Into the Light

I think this takes place before Like Nothing You've Ever Seen (probably).  I'll figure out the exact timeline at some point.
Quick rundown: In this universe, Japan is run by the women. Miyamoto Suna is Xander, and she's a matriarch of the Miyamoto Family, or Miyamoto-gumi.  Suna and Sunao or Nao-kun are the same person.  Miyamoto is genderfluid and simultaneously at peace with it/confident in their choices and more messed up than canon.  She also used to be the lieutenant of the Kumai-gumi.  Kumai, Jesse, was the old Matriarch of the Kumai-gumi but is currently on the run due to the events of A Cup Overflows and Phoenix Spirit.  Akiyama Yoko is Willow and Matriarch of the Akiyama-gumi.  The Amaya-kai is the Clan Natsukawa Renyo (Buffy) is the Chairwoman of.  Miyamoto's referring to Buffy with Natsukawa-sama and Dawn as Natsukawa-chan (she's the Matriarch of the Natsukawa-gumi).  Hattori is Snyder, the Matriarch of the Kazami-gumi.  Irezumi are the yakuza tattoos.  Ume blossoms are plum blossoms.  This one's written half in Kansai-ben, an accent that's usually contrasted with Kanto-ben, the version of Japanese spoken in Tokyo, and it's the accent Majima and Saejima, and more to the point of the fic, Miyamoto, speak.  It is thought of as more slangy, in contrast to Kanto-ben (you could compare it to Other Accents vs British Received Pronunciation).  I'm trying to render that in the fic.  Cordy is Miyamoto's "husband" (they don't care as long as you're acting within your "gender" and there's one wife, head of the household, and one husband, submissive and caretaker of the household).  She escaped her father's cult and sought refuge with the yakuza.  Inoue is Andrew.
More author's notes: background notes
You might also want to check out the irezumi background stuff, as there's some symbolism going on here (I went over the basics, so you'll be fine to just read, but it'll give extra to the fic): Natsukawa (Buffy), Akiyama (Willow), Miyamoto (Xander)
Fic-specific notes: this actually got written because I jumpscared myself by walking by a wall-hanging and immediately thought "Akiyama would do that"

Main Points:
Buffy/Yakuza AU (Bloody Petals)
Chapter Summary: Miyamoto's tired of yakuza politics.  Akiyama helps out.
Word Count: 3070
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Cordy/Xander (Miyamoto)
Warning: references to possible former abuse (Cordy was in a cult)

( marriage problems )