The Last Prayer
Here is chapter 9.
I do not own Skip Beat but Kouki Hizuri and the plot.
Enjoy!
9. Acceptance
Kouki stopped outside the studio were the show was being filmed live heaving being kidnapped from his own home and forced to come here against his will and stuffed in a extremely expensive looking suit. He asked for direction and it wasn't long before he found the right set and was greeted with the sight of Koun Hizuri.
In all his glory...
"It seems you're not ignoring me today" Koun smiled that fake glamour's smile of his and Kouki was tempted to shudder but he didn't survive up till now by being a coward, he positioned his eyebrows to show his amusement. "You make it sound like we see each other every day and the last I counted we only met once and it wasn't even a proper meeting" doing the American gesture knowing full well, Kuon had done it to Kyoko.
Kuon hid the flash of irritation perfectly not understanding why being ignored by a child got under his skin so much.
Kuu watched the reaction between them in amusement and so did people all around the world. His wife tried to get Kouki to sit down and talk to the family.
Kouki reluctantly sat down opposite the Hizuri family suddenly self conscious of everything around him as three pairs of eyes racked around his frame.
Just breath. You'll be fine He heard from Nii and thanked the man for his words and forced his body to relax.
Just then the Host for the show came in and Kouki couldn't be more happier even though his face showed none of the happiness in his heart.
The host was a middle aged women dressed in black suit and brown hair tied back. She was clearly dressed to impress since she had such important people on the show. Not once would she have thought people like the Hizuri would be in her show.
Her shows rating would go through the roof!
Putting on an air of professionalism, she walked calmly to her guests and sat in the only chair on the left. She flashed her dazzling smile and Kouki wanted to roll his eyes, recognising when someone was trying to pull something over on him.
Crystal looked at the camera in front of her. "Good evening, My name is Crystal valentine and I'll be your host for this even. Today we have the Hizuri family and the boy that many of us have not stopped thinking about since he appeared at the Fairy Tale ball held by non other then Lory Takarada as the date of his grand-daughter Maria Takarada. Many of us still remember Koun Hizuri as a child and are stunned by the striking resemblance." Suddenly a screen came down with Kuon as child on it.
Kouki looked at it in surprise. Wow is this really how you looked like Nii?
He heard a sigh. Yes that what I looked like before the 'amazing' thing that was puberty hit me and I could no longer look like that.
Kouki gave a silent nod. Many people in the audience were comparing the two. Kuon from over ten years ago to what Kouki looked like now and nobody could deny the freaky resemblance between the two.
He felt like a circus animal put on display to be stared at and suddenly the room temperature dropped as he looked up and they just know he was glaring at every single person with the might of a thousand man and they looked away.
"Many of you have asked, who is this boy and why does he look like Koun from all those years ago? Well tonight we are here to find out if this boy is somehow related to the Hizuri family and await for the DNA results to arrive. Today I have with me. International superstar. Kuu Hizuri" Kuu stood up and many clapped, the camera on him. "Next we have his wife who is also a international superstar Juliena Hizuri" Juliena got up and bowed with such grace before she sat down. "Next we have their son who just recently returned back from the dead Koun Hizuri" Koun rose up and flashed a dazzling smile, camera clicking rapidly and women swooning.
Kouki wanted to throw up right there.
"Next we have the mysterious boy. Kouki" Kouki stood up and bowed before he quickly sat down and put one leg over the other like how Kuu was doing with such neutrality he didn't even realise he was copying Kuu and many looked at his gesture in shock.
Kuu and Juliena exchanged looks with each other.
"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to be here." mostly aimed at the Hizuri family and they nodded.
"What about me? I was kidnapped."
Crystal blinked owlishly convinced she heard wrong and turned to the boy. "I sorry what was that?" she asked.
He shrugged. "I said I was kidnapped. I just finished placing all the furniture in my new house when a black Van appeared at the front of my house and out came guys dressed as pirates. The next thing I know I'm in a sack and forced into this suit and dumped at the front of the building but that's okay. I'm used to this sort of thing happing to me." there was so many things wrong with that statement that Crystal didn't know where to start and know her thoughts were shared with everybody.
Meanwhile Kuu, Juliena and Koun cast their minds back to seeing Lory in a Pirate costume this morning and before the show he was changed to look like peter pan.
They wouldn't put it past the president to kidnap Kouki because he refused to come.
Crystal composed herself and plastered on a smile. "Well on the behalf my network. I am so sorry for the method used to get here" Kouki shrugged not really caring, Kuu and Koun stared in shocking recognising the same shrug that Juliena that did and cast looks at her.
Juliena eyes were like stars as she looked Kouki up and down. Kouki stiffened suddenly feeling the presence of a heated stare and didn't dare turn around and confront the person. Experienced in the way that if someone is looking at you like that from a far it was probably not good and to confront them was like asking to be beating up.
"Now while we wait for the result. Lets learn a bit about each other to form a connection." Crystal said smiling and immediately the atmosphere became awkward between the four. Surprisingly Juliena was the one to go first, she held out her hand to shake and he hesitated for a split second enough for Kuu and Koun to notice before he took the hand, forcing his body to not flinch at the contact but was not successful enough to prevent his body from tensing.
Juliena hid her frown under a smiling mask. "My name is Juliena. I am married to this hunk right her." Kuu puffed his chest out in praise and kissed his wife on the lips. Koun averted his gaze and for once they both agreed that they really didn't want to see that right now. "This is Koun my son who has managed to capture himself a lovely women" Kuon didn't know if he should be offended when Kouki gave him a thumps up for capturing the beautiful women he had seen before.
It somehow had the same feeling as when he did it on the beach with pretending to be Corn the fairy prince. "I like to cook." Kuon hid how his face became a shade lighter at the mention of her cooking.
Is it really that bad? He asked Nii.
You don't even know the half of it! Feeling a shudder wash over him.
"And I'm going to die soon" She finished off, leaving him wide eyed, his eyes drifted over to Kuu and Koun who shook their head.
Next was Kuu. "My name is Kuu. As you already know I'm my beautiful wife husband and we two managed to produce this lovely gift from above. Koun" Kuon suddenly found the wall behind Kouki very interesting. "I like to eat!" He said with conviction and Kouki eyes grow wide.
He liked to eat too!
"I like the outdoors and spend most of my time working outdoors." Kouki was forced to be outdoor all the time.
The feeling wasn't mutual...
"I like spending time with my wife and child, I absolutely adored them!" Koun looked anywhere but Kouki while Juliena looked close to tears in happiness.
It was time for Koun to stand up after being embarrassed in front of the whole world. "My name is Kuon and I am 22 and I finally got myself the girl of my dreams." Kyoko smiled back stage. "I do not like to eat and try to eat as little as possible until Kyoko notices and shoves the rest down my throat." Kouki could literal feel the blush from on stage. " I like modelling and acting those are my two passions. I sometimes don't like the president but he's helped me come out of my shell and stand before you as my true self." He sat down and Kouki gave him a look which he assumed was respect.
It seemed it was now his turn. He could feel the time he had left running out fast so he was going to make this as brief as possible before the switch. He got up and all eyes were on him.
"My name Kouki, don't ask me what my last name is because I don't know. I feel uncomfortable as hell wearing this suit and prefer to just be in some shorts or jeans with a simple T-Shirt. I Like to eat, a lot. Give me 5 minutes and I can clean out a whole cafeteria. I like Yashiro-san because he reminds me of one of those screaming girls I've heard so much about and was the first person to lend a hand when I needed help. I like Maria because she helped me complete a job that changed my life for the better and she is also smoking hot with a great personality to boot. The ideal package. I like Fabrizio-sama even though he's most shadiest guy I've ever met. He's like a strict grandfather to me and would not baby me and treats me like a equal. I do not like the old man because he spied on his own granddaughter while I was dressed as a girl. My hobbies are annoying Daddy Takarada because he's so fun to mess with him an reading action packed novels while criticising them on how fake the fighting sounds. The author clearly has never been in a real fight before in their lives." ending his statement with a glint in his eyes that could freeze hell over with the amount of mischief. His time up and switched with Koun.
He sat down and nobody spoke all too shocked to process what they just heard come out of his mouth.
Crystal cuffed to get everyone out their thoughts. "Well...Kouki. That was very informative..." didn't know how to put into words what just happened.
It was then that they notice that he no longer sat like Kuu but was sitting like Koun, there was something different in the boys eyes and the boys presences suddenly felt much bigger than before.
Kuu and Juliena only felt this way when facing another international superstar and eyed the boy in front of them with interest even the way he held himself was different and screamed confidence and a unnatural grace in his movements.
At that moment they know the boy had changed not acting to be somebody else but became somebody else. You could see it in his piercing gaze.
"Let's cut to the chase. I know people like Kuu Hizuri and Juliena Hizuri have figured it out that I am not Kouki and you are right. I am Nii, let's just say I am Kouki guardian ever since a certain incident happened that I will not care to mention, it made me and Kouki his hold on this body. I warn you I am very protective of my charge and would not hesitate to strike back if someone hurts him " his voice carried a dangerous edge and many felt a shiver run down their spin at the underline threat.
The message was clear.
Harm Kouki and you will not escape unharmed.
"Well, Nii? " Getting a nod from the boy. "That was a nice introduction to yourself. I can now tell you the D.N.A results are making their way to the studio as we speak." The whole audience erupted into excitement as many had theories about what was on the DNA results.
The closest theory from the truth was that he was an illegitimate child.
The whole place went silent as they heard sounds of footsteps approach the studio slowly and a man handed Crystal an envelope and multiple envelopes to the others. He quickly bolted as soon as his job was done.
They looked at the envelopes in their hands in surprise having each were given one.
Crystal smiled, "On this show each person sees the test results and also the screen above us will show what the test results say when we open them together at the same time." They all stared at the Envelops in their hand like it was their life line.
"Okay everybody. We can beginning the countdown." A countdown showed the screen and they started counting down.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Open them!"
And they ripped them all open at the same time. Their eyes skimmed through the information until they got to the part they wanted to know about.
It is 99.1% proven that child x is the offspring of Kuu Hizuri and Juliena Hizuri. Younger brother of Koun Hizuri. 50% DNA from Kuu and 50% DNA from Juliena Hizuri.
They all were stunned, Kuu and Juliena looked at the paper in shock.
THEY HAD ANOTHER CHILD!?
Kuu could never ever recall Juliena ever being pregnant after Koun so that opened a whole new question.
How was the boy that was apparently their son even alive?
Sadly nobody could tell them how that happened.
Koun on the other hand was struggling to come to terms that he had a little brother and he was a big brother! Never in all his years had it ever crossed his mind, what It would be like to not be a only child but now it was suddenly dumped on him and the boy in front of him had the same bloods ruining through his veins!
Kouki on the other hand was shaking in anger. Having already known about his identity for some time now but to have the actual proof right in front of him was hard to swallow and his hatred for the women who had caused his life to be hell increased ten-fold.
Koun barely managed to hold Kouki back from going on a rampage. On the outside his paper scrunched up by his hands as he shook in anger.
"Calm down Kouki" They heard him whisper.
"How can I calm down when I found out. I was taken from the Hizuri!" The tone was much more emotional then the first.
"It will do you no good to blow up right here and now" His warned Kouki instantly calmed down.
"You right. I'm sorry" starling everyone at how the voice that was so full with emotion was now so emotionless and cold.
Like a robot.
Juliena put her hand over her mouth in shock hearing such a tone from her newly confirmed son. The moment she laid eyes on the boy, her motherly instincts kicked in and they screamed that this was her son even though she didn't know how that could be possible. Never in all her years would she have imaged that a child of hers would speak in such a tone.
Kuu unconsciously reached out his hand to comfort his new discovered son but pulled away when the boy flinched at the touch. Thoughts were running a mile per second wondering what the hell was done to the boy.
His child.
Who he missed a full 10 years of.
Ten Year that he should have spent getting to know his own child.
Making childhood memories with him.
He just hoped that were ever the boy had been, he made lots of good memories and was treated like the treasure he was.
A feeling of dread dropped into his stomach something was telling him that was not the case at all.
He cursed fate that allowed his child to grow up in such a way that he couldn't even comfort him.
Koun saw Kouki as his old self just after Ricks death and know the boy would need all the help he could get to come out of whatever dark place he was in and needed a guide out of the darkness.
Nii took over since Kouki couldn't face his family right now and looked up from the paper and his gaze hardened, he didn't care if he was in the body of a ten year old, he would drive the point home.
At that moment nobody saw a ten year child but a full grown man.
"I will ask you now. Will you accept Kouki as part of the family or will you reject him. Will you accept everything about him, his quirks, his faults and protect him. Kouki is opening his heart to strangers. Your answer will determine how Kouki views you and if you chose to accept him. You will be responsible for him. But bear in mind if you dare hurt Kouki in any way you'll have me to deal with."
All eyes fall on the Hizuri wondering what the their answer will be.
Juliena grabbed him and pulled him into a hug "What kind of question was that! He's family and well never reject family no matter what he's like! We accept him for who he is and will never look back!"
Koun and Kuu agreeing with her in the background.
Her words left him stunned before he smiled what the body would allow him to do.
"Well then Hizuri family please take good care of him, okay"
Falling unconscious in Juliena arms and for the first time surrounded by people who loved him...
And CUT!
What do you think? Do you like the nice family reunion between the Kouki and the Hizuri. It's nice to see that Kuu, Juliena and Koun have accepted Kouki into the family. How will this progress here you wonder...I'm not telling you! *crackles evilly* You just have to wait and find out (*.*)
