A Perfect Circle
Disclaimer / Warnings:

This is an alternate ending of the X manga from volume 14. As such, there are spoilers for all manga included and previous (this includes Tokyo Babylon), as well as conceptual spoilers for the end of the TV series. In that sense, the path the story will take is somewhat of a hybrid. Specific content warnings are annotated on the main page. This story's focus characters are men who like other men, so if that is not your cup of tea, skate. If you are offended by heterosexuality (females with males, heaven forbid), skate. Same goes with yuri (female/female).

X and Tokyo Babylon are copyright CLAMP. All other song quotes, et cetra, used are copyright their respective owners. I do not claim what is not mine. That simple. The fanfic itself is mine.

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Catalogue of (stolen) quotes and sources, all of which I disclaim ownership in any way, shape, or form.

Prologue: "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Chapter 2: "Make new friends..." Unknown author; I learned this in Girl Scouts when I was young. Creepy.

Chapter 5: Quote from volume 12 of the translated X/1999 manga by CLAMP.

Chapter 6: “Essay on Man”, Epistle II, by Alexander Pope -- another English class inspiration. This poem is my all-time favorite.

Chapter 8: Quote from episode 9, "Onmyou", of the X TV series

Chapter 9: "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, originally from the movie City of Angels

Chapter 10: One of the quotes is from Tokyo Babylon...

Chapter 14: "The Package" by A Perfect Circle

Chapter 15: Demian by Hermann Hesse

Chapter 16: "Cry Love" by John Hiatt

Chapter 17: "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode

Chapter 18: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris