ust a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect but I now have one Beta reader to help me along the way :D

Thank you so much to Roshelle Diall for offering to work with me :D

Hello my beauties!

Glad people like the idea of this,

as I said this was in tight competition for the ending

which is why I decided to write both :)

We'll it seems we may finally be getting some good luck,

we may have found a new house to live in sorting out contracts ect Friday and then will be finishing packing and moving so sorry guys but all stories may stop for a while but I will still be working on them :)

Neh xxx

I do not own Skip Beat.

Enjoy.

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Kyoko's breath hitched as Tsuruga Ren looked down at her with black hair and brown eyes. For a moment as if trying to hide the fear, he must have been feeling his public persona. The words Jun and Rick had told her rolled in her head.

"Kyoko when you go back you're going to find that not everything is as it seems or as it had been."

Was this what they had meant? All she had learnt was correct, but the world she had known was not? Kyoko watched Ren's face as his eyes shifted across her own. Her own confusion and fear must have been showing as he gently took her in his arms and held her close to his beating chest.

"I'm not angry Kyoko, but I need you to tell me how you found out? Who told you?" Kyoko felt better being in his arms, but still her heart was racing. She tried to figure out just what was going on.

"The President told me." she answered simply. Kuon looked at her, shock written all over his face.

"When did he tell you this Kyoko?" Kuon asked looking and sounding desperate. She couldn't see his face as she was still pressed against his chest, but his heart gave away his fear and anxiety.

"About 3 months ago, just after the accident on set." she told him quietly and she felt Kuon stiffen slightly.

"Which set Kyoko?" his voice was little more than a whisper now. It made her heart clench. If everything she knew was a lie just how far back did the lie go? She wondered as she snuggled closer into Kuon's chest, seeking the warmth he was offering her. Here was the security and comfort of something she knew, a feeling she loved.

"Sakura Dreams. The set fell and you saved me." she whispered in return. She felt Kuon relax below her as his arms tightened around her.

"Kyoko, that was only 3 weeks ago and I'm sorry, but I didn't save you as well as I meant to. You hit your head when I pushed you away and you've been sleeping since the accident." Kyoko's heart began beating rapidly with every word he spoke.

Her memories whirled through her mind as she tried to tell herself he was wrong. This was a dream or maybe Kuon was lying to her... But what reason did Kuon have to lie? The more she tried to understand the more upset she became.

"Where's Rosa, Kuon? Where are Mom and Dad?" her questions continued.

She asked if Mom and Dad had Rosa or was she at Kanae and Yashiro's place? Could they go home with Rosa? The more she asked the more stress and fear she showed. She was almost shouting, begging pleading for Kuon to remember, for it all to have not been a dream. She didn't want a reality where Kuon and Rosa were not apart of it. In the end when the nurses and doctors arrived it was to a very irrational young woman. Sedation was required to calm her.


Ren sat with his head in his hands. The memory of the woman he loved waking up and calling him by his true name still swirled in his mind. How had she known? He had called Lory to tell him of the developments in Kyoko's condition and had been just as shocked by Kyoko's revelation as Ren himself had been. Now as Lory entered the waiting room he found a very scared looking man.

"How is she?" Lory asked when Ren looked up at the sound of someone entering.

"They had to sedate her. The doctor said it won't last for long, but she was in such a state they were scared she would harm herself. She kept asking about someone called Rosa. When I asked if she meant her necklace bearing the diamond I bought her, she became even more upset telling me I should remember Rosa. Then she got so stressed she was muttering about how Rick said all she had learnt was true, but Jun had said it was all not as it seemed." the tears were clear in Ren's eyes now as Lory too collapsed into a chair completely stunned.

"Please Boss tell me what the possibility is that she used those two names? Tell me this is all a big joke." Lory's eyes were wide as if someone had suddenly shined a bright light directly at him in a dark room.

"I can't Ren, I just can't."

Ren nodded his head as he cried silently into his hands. Kyoko's words had brought his awful past crashing down upon him like a sudden storm. Only the thoughts of how much he needed to protect Kyoko, help her understand what ever she was going through kept him from slipping into the near catatonic state as he had done so many times before. Lory's heart at the mention of his wife's name had clenched. It had been such a swift shocking pain Lory momentarily wondered if he was about to have a heart attack. But the look in Ren's eyes seemed to draw out of him a strength he kept reserved for his love of his talented children of LME, the love of his family and friends. He needed to be the father figure now, to be the strong one not only for Ren, but for Kyoko too and that was what settled Lory's heart back to normal.

"We will work this out Ren." Lory stated. His voice so much more calm and controlled than he felt internally, but it did not waver.

"We will help Mogami-san through this." Ren nodded slightly as Lory rubbed the young man's back.

Ren acted so old, he acted so strong and mature that people often forgot he was little more than a child. Ren was only 22 years old! He was world wise yes, but still he had the head and the heart of a man his age and he also needed comfort and support. This is what Lory gave him while they waited. Waited for the verdict on the woman they both loved in different ways. Lory couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Kyoko and how those two names had come into the picture. He had prayed to Jun of course as he always did asking her for advice on what to do, on how to handle Kuon who had almost fallen apart after the accident. Was this her answer? Was this her help? He had to wonder as they sat together in silence. The door opened suddenly and both men stood.

"Dr Benkia, any news?" Lory asked as soon as he recognised the doctor who smiled at the two men. They had both become regular figures in the hospital, especially Tsuruga who appeared to be blaming himself for Kyoko's condition.

"I think it is best we sit and talk with Mogami-san. She is calmer at the moment. Still partially sedated but she is asking for you both to be present while we talk." both Lory and Ren nodded following the doctor from the waiting room and back to the room where Kyoko was waiting for them.


Kyoko felt calmer now. Her head was light and airy. She had been amazed when Doctor Benkia had come in and introduced himself. The name was the same but this doctor was not the same man she knew so well during the last 3 months. Everything but his voice was different. The Dr. Benkia in her dreams had short brown hair, brown eyes and had been in his late 40's she would have guessed. This doctor had long black hair tied back in a ponytail. His brown eyes were a few shades lighter and he appeared to be in his early 30's. His appearance had alarmed her slightly, but the known voice was also in its own way settling. He had informed her she had been asleep for 3 weeks and 2 days since the accident. They had been concerned due to the fact she still had increased brain activity during that time, but they had been unable to wake her. He had also answered a few of her simple questions and informed her when the president had arrived and that Ren was in the waiting room. She had asked him if they could be present when he asked her a few more questions and he had readily agreed. Now lying there awaiting the man she loved and her boss she tried to understand.

A few things seemed to be falling into place. The fact it would seem in this world there was no Rosa played on her heart terribly. She had wondered if maybe everything had been a dream. Kuon's love? Their love? But she remembered these things could be classed under the learnt category couldn't they? She hoped they could, as only Kuon's love was keeping her from a madness she felt burning in her soul at the loss of her daughter. The door opened silently, But Kyoko instantly caught the movement.

"Are you ready for us Mogami-san?" the man who had called himself Dr Benkia asked.

She nodded her head at him and smiled when President Lory entered her heart stopped when he was followed by Kuon or should she call him Ren. In this world it seemed Ren wasn't confabulated. So does that mean she is? Kyoko wondered about this trying to remember what she had been told about Confabulation. She remembered it was when a person believed without a shadow of a doubt in what they were saying. Not intending to lie, but believing their memories to be correct. Well if she thought about it now, she knew that some of her memories must not be real. She had of course woken up to Ren and not Kuon. It appeared she had been sleeping for 3 weeks and not living for 3 months. So as she knew there were discrepancies and alternate explanations plus what Rick and Jun had told her, she concluded she wasn't confabulated. She hoped she would be able to tell fiction from fact. Ren smiled at her sweetly and her heart that seemed to have stopped moments before began beating again, but this time at an increased rate as she smiled back at him.

"Hello Mogami-san, you've had us all worried young lady." commented Lory as he crossed the room and patted Kyoko's hand lovingly.

"Sorry President." she said bowing her head in apology.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. As long as you are OK that's all that matters to me." he patted her hand again before taking one of the seats by her.

Ren looked torn with what he should do. Kyoko almost giggled at the look of confusion in his eyes as she patted the bed beside her.

"Come here Ren." Lory hid his surprise well, but he watched as Ren approached the bed sheepishly. He looked at Kyoko and then at the bed beside her.

"Are you sure Mogami-san?" he asked.

Her openness with him was astounding on many levels, but still he was worried. Kyoko would never have even considered this before the accident which Ren still blamed himself for.

"I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't sure Ren." she added with a smile.

Ren felt like his heart was trying to break loose from his chest. With the way she smiled at him did this woman know what she was doing to him? He gingerly sat on the edge of the bed. Kyoko sighed and grabbing one of Ren's trouser pockets gave him a swift derisive pull making him sit further onto the bed. Lory almost chuckled at this action, but hid it with a cough.

It seems Kyoko has finally worked a few things out. Lory thought as he watched the girl link her fingers with Ren's who looked completely flabbergasted by all of Kyoko's actions.

Though Lory noted the small smile on his lips as he accepted her touches. Kyoko wasn't feeling as brave as she made out, but now with Kuon by her side she felt more able to deal with what was to come. Even if Kuon wasn't the Kuon of the last 3 months he was always one of the only people that made her feel safe, so linking their fingers she looked up at them all ready for their interrogation.

"Now Kyoko as I said before my name is Dr Benkia. If you are able I would like you to tell me everything that you can remember from the accident and things that happened after that. Well if you are able."

All eyes were on her now. Taking a few moments to contain her welling emotions she decided that she might as well tell them everything. The slightest squeeze from Ren's hand filled her with the confidence she needed before she began her story. She told them all her memories that she had for the last 3 months. She asked Ren through eye contact if she was able to reveal his name before the doctor. Ren had given her permission with a small nod of his head. When it came to Kuon telling her of Rick's death Kyoko omitted the story. She also told them Kuon had told her the reasons he had come to Japan without explaining exactly what she knew as her small hands grazed over his broken watch. Lory never missed the silent conversation or gentle touches between the pair. Kyoko wove an amazing story though Lory had no idea how she knew some of the details she would otherwise never have been able to know, but somehow did.

When it came around to the second accident on the hillside, she had omitted telling them what she and Kuon had been up to prior to the accident of course. She wondered what to tell them. The words Jun and Rick had spoken were in her mind. So omitting a few more details she simply said how she had been told that.

"When you go back you're going to find that not everything is as it seems or as it had been."

Dr. Benkia then proceeded to question Kyoko. The questions were not hard but at the same time she wondered what he was learning from them.

"In all my years, I've never heard of such a lucid account after being in a coma." Dr Benkia admitted taking a few more notes. "It has been known of course for people to dream and such when in the condition. But to live out an entire life in that state, I do believe it has never happened. I will need to speak to a few people about this. How do you feel Mogami-san?" he asked standing up and checking her charts.

"I feel OK." she said again omitting the terrible hole she felt in her chest where she knew Rosa should have been. He nodded before saying he would be back to check on her later. Lory stood just after the Dr left.

"I will need to make a few phone calls, Mogami-san." Kyoko nodded and smiled, but just as he was about to open the door Kyoko decided she needed to tell him now before the thoughts faded.

"President?" Lory stopped and looked at her, she looked anxious, but he could see the strength in her eyes when she raised them too him.

"I met Jun today sir." she said simply as Lory watched her wide-eyed.

"I met her at Mermaids Point. She asked me to give you a message." Kyoko cleared her throat twice then closing her eyes she repeated the message word for word.

"I want you to tell Lory to get his ass in gear and accept Ten. She is a wonderful woman and good for him. But if he keeps running away from her she will soon be snatched away by someone else. Tell him I love him and always will, but it is time he allowed himself to love again. How can he preach love if he doesn't follow his own advice." Kyoko opened her eyes slowly to find Lory in silent tears. Kyoko's heart constricted, but she had done as she had been asked "She really does love you, sir and she just wants you to be happy."

Kyoko watched as Lory turned and walked out of the room not saying a word. She felt a stab in her heart but knew she had done the right thing.

Ren was still sitting on the bed beside her. His hand was still linked with hers though he had not spoken a word since Kyoko had started her story.

"Kuon?" she whispered gently.

He turned to Kyoko his eyes full of so many emotions. She wondered if he would collapse from overload at any moment, but she had to ask. She had to know.

"Do you love me?" she asked in the same whisper.

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So will Ren/Kuon admit his feelings?

How will Lory take his dead wife's word's?

What really happened to Kyoko and is there a reason

to her new found knowledge that shouldn't be?

:) well I hope you liked this chapter, as I said at the top

I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up, as my life

is looking like it will be hectic the next few weeks!

But I will try and remember I love you all!

Neh xxx

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