Forever More

4. Chapter: A New Beginning

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat! nor any of its characters!

Ren's day went from uncomfortable to bad. When he was midway at the shooting of his new movie Two Men, One Girl his female lead thought it would be fun to tease him. She better wouldn't have. Daishi Moe joined Ren and Yashiro while lunch. There she began to mock about Kyoko. How the rising actress was unprofessional leaving because of some trivial matters, taking false pride in her work and accordingly the rumors of her sleeping with the directors to get all her roles should be mostly true. Unfortunately Daishi Moe didn't see the mood of her counterpart.

Yashiro flinched. Didn't the woman realize her own actions? He felt Ren's dark aura arise beside him and could only hope his friend could behave himself. Personally Yashiro hoped Ren would strangle the impertinent woman. She was a boot and had exactly character she was attaching on Kyoko. But murder wasn't the resolve to their problem. Before he could tell the bitch to shut up Ren blended in.

"Could you please stop? You don't know Kyoko so stop bad-mouthing her. I'm sure you would like to see her out of the entertaining business. She rivals you. But unfortunately you neither have her talent nor her courage and her kind heart. If you want to bad-mouth someone you should start at your own person. If you dare to say anything to the press regarding my or Kyoko prepare to fly out of your little world you used to be. A little bird told me the amount of money you paid to get this role in addition of sleeping with the president. Besides of having no talent at all you're just a disgrace to all other actors. Paying and sleeping with someone isn't really welcomed in this industry, sadly there are black sheep to corrupt any industry. But think of all your hurt fans if this little story came out to the open? Just think about it. We'll see us again." He stood up and left. This daughter of bitch had spoiled his appetite and his mood.

Yashiro didn't even glance at the woman as he followed Ren. He couldn't have said the words better. She dared to insult Kyoko, their secret princess at LME. The girl everybody loved because she had stayed normal and friendly at the crazy world of show business.

At the table Daishi Moe was trembling with horror. How did he know the truth? She only paid the money to be his co-star to catch him before any other woman did. She had screwed up pretty bad. Maybe the rumors about him and that little ally cat was true. At the moment she couldn't do anything.

As the shoot went on, Ren only talked to her when needed and that was mostly at scenes. He didn't even look at her the minute a shoot was called a wrap. Additionally he stayed at the largest distance possible. There was no way Ren's changed attitude at his leading actress was unnoticed. Because no one really liked Daishi Moe they stayed away from her to, excluding her from all personal conversations. Within some mere hours she was turned into a complete outcast. She was assaulted in one way she couldn't complain. It left her furious. If she ever found that girl who was the cause of all her problems she would get rid of her.

Later that day Ren left the shoot together with Yashiro. Ren didn't know what to do, so he dropped him at his apartment. He simply sat in the car for a few minutes, occupying the parking lot. Without any ideas what he was doing he pulled out of the parking lot and drove around Tokyo's streets aimlessly. He drove around like that over an hour before he stopped in front of Daruma-ya restaurant. He sighed, he knew Kyoko wasn't there because the President had already phoned and asked the elderly pair if they knew something about Kyoko. They said that Kyoko told them she was moving into a new apartment and that she was going on a holiday with a friend. He considered to go and eat something but decided to not. He wasn't in disguise, could easily be recognized and on top of all it was a family restaurant. Restless as he was he drove around a little more until he reached his apartment again. Listless he watched some poorly filmed TV series without really watching it. Then he went through his scripts for tomorrows filming. The next time he glanced at the clock it was time to go to bed if he didn't want to turn completely in a complete ghost. Again two glasses of Whisky helped him to get to sleep.

Kyoko opened one of her eyes groggily. The time difference wasn't precisely pleasant. She stood up and went to the bathroom. After half an hour she was ready for the day. She wore the clothes Jelly picked for her: One short kilt-skirt in black and red, black fishnet tights, a simple white t-shirt, a black leather jacket and some accessories. "Morning!" The Thorne family sat at the table and ate breakfast.

Sora looked up and nearly screamed. "Good Morning, big sis! Do want breakfast too?" Before Kyoko could even answer a plate, flatware and a glass appeared on a table. Sora beamed at her as she began to eat again.

"Thanks there." A bit of Shizuka's character came out. She began to eat and silence surrounded the table. Kyoko wasn't used to the western style breakfast but it tasted well. "Sora, do you have school today?"

"Yes. But I'll be home at the afternoon. Are you at home then?" Sora asked excited. There were stars glittering in her eyes. Maybe she could play with her new big sis after school and maybe her big sis could help her with her homework.

"I don't know. I have to ask Jelly. I don't know if I have already anything scheduled this week. But when I have free time, I'll play with you." Kyoko answered.

"Okay, my little sparrow." He kissed Sora on her forehead. "I'm off to work. Take good care of the two monsters, my love." He kissed Ran and was out of the door.

Ran looked lovingly after her husband. Right that moment the little cookie monsters thought it would be fun to play with their mush. Ran had a hard time to stop them splashing around with it and throwing their spoons. Kyoko took cover under the table and Sora followed. "You guys, stop it. I have to take you two to daycare and Sora to school. If you mess with your clothing I'll be late for work. Sora, help me change them."

Sora grumbled but helped her mother. Meanwhile Kyoko started to clean the table. Jelly wouldn't be up for another hour. After all the mess and the twins were cleaned the rest of the Thorne family left the house. Kyoko waited for Jelly while watching TV. She made some green tea and went through her script. Then, after one hour Jelly came down the stairs. Since she wasn't a big tea drinker Kyoko fixed her a fast breakfast and a big cup of hot and strong coffee. Jelly enjoyed her coffee more than anything else.

"Thank you, Kyoko." Jelly hushed Kyoko out of the kitchen so she at least could clean her dishes herself. Afterwards she told Kyoko to go to the living room and sit down at the floor. She herself sat down at the couch. "I'm going to do the braiding. You can watch TV, it will take quite some time." Jelly then began braiding. Kyoko read a book, watched TV, dozed a little and talked with Jelly. Finally, after four hours Jelly was finished with the braiding. Kyoko know had a beautiful pattern of cornrows about ten centimeters long and small thin braids down to her waist. On the end of the braids small wooden pearls in different shades of green were braided in and made gentle clicking voice.

"Finally!" Kyoko groaned, stood up and stretched. Then she looked at her mirror image. "Wow! Those are looking good. Really! You're for sure the witch!" Kyoko loved her knew hairstyle. It made her look older and it was different to every other hairstyle. "Do I have anything scheduled this afternoon? Otherwise I'm going to spend it with Sora."

Jelly smiled. "Yes, you have. But you'll be finished before Sora comes back from school. We have a meeting with Will Taylor. He's going to introduce you to your co-workers and the whole crew. The filming of Bad Luck – Good Luck has already started. They only have done a few scenes because you're the main actress." She answered. Then she searched for something. "Okay. The president of Atlantic Entertainment is a child hood friend of mine. We're both under her wing for now. My friend promised to not to let anything slip. In fact she's angry at Lory for making me hurt. She was more than willing to help." Jelly had found what she was searching for. "This is your mobile. I can't drive but since you've a driving license – for car and motorbike – my friend gave me those." She held up to keys. One was for a black Ducati Hypermotard 1100S which was parked at the basement parking lot at Atlantic Ent. The second one was for a ruby colored Aston Martin Vanquish. This one parked right in front of the house. "Let's go!" Jelly put on her shoes and jacket and was out of the door.

Kyoko could only stare dumbfounded at the two keys in her hands. Sure, she had the licenses and she had actually raced for Dragonheart. Therefore she knew how to handle powerful and heavy machines as well as cars. But that was a little off hand Kyoko thought. Given that Jelly was already outside the door Kyoko had no other choice but to follow. She put on her ankle boots with low heels, her hat and her driving gloves made of leather. Outside the door she examined the car while Jelly was locking the door. As soon as she knew how to handle the car they drove away. The next time the driver's door opened Kyoko was Shizuka White.

Director Will Taylor and the rest of the crew looked up as an extraordinary and expensive car parked fifty meters in front of them. Only a few of them had seen this rare sight. Whispers started as soon as the young girl who seemed not older than eighteen exited the car. Beside her a slightly older woman strolled down the way to the building complex. Both women stopped in front of the gathering.

The punk girl looked around and her eyes met the directors' eyes. "Hello, Director Taylor. We meet again. I'm Shizuka White." She greeted in a slightly annoyed tone. "And this is my manager Alice Frost." The young girl introduced Jelly with her fake name.

After saying her name Director Taylor recognized the girl. "Hello, Shizuka. Welcome in London." He shook hands with the young actress and her manager. Then he turned around facing the rest of the crew. "May I introduce Miss White and her manager Miss Frost. As you know, Miss White will play the leading you. I hope you'll guide and show her around. If Miss White has any question I ask you to answer them."

The other men and women looked at the suspicious girl. It was hard for them to believe an unknown newbie should act as the leading actress. They reminded silent and didn't welcome the young actress.

Kyoko shrugged her shoulders and walked away. "Hey, Taylor! Could you show me around the studios? I don't think those lifeless guys over there don't seem too happy about their given task." She pointed with her thumb over her shoulder at the still emotionless group.

Being called lifeless and guys in the same sentence they started to whisper again. "Isn't she a little full of herself? Doesn't this girl have any manners at all? Did you hear, she called him Taylor and not director! And her appearance, impossible!" Those and similar sentences left the mouths of the female staff. On the other side, the males were stating her opinion. "Wow, isn't she just gorgeous? She's allowed to drive that car? Do you know how expensive it is? Her looks are great!"

Director Taylor sighed. "You guys over there. Maybe you didn't realize but she's our leading actress. I hope you warm up to this idea or we could postpone the filming." The director was angry at both of the parties. He hoped that everyone would get along after they put the misunderstandings out of their way. "Well, Aidan and Declan. You two show Shizuka around, will you?"

Both young men nodded. "Hello and welcome. I'm Aidan Moore and this is Declan Walker. You can call us by our first names. Would you please follow us, Ms. White?"

Kyoko rolled her eyes. "You guys! I'm not an old lady, you know? Just call me Shizuka, will you?" She said as she followed them. She looked around and found no big differences in comparison with the LME studios. "Well, the studios are quite big. Would you mind showing me where the canteen or restaurant and the basement parking are?"

Aidan answered. "No. One question: Is that Aston Martin your car? That's a hell of car!" Aidan went down the stairs and soon they were in a crowded area. "This is our canteen. The food is quite acceptable if you're used to it."

"No, the car's not really mine but I'm allowed to use it. But I'm rather curious about the bike." She answered Aidan. Standing between two of the most popular actors of the agency many head turned to look at the punk girl. The onlookers only shrugged and turned back to whatever they were doing before.

"The bike?" Declan asked puzzled. "What do you mean by that?" In the meantime they reached the basement by riding the elevator. Kyoko had to hold back a grin. There on their left side were some parking lots for the important persons working at Atlantic Ent. On the one side of the President's parking lot stood a shiny black Ducati.

"Holy shit! That's a Ducati!" Both men stated. They were shocked to see a bike like that standing at the parking lot. Nobody of them ever rid such a motorbike because it was really dangerous to ride. They didn't know if even the stunt doubles rode such a monster.

Kyoko instead didn't seem very impressed by what she saw. But she grinned from ear to ear. Without wasting any other thoughts at the two men she went a beeline to the bike. There she ran a hand over the seat and surrounded the bike on time. A white envelope was attached to it. Not bothering what her companions would think she ripped it open and read the letter.

Dear Ms. Shizuka White,

I hope you will make good use of the bike. It was one of mine and I assumed you would like it. I have no doubt that you're able to handle it. If not just say my wife – you'll get to know her soon – and I'll find a better substitute for it. I also hope that the Aston Martin hit your taste. Just drive save. You're welcomed at the circuit any time. That's all I have to say for now. I hope to see you soon in person. By the way, the bike's yours completely.

Greetings, Damian Adams

Whoever that Damian Adams was he had hit Shizuka's taste perfectly. Kyoko couldn't wait to try out this monster at the circuit. "Okay, guys. I think it's time for the test reading of the script.

Both nodded with awe and together the three of them went to join the test reading of Bad Luck – Good Luck.

Morgan wasn't a very happy girl. At the age of five her mother left her and her father. Nobody had heard from her ever again. The little girl pulled through primary school without any problems. But in the middle of high school the other kids her own age began mobbing her. She soon began to glide off and god bad marks. That didn't alert her father. All he was doing now was drinking all day. Morgan became a delinquent and got involved with street gangs. She learned how to fight and not long after she joined a gang she was its leader. She was expelled and went to another school.

There she had a young teacher named John Ross who knew why she was there and threatened her to tell the director. She became his toy. Because she couldn't socialize with the girls well she had mostly male friends. She again joined the school gang, unbeknownst to her teacher. But with time she began to realize it wasn't everything about street fights and gangs. Her teacher was much of a help. Refined like that she transformed step by step into the lovely and strong girl she once was. Her best friend Simon saw her changing and said to himself it was time to change too. Besides the fact he treasured her as a one-sided love he followed her to the normal life.

Kyoko would play the role of Morgan. Aidan was given the part of Simon and Declan would play the part of John Ross. There were more actors present whose names Kyoko forgot. The test reading was finished smoothly. Everyone was surprised by Kyoko's talent. This helped a lot to warm the cold atmosphere and the director was expecting some great shoots the next week. The next five days the whole crew had a few days of since they hadn't known the exact arrival of Kyoko's alias.

Meanwhile in the head office of the company Jelly had reunited with her friend. "Laura! It's so good to see you again! I'm really thankful for what you did for me and Kyoko!" Jelly said, hugging her friend tightly. The two women hadn't seen each other for more than ten years but had always stayed in contact.

"Jelly, it's good to have you here again. Don't mention it, friends are there to help. And considering that Kyoko is a great and amazing actress she'll bring more fame and money to Atlantic Ent. I've seen all her dramas and movies and she's really adorable. My husband Damian was amazed by her driving skills. He was actually the one who got her the bike and the car." Laura Adams answered. She herself wanted to have Kyoko under her eye as soon as she saw Dark Moon. "Are you really fine, Jelly? I could murder this stupid, dressing up guy for hurting you!" The strong woman grumbled. She and her husband had thought of running this stupid guy over with a racing machine.

"I'm really fine, Laura. Don't let this matter bother you, it's a thing between me and Lory." She answered. The two of them chatted for a while until a tall man in bike gears.

"Sweetheart!" The man stated and kissed Laura without bothering with her visitor. "Hey there, Tiny!" He turned around and faced Jelly. He had given her the nick name due to her tiny height. "How're you? And where's Kyoko?"

Jelly laughed. She was happy to see Damian again. "Hey, big one! I'm fine. And if anyone asks that again I'll kill him. Kyoko should be here in a few minutes. She has a test reading of her script."

"Hell, I can't wait to meet that girl. She had made a good job doing all the stunts in that film. Even a veteran stunt woman couldn't have done any better!" Damian praised the girl.

"Thanks for that, buddy!" A voice said. The three turned their heads to face the door. Framed by the door case stood a punk girl watching the scene in front of her. "The door was open." She explained. "I'm Mogami Kyoko aka Shizuka White. It's nice to have me and thank you for having me." She introduced herself and bowed.

"You're better looking than I thought. Nobody will be able to recognize you with this looks." Both Laura and Damian answered. The two laughed. "Sorry for that." Laura said.

"How do you like your two means of transport?" Damian asked. He would like to hear the opinion of this girl who had shown more skill than some of the men he knew.

"The Aston Martin is great. He's like a cat waiting to jump. I'm not sure of the Ducati though. I haven't ridden it yet but I assume it's a real bitch." Kyoko answered honestly and smirked. As soon as the test reading was finished she had strolled up to the head office. She really couldn't wait to try the motor bike out.

"That's a good description for both of them. By the way, I'm Damian and this is my wife Laura. I have to get back to the circuit I only took a short break. I hope to see you there soon. You won't be able to pull everything out of the bike on the streets." He kissed his wife, pat Kyoko's back and was out of the door. A few minutes later a red Ducati Monster raced down the street.

"That's my man." Laura smiled. "I don't want to be rude but would it matter to you if you have to leave, Kyoko? I haven't seen Jelly for while." The President of Atlantic Ent. stated.

Kyoko slipped back into her role as Shizuka immediately. "No, Boss. Just make sure she gets home save. I'll take the Ducati home. It would be great if you have someone drive the Aston to our home. I'm not quite sure if Jelly would like to ride the bike." Kyoko smirked and left. At the door she waved good bye and a few minutes later a Kyoko dressed in riding gear rode the Ducati down the road.

"She's an amazing girl! To be able to get into any character any time is really impressive. I'm grateful to have her." Laura pointed out.

"Yes, she is. But except one moment you saw Shizuka White and not Kyoko. The only time she showed her true self was where she bowed to you and Damian." Jelly answered.

The days passed and in the blink of an eye one week had passed. Jelly and Kyoko had bought the house and a company was already installing Aki's cage. Kyoko was now used to drive the Aston Martin at a daily basis and really enjoyed riding the Ducati. The Thorne family was happy to have both women. Especially Sora was happy to have a big sis and Kyoko often helped to babysit and the house chores. Tomorrow would start the filming of Bad Luck – Good Luck. Kyoko was very excited.

On the other hand there were two miserable men. Lory and Ren hadn't found any evidence of anything related to Kyoko or Jelly. Even the shipping documents for Aki led to nothing but hot air. In addition Maria hadn't returned home and refused to do so. She said she'd only come home when her Onee-sama was back and Kanae agreed to that. It was punishment for the two morons who drove her best friend away. Rumors of Kyoko's disappearance started to rise. These were mostly false assumptions.

Hello everyone! The fourth chapter is up. I read the chapter about four times to avoid spelling mistakes. Momentary I really have no energy... Tomorrow I have an exam coming up and I really haven't learned much. I just hope you like this chapter! So please review!

P.S.: I'm only going to update after I have at least one review - what nature doesn't matter... So I knew that my story is read.