#An Innocent Warrior (Yuri)

[strea-ultimea]

Top 10 Roles of Kenji Nojima: INPO

10. Fox McCloud - Super Smash Brothers

9. Seung-Gil Lee - Yuri On Ice

8. Lu Xun - Dynasty Warriors

7. Eiji Okumura - Banana Fish

6. Kongwai Tao - Tales of Innocence

5. Natsuya Kirishima - Free

4. Hikaru Ichijo - Super Robot Wars

3. Fernand - Fire Emblem: Shadows of Valentia

2. Tuxedo Mask - Sailor Moon Crystal

1. Albedo - Genshin Impact

[daenystheedreamer]

any combination of cat cersei and brienne is such elite yuri people have no taste there should be ten million fics about the three of them cersei could not be fixed by having two women who are better people than her end up obsessed with her but it would be deeply fun

its literally so fucking good it has themes narrative and sex appeal and yet everyones fucking creaming themselves over laena x rhaenyra boring ass femme4femme hotgirl friendship. meanwhile bricatsei is a land of oppurtunity. okay off the dome aus

cersei is jealous jaime has something he's not sharing so she coerces brienne into an oath of service and now brienne is stuck doing cersei's bidding but also cersei is locked in this mf cage too now she has to be with the female warrior the ugly woman the reflection in the mirror.

cersei and cat are former high school rivals who meet once again as PTA moms for their rival football sons and cersei does a tonya harding and has someone knock out robb's kneecap before Da Big Game and now cat has nothing but a bic pallpoint and she's feeling like it should be lodged in mrs lannister nee baratheon nee lannister's carotid artery

catelyn stark is a hot shot lawyer made cynical by a justice system that doesnt care for the innocent and brienne is uni student who wants to do pro bono law a soft heart in a hard world and all she wants is to protect the innocent and the poor the weak and cat looks at her with pity because brienne is going to end up destitute but those big blue eyes stay in her mind and she takes brienne under ehr wing. and maybe this is a htgawm au and she kills people and brienne descends into becoming the muscle

[ultimate-sprite-maker]

Heya! It's Mod Amethyst here! I opened a sprite editing blog because I wanted the practice, so here it is! I'll be using Kanade sprites because she has the best ones, fight me. /lh

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Super Complicated Pose Changes

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Sprite Edits Of Kokichi Or Kotoko

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Trans Tenko Chabashira, Mahiru Koizumi, Yuri Kagarin

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Extremely NSFW designs (unless it's for a character who makes sense to have them, like Junko, Mikan, or Miu. Bunny girls/maids/bikini edits are A-OK!)

And, sad that I even have to put these, but...

Junkan

Togafuka

Despaircest

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Otonokojicest

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Mikaroha

Warriors Of Hope shipped with adults

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Kaemugi

Please note: if you request a Kanade personality swap or similar and you don't specify between S&I (sweet and innocent) Kanade or SB (scary bitch) Kanade, I will automatically do SB.

@danganspritemakers @glow-maeda @twisted-lies @catboy-kiyotaka-edits and anyone else~

[misswoozi]

ooh i'm totally on for it!!! tell me your atla soshi headcannons :3 /t1da

OKAY EXCELLENT LET'S TALK

Taeyeon: A naturally talented but slightly lazy airbender from the Southern Air Temple. She's got all the skill to become a master but none of the discipline. (She's great with the sky bisons though.)

Sunny: A non-bender born in Omashu who works for the city (in some official capacity) by day and competes in underground martial arts competitions by night.

Tiffany: Fire Nation royalty and a talented, feared firebender. She's the type to le

Yuri: A resident of Kyoshi Island. Not a Kyoshi Warrior but she has DATED a lot of Kyoshi Warriors. She's a talented earthbender and has a penchant for cracking firebender skulls.

Hyoyeon: A skilled earthbender born and raised in Ba Sing Se. She's the type to join (if not start) a rebellion group like the Freedom Fighters. Strong and stubborn, she's someone who squares up with the Dai Li and refuses to accept the happy, shiny stories she's been told.

Sooyoung: A waterbender from the Northern Water Tribe who has honed her exceptional skills in secret.

Yoona: Princess of the Northern Water Tribe! She's a waterbender but she hasn't been given extensive training (in healing or fighting.) She's very devoted to her people and very good at carrying out royal duties.

Seohyun: The Avatar! Born a waterbender in the Southern Water Tribe, Seohyun moved to Ba Sing Se to learn earthbending when she turned 18. She's intense and very focused on her training but she's also ruthless when it comes to defending the innocent from the realities of war. (She's a very "by any means necessary" kind of avatar.)

[socialdegenerate]

Fanfic: If We Fall, We Fall Together

I started this fic back in late June, wrote 7k words in like 3 days, lost interest, came back to it and wrote the remaining 4k this afternoon — but I don’t remember that game at all beyond 1) the 3 Hopes characters are the 3 Houses characters if they went to therapy, and 2) the Sylvian/Yuri support chain was gay as hell

But I’m a Sylvix fella at heart so I can only use Sylvain/Yuri as a vehicle to get Sylvix together, of course

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Sylvix | Sylvain Jose Gautier x Felix Hugo Fraldarius ; Sylvain Jose Gautier x Yuri Leclerc NSFW (but pretty mild for me, mostly just some hand and mouth stuff)  11,247 words

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“C’mon, Felix, you need to take a break at some point. You’re almost working yourself harder than Dimitri at this point, and I won’t be picking you up off the floor if you pass out.”

Trying for his best ‘kind of concerned, but not enough to piss Felix off’ face, Sylvain hoped it would be enough for Felix to actually do what he asked for once. His best friend had never been good at taking as much rest as Sylvain would have liked, despite the fact that Felix bitched regularly about Dimitri doing the exact same thing, and becoming the Duke had only made things that much worse.

“I told you, I haven’t even trained yet—”

“You’re just about the most highly trained person in this whole damn camp, you’re not gonna forget how to swing a sword if you take one night off to grab dinner at a reasonable hour and then sit down with me for a bit.”

It was the second part of that that Sylvan was really pushing for. Having forced himself to take a step back from his younger years of sex and scandal in constant rotation, he’d managed to find the time and the space to really think about what he wanted — and what he wanted was Felix.

Bitchy, recalcitrant, impossible to deal with Felix; but also loyal, quietly devoted, and unfairly fucking beautiful Felix. For all his whinging and barbed jabs, he’d never given up on Sylvain even when everyone else was well on their way, and in quiet moments together he could even be damn near affectionate sometimes. 

Hell, he’d even gotten into a physical fight because someone had dared to say something less than complimentary about the skirt-chasing heir to House Gautier.

Really, what else could Sylvain have done except fall in love with him?

Not love in the way he’d used to sweet talk about to convince a pretty merchant’s daughter to let him under her dress, but in the horrible, nausea-inducing, oh-so-addicting way he’d finally come to learn was actually real. And one of these days he might even manage to find the chance to subtly hint about it to Felix; if, of course, he could pull the man away from his to-do list for five fucking minutes so that they could spend some private time together.

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed,” Felix snapped, souring Sylvain’s little love-struck mood a little, “but some of us have actual responsibilities now.”

“Whoa, whoa, hey,” Sylvain said, holding his hands up in mock surrender, “I know, and everyone respects the hell out of what you’re doing — and what you have done for the last couple years. But no one’s gonna judge you for taking one evening off to hang out with your best friend.”

“It’s not about judging, it’s about the fact that we’re in a fucking war, Sylvain!”

Ah.

Truthfully, Sylvain was usually better at picking up on when Felix was stressed and knowing not to push him too much. But then again, when wasn’t Felix stressed these days, with the Empire breathing down their necks and thousands upon thousands of innocent citizens caught in the crossfire. Obviously he’d picked the wrong day to bother Felix, and he knew enough about military strategy to know when to make a tactical retreat.

It wasn’t that he didn’t care about the war; it was just that he coped by spending quality time with the people he loved, while Felix coped by isolating himself. Felix wasn’t wrong about that, necessarily, but Sylvain just wanted to make sure that he knew that Sylvain was always there for him.

“Felix, I—”

“I’m not done,” Felix interrupted sharply, and Sylvain really did not like that look in his eyes. “We’re not kids anymore. Some of us actually grew up and realised there are more important things going on than lazing about and pretending like everything is okay.”

It was nowhere near the worst thing anyone had ever said about him and yet, it hurt like it was. Of all the people who should have noticed that Sylvain really had cleaned his act up, had worked hard to become the kind of man he always should have been, Sylvain had thought that Felix had really seen him grow since they’d met again at the Academy.

Apparently not, though.

“You’re right,” Sylvain said before Felix could keep cutting him to the core with words as precise as his swordplay. “Sorry.”

Turning on his heel, Sylvain walked away from Felix’s makeshift office and towards the quieter areas near the stables. Of course, nothing was ever truly quiet around camp, but the last thing he wanted to do was have to put on a smile for everyone else while he wondered why he could never quite get on the same level as Felix.

In fairness, that was probably his divine punishment for the hearts he’d broken in his youth…not that he believed in things like that.

But if it was true, he definitely deserved it.

Fully intending to pet his horse and definitely not sulk until he felt a little better, Sylvain grabbed some of the grooming equipment from the stable’s storage area and headed over to where his true favourite lady was enjoying some well-deserved rest time. 

“You know what, I just don’t get him,” Sylvain murmured as he set to making his horse shine as beautifully as she deserved. “He whines about Dimitri not taking enough breaks, and then gets all rude at me when I try to stop him from working himself to collapse.”

His conversation partner didn’t seem to have much to say to that, but Sylvain didn’t mind. “And one minute he’s literally fighting people over my honour — yeah, yeah, not that I have any of that — while the next he’s treating me like I’m still the same jackass I used to be.”

Sylvain patted his horse’s flank and sighed, not quite knowing what he was hoping to achieve by talking to his horse. 

“Careful,” a voice said from deeper in the stables, Sylvain jolting in shock at the unexpected interruption. “Your mask is slipping.”

“Didn’t realise you’d taken up lurking in the stables,” Sylvain said as he turned to face Yuri, who was carefully picking his way through the muck in his heeled boots. 

“There can be good info to be overheard here, people seem to like talking to animals when they think no one’s around.” Playing with the ends of his hair in clearly feigned innocence, Yuri side-eyed Sylvain’s horse slightly and came to a stop just outside of biting range. 

Sylvain scoffed, not even bothering to try to play it off. Yuri had always been able to see right through him; perhaps even better than Felix did. But he saw through Yuri in return, and it was strangely easy to talk to someone like that. “And here I thought you hated getting dirty.”

“Oh, please,” Yuri said with a wink. “You know me better than that.”

Despite himself, Sylvain had to laugh. After their slightly awkward first meeting, Sylvain hadn’t quite known what to make of Yuri. He certainly hadn’t trusted him, which was something that had definitely gone both ways. With time and battles fought side by side, though, they’d built up a grudging respect and something that was almost like friendship.

And then, well, Yuri was hot and discreet and liked using sex as a tool to play with people’s favour; and while Sylvain had given up his terribly philandering ways, he certainly wasn’t celibate. It worked out well for them, even if Sylvain sometimes felt like he was catering to Yuri’s whims far more than the reverse

“Did you hear anything good this time?” Sylvain asked. 

Yuri shrugged, idly inspecting his nails with calculated casualness. “I could tell you — for a price.”

“And here I am, having spent my entire fortune on booze and women.” It was a stupid joke, if not one that felt particularly jagged considering the way Felix had treated him earlier. But if even his best friend still thought that he hadn’t made any progress then he might as well just run with it.

“What a shame,” Yuri murmured, patting Sylvain’s chest, and the way his hand lingered a little made it unavoidably obvious as to why exactly he’d emerged from the darkness to bother Sylvain. “So then, what are you doing tonight?”

Sylvain really had grown up a lot from his days of drowning in sex to avoid taking a good, hard look at his actual problems. He had! He’d genuinely made an effort to start dealing with things properly, and as annoying as it was, it really had made things better to start facing them head-on.

But he was still only human, and Felix’s harsh words had cut at his ego like only Felix could. And at least Yuri knew the score with Sylvain, and knew that things would only ever be casual between them. Sylvain even suspected that if he ever managed to give up his infatuation with Felix for long enough to develop so much as a single feeling for Yuri, the man would disappear into the night for the last time.

Thankfully, then, it didn’t seem like his feelings for Felix were going anywhere anytime soon, even when Felix was being really fucking rude.

And if Felix thought he hadn’t changed, then maybe he should prove Felix right.

Tilting his chin up with calculated flirtation, the kind he’d put to bed years ago and now felt surprisingly rusty, Sylvain raised an eyebrow. “You, I hope.”

“You’re hotter when you’re sad,” Yuri said, screwing up his nose. “But if I feel like it, I’ll meet you in your tent after dinner.”

Turning away, Yuri glanced back over his shoulder when he reached the entrance of the stables. “And make sure you bathe, I’ll leave if you still smell like horses.”

Shaking his head, Sylvain turned back to his horse and began to gather the grooming equipment he’d barely gotten to use. “Sorry, sweetheart, but you heard the orders. I’ll bring you extra treats tomorrow, okay?”

Sylvain was reasonably sure that his horse wasn’t aware enough of the conversation to be actively judging him, but it sure didn’t feel that way when she shook her head and snorted. 

“Can’t win today,” Sylvain sighed, petting her nose in apology. “Copping it from all angles.”

Taking a deep breath, Sylvain shook himself out and donned his emotional armour before stepping back into the world outside of the stables. Even though it was a shame that Felix certainly wouldn’t be joining him, he could pull himself together for dinner and a bath.

At least he had something to look forward to afterwards, for once.

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The thing about Yuri, Sylvain had quickly learned, was that he very much worked to his own schedule. 

‘After dinner’ could mean anything within the span of about six hours, which was how Sylvain found himself beginning to drift off as he laid back on the cot in his tent while waiting to see whether Yuri would even show up at all.

At least it was beginning to get warm enough for him to be able to laze around without a shirt on, clad only in the loose trousers he favoured after bathing.

Being alone with his thoughts no longer terrified him as much as it used to, especially once he’d stopped fighting the way his idle mind tended to inevitably turn towards Felix. As fun as Yuri was, there was no question that Sylvain would have much preferred to have been waiting for Felix to retire to his — their, perhaps, if he felt particularly self-indulgent — tent for the evening.

Felix’s sharp edges tended to soften when he was tired, and he was almost painfully adorable when his hair was beginning to escape from the high ponytail he’d begun to favour after haircuts had fallen extremely low on the priority list during the war. 

Biting his lip, Sylvain let one of his hands fall flat against his bare stomach, fingers brushing against his waistband. If Felix were to come back to their tent, ready to crawl into bed with Sylvain, would he let Sylvain touch him a little to work through some of his pent-up stress? Would he let Sylvain worship him the way he deserved?

“Getting started without me?” 

“Fel—uck,” Sylvain recovered clumsily, ignoring Yuri’s too-knowing gaze. By now he really should have been more used to Yuri’s habit of sneaking up on him, but the man had an uncanny knack for knowing when people were at their most vulnerable. “You know, the only thing I really miss about the Academy dorms was having an actual door that closed.”

“Closed doors have never stopped me,” Yuri said casually as he let down his hair and  took off his shirt, leaving it neatly folded on Sylvain’s tidy little table. That…really wasn’t altogether surprising, Sylvain supposed, and once again he was glad that he and Yuri had settled into a relatively peaceful existence instead of the constant wariness and backstabbing they’d been heading towards at first.

Even if he didn’t entirely trust Yuri, it was much easier to have him sort of on Sylvain’s side rather than not.

Not to mention that the fringe benefits weren’t too bad either.

The beds at their camp weren’t particularly large, practicality being a far more urgent concern than luxury when on the battleground. Still, Yuri moved with utmost grace as he straddled Sylvain on the bed, neither of them interested in having a chat before they got into it.

“You were getting started without me,” Yuri said with a smirk as he rolled his hips, rubbing his cock against Sylvain’s much harder one through their trousers. 

Opening his mouth to say something that wasn’t admitting that he’d been fantasising about another guy while waiting for Yuri, Sylvain didn’t get far before Yuri’s tongue was in his mouth. As someone who’d tended to take the lead with the people he’d bedded, it gave him a thrill to give up a little control to someone else; especially someone who was shorter and slighter than him and, well, built a lot like Felix.

Sylvain had to admit that his fantasies about Felix had become a lot more realistic since he’d started sleeping with Yuri, even if he doubted that Felix would ever be as upfront about what he wanted as Yuri was.

Sylvain had known Felix his whole life and he still didn’t know what the guy wanted half the time.

”Focus,” Yuri murmured right into Sylvain’s mouth, biting his bottom lip with slightly more force than most people would have been game to. The sharp sting had Sylvain’s hips pushing upwards and he groaned when one of Yuri’s hands slid between their bodies, groping at Sylvain’s dick.

Still, Sylvain wasn’t about to let Yuri do all the work — he still did have somewhat of a reputation to uphold, of course — and so he grabbed Yuri’s hips and coaxed him into moving, letting him rub himself up against the back of his own hand. 

“Are you going to hurry up and fuck me?” Yuri asked bluntly, sitting up and tossing his long hair back. “Some of us like our beauty sleep.”

“And some of us like foreplay,” Sylvain grinned. Yuri scoffed and rolled his eyes, but didn’t seem particularly bothered as he broke away from Sylvain’s grip and made his way further down the bed, kissing along Sylvain’s bare torso as he went. 

If Yuri was good with his tongue when he kissed, that had absolutely nothing on how good he was with a cock in his mouth. Sylvain buried a hand in Yuri’s hair and groaned, barely managing to stop himself from thrusting further into Yuri’s throat —

And then the flap of his tent opened.

“Sylvain, apparently I might have been a little rude earlier, so…” Felix’s voice trailed off as he stared wide-eyed at the pair on the bed. All at once, Sylvain jolted in shock and broke Yuri’s rhythm, leaving Yuri coughing as he pulled away from Sylvain’s dick.

“Felix, I—” Sylvain started, completely forgetting that his whole cock was out now that Yuri had sat back, but Felix had already disappeared just as suddenly as he’d arrived.

“Awkward,” Yuri said, already swinging his leg back over Sylvain’s hips. “Tell your boy to knock next time.”

“On a tent?” Sylvain asked dumbly, before he caught up to himself and grabbed Yuri’s hips to lift him back off. “I don’t know if this is such a good idea.”

Yuri lifted an eyebrow, staring at Sylvain in that calculating way that always made him feel too exposed. “You’ve never complained before.”

“Yeah, well,” Sylvain said, pointedly looking down his body to where his cock had apparently decided that it no longer wanted to play. 

“Hm.” Rather than seeming offended, Yuri was still looking at him like a puzzle to be solved — and not a particularly difficult one. Rather than sit there with his pants down and wait for Yuri to pull his ego apart, Sylvain shuffled his trousers back up and then flopped back on his bed, slapping a hand over his eyes with a frustrated groan.

“I think I get it now,” Yuri said, and he sounded so smug that Sylvain had to move his hand to eye him suspiciously. “Would you get hard again if I did my hair more like this?”

Gathering his hair in his hand, Yuri pulled it up and held it in a messy imitation of Felix’s high ponytail, and Sylvain felt sick.

“Fuck off,” he grumbled, feeling simultaneously still somewhat emotional brusied from earlier, embarrassed at having been caught with his pants down by the man he loved, and guilty that he’d once again tried to use sex to smother his problems. 

His smug look fading into something more neutral, Yuri let go of his hair and nodded. “I suppose at this point, I won’t begrudge you one secret.”

Standing up and grabbing his shirt, Yuri dressed himself again and then crossed his arms, looking down at Sylvain. “But sort your shit out before you invite me back here again.”

“Noted,” Sylvain said. He didn’t watch as Yuri left, not wanting to prolong the awkward failure of a moment any longer, and then he shoved a knuckle in his mouth to bite down on the frustrated yell he really, really wanted to let out.

He kind of wanted to sink into the ground and never have to leave his tent again, but he didn’t like it when Felix was mad at him. Even when it was justified, which honestly Sylvain didn’t think it really was this time. With Yuri there were no chances of broken hearts, of bastard children, or of loud blow-up arguments that arose if his eyes strayed to someone else.

If anything, Felix should have been applauding him for his responsibility and maturity in finding appropriate ways to soothe his libido.

Snorting at himself, Sylvain flopped back against his bed and ignored the way it shook underneath him. Sure, in an idea world he’d have nothing to apologise for: he’d been in a private space, engaging in entirely consensual activities with someone he hadn’t misled at all as to their future together, and it was Felix’s fault that he’d barged straight in without at least announcing himself first.

But Felix was Felix, and considering that they’d just had an argument about Sylvain not taking the war as seriously as he should have been, Sylvain figured he could at least extend an olive branch.

“The things I do for you,” Sylvain muttered to himself as he shrugged on a shirt and stepped back out into the camp. “Now, if I were a pissed-off Felix, where would I be…”

There were still a few soldiers scattered around the training grounds, but surprisingly enough Felix wasn’t one of them. He also wasn’t in the empty dining hall, the tent that doubled as his office, the tent he slept in or the armoury. 

By the time Sylvain had found the war room, the market and even the fucking chapel devoid of Felix, he was beginning to worry. It had gotten late — surely Felix hadn’t left the camp on his own?

Fully prepared to do another full walk around the camp, Sylvain squinted into the darkness and started when he recognised a familiar figure in front of him

“Ingrid!” He said as he walked over to her, almost as glad to see her as he would have been to see Felix. She’d frequently taken part in the hunts they had to hold when Felix got worked up and disappeared, and Sylvain hoped she’d be able to help him out once again. “Have you seen Felix? I can’t find him anywhere and I need to talk to him.”

“Nope, not tonight,” Ingrid said, and Sylvain would have believed her if he hadn’t known her for as long as he’d known Felix. Her voice got a little higher when she was hiding something, although it was hard to pick if you didn’t know what to look out for.

“Ingrid,” Sylvain said, turning on the charm just a little. “Please let me know where he is, I’d rather sort this out now than let it hang over us for too long.”

“You really have grown up,” Ingrid said with a surprisingly proud look on her face. “But I promised him I wouldn’t say…”

She looked close to breaking, but Sylvain could only sigh. “Okay, okay, I won’t push it as long as he’s safe. If I make you spill he’ll only get mad at both of us, and you don’t deserve that.”

Clearly relieved, Ingrid nodded her head. “You know what he’s like. Give him the night to cool down, it’s not as if he can ever stay mad at you for long.”

“Could’ve fooled me.”

“He forgives you quicker than you think, it just takes him a while to forgive himself and stop being embarrassed over how he acts sometimes. And I’m only telling you this because I’m mad about him putting me in the middle of your little squabbles again, so please try to work it out as soon as you can.”

“Noted,” Sylvain said. “I’ll try to catch him during his morning training, then.”

Ingrid laughed, and the joyful sound made Sylvain feel just a little better about his absolute shitshow of a night. “You’re either a brave man or an idiot, confronting Felix Fraldarius when he has a sword in hand.”

“I like a little danger,” Sylvain shrugged. “Just — if you see him again, tell him I want to talk to him, yeah?”

“I will, and good luck,” Ingrid said. “Go get some sleep.”

“Of course I will,” Sylvain said, wishing her a good night as she turned and walked off into the darkness.

‘Some’ sleep turned out to be very little, as Sylvain spent the entire night alternating between lightly dozing and staring at the roof of his tent. Being in love with Felix was bad for his health, he decided, considering that he couldn’t get his brain to stop fretting about just how bad things would be between them this time. Even if he hadn’t actually done anything wrong (this time), it was obvious that Felix was hurt and unhappy, and there was no way that Sylvain could brush that aside as not being his problem.

So he’d catch Felix early, sort their latest round of nonsense out, and still have time to grab a little nap before the day began in earnest. It was the perfect plan.

…Except, of course, the Goddess (and/or the Empire) had other plans for them.

Sylvain was jolted out of a light doze when a messenger called for him outside his tent, announcing that the generals were expected in the war room while the troops mobilised. The timing couldn’t have been worse, considering that he’d barely slept and was still stuck on needing to sort things out with Felix before it could fester any longer, but the war didn’t care about any of that.

At least he was well-practised at getting himself presentable and into position with minimal brainpower, and time blurred slightly until he found himself sitting around the long table with the other generals.

Dimitri was explaining what they were rushing off to do, but all Sylvain managed to take in was that they were expected to go to some place and fend off an approaching battalion of Empire soldiers that a scout had spotted bearing down on a nearby city. The finer details didn’t matter, not when Felix was sitting at the other end of the table looking like death warmed up.

He seemed like he’d slept even less than Sylvain had, and he was very obviously avoiding looking in Sylvain’s direction. If it was anyone else, Sylvain would have considered quietly approaching them and asking if it was a good idea for them to be going into battle, but Felix would murder him for even suggesting that and then probably get himself hurt trying to prove that he was fine.

Shaking his head, Sylvain resolved to keep an eye on Felix as much as he could during the upcoming battle. If Felix ended up in danger due to a lack of sleep dulling his reflexes, Sylvain would never be able to live with the guilt

That was easier said than done, of course. Felix had his own troops to organise before the march and then when they reached the battle, as a mounted unit Sylvain was directed to take care of the further reaches of the city while Felix handled the closer areas on foot. As much as he wanted to leave his duty behind and go chasing after Felix, he wasn’t that stupid and irresponsible. People’s lives were in his hands, and he was going to take that seriously.

Still, it was a relief when they’d managed to push back the enemy from the north of the city, leaving their own people to guard particularly sensitive areas and allowing Sylvain to make his way back towards the centre of the city.

He was almost beginning to feel confident in their complete victory when he heard the sound of an explosion, looking up just in time to see a second huge projectile falling towards the city. Forgetting about looking for Felix, he urged his horse towards the sound of screaming, determined to get everyone out before more projectiles could rain down on them.

He could see Ingrid circling overhead, and when she spotted him racing towards the impact zone she swooped down and flew alongside him for a moment.

“Dimitri and I are going to find the source of the projectiles so we can stop them,” she yelled, no time for pleasantries on the battlefield. “Dedue and Felix could use backup straight ahead.”

“Got it,” Sylvain said, already urging his horse to go faster. While he couldn’t take a direct hit, Dedue at least wore heavy armour that could help keep him safe from debris that would be flying around from each impact; Felix tended to dress in lighter armour that was good against swords but less good against huge explosions.

If he was working at anything less than his best, he was in serious danger.

Adrenaline keeping him moving forward, Sylvain swept his lance through groups of enemies, his beloved horse knowing exactly where to take him and trampling on the stragglers as he went. How this many enemies had managed to sneak up on the city without advance warning, he didn’t know; and in the moment, he definitely didn’t care. What mattered was keeping the city safe, and making sure that Felix walked away from the battle on two legs. 

Rounding the rubble of a destroyed building, Sylvain could see Felix’s soldiers fighting further down the long street, but there were a lot of enemy troops between them. Throwing himself into the battle, Sylvain’s attention was split between the fight he was in and the fight happening in front of him. He just needed to know that Felix was still standing, and then he could put all his focus on cleaning up the troops that were stubbornly hanging on.

And then, like a gift from the goddess herself, some of Felix’s soldiers pushed the enemy back with a wave of reason magic and Sylvain had a direct view of Felix locking swords with an enemy assassin.

He looked like he was going to come out on top — and Sylvain would have expected nothing less from his best friend — but the amount of enemies still swarming around them made Sylvain nervous.

If he could just get a little closer—

“SYLVAIN!” Dedue shouted from somewhere off to the side, and Sylvain ripped his eyes off Felix just in time for his horse to wrench them both to the side as a huge boulder fell from the sky and landed right where he’d just been. But the boulders alone weren’t the only danger, and Sylvain yelled as a huge piece of debris from the explosion hit his body with unfathomable force, his brain unable to keep up with the pain and what was happening as he was thrown from his horse and headfirst towards the ground.

—----------------------------------

“Why isn’t he waking up?” Sylvain heard someone demand, the words coming through fuzzy and a bit too loud. He considered opening up his eyes to see what was going on, but his head was pounding and he felt a little like he’d fallen off a cliff.

“Mmph,” he said, aiming for ‘perhaps a little quieter, please’ and not quite getting there.

“Shh,” someone else said instead. “A head injury like that takes a little longer to recover from than a stab wound, even with this much healing magic. Besides, you should be resting as well, you’re injured too.”

“I’m fine,” Felix insisted — because even with his eyes closed and his brain refusing to cooperate, Sylvain could recognise that stubborn tone anywhere. “When is he going to wake up?”

“M’up,” Sylvain managed this time, and he forced his eyes to open. He wished he could say that he didn’t recognise the roof of the medical tent from the camp on sight, even with a serious headache and blurry vision, but it wasn’t the first time he’d woken up here.

What was less obvious was how he’d gotten here. He distinctly remembered going into battle, but everything after that was blank.

“Please don’t try to get up,” Mercedes said, leaning over Sylvain and smiling down at him. “How do you feel?”

“Ow,” Sylvain said, his body revolting against him when he tried looking around to see where Felix was. “Felix?”

“You idiot,” Felix said. He looked exhausted and dishevelled, and Sylvain might have appreciated his shirtlessness more if it wasn’t for the bandage wrapped around his chest. “You’re lucky to be alive.”

“He’s not the only one,” Mercedes said lightly, Felix looking away with a scowl. “Do you remember what happened, Sylvain?”

“There was a…battle,” Sylvain said, wincing when the words felt like they were tearing up his throat.

“Ah, one moment,” Mercedes interrupted, leaning away and then coming back with a vulnerary in hand. “Drink this.”

She held the bottle to his lips and he gratefully swallowed, everything feeling a little bit easier as the healing potion flooded through his system. “Better?”

“Better,” Sylvain agreed. “I remember going into battle, but…”

“You got hit by a fucking flying rock,” Felix snapped. “Like an absolute idiot.”

“And Felix here was stabbed when he turned his back on the enemy to run towards you,” Mercedes said, her voice as sweet as honey and her judgement as deadly as, well, a fucking flying rock. Felix scowled but looked appropriately chastised, Sylvain now able to turn his head enough to watch as he crossed his arms and sank down.

“Not my fault he clearly can’t look after himself.”

Sylvain barely managed a laugh that quickly turned into a pained gasp, the vulnerary only able to do so much for what seemed like it must have been a pretty nasty hit. 

“You need more rest,” Mercedes said, and all Sylvain could do was agree. “Do you want some help falling asleep again?”

“Goddess, please,” Sylvain sighed, well-acquainted with the soothing magic that Mercedes could wield to help her patients settle down. “Thanks.”

Her fingertips lightly touching his temples, Mercedes hummed lightly under her breath as soothing waves of magic sent Sylvain back towards sleep.

Still, he couldn’t help but feel like there was something he’d missed, considering that he didn’t remember anything since riding into battle on his—

“Horse?” Sylvain forced out, anxiety sluggishly spiking through his body. If he’d been hurt this badly, surely she—

“In the stables and recovering nicely,” Mercedes said, a gentle smile on her face as she continued to send that numbing magic through Sylvain’s body. “She saved your life.”

“That’s m’girl,” Sylvain slurred as sleep took over once again.

—----------------------------------

The next time Sylvain woke up, he felt damn near totally human again. Mercedes’ magic really did work like, well, magic. He even felt well-rested, although it was a bit disappointing to sit up and realise that he was alone this time. There were a bunch of purple flowers in a vase beside his bed, though, and Sylvain reached for the wax-sealed note sitting up against them.

Glad you’re not dead, it’d be a waste of good dick.

Well they probably weren’t from Felix then, Sylvain decided as he re-folded the note and tossed it aside. There was a semi-decent chance they’d be toxic, though, and so he settled for admiring Yuri’s gift from a distance as he hauled himself out of bed.

This time Manuela was pottering about in the tent, and she smiled at him as he left the patient rest area. “Ah, Sylvain, glad you’ve rejoined the rest of us in the world of the living.”

“How could I possibly die and leave my favourite beautiful doctor alone?” Sylvain flirted, knowing that Manuela wouldn’t take him seriously.

“Flattery will get you everywhere,” Manuela laughed. “As long as the dizziness is gone, you’re free to leave, but absolutely no physical exertion for at least another day. And yes, that includes sex.”

“You know me too well.” Or, at least, she knew his reputation too well; he hadn’t actually been planning to walk straight out of the infirmary and into someone’s bed.

“And if you see Felix, make sure he’s following my orders to spend the day resting. He might not have taken as bad a hit as you did, but he nearly fainted from exhaustion when we got back to camp yesterday.” From the look on Manuela’s face, she clearly assumed that Felix was ignoring her orders entirely, and Sylvain figured that was probably correct.

“Got it, I’ll try to pry him away from his training.”

“Thanks,” Manuela sighed, sounding defeated. “At least he let us heal him eventually: he kept insisting that no one should waste their magic on him until you were healed, even as he was actively bleeding out.”

“For fuck’s sake,” Sylvain said as his heart filled with a weird mix of exasperation and affection, and Manuela laughed.

“Yes, that’s what I said.”

—-------------------------------------------

Felix was, surprisingly, nowhere to be found at the training grounds. 

He was, however, sitting up at his desk when Sylvain stuck his head through the tent flaps, frowning at whatever he was working on.

“I heard you were told to rest.”

“I’m busy,” Felix said, not looking up. “The world didn’t stop just because you were asleep for the best part of two days.”

“Whatever you’re doing, it can wait. You got hurt too.”

“I’m fine.”

“Felix.” The serious tone in Sylvain’s voice made Felix pause and look up, treating Sylvain to a clear view of the dark circles under his eyes. “You need to rest.”

“And how am I supposed to do that?” Felix snapped. “You nearly died, and if I don’t have anything to focus on all I can think about is the way you sounded as you went flying off your horse.”

Inhaling sharply, Sylvain walked around the desk and squatted down beside Felix’s chair. Felix leaned away from him, just slightly, and so as much as Sylvain wanted to reach out and touch him, he didn’t push it.

“Hey, I’m fine. See? It takes more than a little rock to kill me.”

“That’s not funny.”

“Wasn’t meant to be,” Sylvain said. “Felix, please. I just want to make sure you’re okay.”

Felix didn’t say anything, but he also didn’t go back to what he’d been doing. Sylvain figured that was a win.

“What do you suggest I do, then? Mercedes already told the training master not to let me anywhere near a sword.”

Sylvain barely managed to avoid rolling his eyes — of course Felix had already tried that. Still, he hadn’t quite thought this far ahead and now he was scrambling for something else that Felix would let them do.

“Oh, I know! We can go on a little expedition, somewhere away from the camp for a bit?”

Felix didn’t look convinced, so Sylvain turned up the charm a bit. “I’ll beg some food from the kitchen, and it’s a beautiful day outside. And if you hang out with me for a while, I won’t complain if you want to do some more work afterwards.”

“Well…”

“And we need to talk. About…y’know.”

Felix sighed, looking like the entire world was against him, but Sylvain knew he’d already won.

“You’ll let me work in peace after?”

“I’ll let you work in peace after. Within reason.”

“Fine. Meet me at the gates in ten minutes.”

“Thanks, Felix,” Sylvain grinned as he hauled himself back to standing. “I promise you’ll have a great time.”

“Hm.”

—------------------------------------

The ride to the field passed in companionable silence, Sylvain mostly managing not to think too hard about the fact that he had to ride a borrowed horse because he’d gotten his own hurt. She’d seemed glad to see him, though, happily snorting at him and accepting the loving attention he’d lavished upon her, and he had no doubt that she’d be back in action shortly.

He pulled to a stop when they rode up to a private little space, nicely sunny but enclosed by enough trees that they wouldn’t be interrupted by anyone travelling past. He’d possibly scoped this out as a potential date spot, but there was no need to tell Felix about that.

Especially not when Felix finally looked like some of the tension had drained out of his shoulders, to the point that he actually thanked Sylvain when he’d offered Felix first chance at the basket of food he’d managed to charm the kitchen staff into handing over. Even Sylvain wasn’t stupid enough to ruin such an unguarded moment from the duke of poor social graces.

“So,” Sylvain said once Felix had finished a few small pieces of meat. “First up, I wanted to say I’m sorry.”

“For what?” Felix asked, looking genuinely confused.

“For screwing up the battle? And, uh, that whole thing with Yuri too.”

“Unless you got hit on purpose, which I doubt even you’re stupid enough to do, you don’t need to apologise for that.”

“But then you got hurt—”

“Sylvain, as much as you’re determined to think otherwise, not everything is your fault.” Felix sounded too close to clamming up again, his eyes fixed firmly on the ground, and so Sylvain didn’t push any further.

“In any case, I’m glad you’re okay. I would’ve been so annoyed if you’d died while you were still mad at me.”

“Why do you assume I’m always mad at you?”

“I don’t?” Sylvain said, confused. “But you were definitely mad at me because of the whole argument we had, and then the Yuri thing.”

“I was coming to apologise,” Felix pointed out. “Even I know when I’m wrong, despite what you think.”

“And then you were so mad at me that even Ingrid didn’t want to risk telling me where you’d disappeared to.”

“No, I needed space to think,” Felix said like it was blindingly obvious and Sylvain was an idiot.

“...Are you going to tell me what you were thinking about?”

“I had some things to figure out. That’s all.”

Sylvain blinked, not quite sure what to think about that. “And did you figure it out?”

“Not really.”

“...Well, if you want to ask me anything, I’m an open book right now.”

It was actually the truth. Away from the camp, from the military, from their responsibilities and any prying eyes, Sylvain was actually willing to be entirely upfront with Felix. It was the least he could do, after all the problems Sylvain had caused within the space of a couple of days.

There was a long silence and then Felix muttered something quietly, but even with how close they were sitting Sylvain couldn’t make it out. And, of course, Felix tended to hate repeating himself.

But Sylvain’s curiosity would always get the best of him.

“What was that?”

Felix glanced at Sylvain and then away, and Sylvain blamed the cool air for turning his nose and cheeks pink. “I said, why him?”

“Who?” Sylvain asked, genuinely not sure who Felix was referring to. 

Rubbing his nose, eyes still averted, Felix spat out the name like it left a bad taste in his mouth. “Yuri.”

Opening his mouth, Sylvain caught himself before he could make some stupid joke. That would more than certainly go poorly, and he was a changed man. Opening himself to genuine scrutiny was more agonising than almost being literally cut in half, but this was Felix.

Felix, who had seen the best and the worst of him; Felix who, above all else, had earned the right to a bit of truth from Sylvain.

“He’s hot, he knows how to make something casual work, and I,” Sylvain hesitated slightly, suddenly feeling a little bashful, “I like the way he takes the lead, I guess. Not something I was used to, y’know?”

Felix frowned, clearly thinking. “I should’ve known you’d only be interested in fucking around.”

“Well, with him, yeah,” Sylvain admitted. “Neither of us were interested in anything serious with each other.”

“Are you ever?” Felix said, the jab clearly pointed. It hurt a bit, for sure, but Sylvain wasn’t going to get goaded into an argument and have Felix storm off in a huff.

“For the right person? Sure.”

For you? Anything, he wanted to say, but he kept his mouth shut. Nothing would have made Felix run away faster than going straight to that.

“I find that hard to believe,” Felix said. 

“I’m not as terrible as you seem to think I am.”

Picking idly at the grass they were sitting on, Felix clearly wasn’t about to face Sylvain directly. Still, he hadn’t left; so Sylvain would take what he could get. “I don’t think you’re terrible.”

“Oh, sure,” Sylvain snorted. “Just frivolous, idiotic, foolish and, apparently, incapable of feeling love.”

“That wasn’t what I meant.”

“Then what did you mean?” Sylvain asked, his frustration beginning to boil over despite his best efforts. “Because I sure can’t interpret that any other way.”

“I meant,” Felix started, and that was clearly all he had. But Sylvain wasn’t going to let him wriggle out of this one, and he raised an eyebrow expectantly. “...I don’t know what I meant.”

“Then why did you say it?”

Felix shrugged, and there was going to be a bare patch in the grass from the amount he was pulling out in frustration. 

“I do have feelings, Felix, and they can be hurt.”

“I know,” Felix said quietly, glancing at Sylvain and then away again. “...Sorry.”

It didn’t totally soothe his bruised feelings, but getting an actual apology from Felix helped dissolve more of Sylvain’s irritation than he would have expected. Especially as this apology wasn’t being thrown at him while he was under another man.

“I appreciate that,” Sylvain said. “It means a lot to me — you mean a lot to me — and I hate it when we fight.”

“I really did think you were dead,” Felix said suddenly, picking some grass out of the ground beneath them. “You were so still and the enemy was bearing down on you and I didn’t even realise I’d been stabbed until after I knew you were still alive and everyone around you was dead.”

Sylvain’s chest hurt, knowing just how badly he would react if their positions had been switched. Perhaps it was the lingering effects of the head injury, or the fact that Felix was actually opening up to him for once, or even the near-death experience, but Sylvain’s unspoken feelings were crawling up his throat and he didn’t know how much longer he could keep them down.

…So he didn’t even bother trying.

“Felix?”

“Mm?” Felix hummed, something in Sylvain’s tone making him actually look up to meet Sylvain’s eyes.

Fuck subtle hints.

“I love you.”

“Wh-” Felix spluttered, his eyes wide and his face rapidly going red. “Sylvain.”

“Feels good to finally say that,” Sylvain said, pressing a hand over his rapidly beating heart and shooting Felix a crooked smile. “Don’t worry, I’m not expecting you to feel the same way or anything, I know I’m not the kind of person who deserves—”

“Don’t you dare finish that sentence,” Felix snapped, still as red as Sylvain had ever seen him. “You might do stupid shit sometimes but you’re worth more than you think.”

“...Thanks, Fe,” Sylvain managed to say eventually. “I just meant that I’m fine with staying friends.”

“Is that what you want?”

“You barely tolerate me most days, so I figured that’s what you’d want.”

“Don’t put words in my mouth,” Felix frowned. “You just frustrate me sometimes. And think with your dick too much.”

“Gee, thanks.” Sylvain wouldn’t lie, that hurt a little.

“I don’t mean it like that,” Felix said, and he actually stretched his leg out a bit to knock it against Sylvain’s knee. “I’m not good at…talking.”

“You said it, not me.”

“Sylvain,” Felix said, and as Sylvain watched he took a deep breath and visibly steadied himself. “When you went flying, all I could think about was that I didn’t want to live without you. Couldn’t live without you.”

The words were halting, sounding like it was taking all of Felix’s considerable strength to get them out, and Sylvain felt like he was going to melt on the spot.

He might have been an idiot and a fool and whatever else Felix liked to call him, but he thought he was pretty decent at reading between the lines.

“I wouldn’t want to live without you either,” Sylvain admitted, and the smile Felix gave him was small but so precious. “But I won’t push you into anything, so—”

“Sylvain, shut up and let me think.”

“Anything for you,” Sylvain said, earning himself a familiar eye roll. Still, he sat back and watched Felix clearly struggle through whatever he wanted to say, his mouth opening and closing a few times before he finally shook himself out and started again.

“So obviously you’re not opposed to,” Felix paused, looking embarrassed, “sex. With men, I mean.”

“Yuri is very pretty but he’s definitely a man,” Sylvain agreed, still looking at where Felix’s leg was touching his own.

“And you liked that he took the lead?”

“Hm?” Sylvain asked, not quite keeping up with where Felix was going. “Yeah, I guess.”

Slowly nodding his head, Felix seemed to be considering something. And then, with reflexes honed from thousands of hours of training and battles, Felix lunged towards Sylvain.

His hands grabbed Sylvain’s shoulders a little too tightly and his lips hit Sylvain’s own a little too hard and with an awkwardness that screamed inexperience. But the feeling still made Sylvain’s mind go blank and as the momentum made him topple over backwards, he was forced to choose between catching himself and wrapping his arms around Felix’s waist.

The last of Sylvain’s breath was knocked away when his back hit the ground, but he barely noticed it when he realised that one of Felix’s hands was cradling the back of his head to prevent it from getting hurt in their fall. 

Felix, who had knocked him on his ass (and his front and his back and, yes, his head) during training more times than Sylvain wanted to remember, had softened his fall and was now using their positions to keep Sylvain trapped in a clumsy but oh-so-hungry kiss.

Not that ‘trapped’ was the right word when getting away was the last thing Sylvain would have wanted.

“Sylvain,” Felix said when he finally pulled away, sounding as winded as Sylvain felt. “I won’t do…casual. So if you can’t be serious, tell me now.”

Despite the confidence of his actions, Felix looked more than a little petrified. When Sylvain tried to meet his gaze, his eyes kept darting away and then back again; and the hand that had slipped down from Sylvain’s shoulder and onto his chest seemed to be trembling. 

Unwrapping one of his arms from around Felix’s waist, Sylvain laid his hand on top of Felix’s and held it tight over his own heart. “I’ve never wanted to be so serious about anyone in my life, Fe.”

Even the chill settling in as night finished falling couldn’t be blamed for the way Felix’s face burned bright red. He looked so cute that Sylvain had to grab the front of his shirt and haul him in for another kiss, which naturally led to another and another and another.

When they finally parted for longer than a few moments, Sylvain’s wandering hands had knocked parts of Felix’s hair loose from its tie and left his clothes so askew that Felix was going to have a task ahead of him to fix them up. While he was fiddling with that, Sylvain took the opportunity to sit back up and rest his elbow on his knee, his chin resting on his palm.

“...What?” Felix said when he noticed Sylvain watching him, not quite managing to hide that it was embarrassment rather than annoyance driving his attitude. 

“Never thought I’d see you like this,” Sylvain murmured, his eyes tracking over Felix’s messy hair and kiss-swollen lips. 

“Don’t be an idiot,” Felix replied, his usual venom completely missing. Sylvain laughed, reaching over to coax one of Felix’s hands away from where it was straightening his clothes and lifting it to his own lips.

“If I’m an idiot, it’s only because my brain stops working right when I’m around you.”

Felix spluttered, his cheeks going bright red again, but he didn’t try to snatch his hand away from Sylvain. That was definitely a win, and Sylvain looked up to wink at Felix as he kissed the back of his hand once more and then let it fall away.  

He was probably laying it on a little thick, but how was he supposed to stop doing that when Felix was letting him do it?

“C’mere,” Sylvain said, still shocked that it took minimal coaxing to get Felix kneeling over his lap again. Another deep kiss, Felix already picking up how to meet Sylvain’s tongue with his own, and Sylvain wanted to touch him properly so badly; but he didn’t want to scare Felix off, and so he kept his hands on Felix’s waist this time.

And then, for the hundredth or so time that day, Felix shocked him by taking the lead and sliding his hand between their bodies with obvious intent.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Sylvain said as he grabbed Felix’s wrist, regretting that he’d bullied himself into being the good guy so thoroughly that he couldn’t just let Felix grope him with a clear conscience. “I know I said I like assertiveness but you don’t have to push yourself into anything you’re not comfortable with just because you think I want it.”

“Who’s not comfortable?” Felix asked, but then his eyes widened slightly. “Unless you don’t want —”

“Oh, believe me, that’s not the problem here at all,” Sylvain rushed to reassure Felix, his grip loosening and Felix immediately taking advantage to let his fingers resume their slow crawl. “But you’ve never struck me as that kinda guy, and I never want to do anything that we’re not both fully into.”

After a long, silent moment, Felix rocked his hips against Sylvain’s thigh and Sylvain had to bite back a groan at the sudden knowledge that Felix was just as hard as he was.

“Does that feel like someone who’s not into this? Besides, you let Yuri touch it,” Felix grumbled, his fingers still slowly inching down Sylvain’s stomach. “It’s my turn.”

“This isn’t a competition, you don’t need to prove anything —”

“You’re right, there’s no competition at all,” Felix said, haughty and proud even with his fingers prying open the front of Sylvain’s trousers.

“There really isn’t,” Sylvain sighed, trying not to sound so much like a lovestruck fool. Sure, Manuela had said no sex, but surely a handjob would be okay? “So if you wanna touch me that bad, you can go right ahe — ah fuck!”

Felix clearly didn’t have technique. Well, Sylvain assumed he’d at least handled one dick before, but the angles were slightly different on someone else; there was an art to it, and Sylvain had never really believed that enthusiasm could make up for a lack of practice.

But Felix already had him questioning everything he’d thought to be true, so what was one more thing to toss onto that pile. The positions of their bodies made it hard for Felix to get a decent motion going, but Sylvain couldn’t have cared less when that was his dick in Felix’s hand. 

“Tell me what you like,” Felix said, the words barely penetrating the pleasure fog that had descended on Sylvain’s brain. 

“I like you,” Sylvain managed, grinning dumbly when Felix snorted in amusement. “Just keep doing what you’re doing, baby, feels good.”

It was probably fifty-fifty as to whether Felix had decided to allow the pet name or if he’d missed it entirely, but Sylvain really hoped it was the former. To call Felix a pet name and not get his head figuratively (or potentially literally) ripped off was like a dream come true, and he tipped his head forward to rest against Felix’s shoulder as he let himself indulge in pleasure.

“A little faster and I’ll come,” Sylvain said, enjoying the way Felix shuddered against him. Always a quick study with something in his hands, Felix gradually increased his pace until Sylvain groaned, recognising the clear sign that he’d found the sweet spot. 

His hips rocking up to meet Felix’s hand as best he could with a grown man in his lap, Sylvain let his eyes drift close and wrapped his arms around Felix’s waist to hold him close. 

“Almost there,” he warned when the pleasure started to become too much, and while he wanted the moment to last forever he also wanted to completely fall apart under Felix’s hands. To make sure that Felix knew just how much of a hold he’d always had over Sylvain.

“Do it,” Felix said breathlessly, and before he knew it Sylvain was groaning as he came into Felix’s hand. All he wanted to do was clutch at Felix’s narrow waist and bury his face into Felix’s neck as he shuddered, and Felix’s free hand buried itself in the back of his hair when he went ahead and did it.

“Fuck,” Sylvain muttered against Felix, his breath coming fast as Felix stroked him through the last of his orgasm. “If you’re this good already, a little practice is gonna make you deadly.”

“I’ll add it to my training routine,” Felix said, so dry that Sylvain almost entirely missed that he was joking.

Still…that was some training that Sylvain wouldn’t need much convincing to join in with.

“My turn now?” Sylvain asked, because he might have been deep into his post-orgasm high but he was still a believer in immediately giving back twice as good as he got. Add on the fact that he had Felix in his lap and Sylvain would have kept Felix there with him for the next week if he’d thought he could get away with it. 

One thing at a time, though.

Waiting for Felix to turn his focus to wiping his come-streaked hand on the grass next to them, Sylvain took advantage of his distraction to grab Felix by the hips and haul him around until he was sitting between Sylvain’s thighs with his back against Sylvain’s chest. “This okay?”

“Show me that all that practice was at least worth it.” The way that Felix melted into him had Sylvain biting his lip, suddenly finding that his usual composure was deserting him in the face of, well, Felix.

The man always had been a force of nature to Sylvain.

“You asked for it,” Sylvain replied, gently catching Felix’s earlobe between his teeth as he loosened the front of Felix’s trousers. Felix felt so hard in his hand that it must have been close to hurting, precome already making the head wet. 

Setting a slow pace, Sylvain paid attention to what made Felix shudder and his breath hitch, completely entranced by every moment. His free hand was wrapped firmly across Felix’s stomach, holding Felix as close to him as Sylvain could manage without being physically inside of him, and Sylvain genuinely didn’t know if he’d ever be able to let him go.

Hooking up was great. Sylvain had done enough of it to know that. But hooking up with someone he loved?

Sylvain had never been so eager to please and so unwilling to let it finish.

“Is that good?” Sylvain asked, his lips moving against Felix’s jaw. He didn’t get a verbal answer, which he’d more or less expected, but one of Felix’s hands was gripping Sylvain’s thigh and he was beginning to squirm despite an obvious effort not to.

“You’re beautiful.” Trailing kisses along Felix’s jaw and the exposed parts of his neck, Sylvain could only laugh when Felix very unconvincingly called him a fool, his voice breaking slightly when Sylvain rubbed a thumb over the head of his cock. “I’ve wanted to do this for so long, Fe.”

“Less talking, more — that,” Felix groaned, his breath coming harder and his head lolling back onto Sylvain’s shoulder and exposing more of his neck to Sylvain’s lips. Even though Felix was being so open and pliant now, he was careful not to leave any marks: Felix would definitely kill him for that once his orgasm wore off.

Picking up his pace, Sylvain held Felix close to him as he brought him towards his climax, wanting Felix to know that he cared so much even without words. If Sylvain was feeling overwhelmed by the whole thing, he doubted that Felix would be feeling much better; but Sylvain wasn’t going to let him fall.

“I’ve got you,” he murmured, not even caring if that made no sense to Felix. “You can let go.”

Lifting his free hand to tilt Felix’s chin towards him, Sylvain leaned over Felix’s shoulder enough to kiss him. Felix nearly bit him when his body suddenly jerked, teeth grazing off Sylvain’s lip, and it wasn’t surprising when Sylvain felt come splash against his hand a second later. 

Felix’s chest heaved as he slipped away from Sylvain’s lips, his expression as open and unguarded as Sylvain had ever seen it. “Sylvain…”

Not wanting to respond and break the moment, Sylvain just smiled and let Felix pull himself back together. He was slower to snap back than Sylvain would have expected, seeming almost reluctant to pull away and begin putting himself back in order. Surprisingly, his usual sense of distance didn’t return even after he and Sylvain had cleaned up as best they could and stood up, Sylvain offering his cleaner hand to Felix and letting the contact linger a little after he’d hauled Felix upright.

“Is this where you usually run off?” Felix asked once Sylvain let him go, brushing himself off and pointedly not making eye contact.

“Do I look like I’m going to run?” 

“...No,” Felix admitted, and he was right. It actually kind of scared Sylvain a bit how unwilling he was to let the moment end.

“Hey,” Sylvain said, lightly grabbing Felix’s forearms. “Look at me.”

It took a while for Felix to comply, emotional vulnerability never really having been his strong point, but Sylvain was patient. Eventually Felix’s eyes met his own, and Sylvain let himself smile as genuinely as he wanted.

“I was telling the truth, y’know. About wanting to be serious for the right person.”

Felix flushed again, and how had Sylvain never noticed how easy it was to get him to do that? “And what, I’m the right person?”

“Who else could it be?” Sylvain asked, simultaneously wanting to vomit from being so fucking genuine and feeling like a weight had lifted off his shoulders. “It’s always been you.”

Felix stared, silent for several long, torturous moments, but he didn’t try to pull away. “...Who knew Sylvain Gautier had actual emotions?”

“Wow,” Sylvain said, his tone matching the playful glint that had appeared in Felix’s eyes. “Treat a man to the best handjob of his life and this is the thanks I get?”

“The thanks you get is that I might let you do it again.”

“Promise?” Sylvain asked, trying not to sound as excited by the idea as he felt. Felix didn’t reply, but he did tilt his face up towards Sylvain in a playful challenge.

“I like you kind of a lot, Fe,” Sylvain admitted, leaning down to leave a quick kiss on Felix’s lips. 

“No, really?” Felix said dryly, and all Sylvain could do was laugh.

It was fleetingly quick, but Felix smiled and shook his head, his hand briefly resting on Sylvain’s hip before falling away.

“I’m not sleeping in the cold all night, let’s head back.”

“Wanna sleep in my tent?” Sylvain asked hopefully, not actually expecting it to work.

“...I suppose,” Felix said, and Sylvain nearly tripped over his own feet in shock.

“Then let’s get out of here,” he managed, and this time Felix really did look amused.

Fuck, Sylvain loved him so much. 

—----------------------------------------------

“Felix!” Sylvain called as he swept into Felix’s makeshift office. “Let’s go get lunch.”

“Some of us have actual responsibilities,” Felix grumbled as per usual even as he pushed his chair back and stood up.

“Yes, yes,” Sylvain agreed pleasantly, hooking his elbow into Felix’s and laughing when Felix immediately slipped away and shoved his side.

“Don’t push it.”

“I would never.”

The dining hall wasn’t overly busy when they arrived, Sylvain collecting two plates of some sort of meat off the soldiers on cooking duty and dramatically presenting one in front of Felix when they sat down. 

“How are things in Fraldarius?” Sylvain asked, sitting back to enjoy how animated Felix got as he discussed the homeland he was now in charge of. The sudden promotion had clearly worn on him at the start, but now he’d settled into his role so smoothly that it was sometimes hard to remember that he was only nineteen.

Halfway through a story about his mother effortlessly shutting up some old nobles who’d thought that Felix’s absence should have been filled by his uncle alone, Felix abruptly cut himself off and glared at something over Sylvain’s shoulder.

Confused, Sylvain went to turn around but froze when arms were hooked over his shoulders from behind.

“Fancy seeing you two here,” Yuri murmured, a little too close to Sylvain’s ear. 

“Tch,” was all Felix had to say as Sylvain tried and failed to extricate himself from Yuri’s grip. He didn’t trust this shit at all, and just hoped that Yuri would keep the potential for damage (to body, relationship and surroundings alike) to a minimum.

“It’s been a while, Sylvain. What are you doing tonight?”

“Uh,” Sylvain started, eyeing the way Felix’s grip tightened on his knife and wondering if he should duck and save himself or piss Felix off by preventing him from stabbing Yuri. Before he could do either, though, Felix relaxed as if nothing had ever happened.

“Me,” he said simply, surprising a laugh out of Sylvain who could only watch as Felix’s knife cut through his food instead of Yuri’s eyeball. 

“Well, isn’t that a surprise,” Yuri said, not sounding surprised at all. Patting Sylvain on the top of the head, his hand lingered a little even as his weight disappeared off Sylvain’s shoulders. “Congratulations, I suppose.”

“Yep,” was all Sylvain risked saying, even as Felix didn’t look the slightest bit bothered anymore. 

“Well, don’t expect me to wait around until he gets bored of you.” 

“You wish,” Felix muttered under his breath, and Sylvain was so touched that he barely heard Yuri’s footsteps as he walked away.

Not sure if he should voice his thoughts, Sylvain waited until Felix had taken a few more bites to put down his own knife and lean forward. “You know, I promise there’s nothing going on with him anymore.”

“Oh, I’m aware.”

“When did you get so cool, Duke Fraldarius?” 

“Somewhere around the time I realised that you’re so in love with me that you’re wrapped around my little finger.” 

Sylvain considered putting up at least a token protest to that, but he was well aware that neither of them would believe it. “Yeah, I guess that’s fair.”

Going back to his meal, Sylvain let a few beats pass before he looked up at Felix and grinned. “D’you promise that I get to do you tonight, though?”

Felix raised an eyebrow, although as had become much more common for him lately he didn’t look anywhere close to annoyed. “Maybe, maybe not.”

“Gotta stop getting my hopes up like this,” Sylvain said with an exaggerated sigh, although he almost dropped his knife when Felix’s leg pressed up against his own under the table.

“Maybe I’ll do you instead this time.”

“Fuck, Felix,” Sylvain cursed, trying not to think too hard about that in the middle of their bloody dining hall and failing miserably. “If anyone notices me walking out of here with a huge boner, I’m telling them exactly whose fault it was.”

Felix laughed, a too-rare sound that Sylvain was always going to treasure, and eventually their conversation returned to more appropriate topics as they finished their meal and lingered at the table, both of them clearly unwilling to part until evening.

Felix was the one who finally broke the stalemate, his sense of duty finally outweighing everything else. “I’ll see you tonight, Sylvain.”

“You bet,” Sylvain winked, and he wasn’t at all subtle in turning around to watch Felix leave. He looked so regal in his family cloak, his posture straight and proud, and there really was no way Sylvain could have even considered going back to anyone else. Felix really had been right, that day they’d sat together on the grass and finally sorted years of emotions out: there was no competition at all. 

Sylvain was in it deeper than he’d ever thought possible, but that was a lot less scary when he knew that Felix was right there beside him.

[trippygalaxy]

🐗 Yuri with cat link))

Yuri tens to hyrule and his injury as the some the chain help out around Yuri cabin out cut firewood for her as a thank you but they all noticed the cat link watches their every move and would meow at them if they're taken too long or he will hiss at them.

Sky is cat link pillow sky doesn't fight it

Cat link will steal Legend hat and hide it so he'll have entertainment as legend curses at the cat but cat link does cat things to look innocent

Cat link with four even colors are straight up chilling buddies, cat link even play chess with vio and won

Twilight let cat link on his shoulders whenever Twilight does light work as cat link sleep on his shoulders not moving a inch

Cat link will mess warrior hair and if warrior complaints about it all cat link does to shut wars up is place his paw on warrior mouth as in shh then go back to mess wars hair, warrior is very confused

Wind try to prank the cat but learn the cat link can prank him back even somehow wind in trouble cause cats can't prank anyone

Hyrule & time is the cat favorites, cat link purr loudly when getting pets and cat link bring the two stuff (that is small enough) to bring to the two.

Wild will notice the cat link messes with his shikiah stale even seen him bring out a dagger from his stale that wild question everything and how's but he'll take the dagger away from the cat as the cat whines about it so wild grab the cat and place him in his bag that's attached to his hip and the cat purs to being in wild bag.

If too strong monsters are within Yuri cabin area, Yuri will use her magic to bring her home alive and the cabin grown legs and arms to safety leave the area since hyrule is still recovering and the chain freaking out that Yuri home is on the move with all of them inside the cabin still.

Cat link just eow to the chain like he's telling them to stop panicking and will simply paw their faces too as Yuri try to get cat link to stop that.

Hyrule staring that the cabin he's in is moving and he wants to learn more magic by yuri once his leg is heal up correctly

AWEEEEEEEEEE THIS IS SO CUTEE!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LVOE LOVEEE!!!!

[historyhermann]

"The Executioner and Her Way of Life": An Exciting Yuri Anime

The Executioner and Her Way of Life tells the story of a priestess tasked with killing humans who are summoned to a supernatural world. This is thrown into jeopardy by Akari, a Japanese girl, whom she escorts and attempts to murder.

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog, and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-eighth article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on May 16, 2022.

The Executioner and Her Way of Life is an adventure, isekai, and yuri anime series directed by Yoshiki Kawasaki. The series is based on a yuri light novel series illustrated by Nilitsu and written by Mato Sato.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses spoilers for seven episodes of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, including  some disturbing scenes with themes of suicide, blood, injury, and wanton violence.

Akari (right) tells Menou (left) that she wants to spend more time with her.

The series begins with a Japanese boy named Mutou Mitsuki (voiced by Yuma Uchida), an offworlder, summoned to a kingdom. He realizes that they also summoned another Japanese girl.

He soon meets Menou who explains to him this world is Japanese-influenced and split into various classes, either as commoners, nobility, Noblesse, Faust, and the Church, with her as a priestess.

In the process, she works with her aide, Momo (voiced by Hisako Kanemoto), to lure Mutou inside an abandoned church. As he begins to use his power which allows him to destroy any object, Menou stabs him, killing him before he causes any damage.

This beginning mirrors the first episode of The Legend of Vox Machina, when the so-called "heroes" die within the show's first five minutes. Menou is a priestess, tasked with killing and hunting down any humans summoned to the world, known as "Lost Ones", even though she knows most have done nothing wrong and are innocent.

This is all thrown into question when she meets Akari (voiced by Moe Kahara), who has, like some humans, forcibly brought to the world the pure concept power of time, allowing her to turn back time and revive herself if someone tries to kill her. This contrasts with her airheaded and clumsy nature. Even so, she is trusting and kind.

The series pulls you in, making you sympathize with Menou (voiced by Iori Saeki). After learning that it appears impossible to assassinate Akari, Archbishop Orwell (voiced by Tamie Kubota) tasks Menou with bringing Akari to a church in Garm, so she can be executed. In a lie which may haunt her in the future, she claims to Menou that they are going there so that she can go "back home" to Japan.

There are interesting dynamics between Momo and Menou. The series implies that they have long been confidentes, almost equivalent to the relations between Sakura and Tomoyo in Cardcaptor Sakura.

In fact, Momo worries that Menou is spending too much time with Akari, who she calls "booblicious". She secretly travels with her to the capital city, and fighting off a warrior princess named Ashuna (voiced by M・A・O). The series also implies that she has a crush on Menou and is jealous her spending time with another woman.

Like Eve's strange motivation with golf in Birdie Wing: A Golf Girls Story, Menou becomes an executioner after following her mentor, Flare (voiced by Yūko Kaida), who has amazing magic skills. She does this even after Flare warns her that she will become a villain.

Akari blushes when looking at Menou after she gives her a cute hairpiece

The characters are intriguing and the story keeps you engaged. This is especially the case with the growing romantic feelings between Menou and Akari. Menou even offers to strip in Menou's place to fulfill the demands of a terrorist, goes on sightseeing date with Akari, and has, from time to time, protected Akari from threats.

There is more than that. In the fifth episode, it appears that Menou will say goodbye, forever, to Akari, but she discovers a horrible truth. Her boss, Orwell, has been summoning women in an attempt to extract their youth and reverse her aging. She plans to erase the mind of Akari, to use her powers to make her immortal and stop her aging.

Hence, the church is not some beacon of goodness and prosperity like in Maria Watches Over Us, a Class s yuri anime. Rather, it is a place of corruption and malevolence. Orwell engages in human experimentation that is only outmatched by the devilish schemes by the villains in the first season of Sailor Moon. The latter attempt to extract the crystals they need to revive their queen.

The sixth episode reveals a further truth: Orwell destroyed the home village of Menou when she messed with the powers of a "lost one." This infuriates Menou. Akari's feelings for Menou cause her to break down a barrier in her mind, resulting in her use of her powers, before she shoots herself in the head. Before this happens, she is able to weaken the hair ribbons of Momo. This causes her to lose her mind, destroy the palace, and attack the cathedral, resulting in Akari and Menou brought back together.

What this further shows is that Akari is aware of everything. She knows that Menou is trying to kill her, how to cause Momo to lose her mind, and has the implication that she has been there before! There is also continued visions that she has of their future, with Akari causing Menou's death, while seeing Flare coming to kill her.

Luckily for this fictional world, Orwell gets what she deserves: Menou uses Akari's powers to de-age Orwell so much that she dies. Unfortunately, in the aftermath, the Church predictably covers up the reality, with the public told a cover story.

All the while, the warrior princess plays a major part, fighting alongside Momo. Both may appear in future episodes. It is in these episodes that this series also shows how mature it is, with lots of blood spilled and brutality shown on screen. It is almost as blood-filled as an episode of Helluva Boss, where demons contract them to assassinate humans.

There is also the disturbing implication that Menou, according to Orwell, came from nothing, from blank white material. There is the further possibility she came from the human world, where Menou and Akari met in the past, and was later re-formed.

Menou and Momo fighting alongside one another in the show's opening theme

The show's amazing animation is by J.C. Staff. It is a Japanese animation studio which has produced series such as Revolutionary Girl Utena, Azumanga Daioh, R.O.D -The TV-, Sweet Blue Flowers, The Demon Girl Next Door, and Eden's Zero, pull you into the show's world.

The story remains intriguing, as much as the currently airing Spy X Family or Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. Even so, it continues to be unique in its own way, unlike any other series I've seen.

In the most recent episode, Menou worries that she has failed to kill Akari, who rewound time a few months, and is why she was friendly to her at first. She commits herself to killing Menou once and for all this time. All the while, Menou wants to make sure this happens so that the the "right" person (Menou) kills her, rather than someone else, like Flare.

As they go off on their journey, a reported pilgrimage to a sanctuary, while Menou gets a new scripture from the acting archbishop. In the process, the viewers also see into Menou's backstory. We learn more about she became an executioner.

As the series goes forward, there will be more scenes of Menou and Akari together, along with scenes of Menou and Momo. Menou will continue to pulled between the duty to kill Akari and her hesitation to stay with her, falling deeper in love with her. She even puts her inside the Pandemonium, an inescapable fog, in an attempt to kill her. This doesn't stop Akari, who is aware of everything now, using her powers to go back with Menou, shocking her beyond belief.

Menou continues to be rightly worried that Akari is not far from her power getting out of control. At the same time, there is the wild card: the head of a fringe group. This teenage girl gladly kills someone in a bloody manner in the show's seventh episode and declares that she wants to kill Menou in a pre-emptive attack before she causes "trouble".

All in all, The Executioner and Her Way of Life is must-see for those interested in yuri, adventure, and isekai stories, especially those which go against commonly used tropes. The series is currently streaming on HIDIVE.

The next episode, entitled "Monstrine", airs on May 20, the same day that an English dub of the series will begin airing on the platform.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

[engshoujosei]

Kaze Hikaru

30 volumes (as of 4/14/2023, ongoing in English).

Licensed by Viz Media.

In the year 1863, a time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining the Mibu-Roshi—a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the Shogunate system. In time, this group would become one of the greatest (and most famous) movements in Japanese history... the Shinsengumi! Into this fierce milieu steps Kamiya Seizaburo, a young would-be warrior who, though lacking in combat experience, possesses a fiery enthusiasm to both aid the Mibu-Roshi in their mission and to avenge his wrongfully murdered family. One of the Mibu-Roshi's most gifted (and immature) swordsmen, the legendary Okita Soji, agrees to take Seizaburo under his wing. What no one suspects, least of all Soji, is that Seizaburo is actually a girl named Tominaga Sei in disguise! Note: In 2003 Kaze Hikaru won the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo category.

Status in Country of Origin 

45 Volumes (Complete) 23 Volumes (Bunkoban, Complete)

Tags:

19th Century

Age Gap

Award-Winning Work

Bakumatsu

Bisexual Character/s

Civil Disorder

Cross-dressing

Death of Loved One/s

Female Disguised as Male

Female Fighter/s

Geisha

Historical References

Innocent Love

LGBT Character in Non-Yaoi/Yuri Manga

Love Triangle/s

Misunderstood Character/s

Murder/s

Oblivious to Love Interest's Feelings

Orphan/s

Past Plays a Big Role

Revenge

Samurai

Secret Crush

Shinsengumi

Sincere Male Lead

Slow Romance

Soldier/s

Spy/ies

Strong Female Lead

Suicide/s

Sword/s

Tragic Past

Unrequited Love

Violence

War/s

[justicebled]

that time when yuri and best battle buddy judy literally met through staging a jail break to free countless innocent people and started dramatically acting out how the other was torturing them and i can hear it as plain as day with t.roy baker screaming ' get this psycho off me ! ' also how yuri literally is looking anywhere but at judy's outfit because he's a good boy. also the hilarity of them always meeting in the middle of the night because they're unable to sleep and yuri has so much adhd karol even pretty much implies it if you sleep at an inn in dahngrest.

also just love how yuri doesn't hold back at all which should be normal in games at this point with male heroes / protagonists but like ....it's not which is weird but anyway! no matter the gender, etc, judy is a beautiful lady just like estelle but he's measuring her skill as a warrior, not as a woman. he fully honors and respects her and holds nothing back.

and then she punches him again in the face afterwards and all he does is laugh. their friendship doesn't get explored enough but he really loves judy like a little sister, in the same vein as rita albeit rita he has to keep from setting shit on fire.

also that comic where they go out at night and raven and the others think yuri and judith are dating / going on a date and hiding it and they're actually just fighting each other like fiends. it's great. and of course raven gets trolled.

[rygoespop]

The King of Street Fighters: Tournament Showdown (Chapter 17)

Guile: So you decided to face all of us Bison?

M. Bison: Yes! I waited to have another hack at you pesky Street Fighters, including the crow Juri and the Legendary Wolf

E. Honda: Well, let’s get it on! *charges at Bison with Sumo Headbutt*

M. Bison: Think again! *pounds Honda back to the ground*

Ryu: Honda!

M. Bison: It’ll take more to stop me!

Chun-Li: Spinning Bird Kick! *uses Spinning Bird Kick to attack Bison*

M. Bison: *blocks the attack* So, you think you can stop me?!

Chun-Li: Your reign will end!

M. Bison: *chuckled* I killed your father with no mercy!

Chun-Li: Now the favor will be returned! *tries to punch Bison*

M. Bison: *grabs Chun-Li’s fist* Fool! You will fall!

Cammy: Hold on Chun-Li! *runs up to save Chun-Li*

Bison threw Chun-Li to Cammy, knocking the 2 of them out

M. Bison: Fools! I waited to have my revenge, and you can’t stop me!

Ed watched, knowing and he believed he was used as a puppet by Bison

Juri: *throws punches to Bison* This time, I’m going to be your Grim Reaper to send you back to Hell, Bison!

M. Bison: You crow! You never learn at-

Ed: Psycho Shoot! *uses Psycho Shoot on Bison*

M. Bison: *surprised* What!?!

Juri: Ed?!

Ed: I can’t stand by and let innocent people die! Therefore, I’m done with Shadaloo and you!

M. Bison: *furious* You traitorous fool! How dare you defy me?! You will die!

Ed: Not today! You piss me off so much, consider yourself the world’s evilest dictator to ever comeback! *throws 3 Psycho Spark on Bison*

M. Bison: *slides back* Fool! You will die!

Ryu: Shoryuken! *uses Shoryuken on Bison*

M. Bison: Hmph! You never stopped!

Ryu: That maybe so, I beaten you before and I will do it again, this time with Allies!

M. Bison: *chuckled* Don’t be certain!

Guile: Sonic Boom! *uses Sonic Boom on Bison*

M. Bison: No! Not again! I was suppose to win! In fact, you will all fall! *unleashes a Psycho Wave*

The Psycho Wave was strong, it knocked all the fighters (Terry, Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, Cammy, Blanka, Dhalsim, Dee Jay, E. Honda, Juri, Rashid, Ed, Luke, Jamie, Manon, Kimberly, Marisa, and Lily) except Akuma, down

Akuma: Hmph! That was weak!

M. Bison: *impressed with Akuma* Hmph! You were strong to survive that

JP and AKI observe the fight between Bison and Akuma

JP: I don’t believe it, that Warrior, Akuma, didn’t flinch one bit

AKI: Shall we interfere?

JP: No! Leave this to Lord Bison!

As Bison and Akuma began their fight, Terry was still conscious, but he was a bit weak from the blast

Terry: No… I can’t let everyone down.. *fell unconscious*

Soon, Terry finds himself in a white void

Terry: Where am I?

Soon, came every Fighter from the 15th KOF Tournament

Andy: This is your fight, my brother

Joe: The world rests on your shoulders

Blue Mary: This is your fight to save the world from Shadaloo

Mai: Get up Terry, it’s not over

Shun’ei: This is your time

Kyo: Terry, you have the power in you

Iori: Bison may be a threat, but you got the power to stop him

Ryo: You have everything you have to stop Bison

Yuri: You must defeat Bison

Haohmaru: Arise, legendary wolf

Rock: Defeat Bison, like how you defeated my evil father

B. Jenet: Don’t give up

King of Dinosaurs: The world needs you

Nakoruru: Don’t let Bison destroy all of nature

Kula: Don’t let the bad dictator man melt all the ice

Shermie: The fate of our world rests on you, Legendary Wolf

Chris: Please stop him

Hinako: Don’t let that evil dictator win

Soon, Terry slowly began to get up, and after hearing all those words from his fellow KOF Fighters, he got back up

M. Bison: *sees Terry back up* What?! How are you still up?!

Terry: With the power and encouragement from my brother and all my friends, your reign ends again Bison! Yaaaaargh! *runs up towards Bison*

M. Bison: Die! *uses Psycho Crusher to stop Terry*

Terry: Power Wave! *uses Power Wave to stop Bison*

M. Bison: What!?!

Terry: This is the end of the road Bison, prepare to meet Geese, in Hell! Buster Wolf! *uses Buster Wolf to punch Bison out of the arena*

M. Bison: Nooooooo! *crashes out of the Area*

Terry: Now don’t think about coming back to terrorize everyone!

M. Bison: *falls into the cloudy abyss like Geese, but he has a smirk* Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

JP and AKI knew that Terry won, so they retreat to retrieve Bison

Nayshall Tournament Announcer: I don’t believe it, the Legendary Wolf has defeated M. Bison.. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner, Team Street Fighters!

The crowd cheer as the other fighters regain conscious

Ryu: Well done Terry, you won

Terry: Thanks!

Down at the Cloudy Abyss, JP and AKI retrieve the injured Bison

JP: Come Lord Bison, this tournament has failed, but we will try again in the future

Soon, JP and AKI took the defeated Bison and retreat

Guile: Ed.. You chose to defy Bison?

Ed: I did.. I didn’t want everyone to die because of him!

Juri: *puts her hand on Ed’s shoulder* You and I got a lot of explaining to do

Ed: I know..

Akuma walks up to Terry

Akuma: You, Legendary Wolf

Terry: Oh hey! It’s you, Akuma right?

Akuma: Yes, I am impressed you defeated Bison, but I have one request

Terry: Really? What is it?

Akuma: To test how strong you are

Terry: Really? Well I would if you gone with a different-

Akuma was able to summon a reverse energy to convert him from his Modern Appearance to his Classic Appearance

Terry: Now there’s the Akuma I recognize! Well, fight request, accepted!

Akuma: Ready yourself

Scene cuts to black

To be continued

[somebooksbelonginthesinbin]

I would say Nadin is also not a good person but yeah, Yuri is not better. He’s at a point where you can’t like him (Yuri btw) because of how he treats Heina. Like he literally doesn’t let her leave the room he keeps her in and he never lets her bathe or change and that’s just at the very beginning of the story. He immediately gets worse. There are several times where Heina even thinks he’ll kill her. Honestly, the only way she would fall (and unfortunately does) for him is due to Stockholm syndrome. The way that occurs is basically when the brain is trying to protect itself so it convinces itself that it loves whoever the threat is so the persons brain doesn’t break. It’s a coping mechanism that’s really sad to see. Heina really doesn’t have another route she can take though for the time being. He’s made it clear that if she takes her life her family and people will be killed or at least made to suffer more. Yuri is also apparently the best warrior for like nations around so it’s unlikely he’ll be able to be assassinated and he’s made it clear to Heina that as long as he’s alive he’ll never let her go. Ultimately I think this could’ve been a really good comic if either Heina were treated better or if they handled the way they want us to see Yuri and Heina’s relationship a different way. If they had wanted to make this about her winning her freedom for real and her people’s freedom that would’ve been best. But they insist on trying to make it a romance and they try to frame Yuri as just little guy who’s traumatized and therefore a violent person. They try to make him seem like he is redeemable and like he actually cares for Heina and is just misunderstood (Which you did also mention). At least in COBYB Matthias is not framed as a good or misunderstood person, he’s a villain and he doesn’t think like normal people. He’s manipulative, he’s possessive, obsessed, sadistic, and he’s framed as a villain that this bright innocent girl can’t get away from. He’s framed as such and the author/illustrator seems to understand what kind of story their writing. Yuri is all of those except the last one because he’s framed as a troubled boy who is just as much of a victim as his victim. They almost try and excuse his actions even though a sad back story doesn’t excuse anything.

Manhwa/Webcomics with really interesting stories and beautiful art but have ick MLs that are still interesting:

Cry or Better Yet Beg

This male lead is a bird killer that I am told only gets worse as the story progresses. I’m not going to say what he’s going to do to her but it’s horrible, a trigger warning would be necessary for even a watered down explanation. He sees her as a canary in a cage, his canary in his cage if you will. The comic is being made and is still in the earlier stages of the story but there is a web novel out there.

Kneel Before Me

This is the most developed of the three. The male lead isn’t human and he doesn’t think like us in a lot of ways. He is very obsessed with the female lead. As long as he is on her brain he is happy with that and he’s going for long lasting results (or so he says but I don’t think he really truly wants her hatred). He believes that love doesn’t last but hatred can. He sees her kind of like a pet but, she does have a level of influence over him. He’s also a villain and he’s done some messed up stuff to her. He didn’t start out quite a villain though, more like her dangerous ally(?) and she’s the one thing keeping him in line. This is also based on a novel.

Betrayal of Dignity

Like the other two THIS. MAN. IS. OBSESSIVE. It’s bad for her ngl. He’s a highly manipulative man as well. These men are basically the same person in most ways. All of the women are smart, though Layla doesn’t seem calculating and she has no power in this thus far unlike the other two who can be calculating and they do at least gain power or start out with it. This female lead is reserved and will do anything for those she loves (also like the fl in KBM). She comes from a (by noble standards) penniless family. As a result of this she marries a Duke who decides he needs to marry a woman in her family (he’s shooting for her though via manipulation). This is most likely because he finds her to be fascinating and he later finds a reason to pursue her in marriage. The leads fall for one another but again, he is manipulating everything always. He is by far the most ambitious of all of the leads I’ve mentioned thus far.

All of the male leads are ick but they’re interesting and the story is interesting and I’m rooting for the female leads so I can’t not read all of these. I thought about adding The Devil and his Sacrifice but I hate the male lead more than I find the story interesting so it just gets an honorable mention.

[highschoolburnouts-blog]

“Hmm...A-Another weekend without a date...h-having a boyfriend must be nice...”

[yyh4ever]

Yu Yu Hakusho Memorial CD BOX (1995)

「幽★遊★白書」メモリアル CD BOX

A collector's item that covers 74 songs in a commemorative box containing 6-discs. Most of the image songs can be found in the Yu Yu Hakusho Music Battle Editions 1, 2 and 3.  

In addition to the conventional songs, [Disc 6] contains Part 2 of the Yu Yu Special Mini Drama “Warrior Hunger”. Part 1 is recorded in the “Music Battle Edition 2″. Both parts were written and directed by Shigeru Chiba, Kuwabara’s voice actor.

[Disc 1]

Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei Image Songs.

TRACKLIST

01. ファイアー!  [Faiaa!] “FIRE!” by Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)

02. つかの間のサンセット [Tsukanoma no Sunsetto] “Fleeting Sunset” by Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)

03. 心をつないで [Kokoro wo Tsunaide] “Connect your Heart” by Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)

04. タフ “TOUGH” by Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)

05. デッド・オア・アライヴ～闘神 [Dead or Alive~Toushin] “Dead or Alive ～ Fighting God” by Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)

06. 暗闇に紅い���ラ～ロマンティック・ソルジャ [Kurayami ni Akai Bara ~ Romantikku Sorujā)] “Red Rose in the Dark ～ Romantic Soldier” by Kurama (Megumi Ogata)

07. 氷のナイフを抱いて [Koori no Naifu wo Daite] “Holding the Ice Knife” by Kurama (Megumi Ogata)

08. 第3の目 [Daisan no Me] “Third Eye”

09. 黄昏に背を向けて [Tasogare ni Se wo Mukete] “Turn Your Back to the Twilight” by Hiei (Nobuyuki Hiyama)

10. 口笛が聴こえる [Kuchibue ga Kikoeru] “I can heart a Whistle” by Hiei (Nobuyuki Hiyama)

11. 男の純情 [Otoko no Junjou] “Man's Innocence” by Kazuma Kuwabara (Shigeru Chiba)

12. ダチ “DACHI” by Kazuma Kuwabara (Shigeru Chiba)

[Disc 2]

Image Songs from the female cast and duets.

TRACKLIST 

01. ワイルド・ウインド～野性の風のように [Wild Wind ~ Yasei no Kaze no Yooni] “WILD WIND ~ Like a Wild Wind” by Kurama & Hiei (Megumi Ogata & Nobuyuki Hiyama)

02. アイ・トゥ・アイ “EYE TO EYE” by Kurama & Hiei & Kazuma Kuwabara (Megumi Ogata & Nobuyuki Hiyama & Shigeru Chiba)

03. イェル “YELL” by Keiko Yukimura (Yuri Amano)

04. ダーク・サイド・ストリーズ “Dark Side Stories” by Hiei & Youko Kurama (Nobuyuki Hiyama & Shigeru Nakahara)

05. ホールド・アウト! “HOLD OUT!” by Botan & Keiko Yukimura & Yukina (Sanae Miyuki & Yuri Amano & Yuri Shiratori)

06. どんな時でもあなたと目覚めたい [Don'na Toki Demo Anata to Mezametai] “I want to wake up with you at any time” by Keiko Yukimura (Yuri Amano)

07. ラヴ・ソングをあなたに [Love Song wo Anata ni] “Love Song for You” by Cult Girls: Koto, Juri, Ruka (Ai Orisaka, Katsuyo Endo, Chiharu Suzuka)

08. 思い出を翼にして [Omoide wo Tsubasa ni Shite] “Turning Memories To Wings” by Yusuke Urameshi & Keiko Yukimura (Nozomu Sasaki & Yuri Amano)

09. ロケット花火のラヴ・ソング [Roketto Hanabi no Love Song] “Rocket Fireworks Love Song” by Kazuma Kuwabara & Yukina (Shigeru Chiba & Yuri Shiratori)

10. トコトン “TOKOTON” by Koenma (Mayumi Tanaka)

11. ムーンライト・パーティ “Moonlight Party” by Koenma & Botan (Mayumi Tanaka & Sanae Miyuki)

12. 永遠のレクイエム [Eien no Requiem] “Eternal Requiem” by Shinobu Sensui & Itsuki (Rokuro Naya & Kooji Tsujitani)

[Disc 3]

Villains and Supporting Characters Image Songs.

TRACKLIST 

01. マーダー・マーチ “MURDER MATCH”

02. アイシー・ブラッド “Icy Blood” by Younger Toguro (Tessho Genda)

03. グリーム～闇に光る [GLEAM~Yami ni Hikaru] “Darkness in the Light” by Touya (Yasunori Matsumoto)

04. つむじ風でフライアウェイ [Tsumuji Kaze de Fly Away] “Fly Away With the Whirlwind” by Jin (Kappei Yamaguchi)

05. 美しすぎて… [ Utsukushi Sugite...] “Too Beautiful...” by Beautiful Suzuki (Kazuyuki Sogabe)

06. まあ、飲めよ [Maa, no Me Yo] “Well, drink by Chuu” (Wakamoto Norio)

07. アンビリーヴァブル “UNBELIVEABLE” by Shinobu Sensui (Rokuro Naya)

08. ネヴァー・エンディング・ドリームス “Never Ending Dreams” by Itsuki (Kouji Tsujitani)

09. 霧の中の狙撃手 （スナイパー) [Kiri no Naka no Sunaipaa] “Sniper in the Fog” by Kaname Hagiri (Eiji Sekiguchi)

10. バトル・パワー! “BATTLE POWER!”

11. クライ・ロンリー・クライ “Cry Lonely Cry” by Younger Toguro (Tessho Genda)

12. リバース～再生 [REBIRTH ~Saisei] “REBIRTH” by Mukuro (Minami Takayama)

13. 千年の闇の果て [Sennen no Yami no Hate] “The End of a Thousand Years of Darkness” by Yomi (Masashi Ebara)

[Disc 4]

Opening & Ending Themes and 3 songs sung by the main cast.

TRACKLIST 

01. 微笑みの爆弾 [Hohoemi no Bakudan] “Smiling Bomb” by Matsuko Mawatari (Opening Theme)

02. ホームワークが終らない [Homework ga Owaranai] “The Homework doesn’t End” by Matsuko Mawatari (1st Ending Theme)

03. アンバランスなキスを��て [Anbaransu na Kisu wo Shite] “ An Unbalanced Kiss” by Hiro Takahashi (2nd Ending Theme)

04. さよならバイバイ “Sayonara Bye Bye” by Matsuko Mawatari (3rd Ending Theme)

05. 太陽がまた輝くとき [Taiyou ga Mata Kagayaku Toki] “When the Sun is Shining Again” by Hiro Takahashi (4th Ending Theme)

06. デイドリーム・ジェネレーション “Daydream Generation” by Matsuko Mawatari (5th Ending Theme)

07. 見えない未来へ [Mienai mirai e] “ Towards the Unseen Future” by Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Keiko Yukimura, Botan, Yukina and Koenma (Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama,  Yuri Amano, Miyuki Sanae, Yuri Shiratori & Mayumi Tanaka)

08. 優しさは眠らない [Yasashisa wa Nemuranai] “Kindness Never Sleeps” by Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei (Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama)

09. 光の中で [Hikari no Naka de] “In The Light” by Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei (Nozomu Sasaki,  Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama)

10. 微笑みの爆弾 （インストヴァージョン) “Hohoemi no Bakudan (Intrumental Version)”

[Disc 5]

Background Music - BGM (Composition and Arrangement: Yusuke Honma).

TRACKLIST

01. 幽助のテーマ “Yusuke’s Theme”

02. 戦いのとき [Tatakai no Toki] “Time of Battle”

03. 飛影のテーマ “Hiei’s Theme”

04. 蔵馬のテーマ “Kurama’s Theme”

05. 桑原のテーマ “Kuwabara’s Theme”

06. コエンマのテーマ “Koenma’s Theme”

07. ぼたんのテーマ “Botan’s Theme”

08. タイムリミット “Time Limit”

09. モンスター組曲 [Monster Kumikyoku] “Monster Suite”

10. ロマンティック “Romantic”

11. 魔界の扉 [Makai no Tobira] “Makai’s Door”

12. 幽助パワーアップ! “Yusuke Power Up”

13. 許せねェ! [Yuruse nee!] “I Won’t Forgive You!”

14. 仙水の領域 （テリトリー） “Sensui’s Territory”

15. 戦闘開始 [Sentou Kaishi] “Battle Starts”

16. 対決 [Taiketsu] “Showdown”

17. 命をかけて [Inochi wo Kakete] “Risk Your Life”

18. 戦いの果て [Tatakai no Hate] “The End of Battle”

19. すべてが終った [Subete ga Owata] “It’s All Over”

20. 明日に向かって～エンディング [ Shitanimukatte ~ Ending] “Towards Tomorrow ~ Ending”

[Disc 6]

Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama & Hiei Image Songs + 2 BGM and Part 2 of the “Warrior Hungry” Mini Drama recorded for this box.

TRACKLIST

01. オール・ライト! “ALL RIGHT!” by Yusuke Urameshi (Nozomu Sasaki)

02. サヨナラは未来のはじまり [Sayonara wa Mirai no Hajimari] “A Goodbye is the Beginning of the Future” by Kurama (Megumi Ogata)

03. 流星のソリチュード [Ryuusei no Solitude] “Solitude Of a Falling Star” by Hiei (Nobuyuki Hiyama)

04. 永遠にサンキュー! [Eien ni THANK YOU!] “Thank You Forever” by Kazuma Kuwabara (Shigeru Chiba)

05. 僕たちの季節 [Bokutachi no Kisetsu] “Our Season” by Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei (Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama)

06. 危機一髪! [Kikiippatsu!] “Critical Moment!” (Composition and Arrangement: Yusuke Honma)

07. ラン&ファイト “RUN & FIGHT” (Composition and Arrangement: Yusuke Honma)

08. 戦士の空腹パート2 （ミニ・ドラマ) [Senshi no Kuufuku Part 2 ~ Mini Dorama] “Warrior Hungry Part 2 (Mini Drama)”. Written and Directed by Shigeru Chiba. By Yusuke Urameshi, Kazuma Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Botan (Nozomu Sasaki, Shigeru Chiba, Megumi Ogata, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Sanae Miyuki).

BOOKLET

Comments from the Japanese Voice Actors (translation):

[amelia-putri-oktaviana]

Amelia version little warrior love but in Instagram

Amelia is one of the protagonists, Amelia is a pioneer and space technology although she is not a spy but she is a student.

Amelia's personality she is kind-hearted, always honest, she does not like to lie, although she lacks patience the state of emotional anger cannot be controlled

Fun fact:

-Amelia's favorite historical figures are yuri gagarin, Vladimir komarov, soekarno, Leonardo da vinci

-she likes vegetables

-she is always with a secret sketch book containing with sketch gagarin and cosmonaut soviet

-she rarely eats and drinks cold

Quote Mark amelia:

-"Don't afraid i'm a good Girl, even though i'm a pioneer l Will protect Innocent People, justice is life"

-"to serve gagarin"

-"Do not forget history, history must remember"

[80scosmo]

upcoming games i’m looking forward too. this is according to their release dates. ps. I have linked all the trailers/sources of info.

the medium [2021]

it's a psychological horror game that plays out in two different worlds, one being the rational one and the other being a darker, more honest one. The publisher and developer for this game is Bloober Team. This game has already been released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S on 28th January 2021 and it's coming to PS5 on 3rd September 2021.

lost judgement [2021]

this game is a sequel to the game ‘judgement’ or ‘judge eyes’ which is one of my favorites. The publisher is Sega, and the developer is Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, who have developed the infamous Yakuza series. It is very Yakuza like but it's also very different. In the first part, the story follows Takayuki Yagami, a lawyer who got a murderer, Okubo Shinpei, acquitted. Yagami retires from being a lawyer and becomes a detective, only to be forced to face his past again. The sequel has a different storyline and I can't wait! It's releasing on PS4 and PS5 on September 24th.

fatal frame: maiden of black water [2021]

yes, this game was released in 2015, I know. but it's actually releasing on PS4 and PS5 soon! this is the fifth installment in the series published by Nintendo and developed by Koei Tecmo. The story follows Ren Hojo, Yuri Kozukata and Miu Hinasaki to Mount Hikami, a sacred location haunted by bizarre and unfortunate occurrences. will the three be able to find the truth behind the mountain? fatal frame series is a Japanese survival horror game which was first released in 2001.

replaced [2022]

it's a 2.5D retro single player game that takes place in a city called Phoenix, where an artificial intelligence is trapped inside a human body. It's a dystopian story set in the alternative 1980’s. but with all of that being said, it is only coming to Xbox and PC. The developer is Sad Cat studios and the publisher is Coatsink. if anyone remembers in E3 2017, there was a 2.5D game called ‘the last night’. Yep, it's very similar to that.

redfall [2022]

It follows the story of four friends namely Jacob, Layla, Remi and Devinder, that are protecting the island town of Redfall, Massachusetts, which is under siege by a legion of vampires who have blocked out the sun and cut the island off from the outside world. You can choose your hero from a diverse roster, grouping up with others to create the perfect team of vampire slayers. It's an open world co op shooter game, the developer being arkane studios and publisher being Bethesda. It is launching on Xbox Series X|S and PC in Summer 2022.

a plague tale: requiem [2022]

this game is the sequel to the single player game ‘a plague tale: innocence’ that follows the story of amicia and her brother hugo as they try to survive in war torn medieval France pursued by the Inquisition and an endless horde of ravenous rats. It is an action adventure horror stealth game. It's developer is Asobo Studios and it's publisher is Focus Home Interactive.

stranger of paradise: final fantasy origins [2022]

okay, yes, I know the trailer was very shitty but I promise you, you should watch the gameplay. It's much better and more likeable. this game is a spin off of final fantasy and is being developed by Team Ninja and published by Square Enix. The story follows Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed that desperately want to defeat chaos. Yet, doubts remain. Are they truly the Warriors of Light like the prophecy said?

lost souls aside [no date]

I don't know much about the storyline but the game has very final fantasy x devil may cry vibes. The trailer for this game was originally released in 2016, by a guy named Bing Yang. He was developing this entire game on his own, till recently. He has [I think] earned a grant from Sony and has his own team now and they released 17 minutes of gameplay on IGN! so you should go check it out. There is a possibility it's a PS5 exclusive but I'm not sure. And they haven't given a release date as of yet.

senua’s saga: hellblade II [no date]

this game will be the sequel to the action adventure game, hellblade: senua’s sacrifice. Published by Xbox game studios and developed by Ninja Theory, this game is still in the making as it's developer updated. The story follows senua, a warrior, who must not only overcome physical challenges, but also those presented by her mind.

[ghostfriendly5]

Do you have any other OTPs besides Fighter x Warrior?

1. Hige X Blue (Wolf's Rain), sad-clown survivor redeemed by the love of a good woman, star-crossed werewolves who won't have paradise without each other.

2. Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) another smiling but inwardly tormented heroic war criminal with a seriously devoted sniper to save him. Love playboy guy - serious girl pairings (Harry and Susan have some of this).

3. Oscar Francois de Jarjayes x Andre Grandiere (Rose of Versailles) Mary Antoinette's devoted transexual bodyguard and her lovelorn stableboy. So much passion, so much tragedy, we will not see their like again.

4. Akeginu Iga x Koushirou Chikuma (Basilisk) An earnest young genin ninja in love with a sweet and innocent ninja princess...and the voluptuous femme fatale ninja bodyguard of said princess, seeking a good man. Something like Oscar and Andre in their fatal conflicts of loyalty, with an even more tragic conclusion, but a very lovable couple of honourable murderers.

5. Triela X Hilshire (Gunslinger Girl) the cyborg warrior princess and her strait-laced handler, trapped into working for the Italian government death squad that rebuilt her after mutilation and torture by human traffickers. A bond of comradeship and love all the more perfect for its impossibility.

6. Miki Sayaka x Sakura Kyouko (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) Late entry on the yuri side, magical girls in love; the tragic knight and ragamuffin warrior princess with a heart of gold. Protect their smiles.

...and also Kirika x Mireille (Noir), Jenny Dolittle x Lynn Lambretta (Bodacious Space Pirates), Jacuzzi Splot X Nice Hollystone (Baccano) Izuku x Ochako (BHA), Naruto x Hinata (Naruto) and, for a last nod to Fighter and Warrior with another Kung Fu princess and baby faced idealist, Alphonse Elric x Mei Chang.