Chapter 3

Bags were packed, tearful goodbyes were given, important documents were safely stored in carry-on luggage and promises to one day return were made. Fourteen hours later, they would be greeted by a dear friend and manager with excited hugs and an escort to their new home in London.

Kyoko was amazed by the sites and aged architecture of the grand city. Kuon pulled her closer to him in the back seat as Yashiro drove them to their new home and he pointed out different spots he would take her to later so they could get more accustomed to their new home.

Yashiro glanced in the rear-view mirror. "I made sure that the house was to your specifications, Kuon. It is a two bedroom, two bath, it has a fully functional kitchen for Kyoko. The yard isn't very large though, but it does have a small garden and there is a park just down the street. It's also in the price range you requested. There are several stores close by, your belongings were shipped here last week and the kitchen has been fully stocked, Kyoko-chan." He smirked. "I think you will approve."

Kyoko gave Kuon with a bewildered look and snuggled into him. "You did all of this for me?"

He nodded. "I did this for both of us. You don't mind that Yuki will be staying with us for awhile, do you?"

She gasped and looked at Yukihito. "You're staying here too? What about Japan?"

Yuki laughed. "Kyoko-chan, it just wouldn't have been the same there without you and Kuon. Besides, I'm always up for a little adventure. I think it was time for a change." He smiled and winked at her. "After you two are settled in, I have a few things I need for you two to look over and sign. You two have more offers than you realize."

"We do?" They both asked a little surprised.

Yuki nodded as they slowed and turned a corner into a small, clean neighborhood. "Kuon, R'Mandy still wants you and Kyoko-chan, they liked your Natsu and Setsuka... They want you for their RockStar Collection. Director's Konoe and Morizumi have been bragging about you to their friends, so there are a few offers for a few independent films and a couple of studio films out of Hollywood."

"Hollywood?" Kuon asked in shock.

Yashiro's brow furrowed. "Yeah... I really don't know how to say this without it sounding bad but, apparently Takarada-san has been sitting on those offers for you two and when I put my feelers out for jobs for you two, they responded almost immediately. I've been told that they've been asking for you for almost six months. I have the scripts for them at the house. You can look at them and decide when you get settled in. Ah... Here we are... Home sweet home." He smiled brightly as he pulled into the drive and turned off the car he had leased.

Kyoko was amazed, Kuon was impressed. Yuki had found the perfect home for them. A two story home. The first floor consisted of a half-bath, a large open floor-plan kitchen with dining room and the living room. The upstairs included two large bedrooms with bathrooms attached and walk in closets. Down the hall from the bedrooms was the laundry room and storage. Finally, the attic was large enough to convert into another living space or, just use for storage. Kyoko and Kuon had decided that they would use the attic for an office for any one of them that needed it, most likely it would go to Yuki. He had done so much for them, he more than deserved a little refuge of his own. What completely sold the couple on the house was the lush little garden in an atrium that, at the moment, resembled a small jungle.

"It's perfect!" Kyoko exclaimed excitedly. "Thank you so much!"

Yuki smiled. "Everything has already been set up, as you can see. I set the office up in the attic so we can go over your offers and do business."

Kuon nodded and Kyoko smiled. "Yukihito... That will be your office. At least until you decide it isn't. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much we appreciate your help in all of this."

Yuki laughed nervously. "I only did it to help out two very good friends. Now, you two should go get some rest. You probably have jet-lag. We can go over the offers after dinner." He told them as he shuffled them off to their bedroom and helped with their luggage.

It had been two months since Kuon had left. Lory was at his wit's end and Kuu was no longer taking his calls. Of course there had been a reason for this. First, he had hurt Kyoko and Kuon deeply and for that Kuu and Juli couldn't bring themselves to forgive him just quite yet and secondly, they had been receiving phone calls and emails from the young couple since they married, as per Kyoko's orders.

Lory had finally gotten a lead via Ruto's investigations. They had found out that Kuon's car had been sold to a used car dealership in Kyoto for a sizable amount of cash. A week later Lory discovered that Kuon had spent two weeks a the Fuwa Ryokan and a few days after that discovery he found that Kuon and Kyoko Hizuri had left the country. A month after a little more investigating, he had discovered that they were in the process of filming one of the movies he had held back from the pair. He was of the firm belief at the time of doing so, that they wouldn't fit in a live action adaptation of that particular anime. He couldn't have been more wrong, yet again.

The pair was proving him wrong about them at every turn. The first ad that he and all of Japan saw was for R'Mandy's RockStar Collection. The first ad for the pair had been Kuon on a motorcycle in all black leather with no shirt and a jacket, with his blond hair and green eyes with Kyoko facing him in tight leather pants that laced up on her thighs and a leather bikini bra with Kuon's face buried in her now long black hair, looking over her bare shoulder with a look that told the world "MINE". Both were wearing their rings. It was a provision that Yukihito had included in their modeling contracts. He understood that they wouldn't always be able to wear them when filming but tried to get that much for them so that the world would know their dedication to each other.

The second ad that swept the world as they were filming their new movie was for Cygne Blanc's newest couple's cologne, Seduction. The pair made quite an impact with it. Kuon was in his boxer briefs holding a topless Kyoko close to him as she bent back smiling, while they knelt in each others arms, with his lips firmly planted on his wife's collar-bone on a mussed bed in the morning light.

He was upset that he had no part in this little play, but he was proud of Yukihito for his obvious efforts to get them as many jobs as a couple as he was. He hoped that one day they could forgive him for his grievous error and for underestimating them.

It had been almost six months since Sho had been on tour and finally he was back in Tokyo. He was going to get to the bottom of these lewd photos of Kyoko with the gaijin asshole if it was the last thing he did.

"What the hell do you mean there is no Kyoko Mogami that works here?!" He ranted and slapped the several ads he had ripped out of magazines on the reception desk. "She's an actress in that section that wears those tacky pink suits!"

The receptionist shook her head. "Fuwa-san, the LoveME Section was liquidated several months ago and Mogami-san has not worked here for over six months." She tapped on the photos. "This right here is Kyoko Hizuri and her husband Kuon. They are international actors that have contracts with R'Mandy, Secrets and Cygne Blanc. I can give you no more than that because they are not part of LME. I can only tell you what I've personally read about them in interviews. As for Mogami-san, she moved back to Kyoto after she resigned. After that? I have no idea where she is. I would assume she's there with her family." She turned and picked up the phone. "Now, if you don't mind sir, I have a job to do."

He roughly swiped the glossy magazine photos off the front desk and shoved them back in his pocket, fuming over the fact he would have to call his parents if he wanted to know what happened to that stupid, love-sick girl. He stomped out the front doors and back to his manager's waiting car, more angry than he had been in a very long time.

"Did you get to talk to her Sho?" Shoko asked as he roughly sat in the passenger's seat and slammed the door.

He grunted in annoyance with his arms crossed. "No...She's not there."

"Well, did you find out if that's her or, not?" She prodded.

"I said no! She quit acting! Besides, she would never do anything like that. She's too much of a prude." He snapped. This was ticking him off the more he thought about it. He wouldn't be able to sleep until he found out if she was actually in Kyoto or, not. "They said she went back to Kyoto over six months ago."

Shoko sat stunned. She quit acting? That's a shame, she was very good. She shook her head at the thought. He is not going to be easy to handle with her back in Kyoto. Shoko sighed and put the car into gear to go home.