Invoking Urania

Title: Shadows on the Ground (Chapter 4)
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/Action
Words: 49,000 total (4,900 this chapter)
Notes/Warnings: A sequel to The Sun, Half Covered. Story may have a Zel/Amelia bias, but I think it can be read as friendship.
Summary: Amelia and Zel visit a foreign country to seek out a conspiracy against Saillune. Meanwhile, Lina and Gourry are hired to track down a stolen manuscript, one that may be one of Rezo the Red Priest's. These two plots cross unexpectedly, causing trouble that could lead to war.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

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( The assassins had been stowed somewhere -- Zelgadis wasn't terribly sure where, but they were guarded.  )

Title: Shadows on the Ground (Chapter 2)
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/Action
Words: 49,000 total (10,500 this chapter)
Notes/Warnings: A sequel to The Sun, Half Covered. Story may have a Zel/Amelia bias, but I think it can be read as friendship.
Summary: Amelia and Zel visit a foreign country to seek out a conspiracy against Saillune. Meanwhile, Lina and Gourry are hired to track down a stolen manuscript, one that may be one of Rezo the Red Priest's. These two plots cross unexpectedly, causing trouble that could lead to war.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

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( 'It's not here, either,' Lina said, going through the stack of bandit treasure. )

Title: Five Times Kino Met Zelgadis Graywords While Traveling (Four Times by Accident, and Once by Design)
Fandom: Slayers/Kino's Journey
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Words: 4,000
Notes/Warnings: Zelgadis/Amelia. Mention of miscarriage in the last part. Written for fan_flashworks "Five Things" prompt, but posted late because it got HUGE.

For those who are coming in not knowing Kino's Journey, it's a series about a traveler and her talking motorcycle, living in a world full of city-states, at least half of which seem to be overt or secret dystopias. (Or maybe we just don't see most of the stories where Kino visits a place and nothing much happens). It's pretty much episodic.

For the three people who haven't seen Slayers, but are squeeing over the fact someone wrote something for Kino's Journey, Slayers is a light fantasy anime that varies from silly one-shot episodes to world-saving plots.

This is set in a series where Kino and Hermes gain the ability to travel between worlds, with glamours on Kino's guns and Hermes such that they don't draw attention to themselves. The thing is, I haven't written the first story yet that sets up the premise.
Summary: Over the years, Kino finds her path crossing another traveler's.
Disclaimer: Kino's Journey (Kino no Tabi) copyright Keiichi Sigsawa, Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

( As the bandits moved around in the underbrush outside her campsite, Kino sighed. )

Title: The Sun, Half Covered (Chapter 5)
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/Action
Words: 23,000 total (2,200 this chapter)
Notes/Warnings: Oh, boy. I started this ages ago. It might be older than my grad school career. I finally finished it for this year's casestory. Art is by sholio. Beta work done by yuuo. Story may have a Zel/Amelia bias, but I think it can be read as friendship.
Summary: Zelgadis's attempts to settle down are not working well. When Amelia asks him to accompany him to the southern frontier of Saillune to investigate reports of sabotage, it certainly sounds like a breath of fresh air. What he finds is a mess of politics and bigotry, and Amelia's attempts to help are hit or miss... and starting to drive Zel nuts. The two of them must work together to find the saboteur, and hope the discovery doesn't touch off a riot in a town divided.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

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( Night had fallen hours ago, and Amelia's legs were starting to cramp as she, Bartalan, and Pol sat in their lookout place high in the mill rafters. )

Title: The Sun, Half Covered (Chapter 3)
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/Action
Words: 23,000 total (6,200 this chapter)
Notes/Warnings: Oh, boy. I started this ages ago. It might be older than my grad school career. I finally finished it for this year's casestory. Art is by sholio. Beta work done by yuuo Story may have a Zel/Amelia bias, but I think it can be read as friendship.
Summary: Zelgadis's attempts to settle down are not working well. When Amelia asks him to accompany him to the southern frontier of Saillune to investigate reports of sabotage, it certainly sounds like a breath of fresh air. What he finds is a mess of politics and bigotry, and Amelia's attempts to help are hit or miss... and starting to drive Zel nuts. The two of them must work together to find the saboteur, and hope the discovery doesn't touch off a riot in a town divided.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

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Title: The Sun, Half Covered (Chapter 1)
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery/Action
Words: 23,000 total (5,000 this chapter)
Notes/Warnings: Oh, boy. I started this ages ago. It might be older than my grad school career. I finally finished it for this year's casestory. Art is by sholio. Beta work done by yuuo. Story may have a Zel/Amelia bias, but I think it can be read as friendship.
Summary: Zelgadis's attempts to settle down are not working well. When Amelia asks him to accompany him to the southern frontier of Saillune to investigate reports of sabotage, it certainly sounds like a breath of fresh air. What he finds is a mess of politics and bigotry, and Amelia's attempts to help are hit or miss... and starting to drive Zel nuts. The two of them must work together to find the saboteur, and hope the discovery doesn't touch off a riot in a town divided.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

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( There was something about books, Zelgadis mused, as he tried to get his trunk closed. )

Title: A Reason for Hope
Fandom: Slayers
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for Slayers Evolution-R. Prompt from no_true_pair "Amelia/Zelgadis: Amelia's going on a trip and it looks like Zelgadis is coming along for the ride, whether Amelia likes it or not".
Summary: Amelia asks Zelgadis why he asked her father to reinstate him as her bodyguard.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

( Amelia had been mildly surprised when Mister Zelgadis had returned to Saillune City without anyone prompting him. )

Title: A Dream Fading on Waking
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Words: 2100
Notes/Warnings: Written for the ameliazellove promot fest, for the prompt 'Zelgadis has a nightmare and he and Amelia have a midnight chat over a cup of tea.' Could be be read as either Zel/Amelia or Zel & Amelia friendship. Evolution-R spoilers
Summary: Amelia is kept up by a healing arm; Zelgadis has his own reasons for sleeping poorly. Sometimes talking helps.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

( After the fight with Shabranigdo, none of them had been in the condition to travel.  )

Title: Tea at the Crossroads
Fandom: Slayers/Avatar: the Last Airbender fusion
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Words: 2600
Notes/Warnings: This is technically written in the same universe as None So Blind, but all you really need to know about that fic is that the Avatar characters were their canon ages about a decade before Slayers present, and were born into the Slayers universe as normal members (as normal as Slayers characters get, at least). (There's also the passing mention of Zuko/Someone-probably-female.) Needs a spot-edit -- posting to get it up before the master list goes up.

I also wanted to have Zel get that (this universe's) Iroh was a distinguished sorcerer in his own right, or at least owned the shop he was running, but Iroh didn't want to talk about himself.
Summary: Zelgadis drifts into a teashop looking for a drink and a direction. Iroh gives him both.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet, Avatar: The Last Airbender copyright Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko/Nickelodeon, and this derivative work was created without permission.

( It was a bit after midafternoon when Zelgadis arrived, parched and dusty, in town. )

Title: Wrath of the Volcano Goddess!
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Action-Adventure/Comedy
Words: 11,500
Notes/Warnings: Written for the slayers_request Secret Santa, for earthstar_chan. The prompt was 'Amelia is forced to wear a Naga style leather bikini outfit and we see Zelgadis’s reaction to it.', but I also worked in one of the other requests. Slight Zel/Amelia.
Series Summary: Amelia is seeking out her mother's side of the family, but she comes across the corrupt reign of a volcano spirit, and must bring Justice back to the island.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

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