You are my Super Star
Chapter 7—Attack of the Paparazzi
by YYY

Joey is sleeping soundly on the hospital bed. He senses someone smoothing his hair so he opens his eyes. "your highness!" Joey exclaims. The princess of the moon is right next to him.

"Hey, you. You give us quite a scared. We were about to come down to earth and pull you back to the moon." Says the prince of light as he comes out from behind the moon princess.

"You highness! You're here too!" Joey says.

"I said I would be watching you, didn't I? I saw what happened to you this afternoon. We're so scared." The Prince says.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to make you two worry like that. I should have been more careful." Joey lowers his head.

"No one can foresee that. There is no way you can prevent something like that from happening. It's a shame some fanatic started a riot at the concert. You looked wonderful out there today." The princess says.

"You were watching me? Oh, that is so embarrassing! I look so silly on stage!" Joey blushes.

"No! Don't say that. You look great out there. I never know you can sing and dance like that." The princess says.

"Well, we just want to make sure you're okay. We better head out. You take care of yourself, right. And don't be afraid of anything. Remember, I'm always watching over you." The prince ruffles Joey's hair.

'Good bye your highness. Thanks for coming to see me." Joey says.

"Good bye." The prince and the princess disappear.

"I'll miss you two." Joey says.

The doctor comes in and says, "good morning, Joey. Are you feeling better today?"

"Yep, I feel much better now. Thanks for asking." Joey bows to the doctor.

"No need to thank me. It's my job to take care of patient." The doctor says, "you seems okay now. You probably just fainted cause you got scared by the crowd; plus you might have got too hot dancing in the sun yesterday."

"Yeah, I'm not too used to staying in the sun." Joey smiles. The moon bunny has always been on the moon kingdom. When the sun is up the moon bunny is always sleeping.

"Well, you should be okay now. Just make sure you have plenty of fluid and get plenty of rest. Don't exhausted yourself." The doctor says.

"Can I go now then? I have to go and look for someone." Joey asks.

"I think it is safer to stay here and have more rest first."

"But I really need to go and see this friend of mine. He is really depressed." Seto says.

"Well, alright then. Just sign the release paper and, of course, pay the bill. Then you can go see your friend. Don't stay on the street too long. You're still pretty weak." The doctor says.

"I would be okay." Joey gets off his bed.

"I'll see you then." The doctor leaves the room.

Not too far away, the limo of Gozubaro travels toward the hospital. Gozaburo, Pegasus, Cecilia, Seto, Tristan and Duke are all on the limo. They're on their way to see Joey.

"I'm so tired. There were so many things to pack up yesterday. I didn't finish working until midnight. Now I know how hard it is to be you, Seto." Tristan says.

"It's an afternoon concert, so you can finish packing up at midnight. When the concert is at night, Seto will have to work the whole night. You guys all go home after the concert, butr Seto had to stay up the whole night." Cecilia says.

"You're very amazing, Seto. I was really impressed by you yesterday. Those insurance company people are so mean to you." Tristan says, "and they keep arguing with you forever and ever. You were still going through the paperwork with those people when we left."

"They were just trying to get away without paying for the damage yesterday. I expected that from an insurance company." Seto says. His face is cold and emotionless as usual.

"You're not bad yesterday. I'm proud of you." Gozubaro says to Seto.

"You don't have to be proud of me. If I can't even talk to the insurance people than I don't deserve to be the director of Starr." Seto says. he looks at Gozaburo and asks, " Sir, why are you carrying a box of chocolate?"

"Hey, you're suppose to take a get-well gift with you when you visit someone in the hospital. It's call manner." Gozaburo says. :D

"Sir, those chocolate are heart shape." Seto says. 6.6

"Oh, really? Yes, they are! Silly me. I must have got the wrong box of chocolate." Gozubaro smiles.

"Sure you did." Seto rolls his eyes.

"Come on, we're still not at the hospital? I want to see Joey." Gozaburo says.

"Sorry, sir. The road is really busy now, I'm trying to get there as soon as possible." The driver apologizes. The street is filled with cars and the traffic is very congested. The Limo is hardly moving at all.

"I want to see Joey now." Gozaburo says.

"Just leave the driver alone. Do you know how hard it is to drive a limo down the streets of Tokyo?" Seto grunts.

"I just want to make sure Joey is okay. When is his next concert? Will he have enough time to rest? I don't want you to overwork that poor boy." Gozaburo says.

"Next concert?" Pegasus doesn't know what to tell Gozaburo. Joey only agreed to do one concert of Starr. Pegasus is supposed to find a replacement for Joey afterward. Pegasus never planned on Gozaburo to be obsessed with Joey. How can Pegasus tell the big boss that Joey isn't really a star of the agency?

The Limo stops at the hospital. Everyone get off the Limo and get on an elevator. "Which floor is Joey's room?" Gozubaro asks.

"The sixth." Pegasus answers.

On the sixth floor, Joey signs the release papers for the hospital. "Thank you for taking care of me. Sorry I bothered you." Joey smiles to the nurse.

"Oh, don't mention it. Just take good care of yourself now, okay?" The nurse smiles.

"Arigato, Sayonara!" Joey waves to the nurse. He then heads into one of the elevator. As soon as the door of Joey's elevator door closes, the door of a second elevator opens, the gang from the starr agency get out of that second elevator.

"Joey is at room 612." Cecilia tells everyone. They get to room 612 and see a maid cleaning up the room.

"Excuse me, where is the boy that was sleeping here?" Pegasus asks.

"The boy woke up not too long ago. The doctor said he is okay now, so the boy paid the hospital and left." The maid tells Pegasus.

"he went home already?" Pegasus asks.

"Yeah, he just took his things and left." The maid says.

"Why did he leave in such a hurry?" Tristan asks.

"Something about going to see a friend. The boy said he really needs to see this friend of his. The friend is really depressed." The maid says as she continues to clean the room.

"Thank you for your help." Tristan says to the nurse. The Starr gang leaves the empty room.

"That boy is just too sweet. Too bad I missed him. Oh well…" Gozaburo gives Pegasus the box of heart-shaped chocolate. "Give it to the boy. Tell him I will see him soon at the agency."

"Look like the boss is really looking forward to see Joey again." Cecilia says.

"But Joey will not be going back to the agency. He only agreed to do one show for me and that's all. He is just supposed to stand in for the concert yesterday so I have something to show for the boss." Pegasus says.

"Let's go and find Joey, ask him to be the lead singer of Hurricane Raiders for real." Tristan says.

"He will never agree to that. He told me he hated singing; and after what happened yesterday. He got his shirt torn off and hell knows what part of his body those people touch." Pegasus asks.

"Let's go and find him. We'll ask him again." Seto says.

"Seto? You want to use Joey to charm Gozaburo? That is so unlike you!" Tristan says.

"I'm not doing this for the boss. I'm doing this because Joey is the star of the century. Any agency will do whatever they can to get his contract. I'm just doing it for Starr." Seto says.

"And here I thought you had feeling for that cute blonde." Pegasus says.

"He is not my type, thank you very much. If I want something that cute I would have brought a teddy bear." Seto says, "Just tell me, do you remember anything that can help us find that boy?"

"No, not really. I have no idea where he lives or what he does." Pegasus says.

"Well, what about that friend that he is suppose to be looking for? You know who that friend is?" Setp asks.

"Wait! I think I remember. He is looking for a manga-ka that called Yugi Moto. He was asking a girl about that manga ka when I found him. That girl told him that the manga ka is going to have an autograph section at the Takashimaya Times Square today. That must be why Joey left in such a hurry. He wants to go to Takashimaya Times Square to find that Yugi Moto." Pegasus answers.

"Well, let's go to the Takashimaya Times Square then." Seto says.

Joey arrives at the Takashimaya Time Square. He doesn't need any direction to the bookstore because there are already a whole bunch of school girls carrying Yugi's manga heading toward the bookstore. Joey just follows those girls.

The bookstore is very big, but it's not big enough for all the girls wants to see Yugi. The manga-ka's fangirls overflow the manga store. The line to see Yugi is so long Joey can't see where it begins or ends. But none of the girls in the line seem to mind, they're all happy to have a chance to meet Yugi.

"Wow, I better stay in line." Joey says.

"Let's get to the bookstore and find Joey." Seto says as they arrive at the Takashimaya Times Square. Pegasus, Tristans, Duke and Cecilia follow him.

"Hey! It's the Starr!" Someone shouts.

"Oh, damn. It's the reporters!" Seto grunts. The reporters rush up to the Starr gang and surround them.

"Seto, can you make a statement about what happened yesterday at the Rainbow Bridge? We were trying to contact you yesterday the whole day, but none of the lines at Starrs are working." One of the reporters says.

"Starr wants to apologize to those who were injured during the riot yesterday. Thank you for those who watched the show and I'm sorry that the concert is cut short. We'll make from now on the security in our concert will be tighter."

"Can you tell us who is Joey? We never heard of him before? Is he like the secret weapons of Starr?" another reporter asks.

"Joey is our new star, I wouldn't call him a weapon. He is a fine artist and it will be Starr's pleasure to work with him." Seto says.

"Some reliable source had tell us that Joey is your new lover, and he is the reason that you dumped Ricky…" And reporter says.

"WHAT RELIBLE SOURCE?" Seto shouts.

"Seto! Calm down!" Pegasus says.

"Joey is not my lover!" Seto shouts.

Back at the bookstore, Joey waits patiently at the end of the line. "It's a good thing that I'm wearing this Chinese outfit, no on recognizes me. I will hate to get kidnapped again." Joey mutters.

"Hi, thank you so much for waiting." Yugi says to Joey. Yugi has finished signing all the fangirls' manga.

'Hi, thank you for seeing me." Joey walks up to Yugi's desk.

"is the manga for your girlfriend? It is really nice for you to wait in line so long." Yugi smiles sweetly.

"Oh, no. The manga is for me. I come here because I wanted to see you." Joey says.

"Really? Wow, I see a male fan! This is a nice surprise! Most of my friends are schoolgirls. Sometimes I will receive one of two e-mails from male fans, but no guy even come to public place and asks me to sign his copy. I thought you want me to sigh the manga for your girlfriend." Yugi says.

"Actually, I can tell you're depressed lately, so I come to visit you. You probably don't remember me but I talked to you a couple of times before. You have been really nice to me, so I want to come to see if I can help you with your troubles." Joey says.

"You do look familiar. I think I saw you somewhere before." Yugi says.

"well, here is the number of my cell phone. If you want to talk call me or leave me a text message, okay?" Joey smiles and gives Yugi a piece of paper with his number on it. The blond is about to leave when Yugi shouts, "wait."

"Yes?" Joey turns around.

"Do you have time now? You like to eat something, and we can talk?" Yugi asks Joey.

"Of course I have time!" Joey smiles.

TBC…