Meaning of Eternity Series

Introduction

Meaning of Eternity is a fairly expansive kokoeimiko AU diverging from Ei and Miko’s reunion in the Plane of Euthymia. Here, Miko’s loneliness across the centuries has driven her into a dark place, one into which Ei is dragged as well… but their love for each other ultimately allows them to rise above it and reach a much happier life full of family and friends.

It consists of multiple subseries and ‘individual’ fics authored by Chief Editor Yae Miko, as described below.

Given the sprawling nature of the AU, the reading order has become somewhat complicated. To help with this, your wise and beautiful Chief Editor has prepared an interactive timeline that doubles as a reading guide — it comes in three flavors, depending on your needs. If you’re not sure which one to pick, do read the entry on reforging below to help you make your decision.

Navigation via the provided arrows is recommended, as the packed nature of the timeline means that clustered events may be difficult to distinguish at times.

Subseries

reforging

The subseries that started it all as a sequence of related responses to the Eimiko NSFW Week 2022 event, reading reforging is entirely optional and the rest of the Meaning of Eternity series can stand without it if NSFW is not your thing or you find its content difficult to handle.

The core theme of reforging was ‘obsession,’ an obsession so deep that it could fuel 500 years of waiting for the return of a lover. The resulting toxicity is by no means endorsed by the Chief Editor, and the purpose of the subseries (and the subsequent works) was to explore and then directly reject that toxicity, the portrayal of the act of loving as an act of healing and mending. This does mean that it explores much darker material than the rest of the series does, and it may not be suitable for all readers.

The full series, with reforging included, is an exploration of falling into a dark place and recovering and reaching happiness, and the brightness and comfort that Ei and Miko fight their way back up to acquire is all the more powerful for it. Without reforging, it’s a (mostly) much more light-hearted series. When deciding whether or not reforging is appropriate for you, please heed the content warnings in the tags for both the series and each fic and exercise your best judgment.

If you wish to skip reforging, you should make use of either the reforging-free or NSFW-free version of the timeline to help you with the reading order, depending on your other needs. If you would like to give reforging a try, the full timeline will provide you with everything you require.

[NSFW] reforging by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Content Warnings Unhealthy Relationship
Unsafe Sex
Lack of Aftercare
Possessive Yae Miko
Bad Dom Yae Miko
Main Characters Raiden Ei
Yae Miko
Main Ships Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Sexual Content Lesbian Sex
Rough Sex
Pregnant Sex
Character Nonbinary Raiden Ei
Other Eventual Happy Ending
Summary
Miko has been waiting for Ei to return to her side for 500 years, feelings growing deeper and more twisted with every day that passes. Now that her god is finally back within her reach, she’s ready to show Ei just how foolish she was to think that she ever belonged anywhere except by her kitsune’s side.

a series of connected oneshots for Eimiko NSFW Week 2022, written with the core theme of ‘obsession’

(in case the above does not make this clear: what is depicted within is a toxic relationship that I in no way endorse, but that will by the end of the week’s sequence have made its way around to emotional catharsis through the final prompt)

whole

whole, alongside alloy, was written shortly after reforging as a sequel subseries for the SFW prompts of Eimiko Week 2022. While standalone, each fic in whole serves in some way to directly address and reject the particular elements of toxicity in the matching day of reforging (except day 7, which in reforging served as the start of the healing process). Despite this, it’s fully standalone and may be read without engaging with reforging in any way.

It is, however, recommended that you read the bridge story More Important Than Forever even if you skip out on reforging, as it introduces little Makoto and lays the groundwork for the post-reforging setting. The reforging-free or NSFW-free versions of the timeline will help point you to an optimal reading order if you want to skip reforging.

whole is focused on the wholesome and fluffy family life of Ei, Miko, Kokomi, and their children. The happiness their family has attained serves as a balm to the pain Ei and Miko have gone through, giving them a chance to relearn what it means to truly live.

whole by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Content Warnings Dangerous Levels of Fluff
Main Characters Raiden Ei
Yae Miko
Sangonomiya Kokomi
Little Makoto (eimiko child)
Secondary Characters Ren (kokoei child)
Hanabi (ayamiya child)
Kamisato Ayaka
Naganohara Yoimiya
Main Ships Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Background Ships Kamisato Ayaka/Naganohara Yoimiya
Character Nonbinary Raiden Ei
Nonbinary Little Makoto
Trans Yoimiya
Summary
a series of connected oneshots for Eimiko Week 2022’s SFW prompts, written as rejections of each toxic element of my Eimiko NSFW Week 2022 series, reforging, but designed to stand alone as well

Little Makoto’s first appearance is in the bridge story More Important Than Forever so you should probably read that one first even if you skip the NSFW week!

alloy

alloy, like whole, was written for Eimiko Week 2022 and serves as a way to address and reject the toxic elements of the respective days of reforging, but unlike whole was written to cover the NSFW prompts.

alloy fics all involve the sex life between Ei, Miko, and Kokomi. They focus on their growth as people and the ways in which they can express it, from exploring new sides of each other to engaging in safe kink activity that is no longer out of control as it was back in reforging… even if Ei may tend to worry a little too much sometimes, especially when her wives deliberately drive her a little insane to see how far they can make her go (not very).

[NSFW] alloy by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Main Characters Raiden Ei
Yae Miko
Sangonomiya Kokomi
Main Ships Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Sexual Content Lesbian Sex
Rough Sex
Impregnation
Praise Kink
Character Nonbinary Raiden Ei
Summary
a series of connected oneshots for Eimiko Week 2022’s NSFW prompts, written as rejections of each toxic element of my Eimiko NSFW Week 2022 series, reforging, but designed to stand alone as well

fishy business

fishy business is a sort of catch-all subseries containing kokoeimiko sidestories that fall outside of reforging, whole, and alloy. All fishy business fics will be SFW, and may fall before or after the trio formalize their relationship together. fishy business fics focus on building up Ei, Miko, Kokomi, and the context of their world and lives, whether it be in terms of their feelings for one another or their duties to Inazuma.

fishy business by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Main Characters Raiden Ei
Yae Miko
Sangonomiya Kokomi
Main Ships Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Character Nonbinary Raiden Ei
Summary
extra kokoeimiko entries for the *Meaning of Eternity* series, but capable of standing alone as well

ikebana

ikebana is a subseries of ayamiya sidestories. Unlike the three ‘mainline’ subseries, which are complete (though more mainline content is still planned), it has no fixed length and may be added to indefinitely.

ikebana fics may be SFW or NSFW and tend to be primarily fluff, though with the occasional dip into more dramatic content when appropriate. The NSFW-free timeline includes all SFW ikebana fics.

Naturally for the ayamiya subseries, the focus is placed on Ayaka and Yoimiya. Their daughters, both adoptive and biological, will also receive substantial screentime… though as of writing, only the adoptive one has made an ikebana appearance, and the biological daughter is found only in whole.

[SOMETIMES NSFW] ikebana by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Content Warnings Dangerous Levels of Fluff
Ayaka’s dirty talk is pathetic
Main Characters Kamisato Ayaka
Naganohara Yoimiya
Klee
Secondary Characters Yae Miko
Raiden Ei
Kujou Sara
Main Ships Kamisato Ayaka/Naganohara Yoimiya
Background Ships Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Sexual Content Lesbian Sex
Character Trans Yoimiya
Summary
ayamiya sidestories for the Meaning of Eternity series, but capable of standing alone as well

soar

soar is a subseries focused on shinosara as ikebana is for ayamiya. Much like ikebana, it has no fixed length and may be expanded indefinitely with both SFW and NSFW works, with the timeline adjusting what it will display as appropriate.

Content in soar may often be heavier than content in ikebana, as it depicts Sara’s growth as a person as she shakes off the chains of her upbringing that have tied her down to the ground and learns to live for herself.

[SOMETIMES NSFW] soar by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Content Warnings Referenced Child Abuse
Main Characters Kujou Sara
Kuki Shinobu
Secondary Characters Yae Miko
Raiden Ei
Naganohara Yoimiya
Kamisato Ayaka
Shikanoin Heizou
Sango
Kujou Masahito
Kujou Kamaji
Arataki Itto
Kujou Takayuki
Main Ships Kuki Shinobu/Kujou Sara
Background Ships Sangonomiya Kokomi/Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Kamisato Ayaka/Naganohara Yoimiya
Shikanoin Heizou/Sango
Character Trans Yoimiya
Genderfluid Heizou
Summary
shinosara sidestories for the Meaning of Eternity series, but capable of standing alone as well

the kitsune’s majesty

the kitsune’s majesty is a subseries focused on Miko’s young life — her time growing up in the Hakushin Lands, her experiences learning under the Kitsune Saiguu at the Grand Narukami Shrine, and of course her budding relationship with a certain Shadow.

the kitsune’s majesty will mostly consist of SFW works, but there will be a few NSFW ones down the line.

[SOMETIMES NSFW] the kitsune’s majesty by Chief Editor Yae Miko
Main Characters Yae Miko
Raiden Ei
The Kitsune Saiguu
Main Ships Raiden Ei/Yae Miko
Background Ships The Kitsune Saiguu/Chiyo
Character Nonbinary Raiden Ei
Summary
pre-cataclysm miko (and eimiko)-focused entries for the Meaning of Eternity series, but capable of standing alone as well