Love through Dimensions

No.: 17
Name: PRICE III – At the beginning of spring
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: 15+, I’d say.
Warnings: comatose states, angst, Shiranui, but generally, I think this qualifies as somewhat of fluff?
Summary: Made for 30kisses, list Nu/acquisition. Shinpachi and Sanosuke deal with their love, their lives and with the changing times. 17:How can you regain something you lost?
Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Author’s notes

Yay for PRICE III! I suddenly felt the urge to write this chapter and so I did. I rather like how it turned out. Might be the best chapter so far, but you tell me that. *hint* ^_~

Sano wakes up from the coma and struggles to regain what he and Shinpachi had.
Previous parts are HERE


( PRICE III: At the beginning of spring )

No.: #12
Name: Rear guard
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: Younger teens, from 14 up.
Warnings: kissing between males, slight angst, might contain mild spoilers for the episodes mentioned below.
Summary: Made for 30kisses, list Nu/acquisition. Shinpachi and Sanosuke deal with their love, their lives and with the changing times. 05: Sanosuke and Shinpachi step forward and face their future.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes
I know, it has been a long time, since I last updated and the chapter isn’t even that long. But. I had alot to do in February and in the first half of March and then I just needed a break. Needed to get my mind off the constancies and duties in my life and focus on something else. I made two amvs, two chibi-stories, gone shopping and copied some literature for my MA thesis. Two days ago, I got this urge, an inspiration, if you want, to write this shot and so, here I am. I just finished it and rather like it. It got inspired by a conversation between me and tokio_fujitaand many other things. I hope you all will like it as much as I am proud of it.

Set during Koufu, 2nd half of episode 14 and most of episode 15.

Previous parts are HERE


( Rear guard )

No.: #15
Name: Broken Valentine
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: Not bellow 16, I would say.
Warnings: angst, attempts (I would give away the plot if I said what kind, but I’m sure you can figure it out), love triangle (which means: Shiranui is in this shot, which should be a warning itself) and mentions of sex. Starts jokingly, but develops into a tragedy. This developement is intentional.
Summary: Made for 30kisses, list Nu/acquisition. #15: Imagine that the love of your life doesn’t want to be with you anymore. Imagine that you feel lost and betrayed. What solution do you see?

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes
It seems I have gotten out of my lethargy, finally. Sorry...Just for some while now I felt like throwing everything away, like school, life, writing, etc. I get like that every year, at this time (autumn, early winter), so you don’t have to panic, or worry of actually me doing that. You just...have to bear with me. Heh-heh, gomen nasaii... ^^“

As for the shot: This starts the main arc of the SSL AU shots. Turns out that the whole SSL arc of the challenge can be viewed as a continuous fanfic. It will be divided into parts. The filler parts – two have already been written („Monday Sorrows“ and „Weekend of eternity“), two will come between the two roots of the main arc – PRICE and HEART, each of 3 shots.
PRICE will be the more angsty part, where the pair will suffer a lot, HEART where the angst will settle and their lives will be...not spoiling you, sorry. The filler shots will be focusing on the school life, the troubles of their students (mainly Okita and Heisuke, but Saito and Hijikata-sensei will play a role too) and everything else started in the previous shots.
And then I thought about making 4 side-shots seasonally themed, glimpses between the scenes, what didn’t fit into the shots. They would be set between the chapters of PRICE and HEART, kinda like a leaf on a branch. But that’s still far away. I will make them on the end, if. Maybe I’ll put them into the spin off arc I’m planning for this, but still haven’t given green for it.
The last for the SSL AU will be the conclusion post, where every storyline that was started here will be brought to an end, or get a conclusion. Kinda like „a year later“. I daresay, you will be suprised at the outcome of some.

Sorry for the rant, I just thought I should give you some information. Now enjoy the shot...or beware of the angst.

Previous parts are HERE


( PRICE I: Broken Valentine )



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No.: #09
Name: Monday Sorrows
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: Teens (K+, PG-13, 14 and above),- see warnings
Warnings: Love between two males, mentions of smut, slight angst and relationship themes.
Summary: Made for 30kisses, list Nu/acquisition. #09: Even if Mondays are always the most angsty days in the life of High School teachers, you just have to pay attention to what your inner voice tells you, to guide you through your worries.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes
Another SSL shot, 2nd in the arc, features Harada-sensei and Nagakura-sensei in their everyday life as teachers. Here I have to mention that english is not my first language, therefore many of the terms used in school, as the names of the gym utensils, are not known to me. I took a dictionary and translated them how I best found fit. If you find words that are incorrect, or not used in that sense and know the correct term, please tell me. I’m going to need it in the future.

It’s set more or less directly after the first one, the first day after Chirstmas break. In the last part they have been writing with the kids their mid-term exams. I wrote it before I got the information that the school year in Japan starts in April and ends in March. However, there are always some exams written, so you can take it that they were some random tests, or season-exams (if a thing like this doesn’t exist, I’m borrowing artistic licence and making it up). I’m also aware that there isn’t a Christmas break in Japan, but it suited the mood, so you can take it as another artistic licence.


( Monday Sorrows )

No.: #04. War is good for business.
Name: Wearing the attire
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: Older Teens...(16 and above?)?
Warnings: Kissing between males, groping, instant hard ons. Also mild spoiler. Okay I’m community-locking it.
Summary: If you need to calm your partner down, but you are frustrated yourself, what do you do? Made for 30kisses, list Nu/acquisition. Shinpachi and Sanosuke deal with their love, their lives and with the changing times.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes
I wrote the „family conversation“ in a spontaneous outburst and I actually thought aboout cutting it, but then I decided against it and left it there. It might seem a bit out of place there, but it has a meaning. (And I liked it too much to erase it, so there.) This, like no. 11, will have a sequel, where I’m going to get back to it and...well, you’ll see. Dunno where the termit came from, though.
And in case you’re wondering, Harada was born in Iyo on the island of Shikoku to the clan of Matsuyama.

Set the night before heading to Koufu and a bit into Koufu. End of episode 13 and start of episode 14 (1st and 2nd of Hakuoki season 2, Hekketsu-roku).

( Wearing the attire )

Other entries are HERE

No.: 11
Name: Your sad smile will guide my heart, part 1
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: younger teens, I guess.
Warnings: spoilers for the end of season one, angst, cursing, relationship troubles, sad bishies.
Summary: Made for 30kisses, list Nu/acquisition. #11. Sometimes foolish decisions can ruin your life, but make it so there won’t be regrets.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes
Jo is a wooden training staff. Similar to what a boken is to a katana, the Jo is to the spear.

Set after the Abura-Kouji incident, during episode 11.

( Your sad smile will guide my heart, part 1 )

Previous parts are HERE

No.: #30.
Name: Orchid's bloom
Author: manaika
Series: Hakuoki
Pairing: Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Rating: (M, R) Adults. But I think a 17 years old could cope.
Warnings: heavy lemon, yaoi. Fluff. Western customes. Multilated english for purpose of the fanfic.
Summary: Made for 30kisses , list Nu/acquisition. Shinpachi and Sanosuke deal with their love, their lives and with the changing times. #30. Do you need fancy restaurants and foreign customes to express your love?

Disclaimer: I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

This was supposed to be a short drabble, a cute little fluffy piece. Now look at it. *sigh* But still, it would be a such a waste to write just a little drabble on them. I want this challenge be worth it.

Author’s notes

I'm not entirely sure where this idea came from. But suddenly I had this striking urge to write it, so I did. I hope you like it. But first, there are things you should know. Don't ask, you'll see why.

1. Ran means Orchid in japanese.
2. When I write „5 in the morning“, please don’t imagine 5 o’clock. The time meassure mentioned in this fic is all taken from this entry, for which I thank the wonderfull tokio_fujita, who has hellped me a lot with this shot. You’re the best! *hugs*
3. Juban is the undercloth for a kimono, fundoshi si the underwear, or loincloth. Ryotei are fancy restaurants. The „procedure“ as it is written out was also explained to me by tokio_fujita. I owe her really much for this shot.
4. The foreign word that Sano uses, „saya“, is my japanese transcription of the english world „sire“.

Set shortly after Shinpachi and Sano got together, which would make it sometime during episode 8. Let's say end of July 1866. (They got together that summer).

( Orchid's bloom )


Other entries are HERE

Author : manaika
Name : A weekend of eternity
Series : Hakuoki
Pairing : Shinpachi/Sanosuke
Theme : #13. time is a highly limited commodity
Rating : Older teens, I hope
Warnings : mentions of sex, but I don’t think it’s graphic enough to be labeled as adult. Also Christmas sap.
Summary : In the rush before the holidays, you need to find time for your beloved and for yourself.

Disclaimer : I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes
This one is set in Hakuoki Sweet School Life. Enjoy! ^^

( A weekend of Eternity )

THE PRICE OF YOUR HEART; I’ll take your kiss




Shinpachi/Sanosuke 30kisses arc
Theme set list/restriction : Nu/acquisition

Series : Hakuoki
Pairing : Shinpachi/Sanosuke 
Warnings : shounen-ai, yaoi and everything around it, including lemons, cursing, boshin war themes, a bit of SM, but without violence or abuse themes,- you know-it’s more fun that way. At least for Sano. Even though the warnings sound dark and angsty, it’s still Shinpa/Sano, that means, that if there will be any angst, it will be only because they are for once acting their age. It’s set in the times of the boshin war, later meiji restoration and government (read author’s note), alas I should mention it with everything that comes with it.
Summary : Made for 30kisses list Nu/acquisition. Shinpachi and Sanosuke deal with their love, their lives and with the changing times.

Disclaimer : I do not own Hakuoki, or any of it’s characters. The creators do. My muse owns the idea of the fic, myself the work and the time I put into writing it. Credit me at least those, ok?

Notes – please read
The idea to claim Shinpa/Sano at 30kisses came as I was already writing this one-shot. I got it, as other one shots started attacking me, in a wave of inspiration (thank one abusing muse) and I thought to myself „Why not try to make it 30kisses?“ So I went to look if there isn’t any theme set list fitting to them. There was. I ronically, it was taken from the „Ferrengi book of acquisition“ from Star Trek. Talk about historical Japan. But anyway, I claimed them and so here I am. Also, as soon as I claimed, this one shot got another wave of inspiration and gained something concrete, a theme, a purpose. I’m eternally gratefull for that.

Also, some of the parts will starr Shiranui. You know - that handsom long purple-haired demon who calls Harada sexy boy. SImply because a - I ship them, b - I enjoy triangles that will most likely never be real triangles, much less threesomes (and lj's 30kisses  doesn't even allow them) and c - because I can. I will post it behind the chapter summary if it shoul doccur that there is Shiranui.. 

1. As I already mentioned, some of the one shots will be set in the meiji era, which Shinpachi had come to see alive (historically the only one of the shinsengumi besides Saito). Depending on how season 2 developes, it might partially, but not necessarily divert from the series plot (especially concerning Harada – I have a suspicion of what will happen with him and I’m basing a few events of the one shots on it, but there’s no guarantee that my suspicions get confirmed).
2. I’m studying classical archeology. It shows. I’m a neat freak in historical accuracy, so I will do my best to make everything historically as accurate as I can. However, I’m not an expert on japanese history and the majority of my informations are either from wikipedia, other animes, or my best friend (who had one semester of japanese history), so it’s fairly possible that there will be inaccuracies or even huge mistakes. If you notice some, correct me. This also includes japanese clothing. In this case I’m open and listening to any lecture. If there is some expert on japanese history, or this particular era, and wants to, or is willing to offer some information, or help me out, I’ll be more than happy. I would have someone concrete to turn to with possible questions. It would help me out a lot. And since there will be long time spans between my updates, the questions won’t come that frequently. ...At least I suppose. You never know when my muse will start abusing me and I make me write ten fics a day.
3. Updates might take their time. The possibility is very high. I don’t have much time, but I’ll be able to compose an one shot here and there. I have 7 free hours one day betwene two lectures. I’m spending them at the library (like now). When there won’t be any seminar to work on, I will have plenty time to write one shots. So there should be no problem with it. Also, I feel a new wave of inspiration. It feels like I’m breaking free from my chains and somehow right now I feel like I could write anything. I have even started to work on paused fics, f.e. my kyou kara maou fics. I’m actually almost at the point at returning to writing Complicated as Love. So yeah, the chances are high.


Chronological order of the one-shots


#01. Once you have it, never give it back. Be mine When your heart aches from secret love and burns with subdued desire and the one you long for is sitting across of you with a smile on his face, there is only one thing left to do. Rated M for lemon
#30. No good deed ever goes unpunished. Orchid's Bloom. Do you need fancy restaurants and foreign customes to express your love? Rated M (yet again it's because of lemon)
#22. Knowledge equals profit. Being a child, becoming a man. If someone, who left your life, is still haunting you, will the one you love be able to help you? Rated M for lemon.
#11. Why ask when you can take? Your sad smile will guide my heart, part 1. Sometimes foolish decisions can ruin your life, but make it so there won't be regrets. Rated between K+ and T
#10. Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question, is an answer. Your sad smile will guide my heart, part 2. Sometimes foolish decisions can ruin your life, but make it so there won't be regrets. Rathed T for themes (character death, angst)
#04. War is good for business. Wearing the attire. If you need to calm your partner down, but you are too frustrated yourself, what do you do? Rated between T and M (16 and above?)
#12. A good lie is easier to believe than the truth. Rear guard. Sanosuke and Shinpachi step forward and face their future. Rated K+
#08. You can't make a deal if you're dead. Meet me there. On the verge of dieing, Sano discovers that the promise of a few more nights can keep him alive. Starrs Shiranui. Rated T *** WINNER 3RD PLACE of the BestFiction Award 2011 ***
#03. A deal is a deal. Embracing life. Shiranui comes to remind Sanosuke of their deal. And with so many reasons to leave, you just do what you have to do. Rated K+/T - 14/15 of age (for themes)

Sweet school life Arc:

#13. Time is a highly limited accomodity. A weekend of Eternity  In the rush before the holidays, you need to find time for your beloved and for yourself. Rated T for adult content, but nothing a seventeen year old couldn't bear.
#09. Hear all, trust nothing. Monday Sorrows. Even if Mondays are always the most angsty days in the life of High School teachers, you just have to pay attention to what your inner voice tells you, to guide you through your worries.
#15. Never place friendship above profit. PRICE I: Broken Valentine Imagine that the love of your life doesn't want to be with you anymore. Imagine you feel lost and betrayed. What do you do? Starrs Shiranui.
#20. Never trust anyone wearing better clotching than you. PRICE II: First cut is the deepest. The past will always be there to haunt you. Starrs Shiranui. Rated T but read the warnings first.
#17. A wise person can hear profit in the wind. PRICE III: At the beginning of spring. How can you regain something you lost? Starrs Shiranui.