-Oxford - Wednesday: Part 31-
Susumu Todoh pushed his glasses up as he stared down at the documents that he had printed out. There had been a few things that he had taken upon himself to handle. It seemed to him Kyoko had a clear plan in mind, there was also her future, it seemed that she made a real splash in the photoshoot and Francis had come to see him personally about the matter. It was never his plan to be her manager but it seemed that he was in some ways becoming just that. Contacts that required his eyes the man had said, apparently Lory had told the man to come and see him personally. He knew a great deal about showbiz world but that was because his firm owner Kenichi Katagiri was in many ways part of that world. 'Mogami-san would not be pleased with any of this' he said looking at the contracts that he had gone through. He had, of course, edited a few things. For Kyoko Mogami, it would have been more than fair, almost dreamlike if you asked him and Katagiri had even stated as much to him when he had contacted him about the contracts to get his take on it. However, as Katagiri pointed out for someone already in the public eye, to put her name on anything reflected not just on herself but on the Royal Family and most of all the Takarada family and the LME company even. It was thus important that if she went into the world of Showbiz that she shouldn't ever use her last name she was a newbie but her name alone held power. So that meant things would have to be done if she chose this path.
For Todoh it was rather simple and he was sure that Kyoko would agree with him. It would make Ren Tsuruga teaching her the ropes in the world of acting, due to her family name and position in society she could not go to such schools. Well, she could but Tsuruga had a habit of being known as kind to those who were trying and harsh to those who weren't. It was perfect in his mind. His eyes turned towards the laptop, that was of course if Tsuruga agreed to these slightly new terms, he was hired but this could also help long term. Not that he didn't miss the way the young man looked at Kyoko, no he had noted it and that had been the real reason for his question about it. This second contract could be useful, to assure a second safety net should the worse happen. Should the man realize his feelings... should he attempt to act on them. Yes, they could all say it was part of her lessons. Who better than the rumored co-star killer, the man who made those he acted beside really feel the emotions of their characters. This had to be the real reason he thought that Lory was making him play a sort of manager for the girl under the disguise of being just her lawyer. True a manager would have a far better understanding over contracts like this and most just used the company's lawyers. A member of the Royal family he figured would use their personal lawyers and he was now officially Kyoko Takarada lawyer.
None of that mattered really in the long term, no not as much as what Kyoko was planning right this moment. The fact that those two twins seemed to have caught on and were helping to move the plan of making her seem something that she would never be, had never been. Kyoko was not one to fool around, no even as a young child she was pure-hearted. She would never be able to pull off someone who simply used men, used her status and her name to use people? 'She's not her father' he thought to himself as he turned to his laptop typing quickly. 'Yet she still has his skill set' no he didn't know much about her biological father at all. Yet what he did know about Kazushi Misonoi was that he had a brilliant mind, he clearly had some hacking skills, maybe even medical skills, he left not a single trace of himself behind and he could read Saena Mogami likely anyone else for that matter. These were the things that allowed him to know that Kyoko had been doubly blessed. Her skills likely out did either of her biological parents. To this day he had never found any trace of a man it was as if he was nothing more than a ghost and had Kyoko not been born, proof of that the man existed he may not have believed the man was ever real.
Todoh figured Kyoko got this part of her being, the part willing to put herself in harm's way, at risk from her biological father. No, perhaps that was not fully correct, but if a child is born with a set of skills passed down from their parents, then their abilities and curses also passed down. From what he understood Mogami-san first love had been Misonoi, she had been just like her own mother. Saena's mother had fallen in love with her high school sweetheart, her first love, the man who promised her the world. They were to be married, but once he had gotten what he wanted from her, he had left. It hadn't mattered that she was carrying her child. Lucky for her a young man who had been in love with her had been more than happy to raise Saena as his own, or at least until his own natural children were born, he refused to give Saena's his legal name. He hadn't been unkind but she marked that proved that the only reason her mother had even been with him was that she feared to be a single mother with no support. It was likely due to this reason that Saena had nothing to do with her siblings even now. Even after the death of their mother, her step-father had more or less cut her off years ago long before the death of her mother. They had thought prior to putting Kyoko with a member of her biological family but they had quickly made it clear that they wanted nothing to do with the child that was as far as they cared not one of them. It had surprised Katagiri that even her own siblings seemed to hate the woman, that she was this dark mark on their perfect family.
That was why Katagiri had come up with the perfect idea of marrying Kyoko to his nephew Shoutaro, in hopes that if two children raised together, would be less likely to hurt each other. He thought he could break the curse, Todoh was sure that Katagiri just like the Shoutaro's parents, were blaming themselves forever believing they could do something to make Kyoko's life better. Even if the Fuwa's treated her different, not as one of their own they had been kind to her at least from what Todoh had learned. It would have been better if you had asked Todoh if Katagiri had simply raised her as his own but then again she always freaked out whenever she saw his face which broke the man's heart. It hadn't been a mistake, no the mistake had been trying to force love to happen perhaps, maybe if she had not been told from such a young age that Shoutaro was the man of her dreams, the man she would marry, the man she was to spend her life with. Perhaps just perhaps she would not have been so willing to go with him, then none of this would have happened.
He closed his eyes thinking on it some more before shaking his head, 'No, no matter what, this is the best. All that happened led her to where she is loved, truly loved and cared for, to the point they will even help her with her mission to take down this man, Heth' his eyes turned towards the contract that held Kuon's name. 'To the point a young man is willing to lay down the truth of who he really is to me, to truly hold him to this contract' his eyes turned towards the secondary contract he was writing up 'and I'm sure due to that he will sign this one as well.' He smiled some 'Kyoko has this man wrapped around her and neither one of them realize it,' he chuckled 'well it's a good thing I see it' he pushed his glasses forward, 'and because I can see it, I can use it to help my client.'
No matter the what-ifs that would always haunt them all. The story was perfectly laid out, it was what happened when you had several of the best minds rewriting a history to make it so good that even if someone screwed up it was easy to claim it was grief over the loss of one Kyoko being blurred into the other because they were born on the same day, they had been born with the same name. Yet they were different people and sometimes it's hard to deal with the grief when you are at fault. That had been the real reason for this story being laid out in such a way. None of them could trust the young man who had been stupid enough in the first place to sell a girl as a sex slave. He should pay greatly for what he had done but because he had done so, or so had reasoned her mother, her daughter could have a truly remarkable life, a life that she could never have otherwise. The truth must be hidden for the sake of the young man who had rescued her from there, if it got out who it was, then it would likely cause more problems. It sickens him that the boy was getting such a free ride in this, but if Lory was right. Kyoko would make him pay in her own way and he could only wonder exactly what she would do. Seeing as all he could see was a pure-hearted girl who would never hurt anyone.
Todoh stared at his phone as it buzzed, he lifted it up noticing the text message came from Kyoko, he couldn't help but smile at the text message.
Sho Fuwa needs to be banned from our hotel. It will need to be done quickly, as he is heading there now. He has just been removed from the restaurant. Banned from here and all their others ones. Sexual assault, yet we don't need any legal action by the police, best to keep it under wraps. I'm sure he wouldn't want it out in the open. I'm sure General Brown knows exactly who to contact Judge wise to make this stick without the police, yet I want to make sure Gayle King passes this information on to the police officer in charge, it can be useful to me in the long run. - Kyoko
Do you realize that this will not look good for you if this goes to court? - Todoh
Yes, I know. Yet I have several witnesses this time. We will need to get their names, I only know one of them goes by Reino. There were two others there, one with long blonde hair and the second with short almost spiky blonde hair and older gentlemen. - Kyoko
Anything else I can use to make sure I can find them? - Todoh
The Maitre'D here at Cuisine Amour likely has cameras that can help figure out who they are. He will also be sending their bills to father, that will help us figure out who they are. - Kyoko
I will get on it right away. - Todoh
I don't want his parents to feel the fallback or the people that work for them. So if possible let's not bring them into this. Though I should also warn you this place has plenty of reporters... I highly doubt he will keep his trap shut, so we should be ready for any backlash that may come from this. - Kyoko
I will set up something. - Todoh
Todoh already had an idea, yet he knew it was not going to make Kyoko happy. Yet if he could get her father to agree to it and the young man, well he could always blackmail him if it came down to it. There was a reason why Kuon was hiding under the name Ren. It wouldn't be hard to twist him to play the role but he highly doubted he would even mind. He had a feeling that if it helped Kyoko in any way, he would do whatever she wanted. 'That girl is going to be a bigger force than even her mother is.'
Heth paced back and forth, the room was starting to feel cramp but that was because he wasn't allowed out. He needed new toys to play with these ones were no longer cutting it for him. These ones were fully trained though, they would give them no issues. Follow them without questions, in part due to fear but because once you start showing them kindness they did start to believe they were being loved. Women were so easy to break, a few hours is all he really needed with most, before they became they seemed to give in to whatever was asked of them, willingly, always willingly at that point.
"It amazes me how quickly you can train them," his eyes shot towards the policeman who had walked in. His eyes scanning the three, none of them was being held by chains at the moment, one was still badly hurt, clearly bleeding but she had been taken care of. She had thanked him, had given herself to him when he had begun to touch her, he had her begging for his touch.
"You just have to know how to treat them well," he said simply he held out his hand towards one of them, he could hardly tell them apart minus the bruises and marks he had covered them in, she quickly moved towards him. His hand touched the side of her face, "and I treat them very well, don't I?" she nodded her head almost purring into his palm.
"You are so kind to us, so very kind." he undid his pant buckle and without a word she was on her knees. The police officer watched for a moment before looking back up at him. He was used to this sort of behavior in this line of business, they did everything but the world loved sex and people had tastes and as long as someone was willing to pay. There would always be a people like Heth and even himself.
"Yet not the little lady," he said with a smirk that had him grab the girl by the back of her head, he knew she was choking on him but he didn't care at the moment, she should have known better to try to force herself away. Her breathing meant nothing, he smacked her hard when he pulled her away. "Seems they still need a bit work" the police officer chuckled as she whispered her apologizes to him. His anger was getting the better of him and he knew that he couldn't take it out on the man in front of him so he kicked at the woman in front of him, she whimpered as he repeated it over and over again. By the end of it, she would know of course that no matter what that in the future should she be held there to just wait, passing out on him would be far better than the beating she was taken now.
The police officer placed his hands behind his back as he waited for Heth to get control over himself. His smile never fading as he watched, finally, he turned to look at the police officer, "So tell me you got something on that bitch."
"Nothing as of yet, but I have found a new girl for you to train." He turned slightly and another man stepped in dropping a strawberry girl, "Which one of these lovely ladies are fully trained?" Heth nodded towards the one who had been chain to a wall not too long ago. "We will have to test her of course," he said smiling as he looked at the other man, "Let the boys have a bit of fun with her. If we have any issues, we will send her back for your special training" his eyes turned towards the woman whose eyes widen in perfect understanding before lowering her head.