Red as the Rose
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Genre: gen-ish
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Shuurei, Juusanhime
Words: 838

Prompt: #60 - rememberance (100+ words)
Notes: eh.

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( Do you think it'll be awkward? )

Cold Light Melting - I
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: T
Genre: introspective?
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: slightly AU.
Pairing/Characters: most of the Kou family, a few OCs.
Words: 3628

Prompt: June 2009 - still waters run deep (1500 word min.)
Previous Installments:
+ Prelude: A Kinder Season

Notes: Spoilers up to book 14, but I ignore some of the stuff that happened, or at least don't acknowledge it - maybe that makes this slightly AU. We're pretending the stuff at the very end didn't happen.


( There were few things Reishin loathed as much as clan meetings. )

First Kill
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: T
Genre: dark? and gen.
Warnings: violence, blood.
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Seien
Words: 250

Prompt: #49 - you can never go home again (250 words or less)
Notes: eh.

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( If only you had never been born. )

Melodrama
By: Amber Michelle
Prompt: vicious
Character(s): Reishin
Words: 587

For: imanewme (original request post is here)


( All these people knew how to do was whine. )

A False Rebirth
By: Amber Michelle
Prompt: death
Character(s): Ryuuki
Words: 566

For: minerva_one (original request post here)


( Ryuuki should have learned to fear fire instead of the dark. )

Highway of Shadows
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: T
Genre: angst?
Warnings: probably OOC, because of the angst.
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Shouka
Words: 492

Prompt: 45 - TOURNIQUET (1000 words or less)
Notes: n/a

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( There were times Shouka's memories were an endless streak of red and black... )

The Sky Rained Emptiness
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Genre: gen
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Shuurei
Words: 250

Prompt: #43 - springtime (250 words max.)
Notes: set before the books/anime.

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( Shuurei laid her quilt on the bare ground at the center of their garden... )

A Kinder Season
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K+
Genre: .... gen.
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Reishin
Words: 1164

Prompt: #42 - life and death (250 words min.)
Notes: this is like a pick-up note to Cold Light Melting, which will appear some way or other as soon as I can get off my butt and write it. :D

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( Reishin would never be able to show his face in the capitol again. )

Third Time's the Charm
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Genre: ...gen, introspective, not-so-comedic
Warnings: n/a
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Shuurei
Words:

Prompt: possibilities (300 words max.), due Feb.28
Notes: haha, um. Vague memory of the first season, coming up!

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( Three gifts, two failures, one resounding success. )

Light
Author: Amber Michelle
Rating: K
Genre: introspective again, gen-ish.
Warnings: eh.
AU/Canon: canon.
Pairing/Characters: Ryuuki
Words: 300

Prompt: blaze (300 words max.), due Feb.6
Notes: totally ignoring book 14.

Cross-posted at saiun_challenge.


( Ten years ago, the cherry trees on the other side of the wall were set ablaze by fighting in the garden. )