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Disclaimer: If I owned Skip Beat this wouldn't be a fanfic and it wouldn't be on fanfiction. However, I do own Hannah, Shino, and the main cast for 'With my Shattered Heart'.


Shoutaro knew nothing of Shoko's secret plan to bring him and Kyoko together. If he had he would of been cool about it on the outside while rejoicing inside, but as I said earlier he didn't. In fact at that particular moment Shoutaro was trying to forget the evil demon that invaded his dreams and inspired his hit singles, because she was someone he would have to consider a serious adversary. His ego didn't like this very much though, so he was waging a silent war within himself: his ego v.s. his common sense and for once they were at a standstill.

Shoutaro barely managed to mask his irritation at his indecisiveness. He knew that he should go with his gut instinct, thinking didn't suit him, but he just couldn't decide. During with his inner-turbulence was how Shoko found him after her talk with Kyoko. She had practice at reading his emotions, but what she saw was not what she was expecting. She had never seen Shoutaro at such a standstill with himself, so she figured that she'd give him a tidbit of good news.

"Shou, I saw Kyoko-chan today." This simple statement of fact added more fuel to the fire of war raging inside Shoutaro. Shoko paused at his reaction, she didn't want to make his situation worse. However, she knew that to mention Kyoko and then not explain why would torment Shoutaro and that wasn't her goal.

"She and I talked for a bit and did you know that she's also heading to America? She even agreed to travel with us part way." Shoko left out the fact that Kyoko pointedly agreed to travel with her not Shoutaro, but she doubted that it mattered much anyway. Judging by Shoutaro's smile Shoko feared that she had possibly invoked a demon Shoutaro upon Kyoko. Little did she know how right she was.


Meanwhile Hannah was on the phone with her friend Hayashi, Tsuki. Tsuki was Hannah's closest friend in 'With my Shattered Heart' and she made sure to keep her up to date about what was happening on set. Tsuki was searching for her keys and Hannah could see Tsuki holding her cell phone up with her shoulder as she frantically searched for her keys. Hannah held in her laughter for a few minutes, but eventually her envisioned scene of Tsuki yelling at her house to return her keys became to much and she burst out laughing. This caused Tsuki's annoyance to redirect itself towards her.

"If you're just going to laugh at me then I guess I don't need to tell you the good news." Hannah knew that she shouldn't fall for Tsuki's trap, she was probably baiting her, but the chance that she did have interesting news was too good a chance for Hannah to forsake it. When Tsuki heard Hannah grumble incoherent words she took them as an apology and took off.

"Hizuri, Kuon was at the same location as us today! You know the person who used to be known as Tsuruga, Ren? Well he's one of the biggest actors in America!" Accompanied with Tsuki's normal fangirl scream about the most famous idol in the world Tsuki only paused for a moment to breath before she continued. "Sadly he's not going to appear in 'With my Shattered Heart', but the new movie that he's staring in is on location near us. I can almost envision the chance encounters now." Tsuki continued with her admiring of the famous actor, not that it surprised Hannah much, he was just the kind of person that anyone would fall for, which made her wonder if he was ever rejected before. "Hannah-chan you weren't listening to me were you?" Hannah silently scolded herself for getting lost in her thoughts again.

"Sorry Tsuki-chan I was just wondering if Hizuri-san was ever rejected before." Hannah intended for her remark to get Tsuki on a rant of how that would never happen to Hizuri-san, but the answer that she received was completely different.

"He was once. By somebody he knew while he was in Japan, although nobody could figure out who, and he hasn't had a single girlfriend since he came to America." Hannah may of picked the topic to get Tsuki on a roll, but she didn't expect the answer to be quiet so different. After chatting with Tsuki for a bit longer Hannah realized that she had to go and hung up.


Tsuki sighed as she entered the set only to be disappointed again as Hizuri-san continued to ignore them. Not to the point of rudeness that just wouldn't fit his image as a gentleman, he just didn't to do anything out of his way for anyone of them. This annoyed Tsuki to the point that she had trouble concentrating, after all she figured he would prefer at least one of them, but not once had he ever shone any preference. If, like the rumors constantly said, he preferred someone from Japan why did none of them draw a different reaction from him?

"Hayashi-san your scene is next!" Tsuki sighed as she pushed away the rest of her frustrations and quickly guided her feet backstage. Once there she made sure to thank the make up artist as she got into character. Tsuki was in most of the scenes because Hannah wasn't arriving in America until Friday this of course meant that they couldn't do any scene that required her until Friday.


*about a week later*


Kyoko was amicably talking with Hannah making gestures as she described to her about some of her crazy Love Me assignments.

"What happened to Kotonami-san?" Hannah asked her voice brimming with curiosity.

"I see her whenever I can, but we both have a lot of jobs and only a certain amount of time." Hannah nodded and as Kyoko's mood steadily plummeted.

"You said that we were going to meet someone else here?" Hannah asked hoping that the change of topic would lift Kyoko's mood.

"Oh yes! We're going to meet Shoko-san here any minute now!" Kyoko smiled as she talked about Shoko. It was only a few minutes latter when the eagerly awaited Shoko arrived taking a smirking Shoutaro in tow.

"Hello Kyoko-chan! Who's that with you?" Shoko stared at Hannah hoping that her plans to bring together Kyoko and Shoutaro wouldn't be delayed by her.

"Hello Shoko-san, I'm Abrite, Hannah." Hannah gave Shoko one of her friendliest smiles.

"Hello Abrite-san, it's a pleasure to meet you. This is my charge Shou Fuwa." Shoko felt relieved when Hannah simply nodded to Shoutaro, at least she was a rabid fangirl that would have been troublesome.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Fuwa-san. I think that's our flight." Hannah and Kyoko picked up their luggage and followed Shoko and Shoutaro onto the plane. Kyoko started bouncing around, her face shinning with pure delight, as she entered the first class seating area. Hannah laughed as Kyoko started going on about how lucky she was to be able to fly to America in such luxurious seating. Shoko had to try hard to keep herself from laughing as well, Kyoko happiness was so contagious that it made everyone want to join in. Shoko also noticed that Shoutaro was smiling as well although he kept it hidden behind a magazine.


Kuon smiled a little as he read his newest script. This time he was scripted as a cold entrepreneur who had quickly climbed the ladder of success and was now one of the wealthiest men in the world. However he was assigned to help train a new worker, whom was expected to fill in for Elizabeth. At first the entrepreneur hated Catherine, the new worker, but as he was training her he felt something grow inside him. Eventually the entrepreneur confided in Elizabeth about his troubles and she told him that he was falling in love. The entrepreneur denied it off at first, but soon he realized that Elizabeth was right. After this startling realization the entrepreneur goes to find Catherine only to see her smiling her most dazzling smile in the direction of another man. This man's name is Gabriell, he follows in a close second to Alexander, Kuon's character, as the most successful entrepreneur. Alexander starts out feeling betrayed and he tries to hate Catherine, but he couldn't bring himself to hate her no matter how hard he tried. So instead Alexander watches over Catherine's and Gabriell's love, until Catherine was betrayed by Gabriell.

He remembered when he hated Kyoko, but that didn't last long. He half-wished that he could return to Japan and sort things out with Kyoko. Kuon knew that would never happen, and even if he could explain to Kyoko how would he. He couldn't tell her how much she meant to him, but how could he. After all she only thought of him as a sempai and nothing else, now that he was no longer her sempai at LME- Kuon stopped himself he would not dare think the rest. He did not want to think about that conversation again, but it was already to late.

"Tsuruga-sempai good luck on your job in America." Ren smiled at Kyoko's words for the last time as Tsuruga, Ren. The next time they talked he would be Hizuri, Kuon.

"Don't forget to work hard on all of your assignments." Ren could easily imagine Kyoko's expression as if he had given a challenge.

"I won't let you down sempai." Kyoko's voice shimmered with determination and Ren could almost she her grinning, but didn't she know that he was leaving for America and not coming back to Japan?

"Mogami-san do you know why I'm going to America?" Ren could feel his tension growing and he hoped that Yashiro, Kotonami, or someone had told Kyoko that he was leaving LME and heading to America. He didn't want to have to loss his only connection with Kyoko and he wanted to be someone she could trust, but what if she didn't want to confide in him when he was no longer her sempai?

"You're going on a LME job aren't you?" Kyoko's voice now held confusion in it so Ren tried to help her understand.

"Kyoko-san after I leave today I'll no longer be your sempai at LME." Ren silently plead that Kyoko would understand and that he would still be someone she could to talk to even after he was no longer her sempai at LME. Her silence led Ren to believe that she couldn't bring herself to ask for his advice if he wasn't her sempai and that her trust for him only went that far. This assumption confirmed one of Ren's worst fears so he ended the dreadful conversation with what he hoped would encourage her. "You're a talented actress so you wont need my help anymore. Good bye Mogami-san."

Kuon was ripped from the painful memory by the director loudly announcing that it was time to begin rehearsing the first scene. Kuon sighed ounce so quietly that none could hear then he approached the scene completely immersing himself in acting so that he wouldn't have to remember Kyoko or how much his missed her.


Author's Note: I'm sorry that this chapter has taken so long to get out, but I'm currently facing a lot of writer's block. So I'm sorry if it takes me longer to update than it should, and I'm thinking about redoing my story "Memories on the Wind" so if any of you want to I'll have a poll on my profile about it. Thank you all very much for putting up with this.