AN: Hope you enjoy, this might change canon a little in the flashback but I still hope you enjoy it.

Chapter Twenty Four – Who Is She?

Kyoko couldn't help but be completely creeped out by Alisa after what had happened that previous night and fortunately for Kuon, he had been able to sleep through it. Was this just another one of those women who craved to be by Kuon's side. One upon a time she would have allowed those women to be closer to him so that she wouldn't have to deal with his playfully teasing and bullying. Yes, at some point she was actually scared of him but now she was creeped out by that woman.

Kyoko didn't even know where she had come from or what the president had been intending when he had assigned her to Kuon's care. This woman didn't even seem to have any acting jobs lined up. Yes, they had heard she had auditions but there was no proof she was going to show up to them especially with how she seemed to be glued to Kuon's arm.

"Open wide," Alisa smiled as she pointed a spoon from the soup to Kuon's lips as he stared at her as if she were the troll living under the bridge. His look was a mix of horror and disgust and that was exactly the emotions that Kyoko had within her heart.

Maybe the president had lost his mind and hoped to encourage Kyoko to actively show jealousy. Yeah, jealousy might be part of the emotions that she was feeling but this woman seemed messed up.

"Will you stop it," Kyoko asked as she glared at Alisa, "Kuon barely eats as it is and you're stopping him from eating anything. I'm going to ask you to stop it or I'm going to make you stop it."

"Kuon has to open his mouth for me to feed him," Alisa said and Kyoko glared at her.

"And thus you prevent him from eating. Not even I would feed Kuon…well maybe if he were in a terrible accident and unable to feed himself then I would do it but that's because I'm his girlfriend," Kyoko looked down at the soup and sighed. She stood up and walked over to Alisa, slapping her hand and making the spoon fall to the floor.

"Thanks, Kyoko," Kuon said stiffly as he started to eat his soup without the fear of being babied by someone that he didn't even know. Kyoko raised an eyebrow as she stared down at Alisa, hummed, and then went back to her seat at the table.

"We should talk," Kyoko said to her and Alisa shook her head.

"I only want to talk to Kuon," she protested and Kyoko frowned again. Oh dear god this woman was annoying.

"Well, tough luck because I want to talk to you," Kyoko said as she continued to eat her own meal, not even making a move to get Alisa a new spoon for her soup. "I think that that's only fair because this is where I'm living and I don't appreciate the attention that you're showing to my boyfriend."

"I've got an interview anyway," Kuon said as he stood up and went to wash up his dish.

"Well, I don't agree to an interrogation," Alisa said as she pouted and stared at Kuon, watching him clean his bowl.

"That's great because it will be very very easy," Kyoko said and Alisa looked at her, Kyoko now had a creepy smile plastered on her face which was showing that she was intending to make this simple question and answer session more painful than anyone thought. As Kuon left the room, Kyoko stared at Alisa. "Who do you think you are?" she asked and Alisa blinked.

Alisa pointed to herself, "You mean who do I know I am because you obviously have no idea."

"Let's just say that I'm around celebrities and famous people every day," Kyoko told her with a smile though her eyes were targeting this other woman as if she were prey for the kill. "I don't really care who you are. In my first…well, second acting job I beat out Erika Koenji for the role. Now, I will say that I think I'm superior in talent but it was during a time when she tried to use money and prestige and I won so I really don't care who you are. I care about how you're treating Kuon."

"And why do you care about that?" Alisa asked and Kyoko rolled her eyes.

"Why do you think? Because I love him and I want to make sure that nobody takes advantage of him. I only assume that you were assigned to follow him around to make me jealous and…" Kyoko began but Alisa cut her off.

"I don't want to make you jealous. I want him as arm candy," Alisa told her and Kyoko felt her jaw widen for a second as she stared at the girl as if she were out of her mind. "Your president was easy to manipulate. Only a few hints that I knew him in college and I could do whatever I wanted."

Kyoko laughed, "That just shows you that the president is manipulating you," she said before shaking her head. "So, I wonder what it is that he wants to expose of you. Maybe some digging is required on my part to find out your secret."

Alisa glared at her which only gave Kyoko a feeling that she had won over her, "Challenge accepted," she said before looking at her with a glint in her eyes, "But only because I'm going to find out your secrets as well, every last one of them."

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Lory smiled to Kuon as he stirred the tea with his spoon before lifting it to his lips. "You know, sometimes I prefer these Western blends to just having our home brands," he said and Kuon continued to stare at him with a frown. "You know there are all kinds of snacks and pastries that pair well with blends as well, have you ever tried scones?" he asked and Kuon stared ahead of him.

"Who on earth is she?" Kuon asked and Lory paused.

"There are also numerous china patterns that you could use, and then the designs are spectacular on some of the higher cost pieces," Lory continued and looked ahead where Kuon was just staring at him. "Have you ever attended a pro-"

"Boss," Kuon said as he took slow breaths and then pushed a hand through his blond hair, "Who is she?" he asked, his voice showing his deep level of frustration.

"She's the daughter of somebody who I think you know well," Lory said and Kuon stared at him.

"If you're going to tell me that she's -" he started but Lory cut him short with one name.

"Damian Schultz daughter," Lory said and Kuon's eyes widened. He nodded slowly and Lory looked at him. "She swore that she would get revenge so thinking about what that might mean to you, I put her close to you. Turns out she's a bit of a fan of yours."

"Yes," Kuon said feeling uncomfortable, "but you had to tell her to live with me and Kyoko. We're just getting settled together and you tell me that I need to take care of a strange woman and…and what that man did, it could be seen as child abuse."

"It could easily be seen as child abuse," Lory said before humming, "What were you at the time, eight? Nine?" he asked and Kuon stiffened.

"Nine, it was only a few months before I came to Kyoto with my father but it doesn't matter. I don't want that to come out. I don't want that kind of sympathy and I…the people who will find out about what happened, I don't want him to find out," Kuon said and Lory hummed.

"I hope for all of our sakes that it doesn't leak to the press and that Shuuhei doesn't find out," Lory said, "because that man needs to think of his own image and if he knows whose daughter that is and he finds out the extent to what went on."

Kuon smiled weakly, "Sometimes it really is a weakness to have an overprotective father," he admitted.

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"Is that all you can give you little brat," Damian said as he looked at the actor that he had just smacked onto the pavement. He was known for his harsh methods and for trying to get the best out of all of his actors by some unique and sometimes terrible methods. That was what an actor had to expect when they got to work with him. However, nobody thought that he would take it out so badly on a child actor.

He saw the little boy shivering and yelled at him, seeing the sweat covering that blond hair.

"I thought that if your parents were talented that you'd have to have some talent as well," he said as he saw the little boy shaking. "Look at me. You obviously can't follow a stage cue but even a dog can follow a command. Look at me you little brat!" he yelled and the nine year old stared at the alleyway they were in.

Why was nobody else here? Why couldn't someone come and help him? He wrapped an arm around himself feeling so much pain but he wanted to be an actor. He wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. He wanted to make his family proud.

He coughed up blood before getting up onto his knees. He was knocked back down.

"This is to toughen you up. No more cute imagery, your precious father never had such babyishness to him."

Kuon steadied his breathing. He knew that this director was infamously known for this but he had already lied to his parents that he wasn't like this on set and people had an unfavorable opinion of him out of jealousy. He knew that he would be lying to his parents again, saying that he received the bruises because he was a kid and he had run into a wall for the black eye.

"Are you an actor or not!" Damian yelled at him and Kuon looked at him with a power and confidence in his eyes.

"I'm an actor," he said proudly with determination before being knocked down again.

"Well, I don't see it. I don't see it in you at all and it's disgusting that I decided to give you this chance, this opportunity only for you to waste it." Damian kicked him hard, "You're useless, terrible, why am I even wasting my time on you. You'll never amount to anything, Hizuri. You will never be like your father."

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"Is this a test?" Kuon asked as he looked up at the president, "Are you trying to test me? See what happens to me when I'm faced with my past because I'm not sure that you'll like it if I lose control of myself," he said and Lory hummed.

"That's why I think you're not going to lose control of yourself," he stated and Kuon stared at him.

"And why exactly is that?" he asked with controlled breathing and Lory smiled and leaned forward.

"Because of Kyoko."

End of Chapter Twenty Four

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Hopefully this cleared up a little bit more about the secrets of Alisa as well as give you some ideas as to what I'm planning next 😉 Don't worry, Kuon has nothing but disgust for her now 😉