Authors Note: Well here's another chapter! Hopefully this time around I can score 100 points with my Honorific's from my toughest critic and newfound Senpai Shiroyuki76! (I almost feel like Kyoko, it's got me pumped) It was the first time someone has actually explained them to me, and very well I must add. For the most part my eyes just skip over them not really thinking about the meaning behind it my bad. As always enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip beat or its characters. I do however own the Kuchiki's.

Chapter 8: Letters and goals

Kyoko woke to the smell of coffee filling her lungs. She fluttered her eyes open slowly not wanting to wake from her wonderful fairy dream. As her eyes began to focus she realized she was no longer on the plane but instead on a bed wrapped up in plush cream colored comforter she felt so warm and relaxed and heavy. where am I? she began to ponder. Well I guess it doesn't really matter this feels nice. She closed her eyes again hoping to soak in some more of this feeling but realized her bladder just didn't have the same idea. Reluctantly she decided to get up but found her lower half stuck under something heavy.

She looked down and saw nothing that's odd. She tried to move the blanket only to find it stuck as well. She reached down with her hand under the blanket and found something somewhat hard laying across her thigh. A leg! she began to panic and turned in her spot to find out who it belonged to only to find more blanket and brown hair with touches of blonde. That color…Chika's hair…it's Chika Kyoko let out a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding and relaxed. She reached over to shake the woman hoping to wake her and she heard a phone go off on the night stand at the opposite side of the bed. After three rings Chika rolled over taking half the blankets with her and grabbed her phone half asleep and hit the button on the side silencing it and went back to sleep. Kyoko sat up and began to slip off the bed to go to the bathroom.

"Good morning Mogami-san" Ren said from his seat after seeing her movement.

"Good morning Tsuruga-san" she said quietly trying not to wake the woman still in bed, and rubbed her eyes sleepily. She's so cute when she wakes up Ren smiled. "Where are we?"

"A hotel, when we landed early this morning we found that Director Kuchiki-san's vacation home wasn't ready for us so Yashiro-san, Kuchiki-san and I decided to get a room at this hotel since it was so late. Unfortunately this was the only room they had left so we let Kuchiki-san and you take the bed" he said still smiling. Kyoko now out of bed finally looked around at the room it was small. There wasn't much furniture just a table and chairs where Ren sat, a dresser with a TV on it, the bed and night stand, and two cot-like beds in the small free area of the room.

"Umm where's the bathroom?" Kyoko asked as she felt the urge to go even more.

"Just down that little hallway over there" Ren pointed behind Kyoko. "There's a small kitchen, and then just after that before you get to the main door there is a bathroom."

"Thank you" she said and turned around and began walking towards the hall. She passed the small kitchen and saw Yashiro pouring coffee into cups. He turned hearing footsteps behind him.

"Good morning Kyoko-san" he said with a groggy smile. "Would you like some coffee?"

"Yes please, give me a moment and I'll be back to help"

"Alright, and no need to help I've pretty much got it all done I'll bring it out to the table for you."

"Thank you" she said quickly and turned to find the door to the bathroom. After a couple of minutes she was done and on her way back to the main room when she heard Chika's phone go off again. As she entered the room she saw Chika grab the phone again just like she had done before and silenced it. She walked across the room weaving in-between the cots that were still set up and sat in one of the empty chairs next to Ren. He grabbed her cup and handed it to her "Here" he said with a smile.

"Thank you, Tsuruga-san" she replied wrapping her hands around the cup feeling the warmth. "What time is it?"

Yashiro looked down at his watch "8:32, Director Kuchiki called earlier saying that the house would be ready for us around 11. We still have plenty of time before we have to leave so if you would like you can take a shower you have more then enough time."

"Ah, thanks but I think I'll wait till we get to the house" Kyoko said remembering the state of the shower from when she saw it while in the bathroom. I'd rather not shower here…I think I would feel even more dirty afterwards….honestly I've never seen a tub with so much stains before. Ren and Yashiro nodded in agreement with her they too had seen the state of the tub.

Beep beep beep beep beep beep it was Chikako's phone again. This time she sat straight up in bed and grabbed it and pressed the talk. "Who are you? And what do you want?" She said in a half asleep very aggravated tone. The three at the table looked at her in shock and watched as she seemed to become more and more agitated as the person on the other end of the line spoke. "You have got to be kidding me" she said venom laced in her words and pulled the phone away from her ear and hung up and flopped back down on the bed.

About 10 seconds later beep beep beep beep "ergggggg" she let escape her lips as she sat up in bed once more and answered her phone. "Daichi! Listen to me and listen to me well I DO NOT want to have to repeat myself yet again to you! NO I do NOT want to talk to you, NO I do NOT want to see you and NO I DEFINATLY do NOT want…to…date you so STOP CALLING ME!" Chikako shouted into the phone while gesturing with her free hand like it would help get the message across to him better even though he wasn't there. "At first I thought you were a nice guy but you cheated and proved me wrong just like every other man in existence. Now I swear you've been come the equivalent of a stalker. I don't know how you managed to get this number but it would be wise to loose it quick because your not making me like you at all! In all reality your just PISSING ME OFF EVEN MORE! Stop calling me or I swear I will file a restraining order on you, do you understand?" She paused for a moment waiting for a response. "Good!" she said and hung up the phone pulling her arm back and throwing it at the wall in front of her. It hit and fell to the floor in four pieces. "Erggg" she sighed and hung her head down her left hand pinching the area of her nose between her eyes in annoyance.

Kyoko got up slowly from her chair and walked over to the her. "Chika? Are you okay?" she asked worried bending over slightly to see her face.

Chika raised her head and looked up at Kyoko which made her snap back up into a standing position. "Hey there hun bun! I didn't wake you up just now did I?" she asked perky yet slightly worried.

"No" Kyoko said staring at her shocked in her ability to switch from one mood to another so quickly.

"Oh good" she said with a smile "I was worried there for a second. Ummmm is that coffee I smell?"

"Hai, Yashiro-san made it" she said and pointed over to the table where the two men sat almost afraid to move.

"Oh good morning you two" she said stifling a yawn. "Sorry if I just offended either one of you just now, I don't hate all men just most of them. I haven't known you two long enough to form a bad opinion yet" she tried to apologize for her previous comment.

"Well that's good to hear, I guess" Yashiro said thinking about it then smiled "And good morning to you as well Chikako-san"

"Good morning Kuchiki-san" Ren said before taking a sip of his coffee.

With that Chikako looked over at him with a glare. "It's Chikako don't make tell you that again or I will hate you. I absolutely loathe Kuchiki-san. I get it, you want to be polite and all, but to me being polite is calling me by the name that I ask you to call me not something else. So if you want to be polite call me Chikako-san"

Ren raised his eyebrow slightly at her words and then put on one of his fake smiles "Sorry I forgot Chikako-san, It will take some getting used to I guess. Please forgive me" I don't even call Mogami-san by her first name and I've known her longer this feels somewhat awkward for me.

Chika nodded okay and got up off the bed. She turned and looked at Kyoko who was staring at her still. "Kyoko? Are you okay?"

"Yes I'm fine, but…ummm" Kyoko fidgeted a little bit and pointed up at Chika's hair which for the most part had fallen out of the bun it was in last night and the stray stands were now poking out in ever which direction making her look somewhat like medusa.

"Do I even want to know how bad it is?" Chika questioned dreading the answer.

"Well…ummm…It's…" Kyoko didn't know what to say she looked like she was about to start laughing.

"That bad huh? Guess I'll go fix it" Chika said and brought her hand up to her hair trying to flatten it and headed towards the bathroom while Kyoko headed back to her seat.

"WOW….hahahahaha" Chika's comment and laughter could be heard from the bathroom which made Kyoko laugh in her seat. Even Ren and Yashiro smirked and began to chuckle lightly. A moment later Chika emerged again her hair firmly in a bun and made her way to the table stopping to pick up her purse that was next to the bed and the broken pieces of her phone. "So have we heard word about the house yet?" she questioned setting her stuff down and taking a seat.

"It will be ready at 11" Yashiro stated handing her a cup of coffee.

"Thanks" she said bring it up to her nose taking in a good whiff of the aroma. "11 huh, well that's not bad just give us plenty of time to grab some real breakfast and get over there, but coffee first that's a must" she said with a smile and took a sip. "ummmm, I should have you make coffee for me every morning Yashiro-san." Yashiro blushed slightly at her words.

"Should we stop and get you a new phone on the way?" He asked trying to calm himself. "I'm pretty sure you broke it." With that Kyoko giggled a little bit from behind her cup.

"Yeah I guess I did, didn't I" Chika chuckled slightly. "Well it wouldn't be the first time, and it probably won't be the last. I'm horrible with phones I can never keep one for very long period of time its like I'm cursed with technology." She began picking at the pieces and pulled out a memory chip from one of them. "That's why I only get phones that use a memory chip so I don't loose anything" she said holding the chip up.

"She sounds just as bad as you Yashiro-san" Ren said with a small laugh thinking about all the phones Yashiro has gone through in the last year alone. These two are probably the worst nightmare of cell phones everywhere.

"Well at least someone finds it funny" Yashiro said flatly looking down at his gloves.

"Oh so I'm not the only one with tech problems" Chika said perking up a bit. "Guess we have something in common then other then being managers." I wonder what else we have in common she thought and smiled. She opened the top of her huge purse and started rummaging through it. "But no I don't need to go get a new phone. Ahhh, here see" she held up another phone in her hand.

"You have more then one?" Kyoko asked wide eyed. I rarely use mine and she's got two!

"Yeah I got three in here actually" Chikako laughed a little "I told you I have issues with phones, so much so I've gotten used to having a spare or two" with that she opened up a slot at the bottom of the phone and slid the chip in and turned it on. "See all better"

"Wow" Kyoko stared in amazement. "Maybe you should carry a spare Yashiro-san"

"Never really thought about it" he said also slightly amazed at the woman's ability to plan ahead. That is a smart idea, I wonder why I never thought of it before. She is defiantly interesting. I should talk with her more never know what other tricks I might learn from her. She's gorgeous too that's a added bonus. What am I thinking she's a fellow manager geez Yashiro get yourself together. He thought and began to feel his cheeks get warm.

"Well then I say we finish our drinks and head out" Chika said pleased with herself and took a large gulp of her coffee.

"Sounds good to me" Kyoko smiled and finished the rest of her coffee and got up to get her things together. " Which reminds me where is my stuff? And how did we get here? I don't really remember any of it and I'm still wearing my clothes from last night" she said looking down at herself.

"You were sleeping that's why you don't remember. I carried you in and you never woke up. Your bag is over there" Ren said while pointing over to her bag next to the bed.

"You carried me?" Kyoko said with a blush forming on her face. He carried me…..why didn't he just wake me up….oh no I must have been such a burden on him…To have to carry me around everywhere…I'll have to make it up to him.

"Yes is that a problem?" Ren asked slightly worried.

"I'm so sorry to have been a burden. You should have just woke me up" She said as she bowed to him.

"It was no problem, you don't need to apologize." he said with a smile and Kyoko blushed more. She straightened and turned quick hoping he didn't notice her flushed face and walked over to her bag to get ready. To be truthful I rather enjoyed carrying her to the hotel having her asleep in my arms….she looked so cute….so innocent.

The four finished getting their stuff together and left. They stopped at a small café on the way to the house grabbing some muffins for breakfast. They made their way over to the house and got there 10 minutes before they were expected. "This is your vacation house?" Kyoko asked in amazement as she stood on the small walkway to the huge house.

"Ya its one of them" Chika said not nearly as thrilled as Kyoko.

"You've got more then one?" Yashiro asked rather impressed with the building in front of him.

"Two actually, the other one is a little smaller then this one." As Chika spoke they saw a man walking over from the side of the house.

"Hey Kazuo-san" Chika said with a smile waving at the man.

"Hello Chikako-chan, almost didn't realize you were here early, that's unusual" the grey haired man said with a smile which made Chika grumble a little. "Well I have to be going sorry I can't stay and chat I was just told to get everything ready and give these to you" he handed over a large envelope to her. He then bowed to the group and left.

"Who was that?" Kyoko questioned watching the man walk away.

"Kazou-san he's been the grounds keeper for this house before we even bought it" she replied opening up the envelope he handed her. Inside she found four other envelopes each addressed to the different members of the group, and a folded piece of paper. She unfolded the piece of paper and read:

"Congratulations on finally making it to the vacation home. Unfortunately Yashiro-san and Chikako-san this is only a pit stop for you. For you two will be staying at Kuchiki-san's other vacation home and not this one. Inside each house you will find a list of rules and guidelines in which you must obey on the kitchen counter. Each morning you will receive new letters from either Kuchiki-san or I on what you are suppose to accomplish during the day. This may be a vacation but each one of you has things they need to achieve to better themselves and we hope this helps. Keep in mind this is a vacation and we do wish for you to enjoy yourselves on your journey. Thanks for playing along, enjoy." Chika paused looking up at the three "signed President Takarada" She folded the letter back up and shoved it back into the envelope then took the other envelopes and handed them out to their respected person and proceeded to rip hers open.

-Letter's-

Chikako-chan-

While with Yashiro-san I want you to learn as much as you can from him regarding being a manager and what you will need to do in order to maintain your new charges busy schedule. Hopefully with his help you will also be able to regulate your sleeping schedule as well. You must maintain contact with Kyoko-san as well text her when you can. There will be days in which we will inform you to go out with her to help strengthen your bond, but until you get those orders focus on yourself and what you need to do to become better as her manager.

-Your father-Kuchiki, President Takarada

Go figure this is what I would expect from my dad and his childhood friend She felt slightly agitated. But still….I get to spend a week with Yashiro-chan that could be fun she thought with a devilish smile.

Yashiro-san -

To be honest there really isn't much that we feel although you need to learn or achieve while on this journey. So for the most part you can just relax and enjoy your vacation you deserve it. We do ask that you keep in contact with Ren via text message he might need your help at points. You will also find that on certain days we will ask for you to go to visit with him these are for moral support. We will keep you informed with what you need to know about his situations and tasks. Chikako-san will also be keeping in contact with Kyoko-san in this way. Maybe between the two of you we can help them understand. Have fun!

-President Takarada, Director Kuchiki

P.S. Before you leave tell Ren "remember you already have a special task to accomplish"

Hmmm…..a week vacation…and I don't have anything I really need to learn I don't know if I should feel happy or left out he thought with a frown. I get to be with Chikako-san though that might be interesting He looked over at the woman who seemed to be not thrilled with her letter. Tsuruga-san and Kyoko-san will be alone too the thought almost made him giggle I can't wait to see how this all turns out. I wonder what his special task is?

Kyoko-san -

You have come such a long way in such a short amount of time but I'm afraid we must still push you to become more. What we hope you gain from this is to trust your heart more and to listen to what it is truly telling you. We don't know about all your hardships in the past but we prey you realize that was the past. You now are surrounded by people that love you and want the best for you. If your ever in doubt on what you should do or what you should say contact Chikako-san as a manager and friend she will help you with anything. Please keep in mind our discussion last night and try to be open minded, things change over time you just have to allow them to. Take care of Ren as you see fit and enjoy your time with him, hopefully this experience will strengthen the bond between you two. Those are your goals, Have fun!

-President Takarada, Director Kuchiki

Be open minded, trust my heart, listen to what it says, take care of Tsuruga as I see fit…..I'll do my best! Kyoko was determined she had to accomplish her goals.

Ren -

I'm not going to sugar coat this for you. This is going to be difficult, but we think you'll make it through just fine. Listen to your heart, don't be afraid of yourself, and try to enjoy this experience. Take good care of Kyoko-san you are the man of this house for the week so I expect you to protect her and make her happy don't let her down. Those are your goals for the trip I expect you to complete them. Remember enjoy yourself and the company you have.

-President Takarada, Director Kuchiki

P.S. …

You have got to be kidding me….does he really expect me to follow that P.S.? I can't possibly do that…although it would be nice. Ren felt himself blush slightly as he considered the P.S..

"Well, I guess we should be going then Chikako-san" Yashiro's words brought everyone out of their thoughts.

"Ah yes I guess we should" she perked up a bit. "I'll see you around Kyoko-san and don't forget if you need me text me anytime" with that she pulled out a business card from her purse and handed it to Kyoko. "This is my number okay?"

"Okay, I'll keep that in mind" Kyoko said thankfully. "If you need me for anything Yashiro-san has my number."

Chika nodded and turned to Yashiro. "So you ready?"

Yashiro nodded and began to follow Chika back down the path and to the car passing Kyoko's and Ren's luggage bags that the driver had set on the walk way. He turned around remembering what he was suppose to say "Tsuruga-san, remember you already have a special task to accomplish" he said with a smile and then continued to walk. Ren instantly turned red. Did those two serious tell Yashiro-san what I was suppose to do too! Well I guess now I have no choice.

"Special task? Already?" Kyoko looked at Ren with curiosity. I wonder what it is.

Author's note- sorry just had to end it there. You're all just going to have to wait patiently for the next chapter.