Apollymi's Grimoire

(n) Apollymi: In use since 1999. Fan fiction and urban fantasy writer, located in Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly known as Eternal SailorM, also writes urban fantasy as Katherine Bell and Ellie Hicks. Fan fiction covers wide range of series, from anime to live action, from romance to horror. Best approached with comments and critiques or treats.

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Yu-Gi-Oh!

Betrüger
Summary: Kaiba Seto has never been able to believe anything he hears. Why should Bakura be any different?
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba, Malik/Amane, Jounouchi/Yuugi, Ryou/Mai, Yami/Mana
Warnings: Supernatural Alternate Universe, Mythology-based Alternate Universe, Novella-length
Word Count: 65,274
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19

Blind Eyes
Summary: As a thief, Bakura deserves whatever he gets. Right? (There are none so blind as those who will not see.)
Coauthor: Katsuko
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Seto/Ryou, Yuugi/Jounouchi, Bakura/Ryou, past Bakura/Seth, Atem/Bakura (NCS), Hirutani/Jounouchi (NCS)
Warnings: Rape references, Angst
Word Count: 4,282
Genre: Saga
Status: In progress
Chapters: Prologue 01 - Bakura | Prologue 02 - Jounouchi | 01 | Flashback 01 | 02 | Flashback 02
Tie-Ins: First Impressions | Birthday | Mater Dolorosa

Crooked Way
Summary: Sequel to Where Angels. Moving on is never easy, especially when the past is known to come back to haunt you.
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba, Malik/Yuugi
Warnings: Novella-length
Word Count: 23,763
Genre: Saga
Status: In Progress
Chapters: Prologue | Schedules | Safety | Sensibility | Tenacity | Conscious | Security | Command | Insight | Balancing | Determination | Communicating

Crucify
Summary: Yami Yuugi's thoughts at the end of the series, during the final duel. Same universe as "Superhero".
Rating: FRC
Warnings: Angst, Spoilers (Ancient Egypt Arc, anime)
Word Count: 643
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Dear Diary-thing
Summary: Mokuba's thoughts on everything that happens in the manga series, as recorded in his diary.
Rating: FRC
Word Count: 3,289
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Golden Years
Summary: Years after Pharaoh's Memories Arc, Yami contemplates everything that's happened, as well as the hard truths of mortality.
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Yuugi/Jounouchi, unrequited Yami/Yuugi
Warnings: Character Death
Word Count: 1,761
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Just Another Day
Summary: It's Kaiba's birthday. What kind of surprises are in store for him today?
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba/Ryou
Word Count: 5,051
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Kaiba Seto Analysis - Outline Form
Summary: Apparently I felt the need to explain why I see Kaiba Seto the way I do, so I decided to tackle him from a psych minor's point of view.
Rating: FRC
Word Count: 1,297
Genre: Essay
Status: Completed
Analysis: Kaiba Seto

Mater Dolorosa
Summary: Yami-mine never sleeps well. I wonder why that is. (Bakura Ryou POV)
Rating: FRC
Pairing: Bakura/Ryou
Word Count: 455
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Memories
Summary: One is a dream, the other a memory, but which Bakura is which?
Rating: FRC
Warnings: Alternate Universe
Word Count: 1,619
Genre: Saga
Status: Abandoned, Archived
Chapters: Prologue - Meaning of Memory | 01 - Bereft of Memories

Metal Heart
Summary: After Kaiba Seto escapes the Institute to join the Bakuras on the outside, all manner of hell starts to break loose...
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba
Warnings: Alternate Universe, Novella-length
Word Count: 15,008
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed
Awards: 1st Place in GWYaoi's 2005 Novella Challenge - Wildcard Category
Images: Commission by Yuurisa

Mitotic
Summary: In the months since the Pharaoh left for the Afterlife, life has started to move on. But not as much for some as for others.
Rating: FRC
Pairing: Yuugi/Kaiba (sort of)
Word Count: 1,019
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Our Farewell
Summary: Some things are not always what they seem. And when it comes to the Bakuras, there is a whole lot more than meets the eye.
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Thief King Bakura/Ryou
Warnings: Semi-Alternate Universe, Angst, Novella-length
Word Count: 12,379
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed
Awards: Runner-up in GWYaoi's 2005 Novella Challenge - Wildcard

Shadows of the Night
Summary: Three thousand years ago, they were cursed. For three thousand years, they've wandered the earth, searching. And now they've come to Domino, Japan.
Coauthor: Katsuko
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Malik/Jounouchi, Bakura/Seto
Warnings:
Word Count:
Genre: (Saga, One-Shot, Essay)
Status: Abandoned, Archived
Awards/Images/Notes:
Chapters: Prologue | 01 | 02

Superhero
Summary: There is madness in the silence. (Bakura Ryou POV)
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Ryou hints
Warnings: Dark, character introspections, spoilers (AE arc)
Word Count: 890
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Third Chance
Summary: It was strange. Until recently, he'd never felt too inclined to reminisce like this. The past was the past and was better left behind him, after all. Maybe it was the upcoming date that was making him think like this...
Rating: FRAO
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba
Warnings: Lemon, slash, language
Word Count: 3,687
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Utopia
Summary: Graduation day at last. So why are both Kaiba Seto and Bakura Ryou not there?
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba/Ryou
Warnings: Slash, some language
Word Count: 8,284
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Where Angels
Summary: It's been two years since Atemu went into the Afterlife. Now the past is coming back to haunt them... in an unexpected way.
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba
Warnings: Slash, language, torture
Word Count: 26,887
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed
Notes: Written for the 2006 Yu-Gi-Oh Slash Novella Challenge

Whoever Brings the Night
Summary: There was no eleventh hour rescue. The Pharaoh failed, and Zork brought darkness to the world. Now it is up to the tattered remnants of survivors to try to make things right again.
Rating: FRT
Pairing: Bakura/Kaiba (eventual)
Warnings: Alternate universe, post-apocalyptic, dark, horror, slash
Word Count: 4,260
Genre: Saga
Status: In Progress
Chapters: Prologue | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07

 
 
 

Endless Loop Saga
Co-authors: Katsuko, Desolate03
 

Color of Life
Summary: It's amazing how one bit of bad luck can mess up everything. Of course, it doesn't usually land you in a quest to find one particular monster in a city full of them. But that's just how my luck goes...
Author: Apollymi
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Seto/Jounouchi
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language, some gore
Word Count: 38,853
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | Epilogue

Cursed Gold
Summary: In this side-story to Color of Life, Jounouchi first talks about his past then retells present events from his point-of-view.
Author: Katsuko
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Seto/Jounouchi, Bakura/Yami
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 20,199
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | Epilogue

Blood and Sacrifice
Summary: Set immediately after the events of Color of Life and Cursed Gold, Bakura's fending for his life against deadly assassins. Luckily, he's got a lot of help keeping himself alive.
Author: Apollymi
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Malik/Marik/Jounouchi, Seth/Seto
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 24,684
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | Epilogue

Avarice
Summary: Tying into Blood and Sacrifice and occurring at the same time, Jounouchi is coming into his own, with some interesting... changes.
Author: Katsuko
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Malik/Marik/Jyonouchi, Bakura/Yami, Seth/Se
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 9,901
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | Epilogue

Silver Blue
Summary: Tying into Blood and Sacrifice and Avarice, Seto is starting to come into his own as Master of Domino.
Author: Desolate03
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Seth/Seto, Malik/Marik/Jounouchi, Bakura/Yami
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, yaoi, lemon/lime, language
Word Count: 3,722
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02

Spellbound
Summary: Halloween takes on new meaning when Bakura helps out on a serial killer case.
Author: Apollymi
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Malik/Marik/Jounouchi, Seth/Seto
Warnings: Language, alternate universe
Word Count: 3,893
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Automatic Paranoia
Summary: Things have taken a sharp downhill dive in the last thirty minutes. What happened today to bring us to this point, where death is waiting around the corner?
Author: Apollymi
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Malik/Marik/Jounouchi, Seth/Seto
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 5,837
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | Epilogue

Route 666
Summary: Set immediately after Automatic Paranoia... This world isn't right. Something about it is just wrong in a way that's hard to describe. Somehow, there has to be a way to set things right... Somehow.
Author: Apollymi
Coauthor: Katsuko and Desolate03
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Malik (Marik)/Jounouchi, Seth/Seto, Ryou/Yuugi
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 18,535
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: Route 666 | Epilogue | Desolate03's side-story

Cyber Fake
Summary: Set immediately after Route 666, Bakura's been awake less than two weeks. Things are finally starting to get back to normal... so of course the shit is going to hit the fan. Better hang on: it's going to be a hell of a ride.
Author: Apollymi
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Malik/Marik/Jounouchi, Seth/Seto, Ryou/Yuugi
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language, character death(s)
Word Count: 20,818
Genre: Saga
Status: Completed
Chapters: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | Epilogue

Endear
Summary: Everything happens. Not necessarily for a reason, but everything happens.
Author: Katsuko
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Malik/Marik/Jounouchi, Bakura/Yami, Seth/Seto
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 1,031
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Last Waltz
Summary: I'm not going to find what I'm looking for this way. It's not going to be in any book -- or at least it's not going to be in any book that I'll easily be able to get my hands on. That won't be how I manage to bring Yami back.
Author: Apollymi
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Bakura/Yami, Kaiba Seto, Kujaku Mai
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language, character death(s)
Word Count: 51,490
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

Unbreakable
Summary: The past had had its ups and downs, and had shaped Jounouchi Katsuya into the man he now was.
Author: Katsuko
Rating: FRM
Pairing: Malik/Marik/Jounouchi
Warnings: Alternate universe, slash, language
Word Count: 732
Genre: One-Shot
Status: Completed

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