A rupture down the middle of her designated path; when Kyouko entered the restaurant, she was carving a new destiny into a stone untouched. And she did so with a smile.

"Ohayoo gozaimasu!" Two sets of eyes belonging to a couple traced the source back to the woman that stood at their front entrance. What a familiar voice this woman seemed to have!

"Kyouko, oh my, is that you?" The older woman asked and began to walk forward.

"Hai, I'm back. Sorry I left suddenly this morning." Kyouko bowed politely before it was broken. Both Taisho and his wife ran forward and captured her into a hug.

"I'm so glad you're alright, even though Ren reassured us that you weren't going to be gone for too long, we were still worried."

Ren, glad for the interruption, took the chance to escape the meal that Taisho had forced him to undertake. "Kyouko, you look marvelous."

Everyone took a step back to scan her, "You do; it's-very different." said the woman, meanwhile, Taisho grunted and strode away. Kyouko was left shocked and felt ashamed for upsetting him.

"I'm sorry; I needed to change myself. Please, can you apologize to Otou-san for me."

"I have a feeling that he isn't mad necessarily at you, dear." She paused but continued when Kyouko gave her a kicked-puppy look, "He's just jealous. His baby girl is growing up and making her way out into the world. I don't think he's prepared himself for the time you'll fly away from our little nest."

" And what about you?" Kyouko asked.

"Well, as for me; I'm happy seeing you grow up and becoming a young woman. Just promise me this, when you find a guy, bring him back home so I can start plans for the wedding. I want grandkids by the bucket-full in the near future!"

The costumers who had been eating at the restaurant started snickering. Kyouko blanched in horror and covered her face from embarrassment. Meanwhile, Ren nearby, was having not-so-nice thoughts. He had also never prepared for the day that she would leave him; it was different when he was told that she had disappeared somewhere with her loved one. When he had left Kyouko to her own devises, she had crawled back broken. Could he ever willingly pass her off with a smile to the man that will one day come and promises to take care of her? Ren couldn't say…

Kyouko felt that she needed to do more than just change her appearance, there was something else that she was missing, she couldn't place her finger on it. Luck was on her side when the answer came literally smacking her face.

"Whaaaaaa," She said and pried the paper from her. Her eyes quickly caught the beautiful fantasy themed picture on the front. They had her hooked, so she read the pamphlet.

LME,

Is currently sponsoring talent auditions for those aspiring a career

in the entertainment field. You have just received an exclusive ticket to

participate in these events. Come and visit downtown Tokyo and sign up!

Slots are limited; if you are interested, you need to act now.

Events starts- 0-0-00 X:XX

Address- XXX

Kyouko laughed aloud; her, being an actor or singer? Her eyes caught the beautiful picture on the cover and she struggled with herself. Fine! She carefully cut out the image and tore the rest of it up; undaunted she walked back home.

Ren had to participate in yet another crazy plan from the President. He was judging auditions for the upcoming event; participation was mandatory. He rubbed his temples as he thought of the oncoming headaches he would receive. Anything the President did was never half-baked. Ren could already imagine how he would be forced to stand by Lory's side as he, yet again, made another one of his 'grand entrances'.

Kyouko walked into the house carrying a bag of groceries. Ren stifled a smile as he watched her go threw the all-so-familiar motions of Lala-land. He wondered what sparked this one; it was usually brought on my some onslaught of fantasy inspiring situations. Kyouko whistled and hummed as she put the food away; Ren stepped forward to help her.

"Earth to Kyouko; what's got you daydreaming."

She beamed and dived towards her bag; rummaging around, she procured the pamphlet- or what was left of it-. " I found this when I was outside."

His face morphed into that of unspeakable horror; it was like he was staring straight down into the face of hell. "Where did you get that?" He spat the words out like they were cursed.

She blinked her eyes innocently, "The wind caught it and the paper landed on my face," she studied his face a little longer, "It's just some random piece of paper."

The man knew better: the paper was made from high quality material, the precision of the event which took place, the excessive eye to floral detail, even down to the last minute-detail. Kyouko never even had a chance… There was even a fucking castle with a princess peering into a pond that contained a frog, and was that a unicorn making its way out of the tree line in the forest? No, there was more to this than just simple coincidence!

"Can I see that for a moment," he dodged smoothly, Kyouko was disturbed by his reactions. The moment he flipped the picture over and read the back his heart froze.

"Kyouko, no one would loose something this important just like that. You would have a greater chance to win the lottery than someone absentmindedly misplacing it and you just so happened to stumble across it. This was meant for you." He adjusted the paper so that she could read the back.

In cursive lettering it contained her name, birth year, and other likewise sensitive info. But the scariest words of all were the ones that read-

Invitation to the Ball-

P.S. From your Sugar-daddy