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Here is chapter twenty-four. I know that it's a little late and I'm sorry. I've just had a lot to do lately. Chapter twenty-five will be posted in two weeks.

Disclaimer: I do not own Skip Beat or any of the characters from it. Skip Beat is the property of Yoshiki Nakamura.

Yashiro's Ideas

Yashiro pulled on a rubber glove and answered his phone.

"Good afternoon, President Takarada. How did your lunch meeting with Ren and Kyoko-chan go?"

"Be at my office in fifteen minutes." Takarada said with a firm voice.

"What's wrong, Sir?"

"We just have a lot to plan."

And with that the line went dead.

Yashiro closed his phone. 'I wonder what happened. It must have been something serious for President Takarada to use that tone of voice.' He kept trying to think about what could have happened as he continued his paperwork.

About ten minutes later he was done and heading up to Takarada's office.

Takarada sat in his office with Huángchū asleep on the back of the chair he was sitting in. His hat was on the table and he had just lit a cigar when Sebastian lead Yashiro into the room.

"How long are you going are you going to stay in the tropics, Sir?" Yashiro asked with a smirk as he sat down.

"For as long as I feel like it."

'That could be a while. I can't even imagine what his next costume will be,' Yashiro thought. He wanted to sigh and shake his head but instead he changed the subject. "When you called you said that we have a lot to plan. What exactly did you mean by that?"

Takarada sighed and put his cigar in a rather ornate ashtray on the table in front of him. "Do to some interesting interactions during lunch today we have a press conference to organize."

Yashiro furrowed his brow. 'This doesn't sound good.' "What happened?"

Takarada leaned forward and rested his arms on his knees. "Do you want the full version or the abridgment?"

"Whatever happened it sounds interesting. So I'll take the long version."

Takarada smiled. "I had a feeling you would say that. Come with me." He got up and lead Yashiro into another room with a large flat screen TV. "I had Ten record what was happening. I wanted to capture Mogami-kun's reaction when she was told she would be graduating from the Love Me section. I thought it would be fun to show at the party we'll throw for her and Ren."

Yashiro snickered. "I can't wait to see it. It must have been very entertaining."

"It was interesting," Takarada said with a small chuckle. "I'm glad that Ren was there to help calm her down." He sat down on one end of the couch as he said this and picked up a remote.

Yashiro sat on the other side of the couch as Takarada pressed play. After a couple minutes he turned to Takarada and asked, "where did you hide the microphone?"

Takarada grinned, "Large hats like the one I was wearing do come in handy. It was on the brim hidden by the ostrich feather."

Yashiro chuckled as he turned back to what they were watching. 'Kyoko-chan goes to La La Land quite easily sometimes. I can see why President Takarada was glad that Ren was there.

'So she is happy to leave the Love Me section. I can see it in her eyes but she obviously doesn't want to leave Kotonami-san. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.'

Yashiro had been smiling slightly this whole time but suddenly he was frowning. 'What is Fuwa doing? Is he trying to pick another fight with Ren? This will be approximately the fourth time. Uh-oh Kyoko looks mad and I'm not sure I can look at Ren's face. Though I can't say I blame them. That little punk.

'Ha! Looks like what he hates most, apart from Ren, is being called his real name. Is Shotaro too common for him?

'Did Ren just say that Kyoko is his girlfriend? Now I know why we need to plan a press conference. Knowing Fuwa he'll try to hurt both Ren and Kyoko-chan.' By this time Yashiro was making the expression he uses to keep fans at a safe distance.

After Sho was dragged away by his manager Takarada turned the TV off. "From what Ren and Mogami-kun told me the brat is always that way."

Yashiro nodded still feeling mad. "He is. He always picks fights with Ren and is extremely rude to Kyoko-chan. With the way he behaves you would think that he was the one that got abandoned." His voice was as cold as ice as he spoke. "Now that he knows about Ren and Kyoko-chan's relationship he'll do whatever he can think of to sabotage it."

"Such as selling this information to gossip columns to ruin Ren and Mogami-kun's reputations."

It wasn't a question but Yashiro still answered. "At least. I think we should set up an interview for Ren and Kyoko-chan as soon as possible."

"That is what I was planning to do. I'll do it personally. I'm good friends with a few people who interview actors. One of them owes me a favor. They should be able to interview Ren and Mogami-kun tomorrow morning."

Yashiro nodded and pulled out his planner. "I'll have to rearrange Ren's schedule some but it won't be too difficult." He pulled a piece of paper out of his planner. "It looks like Kyoko-chan only has Love Me assignments tomorrow until early evening when she needs to be at Box-R. So we don't need to worry about having her schedule rearranged." He put the piece of paper back in his planner. "What next?"

Takarada grinned, 'This should make him excited.' "We have a party to finishing planning."

Yashiro's smile was slightly mischievous. "When do you want to throw the party?"

Takarada's grin became devilish, "Ren and Kyoko don't want a party. So, we should do it in a few days. It will give us more time to get everything ready and pull them into a false sense of security. Making it an even bigger surprise."

Yashiro laughed. "We will have to keep the security camera footage of the party. Especially the footage from when they walk in." Yashiro said excitedly. "Their expressions will be amazing."

"Of course the footage will be saved. It will be perfect for another project I am planning for the future."

Yashiro raised an eyebrow. "What project is that, Sir?"

Takarada didn't answer. "Sebastian, do you have the list of ideas we had for the party?"

Sebastian, who was standing almost completely hidden in the shadows, stepped toward to couch and handed a paper to Takarada.

'How does he do that?' Yashiro thought. 'He can't be human. He is entirely too quiet.'

Takarada looked at the paper for a few moments and then handed it to Yashiro. "Let's do the outer space one! We'll have lights all over the ceiling and walls! There will be acrobats to personify weightlessness!"

'It isn't surprising that he would want to do the outer space theme.' Sebastian thought while he started taking notes. 'The more flamboyant the idea the more he likes it.'

'This theme would be perfect! There will be stars to shine around the two real stars of the night! Ren and Kyoko-chan!' Yashiro silently fangirled. His eyes were all sparkly and his smile was huge. "Ren and Kyoko-chan could be announced as the brightest stars there!" He tried to keep his voice calm but failed.

Takarada silently chuckled. 'He's fangirling again. Though he is doing better at keeping it hidden.' "I'll have Ten do Mogami-kun's makeup. She will know exactly what to do. She should also do Ren's."

'I can't wait to see the looks on their faces!' Yashiro thought excitedly before something else crossed his mind. "How will we keep the party a secret when they are taken to have their makeup done? They are bound to get suspicious."

Takarada pondered for a minute before the perfect plan struck him. He smiled and said, "we'll tell them that we are going to take their pictures to send to Mogami-kun's father."

Yashiro gaped at Takarada completely shocked. "You know who her father is!? I thought that nobody knew who her father is!"

"Calm down Yukihito. I don't mean her real father. When Hizuri Kuu was here a few months ago he took Mogami-kun under his wing and gave her some acting training. They formed a father-daughter bond."

Hearing that did make Yashiro calm done a little. "Now I remember Kyoko-chan telling Ren and myself about that. It seemed as though she really enjoyed acting as Hizuri-san's son."

"From what Kuu has told me she did enjoy and learned a lot."

Yashiro nodded.

Just then Sebastian went to the door and opened it causing the two other men to look up. Maria walked in and paused when she saw Takarada and Yashiro.

"Maria? Is something wrong?" Takarada asked his young granddaughter. 'Did she see Ren and Mogami-kun kissing again?'

Maria shook her head. "I was getting bored with my book and decided that I wanted to watch a movie." She walked over and sat between Takarada and Yashiro as she spoke. She pulled the list of themes from Yashiro's hand and looked at it. "What are all these crazy ideas for?" She looked at the top of the paper. "Themes for a party for Onee-san and Ren-sama?" She frowned.

Takarada saw her frown. 'Oh no. This isn't good. She was just starting to get better. I need to-'

"These won't work at all." She said causing Takarada to stare at her. "Grandfather, what are you two thinking? A costume party? It isn't Halloween time. And what is up with the outer space idea? I can't see Ren-sama liking that at all."

Sebastian smirked a little. 'This is the Maria I know. She will be able to keep these two in line just as I thought she would. However I will admit that I was a little scared when she frowned. I suppose I shouldn't have under-estimated her.'

Yashiro was just sitting silently with a slightly stunned looked on his face. 'She really doesn't like the costume idea or outer space?"

Takarada was looking at a Maria with a strange look on his face. 'Should I ask her what type of theme she would recommend? It might help her a bit more.' "Alright Maria, since you don't like any of the ideas Yukihito and I came up with what would you suggest?"

"I didn't say they were all bad. I think the masquerade theme would be perfect." 'Onee-san loves princesses at a masquerade ball she would look just like one.'

"Why would it be perfect?" Takarada prodded in a gentle voice. 'I want to her all her reasons.'

"Well, Onee-san would love to be a princess. At a masquerade she would be just like one. Ren-sama would be able to be her prince all night. It would just make Onee-san really happy." Maria's voice was steady as she spoke but still had a slight undertone of sadness to it.

Takarada and Sebastian shared a look. Sebastian nodded once took the list from Maria. He crossed out everything on the list except for 'Masquerade Ball'. He then handed the list Takarada who took it and stood up.

He turned to Maria with a smile. "Thank you, Maria. I think you're right. A masquerade will be perfect."

"I agree!" Yashiro said as he also stood.

"Lets go back to my office, Yukihito. We have a lot of planning to do."

They walked to the door and Sebastian opened it for them.

"Stay with her," Takarada whispered very quietly so only Sebastian could hear him.

Sebastian nodded again and closed the door after Takarada and Yashiro walked out.