As the weeks passed the date soon arrived for our beloved heroine….

The clock hit 12 on their fateful flight to California. Kyoko Mogami had finally touched down on American soil. She darted a glance over to see her travel companion sound asleep. Carefully, she tried to unhook herself and motion passed him to get their carry on baggage. But with a single tap the effort was in vain as she accidentally nudged him with her leg. The ash brown brunette jolted up, his eyes flew around the interior of the plane. Coming back from reality Yashiro fixed his glasses. His mouth opened in mid yawn, "I got that Kyoko-chan". As he stretched, he stood along side her. He grabbed both of their hand luggage and deplaned.While stepping into the airport the gentleman asked the actress, "Do you want to go to baggage first?" Kyoko too in her surroundings. Soon a figure caught her eye. With a tint of a smile she leaned over to her manger,"I think there is no need." Pointing over to the man with a suit, mouse ears and two familiar luggages by their side. He was also holding up a Mickey eared sigh that stated: "Welcome Ha-ha!" For a nice little touch. Next to the man was a petite woman that was waving at them. "Miss Muse," Kyoko hurried to meet the beautician with excitement. Yashiro following quickly behind. "I'm happy you two are both here safely," Ten said. "You both must be so jet lagged." Yashiro was reminded of his exhaustion as he rubbed his tired eyes under his glasses. "More or less," He replied. They all started to make light conversation as they exited the airport.

"Miss muse, if you are still here that must mean Tsuruga-san still has some more rounds to go through," Kyoko asked as the limo pulled up. Ten shook her head no, "Ren didn't follow through with the auditions. He actually went back earlier today." If the starlet and manger wasn't awake then; they were surely were now. They both were in disbelief that they could barely form audible sentences."H—wh—whe—wa—," finally someone gained back the knowledge to speak, Yashiro. "How come he didn't tell me? His manager!" Ten simply shrugged, "That you are going to ask him on your own time. For now I am just here to make sure you get the role." She gave Kyoko a playful poke. "I know you will probably be jet lagged but try to be at least up by 3?" All that kyoko could do was nod. With a begrudging sigh, Yashiro decided to push his concerns way for one talent and put his main attention to the one sitting across for him. "Right, Kyoko-chan. Your audition is around 6. We need plenty of time to get ready." Kyoko barely could focus but nodded anyway … again.

Kyoko had reached her hotel room. Contemplated putting her belongings away that night or wait till she had another chance later on. With the combination the flight time and the latest news, she felt like she lacked the energy to even be present for this moment. Placing her baggage in the corner, Kyoko plopped on the bed. Closing her eyes as a long sigh passed her lips. She refused to let her mind wonder. Rolling over a bump press her thigh. That was when Kyoko remembered her phone. I keep forgetting about you, she thought as she turned it back to life. After it started up an alert popped up on the screen. You have 13 unread massages. After reading that, She quickly perked back up a bit. Her thumb hit the message app on her cellphone. Five from the Darumaya couple and eight from Moko. Both were worried if she made it to the states okay. She softly smiled, knowing how fortunate she is to have people who care. But, if she had to be honest she was expecting at least one from him. He's probably still on the plane now. That's it. She quickly responded with a confirmation text that she is indeed still alive and shut the phone. Placing it on the night stand in its charger. she quickly rose to get ready for bed.

The alarm by her nightstand began to blaire. Groggily coming to as her vision blinked at the time: 3:45. Kyoko quickly jolted up from her bed. She panicked as she scurried over to her bags. Kyoko frantically went through her luggage for anything appropriate to wear. She then heard a knock on the door and a small voice callout, "Kyoko- chan are you almost ready?" She instantly recognized the owner as being Miss Woods. After not receiving a prompt answer Ten knocked on the door again, "Kyoko…? We have to meet with the team soon. Are you alright?" "I—ah—I overslept!" Kyoko replied through the door as she was still looking for something to wear. There could be a sigh heard through the door, "Can I come in?" Kyoko gingerly complied with the voice and opened the door a crack. "Miss Muse I'm so sorry." Ten only shook her head, "I figured this would happen. Thankfully you have me." Ten gave Kyoko a playful wink as she made her way into the hotel room. She plopped down her tools on the bed, " Remember I'm not called a witch for nothing," She reassured her as she gestured for Kyoko sit down on the bed. "We have to hurry Yuki-chan (Yashiro) is waiting in the lobby for us." Miss woods went through both of their belongings and picked out the best mix of each collection. "This should be just perfect," She tossed them to the teen. "Now…,"She wrapped a smock over Kyoko. " For the magic."

Within a short of amount of time that they had. Miss woods worked her magic. Kyoko was now ready for the ball… I mean first rounds of auditions.

The first rounds seemed easy enough, personal interview and reading off given lines from the concept script.

The interview section was fairly simple. How long have you been acting? She replied "about a year in a half." Are you willing to change appearances for a role? She then replied, "Of course." How much experience do you have in stage combat? "Roughly 3 months worth. I trained under the well respected Kotetsu Uesugi." She saw the table take notes of her every move. Oddly enough she wasn't particularly worried. She felt a strange calm in her stance. They went on to the next segment and gave a table read with the director. Before she began she took a deep breath to remember the notes. She willed the lines back into her mind. Depicting what they described Attempting to breath life into her unknown role, she snapped open her eyes. Peered down the director as if she was a lioness. Her nose crunched and a fearsome tone leaked out, "And your defect is to hate everybody." The table studied her face. Took in the visual information from every delivered line she then stated. After awhile of back and forth, the first trail was coming to a close. They wrote down their final notes from the session. "You'll hear from us soon if you got a call back," One of them stated as their hand pointed at the door. Kyoko deeply bowed, "Thank you for your time and this opportunity." And with that she took her leave.

Kyoko entered the studio's lobby looking for her super manager. When she spotted him she noticed Yashiro was on his cell phone talking. Hesitant at first if she should wait, Kyoko decided to at least walk up to him. She didn't want to be rude and ease drop in the conversation, so she mostly toned everything out. He seemed to be almost done by the time she walked up anyway. "Alright, I know I don't have to remind you but please don't officially sign anything till I get back." She took note that Yashiro was shaking. A reaction she hasn't seen in a while. He took a quick glance over and finally noticed Kyoko was out. "Ah! Kyoko-chan—" He swiftly closed his phone. "So how do you think it went," he asked. The teenager eyed her manger up and down with skepticism. She wanted to protest but decided against it. "They said they will let me know if I got a call back soon," She relied the information to him. "Alright, next is just the waiting game. Let's get something to eat and rest up," Yashiro said as he patted her on the back.

Needless to say the call for the second rounds arrived shorty after a day. She mostly spent her break day as one of rest, still not over her jet lag. Miss woods however left to go back to Japan. But she didn't leave without giving a few items to impress the table.

When Kyoko entered the audition room she noticed that she wasn't the only one standing in front of the table this time around. Next to her was another girl about same hight, weight, age and body type. It was just them two standing there.

"Alright, here is the deal," The Director started to speak. "After careful vetting we were able to knock it down to you two. Both of you have you're own set of skills that would definitely bring life in to this role. Before we start, I would like to mention that we all definitely see great potential in both of you and if you do not get this role —uhh—well no harm no foul," He finished off his declaration with a shrug. "Okay!" He clasped his hands together, "We just want to see first hand your stage combat skill. After that we are through." A click of a door opened up, "This is Tim, he is going to be the one to show you a simple routine. Follow him." The man that just entered waved his hand as he was getting introduced, "This way." He swung his head in the headed direction of to invite them to come along.

The group entered into separate padded room. Tim walked over to a set of wooden rods resting in a barrel of some sort. He grabbed two of them and handed it to the two girls. He then grabbed one of his own. "In this choreo you will be fighting me in a sword type fight. You both will only get two shots to remember the moves." Tim then swung his 'sword' around in stylized fashion ending it in a fighting stance.

After they both learned the steps Tim guided them to the side of the entrance of the auditioning room. "Wait for you to be call in. You will be up first," He pointed at the other girl who stood closer to the door. He then went in to the room to talk to the table.

Some time passed and the other woman was finished with her performance. It was finally Kyoko's turn. "We are ready for you," She heard the director yell. Kyoko walked in gracefully and stood my the edge of the floor mat facing Tim. They both grabbed their 'sword' and was ready waiting for the, "Began". Without any lag both sticks collided together, pushing back against each other. She took a step back and swayed her 'sword' forcibly only to meet the foes' once again. This dance went on for a good 15 mins. Eventually Kyoko decided to take a chance and diverge from the newly learned steps. She saw an opening and she took it. She ducked down blocking his attack and swinging her foot underneath him. When he hit the mat, she was up. Pointing her weapon to his face. The man stared wide eyed with stock and gulped. "Cut!" The director said as he stood. Kyoko withdrew her 'sword' and offered the man a hand. Tim smirked gladly accepted it. She then took a deep bow to him, "Thank you for working with me." He scratched his head and replied back, "Aw man no sweat. It was a pretty fun fight." Kyoko couldn't help but feel a bit proud at her work. They both turned to the table. One of them spoke up, "Well, we got what we needed to see. Please wait outside while we make our decision." Kyoko nodded and followed instructions.

End of Ch.3

A/N: I'm sorry that it's so long but I hope you all felt that it was worth it! If there is any errors that I missed please let me know! And any comments is greatly appreciated! I love hearing any feed back! Oh and happy Vane—day!