The Only Sister
Disclaimer: I don't own Skip Beat or the characters, only Youko and different new plots!
HOS: Hey everyone, sorry for the very late update. Had been going through a lot since going back to school and all that. Okay, this one would be quite long and hope the song choice was alright and also I'll be introducing a new character, a friend of Youko's and also have a bit of Youko's past revealed during and after the song! Thank you to everyone who loves this story and reviews, keeps me going to make more chapters for you!
Super-Fudge: Here's the next chapter, sorry for the long wait, it took a long time to type this up with the little time I have due to schooling and all that, hope you like it!
Twilight Dark Angel: Ta-Da~ New chapter! 8D And I'm sorry that I didn't choose your song choice, it was a good one and I thank you for supporting and helping me out!
JeremyVD: Thank you for your help on giving me ideas, dunno what I'm gonna put next for the next chapter after this long one here. Thank you for the welcome back! I'm hoping to continue as much as I can while multitasking with my schooling~
Setsuna1986: I appreciate your helping of me on finding some song choices and I decided to just let her sing and not draw while singing, I didn't want her to be too mary sue. I hope you like the song choice that I picked out, hoping it fits well!
Waterflygirl: You gave great helpful things to figure out what I want to do with the next chapter, sorry, I hadn't gotten that far yet since I have written ten pages worth for this chapter in a month. I'll be sure to put your idea into good use, thank you for reviewing and hope to see more later in the future!
Mailumia: Oh, well, you make good points but maybe thinking on added Ren's manager in there just to see if Youko and him would get along great or just be partners in crime on getting Ren and Kyoko together or not. I enjoyed your ideas and will give them into deep thought, thanks for your review and hope to see more in the near future!
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Chapter Four: Pass or Fail?
-Youko's POV-
For the last couple of days things were going a bit smoother between Kyoko and I. She didn't look as odd when she knew that I was going to be joining her for the auditions. Things continued as normal while working in the Darumaya with the two married couple that were the owners; I couldn't thank them enough for taking care of us when we needed it the most. They're like the mother and father figures that we wished we had in the beginning of life than the crapy one we are living in now. I have been practicing my vocals as much as I could with the little time we have at a music store downtown with a friend of mine who works there. As for Kyoko, I don't know what she was going to do for her own talent to present to the judges, but whatever it is I'm sure it'll be most impressive no matter what; I have faith in her.
On the day of the auditions, Kyoko and I ate, bowed at o9ur guardians before grabbing our stuff and heading out after our mother figured wished us good luck. Kyoko took her bike while I held on from the back on my skateboard that I haven't been able to use since our haircuts and new found freedom. I had an old one when we were living with Sho, but the dumbass that he is broke it somehow and hadn't been able to ride one since then; that was six months ago.
We paused at the end of the sidewakl as we wait to cross, giving me the time to adjust the helmet on my head a bit as well as my backpack straps that had my mini boombox inside. I regripped upon the bike as we continued on our way, "Hey, Youko-Chan..." I blinked as I looked at my sister with a 'hm?' as she continued, "Do you think we can make it through this and get our revenge?" I thought for a few moments.
"I can't make any promises but if we try our hardest and don't let our anger get the best of us, I think we can make it." she glanced back at me with a small smile. Soon we had arrived at o9ur destination. After locking her bike up we walked into the building then into our needed area as Kyoko looked in awe at all the beautiful ladies auditioning. As for me, I was looking for someone; oh, there he is. "I'll be right back, 'Ko-chan." I don't think she heard me since she was on the floor making some dolls, muttering to herself to what it was looking like to me as I made my way over to a friend of mine.
"There you are, been waiting here for over fifteen minutes now... not like I''m complaining..." he eyed the women around with a small grin, making me mildly annoyed as I smirked.
"It's not like you're into guys or anything, right Kaname?"
"Darling, I go both ways, in case you had forgotten."
Kaname Tsuji, he's a eighteen bisexual musician who works at the local guitar music store that I frequently been visiting lately downtown, we met a few months ago when taking Kyoko to get her latest Sho C.D. He has semi-long blonde hair with dyed red tips, green eyes and has a nice angler shaped manly face along with a brow and lip piercing. He wore punk clothes with some black beanie hats with some band logo that he wears half on his head. Rings donned on some of his fingers and a few goth looking necklaces hanging off his neck as his ears were full of piercings as well.
Okay, the reason why he was here in the first place was because of the C.D. Of music that I had asked him to make for me; I payed him, of course. Kaname was really good on making beats, drums, piano, guitar, pretty much anything that he could make a beat out of to fuse them into a beautiful melody. His family came from a musical background, mostly classical and a bit of jazz. He was taught many instruments at a young age, like the violin and the piano; the rest was self-taught throughout the years. He had one sibling, a sister who was the same age as my sister and I, that was an actress. As far as Kaname knew, she was a spoiled brat who had athing about the sun ruining her complection or something stupid like that. I guess to some people later on in their careers become selfish and rude, thinking they could get anything they want just because they're famous.
"Eh... Youko? You think you can simmer down a little? You're beginning to scare everyone around you..." I didn't realize that I had fell into my, 'I hate Sho' rage as my little hate and rage spirits swirled around me, affecting the women around me.
"Oh, sorry..." I calmed deown a bit and looked at my friend, "So, did you bring it? Is it ready?" the said male next to me chuckled as he reached into one of his large pockets and pulled out a thin C.D. Case with said C.D. inside.
"Yeah, I did. I had to get a bit of help from one of my guy friends that worked with me, the chorus was a bit of trouble but we got it done just in time." he gave it to me as I took it happily with a beaming smile.
"Thank you so much for this, Kaname this really means a lot to me. I wouldn't be able to audition without any music." I chuckled when he gave me a one armed hug.
"I was just as surprised when you came in the store and asked for my help on making you music for one of your songs. I just can't wait to hear you upon stage and see how it goes, have to see if my hard work payed off you know?" I smiled nervously and shyly at the last thing he said.
"Who brought a kid like this here?!" I blinked as Kaname and I turned and looked at a young woman with long dark hair, tugging along a curly haired, well-dressed little girl by the hand; she looked familiar, "I'm risking my life for this audition! You can't be plain in a place like this, where you eat or get eaten! I'll lose my concentration! Mo!" my eyes widen a little when the little girl looked so familiar.
"Maria?"
"Where is her mother? Huh?" the dark haired woman spun around when her question was asked while the other women were murmuring of what was going on. The said woman then glared down at Kyoko who was still on the floor making her voodoo dolls; she glared some more before throwing Maria into my sisters lap and pointed threatening at her and Maria, "Get out of my sight!"
"What the hell! She can't toss children like that!" I said appauled on what had just transpired, Kyoko just looked as surprised and shocked when the girl was thrown upon her lap.
"She's not my kid!" my sister yelled as the other woman got into her face, looking a bit freaked out and angry while her closed hands were quickly moving up and down frantically.
"Of course I know that! But a young girl like you, doing needlework! Are you auditioning to be a housewife or something?!" my brow began to twitch in annoyance as my spirits of protectiveness began to swirl around me as the woman's words were starting to affect me, "Oh dear! You're too plain! Stop stop stop stop stop! Mo!" This girl has issues of what Kyoko was doing as well as around children, they seem to bother her a lot, "You should be tense and fired up here! Don't remind me of daily life! You're miserable!" twitch, "An eyesore!" another twitch, "I'm irritated just watch you!" she suddenly moved away from them within a good distance and pointed at them once more threateningly, "So you go on and disappear with that kid! You don't belong here!" with that said she stormed off as the group of women began to murmur and surround the little girl who was weeping.
"Man," Kaname mumbled as he picked his ear with his pinky with a dull and mildly annoyed voice, "That woman sure can yell, worse than my own mother. What do you think Yo-" he turns to look at me butI wasn't there, "Hey, where did you go?"
I however was stalking the said woman from before, no one gets away of saying such things to my sister. The woman pauses and turns as I hide before she could even see me then looks back around again then shivers a little afterwards. Soon I get up right behind her and shove her into the female bathroom and locked the door when hearing her stumble inside.
"You again! I thought I told you to disap-" she stops, more like she had been forcibly paused when feeling that evil aura surround her that enables her to not speak at all; good little spirits~
"You know, you have a really bad mouth for speaking like that to my little twin sister." I turned to the woman as her eyes widen a bit when seeing my cold gold eyes with a small evil smile, "Yes, take a good look. Her and I may have the same face but our bodies and personality are completely different." I stepped closer to her as she begins to shiver or just shake out of fear, good, "Trust me when I say this, win or lose, Kyoko will prevail and will soon surpass you and will do a whole lot better than you had strived to ever be to come here for." I chuckled darkly as I looked at her as if I'm giving her pity, "My sister may look plain to you but you will always have an ugly attitude." I got into her face and frowned , growing serious, "Make fun of my sister again about her looks or hobbies or anything else and I swear that I'll do something much worse than what I'm doing to you now." I move away and head toward the door and unlocked it then looking over my shoulder with a bright smile, "Just remember that odd shivering feeling and to always look over your shoulder cause that'll be me watching you like a hawk." I narrowed my eyes a moment before turning happy again, "Bye-Bye now!" I released her from my spirits hold as I exit and smiled when I hear her yell.
"M-Mo! What the hell was that?!"
I made my way back to Kaname who looked a bit relieved to see me, "Hey, you suddenly disappeared on me."
"Sorry, had to go to the restroom and had a small chat with someone; what did I miss?"
"Oh, nothing much, just your sister pulling the little girls' cheeks out and saying something that I couldn't hear with that usual aura that you sometimes give off." I watched Maria as her face was definitely red from the pulling as she stares at my sister with shocked awe.
"Excuse me, everybody," said a woman with a smile and hands together in front of her politely, "...follow me to the audition hall." I heard the other women talk amongst themselves on how excited and nervous they were. I strapped my skateboard and helmet to my backpack as I glanced at Kaname.
"You gonna be videotapping somewhere or something?" I watched him grin a bit.
"Somewhere where you can't see me." he pats my head as I huffede a it and fixed my hair as I hefted up my bag over my shoulders as I began to follow the other women.
"I'll see you later then, thanks again for the C.D!" I waved at him as he waved back while walking with my sister, not at all realizing that we were being watched by a certain curly blonde haired little girl with a dark smile on her face.
~Elsewhere~
A studio bell rings off at an end of a scene of a shoot as a tall male was seen sitting down in an actors chair with his jacket over his shoulders leaning forward with his chin upon the top of his clasped hands, elbows resting on his knees as if looking to be in deep thought while his manager stood on his right.
"It's... about time for the second half to start..." Ren Tsuruga says mostly to himself as his manager glances at him curiously.
"What? What's going to start?" Ren was silent bfor ba few moments before responding.
"The second half." the man next to him was confused for a second as the background noise of remodling a set could be heard.
"What second half?"
"The agency audition." the questioning man looked down at the man in a slight comical way with a dull surprised expression.
"I'm surprised... that you want to know how the auditions going. Every year, you realize that there was an audtion AFTER the newcomers make their debut." his manager mumbles the last sentence to himself before continuing out loud, "Is there someone you're curious about?" His own thoughts go back to the elevator scene with that girl that Ren was talking to a week back at the agency, "Was it her...?"
"..." the sitting male was silent for a moment, oblivious to what his manager was thinking, "Well... in a way, yes." Ren goes back to Kyoko's reason to audition, 'Revenge'... he thought, 'How long can she survive with... such an unbelievable reason?" he frowns a little when his thoughts go to the other twin when meeting her for the first time in the building.
~Flashback~
"Trust me when I say this, Mr. Tsuruga," she turned her back on him as she headed toward the elevator as it opened to let a few people off. She entered the now empty elevator and smirked at him, it looked smug as far as he could tell, "...a determined person will never give up their goal until they had accomplished what they set out for and would do at nothing to get it; I'm sure you were just the same back then when you were first starting out to get where you are now in showbiz," he watched her tilt her head to the side as if mocking him, "...didn't you?" he frowned at her words, not wanting to say that she was right.
Her eyes narrowed at him with those shapr gold colored irises of hers with a frown, "...don't underestimate my sister; she's a lot more stronger than you think she is." she reached over and pressed her floor button and looked back at him releasing a fake sparkling smile that he usual does when talking down at someone then raised her hand up in farewell gesture as the doors began to close, "Bye now!"
~End of Flashback~
As the memory disappeared with the girls' frown and narrowed eyes that held such devotion and protectiveness for her sister, he couldn't help but think of hwat would happen if one of them passes and the other one fails... will they be able to move on or fail together?"
~Back at the Agency~
-Youko's POV again-
After lining up on the stage and after the LME's president's eccentric entrance we were al introducing ourselves to the judges after they were introduced. I was not impressed at everyone's reaction of Kyoko's goal after saying her name, though I did say the same after her as my demons were being held back by my angels to not ruin this chance to curse the snickering females. I glanced at the judges who were murmuring about our goals and the like while watching Mr. Sawara frak out in his chair as the men beside him converse.
I glanced back at the girls' performances as one by one finishes and leaves the stage with nervousness, wondering if they did their best or not. My eyes narrow at the woman that I had threatened before in the bathroom, smirking at her shiver she struggles to not look over her shoulder as she was given a script then soon calmed down as she skimmed through it quickly and hands it back to the staff member of the acting section. I frowned when she recited the certain part that she was given to repeat. The judges were in awe at her memory and acting skills; she still has an ugly attitude though.
Soon enough as all the girls did their thing of their talents, Kyoko was up next. I watched her take off her shoes and socks before taking out the Japanese cleaver and a daikon radish out of her back. Ah, so that's what she was going to do; she hasn't done that in a long while, Katsuramuki: the art of vegetable peeling. Her back was to me as I gripped her shoulders in a comforting way since I could tell she was nervous, "You can do it, Kyoko-Chan, just focus on what you learned and ignore everyone else." she relaxed a little and took a breath with her eyes closed before opening them and heading out.
I growled lowly when she began to lose confidence when hearing the laughter of the other women of what she was holding. Before I could send a whiplash of demons on them, Kyoko looked at me as I calmed down a bit. I smiled and nodded at her, giving her the confidence that she needed and proceeded with her talent with gusto. When she finished, she had peeled a bit too much to make it more different than a rose that she was going for but had impressed all the judges with her Katsuramuki skills, even the president Lori. After the judges praising, Kyoko cleaned up her mess and began to leave the stage, it was my turn next.
I grabbed my bag and took out the cordless CD. Player and placed the C.D. that Kaname and his friend made for me and held it against my chest forre a few moments as if praying as a staff member opened the curtain.
"Number 62, are you ready?"
"Yes, I am ready." I took off the pants that I had underneath my knee length white dress and jacket off to the side, revealing thin straps on my shoulders as I too headed out bare foot with the C.D. player and setting off a bit of ways from me after I pressed play, "I-I'll be singing one of m-my songs that I-I wrote..." I closed my eyes as the melody began slow and steady as I began to calm myself, remember Em's advice as I had now entered my own world as my whole expression changed, gaining everyones attention.
"Sparkling angel
I believe
You are my savior
in my time of need"
I remembered Sho, myself and Kyoko playing around when we were young and later getting bullied when Sho stood up for us when I was trying to protect Kyoko from their hurtful words.
"Blinded by faith
I couldn't hear
All the whispers
The warnings so clear"
Then their was just Kyoko and Sho playing with on another as I was standing off to the side watching them as my sister continued to be blinded by Sho's act when he was alone with her, as myself heard the gossip of him being different while Kyoko ignores the warnings that I told her about him.
"I see the angels
I'll lead them to your door
There's no escape now
No mercy no more"
I watch a more older Kyoko and Sho as he asks her to come runaway with him then agrees while I tag along, watching her leading more fans to him as I thought that it was too late to stop this and her suffering.
"No remorse 'cause I still remember..."
My eyes narrowed as I put a lof emotion into this part and the chorus.
"The smile when you tore me apart!"
I danced around then stopped when placing my hands against my chest as my eyes grew sad and betrayed when watching me and Kyoko get put down by Sho when listening to him talking about us like we were nothing.
"You took my heart
Deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams
I wished they'd turn real
You broke a promise
And made me realize
It was all just a lie!"
I tear up a little before quickly shaking my head and narrowed my eyes, trying to be strong and not let the emotions get too much for me to handle.
"Sparkling angel
Couldn't see
Your dark intentions
Your feelings for me"
I imagined Sho staring at us, smirking, with our backs to him as we continued to do his bidding while Kyoko tended to his needs while I continued to work.
"Fallen angel
Tell me why?
What is the reason?
The thorn in your eye"
I remember giving him some vocal lessons that he begged me to help him with as to make better for his music that needed a certain octive, but received no thanks in return as I continued to give him lessons. I had no choice when Sho made Kyoko go against me, innocently begging me to help him; I could never say no to her since her happiness means the world to me.
"I see the angels
I'll lead them to your door
There is no escape now
No mercy no more"
I watched a hard working Kyoko slave into her jobs that goes ignored by the unforgiving asshat and his fans that they both had helped him gain to where he is now.
"No remorse 'cause I still remembered
The smile when you tore me apart!
You took my heart
Deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams
I wished they'd be real
You broke a promise
And made me realize
It was all just a lie!"
I watch Kyoko looking up at Sho with awe, love and devotion when he tells her the dreams and promises he tells us when he makes it big but it had all been a big fat lie.
"Could have been forever
Now we haver reached the e~nd!"
I remembered how we could have been best friends, Sho and I when we started to hang out more when he realized that I wasn't like all the other girls that he was used to. Though now, all grown up, he had messed up our friendship when he said his harsh things and kicked us out of his life when he no longer needed us. I was crying for real on how distraught and hurt my sister was that I couldn't do anything to help her hurt and pain be much less. I also cried for myself on all the hard work that I have done and the stress that I went through for Sho's friendship that soon meant nothing to him when finding out the truth of him just using us like that.
"This world may have failed you"
I watched as I kneeled down next to my sister, holding her close to me within my mind as I danced slowly as if telling a story.
"It doesn't give the reason why
You could have chosen
A different li~fe"
Wondering what it would be like if Kyoko had declined Sho's offer to runaway with him or how Sho could have shown some compassion to us on how sorry he was but knew that will never happen.
I danced some more as I imagined myself pulling away from my sister as we held each others hand while our bodies changed to what we looked like now and glared at sho and pointed threateningly at him with the look of hate and revenge in our eyes as we both sang with deep passion.
"You took my heart
Deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams
I wished they turned into real
You brok a promise
And made me realize
It was all just a lie!"
He glared at us as we were standing up for ourselves and against him for once in our lives as we pushed him to the floor.
"Could have been forever
Now we have reached the e~nd!"
We both towered over him, showing that we can survive withhout him as we will make it out on our own and beat him at his own game and become the best no matter what harships we go through; we WILL get our revenge!
Soon after the music dies off slowly, I didn't realize that I was on my knees with the back of my hands over my eyes crying a bit. I sobered up quickly when hearing the loud clap of the judges as some looked a bit awed and sad at the same time. I looked at the judge of the singer section that I had met almost a week ago and looked back at me with a small sad smirk and gave me a thumbs up, making me smile. I looked at the president who was tearing up with a smile and continued to clap happily.
"Wonderful, absolutely wonderful, my dear! You have such wonderful talent, so much emotion and movement! I haven't seen anything like it." I happily beam a warm smile.
"Oh, thank you, sir, it means so much to me!" all the judges continued to clap and give compliments of my work before letting me leave the stage area with my boombox. My sister was suddenly hugging me tightly to her as I lightly hugged her back.
"That was amazing, Youko! You sang in front of other people too and didn't have a panic attack!" she pulled away and smiled at me as I couldn't help but smile back.
"Thank you, though I didn't get a chance to congratulate you of your own success, good job on that peeling, no one can ever beat your skills." she chuckles as I ruffled her hair a bit as I glanced at the dark haired girl who's name was Mogami. Feeling that chill, she looked at me and gives an irritated scared look when seeing my dark smirk and superior stare.
"Oh, here are your things, Youko, I held onto them for you." my expression changes swiftly as I happily smiled and placed my pants back on as well as my footwear before standing up after placing the C.D. player back into my bag, "Come on, the staff guy says we have to take a reaction test... whatever that means." we followed the other women back upon the stage with chairs for each of us to sit in but not by number order but by our profession. I was seperated from my sister by a long row away. I sat in the middle and watched as the girls were handed a phone and watched their reations to what was being said. I was quite nervous as it was almost my turn, glancing at the judges in front of me but mostly the president mostly since I heard from the girls on the left of me say that if he doesn't like your reaction to what was being said, you're done. I blinked out of my thoughts as a tap on my right shoulder was felt and looked over to be handed a phone. Hesitantly I stood up and placed the phone up to my ear as sweat rolled down the side of my head, still a bit tired from earlier performance.
"I'm sorry..." I stiffen at the words that the man was saying from the other end, "Please forgive me, the things that I said were wrong. I didn't mean any of them and I take back all the hurtful things that I have done and said. I was a fool to think the other women I went out with would help me get over you but they couldn't be with me and say that I was too selfish," a dark aura surrounded me, making the girls beside me give comical horrified looks on their faces as they tried to move away from the urge to kill feeling around me, "I realized how much you loved me and knew that I had loved only you from the first time we met..." I snapped out of my darkness as my eyes soon grew sad when a faceless boy was smiling at me while reaching a hand out to me as if trying to help me off the ground, "Would you... take me back and froget all the negative things that were said in the past," said faceless boy and my younger self arguing quite heatedly about something that was serious. I seemed to have said something to the boy that made him surprised and speechless but soon the lips frowned and said something hurtful that caused me to look heartbroken with tears in my eyes before turning and running away from him, "Will you make a fresh start with me...?"
I stood there for a few moments with my hair shadowing over my eyes, not noticing the judges were on the edge of their seats waiting for my response. I shifted as the girls beside me jumped from my movement before my head lifted up slowly as a few tears fell down my face, the memories that had been the reason for my negative spirits to spawn and release because of what the boy said to me those years ago, "I'm afraid I can't do that..." I said saoftly, the hurt and heartbreak framing my face, "I gave you that chance but it was thrown back in my face. You were right, I was young and childish that knew no such thing on what love was. I took your advice when you left the next day and moved on to someone who was more important in my life; my baby sister..." I didn't notice the pity looks I was receiving from the people around me, "Thank you for apologizing... my heart feels a bit lighter now." I smiled sadly as I took a few moments of silence before handing the phone to the next girl on the left as I sat down again.
I ignored everything else as I stared at my lap in deep thought about the sudden memory when I was young. Kyoko and I had met a boy one day and had befriended him for a couple of weeks. I was smitten with him and spent most of the day hanging and enjoying his presence while Kyoko was hanging out with Sho at the time. On day, the last day after Kyoko had left with a shiny object that he had given her when she was down and sad about something that had happened after mother had left after bein so degrating on us, something had happened between the boy and I that caused us saying cruel words and me leaving in tears.
I gasped when something hard was thrown upon the floor as I suddenly turned my head to look at Kyoko when she had responded horribly to the reaction test. I stand slowly to step toward her but stopped when she looked at the president and made me do the same; he was sad and disappointed at her reaction while Mr. Sawara was reacting horribly with his hands in his hair and leaning back groaning in despair.
After everyone had left the stage, the judges began to choose the winners of the second round. Kyoko and I stuck together, nervous on what was going to happen next; who passed and who failed, "Youko," I blinked and glanced back at my sister, "If any of us pass, we will continue on and be supportive for each other no mater what, okay?" I don't know if I can do that... I don't want to leave her behind on her own. She saw the look on my face and smiles positively, "Don't worry about me, I'll figure something out eventually and get in, you know how I am." I can tell she wasn't sure of what she herself was saying but I nodded slowly and agreed with her.
The moment of truth comes fifteen minutes later with two sheets of paper of the artists and singers as the other held acting and talento sections. We took each others hands and walked over after the crowd dissipated so we could see who passed. We closed our eyes and then opened them to serach for our numbers. I looked at my section then at mysisters that made my eyes widen in small horror. Her box was crossed out while my number was there in bold coloring; I covered my mouth a little in fear.
I don't know what to think, I don't want to leave my sister behind like our mother and Sho did to us... I don't want to move on without my twin and feel like 'm abandoning her... what am I going to do?!
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HOS: There you have it, the moment you had been waiting for over a month now. I hope I made up for the long wait; my month had been a little hectic around here as well as a little distracting lately. I thank everyone for reading and supporting me through this story and hope to continue on more from your guys' reviews; feel free to send me more thoughts on what you want to happen or should happen on the next chapter!
Thanks again!
Song in story: Angels by Within Temptation
Hope my song was a good choice for her audition, can't wait to do some more in the future!
Ja ne!
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