The Apple

Chapter 2: Surprise!!!!!!

Series: Skip Beat

Plot: Read the first chapter. Everything is subject to future chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat!

Genre: Mystery, Romance, General, maybe a Tragedy.

Couple(s): Kyouko Mogami X ?, off the side: Moko x ?

Author's Note: I know that the first chapter was a little abstract and that I must give you guys a back story to this plot line I have for our main characters.

(Background)

The story takes place in Tokyo, Japan, during the 2010s. Kyoko is still in the entertainment business, but spending a year in the business had not progress as well has she wanted to. The present is different from the real world we live in, because people are closely intertwine with magic. Kyoko's demons are her medium to channel her power, but also cause a side affect to her body. The humans on the planet have to eat certain meals to function correctly, as the nanos that are dormant in their bodies make them fall asleep. Some humans are immune to it, since the nanos can only be injected into them from birth. Kyoko's genes contradict the nanos; therefore, she has different abilities that enable to make her demons appear and give her unusual gifts. At the age of seventeen, Kyoko is not aware of her gift. Yet, subconsciously she can do her abilities and notice others with the same ability. Everything is not all that it seems on the outside. The side effect of having nanos also altered how the people make chooses when they found their mates; Kyoko did not know about it, since she thought she could not be affect. The main symptoms where: the scent of the person made them glow, it only occurs when the moon is full, and one thing that made it even worse was you had no objections to it.

(At the LME agency)

Yashiro felt like he was in a detective-driven story plot, as he could not find Kyoko any where around the entrance. He assumed that she could not have gone far, since their last conversation. The thing that was really bugging him was the fact: not one was around the building and the two men who could have found her were absent. His cell-phone said it was already pass 11:30 p.m. and Kyoko's disappearance was not making things any better. While putting his cell-phone in his brief case he took off his glove and began to sprawl some more and try to find her.

After what seemed to be hours, Yashiro gave up and called Ren, after he put on his glove. To tell him the news that would get him killed in a manner he did not want to know if he had not told him before hand. So Yashiro speed-dialed Ren's phone number and waited for the tone.

"Hello Ren, are you there?" There was a long pause, as if to tell Yashiro that Ren (1) was asleep, (2)he lost his cell, or (3) he was walking to the phone now.

"Hello, Yashiro. Why are you calling me at this time? The movie was getting to the interesting parts." Ren's voice seemed a bit different from what the tone he usually spoke in. This made Yashiro suspicious.

"I just wa...nt to let y...ou know something. Do you w...ant to know the b...ad news first?" While stuttering Yashiro felt like he was hyperventilating at the same time.

"What are you talking about? What news? Is there something wrong with our plans for the rest of the week? Are you telling me you did not find Kyoko-chan?" Ren's voice did not carry a monotonous cadence; this surprised Yashiro that Ren would be questioning him and not yelling at him.

"Ren calm down, nothing is wrong. I just lost Kyoko-chan for a few seconds." Yashiro had a terrible premonition "the calm before the storm", to be more exact; which felt more like it.

Ren became silent and stopped talking when he heard something outside his apartment. Yashiro began to get curious too, as to why Ren was not answering him when he was calling his name. By the time Yashiro called Ren it was already midnight and he did not notice it until Ren asked him another question?

"What are you doing now? Where are you? Ren's tone became more serious, even almost demanding.

"I am at the agency. Well, around it to be more exact." As this was getting them no where, Ren decided it was up to himself to decide was to do next as he preoccupied with watching a movie he had not seen in a long time. By the end of the conversation they decided to meet at the agency. Oblivious to the fact that Kyoko was closer to them than they original thought.

(Somewhere in Tokyo)

Kyoko woke up with a start, since she could not make out where she was. In the background there was music playing, but she did not know where it was coming from.

"Ow, my head." Kyoko did not feel so good as she just woke up and the blood flow to her brain made it even harder, as she opened her eyes. She felt as if she was still in a reverie, since she should only remember that she was going home to watch the television series. Time never crossed her mind, as her facial expressions said otherwise, because her lips could not move as much as she wanted to, but she could breathe and that was a sigh that she was alive. At first everything was a blur. The room was pitch black, so she used her hands to grope the comfort of a bed under her. The sheet covers laying upon moved, as she moved her body into an upright position. Her eyes were taking a while to get use to the darkness. Kyoko rubs her eyes and begins to see some solid objects in the room.

A dim light, so shiny as the night sky caught the corner of her eye. As her eyes were adjusting to the blackness, Kyoko began to feel her fingers, they were numb at first, but she got hold of the bed under her. She moved her body toward the edge of the bed. For some reason the bed felt really gargantuan for some reason. Kyoko felt she was going around in circles, until final after a few seconds she found the edge and almost fell off at the same time. In a way Kyoko was afraid that she was in the worse case scenario, any actresses' nightmare. Her demons told her it was time to leave or wait for things to happen. As she was thinking of what to do next, Kyoko still wanted to check what the dim light was, but the lights in the room went on and her became blinded by the light.

"So, have you waken up, sleeping beauty?" said the stranger in a remorseful voice. The stranger surprised Kyoko, since she did not hear foot steps in the room. At the same time she fell of the bed into the floor with her body upside-down and almost distorted position. Looking at her current position Kyoko saw her clothing had been changed. By then she began to panic and actually tried to move. Her brain did not seem to be working and it took her a while to answer the man.

"What did he call me? Kyoko thought, while her angels began to float around her. Prince Charming is here. They began to sprawl every where in the room and their glow made the room even more unbearable for her eyes. One was tackled to the floor by one of the demon Kyokos and another actually went up to the stranger. The angel Kyoko was curious about this person, as much as the real Kyoko. So she stared into the outlander's eyes and she felt a pain in her chest. This feeling told her that this was different from Sho, since she had never gone through this experience before. At the same time Kyoko was trying to move and hide away from the creature.

"Heh, what are you doing? Are you trying to get away? ... Well, you are not doing a good job at it." The stranger smirked and laughed at the same time when he noticed that Kyoko was not paying very much attention to him at all. Yet he felt that something else was and began to look around the room.

After listening to what the guy said Kyoko moved some more and got her arms to hold her body up. While trying to move her felt her strength leave her and she could not get up again. After she fell on to her shoulder with a thug. Kyoko was like a turtle turn-upside down. Kyoko was stuck and could not get up or move in the way she wanted to. Her angels even tried to help her up, but they did not have much strength either. As if some force was taking away her strength and making her weak to her knees, Kyoko tried to think of something else. So caught up in her on situation, Kyoko did not notice that the stranger was walking up to her. He lowered himself to her level and said.

"Hehe heh, are you paralyzed by me that you cannot move? For some reason he knew how to make Kyoko angry and her demons started to think of a plan what to do.

Kyoko was not aware of how close the man was to her. It was only until he picked her up bridal-style. As he picked her up, he noticed she felt light as a feather. Kyoko was also surprised, because she felt his well-toned muscles underneath the sweater he was wearing. It was soft and she liked it. Her body was not answering to her demands and she felt helpless. Even her angels and demons were trying to work together to get her out of his vise like grip. The effort they put into helping Kyoko only did so little. The guy was not even affected by their spiritual power, not that he could see them. Kyoko just looked at the celling. Since Kyoko could not move much of her body she just stared at the light chandelier. Kyoko thought of what to do. Since she was still in the arms of this stranger, whom she did not know.

"You know, you are really light for a girl your age." He walked in a slow pace and time did not matter to her.

"What? You thought I was heavy? I cook for myself and stay active." She yelled back at him. Hurting his right ear in the process.

"It's not like that at all. I never said you were heavy." A smirk was shown on his face.

"Where are you carrying me of to? Since Kyoko could not move she decided that speaking to the stranger would get her out.

"So you want to have a yelling contest?" While Yawing he later said. "It is pretty late and I think I may need my beauty sleep." Kyoko never got a good look at his face because he was wearing a hoody and his bangs were pretty long. The memory of their first meeting was a bit hazy. Kyoko only remembered her bike falling to floor, while she was staring at blond hair before she lost consciousness. As the light from the celling was not as hard on her eyes, she began to look around the room. While looking around Kyoko felt that they were being watched somewhere. Not that she knew where she was, but she could not be so far from the agency. Obliviously they were head toward a door. One she was not sure of, because it could have lead to the bathroom, the outside balcony or even the entrance. As an actress it was the at most importance that she keep herself from the eyes of the media. Especially, in her current situation she was not doing a good job at it.

"Hey, when can a go home? You said it was pretty late already." Kyoko really needed her sleep and this guy was not helping her.

"Why are you in such a hurry, Kyoko-chan?" The stranger's cadence sounded a bit different angels and demons try to protect Kyoko from his invisible rays of destruction. A couple of them died in battle, while others kept on fighting.

"I am not staying here the whole night; I have a job to do!" Kyoko got warmed up with her words and that brought back some of the fire from within.

"Tsk, tsk, you're so funny. You know most certainly how to hurt a man's feelings don't you."

Kyoko's brain could not process what the guy just said. Therefore, she just decided to be quite and see how things went.

Author's Note: This story has progress into a series, but that is not what I want to tell you (my audience). As I know it will benefit your reading pleasures, if you guys can tell me anything: if you feel something is out of place, if you want to suggest something, if you notice grammatical errors, or if you want to see something in the future.