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Diverging Paths - Start of HOPE by YellowSaga
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), Undertale (Video Game), Celeste (Video Game), Cuphead (Video Game), Shovel Knight, Hollow Knight (Video Games), Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter, OneShot (Video Game), Five Nights at Freddy's, Friday Night Funkin' (Video Game), Indie Cross (Web Series), SCP Foundation, Battle For Dream Island (Web Series), Deltarune (Video Game), Persona Series, Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
25 Oct 2025
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A fallen human
A fallen child
6 lost souls converge into one.
8 souls start the beginning of HOPEVigilantes rise in a place they should not be.
Rifts torn.
The Sun Lost.
But still they have HOPE.One echoes throughout the halls.
One Flower to rule them all.
The world is their plaything, but they will not fall.
The World Refused.
The World has HOPE.
(Hello everyone, this is YellowSaga, and thank you for reading or even just considering my fanfic, this is my first work so constructive criticism is appreciated and I will rewrite chapters if I have to, anyways, hope you enjoy and thanks again.)
Also I will try to update weekly or bi-weekly, but I can't make any promises, other than this definitely won't be abandoned, it will be on hiatus at worse.Also there may be major or minor spoilers for all the above fandoms and possibly others (I couldn’t fit all the characters) found in the notes chapters, you have been warned.
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- Part 1 of Diverging Paths - Series
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Yeah… this is my fanfiction… this fanfiction should be like the prequel made by fan!! Hope you like it!!
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It Could Be Goodbye by JoltTheCorgi
Fandoms: Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter
24 Sep 2025
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The Drifter doesn't exactly remember how the Beheaded came into their life. They just knew that maybe spending life alone wasn't as nice as spending life with him by their side. Still, they couldn't ignore their mission to destroy the immortal cell.
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A moment both brief and false by CisntCritter
Fandoms: Hyper Light Drifter, Dead Cells (Video Game), Indie Cross - MORØ (Web Series)
28 Aug 2025
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Beheaded used to never dream but in Drifter’s body he dreams of them every night. He’s not sure if it’s really him or not but it’s a nice thought.
Still, it taunts him to see what is almost convincing when he’s so tired.
He misses them and so he tries to dream of him when he can, that’s the long and short of it.
Aka it’s 4am but I got sad about these two again and wrote something short and sad for pretty much no reason.
Cws for implied death, some derealization and grief I guess but idk man
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Actions that bleed sentimentality by Dusting_Nebulas
Fandoms: Hyper Light Drifter, Dead Cells (Video Game)
17 Aug 2025
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Drifter likes to think he sticks to the code thoroughly. Yet, staring down at the star that lit up his way lately, gracing him with the light it held, he felt he had somehow strayed too close to the sun that made up that distant glow.
And yet, was this not the happiest he'd been?
(They fuck. Idk what else to say.)
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Beheaded rejecting King's identity in the most violent way possible forces Collector to rethink his judgement of character, which leads to them working together again towards better future. But even happy ending isn't a solution to a problem that is Beheaded' ..everything. But he will get there. Eventually
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This fic is a snippets collection with very vague timelineCh1: Starting At The End (boss fight, "happy ending"; Beheaded meets Drifter)
Ch2: No Cure For All (Collector meets Drifter, it doesn't quite work out)
Ch3: Collector's Chains (let's call it flashback)
Ch4: A Favor (talking about work and other things)
Ch5: Homecoming Means Death (this means exactly what it says)
Ch6: What Is In The Name
Ch7: Burn Burn Burn That Bridge (check chapter notes)
Ch8: Fair Trade
Ch9: Turn Up The Heat
Ch10: Feels Like Running Out Of Time
Ch11: Heart To Heart
Ch12: Pick Your Poison
Ch13: Busy Doing Nothing
Ch14: Cold Sweat
Ch15: Rain-Rain, (Don't) Go Away
Ch16: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backwards
Ch17: As Good As It Ever Gets
Ch18: Take A Long Way Back Home -
A Warm Wind by Leamonea
Fandoms: Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter, Hollow Knight (Video Games)
22 Jul 2025
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As Drifter completes his mission, so does his lifespan. However, he is not alone, and it turns out he has accomplished more than just ending a plague on his species.
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when the toppled pints clink, the beheaded takes this time to visualise his version of the far future ahead with you.
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How to Tame Your Murder Robot by Another_Vale
Fandoms: ULTRAKILL (Video Game), OneShot (Video Game), Indie Cross - Fandom
30 Jun 2025
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It’s been a year and a half since the events of Indie Cross and V1 is found broken down in the remains of Hell and brought back for repairs.
Now they have the chance to live a life free of the violence they always knew but they aren’t great at adapting
Until a certain not a cat child drops into their lap.
Don’t think about the logic too hard plz I’m running by dumbassery rules
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To melt the ice I’m caged in by CisntCritter
Fandoms: Hyper Light Drifter, Dead Cells (Video Game), Indie Cross - MORØ (Web Series), But the indie cross is more implied than actually there tbh
18 Jun 2025
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Friendly and kind physical contact is far from guaranteed to be something Blu outside of the North can find. It’s also not something freely given to Drifters or the afflicted. Even the most optimistic cant expect much of it if they are any of those things, let alone all of them like Drifter is.
Not that he minded. Even when outside of his universe with people more than willing to express themselves that way, they didn’t really like it.
But something must have changed because now they really, really yearn for it- no, they are starving for it.
Unfortunately their partner is too busy learning to and then sticking with ‘respecting their boundaries’ to just pull him into a hug. More fortunately, Drifter doesn’t really see Beheaded rejecting him entirely if they are the one to initiate.
He doesn't.
Aka Projecting my touch adverse touch starvation on my current fav cat boy for a yummy hurt/comfort oneshot
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A Butterfly's Lifespan by Chiyo_Fujimori
Fandoms: Indie Cross - MORØ (Web Series), Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter
15 Jun 2025
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*…Are you really that determined to try and save me from my fate?*
The Beheaded wavered, silent for a moment. His flame slowed before flickering erratically again, his body tensing under the Drifter’s touch.
“...Don’t look at me like that. I told you, I’m just thinking. There has to be some good thing to come out of this whole world-hopping hoo-rah-rah. Don’t you think?”
*My good thing is you.*
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The Drifter wakes up to find that the Beheaded has wandered off elsewhere. When he finds him, the Beheaded tells him what's been on his mind, and it leads to a difficult conversation.
He never thought someone else would defy his acceptance of his early death.
a.k.a. the Drifter and the Beheaded process inevitable death, fear, and grief together.
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The Beheaded wakes up to find the small place he’s found home to be strangely still. He’s on edge but not really worried until he finds a note from his missing partner that all but spells out that he needs to find them fast if he ever wants to see him again. He quickly decides to check the town center because he has reason to think that it’s connected to the fate Drifter was shown (and that Drifter has said he’s finally going to meet).
He really just hopes he makes it in time.
Meanwhile Drifter is certain that he won’t ever wake up again. He’s wrong.
Aka- these two still are in my brain! I wrote most of this weeks ago but decided to finally just post it as a birthday present to myself. As of now the first chapter is done, the second just needs reread and the third (and final planned) is about half way done. So hopefully not too much waiting for this one :)
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In a world consumed by chaos and evil caused by consequences of the past, Drifter embarks on a search for the truth of things, being accompanied by a certain prisoner who cares for him in his own way.
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Frozen, In More Ways Than One by Arxanum
Fandoms: Indie Cross - MORØ (Web Series), Celeste (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter
11 Jun 2025
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Set directly after Madeline and Drifter are pulled through the portal.
Madeline grieves for her fallen friend and Drifter helps.
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- Part 1 of Indie Cross Fics
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I miss my wife, leghugger. I miss him a lot :( by CisntCritter
Fandoms: Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter
09 Jun 2025
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The Beheaded has finally been sent home but finally is far from the right word. The empty space at his side aches fiercely.
With a view of the stars and his pet nuzzling for “his” hand, he can’t help but get reflective. He remembers a warm and soft moment he had had with Drifter. He grieves.
How, he wonders, does this hand feel compared to his old one when he pets the leghugger?
but he already knows how soft those pads are, how sharp but careful these claws can be. He knows.Aka- I turned my own screenshot from pre-driftcells brain worms hitting the mental towers into a stupid meme. Now I am turning that stupid meme into fucking angst in a short oneshot. I hope it kills my writer’s block and tears out hearts :)
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Driftcells "writer's" collection! by antidargnes
Fandoms: Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter, Indie cross YouTube series, Indie Cross - Fandom
29 May 2025
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Small plots for each new chapter! I'm going to make these men kiss and cry together guys >:)
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*I would never let you die, just as you wouldn’t let me.*
The Beheaded was stunned into silence for a moment. Finally, he relented.
“Alright, alright. You won’t let me die. Got it. God, you are stubborn about this, aren’t you?”
*Hypocrite,* the Drifter thought bitterly.
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After a horrid revelation of his future, the Drifter reconsiders the best way to lead his life after this amid the Beheaded's insistence that he live. And he makes some impulsive decisions that lead to revelations.
A.k.a. a completely self-indulgent fic on these two cuties because they have been haunting my mind.
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Gaming All-Stars: Replayed by NootNoot64
Fandoms: Super Smash Brothers, Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Crash Bandicoot (Video Games), Rayman (Video Games), Spyro the Dragon (Video Games 1998-2005), Pac-Man (Video Games), LittleBigPlanet (Video Games), Banjo-Kazooie (Video Games), Shovel Knight, Cuphead (Video Game), Undertale (Video Game), Hollow Knight (Video Games), Celeste (Video Game), OneShot (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter, Dead Cells (Video Game), inFAMOUS (Video Games), Street Fighter (Video Games), Mother 3 (Video Game), Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu | EarthBound, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Red Dead Redemption (Video Games), Minecraft (Video Game), Raving Rabbids (Video Games)
23 May 2025
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Entangled in an unknown world, multiple heroic souls must team up with each other, facing against the threat of Polygon Man and his forces while also finding a way to get back home.
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The secrets you tell me (I’ll take to my grave) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Dead Cells (Video Game)
21 May 2025
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In between the fights against the King’s Hand, Flame Face and Laure take a break to look at the world they inhabit.
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Re:indie by Rickzin
Fandoms: Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime), Shovel Knight, Hollow Knight (Video Games), Celeste (Video Game), OneShot (Video Game), Dead Cells (Video Game), Hyper Light Drifter, Cuphead (Video Game)
12 May 2025
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At the end of the battle with the Nightmare game master, Unithor attacks and throws our heroes into a new world.