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Chapter Twenty Six – Video Evidence

Some days Kuon Hizuri wished that he could be somebody else. He wished he could be smarter, stronger, more deceptive and really be the monster he had been tagged as back on those streets of LA. Instead, he had matured and now, facing his past, revenge wasn't what he had on his mind, he just didn't want her here.

"Hi, sweetheart, welcome home," Kyoko said as she walked over to him and put her hands on his shoulders, leaning her head up in order to kiss him. "You want to tell me your plan or -"

Kuon sighed before shaking his head, "The sins of the father are not the sins of the child and vice-versa," he said and Kyoko looked at him before squeezing his upper arm with a smile on her face. She knew how he had thought about this, turned it over in his head to get the right idea, even Kyoko hadn't imagined that it would happen this quickly but this was what she thought he'd reach.

"I want her to leave," Kuon told Kyoko as she nodded excitedly. "I'm sure that her famous father wouldn't just let her stay out in the cold."

Kyoko nodded before reaching up to softly place a hand on his cheek, she grinned, "I'm really proud of you," she told him and Kuon placed his hand on hers. He smiled at her with his eyes showing the depths of how much he loved her.

"I'm kind of proud of myself too but now I won't get to have you in my bed at night," Kuon teased and Kyoko looked up at him playfully although her cheeks had turned a deep red.

"Would it be so bad for me to move into that room with you?" she asked in a sweet manner and Kuon wrapped her up in his arms. He pulled her to him and kissed the top of her forehead, grinning even more as she started to giggle.

"Not bad at all," he told her before tilting her head up for a better and more passionate kiss. "But you tell me if it's too fast, We'll move at whatever pace you're comfortable at, princess," he said and Kyoko was about to melt into her LaLa land fantasies before the two of them heard a clicking tongue behind them.

"Kuon, I was hoping that you would be my boyfriend," Alisa said which earned her dark glares from both of the LME actors. She looked between then before raising an eyebrow, "I don't know what you think you know about me but I'm sure that -"

"I want you gone," Kuon told her in a strong and determined matter. It didn't matter if the president wanted him here, Kuon didn't. He wanted her gone more than he wanted any dumb revenge planned. He pulled Kyoko to his chest, holding her protectively with one arm.

"You are not welcome here anymore," he told her as Alisa raised an eyebrow, "I can recommend some hotels for you, maybe even book you a reservation but I am not comfortable having you in my home."

Alisa looked at him with a cold grin, "Are you stupid?" she asked as Kyoko looked at her, her eyes narrowing with anger at the way that she was treating Kuon who was attempting to restrain himself. She held up her phone and turned it to the video feature where she then clicked on a file which read 'surviving footage' before playing it. Kuon flinched as he saw the pain that his younger self allowed himself to go through all because he wanted to be a famous Hollywood actor. The grunts and moans that held in the pain made him flinch which made Kyoko pull out of his arms.

"You know, Kuon was actually being nice to you, he was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but I won't," she said as she looked at her with her true fighting spirit. "I love and respect Kuon and I know that he's been a lot of things in his life but for me, it's only his present that matters and only his presence in my life."

Kyoko smacked the phone to the ground as the video played, "My mother might not have been the most loving person in the world, she might have had more consideration for a rat or a mouse than the baby that she gave birth to but that's why I decided that though I might try to impress my mother, have her consider me her daughter, I am not willing to be my mother. I am different. By using this footage to your advantage you've shown that you and your father lack significant differences."

"Just as Kuon does with his father," Alisa continued and Kyoko raised an eyebrow.

"Kuon chooses to carry on his father's ways through his life, Kuon and Kuu have accepted that they want to be like one another. Kuu Hizuri is a fantastic man, he is the type of person that you want to have as your father," Kyoko continued as she felt a sizzle from her grudges attempting to escape again.

"Even a man like Kuu Hizuri can hate his own child," Alisa told them as her finger slipped to send on the file with the videos in. "Have fun explaining that to the people in Japan."

Kuon's eyes widened but he looked down, he didn't want to hit her or hurt her in any physical way so he just turned his back on her. Who knew what news station she sent that footage to or what they'd do with it. Maybe he could turn it around. He did have to hope that he was right though, that his parents would continue to love him no matter what.

…..

…..

"I'm sure everything will be fine," Kyoko said as they walked onto the set for The Lake in the Park, there were only a few more scenes to shoot for the drama which was a little sad. It seemed like they hadn't focused that much attention on the filming process or at least not as much as was originally intended. However, with the heavy promotions around the drama, Kuon was worried how that footage could be used to ruin what his father had spent so much time on, what all his coworkers had spent so much time on.

"I don't even know what media station she sold those videos to," Kuon said as he tried to go through everything. There were some that wouldn't want to show it but he had the feeling that Alisa wouldn't choose something like that. She'd want as much torture to befall him as possible. That was what made both her and her father such sadists.

After he had walked away from the situation, apparently there was some type of electrical problem and the phone had broken with just that one folder being sent to one person but maybe she had backups she was going to send to every single news station out there, maybe she also wanted to tear down the name of Kuon Hizuri.

"Kuon," the two of them heard a distinctive voice and they both turned to see Kuu standing there with deadly serious body language. He gestured for his son to come over to him. Kuon looked at Kyoko before the two of them started to head towards him. Kuu held up a hand, "I just want Kuon," he told them and Kyoko leaned up on her tip toes to kiss his cheek.

She hadn't really known Kuu to be so direct, so formal, so deeply focused on one thing.

"Okay," Kyoko nodded and then saw the guilt on Kuu's face as he shifted nervously in his spot.

"I'm glad to see you, Kyoko, but…." Kuu hesitated and Kyoko grinned.

"It's really okay, Kuu-sama, I'll get ready in my dressing room," she bowed deeply before walking away. Kuon looked at his father hesitantly.

Kuon followed Kuu to Kuu's personal room and sat down once his father had gestured to a seat. "Dad, did….is there something that I should know?" Kuon asked hesitantly. This was about those tapes wasn't it. Kuu dragged his fingers through his hair.

"Last night I was sent some videos," Kuu told him and Kuon felt his back straighten. Alisa had been able to send them to his father? What was her plan here? "How could you have gone through with that witho-"

"I'm sorry," Kuon said, cutting Kuu off and Kuu sighed, taking a seat opposite his son, "I really wanted to act. I thought that sometimes you had to make tough choices if you wanted to act."

Kuu sighed, he looked his son in the eyes and tried very hard to concentrate his breathing. Was Kuon really blaming himself for what had happened? Was he thinking that these videos would actually change anything? "Do you know if they were sent elsewhere?" he decided to ask and Kuon bowed his head.

"I don't…know," he said feeling a lot of pain within that answer. Kuon looked down at the carpeted floor taking in the deep blue and tried to imagine that his dad wasn't sitting in front of him, he wasn't ready for his rejection."

"I'm really sad that you couldn't come to me about this," Kuu told him. "You're my son, I love you with every part of my being. You're my kid."

"I'm your kid who screwed up. I should have stood up for myself, if I had then the videos would have never appeared like that. Dad, this doesn't stop you from -"

"Of course I still love you and want you,," Kuu told him before sighing, "Never ever think that I will stop from caring about my only biological son. I am worried though, how did these even get to me? Who is so interested in digging up the pa- I guess once people found out you're Kuon, the skeletons all slipped out at the same time. Kuon, if there's anything that I can do to help, anything at all, please let me know," Kuu said and Kuon paused.

"You're not upset about this?" he asked, his face showing more of a childhood innocence than he usually bore. He rubbed his upper arm before looking down, "Dad, what I did then, I don't want this to affect you and Mom. I don't want this to affect the filming."

"Let's create some kind of backup plan in case this gets out, we'll talk to Boss as well. I'm sure that Boss would be able to give us the best ideas. You knew that if you ever revealed who you truly were that you'd be faced by things like this. How it came about thou-" Kuu sighed and Kuon faced him straight on.

"His daughter is here in Japan. For some unknown reason but Boss has already told me that it might have something to do with revenge. He wanted me to keep her in my home but I managed to secure her a hotel room. I don't want anything to do with her," the younger actor admitted and Kuu nodded.

"What's the hotel?" Kuu asked and Kuon thought that there was a lingering coldness in his dad's eyes that definitely didn't belong there.

End of Chapter Twenty Six

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Thank you to reviewers of Chapter Twenty Five

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Response to Reviews

There will be more of a story to the videos and what happened in the past, yes there was some involvement. Kyoko will be keeping her eyes open for opportunities to take down Alisa. The last part of the last chapter was actually something that was on 'Superstore' but I repurposed it for this story. I also like that Kyoko is seeing more than revenge though she is the master.

And I don't want to be annoying and I definitely do not want to be cruel because I can imagine that they are from people who mean absolutely no harm but messages like this: "Hurry n post New chapter ASAP" actually stress me out a lot. I have a really busy life and deal with depression. I don't like it when the review is just this and really wanted to ask for you guys to not private message me with this type of thing either. It actually slows down updates.