IMPENETRABLE HEART CHAPTER FOUR

Beta Reader:SkinOfInk

Critic: CurrentlyOccupied

A/N: Apologies for the super long update! I had it proofread and edited for your enjoyment. I hope you guys understand. Sorry for the long wait and the cliffhangers. I think there'll be more of that. *sweatdrop* Anyways! Here ya are! Enjoy :)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own 'Skip Beat!' no matter how I much wish for it. I am simply a superfan like most of us here. I am truly grateful to Nakamura Yoshiki-sensei for bringing the perfect mix of humor and pure romance to our lives because without her, this story would cease to exist.

They were still inside the Trap Room of the limousine when the whole room suddenly turned from dark to black. The previously dimly lit room had almost completely turned to all black. It seemed like something terrible was going to start here.

"Oi. Can't you do it normally?" said Sho, who was just sitting there acting carefree and staring at his phone. What he meant by 'normally' was without emitting any negative aura that was beginning to suffocate him. Behind him was the source of the gloomy atmosphere. Kyoko had been hammering the handcuff chain for who knows how many times already. Before that, she tried using the katana, saw, knife and spiked club too, but none of them even caused a scratch on the metal chain connecting the two. It seemed like the chain was specially made using a strong and lightweight metal that made it impossible to cut or break.

They still had not figured out how they got chained to each other, after the smoke cleared, it was already there. It was as if the handcuff automatically chose them on its own for some unknown purpose. The chain was a meter long, made up of indestructible metal but was lightweight compared to the regular ones. Sho had never seen anything like this before that he questioned himself what hobbies the director had.

Having failed yet again in destroying the damned chain, the super annoyed Kyoko glared at Sho with a twisted look of doom on her face. Even after using every weapon she found on the floor, there was none that could cut off the metal chain binding them. And this bastard she was stuck with, didn't do anything helpful at all. She was on the verge of losing her patience. In fact, she was already using her back-up nerves in order to cooperate with the guy. But enough was enough, she was getting drained from all her piled up grief starting from the 'deed' that happened earlier. She finally made a conclusion. Panting in exhaustion, she put all her strength in raising the 2.5lb hammer and aimed it at Sho who had his back facing Kyoko.

"Hey are you done yet—" Sho turned around to take a look at the situation on Kyoko's side and saw the incoming threat to his life. He broke in a cold sweat.

BAM!

"You! What's wrong with you?!" Sho stood up and yelled in shock. The hammer had almost hit him; thank god it missed him by a few millimeters.

"Tsch. Missed by a hair," Kyoko hissed, her face was that of a cold blooded hunter trying to aim at her prey. "Do me a favor and stop moving, stupid Sho!" She picked up the hammer again to aim it once more.

"Like hell would I ever stop moving! Stop swinging that thing!" Sho tried to get the hammer out of Kyoko's hand by force, but she wasn't giving in easily. She was being serious in all this. It was a kill or be killed moment for Kyoko. Either she dies of frustration and anger for being chained with this bastard or she would feed her hunger for revenge by ending his life right here and right now with her own hands. Without any question, she was so sure that she'd rather die an honorable death by making sure that the world was safe of someone like Shotaro Fuwa.

"How dare you act so carefree in this situation!" she roared in rage. "If I'm going to die because of you then I'll have to get rid of you first!" Kyoko kept pulling the hammer away from Sho and the process of pulling and pushing kept going on and on for a few minutes since both sides were not showing any signs of giving up.

"Just calm down first!" Sho got irritated, so he tried grabbing Kyoko's right arm, but she managed to escape his grasp.

"Don't touch me!" Kyoko stepped back, her guard up.

"Oh, do you really have the right to say that?" Sho snorted. "Weren't YOU the one who touched ME? You pervert!"

A pervert?! The shock and the level of impurity of the word had frozen Kyoko on her spot. Is that what it looked like? Am I really considered as someone of that standing? She was getting even more depressed after thinking about all of this. She felt like her reputation had degraded to an even more pitiable status than she currently was. "It was an accident!"She finally decided to take a stand and defend herself.

"I could still sue you for harassment! I never thought you had this kind of side to you. I always knew the day would come when you would lose your cool and have your hands all over me." Sho pointed his finger at Kyoko with a smug look on his face as if judging her guilty on this case on harassment talks. "Well I don't blame you. I am irresistible after all." He chuckled and turned sarcastic again, "It just never occurred to me that you'd take advantage of this situation. Shame on you, Kyoko."

"That was the last straw, you arrogant, self-centered jerk!" Kyoko's eyes were on fire now, her minions in full throttle ready to attack the man who was the sole reason for their existence. 'I'll disarrange that smug look on your face!' she shouted in her head as she raised the hammer again after successfully getting Sho's hand off it, and aimed for Sho's arm.

Then a sound of a hammer falling down abruptly without reaching its target was heard.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" was the sound that Kyoko made when Sho pulled her forgotten left hand and placed it on his chest. It didn't even reach him at all but the thought of repeating her vile mistake was beyond horrible, let alone unforgivable. She violently pulled away her hand and was shivering in shock. This guy never fails to surprise her various ways. Seeing Kyoko teary eyed made Sho burst into laughter.

"You evil jerk! You-" Kyoko went on with her speech of curses but Sho was no longer interested in listening to her ranting. Instead, he busied himself by reading a text from the director's butler. He had been contacting Director Izumi for a while now ever since they had been stuck together. After all, he doesn't dare put his life at risk having chained to such an endangered species such as Kyoko. He looked at the pitiful Kyoko whose face has lost its value of feminineness due to her annoyance and wrath. Sho was quite sure this wouldn't be the case if he was chained to another girl other than his childhood friend. He sighed as he stood up, pulling the handcuff's chain signaling Kyoko to shut the hell up since she was still going on with her speech. The seriousness of Sho's face made Kyoko stop talking and wonder in silence. Something was definitely up, she thought.

"This way. Follow me." He turned and started walking towards a third door where neither of them had entered before. Neither of them moved after they've been handcuffed earlier so they never really thought of leaving the limousine. Plus, Kyoko was more concerned in getting away from this walking mess quickly than be seen with him anywhere to search for help. But Sho was acting strangely now, the way he stated it wasn't a request but an imperative command, making Kyoko hesitant to follow. It's not like he was polite to ask for her opinion anyway, the bastard had already started dragging her with him.

They arrived in a room full of clothes, shoes, costumes and other cosplay materials imaginable and unimaginable. Looking at this made Kyoko think if they were still in the same car. She was pretty amused of all the things the director liked, she was a very interesting person in her opinion. But her time to admire and reflect was cut short when Sho suddenly kicked the door shut and faced Kyoko with a heavy gaze. The lights finally working well and he noticed something about this childhood friend of his. Suddenly, the atmosphere became cold and quiet until…

"Strip," he ordered.

"Sebas-chaaaaaaaaaaaan!" Zara cried on her desk whilst the butler kept wiping her tears off the table. "Wh-wha shuadu? (What should I do?) Ai… ai w-wost da kii! (I lost the key!)" she continued sobbing.

"Shouldn't there be a duplicate key with him?" the butler answered bluntly leaving the director speechless and stunned, not because of his sudden cold attitude but the fact that he chose such a time to speak of something like this.

"Oh… Is that so?" She answered in a poker face, but the slight twitching of her lips were seen by the butler. "I'll try and look for it in my office, okay?" Zara stood up in a rush and left the room clumsily, hitting her hip on her desk as she stood up and bumping her shoulder on the side of the door as she walked out in a crisscross direction, like a drunk person.

Sebas-chan did not really want to use that person to make Zara come back to her senses. But he had no choice, the director had started acting way out of hand again. He knew using his name would be effective to stop her and her crazy antics for a while, but he underestimated the fact that it was too powerful to knock out her common sense as well.

Sebas-chan sighed week worth of grief. What did she mean she was going to look for it in her office when this room was already her office? This was the only Office of the Director in the whole building. He didn't know whether he should be happy that she's trying to help now rather than make trouble or that he should be worried about what she could possibly do… Her unpredictability is very high after all. Suddenly announcing to the media that she's going to do a drama out of the blue, forcing people to act in it, getting them into trouble without being responsible for it, damaging the car again and even asked for immediate auditions for this production. Goodness gracious, just how much more spoiled can she get?

The butler sighed again. The thought of what she could do next made him even more anxious. He massaged his face gently to keep away wrinkles as he read Sho's texts on the director's phone. It seemed like the boy was experiencing quite a heavy burden considering the fact all his messages were rants and that he'd tried calling five times without a response on the other side of the line. Sebastian had only managed to snatch the phone while she was out of it. It wasn't really an offense against his master. As long as he returned it without her knowing it was gone and used anyway, he grinned to himself.

He instructed Sho to come to the SBS Network to retrieve the key and gave him further directions as to how to arrive to the said place without attracting too much attention. He also assured him that everything would go smoothly as long as they stuck with the plan. With that, he made sure that everything else in the building would be in place before the two main stars arrived.

"Are you done yet?" Sho asked, obviously restless.

"J-just a little bit more…" Kyoko was sweating now due to the tremendous pressure she was under.

"Just do it already! I can't wait anymore!"

"Shut up! I'm getting nervous!"

"I'll do it then!"

"Wait a minute! I'll do it. I'll really do it this time!"

"Too slow! I'm going in."

"Noooooooooooooo! Don't-"

Sho entered the room without further delay. "So? Stop hiding already. Let me see."

Slowly walking towards Sho, Kyoko wearing heels and a bright yellow checkered dress emerged from the curtains of the dressing room. What Sho meant to strip off was her unnecessary scarf and distasteful shoes that didn't go well with her dress. In addition to enhancing her look, Sho chose a straight black wig which hung across her shoulders. She also applied a little make up on her face that took about thirty minutes of application of powder, blush and lipstick mainly because she was using the Cosmetic Suite, Moko had given her on her birthday. She was handling it with extreme care so she had to be really careful in handling them. Even without the blush on, it was pretty obvious how embarrassed and humiliated Kyoko was finding herself having to dress prettily, to go on a date with her previous love and current hated rival.

The reason for this was a text message from the director's butler:

To Kyoko-sama: Act like a crazy fangirl who just won a date with her favorite artist. Follow this map to arrive at the bus stop and after 15 minutes, you'll be here. Don't worry, we've gotten everything covered! *wink*

To Sho-sama: Please act like your rude and arrogant self. Make sure to do what's right on the way to the bus stop. Ah, but don't do something indecent, okay? *chuckle*

The map is attached here →

The butler explained that they had to agree to this because they didn't have a choice, since going out in public handcuffed would become a problem. They couldn't use the car since Sebas-chan was the sole driver of it so they had to be the ones to get to this building and acquire the key. Also, this was the only way Sebas-chan can help them behind the scenes for he cannot do anything without his mater's command. Anyhow, the main point was that they had to be ones to get it from the director.

Going back to Sho and Kyoko… Sho was in awe of his own abilities. He was the one who chose her wig and fixed her clothes (got rid of the unwanted scarf and troublesome trinkets) and they fit her quite well. But something was not right - well, except for his unexpectedly fast beating heart that past for a few seconds before he suppressed it - her current look reminded him of Kyoko from the past, at the time when they were in middle school, when she was still pure and innocent and all she could think of was him. Only this time, she looked a little mature due to her make up. It wasn't all that pretty; in fact it was a bit plain. What he didn't understand was why he was becoming uneasy for some reason. Sho suddenly inched closer to Kyoko and started wiping off her lipstick.

"Hey! Knock it umff-" Kyoko resisted but Sho was too fast before she could even react. 'The nerve of him to waste Moko-san's very special gift for me!' she thought, smacking Sho with her hands to knock him away but he remained unmoved.

Sho had already erased half of it and it smudged all over his white long sleeve. But Sho's mind was in utter chaos. Everything was a mess after what he just did. How could he barge into the room, get stunned at the sight of Kyoko and suddenly touch her like this? The trail of his touch stopped at her soft lips. He did not know for what reason or how it happened, his fingers simply settled there. Heck, he wasn't even aware that he was staring intently at her face, specifically at the place where his fingertips had stopped. The look on his face seemed to say that he wanted something. It was only after he saw Kyoko's trembling and super shocked face that he realized what was doing.

At the same moment, she also realized what this bastard had done when he got close to her face the last time they met during Dark Moon's shooting. This guy had just stolen her first kiss like it was nothing! She suddenly remembered the cold words of warning from her senpai: "From now on you'll have to be careful so it never happens again." The sheer moment of recall sent chills down to her spine.

But before Kyoko could utter a word or move away, Sho had already backed away voluntarily.

"Don't use red lipstick," he said before stepping out of the room. Kyoko was inside the dressing room which was located inside the room they had first entered. The door leading to the bigger from the smaller room was separated by a curtain made of beads. This was how Sho was able to stay outside while Kyoko was in another room considering the fact that they were chained thus making their movements limited.

Kyoko was still confused at this point, there were invisible question marks written on her face. 'What's wrong with using a red color?' Kyoko asked herself, finishing up her ruined lipstick after changing the color to a nude one. Luckily, she had brought her make-up set with her because she had thought she would start looking for odd jobs again after her acting project was over. It was a good thing she had two colors of lipstick with her too. The one she bought by herself, a nude color to go with her natural look and another red one included in Moko's birthday present.

With everything set, Kyoko and Sho were finally ready to put the plan in action. But what awaits the two on the way to escape from each other was undeniably a very important point in this story.

- end of current chapter -

A/N Part 2: I didn't try to shorten it at all this chapter. I'll just semi-ignore the word count to make room for my ideas to blossom. LOL. Oh and for the RenxKyoko fans, you guys will have your share of moments soon. Let's just give the spotlight to Sho for a while okay? Both Ren and Sho will have equal chances and moment with out heroine. It just happens that Sho was first in line. I also apologize if I'm dragging the story too long, okay? Please point that out if it's becoming too much out of hand since I'm actually pacing my story according to the original one. I do not like to rush things, see. So yeah, kindly point that out please. And for taking too long to update due to my laziness, I truly apologize. But your reviews and messages keeps me going. A million thanks! :*

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