Long Denied
Pairings: D/Leon, Shigure/Akito, Kyou/Yuki, Kyou/Tohru, Yuki/Tohru, Kyou/Kagura, Jill/Mime, Hatori/Ayame and I think that’s all.
Warnings: Yaoi and yuri.
Spoilers: For end of Petshop of Horrors.
Summary: Everyone knows that the Souma family has many secrets, but even the Souma members themselves don’t know how deeply their secrets go, nor how the mysterious Count D and his family is involved.
COmments: I love this fanfic. A long, plotful believable crossover fanfic is rarer than gold. Not as valuable, but still rare. When I started reading it, my first reaction to the basic idea was “Why hasn’t anyone written a fanfic about Count D and Souma family before? It’s perfect.” There are some things that bothered me, I admit. I’m not fond of how the author felt the need to make more cross-connections between the series than the basic “Count D is somehow involved in the curse”. Ayame being Leon’s penpal stretched my belief. Tohru’s connection to Count D (which I won’t tell for fear of spoilers) broke my belief. The ending itself felt…I’m thinking anti-climactic, but that really isn’t it. I just have no idea what I’m trying to say.

On the other hand, the author is a good, solid writer, who is willing to take the time to justify her deviations from canon until, while I may not agree with it, but I can see where you could make a case for it being possible from canon. That, for itself, counts for a lot with me. The character interactions are well done, and she makes Shigure/Akito believable to me (I tend to go back and forth on whether I like that pairing. Give me a Mabudachi threesome any day. XD). THe plot itself is fascinating and the way the series are really interwoven mostly believably is rare and wonderful.
Multi-chapter, complete.