So I found out I'm still dealing with a little writers block when it comes to my other stories, so hopefully no one will find a second update of this today.

Chapter Six :: Breaking Through

"Tsuruga-san?" the female receptionist for the hair salon whispered as they stood in Tokyo's top hair studio that only the rich could afford. "Do you have an appointment?" she asked before he leaned across the counter.

"Won't you do something for me? Fit me in somewhere? I'd be willing to wait..." he said a fire burning in his eyes that had an emperor of the night feel. Perhaps he had lost his mind, perhaps...this might even lead to ruining his career, it might and yet he felt ready to do it, "I'd be most comfortable waiting with you I'm sure," he said as the receptionist blinked at him not expecting this side to him, but of course as Kyoko had said that morning Ren Tsuruga was a character.

One of the male stylists came over to where Ren was and blinked at him, surely Ren had his own personal stylist, that was just a known thing about the top celebrities. "Tsuruga-san," he bowed, "Is there something we can help you with."

Ren looked at the man already having made his decision, he had to win Kyoko back but after this morning he knew that Ren wouldn't be able to, he had to show her the good side about Kuon meaning he had to discover this about himself. "I'd like to have something confidential," he stated.

"Of course," the man nodded, "We have a private room for these type of things, I'm sure that you can pay for it."

"Will this do," Ren asked as he put down ten 10,000 yen notes and they nodded nervously. That would be enough to give him rainbow colored extensions to the floor and more if that's what he desired. After being led into the private room Ren looked at the two hairdressers that would be helping him. "Do you have a back exit?" he asked them as they nodded.

"There is an exit connected to this room," the man gestured to the doorway and Ren smiled before looking at him, he raised an eyebrow.

"Now let's see what you can do," he grinned before pointing to his hair, "Style this like this photo," he said showing a magazine photo of a man with more messy hair than Tsuruga Ren would have, "And turn it blonde...as yellow as the sun," he leaned in towards the woman treating her like Kyoko, "You think you can do that...princess?"

"Ye-Yes," she blushed, "Leave it to us."

Five Hours Later

Kyoko nervously looked down at the Love Me uniform she had on, it had been a while since she had worn this and soon she would be too big for it. Looking away nervously she bowed her head trying to understand how Ren...no Kuon must have been feeling. She wouldn't tell anyone his secrets but she was worried that she had hurt him, no she knew she had hurt him. It would have been best for her to wait until he explained why he killed the person he did but at the same time he was a murderer with a history who might even be here illegally, she flinched. No it was best if she were to sever any connections she had with Tsuruga-san.

She looked around before finding Kanae entering the building not dressed in the 'pink monstrosity'. "Moko-san!" she yelled running over to her, "Moko you came!"

Kanae stopped as she saw Kyoko and frowned, she put out a hand to stop Kyoko before she got hugged, "What is it, you call me up in tears and now you're acting like an idiot again," she said bitterly before catching Kyoko's depressed expression, "What?" she asked.

"Moko-san, may we talk in the Love Me room?" she asked as Kanae raised an eyebrow, "It's highly confidential what I have to tell you," she said acting mysterious as Kanae looked at her. Usually when Kyoko had something important to tell her she had to threaten it out of her, this time Kyoko was willingly trusting her with something, she nodded.

"What is it? Why'd you have to talk in that way..." she snapped before seeing the gloom around Kyoko, "And now you're acting like the world is going to end?" she asked as they made their way to the Love Me room. Kyoko entered the room and then took a deep breath in, this might be her last breath of happiness. If Kanae wasn't to accept her because of this then she really only had a few people left, it was like being back at the beginning again.

"Moko-san..." she said looking at her nervously, "Promise not to tell anyone? A secret between friends should be kept bet-"

"Sure whatever are you going to tell me," Kanae replied before Kyoko nodded.

"Moko-san...I'm going to have a baby. I'm pregnant," she said before Kanae slapped her on the forehead reminding her of when she had slept Ren that morning although Kanae's was for frustration with her and Kyoko hit out of shock.

"Idiot! Why the hell would you choose to do that!" Kanae asked in disbelief, "A baby! Who would want one of those? You do not that familial love doesn't exist...it's just..."

Kyoko bowed her head the gloom circling around her reminding her of the gloom she had felt from Ren's room that morning. Wait? Was he living there illegally if the tenant details read Ren Tsuruga and that person didn't exist. Was she breaking the law herself for not turning him in? "I...I want to keep the baby. I've already made my mind up."

"Well..." Kanae sighed as she growled in frustration, "If you've already decided that then I won't be the one to save you. Why'd you go and have sex anyway if you're not in love...really you're the last person I'd expect to get pregnant as a teenager."

"I..." Kyoko felt the tears in her eyes, "I didn't choose to Moko-san, I was raped..." she said before looking down and felt her breath stolen from her as Kanae stared at her in shock and disgust. Kyoko flinched feeling that disgust directed at her, yet Kanae shook her head.

"It's not your fault you know...even I didn't think that Tsuruga..." she began

"Ren didn't do this, Tsuruga-san would never rape a woman...sexually harass yes, but not rape." She froze as Kanae stared at her not knowing what to do with that sentence as Kyoko thought about those words herself. Even though I definitely feel that Tsuruga-san hasn't raped a woman or taken advantage of anyone perhaps Hizuri-san has, perhaps this is something that I still don't know about. Hizuri-san must be a definite playboy.

"Then Fuwa Sh-" Kanae asked as Kyoko shook her head

"As if Shou knows how to have sex," Kyoko replied as Kanae bit her tongue at that, "Please, that guy wouldn't even know where to begin...but no...although I'd hate for it to be his child...it's someone else, it's..." she froze before looking down.

"No matter whose child it is," Kanae told her, "You shouldn't let the press find out about this, it would definitely tarnish your merit as an actor, tell them it's a secret boyfriend or something..."

Kyoko's cheeks turned red at that, "Tsuruga-san told me a similar thing, that my reputation as an actress would be diminished, he told me to tell people that it's his baby and we're raising it together."

"Is that true?" Kanae asked, "That you're raising it together?"

"Although I'd love to raise it with Tsuruga-san," Kyoko replied before hearing a knock on the door. She opened the door before finding Sebastian waiting outside for her. Pausing she looked at Kanae and then walked over to Sebastian.

"The president has requested to see you," he said as Kyoko paused and then looked at him confused before nodding.

"Alright," she said before her eyes went back to Moko and the two security cameras on the wall that looked expensive enough to capture sound as well. She paled before following Sebastian to the president's room. Along the way she caught sight of a flustered looking Yashiro.

"Kyoko-chan?" he asked walking with her before turning to 'Sebastian', "May I have a minute or two?" he asked as Sebastian nodded seeing the urgency in the manager's face. "Kyoko-chan you haven't seen Ren around have you?"

"What?" Kyoko blinked, she had seen Ren this morning but he had left before her...well she had seen mostly Ren she felt and some parts of Kuon. It had all begun because she had barged into his bathroom again.

"He hasn't shown up for work at all today, we had a few different things planned but..." Yashiro said nervously, "It isn't like Ren just not to show up. We have an important interview this evening and his reputation will be shattered if he doesn't turn up in time for that."

Kyoko looked at Yashiro before shaking her head, "I have no idea. I'm sorry Yashiro-san, I don't think I'll be able to see Ren ever again," with that she walked off with Sebastian.

Yashiro's jaw dropped at that and he decided to check the front entrance again. He walked to the entrance thinking about what could have happened with Ren and Kyoko. Certainly something had happened since last night and by the way Kyoko had spoken it made it seem that his client was dead. As he got to the front of LME he caught a large crowd watching a man.

The man, he couldn't see his face but was wearing a black, somewhat baggy sweater and torn jeans, his blonde hair was styled in what would be a fashionable way for an American without any sense of refinement or perfection. Certainly a foreigner. He could still see the smoke from a cigarette.

Taking a closer look at him though, the height, the build, he looked similar to Ren even from the back. Yashiro shook his head, a lot of people were similar to Ren especially foreigners, just because he hadn't seen the man all day didn't mean he had to start imagining him as other people. He was wondering why the man was talking to the police officers though and showing them things. He jumped as the man turned around a darker look on his face and froze. The man's green eyes selected him with a look of anger and Yashiro walked over to him, this looked like Ren...but no, his hair, his eyes...

"Ren?" he asked as the man drew nearer to him, "Are you...Ren"

Kuon delivered a rather sharp glare at Yashiro before moving inside the building as the crowd watched him. Wait? Why would Ren even use the front of the building this wasn't him. It was only then that Yashiro noticed the bouquet of white and red roses in his arm with a lace ribbon around them. Walking up to the front desk, Kuon slammed his hand down and smiled at the two girls, "Hi, any chance that Kyoko Mogami is here?" he asked in English as Yashiro stared at him.

"Ah..." one of the receptionists replied in broken English "Do you have an appointment with someone? What name..." she began.

"My name?" he asked, sliding a finger under his chin before there came a cold grin,

"Yes," the girl said nervously.

"Hizuri Kuon..." he said as Yashiro looked at him puzzled. So it wasn't Ren?

Meanwhile

"Were you ever going to reveal yourself Kyoko?" Lory asked as he looked at her quite compassionately, "That you're pregnant because of a rape. Of course we'll give you LME's backing, but I wish I had known prior to hearing it through the security tape...which is now in my possession I assure you."

Kyoko bowed deeply, "Thank you, I was hoping to tell you president, but...I only found out yesterday."

"Well if you only found out yesterday and Ren has decided to take responsibility for it," Lory replied before seeing the awkward expression on Kyoko's face.

"What?" he asked her as Kyoko looked away

"I..." she said nervously, "I'm not going to be living with Tsuruga-san, he told me something this morning that makes me uncomfortable raising a child with him."

"Did he now?" Lory asked raising an eyebrow wondering what the calm, collected Ren would have said, surely he wouldn't feel the need to expose his past to her at this moment, "Was it perhaps because of your feelings of love that you did not know how to return?" he asked as Kyoko blinked, "After all your time as a Love Me..."

Kyoko looked down, "Doesn't president know?" she asked

"Know what?" he asked before hearing his desk phone ring and picked it up.

"Hello?" he asked raising one finger at Kyoko, "Who's here?...That...is impossible."