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Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat!

Summary: The story takes place during the summer. Therefore, Kyoko Mogami is about to head into her new job as an actress.

"I guess I have to go home." Sho said to Shoko as they were driving to the agency.

"What!? Why so soon?"

"Well, my parents want me to visit them for some reason."

"Don't you want to promote your new album?"

"The album can wait. I have some things to do. Anyway you can decide when to release it. The crew is working it out."

"I'll work in the PV, after I get back from Kyoto."

"Do not take too long or people will be wondering where you are."

"Okay, it will probably take a couple of days since I have to take the shin'kan'sen.

When the conversation ended, they got out of the car. After planning out what was to come. Shoko said that she could not go with him because of business reasons.

With rumors of his new album floating in the media, Sho had to make things quick or rumors could get out of hand. Sho went low-key to Kyoto, so that he would not capture any fans attention. Bringing only what Sho thought was necessary, he took the Bullet Train to Kyoto. While he was in the train he had a dream.

"Shotaro!!" What the heck?! Who is calling me? By my full name, too. Looking around he sees Kyoko.

"Why are you in my dream?" Sho said, while staring at her with a question mark on his head.

"I was wondering if you liked to meet him?" Kyoko said with her long dark hair.

"Who are you talking about, you are trying to get you revenge on me. How can you have time to spend it with some guy?" Sho was spectacle.

"You're funny Shotaro. I was talking about this little guy."

Sho woke up in a cold sweat and to the noise of the operator because the operator guy was saying the next station to Kyoto was coming up. The dream freaked him out. Sho was glad it was a dream though.

After getting out of the station he got into a cab to take him to his family's Inn. As he was the only heir to the business, Sho knew that Kyoto was not the place he was meant to be. But it was not bad to return home once in a while. As the car was moving Sho looked at the surrounding and noticed that some things had changed. While looking around he felt a sense of nostalgia.

The cab then stop in front of the Inn. The place looked the same as the day he left it. Sho walked to the entrance and saw things here did not change at all. Being the

spoiled, pampered boy he was, Sho decided to go to his room and what he finds is a little blonde runt, who could have been three years old. Sho could not believe it,when he got home; in Kyoto at the Inn, he saw a little child playing with his things. Sho expected to be greeted at the door yet he did not see his parents. When he watches the kid for a while he began to question why the runt is in his room. Sho then thinks it's a good idea to ask the kid anyway.

"Hey, what are you doing in my room?" A kid no less.

"I wait, Mommy." I wonder where she could be.

The kid continues to play with the toys and keeps on giving Sho straightforward answers.

"Who is your mother?"

"Granpa, mama, know." Who is this guy? This little runt ignored my question. He thinks he owns this place.

Sho notices that he is not going anywhere with just asking questions. So he tries to improvise. Since the little runt was a stubborn little boy, Sho figured it was time to stop. Noticing that he forgot to pay the cab driver, Sho left the room. When he got his things into the room the kid was gone. Sho begins to look around. Later he decides to meet with his parents to discuss why there is a boy in his room.

(Sho's POV)

"Great, now I have to ask my parents, but I have a feeling I already know why they called me here."

So I went ahead to the family's main room, where my parents were, I hope. While walking in and sliding the two doors, my parents just stared at me, with happy smiles on their faces; it was as if I had never left the place. Everything looked the same, yet I did not remember having a sibling. So I had to infer that the kid was either a child of a distant relative (which is not likely) or my pops wanted to replace me, under that happy charade of a smile.

"This was going to be a long night if my calculations were correct."

(Narrator's POV)

Somewhere in Tokyo, Kyoko was getting ready for the beach party. Since Kyoko already decided to meet up with Moko at the beach because she wanted to see it during the daylight; while it was pretty and everyone she knew was there. Kyoko then checked her clock, which said. "4 o'clock" with Bo as the background. So she then put her sandals on and walked up to her BMW. Kyoko then thought,

"What if Moko isn't there to celebrate?"

"No! She has to be there."

"Well, I won't find out until I get there. I hope to see the little boy that has a crush on her."

"It would be nice to see Maria, Boss, Ren-san and Yashiro-san there, too."

Getting there was no trouble, but the only thing that was bugging her, happened to be giving her a nostalgic feeling when she got to the beach. There she saw Moko and what looked to be a young man in his teens so she went up to them and hugged Moko, who in turn looked embarrassed but happy.

"Hello, Moko how have you been?" Now, that was fast.

"Fine"

"Do you still remember him right? Pointing Uesugi Hiou? Well, I found out he was on the inviting list so I am going with him."

"Hey, Kyoko-san, you still look the same."

"Well, nice to meet you guys in such a short notice. How long has it mean actually?"

"Matter of fact it has to be more than a year since we have heard of you Kyoko-chan" said Lory, with Maria right behind him.

"Hello" everyone said.

"It is a good thing that this is a private party because you have been absent for quite a while to be exact. People are bound to want to know what happened to you.

Would you like to say the reason you have been absent Kyoko-chan? Maria looked sad that you did not say good-bye to us not even Ren."

Kyoko looked as if the end of the world was coming and she had no solution. But that did not stop her from saying

"I'm sorry I did not say anything back then but now I know I'll be more prepared and won't make you guys worry. I am here now and I won't be leaving you guys any time soon, so let's have fun."

While looking at Kyoko puppy eyes they knew they could not argue with that face, and let it side and hope for the best.

(Ren POV)

"Sunset is nearly here and the beach looks beautiful, at this time with all the lights shining over the party. Nothing seems too different from Boss's idea of a party; with a lot of models dancing, people talking, food on the tables set next to the sand."

"As I look at the sky I see that everyone is not here yet, well the ones that were invited any way."

"Kyoko is playing with Maria-chan a lot, while cooking food under the stand that sells food."

"I think I am actually the last one to attend the beach party because the beach volleyball court is not up anymore."

"People are socializing and I would not be surprised if they were talking about Kyoko-chan."

"She has been gone for a couple of months, wait it feels like years."

"Yashiro-san is probably going to bother me about Kyoko-chan and where she has been for the time of absence. Even I do not know where she has gone."

"I know for sure the Boss knows the answer though."

After the sunset Maria and Kyoko were getting ready the smoothes for the evening since it was very hot during the day and they thought everyone there needed something to cool themselves off with. Kyoko began to think of her seventeenth birthday but being the skookum actress she was; therefore, her intuition took over and gave her a feeling of deja vu or something like it, was going to happen again. But then again pieces of her memorizes were scattered all over her mind and some are hard to place. So she decided that talking with Moko will help straighten things up. On the way she collide paths with Ren and Yashiro on the beach. Looking at the weird situation in front of him Yashiro whispers to Ren. Ren being the gentleman he is just stays calm and Kyoko just looks down at her feet. Making it seem her scandals were the most interesting things in the world.

"Kyoko-chan, how have you been?"

"I am doing well, Yashiro-san."

"Good evening, Ren-san. Are you well? You don't look so good though. Yashiro-san have you been letting him decide on what to eat ever since I was gone?"

"No, he has not, Kyoko I am surprised you still think I have not taught myself how to cook." She has not changed a bit.

"Ren-san that won't do, your view of the good meal, is not healthy at all." This man knows not, how to fill his belly.

"Is that a challenge? You want to see how much I have progressed over the past couple of years you were gone and out of my life?"

"What are you talking about I have only been gone for fifteen months."

"Ren-san, you are talking about it does not make any sense..." Because Kyoko was thinking so hard it caused her to become dizzy, and to no one's surprise it was Ren who caught her, before she fell on the sand.

Author's note: Reading is nice; review would be interesting. Critcism is most welcomed.