AN: I am choosing to write this for my own sake. Whether you choose to review or not is up to you. I have actually been attacked by many people since I took my break from the Skip Beat fandom. I have been called names, told that I am a life ruiner as I am the only way people can last between chapters and how it is unfair to them that I take a pause from writing. So, honestly. I don't care. Read if you want, don't read if you want. I do have a handful of readers who are really kind and make my day. As for the rest of you, I really don't care if I ruined your life or you need to call me a bitch because it's only discouraging me from writing. Well, enjoy.

Act 68 - Odette

Kyoko stared horrified at the outfit that Shotaro was wearing, it didn't seem fair. He was dressed like a demon but he looked like he had come out of one of Kyoko's fantasies. He had a long black coat, dark leather pants, and accessories that made him seem so unnatural. He even had on a long wig and pointed ears. He was somewhere he shouldn't belong. Kyoko heard the makeup artist and Mimori praise him on how handsome he looked. She didn't want to deal with that right now.

He looked like a fairy tale prince and that pissed Kyoko off. Shotaro had never been interested in fairytales, those were her things, her passion and now he was being spoiled in looking like that. Kyoko felt at a loss. How could someone she hated take on that type of garb. It pissed her off.

"Sho!" Mimori said happily, "You look so cool," she said whilst the makeup artist suggested that she remain still in order to not make the makeup smudge. Despite Mimori hanging all over him, Sho lifted his head and looked at Kyoko. She flinched and pulled back. His eyes were examining her and Kyoko could only think of the mistakes that she had made around her identity.

Sho approached her and Kyoko felt a pain in her chest but she managed to keep calm. Leaning into her, Sho smiled coldly.

"Wha-What?" Kyoko asked as she took a couple of steps backwards.

"Right then," Sho smirked and Kyoko kept trying to remain in the character who had nothing to do with Shotaro but it felt like it was getting harder. "You were captivated, weren't you?"

Kyoko looked at him in shock and disgust, "I was not captivated," she argued. "I was only taken aback by the excessive finish."

Sho tilted his head to the side cockily, his eyes examining her and Kyoko felt a pain in her body. She saw that smirk appear again as he judged her. "Liar," he said and Kyoko's eyes widened. "You obviously like me," he said in his characteristically cocky manner.

Kyoko choked and her eyes widened. She didn't want to argue against him in the violent manner which she could imagine herself to do. She needed to keep hold onto any hope that he still hadn't figured out who he was. "What are you saying?" she asked and she paused with her fists at her side. He was being so blunt and confident and made it so that she felt as if she were backed into a corner.

"I'm talking about the fact that I'm the princess's fairy tale prince," Sho smirked and Kyoko paused, she paled again. She didn't want him to admit that. Kyoko felt a pain in her chest. Shoko wasn't here. She wasn't here to restrain the beast.

"I have no idea what you're saying," Kyoko laughed uneasily. "Are you feeling all right, Fuwa-chi?" she said although her face hurt from the pain to smile. She didn't want to talk to him alone, it wasn't safe alone, she was at risk of him finding out who she was and once he had found out who she was he would understand her motivations for being there. Kyoko had to try to pretend to be innocent even if Shoko wasn't there to restrain him.

"What is up with this, Fuwa-chi?" Kyoko said as she felt even more exposed. Sho looked at her, trying to prove to her that he knew who she was.

"Call me, Sho-chan," he said mockingly and Kyoko felt her heart collapse under the horror of what that would mean. She could refuse to do that, right? That was within her power to do that. She looked at him and realized how threatened she felt by his words and his pose as he came towards her, looming over her as if some kind of pervert.

"What are you saying, Fuwa-chii!" Kyoko asked as her voice got a bit louder and she could see Shotaro not caring about her discomfort. He was obviously suspicious but did he already know what the truth was.

Finally Kyoko could hear a sound that would release her, "Stop fooling around!" Mimori yelled before screaming and pouncing on top of Sho as if some woman whose man was being unfaithful. Kyoko could finally feel relieved because of her obsession over Shotaro. It kept him away from her.

"Sho-chan, you idiot!" Mimori yelled despite only being dressed in a towel. She started trying to hit Sho with slightly playful hits. "You're ignoring me and seducing that girl instead!" she wailed and Kyoko looked at the two of them in disbelief. Mimori had saved her and her secret from spilling out with her obsession, Kyoko had to be thankful for fate introducing that moment.

"Idiot!" Sho yelled back, "Who's seducing her?" he asked despite it seeming that way to everyone who didn't understand Shotaro's true nature.

Kyoko was led back inside the trailer by the makeup artist and she could feel the joy grow inside of her as the words that would always lift her spirit were said. "Okay, Kyoko-chan, put these clothes on. Let's hurry up and get your make up on."

Kyoko felt her heart lighten. Makeup would always cheer her up. Makeup was always her weakness. She couldn't afford the fancy items for herself so having the luxury of a makeup artist applying them was her greatest joy of acting. She wanted to create a transformation that a fairytale princess would go through.

Kyoko blushed happily and stepped forwards, "Okay," she said excitedly and in an unguarded joy. Who cared if Shotaro had stood in front of her like that and said the words he had chosen, she would become beautiful. The makeup had the power of making her beautiful.

Kyoko looked at Sho as he held up the fancy swan shaped bottle and her eyes widened. She had never believed that she would see such a beautiful product again. She had fallen in love with it but she hadn't had the money to spend on things like that and of course Shotaro would never have bought it for her.

"Oh," Sho said casually, "This shape is unusual for a cosmetic. I'm sure that I saw it before but what was the name again."

The makeup artist smiled as she looked at the piece that Sho was holding, "Ah, that," she said as Sho smiled thinking that his plan was working. "It's a popular brand."

"That's right," Sho nodded, "I remember now. Royal Snow," he said but before he had said that, Kyoko let out a word that though had been her joy long ago would now turn into her downfall.

"Odette!" she cried out as she reached for it. She had imagined a story behind this cosmetic full of princesses and sparkling balls and fairies and her imagination had yet again run wild as she conjured up a backstory. She ran forward for it but as Shotaro turned with a wicked smile on his face, Kyoko stopped. She had messed up. She had destroyed her own plan and he had won. She knew that there was no going back from this. He had the most evil smile on his face as he proved to her that he had won against her yet again.

Kyoko became incredibly pale. She had definitely messed up here.

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Kyoko stood in front of Shotaro as he had figured out who she was and held her chin low. She wasn't going to lose her confidence in front of him. She wasn't about to just run away just because he had figured out her secret. No. Life was too short to just turn around and run away like a scared little animal.

"Am I going to be dropped?" she asked as Shoko returned to Sho's side. She looked down in a very serious manner and Shoko turned to her.

"Dropped, why?" Sho asked with a lack of caring in his eyes thinking that he would prove to her how little she had ever meant to him. "Why should it bother me what you do?" he asked and Kyoko's eyes focused on him. She still couldn't make a dent in her revenge plot, could she? He didn't expect for her to fight and he definitely didn't expect for her to win.

Sho smirked as he saw how much she was hurting by his simple dismissal and lack of caring. "You want to get revenge on me?" he asked and Kyoko felt herself get a little more insecure inside but that insecurity wasn't going to show itself. He shook his head. He didn't believe she could win. She had never won before, what made this any different from all of those times. "Here's your chance," he said as he didn't even bother to look at her anymore. "How much can you threaten me."

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Despite the fact that she hadn't had ready access to makeup, Kyoko had found that every time she put it on she could transform into someone else and with this angel it was the same. She could feel that she was becoming a beautiful angel because of the makeup. Somehow she had a magical bond with it where it made her beautiful and she was so happy for that fact.

As she approached the others, she could hear the silence and see the shocked expressions on others faces. She could even see the way that Shotaro was looking at her in disbelief and her eyes showed even more intensity. He might be seeing her in a different light right now but looks weren't enough, she had to prove to be stronger and more talented than him. She had to prove that she was the force that could dim his showbiz light.

She refused to run away and hide. Shotaro could try to defeat her but she would win. She knew that she could do it and she felt the power increase as he stood there dumbstruck. Yes, she had already made her first step on the road to defeating her. Nothing could extinguish that energy.

End of Act 68

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