Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: Turning Storm

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Turning Storm

Shuuei is selected as Prince Seien's bodyguard, and the two get acquainted. Drama, I-3

Shuuei's lips quirked. "Shou-taishi was certainly right that you don't much need anyone else's sword to guard you from attackers," he admitted. "But I hope, my prince, that you will allow me to guard you from this." His gesture took in their match just finished, the blood that had come very close to being spilled.

Comments

[brennart.livejournal.com]

So much love.

I adore how you taken so many small things into consideration in this AU. There's a slow progression towards the arrangement in the series where Kouyuu and Shuuei are the Emperor's close advisors. But of course, there's a different emperor. You're almost doing a more complete explanation of how they get there than the series does itself. (I can only go from the anime.)

Thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to where you'll take this twist of fate.

[branchandroot]

Thank you!

I'm trying to weave in the little hints we get in the novels, but I have to rely on Kage's translations and summaries, so I have to fill in a lot of the blanks for myself, too. *wry grin* Ah, well, that's what an AU is all about.

Glad you're liking it!