A/N: Ta-Daa! A whole new chapter! OMG! OMG! *Fangirls squealing in distance as the chapter four strides proudly down the red carpet*..OK sugar rush almost gone now.

Disclaimer: I do not own skip beat, any of it's characters used in the story, or any related properties therin. And don't waste your time trying to sue, I'm also a poor senior in highschool looking for a job in an economic crisis...you get the picture.

'chapter the fourth' or oh kami, 'did I just say that out loud?!'

Natsumi reluctantly released his daughter from a hug sixteen-years in waiting. His daughter, he'd wanted to say that for over sixteen years. She really did look like Saena he mused, despite the strong resemblance with himself, you couldn't tell if you didn't know where to look. Any doubts he had harboured were gone, and from the look in her eyes...she was nothing like her mother. More like himself he thought with a grin. Earnest, hard working ...and somewhat dramatic (No matter what his friends in University said, he was not a drama queen!)

"um...hi"

Oh, she was speaking! Natsumi blushed. Damn it, even after all that he still could figure out what to say!

Kyoko wasn't quite sure what to do. She was sure this man was her supposed father, there was some resemblance after all... Oh no! What if she got the wrong person?! What if he was only leaving and she'd just barraled into him, she glanced over at Ookami-san (that's right isn't it?!), embarrasedly questioning.

'So touching' She thought, when Kyoko had explained earlier she had been afraid. She hadn't been able to have children and Kyoko had become a daughter to her, but after seeing this ...she felt so happy just to have witnessed such a scene. Kyoko glanced at her, embarrased and questioning and for moment she was confused as to why...then she realized, her confusion becoming amusement as she nodded. The poor dear wasn't sure she had the right person! No wonder she had been so scared and embarrased!

Natsumi looked at his daughter and though he was sure of the answer questioned, "Kyoko Mogami?"

Kyoko looked up at him with shining eyes "Yes, yes I am"

"My name is Natsumi Mogami, your father"

Ten minutes later they were seated down comfortably, having established they were indeed family they were now chatting amicably and were starting to get into the big questions.

"So, I should have grown up with you instead of Mom?"

"Yes, it was part of the divorce agreement. I realized she'd been using me to got to my money so a child would only hinder her, I couldn't be sure how you would have been raised. How -?"

"- It wasn't to bad. She was of course always very ...strict though." how do you say that your mother hadn't been a mother at all?

By the look on her face, they don't seem to have been close, but... "Saena was always a perfectionist. She used to say that everything was a necessary preperation and only the best survive the battle, therefore one must always get on hundred percent, nothing else would guarantee results"

"Yes, she was very ...empathtic about that" you mean she yelled at you for hours, ouch, always as a kid?! I only had to deal with it in middle school and highschool.

"Did you do much together?" "No ...mom was working a lot you see and she didn't really have time for me" So, Saena wasn't much of a mother, well she wasn't very motherly to begin with, even so to the child she had gone so far as to declare dead...

"So who did you spend time with then?"

"Oh I had a ...childhood friend" kyoko's expression darkened considerably, "whose parents were friends of mom. They owned the local inn so I helped out there a great deal" hmm, that explained her excellent posture and poise and the approval in the resturant owner's eyes. But why so upsett about the childhood friend? A fight? Ouch, fights between females can get nasty, must have recent since her claws are still out...better a topic for later then.

"So when did you come to Tokyo then?" probably a few months ago to the auditions...

"About a year and a half ago." What? Don't tell me she...ran away?! What about school?! "With someone?" At this her expression darkened incredibly and he felt the stirring of her power. What on earth...? something was terribly wrong. Who had done this to his little girl? His questioned was answered when she replied.

"yes, my ...childhood friend, Sho Fuwa"

Suddenly it made a horrible sort of sense. He'd heard the story from Sho's manager and the incident at the office had been described by Ms Sawamura. Fuwa Sho, his biggest and most successful investment in the past two years had selfishly used his baby and thrown her and her love away like yesterday's trash. That bastard!

"You're... that... Kyoko?" Natsumi almost trembled with shock and rage at Fuwa. 'How dare he!'

Kyoko was confused. How could he have heard the story? Unless he worked in the industry? Had she upset him? Was he mad at her? He must be disgusted at her foolishness...

Natsumi noticed Kyoko's increasing distress, why? Oh she thought he was mad at her. Spontaneously he reached across the table and pulled her into a crushing hug "That-, how dare he!"

'eh?! He's not digusted with me?"

After they both calmed down Natsumi reumed the interrogation

"So... why an actress?" he was curious, his daughter didn't eem the type.

Oh no, not this...how do I answer this? What if he reacts like Tsuruga-sempai? Afterall it's likely he works in the industry.

"Revenge"

....

...

...oh kami, did I just say that out loud?!

Natsumi watched bemused as his daughter's expressin changed to pale and confude to panicked and horrified. Revenge...oh dear god, she was going to defeat Fuwa. a little extreme, but ...that's my girl!

Natsumi was amazed. "you, against all odds became an actress, all to defeat fuwa? That's my girl!"

kyoko was stunned, her father was proud of her? She blushed shyly"Yes, though I was originally aiming for something different"

Something different? Like ...a musician? All mogami's loved music, it was part of their power, his mother had the most beautiful voice... but they would discuss that later.

"I saw you in Dark Moon. You were perfect."

Kyoko smiled, blushing prettily and said thank you, but his praise had reminded her of her dilemma about the requests for 'Mio' but Kuu-sensei's words resounded in her mind and she became determined again.

"Is that how you found me?

"Yes the resemblance was uncanny, my secretary knew about you from her cousin, a Mr Sawamura?"

"Oh yes! He's been a great help. At first he thought I would be unsuitable but after I persuaded him for a while.

Persuaded? Evidently his question had shown on his face as Kyoko proceeded to detail her persuasion.

Any ordinary man, or in the case of Lory Takeda, a strange one would have been shocked and somewhat disturbed by this account. But Natsumi Mogami, was of course no ordinary man. His abnormality was compounded by the fact he was Kyoko Mogami's father (and truthfully, very similar in personality and temperment). Natsumi was estastic. To think his girl was so dedicated & hardworking, even in if it was in pursuit of revenge.

"So you knew about Sho and I, you must work in the industry and you have a secretary...what do you do for a living". The question! Aaaah! The inevitable question he had been dreading!

'How... How do I answer this?!" without thinking he blurted it out.

"I'm the president of Akatoki".

Kyoko sat dumbfounded for a moment, then

"Your the PRESIDENT?!" he could almost see the word floating midair behind her, in sparly pink bubble writing, all caps intentional.

Kyoko grew serious for a moment, obviously debating something then Natsumi saw an amazing thing happen. Kyoko's demon's came out.

A/N: my first completely new chapter! Sorry for the delay the story was temporarily lost. enjoy!