December, 2005

This year's offering for December is nowhere near as impressive or as well organized as last year's. But it's mine, and I finished a fair chunk of it, and now it's mostly edited and coded and done, which is all that matters, really.

And now, the writing.

1. Cancer
Naruto. 600 words. Younger Sannin. "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
-Edward Abbey

2. Scars, part 1
Naruto. 403 words. Being shinobi is all about picking your fights. Ino-centric.

3. Janus
Naruto. 404 words. "Hope has two daughters: anger and courage. Both are lovely." Hyuuga-centric.

4. Turning
Seventh Hour. 300 words. The end of one line is just the beginning of another. Marcus at the end of the world, lifetimes later.

5. Scars, part 2
Naruto. 204 words. Cherry blossoms bloom only briefly. Ino-centric, with a dash of Sasuke/Sakura.

6. Crystalize
Final Fantasy VII. 360 words. Very unfinished. Magic is nothing of the sort; his only wonder is science. Hojo-centric.

7. Kankurou
Naruto. 987 words. Kankurou/Hinata, Kankurou/Neji. Kankurou, 20 Truths style.

8. Contingency Plans
Bleach. 448 words. You have to plan for these things when you're third seat of the Eleventh Division, you know.

9. From the Dead
Final Fantasy VI. 368 words. It's a new world, but Shadow wakes to old ghosts.

10. Scars, part 3
Naruto. 239 words. Not all scars are visible; Ino fails to play matchmaker.

11. Scars, part 4
Naruto. 234 words. Genma/Ino/Raidou. Our scars make us beautiful.

12. Terminal Idiocy
House. 302 words. Kittens don't belong in hospitals, but just this once...

13. Southside of the Sky
Final Fantasy IV. 333 words. Kain, Edge, a mountain, and all the time in the world.

14. Shield Brothers
Seventh Hour. 426 words. Marcus never deserved their love or their loyalty.

15. Anzani
Stella Matin. 529 words. Nothing more, nothing less. Think about it, brat.

16. Naming
Stella Matin. 891 words. Silverlock finds an ending; Theron, perhaps, finds some closure.

17. Recycled Airl
Firefly. 310 words. In space, no one can hear you dream. River-centric.

18. Scars, part 5
Naruto. 469 words. Ino's got ambition; Ibiki's got patience.

19. Ghosts
Final Fantasy VI. 376 words. Everyone is haunted by something.

20. Predictable
Birds of a Feather. 430 words. I think I've written this one before...

21. Conundrum
Bleach. 156 words. Zaraki/Unohana. He was the strongest man in Seireitei. This was quite a conundrum.

22. Constancy of Stone
Final Fantasy VI. 1276 words. What face stares back at you when you look into the abyss?

23. Convergence
Original, untitled. 2606 words. There was a man on the side of the road, and two women in a car. The rest, as they say, is history.