#zexal lionheartshipping

[diamantrouge]

zexal rarepair week day 3: past lives

I sometimes need to flaunt that I went to grammar school I guess

[popflythesky]

bring your angel into the ring!!!

[kira-hayashi]

@cosmic-orion Yeet  ✌

[city-writes]

Hot Rollers and Gossip

Rio finds her friendship with Alit strengthen in the most unusual of ways.

Warnings: Post-canon Pairings: Snowbirdshipping, Lionheartshipping, one-sided Seraphshipping, lots of Yuma-centric mentioned ships

Read it here on AO3!

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People really needed to learn how to lock the bathroom door when they were using it.

That was the thought that crossed Rio Kamishiro's mind the millisecond she saw the first sign of what she assumed was an unclothed Alit when she opened the bathroom door that morning, only to find said male already occupying the space inside. Thankfully, he was only shirtless, sparing her the act of bleaching her eyes from seeing anything unpleasant.

Alit, while surprised, didn't flinch and continued his morning routine, using a towel to wipe at his mouth, having just finished brushing his teeth. "You need the bathroom?"

Rio looked him over, her eyes rising to his hair. Before she could stop herself, she spoke. "Curlers?"

In his usually curly brown hair were, in fact, hot rollers. While his hair usually covered part of his face, the hot rollers rose it up, exposing his full face. Alit blinked, tracing Rio's gaze to the aforementioned curlers in his hair. "Oh... these?" He asked, using one hand to point at his head.

She expected him to get huffy and indignant, expected him to get flustered, maybe even get mad. What she didn't expect was the bright smile that graced his tanned face.

"Looks like you caught me, huh?" Alit's grin failed to fade as he spoke, "Not that I was tryin' ta hide it or anything; No one ever asked." He turned to admire himself in the mirror, looking over his curling hair. "If I don't do something with it, it just poofs and goes everywhere."

Rio watched Alit as he admired himself, and found herself too curious to leave. "So why curl it? Why not do something else with it?"

The grin on Alit's face finally faltered, but only for the briefest of moments - so brief Rio almost missed it. "Its how I was shown in my past life!" He explained, not taking his sight off his reflection. "Koutei used these oils and other stuff to tame my hair, but this modern stuff you guys have now is so much simpler? It's great."

Rio blinked at the mention of Koutei, not having heard the name before, but at hearing the rest of Alit's explanation, couldn't help but laugh, not out of cruelty, but out of amusement. "Yeah, I guess so, Alit."

Alit's grin turned playfully coy then, glancing at Rio from the corner of his eye. "Y'know, I could always curl your hair if you wanted. I've got free time today."

A smirk tugged at the edge of Rio's lips then, her gaze meeting Alit's. "Oh please, you wouldn't be able to handle my hair. I can barely handle my hair."

"Is that a challenge?"

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This was how Rio found herself in her bedroom with Alit, her hair pinned up in layers as Alit put hot rollers in it.

"Your hair's alot thicker than it looks," Alit admitted as he set her brush down, starting to set hot rollers on her bottom-most layer of hair. His own curlers were no longer in, and his hair was back to its usual style, covering part of his face.

"I know," Rio replied, relaxing in front of her vanity as she watched Alit work through the mirror. "But I have to admit, you're impressing me right now." She chuckled as Alit shot her a grin of approval through the mirror, and continued, "Are you going to curl all of it?"

"D'ya want me to curl all of it?" Alit arched a brow, pausing his movements momentarily.

"If you want," came Rio's calm answer, as she toyed with the bristles on her brush, "I don't have to meet with Kotori until noon, so I have time." She could feel a heat growing against her scalp as Alit continued to apply the curlers and exhaled slowly, her hair being thinned by layering causing her to feel the heat against her scalp more quickly than normal.

Alit noticed her brief uncomfort and spoke. "Lets just start with the bottom and see how it looks from there."

A comfortable silence settled between them as Alit worked, Rio being mindful not to move her head too much as he did. As he finished with that first layer, he held his hand out for her brush, and Rio complied, handing it to him. "Thanks." He muttered, a muted look of thought on his face as he began to brush out her next layer of hair.

Rio noticed his expression through the mirror and frowned. "What's wrong?"

Alit blinked, and looked at the mirror, shaking his head. "Just thinking."

"You? Thinking? Wow," Rio playfully teased, smiling as she spoke, "I should tell Durbe, he'd be so proud."

Alit laughed at that, his head falling back slightly as he did. "Oh please, nothing I do will be good enough for him, that stick in the mud." He continued brushing her hair, and spoke again. "Its just, well..." His eyes glanced from side to side, like he was confirming they were indeed alone in Rio's bedroom, "You and Kotori, huh? Is there anything there?"

"Alit," Rio said, feigning offense as she raised a hand to her heart, "don't tell me you're a gossip."

"No, no, its not gossip, per se," Alit rebutted, putting Rio's brush down, "I just see the way you look at her, and was wondering, is all."

Rio smiled, putting her hand down. "For your information, there's nothing going on between us."

"Doesn't mean there's not something there though."

"Maybe," Rio replied, "but I'm content just being friends. Besides, she's already got feelings for Yuma."

"Yuma."

As Rio spoke Yuma's name, Alit spoke it at the same time, nodding as he did so. He hadn't moved to put in any curlers yet, and there was a far-away look in his eye.

"Alit?"

"And it gets even more complicated, because Yuma's got feelings for Astral." Alit continued, absentmindedly running his fingers through Rio's hair. "But you got Kotori who's got feelings for Yuma, you got Vector, you got Ryoga, you got Anna, you got Michael... And who knows what Astral's feelings are for Yuma?"

"...Maybe they're the same as yours." Rio concluded, watching the way Alit spoke about this letting her realize that Alit also had feelings for Yuma.

Alit swallowed harshly, before plastering a grin on his face, looking at Rio through the mirror. "Maybe." He reached towards the rollers then, and began applying them to Rio's hair.

"...You want to talk about it?"

"Nah," Alit dismissed, shaking his head. "I've had my chance, and it's alright. I'll always see him as an angel, but its 's ok if he's not my angel."

If she hadn't been getting her hair done, Rio would have tilted her head somewhat at that. "An 'angel'?"

Grinning, Alit nodded. "Yep, an angel! I've only ever known three."

"That's more than most people ever know in one lifetime." Rio commented, amused at Alit's angel antics.

"Luckily I've had three lifetimes, so it all averages out."

Rio laughed at that, before folding her arms and giving a thoughtful look. "Three angels, you said? So one's Yuma..."

"One's Kotori." Alit admitted, causing Rio to gasp slightly. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna steal her from you."

"You better not." Rio playfully threatened. "If I find you curling her hair--"

"Don't worry," Alit repeated, "Aside from my own hair, yours is the only one I'll curl."

"Well I'm honored." Rio replied. "Not even halfway through my first hair curling session with you and you've already pledged your loyalty to me. I'm lucky Ryoga's hair is naturally curly or else who knows - you might go gossip with him too."

"Is that really what we're doing here - gossiping?" Alit asked with a smile.

"Yes!" exclaimed Rio, who smiled back in return. "You don't know for sure all those people have feelings for Yuma, you just think they do."

"Have you seen they way they all act around him!?"

"It's still gossip."

Alit sighed, shaking his head. "It may as well be fact."

"Maybe." Rio said, closing her eyes as Alit continued to outfit her hair in the rollers. A few moments of silence passed between them before she spoke again. "Who was the third person?"

Alit finished with that second layer of hair, and shifted where he stood, his gaze falling to the floor before speaking. "There was an emperor in my past life, named Koutei. He was... he was my everything. He was my first angel."

Rio was silent then recognizing the name from earlier. She knew that whatever good Alit had had with Koutei was shattered by Don Thousand's interference. "I'm sorry I asked."

"Don't be." Alit assured her, shaking his head, "I like remembering him. It reminds me of all the good times we had."

"How did you meet him?" Rio asked.

So Alit told her everything: How they met, how they slowly fell in love, how great everything had been until Don Thousand's interference. He even told her how he himself had died. All this, while still doing her hair.

When he was done, Rio was silent, taking in everything she'd heard. Alit was silent as well, having basically told Rio nearly everything about his first life, something that no one outside of Yuma and Astral knew. Alit finished up the last curl on Rio's last layer of hair, and murmured, "All done."

Rio looked at herself in the mirror, smirking at the sight of her head all hot rollered up. "Don't I make quite the sight?"

The two laughed, easing some of the serious mood, when Rio noticed Alit's nails. Various nails were chipped, and they were all pretty much different sizes: some longer, some shorter. Not wanting their conversations to end, Rio reached into her vanity's drawer and pulled out a nail file and some clear, nail-strengthening nail polish. "Do you want me to fix your nails?"

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Kotori walked into the Kamishiro manor, let in by Mizael, and walked towards Rio's room. They were supposed to meet an hour ago and Rio wasn't answering her calls! She wasn't mad per se, just concerned. Did she forget? Did she take a nap and just not wake up yet? Did she--

Kotori's thought process stopped as she heard laughter and banter from Rio's room. Curious, she knocked on the door. The laughter and banter died down to hushed whispers, before Rio's voice rang clear with a "Come in!"

As she opened the door, Kotori was surprised to find Alit in Rio's room with her. The sight before her was unique, to say the least: Rio had her hair up in curlers, and she was doing Alit's nails at her vanity.

"Uh, should I come back later, or...?"

"Nah, its fine!" Alit said, smiling at Kotori. "We were just talkin' about different stuff is all."

"I thought we were going to meet at the mall." Rio replied, looking somewhat confused.

"Yeah, we were." Kotori explained, "An hour ago."

"An hour? I'm that late?" Rio asked, her eyes widening somewhat. She looked at Alit then, "Am I good to get these curlers out of my hair?"

"Yeah, sure," Alit pulled his hands away from Rio, gently blowing on his nails. "I just need these to dry already so I can take those rollers out."

"I can help!" Kotori explained, moving closer to Rio. "My mom uses them, and sometimes asks me to help take them out."

"Ok then," Alit replied, smiling, "you take out her rollers while I wait for my nails to dry."

Alit watched as Kotori carefully removed the rollers from Rio's hair, watching their expressions as Rio's hair curled nicely bit by bit. Rio's expression was clearly impressed, as she raised a hand to gently stroke a curl. Kotori's expression, however, was sheer awe, as well as a little something that caused Alit to smirk.

"What do you guys think?" He asked.

"It looks good, Alit." Rio said, looking over herself in her vanity mirror.

"Yeah, she looks so pretty!" Kotori exclaimed, her eyes practically shining as she looked over Rio.

Alit's smirk grew at that, and he urged Rio and Kotori away from the vanity and to the bedroom door. "You should prob'ly head to the mall then, before it gets late."

"Alright, alright, we're going." Rio said, shifting away from Alit. "Thank you for doing my hair."

"Nah, its no problem." He dismissed, waving a hand at her. "I had fun. Now thats what you two should go do now."

The two girls gave their goodbyes and walked out the room, leaving Alit alone with his rollers. He allowed himself to smile as he recalled the past few minutes. Rio didn't notice; She was too busy admiring herself in the mirror. But Alit saw. He saw the way Kotori looked at Rio.

Maybe there was hope for her and Kotori yet.

[entamewitchlulu]

91: smooth - lionheartshipping (emperor/alit) (YGO ZEXAL)

I’m no longer taking these requests, just cleaning up a few that I’ve left languishing in my inbox for a while

His hands are smooth.  It’s a strange, alien feeling, holding his hand, as though he is made of linen and silk – but it’s a beautiful feeling, too, to hold his hand in his.  Alit worries – does it hurt?  Does it hurt for his emperor to hold Alit’s hand? 

Alit’s hands are not smooth – they’re rough, callused, covered in a thick layer of hardened skin from gripping his swords and clawing at the dirt.  His fingers are rough like sandpaper.  His nails are jagged and broken, nothing at all like the beautiful, pearly nails on his lover’s hands. 

Does it hurt, does it feel strange, when Alit runs his fingers over his emperor’s chest or when he cups his face?  He sometimes wants to pull away, to let go.  He isn’t soft.  He isn’t smooth – he’s not like his emperor. 

But his emperor never lets him let go. 

When Alit worries, tries not to touch his smooth cheek for fear he doesn’t want to be touched, his emperor twines his fingers boldly into Alit’s, presses his hand against his face and closes his eyes with a deep sigh.

“Don’t let go,” he whispers, when Alit tries not to grip his hand too tightly.  

His emperor runs his fingers gently, lovingly, against his hard, scaly palms, and Alit chokes.

“I’m sorry,” he whispers.

“For what?”

“My…my hands.  They’re not like yours.”

His emperor’s lips part.  His eyes move to Alit’s hands.  He runs his soft, silken smooth palm against Alit’s rough, sandpaper one.  Then he curls his hand around Alit’s, and pulls his fingers up to his lips.  Alit sucks in a breath as his emperor kisses his fingers, eyes opening to hold Alit’s eyes as he does so.

“Your hands are beautiful,” he whispers.  “Just like you.”

Alit closes his eyes, and he clings on to his emperor, and never wants to let go.

[baralinni]

Zexal Month Day 1: Alternate Outfit Day

This is a really self-indulgent AU where Alit and Leonis (which is totally his name) are underground wrestlers. Their stage names are of course Gladiator and Emperor. They’re really closely matched rivals and eventually develop a new subculture in wrestling where instead of trashtalking they just make increasingly lewd gestures at each other before every match.

Outside of wrestling Alit and Leonis may or may not have started dating without knowing of each other’s wrestling alter ego

[yaminoamber]

29, yugioh zexal, Alito/ the Prince!

You got it!  Lionheartshipping it is :D

Note: I call the Prince “Koutei” because that is how Alit addresses him in episode 130 of Zexal II during the flashbacks he has.  It’s the only time he’s directly addressed and not simply referred to as part of a story, so I consider that as close to a name as he could get.

-x-

The moment after the axe dropped at noon, Koutei seemed to wake up from a strange trance, eyes suddenly locked on the head of his familiar companion and friend lying in the sand, separated from his body.  And Koutei could not process what happened.  He did not hear the crowd’s deafening cheers, he did not see the body get devoured by the animals released into the Colosseum, did not even hear the voices of those in his entourage as they headed back to the Senate building to return to politics.  None of this felt real anymore.

Reality finally hit him again when he suited up in his usual golden armor for a sparring round with Alit that he realized that his precious friend had truly died.  He’d gone to the Gladiator training grounds searching for him, only to be told by confused owners that it was he who had sent Alit to his death.  The royal scribes had written out every word of the trial, in which he seemed to have initially pardoned Alit, then changed his mind and condemned him.  The prince’s own memories of the event were blurred…he honestly remembered nothing, and that terrified him. 

By nightfall, he was in his royal chambers, struggling to come to terms with the fact that he’d sentenced his best friend to death for crimes he knew Alit would never commit.  Alit was an honorable man, despite his legal status as a slave.  He’d never have betrayed him. 

“…But I betrayed you…”  Koutei murmured, tears that he’d been pushing away through denial returning now that he as alone.  There was no concern with his public image here, his strength as a ruler could not be questioned when there was no one to judge him…so he hung his head and cried softly.  He mourned his dear friend.

The sudden sounds of screams outside his door snapped him out of his momentary grief.  His guards were in trouble?  Was there an intruder?  He immediately held his sword and approached the door quickly, wanting to help them as soon as he could.  The second his hand touched the handle, the heavy wooden doors swung open with a bang, the force propelling Koutei back several feet.  He groaned as he hit the marble floors hard, the impact disorienting him.  He managed to look towards the approaching footsteps, surprised to see a startlingly familiar silhouette entering his room.  “…I thought you were dead.”  Koutei murmured, recognizing Alit’s figure immediately, but there was something wrong with his eyes.  Perhaps it was a trick of the light, but one looked more red than green…but the real problem was that the lively sparkle Alit had been famous for had dimmed.  Alit’s lips twisted into a smile that looked cruel and wrong on his face, leaving Koutei horrified in its wake.

“I am.” 

[silvormoon]

do you have any lionheartshipping headcanons?

Sorry for taking a while to answer this. I saw it at work and didn’t have time to answer right away, and I also wanted time to think about it.The big one for me is that I like to imagine that Alit’s prince tried to be a good leader in his life and kept law and order in his lifetime (maybe even more after Alit’s death, because if someone he loved so much could stray so far then clearly morals in his city had slipped a lot) so when he died he was reborn in the Astral World as one of their people, where he continued his fight against chaos. Alit is going to get a big surprise when he reaches that world after the end of Zexal II and see what’s been waiting for him there.

[cityescape4]

For the Ygo ask thing - 2, 4, 15? ^^

Thanks!

2) Favorite Character? – I’ve only seen DM, 5D’s, and Zexal soooo

DM: Yami Yugi

5D’s: Crow Hogan

Zexal: Alit

4) Favorite Duel?  – Its a toss-up between the duel with Mai Valentine and Yami Yugi in Duelist Kingdom, and Durbe and Rio’s duel against Vector in Zexal. They’re both so good. Although if we’re talking movies, add in the duel between Corrupted Aigami, Kaiba, and Yugi. I was on the edge of my seat in the theater, my dude.

15) Favorite fanfiction?

friend, i’ve been lurking on the internet since 2008, i could not just whittle it down to one ygo fanfic, but i’ll try and condense what I can into a small list

These Cherished Moments - by SpiritHorse (Puzzleshipping(DM); incomplete since 2010)

Only Mine - by Natoya (Puzzleshipping; complete)

Memory - by CodeHeart (Lionheartshipping(Zexal) this one kills me i s2g; one-shot

The Worst Poison - by Higuchimon (Tomoshipping(Zexal); complete)

Fearless - by Fugues (Foilshipping(Zexal); one-shot)

Ask me about YGO! [x]

[baralinni]

I wrote an M-rated Lionheartshipping fanfic because they deserve one and if no one else will write one, I will

[yaminoamber]

Me again! #6 and 17, lionheartshipping! XD thanks again!

no problem x3 

-x-

There were pros and cons to living in a modern world, Koutei had quickly discovered.  One of the biggest cons was that he was just an ordinary teenager now, with no royal servants, entourage, wealth or privileges.  He had to rent a relatively run-down apartment just like every other kid his age, not live in a glamorous mansion as he had in his past life.  Another that was currently bothering him was the weather: the warm, temperate Mediterranean climate of his past had been traded in for a harsh winter snow storm at the moment.  The white powder was really piling up outside, Koutei could see from the window.

“Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while…” He spoke aloud to Alit, who had been visiting his flat before the storm started.  Alit shivered a little.

“Dammit…it’s only gonna get colder isn’t it?”  He muttered.  Koutei gave his old friend an apologetic smile.  Alit’s thin red top and white pants made him look great, it was true, but they weren’t the best kind of clothing to be wearing in the dead of winter. 

“You can borrow a sweater of mine.”  Koutei suggested, gesturing to his room.  Alit knew where his closet was and immediately dashed inside. 

“I’ll see if I can turn up the heat a little too!”  Koutei called as Alit closed the door to get changed.  Satisfied, Koutei made his way into the kitchen where the thermostat was to make the necessary adjustments.  This was one of the pros of being in the modern time…technology was really wonderful, once you got the hang of it.  Koutei was confident they would be perfectly fine in here, whereas in the past, a storm stranding two young men might have killed them even with mediocre shelter. Insulated walls and glass windows were truly a blessing in Koutei’s mind. 

It was after he’d finished fiddling with the temperature that he realized that Alit had been relatively quiet.  He frowned.

“Alit?  You okay?”  He called, approaching the door and opening it when he received no further response.  Then he could only gape as he spotted Alit sprawled across his bed, a suggestive look on his face.  He blinked several times, opened and closed his mouth to form questions, before finally settling on one.

“….Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?” He managed to say after a minute.  Alit smirked.

“I figured we could warm each other up, right?  Now get over here, it’s cold to keep posing like this!”  Alit said, finally letting a tiny shiver out, and Koutei took note of the goosebumps along Alit’s dark skin.  He sighed and shook his head.

“I never could refuse your challenges, Alit.”  He mused, approaching the bed and kissing his lover, feeling warmer already just to be in his presence.

There were many pros and cons to his new life, Koutei realized as he wrestled Alit down into the bed, kissing and laughing and playfully fighting for dominance.  Getting a second chance with Alit, Koutei thought, was the greatest pro of them all.

[city-writes]

Opening Commissions For the First Time!

ok so i've been debating doing this for a while, but I wanna go ahead and attempt it, because a little cash on the side never hurt (especially when I'm close to broke a third of the way through the month) BUT

I'm going to try doing commissions! Since this is my first time doing something like this, I'm going to keep it simple for myself and stay within the Zexal fandom for now, until I get a better understanding/confidence level of commissions.

Things I'm willing to write:

Pre Canon/During Canon/Post Canon

AUs

NSFW (Here are a few of my works for reference) (Characters must be age appropriate; be it through canon ages or AU/post canon ages)

Multi-Chapter/Multi-part works

OCs (So long as enough detailed information is given)

Polyamory

Continuations of previously written fics* *these can be discussed*

Any Rating from General Audiences to Explicit

Things I'm not willing to write:

Rape/Non-Con/Sexual Assault

Incest

Pedophilia

A/B/O

Drunk Characters

Homophobia/Transphobia/Racism/etc

Beastiality

Tropes/Themes that make me uncomfortable (I can't think of any as I type this, but I will be open and honest with you of you present me with one)

Character x Reader

Kinks* *these can be discussed*

Prices:

1 USD($) every 100 words; +3 USD($) overall for NSFW. (i.e., a 1000 word NSFW fic would be $13 total) Payment can be made through CashApp ($CrispyKrys) or Paypal (paypal.me/CrispyKrys)

I'll be opening up 3 slots!

1. Taken (AuraSoulHikari)

2.

3.

I’m doing away with slots, I’ll just keep commissions open for a while.

More Info below the cut!

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Ships I am willing to do*:

Keyshipping (Yuma/Astral)

Seraphshipping (Yuma/Alit)☆

Foilshipping (Yuma/Vector)

Pillageshipping (Vector/Thomas)

Mutinyshipping (Vector/Black Mist)

Tomoshipping (Durbe/Ryoga)☆

HolyIceshipping (Durbe/Rio)☆

Kingdomshipping (Ryoga/Durbe/Rio)**☆

Bettashipping (Alit/Ryoga)

SnowBirdshipping (Rio/Kotori)**

LionHeartshipping (Alit/Alit's Prince) (I personally call him Koutei, but if you have a name you prefer, I don't mind using it)☆

Flowershipping (Alit/Kotori)

Headshipping (Alit/Kotori/Yuma)

Leadshipping (Vector/Durbe)

*these are subject to be updated, as my memory is shit and I forget what I ship half the time. If the ship you want isn't listed, feel free to ask me about it, and see if its either 1) A ship I forgot about; 2) A ship I'm a fan of, but not that confident writing about; or 3) A ship I just plain don't ship.

**These ships are non-NSFW - no exceptions

☆These are ships I'm most comfortable with

Contacting me:

Tumblr: city-writes or cityescape4

Discord: Crispy Krys#9459

Rules:

I reserve the right to turn down any offers.

Payment must be made first, if something happens and I am unable to finish the fic, you will be refunded.

Due to being in my last semester of college, I kindly ask that you be patient with me, and give me around a week to work om the fic, depending on how long it is.

All fics will be posted on both this Tumblr and my AO3.

Feel free to contact me if I've left something unclear or you have extra questions.

[cosmic-orion]

DUDE IT TURNED OUT AWESOME!!!

@cosmic-orion Yeet  ✌