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Chapter 1

Fourteen years after the plane crash…

"Kiri! Kiri, wake up!" Hime said while shaking Kiri by the shoulder. "Today's our field trip to Tokyo Disneyland, remember? You don't want to be left, do you?"

"Go away! You're so annoying!" said Kiri. Hime dragged him out of bed and into the bathroom.

"You know kaa-san won't let me go to the field trip if you aren't coming." She held him by his hair and positioned him kneeling in front of the sink. She forcefully brushed his teeth and washed his face. Then she dragged him back to the bed and changed his pajamas to school uniform.

This usually happens every morning for years now but if kaa-san is really in a bad mood and Kiri can feel her killing aura, he will get dressed quickly, eat breakfast in one swallow and go to school in lightning speed, and go back to sleep in his desk again.

She dragged him to the kitchen where their beautiful kaa-san prepared their breakfast and their bento.

"Good morning Hime, Kiri." She greeted as she smiled sweetly at them.

"Good morning kaa-san" Hime replied as she positioned the limped body of his twin brother to a chair in front of the dining table. She went to kiss her mom on the cheek and sat herself down on a chair.

"Excited to go to Tokyo Disneyland?" Her mom said with sparkly eyes. She's never been there. So she's so excited for her children. She imagined beautiful princesses and princes, fairies, diamond castles and everything. She was now inhabitant of la la land.

Hime ignored her mother and eat her breakfast quickly and she shoved food to her still sleeping brother. She grabbed their bentos and said her goodbye to her mother who was now snapping out of her fantasies.

"Goodbye and take care of each other, okay?" her mother waved after them. Hime was already used to her mother like that. She already realized that her mom really likes everything about fairytales. Truth to be told she likes them too but not as much as her mom.

Kiri watched her twin sister's happy face and sparkly eyes as she dragged him from one place to another. They saw Cinderella and her sister bounced up and down as they went to her. He asked one of their classmates to take a photo of them on his cell phone. Then he sent it to their mom which he knew would make her utterly happy.

They made their way to another ride when suddenly someone yanked Kiri around. "Ren-sama!" called the honey blonde doll-like girl in front of her. He was so surprised and confused, he couldn't respond to her. "Ren-sama? You seem to have shrunk and your hair's black again? When did you come back to Japan? And why are you here?" The girl asked looking with eyes full expectations and happiness.

Hime was interrupted from her daydreaming about castle, fairies, princesses and princess when some girl asked her brother a lot of weird questions. She turned around to face the girl. "Kiri? Do you know her?" Hime asked. Kiri, who is somewhat afraid of fan girls in their school and town, stepped back still surprised managed to only shook his head.

When the girl's eyes focused on Hime, she gasped. Her eyes were wide as they can get and slowly she looked like she was about to cry. The girl suddenly hugged Hime tightly and broke into sobs. "O-o-onee-sama..." the girl whispered to Hime's ears as she continues to cry.

"Oi, get your hands off of her!" Kiri exclaimed as he tried to grab the girl off of her sister. "Oi, you're squeezing her too tightly. She can't breathe." At that the girl let go of her. "Sorry, you two just really looked like my onee-sama and Ren-sama. But I know onee-sama couldn't be here anymore." She said as she wiped her tears away.

Both Kiri and Hime were so confused. Suddenly, the girl perked up and grabbed one of their hands. "Can I introduce you two to my grandfather?" she asked but before they could protest, she already hauled them out of Tokyo Disneyland. Then they were thrown inside a yellow stretched limo.

Kiri was happy to be out of that place. It's not that he hate the place, it's just that it's too girly, there's a lot of girls staring at him and it's just so crowded. He didn't actually care where they were going now with this weird girl but if anything happens, he was sure he can protect Hime. The girl seemed harmless though. When he was lost in his thoughts, the two girls started talking.

"Uh, ano, Where are we going? And can you tell us your name?" asked Hime. She was sad to leave Disneyland, but she pitied the girl and wanted to make her happy.

"Ah! I'm so sorry. I'm Maria Takarada. We are just going to meet my grandfather quickly. He is going to be surprised." She smiled brightly. "Oh I forgot to ask, what are your real names?"

"I'm Hime Shirogami and this is my twin brother, Kiri Shirogami." She replied. "If you don't mind, can I ask who are your onee-sama and Ren-sama? And what happened to your onee-sama?" she asked with curious eyes.

Maria's face instantly fell. "Ah, never mind I asked that." Hime said in a panic. Hime sighed in relief, when the chauffer informed them that they've arrived. They step out in the semi underground parking lot of a building.

Hime and kiri felt their jaw dropped when they saw the president and his flamboyant dress or more like cosplay.

"Grandfather" Maria called to the ever so flamboyant president of LME. He turned around to see her granddaughter and hugged her.

"What are you doing here?" he asked. Maria turned around to see both Hime and Kiri dead in their tracks and jaws dropped. She laughed at the sight and turned to face to her Grandpa again.

"You won't believe it." She exclaimed, excitedly. She tugged her grandfather to take a closer look to the twins. "They are Hime and Kiri Shirogami. Don't they look just like one-sama and Ren-sama? I found them at Tokyo Disneyland. I was bored and I went there and then I saw them. I thought it was Ren-sama, but I was wrong and Hime-chan looks just like… o-onee-sama." Her voice broke at the last word and she lowered her head.

Maria's grandpa patted her head. He knew Maria was devastated when her beloved Kyoko one-sama died. He turned his gaze to look at the two people Maria came in with. When he saw the boy, he was so surprised that what her granddaughter had been saying was true. He really looks like Tsuruga Ren when he was still thirteen or fourteen year old Koun Hizuri. His eyes then fall to the girl who stood beside the boy, clinging to his arms. He felt like crying and wanted to just embrace the girl but resisted. He composed himself, put on his best, sparkly smile and held his hand out. "I'm Lory Takarada, president of LME productions, nice to meet you."

Kiri hesitated to took the man's hand and shake it because of his outrageous outfit. "I'm Kiri Shirogami, nice to meet you too."

Hime excitedly took his hand and shook it. "I'm Hime Shirogami, nice to meet you too." She let go of his arm and bowed gracefully.

The twins were led to the expensive seats and sat across Lory and Maria. The president was so curious about the two of them. Wow, they are like clones or reincarnation (to make it sound romantic) of Kyoko and Ren. I wonder if they are interested in showbiz. And who are their parents? Lory thought.

"I'm so sorry for the inconvenience my granddaughter has caused you." He said. Maria is still silent and looking depressed thinking about her onee-sama. "Actually you two are not the first one to be dragged here and introduced to me for the same reasons. But you two are the first one who really looked close to the... originals."

"No, it's okay. She seemed sad so we wanted to cheer her up." Hime answered. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened to her onee-sama that made her so sad?"

"Well, she died on a plane crash fourteen years ago. She's not really her true sister, she was one my actresses her in LME. In fact, she was a very talented and kindhearted actress. And she looks very much like you, except for the hair. But I heard she had a natural black hair." Lory answered.

"This is not my true hair color though." Hime said before she could stop herself. Her mother had specifically told her not to tell anyone her true hair color. She was glad that the president hadn't asked anymore questions regarding her hair.

"Who are your parents, if you don't mind me asking?" He asked curiously.

"We only have our mom. Her name's Sakura Shirogami. We actually don't know who our father is. My mom doesn't like to talk about him and we don't want to keep asking because she would have this pained look on her face. We really don't mind though. She is a very wonderful mother and we really love her so much." Hime answered. Kiri was just observing his surroundings and listening to her sister talk.

"I don't recognized your uniform, where did you two from?" Lory asked.

"We live in Osaka. We came here for our field trip to Tokyo Disneyland and that's where we met Maria-chan." Hime said.

"So, are you interested in showbiz, like acting, singing, variety shows or modeling?" He finally asked the question that popped in his mind a few minutes ago.

"Why yes, I love acting. I'm a member of my school's drama club. My brother has talent but he doesn't want to act because of crazed fan girls that want to use him just to kiss him, touch him and eat him alive. So he puts this demon-lord look to scare away the fan girls but at the same time it ticked off the gang leaders around the area and my mom always scold him when he gets home from a fight. But inside, Kiri is really a mama's boy and has a big sister comple-." Kiri nudge her on her side. She stopped and realized she was talking a lot. "I'm sorry I got carried away." Hime smiled apologetically. But the president just smiled brightly at her with amused eyes.

Maria was listening intently to what was Hime was saying and was now laughing quietly at the blushing and slightly angry Kiri. The phone on the desk rang and the president excuse himself to answer it.

When the conversation was finished, he turned to the twins and his eyes glinted like the eyes of a hunter locking onto his prey/s, as an interesting idea came to mind.