Shiraume

Experimental post, using DreamWidth. This was updated months ago on FF.net, but I never got around to it on LJ, so...

This is a Sanada/Yukimura side story that was written at jehzavere's request, as she wanted to know the Rikkai side of the business (which is only hinted at briefly). The title refers to something that is illusion, or unattainable, like a flower reflected in a mirror, or the moon's reflection on water.

( Addendum: Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water )

Warning! Liberal translations ahead! Standard warnings (implausibility? Inaccuracy? Taking all the liberties in the world?) still apply. Please take this chapter (and the whole fic) with a grain of salt. Or the whole saltshaker. Thank you. ♥

( V. Clear and Peaceful Music )

I'd held off posting on LJ because I wanted to get notes done as well. I'm not sure if it's feasible at all, so I'm posting now. I didn't really fix anything from the fanfiction.net version, so um. T__T

( IV. Bamboo Adobe )

Eh. Ignore how I keep fluttering between italicizing and not italicizing. ^^; Annotation to come.

( III. Lily of the Valley )

Something I forgot to mention last time. This is set in Kyoto. Sort of. So the geisha in the story use "-han" for honorific rather than "-san". Apparently, it's a Kyoto thing.

( II. Full Moon )

A Prince of Tennis AU. Set in Kyoto, Japan, during Tokugawa (Edo) period, in the first half of 1800s. I think. Ignore how I creative-write my way through Japanese culture and history. XD

( I. Lady of Wisteria Trellis )

R-ish. TezuFuji (?), FujiRyo. Warning for general oddness and angst.

Note: Based on the short animated film "Hoshi no Koe" by Makoto Shinkai. Previous knowledge of the film unnecessary, but it's really, really worth looking at if you haven't already. Most of the parts in italics are taken directly from the film itself.

Thank you, sesame_seed, for reccing and providing the film. Also, many thanks to ladycrysiana for beta & advice. ^__^

( Hoshi no Koe )

While editing, I realized I'd used many turn of phrase and images from petronia and two_if_by_sea's fanfics. If I'd done that to anyone else and didn't realize, please tell me. I will gladly take this down if any of the aforementioned authors ask.