At one point in time, almost all the over 30,000 Wikipedia articles related to India were using maps made by Arun Ganesh, a third-year student at SVCE, Chennai. From creating India’s first public transport map website and helping build a course on digital literacy at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education to now building maps full-time, Arun is a man on a mission.

When 29-year-old Arun Ganesh cycled to the office where he built maps with 21 colleagues every day, he had never imagined that his job (and interest) could be so helpful in the 2015 Chennai floods. Neither had he thought that he would get paid for something he had spent the past eight years doing purely out of interest. It has now been more than 10 yearssince Arun started working on maps. Having touched millions of lives and continuing to do so, this week’s Techie Tuesdays is dedicated to India’s map man.

The flight-simulated childhood

Arun was born in Dubai and moved to Abu Dhabi a few years later, where he did his schooling. His father, a mechanical engineer with the oil industry, has been working there since the 1980s. In his school days, Arun was a quiet and introverted kid. He got the computer quite early, in 1994, and it became an outlet of sorts, letting him do the things he couldn’t in real life. He played all the games which had maps — Microsoft Flight Simulator, SimCity, GTA, Age of Empires. He happened to read a lot of brochures and magazines on planes, aeronautics,


airport construction and civil aviation, which developed his interest in aviation, planes, and travel.

Arun loved flying back to India for his summer vacations, simply because being in the air gave him a feeling of freedom and allowed him to see places from high above. He says,

“Unlike other kids my age who had a lot of interest in military planes, I had an interest in civil aircraft.”

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While playing Microsoft Flight Simulator, to make things more real, he started looking into the mechanics of how things work, like configuration and how the scenery was created. He wanted to make Abu Dhabi and Chennai airport in the flight simulator similar to the ones in real life, which was why he learnedbe in the aviation world and in an airport. I knew being a pilot was hard. My interest was in being an air traffic controller, sitting in the control tower and looking at the data screen and controlling the planes.”

That was why he chose to pursue electronics and communications engineering from Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering in Chennai.

College, reality, and change of dream

Within the first few months of college, Arun realised that there was a massive difference between what he expected to learn and what he was actually taught.

Though he was staying in the hostel, he often went to the city to meet his sister, trips he would make by bus owing to a tight budget. This was when he realised how difficult bus travel could be without


maps and information on bus stops and routes. Having seen how smoothly the public transport system outside India functioned, he was inspired to take up his first personal project — documenting Chennai’s bus system. He called it Chennai Bus Route mapping project(still available online).

Arun painting a dilapidated monument on the beach in Chennai. Most of his time during engineering was spent on joining efforts fix issues in the environment

He started taking random buses, carrying the city map on which he marked all the bus routes and stops. It was at this point that his waning interest in planes and rising fascination with buses and local trains (mapping) became evident. He learnt Adobe Illustrator to draw maps and make graphics. Inspired by the London metro map, he started workingQuadrilateral project. Arun collected data and some existing maps and created an outline map of India and put it online. He was making graphical maps of a quality which had never been seen online. At that time, all the maps of India were GIFs or made in paint. He was making the first SVG maps of India available online (uploading them on Wikipedia).

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Introduction to the world of open source

Arun spent most of his engineering days learning graphic software and involved with Wikipedia’s online communities. He also learnt about open source communities and was introduced to the concepts of open licensing, copyleft, and free software. He says,

I started feeling a part of a larger global community at


and he soon stumbled upon OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia of world maps which anybody can edit. When Arun zoomed in on India, it was a complete blank. There wasn't much documentation to explain what this project was and he wasn't sure how to draw roads or how it worked. He thought it was a European project and not meant for India.

Arun with Hardeep Rai, Kiran Jonnalagadda, Arky Arky, TB DInesh, Shubhranshu Choudhary, Pradeep Banvara, Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Sajjad Anwar(L to R) during an early meet of Indian geo-hackers involved in various open community projects.

A few months later, a couple of people from OpenStreetMap were in Bengaluru. Arun didn’t want to miss the opportunity and went to attend the OpenStreetMap event. He understood the philosophy of the project — tomake an open source map of the whole world not controlled by any government or corporate. During the talk, he also understood how central maps are to our daily lives.

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Mapping with OpenStreetMap

It was Arun’s third year of college. Still working on the Chennai bus map, he took his cycle and started collecting information on the names of streets, temples, shortcuts, and shops of interest, a process that made him feel more connected to the city. And when he compared Google Maps with his data, he realised that the former got many things wrong. He was keen on building a map based on the things he had seen while walking around


list of bus routes and bus stops (sourced from the government), and the interface would allow the user to click on the bus stop (text) and click on the map where that bus stop is located. After clicking on the map, the location of the bus stop is stored so that the next time someone opens the same route they see the location of the bus stop. The idea was to let anybody map the bus routes.

The first time Arun spoke publicly about his map work was at Design Camp at Yahoo in 2007 during his second year of engineering. This was the first time he understood that his work was far more valuable than he thought.

Within four days, over 90 percent of the 3,000 stops had beenmy work were much more than any monetary rewards.

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The formal design education

Arun didn't understand creative things. He was just doing things with the goal of sharing information on public transportation in India, and not with the interest to learn graphic design. But one of his college seniors told him that since his work revolved around designing maps it might be good for him to pursue a course in design, which was how he found himself at the National Institute of Design (NID), Bengaluru.

In his two years at NID, he could connect maps to many dimensions, physical worlds, human activities, and nature. He recalls, “A lot of


the discussion in college was to identify our role in the society as designers.”

Arun’s final year project was at redBus, where he was chosen because of his work with busroutes.in (the Chennai project). He helped the company with improving the UI and travel experience. It was a conceptual idea of how the front page should look and how people should interact. The icons he made for the amenities of the bus (drinking water, blanket etc), still remain on the website.

From Wikipedia to the Wikimedia Foundation

In 2011, Arun attended the Wikipedia conference hackathon in Mumbai, where he met the chief designer of the Wikimedia Foundation. While discussing Wikipedia’s design challenges, he mentioned how one of the biggest problems it faced was allowing users to change the language. (Wikipedia wasthen supporting 250 languages.) For a person unfamiliar with English, the challenge would be to change the language (from English) from the dropdown where the languages were arranged in no particular order (because you can't order languages in any way).

Arun’s solution was to use maps, allowing people to select where they were from and pick from among the languages spoken there. The chief designer liked it and after a week, Arun received an email from the Wikimedia Foundation, asking him to join the team for this project. He spent eight months as a contractor with them on this project called the 'Universal Language Selector'. It is still available on all Wikipedia pages (on the top).

Arun(right most) with the language engineering team at the Wikimedia Foundation, which was responsible


for making Wikipedia accessible to every language speaker on earth. Open movements have allowed Arun to know the most passionate and energetic people in the tech world.

He was working as a designer and UI tester where he made prototypes in JAVA script to test it out with people across the world who don't speak English to check if this design works.

To the mountains

Arun during his stay in Rakkar

Towards the end of the contract, Arun’s found himself getting increasingly frustrated by city life. It was at the time he was struggling to make his life in Bengaluru more sustainable that he came across a story about a startup in Dharamsala which had a photo of a mud cottage. It was the YourStory.com article on Mindgrep, founded by Ayush Ghai.He got in touch with Ayush and expressed his interest in working from Dharamsala. Twenty-four hours of electricity and a broadband connection in the village had him convinced about moving there.

Arun spent his last month (December 2012) as a contractor with the Wikimedia Foundation in Rakkar, a small village near Dharamsala. He moved there permanently in May 2013. While in Rakkar, he attended many open community meetups in Pune, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.

Helping run the first hillhacks in 2014 at Dharamsala which was a life changing experience for Arun and gave him a chance to rediscover the joy of making together with others.

The Government of India project

One day, he got called by professor G Nagarjuna at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, (because of his connections in


open source and Wikipedia). The professor was looking for someone to join his team to build a course on digital literacy. It was a Government of India project aimed at introducing the computer to first- and second-year college students from 13 of the most backward areas and improving their skills for employability. He wanted Arun’s expertise in working with Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap to build the course module so that they could learn about Wikipedia and mapping. This includes how to research and write using Wikipedia and how to do mapping in OpenStreetMap. Since Arun was offered the flexibility to work from wherever he chose, he joined TIFR as a consultant.

This project exposed him to the functioning of the government and the education system. He went on field visits,built teacher training modules and course structures, and ran pilot programmes. His biggest challenge was to do all this in Hindi, a language he wasn't too familiar with.

Arun during the NUSSD project with TIFR/TISS, where the team was experimenting with a digital literacy module that used open source software and projects like Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap to build soft skills in college students in smaller towns.

Back to mapping

After the TIFR project, Arun was unsure of the direction he was heading in. At that time, he received an email that the Mapbox people were visiting Bengaluru and that he should meet them. He mentions,

“In 2008, when I started contributing to OpenStreetMap, I knew somewhere that citizen-created maps were going to be big even though they lagged behind Google Maps. I


was hopeful that at some point, some company (maybe Google or any other) would start using crowdsourced maps. Mapbox was the first company which was doing it in a big way and I was following them for a while.”

He attended a meetup organised by Mapbox where they were mapping areas in Bengaluru. While mapping, they realised that everything was already well mapped by a user called planemad (which was Arun). He was later invited for dinner, where the CEO and a founding member of Mapbox shared their plans for India. He was approached to help build their team in India. He was happy to be employed doing what he had anyway been doing for the past seven years.

Arun with the Mapbox team in Jan 2015

Arun’s first task atmeritorious defense; and (4) excluding evidence of appellant's proof that he and appellee purchased real estate four months after the divorce as husband and wife. Appellee did not file a brief. We affirm.
Gabino and Maria were divorced in a no-answer default divorce decree dated December 20, 1994, in the same trial court as this proceeding. Gabino filed a petition for bill of review on November 17, 1997, alleging fraud on the part of Maria in procuring a divorce decree which awarded a grossly disproportionate share of the marital estate to Maria. In his petition, Gabino alleged that he was aware of the divorce petition filed by Maria but was not aware that she had proceeded with the divorce, and also was not aware that the divorce decree was


entered on December 20, 1994. At the time the divorce decree was signed, Gabino alleged in his bill of review that he and Maria were living together as husband and wife, and that four months after the divorce decree was signed, they purchased a house as husband and wife. Gabino alleged he did not become aware of the divorce decree until he was recently served with eviction papers *847 demanding that he vacate the former marital homestead of the parties located at 3407 Kirk. He further alleged that Maria's fraud prevented him from protecting his rights to his just share of their community property, and that he was not negligent in defending his claim. Gabino concluded by asking that the divorce decree be canceled, and a "just andCOMMENTARY/ANALYSIS: Since the Los Angeles Kings won the 2014 Stanley Cup Championship, their second Stanley Cup win in three seasons, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi has received a great deal of praise for his work to build the Kings into a championship team and a perennial Stanley Cup contender. But he claims that he is not responsible for that success. Rather, it’s the players, head coach, and ownership who should get all the credit.

In this multi-part series, Frozen Royalty will take a close look at Lombardi’s role in the Kings’ success, how much of his vision has become reality, and how true his statement, “…it ain’t me” really is.

EL SEGUNDO, CA — With the Los Angeles Kings having won two Stanley Cup Championships in the last three seasons,


it is easy to forget that it was not so long ago when the franchise was teetering on the edge of becoming totally irrelevant in Southern California.

On April 21, 2006, Kings Vice President, Communications and Broadcasting Mike Altieri opened a press conference at what was then the HealthSouth Training Center (now the Toyota Sports Center) in El Segundo, California by saying that the team was about to “…embark on a new era of Kings hockey in Los Angeles.”

LOS ANGELES — During the on-ice celebration after the Los Angeles Kings won the 2014 Stanley Cup Championship on June 13 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and during their celebratory rally on June 16, also at Staples Center, different members of the organization expressed their gratitude and appreciation for eachother and for their fans. But they all had carefully crafted messages for the hockey world.

For President/General Manager Dean Lombardi, the message was that the Kings have climbed to the top of the mountain named “National Hockey League,” and that their unity and resolve would keep them on top, or very close to it, for the foreseeable future.

LOS ANGELES — Without some sort of miracle from above, the Culver City Ice Arena, where the Los Angeles Kings practiced for more than twenty years, starting in the mid-1970’s, is now in its final week of operation, set to close its doors for good on February 2.

Owners of the property have leased it to Planet Granite, which has announced plans to open a yoga, rock climbing and fitness center in


Kings forward, one who is very familiar with youth hockey in the Los Angeles area, shared his thoughts on what could be done at the site, should there be a reprieve for the ice rink.

Photos of the professional staff hang on the wall near the entrance to the Culver City Ice Arena.
The skate rental counter is in the background.
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Photo: Gann Matsuda/FrozenRoyalty.net

LOS ANGELES — Over the last week, former Los Angeles Kings players and staff have shared their memories from when the team made the Culver City Ice Arena their practice home for nearly twenty years, until they moved to Iceoplex in the San Fernando Valley in 1994.

The Culver City Ice Arena is due to close permanently in less than two weeks on Februaryinternational real estate, retail, and entertainment conglomerate that owns the Los Angeles Kings, dropped a bombshell when they announced that they were no longer up for sale.

But what many considered to be a bombshell with an even greater payload was a part of that same announcement: that Tim Leiweke, the President and Chief Executive Officer of AEG since 1996, would be, “…leaving the company by mutual agreement.”

That Leiweke left AEG amicably is highly unlikely, but that is for another story. In any event, prior to his departure, he had been the front man, the face, the pitch man—he was AEG, as far as so many were concerned, especially since Philip Anschutz has been extremely reclusive while at the top of his AEG empire.

The logos of the Los Angeles


Behind the scenes at the Loew’s Jersey City: How a 1929 Wonder Theatre was brought back to life

“The wealthy rub elbows with the poor — and are better for this contact,” said architect George Rapp of his Loew’s Jersey and Kings Theatres–two of the five Loew’s Wonder Theatres built in 1929-30 around the NYC area. The over-the-top, opulent movie palaces were built by the Loew’s Corporation not only to establish their stature in the film world but to be an escape for people from all walks of life. This held true during the Great Depression and World War II, but by the time the mid-60s hit and middle-class families began relocating to the suburbs where megaplexes were all the rage, the Wonder Theatres fell out of fashion.

Amazingly, though,and more.

6sqft recently had the chance to take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Loew’s Jersey Theatre with executive director Colin Egan to learn about its amazing evolution and photograph its gilded beauty.

The Loew’s Jersey opened on September 28, 1929, as the fourth of the five Loew’s Wonder Theatres, just two weeks after the Loew’s Paradise in the Bronx and the Loew’s Kings in Brooklyn, both of which opened on September 7th. At this time, Journal Square was a bustling shopping and transportation district, and the location was chosen for its proximity to the train station, so celebrities from New York City could easily get across the river. It was also a hub for entertainment, as two other grand theaters–the Stanley and the State (demolished 1997)–were located nearby.

The $2


million project was designed by the Chicago-based firm Rapp and Rapp, who were considered the leading theater designers of the early 20th century, having more than 400 theaters around the country to their name. Some of their best-known works include the Chicago Theatre and Oriental Theatre in their hometown and Paramount Theatres all over the nation, including those in Brooklyn and Times Square. They also received several commissions from Loew’s, including Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, the Loew’s State Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island, the Loew’s Penn Theatre in Pittsburgh, and the Loew’s Jersey.

For their Journal Square masterpiece, they worked in a gilded, Baroque-Rococo style, which Egan describes as “opulence unbound but with a purpose.” The exterior was decidedly simpler, with a muted terra cotta facade and a fairly standardYork Times, “Reports of the theater opening describe an eight-foot, 150-year-old French Buhl clock, Dresden porcelain vases from the Vanderbilt mansion, bronze statues from France, crimson curtains embroidered with gold griffins and a turquoise-tiled Carrera marble fountain filled with goldfish.” Creating even more of a spectacle, guests were serenaded by live piano music or a string quartet coming from the musicians’ salon, the gallery above the entrance.

The Italian Renaissance-style auditorium boasted 1,900 seats with an additional 1,200 on the balcony. Since the stage was meant for both film and live performances, it was equipped with a full fly system attached to a 50-foot screen that could be moved in and out.

At the front of the stage, a tripartite orchestra pit was added, the left side of which held


the Robert Morton “Wonder Morton” pipe organ that had 4 manuals and 23 ranks. The Robert Morton Organ Company was the second greatest producer of theatre organs behind Wurlitzer. They were known to be tonally powerful while retaining a refined, symphonic sound.

On opening night, the film “Madame X” starring Ruth Chatterton and Lewis Stone was shown along with a live musical performance by Ben Black and his Rhythm Kings and the Loew’s Symphony Orchestra. There was also a live jazz band, acrobats, comedians, and chorus girls. Tickets to the whole soiree were just 25 or 35 cents, depending on one’s seat.

Throughout the years, notable names who appeared on stage were Bob Hope, Duke Ellington, the Ritz Brothers, Jackie Coogan, and Russ Columbo and His Band. One of Egan’sfavorite stories to tell is about Bing Crosby’s 1934 performance. Frank Sinatra had taken the trolley from Hoboken to catch the act, and it was then that he decided he wanted to be a singer.

Scars of the triplexing still exist on the auditorium ceiling

In 1974, in an attempt to compete with the influx of suburban “megaplexes,” the Loew’s Corporation triplexed the theatre. On the auditorium level, a wall was erected down the center aisle to create two smaller theaters with new projection booths. The balcony became the third theater, utilizing the original screen. It was at this time, too, that the pipe organ was removed and relocated to the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, where it still remains.

In August of 1986, the theatre closed its door with


him that thought the plan was “too fantastical.”

A balcony-level view of a yet-to-be-restored area and seats that still need to be worked on

But Egan is now happy to say he was wrong. Every weekend from that point to 1996, volunteers were working in the theater. They removed the partitions that had been put up, worked on the mechanical, lighting, and stage systems, and updated the original projection equipment and added modern versions. They also stripped layers upon layers of paint from the marble fixtures in the bathrooms and removed pigeon coops from the projection booth.

One of the biggest jobs was the seating. Volunteers mapped every seat–they’re slightly different sizes depending on what part of the curve they’re located on–before removing them, scraping the old paint, priming and paintingall the metal, staining and varnishing the armrests, and adding new ball bearings.

The organ arrived from California in two tractor-trailer loads of parts

In addition, the Garden State Theatre Organ Society donated a new organ. It wasn’t the original, but it was the one that had been at the Loew’s Paradise in the Bronx. It took 11 years of restoration work by Society volunteers to get the instrument up and running in 2007. This included putting back 1,800 pipes, the platform, and all the wires. It’s now the only Wonder Morton Organ still in use at a Wonder Theater.

The first truly public event took place at the end of 2001–a tribute to the anniversary of Pearl Harbor and a memorial to the then very recent September 11th attacks. Today,


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testified that, on 2 April 1972 at approximately 3 a.m., he and Andrew Mitchell, now deceased, left an establishment called Turner's Blue Lounge located at 40th Street and Indiana Avenue in Chicago. They were walking south on the west side of the street when three men unexpectedly came out of a building entrance and walked past them. Matthews became apprehensive and placed a pocket knife in his hand. A single man, not one of the three who came out of the entrance, ran across the street from the east side towards Matthews and Mitchell. The man approached them with a pistol drawn and pointed at them, and said, "it's a stick-up" and "drop your knife." On cross-examination, it was brought out that before the grand jury Matthews hadtestified only that the man said "drop your knife."
The area was sufficiently illuminated by street lights to give Matthews a clear view of the man. Matthews observed the assailant, at close proximity, for about 30 seconds. He described the man as between 5'10" and 6', about 150 pounds, brown skin, wearing a coat which reached below his knees and a turned down hat. Over objection, the man was identified by Matthews, in court, as the defendant. Hence, Matthews, as an eyewitness, identified defendant as the person who committed the attempt armed robbery.
When defendant turned his head to see if anyone was around, Matthews ran south in the direction of 43rd Street, leaving Mitchell and defendant behind. When he was between 42nd and 43rd Streets, Matthews heard a shot


fired. When he arrived at an establishment on 43rd Street called the Music Box Lounge, Matthews attempted to call the police. However, the phone there was not working and he did not in fact contact the police until two days later. Matthews' explanation for the delay was that he was frightened because he did not know "what kind of friends [defendant] might have."
Although Matthews could not testify as to the results of the shot which he had merely heard, several other witnesses did. Ollie Thomas, a Chicago police officer, testified he was off-duty, driving north on Indiana in his own car, when he stopped for a traffic light at 41st Street. There he observed four men running east on 41st Street. One was wearing a trench coat. Hewas, however, too far away to make an identification. When Thomas pulled away from the light, still going north on Indiana, he saw a man staggering in the center of the street. The man was subsequently identified as Mitchell. Thomas brought his vehicle to a stop. Mitchell *982 collapsed and Thomas pulled him off to the side of the street so that he would not be run over by passing traffic.
Another witness, Donald Larrue, testified he was with defendant and three other friends at 41st Street and Indiana on 2 April 1972, at about 2:30 a.m., having come from a party with them. Larrue left the group on the northeast corner of the intersection and walked north, on the east side of Indiana, towards a restaurant at 40th


Street. As he approached the restaurant, he heard a shot behind him. Larrue turned and observed a man stagger across the street. Larrue further observed another man drag him between two cars.
John Johnson was the only witness who testified that he saw the shooting. At the time of the incident, Johnson was walking south on Indiana Avenue from 40th Street to 41st Street. He saw three men near 41st Street, about 40 to 45 feet away from him. One man was holding a gun. Johnson recognized this man as defendant, whom Johnson had known for four years. One of the men, not defendant, ran south toward 41st Street. Johnson heard a shot and observed a flash from defendant's gun. After the shot was fired, defendant ran east onexamination of the circumstances relating to the State's petition for extension. Defendant was arrested on 2 April 1972 and held without bond in the Cook County Jail until his trial on 11 December 1973. Continuances were granted either on motion of, or by agreement of, defendant on 14 July 1972, 18 July 1972, 27 July 1972, 11 August 1972, 16 August 1972, 31 August 1972, 22 September 1972, 13 October 1972, 4 December 1972, 2 February 1973, 15 March 1973, 30 April 1973, 9 May 1973, 18 May 1973, and 21 May 1973. This last continuance was to 20 June 1973. All subsequent continuances were on order of the court or on motion of the State. These were obtained on 20 June 1973, 23 July 1973, 27 August


1973, 10 September 1973, and 9 October 1973.
On 16 October 1973, two days prior to expiration of the term, the State presented its "Petition For An Extension of Time Under the 4th Term Act." The allegations of the petition were as follows:
"1. That a material and essential witness in the above entitled and numbered indictment is one Dale Kuykendall of 4120 South Prairie, Chicago Illinois.
2. That a material and essential witness in the above entitled and numbered indictment is Margaret Kuykendall of 4120 South Prairie, Chicago, Illinois.
3. That the State's Attorney of Cook County has exercised due diligence to produce the presence of this witness [sic], Dale and Margaret Kuykendall, before this Honorable Court on 9 October 1973, on which date the above captioned cause was set forThe investigator, without being sworn in, informed the judge that a number of efforts had been made to locate the witnesses, but that these efforts had been unsuccessful. However, the investigator stated that *984 he believed the witnesses could be located, if an extension were granted, through interviews with a relative who had previously been reluctant to cooperate. The Assistant State's Attorney also represented to the judge that the Departments of Public Aid and of Social Security were aiding in the investigation; that reports had been received to the effect that the Kuykendalls were in the area; and that, given more time, a person who had been reluctant to disclose their whereabouts may come forward with the information needed. The investigator then told the judge that in his


was testifying on direct examination as a witness for the State. He had related the circumstances of the street confrontation between Mitchell and himself and a person (whom he described) who had approached the two, armed with a handgun pointed at them, and had announced a "stickup." At that point, the prosecutor asked Matthews whether there was anyone then in the courtroom whom Matthews could identify as the man who had *987 pointed the pistol at them. Defense counsel immediately objected, made an oral motion to suppress any in-court identification of defendant by Matthews, and requested an immediate hearing on his motion. No pretrial motion to suppress identification testimony had been made, and no grounds for the instant motion were advanced. The request for an immediate hearing waswas face-to-face and in close proximity with the person who had approached Mitchell and himself and had pointed a handgun at them while announcing a "stickup." The street was well illuminated, and the witness gave a detailed description of the armed person. In People v. Hudson (1970), 46 Ill.2d 177, 189, 263 N.E.2d 473, 480, a similar 30-second eyewitness viewing was held sufficient to establish a prior independent origin for an in-court identification. The Supreme Court stated:
"When it is considered that he was the witness to a violent crime and that he was confronted by a person armed with a deadly weapon it seems apparent that he had adequate opportunity and reason to recall the appearance of the murderer."
 9 We conclude that, since, under the instant circumstances,


Mitchell) staggering in the center of the street; the incident here in question occurred, according to Matthews, on the west side of Indiana Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets. Officer Thomas stopped his car; Mitchell collapsed in the street, and Thomas pulled him to the side of the street so that he would not be run over by passing traffic.
Donald Larrue testified that, at about 2:30 a.m. on 2 April 1972, he was with defendant and three other friends on the northeast corner of 41st Street and Indiana Avenue; they had all come from a party. Matthews testified that the assailant came toward Mitchell and himself from the east side of Indiana Avenue, crossing the street. Larrue left the other four and walked north on the east sideof Indiana Avenue toward a restaurant at 40th Street. As he approached the restaurant, he heard a shot behind him, turned around, saw a man stagger across Indiana Avenue, and saw another man drag the staggering man between two cars. Collating this testimony with that of Officer Thomas, Larrue saw Mitchell staggering across Indiana Avenue immediately after Larrue had heard the shot, and also saw Officer Thomas pull Mitchell to the side of Indiana Avenue. Larrue's testimony clearly places defendant on the scene at the approximate time of the incident (as testified to by Matthews) and in the company of three other persons; and, just before Officer Thomas saw Mitchell staggering in the street, Thomas saw four men running east on 41st Street away from Indiana Avenue.
On the


date and at the time of the incident, John Johnson was walking south on Indiana Avenue from 40th Street toward 41st Street. When he was about 40 to 45 feet away from them, he saw three men near 41st Street. One man was holding a gun, and Johnson identified that man as defendant, whom Johnson had known for four years. One of the three men, not defendant, ran south toward 41st Street. Johnson then heard a shot and saw a flash from the gun which defendant was holding. After the shot was fired, Johnson saw defendant run east on 41st Street. The inference is clear that the three men whom Johnson saw were Mitchell, Matthews, and the man holding the gun, whom Johnson identified as *993 defendant. Weworld championship of the popular video game “League of Legends” sold out the Staples Center in Los Angeles last October, while 32 million more fans watched the showdown via the Internet. Even the reruns are hot. Gameplay videos are among the most popular shows on Youtube.

Indeed, one of the most popular transmitters on YouTube is a 24-year-old Swedish gamer nicknamed PewDiePie, whose profanity-drenched videos have been watched 3.7 billion times.

There’s also Twitch.tv, which shows nothing but gaming videos, most of them displayed live from basements, attics, and living rooms around the world. Anyone can transmit his or her games over Twitch free of charge, and about 1 million people do, while each month some 45 million fans log on to watch and hang out in game-centric chat rooms.

Twitch


A threesome, sex with a stranger or work on a porn film: the choice will be yours, as HarperCollins prepares to launch an erotic version of the Choose Your Own Adventure books which were wildly popular in the 1980s.

This time, though, rather than pretending to be a deep-sea explorer searching for the lost city of Atlantis, or a space traveller born on a spaceship travelling between galaxies, "you" are a woman who has been stood up in a swish hotel bar. When a stranger mistakes you for a high-class escort, slips you an envelope full of cash and invites you to his room, the first of many choices begins.

Follow Your Fantasy, which will be out just in time for Valentine's Day from the publisher's digital romance imprint HarperImpulse,erotic experience first came to her "in bed – alone".

"My mind was wandering around the idea that erotica is often sold in anthologies of short stories and that the Choose Your Own Adventures that I'd loved as a child were actually that – several short stories around a central branch. I had to get up in the middle of the night and trawl the internet to see if anyone had done that. And they hadn't," she told the Guardian.

She immediately "brainstormed a flow chart", she said. "I almost couldn't get it on paper quickly enough. Then I had to see if I could write erotica as I hadn't done it before. Once I started, I kept track of paths using index cards all over the floor, colour coding


with by the publisher Little, Brown, which launched A Girl Walks Into A Bar last summer. Published under the name Helena S Paige, and written by three friends, it asks: "Will you spend the evening drinking tequila with a rock star? Or perhaps the suave and charming millionaire businessman is more your style … Maybe you want to head home instead - to your sexy new neighbour ... The power is entirely yours in this fully interactive, choose–your–own–destiny novel." Two more novels in the series, A Girl Walks Into a Wedding, and A Girl Walks Into a Blind Date, are due out later this year.They found that over a period of about 5 million years, the species that were most likely to die out were those that used the most energy in their daily lives.

On the other hand, the species that took things nice and easy, and kept their metabolic rates to a minimum, managed to stand the test of time.

"Maybe in the long term the best evolutionary strategy for animals is to be lassitudinous and sluggish — the lower the metabolic rate, the more likely the species you belong to will survive," noted study co-author Lieberman in a release. "Instead of 'survival of the fittest,' maybe a better metaphor for the history of life is 'survival of the laziest' or at least 'survival of the sluggish.'"

That factor may also help species


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"The Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda in about four billion years. So knowing what kind of a monster our galaxy is up against is useful in finding out the Milky Way's ultimate fate," said Dr Mackey from the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

"Andromeda has a much bigger and more complex stellar


said.

While the study helps answer important questions about the fate of our galaxy, it also opens up new questions and mysteries. Scientists say that Andromeda's two rounds of feeding came from entirely different directions.

"This is very weird and suggests that the extragalactic meals are fed from what's known as the 'cosmic web' of matter that threads the universe," said Professor Lewis from the Sydney Institute for Astronomy and University of Sydney School of Physics, who co-led the study with Dr Mackey.

"More surprising is the discovery that the direction of the ancient feeding is the same as the bizarre 'plane of satellites', an unexpected alignment of dwarf galaxies orbiting Andromeda."

Those planes can be torn up by Andromeda's own gravity within the space of a few billion years, according tojoy to my family and me.”

Circuses remove last of the big cats from UK's big tops Read more

An estimated 10 million people visit the Ringling Bros shows each year. However, the closure of the circus is further proof that entertainment tastes have moved away from traditional circuses, often featuring animals, towards more theatrical circus entertainment with a focus on acrobatics, such as the global phenomenon Cirque du Soleil.

One of the remaining British circuses that still used animals in its perfomances, The Great British Circus, finally closed in 2012.

Ringling Bros have been targeted for years by animal rights groups protesting at the use of animals. In 1907, the circus had boasted 35 horses, 26 elephants, 16 camels and other assorted animals that travelled across the US on 92 train


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Prosecutor Michael Arthur said Chow met Chen, a nightclub hostess, in August 2009.

Chen divorced her husband a month later. Chow and Chen then developed a sexual relationship although Chow had another live-in girlfriend.

Arthur said that before the killing Chow and Kong checked the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront before meeting the victim early in the morning. They then went to Pam's Pub at New Mandarin Plaza, where Chow and Kong plied her with alcohol. They later walked her to the waterfront, where they allegedly killed her at around 5am.

The court heard that, at first, Chow and Kong told police that Chen had fallen into the sea accidentally but later changed their stories and blamed each other for masterminding the crime.

Arthur said that, after questioning, Kong confessed


to police that they had discussed a plan to kill the victim and that Chow promised to share with him half of the HK$2.8million payout to settle the debts.

The court heard that Kong admitted to police lifting the victim's legs and throwing her into the sea. Chow then jumped into sea to drown her by holding her head under water.

Kong told police he jumped into the water and helped hold the victim's head under water but he later gave up when he became scared.

But Chow told police that Kong was the mastermind. He said Kong instructed him to buy the life insurance for Chen in October 2009 to earn some 'quick money'.

Chow also told police that after Kong threw Chen into the sea, Kong asked him to jumpInterview recorded April 21, 2012
Bob Baldwin has been a fixture in the contemporary jazz world for over 20 years. With the release of his latest CD, BETCHA BY GOLLY WOW - BOB BALDWIN PRESENTS THE MUSIC OF THOM BELL, he speaks with Soulmusic.com's Michael Lewis about his love for the music of that musical giant, and the incredible collection of musicians he works with.
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Mandanda: I could have been paralysed

France goalkeeper Steve Mandanda has revealed he is lucky not to be paralysed, following his horrific clash while playing for Marseille in May.

Published

6 August 2014

Mandanda missed the World Cup after cracking a vertebra in his neck in a collision with Guingamp's Mustapha Yatabare in a Ligue 1 match on May 17 but the 29-year-old claimed it could have been even worse.

The Marseille goalkeeper, who made his return to the pitch in a friendly against Willem II in July, claimed he could have become a tetraplegic - or quadriplegic - following the accident.

"In the heat of the moment you have no time to ask yourself questions," Mandanda told France Football.

"I wanted to get up but I sensed it wasn't possible and I wentoff on a stretcher.

"When I was on the stretcher the thought went through my mind: 'Will I recover in time to play at the World Cup?' I didn't realise how serious the accident was. I could have been tetraplegic and forced to give up football.

"The neurosurgeon admitted that to me the following morning having looked at the scans and the MRI. He told me I wouldn't be able to go to the World Cup but added I'd been lucky amidst the distress. It could have been much more serious."

Mandanda played 90 minutes on Saturday in his second match since the accident, helping Marseille to a 3-1 friendly win over Chievo Verona.

Ahead of his eighth season at the Stade Velodrome, Mandanda underlined how important it was to move on


from the memory of his final match of last season, effectively pledging his future to Marseille after being linked with moves to Milan and Arsenal in the close-season.

"Leaving the club and the Stade Velodrome on a stretcher, injured, after all these years at the club would not have been great," he said.

"I want to have a good season with [Marseille] and erase last season as far as possible, as simple as that."Freetown. Each sung a medley of hymns. The first was slow and ponderous and wouldn’t have been out of place in an English church, the second was full of gusto, with finger clicking, swaying and “hallelujahs”.

This set the scene for the lesson from guest preacher; Reverend Pratt. Appropriately enough for a celebration of the choir, he took as his theme the power of music to inspire and educate. Having commended the hymns he launched into a diatribe against the Salone chart; songs about loose women, lovers, and liars. With each song or artist he name-checked there was an increasing roar of recognition from the congregation (especially our friends from the East End). Scowling and warming to his message, the pastor roared at the congregation; “Dis na sexual biznes,


American motorcycle maker, Harley-Davidson has announced to recall around 19,000 motorcycles in the US due to brake bolt corrosion in the brake master cylinder's banjo bolt thread. The corrosion can lead to a sudden loss of brake fluid resulting in reduced effect of the front brakes increasing the risk of a crash.

The problem is discovered in motorcycles manufactured between 22nd August 2012 and 24th February 2013 in the United States that include the FXST103, FLSTC, FLSTC103, FLSTF, FLSTF103, FXDL, FXDWG, FXDWG103, FXDC, FXDB, FLSTN, FLSTN103, FLSTC103Shrine, FLSTFB, FLSTFB103, FXS, FXS103, FLS, FLS103, FLD, FLD103, FXDF, and FXDF103 Dyna and Softail.THE BASEMENT IN HOSPITAL – 126 “HELL” ROOM IN PRIPYAT

Everyone has already heard about the terrible room in basement in hospital No. 126 of Pripyat town. It is there that belong to the firefighters and employees of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, who extinguished the fire during terrible accident at nuclear power plant in 1986.

Radiation in the first hours after explosion reached such monstrous indicators that people fighting with fire died within a year of radiation sickness.

It was the Pripyat hospital that took first victims. Clothing that was with radiation, orderlies sent to basement of hospital. A day later the entire city was evacuated, and all «dirty» things were forgotten …

After 31 years, radioactive clothing continues to lie in the same basement room, emitting about 4 R / h,


which exceeds the norm by hundreds of thousands of times.

Let’s look into that terrible room: (For a photo thanks to photographer Nikolay Onishchenko and everyone who participated in this expedition):

About the Chernobyl accident

As a result of explosions in the reactor and the release of heat-heated to high temperature fragments of its active zone on the roofs of some rooms of reactor compartment and engine room, more than 30 fire places arose. A special danger was fire on the roof of engine room, where turbine generators of all power units were installed.

During the explosion, part of the overlappings fell to turbine generator # 7, damaging oil lines and electrical cables, which led to their ignition. A large temperature inside reactor caused burning of graphite. The Chernobyl nuclear power plantGet the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

A lucky driver escaped with minor injuries yesterday after his car was crushed by tonnes of manure.

A trailer-load of foul-smelling waste buried the Peugeot 208 during a bizarre accident at a busy roundabout in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Miraculously, the man behind the wheel was able to climb from the wreckage before he was checked over by medics.

The collision happened at the roundabout at Station Road and Ferguslie at around 1pm yesterday afternoon.

It is understood the tractor trailer tipped on the tight bend, dropping much of its agricultural load on the black Peugeot 208 car.

The driver, who has not


after a long marriage, suddenly became a divorced empty nester in the Heartland.

Having always had an opinion, (w/a New York attitude), and being vocal about it, and with a love of reading and writing, I had a weekend newspaper column in the Midwest, writing about life – its little annoyances and its joys - as seen through the perspective of both a New Yorker and a Midwesterner.

When the newspaper changed editors, I went out with the bathwater, so as a 2008 New Year’s resolution, I decided to blog and began in June 2008.once the discharge process has been initiated. Their outlet port closure structure generally consists of a draw cord member fastened around a flexible tubular outlet chute, that once loosened, allows free discharge flow of the mortar through the chute until the entire contents of the bag passes therethrough.
Therefore, while the needs to adopt and to incorporate the advantages of the bulk transport/storage bag concepts to the smaller construction project exist, no practical approach which maintains the economies for which the system was designed has been devised in the art. The present invention provides a dispensing system that addresses these deficiencies and needs of the prior art.


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Shortly after I started teaching at Art Center College, a young woman from Malta named Rebecca Cremona developed a screenplay in my Screenwriting 1 class called Simshar. She went on to direct the film and this year it was Malta's official selection for the foreign film Academy Award. It's a terrific, moving tale about a maritime disaster against the backdrop of debate over immigration issues in Europe, and how the "little guy" is often caught up in political issues beyond his or her control. Rebecca kindly agreed to answer a few questions about the writing and making of Simshar for my blog.

Q: Simshar is based on a true story. It’s obviously dramatic, but what in particular drew you to this material?

Rebecca Cremona: I am veryLaManna (the Chair of the Undergraduate and Graduate Film Departments at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California) asked if we would help create a graduate level class in pitching. Ross, being an established Hollywood screenwriter and a bright guy, was deeply acquainted with the value of learning to pitch. He knew that, while many film classes can teach you how to write a script or operate a camera, understanding how to present your ideas (and present yourself) is where the rubber meets the road in showbiz. He knew that sending a graduate into the working world without knowing how to sell themselves and their projects is leaving them half-armed. In retrospect, Ross’ idea was pretty clever: take a Hollywood screenwriter (Doug) and put him in


Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos (Penguin Classics)

Part of the generation that produced Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos wrote one of the most grimly honest portraits of World War I. Three Soldiers portrays the lives of a trio of army privates: Fuselli, an Italian American store clerk from San Francisco; Chrisfield, a farm boy from Indiana; and Andrews, a musically gifted Harvard graduate from New York. Hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication in 1921, Three Soldiers is a gripping exploration of fear and ambition, conformity and rebellion, desertion and violence, and the brutal and dehumanizing effects of a regimented war machine on ordinary soldiers.Plant Manipulation. While this happened, Hiashi and the Sandaime make Naruto Hinata's Guardian. NaruHina/Mother-Like Kyubi, Bloodline Naruto Beta'd by Luna2859

When the Dursleys die in a car crash, Dumbledore is left with a quandary as to where to place the Boy-Who-Lived. That is, until he remembers another relative of Lily's: a cousin in Japan. Rated M just be safe.

After the death of the men, Robin is forced to change her remaining soldiers to save the world. So with help from Anna and Tharja she'll set out to save the future. After she succeeds she gains a power she never imagined. FORMERLY known as The Futanari Tactician.

Months after Yui came to the real world, the family has adjusted to their new routines, even as they remain happy. But their stories


a peaceful, quiet life. So of course she ends up with wolf shifters and vegan vampires as neighbors. Then Voldemort starts corresponding with her. HP/TMR JR. Bad Dumbledore. ON HAITUS TO FINISH RIDDLE AND THE ANCIENT CONTRACT

A storm is brewing. Casting a black shadow over the world, threatening to incinerate it and scatter its ashes to the winds. Humanity's only hope lies with a young boy. A boy sacrificed for their protection, yet condemned to a life of hatred and abuse. Will the pariah become the savior? Or will mankind be cast into oblivion by a monster of their own creation?

Wizarding Britain descended into chaos and madness when a fire supposedly claimed the life of the cherished Girl-Who-Lived. Laws were changed. People took sides. Until a dhampir bythe name of Krista turned up for her first year at Hogwarts School. This is her story—in a world that's gone mad. Cedric/Fem!Harry. Semi-dark fic. Fake prophecy.

Tony Stark really didn't have anything that kept his interest, no one could ever keep up with him and his own personal demons always chased him into a bottle. Iris Potter was forced to abandon her homeland when her people demanded she become nothing more then a brood mare, so she ran to the other side of the pond and played the stock market while hitting the bottle. Then, they met.

Issei Hyoudou is the Sekiryutei. Not many people knew how powerful he is, or what he's done. And he's perfectly fine with that. He's done with people. All he wants to do


Edited: This story has just one past 200k views. Time for me to leave the country!

It's the year 2185CE. Commander Jane Shepard is recruiting members to bring with her on a mission against the Collectors and the Reapers. Among the candidates is Dr. Harry Potter, the reclusive mad scientist who has been missing for twenty years. Who knows what he was doing during that time? Rated M to be sure.

She was an agent of Evil who regretted her choices. He was a child with a destiny too heavy for his shoulders. Is the Wizarding World ready for a Boy-Who-Lived influenced by a reforming Fallen Angel? …Probably not. NOT Harry/Lash

The Girl-Who-Lived grew up in a stable household despite Dumbledore's manipulations, as Iris Dursley she lives a perfectly normal lifeexactly what it seems? FemHarry, DumbledoreBashing EXPLICIT SEX/ MENTION OF RAPE. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

Violet Evans was a quiet introverted girl who just wanted to be left alone. She liked reading, talking to snakes, helping out her mum, and didn't really care much for the world at large. When Petunia told her she wasn't actually her daughter, that she was born Harriet Potter, she wasn't impressed in the slightest. No, she knew who she was, and the magical world could just sod off.

Darth Revan was not a stupid woman, far from it really. She knew Malak was unstable, she knew he was planning to betray her, and she knew he'd take advantage of the Jedi attempting to take her out. So now she finds herself apprentice-less, with a bridge


filled with dead Jedi, and a comatose padawan in her brig. How to turn this young woman to her cause. Hmm...My, this could be fun.

Harry's troubled life is further complicated when his sex is changed due to a shoddy potion and a rebounding blood seal, she is the only one not surprised at this turn of events, blasted Potter luck. Now known as Lilly follow her as she embraces her new found freedom and powers as she and her friends toy with the world, for she solemnly swears she is up to no good. A rewrite.

Naruto fails in her attempt to stop the Infinite Tsukoyomi but is not cast under its spell because her ideal world is one where she doesn't exist. She is left in a worldalone, broken but determined to find a jutsu that can reverse the damage done. She soon realizes she is not alone and is left with a snake man who appears to be more confused than amused. FemNaruto/Orochimaru?

Dudley Dursley was a thuggish, self centered, and self serving individual, and he knew it. One day though, the cousin he'd been told all his life was nothing more than a worthless freak blew up at him and unloaded his entire, insane existance. His parent's were nuts, Harry wasn't the freak, it was the idiots he was forced to exist with, aside from that dentist's daughter at least

They say that you can't expect everything, so what would happen when a crazy secret is revealed? You just have to wait and see! Pairings:


unusual fem Naruto story. GaaNaru. Sand Sibs as Konoha ambassadors.

Some say that being in the wrong place at the wrong time can get you killed. Well, young Naruto will learn this the hard way, as he tried to find food near the Uchiha Clan Compound, only to find something else instead. A different twist to the Uchiha Massacre and Naruto receives a gift he never asked for in the first place. NarutoxOC and KakashixOC.

With the Kanto and Orange Island behind him, Ash now has his eyes set on the Silver Conference and winning the Johto League. Join Ash, Sabrina and Cynthia has they travel through a new region and encounter new adventures and new challenges. This is the sequel to A Legend is Born. Pairing Ash/Sabrina/Cynthia

High School AUshyness is involved. (This is an omorashi/pee desperation fic. Reader discretion advised. Also, no incest occurs in this story)

Thanks to Lily Potter's cunning the world at large thinks Harry died with his parents ten years ago, long changed to a girl Lillith Black happily lives her life with her parents Sirius and Amelia growing up alongside her sister Sue and the time lost Bellatrix. The trick is Dumbledore still needs a pawn, and he doesn't really care who has to suffer for the 'Greater Good' Fem!Harry

Naruto ends up in Quahog and decides to just mess around a bit and have fun instead of his usual business. During this 'vacation' the overlord takes interest in a certain girl who has suffered from an abusive father and neglectful mother. NarutoxHarem.


her. M-rating for a reason, people. Gijinka, lemons, swearing/cursing, violence and general Wolfie awesomeness. Enjoy!

AU. A modification of the seal holding back the Kyuubi has surprising consequences. When each choice brings about a new world, what will happen when different possibilities collide? Many Naruto wreaking havoc! Complete.

The letter changed it all for the orphaned, abused little runaway with the messy black hair and the green, green eyes. Cassie's life was going to change but with vengeful teachers, manipulative headmasters and an uncaring wizarding world would it be for the better. Dark but not evil or overpowered FemHarry, eventual Femslash. Pretty close to canon apart from the obvious.

"The Ministry must be seen to do something", and with that, Harry Potter's wand is snapped. Expelled in his second year, heis invited to a new school famous for being the home of one of the Eight Great Repositories of Knowledge. But with Voldemort alive and the Chamber of Secrets still open, he will need every resource his new school possesses to stay alive in the coming years.

Fem! Harry. Seven year old Holly Potter is thrilled when the Dursleys' are forced to bring her along on Dudley's birthday trip to California. During a trip to the Stark Expo, Holly gets lost among the sea of people only to run into billionaire Tony Stark.

Naruto is taken in by the Empire of the Rising Sun's heir after a horrific incident at age four. Naruto is now locked on a path that not even the Priestesses of Demon Country could have predicted.


Harem, BAMF, Technological, and Imperial!

Believing himself forsaken by the Sandaime after a training accident with Jiraiya where he fails to summon Gamabunta in time, Naruto strikes out alone in search of a new life, but finds that plans go awry, his and others, and now Naruto is lost in another world entirely. "What do you mean 'There's no such thing as FIRE COUNTRY!"

Zenon is Jeremy's cousin and new student at Kadic Academy. She makes friends with the rest of the Lyoko gang and notices there's something weird about them. Features Zenon from Zenon:Girl of the 21st century.Not really a true crossover.No flames please!

Home from his journey in Kalos, Ash is told of a legend that very few people have heard of: A world that is full of naturalseven years later, the Girl-Who-Lived is back, yet she is more dangerous. Side with Voldemort-fic. Cedric/FemHarry

Kale Magonius is a young ninja assigned to work with Naruto and the others, follow him as he seeks to become a great ninja nad master of his family's Invocation Style Shippuden stuff starts at Chapter 29

He KNEW this was some sort of karmic joke. He shouldn't have laughed at other's seemingly 'silly' problem, even if said other was a fictional character. Now, he was forced to accept that, yes, ending everything with one punch could get frustrating, especially for a Gamer. Then again, when trapped inside a game where Death is very much real, that can only be a good thing...right?

While attending a child's birthday party, Tatsumaki gets a very different request


worlds; now the first born Princess of Robert Baratheon follow her journey as she is betrothed to the Starks of the North, adopts Arya as her apprentice, and shows an unchanging world what a mischievous millennium old witch can do.

Lillian might not be the absolute expert on the emotions department, but she she knew for sure that expression had no business ever being on Roomie's face. Based on Page 458, also known as 'Turn It On'.

In 1985 Vernon Dursley is killed in a fire, Petunia and her son were saved by her niece, the widow to reevaluate her treatment of her. Harleen Potter grows up loved and cared for, inseparable from her cousin. At the age of seven, Dudley has his own bought of accidental magic. Both childrenin the Grid, a malicious program is draining his power. With the help of an American illusionist, the forces inside the mysterious Sky Sanctuary, and a security program, can they save the AI before the Grid, and the entire planet are conquered by the MCP?

As a new being after the Magia Erebea took away his humanity, Naruto strives to live his life free from those who wish him and his Clan, the Fuhen, harm. But with Orochimaru, the Akatsuki and many others coming out of the woodwork to ruin his plans, that isn't going as well as it should. Especially when the world could end even if they do stop Madara's plans.

Mistress of Death, forever immortal, reborn into a new body every time she died, no matter its


age, gender, or culture. Safira had leaped through time, dimensions, and timelines, changing history forever. On her fifteenth rebirth, she was reborn into a mother's womb. Book 1 of the Rebirthing Series

It takes a Village to make a relationship-Or, at least, a bunch of over-reaching grumpy old farts, a military leader with a bit too much to drink, a nosy but well meaning kunoichi, eight ninken, and the power of youth. And a really cranky chakra monster with nine tails and a penchant for swearing. Kakashi/femNaru

Lillith Potter finds herself far from home after a poorly thought out ritual to reclaim her blood from Voldemort goes awry; being a dark witch in training she makes due the best she can as she tries to find a way to returnand the last high priestess of the old religion, is reincarnated as Morgan Potter, the girl-who-lived. She doesn't have a throne to conquer anymore but that won't stop her from having the Wizarding World bow before her. AU. Voldemort/FemHarry(Morgana). Neville is the real Chosen One but FemHarry is still a horcrux.

Lillith Potter, The-Girl-Who-Lived and Mistress of Death has lived many lives in many realities, and now she finds herself a loyal servant of the Principality of Zeon. How will the One Year unfold in the presence of a bored immortal who thoroughly enjoys being the enforcer of a totalitarian regime who gives her access to giant fighting robots and nuclear weapons?

When Maylene and Lucario were meditating one day, Lucario collapsed. He later recovered thanks to the aid of


potential he never knew. One day he finds the one who redirects his life for... well for better or for worst might be a matter of perspective. (Oneshot Ash/Sabrina, LEMON warning)

Well if Kirito wasn't giving Asuna sex, it was only a matter of time before some one else gave it her. He just so happen to like it the way she did, no strings attached. Asuna X Agil. Oneshot. Smut. To TheCasanovaOfSmut.

From a fantasy land filled with swords and death, to the open skies of the country of fairies and the wastelands of sharpshooters, this is a tale of one VRGamer's journey through the worlds of SAO, ALO, and GGO, and he'll conquer them all without looking back. - OC and Video Game characters. Discontinued. REDUX is up!Check it out!

Having check-mated himself into a corner with his acquisition of little sisters that needed protecting as well as freedom, Naruto resigns himself to the idea of taking charge of a nation for their sake. That didn't mean he was going to take the whole thing as seriously as his wife had intended though. Fourth in series.

"It is like we predicted, the North-South super coalition collapsed. Guardians of the galaxy, Providence and Drone Region Federation have joined with us, Elite Space Coalition, HERO and The Legions is with Lighthawk." Paul stated. "We are really doing this then?" "Yes, yes we are."

A young Jasmine Potter escapes a terrible home situation by teleporting herself to the Elemental Nations. Against all odds, she will turn her life around, gain family


and friends, and finally… Grow Strong. fem!Harry. Warning: Abuse in first chapter, mentions of abuse in following ones.

PART 2: She slayed the dragon, reclaimed the Mountain, birthed a forest, and won a war. But that was just the beginning. The past has a funny way of coming back to haunt you. Horcruxes and Dark Lords and quests to destroy them both, this time though, she's not alone. She has a Fellowship at her side.

Five years after "Christmas Blessings", a brand new story is about to unfold for Kazuto and Asuna as the Kirigaya family is about to receive a rambunctious and rather reckless new daughter named Strea. Will they be able to handle the energetic youth or will she need more help than originally thought? Starring Strea oflet her leave- and she was okay with that. GB!Kirito.

When she thinks no one is looking, Petunia slaps three year old Harry while stuck in traffic. Mafia Lord Salvator Diadone notices and takes action. This is a Harry grows up in the mafia story, with a bit of a twist.

Harry Potter despised being a celebrity and the drama it entailed, the only person he wanted to share this burden with was his twin sister Lillith who unfortunately is a vapid fool. He wishes on a falling star for his sister to be the equal he needs at the same time an affable Dark Lady from another dimension falls through the veil, be careful what you wish for. Sort of twincesty

Second in the Black Queen series. Last year, Jen


Swearing Slytherin

Orochimaru thought that using the seal would disrupt the Kyuubi's chakra and render Naruto weak and helpless in the Forest of Death in the Chuunin Exams...little did he realize that in Naruto lies a dormant power...older than all the Kekkai Genkai. Story is now in the ice box, will thaw it when non Naruto stories are updated to my satisfaction.

Naruto was on a mission to get himself some little sisters and by his divine left testicle, he was going to get them. Xanna was content to let him do it and maybe corrupt one or two in the process for amusement. Third in series, advisable to read previous ones first.

Lillith Potter-Black's life has turned around since third year, she has her eyes on the prettiest and smartestgirl in the school, her new dad and uncle give her constant material for her pranking, and her rather violent friends at Gringotts keep the media at bay. Unfortunately nothing is able to prepare her for her name being drawn from the Goblet of Fire. Dark gray Fem!Harry

COMPLETE! Summary: AU Kakashi prepared himself for the worst when he was saddled with the Kyuubi-no-gaki, a.k.a. Naruto. He did not, however, expect this. Rated M for Language. Some Ghost In The Shell & Eyeshield 21

Naruto dies at the Valley of the End, fighting Sasuke. When the Shinigami appears, he offers to send Naruto's soul to another world, on the date 6th November 2022, the day that Sword Art Online was released.

This is a direct follow on to 'Weapons'. Since the


a select few reapers. A few ideas infused from Soul Eater, but not really a 'crossover' as I would usually strive towards.

Shino didn't understand how this happened at times. It just suddenly happened with a simple kiss by the girl that was admired by the village. She was beautiful, vibrant and everything a man could wish for. He was the lucky guy that caught her heart…and she absolutely captured his.

Naruto is forced into his own mindscape, during which time he meets the Kyuubi, sees the inside of the beast's heart, and discovers that she's really no different from him...wait, SHE! anyway, Naruto's problems are her fault, but he has to take responsibility for it, and learn to lve with the girls who found that he's just the manthat's barely comprehensible. But for the true immortals, the incomprehensible is very real. And in time, even this world becomes a Hell. They become seekers of death. Never finding solace until their immortality is spent. This is the story of one such immortal.

Canon-divergent: 20 years after Chief Stoick's wife and son were lost in a dragon raid, the Vikings of Berk shoot down a Night Fury…and its rider, a feral youth who believes he is a dragon. [Not slash. Crossposted on AO3.]

New Trainer Riley McCabe didn't know what she was letting herself in for when she set off on her journey and now she has to stop a Pokemon liberation extremist's wicked plans... Heaps of lemons, pleanty of plot, psychotic scenes, violence, gore, yaoi and yuri. **COMPLETE**

Everyone has


home in this 12-part series.

Naruto Uchiha, Older brother of Madara Uchiha, is sent by Kami to the world of Sword Art Online with his Brother, Madara. Here they will meet new friends and dominate the game as its first two Admins. Naruto/SmallHarem and Madara/Fem!Kirito.Rated M for Lemons and foul language. Hope you Enjoy

Naru Uzumaki Namikaze, was neglected by her parents for her younger twin sisters who each had the yin and yang chakras of the Kyubi, Naru on the other hand was born with a strange energy that she did not know about, when a certain being contacts her and tells her she can do magic of all things, just how will her life go from there. Fem Naru

After three years of training with Jiraiya, Naruto is finallyinterest in becoming Hokage by then. Another dream already rested in his heart, a dream that would drive him much further than anyone would have believed. SealMaster!Naruto Older!NarutoxFem!Kyuubi

What will happen when a goblin-raised Harry arrives at Hogwarts. A Harry who has received training, already knows the prophecy and has no scar. With the backing of the goblin nation and Hogwarts herself. Complete.

Based on esama's 'Subject of Change', no pairings yet. When Harry Potter died, he didn't expect to end up meeting a giant fox, a pervert, get changed into a girl and end up with some kid who had was capable of giving Snape the warm and fuzzies.

In his fight against Sasuke in the Valley of the End, Naruto would have died and taken Kyuubi with him had


Shinigami not told the Fourth that he would keep Kyuubi sealed. And the dead cannot contain or be contained. Bringing the two together into one being in another world, he joined them to keep the seal intact. And thus was one violet eyed terrorist born. Naruto/GW crossover

Red. Everything she loved was red, it was her favourite colour from the moment she picked up that necklace. She was eight years old when it happened. She was eight years old when she signed her soul away unknowingly.

Harry Potter thought for sure his fourth year was going to be quiet, peaceful. But he's Fate's Whipping Boy and there's definitely no chance of a peaceful year after he's sucked into the danger Triwizard Tournament! However he'll gain new friends, and more importantlyfinish his quest on his own. He was still able to continue his saving lives abilities. Mrs. Rowling still owns all that is Harry Potter and it's characters. Harry/multi pairing.

Naruto Befriends Kyuubi at an early age. What will this do for the future of Konoha? How will this change the Narutoverse? GODLIKE NARUHINA Hanyou Naruto, Grey Naruto. Any form of criticism is appreciated.

The Elemental Nations are in ruins, the villages are destroyed, and the last of the Shinobi are on the run. Naruto's last ditch effort to stop Madara lands him and his last companion in a new world. A world in which a brutal tournament is taking place and the prize could mean the total destruction of both this new world, and his old one.

Naruto suddenly finds


worry i will finish it by Oct.

"You should come with a warning sign," Naruto whispered, his eyes glued to hers. Sakura gave him a slow, seductive smile and her eyes glowed with mischief as she stepped towards him. "I'll get a t-shirt." [Naruto/Sakura per request]

Per Season 7, Episode 1, while Leonard was away on the North Sea expedition, he proudly showed a youtube video of a nude scene Penny had done for the never-released film Serial Apist to his shipmates. This is what happens when Penny finds out about it. This is now a multi-chapter story and a Shenny tale. Please note that the rating is now M, primarily for language.

On a moonlit night, Kazuto and Shino found themselves both unintentionally seduced by the other. When their hormonesbecome too much to contain, the night becomes one they would never forget. Follow up to "Knight In Black Armor" ( Adult Content )

Luna started a journey to discover herself, and though she did find the path that she believes she must follow, she didn't get to where she was easily. She had to go through a lot. She's a pirate, with a, unique power. Rated T for drinking and violence.

after receiving 2 reviews telling me their thoughts in which I appreciate for their honesty for. Anyway this is now Naruto having something of a love rectangle with the Hyuga sisters and their mother. How will things play out for him as he is driven deeper into the Hyuga clan in a way he never thought was possible.


NaruHina, NaruHana, Naruto x Hinata's mom, and possible NaruHarem.

When people sleep...they dream. However, for three young youths, these dreams...these nightmares, are where their adventures truly unfold. Follow Naruto and his allies into the mysterious world of Nightopia.

Legends. Stories. That's all that they were supposed to be. But dragons, the mighty beasts of myth and lore, were all too real. Led by the powerful being Alduin, the savage creatures returned, wreaking havoc across Skyrim. Now, a half-blooded elf named Mira, may be Tamriel's final hope.

Colonel William Bishop struggles to come to grips with reality in the midst of an intense battle over Miami. Based on one of my new favorite video games ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON. On momentary Hiatus due to (and I do hate saying this because Isound like a snob) lack of inspiration.

The Sky People's technology helps to save Tsu'tey after the battle, but he isn't quite sure what to think of the broken Sky Person in the wheeled chair that keeps coming to visit him while he's recovering. Friendship fic, AU for obvious reasons.

A rare power bestowed upon him, tainted by the hate he was surrounded by. He wasn't as idiotic and weak as they thought. No… in fact he was strong, raised by the darkness they left him in. Now he's going to rock the Shinobi World by becoming a world renown SSS-rank ninja... Get ready Konoha. Grey!Naruto EventuallyExtremelyPowerful!Naruto DarkFic

Something happened to their favourite knucklehead leaving them all concerned and worried. She didn't care what they thought and carried on with her


the CRA. Warnings: Futa, yuri, threesomes, harem, female Naruto, female Sasuke. In this story Obito has already been defeated and the village is at peace.

After the unfortunate mishap in which Naruto kissed Sasuke, Sasuke's fangirls object... violently. During the ensuing beating, Naruto awakens a bloodline not seen since the Second Great Shinobi War. Powerful!Naruto, Naru/Hina/fem!Sasu

Akatsuki have all the bijuu except the Kyūbi no Kitsune, contained by an eight-year-old Naruto Uzumaki. When two of Akatsuki's best are sent to capture him, what will happen once the sealing begins? fem!Bijuu harem, powerful!Naruto.

Post-Avengers/Sai&Sasuke arc: Naruto's encounter with Orochimaru and Kabuto came to a quick and sudden end when he was plucked from his universe and sent to another. Who are these strange people, and why do they care so much?

After Rikileaves, Jack leaves Minegarde. When he returns, he is asked to take on a new protégé in the form of a young girl named Annie. During a quest however, They acquire two new pet Lagiacrus's. Jack's life has gotten harder MUCH harder. Finale of Season one of the Hunters Series. Fifth Story in the Hunters Series.

Someone (I cannot remember who) asked me once what I thought Penny would be like as a mom. As any mom can tell you, it completely changes your world around. So, welcome to a 'verse where Penny has a daughter, and Sheldon doesn't have a chance.

Series-rewrite AU. John was a lot of things - brother, son, friend. Doctor. Former soldier. But the one thing that any Holmes couldn't have expected was the one


thing he was best at: Mage. Rating for language. Illustrated version available at Archive of Our Own, same pen name, same title.

It's been 14 years since the war, and Epsilon is back working for MIB. But when a one night stand turns into a ten year old child, can he cope with being thrust into parenthood? With his son about to embark on his own time at Hogwarts, Epsilon's own past is about to come barrelling back. Can he reconcile with those he left behind, all those years ago?

Pops, along with Wardog, and Genette have fled from Sand Island, framed for being spies. They are pursued by the Grabacr (8492nd) Squadron over the Solo Islands until a thought dead Squadron from the Belkan War rescues them. Rated Tto him battered and bruised?

Becoming a Capsuleer isn't easy, there's years of classes, simulations, and other hurdles to leap before overcoming one final challenge. That first Clone Activation, where over 98% of Capsuleer candidates die and never wake up in their new body. A sequel to "The Rose's Bounty" from EON Magazine.

The battle of Caldari Prime and it's aftermath have only been glimpsed before. This time follow a Gallente Militia Fire-Team as they struggle to escape war-torn Arcurio while the remains of a Caldari Titan slowly falls toward the city.

Naruto came close to accessing Kyuubi's chakra in wave, but got something different. A bloodline from a 800 year old computer. Looks like there's some testing going to happen! MajorSasu/VeryMinorSaku bashing. !Scientist!Smart!Bloodline Naruto. On Hiatus.

What if something made Naruto


the dead-last that everyone sees him as? What if he really wasn't as weak as he seemed? The true Naruto, unleashed upon the shinobi world! AU Story starts at Invasion of Konoha arc and continues onwards.

Artemis Fowl was never one for believing in mythology. But when an attack from a mythological creature sends him to a place called Camp Half-blood, he isn't sure what to believe. There he learns about a prophecy that will change the world and him forever

Being the Master of Death was a curse, plain and simple. That had been death's intention when he 'gifted' his trinkets to the brothers three. The sound of shedding skin crackled loudly in his ear as he got up to look over his new body, he was a girlthe beginning of Fourth Year. A book that reveals horrible truths about the world they live in. Prepare for a tougher Harry and a battle focused on the Ministry.

AU! She is the twin of Galen Potter, the famous Boy Who Lived. While he lives in the spotlight, she is forced to survive in the shadows. But she won´t be alone. Creatures of Magic, prepare for your student! Pairing: FredGeorgeOC

Naomi Jones, a typical 13-year-old girl lives in a world where Code Lyoko is just another TV series. One day, she is mysteriously transported to the Code Lyoko world, where she desperately finds a way to get back to her home.

Two shining souls have had their lights extinguished by their loved ones. Neither one thinks that their former radiant glory


the exception of story and setting as these are immutable with respect to the exercise.

Garrett is a traveling worker. But all that changes when he meets the Great Shadeslayer. Garrett learns that fate has something bigger in store for him. But, he is unaware that he is now targeted by a group led by an evil shade that is still aligned to the late Galbatorix. The group plan on avenging the late king by killing Eragon and everyone he knows. M for Lang/Alcohol/Violence.

Sequel to "Coming Home". LCDR Tom Dodge is returning to Norfolk on the USS Stingray, having won the war games against the USS Orlando and Rear Admiral Graham. A former commander of the Stingray is among the many waiting people at the dock, powerfully moved tosee SS-161 at sea again.

Harry Potter wasn't raised like in canon. He was top of his class, and very intelligent, always seeking to improve things, and so he learned all kinds of things, and, upon entering Hogwarts, started studying all he could get his hands on! Intelligent!Super!Harry Later Mad Scientist!Harry Rated M for Language, Nudity, and Gore Stein-ish Harry Genres: Humor/Romance/slight Horror

Ichigo and Urahara embark on a journey to Shin Tokyo to investigate strange reiatsu readings. They find more than they bargained for when they stumble across a forest in the former botanical gardens and inadvertently become players in the Sekirei Plan.

The war of Auraxis has gone on for 7 long years. When will it end? Nobody can say. View the war through the eyes of three brave


Terrans. From the first strike, to the endless struggle the war has become.

Naruto has the kekkai genkai rare to mankind, the Shoton. He realizes his birthright and flees Konohagakure in anger. He becomes the partner of the mysterious Konan of the Akatsuki, but a mystery threatening all of mankind looms in the distance. Naruto must realize the mystery of the Uzumaki before it's too late. Good Akatsuki. ON A HIATUS. Follows Canon differently until Shippuden

Jiraiya and Mina Namikaze were celebrating her achievement since she became the first female Hokage in Konoha, in an inn far away from Konoha. When they wake up the next morning something terrible happened, something which Jiraiya will never forget.. How will this change the future for Konoha? Female!Yondaime!

The last time we saw CluREWRITTEN) Naruto was attack by Itachi after he killed is family and leaving him to die. now because of him naruto gain a powerful bloodline and awaken a his own bloodline. naruto x lot of women, WARNING lots of lemon and violence completed. Part 1.5 is out it tittles 'Legendary Bloodline Naruto of the Mist

Ryou Misaki, the player of Haseo of [The World], was just bored. He decided to play Sword Art Online, a new VRMMORPG. Just when he thought he was done with crazy things happening in games, now he's stuck in a game where dying means dying. As the player Skeith, can he win this game and see his friends again? Pairings undecided. Haseo REPLACES Kirito, so beware, Kirito fans.

The Brainship Hypatia and her Brawn Alexander


enemies." How Naruto's life would have turned out, had he a better team and Hayate as a sensei. All pairing types possible here. Parts from canon. Will be rewritten/fixed soon!

Naruto awoke, finding himself in a strange world, overwhelmed in his surroundings. With a little help from his friend, the self-proclaimed 'Boy Genius,' he'll either find his way back to his world, or make his way in this new one. But either way, he'll realize, like it or not, Life Goes On. Cross with Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi. Main Pairing is Naruto/Blossom, with minor pair later.

Adam is a new guy in town with a history of street racing. One night, he manages to find a race meet, where he encounters a member of the blacklist. Not knowing anything about theblacklist, Adam challenges him to a race

After Danzo tried to capture Kushina after the Kyuubi attack Jiraiya hides her as one of his agents keeping her survival secret from everyone while telling Kushina that Naruto was adopted and is a happy civilian. What happens when mother and son meet while Jiraiya is away on an infiltration mission? NarutoxKushina

Because Darcy is a serious sort of chick beneath all that pop-culture, and there's a reason for it. Clint enjoys finding out, even if it's technically above his clearance level. DC. Oneshot, don't own, complete. Contains violence.

It's 1975, and the USS Stingray, one of the last Balao-class submarines still in service, is being retired from active duty. Due to be put in long-term storage at a Navy "mothball fleet" in Norfolk,


to five year old Naruto. Being the container of a demon gave him enemies. But nobody ever expected for him to become the target of a rogue vampire. Now, a full-fledged shinobi, Naruto must face those who wish him harm, both living, and undead. A re-write of my original story. Hope everyone likes.

The art of interrogation is a subtle one, but one no one thought she could master. Naome smiles from the shadows as her family and skills grow, waiting to have her face on the mountain. Hiding her involvment with missing nin and protecting her son, whilst falling for one lazy shinobi though? Well she'll just have to deal with it, after all, she's a future hokage.

Flannery has been bored since the Ever Grande Conference ended soher Grandpa helps her out by going to Sinnoh and maybe have her own little fun with a certain trainer with a Pikachu. AshxFlanneryxHarem(maybe)

She had been driving him insane all week. The briefest of glimpses here and there, the innocence in her actions. The fact that she was unknowingly bringing down his walls... he couldn't take it anymore. Lemon/Smut in which Suguha manages to seduce her dear Onii-chan.

[FANOWRIMO CHALLENGE] Most people seem to think that developing a doujutsu is a wondrous, unspeakably lucky occurrence. Considering that she now has to deal with an ability she has no idea how to use, family drama, fashion crises, and the world's most rude and vulgar doctor, on top of getting to know her new genin team just after graduation...needless to say,


With plants. Definitely not as good as my other works. Also, there's a hint to my next story at the end of this one, so at least look at that! No plan to continue, may if positive reviews.

AU. The Supercomputer can cut through the fabric of reality with its Quantum Power, allowing transitions between Universes. Sadly, the means to control the passage is not limited to anyone, and XANA has taken complete advantage of it. Naruto/Aelita.

Three requested stories asked by Zombyra! The first one is about Iris and Kyurem, second about Misty and Seismitoad along with Simipour, and the last one about twins and multiple Pokemon. Aaaand it's done!

Naruto was never quite the same as the rest of his male friends and he never knew why! One day,yondaime 13 years ago Naruto/harem. The Remix of Shining Kitsune

Thor is hiding from the rest of the Avengers after Tony convinced him to help with a prank. The woman whose garden he finds himself in is surprised, but welcoming. In other words, a normal person's reaction to the Avengers.

Keita wants to go the next step with his harem. But as they are all inexperienced virgins is he ready? Cute blonde Mikazuki plans for him to train and practice with her! Can the youngest of Keita's admirers really pull this off? Warning: Sexual scenes. Erotica / Lemon

The Crew returns with the heat of the battle against a newfound group that plan on bringing back Sephiroth and Sienna to continue on with their want to destroy the world. Will they


as some people are finding out, much to their shock

During a mob attack, Naruto was drawn into the seal and met Kyuubi, who offered him a bloodline limit that allowed him to tap into a long forgotten power known as the Force. What will he do with this power, read to find out. Naruto x Fem.Kyuubi x Harem.

Chifuyu doesn't understand this feeling she gets whenever she see her younger brother surrounded by the other girls. So, she decides to confront him about his feelings towards them and then it suddenly leads to something more. Rated M!

Kilmeny Potter was a normal girl, at first. Mute, she lives at St. Hedwigs Orphanage. She finds magic and meets a boy in her head named Tom. She wants to help her newswearing, most of which only British people would consider inappropriate.

She was the perfect soldier. Smart, strong, skilled, deadly and charismatic were just a few of the words you could use to discribe her. This is her story. A chronicle of the life of the greatest leader Konoha has ever known: Uzumaki Naruko. FemNaru.

He vowed to become the best father in the world. And he was. However, he never planned on falling in love with his daughter. And he certainly never thought she would love him back. Warning: lemons, incest, language, etc.

This village had two pariahs. The "demon" and the "snake mistress." When one was away the other was treated worse. They each had their own ways of coping. Together they would save each other. Not the best summary.


to Orochimaru, who makes her his successor. Twelve years later, she returns to Konoha to take back Naruto. Warning: Konoha/Team 7/Fourth Hokage bashing. Main Pairing: Evil Naruto x Evil Kushina Discontinued.

A family of Eeveelutions have gone into heat, but the entire forest's males have already been taken. Now there lies three needy females, aching for a mate. But then there was a son. When times are desperate, you'll do anything to get what you want. M for incest

After witnessing a theft by two Plasma Grunts. Jack chased after them. He was then captured by Snivies and taken back to their settlement. Where he meets a Snivy Princess. Rated M for Future Sexual Content. First Fan Fiction.

FemHP! During a Potions accident, Vivian Potter was transported to a random forest,stuck in her Animagus form, a Mew. She soon finds Voldemort and becomes his new companion. Grey!FemHP! Eventual LV/TMR/FemHP

Lily and James lay asleep one night while Lily is pregnant, the child dies in the womb, a cosmic entity "The Phoenix" intervenes and the child is reborn as her child as well as that of the Potters. A new world is born. XMen crossover

What if after the day that Naruto discovered that he contains one of the most powerful tailed demons he was switched to another team? What if it was team 8? Follow Naruto as he strives to become Hokage with his 2 unlikely friends and teammates. NaruXHina

What would happen if Hinata never confessed her love? What if Naruto interacted with his parents when he went to subjugate


Yet they would remain faithful. Their guardianship would endure.

With an invitation to one of the world's most competitive competitions, Ash takes part in The Rivalry Tournament held at Kanto's Indigo Plateau. With the boundaries of friendship shattered, what becomes of his long-time friends and sworn enemies?

When Gabrielle decides to repay her life debt, Harry's world turns upside down. Now he has to learn how to live as a female, get his new veela powers under control, and somehow unite the fractured veela society for a new war. Fem!Harry, Veela!Harry, F/F

Sometimes a Human is turned into a Pokémon to save the world. Normally, that Human forgets his past, knowing only that he was Human. Well, Jack was never a normal boy. He's something new. He's something strong. He's, somethingshocking secret.

He did not love her that much he knew for sure and he wasn't even sure if he could learn to. The only thing Naruto knew was that there was a child growing in her womb, and that child was his. AU. Naruto x Ino

What would happen if Naruto had a twin sister, taken away to train by her mother's order for 18 years? Would he accept her as his sister upon her return? Or Maybe something more? INCEST! NARUTO/NARUKO!

Akatsuki is finished with the death of Madara, so what is our favourite blond shinobi up to? Why he's living his new dream, to live a peaceful life with his beautiful wife. Three years after 4th Great Ninja War. Naruto x Fem.Kyuubi! Please review, thanks!

They feared him for


something he couldn't control. Then SHE appeared. She saved him. She helped him. Now, he will give the humans something true to fear. The hive shall once again resurface. The rise of the Demon of Shadows and his hive is at hand.

After the defeat of Aizen, Naruto is in the woods when an angry Sode no Shirayuki appears. He attempts to cheer her up with a spar, what would happen when something else happens? One-Shot! Naruto x Sode no Shirayuki.

Rose the main character and an OC has to go through all these trials and tests in a way to prove she's a Lyoko warrior, but what happens when a long lost relative comes back to ruin her life, and maybe her entire world will come crashing down.

Ash wantsto be a Pokemon trainer, but he can't be unless he has a diploma from a pokemon university. But after an accident, he only has one choice to pursue his love for pokemon. Ash x Harem. Possible lemons, even though I've never done them.

When Harry is left on Petunia's doorstep, she panics and writes a letter to her estranged older sister who eloped some years ago with a foreigner, Rosemary Evans. Four years later, it arrives on her doorstep, only her name is Kaede Haruno now.

what if there was something linking humans to pokemon, what if there was SOMEONE? Lucas West, a young man who grew up in Celestic town, he has a dream regarded as strange, he wishes to travel Sinnoh, without using pokemon to fight for