Title: Like an Opening Door
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: nihilism and casual talk of self-destruction and murder
Rating: PG for language
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: Hakkai's backstory
Notes: shortfic written for lady_ganesh. Prompt: Hakkai, Sanzo, lost and found. The title is from an Oysterband song, "The Lost and Found": It's like an opening door/It's what we came here for. I've covered this ground before, but it still draws me. Un beta-ed.
Summary: Sanzo has no intention of giving up on Hakkai, or letting Hakkai give up.

Title: Fix It
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: swearing, mild m/m
Pairing(s): Gojyo/Hakkai
Spoilers: tiny bits throughout the first series
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #54, 3 scenes, each using a specific word: toxic, bury, kiss; time allowed: 90 minutes; time taken: about 95 minutes
Summary: When Gojyo falls badly afoul of Sanzo, he has a tough fix-up job.

"You have no one to blame but yourself, Gojyo ... ."

Title: Anchor
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: None
Pairing(s): n/a, really
Spoilers: fragments of various character stories
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #45, Faith; time allowed: 20 minutes; time taken: 25 minutes. Not real fond of this one - I don't know that I expressed what I meant to express.
Summary: When Ukoku tries the wipe out Sanzo's selfhood, there's something that won't let go.

He was frozen in place, and could not remember why ... .

Title: Bliss
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: A swearword or two.
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: written for saiyuki_time, Challenge #39, Free Time; time allowed: 45 minutes; time taken: 60 minutes
Summary: With an unexpected free day on his hands, what does Sanzo really crave?

Sanzo put down his coffee cup and looked exasperated ...

Title: Dona Nobis Pacem
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: a couple of swearwords
Pairing(s): perhaps microscruples of 393, but essentially gen
Spoilers: The earliest part of Goku and Sanzo's history together.
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time challenge #18, Random Words. Time allowed: 40 minutes. Required words: steel, bargain, joke, beginners, memory. Time taken: 45 or 50, in little chunks. Takes place within 6 months of Goku's arrival at the Temple. This came out a little mushier than I usually like to make Sanzo, and I wasn't clear enough with the final line - it's meant to point out that there was more than one boy who needed help getting to sleep ...
Summary: Sanzo's a little surprised by his reactions to Goku's troubles.

A cigarette, and solitude. I don't really ask for much, thought Sanzo ... .

Title: Antiphony
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: Gojyo's mouth
Pairing(s): n/a
Spoilers: Nothing much. The Gojyo verse was directly inspired by the end of the scene at the site of the Centipede King's fortress in "Be There."
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time prompt #15 Sense of Hearing. Time allowed: any. Form required: Haiku. Time taken: 12 minutes
Summary: The sound of a voice can take you someplace you never expected.

Title: Lighter
Author: opalmatrix
Rating: PG or PG-13
Warnings: Worksafe (very mild m/m interaction; a couple of swear words)
Pairing(s): a bit of 585, a hint of 393
Spoilers: a bit about Goku's origin
Notes: This started, I think, with this picture. Things were also nourished along by some discussions this past couple of weeks with kispexi2, who also provided the Beta read. Thanks!
Summary: You can't always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need.

( It was a cool, bright day in early autumn... . )

Title: On the Rocks
Author: opalmatrix
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: nudity, voyeurism, suggestion of m/m (almost worksafe ...)
Pairing(s): hints of Sanzo/Gojyo
Disclaimer: Saiyuki characters and situations belong to Kazuya Minekura
Spoilers: none, really, but the story will probably work better if you've read at least through Saiyuki vol. 7 (the first part of the Kami-sama arc)
Notes: Inspired by the first bit of devikun's marvelous (and NC-17 hot) Hakkai/Gojyo story "Small Indulgences," where we find out that when the Sanzo Ikkou make camp, Gojyo gets stuck with the laundry. Beta reader: sanada
Summary: All Sanzo wanted was a break from the others and a quiet moment to take in the mountain scenery. What he got was much more of an eyeful than he was expecting.