I do not own Skip Beat. I thank Yoshiki Nakamura for all of her wonderful talent and anyone who is now reading my little story of Kyoko and the only man that hasn't lied to her.

Who Needs Revenge

Chapter 1

She looked back on all the times she had been with him as a kohai, a less than friend. The sudden realization had hit her, she had allowed him to use her just as Sho did. She had lifted both men to do their very best and they both had left her behind. Her heartbreak had been her own. Tears where streaming down her cheeks after she had heard the news of him leaving for America. She had allowed another man to use her. When was it her turn to be lifted out of the darkness into the light? Wasn't there anyone there to do that for her? To see the good in her and bring it out? Instead, time and again, they left her. Always at her fingertips, forever out of reach. Even little Maria hated her now after she had slipped and mentioned loving him.

"Mogami-san, I came by to tell you something." He announced as he approached.

She narrowed her glare at him. All her memories of the times that he had frozen as Cain Heel and the Dark Moon incident. "You don't need to tell me anything. Enjoy your life in America." He grabbed her shoulder as she began to walk away. "Don't touch me...I'm done being used, Corn..." She shrugged his hand off and walked away leaving him bewildered. Yes, with these new realizations came the most important one.

"What did I do?" He had a pained expression. What did he do? He blackened her once pure heart even more and he lied to her. She finally realized the one thing that kept her childhood a little less bleak, was a complete lie. There were no fairies, there were no princesses or, princes. Only liars and users, monsters and villains.

Kanae Kotonami, her best friend had been watching, keeping track of all of the little obscure events. She had gathered the information in bits and pieces as she watched her friend break. Standing behind the tall actor, she watched her friend fall into the darkness and walk away. "Mo!" She hissed. "You have to ask that stupid question. You're just as bad as Fuwa. You used her like he did and now you're leaving her like her mother did. Both of you are users. She gives and gives and all you two do is take. You never tell her what she needs to hear, because you're afraid you might get hurt or, she might not be able to handle it. Well... What about her?!" Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she ran after Kyoko. "Selfish bastards!"

She sat on the bench in the little grassy area next to LME, desperately trying to recompose herself. She looked up at the beautiful blue sky as the cottony clouds passed by. The tears started flowing again. She didn't need this. She didn't need for people to see her like this and she most certainly didn't want to have either of her users to see her like this. Bastard #1 and the new Bastard #2. Reino had just fallen off of that list.

"What are you saying?" She asked as they stood in the halls of Fuji TV.

He smiled gently and sighed. "I'm saying that I like you Kyoko."

She chuckled at the memory. "He's the only one that hasn't tried to use me. God I must be completely stupid."

"Why do you say that?" A familiar voice asked sending chills down her spine.

She glanced at the man that had sat next to her stealthily.

"What? Am I not a demon anymore? A dog from hell?" He chuckled.

"Reino..." She closed her eyes and shook her head. "I am so not in the mood today. I'm am so tired of being used." She said quietly.

He gave her a sad smile. "I'm not here to use you. Take anything from you or, belittle you. I like you and I will continue to tell you that until you believe me." He wiped a stray tear from her cheek then put his arm around her absorbing all of the memories that were flowing through her at the moment. "Kyoko, I don't need your praise or, ego polishing. I don't need you to teach me about love or, to save me from myself. I only want your company and to get to know you. I want to know what you need and who you are." He smiled at her as he gently rubbed her shoulder. "Will you give me the chance to do that? Let me learn about you?"

Why not? Couldn't be any worse than I've been doing. She sighed deeply. "What did you have in mind?" She asked.

To carry you so far out of their reach that they will only be able to touch you in their dreams. He thought.

He smirked. "I know this nice little Ice Cream shop up the street. Care to join me?"

She wiped the last traces of tears from her cheek and gave him a Natsu smile. "Why not? I'm bored with this anyway."

Ren watched in shock as he watched her walk away with the platinum haired, violet-eyed singer.

"Ren? Is that?" Yashiro sputtered.

He nodded.

"Why?"

A dark look of rage crossed his visage and he started to move only to be stopped by a familiar hand on his shoulder.

"Ren..." Lory's voice stopped him. "Unless you plan on giving her what she needs. You should stay put. You're leaving to fulfill you're goal next week and that doesn't include her. Unless you plan on telling her what's in your heart like that young man just did." He told him as he watched the young singer take Kyoko's hand in his.

He thought of everything he had said and done. "I can't.."

"And why not?!" Lory's voice was on the verge of rage.

"It's... It's complicated." He said quietly.

Lory watched the couple disappear into the crowd. "I see." He turned to Ren and warned. "Then stay away from her, especially if you don't intend to mend things with her. You've done enough damage. I have no plans in reserving her for you or, keeping her in the LoveMe section after you leave. You won't be returning, after all." He told him in an emotionless tone that indicated his extreme anger. He had never in his life been so ashamed of knowing this young man.

"You can't possibly let him near her... He's a stalker!" He protested.

Lory sighed in irritation. "Ren... You have chased away every possible suitor that has come near her, like a dog protecting a steak he has no intention of eating. She's not some little trophy or, award you can place high on a shelf to only look at. She is a living breathing woman that needs love and attention and if you aren't willing to give that to her, I am not stopping someone that will."

"She's not one of your projects! Stop trying to run her life!" Ren hissed.

Lory shook his head and sighed. "You don't get it, do you? When she came to LME... She asked for help in finding that emotion that she had lost. I am not going to stop her from finding it. She needs someone that will love her willingly. Someone that is willing to show her how they feel. Someone that will go after her if she runs and prove to her by finding her and telling her. Soothing her fears. Someone that isn't going to leave her when they are done with her or, when another opportunity comes along. Be it work or, women." Lory lectured.

"That's not..." Ren started.

"Really? Ren... You know about her mother, obviously. You know about Fuwa, yet you have done nothing to further your relationship with her. That boy has just done in minutes what you have refused to do in a little over a year.." Lory finished and turned. "Think on that." He told him as he entered the building, leaving Ren to stew on what he had told him.

The couple sat in the ice cream shop talking about random things, falling into a comfortable companionship. She felt her phone vibrate.

"Oh no! I forgot about Moko-san." She whimpered. "She's going to hate me."

He chuckled. "I doubt that. You should call her back."

She looked up at him from her phone. "What do I tell her?"

He gave her a sly smile. "Tell her you're on a date with your boyfriend."

Her eyes grew wide and she blushed. "Don't just assume. Don't I need to approve of something like that first?" She sputtered.

"I'm loyal to only you. You are my girlfriend as far as I'm concerned." He told her in a serious tone. "After all, I am a beagle." He teased.

"Ugh..." She shook her head. "You're impossible." She narrowed her eyes and smirked while shaking her head.

He laughed. "Call your Moko-san." He told her then took another bite of his black cherry ice cream.

She nodded and dialed.

After a short conversation with her best friend, letting her know where she was and who she was with, she promised that she would return when they were done. Kanae was still a little worried about her, but knowing that she was with someone that would keep an eye out for her and not allow her to be alone at at time like this, soothed Kanae's anxieties a bit.

"There, much better." She said as she ended her call.

"What about the other one?" He asked wondering about Ren.

"I don't want to think about that right now. I let myself get duped again." She told him. "You're not hiding anything too, are you?"

He leaned back in his seat, spread his arms open wide and shook his head. "What you see is what you get. I have nothing to hide." He told her with a boyish grin. Ah, so the lies caught up to him...

"So what were you doing at LME?" She asked as they walked back, hand in hand. He had taken her hand again and she just didn't see any point in fighting it anymore.

"Well, it was supposed to be a surprise. I've been interning as a manager/agent." He told her.

She looked at him in surprise. "I thought you were with a band."

"Wasn't really that interesting. I didn't really enjoy it. I think I'm having more fun doing this." He told her as they entered the building, then checked a text message.

She looked at him thoughtfully as he pressed the button to the top floor and pulled her into the elevator.

"Why did you press Takarada-san's floor? I need to get back to the LoveMe room." She told him.

He smiled at her. "He would like to see you."

"Oh.." She said wondering why Shachou would tell him and not her.

"Ah, I see you found your new charge." Lory said to Reino, surprising Kyoko. "Mogami-kun, meet your new manager, Reino."

Reino chuckled and gave a slight bow. "Please take care of me." He whispered to her in a manner that made her blush.

She swallowed the nervous lump in her throat and nodded. This was going to be interesting.