SKFA Themed Lists Overview
Sesskag Intro: Fan fiction that are quintessential in understanding why so many ship sesskag. They are the staple of the sesskag fandom and are often recommended upon entering the fandom.
Time Travel: Sesskag fan fictions involving time-travelling beyond what Kagome is accustomed to. Usually, this involves Kagome accidentally time-travelling further into the past or in the future.
After Jewel Completion: Works containing Kagome and her friends after the grand battle with Naraku, and/or after completing the Shikon jewel. This may involve Kagome making a wish that alters reality, Sesshomaru taking Kagome on a new adventure, or major characters dying that prompts a new plot. This may take place in modern-day Tokyo or the Feudal era.
Inuyasha/Kikyo betrayal: These are sesskag fics that characterize either Inuyasha or Kikyo or both as a villain in the story, often betraying Kagome in some manner. They may contain character bashing towards Inuyasha or Kikyo. This trope is seen less now, but it used to be much used back in the day.
Rin needs help: These are fics where Sesshoumaru uses Rin as a pretext for seeking out Kagome, whether this is because of Rin’s illness or because Sesshoumaru feels she would need a teacher or a mother-figure.
Alternate Universe Serial & Alternate Universe One Shots: These fan fictions are works that are not traditionally set in the Feudal Era Canon and are not compliant with or do not feature elements of the Inuyasha Canon. They may be set in the modern era or in a historical time other than the Sengoku Jidai. They may retain youkai and miko or make all the characters human. They may feature multiple different tropes like college, celebrities, etc
Modern AU rec list: A list of recs of alternate universe fics that take place in the modern day, as requested by a follower.
Feudal Era / Canon: These are fics that are compliant with the Inuyasha canon (at least to a point) and are set (at least in the most part) in the Feudal Era.
Searching for a mate: These fics feature Sesshomaru looking for a mate, possibly because of someone else’s insistence that he should mate (most typically his mother’s). May include matchmaking tropes but not necessarily.
Kagome saves the day: These fics involve Kagome saving Sesshomaru’s life, or saving other major characters or OCs. They may also feature Kagome being the grand savior of the Grand Battle or defeating Naraku on her own.
Sesshoumaru helps Kagome: Fan fiction that involve Sesshomaru assisting Kagome (and her friends) on completing the jewel or in other quests or situations.
Prophecy: The fics belonging in this category contain great prophecies or legends of Kagome’s and Sesshomaru’s relationship/partnership, or of a dark prophecy of a villain rising.
Dark/Tragedy: Fics that have a darker tone and/or plot, where really bad things happen and the endings might not always be happy.
Reunion: Fics that are canon compliant up to the final battle with Naraku, but in which Kagome never returned back to the Feudal Era and she meets Sesshoumaru again in the modern-day Tokyo.
Reunion 2: Fics where Sesshoumaru finds Kagome in the 21st century, as requested by a follower .
Courting: Fics in which Sesshoumaru courts Kagome - or vice versa! The courting may follow some sort of a ritual or just be more casual or general attempts to woo the other.
NSFW: Fics that are PWP or otherwise heavily focus on lemons/smut/NSFW scenes and include plenty of them.
Kagome as a Demon: These fics can either be fully AU, so that Kagome has always been a youkai, or they may be canon divergence and follow the canon storyline and setting until Kagome by some manner is turned into a youkai.
Sesshoumaru’s Into Kagome: These are any stories in which it is Sesshoumaru who is interested in or in love with Kagome before she is with him. These stories may also feature Sesshoumaru’s attempts to court Kagome or, if Sesshoumaru is not expressing his interest outright, pining.
Fluff Serial & Fluff One Shots: All those cute, feel-good fics that make you squee, fill you with happiness and/or are sweet enough to rot your teeth.
Hurt/Comfort: Stories in which one of the characters (or both of them) is experiencing either physical or mental pain and receives comfort from the other (or from each other). These stories can be bittersweet.
Holiday One Shots & Holiday Fics Serial: These are stories that centre on Christmas and/or the holiday season. They’re typically written for holiday exchanges, as secret santa gift, for holiday events or just to celebrate holidays with fic!
Outsider POV: Fics that give you a glimpse to Sesshoumaru and Kagome’s relationship through the eyes of a third party, whoever they may be.
Family/Pregnancy: A rec list of fics focused on Kagome’s pregnancy or the family Sesshoumaru and Kagome have built together, as requested by a follower.
Established Relationship: Fics that focus on Sesshoumaru’s and Kagome’s life as a couple, as requested by a follower.
Halloween Serial & Halloween One Shots: Fics that fit Halloween, either by being overall spoopy or by being set during Halloween!
Unrequited love (Sess): Fics where Sesshoumaru’s feelings towards Kagome are unrequited, as requested by a follower.
Drabble fics: Fics that are drabble series, i.e. a story comprised of snippets of exactly 100 words, as requested by a follower.
Amnesia fics: Fics where either Sesshoumaru or Kagome has lost their memory, as requested by a follower.
Tear-jerker fics: Fics that are angsty and/or deliver an emotional gutterpunch. Fics that are likely to make you cry, as requested by a follower.
TeacherxStudent fics: Fics in which Sesshoumaru is a teacher and Kagome is his student, as requested by a follower.
Blind!Sesshoumaru: Fics in which Sesshoumaru is blind, as requested by a follower.
Rin and Sesshoumaru join Inuyasha’s group: Fics in which Sesshoumaru and Rin join Inuyasha’s group and Sesshoumaru shows fatherly tendencies towards Rin, as requested by a follower.
Admins’ favourites: SessKag Archive Admins list their favourite fics, as requested by a follower.
Virgin!Sesshoumaru: Fics in which Sesshoumaru is a virgin, as requested by a follower.
InuKagSess: Fics that feature threesomes or polyrelationship between Inuyasha, Kagome and Sesshoumaru, as requested by a follower.
Angry!Kagome: Fics where Kagome expresses righteous fury, as requested by a follower.
Chatty!Inner Demon: Fics in which Sesshoumaru’s inner demon converses with Sesshoumaru, as requested by a follower.
Widow!Kagome: Fics where a widowed Kagome ends up with Sesshoumaru, as requested by a follower.
Step-sibling Fics: Fics in which Kagome and Sesshoumaru are step-siblings, as requested by a follower.
SessKag and children: Fics in which Kagome and Sesshoumaru have children, as requested by a follower. Includes both single parent fics and fics where Sesshoumaru and Kagome have children together.
Incest Fics: Fics in which Kagome and Sesshoumaru have an incestuous relationship (siblings or half-siblings), as requested by a follower.
Meeting Younger!Sess: Fics in which Kagome travels further back in time and meets a younger Sesshoumaru, as requested by a follower.
Aphrodisiac Fics: Fics, in which Sesshoumaru or Kagome take an aphrodisiac, as requested by a follower.
Movie AUs: Fandom fusion fics that feature the setting and/or plot of a particular movie and the cast of Inuyasha, as requested by a follower.
Humour and Crack one shots & Humour and Crack serial: Those rib-tickling funny fics about Sesshoumaru and Kagome.
Slowburn fics: Fics in which Sesshoumaru’s and Kagome’s romantic relationship develops slowly, as requested by a follower.
Supportive!Inuyasha fics: Fics in which Inuyasha is supportive of Sesshoumaru’s and Kagome’s relationship, as requested by a follower.
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