A3! Fantasy AU

A3! Fantasy AU

This is just a starter for something I literally just thought of and I want to get it out. may add to this in the future and give character descriptions and make it a whole AU, but for right now this is what I have.

The story follows a travelling poet, Arisugawa Homare, and his tale. He was out at sea traveling with a crew, a ship he had snuck upon, and had hoped to find adventure that he could write about and publish. However, as most stories begin, there was a great storm that ripped the ship apart. In a rush to save his work and his own life, Homare stole one of the only support ships (or whatever they’re called. The tiny boats) with nothing but himself and his poems and went out to sea, letting the wind and waves carry him off with nothing but the sight of his sinking comrades to company him.

He falls asleep at sea and wakes up having landed on a strange island that he couldn’t seem to place, for as far as he knew they were days from any sort of land, so there was no way a nights journey could have taken him anywhere marked. But, due to his own strive for adventure and hope for a story, he ventured off on the island and into the forest beyond.

This is where he found a village. Hidden beneath the trees as a village made of wood, vines, and magic. There were small houses, with neighbors all greeting one another as brothers, talking about harvest, trade and other forms of small talk. He could see a stage in the center of town, the woof held together by tree vines and the stems of dandelions, with what seemed like old and broken light bulbs being strung down from the ceilings and lit by an energy unknown to man. There was a pink haired boy and a long brown haired woman standing in front of the stage, discussing something inaudible to the poet. There was a short green haired boy sitting on a stumb, sewing up the apron of a much larger brown haired man, recognizable by the scar on his cheek. There was another blonde man far off in the back, barely visible, carrying a small pouch of coins and distributing them evenly among the villagers, the purpose to such an act stumped the poet. His attention was then caught by two men, one with blue hair the other with a darker green, sweeping outside of a small hut. They had seemed to have gotten into an argument and it wasn’t until a not much older man with long silver hair, wearing a belt like thing with potions and concoctions at his side, emerged and got the two to calm down with a gentle tap at their shoulders.

Homare found himself staring at awe, astonished by his find. He grabbed his notebook and a quill he had kept with him and went to sit on a stump nearby, still peering in and writing down what he saw in the form of verses and rhymes. He kept this up for what felt like hours, filling pages of the book, until he was interrupted by his thoughts. When he went to peek again, he was greeted by a man his age with short silver hair, one of his eyes covered by his locks as he stared at Homare, the pair quiet.

“...”

“...”

“So...”

“Oh I am incredibly sorry for intruding I was just-”

“Are you going in?” 

Sakizu Isekai cause I literally have no self control this ship is all of my brain and if I am ever not talking about it please assume I’ve been possessed or smthing

okay okay

So basically: no mankai AU, Izumi and Sakyo were childhood friends for longer than a week, smaller age gap (~2 years)

got it? good

So basically, for a good portion of Izumi’s childhood, lets say 3 years so from 5-8, she would spend every summer break at the old Mankai theater, where she would spend most of her time playing with Sakyo, who was still just a kid who would sit in on performances after Izumi brought him in that fateful day. Yukio, despite being told t look after her, never gave Izumi more than a second glance so Sakyo was really the only interaction she had, but when she turned 9 and went to the theater, Sakyo was no where to be found. She was informed that he had simply stopped visiting months back and soon later, Izumi stopped seeing Mankai as well

Now present day, Izumi had gone to try and find Mankai after receiving a mysterious letter only to find the sign gone and the building abandoned, she was to late. But, seeing how she left things with her mom, she knew she couldn’t just: go back, so she decided to stay.

a year or so later, Izumi, being the theater junkie she is, went to go and see a stage play adaption of a popular shoujo fantasy manga, and as she was leaving bumped into a stranger.

Only for said stranger to be Sakyo, oh yes what a cliché

The two recognized one another after a few moments of just staring

“Tachibana?”

“*insert embarrassing nickname for baby Sakyo*?”   

In an attempt to reconnect with their refound childhood friend, they decide to go get dinner together and catch up. They go to a curry restaurant because it’s Izumi but, oh no, theres an armed robbery. Well things don’t go as planned and guns get pointed at Izumi as open fires start going off. Sakyo goes all simp mode and tries to cover and save her but in the end they both die.

Cut to Izumi waking up in a fancy fantasy place bedroom like “whaaaa”

Only to see Sakyo by her side looking very concerned 

“Izumi? Are you okay??”

“Wha... Sakyo? Where are we?”

“Hm? We’re in our room, is- is everything alright? I knew I shouldn’t have sent away the doctor so soon...”

Well, after a bit of investigating, Izumi finds out that she and Sakyo were reincarnated into the world of the play we say, as the edgy love interests dead parents, oh no!! To make matters worse, Sakyo had no memory of their past life at all.

Well, being our queen (now literally) Izumi, she comes up with a plan to make sure her tragic death doesn’t come

1. never have kids. if she never had the edgy son, then she can’t die by the hands of the villain jealous by the boys magic abilities

2. get Sakyo to remember their past. though it’ll be header than it seems where they both seem to have complete different memories, where in his mind they are a happily newly married couple and rulers of an empire.

3. Get back home!!

okay so I know this just seems like a dumb isekai AU but you know what? I think this is adorable and I have so many mini dumb incorrect quotes and scenes planned. I don’t think I’ll write this though since I don’t think it could be translated well into my writing style, but I may come back to this AU a lot to share scene ideas, small ficlets, or incorrect quotes!! If anyone wants to add anything to this (and this is with everything I post), feel free too!! I welcome all input and ideas!!

Listen I am a firm believer that Sakyo Furuichi’s biggest turn on is domesticality but sometimes you just like to watch your comfort ship suffer through the trials and tribulations you put them though in your own mind

Also hello fellow Sakizu brainrotter, how’s it going for you knowing due to the style of A3 the ship will probably never be canon, Sakyo will never be able to confess and probably never really find true love again, and the only way to be able to satisfy our needs is through continuous AU’s and WIP’s our brains create eye to an obsession with a 30 year old anime man’s love life?

Sakizu Isekai cause I literally have no self control this ship is all of my brain and if I am ever not talking about it please assume I’ve been possessed or smthing

okay okay

So basically: no mankai AU, Izumi and Sakyo were childhood friends for longer than a week, smaller age gap (~2 years)

got it? good

So basically, for a good portion of Izumi’s childhood, lets say 3 years so from 5-8, she would spend every summer break at the old Mankai theater, where she would spend most of her time playing with Sakyo, who was still just a kid who would sit in on performances after Izumi brought him in that fateful day. Yukio, despite being told t look after her, never gave Izumi more than a second glance so Sakyo was really the only interaction she had, but when she turned 9 and went to the theater, Sakyo was no where to be found. She was informed that he had simply stopped visiting months back and soon later, Izumi stopped seeing Mankai as well

Now present day, Izumi had gone to try and find Mankai after receiving a mysterious letter only to find the sign gone and the building abandoned, she was to late. But, seeing how she left things with her mom, she knew she couldn’t just: go back, so she decided to stay.

a year or so later, Izumi, being the theater junkie she is, went to go and see a stage play adaption of a popular shoujo fantasy manga, and as she was leaving bumped into a stranger.

Only for said stranger to be Sakyo, oh yes what a cliché

The two recognized one another after a few moments of just staring

“Tachibana?”

“*insert embarrassing nickname for baby Sakyo*?”   

In an attempt to reconnect with their refound childhood friend, they decide to go get dinner together and catch up. They go to a curry restaurant because it’s Izumi but, oh no, theres an armed robbery. Well things don’t go as planned and guns get pointed at Izumi as open fires start going off. Sakyo goes all simp mode and tries to cover and save her but in the end they both die.

Cut to Izumi waking up in a fancy fantasy place bedroom like “whaaaa”

Only to see Sakyo by her side looking very concerned 

“Izumi? Are you okay??”

“Wha… Sakyo? Where are we?”

“Hm? We’re in our room, is- is everything alright? I knew I shouldn’t have sent away the doctor so soon…”

Well, after a bit of investigating, Izumi finds out that she and Sakyo were reincarnated into the world of the play we say, as the edgy love interests dead parents, oh no!! To make matters worse, Sakyo had no memory of their past life at all.

Well, being our queen (now literally) Izumi, she comes up with a plan to make sure her tragic death doesn’t come

1. never have kids. if she never had the edgy son, then she can’t die by the hands of the villain jealous by the boys magic abilities

2. get Sakyo to remember their past. though it’ll be header than it seems where they both seem to have complete different memories, where in his mind they are a happily newly married couple and rulers of an empire.

3. Get back home!!

okay so I know this just seems like a dumb isekai AU but you know what? I think this is adorable and I have so many mini dumb incorrect quotes and scenes planned. I don’t think I’ll write this though since I don’t think it could be translated well into my writing style, but I may come back to this AU a lot to share scene ideas, small ficlets, or incorrect quotes!! If anyone wants to add anything to this (and this is with everything I post), feel free too!! I welcome all input and ideas!!

Hi, straying from my usual content to say

Kagepro:

Azami and Tsukihiko are the OG Alt bisexual gf and her skinny gamer bf

Except man’s such a simp he said Minecraft but make it irl and built her a whole house

I love them

I’m back with more love for your isekai au! Maybe instead of having the other troupes die, maybe they could just be parallel characters? Like yeah, that’s obviously Tsumugi, but he’s not exactly Tsumugi. Or maybe they all died in different accidents? Like autumn plus Izumi died in the shooting, summer was in a plane wreck/ocean accident, and winter all died in winter related accidents, etc?

Welcome back!! Still sobbing over the fact someone likes this haha

Also that sounds like a good idea ahaha. I may make it so they all died in unrelated ways so I can keep some relationships, like Tasuku and Tsumugi are still in a fight and it isn’t until some stranger with pretty silver hair claiming to be a mage scholar comes and helps them, or Yuki being hesitant to wear dresses due to the time period and some strangers he’s stuck in this palace with gives home confidence, etc etc. Whether or not they have memories will probably vary depending on the person. I think it would be cool if Sakuya had his memories and ran into Sakyo, recognizing him as the man who tore down Mankai, and freaking out.

I'm back again because haha my brain is on 24/7, but anyways maybe the leaders could be foreign leaders and their troupemates could be like??? The court/assistants???? Like Tenma as a foreign prince sent to be educated in another country because experience and he brings along his attendant (Muku) and his seamstress (Yuki) etc etc?

oh mood I can never turn my brain off haha

also yeah I like that, like each troupe is a kingdom, though I don’t think the leaders will be the rulers seeing how 3/4th of them are minors or younger adults and Sakyo is the king of his kingdom. Also maybe one of them could be reincarnated as another love interest to the story’s MC *tm* making there be some good old-fashioned drama. They can also all meet though just alliance meetings or court cases and they all have this moment of “I feel like I should know you” even though in this AU they have no knowledge of one another.