1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the timeframe of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards! [I confess: inveterate beta that I am, I did go back and edit a bit--but I did not write more! I swear! I only fixed typos and so on.]
4. Do 10 of these, then post them.
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2. Dear Prudence, The Beatles
"Kikyou-chan! Kikyou-chan, come out, we want to play!" a bevy of children's voices called from outside.
Kikyou flinched, and looked away, fiddling with the pale sleeve of her new miko's robe.
The elderly miko she studied under now made no move, but stared silently at her. So, she had another duty, did she?
Resolving herself, wiping her face free of weaknesses like friendliness, Kikyou stood and moved to the door.
She gulped at the sight. A clear blue sky, her old friends with a new toy, a playful breeze…she almost sighed wistfully. She missed it so much…
"Kikyou-chan! There you are, come out!"
"I'm sorry, but I must study. I have my miko duties to attend to," she said, quietly, hiding her ache in cold, stilted severity.
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A/N: A little awkward in places, but I felt guilty about editing it too much, as that would have gone over the time limit...And for those interested, all of the songs I listened to while writing this series can be found on youtube without too much difficulty. Now. Back to the writing. Well, I'll confess that I wrote this also in part to make my little sister happy (the only character from Inuyasha she really likes is Kikyou--no, please don't kill her, she hasn't read/watched much of it), but I also...just wanted to write this. It fit so well. I mean, I suppose I could have gone with something happier...but who wants to read happy stuff? Seriously? Just kidding! I do like this one very much though, for good or for ill. I think people forget that for Kikyou to have the same soul as Kagome, they have to have had some things in common--at the very least, before their lives split along such different paths. This is one of those moments that made Kikyou the sad, lonely, and somewhat desperate girl Inuyasha eventually met, rather than the emotionally-adjusted, more-or-less happy girl Kagome is. If that made any sense.
Oh dear. I've written more in the author's note than in the drabble. Oops... Hope you liked this, anyway. Reviews are always appreciated!
