Yays, more fun in other people's bodies. I was going to write some more on this chapter but I have a splitting headache, so her you go. Please let me know what you think. Thanks.
Note: I do not own Skip Beat!
Ren and Kyoko walked into Lory's office to find that the man had erected a Buddhist temple complete with a series of torii arches leading to his seating area. Lory had a bald cap covering his hair and the bright orange robes of a monk wrapped around him. His eyes widened when they fell on Kyoko dressed so much like Kuon had when he first arrived in Japan. Lory stared in shock as his favorite project pair approached. He was expecting Ren to have wrapped Kyoko up so no one would see his real appearance, not parade her around.
"Does she know?" Lory asked Ren.
"Some, not all." Ren shrugged.
"Alright," Lory changed the subject. "Jelly is waiting in the same room as last time." Kyoko nodded her head and turned to go have her appearance corrected. Ren stood and watched his body walk away from him. "I was not expecting that." Lory's eyes never left the blond hair as Kyoko walked away.
"Best disguise I have ever had." Ren smiled as he thought about it. Now that Kyoko knew about his true look, they might be able to use that to get out and do things without getting mobbed. Lory chuckled. "It will be a while till they are done, I'm going to go check in with Yashiro and see if he has anything new for me." Ren looked up at his friend. "At least I can get that much done as I am."
"I will let her know where you went." Lory nodded and Ren left to find his manager.
Ren mused over his morning as he made his way through the building. The strange achiness had gone away after Kyoko had given him those pills. He drowned himself in his own thoughts as he walked and he started when a loud voice accosted his ears.
"KYOKO!" Ren jerked his head up to see a familiar glaring pink jumpsuit wrapped around a tall dark beauty bearing down on him. Ren looked around to see if anyone was there to hear him. When he verified no one was around he held up his hand in front of him with his fingers spread, like it could stop the onslaught from Kyoko's best friend.
"I'm not Kyoko, I'm still Ren Kotonami-san." Ren actually took a step back from the fierce glare coming from the teen. Kanae grabbed one of his outstretched wrists.
"I don't care if you're the Queen of England!" Kanae growled as she turned and dragged the shocked actor behind her. "Kyoko was supposed to help me clean out that MAN's prop room. And there is no way in hell that I am going in there by myself." Kanae pulled Ren through the door to the LoveMe locker room and yanked Kyoko locker open. "Since you stole Kyoko's body, you get to be Kyoko today!" Ren could not get away from the crazy teen's vice like grip as she forced him to her will. Ren could see her point and gave in with a sigh, it was his fault, kind of, and it would be wrong to leave the poor teen to such a massive job by herself. He nodded his agreement and Kanae pulled something out of Kyoko's locker and shoved it at him. "Put. It. On." Ren took the horrible item and looked by at the actress. He could see the light of joy in her eyes as she tortured him.
Kyoko knocked on Yashiro's open door so that she would not startle the man bent over his deck. Yashiro looked up from his computer and looked at the tall man standing so politely in his doorway.
"Kyoko-chan?" He asked. Ren would never have knocked like that; he would have let himself in and sat in the armchair like normal. Kyoko nodded and stepped into the room and looked around. The brow furrowed as she did not see the person she was looking for.
"I came to find Tsuruga-san." Kyoko explained. "Takarada- san said he came down here to see about his work." Worry filled Yashiro's eyes as he listened to Kyoko.
"I've not seen him today." Yashiro pushed away from his desk and pulled out his phone to call Ren. It rang several times and went to voice mail. The concern in Yashiro's eyes deepened as he tried again. "Maybe he went to get your offers?" Yashiro suggested the only other thing that he could think of.
"Then we had better find him." Worry filled Kyoko's voice as she turned to go check with Sawara. Yashiro pushed away from his desk and followed the 'girl' out of the door. He didn't know how much trouble Ren could get into as Kyoko, but it would be best if they found him quickly. Kyoko pushed the door to the talent room open and closed on Sawara's desk. He looked up at the unexpected arrive of LME's top actor and his manager.
"What can I do for you Tsuruga-san." Sawara asked. Kyoko looked down at him.
"Have you seen me…. I mean Mogami-san today?" Kyoko asked, almost forgetting herself in her concern. Sawara looked up at him in concern.
"No," he answered, "Lory told me to clear her schedule through tomorrow. But she was supposed to be helping Kotonami-san on some LoveMe project for Takarada-san today." Realization hit Kyoko, they were supposed to do THAT today!
"Thank you." Kyoko bowed to Sawara and headed for the door. She worried about her senpai as she made her way to the bowels of LME with Yashiro in tow. If he had run into Moko-san, Ren could be in real trouble.
"Where are we going?" Yashiro asked as they practically ran down another flight of steps into an area that Yashiro had never been. He and Ren had been all over the upper floors of the LME building, but when it came to the many basements, there was never a need to go down there. Kyoko did not answer as she turned a corner and led the way down a hall to a large set of double doors that were propped open.
"Where does this go?" Yashiro recognized Kyoko's voice coming from the storage room.
"I don't know," Kanae snapped back, "What is it?" Kyoko and Yashiro walked into room to see Kanae looking over at Ren, dressed in Kyoko's pink jumpsuit, holding up something made of feathers.
"A hat, I think." Ren popped the elaborate headdress on his head and did his best impression of Lory. "How do I look?" Kanae giggled as she pulled another hat out of the shelves. He settled this dragon headdress on her head and pulled her hand up regally across her chest. "Not as good as I do." He imitated Lory's voice and they both broke down in giggles. Yashiro and Kyoko stood between the shelves where they had not been noticed and tried not to die laughing. At the sound of the male laughter, the two 'girls' in the room turned to look at Yashiro and Kyoko standing in the main aisle and they both blushed bright red at being discovered.
"Mo!" Kanae stamped her foot as she tore the hat from her head. "Why didn't you announce your arrival!" She jammed the dragon head back onto the shelf with the rest of the robes before turning deeper into the room.
"Sorry Moko-san." Kyoko bounced over to her best friend. "We really just arrived." Yashiro's eyes widened as he watched 'Ren' act so out of character. Kanae crossed her arms over her chest and acted mad at her best friend. It felt weird to have the tall actor making those puppy dog eyes at her.
"It's alright." Kanae finally gave in and Kyoko squealed in delight before glomping her like normal. Only now, Kanae was not fast enough to move away or strong enough to fend her off. Kanae blushed hard as she ended up squished in the arms of the man she knew liked her best friend. She had pulled her hands up to stop the attack and they pressed into the solid muscles of the body her friend was currently using. Kanae could not help but think about how well build the man was. Ren stared wide eyed at the sight and turned to see Yashiro with his phone out.
"You had better not be taking pictures." Ren hissed as Yashiro pocketed his phone quickly.
"Of course not." Yashiro looked up at the ceiling trying to look innocent. Ren hung his head and shook it.
"You are not helping." Ren sighed as Yashiro giggled. The manager stepped closer to his charge.
"It would have been better if it were Kyoko in your arms." Yashiro smiled deviously. Ren glowered at him and sighed. He could not argue with the man. He also thought it would be better if Kyoko was in his arms like that. Kyoko finally released her friend and Kanae stepped back.
"Don't do that." She hissed at her friend. "It's…." She looked up and down the body that Kyoko was in and blushed, "weird." Kyoko apologized to her friend again.
"Now that you're here, you can help up with this." Kanae informed Kyoko. "We could use some MEN to help us move some of these bigger things." Kanae pointed to a full sized Chinese dragon costume that would need six people to man it.
"I have work of my own to do." Yashiro held up his hand and backed away from the task. "I only came to make sure Ren was ok."
"Traitor." Ren yelled at his retreating manager. He laughed at Ren's plight and disappeared through the door and back to the safety of his office to finish his paperwork. Kanae turned to look at the only other 'man' in the room and Kyoko looked down at the nice outfit that she was wearing.
"But I'll get dirty." Kanae stomped her foot again at Kyoko's protest. She was not going to let Kyoko off that easily. If she had to do this horrible job, then she wouldd bring as many people with her as possible,
"Then go ask THAT MAN if he has other clothes that you can work in. I am sure he has something about." Kanae waved to the many shelves of random objects that they were going to have to go through. Kyoko nodded and left to get something to change into, if nothing else, she has the jeans and shirt in which she had started the day.
Author's note: I know that I have not addressed many of the testosterone based problems with Kyoko. I know Ren has been denying himself such pleasures as a woman's company for a long time, but I am sure that he has found other ways to relieve himself, so he should not be that frustrated physical. And I think the fact that men think about sex every 5 seconds is not fully due to their physical bodies, but more based in the psyches. I just can't see Kyoko, who is so resistant to all forms of romantic and physical love, getting turned on by a passing girl, or guys. The only one she really has eyes for is Ren, and he is in her body. I just find it hard to think that she would find her own body arousing, except for when she was learning to model and I might have passed up the chance for some limey stuff there. Sorry. And the 'morning wood' thing was over shadowed by a rude awakening and an uncharacteristic Ren. There will be more awkward moments for our unfortunate couple. I hope you enjoy it.