Chapter 13: Not the Same Girl
When the trailer arrives at the LME back parking lot, Jelly requests for Kuu to go upstairs and meet with Lory as she had to transform Kyoko. Kuu complied with what Jelly asked as he knew he might be a distraction for Jelly when she's working on Kyoko and knew his curiosity about what his daughter would look like could wait till the reveal later.
Kuu enters the office which surprisingly enough looked like a real office this time, he remembered a few times when he worked for Lory that his office had some interesting themes. He spotted his old friend at the desk with Maria on his lap so Kuu approached. "Well hello Boss, it's been a while… Have you run out of ideas for your office?" he says with a smirk on his face.
Lory hears Kuu, he looks up at the man standing in front of the desk and chuckles, "Yes it's been a while since I last saw you and no I didn't run out of ideas. I just thought we would be having a serious conversation here so it would be good if it looks like a normal office." He said the last part slightly annoyed at Kuu assuming he had run out of ideas.
Kuu laughs but right when he was about to open his mouth again Maria cuts in, "Where is Onee-sama!!! I want to see her!!!" the little girl yells.
Lory sighs, "Maria I told you Mogami-kun has to be changed to one of her alter egos for tomorrow night…"
Maria pouts wanting to see Kyoko as herself not dressed up like someone she didn't know.
Kuu finally speaks, "Boss does he know she's going to be at the meeting today?"
Lory shakes his head, "No, he doesn't, all he knows is that I have something important to talk to him about."
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Kuu was about to talk again but just then the door opens and a girl with high heel boots, a short leather skirt, as well as a jacket that covers the short corset looking top underneath. Her stomach was exposed due to the short top and jacket. The girl had blonde hair with pink streaks, piercings and greyish blue color eyes. Kuu's jaw dropped as the lady walked towards them with Jelly by the door just to see Kuu's reaction before she leaves laughing.
Lory chuckles at Kuu's reaction, "Well hello Setsuka or should I say Mogami-Kun…"
The second Lory said Kyoko's name Maria hops off her grandfather's lap and lunged herself into Kyoko's arms and wraps her arms around her neck. "Onee-sama! You're back!"
Kyoko smiles and hugs the little girl in her arms, "Yes Maria-chan, I am back for now… I am sorry I left you before, but I had no choice."
Kuu looks at Lory, "That can't be my daughter, she would never dress like that…"
Lory looks from the happy display of Kyoko and Maria to the seriously shocked Kuu. "That is our sweet Mogami-Kun, she has been transformed into her role… Like you can see her appearance mirrors one character in her which is Setsuka Heel… The little sister of Cain Heel."
Kuu sighs, "So how is your plan going to work if Setsuka is the sister of Cain?" He asked as he knows that his son was Cain due to Lory telling Kuu some of his plan to get Kyoko and Ren in the same room together when they discussed the plan a week ago.
"Those two have a lot of love for each other that goes beyond sibling love." Lory smirks.
Kuu understood but doesn't know how it will work as he was aware Kyoko had locked her heart up again. "Boss I don't know if this will work, she's not the same as before, she is more against love than before…"
Lory sighs knowing Kuu was right, "Well we will just have to wait and see how much your son wants that girl." Lory looks at the girl sitting on the couch with Maria on her lap obviously not hearing what they were talking about. "That girl is a rare gem and if your son could just get his hands on her, he wouldn't have to worry about his past tormenting him again and maybe be more like his old self."
Kuu nods agreeing with Lory and he knew just how special that girl is, he knew she would be perfect for his son.
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Time passed and everyone was seated on the couches talking, while the pictures of Kyoko's modeling was scattered on the table for Lory to see.
Just then the office door opens and a tall gentleman enters the room with a shorter male behind him. He sees Lory and Kuu sitting on the far couch facing the door, while wandering why his father was there, he froze when he saw someone sitting there with blonde hair and pink streaks with her back to the door on the other couch. "That's Setsuka Heel's wig…it can't be…she is really here." Ren thought to himself then takes a few steps towards the couches.
Lory smiles, "Right on time Ren…Come sit beside our guest Setsuka Heel." He says introducing Setsu as he knew Ren himself never met her before.
Ren looks at Setsu she didn't look at him but he does as he was told and sat beside Setsu, seeing Maria clinging to her. "So President what did you want to tell me?"
"Well as you can see the beauty beside you has come a long way to be here for tomorrow's premier as her brother's date." Lory says wanting to see Ren's reaction. When he is Cain he would have the girl he loves by his side for the night.
Ren looks at the girl beside him to catch her looking at him but he could see there was no warmth in her eyes. "Well her brother must be a very lucky and happy man to have her as his date." He gives a gentleman smile.
Setsu/Kyoko looks down to Maria right away not getting a glimpse of the smile as Maria was on her lap now squirming,
Lory chuckles at how Maria was acting but then looks at Kyoko, "Setsu would you mind going for a walk with Maria?"
Setsu nods her response as she helps Maria off her lap then once she gets up she fixes her short skirt. Taking Maria's little hand they walk out of the room with Yashiro following them out..
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From the time Kyoko stood up to her leaving the room, Ren was eyeing her from top to bottom. Suddenly his concentration was broken by 2 chuckles on the other couch.
"She really has become a sexy young lady, hasn't she Kuon?" Kuu says to his son using his real name.
The Ren composure had slightly dropped when his real name was spoken, "She really has father…" He says then turns to look at the men across from him. "So I am guessing she ran away to you?" He asked Kuu.
Kuu sighs, "Kuon, I know what happened that night and I am rather happy she ran to me…"
"Why didn't either of you tell me where she was? Don't you think I was hurt not knowing she was ok?" Kuon says slightly annoyed that no one told him anything.
This time Lory spoke, "That was because she didn't want anyone knowing her whereabouts."
Kuu continues from where Lory left off, "She was so hurt that night Kuon, that one event shattered her to pieces and I would guess it was worse than when that other guy threw her aside…"
"I never meant to hurt her, I-I was just so angry and jealous and I thought that all I did for her meant nothing at all, I thought she would go back to the guy." Kuon looks down like a sad little kid.
Kuu sighs, "Do you think she enjoyed any of it?" He says as he pulls out 2 pictures from a large envelope on the table that originally had the modelling pics in it and pushes them in front of Kuon, one was of Kyoko's wrists all bruised up and the second picture was of Kyoko's back which was taken when she was in a bikini by the pool one day which showed 3 large bruises. "Do you call this love or want? Kuon, this guy forced her and caused all these bruises…" Kuu was angry.
Kuon lifts his head to look at the pictures on the table and clenches his fists. "I will never let that Brat get near her ever again."
Kuu sighs knowing his son would indeed stop that Jerk from getting close to Kyoko, "For now Kuon you have to work on winning her heart again…"
Kuon looks at his father and Lory with a dumbstruck look as the word 'again' rings in his ears, "What do you mean by 'again'? She never loved me, we were only friends."
Kuu shakes his head while Lory decided to talk, "She has loved you for a long time, she just was too scared to tell you as she thought you didn't want love as well, she thought you would be disappointed with her if she told you."
Kuon looks at Lory, "How do you know that she loved me…"
Lory sighs, "Remember the day I was watching you two being the Heel siblings, well the time you chased after her and hugged her she broke character so I saw right through her, so the next day I confronted her about it after you left and she admitted it to me that she loves you."
Deep down Kuon was happy the girl he loved for a long time loved him back but then he realized he really screwed up and lost her, "I have to win her back and never let her go…"
Kuu and Lory smiles, "Well then get to it, your first chance to get near her is tomorrow night and even though you will be Cain, you still have a chance to do something." Lory said.
Kuon nods and smiles, "I will do what I have to do."
Lory was happy with how this played out, "Well then do it but for now you two are dismissed."
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Both Kuu and Kuon nod and stood up from their seats and headed to the door. Right before exiting, Kuon tries to compose himself back to Ren.
"How long are you staying in Tokyo Hizuri-san?" Ren asks the man walking beside him down the hall.
"For maybe 2 or 3 weeks as my wife is gone for a month and my daughter seems to be needed here." Kuu smirks as he pulls out a large envelope from his bag and hands it to Ren.
"What is this Hizuri-san?" He was confused about the big envelope, the last envelope he got was from Kyoko the day after she ran off to his father.
"Well they are pictures of my daughter when she was doing some modelling shoots." Kuu paused for a second all confident and proud before continuing, "I just thought the man that's into my daughter would like them."
Ren takes the envelope, "Thank you Hizuri-san, I really appreciate this." He was happy inside that his father gave him pictures of the girl he has loved since they were children. He finally realized that he has indeed loved that girl since they met each other in that clearing.
Kuu nods, "Now for you to get the girl, that may be hard but I believe she would be worth it."
Ren smiles, "She's worth everything and I would do anything to get her into my arms again that's for sure."
"You may very well have to…" Kuu says smiling as he knows that it may be hard for his son to unlock Kyoko's heart again then Kuu sees Kyoko/Setsu standing by the exit doors with her arms crossed. "Well my Daughter is waiting, I will see you another time."
As Kuu walks to his daughter Ren's eyes focused on her just as her eyes were on him. He gives her a warm smile that causes Kyoko to flinch and turn to leave LME with her father.
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"I will do anything it takes to get you back my little princess…I just hope it doesn't have to include you learning who I really am, I am not ready to tell you just yet…But I will tell you when the time is right, when you are already in my arms, where I can keep you even if learning I was your Fairy prince hurts you. I will never let you go, even if you are mad at me for years, I would never let you go, I just can't let you leave me. Your presence is too important in my life." Ren thinks to himself as he leaves the building knowing the next day will have to be a good one to make an imprint on her.
