Skip beat Fanfic

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Subject: What If… Kyoko had been cleverer the whole time? What if she was very calculating, but didn't show it because she was so utterly devoted to Sho? Would Revenge have been different?... We'll see.

Chapter 3-The Audition

Kyoko was thrilled that her words had evoked such a reaction in Mr. Sawara. She almost laughed aloud, except then that would have given her away. She continued her act, ending it with a faraway look. Then she looked down, and pretended to jump, as if suddenly realizing that she was in the presence company. She then gave a nervous laugh, accompanied with a blush, so they would forgive her. She noticed that Ren was looking at her with strangely. Before she could ask him what was wrong, Mr. Sawara spoke again.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know that your life had been like that. But don't worry anymore!" He instantly brightened. "Once you become a star you'll have Millions of fans who will love and adore you!"

Kyoko smiled back. "Thank you, Mr. Sawara, for giving me the chance to be loved!" Thank you, Mr. Sawara, for being so easily influenced...Idiot. Besides, whatever she really thought of love had to be hidden. Ha! As if she cared about love. Love was the most worthless thing in the world, a waste of time. There was no such thing. Love was what let her, and foolish girls like her to be taken advantage of. But she had to pull it off. She had to make Millions of people love her, to get her revenge on Shotaro. Her goal in life was to beat Shotaro, the man who had stood there and let her waste her life. Therefore, it was perfectly reasonable that she should cheat, steal, lie, and threaten…whatever it took to get her revenge. If the devil existed…she would be first in line to sell her soul.

Mr. Sawara arranged the papers in front of him into a neat stack. "So, Ms. Mogami…here are the audition forms. The audition is in nine days. Because you came at such a last minute time, you will have the least time to prepare. But I feel that you should at least be given a chance to chase your dream. All the information you will need is here." He handed her the stack of papers.

"Ren!" An unfamiliar voice was calling his name. Ren, who had been staring at Kyoko the entire time, turned around.

"Yashiro! Coming!" The man-Yashiro-had Ren said? Came to where they had been sitting. He was a professional looking man, Kyoko noted. So professional looking, with glasses too, that he was obviously another man in power, also since Ren had reacted so quickly.

"Ren! The editor from Will magazine is already here. You can't waste time standing around and talking! You've got to-wait? Who's this?" Yashiro had finally seen Kyoko. Kyoko reasoned that she had to bow, and smile, so the man would approve of her too. She might even slip in a little note of now nice and generous Mr. Sawara was…just to curry some favor.

"Hello, My name is Kyoko Mogami. I hope to become a celebrity within this Agency. Mr. Sawara has very generously allowed me to audition as well." She gave a cheerful grin, and a small, polite bow. She was secretly thanking Sho's parents again, for training her so well in the service industry. The show business was going to be a piece of cake!

Yashiro smiled back at her. "Nice to meet you, Ms. Mogami, sorry to cut our meeting short, but Ren has to be somewhere. Good luck with the Audition!" Yashiro started tugging on Ren's shirt. Ren instantly turned around , and they walked away together.

Kyoko smiled, and it was an evil grin. She would let no obstacles stop her. If there was an audition, then she would win it.

-The day of the Audition-

Kyoko was in a room with a lot of other girls. Many of them were good looking, but she realized, that they didn't really have anything going for them. So what if they were pretty. She bet they couldn't do anything close to what they could. Maybe they could…what? Play the piano? Dance? Pathetic. But she had better play nice, just in case one of them really did have talent. She didn't want to make any unnecessary enemies, who would inevitably get in the way of her revenge. She had purposely not done any makeup, though the nice lady at Darayuma's had offered, but she must make herself look as small, and weak and insignificant as possible. That way, she would be overlooked, and they would all underestimate her. Lucky she was last too. That way, she would attract the most attention, and keep it.

"WHO BROUGHT A KID LIKE THIS HERE? I'M RISKING MY LIFE FOR THIS AUDITION!" Kyoko looked towards where all the shouting was coming from. There was a pretty girl with black hair, yelling at a little girl with reddish/blondish bushy hair. She instantly resolved not to get involved, and let herself sink deeper into the surrounding crowd. "WHERE'S HER MOTHER, HUH?" the black haired one suddenly threw the kid at a random girl. "GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!" The little girl was crying, and most of the girls in the room were trying to get her to calm down, and reassure her. How stupid. Kyoko sent her most withering glance to the little girl, while muttering.

"Little girl, you really think that you can always get help by crying?" Without her noticing it, her evil aura had already seeped into the room. She then smiled and stood up, because the audition lady had come, and was telling them to go to the audition hall. All the girls around her were chattering with nervousness, so she did too. Never stand out in that crowd.

She followed the group up to the stage, in the second line, because she was the last one. She saw Mr. Sawara sitting at the judges table, and gave him a smile. He grinned back, his smile accompanied with a wink. No one had noticed this silent communication, as she had been very careful to make it unnoticed. Who knows who might get jealous? Scanning the rest of the judges, Kyoko was shocked to find that the President of LME, the MOST important person was not there! It seemed like the other auditioners had noticed as well, because there was an outbreak of confused murmuring. BOOM! Suddenly, all these women, who had come out of nowhere, started dancing, their hips moving at an unbelievable pace. There was a man in the middle of it all, wearing a sombrero-looking thing and an equally foreign-looking outfit. Kyoko was astonished, and slightly annoyed that the president was like THIS (she instantly came to this conclusion because, well, who else could it be?). Why did the president have to give such a flashy entrance? After what he did, it would be near impossible to make an impression on the judges! The man threw his hat off, and spoke into a microphone, also seemingly coming out of thin air.

"I'm Lory Takarada. Hello everybody." Kyoko looked around at the other girls, and they all seemed to be shocked out of their minds as well. A couple minutes later, after the initial shock had worn off, they got their instructions on the first round. First, they were to say why they want to become a star. Then, they were to perform their talent. Kyoko didn't want to use acting as her talent. That was her secret weapon, used only during emergencies, or saved for last. She had decided to use something from her past, Katsura-Muki, the art of vegetable peeling. She had gotten Taisho to lend her a first round was where you tried to get the president's attention. This was unusual enough to get some attention, at worst. Fortunately, she was GOOD at it, which was guaranteed to get her plenty of attention. Ok then. She would beat the other contestants so badly; it would be OBVIOUS to the president that SHE should be the star. Then she would climb the ladder to super-stardom, and get her revenge. She would not rest in peace until she got her revenge.

From Kiogami-

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