Invoking Urania

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 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: 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.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

Title: Wrath of the Volcano Goddess!, Chapter 3
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Action-Adventure/Comedy
Words: 3,200 (of 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.
Chapter Summary: Amelia and Zel trek up the mountain to meet the volcano goddess.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.
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Title: Slayers Incredible
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: G
Notes/Warnings: Drawn for ameliazellove as part of a contest prompt.
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 Harsh Quality of Justice
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Words: 1400
Notes/Warnings: Done for 'we would all be fools to pray for justice' at 31_days and 'The second-hand victims of loneliness' for 52_flavours. Set during Slayers TRY episode 3, but has a mention of flashbacks from Evolution-R. Also hints of one-sided Amelia/Zelgadis.
Summary: A missing scene fic. Amelia rescues Zelgadis from a midden after Filia launches him using her mace. They speak of Justice on the way back to the others.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

( Amelia volunteered to go retrieve Mister Zelgadis and patch him up, after Miss Filia knocked him quite a distance with her mace.  )

Title: Turning from the Path of Least Resistance
Fandom: Slayers
Rating: G
Genre: Romance
Words: 477
Notes/Warnings: Done for 'harder, but much truer' @ 52_flavours. Zel/Amelia
Summary: A bit of a sequel to "The End of Summer". There is always the choice between what is easy and what is best.
Disclaimer: Slayers copyright Hajime Kanzaka/Rui Araizumi/Kadokawa/TV Tokyo/Medianet and this derivative work was created without permission.

( Zelgadis had a tendency to make the easy choices.  )