The Writings Of Two Siblings

Sorry about the delays, ladies and gents.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:36:07 GMT

We've actually been wrestling with some problems with the last few entries. As dramatic and off-the-wall as our entries and characters are, every character and event is based off of a real person, with their real events fueling our drama here.

The past entry with Tom, and the next entry that's going to tie-up the story is disturbing. Unfortunately, it's all too real for the men and women who allow us to interview them, change their names and dramatize their lives. We're taking very careful consideration for the next few entries, considering how deeply personal the subject matter is, out of respect for the real people behind them.

Tyoko met with us recently to discuss the story (she was in Chicago for eight days working on a shoot downtown), and to protect her privacy, we're only posting one pic here today. Though, she did her runway pose for us anyway. ^.^

Not bad for four months pregnant, huh?

We love our people, and we love you, our readers! So please be patient with us as we sort through the details and figure out what's good for the story, and what's too real.

Meanwhile....in Hong Kong!! Part 1

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:17:38 GMT

"Mother did a good job on that new billboard don't you think Ayu?" Mayu asks her sister as they walk to school, Ayu looks up from her snack she was munching on.

"Meh...it's ok...I don't understand why okasan doesn't just model herself, I mean her last billboard was amazing!" Ayu bites into her melon bread.

"But mother doesn't like modeling alot...you know that Ayu!"

Ayu looks at Mayu with a mouthful of melon bread, and takes a hard swallow, "Pfft...Okasan is just picky...oh well it's her comsetic line...I don't care....What I can't believe is why okasan booked Sieki Amane." Ayu says with much detest.

Mayu runs to catch up with Ayu, "Ayu! Amane-san is a wonderful model! She is also our class' president, also very popular!" Mayu pulls out a planner out of her bag and flips through some pages.

"Along with being a slut too...did you forget that Mayu?" Ayu asks her sister.

"AYU!!" Mayu looks at Ayu in shock.

Ayu looks at her sister in the corner of her eye, "Oh come on Mayu! You know that just as much as I do! Don't even play dumb!" Ayu says with another bite from her melon bread.

"....well...you're right Ayu...but you don't gotta say it like that..." Mayu says with her face in her planner.

"Explain to me why she always has to be alone in the supply closet with Kaji after classes are out....?" Ayu tells Mayu with a slick smile.

Mayu's eye widden, "OH MY GAWD AYU!!!! She didn't!?! How do you know?"

Ayu laughs, "I forgot my bag few days ago, so I went back to the classroom, and hmm...you'd be suprised what I saw with these little eyes dear sister...." Mayu glances at Ayu through her planner, "Well, lets just say Sieki would be very good at sucking water out of a broken hose..." Ayu gives out a hauty laugh, Mayu blushes and looks a little uneasy...

Ayu devours the rest of her melon bread and Mayu puts her planner back into her bag, "We have a show tonight Mayu?" Ayu asks, "Yep!" Mayu nods.

"Say, Mayu?" Ayu stops walking for a second, "Yea?"

"How did the Tyoko thing go?"

"Meh...I don't think we'll be able to get her on the show...I keep calling her offices and they say shes been away from work for some time...shes been sick is all I get from them..."

"Damn...getting a celeb like Tyoko would shoot our popularity through...we wouldn't have to wait to go to Tokyo then..." Ayu continues walking tossing her wrapper in a trash can.

"AYU! MAYU!! WAIT UP!!"

"Oh! Hey Rei!" Mayu greets the mitch-matched girl.

"Phew! You guys left without me!!!! What the hell!?!?" Rei scolds the duo.

Ayu turns around and looks at Rei, "Look Rei...it's not our fault you take FOREVER!!"

"Yea, ok...." Ayu turns around and begins walking up the school's courtyard.

"Least I'm not the one waring black panties so guys can see..." Rei whispers to herself, Mayu giggles.

Ayu freezes, "HUH WHA!?!?! I DON'T DO THAT!!! TAKE THAT BACK!!!" Ayu clenches her hand to a fist.

"Oh! You gonna hit me Ayu?" Rei smirks, "Here give ya a free one!"

"GRRRRRRR!!! DON'T DARE ME YOU LITTLE BRAT!!!"

Mayu splits the two up, "AYU! REI! How much I would love to see you both destroy each other....Now is not the time! Class is about to begin...Come on!"

Mayu walks away dragging Rei and Ayu with her...

****
"Hmmm....let's see...first phial has more of a fruity essence, soft...a little strong...but nice, phial two....more floral...the lilac is overpowering...perhaps less lilac next time..." A woman with a tape recorder takes off her glasses and stares into a phial of pink liquid, she waffs the smell to her nose and begins speaking into the tape recorder again....

*knock...knock...*

She presses the stop button and sets her recorder on the counter, "Come in..."

"Oh...sorry to disturb you Miss. Uzuki, but you have a call on line one..."

She thanks the young man with a english accent.

"This is Margery!" She answers the phone...

"Mom?"

"......"

"Uh...hello?"

"Oh....Jin? Hi...How are you?"

"I'm good...I just had something to ask you."

"Ok?"

"Well Ayu and Mayu called me the other day..."

"Did they? Well I hope they didn't bother you Jin..."

"Oh! No...But they did say something..."

"And that was?"

"Well they said something about coming to Tokyo..."

"...."

"Mom?"

"Yea Jin I'm here! Well I am aware that they will be coming to Tokyo for a few, for their show...they're wanting to expand their audiences..."

"I see..."

"You don't want them to come?"

"It's not like that mom...it's just..."

"Jin...I know your sisters can be a little overbarring at times...but they are your sisters...you haven't seen them in how long?"

"..."

"Jin they miss you...and they want to spend some time with you...whats the harm in that?"

"...what about you?''

"Me? Come to back to Tokyo?"

"Yea...why not? Can make it a family thing..."

"hmm....I dunno about me coming I have so much work here..."

"But, I saw so many billboards of your cosmetic line coming to Japan...You're not gonna help the launch?"

"Well of course I am!"

"So that means you'll be coming to Tokyo?"

"I will be coming, but my visit will probably be very short hon..."

"...oh..."

"Don't worry Jin...We'll have some time...I promise..."

"Ok...I'll call you later ok?"

"Of course hon!...bye.."

Margery hangs up and stares at a picture...she smiles..."I would come to Tokyo longer for you...but I don't want to risk anything..."

****
End of Part 1...

Your time is up: Entry One of Two.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:49:04 GMT

Alright babies. Momo here. This is entry is part one of two. This will be a serious and heavy entry, with story-altering events. Read this first entry and let it sink in, and let the music play. A second entry will follow, also written by me. -Momo

***

It was raining in Tokyo that night.

The policemen busted down the door, waving their flashlights and their guns around the apartment. There was no sign of the man. They searched his apartment, and found a light switch. They flipped it on, and stared open-mouthed at the walls.

Every inch of wall was pasted with magazine articles, magazine covers, and posters, all of one woman: Tyoko Karaku.

The policemen fixed their attention to the largest poster in the room. It was of a recent advertisement for a pearl company that Tyoko represented. There was a knife on the floor under the picture, and it was covered in blood.

One of the policemen walked over to the picture, and smelled it. He gagged, and gasped to his partners, "Blood...he painted her eyes in with blood!"

****
The day before...
****

Haruka posed, smiled, and twisted her body for the photographer, who grew more bored with each click. She didn't understand why, and finally snapped.

"What's wrong, photo-man? I'm modeling my ass of and you act like I'm just sitting here!"

"It's nothing personal, m'am. It's just I've seen this look before."

"Of course you have! It's MY look! This is for SimplyLoli!"

"Yes, m'am, but when you left the scene, other models took over. And with her recent dye-job, Tyoko's pretty much filled the 'blonde loli model' category," he said, putting down his camera and tossing a magazine over to Haruka. She flipped through and found a picture of Tyoko.

She growled to herself, sick of obstacle after obstacle. Tyoko had a longstanding career and was a perennial favorite of the modeling world, and Haruka herself had made Mai too powerful and too famous to crush so easily.

She stormed off to her office, readying plans for a re-launch of SimplyLoli, signed herself up for castings for overseas movies, and scheduled recording sessions for the next week. If she had any chance of defeating Mai and Tyoko in the media, she had to do it from all angles.

***

Tyoko's cell phone rang while she was on her way to the doctor's office. She flipped open her phone.

"Moshi moshi?"
"Oneesan!"
"Genn! Hey! I'm so sorry I didn't make it to the festival last week. I really wanted to go but I wasn't feeling well."
"It's okay! That's actually why I'm calling. After school I didn't have any plans with mama, so I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping or something?"
"I dunno, Genn. I got a doctor's appointment."
"Are you sick, oneesan?"
"Not really, no, but-"
"Then reschedule for tomorrow! Pleeeeeeeease, oneesan? I haven't spent any time with you lately."
"I'm sorry Genn, I gotta go."
"Oneesan!"
"I feel terrible, sweetie, but I don't want to put this appointment off. You understand, right?"
"...hai."
"Good then. I love you, Genn!"
"Love you, too, oneesan."

Tyoko felt a pang of guilt as she closed her phone, but her stomach tickled with excitement about the baby. She looked forward to her doctor's visits, always eager to hear about how her baby was growing.

She decided not to tell Genn about it, not yet. She knew Genn might say something to Ritsuko, and didn't want her to find out yet. Tyoko imagined Ritsuko being ashamed, and her fists tightened.

"It won't be that way with MY baby," she said to herself, stepping into a cab. She smiled, staring out of the window on the cab's way to the clinic.

***

Genn flipped her cell phone shut, sighing slightly as she put it away into her schoolbag during their lunch break. A girl sitting at a nearby desk tapped Genn on the shoulder.

"Genn-chan...are you okay?" she asked. Genn wasn't used to her classmates talking to her, let alone asking her questions.
"Why?" Genn asked, her voice quiet.
"Well, for a moment there, you looked sad. I've never seen you anything but happy before. And I swear, it looks like your hair is less...pink."
Genn gasped and put her hands to her head. She didn't want people to see her as anything but happy, smiling Genn.

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine! Happy see!" Genn said, smiling with a pose. Inside, though, she felt like crying. She didn't understand why, because this was the first time in her life that she had truly felt sadness. At least, it was the first time that she could remember.

***

School let out, and with no plans with Ritsuko or Tyoko, she decided just to walk home. Normally, she would have explored the city, but just didn't feel like it.

She strolled along, walking back to her shared apartment with Tyoko, when she noticed that there was a shadow following her besides her own. She didn't look back, but pulled out her chunky pink compact, and used the mirror to look behind her. She felt a pang of shock when in the mirror, she saw the reflection of a young man following her.

Genn wasn't sure if the man was actually following her, so she started turning at different streets, taking the wrong way every other block to try to throw him off. He didn't stray, and she'd been walking so long that the sun began to go down.

Calmly, she reached into her bag, where she normally kept her gun. She kept walking, but the more she searched her bag, the more nervous she felt. The gun wasn't there.

Genn kept walking, and patted her skirt in a few places, looking for her collection of knives. Those were missing too. She saw the shadow move faster, catching up to her. She moved faster to keep away, and the shadow sped-up, too. She looked around her, and realized that all of her wrong turns to try to shake the man off had led them into a neighborhood she didn't know, far from the crowded streets she was used to.

Genn broke into a run, only now getting afraid because she didn't have her weapons. While she was running, she dug her cell phone out of her bag and flipped it open, punching Tyoko's speedial key and almost wailed in dismay when it went straight to voicemail.

"Hey! It's Tyoko. I'm either away from the phone or I just don't-"

Genn cancelled the call and dialed Ritsuko's number, running faster.

"All circuits are busy now, please-" Genn cursed under her breath as the automated recording started. The man had almost caught up to her, and she ran as fast as she possibly could, running for her life.

One last phone number, the only one left on speed dial.

*ring...ring* Genn waiting impatiently, panting as she ran, running down alleys, hoping to happen onto a busy street, or a stranger.

"Moshi moshi?"
"MAI!" Genn yelled in relief, tears coming to her eyes, "Mai I'm scared!"
"Genn! What's going on?!"
"A man, he's-" Genn screamed as she felt the man's hand swipe at her schoolbag, missing the grab but it meant that he was almost there.
"GENN! Oh my god, where are you?!"
"I don't know! Some burb, not far from my school!" Genn screamed again as the man successfully yanked on her schoolbag's strap, pulling her body close to his.
"Hang on, please! I'm coming! I'm coming right now!"
Mai didn't get a response, and only heard Genn's frantic screaming as if she dropped the phone. A chill ran down Mai's spine as she grabbed her car keys and ran out of her door, a man's voice came on the phone.
"Is this Tyoko?"
"No! Leave Genn be! Don't touch her!"
"I'm sorry. I don't want to talk to you," the man said, in a calm voice as Genn's screams echoed in the background. The phone clicked, and the call hung-up.

"Shit!" Mai said, punching the phone number for the police in her phone as she drove off as fast as she could towards Genn's school.

Meanwhile, the man closed Genn's cell phone and covered her mouth with his hand. She bit down on his fingers, hard, drawing blood.

"Agh!" he gasped, shoving Genn to the floor and kicking her, hard, in the stomach. He kept a grip on her hand so she couldn't run away, and she gasped, trying to scream for help. He drew a knife out of his pocket, and Genn glanced at it's pink handle.

"That's mine!" she said, struggling, "Give it back!" Her legs were free so she kicked him hard in the crotch. He didn't flinch, and chuckled as he pushed his body on top of hers, pinning her down while he tied up her legs. He had been wearing a cup.

"Aren't you going to cry?" he asked her. She hissed at him and swung a punch at him with her free arm, but he caught it and twisted her arms behind her back. She yelped in pain, and he tied her arms together, too.

"You should cry," he said, "Cry for me. Cry for TomTom. I need your tears."

Genn screamed at him in defiance, and he punched her hard, in the head, and she lost consciousness.

***

Tyoko hadn't answered since she was at a photo shoot. She was known for her professional attitude, and wouldn't be caught dead leaving her cell phone on during an important shoot. Her appointment had gone well, and was glowing with happiness while the photographers shot photos of her.

After the shoot, she turned her phone off of silent and saw that she had a missed call. It was from Genn, and no voicemail. She started to punch Genn's number in to call her back, when her phone rang. She didn't recognize the number, but answered anyway.

"Moshi moshi, who is-" Tyoko was cut off by a frantic voice.
"Tyoko, it's Mai Hitsuya, where are you?"
"Mai? How'd you get my number?"
"I got it from Jin, and it doesn't matter, look, where are you?"
"I'm in a dressing room, is something wrong? You sound frantic."
"Genn's missing!"

Tyoko's blood went cold, and her heart almost stopped. She sank down to the floor, her knees suddenly feeling too weak to hold her up.

"No...no that's not right..."
"Tyoko, she called me, she was scared, and she was screaming. A man took her, some man followed her from school. I couldn't find her myself!" Mai was in tears, "I called the police on my way to look for her, and all they found was her schoolbag in some suburb around her school."
"But...she called me an hour ago! This must be a mistake!"
"I wish it was, but it's not and the cops need to talk to you, liste-" Mai was cut-off by Tyoko's call waiting. It was Genn's number.
"Hold on! My caller id says Genn's calling," Tyoko clicked over to the other line, her voice heavy with relief, "Genn thank God! Mai just called me, she got me so worried. Where are you?"

No one answered, but she could hear someone breathing. Tyoko felt the blood drain from her face, "Genn...talk to me."

"Call me Tom," a man's voice said over the phone. Tyoko couldn't believe it, and she felt her hands go numb.

"Who are you? Where's my sister?!" she demanded, standing back up. The man's voice was young, and smooth, and took a soothing tone with her.

"I'm your destiny, Tyoko. I love you."

"Where's Genn?!"

"Awww, honey, don't worry. She's asleep."

Tyoko screamed and clapped a hand to her mouth, trembling with fear.

"You...you didn't! Not my little...no!"

"Calm down, darling. She's just asleep. She's not dead."

"Where is she?!" she screamed into the phone, hysterical. Assistants from all over the set rushed to her, waiting for her to end the call.

"Are you mad at me? She was bleeding too much, so I dropped her off at a hospital. I cut her too deep."

"You bastard!"

"I just want you to love me. I left your sister alive. That's my present to you. We'll be together soon. Forever," he said, hanging up. Mai's voice came back on the other line.

"Tyoko? Tyoko?!"
"Mai...oh my god, oh my god..."
"Tyoko! What did she say?!"
"She...she's at a hospital," Tyoko said, hanging up the phone, and made her way to the door to check every hospital in Tokyo she knew of. Before she even left the studio, a few men in suits approached her.

"It isn't safe for you to travel alone," one of them said, and they all flashed their badges, "We located where Genn Karaku is, in a hospital. We will escort you," he said, leading her to a police car with several guards standing around.

She said nothing, numbly climbing into the car. She didn't even notice that the man who led her to the car had the same eyes she did.

***

Tyoko ran into the hospital, frantically asking the nurses for which room Genn was in. She found her room, and then felt tears sting her eyes when she walked in.

"Oh my god," Tyoko said, hugging Genn around the shoulders gently, tears flowing down her cheeks, "You're alive, oh my god," she said with relief. Genn said nothing, staring sadly at her sister, her hair turned from pink to a sad brown.

***

End of entry, wait for part Two.

***

Suprises...I luv Suprises!!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:43:57 GMT

*ring...ring...ring...*

"Hello?"

"Tyoko..."

"Rin? What's up?"

"How the appointment go?"

"It was good, Doctor said I'm in my first trimester."

"Ah...well thats good...right?"

Tyoko nods and smiles to herself, "mmhmm! "

"You're home?"

"Yea, why?"

"Come outside...I have a suprise for you."

"oh....ok, I'll be out in a minute."

Tyoko grabs her purse and jacket and heads out the door, she walks carefully down the complex stairs, sucked for her to be on the third floor. She makes it down and spots Rin leaning on a brand new BMW.

"Oh! Rin! You got a new car!" Tyoko walks toward Rin.

"Yea, but that's not your suprise my love..." Rin wraps his arm around Tyoko's waist and kisses her.

"Rin! Stop...not outside!" Tyoko laughs, she pulls away from Rin and walks over onto the passenger side and gets into the car, Rin flips his sunglasses on and gets in the car and drives off.

"So, you're little boyfriend came to my office today..." Rin said while putting a cigerette in his mouth, he glanced at Tyoko and threw the cigerette out the window.

"..boyfriend?" Tyoko looked at Rin confused.

"Yea, Uzuki..."

Tyoko rolls her eyes at Rin's comment, "Why did he see you for?"

Rin grins to himself, "He's out of a job Tyoko..."

Tyoko blinks still not knowing what Rin was trying to say, "He's out of a job?" Tyoko asks Rin.

"Yup, you're modeling angency dropped him for Haruka..."

Tyoko's mouth drops, "Oh my god! He has to be devistated!"

Rin bites his lip, "meh...he came to talk to me about launching his music career..." Rin looks over at Tyoko, she turned looking out the window. Rin reaches and ties his fingers with Tyoko's.

"What did you say to him Rin?" Tyoko asks.

"I told Uzuki I had to get back with him..." Rin smiles at Tyoko.

"How come?" Tyoko gives Rin a questioning look.

"Had to see what you wanted me to do..."

Tyoko's eyes widden, "You told him that...?" Tyoko felt a little unsettled, she haven't spoke or seen Jin since she ended their "so-called" relationship.

"You think about it and let me know what you're answer is." Rin tells Tyoko.

"Do it..." Tyoko answers quickly.

"Huh?"

"Do it Rin! Jin works hard! I know he won't disappoint you...sign him on your label..."

Rin smiles, "Alright...I'll give him a call later........ah! Here we are!"

Tyoko's eyes light up in awe!!

(Tyoko's newest S cawaii cover!!)****

"Hitsuya-san!!"

Mai turns around from her chair to see who was calling her name, it was one of her make-up artists. You're phone was ringing, you have a missed call."

Mai opens her phone....it was Jin, she smiled to herself. She closes her phone.

"Was that the boyfriend?"

Mai turns around..."Oh! Karuku-sama!" Ritsuko was released from the hospital and back in the working mode, Ritsuko kept her accident under wraps though, she didn't want people to worry or know her weak state...it was none of their business.

Ritsuko smiles at Mai, "It's going to be fun working with you Hitsuya-san...but I am expecting nothing but the best from you!"

Mai bows to Ritsuko, "Oh! Karuku-sama! I will not dissappoint you!!" Ritsuko giggled, "Karuku-sama? Please Ritsuko...no need for formalities!" Mai blushes slightly.

"Karuku-sama!" one of her assistants hand her a blackberry, "Genn..."

"Moshi mo my darling!"

"MAMA!!!"

Ritsuko walks off the photo shoot cooing over the phone to her daughter...

"Mai! we're ready!!" the photographer signals her over, Mai takes a deep breathe and walks over...her first real big time Magazine cover...after this her name will be out and known...theres no turning back now!

FLASH!!!!

****

"PHEW!!" Tyoko flops on a chair and chugs a bottle of water.

"Tyoko-san! That's a wrap! Thank for doing our exclusive special issue!" one of the directors says to Tyoko.

Tyoko smiles and nods her head, "OH! it was my pleasure! I love shooting for S Cawaii! It's my favorite magazine!"

"We'll send you the first copy right off the printer Tyoko-san!"

Tyoko gives him a thumbs up.

Rin hands Tyoko a towl, "Oh! Thanks!"

"So, I'm guessing you enjoyed yourself?" Rin asks Tyoko.

"Oh My God YES! I love doing S Cawaii shoots!" Tyoko wraps her arms around Rin.
"You spoil me...you know that right?"

Rin wraps his arms around Tyoko's waist, "Heh! Of course...anything for you..." Rin slides his hand slowly down Tyoko's pants...Tyoko gasps suprisingly, grabbing Rin's hand.

"Rin...no!"

Rin grins, "There's something extremely sexy about you finishing up a photo that just boils my blood..." Rin throws Tyoko's dressing room door shut......

****
"Uh huh!"

"Oh! I can't wait mama!"

"haha! I'll be by later in the day and I'll have Hana pick up your things..."

"okie mama! I'll see you!"

"Buh bye my darling!"

Ritsuko closes her phone, the wind blew her long white hair and she looked up to the sky, and for a split second she felt a cold chill down her spine...she look to her left...

The billboard made Ritsuko have a nauseous feeling in her stomach..."Margery....best if you stayed in Hong Kong...or you better hope I don't see your face..." Ritsuko turns and makes her way back into the studio...

****

*OH HO! RITSUKO IS BACK IN ACTION!! DID YOU MISS HER? OF COURSE YOU DID!! WELL THE BALL IS BACK WIT CHU MOMO! HAVE FUN WIT IT!!*

In the coming months: New characters!!!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:22:45 GMT

**Hana & Momo here! So many new billboards in Tokyo!! Can't wait!!**

The Uzuki Twins

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:22:06 GMT

Names: Ayu & Mayu Uzuki
Ages: both 15, Ayu older by 1 hour...
Occupation: Talk Show Hostesses "Love or Drama?"
(the show is very well known in China, debuting in Tokyo in Fall 2008.)
Birthday: December 26th
Likes: (ayu) coffee, playing puter, talking about random nothings, pretty straight hair, ice cream, delicious cusine, sushi love eel!, ramen Mayu like udon...its ok...i preferr ramen! cooking (thou I rarely do it...that's Mayu's job! She a better cook than me...don't tell her i said that!) ramune any flavor! I'm diverse. being nosey! Oh my gawd! I love meddeling! Love drama!

(mayu) my big brother Jin!, coffee, online games, talking to ayu about random subjects, cooking is fun! I love making nothing into something yummy! Lumis, sushi, ice cream, hi-chew, bubble tea, udon, peach ramune, green tea sundaes with ALOT of red bean curd...Ayu hates that stuff...I LOVE IT! LOVE, I heart love!

Dislikes: (Mayu) ignorant people, burnt rice, some of Ayu's music...some of it is like....wow...shorts and flip flops in winter time...I mean wtf?

(Ayu) anything that pisses me off...other than that...I'm good! ^-^b

Music: (Ayu) techno, rock, pop, anything that tickles my fancy I will luv it!

(Mayu) techno, rock, some pop, anything thats makes me do a crazy dance I like it!

Siblings : We have an older brother in Tokyo...JIN!!!

"I miss him so much Ayu!!"

"Pffft!..."

It's a new dawn, it's a new day.

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:48:26 GMT

Mai was backstage, getting make-up done by an assistant while they were getting ready for a runway show. The techno music was pumping outside, and the scene was very hectic. Mai looked up in the mirror, and saw another model standing behind her.

"Haruka!" Mai said in surprise. Haruka gave a cold stare at Mai through the mirror and ignored the make-up assistant.

"You just had to sic your little brother on me, didn't you? He was the one person in my life that hadn't turned on me and you just couldn't stand it," Haruka hissed. Mai raised an eyebrow at her.

"Uh...what?" Mai said, completely surprised, "I told him it was more complicated than what he thought. I told him to apologize, I told him the whole story."

"Oh? The whole story? About how you turned my brother against me? About you using my management to make you more famous than you should have been?"

"WHAT? Haruka, you're being crazy. It was all your idea, and Kyo has his own mind, thank you. You're being irrational."
"I'm not being irrational. This is how I see it. Jin ruined my life and my career, and now you've ruined my relationship with Kyo and Shinjo. You think you're better than me-"
"Haruka, hold ON! What is this? I thought we were friends! You were the one who fired ME! I didn't 'sic' Shinjo on you! And we both know Jin is an idiot!"
"Don't feed me a pack of lies, Mai!"
"...'pack of lies'? Haruka, this isn't you! You're being a monster!" Mai's make-up assistant finished and Mai was already in full wardrobe. The runway show was about to begin.
"Haruka, listen. Just calm down, okay? I didn't intentionally do anything to you, and if you think about it, you've been trying to manipulate everyone here the whole time. I'm fine, whatever, but you're flinging wild insults around where they shouldn't be. You pushed me into this career, and I'm actually liking it, so I'm going to continue with or without you."
"Oh it'll definitely be without."
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope we can be friends again one day."
Haruka narrowed her eyes at Mai, "Aha! So you're saying we're not, huh?"
Mai gave Haruka an 'oh please' look, "Not when you're acting like this," and got ready for her spot on the runway. Haruka stormed behind Mai and whispered in her ear, "Just you wait, then. I'll outshine you. I'll be more famous than you. I'll make you look like a common catalogue girl."
Mai whispered back, "Fine, go ahead. Just talk to me again when you're done with the rabies."

***

<---Haruka's latest magazine spread in Non*no Magazine.

<--Haruka's guest photo shoot in Victoria's Secret Catalogue

Haruka flipped through catalogues and magazines, smiling at her newly published photos. She was making a decent comeback, but didn't have any contracts or campaigns, which as she knew from scheduling Mai before, was the key to success as a model. She was on her way to a casting where they were doing photo shoots to pick the next spokesmodel for Shiseido's new BabyLove cosmetics line, aimed toward young women. Haruka felt confident as she strolled onto set, and looked at her test photo:

The theme for the new cosmetics line was lovely, young flowers, and Haruka felt like she rocked it. She got a copy of Vivi the following week, to see the new ads and find out who got picked, since the representative for Shiseido had not yet returned her calls.

While Haruka was at the newstand, flipping through the magazine, her eyes flashed with cold as she saw the face of the model picked for the new campaign:

It was Mai.

Haruka tore the magazine into pieces and threw them at the magazine stand, stomping away under ads and billboards, even a few with her face plastered on them. Her comeback was successful, but she felt herself boiling inside to think that Mai was doing better. Even Mai's music career was doing well, but Haruka knew better than to try and compete. Mai was usually neck and neck with Tyoko in the charts, and Haruka knew that she herself could not compete with Tyoko, who was still releasing music even though she didn't have any new appearances in the modeling world.

When she got back to her office, she sat in her office chair, and saw Shinjo standing in the door, waiting for her.

"What do you want?" she snapped. Shinjo was holding the stuffed tiger she had given him, and a stuffed black bunny.

"I wanted to apologize. I flew off the handle, and you don't deserve it. There was a lot more going on that I didn't know," Shinjo said, with sincerity in his voice. He handed the bunny to Haruka, "I got this for you, so she can be friends with the tiger you got me. I was hoping that you could forgive me and that we could talk again. I've missed you this past week."

Haruka stared at him, stroking the bunny's ears. She glared at him, held both ends of the ears firmly, and pulled hard.

"No," Haruka said through clenched teeth. Shinjo's eyes widened.

"What are you doing?! It's just a toy!" Shinjo said, disturbed by what he was seeing. Haruka threw the floppy bunny at him and stepped on hit.

"That's right. It's a toy fit for a demented child. I don't want it. Go play tiger friends with someone else."
"Can't we talk about this? I told you, I didn't know-"
"No! I don't want anything to do with you, with Jin, or your sister! Just GO!" she said coldly, and Shinjo picked up the bunny.
"Where are you going with that?!" Haruka demanded, pointing at the bunny. He looked sad.
"You said you didn't want it. I'm going to take it and sew it," he said, and left.

***

Meanwhile, Rin sat in his executive's office, going over paperwork in his dark office. His secretary buzzed him on his phone.

"Yes?" he asked.
"A man here to see you, sir."
"Send him in," Rin said, not looking up from his work.

"Rin. It's been a while." the man said when he walked in.
Rin looked up, and narrowed his eyes at the man standing before him.

"And what exactly do you want to speak about, Uzuki Jin?"

Jin, with all serious in his eyes, leaned forward on Rin's desk.

"I have a favor to ask you..." Jin said.

***

HA! Didn't expect THAT, did you?
Your turn, Hana baby. Make it rock.
Love, Momo. <3

TEASER

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:40:26 GMT

Mai's latest publicity.

Wanna know how this came about? Gotta wait for Momo's next entry. Ciao, bella.

Sibling LOVE!!??

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:27:10 GMT

Tyoko feels the warm sunshine beaming on her face, she stares outside the window watching the cars drive by and people rushing off to work, "I see morning sickess has passed.." Tyoko turns away from the window and sees Rin sitting in a chair sipping coffee, "mmhmm..." she nods. Rin gets up from the chair and walks over to Tyoko, he leans over to her, caresses her face and kisses her lips. Tyoko's eyes appear to be watery as she stares at Rin, she wasn't sad, but she wasn't happy...maybe it was just her nerves...she was just worried of how her family and friends would react to her pregnancy.

"So are you gonna get outside at all today?" Rin asks.

"Oh...yea I have a doctors appointment today...ultra sound..." Tyoko turns back to the window.

Rins takes a sip from his cup, "ah...I could come if you want me to..." He says to Tyoko.

"mmm...you don't have to...it's not actually the real ultra sound...it's just to tell me how far I really am..." Tyoko speaks with a tickle in her throat. "but if you don't want to be stuck in the apartment all day."

Rin smiles at Tyoko, "I won't be, theres always work..."

Tyoko looks at Rin confused, "Work? But Tempest?"

Rin gives Tyoko a sly look, "You think I would've left the group without a back-up plan?"

"What do you mean Rin?"

"I have my own record label..." she smirks at Tyoko.

Tyoko's mouth drops, "When did this happen?"

"I've always had it...just kept it underwraps."

"Wow..." Tyoko giggles softly.

Rin glances at Tyoko out of the corner of his eye, "what's so funny?"

"Was just thinking....which personality the baby will have, mine or yours...if yours she or he will sure be boring...nothing but work! work! work!" Tyoko giggles.

Rin rolls his eyes, "I'm boring?" Rins turns his back to Tyoko, Tyoko wraps her arms around him, he glances at Tyoko's hand, his ring stood out fairly well on her hand, "Yea...but I still love you..." Rin smirks to himself and turns to Tyoko running his hands through her silky smooth hair, kissing her lips softly, Rin guides Tyoko to the bed running his hand up her leg. Tyoko lays down and embraces Rin's touch and kisses, he stops for a second his lips close to her ear, "I have another suprise for you...but later today..." Tyoko wraps her arms around Rin....

****

Jin lays in bed staring at the ceiling, "blah! well....that was a good nights sleep....yea right!" He tosses the blankets off, sits up on the edge of the bed rubbing his face, letting out a big sigh. "god...." he gets up and heads to the bathroom, he runs some cold water on his face, starring at his own reflection, "it's your own fault!" he says to himself.

*ring....ring....ring...*

Jin walks over to his cell thinking it was probably Mai, he picks it up and glances at the id.....his facial expression does a 180 from calm to anguish in an instant...

*ring....ring....ring....*

"oh....my.....god.....why is she calling????" Jin thinks about just hitting the ignore button...but he forgot flipping the phone open answers the call..."shit!"

"JIN DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HITTING THAT IGNORE BUTTON ON ME!! I KNOW YOU WERE!!!"

"oh...hehe! Hey! what's up?"

""What's up?" What's up with that attitude?"

"attitude? I don't have attitude...." Jin sarcastically answers back.

"OH!! I'm sensing a little tiff in that tone....big brother!!"

"whadda want Ayu?"

*heard in backround...*
"OH MY GAWD AYU! IS THAT JIN! LEMME TALK TO HIM!!! PLEEEEEEASE!!!"
"CAN IT MAYU!!"
"AWW! Come on Ayu! That's no fair!!!"
"Oh whatever....here..."

Jin listens impatiently...

"JIN!!!!!"

"oh! hehe!! Hey Mayu!!" Jin rubs the back of his head while talking on the phone.

"Oh my gawd Jin!! How are you?? We miss you!!"

*backround*
"NO WE DONT!!"
"Don't listen to Ayu Jin, she's just being grumpy...her boyfriend dumped her yesterday..."
"WHAT THE FUCK!!! DON'T TELL HIM THAT!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! AYU DON'T THROW THAT!!!!"

Jin pulls the phone away from his ear due to the loud screaming...

"Hello? Jin?"

"I'm here..."

"Sorry...Ayu is being a psycho..."
"NO I'M NOT!!!"
"be quiet Ayu! Please! I'm long distance!"
"...whatever..."

"Jin?"

"So how is Hong Kong Mayu?" Jin asks

"It's good! Very pretty! Alot different from Tokyo..."

"Oh yea?"

"mmhmm! When are you visiting Jin?"

"Oh...hehe about that..."

"You mean you're not gonna come see us?"

"Aww....Mayu! Don't say it like that...." Jin can tell if Mayu was on the verge on crying... Mayu was always the over sensitive one, Ayu...the loud and obnoxious one, for some reason Ayu was alot like Mai...weird...

Ayu switches over on the phone..."Look Jin!! If you won't come see us....then you leave us no choice..."
"AYU!! I WAS TALKING TO JIN!"
"Gimme a minute Mayu!"

"...." Jin swallows hard...

"Well will have to come see you ourselves...."

"....hehe.....Ayu!!! Don't be crazy! You and Mayu? come to Tokyo?...it's been 3 years since you've been home...you won't remember your way around...and plus...mom?"

"Don't be rediculous Jin! I remember Tokyo like nothing! And mom?...yea? mmhmm? come on!... Is there a reason why you don't want your sisters there with you? Did you do something Jin?"

"uh...NO!! Hehe of course not!"

"Then why not?"

"It's just not....good time right now..."

"Whatever!...a big shot model like you isn't embarrassesed by us are you?"

"NOOO! What gave you that idea?"

"hmm....whatever Jin...Fine we won't come..."

"really?"

"Well, not right now...Mayu and I have to finish classes first..."

"...." Jin feels a really bad feeling hovering over his head..."whats up with all this shit happening to me?" Jin thinks to himself...

"Well see ya big bro!! And when I call you next time... 3 rings is the limit...or you're in for a hurting!!"
"Ayu! Lemme say bye to Jin!!"
"...no..."
"WHY NOT!!"
"because you're annoying!!"
"I'M ANNOYING!! LOOK WHOS TALKING!!"
"SHUT UP MAYU!"
"YOU SHUT UP AYU!"

"Jane Bro!!"

Jin stares at his phone with a feeling of deep doom coming over his body..."the twins?...this is bad..." Jin stares at a picture on his table...and feels a cold sweat creep up his neck...

****

Momo here! Hana did a good job, didn't she? Stay tuned for my own splash of drama!

Comeback kid.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:27:54 GMT

As Haruka happily walked away from Jin, she made her way to the sidewalks of Shibuya. A new hotel was opening, and their huge ad for the unveiling was prominently featured on the skyline of Shibuya. As people walked passed it, Haruka could hear them whisper.

"That's Haruka Ishikawa, remember? Creator of SimplyLoli?"
"Yeah! She was really hot back in the day."
"Shit, she's lookin' hot now."

She smiled under her umbrella, and walked on. So far, her long-planned comeback was going to be successful.

***

Jin got back to his apartment, and called Mai on her cell phone. He had some explaining to do.

"Moshi moshi?"
"Mai?"
"Jin! Hey, what happened?"
"I'm a jackass."
"Yeah, so?"
"No really. I'm a jackass. I'm sorry for ditching you two, it's just, shit went down."
"...you sound weird, Jin. What happened?"
"...I got fired from the agency."
"WHAT?!" Mai shrieked on the phone. Jin flinched at her high pitch.
"Yeah."
"Did they even tell you why?!"
Jin thought about telling her that Haruka was behind it, after he got the piece of paper from Haruka he called his former agency. They had replaced Haruka in all of his projects, including being the only spokesmodel for the ritzy new hotel Palais Shibuya.

But Jin didn't want to tell her. He knew that Mai liked Haruka. They were finally back together and he didn't want to make things complicated. Mai had finally forgiven him and he didn't want to dig-up old wounds.

"I have a few ideas," Jin said instead, feeling like a douche, "but don't worry about it. I'm okay on money from all my other modeling gigs and I'm sure I can get a new agency, or hell, I can even try getting my music started."
"...you still sound upset, Jin. I'm worried. Do you want me to come over?"
"I'd love to see you, Mai, but my pride's kinda hurt right now. Maybe later?"
"Yeah. Listen Jin?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you. I don't care that you're a jackass."
Jin laughed and shook his head.
"I love you too. And thank god. I'm sure the rest of femalekind hates me though."
"Of course. Call me later okay?"
"Sure."

And he hung up. He felt hurt. He felt anger with Haruka and anger with himself. His head hurt, and as he took some ibprofen to get rid of it, all he could think about was regret.

***

A few hours after Mai had dropped Genn off at home, she was having dinner with Shinjo at her apartment, laughing and talking when her cell phone rang.

"Sorry, bro, gonna get this," she said, flipping her phone open, "Moshi moshi?"
"Mai, wake up, it's me."
"Oh! Kyo!" Mai said in mild surprise, "What's shakin' baby?"
"My ASS." Kyo's tone was very tense.
"Oh...you sound aggravated. What's wrong?"

"I'm so freakin' sick of Haruka. She's meddling around in everyone's shit and guess what?"
"What?"
"She's dropping you as a project and focusing all her resources on her comeback career. She wanted me to tell you 'gently' and that it 'isn't personal'. She thinks you're too famous now and that it'll be hard to compete with your modeling career. I'm not supposed to tell you everything but you're my favorite bitch and you need the truth."
"..." Mai stood in silence for a moment, "I don't understand. I thought she and I were friends, too. She's dropping me because I'm too famous? It was HER idea in the first place!"

Shinjo was overhearing the conversation, looking more tense as Kyo and Mai talked on the phone.

"I know, Mai, I'm pissed as hell. I think you should continue your career and forget Haruka. She's gone apeshit insane and when she's done being little miss rabid rabbit you two can be friends again."
"Thank you for telling me, Kyo...won't she be mad that you're telling me all this?"
"Pssh, oh well. She's made our lives hell."
"I'll call you later, okay? I got background people."
"Go deal. I'll be up a while."

Mai hung up with Kyo and turned her palms up to the ceiling in frustration. She looked at Shinjo and got worried.

"Uh...Shinjo? Are you okay? You look pissed."
"Haruka fired you?"
"Sort of, but it's cool, I'll manage myself and do okay. I'll always have the Red Lotus, anyway. I just feel kinda betrayed, you know?"
"I can't fucking believe it."
"Whoa, Shinjo, it's okay. She told Kyo it wasn't personal."
"You know what? No. Something tells me she's been behind alot of the drama we've had here lately and I TRUSTED her. I even started to like...fuckit. Sorry to be cutting out sis but I got shit to do."
"Are you gonna be okay? Please Shinjo, don't be mad. It's not a big deal."
"Yes it is. You AND Jin fired in one day? Don't tell me you think it's a coincidence," he said, and left.

Mai stood alone in her apartment in disbelief, and went to clean up her dishes and call around to book herself in some castings, and to make a new track in the recording studio. She felt that Kyo was right, she shouldn't let this be the end of her career, too.

***

Shinjo barged into Haruka's office and she looked up from doing some sketches in her book. Her face lit up at the sight of him, not noticing how angry he looked.

"Shinjo! I got you something!" she ran towards him and handed him a stuffed tiger, "His name is Daddy and he loves you! And speaking of which," Haruka stood on her tiptoes to kiss him, and some of her lip gloss rubbed off on his lips.

Shinjo coldly stared at her and wiped the lip gloss off of his face.

"Shinjo, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?" Haruka said, finally noticing his disposition.
"You fired Mai."
"Yes...she's a big girl, she can handle herself, it's no big de-" Shinjo cut her off.
"It IS a big deal. I trusted you! I KISSED you! And you fired my sister? Without telling me? Or even talking to her about it? You had your brother do your dirty work for you! I can't believe you! And I bet it was YOU behind firing Jin!"
Haruka's eyes filled with tears at his anger, not used to people getting to her anymore, her voice choked, "Shinjo, it's more complicated than that, I-"
"Don't. Bother. Explaining. Goodbye, Haruka, we're done," and angrily, he left.

Haruka stared at the door that slammed in front of her face, let out a few tears, and screamed, "FUUUUCK!" at the door, and broke down into tears.

***

When Shinjo got back home, his phone rang now. The caller ID said it was Mai.

"Hey sis."
"Shinjo, what did you do?"
His voice took on a sarcastic tone, "Whatever do you mean?"
"Oh quit being cute. Haruka just called me, and I think she was crying. All she said was that she was sorry and that she understands if we're 'rivals' now. I mean, I'm mad at her and all, but what did you do?"
"I confronted her. Told her I was pissed for firing you and that I think she's involved in getting Jin fired. I don't know why she's so hostile to you guys."
"Shinjo, you don't know the whole story, do you?"
"Of what?"
"Look...you know how Haruka used to have that design company, SimplyLoli? And the magazine? When Jin and I first moved to Tokyo, she used him as a model when the company was getting famous."
"I knew that much."
"Well, there's more brother dear. A big firm was interested in making SimplyLoli global, investing in the magazine, and making SimplyLoli a more household name. It was going to push Haruka's company through the top, and she worked hard on that shit for years. There was a hearing with lawyers scheduled to sign the contracts and talk about deals, but it was scheduled the same day as my wedding with Jin."
"Shit."
"Yeah. So Haruka told them she'd reschedule since she had a prior commitment. But Jin was so friggin' stuck on getting famous that he skipped out on the wedding, remember? You know where he went? He went to meet with the lawyers without Haruka. They took it as a sign that Haruka wasn't serious about the company and they turned SimplyLoli over to one of the magazine editors as CEO, and Haruka was kicked out of the company. Jin stayed on as a lead model, and well. You know he's more famous now. And how things turned out, now here we are."
"Shit..."
"Yeah. You might want to call Haruka."
"I will...tomorrow. It's getting late and now my head hurts. But hell, I mean, that shit went down years ago, and her plotting against Jin, getting you involved, even getting Tyoko involved somehow...that's manipulative as hell. I don't think I can forgive that easily. I'm not like you, you forgave Jin and he was shitty to you, too."
"That's a whole other phone call, brother. You should go to bed, it IS late."
"Alright...and all this is messed-up."
"Yep, but it's our lives."

Shinjo hung up and went to shower and get to bed. His headache only got worse.

***

Haruka washed her face, getting ready for bed, and stared at herself in the mirror.

"I've got nothing to lose, now," she said to herself, "Just be a bitch and get shit done. Don't worry about anyone but yourself."

She bit her lip in bitterness, but said in a bold voice, "I've waited too long and planned for this too much. I'm sticking to my guns and having my comeback. Just you friggin' wait."

***

That's it for me tonight, babies. Haruka's pissed and sad, Shinjo's pissed, Mai's too forgiving and Jin's out of a job. Where oh where will this lead to? Who knows? WE do. :-P Stay tuned.

Iunno...being a bitch is so much more fun...I guess!

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:26:50 GMT

Jin, Mai, and Genn walk down the street, Genn stepping and splashing in all of the little puddles, Mai playing with her also. Jin walks ahead, he turns around to the soaked duo, "Say, you two? why don't we go into that cafe and get something warm to drink, and you two can dry off in the restrooms there."

Mai looks at Genn with a questioning stare, Genn nods with a smile, Mai turns to Jin, "Sure!" The trio enter the cafe, Mai and Genn make their way to the bathroom carefully not to make too much of a mess on the tiled flooring.

"I'll get us a table," Jin tells Mai, Mai nods. Jin flops into a booth, a waitress comes to his table offering him a hot towl and to take his order, "2 lattes, and a hot chocolate please." Jin tells the waitress, she bows and walks off to the back to put their order in, Jin takes a menu and skims the various pastries.

The booth behind him was a young female with platinum blonde hair, in a very pretty black dress full of lace and ribbons sipping her tea quietly and nibbleing on a butter cookie, she reconizes the voice of the guy sitting behind her and she grins to herself, she mutters under her breathe, "...so fake..." Jin heard her behind him and takes his eyes away from the menu setting it down. The waitress returns to Jin setting the hot beverages on the table, she walks over to the girl behind Jin.

"Anything else I can get you Miss. Ishikawa?" the waitress asks.

"No thank you, here you go." Haruka places some money on the table and gets up from the booth and makes her way to the doors, Jin looks up from his cup and grabs the young girl's arm, "Haruka?....." He asks.

Haruka pulls her arm violently away from Jin's grasp and gives him a cold look, if looks could kill. "Don't touch me...." she hisses to him in a low tone not to make a scene. Jin freezes in his spot staring at her, she smiles to herself and looks out the window...

"You may think you have everyone convinced that you're the "good guy"..."Haruka chuckles at her comment, "but really underneath that facade is the real Jin I know..." Jin says not a word listening to Haruka, noone has ever spoke to him as if he was beneath them.

"Quit being fake....it's not becoming of you..." With that being said Haruka turns her back on Jin and walks to the exit, Genn and Mai pass and they greet Haruka, Haruka only smiles to them both, she steps outside, opens her umbrella and makes her way down the street.

Mai and Genn sit at the table, Genn smiles and chugs her hot chocolate, "mmmmmm yummy!" She says as she slurps every drink. Mai takes a sip of her latte and looks over at Jin, who was staring blankly out the window.

"Jin?" Mai tries to break him away from his trance.

"hmmm?" He turns to look at Mai.

"Whats wrong?"

"Oh....nothing....I just realized....I gotta do something..." Jin gets up from the booth, digs in his pocket and sets some money on the table, "Here Mai, to pay for the drinks...I'll call you ok?" He gives Mai a kiss on the cheek and dashes outside. Mai looks in the corner of her eye in confusion....

"Did he just dip out on us?" Mai asks Genn.

"....I think so..." Genn answers with her cup in her face.

****

Jin runs to catch up with Haruka he can see her black laced umbrella from where he was, he cuts through an alleyway to get up to her, he passes a bookstore and looks left and right, right there she was walking away. He runs to get up to her.

"HEY!.....HEY!!! HEEEY!" Jin yells at Haruka, she stops in a middle of a bridge, not turning around. Jin takes a quick breather and walks up to her, Haruka turns around slowly her umbrella covered her eyes to Jin, he couldn't see make eye contact with her.

"What the hell is your problem Haruka?" Jin asks her. Haruka snickers to herself, it was a snotty laugh.

"What? are you suffering from short-term memory loss? Or are you just that stupid?" Haruka lifts her umbrella to look at Jin.

"Why are you being this way?" Jin asks Haruka.

"Oh please Jin! Playing the victim? HAHAAHA! Awwww Haruka is being mean! HAHAHA! Are you serious?"

"Look....I know I we've had our differences in the past but why not..." Haruka cuts him off...

"forgive? and forget? pffft!....If thats your way of apologizing....then you can shove it...I don't want it!"

"So what? You gonna get even?" Jin asks Haruka...

"...why should I? I guess you really did forget what you did huh? Oh well...it's not worth my time."

Haruka attempts to leave, but Jin stops her, "Wait..."

"What? Don't you have more important obligations to tend to?"

Jin stares at Haruka confused...

"Say Jin? When was the last time you actually worked?"

"...uh...I've just had alot going on in my life..."

"ah...chasing after the girl you blew off I see...whatever happened to Tyoko?"

Jin turns his head looking away for a second..."Tyoko broke it off..."

Haurka makes an approving look, "hmmm....smart girl!"

"WHAT THE FUCK HARUKA? WHY YOU BEING A BITCH?" Jin explodes.

"I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE A BITCH JIN! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ASK ME THAT! OR PLAY THIS VICTIM CRAP! GET OFF YOURSELF!" Haruka bites back, "WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE JIN THAT DIDN'T CARE ABOUT LOVE? OR FRIENDS? ONLY CARED ABOUT HIS DAMNED CAREER!!! YOU GO AND GET MAI JIN! BUT JUST WAIT!!! I KNOW IT! YOU KNOW IT! AND EVEN MAI KNOWS IN THE BACK OF HER MIND THAT YOU WILL FUCK IT UP! AGAIN and...again....and again...no matter how many times she takes you back!." Jin's expression turns from angry to depressed in an instant. "so, why... even... try?.... (sigh..Haruka looks at Jin in the corner of her eye in disappointment...) you're pathetic..." Jin says nothing...

Haruka turns around to leave him but stops..."Oh! almost forgot..." Haruka pulls out a paper out of her purse and hands it to Jin, "This is from your modeling agency....I was gonna let them give it to you...but...might as well not take the fun out of it..." Jin opens the paper," what is this?" Jin asks. "Your resignation...more like being fired and replaced....see ya'round!" Haruka takes one look at Jin and flips her umbrella around her and walks away...Jin in shock just stands there with the paper in hand not knowing what to say....or do....

****

**Oh dear...isn't Haruka catty? rawr! Retract those claws! Hehe! Kinda short entry...I might do another one...but if Momo wants to spin off this one be my guest my luv~! TTFN! **

Hana~~<3

And breathe me. <3

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:46:31 GMT

Genn wandered around, cold, soaking wet, with the wind blowing. There was an occasional clap of thunder and she didn't know where she was. She found an empty business building, and stumbled inside.

"Hello?"

Silence answered back.

"Is there anyone here? I'm lost."

Genn got no answer, and kept wandering. She started coughing but kept walking. She was trying to find something. She found a bathroom where her coughing grew worse. Confused by the sudden fit, she brought her hands to her mouth. Her coughs grew heavy and violent and she couldn't stop. She fell to the floor, coughing and sputtering, just trying to stop coughing long enough to take another breath. Warm blood began to trickle through her fingers. She wanted to cry. She wanted her mother.

Genn faded, and Ritsuko sat in the middle of a gray forest. There was faint light, and almost no color.

"Genn?!" she called out, standing up and frantically looking around her, "Sweetheart! Where are you?!"

"She's not here," a soft, but chilly voice said. Ritsuko looked up to see a woman with wings and a strange staff approach her.

"She's not here," the woman said again, "But I'm here. And I'm coming."

Ritsuko wasn't afraid of the woman, approaching her with a steady walk. But she still felt anxiety sieze her lungs.

"I'm not ready yet," Ritsuko declared in a strong, clear voice to the woman. The woman merely repeated:

"I'm here. And I'm coming."

***

Ritsuko woke with a gasp, and the gasp turned into a cough. She coughed and choked, trying to look around her. She was in a hospital bed, wearing a gown, with nurses scurrying up and down a nearby hallway. She could see them running past her door. Bright fluorescent light surrounded her, and the tiles were impossibly clean.

"Riti...you're awake."

Ritsuko finished her coughing fit, and looked up in shock when she heard the man's familiar voice.

"Toshi..." Ritsuko said in disbelief. He got out of his chair at the side of her bed and knelt closer to her. He held her hand and stroked the back of her hand with his fingertips.

"I saw your name registered at this hospital and I came right over. I looked at your file, Riti-chan...you're very sick."

"I know." was all she said.

"You're going to die of this."

"I know." was all she said.

"That's why you're back in Japan, isn't it? You're tying-up loose ends and saying goodbye."

"Bingo, Toshi," she said with a tired smile. He sighed and kissed her hand.

"Our daughters don't know, do they?" Toshi asked. Ritsuko sighed.

"No. And I don't want them to know. Not yet. With medication my doctors said that I could live up to a year from now. I've made arrangements in my will to take care of the girls, but darling, I can't bear to tell them yet. Tyoko is very stubborn and I don't want to drop this on her."

"Yes...our little Tyoko has been acting very strange lately. I checked my monitors on Genn, Tyoko skipped out on her today."

"Oh my goodness, Genn!" Ritsuko squeezed Toshi's hand tightly, "I had a horrible dream that she's lost and in trouble. Oh darling I have a terrible feeling."

"Don't worry, dear. She's caught in the rain, but safe. I believe a couple of friends are out looking for her. I'll protect her, don't you worry. I've always been watching, trying to keep them safe."

"I love you, Toshi."

"I love you too, Ritsuko."

"It's been years now, since we've seen each other."

"Yes. But it doesn't matter now."

"No, it doesn't."

"You need to rest, Ritsuko," Toshi said, kissing her on the lips. They held each other's gaze for a moment, and he walked to the door and put his hand on the light switch.

"You're out to protect our daughters again, aren't you?" Ritsuko asked, smiling.

"Of course," Toshi replied, and smiled at her, "Have sweet dreams this time, Riti-chan. I love you. Always have."

With that, he flipped off the light and left.

Ritsuko sat in the dark for a moment, thinking before she fell asleep. She felt comforted, knowing that when she was gone, her daughters would still be safe.

And finally, Ritsuko took a nap, to be prepared for visitors later.

***

Mai whipped her head around frantically, starting to panic in the rain. Her and Jin had searched all over Genn's school grounds, all over the fairgrounds, and up a few streets and they still saw no sign of Genn. Jin caught up to Mai, shouting to be heard over the rain and thunder.

"She might've gone inside a store somewhere to get out of the rain-"
"Maybe, oh Jin I'm so worried. I feel like we must've passed her up already!"

Jin placed a steady hand on Mai's shoulder, "Don't worry. We'll find her."

Mai looked to her left, and squinted her eyes a little. She didn't see Genn, but she could've sworn she saw a man in a suit under an umbrella pointing towards a nearby park. She blinked and didn't see him again. Unsure and scared, she grabbed Jin.

"This way!" she said, running towards the park, "I saw something!"

They both ran in the rain, slipping in the mud but not falling. The ran around the swings, by the monkey bars, and still didn't see Genn. Mai was on the verge of tears.

"She's lost! She's lost somewhere in the rain and she's scared!"

"Ma...Mai? Jin?! What are you doing here?" a little voice said behind her in a drainage tube. Mai turned around and felt her blood pressure fall.

"Genn...oh Genn. Thank god you're safe, we couldn't find you at the festival and then it started to rain..." without finishing her sentence, she climbed into the tube with Genn, completely soaked, her red hair in dark wet strands around her face, and patted Genn on the hand.

Jin climbed in and fished into their shopping bags and popped open another ramune. He handed it to Genn.

She said nothing, which was still unusual for her, but she smiled and accepted the soda. She sipped it and watched the rain, and still said nothing.

Mai began to talk, about everything and about nothing. She could tell Genn didn't feel like speaking, but didn't want Genn to feel alone, in silence.

For the next hour, the three of them sat in the tube, waiting for the rain to stop, sipping on ramune and eating snacks while Mai told stories. Eventually, the rain stopped, and the three of them hopped out of the tube and made their way to a busy road.

"Thank you for coming out with me, guys," Genn said, smiling and energetic again. Jin blushed, his machismo uncomfortable around something so cute, and Mai gave Genn a gentle hug.

"Please tell us if you're ever feeling lonely and need someone to go with you. It might feel like it sometimes, but darling, you're never alone," Mai said.

In the distance, Toshi in his dark suit overheard Mai, and nodded to himself. He remained invisible to them, and faded into the shadows as the clouds uncovered the sun.

After a rainstorm, when the sun finds it's way out of the clouds, it looks like a completely new day. In the end, there'll be another storm, but for now the rays were warm and glowing.

***

That's right. Ritsuko is terminally ill, with death marching onward. Genn finds solace in unlikely friends, and the sun shines again. Keep reading to see the rain come again another day. <3 Momo

LOST...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:48:57 GMT

Genn takes a quick glimpse into the mirror before she set out for her school's festival, she grabs her hello kitty purse and makes her way to the hallway, she passes Tyoko's door and looks at it for a second....she knocks on it softly.

"Tyoko?" Genn says through the door.

"Yea Genn?"

"My school's festival is tonight you coming? ....you said you were.."

"I'm sorry Genn, I haven't been feeling well. I had to take some time off from work...next time I will...promise!" Tyoko speaks through the door, not opening it. Genn frowns a little, ever since Tyoko found out she was with child her and Genn's relationship took a toll downward.

Genn makes her way for the front door, but she stops at the sight of a jacket thrown over her panda bear chair, it wasn't hers, or Tyoko's. Genn just left it there and left the apartment without another word said...

****
Mai and Jin walk out of a little conivence store buying a few snacks and ramune for them, talking about random subjects, while Jin was talking she catches sight of Genn on the other side of the street, Mai knew something was wrong.

"Say, Jin?"

"yea?"Mai points toward Genn's direction, Jin turns his head.

"Isn't that Tyoko's younger sister?" Jin asks Mai.

"Yea...Genn...something is wrong..." Mai hands Jin her bag and runs across the street.

"Hey! Wait Up Mai!" Jin follows Mai.

Mai follows Genn trying to catch up with her quick pace, Jin trailing behind. Mai catches up with Genn and pokes her shoulder.

"Huh?" Genn turns around and sees Mai behind her.

"Something wrong kiddo?" Mai says with a smile.

"Oh...Mai!" Genn says a soft tone, not her regular loud and crazy way. Jin catches up with both of them, beathing heavily. "you guys walk too fast...phew!" Jin says sitting on a bench.

Mai turns to Jin, "Wait here ok?"

"Wha? Why?"

Mai winks at Jin, "I'll be back...girl talk!" Mai takes Genn by hand and they both walk to the nearest park.

Jin just sighs and pops open a ramune.

****

"No answer Karuku-sama..." One of Ritsuko's assistants says to her, Ritsuko sits on a chair out on her balcony inhaling and exhaling a cigerette.

"again?..." Ritsuko says to herself..."Thank you Hana...you and Momo can go home for the night." Both her assisants bow and leave.

Ritsuko stands from her seat and walks to the edge of the balcony that oversaw most of Tokyo, she inhales and exhales the last of her cigerette and flings it into the air.

*ring...ring...ring...*

Ritsuko flips open her phone, "Moshi mo?.....Oh! Hi!.....yea?.....meh...everything is going well..... mmhmm..... Oh?......no.......Genn is doing good....Tyoko?.....yea......she wont......no....she doesn't talk to me....no....she thinks I want to control her.....no....I try not to....yea....mmhmm....well, I try.....no.....I don't mean to....yea....that's fine....Tyoko need you here......I don't care.....no.....well, thats where me and you differ....yea...well, you just need to be here...ok....mmhmm....don't say that....you know how I feel....I don't say those things....just promise me you'll try to be a father....ok...buh bye..."

Ritsuko hangs up her cell and tosses it on the chair she was sitting on, she lights up another cigerette and chuckles to herself...."looks like it's gonna rain...."

****

Mai takes a swing and sits on it moving back and forth, "Anything bothering you?" Mai asks Genn.

Genn uses a stick to draw in the sand, "Oh...no not really...did it seem like there was?"

Mai chuckles, "mmhmm! I could tell a mile away, thats why I chased you down!" Mai smiles to Genn.

Genn continues drawing in the sand, "Well...I just get sad sometimes.... I feel like Tyoko doesn't like me no more...We don't do things together, or talk..."

"Is something wrong?" Mai asks.

"Well she said she wasn't feeling good...she took some time off from work....but..."

"Well thats it right there silly! She isn't feeling good, it's not because she doesn't like you! Just wait for it to pass and everything will be ok! you'll see!" Mai says with a smile on her face. "If you ever need to talk or someone to be with you my door is always open for you Genn!"

Genn looks up to Mai and gives her a big hug, "Thanks Mai!" Mai embraces Genn back, she missed having a younger sibling to take care of.

"So where were you going?" Mai asks Genn.

"Oh! My school is having a festival tonight...me and Tyoko were suppose to go together..." Genn says looking up to the sky.

"Oh! You want me to come?" Mai asks.

"No! You prolly got plans, it's ok..."

"It's fine! I could even drag Jin with us...hehe!" Mai says with a laugh.

"No I got some friends I'll be meeting I'll be ok! Really! I will!" Genn smiles at Mai.

"Ok...just be careful!" Mai tells Genn and gets up from the swing, before Mai left she gave Genn a hug and walks off, before she left the park she took one more look at Genn.

"Everything ok?" Jin asks Mai.

"Yea! Hey Jin?"

"Whats up?"

"Wanna go to a festival?"

"Sure!"

Mai takes Jin's hand and the couple head in the direction to Genn's school to suprise her!

****
Genn sat on the hill in the park watching the sun go down, she looked at her watch and time went by...she should've left for the festival...but she didn't want go anymore...and she couldn't go back home because there was a stranger there...it only felt akward to her...and plus Tyoko was being distant...Genn felt rain drops on her cheek and she looked up to the sky....

Ritsuko looks up to the sky and felt a raindrop on her hand, she threw her cigerette out and stared out into the city for a few seconds...

Genn stared out at the sun...saying goodbye to summer's last day...

Ritsuko bid a farewell to the summer's last sunset....

The sun slowly went down and it was night...thunder bellowed softly in the sky and rain started to pour down, Genn got up from her spot and ran inside a tube in the park....she had nowhere else to go...she just sat there.

Ritsuko felt the rain fall on her head and started to walk toward the indoor area, a loud boom echoed the sky and Ritsuko froze for a second.....she couldn't breathe...she just stood there....

Genn sat inside the tube and watched the rain fall....wondering when it would stop...

Ritsuko began coughing uncontrollably grabing for her chest, her hair getting wet and her clothes soaked...she couldn't move....Ritusko fell to her knees gasping for air...."is this my time?..." Ritsuko said to herself.....she fell to the ground her eyes seeing nothing but darkness....

Mai and Jin get to the festival grounds seeing everyone running off home due to the rain...

"Do you see Genn?" Mai shouts to Jin.

"No!"

Mai looks frantically around the park for Genn....but no sign of her...

"Mai! I don't think shes here!"

Mai doesn't give up looking for her..."Keep Looking Jin!!" Mai and Jin search the through the crowds for Genn...

Genn remains sitting in the park.....

Ritsuko lies on her balcony wheezing...her maids run to her aid shouting to call for help!

Mai and Jin continue searching for Genn....
****

**oh me oh my! so many people in need of help!! what will happen next? we will see!! its all yours Momo!!**

A good time for new life.

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:40:05 GMT

After a few hours of Mai's giggling and wheedling, Shinjo finally got his sister's energy and giggled along with her. He helped her carry her shoeboxes and they found coffee shop after coffee shop in Tokyo. It wasn't long before both of them were very, very hyper.

Finally, at their last cafe for the day, Shinjo and Mai were both so loopy from the caffeine and sugar they'd consumed that they both giggled and talked loudly and whispered to each other about stealing their espresso cups. Neither of them could remember the last time they'd actually spent time together, but both of them silently felt that in the end, it wouldn't matter. When they got together, it was like they were children again.

Shinjo had plans for the rest of the day, so he took a cab out of Shibuya and Mai heaved all of her shopping bags and shoeboxes into her arms and started walking down the sidewalk, feeling happy with her day. She saw Jin from the corner of her eye, and just in case he looked, made her stride confident and happy. Sure enough, he crossed the busy street to catch her, shouting, "Hey Mai! Wait up!"

She turned around, cool and collected, "Oh hey Jin. What's up?"
"You got alot of stuff."
"Yes."
"Let me carry some of that for you," and Jin reached for her shoeboxes. Mai started to struggle.
"Oh, don't worry about it, it's not necessary-"
"Mai, you don't need to be nice, it's just me."
"Fair enough. Thanks."

He walked along with his arms full of shoeboxes and tried to make small talk with her.

"Long day?" he asked. She sighed with happiness.
"Yep. I had a nice relaxing shopping day with Shinjo and we had alot of fun."
"Oh, nice. You two don't usually do stuff like this. I'm kinda glad you weren't with some other guy."
"Oh?" Mai lifted an eyebrow at him, "Explain."
"Er...it might take a while. We should find a place to sit. Wanna talk over coffee?"
Mai rolled her tongue inside of her mouth, feeling all the coffee, whipped cream, and espresso tastes from the day lingering in her mouth.
"Sure!"

They sat down at a table and a waitress came along with menus. She spotted Mai and smiled.
"Back so soon, Miss?"
Mai laughed, "Yep, but a new man this time," Mai winked. The waitress laughed and went to go get them water.
"You and Shinjo went here today?"
"Uh-huh. We cafe hopped a little bit. What do I want...?" Mai said, perusing the menu. After a few more minutes, the waitress took their orders and Mai and Jin made more small talk about her day with Shinjo, and their careers. The coffee came, and halfway through their conversation and their lattes, Mai started to slump and look very tired. Her voice took on a whiny pitch and she wobbled too and fro in her chair. Jin put down his coffee and tried to steady her with his hands, and she merely giggled and kept wobbling.

"How much coffee have you had today?" Jin asked, concerned. Mai looked on the verge of tears and deliriously moaned, "At least two or three at each cafe."

"And how many cafes, Mai?"
"Maybe six..."
"Jesus!"
"He's not here right now. Please leave a message after the tone."
"Mai, you're caffiene crashing."
"That's possible? I feel drunk..."
"Yeah. You've had way too much caffiene and you're used to booze, not coffee. Let's take you home."
"But I've had so much fun!"
"You can have fun sleeping off your delirium at home."

Jin called a cab and piled Mai, her shopping bags and shoeboxes, and himself into the back of the car. It dropped them off at her apartment, not far from the Red Lotus, and he tried to keep her steady while lugging all of her stuff to the apartment.

Delirious and tired, Mai was barely able to lift her keys to unlock her door, and stumbled to the couch where she fell on it, her shoes still on, and started crying uncontrollably.

"Jin, I don't like caffiene anymore!"

He piled all her boxes and bags inside the door, then closed and locked it. He came over to Mai and took off her shoes, undoing her necklaces and removing her jewelery. She didn't protest, too weak to move her hands herself, and he picked her up. He brought her over to her bed, and gently laid her down.

Fumbling through her kitchen, he brought her a glass of water and she weakly sat up to drink it. After a few sips, and with a shaky, waving voice said, "I love you, Jin. Really."

"I love you too, Mai."
"Thank you for taking care of me today."
"It's what you're supposed to do when you love someone."
"I feel retarded for having so much coffee."
"Don't, you didn't know. Just get some rest. I'll chill out on your couch."
Mai turned her palm up at Jin, and pleaded, "Stay here. Please."

Without responding, he set her glass of water on her nightstand and curled up next to her on the bed. He wrapped his arms around her, and she shivered under his touch. After a few minutes, she sighed in frustration.

"I can't sleep," she whined, "I'm exhausted but I can't sleep."
"It's the caffiene, hon."
"...you called me 'hon'."
"Sorry Mai. Just old habits, memories of us like this, you know?"
"Yeah."
"There's something I want to tell you, but please, don't think I'm creepy."
"I'll think whatever I want, but go ahead and tell me."

Jin fished his wallet out of his pocket, and behind one of his cards, pulled out the platinum diamond ring.

"I've been carrying this around with me since you threw it aside that one day. When we had that fight after we had sex at my place, I didn't turn around because I was making you breakfast."
"...can I see it?"

Jin handed Mai the ring and she looked at the diamond, rolling it around in her palm. Frowning, she licked the diamond at it's base.

"This tastes like green tea and nori," she said, confused. Jin sighed.
"I was hiding it in your breakfast. I made you ochazuke, your favorite, and hit the ring in it so you could find it."
"You were going to propose again?"
"Yeah."
"That's corny as hell."
"I know."
"But I like corny."
"I know."

She smiled weakly at him, and handed him back the ring.

"It's not creepy," she said, yawning, and fell asleep.

***

Hours later, Mai woke up still in Jin's arms. She flexed her arms and her hands, feeling heavy but less tired than before. As she flexed her fingers, she felt weight on her hand, and looked at her hands.

While she was sleeping, Jin had slipped the ring back on her finger. She turned to him and nudged him awake. She showed him her hand with the ring on it.

"You slipped the ring on my finger when I fell asleep."
"Yes."
"How come?"

Jin kept his head on the pillow, and closed his eyes, "Because you looked so peaceful when you fell asleep. When you sleep, you don't look worried, you don't look sad, you don' t look hurt. You look happy, and I used to fantasize about waking up and looking at you, seeing you like that, with my ring on our finger. I wanted to know if you still wanted to be my dream come true."

He opened his eyes to see Mai making a strange face at him. He couldn't tell if it was angry, sad, or what it was. Mai leaned down to him, and kissed him gently.

***

With an entry this happy, you gotta figure, all these wonderful things can't last. Keep reading, as soon, our newly happy characters face more challenges, harder, sadder, and ever more tragic. Sit down and have a giant heap of CMP! ---Momo

Positive? or Negative?

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:32:10 GMT

Tyoko awaits the results, the answer drove her crazy!

"Would I make a good mother?"
"Will Rin think different of me?"
"....will he bail on me?"
"I don't want to do this on my own..."

All these thoughts and questions dropped on Tyoko's head like a ton of bricks.

"I'm only 22....am I ready for a baby?" Tyoko stares off out the window, the bright sunshine made her beautiful blue eyes glitter. She sighs and opens the door to her balcony, she stares out into the distance....thinking....thinking of what would happen.

The cool breeze blew her long golden locks, fall was on it's way, she could tell by some of the leaves faded from green to yellow. She was gonna have a spring baby, that made her smile, spring was her favorite season...

"I'm scared..." She says to herself. Tyoko takes a deep breath and makes her way back inside, she walked to the bathroom where the test strip was, she knew in the back of her mind that home pregnancy tests were only 95 percent accurate, but still told the truth.

Tyoko picked up the strip....the moment of truth....

****
"Is there anything else I can help you with Nakamura-san?" Rin flicks his hair out of his eyes putting his Prada sunglasses on. He shakes his head at the woman.

"Very well then," the woman smiles and gathers all the paper work together and grabs an envelope. She hands the stuffed package to Rin, Rin just nods to her, "She sure is a lucky girl," she says still smiling. Rin stares at her and turns to leave a glimps of a smile on his face.

Rin steps outside and whips out his cell phone, scrolling through his contact menu, then pushes the "send" button.

'Hey, it's Rin, is it all ready?"

"Ah! Nakamura-san! Yes! Everything has been cleared within our system, all we need is your signature."

"Alright, I'll be there in a few, thanks." Rin closes his phone and slides it in his pocket.

"NAKAMURA-SAN!!" The sales woman he just had left comes running after him. Rin turns to her. "You almost forgot this!" The woman hands him a small velvet box, she places it in his hand and gives him a bow.

"Thank you..." Rin returns the bow, he makes his way to his Benz and drives off.

****
"SHINJO!!" Shinjo turns around to see who was shouting out his name.

"SHINJO! WAIT UP!!" Mai is seen in the distance running through the crowd of people, she catches up with him breathing heavily.

Shinjo laughs at his sister, "Do you always gotta make a scene?" Mai winks at Shinjo, "Of course! I wouldn't be me if I didn't! Hehe!"

They walk together through downtown Tokyo. "So, whacha doin today?"

"Nothing really...I was just looking in some stores, Haruka's birthday is tommorrow."

Mai makes a silly look with her mouth wide open.

"OH!! What you gonna get her loverboi?" Mai teases her brother.

"You should get her some pretty lingerie." Mai giggles, Shinjo blushes but tries to pay no attention to her. "Don't you have to work Mai?"

"Hehe! NOPE! The studio isn't recording today...THAT MEANS!! You're stuck with me bro!"

Shinjo rolls his eyes, "Why isn't the studio working today?"

"Pfft! Beats me!"

"What about Kyo?"

"Eh! He's busy....Something about damage control, when I called him he just started screaming at me...haha! I just hung up...I'll prolly get yelled at again. Oh! Well! Kyo can't stay mad at me for too long, he starts getting emotional and apologizes to me for being mean...haha!"

"Wait...you didn't skip another photo shoot?"

Mai pretends not to hear what Shinjo said, "OH!!! LOOKS AT THOSE SHOES!" Mai runs to an open window cooing over the new released Jimmy Choo collection.

"OH! My! GAWD!!! THEIR SOOO KEWT!" Mai gushing over the shoes, making her voice reach high pitches as if she was speaking to a baby.

"Mai!! Don't ignore me!! That's why Kyo is so...." Mai cuts him off by grabbing his arm, "Let's go in!!" Mai drags Shinjo into the shoe shop.

****

"I still say you should've gotten Haruka something like this..." Mai suggests to Shinjo, Shinjo just shakes his head...

"Whatever...but you just HAD to buy all 5 pairs of shoes?" Shinjo asks Mai sarcastically.

"HELL YEA!....well one pair is for Haruka of course!" Mai flashes a cheesy grin to him.

Shinjo and Mai stop walking, waiting for the walking sign to switch.

"Say, Mai? Isn't that Tyoko's sister?"

Mai peaks over a street billboard, "Oh! It is.... GENN!!!" Mai waves her hand at Genn like a crazy woman. Genn looks over and spots Mai and Shinjo.

"MAI!! SHINJO!!" Genn skips over to them.

"Heya!" Genn pulls out one of her earphones.

"Whatcha doin Genn-chan?" Mai asks.

"....Milk-shopping!" Genn grins.

Mai looks at Genn like she was crazy, "Wha? Milk shopping?"

Genn nods her head, "Yea! I go store to store searching for rare brands of Choco milk, vanilla, strawberry, bananaberry, you name it! I will find it!" Genn raises her hand and strikes a pose. Mai and Shinjo laugh at Her cuteness.

*one missed call ringtone...*

genn pats her pockets, "That's me ringing!!"

"Hallo!"

"Genn?"

"Oneesan! What's up?"

"Are you at mom's?"

"Nuuu! Milk shopping!

"oh...wait....OH!!! Genn! you remember what happened last time??"

"Don't worry Oneesan! No tragedy will be happening this time! I promise!!"

"....oh wait a second Genn...
*Tyoko sounds far away...*
"Yea Sano?... They did?... Oh my god!... You have noone to replace them?...Wait...I got an idea!

...Genn you still there?"

"HAI! Talking to your "BG People" huh?"

"Hehe! Yea, But Genn, you with anyone"

"Mai and Shinjo!...why?"

"Well some of the extras in my new video couldn't make it, how fast could you get to the Harbor?"

"Oh! You need help Oneesan?"

"Please?"

"OKIE DOKIE!! We'll be there in a FLASH!!"

"Thanks..."

Tyoko hangs up...

Genn looks up at Mai and Shinjo grinning. "Come on you guys!! We're off to the Harbor!!"

Genn takes off running to catch the next train, Mai and Shinjo follow behind, "GENN!! WAIT UP!!" Mai shouts!

****
Tyoko sits her dressing trailor staring at herself in the mirror....she sighs and smiles at herself.

*ring....ring*

"Moshi Moshi?"

"Hey...."

"Rin?"

"You feeling any better?"

"Yea...I'm at one of my video shoots now though..."

"Ah! Don't overdo anything.."

"hehe...I won't"

"Tyoko, I have something for you, I want to give it to you tonight. Will you be at your place?"

"mmhmm, after I finish here I'll be going back."

"Alright I'll pick you up, and ware something nice."

"ok..."

"How'd the test go?"

When Rin asked Tyoko about that she hesitated answering him...

"Tyoko?"

"...Oh! Yea! I'm here!"

"What's the outcome?"

"....it's positive Rin...."

"hehe...that's good...that's really good..." Rin smiled to himself saying that.

Tyoko was suprised to hear Rin's reaction to the news, she couldn't help but feel relieved.

"I'll see you tonight then?" Rin says to Tyoko.

"Yes! Can't wait."

"Tyoko..?"

"Yea?"

"I love you..."

Tyoko's heart started to race, hearing Rin say that to her made any doubts about him disappear from her mind. Tyoko smiles and giggles still on the phone...

"I love you too Rin...I'll see you tonight."

Tyoko hangs up and looks at herself in the mirror, placing both her hands over her stomach, she smiled at her reflection and something about her seemed different, she was glowing...Tyoko was happy....

****

Hallo Hana here!! Enjoy Tyoko's new Video!! With all her friends in it with her!

Tyoko Karuku - Blue Bird

Lift me up on my honor, take me over this spell.

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:27:55 GMT

Genn bopped along down a busy street in Tokyo the next day after school, jamming to her iPod. At first she just danced and nodded her head as she walked along, but eventually after closing her eyes and dancing, she forgot she was surrounded by people and sang the next song that came onto her iPod.

She started to murmur, "Lift me up on my honor, take me over this spell, get this weight off my shoulders, I've carried it well. Loose these shackles of pressure, shake me out of these chains, lead me not to temptation," and as the pitch rose in the song, she got louder and danced a little more.

"Hold my hand harder! Ease my mind. Roll down the smoke screen and open the sky..."

Genn opened her arms wide with her eyes closed, moving her hips side to side as she sang loudly, the chorus, "Let me fly! Man, I need a release from this troublesome mind. Fix my feet when they're stumbling and well you know it hurts sometimes. You know it's gonna bleed sometimes..."

No one had the heart to tell the little girl to stop singing and let her keep going, not drawing attention to her.

"Dig me out from this thorn tree, help me bury my shame. Keep my eyes from the fire they can't handle the flame. Grace cut out from my brothers when most of it fell. I carry it well."

She spun a little as she sang the chorus once more and danced on underneath her sister's apartment's window and on to the market to get some chocolate milk, so she didn't see the look on her sister's face as she nervously counted down the minutes to checking the pregnancy test.

***

Test Me Baby! Test Me!

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:26:24 GMT

*Hallo Hana here! The song playing is Tyoko's newest song aired on the radio! Enjoy!!*

Tyoko takes a seat at a table sipping from her champagne glass watching various people enjoying the party, Jin comes up from behind her and sits next to her, "Want me to take you home?" Jin asks Tyoko, "Naw, Thanks though but I think I can manage." Jin reaches out for Tyoko's hand and looks at her, "I never meant to hurt you Tyoko...I'm sorry." Tyoko looks up from her glass and smirks at Jin. Her eyes begin to water and a tear runs down her cheek, Jin puts his hand up to her cheek and caresses it softly, Tyoko closes her eyes for a second, Jin's touch put her nerves at ease. Her eyes open and she leans over and kisses Jin's lips softly. "You'll alway be special to me Jin...don't forget that," She smiles and gets up from the table still holding Jin's hand. She makes her way away from the table Tyoko lets go of Jin and walks to the grand enterance of the ballroom. Jin watches her leave gathering her coat and purse hoping she turns to look at him but she just walks out the doors. Jin gets a sudden aching feeling inside his chest, he stares at Tyoko's glass with her lipstick imprint over the rim, a familiar voice is heard...

"Need some company?" Jin looks up from the glass, "Sure," Mai takes a seat next to him. "Having fun?" Mai asks Jin. "Heh...Yea getting dumped is so much fun..." Mai's eyes widden. "Shut up! Tyoko dumped you!" Mai tries to fight back the laughter. "Yea, laugh I know you want to," Jin remarks to Mai, "...well I find it quite poetic really..."

"How?"

"Well you're just so use to being the dumper not the dumpee...if you know what I mean?" Mai takes a sip from her glass.

"...whatever Mai, she knew about us."

Mai's smile erases completely off her face, "You told her didn't you?"

"No...she just put it together...I don't blame her, she was tired of me only giving her part of myself not all of me..." Jin stands up and streches out his arms and takes a deep breathe, "Well, thats difficult when someone else has my heart..." Mai looks up to Jin.

"Heh...you're sweet Jin...but I'm not your back-up..." Mai says to Jin.

Jin chuckles, "Never said you were..." Mai rolls her eyes and gets up to leave the table, but Jin grabs her arm and pulls her close to him, "Dance with me?"

Mai wraps her arms around Jin and snickers, "I guess...just don't step on my heels...or I'll have to hurt you!" Jin smiles at Mai and walks her to the dance floor.

***

Tyoko lies in her bed looking through one of Genn's old VIVI magazines, Genn collected every issue with Tyoko on the cover. Tyoko missed her modeling days, memories flashed in her mind. When Tomo would call her late reminding her about her next shoot, and all the photographers complimenting her beautiful long hair, and her milky skin. Soft compliments made her feel good. She flips page after page, and she comes to her biography page. She smiles and remembers the interview with the one of the editors he was so nervous, Tyoko giggled to herself, suddenly Tyoko grabs for her stomach...

"oh!" Tyoko covers her mouth with her hand and darts for the bathroom. The sound of Tyoko gaging and the flushing of the toilet is heard from the bathroom, Tyoko splashes some water on her face and looks at herself in the mirror.

"That was weird...I just throw-up randomly?" Tyoko says to herself. She dries her face with a towl and walks back into her bedroom holding her stomach, the nausea lingers, but passes.

*knock....knock...*

Tyoko walks over to her front door, wondering who it could be, she reaches for the nob to open the door, but stops for a second...

*knock...knock*

"......tyoko..." A deep voice says lowly through the door, Tyoko reconizes that voice.

"....rin?" Tyoko says softly, Tyoko leans her body against the door, trying to peak through the peep hole, but she couldn't see anything, it was too dark.

"...Tyoko, open the door."

Tyoko hesitates for a moment...she unlocks the door and it opens slowly and Rin stands there looking up at Tyoko with his head down a little. Tyoko stands there dumbfounded, wondering why Rin was there...

Rin walks in and closes the door behind him and locks it, he keeps his hand on the lock for a second, he hesitates...

"Rin? Why are you here?" Tyoko asks.

Rin turns around and looks at Tyoko, his stare made Tyoko break eye contact with him, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"...I don't want his hands on you no more..." Rin says to Tyoko, Tyoko stands there speechless for a split moment and thinks of something to say.

"...what makes you think you can give out orders like that to me?" Tyoko tries to play it tough but it fails, she can't do that with Rin in the same room as her.

Rin comes closer to Tyoko looking at her, he runs his fingers through her silk hair. "You went back to your natural color just to drive me crazy....didn't you?" Rin gives Tyoko a sly smirk.

Tyoko backs away from Rin, but she get planted up against a wall, "No...I did it for me...I needed a change..."

Rin raises his arms against the wall trapping Tyoko within him, "I don't like seeing him touching you..." Rin says coldly to Tyoko. Tyoko just stares at him with an awkward look on her face.

"Rin you can't just come to my home and make rediculous orders." Tyoko breaks away from Rin.

She looks away from him and crosses her arms, "...it's over anyway, so you have nothing to worry about..." Rin turns around to look at Tyoko.

"You broke it off?"

"Yes..." Tyoko's eyes begin to tear up.

"He was in love with someone else, so I did what I thought was the right thing." Tyoko runs her hands through her hair and takes a deep breathe, "I'm tired of being jerk around Rin, by you and Jin..." Tyoko turns around to Rin, "and plus I don't even know why you're here, you just use me anyway! So did you come here to get your rocks off and then leave? Was the party not enough fo...?" Rin pulls Tyoko to him and kisses her lips running his hand through her hair and down her back, Tyoko wanted to fight him off but his kiss hyponotized her into his spell again, when it came to Rin she went weak in the knees for him. Rin pulls away from Tyoko's soft lips and caresses her cheek to wipe away the tears, "You've cried enough...I don't want you to hurt no more..." Tyoko couldn't believe what Rin was saying to her. Rin was never comforting or loving like this, why the sudden change?

"Why are you doing this?..." Tyoko says to Rin,

"Why wouldn't I? You drive me crazy...I see you all over that guy, when you should've been with me..." Rin's eyes were strong and cold but his words were soft and loving...

Tyoko has that sudden urge again and goes running into the bathroom again, Rin stays put where he was, and waits for Tyoko to do what she did.

"I'm sorry...I keep feeling nauseous...I don't know why?" Rin looks at Tyoko and lifts one of his eyebrows and chuckles. He walks toward Tyoko and puts his lips to her ear and whispers to her, "I want you....be with me...Tyoko..." Rin slowly runs his hand up Tyoko's shirt, Tyoko looses focus, but tires to fight Rin off of her. "Rin you can't! Stop..."

Rin grabs Tyoko's arms to restrain her.

The couple freeze for a split second, Tyoko stares into Rin's eyes and Rin looks into hers. "Rin...Do you love me?" Tyoko asks him in a hush tone, Rin brings his lips closer to Tyoko's and whispers to her, "...you already know..." Tyoko gives up and wraps her arms around Rin, he kisses her and runs his hands up and down her body. Rin carries Tyoko to her bed and layes her down removing her clothing. His hands moving all over her body, Tyoko pulls his shirt off, she was dying for a man's touch, for Rin's touch, she wanted him just as bad as he wanted her.....

***

The following morning Tyoko woke up with Rin's side empty...She just stared for a moment, and shook her head...she wraps a blanket around her body and walks into the living room where she saw a note and a brown bag on the counter, the note read...

"Tyoko,

I couldn't stay with you...I would be with you if I could, but I have some things I need to take care of...In the bag is something you might want to use...let me know the outcome...I'll see you tonight.

Rin"

Tyoko smiled at the note and opened the bag....she stared at the object in shock..."Oh my god...." She drops to the ground shocked, dropping the box next to her...."Could I?....Could I be?" The box read "Pregnancy Test..."

Later that day Tyoko's Newest Song was aired on the Radio in the #1 Slot!!

***

END...

We're burning down the highway skyline on the back of a hurricane.

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:44:22 GMT

There were bright lights all over the gorgeous, Versailles-styled ballroom. All the chairs glittered with gilded gold details, and pink satin cloths overlapped with butter-colored cloths on the tables. Underneath a grand chandelier at the head of the ballroom, bands and singers played for an hour each to entertain all the dancing attendees, which numbered near one hundred. With bright lights, up-tempo music and the clinking of champagne glasses (in Genn's case, porcelain teacups), everyone laughed and danced brightly under an unbelievably beautiful ceiling.

The older women dressed in lavish gowns that matched the Rococo decor, and even a few had masks. Men wore top-hats for the Alice in Wonderland theme, and a few of the younger girls in attendance wore bunny ears and wide grins. Genn herself had an adorable lolita-style dress, happily dancing and bopping to the music with Tyoko and all the people in attendance. Though Ritsuko didn't dance much, every time Genn pouted at her, she laughed, set her champagne glass down, and danced with the little pink haired girl.

It was Mai's turn at the little stage, and was dressed in a gold and red gown in a Victorian style, to match the theme of the party. Her hair was done up with ringlets cascading down her back, and wanting to keep up with the happy aura of the party, put together her own remix of "When you were young" by the Killers that she had heard at her most recent fashion show.

(*Side note to Hana: It's a remix made specifically for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. I was able to find it to download but not anything on Imeem that I could link here. Halp?)

With the electric drumbeats and twinkling lights, Mai dazzled the dancers and caught the eye of Jin in particular. When he looked up at her from dancing, he felt his lungs seize. She looked beautiful and happy, like she used to be.

He kept twirling Tyoko around and dancing to the song, but Tyoko noticed his distracted glances. A pang of anxiety hit her chest, but something calm hit her. Almost as if...she already knew the outcome, so it was easier to deal with. She shrugged her shoulders, for once not feeling dragged down by all the recent events. She raised her milky white arms in happiness as she danced, smiling and turning her head aside, letting the light catch her now blonde hair. She was a sight to behold, and all the men were jealous.

Mai's hour at the mic eventually ended, and she bowed gracefully to the crowd, and they clapped graciously for her songs. She smiled, slightly tired, and stepped down from the stage. Surprisingly, Ritsuko made her way over to her, and handed her a freshly poured glass of champagne. Mai bowed her head in thanks, and smiling, took a sip.

"Asti spumante! My favorite!" Mai exclaimed, smiling at the taste and bubbles hitting her lips. Ritsuko laughed.

"I can't stand brut champagne! I need something girly and fruity, like asti spumante," she said, clinking glasses with Mai, "Thank you again for performing at my party for my little girl. I know Genn likes you personally and she's having the time of her life."

"The pleasure is mine, I haven't felt this good in a while, Karaku-sama, to tell you the truth. But the lights, the champagne, the music, all the laughter...and it's all genuine. You can tell that everyone is happy."

"Yes," Ritsuko said, glancing at Tyoko, Jin, seeing Rin and Haruka enter together, also looking happy, even her assistants looked peaceful, "I think every single person here needed it, so we feel it all the more."

Mai smiled and accepted another glass of champagne, "Very much so."

It was another band's turn at the stage, and Ritsuko frowned as she looked over the shoulder of a nearby assistant. This was Tempest's performing slot, and since they were broken-up, she wondered if her assistants had forgotten to fill it. Right as she opened her mouth to address this, Haruka, dressed in her gothic lolita glory, with a few band members, took the stage.

Puzzled but relieved, Ritsuko tried to relax. A few people in the crowd murmured, knowing that Haruka looked familiar, but couldn't remember where they'd seen her before.

A slower song started up, and Haruka sang softly. It was a slow dance, so all of the couples wrapped their arms around each other for the slow dance. Genn danced by herself, closing her eyes and slowly waving her arms around as if in a trance.

Jin smiled as he gazed at Tyoko's face. She seemed so calm, so much less anxious than she had been in the past few days.

"I like your hair like this, you look amazing," Jin said, and Tyoko smiled and lifted and eyebrow at him.

"Really? I'm the blonde belle of the ball?" she asked playfully. He laughed and touched his forehead to hers.

"You and me...we've changed alot as a couple. We were so shallow at the beginning. I had no idea it'd turn out this way," Jin said. Tyoko rested her head on his chest as they dance, hiding her sad face from his view as she murmured, "Neither did I."

The music continued, Haruka having a surprisingly mellow voice, with Rin stealing jealous glances to Jin and Tyoko on the dance floor. After Haruka's performance slot, it was time for a dance intermission and Jin and Tyoko walked off of the dance floor hand in hand, accepting glasses of champagne for themselves and looking for Genn's table.

Ritsuko waved them over to a darker, private booth she had set up for them. Ritsuko had noticed Rin's glances, and to Tyoko's surprise, he was sitting in the back of the private booth, almost hidden in the shadows. Ritsuko sat Tyoko by him, and sat between her and Jin. Jin, somewhat confused by Ritsuko suddenly being chatty with him, sat shocked listening to her jabber away as Rin moved his hand closer and closer to Tyoko's leg.

She hissed at him so that no one else could hear, "What are you doing, Rin? I thought we agreed we were a secret."

Rin whispered back, "We are. They can't see us. I saw you and Jin on the floor and I couldn't stand it. I wanted to touch you again."

"Now's not the time for that," Tyoko whispered. Rin's hand touched her thigh.

"If it was according to you, it never would be," Rin said, caressing her as she tried to keep her composure. The booth filled up with more people, Mai, Kyo, Shinjo was there to watch Haruka, Haruka sat down, keeping an eye on Jin, and a few more assistants piled in to wait for anything Ritsuko might demand. With the crowd, Tyoko and Rin were completely hidden from the rest of the group, and the table in the middle of the booth hid their legs, and Rin's hands.

Mai, trying not to look flustered in front of Jin, kept herself busy talking to Kyo, Haruka, Shinjo and Genn. Ritsuko kept Jin distracted with more flutes of champagne and idle chatter, while Jin still stared in fear at the woman who had punched him not even a full week ago.

Rin's arm was around Tyoko's waist, and his hand had made his way into her skirt. He slowly slipped his fingers under her silk panties, feeling her skin shiver under his touch.

"This is not appropriate!" she whispered anxiously to him, not wanting to yell or do anything sudden to draw attention to them. He said nothing, and used his other hand to part her legs a little, and let his fingers slip inside of her.

She bit her tongue and kept her hands firmly on the table in front of her, trying to keep quiet. As embarrassed and scared as she was that someone might notice, she relished the feel of Rin's smooth, warm fingers slip around where they shouldn't be.

Finally, she felt an orgasm coming on. She placed her forehead on the table, biting her lip as the waves of pleasure shook her body, and Rin took his hand back as the last tremor passed through her body. Seeing Tyoko half-laying on the table, the other people in the booth took notice with concern.

"Tyoko...are you alright?" Jin asked, trying to look at her past Ritsuko's face. Tyoko's face flushed with embarrassment, she murmured, "Not feeling well" and rushed to the bathroom to put cold water on her face. Genn ran after her to the bathroom, and Rin slipped out of the booth, trying to go without notice. He almost succeeded, but Ritsuko followed him.

He ended up in the men's room, and Ritsuko, uncaring, barged in with him and yelled at everyone else to "Get out!" Rin turned to face Ritsuko and crossed his arms with a defiant look in his eye.

"If this is about Tempest, we're not getting back together, we all had differences and-" Rin said nothing else as the back of Ritsuko's hand stuck him hard on the side of the face. The blow was strong as stone, and was enough to knock him to the ground.

"Rin, I will speak calmly and slowly so you understand," she said, looking down at him, "Something is going on with you and Tyoko. And seeing her so distraught lately and her rushing off to the bathroom just now, I can only guess what."

Rin opened his mouth to speak but Ritsuko held up a finger to silence him, "No. You don't speak while I'm here."

"Anyway," she said, coldly, "Despite what she may have told you, my daughter is my world. Both of them. If you're using her as another one of your playtoys, you'd better put her back on the shelf. Swine like you are below her. She's already in a relationship, and I don't want you making her dishonest. Only bad men bring out the worst in someone. So, think and think hard before you continue with Tyoko. If I'll slap you on suspsicion of demeaning my daughter, imagine what I'll do if I actually have evidence."

With that, she calmly walked out of the men's room, and Rin stood up, rubbing his face.

"I've got a lot of thinking to do," he said, and left the party, slipping away into the shadows and into his Benz.

***

Genn found Tyoko in the bathroom near tears, and locked the door so no one else could come in.

"Oneechan..." she said softly, tugging on her Tyoko's skirt, "What's the matter?"

"I'm so confused," Tyoko said, turning the faucet on and running her hands under the cool water, "My head says I love someone, then my heart says another thing and I can't even try to control my body anymore."

"That's not good," Genn said simply, wanting her sister to talk and vent on her own, not wanting to hinder her speech with her own jabber. Tyoko splashed water on her face and Genn brought her a towel.

"Thank you Genn...and no, it's not good. Or maybe it is? I don't know. I'm just...I'm so sick of being torn. I have feelings for Jin, I have feelings for someone else...and I'm sure both of them feel differently about me. If I could just handle one at a time, I could figure it out, but both? My head hurts. My mind is tired. I didn't even know that your mind COULD get tired. Oh Genn, never talk to boys or have girlfriends. Just be single."

Genn merely nodded, hoping that Tyoko would continue venting, as she was already looking more calm.

"But then, I think Jin is confused, too. Like he wants us to work, but just can't commit, because he's torn, too. If one of us could just make the final decision and be done with it, maybe we could move on with our lives."

Tyoko said nothing more and kissed Genn on the forehead as she left the bathroom, and Genn, even though she was younger and far more innocent than everyone else in the room, saw the truth of the matter by looking into her sister's eyes, by looking into the eyes of all of her friends.

It wasn't quite time for the music to start again, but Genn made her way to the stage and pushed an ottoman to the microphone so she could climb up and reach it. She tapped the microphone and waved Shinjo over to the piano. She whispered a song name to him, and he smiled, saying, "You got it, little lady."

"Minna-san! Thank you all for coming to my party!!! It's so fun, and I want to thank my wonderful okasan for this! It's been such a wonderful night, and I wanted to sing for my oneesan," and with that, Genn pointed to Shinjo to start playing.

She sang a cute, soft little song about love, and many people came to the dance floor, including Jin and Tyoko. Mai tried to ignore it, and chatted with Kyo in the private booth.

With the lights, the sound of her sister's voice, and the smell of roses in the air, Tyoko took a long, hard look at Jin, and made her decision. She laid her head on his chest, taking in the smell of his clothes, and felt him lay his head on top of hers. She held him close, and in tears, walked off of the dance floor onto a nearby balcony overlooking a garden. He followed her, concerned, and grabbed Tyoko's hand.

"Tyo...what's wrong, hon? Talk to me," Jin said, being a gentleman. Tyoko looked up at him, with tears in her eyes, and shook her head.

"No Jin...just...no," she said, wiping her eyes and looking back at him, "We can't do this. We just can't. I know we care about each other, but you're right. We have changed as a couple, but our hearts haven't. We can't keep lying to each other."

"But...what do you mean?"

"Jin, come on. Be realistic. Look into my eyes and tell me that you love me."

Struck, Jin opened his lips to say it while looking into her eyes, but couldn't make the sound come out of his lips.

"So Jin? Do you love me?"

Jin shook his head, "I...I don't know. I'm so confused. I can't say no. But if I say yes, I feel like I'm lying."

Tyoko squeezed his hand with a sad smile, "That's how I feel, too. But search your heart Jin. You and me, it's wonderful, but in the end, your heart can only belong to one person. And I think your heart has already found it's owner. It's just not me," she said.

Jin looked sad, but understood. They were, in fact, living a lie. He kissed her on the cheek, and she smiled at him.

"Does this mean goodbye Tyoko?" Jin asked. Tyoko wiggled her cell phone at him.

"No. It means we'll just be friends..."

They looked at each other with mutual respect, and walked back into the ballroom, neither of them feeling ashamed, or hurt, or angry. They walked in with their dignity intact, and danced the rest of the night as friends brought together by unusual circumstances.

***

That's it, punk babies! Wait for the next entry. Hana might add photos or fix music to this one, so check back to see if there are any changes. ^.^ The song that inspired this entry is "When you were young" (Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Remix) by the Killers. Thank you for reading, and enjoy the love. ----Momo

Heaven

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:39:28 GMT

"WHAT THE HELL!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!! WHEN IN THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN!?!?!"

Ritsuko throws random things up in the air in her study, her assistant dunking for cover so she wouldn't be maimed by the flying objects. Ritsuko finally regain composure, breathing heavily, she clears her throat and suddenly feels the sudden urge to cough but fights it, it passes this time. She takes a deep breath and grabs the phone on her desk and begins punching random numbers.

"Give me Sano...." Ritsuko demands the operator to put her through, in a snippy tone.

"I'm sorry Mam but San....." Ritsuko cuts her off.

"If you value your job then I suggest you put him on the phone...NOW!!!!" Ritsuko spits out fireballs.

"...I'm very sorry Karuku-sama, just one second...." The operator reconized the tone and the voice, she sends the call directly to Sano's office.

".....Hello this is Sano."

"DITCH THE FORMALITIES SANO! You have 5 seconds to explain why I shouldn't fire you!!" Ritsuko snaps over the phone, Sano holds the phone away from his ear.

"...heh...Karuku-sama...I see you saw the TV...." Sano says in a squeeky voice.

"You explain to me why Tempest broke up...and why YOU failed to tell me this...I had to find out over the damn television!!!" Ritsuko lights a cigerette to calm her nerves.

"Karuku-sama please...I'm trying to explain..."

"NO!!! FORGET THE EXPLAINTION SANO!!! .......you fix it!" With that Ritsuko hangs up, Sano got nothing but a ear full of dial tone.

"....uh....Hello? Karuku-sama?.....oh damn....how am I gonna fix this?...." Sano drops to his chair and drops the phone on the floor.

Ritsuko inhales and exhales, the sensation of smoke in her lungs was calming, she sips her Starbucks cup slams it on her desk and takes a look at the television, which was on mute at the moment. She walks toward the TV with a clipboard in hand and her cigerette in the other.

She exhales the smoke eyeing the screen....".....who is this Haruka....and Rin left Tempest for her...........fine..." Ritsuko says to herself in anger. Ritsuko turns to her side and takes another look at the television in the corner of her eye and without hesitation she hurls the clipboard at it, papers flying everywhere, she walks out of her study in a huff without word.....

Truth - Haruka/ Former Bass for Tempest Rin

****

"Is something wrong Oneesan?" Genn hops into Tyoko's bedroom, Tyoko was just sitting on her bed, she looked like her mind was in a far off land.

"huh? Oh...hey Genn...Yea I'm fine...Just alot on my mind....thats all." Tyoko rests her head back down on her arms.

Genn looks sad and concerned for her sister, "Oneesan...You haven't been acting like yourself...not at all...." Genn shakes her head back and forth. Tyoko looks off into space.

"I suppose you're right Genn....It seems that I've been so love-struck and wanting to work things out with Jin that I put my life on hold...I never use to be like this, what happened to me?" Tyoko looks up at Genn, Genn just sitting next to her smiling.

"You like Jin now Oneesan?"

"I guess you could say that..."

"But at first you couldn't stand the sight of him..." Genn seemed confused, "How can you not like someone, and then end up liking them?"

Tyoko laughed a little, "Well, Genn it's really complicated..."

Genn shot up, "Try me!"

"I admit that I really couldn't stand Jin at all...but something about him changed...like the way he looks at me, it isn't lust...or like he has a hidden agenda. When he talks to me it's like he really cares what happens to me...."

"He said he loves you?"

Tyoko looks at Genn, Tyoko thinking why Genn would ever use the word "love" in her vocabulary.

"(sigh...) He said he's in love with me....but I don't know how to take it...if it's how he really feels or hes just saying what I want to hear. When I with him Genn I feel at ease...so comfortable, and....when he holds me it's like I'm in the right place at that very moment...if you understand what I mean?"

Genn grins, "Aww Tyoko! You love him don't you?"

Tyoko's face turns to hopeful to depressed in a split second, "....Suppose I do....but it's not meant to be...."

"Oneesan!! I you love the man why dont you be with him?"

"Easier said than done Genn....theres alot of complications when dealing with love...don't fall for it Genn...it messes with your emotions, and your ability to think rashionally..."

Genn snickers, "No worries Oneesan...not for sometime...hehe!"

Genn looks at her sister, Genn's sweet smile turned to a frown in an instant, Tyoko was crying.

"Oneesan!! Don't cry! Please! Jin loves you! He does...."

"Don't say that Genn...I don't want to hear his name, or the word love in the same sentence with him anymore!"

Genn gets quite...".....but..."

Tyoko looks up to Genn, Tyoko's eyes were watery and tears were falling down her cheeks, "Forget about it Genn....Jin isn't in love with me...he's in love with the idea being with me...nothing more than that....His heart is with someone else...it's not with me...." Tyoko lays her head back down, Genn gets sad also she hates seeing Tyoko cry like this, so Genn cries along with Tyoko hoping her tears would take over hers so Tyoko wouldn't have to cry no more. Genn snuggles up against her sister and gives her a hug, "Don't worry Oneesan...you still got me here with you! I'll protect you." Tyoko wraps her arm around Genn and smiles, "Thanks Genn...for whats it's worth you actually helped..." Genn grins at Tyoko and wipes her tears away, "No more crying...ok?" Tyoko nods to Genn and smirks.

They both just sit there enjoying each other's company...it has been awhile since they could spend some time like this together...it made them both happy. On the TV played Tyoko's NEWEST music video, called "Heaven."

Heaven Tyoko Karuku

The New Look!!!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:08:06 GMT

Hallo my fellow loves!!! Hana-chan here!!! Hope you all love the new look...I couldn't fall alseep, I was tossing and turning trying but I had so many changes to the story running through my head!!! ~~GRRRR!!~~

I hope Momo luvs the changes! I also took down the recent entries I had written....I'm sorry but they were CrAp!! I could write so much better, so, Momo-chan!! If you had your hearts set on writing tonight no worries my love I got the next entry. I will be starting from scratch I read over the entries I had and they were really bad...so I'll fix it!

Hope you luv it! I will be working on the MARVELOUS entry tonight at work!! WooHoo! And it will be up and posted early in the morning! Oh and Momo I changed our avatars, hehe!!!!! ~~のちてちにに!~~

But I noticed it's a lil blurry so if you wanna work your magic mama heres the picture for you to play with in photoshop!

Luv you all!!! Buh! Bye!

~Hana ^-^v

Happy? Think again. :-P

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:27:21 GMT

"Haru-chan?"
"Yeah?"
"You seem distracted."
"...I think I am a little bit, Kyo."
"That's not like you."
"And it's not like you to go out every night and text like a teenaged girl."
"It's just me and Mai."
"Yeah, well, be careful. At first I wanted you and Mai to hook up to piss people off but now I'm not so sure."
"So what if I like Mai? Just because it doesn't fit into your devious plans, you want us to cool off?"
"What are you saying? Do you like Mai like that?"
"...no. But hypothetically, if we wanted to hook up, it'd be a problem with you because of this little game you're playing."
"Hypothetically my ass. I hate that 'suppose this' bull."
"Geez, Haru! Kinda grouchy today?"
"I'm having a rough day."
"You seemed so cheerful when you texted me from the cafe."
"Alot's changed since then, brother."

After the conversation had dulled, Haruka gave Kyo another itinerary of Mai's shoots and recording appointments and wearily shook her head. She watched Kyo leave, angrily texting someone, probably Mai, and shut her door. She looked at her computer, her sewing machine, and her piles of sketchbooks, full of designs and plans.

She grabbed one of her sketchbooks, found a pencil, and flipped to a blank page. It'd been a while since she'd actually designed something, and put the tip of the pencil to the blank page. But it didn't move. She just stared at the page.

Designing pretty things used to come so naturally to her. Then, with everything that happened, she'd focused on designing revenge over frilly dresses. She put down her book and put her head in her hands.

"What am I doing?" she muttered to herself, "All this plotting. All these long-term plans to hurt people. I'm halfway through and I don't care anymore," she sighed and blew her bangs out of her eyes, "I feel like I spent so much time setting the world on fire. Half of the world is burning, I'm holding the torch, and I'm looking at this stupid blaze and I...just don't care."

She thought about the phone calls she made to the tabloids, newscasters, the press. Anonymously, of course. Suddenly, she realized the damage it would do. And suddenly she finally realized that it wasn't fun anymore. She stood up, and walked to her gilded mirrors and stared at herself.

"The world doesn't need your help," she said to her reflection, "It can burn on it's own."

***

Tyoko shut her aparment door behind her, happily waltzing and whirling around, happy and freshly in love with Jin. She felt happy, light...she felt guilty about Rin, but tried to shrug it off. She wanted to enjoy feeling in love before dealing with that mess. She sat down on her couch, kicked off her sandals, and for once, actually turned on the television.

She flipped through a few channels, and stopped when she saw photos of Jin and herself flashed on the screen. She smiled and thought she'd listen to what the tabloids were saying about their romance now.

"Jin Uzuki's secret past: Does Tyoko know? The surprising secret shocks the entertainment world as his past story unfolds. Tonight: we investigate his life with Tyoko Karaku's rival Mai Hitsuya, known world-wide as Flame."

Tyoko scoffed at the reporter on the screen. Just another story meant to hurt and make money. But she watched anyway, curious to see where it went.

"Here are the exclusive photos of their wedding rehearsal, and actual public records of their mortgage plans for their own home near Roppongi Hills,.."

The caster went on and on, and Tyoko felt her blood draining from her face. It couldn't be true. Not so soon after Jin had promised not to hurt her. She turned off the t.v., and grabbed her phone, anxiously listening to the phone ring as she called Jin.

Ring...no answer...ring...no answer. Voicemail.

She dialed again, and the same thing. Rings, but no answer. A few tries later, she went straight to voicemail.

"What is going on?!" she muttered to herself, feeling a panic in her lungs that she'd never felt before. Rin would do this, but Jin? All that macho bravado was just a front, she knew the real Jin. He wasn't a player. He was sweet, kind...

Was that just an act too?

The thought flashed through her mind and she felt anxious again. Jin would've told her. He would have said something. She got dressed again to head to Jin's apartment, so she could see him and feel better.

***

Ritsuko angrily slammed her remote on the glass table, listening to the tabloid trash made her cringe. She promised not to meddle with her daughter's life, but she had to know: Was Jin leading her on?

Ritsuko dialed a private investigator she could always trust. She didn't even have to say her name.

"Follow Jin Uzuki. Do not be seen. Report to me if you find something new," she said, and flipped her phone shut.

She rubbed her fingers in circles around her temples. Why was this so complicated?

***

Not long after Ritsuko angrily slammed down her remote, Jin himself threw his remote across his livingroom.

He was happy. He was finally happy and getting over Mai when his past suddenly gets shoved in his face on national television. His phone started to ring, but he didn't look at it. He hit ignore, figuring it was Mai or someone. He paced around his apartment, trying to figure out who would leak his past to the public. His phone rang again, and again, he hit ignore.

It rang, and rang, and rang. Finally, he lost it and snapped his phone in half. He tossed the pieces aside and grabbed his car keys. He was pissed as hell, and he needed answers. He headed to the person he felt responsible for all this mess.

***

Mai dropped her cell phone on the floor as she stood in front of her t.v. in her apartment. She wasn't shocked, but her hands felt sweaty, anyway, after seeing pictures of Jin and Tyoko as a couple flashing in front of her eyes. She picked her phone back up, and turned off the t.v.

"Sorry, Kyo," she muttered to her phone as she picked it up, "I just saw the news."
"Yeah, me too," Kyo said, sounding tired, "You okay?"
"Kind of. Yes....no," she said, sighing, "You don't happen to know who leaked it?"
"Sorry mama. I don't know, but I have a few guesses."
"What is the point of all this drama anymore? I'm fine with passion and fun and everything, but this? This is all in the past! I'm finally happy with no men in my life!"
"What am I, your sister?"
"Sorry bebi, you know I always forget about your penis."
"So you sound better."
"A little bit. Look, I'm going to wanna meet up again. You cool with seeing me twice in one day?"
"With shit like this all over the place? I understand. Wanna meet at Hachiko again?"
"Sure. How soon can you be there?"
"Well...I'm going to be blocking calls from the press for a while, so I'd say around 8."
"That's fine. I need time to shower and stuff anyway."
"Yeah. Go clean yourself."
"Ha. Thanks, bebi. I really mean it, I'm glad we met."
"Me too, mama."
*click*

Mai sighed and set down her phone, and rummaged in her closet for a comfortable outfit to wear out that night. Who cares about wearing a corset if you're going to gobble ice cream and vent with your friends? she thought, but picked up her corset tops anyway. It made her feel less fat, anyway.

She tossed them around her couch, staring at different combinations of outfits when a fist slammed on her door. Pissed and confused, she ran to the door and looked through the peephole.

"Jin?" she asked through the door, and calmly unlocked the door to let him in, "What are you do-"

She was cut off by Jin plowing through the door and shutting it behind him. He stared at her, angrily, his face red.

"What the hell is this?!" he asked angrily, through gritted teeth. Mai threw up her hands.

"What do you mean? YOU'RE the one barging into my apartment all pissed, thanks!"
"You know what I mean! The news! The leak! What the hell, I thought you were happy without me!"
"What, you think that was me? You think that shit was deliberate?"
"Hell yeah I do! Tyoko's successful, we're happy, and you can't stand to see us together!"
"Bullshit, Jin! Bullshit! You think I'd actually go that low! You think I'm that kind of bitch!"
"Of course! You're jealous! You're pissed because we're happy and you're not!"
"Fuck! You!" Mai screamed, "YOU'RE the one who left me at the altar to begin with! Even if I was the kind of girl to do this you couldn't say SHIT!"
"I make one mistake and you can walk all over me for the rest of our lives?!"
"What the FUCK do you mean?! You act like it's one small mistake! You broke my heart!" Mai screamed, clasping her hand to her chest and crying uncontrollably, "I thought it would kill me! I'm finally moving on without you and you storm in here, acting like I'm EVIL and you don't deserve it! Well fuck you!" Mai was out of breath and could barely stand with how much her sobs made her body tremor. Jin stood silently, watching Mai in hysterics.
"Mai-" Jin reached out to touch Mai's arm. She backed away from his hand like it was made of ice.
"Stay away from me!" she cried, backing up until her back hit her kitchen counter. Next to her was the rack for her sushi knives, and she grabbed one.
"What are you doing, Mai?" Jin asked. Mai pointed the knife at him.
"Stay back!" she muttered through her tears, "Turn around and go!"
"Mai, what do you plan to do with that?"
"None of your business!" she cried, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. Jin saw scars on her wrists that he'd never noticed before. Scars that were usually covered by clothes or make-up, but the make-up had been washed away by her tears.
"When did you start that?"
"Leave me alone!" she said again. Jin couldn't look at her.
"Why are you doing that to yourself?"
"Leave. Me. Alone!"
"Are those new? Old?"
"Shut up!" Mai sobbed, lowering her hand so the knife wasn't pointing at Jin, "Old, okay? Years old. I got them after you left me. I wanted to die," she said, not believing that she was confessing this to another living being, "And now I feel it again. Leave me alone, please. Go away," she said, and turned to walk to her bathroom, still clutching the knife.

She didn't hear the front door open or close, but felt strong arms wrap her from behind, and warm tears, not her own, dropping onto her skin.

"Go away," she said again as Jin sobbed into her hair.
"No." was all he said.
"Leave me in peace and quiet," she said again, trying to contain her tears again. His lips brushed her neck.
"No," he said, his voice getting choked in his throat, "I had no idea. I didn't know."
"Who cares now? You're happy. You said it. We're over. And now I want to be done with this bullshit."
"Mai, please. Don't go. Don't leave me."
Mai rolled her eyes and felt her tears fighting to escape her eyelids, "I can't leave you. We're not together to begin with."
"I didn't mean it like that," he whispered into her ear, through her red waves, "I can't lose you like this. You can't...you can't leave me here alive with you gone. I'll die too."

Mai turned to face him, "No, you won't," she said, her voice calm despite her tears, "You don't need me. You'll be fine."
"No!" he said, prying the knife out of her hands and putting it back on the nearby counter. He wrapped her in his arms again so she couldn't move.

"If I promise not to kill myself today, will you leave me alone? Will you go home?" Mai asked, just wanting him to go away. She never wanted anyone to see her this raw.

He cradled her face in his hands, and kissed her gently, "No," he said softly. He kissed her again. She wiggled out of his embrace and tried to walk away but he stopped her again. She looked at him, and looked down at their interlocked hands.

"We can't keep doing this, Jin," she said softly, "It's not just you and me involved. You and me...it'll never work again."
"Mai, please. I still need you. I feel you in my blood and I can't have you. I think I'm fine and then I see you, I touch you, and I feel the need again. If we won't work, as a couple, can't we at least have this?"

Mai slowly moved into his arms, feeling ashamed but needing to feel his arms around her again, "What? Fuck buddies?"

He laughed sadly, "In a way."

"It's not right," she said, "It's not dignified."

He kissed her gently and moved his hands down her waist, "But then...why did you come into my arms?"

"Idiot," she said, giving into her urges, "I want it too."

***

The private investigator nervously handed Ritsuko a packet of developed photos, many hours later. Ritsuko left it closed, but felt an idea of what they contained.

"Thank you," was all she said, and the private investigator left. She didn't feel happy. She didn't feel justified. But she figured her daughter should know the truth. She picked up her Blackberry, and began to dial.

***

Tyoko quietly sat outside of Jin's apartment, and he still hadn't returned. His phone still went straight to voicemail, and the lights were off in his apartment. Eventually, a limo pulled up and her mother's assistant stepped out again.

"Come with me, Tyoko-sama," the woman said, and Tyoko, too anxious to do anything else, stepped into the limo to see what her mother had in store, figuring that her mother was somehow behind the media leak.

***
Before Ritsuko's assistant even shut the doors to give them privacy, Tyoko blurted out, "You're behind the leak, aren't you?" she demanded. Ritsuko wearily lit a cigarette and motioned for Tyoko to sit down.

"No. And I haven't found out who yet. Whoever it is is clever. Rest assured I'm not trying to meddle. But there are rumors that are based in truth and I think you deserve the truth."

Tyoko spotted the envelope sitting on Ritsuko's desk, she picked it up, "What's this?"

Ritsuko slowly exhaled some smoke, "Go ahead and open it. They're pretty fresh and I think they'll give you alot of answers."

Nervously, Tyoko slid the pile of photos out of the envelope, and gasped.

"Uh...mom?" Tyoko asked, raising an eyebrow at her mother, "I don't think this is appropriate."
"Fine. Look at the next ones, then," Ritsuko said, and Tyoko flipped to the next picture.

"MOM!" Tyoko said, "What the hell is up with this?!" she demanded.
"Well you're certainly taking it very well."
"Taking WHAT very well? Man ass?!" Tyoko said as she thrust the next picture into Ritsuko's face.

Ritsuko choked on her smoke and coughed, "WHAT THE HELL?!" she gasped. Tyoko put the photos on the table.

"So...that's not what you wanted to show me?" Tyoko asked. Ritsuko hastily snatched the photos and stuck them in her desk.

"No! That wasn't it!" she found the right packet of photos and gave them to Tyoko, "Here!"

Tyoko braced herself for something disturbing, and couldn't believe what she saw this time.

Tyoko felt her heart burn and her eyes water as, picture after picture, she saw Jin and Mai doing something they never seemed to accomplish together. She blinked back tears as she saw more and more pictures of the man she loved inside another woman, and finally, broke down in tears and let the photos fall to the ground.

"Why did you show me this?" Tyoko cried, covering her face with her hands. Ritsuko sighed and sadly looked at her daughter.

"I couldn't trust Jin after I heard the media. I had him followed, and he lead us here," she said, pointing at the graphic photos scattered on the floor.

"Leave me alone, please," Tyoko gasped to her mother, grabbed her purse, and ran out of her mother's office, crying and trying to breathe. She dialed Rin's number, and unlike Jin, he picked up right away.

"Tyo-baby?"
"Rin," she said, ignoring his smug tone, "Come pick me up at my mother's hotel. I need to see you, now." she said, trying to stop her tears.
"I thought you'd never ask," he said.
She felt hurt, she felt strange, but she felt liberated, knowing that what Jin did with Mai, she could do with Rin. She stepped into his car and couldn't remember the ride to his apartment. She felt numb, and only responded to him once he dazzled her with feverish kisses, and moved his hands around her body.

She gave in, and for the night, forgot about Jin and their problems. For the night, it was just Rin, their bodies, and bliss.

***

Much later, the next day, after Tyoko had a shower and a good, relaxing breakfast in her own apartment, a new phone number flashed on her caller ID.

"Moshi moshi?" she asked, wondering who it could be. She heard his voice, and felt her stomach drop.
"Tyoko...it's me."
"Jin. I tried calling yesterday."
"I'm sorry, Tyoko...my phone was broken. This is my new number. I want to talk to you."
"It's about the media leak, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I wanted to s-"
"Jin, don't worry," she said, faking a smile even though she was on the phone and he couldn't see her, "I know they like to make up things on the news. It's okay. I don't believe them."
"Oh..." Jin said, feeling slightly relieved but guilty. He coudln't tell her, though, she seemed okay.
"Really, Jin. It's okay. It won't spoil what we have," she said, feeling her spine shiver with memories of her and Rin the previous night, "I'm not giving up on us that quick."
"Thank you, Tyoko...that means alot to me."
"No worrying, okay?"
"Okay."

After they hung up, Tyoko sighed. She was in denial. It was carnal lust she had with Rin, not love. Maybe that's what Jin had with Mai? she thought, ignoring the fact that they were almost married once. Ignoring the passionate photos she'd seen the night before.

Maybe it was complicated. Maybe it was the easy way out, but Tyoko wanted Jin to think she didn't know. That way, she wouldn't have to break his heart too. She wouldn't have to tell him about Rin. And maybe...

And the maybe's went on and on. Eventually, she convinced herself it was the right thing to do. Take her lustful aggressions out with Rin, so that she could be the perfect girlfriend to Jin. After she broke face in front of her mother, she wasn't about to do it again.

***

End.

Hope it was worth the wait, folks. Up next, more dramatic entries, and soon, Ritsuko's party! Stay tuned. ---Momo

No More Tears

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:29:01 GMT

"What Haruka?"

"Yep..."

"Hehe! What she want?"

"(sigh...) Shes ordering me around again..."

Mai looks at Kyo and smiles, she rests her head on his arm as they lay on the floor of her apartment. "Had fun last night..." Mai says to Kyo, Kyo smiles, "Yea, I did too..." Mai bites her lip..."Kyo?"

"Yea?"

Mai sits up and she looks a little sad, "Um...I was wondering..."

Kyo looks up at Mai..."Whats wrong?"

"Well...." Mai bites on her nail, "Um...if we were to...be romantically tied, the two of us and it didn't work out...would you promise to still be my friend?....I would be crushed if I didn't have you by my side..."

Kyo sits up and looks at Mai, he smiles and chuckles a little, "Mai don't be silly...of course I'll be here! You're stuck with me!" Mai turns around, her eyes watery and places her hand on his shoulder...Kyo puts his hand on hers. "I'll always be here for you Mai..." Mai smiles..."I'm glad I have you Kyo..." Mai looks up at Kyo, he was smiling at her.

Kyo breaks the nice moment unfortunately, "Gotta meet up with Haruka...you busy tonight?" Mai shakes her head, "My schedule is free tonight!" She smirks. "Well wanna go out?" Kyo asks Mai. Mai grins, "A sexy outting?!?" Kyo laughs and flexes his muscles "Sure...I guess you could call it that..." Mai laughs and playfully smacks his wimpy biceps, "YES!! I'll see you later then!" Mai walks Kyo to the door. Kyo waves to Mai and takes off. Mai never felt so calm and so happy in her life....finally she doesn't feel like a back-up plan...She felt good, and she liked it...she smiles to herself and heads to the bathroom to clean-up.

****

Tyoko and Jin walk hand in hand laughing and enjoying each others company. "Haha! Don't make fun! I love that anime!" Tyoko hits Jin softly on the chest, "Hehe! Sorry but it was poorly written there was really no plot..." Tyoko rolls her eyes at Jin's comment.

They get to the park, noone was really there, it was early afternoon. "Oh! Look! The new fountain is done with its contruction!" Tyoko runs over to the fountain, the sunshine glared on her black hair and the fountain made her blue eyes twinkle...Jin stopped in his tracks and admired Tyoko for a moment, Tyoko turned around and smiled at Jin..."Wha?" Jin comes closer to Tyoko and grabs her wrist and pulls her closer to him, Tyoko in sudden shock..."....Jin?" she mutters softly, He looks at her in the eyes and strokes her cheek softly, "Tyoko...." She looks at Jin in his eyes..."I won't hurt you....I promise..." Tyoko smiles at Jin and embraces him...."That makes me happy..." Tyoko says to Jin, "I'm falling in love with you Tyoko..." Jin says softly to Tyoko....Tyoko's eyes begin to water....happiness, hurt, and despair could be seen in her eyes...but she tried to hide it from Jin...Tyoko enjoys the moment being held by Jin.

From a distance from the park, was a black Benz S.L.R, overlooking the couple...Rin watches the two from his car inhales and exhales a cigerette and flings it outside, he opens his cell and scrolls through his contacts...

"ring.....ring......ring.....ring......ring.....ring.......Heyy! It's me Tyoko! I'm unable to answer my phone! But leave a message and I'll call you soon as I can! Thanks!!"

Rin slams his phone shut and throws it on the passager side, and drives away...

****
Hello everyone! Hana here! I know short entry but I know Momo has more to add so I made this one a short one! Hope you like!! hehe Laterz!!

Life isn't allowed to be easy.

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:15:22 GMT

lol, so, post goes here.

Having too much fun talking to people IRL.

Don't worry, babies. You're getting a post soon.

<3

Mother Love

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:13:14 GMT

"I don't know why I keep coming when you call me here," Tyoko muttered to her mother, who sat across from her in a desk. Ritsuko tapped her cigarette on a nearby tray made of ivory.

"Because maybe somewhere inside you there's an obedient daughter who cares what her mother thinks," Ritsuko said.

"Not likely," Tyoko snapped, "So why am I here anyway? This should have a point."

"You might be wondering why I came to Japan all of a sudden, when I've been gone so long. You probably think I've just come to meddle in your life because of your fame. This is not the case."

"Then what is, okasan," Tyoko asked sarcastically. Ritsuko didn't flinch.

"You'd know if you let me finish talking before you said anything."

"I thought you were done. You were talking so much already."

Ritsuko ignored the last comeback, "I just want to be a part of your life again. Things haven't been the same since you went to middle school and I miss being close with both of my children. I'm not here to manipulate or pull strings. I just want to be your mother."

Tyoko thought a moment before saying anything. At first, she wanted to believe her, but then she thought about her complications with Jin and Rin. Rin had connections to Ritsuko, so it only made sense that her mother had sent Rin to get her away from Jin.

"I'm not so sure I believe you," Tyoko said slowly, "There are some things that seem to be all your doing."

"Oh? Elaborate, then. I'll prove you wrong," Ritsuko offered. Tyoko got up and rested her purse back on her shoulder.

"You'll just lie," Tyoko said sadly, and made her way to the door. Ritsuko didn't run after her, but asked, "Why can't we get along anymore, Tyoko? Why do you hate me so much?"

Tyoko turned around an frowned at Ritsuko, "I don't hate you, mother."

Ritsuko tossed her cigarette into a nearby bin, "You really shouldn't lie after accusing me of not telling the truth. I know you've told many, many people that you hate me."

Tyoko felt her cheeks go pink, knowing that it was true, "Maybe I say things that I don't completely mean. But you make me so angry! You try to control everything. I'm not your pawn."

"In the entire time that I've been back in Japan, I have not pulled any strings, sent out any men, or done anything behind your back to manipulate you. I've tried talking to you, but you keep pushing me away."

Tyoko sadly shook her head, and genuinely smiled at her mother, "Whether or not that's true, I can't believe you anymore. There's too much hurt in the past. Genn misses you terribly when you're not here. And you know how often that is."

Ritsuko's face didn't change, but Tyoko felt the mood shift in the room.

Tyoko couldn't stop herself from talking, now that she was already close to the door, "It's not that I'm incapable of forgiveness, Ritsuko. But I'm not ready to. You haven't been my mother in a long time, not really. I'll be at your little party for Genn next week, and I'll play nice. But only then."

Ritsuko sighed and lit another cigarette, "So no possibility of an actual truce? No forgiveness in my near future from my daughter?"

"With how much hurt we've had in the past, Ritsuko, I wouldn't be surprised if I never forgave you. We're going to fight forever. Or until one of us dies."

After that, Tyoko had turned and calmly left her mother's office. Ritsuko swiftly ran to the door and locked it, and shut the curtains on all of her windows.

The iron woman, Ritsuko, could not let anyone see her give in to her tears.

***

Jin and Tyoko sat back at her favorite cafe, sipping tea and flipping through magazines. Jin was watching Tyoko's face closely, and every once in a while, Tyoko would say, "Oh," or "Uh-huh" or "Really?" and this time, Jin wasn't rambling.

"Are...you okay, Tyoko?" Jin asked, concerned. Tyoko blushed.

"Sorry. Sometimes you just run on and on and I have myself on automatic response."

Jin laughed, "It's okay, honestly. I think we've gotten past me talking about myself all the time. I care about you and the bravado is gone."

"So you can tell I'm upset?"

"Yeah. I figured you'd be happy, your latest song beat Flame's for the top spot in Oricon's charts. You're number one again."

Tyoko scoffed and started flipping through her magazine again, "I'm glad to see that I'm doing well, but it's not a competition. I'm tired of people pitting me and Mai against each other. We're not like, friends or anything, but I've met her a few times. She seems nice."

Jin got quiet. Tyoko noticed.

"Are you okay now? You seem like you want to say something."

Jin shook his head, like he was trying to get rid of something, "Oh, just,...nothing."

"Are you sure?" Tyoko asked, putting her hand on his, "I think we're getting serious. I don't want to keep things from each other. I have my past and you have yours, and my past is full of deceit and lies. Is there anything you want to say?"

Jin shook his head again, "I don't feel like the past matters, anymore. I struggled getting recognition for my career, and for years I was in a deep relationship. But it didn't work out, and now, I've got you," and he smiled at her, "What about you? What's your past? Romance, family...all that."

Tyoko took a deep breath, "I love my little sister like she's blood. She was adopted, and we don't know who her real parents are. I never met my father. I despise my mother. As far as a career goes, I've been trying to do something different, always, to break out from under my mother's shadow. And romance..." Tyoko felt her lungs seize with thoughts of Rin, she completely forgot about him when she was asking Jin about secrets, "I had a really lusty fling recently, before I thought we were serious. But that's done now."

"Really?"

"Really."

Jin let out a deep sigh, "I feel better all of a sudden. I feel like...we're real."

Tyoko smiled and squeezed his hand, "Me too."

"So about the other night..." he leaned in closer to Tyoko, "Wanna try again?"

Tyoko blushed, "Sure."

***

Haruka was dressed in plain clothes with glasses on, so no one noticed her sitting in the cafe. She normally went out in the day in disguise, so no one would recognize the famous Haruka. By chance, she got there shortly before Jin and Tyoko arrived for their date.

She heard everything they said, and nearly vomitted her tea and scones. She felt sorry for Jin sometimes, for making his life hard, but she saw how happy he was. Happiness that Haruka felt she got cheated out of.

Angrily, she sent a text to Kyo, "Meet me at my apartment office, in two hours," she said. He texted back.

"ooookay. ne thing important?"

"More stuff for Mai. She's got a private performance next week and I need your help setting up wardrobe and booking hair and make-up appointments."

"fine. i'll b there"

Haruka shoved her phone in her purse and left money on the table. If she was meeting with Kyo on two hours, she needed to get her new errand done, fast.

***

Who do you need? Who do you love? When you come undone?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:25 GMT

Mai woke up and rolled around in her bed, trying to get back to sleep. She felt fully awake after a few minutes, and decided to give up. She grabbed her phone from the side of the bed and looked at the time.

"2 AM...sonovabitch." she muttered to herself, "And I'm hungry." She lied back on her bed and started texting.

"Hey...is you awake? Answer me it's your mother." And she hit send.

Thirty seconds later.

"haha, mai. ur hilarious. bet u know i'm sarcastic"

Mai smiled and started texting again.

"So I'm assuming that you're awake?"

Ten seconds later.

"no. i'm texting u in ma sleep"

Mai hopped out of her bed and brushed through her hair. When Kyo had brought her home from the club, he just dropped her in her bed, clothes and all. Except for her shoes. She went to the front of her apartment, found the boots she'd worn that night, and stuffed her feet in them, and grabbed her purse. Then, she called Kyo.

"Moshi moshi?"

"Answer the phone it's your mother."

"Hello Mai."

"I'm hungry, Kyo."

"So am I. We should eat something."

"How about grocery store bento? Then we can watch people meet at Hachiko."

"You know I love watching people get sad."

"That's why I suggested, Kyo. Mama knows what you like."

"Meet me at the store around the corner, okay?"

"Kaykay." And they hung up.

***

Mai and Kyo sat on the concrete, munching on their lunchboxes while they stared at the infamous dog statue. Business men would stand and wait until a younger girl came and whisked them away by the hand, and made-up girls in short skirts would wait until a group of pretty boys waved and they'd walk off.

"I didn't think there would be this many people, it's so late," Mai remarked as she watched another group of pretty boys walk away with a pretty girl. Kyo tossed his chopsticks into a nearby bush. Mai slapped his arm.

"Uh, littering! There are trash cans all over the place!" Mai hissed. Kyo just laughed.

"Wood is biodegradable! It'll be okay. And see? I'm throwing my plastic away in a bin!" he said as he chucked it into a trashcan. Mai chuckled.

"So...you couldn't sleep?" Mai asked. Kyo sighed.

"Nope. And I'd been having these really good dreams lately, too. I was hoping I'd have another one."

Mai raised an eyebrow at him, "Oh?"

Two girls stood at the statue now, wearing tight fitting tube-tops and really short skirts. They were ridiculously high heels to where their feet looked deformed and they couldn't walk without waddling, and their artificial nails were too long. They had dyed and highlighted hair, and talked rapidly as their dates approached.

"Here comes Shun in his Armani suits."

"I don' know wheh he get dat kinna munny."

"Don' worry about it," hoochie number one said as the two men hooked arms with them, "Lesss go."

Kyo didn't say anything and just blushed. Mai squealed and sat up, playfully poking Kyo in the arm. People waiting at Hachiko were staring but she didn't care much.

"Fine. It was about a girl. That I like. Now be quiet." Kyo said, getting surly. Mai giggled and sat back down, throwing smiling glances at him.

"Is it...the coordinator for the stage shows?"

Kyo shook his head.

"Is it...someone famous?"

Kyo shook his head again, looking agitated and blushing.

"Are you...gonna tell me?"

Kyo put his hand in Mai's face. Mai giggled.

"I guess that means no."

"Yeah. That means no," Kyo said, and when he looked up, he saw someone walking up to the statue.

"Oh my god," Kyo said, sitting up. Mai glanced around, "What?"

"Oh my god," the woman got closer to the statue, and Kyo started to get up, "Oh my god. Ohmygod. Omigodomigodomigod," and Kyo leapt behind a bush. Mai whipped around and stuck her head in the bush.

"What is it? What's wrong?!"

"The woman at the statue! Who is it?"

Mai looked up and saw Tyoko standing there, and stuck her head back in the bush, "It's just Tyoko! Kyo, get out here, I'm gonna go say hi-"

Kyo's hand came flying out of the bush and grabbed Mai's shoulder, "No! Don't! I don't want her to see me!"

"What's wrong with you?!" Mai whispered into the bush, "You're hyperventillating!!!"

A man Mai hadn't ever seen before walked up to Tyoko and they walked away, and Kyo crawled back over the bush and sat down. Mai grinned at him.

"What?!" he asked, his ears bright red. Mai sighed with feigned happiness.

"You like Tyoko!"

"What?! No! I didn't say that! Shut up!" Kyo spat, and Mai laughed out loud. She laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe. Kyo sighed.

"Fine. I like her."

"For how long?"

"I don't know. But because of all these celebrity events I have to manage for you I see her all the time. Every time I see her, I leave the room, and I can't look at her in the face. Or I'll say something stupid and hope to god that she doesn't remember."

Mai patted him on the shoulder. "That bad huh?"

"Please don't say anything. Especially not to Haruka. You know she's planning something ridiculous with all of us."

"I won't say anything, Kyo. I know out of all these people, you're the only one not pulling my strings. You're too nice to have an agenda."

Kyo snorted, "So you're okay with being a pawn? I'm pretty sure Haruka's just planning to use your fame for something, and I'm not sure what."

"I actually am. It beats getting depressed. And besides, I'm famous for a while, and when she's done with me, I have the Red Lotus to come back to. And I have a bigger budget for shoes now."

"Oh, thanks for the Prada sunglasses by the way."

Mai smiled, "No problem."

Kyo hugged Mai, "You're always so willing to take care of people, and you don't take care of yourself. Thank you."

Mai hugged Kyo back, "And you let me be crazy. Thank you."

They sat there, staring at the unusually empty morning streets of Tokyo, saying nothing for a while.

"You know Kyo...you should talk to Tyoko. Let her know how you feel. What have you got to lose?"

"That guy looked like some pretty boy. I'm not so sure I'd want to get involved when she's got two other guys mooning over her," he looked at Mai dead in the eyes, "And I know how you feel about him, but I think Jin is shit."

Mai sighed and rested her head on Kyo's shoulder, "I'm glad Haruka doesn't want us to hook up anymore."

"Me too. She'd be disappointed."

They sat in silence a while longer, and the sky started to turn light again. Mai felt her mood slipping into darkness again, and wasn't sure why. This seemed to happen often lately. She knew she was about to take another plunge into melancholy, and wiped away a tear.

"Kyo...?"

"Yeah Mai?"

"I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Same here."

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