Always Be My Baby

by Kris Black

Summary: After going over lines for TDM, Kyoko and Ren have a night of passion and the result could not only cause a scandal, but ruin both of their careers. How will the two lovers withstand the trials of their love?

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Skip Beat! the manga or the anime. I do not own any characters listed in this story except those you don't recognize. This story is for entertainment purposes only and no money is being made off of the story as a whole, or in part.

AN: Okay, started to deviate from the manga this time. Still stuck to the plotline as much as necessary though. I think that this chapter and the next are the ones that everyone has been waiting for, Kyoko finally clues in to something! I hope you enjoy! I love you all who have continued to rad, review and encourage or correct me! Thank you!

"Ren you have to buck up," Yashiro argued as Ren waited for the next shoot. "What will happen if some guy tries to pick Kyoko up while she is on location?"

"I'm not worried about that sort of thing," Ren replied coolly.

'Besides,' he thought. 'I just gave her a warning this morning.'

"But other than that, it is Karuizawa, a place for celebs. If he showed up, if such a big coincidence were to happen, those two would have to have some sort of strong connection between them."

Kyoko has arrived at the location a few minutes ago, looking around as she relished in the vast greenery that she had missed from her home town, she was interrupted by a stick breaking behind her. She whirled around quickly to come face to face with the last person she expected to see.

"Shotaro," she growled.

Sho's eyes grew wide as she walked over to him and grabbed him by his collar, dragging him behind her. She stormed all the way to the recording studio she knew that the resort had.

She couldn't believe that of all the places Sho had decided to record he had chosen the one place where she was stuck for the next few weeks. Her demons swarmed around her from the thought of the injustice. Why would someone continue to torture her like this?

"I forcibly brought back a lazy bum!" Kyoko exclaimed to Sho's manager and threw him at her.

"Ky-Kyoko-chan, why are you here?" The manager asked stunned.

"I'm here to shoot on location for Dark Moon starting tomorrow," Kyoko growled. "I was just out for a walk when this idiot showed up."

"Sho what were you doing? You suddenly left in the middle of recording."

"Just walking."

"Actually, he's lying," Kyoko responded coolly. "He went back to the hotel to drink, then he took a bath while drinking, and then he probably lazed in front of the TV."

"How did you know?!" He screamed at her, she shrugged.

"I just can't believe that you actually walked off in the middle of a recording just because it wasn't going your way!"

"I just needed a change of pace!"

"You could have done that here! This just shows that you are not serious about your work, no wonder that those Beagles can walk all over you!"

Sho burst out laughing at her name for his rival band. His manager quickly thanked Kyoko for cheering him back up and dragged him into the recording studio as fast as she could. Kyoko looked shocked after them, before shaking her head in disbelief.

'The last thing I had intended to do was cheer him up.'

A set of instruments displayed on the left caught her eye and she walked over to examine them. It wasn't like Sho just to skip out on work like that, even she knew that. Something must have happened to upset him...

Something caught her eye through the window that she was currently looking through and she instantly knew why Sho had been so upset. The lead singer of Beagles was lounging on a chair in the other room. Kyoko's demons came out.

'This is a place for top performers, not one-hit wonder copy cats!' She growled as her demons crackled with electricity. 'How can they even-'

Kyoko paused. Of course the answer was clear. They deliberately came here to psych Sho out; to sabotage him. They did something to get to him already, that's why he skipped out on work. The lead singer, she thought his name was something like Reino, looked over to her and she dropped out of view instantly. Her heart started beating heavily, scared that she had been spotted. Her cell phone started vibrating in her pocket and she hurried as fast as she could out of the recording studio.

"Hello?" She answered finally, a bit out of breath.

"Kyoko? Are you alright?" Ren's voice asked her clearly.

"I'm fine Ren," she calmed and smiled into her phone. "Is something wrong? Shouldn't you be shooting?"

"I'm on break. I was just checking to see if you have visited the doctor yet. You don't start filming until tomorrow do you?"

"You know what; I'll head over there right now."

"Alright, good luck."

"Thanks."

Kyoko hung up her phone nervously. She was not looking forward to seeking medical advice, what if she had some sort of chronic disease? What if she was dying? All the things that had slowly built up over the month she had been sick surfaced. She wasn't ready to face any of it yet. She breathed in deeply before beginning her trek to the hotel.

It wasn't hard to find the clinic located in the hotel, signs had clearly marked the hallways, pointing her in the correct direction. She opened the door marked "Clinic" and stepped through into the waiting room. The receptionist looked up quietly and smiled at her. Kyoko walked up to her nervously, wringing her hands that were folded in front of her.

"Can I see a doctor?"

"Sure dear, I'll just get you to sit down and fill out this form and we'll call you in when the doctor is ready."

Kyoko nodded and sat down in a near chair, waiting to be called in. She filled the form out and passed it back before she sat back down. She didn't have to wait long (she assumed it was because of the high class hotel) before she was called in and a doctor was talking to her.

"What seems to be the problem, Mogami-san?" The doctor asked as she sat down in front of Kyoko.

"I've been feeling bad for the past couple of weeks. I throw up almost everyday and I get really tired all the time," Kyoko stuttered. Doctors always made her nervous.

"Alright then Mogami-san, I am going to ask you a few personal questions, just bare with me, alright?"

Kyoko nodded silently, still wringing her hands in her hands in her lap.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Not... really."

"Not really?" The doctor asked. "Is there a possibility that you are pregnant?"

Kyoko's eyes grew wide as she nodded her head slowly. Why hadn't she thought of that? Of all the things that could have happened, this was the furthest thing from her mind. She never would have thought anything like this could possibly happen. Had Ren used protection? She couldn't seem to remember either way.

"When was the last time you had your period?"

"Well, I've always been irregular," Kyoko managed to choke out. "Sometimes I could go months without one and I usually don't think anything of it."

"How long are you going to be staying at here at the hotel?"

"About two weeks."

"Well, Mogami-san, I am going to take a blood sample from you and send it for tests to make sure. Why don't you leave me your cell phone number and I will call you when the test results come in, just to make sure?"

Kyoko nodded once again and wrote down her number on a piece of paper for the doctor. She had her blood drawn and thanked the doctor before making her way to exit.

"Be sure to be extra careful and to eat right for the next few days until we are sure," the doctor warned.

Kyoko nodded again, having lost all sense of words as she left the office and walked back to her room. She flopped off her shoes in the entryway and lay down on her bed, staring up at the white ceiling.

Pregnant

What if she really was pregnant? What was she going to do? How would this affect her life, her career? She couldn't possibly burden the daruma by staying there with a child. But most importantly, how was she going to tell Ren? Kyoko laid on hand on her stomach and the other on her forehead. She really had no idea what she was going to do, but she was sure that if she was pregnant, she would stay that way.

Later on that night, Kyoko decided that a bath in the hot springs would be a good idea. She had thought herself sick, literally, and needed the soothing minerals and heat of a hot spring to help soothe her and her aching shoulders from worrying. When she arrived, she was delighted to see that the spring was almost completely empty.

She slipped into the warm water and sighed, her shoulders relaxing almost instantly. She brought her hand up to her stomach and had a brief moment of wondering if the baby she could be carrying would look more like her or Ren. She quickly wiped the thought from her mind; it was way too early to be worrying about that when there were so many other thinks to worry about.

When she finished, she carefully tied the complimentary yukata around herself and slipped on some slippers, prepared to just go back and get a good nights sleep. However, when she opened the door from the bath she stopped dead.

"It's the fake angel," one of the members of Beagle said.

Kyoko's had to tell herself to start breathing again. Both Sho and Beagle was standing in front of her in an obvious confrontation pose. She stood shocked as the lead singer made his way toward her.

"It seems we meet again," he said casually.

"I don't recall meeting you today," she answered coldly.

"Ah, but we saw each other at the studio for a moment, didn't we?" He took a step closer and pulled his hair up to touch her hair. "Aren't you beautiful in a yukata with wet hair?"

He slid his hand down her face as she stared at him, slightly entranced.

"It's erotic, isn't it?" He quipped.

Sho walked over quickly and grabbed Kyoko's arm, pulling her away from Reino.

"Wake up, you dolt!" He scolded her.

"Don't touch me!" She yelled at both of them.

"I had to reactivate your brain! You were in some sort of trance! Just because someone compliments you doesn't mean-"

"Do you think that I am an idiot?" She yelled back.

"I guess they are going out after all," one of the members of Vie Ghoul remarked.

"We are not going out!" They both yelled at the offender simultaneously.

"We are nothing more than childhood friends." Kyoko explained, still yelling.

"Well, it doesn't really matter if she is Sho's or not," Reino smirked. "I still plan to steal her."

Kyoko stared at him in shock, while Sho shook with fury. Kyoko suddenly came to her senses. This was in no way her fight. She turned around quickly and walked back to her hotel room with haste, leaving Sho to fight his own battles. If she really was pregnant, this was definitely not something she should get involved in.

She walked into her room with haste and shut the door gently behind her. She was shaking all over. Reino's touch had been icy and sent terrifying chills down her body. She was terrified at what he would do if he really, truly planned to steal her. She shook her head to clear herself of her thoughts. The room was dark, but she could clearly see the blinking red light of her cell phone – she had missed a call. She quickly switched on her light and picked up the phone. She had missed three calls from an unknown number, which meant that it could only be Ren. She sat on the bed and stared at her phone for a few minutes.

She thought back to what Reino said about her, and it hadn't sounded like a joke. If Shotaro hadn't been there with her tonight, would he have succeeded in stealing her right then and there? What kind of mother would she become if she couldn't even handle one stupid copycat? What would she have done? Terrified, she dialled a familiar number. It rang for only a few seconds before it connected.

"Hello? Kyoko? It's you, right Kyoko? You're there right?" Ren's voice rang in her ear, growing steadily more worried at her lack of response. "What happened?"

"Ren..."

"Yes?"

Kyoko held her phone against her ear as tears began to run down her cheeks. Why was this all happening to her? Wasn't a pregnancy scare enough for now, at least until she found out for certain? Why was she suddenly getting pulled into Shotaro's messes along with him? Why couldn't she just tell Ren the truth?

"Kyoko, has something happened?" Ren asked, terrified.

His voice knocked Kyoko out of her stupor. Why was she bothering him with all this when he has so much work to do? Couldn't she just handle something by herself for a change? Her hands tightened on the sheets. He was too far away to do anything at the present time, even if he had wanted to. All she was going to do was worry him unnecessarily when she wasn't even sure if she was pregnant. She wasn't even sure if Reino would try anything.

"Kyoko? Talk to me."

"Oh, sorry. Don't worry; I just called to report that I didn't screw anything up for anyone today. The doctor just took some blood to run some tests and I won't know anything for a few days. That's why you called earlier, right?"

"No, I was just worried about you."

"I knew it Ren, you are a huge worrier. Don't worry, I'll make it out fine until you get here," she managed to struggle out through her tears.

"Are you sure that nothing happened today, Kyoko?"

"No, nothing special at all."

"Then that's good," he answered her, knowing that she was lying. "I miss you, and I'll see you as soon as I can."

"I miss you too," she sobbed before saying goodbye.

That night it took Kyoko the longest it has ever taken her to fall asleep, despite being exhausted.

AN: I know it was short, but I had to cut it off there, it just felt right. Please don't expect a chapter everyday like there has been, just because I don't like to pressure myself into a schedule to release. I am releasing this fast because people seem to genuinely love this story as much as I enjoy writing it. Up next: Kyoko's test results come back, Reino makes his move, and Sho and Ren meet again! Please review!!!