Disclaimer: Well basically, I wouldn't be writing this in fanfiction prose if I could just make a new manga for RK.one where Sano wouldn't have a freaking beardie-weardie!
Story title: Movie Star
Summary: He's the most sought after actor in Japan, and she, a rising star. Put together for the first time in a movie, will they fall in love for real! K/K
by Kalasin
Chapter One: This is the Theater
You
have clicked on the story entitled, Movie Star. The title turns
purple, and you get one last glimpse of the other story titles before
the entire page disappears and in its place is the first chapter.
You
try to move the page up and down with the mouse, but to no avail! A
moment later, you're seated in a red, comfortable armchair, with a
bucket of popcorn on your lap!
You
look up, stunned. In front of you is a huge, silver screen, though
little by little, the silver is being dominated by other colors.
Music rings in your ears, and the lights go out. The movie is
beginning.
M.S.1.
Kamiya Kaoru flopped down on her couch. It was 3:25 in the afternoon and she had just come home from an interview with a teen magazine about the last movie she had made. It wasn't a huge motion picture, but a lot of people were impressed by the plot, and it had been a fun project to work on.
Settling herself deeper into her couch, she felt a little cold and sleepy- and no wonder, because as she turned her head, she caught the first few drops of rain fall on the busy city, splattering on her large apartment window.
She decided to take a nap and was just about to doze off when something caught her eye. A small stack of papers were neatly stapled and laid on the coffee table next to her. On it was a post-it note form her cousin, Seta Soujirou. He had begun living with her in her apartment after coming home from his studies abroad.
The note said that he hoped she wasn't too tired and that he had gone off to visit the next person who wanted him to build them a webpage. Just before he had left, a messenger had come to give the bundle of papers addressed to her.
Curiosity shone in Kaoru's big blue eyes. "Is this what I think it is?" she wondered out loud. She picked up the pile of papers, and it was confirmed that it was another script! Kaoru felt like a silly little girl.
She was no big star, and of what she knew her fan club was not even half of Japan's population. She had worked with a few famous ones here and there, but had no major projects, yet. Scripts for movies came at irregular intervals, but now, why it had only been two months since she filmed Pain and now some director wanted her for another movie? What a surprise!
Kaoru gasped. Scratch that! It wasn't just any director who wanted her in the film. She had flipped the pages and scanned them. Next to the word director, was the name, Shinomori Aoshi, who was as big in Japan as Spielberg was in America. She hardly noticed she was gaping at the name when the cordless rang beside her.
She picked it up, voice hoarse in shock. "Hey, Kaoru; it's Soujirou! Listen, I'm at the grocery, anything you need? Chips? Fries? Hello? Hello? Um, Kaoru?"
Soujirou frowned at his cellphone before putting it back on his ear, wondering what was wrong with his cousin. "KAORU!"
"Oh, Soujirou, I'm so happy! I can't believe this! They want me! I'm so happy!"
Soujirou grinned on the other line. "I'm happy for you too, Kaoru!"
"Arigatou, Soujirou! Mou, isn't this great!"
"Yes, it is!"
"It's going to be wonderful! What a great surprise!"
"Um, Kaoru.?"
"Yeah?"
"What exactly is it that we are so happy about?"
Kaoru sat up on the couch. "The papers they sent me, Soujirou, it's the script for Shinomori's new movie! And I'm going to play a part in it!"
Soujirou couldn't believe it. "That IS great, Kaoru! Who else are you working with?"
Kaoru flipped through the pages and stopped at the list of the cast. "Let's see. Takani Megumi…Sagara Sanosuke… and…"
"And? Hello? Have you spaced out again?"
"H-hi-himura…Himura Kenshin."
There was complete and utter silence.
M.S.1.
Meanwhile, infamous, handsome and talented Himura Kenshin sat with his head in his hands. The first part of the day had been pretty good. He had dropped by a friend's house where he met up with Okina and some other people, just to have brunch together. It was rare for Kenshin to have some time without being mobbed and he treasured the moments spent with the people close to him.
He smiled fondly at the memory, but only for a while. One person wasn't at the party, and it had been his fiancée, Tomoe. He sighed. Months into the engagement and suddenly the wedding was off. He tugged at his long red hair, the hair craved for by all his female fans, and winced at the small pain.
"Mad at your hair, or something?" Hiko entered the room and smiled. "What's wrong, food at Okina's not good enough?" His manager shut the door to his dressing room behind him.
"Just thinking." He gave Hiko a small smile. "What's on my schedule this evening?"
"Autograph signing at the newly opened movie house at eight."
Kenshin nodded and tried not to groan. After all, it was part of his job, and he didn't want personal matters to get in the way, despite the fact that for the past month his fan e-mail had been filled with apologies about his broken love life and proposals of marriages from both his male and female fans. "Okay. Thanks, Hiko."
"No problem. Try not to be grumpy, eh?"
This time Kenshin sighed and shook his head. "I'm never grumpy to my fans, Hiko. I'm taking a shower. I'll be ready in a while."
Hiko watched the actor go, and then it was his turn to shake his head. The guy was clearly unaware that when in public, though still poised, polite, funny and courteous, his eyes were amber and his tone more stiff, his manner more sharp though still with an undeniable amount of charm.
"Kuso." Hiko swore. He'd forgotten to tell Kenshin about Shinomori wanting him for a new movie. The man sighed. "Guess I'll holler it at him while he's in the shower."
M.S.1.
Aoshi tapped his fingers as he watched his telephone closely. Why hadn't any of the actors he wanted for his new movie called? After all, he too had a deadline, and he was eager to talk to two of them.
When Sagara's manager called, he planned to demand for Sano and challenge him for a game of cards in his usual ice-cold manner.
And Kenshin he would talk to solemnly.
A/N: Please review, and yes, Battousai likes fame more than Kenshin does, so he grabs all public opportunities to show himself.
