘Picked it up in Redania,’ he says. ‘Meant to be very spicy.’He waggles his eyebrows, and Geralt grins.Jaskier is a romance novelist, and Geralt finds out.

Teen 11k words 1 ch Complete 6.1k kudos

Fluff and Humor · Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia Apologizes · Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia is Bad at Apologies · Jaskier the romance novelist· +6 more

Dispatch (Video Game)

In Case of Sadness, Apply Dog.

by Rossy_Mossy

Beef is smart. Beef is fast. Beef is rotund. Beef can do many things — except get Mecha Man to take care of himself. As he's brought through the doors of the Superhero Dispatch Network, Beef sets his sights on a new mission: Recruit a strong pack to take care of his human.

General 2.1k words 1 / ? ch In progress 5.7k kudos

Best Boi Beef · Dad figure Chase · Everyone wants Roberts Robertson · no beta we die like Roberts self esteem· +6 more

Stranger Things (TV 2016)

A Walking Denial

by mistermistyeyed

Everyone thought that life could finally go back to normal; or at least as close to normal you could get after fighting interdimensional monsters. But, when Steve starts acting weird, they remember that the supernatural isn't their only problem. Or; The one where Steve finally gets the family he deserves.

Teen 24k words 10 / ? ch In progress 5k kudos

Angst · Brotherly Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson · Emotional Hurt/Comfort · Good Babysitter Steve Harrington· +16 more

The Untamed (TV)+1

The Lessons We Have Learned

by sami

"A-Chan!" His mother calls him over excitedly. "You have been invited to the guest lectures at the Cloud Recesses!" And then she gasps as she reads on. "And to the guest lectures at Lotus Pier!" she exclaims. "A-Chan, what an honour!""But -" he starts."No buts," his mother says, smiling. "This really is an honour, A-Chan. Only the best are invited to both of the guest lectures. You shall have to have new robes..."Jin Chan is going to die.

Teen 24k words 6 ch Complete 4.9k kudos

Family · Lan Sect lectures · Paper Moon: The Next Generation · Shenanigans

The Untamed (TV)+1

For Great Justice

by aubreyli

The thing that most people who are not sect leaders fail to understand is that being a sect leader is hard. It’s not the countless duties and obligations, or the crushing weight of responsibility, or even the hours of meetings spent trying not to fall asleep as some stupid merchant who’s never experienced any hardship in his entire overly-fed life drones on and on about how Lanling Jin should compensate him because a stray fierce corpse scared him and made him spill his tea. Or something. It’s that sometimes, despite being a sect leader, there’s still nothing Jin Ling can do to help people. In which Jin Ling turns to masked vigilantism as a way to more effectively help people. Somehow it doesn't all end in disaster.

General 8.8k words 1 ch Complete 4.8k kudos

Friendship · Humor · Jin Ling is ancient Chinese Zorro · Ouyang Zizhen will probably take over the world one day· +8 more