Just a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect
Thank you so much to Roshelle Diall for offering to work with me :D
my new Beta reader :D
Hello my sweeties,
as most of you will have seen I've hit that dreaded wall!
Stupid thing why does it have to pop up out of the blue and stand in my way?!
Oh well suppose there is no getting around it,
but I need a little more strength to smash through it
hence why I asked for idea's for challenges
and I had a few suggestions but I received one today
that I myself with Cana had already thought of
why not combine a two challenges to give myself twice the fun?
I think maybe your friend is correct taking a step back and taking a breather is always a good thing to do allows you time to focus on what you are trying to achieve and maybe with the next release of the manga you will get sudden surge of inspiration (we can only hope for development at this point)
Why don't you take a look at the challenges page on the forums they have challenges there which seem something you would be able to do and if you wish to make it more difficult maybe try combining the challenges to make one giant challenge?
well that's just an idea :) awaiting our next chapters
Cleo
so Cleo thank you for your suggestion and I am now going to run with it :P
as so to speak the challenges I have chosen to combine are:
Ren's Drunken challenge:
Rules:
1. It has to be Ren or Kuon, not Cain, BJ, Katsuki, or anyone of his other characters.
2. Someone has to be embarrassed by something Ren has done. It could be himself or someone else.
3. You have to state the consequences of his drunken stupor in the story. No getting him drunk, kissing Kyoko and not stating what happened after.
4. Try and keep it IC. Considering we have only seen Ren in an angry drinking binge, so allowances are to be expected.
AND
Skip Beat! Marrying Challenge
Rules:
You have to write a story about Ren and Kyoko marrying!
I don't care for their reasons to do so,
they can marry because they were forced by certain people (Lory, Kanae,
Yashiro, Sho, Mogami Saena, etc.)
or by different circumstances.
everything is allowed, go on, play dirty
but they aren't allowed to confess before the marriage!
though, I'm not mean, so it's OK for them to confess afterwards.
The only thing that worries me is rule 4 of the drunken challenge,
but I will try my best so without further ado I give you...
The Butterfly Effect.
Enjoy.
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It has many names The butterfly effect, The domino effect,
the ripple effect, the snowball effect.
I could go on for days telling you about how far back in history these theories
reach. I could tell you of actual points in history where these effects have been brought into play!
Yet I don't want to bore you with the history of it all,
I don't want to tell you what we can all see in our day to day lives,
for it is a fact that these effects are a constant part of everyone's lives.
yet I will tell you what these effects are if you have never heard of them before.
We will use the butterfly effect
as Kyoko is our immortal butterfly after all ;)
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions; where a small change at one place in a non-linear system can result in large differences to a later state. For example, the presence or absence of a butterfly flapping its wings could lead to creation or absence of a hurricane.
Yet can we ever determine that initial butterfly?
Can we find the source of the effect after the aftermath of the consequence?
Or at the end of the day does it even matter where the effect started?
If I had to make a decision maybe we each are our own butterflies?
And simply our births direct the course of our lives?
Or maybe there are some that disrupt our fate?
Those rare butterflies without meaning to or without knowledge they
change the course for everyone?
And maybe just maybe Mogami Kyoko is one of those types of butterflies?
Our story begins with her...
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Kyoko looked down again at the paper before her. Her eyes were filled with unshed tears, her mind felt empty and blank as the hand reached across the desk and squeezed her own.
"I'm sorry Mogami-san, I never asked your permission to do this, but please believe me when I say I never expected this result." Lory said as he watched the broken girl before him.
Now he knew! He knew why this girl had used those exact words, why she had been so certain her mother did not care where she was or what she was doing. In a way, this was a wonderful thing for Kyoko's career. She would now be able to début with LME without any need for parental consent. Her own mother had seen to that, but in that same breath,
How can any parent do this to their own child?
Takarada Lory was furious as he sat and watched the girl before him. She looked lost, alone and afraid and he hated himself for hiring that private detective now. He hated himself for contacting the 'Monster'. There was no other name to describe that woman who had thrown her child away like she was nothing.
"Mogami-san are you OK?" he asked quietly.
She slowly raised her eyes to his and in that moment, never had he wanted to kill someone, never had he wanted to tear a person limb from limb. In that single second he hated that Monster that she had once called "Mother." What happened next broke his heart even further as Kyoko gave him a sad smile, shook away her unashamed tears and replied,
"Well this is for the best isn't it President? At least I no longer have to worry about legal obligations for myself. May I borrow a pen? I need to fill in a few areas and sign a few places before we can submit the form."
Lory silently handed her his own pen as she slowly flipped through the pages writing in her current details and signing each page.
"Mogami-san are you sure?" Lory asked as he watched her hovering over the last line.
Once she had signed on the last dotted line, the form would be completed. She would no longer be under her mother's control, ever.
"Yes president sir, I'm sure. I feel that maybe this will be a good thing for me." and with a swift delicate hand she signed her name. Mogami Kyoko was now fully emancipated. Handing the forms back over to Lory she smiled once more,
"If you don't mind President, I will be going now." Lory just nodded slowly
"I will have this form processed and it will go into effect immediately. Please send Kanzaburo-san back in Mogami-san." she nodded and stood walking away from the president, dressed as American gangster Bugsy Malone.
He had told her when she had asked that morning, but this surprise meeting this afternoon had come as a shock to both of them.
"Mogami-san?" she turned her hand half reaching for the door handle as she looked back at the man who was almost like a father figure to all of the LME talents, but held a special place in Kyoko's heart.
"Sir?" she asked barely more than a whisper hoping her voice would not betray her feelings but failing.
"If you need to talk Mogami-san, I am always here. You may always call me at any time, day or night, please remember that." Kyoko nodded and avoided his gaze. Her heart was hurting at the moment and even though she couldn't truly understand why, there was only one person she wished to speak to at that moment.
"Thank you sir, I think for the time being I need to think." Lory nodded knowingly as he watched her turn the handle. She almost missed the soft words he muttered, but she heard them,
"Studio 3 Mogami-san." she held the handle, took a long calming breath and opened the door.
"Thank you, sir." she left the room.
Lory palmed his face slowly running both hands through his hair. He looked down at the completed emancipation form before him as Kanzaburo-san entered the room, shutting the door behind him.
"Is she OK Lory?" he asked slowly as he saw the age showing on Lory's face. he had known Lory since childhood and only a few times had he seen Lory like this. When his wife had died, when his daughter had died and now.
"I'm not sure Jou, she is a strong girl, brimming with guts and talent, but at the end of the day she is still a young woman who has been hurt deeply. I just hope she turns to the people that love her because she needs them now." Jou nodded slowly as he took the forms from Lory's hand.
"I will see to it that these reach the correct departments by this evening." Lory nodded as the two friends stood and bowed to one another.
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Kyoko looked up at the number 3 on the door. Slowly and silently pushing the door open she slipped inside. By the constant movement it seemed that whatever had been taking place was over. She scanned the room slowly looking for a familiar figure.
"Kyoko-chan?" she turned, the familiar face smiling at her softly.
"Are you OK?" she asked instantly as Kyoko nodded to her, but it was too much. The tears fell from her eyes as the small figure wrapped her strong arms around her.
"Hush sweetheart, what's wrong? You tell old Jelly all about it."
"Kyoko-chan?" another anxious voice sounded as the crew around them stopped to watch the distraught young actress being hugged by the small make-up artist.
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This day could officially go down as one of the worst in my life, Ren thought as he clung to the glass of scotch in front of him.
He had given up long before asking the man behind the bar for refills. He'd just brought the bottle which Ren was now slowly emptying by himself as Kijima flirted with another model he knew, leaving Ren at the bar alone. Normally he would never be alone, there was always someone willing to keep him company, but as Kijima had pointed out it was worse trying to talk to Kyoko-chan when she was having one of her weird moments so no one was approaching him tonight. Which he had to admit he was happy about.
Ren sighed as that lunchtime interview played out again in his head. It just had to be that stupid prick, didn't it? And they just had to ask him that question in front of him! Since BJ it had been hard, harder than it had ever been to keep Kuon at bay. He understood now that he was Kuon and Ren. They were not different people, they were one. She had taught him that. She was all that he wanted or needed.
Ren sighed again as he thought about the presidents angry words, he would have to go see him first thing tomorrow and explain himself, but what was there truly to say? He had been angry, that smirk he had wanted to wipe it from his face and boy how good it had felt to do so! Even if the interview had been live, even if he had ruined his and that pricks career it had so been worth it...at the time, but now as he thought back to the words he, Kuon, had used he felt the tinges of red touch his cheeks.
How could he have been that foolish?
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Earlier that day...
"We are back ladies and gentlemen, we still have with us today Japan's number one musician Fuwa Sho," the audience applauded a few shouting how they loved Sho who smirked at the tall man sitting on the stool beside him who looked as calm as ever smiling.
"and Tsuruga Ren Japan's number one actor!" the audience literally exploded as Ren was yet again introduced. He smiled and nodded politely as half of the women fainted, the presenter herself getting a slight blush on her cheeks as Sho bristled.
"Well we are now getting to the most exciting part ladies, the part we have all been waiting for!
Ren-san we are all dying to know! Is there a special lady in your life at the moment? Should we all be crying ourselves to sleep tonight?" she asked, pretending to wipe away tears as Sho grew more angry.
Why the hell do they always question him first the two bit, no good platform wearing Ken doll! Can they not notice pure talent when they see it?
To say Sho was fuming would be an understatement. He was practically livid! Never would he have agreed to this if Shoko would have told him Ren was also appearing that day. Ren's chuckle grated on him like nails on a chalkboard as he began to answer the question.
"No Emiko-san there is no lucky lady as you call it at the present time." he smiled warmly as Sho let out a large snort.
"Sho-san? Is there something you find funny about Ren-san's statement?" Emiko asked hoping to maybe get a piece of juicy gossip. It was almost like a competition between talk show hosts, tabloids and all other kinds of gossip rags. Since no one ever got dirt on Tsuruga Ren would this be her big chance? Ren scowled across the stage at Sho who flashed him that god damn smirk of his.
"Lets just say it seems Mr. Casanova here has no clue when it comes to women. He has been chasing the same boring, plain and unattractive girl for a year now, maybe two and he is still no closer to his goal." Some in the audience hissed at Sho's words while others gasped as Shoko, standing on the wings with Yashiro, wanted to throttle her charge. Yashiro blanched at Ren's sudden change in aura.
"No offence of course, but the ever so perfect actor is unable to catch one little girl. Some type of number one bachelor you are." he smirked again as he chuckled, but when he caught Ren's eyes his heart stopped. The calm and peaceful face he always hated was cold and stern as he looked at him. Emiko was almost dying of anticipation.
"Is this true Ren-san? Is there such a girl?" she was nearly off her seat as Ren turned from Sho to smile at her.
"Maybe I should explain fully so people don't think too badly of me" Yashiro wanted to run, he wanted to hide away from his charge as he prayed he wouldn't rise to Sho's bait, but it was too late.
"The lady in question used to be friends with Fuwa Shotaro when they were children. When Fuwa Shotaro decided he was going to run away from home to Tokyo, he decided to take said childhood friend with him. Said friend worked 3 jobs so she could afford the expensive apartment you said you 'needed' while you stayed home and worked on your music." Kuon made quotation mark signs with his hands as he continued using Sho's full name every chance he got, Sho was too startled to speak as Kuon continued.
"Said girl was then cast aside by you as soon as you became famous, as if she was rubbish. You never cared for her and admitted before a witness that she was little more than a maid that you 'owned'." again with the quotation mark signs with his hands as he stared at Sho who was trying to speak, his mouth opening and closing like a goldfish as he couldn't comprehend how Ren knew all of this. Had Kyoko really told him all of this?
"Luckily that girl now has friends and a new life, which happily you are no longer a part of. I think that maybe me being kind to said girl is more than she deserves after the treatment she got from you Shotaro."
The audience had been silent, but as Ren words died away the anger of what Sho seemed to have done, to his own friend no less, flowed steadily through the audience. Emiko was shocked out of her stupor as the now angry audience jumped onto the question in everyone's mind.
"Who is this 'said girl'? " Emiko almost shouted as she couldn't control her excitement. This was it! She could make her mark on the entertainment world.
As Ren smiled at her, Sho who had tried to lunge at Ren was now being held back by Yashiro and Shoko as they realised the danger in Ren's comments to the young musician.
"Shotaro was quite right, she is someone very close to my heart, someone I will be making sure he never hurts again." Ren smiled calmly at the musician being pulled off the stage as Emiko was directed to end the show there.
"Well that's all we have time for ladies and gentlemen. Until next time." Ren was instantly off the stool and off the stage, stopping only long enough to scowl at Sho who was being escorted back to his Dressing room to collect his belongings by security.
"YOU BASTARD I WILL GET YOU FOR THAT, YOU STUPID BASTARD" Ren just scowled he needed no words his eyes spoke multitudes as he turned and walked away to his own dressing room.
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Ren looked at the almost empty bottle before him as he waved the bartender over and order a second bottle to be brought.
"What the hell did I think I was doing?" he asked himself as he poured another glass knocking it back
"Room for one more?" a quiet voice asked him..
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well it may be a little confusing,
but its a start :)
I assure you that's not the end
fun and games to come aplenty XD
Well let me know what you think :)