Chapter 4: The Revenge of...who?
Never did I imagine myself acting with Hiroto-kun again. He either really wanted to do this with me OR he wants to protect me from Cloudy...speaking of which I haven't seen him in a while. I wonder where he's gone? I head over to the room where Manager and Director-san was. "Kirari! Beautiful performance as usual! We are saving that rooftop scene for the actual film!" Director-san told me as soon as I walked into the door. "Ah! Director-san, Arigato..." I say but blush a little still feeling the soft gentle touch of his mouth pressed to my cheek. "At first we weren't sure if Hiroto should even pass because the scene only asks for 1 kiss BUT playing as a delinquent, he broke the rules so more power to him!" He replied happily and went over to where Kumoi-san was. Sure Hiroto-kun did brake the rules but I wonder...why did he do it? Sighing I went over to where Seiji-kun was who looks to be eating something delicious. "Hey Seiji-kun whatcha doing?" He turns towards me in an instant and smiles but points at his mouth. Oh he is busy eating! I smiled and shake my head never mind. I walked over to where the drinks were and opened a water bottle from the table. I'm really going to have to tell Hiroto-kun that the reason why I've been avoided him was because I saw Aoi-chan confess to him?! It's already 4 and I really am getting second thoughts about all this. Maybe just maybe...
"Thank you for everyone's work! Good Job and I'll see you tomorrow!" The producing cast say before leaving. Phew now that's it's almost 5, I can go exploring the island with Naa-san! Speaking of which..where is he?! I start looking frantically calling out his name, "Naa-san?! Where are you?" I then see a figure at the end of the hallway quickly rush towards the other side. Naa-san? I walk towards where I saw the blue shadow and take a peek..."Naa nannananana!" I heard and immediately it breaks my heart. Something is happening to him! I run but see a truck drive away through a window hearing him call out in the distance. I run straight away from the hallway to the front and see the opening. Something falls on the floor but I don't care. I burst through the front door and the scorching sun hits the beachy sand. What am I going to do?! I run frantically to the truck of the kidnapper but get out runned easy. Dang it! I stop and catch my breath. Sweat starts dripping down my forehead and I look up ahead to the paths of the truck. I will get you back Naa-san I will! I start heading over back to where the studio was halfheartedly...I have to report this. I need him back before dark. I walk back to the front entrance but pause before going in, he is my cat and I need him back fast! I don't care if I end up getting lost, I need to find him! With new adrenaline and rage I start rushing over to the last scene where I saw the truck drive away. Naa-san!
Looking around I suddenly don't see her. "I know I just saw her a little while ago but where is Kirari-chan?" Seiji-kun asked himself and got up. "Huh? Kirari? I thought I just saw her leave the set." "Are you sure Hiro-kun? I could've sworn I heard her calling out somewhere? Did you?" Hiroto-kun stops and thinks for a second. "Yah...I could've sworn I just...did." Hiroto looks over his shoulder towards the door and stares. "Should we go Seiji?" He turns back and looks at him. "Yah, let's." The two boys get up and leave the room to find where Kirari was last heard. What is that idiot doing? I can't find her. "Kirari!" No answer..."Kirari-chan!"...no answer. We go down the second hallway leading to the back exit then we see something on the floor. "Oi, Seiji look! Here are hair ties with bows on them." Hiroto said while picking them up. "Kirari was wearing this on set." She dropped these or did she? "Hey Hiro-kun speaking of which where is Naa-san?" Seiji-kun asked suddenly. "He's always with Kirari-chan." Hiroto-kun turned around and looked at him, "Hey your right...Naa-san!" The two guys started calling out the kitty's and the owners name. Rushing there way through the hallways frantically looking for their friend Hiroto-kun says, "Oi, maybe they went back to the hotel neh? It's unlike them to disappear suddenly though...wait where's Cloudy?!" Hiroto gives Seiji a frantic look and Seiji does the same. "Naa?!" A little kitty then said through a closet door. Huh? Hiroto opened it and Naa-san came jumping out. "Naa-san? Where's Kirari?!" The kitty gave us a sad look. Seiji and I both looked at each other. "Oh no...it's a trap!" They both said in unison.
"Naa-san?" I say frantically between breaths as I followed the truck along the side if the shoreline. I'm such an idiot! Leaving him by himself while I perform...why couldn't Ana have a cat?! Tears start forming in my eyes from the thought of losing my pet and from the sand that's kicking up in my face. I should've just let them know back at the studio because really more is better than 1. I start to slow down as fatigue started to set in but I don't quit, I just HAVE to find him! "Yosh! I'm coming for you Naa-san!" I start picking up my pace but then notice the setting sun. Oh no...it's going to be 5:30 pretty soon so I need to find him before dark! Gumen Hiroto-kun...but I can't just leave Naa-san alone with a stranger. I then see the truck pull up in an abandoned auditorium...what are they doing? I see a person leave the truck and open the trunk but I'm too far to be able to see his face. I hid behind the brush and I make my way closer to where I see the kidnapper walk inside. The dense forestry is messing up my view so I just make my way through it as far as I could go. Kicking, jumping over, and moving away from possibly dangerous things are difficult to miss but I do my best. There I see a river lie crossing my path to where I needed to go. I quickly scan a way to get across and there I saw it, rocks! "Ah! I'll just leap from rock to rock but...it's slippery. I must be careful!" Stepping away from my covering I make my way towards the river at the starting point. I can do this. "Here I go!" I step on rock 1 then rock 2, Ha this is easy! Smiling I leap from rock to rock but as I almost make it across the river a surge swarmed around my ankles and I fell...hard. "Yah!" Splash! "Ouch! My leg? Warm?..." I look down and see red dripping down from my knee. Dang it, I scraped and may have possibly dislocated it. I...I can't give up now! I'm SO close! "Mmmph! O-ow, get up Kirari...get up!" I stand to my feet feeling pain shoot up my leg but I land on the grass and start running. I don't know where I got this unusual strength from to keep going but my pet is out there, I need him. "Ahh! There it is!" I step away from the clearing and see the abandoned auditorium most likely used as a set from old films. I'm coming Naa-san, hold on.
I shuffle my way towards the entrance where I found it unusually opened...this is it. I open the door and walk inside welcomed by a cold gust of wind. It's freezing in here. I cross my arms and try to make my way to where I see light. I'm in a long hallway...the lit door is at the end of it. It's creepy here..."N-Naa-san? Nani?" I approach the door and hesitate as I reach towards the knob. Here I go...I'm here Naa-san. I'm blinded by the welcoming light as I step in the room. My eyes take a while to adjust but when they do I realize I'm in an old set used from what it looks like, a thriller movie. "Naa-san!" I call out and start to look again. I see a car, a car used from the infamous "car scene with a killer infront of it while a couple make out" movie scene. I walk around some more when all of the sudden I heard..." I knew that you'd show up...Kirari." said a voice say from which ever way and I turned around immediately. Who's there?! "Hello?! Who are you and why did you take my cat?" I call out to where the voice was. I then see something ing he darkness come straight at me but it looks shockingly familiar...what?! It lands infront of me but it's a cat doll that looks like Naa-san. "Naa! Nananana!" The little Naa-san look-alike doll said and I cover my mouth...that's not Naa-san?! "What?...I...where is my cat?!" I cry out and pick up the doll with tears in my eyes. "How'd you get this sound?!" I call out and a figure then approached me. I squinted my teary eyes and make out the blurry person...Cloudy. I look in horror at the sneering person who has their hand on their hip and dark blue hair swept across their face. "Surprised?" He said and walks over to me. I immediately start backing away from him keeping a safe distance while my heart starts beating rapidly. What is he doing? "Naa-san isn't here as you may see but that's not why I came here Kirari." He starts walking closer to me but the more I want to get away the more scared I get and can't move. "If I can't kiss you in the movie, I AM going to kiss you here...right now." My legs seem frozen and I start to shake nonstop. He doesn't have Naa-san, he doesn't have the role, but what he does have was...me. Alone. "Don't look so afraid Kirari...I really like you and always wanted to do this. I know it sounds really strange but I can't help myself. Your gorgeous you see? I don't think I can stop myself unless I finally get what I want. That...and that is you." He comes close to me and grabs my wrist. "Ah!" He then pulls me towards a wall and pins me with one wrist above my head and the other hand on my shoulder. I'm...stuck. I can't move...I can't get away! I close my eyes and try to escape his grasp. "Cloudy-kun! What are you?!-" He stops my words and put his hand from my shoulder to my mouth to silence my words. "Do I need to add restraints Kirari?" He says coolly and uncovers it. "C-cloudy-kun...you don't want to do this. I know you don't." He looks at my confused but ignores me. "The cloudy I used to see never would've done this to me EVER if anything, he would protect me. Do this to me and you will regret this for the rest of your life. We can talk this out." I pleaded with tears in my eyes as I looked to find some sympathy from him...but find none. "Don't worry Kirari-chan it will be over before you know it.' He smiled and leaned in to kiss my head first. I gasp and clench my teeth. He puts one hand on my waist while keeping me pinned. He lips then moved from my head, to my cheek...this is too much! Someone...anyone...HELP ME! I started crying.
"KIRARI!" I heard a voice yell from across the room and Cloudy stopped. He still kept me pinned but looked away from me to the voice where I heard the call. "Who's there!? Come out coward!" He yelled. I then see two boys run towards where Cloudy and I were. "Kirari!" "Kirari-chan!" Hiroto...Seiji. I start crying out "Hiroto-kun! Seiji-kun! Help me! Help me plea-" I am silenced again with Cloudy's hand and he lets out an angered groan. "Can't you two ever give me a break?!" Hiroto and Seiji rush towards us and stops. "Let her go, Cloudy!" Hiroto-kun says, "Or else...". He gives a threatening look at him but then looks towards me. I stare at him with a scared face and he begins to clench his fist. "What did you do to her Cloudy?! Look she's scared! You monster..." Cloudy then looks at me and I give him the same tearful face. He lightens up on his grip but doesn't let go. "She's mine Hiroto...mine!" Hiroto then steps forward and says, "What are you 5?! She isn't some shiny prize you can get from a cereal cloudy! Let her go, you've done enough already..." Seiji steps forward, "Yeah Cloudy, she isn't something you can just keep and misuse like that, let her GO." Hiroto-kun...Seiji-kun. I start to steadily let down tears and struggle again for the last time. Ah! I'm free! I rush over to them and am greeted with open arms from both of them. "Hiroto-kun! Seiji-kun!" They hugged me gently then glanced at Cloudy who had a surprised look on his face. "Fine! Whatever..." He then turns around and starts heading toward the exit then vanishes. I stay inside their arms for a while longer then Seiji-kun steps back letting me lean against Hiroto-kun. "Hiro-kun we should tell Director and Kumoi-san right away. He is no longer welcomed anywhere near Kirari-chan or even anywhere near the idol world." Hiroto-kun replies, "Hai. Right away. Should we call authorities? Did he you know...try anything on you Kirari?" I shook my head but still lean my head on his chest. "Okay well...we should get out of here. We can talk about this later on. Naa-san is safe by the way . Are you okay Kirari?" Still shaking I still struggle to answer so he did what he thought was right to do...he lifted me up and let me lean against him. I bring my hand over my mouth and close my eyes. We walked out of that place but all I felt was Hiroto-kun gently carry me away as I felt the gentle sway of my body against his. I'm okay. I'm okay.
We exit the auditorium and up ahead Seiji gets into a cart used by the hotel people on the island. They must have borrowed it following my footsteps to where I was...then found. Still in Hiroto-kun's arms he walks to the back and lays me at the back of the cart then glances carefully for any injury. "Kirari...your knee." Ah I almost forgot about my incident at the river. I now remember the pain and it surges up my leg. "I fell at a river while trying to jump across stones to get to the other side. It's just scraped." He pulls out a first aid kit and carefully removes my knee high socks. I start to blush but stay quiet. "I don't know Kirari, it looks swollen to me. Let me do what I can if I have your permission." He tells me and I nod. He gets to work...he cleaned, wrapped, and bandaged my wound. "A-Arigato Hiroto-kun. For everything. You guys...thank you." Seiji then turned around and placed a hand on my shoulder, "We will always have your back Kirari-chan. You can always count on us." He gently said and then removed his hand. "I'll stay back here Seiji and watch Kirari, she has in injury." Seiji then nods and starats the cart. Feeling the motor and the ignition of the cart feels nice against my back as we ride away. I start feeling dizzy and wipe my head for sweat even if it's already 6:48, almost 7. "Huh? Why are you hot? It's already dark out." He places the back of his hand to my cheek and then removes it. "Your burning up Kirari. Looks like your heat exhausted." He then grabbed a wet towel from a cooler ,ringed it, and placed it on my head. "I'm fine...just a l-little tireeeed." My eyes start to droop but I keep awake. "Here, lay your head on my lap...Kirari." He looks away from me looking somewhat shy and who could blame him...my head on his lap?! "Are you sure Hiroto-kun?" He nods then looks at me. I then move closer to him and lay my head on his lap. Whenever I look up I can see his neck, chin, and face but when I turn, I only see the truck. "I'm sorry..." I say quietly and he looks at me suddenly. "For what?" I shift my position."Well...one for trusting Cloudy. I should've listened to you and Seiji, he's...yah. And two for not telling you what I have been wanting to tell you Hiroto-kun." I look up at him and he does the same to me. "You can tell me anytime you'd like...even now but I understand. He's a creep! We told you now didn't we Seiji?!" He turns to Seiji, "Yah well it's okay...Kirari-chan knows now." I nod then close my eyes. "I'll tell you soon...okay Hiroto-kun?" I say the next part in a lower voice, "This is a private thing..." I open my eyes and met his gaze and he nods. "Just feel well Kirari...that's what you need to focus on right now. This may have been a shock to you. You didn't know...and we may have to post pone this drama to next week. I'll let Director-san know." I sigh and nod. I didn't know what happened after that but I closed my eyes and started to me fall asleep on his lap...though I could've sworn I felt hands stoke my hair gently.
We make it back to the set soon and I start to wake up from his lap. "Huh?...where are-" "KIRARI-CHAN!" I heard Director-san say as he rushed up to the cart where we just parked outside of the set. "Are you okay? What happened? Your leg..." Kumoi-san said right afterwards in a voice I never heard her use, worried. "We will tell you all what happened but first help Kirari get to her hotel room and we will all talk in there, right Kirari?" Hiroto-kun said and I nodded. Both the Director and Kumoi-san got into the cart and took over the wheel while Seiji-kun came to where me and Hiroto-kun were. "Kirari-chan...your going to be okay." He smiled and I did the same.
We arrived at the hotel at 7:15 where I was helped from the back from both Hiroto and Seiji as they gave me both their shoulder to lean on. My floor was on the 6th floor so elevator would be the ideal way. We head over to it and get inside. "We need to hurry...I hope you really are okay Kirari." Director-san said. We arrive at the door of my hotel room and Kumoi-san knocked on it. Huh? Is someone in there? It opened and I saw Naa-san on the handle bar. "Naa-san!" I say happily. "Naa!" He smiled back and opened the door wide to let me in. The boys laid me on the bed where I sat up and took off my shoes. "Ow! Ah.." I mumble but do it anyways. "Now that were all here...you tell me what happened!" Director-san said to me and SHIPS who looked at each other. "Kirari-chan couldn't find Naa-san so she went to look for him after the scene." Seiji started and I finished, "I heard him cry so I rushed to find but a truck leave with him and a person but I couldn't tell who. I ran all the way and stalked the truck"s trail. I then encountered a river where I jumped across the rocks but the surge knocked me over and I landed on my knee. I kept going anyways where I finally found it and went inside. With it being abandoned I was spooked to find old movie props then I was met by someone. Cloudy faked the kidnapping to get what he wanted..." I paused and looked away from their gaze, "he then pinned me against the wall and started to k-kiss my face forcefully but not my mouth. He was about to then they showed up and saved me from him. Cloudy then disappeared...I don't know where he went." I stopped and it was silent for a while. "That jerk!" Director-san then said, "May he never see you again! Though we can't file a lawsuit, you will be safe from him and from anyone who looks suspicious Kirari...I'm sorry for not taking it seriously before." He looked down sadly but I say, "You didn't know okay? It's okay, at least he didn't steal me or anything like that but...yah I'm sorry too. I should've told you from the beginning." Tears start flowing down my face and I felt a squeeze on my shoulder. "Now she might have a dislocated knee plus heat exhaustion so if I have permission, let me come every few hours to check her condition." Hiroto-kun ask both Director-san and myself. Surprised I looked over at Director-san who said, "it's up to her Hiroto." I looked at him and he did so to me. "Sure, thank you." I smiled and let director-san know, "I know I can always trust them so please let him." Director-san nodded and so did Kumoi-san. "Now, the drama will have to be postponed into next week or so because of your condition right now so please just focus on getting better Kirari." Kumoi-san said and I nodded. They left my room and left me with the boys. "I just wanted to say, thank you so much for earlier guys...I don't know what he w-wouldve d-done to m-me but-" my voice starts shaking and I stop. "You don't have to apologize Kirari-chan, just please get better okay? We will always protect you no matter what, neh?" Seiji smiled and stroked my arm. I nodded and smiled. "Well I'll check on you in a few hours before bed okay? I need to change your bandage after you shower and stuff." Hiroto-kun said then heads towards the door, "Let's go Seiji!" And then they were gone. I turned to Naa-san who was on my bed next to me and stroke his fur. Thank God...I'm safe and Naa-san is safe.
End of Chapter 4...to be continued. (Chapter 5! Soon!), thanks for reading! No copywriter intended I do not own any of this. This is just my story with my favorite anime. Thanks!