[KKM] In Memoriam

[aithris]

...and once again, trying to detail the plot bunnies for my fics leads to me actually writing the fics. Er. Yay!

Title: In Memoriam
Fandom: Kyou Kara Maou
Characters: Sage and Shinou! :D
Series: Currently also called In Memoriam
Warnings: Angst and angst, but it all gets better in the end. Um, character death except it's Murata so it doesn't count

Comments

[dyxlisa]

YAY YAY YAY!! I think a happy ending like this is exactly what I needed~ Love the take on how he's kept his memories and how he can't shed them now (him saying at the end of the anime that he would just forget after this lifetime did seem off to me), and of course them meeting again with memories intact is just what I wanted to see. ♥ Sequel please??

[kazaera]

Eeh! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that him just forgetting like that would be... I dunno. Wrong in a way. I mean, without remembering he has no way of really appreciating what he has, you know? There's little point in fighting for millenia for something if you don't even remember that. At least that was sort of what I thought...

And yeah, somehow I imagine that after having kept his memories for so long he can't just give them up. Although to be honest, I have no idea how the Shinou knew that Murata/the Sage would remember and that therefore he had to too. It's Shinou! He's omniscient! *g*

Sequelwise, I don't have very much - just an idea about Yuuri and co. seeing them on one of his returns to Earth, and a very cute idea about them arguing about what to do now which somehow turns into a discussion of Arthurean myths. ("So I'm Arthur, and you're Merlin... so, what, Rufus is Galahad? Lawrence is Lancelot?" "...has Lawrence stolen any lovers from you lately?" "You tell me.". Just don't ask.) The thing is that most of my

[dyxlisa]

I thought that too!! And yeah, I have NO idea how Shinou and the Sage figured this all out. That's why they're my heroes! I idolize brilliant people. *_*

...omg, that sounds adorable. And I didn't even think of the Arthur and Merlin angle until now, but somehow that makes it EXTRA adorable. Shinou is totally King Arthur. XD (no fanart bunnies plz exams this week) Domestic Shinou and Sage sounds awesome and the more the better!! Meanwhile, I think I need to read that AU. Later.

[kazaera]

Now I figure that Shinou waited to be reborn until Murata was - sort of to check that everything went all right and suchlike, so he noticed when the Sage kept his memories and made sure his stayed too.

And so there wouldn't be too big an age difference. ;)

It's mostly because they're planning to be legendary heroes who come to aid Shin Makoku in times of great peril. Although Shinou's still wondering whether he should still pick the next Maou; neither of them are particularly enamoured by hereditary reign. Main argument against is that they wouldn't really have time or access to the candidates.
It's really cute; they've sort of settled on Shinou = Arthur and Sage = Merlin (although Shinou suggested Guinevere), and then they started arguing about the others... and then Murata suggested Lawrence for Lancelot and Shinou went O RLY AND WHY HIM and Murata went I AM NOT GUINEVERE, OKAY. RUFUS CAN BE GUINEVERE and. Yes.

oh god this series has eaten my braaaiiin.

[lurel]

YES!!!!! XD
This is the best ending ever...!!!! XD
When the series ended, I was all like "wtf???!!! So no more sagely goodness in future generations??? nuuuu~ Murata..." (;_;)
But then your fic comes around and just brightens up my day... :D

[kazaera]

...that smiley is brilliant. *stares*

Thank you! I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who went "NOOOOOO" when Murata said he wouldn't remember and seemed happy about that. I mean... he can't really enjoy his fight being over if he doesn't remember!! And and Shinou would just be a stranger after so long and you'd think they'd want to enjoy both being incarnate and sane for once! JUST SAY NO TO AMNESIA, MURATA!

So. This fic. It's my canon *stubborn look*. And is already spawning an army of sequel-prequelish things, what.

[misoka_mine]

Yay, his memories aren't lost! I always wondered how Murata felt about losing his memories in his next life. I was kind of thinking he was going to pull an Artemis Fowl trick, but your idea is so much sweeter and deeper.

I loved the way Shinou managed to reasure him in just a few moments. It's just like him to know how to do that. ^^

[kazaera]

He always seemed so happy about losing his memories, and I never really got that. Although I do have an idea-ish thing about him just having been hurt so many times over the years that he wants to forget that (because really, who would want to forget Shinou? ^^) It just begged for fic!

Originally I was thinking of him having lied to Yuuri, or at least not having told the whole truth, and wanting to keep his memories anyhow (maybe he wanted to get Shin Makoku off his back? Wanted to "retire" from Sageliness and knew they'd never leave him in peace otherwise?) but then the line about his memories being like water hit me and lo, this fic was born. ^^

And as for Shinou... well, he basically just had to show that he still remembered, since that was what Murata was so worried about. ^^ And besides, he knows his Sage!

[kazaera]

Oh, and, er, thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you liked it ^^ I have no manners, what.

[misoka_mine]

Haha, don't worry about it. The thank you was implied. ^^

[gwyneda]

*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE's*

SHINOUSHINOUSHINOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU *feels so glad for Kenja* that was so nice of you ;_; kenja deserves that after waiting four thousand years

god. just thinking about it makes me hurt for the poor man =/

that was lovely~

[kazaera]

Thank you~! And yes, he does deserve a properly blissfully happy ending after all this time and none of this amnesia business! Poor Sage. *hugs him* Four thousand years cannot be nice. And four thousand years still loyal to Shinou and still being able to talk to him but knowing he was being corrupted... that cannot possibly have been pleasant. I keep wanting to make an icon that says "our epic romance > your epic romance". So, anyway, he needs a lot of hugs from Shinou to make up for it. And no amnesia. *firm nod*

I'm glad you liked it! :D

[ex_victims]

O___________O!! <333

Please please let there be a sequel. A long one. Of epic porportions. With fluffy bunnies and sproks!~

Hehehe, don't mind me. I just get giddy whenever I see a well-written ShinDai fic, there's not much. The fic was great, just the right kind of ending with the right amount of angst. Sage being all "sneaky sneaky... BAM BOOM omgIamsosorryIdidn'tseewhereIwasgoing... O_O!"

Tata for now! I hope to read many of your future fics. Off to work on my Murata cosplay. ;)

[ex_victims]

Okay I can't spell. Sporks, not sproks. xDD

[kazaera]

The sequels aren't particularly long - I'm afraid I write one-shots, not epics - but there are *many* of them. I have another one up here (along with two unrelated Shinou/Sage-ish things), then there's another one pretty much completed and two works-in-progress under f-lock at my standard LJ. And enough ideas for an army. :/ In short - yes, there will be huge amounts of sequels, because this series has eaten my braaiin.

There are as yet no fluffy bunnies, but there is one four-year-old Shinou + teddy bear angstfic, which is probably worse.

I just get giddy whenever I see a well-written ShinDai fic, there's not much....I think someday all we ShinDai fans need to get together and compare notes, just in case there's some fic buried deeply somewhere that someone missed. I think I've found most all of them myself. And read twenty times. Yes. ;_

[ex_victims]

Oh yay! I must go check out the other fics of yours! It's sad to say that I rarely participate in this fandom due to the lack of good fanfics out there. But once in a while, one can find something that's original and well written. :]

I eat brains too! :3 *Gnaws*~

T___T Toddler!Shinou + Teddy would be so adorable. Eeeeee! <3 I can imagine a toddle!Sage with a picture book too. ^^

We should. I agree... maybe a ficathon? :P We could build on the ending of the series a bit more (Ulrike's expression!) or on AU/historical stories.... *gears churns in head*

I love it when Murata's plans are foiled. Ha! <-- Sadist.

^^ A couple of friends and I are going to this year's AN as the KKM crew. We have a Yuuri, Wolfram, Greta, Murata and maaaaybe a Ulrike. Not sure though and I've been looking for a blond bitch Shinou of my own.