A/N: I tried to do my best in this hectic schedule. Sorry about the mistakes and typos!

I do not own Skip Beat! or any of its characters.

Chapter 11

Kyoko was on her way to run an errand; it has been two weeks since they arrived in Tokyo. She was new to everything and found it very fast paced compared to Kyoto. She was getting used to it rather quickly. She was always a fast learner and was good at whatever she put her heart into. Their restaurant always had a steady business before and as it turns out they had some loyal customers. Tatsuya had several employees running his business here and they were all very efficient.

Kyoko was wearing a simple top and jeans and her long hair was pulled up in a ponytail. She was in a busy street in Tokyo to buy a gift for her sister.

They were never very rich. All they had was their ancestral house and the two restaurants. Tatsuya always provided his brother with everything he had even if it meant depriving his own family. Kyoko and Kanae were both brought up with the idea of how to spend less. However, today she wanted to go all out. She had enough pocket money for a dress or any ornament. She just needed to find the perfect one.

She entered a shop which had a very pretty dress on display. As she started looking around she heard faint whispers directed towards her. She felt a sickening aura of jealousy and hatred around the shop. She was used to females acting this way around her but that was because of Shotaro. Nobody knew her here and there were most certainly no students from her school who knew her.

She tentatively tried to look around. Every single eye in the store was looking at her with malice, even the sales girls. She coughed awkwardly. What was going on?

"Excuse me, I would like to buy the dress on the display. Do you have it in other sizes?", she politely asked the nearest girl who was looking at her with murderous eyes. She started to say something but another customer beat her to it.

"Why? Don't you like the dresses your future mother-in-law designs? Or are they just too much for you to handle?, a girl said coming in front of her. Soon she was surrounded by five other girls, approximately her age.

"Ara! Don't tell me after you ruined your boyfriends fashion show, you guys broke up?!", another girl said

"If you are broken up then you should hurry up and tell the papers!"

"You know what? I don't think the papers are telling the truth! I mean look at her. No way will Hizuri-sama date such a poor excuse of a girl. Before he was only seen going on dates with women who are models, actresses! This girl doesn't even look decent enough to even stand beside him!"

"Does she even know what she did?"

All the girls started saying these things and closing in on her step by step. It was high school all over again! But what were they saying? Hizuri-sama? Who was this Hizu…., then suddenly everything clicked!

"You do not need to worry about anything, I am not in any way related to the person you are referring to.", Kyoko tried to put some sense into these ladies! No way in hell she could be associated with that man! She was not going to allow it! Never!

"Is it true? Huh! What do you think we are? Idiots?! Look at the magazine", someone among them said and held the thing right in front of her face to see.

In front of her was a very scandalous picture of the night which was never allowed to speak about or think about! It looked like Hizuri Kuon was cradling his beloved in a protective way and the girl was scared as hell. Only issue was that the girl was Kyoko herself!

And the Headlines!

"Hizuri Heir Finally Caught Red Handed!"

"Who Is The Girl In The Purple Dress"

"Hizuri Kuon Finally Revealed His Weakness?"

What on earth was happening?!

She went numb… She couldn't hear what the other women were saying…. Her world narrowed down to that single Picture! How could this happen? What would happen if her father saw this?! Or her mother?! What on earth was she supposed to do?!

"Kami-sama!", Kyoko whispered, barely audible

Her grudges were suddenly on red alert…. The women were looking at her and shouting. One of them grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the store in the middle of the street. Most of the passersby were looking at them now and to her dismay they all seem to recognize her instantly.

"We are happy to know that You and Hizuri-sama have no relation now.", One of the girls said.

"Who are we kidding, he must've used you and found out that he is far better off without you"

Kyoko's eyes snapped wide. What did she say? Used her? How…!

"Hey", someone said from her behind, "If he is done using you, do you mind if we have a go?"

She looked behind and found three men leering at her like she was some kind of food!

That was the last straw! Her eyes went dark and her grudges went wild!

"What did you say?!", she said gritting her teeth.

"Well I've always wondered how rich men choose their toys… and today I think I can find out", the man said moving closer to her. He was dangerously close!

"I think that's quite enough!", a very cold voice came from the opposite direction.

Satoshi was meeting a client in the shopping area of Tokyo. He arrived earlier to spend the week with his wife. He was returning to his car when he saw her. Then his whole world stopped. He felt like he was struck by something. That girl, that oddly beautiful girl was standing there, near his reach. Her eyes…. Simmering pots of gold was looking at those low lives who were around her.

He knew it then, right there, this is what he wants…. It was her he wanted… he was going to have her no matter what!

He decided to step in before that vile creature dared to touch her.

"I think that's quite enough!", he spoke before thinking.

"For your information sir, what you are doing right now is a violation of a person's space. You could go to jail for that, if the lady complains. I'm a lawyer, I would know. I suggest you back off and leave.", he continued saying. His lawyer instincts kicked in, threat apparent in his voice.

Kyoko wasn't sure what was happening. Suddenly a man came out of nowhere and was actually being nice to her. After the man's little speech, the people left her alone. She wasn't sure what was happening but she decided not to stay there. she started to walk away.

Satoshi saw her moving away from the commotion. He decided not to startle her and follow her secretly. He needed to know her, he needed to have her. He couldn't explain what he was feeling; he was a married man for heaven's sakes! What is he thinking? But all logic seemed void all of a sudden.

That was the day Satoshi Yamada started cheating on his wife in his loveless marriage. He was a very complicated man. Hard to comprehend. He knew Jude loved him with her dear life, but she was too blind to see the real him, the one who didn't love her back one bit. He didn't know what he was doing until he followed that girl to Darumaya.

But he soon decided what he had to do in order to have what he wanted. He decided the minute the girl walked in with his meal in her hand and a kind smile on her face.

She was the one he was waiting for and she will be his. He will make sure.

Kuon was in continuous workload from day one. He didn't even have time to rest one bit. To make matters worse the press was still going crazy with the pictures. This didn't help his case of forgetting about that girl. Jude and Julie were a constant bother. True to her words, Julie did bring up the topic later and dragged out every single information out of Yukihito's big mouth. This was a long week.

Yukihito was on cloud nine. Lory's secret idea actually worked. He told him the day he knew that Kanae was the one he seriously wanted to pursue. He was never in a serious relationship before and rarely went on dates. The day when they had an argument about Kyoko and Kuon, he called his adoptive father, informing him about everything. Finally he asked for his advice and it worked.

Kanae accepted his job offer. She is going to be his personal secretary after she graduates! She called to inform him about her acceptance. He thought he was never this happy over anything. His life was finally falling into place.

Kanae had a week to graduate….. then she will move to Tokyo and give her parents the news about her job! She was so excited! She couldn't wait to meet everyone. Finally she can take care of her parents properly, she will make her dad proud!

Kyoko tried to hide the newspapers as much as she could. Nothing else happened after that day, but the stranger who saved her came to the restaurant that night and he is visiting them every day. Her mother likes him very much. Her father was as usual, stoic. She had to admit it, Satoshi-san was charming. She just wished her sister could come to Tokyo as soon as she could. She had a lot to talk about.