For Lynx-chan! :D

Title: Deadly Butterfly
Fandom: Inuyasha
Author: kira
Words: 350 words
Rating: M
Summary: Set in the precanon ‘verse, Jakotsu, while securing the place after a job well done, finds a kimono he likes…
Warnings: blood, guts, and Jakotsu being… well, Jakotsu.
Author’s note: Written for Lynx-chan as a fic exchange.

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Written for Kurohed (completed the challenge!)

Title: A Festival of Love…
Author: kira
Rating: OT
Words: 1000
Characters: Soma/Agni
Spoilers: none
Summary: Soma and Agni enjoy some time together in the bath after celebrating Holi.
Warnings: none
Author’s notes: Holi, or as it’s called in Bengal, “Dol Purnima,” is celebrated, starting early in the morning. Students get up and wear bright saffron colored clothes and garlands of flowers. They celebrate by singing and dancing while accompanied by a few instruments, such as the veena. It also has two other names, “Swing festival” and “Dol Jatra.” Part of the celebration, aside from pelting each other with powdered colors or colored water, it to parade statues of Lord Krishna and Lady Radha around the main streets of the village or city, while swinging them and devotees will take turns swinging them while the women dance around the procession. The head of the family will fast, and says special prayers, after which he smears the statue of Lord Krishna with gulal (powdered color) and offers bhog (In Hinduism, it’s a ritual of sacrifice to the gods) Lord Krishna and Agni Dev. Traditional foods are also severed. Malpoa is one such food. They’re little pancakes fried in oil and soaked in syrup. Holi was celebrated this year on March 20, 2011…

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