AUTHOR'S NOTE: Just as a note, I blame my rereading of the manga thus far for the sudden surge in non-Transparent Wings story explosions (don't worry that story is still running on time). This one was prompted by the Kuu Arc and I wanted to bring it forward a bit into what's currently going on in the manga. There is no set update schedule for this one, it's between 4-5 parts long and I want to have it done before the scanlation of 227 comes out. Ideally I wanted it done before the raws hit the internet, but that's not going to happen. However, until I actually finish up this story, I won't be looking (I swear, really!).

I haven't seen anything definitive about whether the Hizuris live in New York or LA, so given they're noted as Hollywood celebrities, I've chosen to locate them somewhere around Los Angeles (partly because I know LA better due to my own geographic location).

As a side note, I was sad to see they put the wrong name for the character of Kuon's mom Juliena, but used it anyway to note that she's in it.

Anyway, Skip Beat! belongs to Yoshiki Nakamura not me and all the characters are hers too for this round.

The next chapter will be up as soon as I finish it and ascertain that it doesn't make my eyes bleed too much with bad grammar and huge, glaring errors (this is not to say it's not going to happen, I miss things, but forgive me? *charming smile*)

Thank you for taking the time to read (and review if you get a chance) this story, I appreciate it ^_^

Disclaimer x2: Any resemblance this fic has to anything you wrote or someone you know wrote is completely coincidental as I have not read any of the family fics dealing with the Hizuris and Kyoko-I'm having a hard enough time keeping up with updating my own fictions and getting through the stories I marked to review during one of the chapters of Transparent Wings ^^;

Prologue: An Invitation to a Son

"Mogami-san?"

Kyoko glanced up as one of the interns at LME called her name and was startled to see a certified envelope in his hand. She was in the LoveMe division office finishing up a few things on the report that the President required her to turn in. "May I help you?" she asked.

"This arrived at the front desk for you and Sawara-san said you'd be here and asked me to make sure you got it immediately," he said. "Are you all right Mogami-san?"

Kyoko pulled a smile out for him and accepted the envelope graciously. "I'm fine," she assured him. "Thank you."

Likely it was the papers that declared her an emancipated minor and left her in charge of her own decisions. She'd expected the result when she'd met with her mother, but even so it still hurt a little bit that the first words out of her mother's mouth when they met in her office had been an inquiry as to if she'd come for those papers. She stuffed the envelope in her bag not even bothering to look at the return address; she'd deal with it after work tonight at Darumaya.

She slung her bag onto her shoulder and rose from the chair she was sitting in and collected the papers for her report and dropped them into the President's box on her way out the door. She cheerfully greeted some of her coworkers and bowed to some of the senior members of the agency she happened to run across and slipped out the back door used by the various celebrities who worked with LME to enter and leave the agency safely without riling a mob. "Mogami-san, are you already done for the day?"

Kyoko drew up short and felt her cheeks color as Ren Tsuruga's voice caught her and she turned to see him and Yashiro-san pausing on the way to the door. "Yes, my job today was canceled due to one of the other members of the cast coming down with an illness and we're far enough ahead that the director felt we could use the day off," she replied.

"Ah, that's good," Tsuruga-san said and looked like he wanted to say something else, but he seemed to shake his head. "Enjoy your night off."

"I'm going to work the dinner shift at Darumaya since I've the time," Kyoko said. "Good luck on your work today."

The two parted and Kyoko headed towards where her bike was secured, humming softly to herself things seeming immensely brighter after seeing Tsuruga-san. She stopped dead in her tracks—what the hell was she thinking she didn't have time for this!

Ah, but you've chosen to allow yourself the freedom to love him deep in your heart as long as he never finds out.

Satisfied with her response to herself, Kyoko allowed herself to float for a little longer before she had to concentrate on navigating the Tokyo traffic to return to the restaurant.

It was nearly midnight when Kyoko finally pulled the envelope out of her bag and she froze as the US Air Mail stamp came into view. "What…" she began and looked at it and noticed the family name 'Hizuri' inscribed in the corner.

Her hands shook as she slit the envelope open and shook the contents out onto her table. It was a letter and what looked to be a plane ticket and Kyoko's eyes widened, immediately grabbing the envelope. Inside was a beautifully written letter that informed her that her father missed her terribly and arrangements had been made with LME for her to spend a week or so in LA while her father and mother were in between jobs. Tears flooded her eyes and her hands clenched around the letter. She picked up the airline ticket and stared at it for a long moment.