This is one of the best nights of my entire life.

So school finally lets out at around 3:00 after a round of wondrous Stanford testing (wondrous because Stanfords = No homework, get out early). My parents drop me off at the Wiltern, and I'm off to find Zeandra. She wouldn't answer her phone for a bit, so I kind of panicked and just walked around, eventually wandering to the place where Jo and I first met Alix and her. And then - finally - she answered the phone and guided me to where she was. We were pretty close, I suppose. Zeandra said that they were closer, but where shoved back when the Wiltern demanded single file lines and everyone in front called up the friends they saved spots for. (Zeandra had saved me a spot. :3 <3 Thanks!! She got there at around... 11:00-ish PM last night, and kinda stayed there overnight. xD)

After greeting Zeandra and her brother, Jo and Jane visited us. We talked, blah blah, Zeandra gave me this... picture thingy of a super hot guy whose name I don't know, blah blah, and Jane and I started counting the amount of people in front of us. I decided to stop at 201. There were bunches more ahead, so Zeandra and I were probably 300th-ish or the low 400ths in line. I'd bet for the former, though.

Mm... I ate my sandwich, blah blah blah, Jo and Jane leave, blah blah, I SEE YOSHIKI STEP OUT OF HIS CAR AND WAVE AT US (I screamed like crazy and waved enthusiastically), and yeah. x3 Zeandra and I socialized with the people behind us who were quite funny - and extremely fluent in Japanese. I saw a LOT of familiar people (familiar because I saw 'em at Dir en Grey's Tour07 Inward Scream), including that really pretty Aoi look-alike girl. <3

So yah. At around 6:20 or 30-ish, the line started moving. It was like the mosh pit. -_- EVERYONE just RAN forward, not caring about who they shoved - as long as they got there first, nothing mattered. I soon lost Zeandra in the whole mess, and just gave up trying to find her after a while. We were several feet away from the entrance. At that moment, I didn't care at all who I hurted. As long as I got to the entrance, got a chance to get close to the stage, nothing mattered. So I pushed and shoved like the rest of the crowd. (Seriously. D: It's like the Avalon all over again. 'Cept WAY better, 'course. No people beating you up by accident and stuff. xD Kinda...)

I got in the Wiltern. Unlike last time, during Dir en Grey's Inward Scream tour, I didn't head to the merchandise section first. That would have to wait. A good spot was my top priority. I speed-walked (since the guards inside the Wiltern were yelling, "DON'T RUN!") to the GA area, since the Pit was full. I was a row behind the front of the GA area. Wasn't too bad, I guess - but I wanted to see the JRockers without any head or arm obscuring my view. Eventually, I wormed my way to the front, and tightly held on to the small wall... thingy.

In the HUUUGGEEE screen thing that lay in front of the stage cover thingies (I'm totally brain dead, shush. Just trying to write this all down before I shower), they were playing X-Japan's Last Live. I nearly cried when I saw hide. But it was fun, nonetheless, watching all five of them run around, performing with all they had.

At 7:05, the screen went up, and the curtains parted. I screamed. The anxiety bubbling within me exploded, and I was just as loud as all 5 of the girls behind me put together.

It was dark, and in the smaller screen, these words came into view:

Kagrra,

I screamed louder, raising my right hand and closing the thumb, middle, and ring finger. "KAGRRA!" I yelled, excited. They came out, one by one, each with a smile on their faces. I nearly fainted, shouting impossibly louder (does that even make sense? Whatever...). They were there, a mere few feet away from me. Izumi. Nao. Shin. Akiya. And finally, Isshi. They all looked absolutely STUNNING - especially my favorite, Isshi~ ;3 As he sung, we jumped, we pounded our fists, we moved our hands like his, clapped...

And then, they played my favorite song: Utakata. I don't know what it is about that song that touches me so deeply, but whatever. As soon as I realized that it was UTAKATA they were playing, I cried. I was screaming, cheering, jumping, moving my hands (when I say hands, they're in the 'Rock On' position [Thumb, middle, ring finger down] unless I say so otherwise), singing along... and crying. I was happy beyond words. (They even played Yousai!)

Anyway, it was really cute when Isshi spoke to us in English. He had the words written down on a piece of paper, which he read to us. It was basically, 'We're Kagrra', 'Thanks for coming', 'thanks for your support', 'We will be back soon', etc. REALLY CUTE. Then they left the stage, much to my disappointment. They had played roughly 4-ish songs, but I was okay with that. Seeing AND hearing them live for even ONE song would have been enough for me.

The lights turned back on, the curtains closed, the huge screen came down, and starting playing X-Japan's Last Live again. I wondered if Yoshiki was watching this from the side, crying inwardly for hide. I knew I was. It seemed like an eternity before the curtains opened again, and the smaller screen showed this:

DuelJewel

In the little break, my throat ached, I was parched, and my body hurt from all that jumping and being shoved. But once they all came out onto the stage, I forgot about EVERYTHING but those JRockers performing on the stage. Shun, Yuya, Natsuki, Val, and Hayato - they were all magnificent. Honestly, I didn't like Duel Jewel that much before this concert. I listened to one song, and it didn't appeal to me very much. I found out what a fool I was when they started performing. I had just listened to the wrong song - Duel Jewel was simply <i>amazing</i>. I caught on their rhythms and movements pretty quickly, and rocked on with the rest of the crowd. They were truly great. <3 I couldn't keep my eyes off Hayato (well, okay... I did sneak several peeks at the rest of the band members. x3 But I looked at Hayato the most). His charisma, his voice, his movements... everything about him attracted me at once. I fell in love with Duel Jewel, and was 'Awww'ing as loud as everyone else when they announced that they would be playing one last song. It's just so cute. x3 They were like, "We're Duel Jewel!" "Thanks for your support!" and stuff. <3

Then there's another break time, when X-Japan's Last Live is shown (Yoshiki is CRAZY!). We could hear them tuning the guitars and testing the drums in the background, but no one cheered - mostly 'cause we all knew that they were all just roadies. xP

Next up was Miyavi. Honestly, as much as I love Miyavi, I was quite disappointed with his performance. He was all... American-ized, hip-hoppy, rappy, and... yeah. It was just... weird, I dunno. Drums were... weird (didn't look like drums), there was a guy tap dancing or whatever on wood, a weird ugly guy playing bass, some rappy hip hoppy guy beatboxing, some weirdo throwing rose petals all over Miyavi and painting some random stuff in the background, and a DJ. =/ Oh, Miyavi... ;~; You disappointed me. All the songs were... yeah. Hip hop-ish, beatbox-y... not what I expected, and definitely not pleasing. But everything changed when Miyavi said, "We have a special guest here tonight..."

That special guest was none other than Sugizo. He bounded in with his white guitar in hand, and smoothly joined Miyavi and the rest. I screamed loudly - 1/3 for Miyavi, 2/3 for Sugizo. It was great, though. :3 OH! And Miyavi also said, "I have a surprise for you all." In the smaller screen, these names flashed out in this order...

Yoshiki
Gackt
Sugizo
Miyavi

Yes. This was their new band. I was overjoyed. I knew that Yoshiki and Gackt were planning on making a band thingy together, but with SUGIZO AND MIYAVI?! HECK YES! Yeah, they played a bit, Yoshiki came out on stage and spoke to us. While he was coming out, an X-Japan song played, and once again, I cried as he came on the stage. He thanked us warmly, laughed and said it was nice meeting us on MySpace, and asked us for our continued support. We responded with cheers and "I LOVE YOU!"s.

Yoshiki told us that Gackt couldn't make it today, but he wanted to tell us 'Hi'. We responded enthusiastically. I must say, all of them, especially Yoshiki (no duh) are pretty good at English. :3 So cute. <3

Insert lotsa "BYE BYE!!!"s and another break thing / X-Japan's Last Live.

Then, oh my God, Vidoll was up. Tero, Giru, and Shun came out, each waving at us and firing us up. Then came Rame, dressed every so cutely. He threw us candy and, thank you Lord, I CAUGHT ONE! This is the first time I actually CAUGHT and KEPT something that a JRocker threw at a concert. I was overjoyed, of course! And then, Jui entered the stage, and everyone went ballistic. They started performing songs, and I was swept away once again. The closeness of the crowd no longer bothered me, the aching of my limbs and throat were easily forgotten. To me, all that mattered was myself and Vidoll.

Their songs and performance were, as expected, excellent. Jui was saying everything in Japanese, so I understood only bits of it. But basically, he said stuff like, "We'll continue to perform... and I'll continue to sing with all my heart". Iunno, something like that. But I cheered, just as I did for every other JRock band. I was beyond enthusiastic. Vidoll did a WONDERFUL job, I enjoyed it immensely.

Another break thingy.

And then... this was it. alice nine. I can still remember their expressions as they came onto the stage, waving at us and pumping us up, preparing their instruments... it's all so clear.

Nao came, followed by Tora and Saga. Hiroto came, receiving louder cheers. Haha, I remember how Tora kinda pouted, and came to the front of the stage, raising his hands. A VERY enthusiastic reaction was given, and he was satisfied. Then came my personal favorite... Shou. I screamed as loud as I could, and I swear, it's louder than those screams I unleashed during Dir en Grey's concert. I was EXTREMELY pleased with their performance. They did VERY well, and were extremely sexy. XD

They played Velvet first, much to my surprise. But the third song touched me the most, again drawing tears from me. It was my favorite alice nine. song: Yami ni Chiru Sakura. I headbanged along with the five, jumped up, screamed, and basically did everything at once. It was all so great! Then there was a bit of fan service (it's SO not alice nine. if there isn't!). Shou went up to Hiroto and kissed him on the cheek. I honestly don't like anything related to gay-ness, but it was just SO cute!! And it's SHOU and HIROTO we're talking about here. And they're alice nine. I'd support them even if they blew up half of the world. >.>

But yeah. :D It was an AWESOME performance, and I managed to record parts of Fantasy with my phone (really crappy quality, since everyone, including me, was SCREAMING, and stuff... xD Yeah...).

The wait and anxiety was definitely worth this show. The only disappointment I recieved was with Miyavi, but I didn't mind TOO much.

I rushed out and went to buy merchandise. I only had 55 bucks with me, and everything was overpriced. Most of the items were sold out already, so I bought would I could, which is 2 things. xD

I bought a black Vidoll shirt ($35), and a DuelJewel towel ($20). The heck I care if it's overpriced. >.>

Anndd... yeah. I CAN'T WAIT 'TILL THE SECOND PART! I'll try to write everything tomorrow... err, later if I have time, since I have to go to Yosemite. -_- Eww...

WE ARE... X! YOU ARE... X!

Mm... yeah. This is very short, mostly 'cause it's almost 1:00, I hafta shower, and I'm dead tired. Bye bye~