Chapter 13
It hadn't been easy getting to this point, they both thought. They really couldn't reveal their circumstances to Japan immediately, due to the fact that she was a single mother and that was really frowned upon. Her reputation would take an enormous hit, even if it wasn't her fault. She insisted that she be at the same level in her career as he, in order for her to be accepted fully.
She worked, she worked hard and he patiently waited as they dated in secret. Every now and then, Lory would leak a little something here or there, to prepare the public for the big reveal in Japan and the US. The secrets weren't released in scandalous amounts, just little tidbits here and there. Kind of like frosting a cake, he was doing it in layers. Spreading the news a little at a time so that it wouldn't be so much of a shock when it finally happened.
They had married after about eight months of dating and Kuon traveling back and forth between their locations, she refused to allow him to drop everything like he'd planned. It would have been sooner, but for Kyoko's piece of mind, he wanted to give her the full experience of what she had missed. So, there were the dates, the dinners, the movie nights, the flowers, the candies, and all the little embellishments that went along with it.
Finally, when the twins were a year and a half old and Kyoko was well known in Hollywood for her professionalism and talent, they decided to spend a little time in Japan. They would be working on a film for Director Shingai. He had been wanting the pair in the same film for a very long time and they finally agreed. It would be their first as co-leads and much to Lory's delight, it would be a romance/horror.
Clouds In Her Eyes. It was a story about a woman that was being haunted by a particularly violent poltergeist. Kuon's character was the only one to believe in her, and was determined to help her. The story had been based off of a couple that Seiji had read about a few years ago in America and he had it adapted for the international independent film market. He did embellish it here and there to make it a bit more sensational and a bit more creepy, but in the end it made it out of Japan and spread across the globe. It would be their solid international debut, it would make the names Kuon and Kyoko Hizuri a household name wherever they decided to finally nest.
As for Saena Mogami, she was disgusted that her daughter got caught up in such a predicament. She had hoped that by distancing herself from the girl, that Kyoko wouldn't make the same mistakes that she did. Instead, she discovered that Kyoko had gotten pregnant and tied herself down with children and a husband in the end. She wanted nothing to do with her.
Sho Fuwa was livid. Not only did she fall in love with Tsuruga and broken her vow to him, she had gotten pregnant, like the little whore that he now saw her as. He wanted nothing to do with her and much to his own folly, he made that very vocally clear every opportunity that he had. Unfortunately, many were disgusted at his words and behavior. His career quickly tanked due to the fact that young women worldwide and in Japan, were steadily becoming more progressive when it came to single parentage and sex before marriage. At least Tsuruga-san/Hizuri-san was taking responsibility for his actions, even if he didn't need to, unlike Sho. Kuon's popularity for this fact went up and Sho's went down.
Taira Murasame was arrested and sentenced for several counts of sexual assault. He could never completely grasp the fact that his most hated rival Cain Heel, was indeed the son of the man that he admired the most, Kuu Hizuri and he paled at the thought each time, that he had nearly had his way with Kyouko, one of the actresses that he had also admired. It was something that he would regret doing for the rest of his life, because for all intent and purpose, his career was effectively over.
When the Hizuri twins were almost two and a half years old, they were escorted to the hospital to welcome a beautiful little sister that had been delivered by c-section after their mother's uneventful pregnancy. Raven-black hair and eyes as gold as a freshly minted coins took in her surroundings and marveled at her two, already overprotective, big brothers. Setsuka Hizuri. Grandpa Lory felt honored, Daddy Kuon was beside himself with pride, and Grandpa Kuu now had a little princess to completely spoil, as did Grandma Juli.
~fin~
A/N: I apologize for the abrupt ending of this story, but I fear if I go any further it will only take away from the heart of the story. I also apologize for the late release of this ending. It seems as though I was sucked into reading "A Rose In Winter" By Kathleene Woodiwiss. Brought on by reading an unfinished fanfic: The Lady In Winter/ Skip Beat! Fanfic. I couldn't help myself. (sheepish grin)
I hope you all enjoyed this one and I will try to put up a couple of more chapters of The Muse, which is winding toward the end. I'm also working on another Called Setsuka Heel. A little AU where Kyoko is actually Setsuka Heel, who had been tragically switched at birth. I want to complete that one before putting it up, but I might feel the itch to prematurely post it, because I really like that one. );)