Kyoko and Jelly left Japan due to their intricate love and headed to London. What will happen when the two men in question found out and would do anything to bring back the love of their life?

Forever More

1. Chapter: Leaving

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat! nor any of its characters!

Edited: 17th September, 2013 (for spelling mistakes, grammar, typing errors, ...)

Kyoko sighed heavily as she watched her mirror image. She couldn't believe it would be the last day here at LME in that outrageous pink uniform. She was sad, but she had to leave. Not that she really must leave but to salve her conscience she simply had to.

The filming of her last movie had been completed without any major problems. It was her first great movie and she got herself the leading role. Short after her role as Setsuka Heel the President of LME offered her this role. He was confident that Kyoko could pull out the character of Shiganori Haruka. And she did perfectly:

Shiganori Haruka was an orphan. She survived on the street for quiet some years until Niijima Shuichi took her in. Her sheer will to survive and life on made a great impression to the Kumichou of Niijima Ikka. The first month she had been served back to health because a sick person and particularly a sick girl didn't brought any benefit to the underground group. At first the Kumichou didn't know how to use a skinny, bony girl without any female feature. Her build was like a boy and she didn't have any manners at all. But then, Shuichi discovered Harukas fighting skills and her finesse with weapons of all kinds. Soon she had been trained as a secret assassin by the only assassin joined Niijima Ikka. Not long and she was at the same level as her master and a few months later she had surpassed him. Shuichi had her drilled into a killing machine, a lifeless puppet without any feelings and no conscience at all. She murdered and removed the bugs which made too much trouble. She learned how to drive a car and a motorbike and pulled off some life-threatening maneuvers. The problem was, she never went to school. Shuichi wasn't pleased. He got her private teachers so she could attend high school without any major problems. It was hard for her to find friends, nobody wanted to talk with the cold and repellent girl. Only in the last year of high school she managed to get a few friends and fell in love. She then faced a tough choice because the boy she loved was going her next victim. She spared his life and told him to run away and that she would follow. She wasn't able to escape and had been forced to fight with the Kumichou. Unfaithfully Shuichi lost and died due to his wounds. He didn't have any children because his wife had committed suicide while she was pregnant and the group was left without a leader. She now claimed the Kumichou position herself to protect the boy she loved. It wasn't easy but she succeeded. They lived separated lives and only saw each other one time before they died. They vowed to each other to be together in their next lives.

This movie named Dragonheart would be one of the best action films made in Japan, the forecasts were sky-rocking. But it took a lot of time to get it wrapped. Kyoko claimed to do all the stunts herself and had been trained one year in martial arts and driving the car and the motorbike. She really did all the stunts herself even if she was more than one time in real danger. The director of the movie named Dragonheart was Seiji Shingai and he was overly excited about having Kyoko as the leading actress. Muramase Taira was playing Kyoko's love interest, much to the dismay of the President and Ren.

Now that her role as Shiganori Haruka was complete She had an awful lot of similar offers. Wouldn't there have been this one incident, she had stayed in Japan. Well, it was right after the ending of the filming of Dragonheart. The whole crew dragged her off to celebrate. This was the first time she didn't avoid going out and have fun with her co-workers. Later that evening she called Ren and asked him if he would give her a ride. Ren had nearly gotten in a fight with Muramase, but thankfully Kyoko shoved him out of the bar and dragged him to his car. In silent Ren drove them both to his apartment. What happened there made Kyoko blush and reassured her to leave in the near future. Hadn't Ren told her that he was in love with someone else? And he still did kiss her fiercely, as if she was the only girl for him. If that was not enough, she would have sunken in a whole if there was one. How could have Ren done THAT?!

Kyoko didn't let the pictures of that moment swirl in her head and focused on writing some stupid reports the President had given her to do. While she was writing the reports, the flight ticket spooked her mind. She already had planned everything through, beginning by her leaving after her work to the airport and her moving in at her new apartment in London. She landed herself a job there for a while now. After what had happened the last few weeks she had accepted it thankfully. Even though acting was her live, she couldn't pull through if she was staying in Japan. She would miss everyone that was for sure, Maria-chan, Moko-san, stupid President – who actually knew what was going on since Kyoko requested it herself, Yashiro and many more. But the person she would miss the most was her sempai. It was nearly heartbreaking to leave him behind, besides it left Kyoko somewhat helpless and lonely. Never the less she was going to pull it through, without regret even if it would hurt!

The sound of an opening door behind her caught her attention. She jumped up suddenly, knocking the stair over and launched herself at her best friend. Kanae saw this coming and stepped away, a second before Kyoko approached her. This left Kyoko hitting the door head on. Pouting she sat up. "Moko-san… What was that for?"

Kanae giggled, not one second was she sorry for her actions. "Come on, don't be like that. What are you here for anyway? Haven't you something to do other than Love Me work?" Kanae wondered why her friend was even here. It was not so long ago that Kyoko was working on a Love Me job she was not allowed to tell anyone about it.

"First, I'm here for work. Second, I'm not doing any dramas or films at the moment. And Bo is not on the show till next month." Sadly, Kyoko had to give up playing the role of the giant chicken Bo. It was one of the most hilarious roles she played so far. She glanced at the clock and held her breath. It was nearly time to change and be headed to the airport, otherwise she wouldn't be able to catch her flight and this would be really bad!

"Moko-san! Didn't you say you had an appointment in half an hour?" Kyoko questioned her best friend in an urgent tone. She had to get in disguise before she got to the airport. Most of the people recognized her on the streets and she didn't want to have any trouble. Luckily, her luggage was already at the airport. So she only needed to check in and board and she would be on the flight to London. Jelly Woods, the girlfriend of the President, would join her. After all, she was sick of Lory not marrying her for over ten years, ignoring his own feelings. She wanted to teach him a lesson, not more not less.

Jelly Woods knocked on the open door and saw Kanae jumping in Horror. "Oh shit! Well, I have to go! See you tomorrow!" Within the blink of an eye, Kanae was out of the room. Jelly looked over to Kyoko. "I know, it is hard but we need to get you in disguise. And it would take awfully long to do that, you know?" Jelly already had a image of the new Kyoko in her mind: A beautiful red head with long hair, green eyes and with a cool and reckless personality. The fact, that Kyoko learned martial arts for over a year now to get more challenging roles was just a bonus.

Kyoko looked back one more time after getting her bag out of her locker. She nodded and silently waved goodbye. Then she and Jelly left the Love Me room and headed to the one of the free changing and make up rooms, were jelly died Kyoko's hair in a bright and at the same time somewhat darker red. She added extensions too, she wanted Kyoko to have her hair way down to her waist. The main hairdo would follow in London, for braiding cornrows and the thin braids in African style there was simply no time. Jelly did only make a sloppy hair knot and forced Kyoko to change into her new clothes. Green sneakers, a tight black pair of jeans, a red long shirt with black and grey ornaments – ending mid-thigh, a leather jacket, sunglasses and a hat made a whole new picture of Kyoko. Some accessories like long necklaces and wristbands completed Kyoko's new image of Shizuka White, her new stage name.

Meanwhile, Jelly Woods changed too. She was wearing some clothes similar to Kyoko's, making the two of them looking like sisters. Kyoko nearly forgot to put in her green contacts, at the last-minute Jelly reminded her to not forget them. After putting them in, they rushed outside of the LME building where they called a cab and left for the airport.

Later that day Lory Takarada would realize that not only Kyoko left, but rather Jelly went with her. He would call her, only to find out that her number didn't exist any more. He would go and check her apartment to find most of her clothes have vanished and he would find a short note of goodbye. He would try to hunt them down; the only problem will be that he didn't know Kyoko's whereabouts. After all, Kyoko hadn't informed him where and how long she'll be gone. In the end, he would be joined by a furious and frustrate Tsuruga Ren.

The check in went on smoothly and the two young woman spent their waiting time at one of the restaurants, drinking tea and eating cupcakes. Luckily, they weren't recognized by the others, which meant no trouble at all. "Are you really okay with leaving the President behind?" Kyoko asked her new friend. She knew that she could trust Jelly without a doubt. But she was feeling terrible dragging Jelly along.

The other young woman thought a few minutes while sipping her tea. "Let me say it straight out: That stupid fool played love cupid over the past few years. Don't think this is bad but he ignored my feelings or took them for granted or I don't know. I think, it is time to teach him a lesson and let him taste his own medicine."

"And if he finds another love?" Kyoko questioned Jelly skeptically. "Wouldn't this mean you lost him?" She went on.

"Well, if he does so then this would mean I was never good enough for him. This is my risk of taking the bet. Getting my heart-broken." Jelly laughed. She was gambling and she was well aware of her chances losing the bet. Instead of making her sad, she felt somewhat excited. There was the possibility of Lory loving her and staying in the situation she momentarily was in would drive her mad sooner or later. So she took the chance to walk off with Kyoko and helping the girl and – mainly – helping herself. Kyoko landed herself an acting job in London, because of some connections she made at the shooting of the Tragic Marker and Jelly would be her manager in London. That brought her to one question. "Why do you actually want to leave Tokyo? Is it due to Ren?"

"Wha-What do you mean?" Kyoko stuttered helplessly. "Well, maybe because of his actions? He did… he did…" Not finishing her answer Kyoko blushed, making all tomatoes in Japan envy her. She hanged her head but this was not helping fight down the red in her face. Even her ears blushed.

Jelly burst out laughing. She soon realized her actions draw too much attention. She tuned her laugher down to giggling and held her stomach. One look in Kyoko's hurt face made her stop. "I'm sorry. I didn't think he would go that far. Why?"

Kyoko forced herself to calm down. Mio wanted to come to the surface. "Well, after the filming of Dragonheart the crew dragged me off to celebrate. It was a first for me – I assume I drank too much alcohol, not that I wanted to – and called Tsuruga-san later that evening. I simply asked him if he could give me a ride home. I don't know, but Tsuruga-san nearly fought with Muramase-san. I don't know why…" Kyoko spaced off, but came back fast. "Instead of driving me home he drove me to his apartment and we ended up kissing fiercely. And then we…" She didn't finish her words. "Somehow I wasn't able to refuse that time." She mumbled, barely hearable. She was ashamed of herself arousing that feeling in Tsuruga-san, since he was her sempai. It wasn't proper for a kouhai being in a relationship with his or her sempai. Although she realized that evening she was in love with Ren and this simply couldn't be. She didn't think ever once Ren could have feelings for her too, the possibility of being in love with Kyoko. So she assumed she was leaving for the best, anyway he told Bo he secretly loved somebody else.

Jelly was about to reply, but had been announcement that their boarding began. Having the bill paid beforehand they stood up and left. Jelly forgot what she was going to say and simply went to the boarding area and past the airport security. Soon the where entering the plain took their seats. They flew business class, Jelly had paid half of Kyoko's ticket, otherwise Kyoko would sit alone in the economy class. More and more passengers took their places. Not long, and the airplane left and took of the airstrip. It was a 12 hour flight and they decided in unison to sleep. They were about three hours in the air in deep sleep when two men found at that either their girlfriend or soon-to-be girlfriend were missing. Their fear doubled as they found out no evidence of their whereabouts.