**DISCLAIMER** I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING TO DO WITH SKIP BEAT! ALL RIGHTS GO TO YOSHIKA NAKAMURA AND OTHERS WHO HELPED PRODUCE IT AND ALL
**Authors Note**
Sweet! Got several reviews already! Thanx a bunch guys! ^_^ If any of yous have read my Spirited away fanfic then u KNOW how much i LOVE REVIEWS XD
Kurisutori618: EVERYONE! OVER HERE! THIS IS MY NEE-CHAN AND MY PARTNER IN CRIME ON THIS FANFIC! Say hi Nee-Chan! XD SHE IS THE REASON THIS FANFIC EVEN EXSISTS! Also she makes sure I get things right like keeping the chrecters themselves and everything. ARIGATO NEE-CHAN. Sorry to embarass u like this ^_^ glad u approve.
Anon: Glad to know u like it! Hope u will keep following and enjoy! Oh and sorry about the mistake with calling moko-mo. That has been corrected XD
Sumi031885: Haha yea sorry bout that mistake ^.^' its been corrected. I hope u enjoy and keep following this story!
I apologize again for getting something else wrong -.- But thanks to Happymeday and BrizzyBabber i have now corrected the details concerning how Kyoko meet Kuon
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1 Week Ago
A firm knock came from the elegant, sturdy wooden door of the pent house of a five star hotel. It was open plan with a large, classy but modern lounge that opened into a kitchen right around the corner. A flat screen Tv hung on the wall with a stylish leather couch up against the opposite wall. A large glass sliding door allowed lots of sunlight to enter the room and seem spacious. It opened up to a large wooden deck decorated with well kept plants, a few tiki torches, a barbeque and a table big enough for eight-ten people. A special cover could be pulled around the deck to shelter people if it was raining.
A certain blonde haired, fine featured womanizer pop-star from Kyoto sat slouched on the couch listening to the radio. Sho Fuwa always liked to browse the local media to see who was praising him. The radio station he was listening to was talking about him earlier, but all they were talking about now was some upcoming film that was about to start shooting in Kyoto. The director was a new one and hoping for her first big break. It was called Summer Dream or something cheesy like that.
"One of the actress rumored to be in the movie is actually from Kyoto!" said one of the hosts. "She's not exactly famous but she's starting to get more media attention lately. Especially after her performance in the Tsukogimori remake" Sho's ears immediately perked up. "If I'm correct her name is Kyoko Magomi" The name stuck out like a swan flying amongst a flock of swallows. Sho clenched his fist tightly. "No way! She has another deal! And she's getting mentioned on one of MY Stations! This is bad" he thought. Suddenly the door to the pent house slammed open! A pretty young girl with a straight cut fringe and long, sleek black hair looked down at Sho, glowering.
"I've been knocking on that door for five minutes now? Why didn't you answer?" she said in an almost whiny, upset manner.
"Sorry, I was…distracted" he said solemnly. He suddenly turned on his charm. "I was to busy thinking about you" He smiled his most flirtatious smile. Of course Mimori, Sho's number one fan, failed to notice his eyes avert to her breasts. To him, they were one of her more attractive features. Mimori giggled.
"Of course you were! And that's why I brought a little present for you Sho" she said winking, and poking his chest. Sho merely started changing the radio he was listening to, doubting that she actually got him a worthy gift.
"Oh? And what exactly did you get me this time?" he asked bored. Mimori smiled slyly.
"I got you this" She pulled out a black, leather bound book and dropped it on his lap. Sho stared at it, annoyed. Was she even trying to get him a good present this time?
"I don't need a diary" he said bluntly
"Just open it Sho! I know you'll like it" The slyness in Mimori's voiced had him intrigued. He unclipped the strap, opened it up and frowned. There was someone else's writing in it!
"Mimori, not only did you get me a diary, but you got me a used diary" he was about to through it aside when he took one last look at it. The handwriting was undeniably familiar. He'd know it anywhere. It was Kyoko's!
"M-Mimori…did you just bring me Kyoko's old diary?" he asked astonished. How on earth did she even manage to get it? Mimori smiled sweetly and nodded.
"Read it Sho. You'll find it very interesting" Sho thought about this for a second.
"What could I possibly find interesting in her diary?I Its probably filled with paragraphs about how great I am!"
"Well, yes you are but, she doesn't just mention you" Sho's ego bubble popped.
"What?"
"Weeeell, You know how you mentioned Kyoko would disappear at times when she was little?" Mimori asked innocently. Sho could be scary when his ego was hurt.
"Yea? So what?"
"Well apparently, she would sneak of into the forest and meet her "Fairy-tail prince" when ever she was sad. She calls him Corn but he mentions him having an accent so I think it's meant to be Kuon. Its not exactly a comon name but its the only one that could be mistaken for Corn. She even did an impressive drawing of him" "Fairy-tail prince?'That's just like her" thought Sho.
"I fail to see how this is any benefit to me" Sho yawned, bored.
"Just listen Sho" she said as cute as possible. "Kuon was her dearest childhood friend. Someone I'd dare say she admires over even that nasty Ren Tsuruga" That name hit Sho like bricks, and a cruel smile crept across his face.
"Over Ren Tsuruga you say?" Sho leant in close to Mimori so their faces were merely centimeters apart, causing her face to turn beetroot red.
"Sweet, beautiful, genius Mimori, tell me everything you know"
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Kyoko walked down the gravel path outlined by tall, lush green trees, and towards a tall shrine like building ahead. It was a nice quite place. The director did well choosing this spot for a meeting. There would be no distractions here. Kyoto was generally quaint anyway. Kyoko sighed. Of all the places the set had to be…it was Kyoto, her home town. There were so many memories here. More sour ones than sweet. There would be more sweet ones if the bastard Shotaro hadn't used her the way he did! She used to treasure those memories here with him. Now they only haunt her, and fuel her desire for revenge against Sho!
Kyoko's thoughts were interrupted as her hourly alarm went off on her watch. She picked up the pace. Remarkably, she had made it on time! It was lucky the director suddenly changed the meeting time to 11:00, giving her a bit more time to get there. It wasn't just luck either, it was thanks to Ren. Her memory flashed back to when she asked him to drive her there. "Fine. But you owe me" he had said. Of course Kyoko hadn't picked up it was a joke until he said. Joke or not, Kyoko still wanted to get something for him to say thanks. She'd think about that later though. Kyoko didn't know that she had more than just the ride to thank Ren for. He pulled some strings and managed to get hold of the director, and asked to give Kyoko more time.
Kyoko speed up the pace and the building continued to grow rapidly bigger.
"It's a miracle I made it in time. Especially when we had to turn around and go back to get the location from Mr Sawara" she thought sheepishly. Both Ren and Mr Sawara had scolded her.
"Really Kyoko, that's just unprofessional. It's just like you to forget to ask where the meeting was" Ren had said. Of course Kyoko was so busy mooping at her mistake and unprofessionalism that she failed to see Rens bemused smile.
"Such a rookie mistake. I'll never get any where like this" she had muttered. Ren sighed. Would she ever stop beating herself up?
"I tried to tell you before you ran out the office Kyoko!" It was the first thing Sawara said as soon as Kyoko stepped back into his office. He didn't even need to ask why she was back.
Kyoko sighed as she neared the shrine like building. She didn't intend to make a mistake like that again. She was just glad she made it in time. She walked up the steps of the front porch and stopped before opening on the door. There was a lot of noise coming from the inside. By the sounds of it, there were a lot of people. It just sounded like a whole bunch of boring chatter though. Kyoko took a deep breath, and opened the door. The door opened up to what would usually be a nearly completely empty room with a slide door on the left wall and right wall, clean waxed floor and perhaps a shrine for prayer the north wall. The doors on the right wall opened up to a beautiful garden outside, with the trees of a small forest bordering it.
Today however, the place was crowded with all sorts of people. All of which were complete strangers to Kyoko. Several buffet tables were elegantly set up with a white cloth hanging over it, against the left wall. White and yellow streamers hung from the ceiling. Couches were lined up against the wall with tables set up in front. The tables were decent sized so they didn't take up to much room and were also covered with white cloths with golden embroidery. Outside circular tables were set up with umbrella's to shelter the people from the sun. Kyoko sweat dropped. The director really had gone all out.
"A happy cast means good results I guess" Kyoko muttered. Still, she couldn't help but gaze around in awe. A young, tall woman, with lush chestnut brown hair tied up in bun and a long fringe brushed to the side, smiled and waved to Kyoko from across the room, beckoning her to come over. She wore ruby red lipstick, a white sleeveless blouse tucked into a tight, knee length black skirt, and black, heeled boots. Kyoko walked over to the pretty, fine featured lady with black sunglasses resting on the top of her head.
"You must be Kyoko! Yes of course you are! Your Love-Me uniform says it all!" The young lady laughed heartily. "My names Yukari. I'm the director" she said extending her hand. Kyoko was still a bit dazed by the whole thing, but shook Yukari's hand all the same. "I gotta say, you were really something in Tsukigomori! Originally I was going to cast you as someone else, but I did a little research and saw some of the other work you've done and decided you had to be my lead girl! You're a fresh of breath air!"
"Ah, isn't the expression 'a breath of fresh air?" Yukari blinked twice, confused for a second before laughing.
"Right you are! How silly of me! I get so jumbled up when I'm excited!" Yukari laughed sheepishly. Kyoko sweat dropped, dumbfounded. This was her director? She smiled. She seemed really nice! Yukari put her arm around Kyoko, surprising her.
"So Kyoko, see any one you know?"
"I don't think I know anyone here" Kyoko admitted sheepishly.
"Really? Well that's a shame" said Yukari disappointed. Kyoko looked around the room again. Her eye's fell upon a man with straight, layered light blonde hair and an arched fringe brushed to the side, similar to Rens. He was staring right at her, smiling and leaning against the door way that lead out to the garden. He wore dark denim jeans and a light tan shirt with a black vest over the top of it and dark brown canvas shoes. Her heart went thump. Something was familiar about him, like he steeped out of a dream, but which one? His gentle smile tugged at her memory. He seemed to know her. "No, it couldn't be" As if to answer her question, the young man held up a stone that shimmered blue in the sunlight. It was identical to Kyoko's most prized possession, her shining, shimmering blue corn stone. "Corn" she muttered
"Well have to change that!" said Yukari, not noticing Kyoko's attention was else where. "Lets see. Oh! I know! I'll introduce you some of the other cast! Come with me Kyoko" Yukari smiled and looked down at Kyoko…at least, where Kyoko should've been. She saw Kyoko in her pink Love-Me uniform make her way through the crowd and head outside to the garden. "Guess she saw someone she knew after all" Yukari sweat dropped.
"Corn! Where'd you go!" Kyoko wondered, entering the garden. She looked for a moment before spotting him again, leaning against a tree at the edge of the garden. He smiled at her again, before disappearing behind the tree. Kyoko rushed through the crowd, not taking his eyes of the tree where Kuon just was. "Corn! If it's you, why are you walking away from me!" she wondered desperately. She reached the tree at the end of the garden, but Kuon was not there. She looked back into the garden first, but he was not there. So she scanned the forest that lay ahead of her instead. She saw something blue glimmer in the distance.
"The corn stone!" Kyoko started running towards the glimmer. It started to move though, always keeping the same distance away from her and sometimes moving to the left or right. But Kyoko kept following it. "Corn! Show yourself" she yelled desperately. "I know your there!" Suddenly, Kyoko found herself in a clearing with an all to familiar river running through it. The clearing was littered with pebbles. Pebbles she had pretended was food with Corn. She hoped he would be standing there at the river bank, the same way he had when she first meet him. She had run into the clearing crying. He was so kind to her. Her first real friend. Just the memory of him helped make things bearable.
Kyoko stopped running, trying to catch her breathe and stepped in the clearing a little. She looked around for the glint, or anything that might give him away.
"Corn!" she yelled. "Where are you!" All that replied back was her echo. "Corn?" She walked a little more beside the glistening river, following it and calling out several more times. Kyoko stopped suddenly. This was insane. She was chasing after a childhood dream. Corn had left for fairy land when she was a child. Hell she wasn't even sure if she believed in things such as fairies any more. But one thing she was certain of, was that Corn was real. She hadn't made him up. Her blue corn stone was proof of that. Kyoko knelt down on the river bank, rocking back and forth on her heel. She brought out her corn stone from her pocket and whispered into it "Corn. Where are you right now?"
"I'm right here" Kyoko looked up in suprise. The sun shone brightly behind the light, blonde haired man, casting a white aura around him the same way it had done when she first meet him. She looked up at him in awe. It was him. It was really him. He bent down a little and extended his hand to her. She took it gently and he helped her up.
"It's really you" she said smiling happily. She couldnt help but giggle. "You look so grown up now Corn"
"So do you" he said releasing his grip on her. "Oh, and it's actually Kuon, not Corn" he said chuckling. A thought suddenly struck her.
"Corn, I mean Kuon…how is it you're here?" she asked solemnly. Kuon looked down, as if guilty.
"About that. I have to confess something" Kyoko swallowed a lump, worried about what it might be.
"You know, how you thought I was a fairy prince when we first meet?" Kyoko nodded. She couldn't forget. She had such warm memories with him. "Well, I guess it's kind of obvious but, I lied back then. I'm sorry Kyoko" Kyoko wasn't all to sure how to react.
"Then where did you really leave to?" she asked.
"My family were only here for a holiday at that time, and also I had a movie to shoot. But you seemed to like the idea of me being a fairy prince so much I couldn't' bring myself to tell you I was really nothing special"
"So, you were an actor back then to?"
"Yea. But I got out of the business not long after I left. It wasn't till recently that I returned, but with the stage name Yumito Takanori" Kuon's face became more solemn.
"Kyoko, you're the only one who knows my real name. Please, kept it a secret" Kyoko stood staring at the ground.
"Why did you tell me I couldn't write to you? I missed you so much"
"Because you lived here in Kyoto. Do you remember how I had an accent? That's because I came from overseas. Your letters never would've made it over. They get lost all the time during travel and you would've been waiting for a letter that never would've come"
"I see" was all Kyoko managed to say.
"Kyoko, I hope you understand. And, I'm sorry I'm not your fairy prince" Kyoko looked up at him and smiled.
"Who you are doesn't change the fact that you're Kuon, my closest friend" Kyoko held up her corn stone. "And that I finally get to see you again" Kuon pulled her into a friendly hug, startling Kyoko, but she didn't resist. After all, it was Kuon.
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Ren Tsuruga sat enjoying a nice cup of tea at the LME cafeteria. Yashiro sat across from him, scowling. "Ren Tsuruga, how many times do I have to get you and Kyoko alone together before you tell her how you feel?" he wondered
"Why are you looking me like that?" Ren asked calmly.
"Hmm? Looking at you like what?" asked Yashiro playing innocent.
"You're glaring at me"
"Was I? Sorry I didn't notice" Yashiro laughed sheepishly. "I was just deep in thought"
"Right" Ren remarked sarcastically. He pulled out his cell phone to check the time. He flipped it open and blinked, surprised and a little worried. He had 7 missed calls from Kyoko. He couldn't help but wonder if something was wrong. Suddenly his phone started ringing in his hand. The caller-Id said it was Kyoko. He stood up, pressed the answer button and brought it to his ear.
"Hello?" he answered, surprised. "Kyoko I've got about 7 missed calls from you. What's going on?"
"Tsuruga-san! You wont believe what happened earlier" Kyoko's voice sounded wavy and hoarse, almost as if she'd been crying.
"Kyoko…have you been crying?" he asked, trying slightly to mask his concern.
"Uh, sort've, but not because I'm sad. The complete opposite actually!"
"Ok? That's good?" he said confused.
"Tsuruga-san…I'm so happy! He's come back! I never thought I'd see him again but I have! And he's co-staring with me in the movie!" Ren swallowed a lump in his throat. Who had come back that made Kyoko so happy that she'd be near tears?
"Who's come back Kyoko?" He was almost afraid of the answer. The only thing he heard next was a name, that pierced his brain like a bullet.
"Kuon! Kuons returned. He's the one who gave me 'corn'" Ren was speechless, his heart racing and he felt paralyzed. "Isn't that great Tsuruga-san! He, he was so kind to me" Ren heard the affection and admiration clear in her voice.
Kyoko waited for a moment but heard nothing on the other side of the phone. "Tsuruga-san, you there?" The phone suddenly slipped out of Rens hand, and smashed on the ground. The phone lay on the hard floor in one piece, with a few scratches and the battery and back of the phone separated. Rens hand fell to his side. All Kyoko heard on her side was a long beep, indicating they had been disconnected.
"Eh? Tsuruga-san?" she wondered aloud. "What happened? Oh well. I had better get back to the uh, meeting. If that's what you wanna call it" thought Kyoko. It was more like a party.
Yashiro watched Ren, concerned. He completely froze up, letting his cell phone slip out of his hand. That's never happened before. "Ren, what's happened?" he asked. But he didn't answer. "Ren, is Kyoko ok?"
"She's-fine" Ren's words sounded forced.
"Then why aren't you?" Yashiro muttered. But Ren heard.
"What are you talking about? I'm fine!" he said, smiling his biggest, most dazzling smile ever. Yashiro pulled his chair away from the table, distancing himself from Ren. Kyoko and he knew that his pleasant smiles were only a cover up for his anger, and right now, Yashiro had never seen a bigger or more dazzling smile on Rens face. He had never seen Ren this mad or upset before. Ren Picked up his cell phone and placed it on the table. He wouldn't stop smiling.
"Yashiro, I just remembered I left something at home that's very important. Can you please see that my phone is working fine and return it to me later. Much later" Yashiro nodded nervously, as Ren turned and walked away. As soon as Ren turned away, his face dropped completley and he hurried to his car. He needed some time alone, and the sooner he got home the better.
**Authors Note**
OK yea so um, about said "Kuon" wearing an outfit wen he first meet Kyoko, I apologize if thats incorrect but I cant think of any other reason for her to think he was a fairy prince. But if bugs people and is diffintly incorrect then i will gladly change that little detail. I apologize for any other flaws to. Im going to read the Manga so I have everything nailed and no flaws or incorrect details cause i know how annoying that can be :S