Best Short Cross Guild Fanfics
Cross Guild novellas — 10k–50k words, perfect for a weekend. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 9 Short Cross Guild Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Cross Guild fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Three of Pentacles
by Interesting_Twist201
In which Crocodile and Mihawk make romantic gestures towards their new leader, but Buggy interprets them as threats.
Grandstand Festival
by Veskasa
A typical storm and an atypical story lead the Cross Guild's shadow leaders to spend more time with their chosen figurehead. Mihawk is strangely comfortable with it, but Crocodile is still learning to accept that Buggy the Clown isn't as uninteresting and weak as he'd always assumed. The ex-warlords
We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together (and other lies Buggy tells himself)
by Transformatron
Buggy the Star Clown has everything he’s ever wanted! A loyal army of devotees (who think he’s far more formidable than he actually is)! Powerful subordinates (who use him as a chew toy)! The title of Emperor (not entirely deserved)… Yeah, everything is coming up Buggy!The last thing he wants is to
Watch me, watch me.
by obliv_ia1
draculemihawk: And how should I prove it?"Well," Buggy’s smug, "If this were the real Dracule Mihawk, she'd give me a way better tip than thirty bucks." People are defending her in the chat against the Mihawk impersonator but when the "cha-ching" of the tip notification dings through her studio, eve
Kinktober 2023 Twitfics
by MsThunderFrost
A collection of Kinktober twitfics! Each fic will be posted here the day after it airs on my twitter. Day 19: Hizashi/Mirai -- Monsterfucking | Piercings | Magical Tattoos Day 20: Kar'niss/F!Tav -- Monsterfucking | Poison | Feeding Day 21: Minthara/F!Tav -- Cunnilingus | Pain Kink | Blo
A Lesson In Patience
by AcesCorazon
The door to the captain’s quarters creaks open and in walks another boring old man, "Shit, it's cold out there," Crocodile complains, joining the other two former warlords in their shared sleeping quarters. Should have froze out there, Buggy thinks as the frown on his face grows. If he would have tu
Souls lost in revelry
by Crow (Elennanore)
On the banks of Elbaf, it is not the Kidd pirates that Shanks sees in the distance, but rather the submarine of one Trafalgar Law, the man who had saved his kid's life after Marinefort and one of little Anchor's mates. That changes some things, but not as many as one would expect.---At Winner Island
flashy emperor of the sea showcases surprising talent?!
by allmightskitten
Crocodile knew full well that Buggy was capable of competence and even intelligence when really necessary.But he had never in a million years thought that Buggy could employ that skill when it came to something as intricate and difficult as bringing him pleasure.
Tender Love and Care
by Veskasa
Mihawk can feel everything that is done to his sword. Shanks steals it while visiting Karai Bari to torment his old rival and ropes an unsuspecting Buggy into helping him do it.
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Why Read Short Cross Guild Fics?
Novella-length Cross Guild fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 9short Cross Guild fanfics spans 199,111 total words. Kudos range from 740 on the newest entries to 3,199 on the most established. Nearly all (100%) are complete, so you can start any of them without WIP anxiety. The most common rating is Explicit (7 of 9 fics).
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