Chapter Four

Lory was amazed with his new talents as he thumbed through their files. The band itself was actually quite good and three of the members were multi-talented, especially the girl.

"Kyoko Mogami... Hmm... This girl has potential." He commented as he read her file. "I definitely need to contact her mother for permission to sign her. I wonder why she doesn't live with her." He made a note in the margin of her personal information page. "Mogami... Not a common last name." He turned to his computer and typed in the name Saena Mogami, Tokyo Japan and hit search. There was only one that popped up on the screen. "Well... Wouldn't hurt to try." He grabbed his phone and dialed.

The woman's tone was short and very professional, but not at all what he had expected when he asked for permission to sign Kyoko to LME. Not only did she allow it, she gave him power of attorney over Kyoko in a faxed statement and letter. She gave him permission to manage Kyoko's career and basically her life. What kind of parent does that? He felt awful. He pulled the bottle of scotch from his drawer and poured himself a shot. This girl needs love in her life. Lory had a plan.

Erika Koenji was not a very nice person and to Kanae Kotonami she was completely loathsome. The LME auditions were going to be hell and Erika was determined to make sure that Kanae felt every bit of its fires. However... what was not expected was a reformed dark princess in the mix with the advice to not be so nice from her brothers in her pocket. Sometimes this advice really galled her, but in this case she relished in it. The way Erika was treating the dark haired beauty really pissed her off and she was reminded of how she was treated when she was younger. Something inside of Kyoko snapped as she sat with her brothers observing the little princess pick and prod at Kanae before the acting test.

Kyoko relaxed and slipped into her bad girl mask. Shizuru elbowed Miroku and nodded in her direction. Reino looked up and smirked with pride. The boys knew what was coming, they had seen it before at the club, so they just stood by for support. Not that she needed it.

"Well.. Well what do we have here?" Kyoko's voice was as smooth as silk and her movements were as graceful as a feline as the chains on her boots jingled. She snaked her arm around Erika's shoulder and leaned in closely to her ear, then sniffed. Kyoko turned up her nose and acted like she had smelled something horrible then backed away. "I guess something that smells really spoiled." Then pretended as if she were about to vomit. Very convincingly, I might add. "You might want to go bathe... you stink..." She turned and flipped her hair, then pulled a stunned Kanae with her to her brothers. Erika was appalled that anyone would dare say such things to her... especially a nobody in a ripped black t-shirt and tight black jeans. Couldn't she afford to buy anything better? Erika thought in disdain. However, she wasn't appalled enough to not secretly sniff herself to make sure that the girl was lying and she certainly wasn't going to approach the gothy dressed girl while she was sitting with her brothers and put her in her place. She would save that for later.

"Mo! I could have handled her on my own, thank you very much." Kanae hissed at the little blonde. Kanae was silent for a bit. "What's with the freakish get up?" Kanae looked over what the girl and her men were wearing.

Kyoko was still behind her mask. "We have a gig after this. No time to change." She said boredly as she examined her nails and leaned into Reino, crossing her ripped denim clad legs.

"Gig?" Kanae really didn't get into the details of musicians, she was too focused on acting.

"Yeah... We play a few clubs at night." Kyoko replied casually. "We're playing the Black Lotus tonight if you're interested."

Kanae sighed. "I really don't get into stuff like that." She told her. Maybe I could check it out... This girl doesn't seem too bad. "I'll think about it."

Reino pulled out a card and handed it to her. This one is interesting. Kyoko glanced at him with a smirk, she heard him.

"What's this?" Kanae asked as she examined the little business card with shiny black lettering and gold accents around a tiny black lotus flower.

"It's a pass for free admission." Kyoko told her.

Kanae nodded and put the card in her bag. "So what am I supposed to call you?"

"I'm Chouko and these are my brothers... Reino, Miroku, Shizuru, Kiyora and Dasuku." Kyoko introduced them.

Kanae looked at her in confusion. "You don't look anything alike."

Kyoko giggled. "We're more alike than you can imagine." a sinister smile crossed her lips.

"Number 61... You're next!" The assistant called into the room.

Kyoko's mask fell, she jumped up and skipped through the door leaving everyone in the room baffled except for her brothers.

There were murmurs of a scary blonde gothy actress and her brothers as the audition participants filed out of the theater and into the halls of LME.

"I did not expect that." A red headed girl said in awe.

The dark haired girl she was speaking to nodded in agreement. "I heard her and her brothers talking to that Kanae girl about having a gig at the Black Lotus tonight after the auditions. Why are they even here if she already has something? Isn't singing enough for her; although, she really blew the judges away with her acting. It was like she actually brought her character to life and did you see how she ended up leading the other girl?".

"Ugh... Not fair... I would hate having someone lead me like that. It would make me feel like a puppet." Another girl commented in frustration.

A blonde girl giggled. "I did like how she blew that spoiled little Erika Koenji out of the water though. And her brothers... Oh. My. God. How can anyone be that blessed in life? Hot brothers and all of that talent?" She groaned. "I really hate my life." She slumped over.

Ren had caught the entire conversation and his curiosity was peaked. Could it be the little alpha, Chouko? Had he been able to stick around a little longer... His question would have been answered, because Company Of Wolves came walking down the hall like a queen with her escorts behind her. She looked positively regal in her mask with her and Reino in front and the rest flanked their sides slightly behind. The sight was intimidating, yet breathtaking. Yes... She was definitely the pack Alpha.