History FanficRecs / YuyuHakusho

These are recommendations made by {{Troper}}s for ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found [[Main/FanficRecommendations here]].

* Status: Ongoing

* Crossover with: ''Manga/Prince of Tennis''

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1688245 Spark My Wings, Fan My Flames]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Siderea/pseuds/Siderea Siderea]]
* Recommended by: Tropers/{{X59}}
* ''Status'': Ongoing
* ''Pairings'': Izuku/Shouto
* ''Crossover with'': ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
* ''Synopsis'': "Midoriya Izuku has always wanted to be a hero. Not to be number one, not to be the strongest, but to protect everyone. And he will."
* ''Comments'': Though primarily focused on the protagonist of My Hero Academia Yusuke, Hiei, and Yukina serve as mentors for the spirit detective in training.

* ''Comments'': Though primarily focused on the protagonist of My Hero Academia Yusuke, Hiei, Yukina serve as mentors for the spirit detective in training.

* Crossover with: ''Manga/NatsumeYuujinchou''

* Status: Ongoing (slow updates)

* Synopsis: Kurama didn't know the dream flower pollen merely gave Maya the opportunity to fall in love all over again.

* Comments: Dealing with an incredibly rare ship set two years before canon events, this fic is truly a hidden gem, this trope had clicked on it without many expectations, only curiosity over this ship, and was instantly enchanted by how the author interprets Kurama's feelings for Maya, and it even explores how Kurama's adjustment to the human world went, his relationship with his mother among other things; the author also manages to make Maya herself pretty likeable as a girl with both a love for the supernatural and budding supernatural abbilities; who manages to be both right and wrong assumptions over Kurama and keeps his interest after he erases her memory of him.

* Status: Ongoing

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12053886/1/Doubt-the-Stars-Are-Fire Doubt the Stars Are Fire]]'' by [=TrisakAminawn=] / [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Kieron_ODuibhir/pseuds/Kieron_ODuibhir/works?fandom_id=941637 Kieron_ODuibhir]]
* Recommended by: @/{{darkemyst}}

* Synopsis: Something has come to Natsume's town. Something huge. Something terrible. Something too powerful to exist in the human world. No one has seen it. But every spirit in the forest knows it's there. Meanwhile, Natsume's new gym teacher is a jerk..

* Notes: Has a companion collection, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12394950/1/ Children of Misfortune]]''.
** Alternate links: ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/9216167/chapters/20902862 Lucky Child]]'' and ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10461627/chapters/23085693 Children of Misfortune]]''.

* Recommended by: @/AnonymousApathy

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4989448/1/The_Impalpable_Ash The Impalpable Ash]]'' by spicedcheese (formerly The Unconventional Lady).
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* ''Pairing'': Kurama/Shizuru (het).
* ''Synopsis'': It's really an incredible fic that's almost hard to define - it's not so much about Kurama and Shizuru's relationship, but more the science fiction elements of the plot. It's very erudite, and transcends normal romance. Post-series.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4031643/1/Red_and_Black Red and Black]]'' by Adi88.
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* ''Pairing'': Karasu/Kurama (male-slash).
* ''Synopsis'': A crossover with [[Creator/NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', which takes place mostly in dreamscape. Karasu is haunting Kurama's dreams, and Kurama takes matters into his own hands.
[=[[reviews:RedAndBlackYuYuHakusho]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3211212/1/Leashed Leashed]]'' by Penguin-sama.
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* ''Pairing'': Yomi/Kurama (male-slash).
* ''Synopsis'': Kurama, the great strategist, chafed under Yomi's rule in canon. Leashed is a behind-the-scenes look at Yomi and Kurama's relationship, done in an intriguing, almost aggressively non-stereotypical way. It could fit comfortably in the Three Kings Saga without hurting anything, post-Yomi's summons, pre-Shura.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3866623/1/Immortal Immortal]]'' by Fawx.
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* ''Pairing'': Kuronue/Kurama (male-slash).
* ''Synopsis'': Set post-series, this fic is about bad guys, good guys, and the return of Kuronue. Kurama feels ill with premonitions, and a series of events leads him back to his ex-partner Kuronue. It's a very clean story that always reminds me, despite artistic license and liberties taken, of Yu Yu Hakusho canon.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5606703/1/Vice_and_Virtue Vice and Virtue]]'' by Sekahyyh
* ''Pairing'': Sakyo/Shizuru (het).
* ''Synopsis'': Sekahyyh says it best herself: "In Dante’s hell, the circle of fraud was guarded by a dragon, hypocrisy, with the face of a man and the body of a monster."

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5340265/1/The-Kurama-whom-Kurama-Never-Knew The Kurama Whom Kurama Never Knew]]'' by Mikageshi
* Recommended by @/{{MinamayoGrey}}
* ''Pairing'': Kurama x (not so) OC; OC based on unknown girl in Episode 94
* ''Synopsis'': Kurama does not faze her at all. "So you have a thumb as green as your eyes. Big deal." But he can't say the same about her. Meet Yusuke's least favorite customer. Kaitou's new nemesis. The Sniper's first love. But just who was—is—she to Kurama? He cracks his most intimate case yet. A Kurama x OC novel like no other.
* ''Comments'': Read it guys. Continuity Beast story right here. Action, mystery, awesomeness and epicness. Everything you'd want in a story, an OC and a Kurama x OC love story all together. You will not regret reading it. Rather, you'd regret not reading it. --@/{{MinamayoGrey}}

* Notes: Has a sequel, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2419955/1/ A Good Offense]]'', as well as a collection of side-stories ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2179978/1/ The Best Defense Sidefics]]''.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2083404/1/In_Vice_Versa In Vice Versa]]'' by Hungry Sano
* Recommended by Tropers/SirPsychoSexy
* ''Status':
* ''Synopsis'': [[AlternateUniverseFic What if Keiko had died instead of Yusuke]], and Keiko and Shizuru had become Spirit Detectives instead of Yusuke and Kuwabara? A wonderful look into WhatCouldHaveBeen. (Incomplete- up to nine chapters)

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4244021/1/Changing_Death_Rewrite Changing Death]]'' by borderline_mary
* Recommended by @/SereneShadow, @/{{Pastykake}}
* ''Synopsis'': Six months after the Dark Tournament, Kurama goes on an important mission that is kept secret from the rest of the team. The results of this are catastrophic, and things may never quite be the same for anyone.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5656243/1/Future_Talk Future Talk]]'' by Graphospasm
* Recommended by Willowleaf, @/{{Pastykake}}

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3350050/1/Of_Snowballs_Cell_Phones_and_Homicide Of Snowballs, Cell Phones, and Homicide]]'' by Final Arc
* Recommended by @/AnonymousApathy
* ''Synopsis'': "In their own words, Yusuke and Kurama desperately attempt to explain why they tried to kill Yukina." - FF.net summary

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2461431/1/Sleight_of_Hand Sleight of Hand]]'' by Le'letha
* Recommended by @/HotHeadedAstronomer
* ''Synopsis'': Crossover with Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration. While moving refugees and hunting down a dangerous ship with lethal cargo, two unexpected guests come to help them on their quest. Their names? Hiei and Kurama.
[=[[reviews:SleightOfHand]]=]

* Recommended by lettergirlmj
* ''Pairings'': Yukina/Shizuru, background Kurama/Hiei
* ''Synopsis'': Yukina put her fork down and said, "I need a job."
* ''Comments'': The absolute perfect Yukina story in the entire fandom. Hands down.

''[[http://kittens-author.livejournal.com/ The Best]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10069851/1/The-Best-Defense Defense]]'', its sequel ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2419955/1/A_Good_Offense A Good Offense]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2179978/1/The_Best_Defense_Sidefics Sidefics]]'' by [=JoIsBishMyoga=]
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}, @/{{Pastykake}}
* ''Status'': Complete, Dead with synopsis of remaining plot given, and Complete (one-shots), respectively
* ''Synopsis'': The Best Defense is a Yu Yu Hakusho/Harry Potter crossover of epic proportions, noticeable for its twisting of a trite stereotype (the Tantei going to Hogwarts to help out in the fight against Voldemort) into something truly enjoyable that is somehow more than the sum of its parts.
[=[[reviews:TheBestDefenseAGoodOffense]]=]

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* Commenst: She has since stopped writing, but the stories are still there.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/350582/ Shadow Jaganshi's fics.]] She has since stopped writing, but the stories are still there.
* Recommended by Elkian

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/552045/ Blossomwitch's fanfictions]] (Particularly ''Define Mercy'' and ''Balm of Gilead.'')
* Recommended by @/SereneShadow and @/{{Pastykake}}
* Blossomwitch is an amazing writer, and her fics are usually entertaining and worth a read, especially the two mentioned above. She has awesome characterization, and keeps with canon in most cases. There's some slash at times, depending on the fic. All in all it's good work, and worth reading.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/275582/Windswift Windswift's fanfictions]] (Particularly ''Kiss'' and ''Secret and Strange.'')
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* Windswift is the queen of poignant, brilliant little oneshots. She seems to work well with minute snapshots - she literally has hundreds of them posted, very few of them surpassing a thousand words. Windswift, however, despite her lack of long fics, is my personal head-canon. She's hopped her way through every character and pairing in the show, touching them all lightly with the softest, most compassionate eye, and then moving on. It takes an hour or more to get through all of her drabblish fics, but it's a very enjoyable, thought-provoking hour, and she really does have something interesting to say about everyone. Windswift has never written a fic that wasn't for the whole family, but her ideas and style are very adult. Tropers who try her out are in for a wonderful time.

[[http://creepstakes.livejournal.com/941.html#cutid1 Creepstakes's fanfictions]] (Particularly ''Kitsunetsuki'' and ''The Silk of Benzaiten.'')
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* Creepstakes is easily the best erotica writer in the fandom. She always has an incredible blend of interesting, entertaining, and arousing in her fanfiction, and almost never sacrifices her plots. Her take on the characters and her ability to amuse a reader and continue to amuse them are a gift. Her plots are addictive and always leave me gasping for breath, and she's not afraid of writing rare pairings and new ideas. The majority of her work is male-slash, and explicit male-slash at that - she's delved into sadomasochism, guro, and many other not-nice things, so tropers not looking for darker, libido-driven fics should give her a miss, and even those who don't should remember to ''heed all her warnings.'' Still, Creepstakes earns her place as one of the best writers in fandom.

[[http://web.archive.org/web/20050318193303/freehost12.websamba.com/lyntek/yyh.html Sans Enigma's Yuu Yuu Hakusho Fanfiction Archive]] (Particularly ''Silent and Still'' and ''Kurama's Mouth''.)
* Recommended by @/{{Sekahyyh}}
* This website hasn't been updated since 2001. Still, it's the last bastion of the late and greats, Lulu White Tenshi, Sahari, etc., people who have long since left this fandom. I can't think of a single fanfiction on this site that didn't blow me away, and ''Silent and Still,'' my personal favorite fanfic of all time, is housed here. The pairings are mostly Yusuke/Kurama, with some deviations, but they're all proof that people were active and amazing in this fandom long before my time. I mean it when I say that Sans Enigma is always worth a visit, even if you've been there a hundred times. The day it goes down, I'll cry. (''Silent and Still'' has an off-site sequel by a different author, should anyone be interested, called [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1411467/1/Overcoming_Chaos Overcoming Chaos]].)
[=[[reviews:SanEnigma]]=]

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/835445/BlueUtopiah Blueutopiah's fanfictions]] (Particularly ''Lost, only to be found within Kurama'' and ''The Collection.'')
* Recommended by @/{{Hyrusekki}}
* Blueutopiah likes to explore the darker edges of the yu yu hakusho universe in her fics - where the demons are demons, the characters don't always fall in love, and the endings aren't necessarily happy. Her stories are well-characterized, well exectued, and she doesn't hesitate to shock as she carries you along for the ride. I enjoy reading and re-reading her fics because she has a terrific grasp on the canon and I still find new things on every re-read. If you're a yu yu hakusho fan at all, this author is a must.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/641891/Sekah Sekahyyh's fanfictions]]. (Especially ''Counting Crows'', ''Hell or High Water'', and ''Silk & Sable'')
* Recommended by @/{{Hyrusekki}}
* Sekahyyh is tremendously talented and her fics are original, sweeping, and epic. From the level of detail to the vocabulary to the characterization to the research, you can feel the weight of her writing and her stories read less like fanfiction and more like published works. Although her main focus is Karasu/Kurama, she appreciates some of the more forgotten characters in fanfiction, like Toguro, Genkai, and Mukuro, giving them layers and depth. Her erotica is unique and real, her non-con is gruesome and disturbing (such as in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7213051/1/Counting_Crows Counting Crows]]), and she not only writes yaoi, but het and yuri as well. Sometimes I walk away from her works shaken, lost in thought, or insanely jealous. She's amazing.
[=[[reviews:Sekahyyh]]=]

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/559606/KowaretaTsubasa KowaretaTsubasa's fanfictions]] (especially ''Judgment'', ''Fully Exposed'', and ''Little Wishes'')
* Recommended by , and @/{{Pastykake}}
* Kowareta Tsubasa is a brilliant writer who has a very intellectual spin on the Yu Yu Hakusho characters. No matter who it is she writes, she can manage to make them sound like the most amazing and mesmerizing characters in the world. I would recommend her to anyone who is getting sick of all of the TransplantedCharacterFic in Yu Yu Hakusho fandom, as her writing ability will make you fall in love with the characters all over again. Her scope ranges from the main four to Sensui and Itsuki to the Three Kings (particularly Mukuro) to Toguro and Genkai- and she makes it look ''effortless'' to keep them all in character. Highly recommended.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/699532/thoth-moon ThothMoon's fanfictions]] (especially ''Graduation'', ''Cockroach'', and ''Will You Accept the Charges?'')
* Recommended by
* Thoth Moon is another writer who can add great intellectual depth to the Yu Yu Hakusho universe- not to mention she actually [[ShownTheirWork shows her work]] whenever she has to go beyond YYH canon to find something relevant to her fics. Her NC-17 rated stories are very playful while remaining true to the characters and making the reader think, as well as retaining the requisite Togashi-level {{Gorn}} where it is appropriate. In this troper's opinion, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4925872/1/Cockroach Cockroach]] in particular stands out because it is the most comprehensive {{Deconstruction}} of MisterSeahorse that he has read in ''any fandom''- but the other fics are excellent as well. A must-read.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2147981/ Graphospasm's fanfictions]]
* Recommended by Tropers/LurkingBeneath, @/{{Pastykake}}
* Now, seeing the sheer amount of OC-centric stories in this writer's profile is enough to throw even some of the least judgmental readers off. Don't let this fool you, though--Graphospasm is one of those few fanfic writers who know how to do [=OCs=] ''right''. Her original characters are easy to relate to, believable, and entertaining. Her fics are fun without feeling too bubbly, and they all have plots worth getting into. Some of the early chapters of her fanfiction (such as Future Talk) are slightly off-putting in their... typicality, but Graphospasm has grown as a writer and her stories have grown with her. The canon characters don't take the back seat, Kuwabara is treated like a great person, and nobody is OOC. Fics this troper would particularly recommend are "Fakes & Fiends," "Future Talk," "School Daze," and "Touched."

* Recommended by Shareth
* These two have collaboratively produced the funniest series of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' fanfiction this troper has ever read. There are a few minor spelling errors, and people twitchy about male/male relations had best give "Grandfather of Fire", the seventh in the series a miss (the Hiei/Kurama is present in most of the others, but not in center focus), but this crackverse is well worth dealing with those minimal flaws. This troper clearly remembers both her and her brother reading it as young teens and not only not being permanently scarred by the experience, but laughing so hard our faces hurt. Great stuff... and the later crossover of the Quinverse with ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' is just as gut-bustingly funny.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Reyka_Sivao/pseuds/Reyka_Sivao/works?fandom_id=941637&page=1 Reyka_Sivao's fanfictions]] (especially ''Yang'' and ''Kurama's Story: Healer'')
* Recommended by Tropers/PictureFrame, @/{{Pastykake}}
* Reyka covers the whole fandom from the main characters to the Six Fighters, to Sensui's squad. If you want it you can find it. The ideas and scenarios are quite original, bordering on bizarre. Most are some form of character stud and many are one-shots but there are some longer stories as well. "Unexpected," which crosses the bizarre line twice, and "The Porch," are two of the best.
[=[[reviews:Reyka_Sivao]]=]

[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/YuYuGiDigiMoon [=YuYuGiDigiMoon=] ]]
* Recommended by Ford1114
* The author of this franchise has made the stories so well-written that makes the crossover blend in well to one universe. These will make readers interested to see many instances of action, character interaction, and drama.
[=[[reviews:Kanius]]=]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/322808/nightwalker3 nightwalker3's fanfictions]] (especially ''Jail Break'', ''The Godking'', and ''Yuusuke and the Yakuza'')
* Recommended by @/{{Pastykake}}
* The author has a good amount of both humor and serious fics, and is great at both. The characterization and speech patterns is wonderfully done (especially Yusuke and Genkai) and the banter is witty and natural-sounding. About half of the YYH stories involve some light mention of slash, but even for those who are squeamish about that it's light enough and the stories are good enough that they're still worth a read.

Proof that there ''is'' [[SturgeonsLaw 10% worth dying for and being revived by Spirit World.]]

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* These two have collaboratively produced the funniest series of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' fanfiction this troper has ever read. There are a few minor spelling errors, and people twitchy about male/male relations had best give "Grandfather of Fire", the seventh in the series a miss (the Hiei/Kurama is present in most of the others, but not in center focus), but this crackverse is well worth dealing with those minimal flaws. This troper clearly remembers both her and her brother reading it as young teens and not only not being permanently scarred by the experience, but laughing so hard our faces hurt. Great stuff... and the later crossover of the Quinverse with WeissKreuz is just as gut-bustingly funny.

Listed here are fanfictions that have been recommended by Tropers for the YuYuHakusho canon, ''all'' of which must be signed to remain on the page. Please use the [[Main/FanficRecommendations template]] when recommending.

* These two have collaboratively produced the funniest series of YuYuHakusho fanfiction this troper has ever read. There are a few minor spelling errors, and people twitchy about male/male relations had best give "Grandfather of Fire", the seventh in the series a miss (the Hiei/Kurama is present in most of the others, but not in center focus), but this crackverse is well worth dealing with those minimal flaws. This troper clearly remembers both her and her brother reading it as young teens and not only not being permanently scarred by the experience, but laughing so hard our faces hurt. Great stuff... and the later crossover of the Quinverse with WeissKreuz is just as gut-bustingly funny.