Drive by fic recs!

...I need to do homework. Hey, look, fanfiction! *stabs self with physics until dead from it*

Salt Water Medicine by Flying Machine. Hauntingly insightful Kakashi introspection/backstory fic; read the other fic by Flying Machine, as it is also wonderful. They're both short, but well worth the read.

Untitled Young Orochimaru Drabble and Atheist, by Asprosdrakos. Suddenly Orochimaru actually makes sense, and that is no mean feat. "Atheist" is Kakashi introspection on where a ninja places his faith, because there's no such thing as too much good Kakashi angst.

Acetaminophin by Riddering. Kankurou post-Sasori's attack, with some Sakura thrown in to make it absolutely my favorite Kankurou fic ever. This isn't saying much, since there's so little Kankurou fic out there and I tend to adore it all, but Riddering gets his voice down perfectly and I love it.

Parallels by Quest of Dreams and Lazzchan. SasuNaru AU; Naruto gets hit by a strange jutsu on a mission, and wakes up in a universe where his life doesn't suck. This fic is breaking my heart and needs to update again right quick, yo.

A Study in BS by memlu. FFVII Reno and Rude fic. Gawd, Reno. You're so fucking crazy.

Things Normal and Twenty Five by Atreylune. The first is angsty, dysfunctional Rude/Reno, and the second is hilarious, hilarious Rude-on-the-job. Read the rest of Atreylune's FFVII fic, it's f'awesome.

Four Part Byakuya/Renji Series by Kira Douji. Okay, I don't even like this pairing. It upsets me for some reason (probably because I really dislike Byakuya, I don't know). But this series is well written and in character- and that's impressive, given how little there is of Byakuya's character. The individual parts have titles and can act as stand-alones, but if you read them all together, they're even better.

The Required Generic Substitute Teacher Story by Moonsheen. Ichigo. Chad. Substitute teaching. Ichigo and Chad are a little like the Reno and Rude of Bleach, sometimes. XD

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As promised, these are not Naruto. Because I do read things in other fandoms. So I give you some Bleach and some FF and a bit of Saiyuki. As always, when I finally decide to do a rec post, I can't find half the things I've been reading. Clearly, I suck.

Bleach! My newest obsession, since the latest Naruto chapters have been sucking. I'm an 11th Division fangirl, so many of these are going to reflect that. They're also mostly humor, because the angst and drama all tend to revolve around characters that I just don't care about. (Rukia, I'm looking at you.)

The Dreaded Three Step by vez. Yumichika always gets his way in the 11th Division, but there are some things Zaraki will never let him get away with. (Silliness!)

Pick up Lines from Hell by hey-diddle-diddle. One sided Zangetsu/Ichigo. Poor Zangetsu, he gets very lonely in Ichigo's headspace. More silliness.

Untitled drabble and art by explodinguterus. Yachiru is adorable and evil, and that's all that really needs to be said about that.

Actions Speak Louder by beckingham. General 11th Division drabble. Of course they believe in love at first sight. (Not actually humor!)

Morning After by mimma. Renji/Byakuya with very silly footnotes. I normally can't stand the pairing, but I'm a sucker for (so many things) silliness and footnotes. And, by the same, Stupidity, which is some 11th Division shennanigans.

Author Rec- Moonsheen. You've probably read all of Moonsheen's stuff, but I'm reccing her anyway. Go search through the memories or scroll down, pretty much everything is good. This Untitled Drabble gets a special mention, because of the assbanditry.

Author Rec- Celeste1. Read everything of hers. Just do it, I don't care if it seems daunting. Especially read the drabbles (ff.net), yes, all 144 of them (livejournal). It's her fault I 'ship Shuuhei/Yumichika and Chad/Ishida and Ganjyu/Hanatarou. I can't do more to reccommend her without large signs and possibly confetti.

Final Fantasy! My first true love, particularly the older games.

Author rec- Black Jester. FFVII and IX oneshots. In particular, the first three Turk stories, Veracity, Colors, and Numbers, and Tomorrow Will Be Dying, a Freya and Amarant piece.

Stuff of Legend by Lirilith. FFIV far-into-the-future-fic from Edward's (that is, Gilbert's) perspective. A curious, slightly angsty sort of "what if," and anything that incorporates the spoony bard in his proper capacity as a storyteller is a good thing.

(Is it bad that I want to write OT3 fic for FFIV? I kind of think so.)

Saiyuki-
Tunnel Vision by incandescens. General Tenpou, as seen through the eyes of Konzen. I like how Sanzo is in denial no matter what incarnation he happens to be in.

ALRIGHT, I LIED, HERE'S SOME NARUTO ANYWAY. (My goodness, but I am an obsessed fantwit.)
Unnecessary Things by harukami. Zabuza/Haku, AU (no ninjas, but the setting is similar), happy ending. It's just- yeah. Beautiful. Go read, it's amazing. And it has a sequel! Contentedly Ever After- now with parfait!

(Non sequitur no jutsu! You know what makes me amazingly happy? MY DORM ROOM. IT'S BETTER THAN YOURS. I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, MY ROOM WINS. *cough* Yeah, okay, some things just need to be mentioned in every forum possible, you know?)