Bonus Round 1: AUs

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).


This popular round is back once again! To begin this year's SASO, we encourage you to let your mind run wild with alternate ideas and settings.


Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. (There are changes from last year!)

RULES

• Submit prompts by commenting to this post with an alternate universe idea, along with a ship from one of our nominated fandoms. There's a comment template below for your convenience.
  • Your prompt MUST include some kind of relationship. (This is not the sports anime gen olympics.) Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Izumi & Sakaeguchi). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Izumi/Sakaeguchi). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!
• An AU can be a canon divergence, e.g. "what if [character] was the Team Captain instead of the canon captain character?", or a completely different setting altogether, e.g., pop idol AU, coffee shop AU, superheroes AU, etc.
• Fill prompts by leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work.
• Remember to follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.

FORMAT

Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here.) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong>	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [RATING] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [RATING] Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None".) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points each (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

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Comments

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[fabflyingfox]

Ship: Matsukawa Issei/Hanamaki Takahiro OR Bokuto Koutarou/Kuroo Testsuou OR Futakuchi Kenji/Ennoshita Chikara OR Nishinoya Yuu/Tanaka Ryuunosuke
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Sexual Content (honestly tagging to be safe...I've forgotten what's in all the music at this point)
Other Tags: Some gross noises occasionally, memes

Prompt: AU where one of the pair communicates solely through Mouth Moods lyrics and the other one compeltely understands every time even if no one else does.

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[songofsunset]

Ship: Shindou Hikaru/Touya Akira
Fandom: Hikaru no Go
Major Tags:None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Pacific Rim AU. No one expected them to be drift compatible, AND YET.

I'm not sure if I love 'what do you mean those two idiots yelling at each other in the dining hall are our best pilot duo' or 'I lowkey hate him but also dang we could punch some kaiju together SO WELL' better, so like, go wild haha

PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[helwolves]

Ship: Ushijima Wakatoshi /& Shirabu Kenjirou /& Goshiki Tsutomu
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt: Shirabu is some kind of celebrity, Ushijima is his longtime bodyguard about to retire, and they're training his replacement, Goshiki.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: None.
Other Tags: IMEEJI

Prompt: Cardfight!! Vanguard lore AU; Aqua Force Kasamatsu.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Major Tags: None
Other Tags: mention of injury
Word Count: 540

***

"Can you stand?" asks the general standing over him, one hand outstretched to offer aid.

"I…" Kise tries, bracing his sword against the ground, but it's no good. His legs are exhausted from the fight and he doesn't even need to articulate it before he has two strong arms pulling him up, holding him steady. Kise takes in the uniform, recognising it as Aqua Force. He inclines his head. "Thank you… sorry, who are you?"

"Kasamatsu," is the reply as they walk slowly to one of the tents that have been set up on the battlefield. Kise can see aquaroids milling between tents, carrying supplies and providing assistance as the small group of Angel Feather medics provides most of the medical attention. "Of the Blue Storm."

"Blue Storm General, Kasamatsu," Kise murmurs softly. "I won't forget your name. Thank you for everything you've done."

Kasamatsu just nods in reply, only just barely accepting the thanks. Kise means it, though. There's no reason that any part of the Blue Storm fleet should have come out to provide assistance to a Gold Paladin army, but their Shadow Paladin attackers have been successfully driven back, and it's all thanks to the successive waves of attack as Aqua Force vanguards rushed onto the field. Thinking back on it now, Kise tries to remember if he'd noticed Kasamatsu leading them, but he can't remember very much at all beyond his own fights.

"Don't think too hard about it," Kasamatsu mutters, guiding Kise into a tent and down onto one of the cots that have been set up. "If you can waste time looking back, you might as well look forward, right?"

"I guess," Kise says softly, watching as Kasamatsu pulls up a stool and picks up a tube of antiseptic cream. "Aren't you too highly ranked to be tending to the wounds of a Gold Paladin knight?"

Kasamatsu's raised eyebrow says that he clearly doesn't think so. "Everyone helps. The nurses are dealing with the more serious injuries. You fought well and defended yourself. You're more exhausted than injured."

"I ran out of stamina," Kise mutters, balling his hands into fists. "I need to train harder. If I could move as fast as those Shadow Paladin knights—"

"That would only solve one problem," Kasamatsu replies. "It doesn't guarantee that you'd win. I've heard enough about you from the rest of your knights. You're well-rounded, and you learn quickly. There's no reason you need to focus all of your attention on the one area, just because that's where someone else beat you. Grow into your own ability. I'm sure that you can do it."

Kise feels his face heat at the praise and he turns away, biting his lip as Kasamatsu starts applying the antiseptic. "Thank you."

"Stop thanking me," Kasamatsu huffs, taking his hat off and setting it aside, giving Kise a proper view of his deep blue eyes. They shine like the sea under the midday sun, and Kise suddenly wants to see what they'd look like when he's laughing. "Let's just win next time, okay?"

"Yeah." Kise nods, pleased at the confirmation that their alliance will remain for a little longer, which means Kasamatsu will most likely stay too. "Let's do that."

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Doubashi Masakiyo / or & Manami Sangaku
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: No one knows the next two leaders of the great Hakone clan were once nothing more than a young criminal and a sickly street rat, without a hint of relation to its past. Strength and poison borne of struggle are just what Izumida and Kuroda intend. (Arranged marriage AU).

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Hiyama Chinatsu/Koumoto Akira
Fandom: Ballroom e Youkoso
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."
Princess Bride AU

Re: PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[babster]

oh nooooo Princess Bride AUs are my biggest weakness

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[antler_action]

Ship: Someoka Ryuugo/Fubuki Shirou (& Fubuki Atsuya)
Fandom: Inazuma Eleven
Major Tags: Anime spoilers (original timeline), mentioned canonical character death
Other Tags: Medical issues (coma); mental health issues

Prompt: Atsuya is left in a coma after the avalanche instead of dying, but his lonely brother really does draw his spirit into his body. The coma won't end until Shirou can let go.

(more of a SomeShirou prompt than SomeAtsu, but the line gets pretty blurred in canon; up to you whether the coma ends with Atsuya waking up or with his soul moving on)

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Kuroko Tetsuya/Kagami Taiga and/or Murasakibara Atsushi/Himuro Tatsuya
Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: magical hair growth, bushiroad's mistakes

Prompt: Future Card Buddyfight AU. Fighters Kagami and Himuro and buddy monsters Kuroko and Murasakibara, THE ZONE IS THE FUTURE FORCE I GUESS

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[kiyala]

Major Tags: None
Other Tags: buddyfight…
Word Count: 556

***

The first time Kagami sees Himuro in years, his heart gets caught in his throat because he's pretty sure that his brother, in all but blood, is about to get crushed to death by a giant purple demon.

"Tatsuya—" he cries, about to start running to help, only to be tripped up. "Oh my god, Kuroko, can you please control your dog—dragon—dog, I'm going to step on his tail and he's going to bite me."

"He's only trying to stop you from embarrassing yourself," Kuroko speaks up from beside him, much closer than Kagami expected him to be, causing him to stagger backwards. "Besides. That fighter is not in trouble. I believe that's his buddy monster."

Monster is definitely the right word for it, Kagami thinks to himself. Whatever kind of buddy monster Himuro's found himself, they tower over everyone else. He's pretty sure that they're double Kuroko's height.

"Oh," Kuroko blinks. "I think that's Murasakibara-kun."

"You know that guy?" Kagami asks disbelievingly. "That tall demon with Tatsuya?"

"…Taiga." Himuro notices him too, once he's close enough. He stands there, his core deck case shaped like a basketball and tucked under one arm.

"Look," Kuroko says, glancing at the one tucked into the bag slung over Kagami's shoulder. "You match."

"We do," Kagami says quietly, noticing the way Himuro is still wearing his ring on a necklace around his neck. He wonders what Himuro will say next. Perhaps he'll just reiterate the last conversation they had, in their early teens, Himuro's punch still stinging on Kagami's cheek, his expression full of fury, denouncing the same brotherhood they both still wear around their necks like burdens that weigh nothing and everything, all at once.

"What's this?" the demon behind Himuro says, resting a hand on his shoulder and leaning over him to take a closer look at Kagami. "Muro-chin, this guy has a ring like yours. Do I have to fight him?"

Kagami frowns up at him, but Himuro only smiles.

"Sit tight, Atsushi. You just might."

"You have a buddy now," Kagami says, not knowing how else to reply.

"This is Demon Lord, Murasakibara." Himuro gestures at him, the smile on his face turning fond. "It took a lot of persuading to get him to reduce his size for the human world."

"You mean he's even bigger than that?" Kagami asks, his eyes going wide.

"Murasakibara-kun is the biggest demon I've ever met," Kuroko says from beside Kagami. "He's not the type to do as anyone says. Himuro-san must be very impressive if he's been chosen as a buddy."

"Oh. You have one too." Himuro doesn't sound surprised by this; if anything, he sounds bitter. He bounces the ball tucked under his arm. "Why don't we have a quick fight, then? To see how much we've both grown."

"Kuroko?" Kagami asks, turning to his side and watching as his buddy transforms into his true form.

Stealth Dragon Knight, Kuroko, changes his regular human clothes to light armour instead, the small puppy by his feet turning into a black and white dragon that he perches on.

"Kuro-chin, is that you?" Murasakibara asks. "I almost didn't see you there. I'm going to crush you without even realising."

Kuroko shakes his head. "I believe in Kagami-kun. We're going to win this."

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Miyahara's never understood why her next door neighbor could love bikes so much and never ride them. However, she is also the type to interfere when she finds something wrong.

AU wherein Miki and Miyahara were childhood best friends and neighbors.

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, G

[dynamite]

Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Word Count: none


miki = dynamite
miyahara = chiharu

***

PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[helwolves]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Kageyama Tobio
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt: Oikawa and Kageyama are space explorers on the same mission. Cue "oh no we crashed on this uncharted planet and no one else is here and our comms are down and it's going to be nighttime soon and what the fuck was that noise," etc.

PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[intricacies]

Ship: kuroo/daichi
Fandom: haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: innuendos (possibly), stressed out nonprofit employee, sexual tension, daichi doesn't want this grief in his life

Prompt: daichi is a non-profit employee in charge of inviting elected representatives to his organization's fundraisers and usually the job is just fine aside from the usual cut-off calls and constant holds, but there is just one scheduler, kuroo tetsurou, that gets on his nerves no matter what. and no, daichi doesn't think about him a lot. not at all.

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[fabflyingfox]

Ship: Tadokoro Jin/Kinjou Shingo
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Injuries
Other Tags: S T R O N G M A N, Fire, goofy stuff

Prompt: AU in which Tadokoro can do chair splits and lifts Kinjou over his head while in splits regularly. Please watch this for inspiration.

PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[elucidatedlucy]

Ship: Manami Sangaku/Teshima Junta
Fandom: Yowamushi Pedal
Major Tags: Death
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Time isn't a big deal when everyone's falling in and out of it. Even if you can't seem to stop running into the person you killed a dozen jumps back.

Everyone can time travel AU (though not necessarily willingly)

Re: PROMPT: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[doxian]

i was wondering how soon my first "death via Chess prompt" would be

PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[saccharinescorpion]

Ship: Ringi Cordeiro / or & Natsuo Ishidou
Fandom: Teppuu
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Prompt: Revolutionary Girl Utena AU. Ringi challenges Natsuo for the hand of the mysterious Rose Bride, Yuzuko Mawatari.

Re: PROMPT: Team Grandstand

[elucidatedlucy]

god fucking throws my chair, across, the room, fuck

PROMPT: TEAM USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI/OIKAWA TOORU

[candyharlot]

Ship: Ushijima Wakatoshi/Shirabu Kenjirou
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none
Prompt: Age swap AU. Shirabu, a second year at Shiratorizawa, thinks he's got his shit together. He's the captain of a team who's gone to nationals two years in a row, one of the best setters in the prefecture, and already knows where he wants to go to university.

Enter first year prodigy Ushijima Wakatoshi, who changes his mind about how he wants to play the game.

Re: PROMPT: TEAM USHIJIMA WAKATOSHI/OIKAWA TOORU

[notallbees]

screaming echoes into the distance

PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[intricacies]

Ship: tanba &/ manaka
Fandom: daiya no ace
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: feelings

Prompt: au where tanba isn't taken out of the game.

Re: PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[gionkenji]

oh my heart

PROMPT: TEAM HIMURO TATSUYA/NIJIMURA SHUUZOU

[wino]

Ship: murahimu
Fandom: kuroko no basuke
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: none

Prompt: knight!himuro and the court magician he's assigned to guard are sent on a Quest of dangerous proportions. insp from this

FILL: TEAM KAGEYAMA TOBIO/OIKAWA TOORU, T

[kiyala]

Major Tags: minor character death
Other Tags: Himuro Tatsuya's inferiority complex
Word Count: 773

***

For the eleventh time that day, Himuro tells himself that he isn't jealous.

It works just as well as it did the first ten times which is to say, not at all. He rides ahead on his horse, scouting the road for any signs of a potential ambush, while Murasakibara rides behind him. For a court magician, Murasakibara doesn't seem to have very much interest in more complex styles of magic. For the majority of their ride since they left the last tavern they stayed at, he's been playing idly with a ball of magic that he's collected in his hand, making it float, spark and change colour. It's the cheapest of cheap parlour tricks that anyone with magic can do; Himuro can do it himself because he's put in the time and effort to learn, and the most frustrating thing is that when he does, it's nowhere near as beautiful as when Murasakibara does it idly just to keep himself occupied on a long horse ride.

"Hey, Muro-chin," Murasakibara calls from behind. "When are we going to get to the next tavern? I'm hungry."

"Again?" Himuro asks, sighing as he glances at the sun's position. It can't have been two hours since the last time they've stopped for food. He reaches into his pack, fingers closing around an apple, and tosses it backwards. "Here."

"An apple?" Murasakibara sounds entirely unimpressed. "Is that the best you have? I want something sweet."

"Apples are sweet," Himuro says through his teeth.

"Okay," Murasakibara concedes. "I want sweets."

"I'm a knight, Atsushi," Himuro reminds him, as patiently as he is able. "I'm not exactly in the position to carry wrapped cakes with me everywhere I go."

"Hmm." Murasakibara rummages through his own bag and then hums again, happier this time, as he procures something from it. Himuro doesn't even need to glance backwards to know that it's a wrapped cake.

"Which tavern did you steal that from?" Himuro asks. "I don't want to get into trouble."

"They gave it to me," Murasakibara replies. "They had a leaking roof and I fixed it, so they made a big deal out of it. I don't really care about any of that, but at least I got cake."

Himuro grits his teeth together. For the most part, he can get along with Murasakibara, but this is the one thing that constantly bothers him. He's wanted to be a magician his entire life, but his meagre magic ability keeps him from doing anything more than tricks and illusions. He can make simple things look flashy, but he knows that it's nothing compared to what others can do. He's had to settle for his life as a knight instead and he's good at this too, but he yearns to have even a fraction of the magic that Murasakibara has; he knows he wouldn't squander it, refusing to let it develop into what it truly could be, the way Murasakibara does.

He's so distracted by his own jealousy that he doesn't see the bandits until he hears Murasakibara's alarmed shout.

There are five mounted bandits, severely outnumbering the two of them, but Himuro draws his sword anyway. It's his court-appointed duty to protect Murasakibara on their journey; he's either going to succeed or die trying. It's his duty.

Before he can even pull it up to swing at the nearest bandit, a wall of flame rises around them. Himuro's horse whinnies and freezes in her tracks. He soothes it with one hand, glancing sideways to find Murasakibara with his hand raised, maintaining the magic around them in a ring, protecting them from the bandits.

"Atsushi," Himuro calls, "they have a bowman."

"So annoying," Murasakibara grumbles, spreading both his hands out and making the fire grow taller. The bowman has an arrow nocked already though, and lets fly. Himuro realises that it's coming towards him, too late to move out of its path.

Murasakibara growls under his breath, and the arrow stops in its tracks, a mere hand width from Himuro's face. With a low mutter of a language Himuro doesn't understand, the arrow turns in the opposite direction and goes flying back. Himuro blinks with surprise as the bowman drops from his horse, the wall of flame expanding out and chasing away the others, down the road and over the hills until they're out of sight.

"You saved me," Himuro breathes, his shoulders sagging with relief as he finally registers the fact that they're both uninjured.

"You're my knight," Murasakibara replies, as if that's enough of an explanation. "Let's go."

Letting Murasakibara ride ahead, Himuro smiles to himself. Maybe it is enough.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[whimse]

Ship: Rin Hoshizora/Hanayo Koizumi
Fandom: Love Live!
Major Tags: None
Other Tags: None

Prompt: Square Dancing AU. Rin and Hanayo are dance partners, of course.

PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[helwolves]

Ship: Oikawa Tooru/Iwaizumi Hajime
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: supernatural creatures, body horror if you squint

Prompt: Oikawa goes on an ill-fated deep-sea exploration mission (maybe even in another planet's sea?) and encounters a very pointy but very curious mer-Iwa. (Imaginary bonus points/my eternal gratitude for weird mer-anatomy, sharp teeth, bioluminescence, etc.)

Re: PROMPT: team bokuto koutarou/kuroo tetsurou

[mousapelli]

mer-iwa oh bless you

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[mousapelli]

Ship: Victor/Yuuri or Yuri/Otabek or anything else hilarious
Fandom: Yuri on Ice!
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: fighting evil by moonlight

Prompt: Sailor Moon AU with Victor as Sailor Moon who has no idea that shy, hapless Yuuri is the dashing Tuxedo Mask by night!!
Feel free to make any other skaters into any of the Scouts, there's no way to do this wrong.

FILL: Team Grandstand, T

[chromatic_coma]

Major Tags: None
Other Tags: Minor Character Injury, Boys in Sailor Uniforms :D
Word Count: 1720

***

Viktor had adopted Makkachin thinking he was getting the world’s cutest poodle puppy, but it didn’t take long for him to realize he was terribly mistaken.

He was getting the universe’s cutest poodle puppy. Or even the multiverse, if what Makkachin said was to be believed.

So Makkachin, an adorable, talking, magic poodle puppy, could do practically everything – except save the galaxy from certain doom. This, she said, was Viktor’s responsibility; she gave him a gorgeous brooch to pin to the lapel of his school blazer, studded with sapphire gemstones, and the magic words needed to activate them:

“Moon Prism Power, Make Up!

After a flash of light, Viktor was left transformed into Sailor Moon, the pretty Guardian of Love and Justice.

–

That had been six months ago. Now Viktor was at his locker, sorting through his books and miscellaneous belongings to grab the things he needed for his afternoon classes. His French book was wedged in tight and unyielding, so he braced one hand on the wall and forcefully tugged on its spine with the other. The book flew out, and Viktor’s elbow launched back until it connected with something hard.

“Oh my gosh,” he cried. He turned in time to see Yuuri Katsuki clutch at his face, palms pressed over his mouth and nose and eyes politely averted to gaze at the floor.

“Are you okay, Yuuri? Are you bleeding?”

“I’m fine!” Yuuri squeaked, his voice cracking. He refused to look up, and jerked away when Viktor stepped closer. “Fine! Gotta go!”

He ran off, and Viktor’s entire body slumped. He grabbed his bag off the floor and dragged himself off to class.

–

“I’m telling you, Chris, he’s never looked me in the eyes before. And now that my elbow's clocked him in the face, he’s probably not about to start,” Viktor lamented in a morose whisper, as Mme. Lopera conjugated irregular verbs on the chalkboard. “Do you think he hates me?”

“He doesn’t hate you,” Christophe insisted, rolling his eyes. “He’s just shy. Very, very shy. Actually, maybe he’ll finally think of you as just a regular person now that you’ve probably broken his nose. This could vastly improve your relationship.”

Viktor huffed, and mindlessly copied the notes off the board, less because he had to and more as a means to ignore Chris. Neither of them had protested when the school administration placed them in French I, but Christophe was already more fluent than their teacher, and Viktor wasn't far behind.

“Besides,” Christophe added a moment later, poking Viktor's forehead with the end of his pen. “Why are you thinking about Yuuri Katsuki when you have Tuxedo Mask throwing himself into danger for you almost every night? Greedy.”

“Tuxedo Mask is… – Yuuri’s different. That’s all. He’s really cute, I bet. I wouldn’t know since he never let me have a good look at him...” Viktor sighed. “Why won't he let me look at him, Christophe?”

“There there,” Chris murmured. “As Sailor Venus, Guardian of Love, I’m telling you you have nothing to worry about.”

Viktor scoffed. “Guardian of Love, my butt. I should be Sailor Venus, and you should be Sailor Moon, Guardian of a dumb rock in the sky.”

“You were meant to be Sailor Moon. The talking animals said so. Besides, the giant rock in the sky matches the rocks in your big empty head,” Christophe teased. Viktor gasped.

“You wound me. I'm so offended, I'm not talking to you for the rest of class. Enjoy listening to Madame Lopera butcher your native tongue, Sailor Penis.”

Christophe was so affronted, he gasped loud enough that it practically echoed off the classroom walls. Needless to say, both of them were sentenced to after school detention.

–

At the end of the very long school day, Viktor wanted nothing more than to go home and get some rest. So of course, once he stepped out of the school building, he found Makkachin waiting for him dutifully, tail wagging eagerly – or, as Viktor knew better, impatiently.

“Finally!” She barked, nuzzling Viktor's ankle. “You're extra late today. Yuri, Otabek, and Seung-Gil have been waiting for you at the library.”

Viktor knelt down to cuddle his dog, who eagerly licked his face despite the urgency. Makkachin, though magical, was still a puppy who loved her cuddles.

“Viktoooor,” she whined. “We have to go. This is serious.”

“What is?”

“We think we found one of the portals the Dark Kingdom is using to suck the life out of humans!”

–

“I still don't understand why he gets to be the leader,” Yuri complained after they'd suited up, as Makkachin and Chris' cat Sophie explained the plan. “He's the least competent.”

“Sailor Mars, please set your personal feelings for Sailor Moon aside. He's the only one who can deal a finishing blow to any of the Dark Kingdom's monsters after they've eaten enough human energy, so it's important to make sure you all protect him.”

The rest of the team nodded, and Viktor felt flush with warm; with these guys looking out for him, he was sure nothing bad could happen. He tucked a long lock of hair behind his ear, still delighted after all this time that his transformation into Sailor Moon restored his hair to hip length, even though he'd had to cut it as Viktor Nikiforov. It felt so nice, falling in a long, sleek mass over his shoulders and down his back; it was even nicer than the skirt that made his legs look illegally sultry, or the bows on his costume that made his pecs and ass feel like a present begging to be unwrapped.

“Oi,” Yuri huffed, jostling Viktor's shoulder. “Now's not the time to preen. Let's go.”

–

It was a botched operation, though not through any fault of Viktor's; the information Makkachin and Sophie had received was compromised from the beginning, and when they broke into the warehouse the Dark Kingdom was occupying, they were ambused.

Viktor stood unsteadily on his feet, and looked around the room. Yuri was spitting fire, literally and figuratively, at a monster that was holding him in a tight fist, but apparently that beast was fireproof. Otabek, who was usually quick to Yuri's side in any battle, was caught up between a trio of monsters who all wanted to make a snack out of him; his tiara was lopsided, and his face was matted with dirt and sweat. Even Seung-Gil, who was typically so cool in battle, was snarling at beast who was effectively dodging all of his attacks, and looked to Viktor like he was ready to throw his bare fists instead.

Worst of all, Christophe was down, slumped against a pile of crates as he tried to catch his breath. Viktor could see the pain in his expression; when they'd first jumped into battle, his Venus-Love-Me-Chain was the most effective weapon they had on their team. It didn't take long for the monsters to start targeting him specifically, and when one of them grabbed the chain and gave a massive flick of his arm, he sent Chris flying and then smashing into the ground on the other end of it.

“Tuxedo Mask,” Viktor whispered, hands clenched into fists at his side. “We could really use you right now!”

As if on cue, one of the warehouse's upper windows shattered, and a black clad figure flew in, landing elegantly on top of the beast that had been subduing Yuri. In its surprise it released its grip on Sailor Mars, and he hurried off to assist Otabek, making that fight a little more fair.

From there it was a domino effect; Tuxedo Mask had given the team the second wind they needed to finally vanquish the dark creatures, and Viktor was able to deal the final blow with red hot vitriol on behalf of all his injured friends.

When Viktor looked over, after all was said and done, he saw Tuxedo Mask climbing the rafters to escape from the window he used to enter. Mustering up the last of his energy, Viktor lept and gave chase, grabbing the back of Tuxedo Mask's cloak forcefully.

“Wait!” He cried. “Wait...”

Tuxedo Mask turned around, the domino mask around his eyes betraying nothing except for a deep, still, warm shade of brown. Viktor shuddered.

“Please let me see your face...?”

“I can't,” he answered seriously, as if this was the first time they were having this conversation. “It's better for both of us if we don't know who each other are.”

“But what are the chances we know each other, anyways,” Viktor argued, just as he always did. Then he softened his tone. “Please. I just want to see the face of my savior...”

He reached out to touch Tuxedo Mask's mask, waiting for another rejection but hoping this time would be different; he was surprised when instead of either, the man winced when Viktor's fingers touched his cheekbone.

“Ah, did you get hurt?”

“I... Earlier today, yes. Not here.”

Viktor stepped closer cautiously, scared that Tuxedo Mask would run away. But he wasn't running at all; his eyes were locked onto Viktor's, watching his every expression with a nervous detachment. Viktor skimmed his fingers gently over the man's nose, which he could now see in the soft moonlight was bruised something awful, and then he nudged the mask up a little higher.

Realization suddenly struck him, hard. An injured nose. It was almost farfetched to think, so completely ridiculous it couldn't be true, and yet Viktor couldn't stop the name tumbling from his lips.

“...Yuuri...?”

Tuxedo Mask got up on his tiptoes, to bridge the height gap between them made more significant by the heels on Sailor Moon's boots, and pressed his lips with a delicate shyness to Viktor's. When Viktor went slack with surprise, Tuxedo Mask seized the chance to grab his cloak back, and dashed out of the broken window at record speeds.

“Oh my god,” Viktor mumbled, touching his lips so gently so as not to disturb the new warmth. From the ground level he heard a distant sing-song voice say, “I told you so!”

Prompt: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[doxian]

Ship: Ebumi Masaru/Oharano Etsugo
Fandom: All Out!!
Major tags: none
Other tags: slavery kind of

Prompt: Oharano summons a demon who’s not as willing to do his bidding as he’d hoped.

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[mondegreened]

Ship: Ayase Eli/Toujou Nozomi
Fandom: Love Live!
Major Tags: none.
Other Tags: suspension of disbelief

Prompt: Romcom AU - witchy Nozomi runs a new age crystal shop, Eli is a serious and professional businesswoman, somehow... they fall In Love!!

Prompt: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[doxian]

Ship: Goshiki Tsutomu/Tendou Satori
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major tags: none
Other tags: none

Prompt: rookie mage Goshiki summons a weird lizard creature. (whether on purpose or by accident is up to u)

Re: Prompt: Team Kanzaki Miki/Miyahara

[candyharlot]

LOUD SCREECHING

PROMPT: TEAM GRANDSTAND

[gionkenji]

Ship: Kashima Sonora/Haruna Rin
Fandom: Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C³
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: lesbians in space

Prompt: Mouretsu Pirates AU

PROMPT: team kageyama tobio/oikawa tooru

[intricacies]

Ship: souma &/ takumi
Fandom: shokugeki no soma
Major Tags: none
Other Tags: food mentions, slight youtube drama

Prompt: souma runs a recently created cooking youtube channel that's been gaining a lot of traction lately. takumi is another chef youtuber whose audience is slowly going over to souma save for the fangirls. curious and admittedly irritated, takumi goes to watch this souma person's videos. and as they say, the rest is history.