Musings of a Hell Cat

Tales of the Abyss; Largo, Van, Natalia; G

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:27:43 GMT

Title: Falter
Prompt: None
Word Count: 92
[spoilers]

“Don’t falter,” Van says before they leave.

Largo looks back at him. “I won’t.”

“Good,” says Van, and really he means please.

—

“I won’t fail!” yell Natalia, readying her bow.

“I certainly hope so,” Largo replies, drawing his scythe.

“Don’t expect me to hold back just because you’re my father!”

Largo closes his eyes, just for a moment. “I wouldn’t expect anything less,” he growls, and really he means I’m sorry.

—

Largo closes his eyes, breathing slowing.

“I’m sorry,” he says to no one in particular.

But really, he means thank you.

Tales of the Abyss; Asch/Gai, Luke; PG-13

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:18:33 GMT

Title: Untitled
Prompt: None
Word Count: 125
[ this is completely cupcake's fault ]

Gai groans softly, fingers digging into the tile of the counter top. “Oh, oh Asch—”

Asch leans over to kiss her shoulder, breath hot and ragged, hips moving against her as he fucks her over the counter. “Oh, fuck Gai, I—”

“Hey guys I’m—” Luke stops, eyes going wide at the scene before him. “…Home.”

Asch looks up just enough to send him a glare, momentarily stopping. “Well get the fuck out again,” he growls, pinching one of Gai’s nipples.

Luke doesn’t need to be told a second time, and he’s out the door in seconds, slamming it shut behind him.

Sighing, Gai frowns. “Asch, that wasn’t very nice…”

He shrugs. “Whatever,” he says, and gives her a sharp thrust.

Tales of the Abyss; Van, Luke; PG

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:28:55 GMT

Title: Wolf
Prompt: None
Word Count: 295
[ I in no way forgot this journal existed ]

Sleep young angel, close your eyes; the wolf is coming.

The song is soft and melodic in his ears, eyes fluttering shut. He wraps himself in multitudes of blankets as Van sings to him, the words unfamiliar.

Hide your head and hide your wings; the wolf looks for little angels.

What do the words mean, he asks, ginger curls tickling his cheek. The language is foreign to him, old and broken and unknown. Van simply smiles down on him, and keeps signing.

Stay from the shadows and stay from the light; no place is safe when the wolf comes.

Van, Van, please tell me. He reaches his little hand up to stroke Van’s cheek, fingers brushing against his beard.

Run as fast as you can, fly hard and high; there is nowhere to hide.

Luke frowns, corners of his mouth curling down. Van, Van, tell me! His hand travels down to Van’s collar, he pulls on it; Please?

The wolf has come, the wolf has come, and now it’s time to die.

Van leans down, smiling softly, genially, and Luke feels safe. Van kisses him, gently, delicately, and Luke feels safe. His hand reaches up to grasp Luke’s neck, strongly, carefully, and Luke still feels safe, even after he snaps it like a twig.

Run little angel, run far away; the wolf has begun his feast.

Luke’s eyes go pale and his skin goes cold, little platelets of green ice on the ashen ground.

Gnashes his teeth and rips with his claws; the wolf has begun his feast.

Van takes the broken little body in his arms and cradles it, singing quietly to the lifeless corpse curled up in his arms.

Gnashes his teeth and rips with his claws; the wolf has begun his feast…

Tales of the Abyss; TearVanLuxanne; PG-13

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:47:21 GMT

Title: Silver Medal
Prompt: None
Word Count: 600
[somewhat AU-ish]

Her long orange hair drips down, covering her face. You’re so pretty, she says, running her fingers across her cheek. I want to look just like you.

Tear doesn’t like this. She doesn’t like Luxanne on top of her, straddling her waist, bright strands of hair just barely brushing against her.

Why?

All the boys think you’re so pretty. Luxanne leans over until their noses are nearly touching. He thinks you’re pretty.

Tear frowns. This is too close, too close, and her heart beats like a caged bird in her chest. Who? Who thinks I’m pretty?

Luxanne laughs, and the sound sends chills down Tear’s spine. Van, of course.

But he’s my—

Luxanne silences her with a kiss. It doesn’t matter, I see the way he looks at you. She leans back, and Tear can see little tears well up in the corners of her eyes. He loves you.

He’s my—

It doesn’t matter! She screams, fingers digging into the soft bed below them. People feel things they can’t help and he—he loves you! And that’s why he’ll never love me!

Luxanne trembles over her, crying softly. Her tears roll down her cheeks and fall onto to Tear’s cheeks, her chest, and suddenly Tear feels like crying too.

It’s okay, Tear coos, even though it isn’t; it will never be. It’s okay…

Luxanne collapses on to her, still shaking and trembling, sliding off to curl into her side. He doesn’t love me, she whimpers. He’ll never love me.

Tear wraps her arms around her, strokes her hair, whispers sweet lies into her ear. She’s a selfish, wretched girl, but she’s stupid so Tear forgives her; lots of girls fall in love with Van. It’s not their fault none of them are good enough.

Finally, Luxanne calms down, stops crying and sniffling and takes a deep breath. She looks up at Tear and smiles like the little child she is. It’s okay, though, she sniffles through drying tears, because I have you.

Tear blinks, taken back. What do you—

Luxanne crushes their lips together, rolling back on top of Tear. She grins wider. I can’t have Van, but I can have you; you’re pretty enough.

I’m not just some—

Luxanne silences her again with another kiss, a hand sliding up her shirt. She nuzzles her neck and nips at her ear. You’re more than good enough for me.

Tear hisses, wriggling weakly under Luxanne. Stop it! I don’t want this! I don’t—

Be quiet, Luxanne hushes. You’ll like this, I promise; I’ll treat you just like I’d treat Van.

Tear bites her lip and closes her eyes; this will all be over soon enough. She’ll give this stupid, wretched child what she wants, and everything will be fine.

Everything will be okay.

—

She washes the dishes with a careful precision, scrubbing away at the dirt that isn’t there.

Is something the matter? Strong arms wrap around her waist. You’ve been quite tonight.

Nothing’s the matter. The burning pain between her legs hasn’t dulled. I’m just tired, that’s all.

Van turns her around in his arms and frowns, staring intently, trying to read the lies buried in her face.

Finally, his lips crack into a smile. Then let’s go to bed, he says, and kisses her in a way no brother should ever kiss his sister.

Tear smiles weakly. I’d like that, she says. I’d like that a lot.

Van leads her back to the bedroom, and Tear can’t help but truly smile.

Luxanne can do whatever she wants; in the end, she’ll be the one sleeping in Van’s arms, no matter what.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn; ShinonGatrie; R

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:24:21 GMT

Title: Currently Untitled
Prompt: None
Word Count: 545

“Ow, ow, not my hair!” Shinon hisses, jerking his head back. “I’m not going to do this if you keep acting like that!”

Gatrie mumbles a quiet “I’m sorry,” stroking Shinon’s hair as an apology. Shinon smacks his hand away—he’s too touchy when he’s drunk—and closes his eyes, resting his forehead against Gatrie’s thigh.

Silence.

“Are…are you gonna…?”

“—Shut up I am!”

Stupid fucking Gatrie when he’s stupid fucking drunk—they’re both drunk because they finally got a moment of rest, finally got to take a moment to breathe and not fight and get drunk and—

He takes a deep breath and takes Gatrie in his mouth, pushing his head down until he can feel it tickle the back of his throat. Gatrie groans and grabs Shinon’s shoulders, one hand sliding up his neck to—

Shinon jerks his head back. “Ow ow I told you! Stop grabbing my hair!”

Gatrie slurs out an apology, again, and repeats the process of trying to stroke Shinon’s hair. Shinon grabs his hand, holding it tight.

“Look, do you want a blow job or not?” Gatrie actually pauses to think a moment—Shinon’s too sober for this—before slowly nodding. “Then quit grabbing my hair!”

Gatrie nods and takes his hand back, finally done. Shinon frowns and takes Gatrie in his mouth, breathing through his nose.

Gatrie groans and makes little pleased noises, placing a heavy hand on Shinon’s shoulder—not in his hair, which Shinon is grateful for. Shinon’s mouth moves and so do Gatrie’s hands, gripping his shoulder tightly.

“O, ooh…” he mumbles, lurching forward. His fingers travel into Shinon’s collar, brushing against his neck, his collarbone—Shinon smacks his hand away because Gatrie is too touchy, always too touchy.

“Y-you’re good,” he whimpers when Shinon uses his tongue, his teeth, back to gripping his shoulder and putting fingers where they shouldn’t be (Shinon’s given up; at least it’s better than his hair).

He growls because that’s not a compliment and doesn’t like this anymore because it’s taking too long and it’s too stupid and Goddess be damned Gatrie’s an ass when he’s drunk.

He moves faster, use his teeth and his tongue and the back of his throat, ignores Gatrie as he groans and gasps and digs his fingers into Shinon’s shoulder, moves them to his neck and collarbone and chest, twists them in the scarlet of ends of his hair.

And then finally, finally Gatrie finishes, lurching forward and grabbing the back of Shinon’s head, grip iron tight.

“Fuck, Gatrie!” Shinon hisses when he rips his head back, liquid spilling out of his mouth. He spits and gags and chokes, practically retching at the taste of it. “Tell me next time!”

But Gatrie’s passed out now, too much beer and too much sex. Shinon growls and stalks over to him, smacking him on the chest to wake him.

He doesn’t even stir.

Shinon stares long and hard at him, trying to wake him up by sheer will power alone. Nothing happens.

Finally; “You’re a fucking prick, you know that? You owe me.”

Shinon stalks off back to the bar, wanting to wash the disgusting taste out of his mouth.

Fucking Gatrie and give himself his own damn blow jobs from now on.

Tales of the Abyss, Silent Hill; Van; PG-13

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:04:12 GMT

Title: Child
Prompt: None
Word Count: 327
[For Beth; Van's own personal hell]

He doesn’t know why he’s here.

He shouldn’t be here because there are things that shouldn’t even exist and and and—

He rounds the corner and that’s when he sees her, a little pregnant red-headed girl, looking much too young to actually be pregnant, holding a little bundle.

She’s too innocent looking; is she lost too?

He approaches her, cautiously, gaining confidence when she doesn’t try to rip into the flesh of his legs or scream and cry at him.

“Are you lost?” he asks. She just stares at him with her empty doe eyes, holding her little bundle. “Do you need some help?”

She just holds her little bundle out to him, doe eyes empty; she doesn’t say a word.

He peek in and it screams, shrieks, bloody little body writhing and convulsing, umbilical cord hanging like a dead weight from its stomach.

He stumbles back, trying to escape the blood-curdling screeches, but the little girl follows him, that familiar little girl matches every step he takes.

He trips and falls back and she’s standing over him, forcing him to look at that ungodly mess of flesh and blood.

“It’s yours,” she says, voice quiet and shy. “Take it.”

She drops it on him and he scrambles up, pushing that, that thing away from him but it’s too late, it’s too late, it’s already touched him.

It rolls from its blanket and shrieks more, wails and writhes and leaves blood in its wake.

“Take it,” the little girl says again, picking up her monster and cradling him in her arms. “He’s yours.”

Van’s gone in a flash, running as far and as fast as his legs will take him.

When he can’t run anymore he collapses, falls to his knees, purges his stomach before it can even register that he wanted too.

When his stomach is finally empty he gags and shakes, trembles, because he’s realized the most frightening thing of all;

it is his.

for a change of pace...

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:48:35 GMT

Stories I wrote (and posted): 23 on this journal, but if we actually start from a year ago... like, 60 something, including my old stuff. But we're not gonna use that, because it just sucks.

My favorite: I think Decision (Luxanne, others), just because, well, I don't know. I just really love how it came out.

My best: Probably Learning to Fly (VanLuke), even though it's pretty old. Really, I just think it's kinda cute.

Story most underappreciated by the universe: Alice (Van, Luke Replica). I actually really liked how this came out, but no one said anything at all.

Most fun story: Seven's A Crowd (Abyss Main Party) was the most fun to write just because, well...I don't know, I find it to be more in character than what I usually write. And it wasn't sappy, or angsty, or stupid, or romantic and I just like it better that way.

Sexiest story: Currently Untitled (VanLuke, NWS). Evil!Van is hellsa sexy ♥

Story with the single sexiest moment: Little Angel (GreedLuxanne), when Greed takes Luxanne to dance.

...I really don't finish and post enough of my porn.

Hardest story to write: Uh...fuck I dunno. Knowing When To Keep Your Mouth Shut (GuyAsch, Luke), I guess, just because I can't really write Asch.

Most unintentionally telling story: Little Things, which I never actually posted anywhere, because it was very deeply personal.

They don't have a category for this, but I want to link to Progress (GuyLuxanne) because I both love it and hate it at the same time.

Tales of the Abyss, Full Metal Alchemist Xover; GreedLuxanne; PG-13

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:02:42 GMT

Title: Little Angel [I]
Prompt: None
Word Count: 1275

There once was a little angel girl, with hair like fire and eyes like the ocean. She’s a good little angel, always does what she’s told, but she’s always too close to the Edge.

One day she’s sitting on the Edge, minding her own business, just watching Earth and Hell, when a demon pops up.

“Hey, Little Angel,” he says, voice cool and eyes gleaming. “What are you doing so close to the Edge?”

“Just watching,” she says, kicking her legs back and forth. “What are you doing?”

The demon laughs and grins, his teeth like little rows of blades. “I’m just warning cute little angel girls to be careful on the Edge, or else they’ll fall.”

The little angel frowns. “That’s not true. You can’t just fall off the Edge!”

The demon shakes his head, chuckling. “How can you be so sure? I fell.”

She gasps. “No you didn’t! You’re not even an angel!”

“I used to be.”

The little angel pouts, skeptical. “…I don’t believe you.”

The demon holds out his hand, still grinning. “Then come with me, I can show you.”

The little angel is a smart angel; she knows all about demon tricks, how they’ll give you their hand then pull you back down to hell so you can never escape, trapping you there forever.

The little angel is a good angel; she knows to never follow demons, she knows to always obey the rules and follow the guidelines, to always do as told and never question it.

But the more she stares at his hand, the more she forgets what she knows.

There once was a little angel girl, with hair like hot coals and eyes like the spring. She’s a good little angel, always does what she’s told, but just once in her life she wants to be bad.

“I’ll go with you,” she says, and takes his hand. “Show me.”

He pulls her off the cloud and she nearly regrets everything, but before she can blink they’re in a strange land with sprawling buildings and blinding colors and everything is new new new to the little angel.

“We’re on Earth,” says the demon. “The humans can’t see us.”

The demon takes her hand and they walk along, the little angel staring wide-eyed at everything. She’s never seen so many people and things and colors and she’s almost overwhelmed by it.

“Let’s stop for a moment, Little Angel,” says the demon when he notices how excited she’s getting. “We wouldn’t you to get all tired out, now would we?”

The little angel nods and sits down next to the demon. She watches the people rush by in awe, amazed. The sit in silence for a moment before the demon speaks.

“What’s your name, Little Angel?” he asks.

The little angel pauses for a moment. “Luxanne,” she finally says. “What’s yours?”

The demon chuckles, giving her his razorblade grin. “You can call me Greed.”

Luxanne doesn’t know the word greed, doesn’t know it’s meaning, so she just nods. “Okay, Mr. Greed.”

Greed chuckles again and pats her on the head, pleased. “Come on, Little Angel, let’s go. I have something I want to show you.”

She takes his hand and whisks her away, pulling around the strange human world before she has time to fully take it in. They finally stop in front of a tall building.

“It’s inside here,” says Greed, and he drags her in. “It’s in the back.”

He sits her down at a table and tells her to wait, and he’s back in a flash with something Luxanne’s never seen before in his hands.

“This is a Bible,” he explains, “it’s a book about God.”

“What’s a book?” she asks, but Greed doesn’t answer.

He sits next to here and reads, reads to her the parts about the War, and the angels falling, and all that happened. He explains it to her afterwards because she doesn’t get it. How could God do that? How could—

They talk until the sky is dark and the humans begin to filter out. Greed pulls his little angel out before the library closes, dragging her along with the promise to teach her all about humans.

“Humans are a lot of fun,” says the demon as he rushes Luxanne along. “You’ll like them, I promise.”

He takes her to new places, with dark corners and neon lights and blaring music. Tight crowds of humans move together in ways Luxanne has never seen and before she can even ask what they’re doing Greed draws her in, pulling her close against him.

“Just do what I do,” he growls into her ear. “Just follow me.”

Luxanne closes her eyes and just follows Greed’s motions, shivers and gasps at the strange sensations she feels when Greed’s hand touch her in places she’s never been touched before.

“Too much for you, Little Angel?” he purrs when he notices her clinging to him.

But Luxanne can only make little noises and cling, legs shaking and arms trembling and whole body moving.

Greed laughs, loud. He picks her up in his arms and says, “Here, let me show you something else now.”

He carries her to a back room far away from everyone else. When there’s nothing but a few lights a long hallway Greed takes her into a dark room where there’s nothing but a noise, a strange noise Luxanne has never heard before.

“Look,” he commands and puts Luxanne down.

When she looks she gasps. “Th-they are people! Is he hurting her? We should—”

Greed chuckles. “No, no, she’s enjoying it. She’s making those noises because she’s happy.” Greed wraps his arms around her waist, one hand sliding under her plain white dress and up her thigh. “They’re having sex. Do you want to try?”

Luxanne makes those funny noises again and there’s that funny feeling again and all she can say is please please please.

“Then follow me,” he says and picks her up and takes her farther down, down down down, into a new room.

He places her down on the bed and takes off her dress, and he makes her feel better than anything she’s ever felt before.

—

“It’s time to go back, Little Angel,” the demon says to her. “You’ll get in trouble if you’re not home soon.”

But she doesn’t want to go back. She wants to lie here and have sex with Greed and never go back.

She likes Earth more than Heaven.

“Come on, come on, I know it’s tempting to stay but we can’t.”

He gets off the bed and quickly dresses before picking up Luxanne’s dress and tossing it to her. She frowns and gets dressed, face scrunching up in disgust at how dirty she feels.

As soon as she’s dressed Greed grabs her hand and whisks her away and before she can protest.

“Here’s your stop,” says Greed, letting her off on the cloud by the Edge. He’s very careful not to touch it. “Should I come back tomorrow?”

Her answers leaves her mouth before she can even think. “Please.”

The demon throws his head back and laughs. “I’ll be sure to come back tomorrow then, Little Angel.” He grins with all his teeth. “I’ll pick you up at the same time.”

He leaves in a flash, and it’s almost like he was never there.

Almost.

There once was a little angel girl, with hair like a smoldering blaze and eyes like the bottom of a well. She used to be a good little angel, always did what she was told, but now she’s fallen over the Edge and won't be able to get back up.

Tales of the Abyss; VanLuxanne; G

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:32:59 GMT

Title: Fly
Prompt: 276. Fly
Word Count: 220

It hurts! It hurts!

He wraps his arms around her and holds her tight, quietly cooing to calm her down.

It won't hurt for long, he promise, kissing her forehead. It'll all be over soon.

She cries harder, harder, weeping in pain. Finally, she blossoms with a scream, wings bursting out of her shoulder blades.

Van smiles at her. He reaches out to touch her blood-speckled wings, fingers just barely ghosting over the almost pure white feathers. They're beautiful.

Luxanne sniffles, trying to swallow her tears. R-really? she stutters, afraid to touch them. Are they really?

Van chuckles and takes her hand, spreading his own wings. Of course, he says. Now fly with me.

But what if I can't? What if I—

Shush, he commands, and silences her with a kiss. I'll teach you to fly.

She's nervous, scared, all the what ifs and things going wrong flashing through her mind.

She takes a deep breath, and takes his hand. I'm ready.

She closes her eyes and feels her feet lift off the ground. Slowly, carefully, she flaps her wings, afraid they may shatter at the slightest movement.

Nothing shatters, nothing breaks, and she flaps her wings again.

Fly with me, Van repeats, and smiles.

She opens her eyes. Okay, she says. I'll fly with you.

And they fly.

Tales of the Abyss;

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:04:03 GMT

Snippet of a currently untitled story; AU, modern day

"Oh," squeaks Luxanne, and swallows any other words she had to say. He's...handsome. "Oh."

Guy gives Luxanne a questioning look, but says nothing on the matter. "Luxanne, I'd like you to meet Van. Van, Luxanne."

Van chuckles, voice smooth and rich, and holds a large hand out to her. "A pleasure to meet you," he says.

Luxanne finds her cheeks pinking as she reaches out to shake his hand, brain going into auto mode. His hand wraps around hers, and a wave of warmth flows over her.

"Hi," she squeaks, not quite aware of what she's saying. "Hi."

He really, really was handsome.

Tales of the Abyss; GuyLuxanne; G

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:06:30 GMT

Title: Progress
Prompt: Your name begins with a distinct color
Word Count: 250
[for 31_days's Sept. 11 prompt]

It’s a beautiful, tingling sensation, running from the tip of his tongue down to his spine.

“Luxanne.”

His fingers shake, his body trembles, his lips quake; he repeats her name. “Luxanne.”

He closes his eyes, squeezes them shut, and leans, slowly slowly carefully, and places—gently, gently—his hand on her shoulders, tremors shivering down down his spine.

Guy leans in, going an inch a minute, and, his whole body shivering, lightly brushes his lips against hers.

He throws himself against the opposing wall, whole body trembling. The burning shock of her lips against his travels through his body still, the tingling warmth still fresh on his lips. He closes his eyes and the beautiful splash of red that is her name flashes across his eyelids.

“Guy?”

He opens his eyes; a questioning look, worried, a perfectly manicured nail placed delicately against red lips shaped into a little ‘O’ of concern.

He smiles. “I’m fine,” he croaks. He laughs. “I’m fine.”

Luxanne steps closer, then steps back; she almost forgot his fear. “Are you sure?”

Guy nods, still smiling. “I’m fine,” he repeats. Then; “We…we should do that again sometime.”

She squeals, takes a step forward then back again; always forgetting. “We should!” she agrees, and claps her hands. “We should do it soon!”

Guy laughs again. “Maybe, maybe.”

He gets up, still smiles. “Maybe later.”

Guy walks with her, three paces apart instead of five, and their hands are almost touching for a whole moment.

He smiles; it’s progress. Slow, but progress.

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:21:09 GMT

The space between distance

is faraway and—

never ending and—

always thriving and—

keeping us apart.

It’s kind of a

[ f u n n y f e e l i n g ]

always right and always wrong

and I find myself

trapped between

the thin line of

love
and

lust

Sometimes I dream of

[ h o l d i n g y o u r h a n d ]
as we
[ f l y i n a f i e l d o f f l o w e r s ]

but it never comes

[ t r u e ]

Sometimes I want to

cry

into your chest

and have you—

h o l d m e

but that’s too
[ v u l n e r a b l e ]

for me and—

my heart doesn’t want to and—

I’m waiting for you to open up and—

it’s silly to wait for what will never come.

The space between distance

holds me tight

wraps me up

never let’s me

[ g o ]

Tales of the Abyss; Main party, Van; PG

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:38:03 GMT

Title: Seven's a Crowd
Prompt: [Free Will] 67. Replica!Van
Word Count: 770
[for glorious 's Vanwork-a-thon.]

“Holy—!”

Guy blinks and turns around. Was that Luke’s voice? “Luke? What’s wrong?”

“I just—holy shit!”

“Luke!” Natalia scolds. “Don’t swear!”

Guy sighs. “Luke, come out of there. We’re going to leave you behind if you don’t hurry up.”

“But I can’t!” Luke argues from inside the room. “I just—guys, you gotta come here.”

Guy sighs. “I guess we should go see what he’s all worked up over, then.”

Tear frowns, and Anise rolls her eyes. “Do we have to?” she whines.

“Now, now, Anise. Luke might have learned a new trick,” Jade chides softly.

“Hey!” Luke yells. “I can hear you guys!”

Guy shakes his head. “Luke, just come out here. We have to get going.”

“Fine,” Luke grumbles.

From outside the door, the shuffling of feet, a few things being knocked over, and the occasional curse from Luke (“Luke! It’s not becoming of royalty to swear!”) can be heard. Finally, the door opens up, and Luke steps out.

“You guys will never believe what I just found.”

“Well, what’d you—” Guy stops, his jaw dropping.

“Holy shit.”

From behind Luke, a tall figure steps out of the shadows. But it’s not just any tall figure.

It’s Van.

Guy’s probably the only member of the party not to draw his weapon, the sound of clanking metal echoing behind him.

“Stop!” Luke commands. “It’s not actually Master Van!”

It takes a moment for everyone to realise what Guy realised as soon as ‘Van’ stepped through that door.

It’s a replica.

“Well, this certainly an…interesting find,” Jade remarks, adjusting his glasses. “I never expected Van to make a replica of himself.”

The replica of Van smiles blankly at them, unaware of their cautiously held weapons. After a moment, he waves, smile widening.

“It’s…unsettling,” Tear remarks, and Guy feels the same way. He’s never seen Van smile like that before, not even back on Hod, and it’s somewhat…creepy.

“I say we keep him,” Luke says, folding his arms over his chest.

“Are you insane?!” Anise shrieks. “It’s Van. He’s our enemy, hello!”

“I have to agree with Anise,” Jade puts in. “Replica or not, he’s still our enemy.”

Luke gives the group and exasperated look. “But guys, he’s a replica! We can teach him to be good and stuff!”

Guy frowns. “I don’t know, Luke. I mean, even if he did ‘teach him to be good’, it’d be odd to have him around. I mean, he looks just like Van. It’s unsettling.”

Luke pouts and turns away. “But you guys don’t mind having Asch around,” he huffs.

Guy felt the need to point out that he minded having Asch, but he resisted; it wouldn’t do any good. “But Asch is trying to help us.” Sort of. “He’s not our enemy.” Maybe.

Luke whirls around, throwing his arms down in a pleading gesture. “But this Van doesn’t have to be our enemy. We can teach him how to fight and be good and he can help us!

“At the very least, we should get him out of here. He could get hurt down here!”

Guy and Luke have a stare off, but Luke’s damnedable puppy eyes get him in the end (as always), and Guy has to look away. He shrugs. “Well, it’s not my decision to make…”

“Well, as senior member of the group, I think it would be just delightful to have Van around.”

All eyes turn to Jade, and he flashes them his classic, unreadable smile. “You know with my old body, I get so tired so easily. Why, it’s a wonder I haven’t collapsed from exhaustion already.” Anise sends Jade a disbelieving look, and Tear shakes her head. Guy just sighs. Jade never changes.

“Having such an able-bodied young man around could provide to be useful to all of us,” Jade finishes with a delicate cough.

“…You’re not allowed anywhere near Master Van.”

Jade just smiles.

“So I guess we’re keeping him?” Guy ventures.

Before anyone protests, Luke bellows out a “yes!” and skips ahead, dragging the replica Van along with him.

Anise lets out an exaggerated sigh. “I don’t see why we have to put up with Van just because someone can’t get over his stupid crush,” Anise huffs.

“Anise!” Natalia sputters, cheeks pinking.

“What? You know it’s true,” Anise retorts, sticking her tongue out at Natalia.

“…Let’s just go,” Tear sighs, ushering a bickering Anise and Natalia along.

Jade follows along shortly, chuckling to himself.

Guy stays put, shaking his head. Somehow, he doubts the replica Van will stay with them just until the next town.

Original; Narnina/Jun; PG

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:26:31 GMT

Title: Cigarette
Prompt: None
Word Count: 120

Narnina likes to smoke cigarettes. She likes them in the morning afternoon night. She smokes after killing and before and as a sort of. Stress-reliever.

Jun hates smoking. It’s awful disgusting bad. Smells worse. It’ll be on your breath for days you know. You should stop.

Narnina laughs. Ha ha. Who cares? You should have one. Feel better.

No. She pouts. No no never.

I’ll kiss you.

Pause. A lucrative offer.

She leans down and captures Narnina’s lips with her own. Only for a moment then she pulls back and laughs, smoke drifting out of her mouth.

Throws her head back, laughs. Lights up a cigarette. You know, she drawls, taking a long drag. Maybe cigarettes aren’t so bad.

Tales of the Abyss; Van/Van, Tear; PG-13

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:50:41 GMT

Title: Nightmare
Prompt: [Score] 28. Van/Van, self hatred
Word Count: 360
[for glorious's Vanwork-a-thon. Not to happy with how this came out, but I couldn't find a good way to fix it]

He has to be going crazy. He has to be. There’s no other explanation. There’s—

He pushes himself into the wall, fingers tightening on his shoulders. “Who. Are. You?”

He watches himself laugh, harsh and mocking. “I’m you, of course.” His eyes flash dangerously. “Who else would I be?”

Van moves his fingers up to his own throat and squeezes. “You are not me.”

Van laughs again, wheezing. “So. You do—” he pauses to gasp for breath “—hate yourself enough to kill yourself.”

He grips his neck tighter, fingers pressing in. “I do not!” he growls.

Another breathless laugh. “R-really?” he chokes out, giving the most mischievous grin he can muster.

Suddenly, Van leans forward and catches his own lips in a kiss. He staggers back and sputters, disgusted and surprised.

He breathes deeply, enjoying his throat’s freedom. “So much do you hate yourself, Van?”

Van can only stare. Then, without a second’s hesitation, he grabs his sword and runs it through his chest, pinning Van to the wall.

Van laughs, blood spilling out of his mouth; he gives a cruel smile. He grips the sword hilt and, after a moment, pulls the sword from his chest.

“Your turn.”

-

Van wakes in a cold sweat, whole body trembling. He sits up, taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself.

From his side, a warm body stirs. “Van?” a small voice questions. “Are you okay?”

“Mysterica,” Van breathes. She pokes her head out from under the covers. “I’m okay,” Van says, trying reassure her. “I’m just fine.”

Or perhaps he’s trying to reassure himself.

“It was just a dream,” he continues, stroking her hair. “Now go back to bed.”

Tear ducks back under the blankets, snuggling up to Van’s side extra close. Van lies back down and Tear holds tight to his arm; she wants to protect him from his bad dreams.

Van finally manages to loosen Tear’s grip on his arm, removing it from her clutch and going back to stroking her hair.

“It was just a dream,” he repeats, watching Tear drift back to sleep. “Just a dream, that’s all.”

At least, that’s what he tells himself.

Tales of the Abyss; one-sided!Guy/Luxanne; G

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:40:49 GMT

Title: Crown of Thorns
Prompt: 245. Eyes Unclouded
Word Count: 120

She laughs loudly, shrilly, clapping her hands in joyous excitement.

Guy laughs back. You're beautiful, he wants to say, but the words stay lodged in his throat.

He finishes the crown of flowers and places it on her head, trembling ever so slightly. The daises taunt him, resting atop Luxanne’s beautiful hair without so much as a shake.

Guy’s never been more jealous of a flower in his life.

Luxanne squeals and finishes her own, placing it on Guy’s head, careful not to touch him. Hers is messier than his, poorly chained with petals wilted and torn. He loves it anyway.

Guy gives a false smile. Luxanne may have a crown of daises, but Guy has a crown of thorns.

Tales of the Abyss; Van, Guy, Luke; PG

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:20:25 GMT

Title: Fragment
Prompt: None
Word Count: 190

“Shit.”

It’s the first time in a long time he’s heard Van swear.

“Shit!”

Guy can only stare at Luke’s unconscious form sprawled out on the ground. His eyes trail over him, still in shock, and finally they rest on…that.

It’s not his arm. It’s a…it’s a…it’s a thing. He can only stare at the little fragments of metal scattered on the ground, still pulsating with life.

Van barks orders to the maids, who carry them out with a robotic precision, picking up every fragment and scrap that exploded from Luke’s arm.

Robotic precision. Guy nearly scoffs; what else should he expect from android maids?

Van sends Guy a questioning glance, and Guy looks down in response. He doesn’t know how to react to, well…his eyes go back to the bits of wire and technology littered all over the ground. He doesn’t know how to react to all of this.

“We’ll talk about this later,” Van says, and picks up Luke’s one-armed body, following the nurses inside.

Guy stays outside, staring at the now-barren ground. He still sees Luke’s arm scattered all over the ground.

Tales of the Abyss; Guy + young!Luxanne; G

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:27:22 GMT

Title: Learning to Smile
Prompt: none
Words: 170

The first thing she learns how to do is smile.

Guy’s the one that has to teach her. It’s not relearning, he thinks. She’d have to already know how to smile to relearn it.

“Like this,” he says, pushing up the corners of his mouth with his fingers. Inwardly, he groans. There are so many other things he’d rather be doing now than teaching some brat how to smile.

Luxanne stares at Guy a long time, watching him wide-eyed and silent. Finally, she sticks her own fingers in her mouth and pulls her lips up almost painfully high. She gives Guy a question look, searching for approval.

Guy sighs and shakes his head. “No, no, like this,” he says, giving Luxanne the least forced smile he can manage.

It doesn’t even take a moment for Luxanne to respond this time, her whole face lighting up as her lips splits into the biggest grin Guy’s ever seen.

And for just a moment, Guy forgets why he hated Luxanne.

Tales of the Abyss; NataliaAsch, Luke, Guy; G

Sat, 02 Jun 2007 06:39:45 GMT

Title: Stubborn is as Stubborn does
Prompt: 047. Argument
Word Count: 130

Luke doesn’t get it. All they do is argue argue argue and fight fight fight and debate debate debate. They’re almost never able to have a civil conversation with each other; it almost always ends up being a screaming match after five minutes.

But still, he’ll catch them in the hallways, Natalia pressing Asch up against a wall as they share fervent kisses.

“I don’t get it,” Luke says to Guy one day as they watch Natalia drag Asch through a doorway, no doubt to argue with him and then steal his breath away with kisses afterwards.

“All they do is fight. How can they possibly love each other?”

Guy shrugs, no more knowledgeable than Luke on the subject. “Stubborn is as stubborn does,” he says in lieu of explanation.

Tales of the Abyss; Guy; G

Fri, 04 May 2007 05:19:07 GMT

Title: Moving Forward
Prompt: 098. Break Away
Word Count: 215
[Semi-based on an RP between me and glorious. Long story short, Guy leaves the manor.]

He watches the sun crawl up the horizon, a bright flash of light and blue skies following.

He watches the sun creep down the horizon, tiny twinkling stars and dark skies trailing it.

Still, nothing changes.

Days and nights come and go, but everything stays the same. Different inns and different towns, different monsters and different bandits, but it’s all still the same. The same thoughts, the same feelings. Everything stays the same.

He still misses Luxanne. He misses Van and Pere and Natalia and even the maids who used to terrorize him and Ramdas and Susanne.

But he doesn’t miss Duke Fabre. He’ll never miss those cold eyes, the superior looks, that smirk, his father’s sword hanging on the wall like some kind of trophy.

Guy grips the hilt of his father’s old blade tightly. No, he’ll never miss that.

But Guy can’t miss Luxanne anymore. He can’t miss Van or Pere or Natalia or anyone anymore. He has to move on.

So he’ll keep moving. Inn to inn, city to city, day to day and night to night. He won’t stop until he’s in Malkuth, until he’s as far away from Baticul as he can be, until he’s forgotten his feelings, his thoughts.

But until then, he’ll just have to keep moving forward.

Original; Jun/Narnina; G

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:35:59 GMT

Title: Shut Up
Prompt: 003. A Little More Than Friends
Word Count: 75

Shut up, Jun says. Shut up shut up shut up.

She’s tired of Narnina’s no. Tired of the stop it of the go away of the what are you doing? She’s tired of it all.

Narnina laughs. Feeling bold today, Jun?

Jun kisses her. Shut up, she says.

Narnina pushes her away. What are you—

Jun kisses her again. Shut up. We’re doing what I want today.

Jun kisses her again. This time, Narnina doesn’t protest.

Tales of the Abyss; Asch/Guy, Luke; PG

Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:32:45 GMT

Title: Knowing When to Keep Your Mouth Shut
Prompt: 423. It's Love
Word Count: 100

Asch does not like Guy. He does not like him in the least, because he is not gay and Guy is annoying and he just does not like him.

Luke laughs, a noise far too close sounding to that of a giggle. Shut up, replica, Asch mentally snarls, resisting the urge to force Luke’s head through a wall.

Luke giggle-laughs (goddamn that was an annoying noise) again. “Hey, Guy!” Luke calls.

Replica don’t you even think—

“Guess what! Asch loves y—”

Luke’s sentence is cut off mid-word when Asch wills Luke's head into a wall, successfully knocking him unconscious.

Asch growls. Oh, he’s going to make that damn dreck regret doing that.

Tales of the Abyss; original!Ion/Van; PG

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:51:22 GMT

Title: To the Ends of the Earth
Prompt: 202. Do You Trust Me?
Word Count: 200

Van is the Commandant, a leader of the Oracle Knights. He has to love the Score, obey the Score, follow the Fon Master to the ends of the earth and back.

He bows to the Fon Master, Fon Master Ion; he pretends his insides don’t twist in disgust and that his sword does not sing for the Fon Master’s blood.

Ion smiles genially. “Do you trust me, Commandant Van?”

Van’s smile stretches painfully across his face. “Of course, Fon Master Ion.”

Ion lifts his head and kisses him on the lips. It ends quickly, and his smile is slightly mischievous after. “Look at me when I speak to you, Commandant. Do you trust me.”

Van looks the Fon Master straight in the eyes, knowing his own betray his next words. “Of course, Fon Master Ion.”

Ion’s almost-genially smile turns absolutely devilish. He crushes his lips against Van’s own, pushing Van backwards as he does so.

Van closes his eyes. He is the Commandant, a leader of the Oracle Knights. He has to love the Score, obey the Score, follow the Fon Master to the ends of the earth and back.

He has to do whatever the Fon Master asks of him.

Tales of the Abyss; Luxanne, others; G

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:55:15 GMT

Title: Decision
Prompt: here
Word Count: 150

Her mother holds her close, sobbing quietly. Please stay a girl, she begs. Please don’t change.

You should listen to your mother, he father says. He doesn’t hold her like her mother does. It’d be in your best interests, he says. (She knows he wants her to become a boy.)

Of course I’ll always love you, Master Van tells her, kissing her softly. I’ll love you no matter what you choose, he whispers as his hands crawl up her shirt.

Guy smiles genially, almost nervously, at her. My opinion shouldn’t change your decision, he says. He still won’t touch her. You need to do what feels right.

- - -

She steps into the spring as a girl, she comes out of it as a boy. Luxanne—Luke—walks slowly, awkwardly, getting used to her—his new body.

I’m Luke now, she (he) says to no one in particular. I’m me.

themes~

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:01:15 GMT

stolen from helpyoufly because it's a damn good idea.

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1. A Bridge Too Far 2. A Hero Emerges ~~3. A Little More Than Friends~~ 4. A Place to Feel Safe 5. A Rival Appears! 6. Abandoned 7. Above the Thunder 8. Absolute 9. Ace of Hearts 10. Ache 11. Addicted 12. Addicted To Your Touch 13. Address 14. Adoration 15. Adrenalin 16. Advertisement 17. Afterglow 18. Against Temptation 19. Aghast 20. Agony of Defeat 21. Alcohol 22. All That I Have 23. All That Lives Must Die 24. Allergic to Stupid 25. Allergies 26. Almost Isn’t Good Enough 27. Almost Paradise 28. Alone 29. Alone in the Rain 30. Altar For Tribute 31. Always and Forever 32. Amorous 33. Amuck 34. And Be Sure to Say Please 35. And The Jackass of the Year Award Goes To... 36. Angry Men 37. Angst 38. Anniversary 39. Annoyance 40. Antisocial 41. Anything Goes 42. Approval 43. Are You Challenging Me? 44. Are You Serious? 45. Are You Sure? 46. Are You There? ~~47. Argument~~ 48. Armor 49. Arousals 50. Articles 51. Astrology 52. At What Cost 53. Attachment 54. Attack and Receive 55. Auf Wierdersehen 56. Autumn 57. Azure 58. Bachelor 59. Backfire 60. Bad Boy/Girl 61. Baked Goods 62. Balance 63. Band of Brothers 64. Bang 65. Bank Heist 66. Banter 67. Battle Scars 68. Beach 69. Beautiful 70. Beautiful Stranger 71. Beauty in the Breakdown 72. Beauty Queen 73. Bed 74. Bedroom 75. Behind These Eyes 76. Believe In Us 77. Benevolent 78. Best Word Ever 79. Betrayal 80. Better Left Unsaid 81. Birthday 82. Black 83. Black and White 84. Black Hole Sun 85. Black Roses 86. Blind Date 87. Blood 88. Bloody Sunday 89. Blue 90. Blue Moon 91. Body Temperature 92. Balderdash 93. Bomb 94. Borderline 95. Bored 96. Brave New World 97. Break ~~98. Break Away~~ 99. Breaking the Rules 100. Bring It On 101. Broken Pieces 102. Brown 103. Brownies 104. Burn It Up 105. Burn Out 106. Burn Paradise 107. Burning Bridges 108. Burning Memories 109. Cabin Fever 110. Camouflage 111. Candy 112. Candy Heart 113. Cannonball 114. Canny 115. Can’t Let You Go 116. Can I Have This? 117. Can You Hear Me? 118. Cat 119. Caught 120. Caution 121. Center of the Sun 122. Change of Heart 123. Check 124. Cheese 125. Chemistry 126. Cherishing 127. Chicken Pox 128. Childhood 129. China Roses 130. Chocolate 131. Church 132. Cleaning Duty 133. Clear Head 134. Cliché Romantic Date 135. Clock Without Any Hands 136. Close to Heaven 137. Closed Doors 138. Cloud Nine 139. Clouds 140. Clowns 141. Code Name 142. Coffee 143. Cold 144. Cold Feet 145. Collide 146. Come With Me 147. Coming Out 148. Concoction 149. Confession 150. Control 151. Cooperation 152. Count the Stars 153. Courage 154. Coward 155. Crack Brownies 156. Cracks 157. Crash and Burn 158. Crashes Down 159. Crayon Drawn Portrait 160. Craze 161. Crazy 162. Creation 163. Crush 164. Cuddle 165. Curiosity Killed the Cat 166. Cursed 167. Dance Club 168. Danger Ahead 169. Dare, Dare, Double Dare 170. Darkness 171. Dawdle 172. Daydreamers 173. Dead Man Walking 174. Deadly 175. Death 176. Deceived 177. Deception 178. Deep in Thought 179. Definite Cool Cat 180. Deft 181. Demon 182. Demon On My Shoulder 183. Denial 184. Depression 185. Desire 186. Desperation 187. Destiny 188. Determination 189. Detest 190. Devotion 191. Diabolical 192. Dickies 193. Difference 194. Dirty Dozen 195. Disappear 196. Dismantle 197. Disruption 198. Distance 199. Do I Know You? 200. Do Not Disturb	201. Do You Remember? ~~202. Do You Trust Me?~~ 203. Doctor’s Office 204. Dog 205. Dog Days 206. Dogged 207. Don’t Be Afraid 208. Don’t Bend, Don’t Break, Don’t Back Down 209. Don’t Care 210. Don’t Cry! 211. Don’t Speak 212. Don’t Hold Back 213. Don’t Runaway 214. Don’t Touch That! 215. Down Under 216. Dreams 217. Drink 218. Drive 219. Drowning 220. Dying 221. Earth 222. Eat or Shut Up 223. Eating Pizza Without Shirts 224. Ego Problem 225. Embrace 226. Emotions 227. Enchantment 228. End of All Hope 229. Endless Nights of Wonder 230. Endurance 231. Envy 232. Escape 233. Esoteric 234. Euthanasia 235. Ever After 236. Every Dog Has His Day 237. Everyone Has a Secret 238. Everything Changes 239. Evidence 240. Evil 241. Evil Can Be Cute 242. Expectations 243. Explosion 244. Eyes ~~245. Eyes Unclouded~~ 246. Façade 247. Facing the Inner Demons 248. Factor 249. Fading 250. Fairy Tales 251. Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust 252. Falling 253. Family 254. Fangirls/Fanboys 255. Far Away 256. Fast and Free 257. Fate 258. Fault 259. Fear 260. Fear During a Mission 261. Fear Itself 262. Feel the Love 263. Fever 264. Fight 265. Fighter 266. Finale 267. Fire 268. Fireworks 269. First Encounters 270. First Time 271. Flaunt 272. Flavor 273. Flirt 274. Floored 275. Flowers ~~276. Fly~~ 277. Fondness 278. Food 279. Food Fight! 280. Following In My Master’s Footsteps 281. Fool 282. Foreign 283. Forgiven 284. Forgotten 285. Fortitude 286. Four 287. Fractured 288. Fragments 289. Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman! 290. Friendship 291. Fruitful 292. Fudge 293. Fun Times 294. Fury 295. Future 296. Fuyu Ni Naru 297. Galaxies Apart 298. Gamble 299. Gardenia 300. General 301. Genjutsu 302. Ghosts 303. Gift 304. Give Up 305. Giving In 306. Gloomy Sunday 307. Go To Hell! 308. God 309. Goodbye 310. Good Enough 311. Good Morning 312. Got A Ticket To Ride 313. Gracious 314. Graffiti 315. Grave Digger 316. Gravity 317. Gray 318. Great Balls of Fire 319. Greed 320. Green 321. Grim 322. Guilty 323. Hair 324. Hang Him 325. Happiness 326. Happy Place 327. Hardcore 328. Haunted House 329. Haunting 330. Have I Told You Lately 331. He’s A Player 332. Heal 333. Heart and Soul 334. Heart Attack! 335. Heart of Gold 336. Heartache 337. Heartbreak 338. Heartless ~~339. Heat~~ 340. Heaven 341. Hell Is For Heroes 342. Her Name Was… 343. Here With Me 344. Heroine 345. Hey Baby 346. Hiccups 347. Hickey 348. Hidden From the World 349. High 350. HBP 351. Hikikomori 352. His Place 353. History Repeats Itself 354. Hold My Hand 355. Holding My Head Up High 356. Holiday 357. Hollow 358. Home Is Where the Heart Is 359. Hook, Line, and Sinker 360. Hopeless 361. Horror 362. Hot 363. House 364. House of Mirrors 365. How Incredibly Insightful 366. Hugs 367. Humor 368. Hungry 369. Hurt 370. I Call Shotgun! 371. I Can’t 372. I Can’t Believe You! 373. I Declare 374. I Don’t Know Why 375. I Forgot My Pants! 376. I Got Your Back 377. I Hate Everything About You 378. I Like to Move It 379. I Like To Murder People While Singing Showtunes 380. I Love You 381. I Spy 382. I Will Protect You 383. I Won’t Hurt You 384. I Won't Say I'm In Love 385. I’ll Be Back 386. I’m A Survivor 387. I've Got a Theory 388. Ice 389. Ice Cream 390. Ichi-go Icho-e 391. Identity 392. Iemoto 393. If You Loved Me 394. Illness 395. Illusion 396. Imagine 397. Imitation 398. Impossible 399. In the Storm 400. Independent	401. Indigo 402. Infatuation 403. Inner Turmoil 404. Innocence 405. Insanity 406. Insomnia 407. Inspection 408. Instinct 409. Inteference 410. Interruption 411. Intervention 412. Intimate 413. Intoku 414. Introduction 415. Intuition 416. Invincible 417. Invisible 418. Irk 419. Is It Really You? 420. It’s A Strange and Frightening Thing to See Yourself at Your Worst 421. It’s An Endless Cycle 422. It’s Begun ~~423. It’s Love~~ 424. It’s Not Eyeliner 425. Itachi 426. Jaded 427. Jealousy 428. Join Us 429. Joking 430. Jubilee 431. Judgment Day 432. Just A Touch 433. Just Keep On Smiling 434. Justify My Love 435. Kakurenbo 436. Kaleidoscope 437. Karma 438. Keeping a Secret 439. Keepsake 440. Key to the Heart 441. Kick in the Ass 442. Kick in the Head 443. Kin 444. Kind 445. Kingdom Come 446. Kinki 447. Kiss 448. Kissing A Cop 449. Kite Flying 450. Kitsune 451. Knowing 452. Lackluster 453. Lachrymose 454. Lady in Red 455. Last Hope 456. Late Nights 457. Laugh Out Loud 458. Laughter 459. Laundry 460. Lean On Me 461. Leaving My Mark 462. Left Behind 463. Lemons 464. Let It Snow 465. Let’s Rock 466. Letters 467. Liar 468. Liberty 469. Lice 470. Lick 471. Light 472. Little Black Book 473. Little Piece of Heaven 474. Little White Lie 475. Listen Carefully 476. Live To Tell 477. Living on a Prayer 478. Locket 479. Locked Hearts 480. Lonely Feelings 481. Lord of the Flies 482. Lose Control 483. Lost Everything 484. Lost Forevermore 485. Love 486. Loyalty 487. Lucky 488. Lullaby 489. Lying With My Mouth Open 490. Mad Kung-Fu Skills 491. Magic 492. Magic of Innocence 493. Make Up Your Mind 494. Manifest 495. Masks 496. Masquerade 497. Massacre 498. Me Against the World 499. Melodramatic 500. Memory 501. Metamorphosis 502. Midnight Hour 503. Might Not Come Back 504. Milk and Cookies 505. Miracles 506. Mirror 507. Mischief Managed 508. Misfortune 509. Missing You 510. Mission 511. Misunderstanding 512. Mitternacht 513. Money 514. Monkey 515. Moon 516. Mother Hen 517. Mother Nature 518. Multitasking 519. Muse 520. Music 521. My Hero 522. My Little Monster 523. My Mission Ends Here, Incomplete and In Failure 524. My Reason to Smile 525. My Strength 526. My Thoughts Alone 527. Mysterious Stranger 528. Mystery 529. Myth 530. Nails 531. Naïve 532. Name That Tune 533. Nani!? 534. Nature 535. Needles 536. Neighbors 537. Newspapers 538. Never Really Mine 539. Never Was A Part of Reality 540. Nevermore 541. Next To Me 542. Night 543. Nightmare 544. Niisan 545. Ninjutsu 546. No! 547. No Day But Today 548. No Freaking Way! 549. No Future 550. No Good 551. No Past 552. No Present 553. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service 554. No Sign of Heaven 555. No Time 556. No Time For Regret 557. No Way Out 558. Nobody Except You 559. Nocturnal 560. Non-Stop Fighting! 561. Nostalgia 562. Not As Think As You Drunk I Am 563. Not That Funny 564. Notes 565. Nothing 566. Nothing Wrong With Me 567. Novice 568. Now 569. Numb 570. Nurture 571. Oaf 572. Oath 573. Obedient 574. Obey 575. Oblivious 576. Observe 577. Obsession 578. Oedipus Complex 579. On My Own 580. On Your Feet 581. Once Upon A Time 582. Once We Were Friends 583. One Last Chance 584. One Night Stand 585. One Phone Call 586. Onigiri 587. Only You 588. Only You Can See Me 589. Onsen 590. Open Your Heart 591. Operation Market Garden 592. Opportunity 593. Opposites Attract 594. Orange 595. Ornery 596. Our Last Kiss 597. Our Own World 598. Out Cold 599. Outer Space 600. Outlandish	601. Over Their Dead Bodies 602. Overcast 603. Overdose 604. Oxygen 605. Pain 606. Pandemonium 607. Pang 608. Pants Off 609. Paper Plane 610. Pardon My French 611. Party 612. Passion 613. Peace 614. Pearl 615. Pen and Paper 616. Penny For Your Thoughts 617. Perfect Blue 618. Pets 619. Phantoms 620. Phoenix Rising 621. Point Blank 622. Photos 623. Pie 624. Pink 625. Pink Carnation 626. Pink Panther 627. Pirate Versus Ninja 628. Playing the Melody 629. Playing With Fire 630. Please 631. Please Don’t Abandon Me 632. Please Forget About Me 633. Poem 634. Poison 635. Poison By You 636. Pompous 637. Popcorn 638. Porcelain 639. Portraits of Villainy 640. Power of Hope 641. Practice 642. Prefer 643. Precious Treasure 644. Pretender 645. Pretty Little Flower 646. Pretty Princess 647. Priceless 648. Pride 649. Prison 650. Prisoner 651. Promise 652. Protégé 653. Public Affections 654. Put On A Happy Face 655. Put Your Clothes On! 656. Puzzle 657. Quandary 658. Quarantine 659. Queer 660. Quest 661. Questioning 662. Quiet 663. Rainbows 664. Ramen Noodles 665. Ramshackle 666. Rapture 667. Rat 668. Rated 669. Real Summer Night 670. Reasons 671. Reconcile 672. Reconstruction 573. Recur 674. Red 675. Red and Black 676. Reflections 677. Reincarnation 678. Rejection 679. Relaxation 680. Rescue Me 681. Resistance Is Futile 682. Respect 683. Restaurant 684. Return to Me 685. Reunion 686. Revelry 687. Rise For the Moment 688. Rituals 689. Rose 690. Rosemary 691. Rumors 692. Run Away 693. Running Through Yesterday 694. Sacrifice 695. Safety First 696. Sakura 697. Salvation 698. Sanctuary 699. Sandwich 700. Sarcasm 701. Save Me 702. Save Your Tears 703. Say It 704. Scapegoat 705. Scar Tissue 706. Scared 707. Scarred For Life 708. Scars 709. Schadenfreude 710. Schemozzles 711. Schlock 712. Schmuck! 713. School 714. Scram! 715. Scratching 716. Screw You! 717. Sea Sick 718. Searching 719. Secret Encounter 720. Secret Fetish 721. Secrets 722. Sedate 723. Seduction 724. Seeing Red 725. Seeking Solace 726. Selfish 727. Sensitive 728. Seul Choix 729. Seven Deadly Sins 730. Sex 731. Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll 732. Sexy 733. Shadows 734. Shall We Dance? 735. Shikata Ga Nai 736. Should’ve Listened 737. Shower 738. Siblings 739. Sick in Bed 740. Sick in the Head 741. Sigh 742. Silence 743. Silent Night 744. Silhouette 745. Silky 746. Silly 747. Signs 748. Sinful 749. Skylines 750. Skulk 751. Sledding 752. Sleep 753. Sleeping Face 754. Smartass 755. Smile 756. Smile For Me 757. Smooth As Silk 758. Snare 759. Snow 760. Snowed In 761. So Embarrassing 762. Soaking Wet 763. Soda Pop 764. Soft Spot 765. Soldier 766. Solicit 767. Solitude 768. Some Kind of Patton 769. Somei Yoshino 770. Something In Your Eyes 771. Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark 772. Sorrow 773. Sorry 774. Souls 775. Sounds 776. Sparklers 777. Speak My Name 778 .Special 779. Spiral 780. Spring 781. Squad 782. Standing Still 783. Stars 784. Starting Over 785. Starvation 786. Stodgy 787. Stop It 788. Stop With the Negative Waves 789. Storm 790. Story of My Life 791. Stranded 792. Strawberry Fields 793. Stripes 794. Stubborn 795. Subside 796. Success 797. Suetsumuhana 798. Sugar 799. Suicide 800. Summer	801. Sunburn 802. Sunrise 803. Sunset 804. Superstar 805. Superstitious 806. Surface 807. Surrender 808. Surrounded By Idiots 809. Survivor 810. Suspense 811. Sweet Dreams Are Made of These 812. Sweet Surrender 813. Sweetheart 814. Swimming 815. Taijutsu 816. Taisa 817. Take a Bow 818. Take a Chance On Me 819. Take My Breath Away 820. Take My Hand 821. Taking the Blame 822. Tangled Up 823. Tart 824. Tea Time 825. Teal 826. Teamwork 827. Tears 828. Tears of Joy 829. Tease 830. Telepathic 831. Tell Him Goodbye 832. Ten 833. Ten Years Ago 834. Tenderness 835. Tequila 836. Test 837. Testy 838. Thank You 839. That’s Hot 840. The Eagle 841. The Cruelest Month 842. The Dreamer 843. The Games We Play 844. The “Hots” 845. The Last Drop 846. The Omen 847. The Owner Is Busy At the Moment 848. The Rest is Silence 849. The Sandman 850. The Sky Is Falling 851. The Thunder 852. The Unseen 853. They Can’t Break Me 854. They Only See Me 855. Thief 856. Thinking Of You 857. This Is Who I Am 858. Thoughtless 859. Three Isn’t A Pair 860. Through the Fire 861. Thwarted! 862. Ticklish 863. Tiger 864. Time 865. Time After Time 866. Tingling On My Lips 867. Tired 868. To Be or Not To Be 869. To Have and To Hold 870. To The Moon and Back 871. Too Sexy For My Shirt 872. Tortoise and the Hare 873. Torture 874. Touch 875. Tourniquet 876. Tower 877. Toxic 878. Tradition 879. Tragic Hero 880. Traitor 881. Transform 882. Traps 883. Treasure 884. Tremor 885. Triangle 886. Tricked 887. True Love 888. Trying Too Hard 889. Trouble Lurking 890. Tsukura Mono to Kowasu Mono 891. Tsumi 892. Tsurai 893. Tune Into My World 894. Twilight 895. Twins 896. Two Roads 897. Two Sides to Every Story 898. Ugly 899. Umeboshi 900. Unabashed 901. Under the Rain 902. Under Your Blanket 903. Understand 904. Understatement 905. Unanimous 906. Under Your Skin 907. Unexpected Twist of Fate 908. Unexpected Visitor 909. Unexpectedly 910. Unforgivable 911. Uniform 912. Universe 913. Unnecessary 914. Up A Lazy River With Me 915. Up Yours, Baby 916. Urge To Kill Rising 917. Utopia 918. Vacation 919. Vanish 920. Velvet 921. Victory 922. Vile 923. Violence 924. Visions 925. Vocal 926. Voices In My Head 927. Waffles 928. Waiting 929. War 930. War on Crime 931. Warning 932. Watch Out For Weirdoes 933. Water 934. Waterfalls 935. Way of the Samurai 936. We Are At War 937. We Belong Together 938. We’re All Nuts or We Wouldn’t Be Here! 939. Weakness 940. Weapons 941. Weight of the World 942. Welcome Back 943. Welcome To Hell 944. Well Aware 945. What A Fool I've Been 946. What’s In A Name? 947. Whispers 948. White 949. White Flag 950. Who’s Gay?! 951. Who's Your Daddy? 952. Wicked 953. Wild 954. Win or Lose 955. Winds of Change 956. Wings 957. Winter 958. Winter Tears 959. Wisdom 960. With Deadly Accuracy 961. With or Without You 962. Won't Back Down 963. Wonderful 964. Wonderland 965. Wordless 966. Words 967. Work of the Puppet Master 968. Worship 969. Worst Pick Up Line 970. Would You Miss Me 971. Write Your Own Ending 972. Yard 973. Yarn 974. Yearning 975. Years Later 976. Yellow 977. Yes! 978. Yes Mother Dearest 979. Yesterday 980. Yield 981. Yin and Yang 982. You 983. You and Me 984. You Are the Original Myth 985. You Did What 986. You Fail! 987. You Left The Door Open 988. You Smell Good 989. You Stole Something From Me! 990. You Think Too Much 991. You Were Right 992. You're In The Army Now 993. You’re What?! 994. Young 995. Young Love 996. Youngster 997. Zany 998. Zero 999. Zinnia 1000. Zodiac