[J-Rock Drabble Fiction Collection]

Site Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 384 Location: Iiya

From the jdrabblers LJ community which I actively participate in.
A drabble is a multiple of 100! Multiples of 10 okay in some cases.

Title: #1 - Concert in the Snow
Author: Zuks
Theme: WINTER
Band: L'arc
Notes: ...Ahhh... L'arc doesn't belong to me... (I wish.) Basically, this first one Tetsu's so sensitive to the cold he abandons the concert...

Tetsu chattered his teeth and looked warily at the cheerful crowd. Outdoor concerts were often fun, but this... well, Jack Frost had come, and he had kicked into Laruku's star-studded face.
He pulled his chilled bananas out of his pockets, put them up against his head and shuddered, "Kebbyou L' L' L' L'arc~en~Ciel desu!" The crowd cheered. He looked back at his freezing comrades. Out of all of them, Hyde was the only one who could manage to smile in the cold. He was in fur.
He thought, "...Go for it."
Shouting, “Hyde sings solo project tonight!” he ran away.

Title: #2 - Kawaii in White
Author: Zuks
Theme: WINTER
Band: L'arc
Notes: ...and the second one, Hyde steals cuteness from a kitten! Also, Tetsu's absent, probably indoors trying to warm up. What else can I say? First drabbles! (♥) Or... second Very Happy

"Chou kawaii! How did you wander in here?" Ken crouched down and picked up a small kitten. "Ken-chan, wouldn't your other kitty be jealous? You'll make her angry!" Yukihiro scolded. "Ah, Elizabeth is kindhearted." Ken said. “I consider myself already forgiven.”
“Oy, this is a stickup.” Hyde prodded the kitten’s ear with one of Tetsu’s bananas. “Hyde, what is the kitten going to give you?” Yukkie laughed. “Gimme your kawaii, kitten.” Hyde threatened. “No, anything but that!” Ken squealed for the kitten.
“HAIDOKUUUUN!!!” Megumi loudly megaphoned in Hyde’s ear, knocking him over into the snow. “Haido, you’re Kawaii in white.”

Title: Take Out of Super-Natural Proportions
Author: Zuks
Theme: Take Out
Band: Tetsu x Take Out?
Words: 200
Notes: A long way to a bad joke.

"Tetchan... I know it is your birthday, but you must do your chores."
"Understood, boss!" Tetchan saluted, and pulled a list out of his pocket. "Make dinner..." he read. He examined the rest of the list. There was no way he could finish his chores unless dinner was skipped entirely. However, if the household was not fed, work couldn’t be executed properly…
He dialed a number and then continued on to all of his chores. Once he was done, the delivery man arrived and handed him his food.
Once he opened the package, he realized the food was already cooled down. He carefully unwrapped the food and dished them onto a large microwavable plate. He clicked it in and shut the door and examined the menagerie of buttons. How long would it take to cook everyone’s cooled supper on this contraption?
He typed in what sounded right… the amount of time it would take him to cook it in the oven.

Sorrowfully, he pulled out the exploded, melted, burnt, sludgey mass that he had created. The kitchen door opened, and Yukkie, Kenchan and Haido stepped in with a cake iced with rainbows. “Tetchan… didn’t we say take out the trash?”

Title: A Devil That Has Angel Wings
Author: Zuks
Theme: #3 - Tattoo
Band: Hyde
Notes: 100 word SONG/POEM (I'm slightly worried, it barely keeps to theme, ne?)

Nearby a sea of broken blue,
I think to myself, who are you
To glare with such cold, dullish eyes
And stubborn lack of compromise?

Your voice is soft, yet growling, low;
Filled with bright fire from below
The heavens and the barren earth
Begging for a renewal: rebirth

You ask the skies to tell your reason
To be here on a planet in such violent season
Which begs for blood and pleads for war
But has no idea what it’s fighting for

Your voice so beautifully sings
All these words, amongst other things,
A devil that has angel wings…

Title: The Mirror Train
Author: Zuks
Theme: #4 Mirror #5 Train
Band: HYDE
Notes: Ummm... I was feeling kind of depressed for no reason, so I decided 'what better way to cheer myself up than make up for lost time?' Also, I've felt groggy and lightheaded for hours now. At first I thought it might be dehydration, but I chugged a full gatorade, and that didn't help. Nor did a chow mein supper. So, I decided to try and pour my groggy out into my drabble, but it's still in my head. ... :<
Word Count: 450 total. As if the not quite multiple-of-100ness of it wasn't obvious, it's an odd pun of the fact this covers both theme 4 and theme 5.

Part 1 (200) The Question

Hyde looked around with blurry eyes and rubbed his aching forehead. “What happened? Where am I?” He wondered.
He looked around to see his own reflection, distorted a thousand different ways. Around him, he felt the constant forward movement of The Mirror Train dragging dreamily on its rails.
The mirrors that lined every surface of the train seemed to be scattered with a crackled rainbow of colors – a kaleidoscope that emanated from a fantasy.
His dark eyes moved as foggily as the Train on its rails – darting fast, but feeling slow to catch up, as if he was living inside of his own slumber. The back of his mind felt heavier than lead, but it pleaded for his voice, which felt as if it echoed and bounced across the Mirrors of the Train.
His body did not want to move up, but, he forced his voice to sing its broken melody, “Why am I here? What is its purpose?”
‘Its meaning.’ Corrected his echo.
“What is its meaning, then?” Hyde choked. The echo of his voice – the voice of the Mirror Train – replied,
‘What feelings rest inside your soul? Until you find that, you cannot move. Search for the answer.’

Part 2 (100) The Hint

Hyde pondered what the echo said and rested his head on the glassy floor. What does my soul feel? He again wondered. Does a soul feel? For is it not the heart which has emotion? He closed his eyelids and breathed in deeply. What is a soul, but life’s energy? The undying will. The fuel of my heart, mind, and body. But was does energy feel? What does a soul feel? His heart fluttered, toying with the answer. His mind skipped. Only his body laid still, holding the answer hostage from his mortality. His heart’s fluttering wings prodded the answer.

Part 3 (100) - The Suspense

The feet in his mind danced around the answer in a merry skip while his body toyed around by acting dead, as if the answer was only a step away. So his mind continued to step and bound, but it was always a step behind his clever, motionless body. Such was the power of the Mirror Train. The entirety of a person – their heart, their mind, their soul, their body – all reflected in a marvelous image. The groggy pull of the train was nothing more than a result of his body hiding the answer.
Hyde lifted his head and spoke.

Part 4 (50) - The Answer

“The energy of the soul – feels motion. Your soul lifts your heart, holds up your body, and carefully leashes the ever wandering mind. Your soul vibrates with a melody – a power – that attaches and tends to the rest of your person. An ever wavering voice. The truest song: a soul.”

Site Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 384 Location: Iiya

Title: A Game of Charades
Words: 100
Band/ Pairing: Gackt & You

You was laying on the bed with his head hanging off of the end, blinking quickly, with his lips in a pucker.
“A dead fish.” said Gackt.
No, that wasn’t right.
“How many words?” he asked.
One word.
“Dead?” No.
“Fish?” No.
“Idiot?” …No, although it was still honestly on the table.
“Are you spineless?” Gackt asked. No matter what You said, the answer was in truth, ‘yes’.
“A noun or…?”
An adjective.
“Sleepy? Backwards? Upside-down? Girly? …um… Sour?”
Gackt tried to understand what the stupid looking lip pucker was about.
“Well, what is it, then?” He asked.
“I’m sexy!”

Title: A Game of Role-Play
Words: 125
Band/Pairing: L'Arc~en~Ciel

“Cast a spell, cast a spell…” Hyde muttered, wildly shaking the dice in his hand. Tetsu had his eyes closed and his fingers crossed. The dice clattered on the board.
Three! “The Wizard casts a Level 3 fireball spell!” Hyde proclaimed.
“Aww…” Ken moaned, taking three notches off of his Beast Summoner’s stand. Yukihiro sat silently, contemplating his next move.
“The White Mage heals the Beast Summoner’s damage.” Yukihiro said finally, putting the notches back into Ken’s figurine.
“Awright!” Yelled Tetsu. He threw down his dice and yelled, “My Knight does Level 5 Sword Slash to White Mage!”
“A Knight can’t do damage to a White Mage.” Everyone else said.
“Eh?” Tetsu asked.
“A Knight can’t damage him… the rules…”
Tetsu flopped onto the board.

Title: A Game of Make-Believe
Words: 180
Band/Pairing: Nightmare

The Lion roared. “O woe, I don’t want to eat an antelope! That is too sad! I think I’ll eat grasses and bugs instead. That is far less mean.”
“Lions can’t live off of grass and bugs.” corrected the Vulture.
“All the grass in the Savannah is dried up anyway.” pointed out the Explorer.
“I am a jungle lion.” insisted the Lion.
“Then why are you in the Savannah? Are you lost?” asked the Prairie Dog.
“Perhaps visiting family?” suggested the Rhinoceros.
“We are in the jungle.” the Lion insisted.
“Then I have found something marvelous,” said the Explorer. “A lion, vulture, prairie dog, and rhino… all in the middle of the jungle!”
“Oh no,” said the Lion. “You’ve kidnapped us.”
“We have a right to kill you.” said the Rhino.
“Torture you creatively.” said the Praire Dog.
“And feed off of your corpse.” said the Vulture.
“Hitsugi! See what happens when you displace creatures in the wrong parts of the planet! People die.” Yomi yelled.
“No…” said Hitsugi. “Just criminals. Just you, Yomi!” He poked Yomi’s nose playfully. “Rawr.”

Title: A Game of Dress Up
Words: 310
Band/Pairing: Mana & Klaha

Mana opened the door to his apartment and shut it, quietly. He walked into the livingroom… and stared bewildered at what he saw.
Klaha, in a frilly dress. His frilly dress. Mana’s frilly dress.
Sitting on… of all things… the coffee table. His coffee table. Mana’s coffee table, in the middle of the room.
And on his lap… OH, ON HIS LAP… A guitar. His guitar. Mana’s guitar, on Klaha, in Mana’s dress, on Mana’s table, in Mana’s livingroom, in Mana’s apartment.
O, what hell had dished him this night!
Klaha smiled silently. His face… that wasn’t Mana’s makeup, too?

No… he wouldn’t step that far. But then…
Klaha strummed the guitar. “I’m Mana,” he strummed with the notes. “Can’t you see my dress? My silent smile? I’m clearly, Mana.”
Mana unhesistantly picked up another guitar in the corner.
“No, I am Mana.” he strummed. “You are an idiot wearing my clothes in my livingroom on my coffee table.”
“No,” Klaha protested, “I am Mana. The real Mana.”
“No,” Mana insisted, “You are most certainly… not.”
“Why aren’t I?” Asked Klaha.
“Because,” said Mana, “You have no self control. You’re impolite, and you’re still on my coffee table. That’s why.”

Klaha slipped quietly off of the table and batted the skirt frills as if to knock of any dust that might be on them. As if Mana would allow something like dust to lurk in his apartment.
“So I can’t be Mana then?” he asked, strumming the guitar.
“No.” Mana said, “Never.”
“Can I keep the dress?” he asked.
“It doesn’t even fit you. No.” Mana said.
“If you let me be Mana, you can be Klaha, if you want.” plucked Klaha.
“No. Being you would be like going into hell with my eyes already gouged.”
“…You’re really mean, Mana.”

Mana flitted the guitar. “Not unless I have to be.”
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Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric) Quotes

"Colonel Mustang is dead sexy... in a miniskirt!"

"Someone asked us to do our favorite line of another character's. So I did 'I LOVE dogs!' and Travis did something 'brother...' And then Aaron thought he'd be funny. And Aaron said, 'Colonel Mustang is dead sexy in a miniskirt.' And I looked at him and I go DUDE... You have NO IDEA what you just did. For the rest... of your natural life... you're gonna be saying that STUPID line at conventions! And sure enough he wrote me an e-mail like, weeks later saying, 'I was at such-and-such a convention and THEY KEPT MAKING ME SAY IT!' What'd I tell you man? You gotta listen to your older brother. You know, you just don't listen. You just don't listen Al."

"I have come to you... from the Northern Hemisphere... to tell you that Ed likes girls."

Fan: RoyEd fanservice!
Vic: Can I ask you a question? What happened to you?!
Fan2: Don't mind her, she's addicted to RoyEd.
Vic: Yes she is, yes she is... okay... *sigh* ...BACK OFF RIZA HE'S MINE!!!

Travis Willingham (Roy Mustang) Quotes

"He was like, 'It's this guy, Colonel Roy Mustang.' And I was like, 'Well, what does he do?' Because the last part that I played was kinda this wimpy guy who kinda had a shape-shifting power but couldn't kick anybody's butt.. and I'm this DBZ fan, I just wanna kamehameha somebody. You know? I just wanna blow 'em up. He's like, 'Well, he's the flame alchemist.' I was like, 'Tell me more.' He was like, 'Well his snaps his fingers and boom, everything lights up.' And I was like, 'I'm there!'"

"And so I did, 'I LOVE dogs!' and I look over and pfft!, Colleen is like on the floor like 'where the ^&%# did that come from?'"

"Y'see Vic... is a bit of a cryer. He can cry very, very, easily. He's got a very good emotional availability. Which is good! I'm a bit more of... I dunno... A GUY."

"How excited would you be if you enlisted in the army and everybody's in a miniskirt?!"

Fan: Who's hotter, Ed or Al?
Travis: Al. He's in a suit of armor, it's gotta be hotter in there. What did Aaron say?
Person: Well they asked him, Ed or Roy? and he said Roy.
Travis: Yeah, because it's Roy, who's a guy, or Ed, who's a girl. Next Question!

Site Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 384 Location: Iiya

Title: Snail
Theme: 9 Song Titles, 19 Darkness
Song: Snail by Do As Infinity
Band/Pairing: Moonchild (Kei [Hyde], Sho [Gackt])
Words: 100
Notes: Do As Infinity was my first J-anything band, and so to this day I'm still a big fan of theirs. Of course, it was their darker music such as Snail that I was most drawn to, but, hey, everyone starts somewhere. Even though I know I have said the same for other pieces I have written, I really do want to follow up on this one! (Although I am not saying I have dropped the others at all - just that, perhaps, with this I'll sequel a bit faster? XD)

“You’re coiling up in your shell, hiding in the darkness.” Sho muttered quietly at the red draped figure, his head drooped over lazily, barely underneath the ledge of a tin roof above while the sky was pouring rain.
“Isn’t that what vampires do?” Kei replied lethargically, not moving from his slouched position, his shaded eyes glazed over.
“What vampires do?” Sho asked. “…So that’s what you think you’re doing, coiled up in your shell… Isn’t that what snails do?”
Kei’s eyes wandered around a bit, looking for nothing in particular.
“Like a snail, I will also shrivel in the sun…”
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Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric) Quotes

"Colonel Mustang is dead sexy... in a miniskirt!"

"Someone asked us to do our favorite line of another character's. So I did 'I LOVE dogs!' and Travis did something 'brother...' And then Aaron thought he'd be funny. And Aaron said, 'Colonel Mustang is dead sexy in a miniskirt.' And I looked at him and I go DUDE... You have NO IDEA what you just did. For the rest... of your natural life... you're gonna be saying that STUPID line at conventions! And sure enough he wrote me an e-mail like, weeks later saying, 'I was at such-and-such a convention and THEY KEPT MAKING ME SAY IT!' What'd I tell you man? You gotta listen to your older brother. You know, you just don't listen. You just don't listen Al."

"I have come to you... from the Northern Hemisphere... to tell you that Ed likes girls."

Fan: RoyEd fanservice!
Vic: Can I ask you a question? What happened to you?!
Fan2: Don't mind her, she's addicted to RoyEd.
Vic: Yes she is, yes she is... okay... *sigh* ...BACK OFF RIZA HE'S MINE!!!

Travis Willingham (Roy Mustang) Quotes

"He was like, 'It's this guy, Colonel Roy Mustang.' And I was like, 'Well, what does he do?' Because the last part that I played was kinda this wimpy guy who kinda had a shape-shifting power but couldn't kick anybody's butt.. and I'm this DBZ fan, I just wanna kamehameha somebody. You know? I just wanna blow 'em up. He's like, 'Well, he's the flame alchemist.' I was like, 'Tell me more.' He was like, 'Well his snaps his fingers and boom, everything lights up.' And I was like, 'I'm there!'"

"And so I did, 'I LOVE dogs!' and I look over and pfft!, Colleen is like on the floor like 'where the ^&%# did that come from?'"

"Y'see Vic... is a bit of a cryer. He can cry very, very, easily. He's got a very good emotional availability. Which is good! I'm a bit more of... I dunno... A GUY."

"How excited would you be if you enlisted in the army and everybody's in a miniskirt?!"

Fan: Who's hotter, Ed or Al?
Travis: Al. He's in a suit of armor, it's gotta be hotter in there. What did Aaron say?
Person: Well they asked him, Ed or Roy? and he said Roy.
Travis: Yeah, because it's Roy, who's a guy, or Ed, who's a girl. Next Question!

Site Admin Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 384 Location: Iiya

Title: A Real Firecracker
Band: S.K.I.N. / Miyavi
Words: 100
Theme: #22 skin, #24 hanabi/fireworks
Notes: Apparently the band's name has the dots in it now, but what does it stand for? O__o
POV: bandmate other than Miyavi

It’s bright, and you can feel the vibrant beat of the night – multicolored and lush. It seems to suit Miyavi’s personality more than anything else. The fireworks explode with a bang that could jumpstart your heart, and so many colors you wonder if it’s a dream. It’s his persona, and it’s obvious.
I keep on staring at him, waiting for him to jump up, and do something – scream to the sky, and proclaim the night belongs to him. Or to tap suddenly to the tune of an inaudible beat.
But he sits motionlessly, staring ahead in a trance.
I wonder…

Title: If we Celebrated it Accurately, it'd be a Safety Hazard
Band: S.K.I.N. / Gackt
Words: 155
Theme: #22 skin, #24 hanabi/fireworks
Notes: Gackt once said that he was born July 4th, 1540. He's aging amazingly well, isn't he?! The only question left is... vampire or god?! Perhaps this should be a poll...

“Hey, Happy Birthday Gackt.” Yoshiki said, merrily patting his bandmate on the shoulder.
“Oh, thank you.” replied Gackt, looking something between dazed and surprised, “I really didn’t remember myself.”
“Hey – come in here if you want your gift, you!” Miyavi yelled. “And hurry – before it gets cold… or melts… Whichever comes first!”
Gackt smiled nervously at his warning, and quickly shuffled to the kitchen accompanied by Yoskiki. There he saw Miyavi and Sugizo standing there, with a scrumptious and sophisticated looking cake.
“Gackt, how old are you today?” Miyavi asked in a voice that gave away the fact he was clearly more excited than anyone else could even imagine being.
Gackt shrugged. “Four-hundred and Sixty Seven."
The rest of SKIN stared into the mysterious fog of Gackt’s response blankly.
“I don’t know if it’s safe to put that many candles on the cake, Gackt.” Sugizo said finally, “We put alcohol in it – it might explode.”
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Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric) Quotes

"Colonel Mustang is dead sexy... in a miniskirt!"

"Someone asked us to do our favorite line of another character's. So I did 'I LOVE dogs!' and Travis did something 'brother...' And then Aaron thought he'd be funny. And Aaron said, 'Colonel Mustang is dead sexy in a miniskirt.' And I looked at him and I go DUDE... You have NO IDEA what you just did. For the rest... of your natural life... you're gonna be saying that STUPID line at conventions! And sure enough he wrote me an e-mail like, weeks later saying, 'I was at such-and-such a convention and THEY KEPT MAKING ME SAY IT!' What'd I tell you man? You gotta listen to your older brother. You know, you just don't listen. You just don't listen Al."

"I have come to you... from the Northern Hemisphere... to tell you that Ed likes girls."

Fan: RoyEd fanservice!
Vic: Can I ask you a question? What happened to you?!
Fan2: Don't mind her, she's addicted to RoyEd.
Vic: Yes she is, yes she is... okay... *sigh* ...BACK OFF RIZA HE'S MINE!!!

Travis Willingham (Roy Mustang) Quotes

"He was like, 'It's this guy, Colonel Roy Mustang.' And I was like, 'Well, what does he do?' Because the last part that I played was kinda this wimpy guy who kinda had a shape-shifting power but couldn't kick anybody's butt.. and I'm this DBZ fan, I just wanna kamehameha somebody. You know? I just wanna blow 'em up. He's like, 'Well, he's the flame alchemist.' I was like, 'Tell me more.' He was like, 'Well his snaps his fingers and boom, everything lights up.' And I was like, 'I'm there!'"

"And so I did, 'I LOVE dogs!' and I look over and pfft!, Colleen is like on the floor like 'where the ^&%# did that come from?'"

"Y'see Vic... is a bit of a cryer. He can cry very, very, easily. He's got a very good emotional availability. Which is good! I'm a bit more of... I dunno... A GUY."

"How excited would you be if you enlisted in the army and everybody's in a miniskirt?!"

Fan: Who's hotter, Ed or Al?
Travis: Al. He's in a suit of armor, it's gotta be hotter in there. What did Aaron say?
Person: Well they asked him, Ed or Roy? and he said Roy.
Travis: Yeah, because it's Roy, who's a guy, or Ed, who's a girl. Next Question!