Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat!
Here's chapter 1 of the story. Hope you all like it!
The first day of filming was now over and everyone started to gradually go home. Yashiro and the president stood waiting for Ren to come. He finally came out and came up to them.
"Ren you did great today. You even outshined the lead actor with just your minor role!" Ren smiled at this, pleased at Yashiro's words.
"Indeed Ren, you lived up to my expectations." The president said with a smirk on his face.
"I tried my best. I offered to give Mogami-san and her friend a ride home, will you be coming with us?"
"Oh, no it's ok. You three go ahead. I already have a ride home and besides, I need to talk to the president about something."
"Ok, then. I'll see you tomorrow." Ren walked off gracefully to his car.
"So you wanted to talk to me about something?" Yashiro looked at the president who was as usual dressed up in one of his weird costumes.
"Yes, Mr. President, you and I both know that there's no way that such a huge production for a movie would take a singer with no acting experience as their lead. And they certainly wouldn't make the mistake of disappointing the public by making one of the best, if not the best, actors in Japan a supporting role."
"And so you think I'm behind this?"
"Well, yes. You always have something up your sleeve, especially when it has something to do with Ren."
"Oh Yashiro, your words hurt. I didn't do anything." The president pouted at Yashiro.
Yashiro sighed. "Look, I won't tell Ren, but can you at least let me in on this? I'm his manager I should know what's going on. And I know you're up to something."
"And why do you think that?"
"Because you seemed just a little bit too eager during the shooting."
"Ok fine, maybe I am planning something, but I'm not telling you what. I just needed to get everyone in one place together."
"But why did you need everyone to be together?"
The president shook his finger in front of Yashiro. "No more questions Yashiro. I've already said too much."
"Fine. I'll just see you later then. Bye." The president put on his mischevious smile as he watched Yashiro walking away.
"Yes. Everything is going exactly the way I want it to."
Everyone arrived to the set the next day. This time filming was being done in a field this time. Everyone was dressed up in their appropriate costume and was waiting for the shooting to begin.
"Waah! Moko-san you look so pretty! Just like a fairy princess" Kyoko's eyes twinkled as she looked at her friend.
"Yeah, yeah. It a bit too pink and lacey for my taste, but whatever. You're costume is…interesting, too."
Kyoko's lip quivered. "I look hideous! Why do I have to be the witch!"
"Don't worry Kyoko, I'm sure you'll end up loving this character, just like all of your other characters."
"No I won't!" Kyoko continued to complain as Sho walked up to her.
"Hah! I never thought I'd say this, but you look even uglier than you usually do."
"Shut up! How dare you talk to me!"
"Kyoko, just ignore him"
"No! Why does this creep have to be playing opposite to you!"
"Mogami-san why don't you come here for a minute, I need someone to help me rehearse." Kyoko and Sho turned to look at Ren.
"You want my help? Of course I'll help you Tsuruga-san!"
"Wait a minute! You did that yesterday, too. Just walk up to us whenever we're talking and take Kyoko away." Sho glared at Ren.
"So what if I did?" Ren had one of his enchanting smiles on his face, but only Kyoko knew what that smile really meant as her antenna flew out towards Ren.
"You lousy good for nothing jerk! You better watch your place! You're not so special anymore! I'm the lead in this movie, and you're just a worthless..." Kyoko quickly interrupted Sho from talking to keep Ren's anger from getting worse.
"That's enough you Shotaru! Don't be so proud about being the lead. You still need to take some acting lessons."
"Hey! You promised not to tell anyone else that name!"
"Like I care about the promises I made to you! The only promise I care about is the one I made to defeat you! Come on Tsuruga-san. I'll help you rehearse." Kyoko and Ren walked away leaving an angry Sho and an amused Kanae. But none of them noticed that the random cactus right by them was chuckling slightly.
Ren and Kyoko were seated off to the side, a little away from the set, with their scripts in front of them.
"Mogami-san, it's ok, you don't really need to help me rehearse."
"No, no. I want to help. It would be an honor to be able to practice with you."
They practiced for a while and then the director began to call everyone. Ren left to go to the set, but Kyoko said she'd come a in a while, because she still needed some more time to get into character. She had never acted as an evil witch before, so she was having a hard time. When she finally got up to go to keep the director from getting angry, she noticed someone standing by the bushes not too far off.
"President?" His costume was even more bizarre than usual. He was dressed like a bunny…a very formal white bunny. He has a waist coat on, glasses, and was holding a pocket watch in his hand.
"President, I didn't know you came today, too." Kyoko stepped closer to the president, but then he suddenly ran off into the nearby forest.
"I'm late! I'm late! I'm so very very late!"
"Wait president! What are you late to? The set is that way!" Kyoko ran after the president. He ran through the forest yelling about how late he was and suddenly kyoko couldn't see him anymore.
"President?" Kyoko looked around, realizing she was lost. She wandered around a bit before coming to a rather odd looking tree. It seemed as if the tree had a face on its trunk, a scary face. It didn't quite look like it belonged in this forest. Just below the 'face' was a small part that stuck out of the tree. Kyoko put her hand on it and surprisingly was able to push it in. All of a sudden a gush of wind blew around Kyoko and it kept getting stronger and stronger. Trapped in the whirlwind, Kyoko started getting scared and began calling out, hoping someone would hear her."
"President? President?...Moko-san? Tsuruga-san?...Help me! Corn! Help me Corn!" Kyoko suddenly felt the floor beneath her opening, and she fell into that gap.
A/N: I had a reviewer ask me about the roles the characters had in the movie. So basically the president is just using the movie as an excuse for ulterior motives and had to get everyone involved with Kyoko on the set. With his ego, there was no way Sho would accept to work in a movie with a role less important than Ren's, so that's why Sho is the lead. And the president knew if he put Sho and Kyoko in the same movie, Ren would be willing to take any role that was given to him so he could keep an eye on them. I hope that clears up the issue with making Sho the lead and Ren a supporting role. If you can any other questions then let me know! I want to point out that the movie won't have too much to do with the story, so if you guys are upset over any of the other character's roles, then don't worry too much about it. What's coming up is the more important part.