Hey guys! So this is my second fanfic and I am super excited! Hope you guys love it!

Lory was frustrated as he read the documents before him. Between Yashiro, Sebastian (as Kyoko happily called him), and his own personal security system, they had yet to find any sign of progression between his two favorite people. They were frustrating beyond belief. He paused as he read one section, written by Yashiro. He smiled as the young manager described Kyoko as amazing and scary in her commitment to her characters, going so far as to say that he wondered if she were really human. Lory chuckled at this sentiment, then froze. An idea began forming in his mind as he chuckled evilly.

Maria's hand froze, poised to knock on the door to bid her grandfather goodnight. Her footie pajamas did little to repress the shiver she felt travel up her spine. When her grandfather laughed like that, she pitied the victim on the other end of his schemes. She gingerly brought her hand away from the door, and tiptoed back to her room. It might be better to just go to bed on her own tonight…

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Kyoko fidgeted nervously in front of the President's door. After revealing her secret feelings for Ren to her boss just a few months prior, she was always nervous when he called her to his office. She felt oddly exposed and feared that he would somehow make her feelings known to Ren, causing Ren to reject her from his life.

Kyoko took a deep breath, calming her nerves, and opened the door. Her eyes became wide, her mouth hanging open.

Before her was an elaborate setup of the American holiday, Thanksgiving. A full table, filled with a variety of foods, was placed where Lory's desk would have normally been. But the source of Kyoko's shock was the turkey in the middle of the table. The very large, and rather realistic turkey was none other than President Lory Takarada.

"Ah, Mogami-san, please come in and take a seat." The turkey's head spoke to her, indicating a seat with a large feathered wing.

"Pfft…."

Lory looked in astonishment at Kyoko as she pressed her fingers to her mouth in a desperate attempt to refrain from laughing. Her face grew redder by the second as they just stared at each other, turkey to tomato. Her level of hilarity quickly reached its breaking point.

"BWAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHA….! KAMI-SAMA! HAHAHAHA…. Ow ow ow!"Kyoko clutched her side as she rolled around on the floor, her stress and nervousness gone in a heartbeat. Lory looked offended as she took a seat on the tree stump he had pointed to earlier, tears pouring down her face. She held her breath for a few seconds to control her erratic breathing. She slowly let the breath out and cleared her throat. She glanced at Lory and then decided she couldn't look him in the eye and have a serious conversation at the same time. She kept her head lowered as she addressed him.

"Gomen Kaichou." She murmured in between her breathing exercises. Lory looked offended for another brief moment before sighing and letting it pass.

"Mogami-san, I called you in here to give you a LoveME assignment. I haven't given you much recently and feel as though I need to make up for it." Kyoko's eyes widened in fear as her head shot up to look at him.

"Um… Hai." She answered nervously. She had a feeling that he was wording this in such a way so to punish her for her outburst over his wardrobe.

"I have a new character I wish you to portray, not unlike how you did with Setsu. You are to remain this character until the clock strikes midnight on your 18th birthday, in exactly 1 month." Kyoko blanched. What kind of character was this that she would have to give up the next month of her life?

"I have a folder here, detailing the character, her traits, background, etc." Lory smirked in glee as she read the folder. It actually hadn't been a list that he had compiled. It had, instead been a list of traits that Lory had gathered from Kotonami-san, Yashiro-san, and, most importantly, Ren, traits of the young woman sitting in front of him. He watched as confusion clouded her face. She looked at him questioningly and he could see a faint trace of fear and pain in her telling gold eyes.

"I don't understand…" Kyoko murmured softly. Lory smiled at her sadly.

"What is it that you don't understand, Mogami-san?"Lory asked innocently, wondering what was going through her mind.

"Well… the background story sounds like me, and some of the other traits and hobbies sound like me, but…" Kyoko trailed off uncertainly.

"But what?" Lory nudged.

"Some of the other traits are very unlike me! I'm not beautiful or talented or s-s-se-sexy! I'm not helpful or interesting or…" Kyoko teared up as she internally berated herself. Lory felt a surge of frustration and anger towards the ones who had torn this incredible young woman down.

"I think you will find many people who would disagree with you, Kyoko-chan." Lory stated firmly. Kyoko looked up in surprise. "Either way, you are to be this character, but with a slight twist. Instead of believing yourself to be unworthy of the description in that folder, you are to believe you are worth it. Also, you are to be a Kyoko who believes in love and who believes that she deserves love."

Kyoko starred at Lory with wide, fearful eyes. She couldn't do this, she couldn't possibly…

"By the way, your character name is Kyoko." Kyoko began to feel a little faint. What was he trying to do, show her just how unworthy she was? How was she going to pull this off?!

Lory watch her emotions run rampant on her face. He steeled himself as he prepared to finish this conversation. He wasn't going to let her run away from this.

"Kyoko-chan, this is a LoveME assignment. You have no choice. You are to go with Jelly into the next room and create your character now. You are responsible for instructing Jelly on how you believe you should look and the clothes you wear. When you come out of the room, I expect you to be in character."Lory's face softened as he looked at her. "I understand this will be difficult for you, but this is important for you to grow."

Kyoko nodded and trudged over to the door. Lory sighed after the door closed. He knew this was going to be hard on her, but she needed to do this to understand what others saw in her. She needed to gain the confidence she deserved to have in herself.

If she protested any further, he would have to invoke the subject of her professionalism. He chuckled. No matter how much she hated a project, once she was committed to it, her professionalism and actor's spirit refused to let her do anything but her best for a role. There were some phone calls and paperwork that he had to take care of while he waited.

An hour later, he heard the door open and Jelly appeared. Lory looked at her questioningly. Jelly stared for a second before her face broke out into a big grin. She nodded and Lory became excited. The look on her Jelly's face could only mean she happily approved of what Kyoko had decided to do. And if Jelly approved, with the perfectionist she was, Lory was sure he would love it.

The door opened a second time. Lory watched in anticipation as he waited for Kyoko to appear. A leg appeared first, wearing a stylish, yet professional black closed-toe heel. As the rest of her appeared, Lory's eyes bugged out and his jaw dropped. Kyoko walked up to him gracefully and bowed.

"Kaichou."

So what do yall think about the first chapter? I am thinking force Kyoko to gain some confidence by creating a confident character, based off of herself! Please, Please, Please review! I live off of reviews! Hope you all love the plotline I am going with! Oh, and be very excited for the next chapter! Some definite Ren action is going to happen. Can you imagine how he is going to react to this new, confident, and accepting of love Kyoko?! Heehee...So excited!