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Chapter 45 (Mar'2004)
Kyouko congratulates her mirror image effusively for managing to act and suppress her demons ("black Kyouko") in front of Shou. She is also very happy thinking she has managed to step closer to Kotonami's status (acting-wise, not fame/other-wise). She wonders if she has become a little more adult. Meanwhile, Mimori visits Shou's room, who loses interest once he sees it's her. Shou mentally tells himself that it's not like Kyouko is going to come visit him. Mimori depresses since the producer also said that Shou and Kyouko's relationship in the filming was more lover-like than his with Mimori. Mimori asks Shou to kiss him, and he says okay, but Mimori doesn't want anymore because he is so easygoing about it... she wants a real lover-like kiss from him! Shou turns on the romantic mode and Mimori half-faints in his arms... just as Kyouko passes in front of the door! Kyouko (in her "hmph" mode) comments she didn't know Shou had that ability in him--to be able to comfort a girl crying. She guesses then that his way of ignoring tears was just with her. He wonders if she is talking about when they were kids, and Kyouko nods--yup, yup, the way he managed to run away when she cried (^^;;; ). Shou starts to defend himself and thinks that he didn't say anything that time because Kyouko was crying about her mother that one time and he didn't know what to say that wouldn't be lying to her... but he shuts up. Kyouko says she understands, and that's why she looked for a place where she could cry alone so she wouldn't have to bother him anymore with it. Shou looks very surprised at that. Kyouko starts to walk away, remembering how she walked through the forest until she found a river, and that's where and how she met Corn for the first time (*). But just as she is remembering her "best hits with Corn" Shou intrudes again and they start to fight until Kyouko almost calls him by his full name (Shoutarou, which is one of those plain, country-like traditional Japanese names ^^). Shou retaliates by mentioning he knows Kyouko wrote "Princess Cindy" (from Cinderella) and "Princess Rose" (from Little Brier Rose (Grimm's Sleeping Beauty version)) as her show names... Kyouko wonders in agony how he knows that, but he was just guessing! The fight goes on as the producer and Shou's manager look on. The producer comments they look like they are still going out. Kyouko and Shou start screaming how that is not true (which only makes them look more like a silly couple fighting ^^; ) and Kyouko is interrupted by a call to her keitai. It's Ren! Kyouko wonders why he is calling but he says that's his line, since it was her who left the weird message. Kyouko tries to tell him it's nothing, but he knows she called the company to get his number, so it must be something important! Kyouko also realizes he had called before. She starts to tell him that something really good happened in her work today... when Shou grabs the phone from her and says the good thing is that she appeared in HIS promotion video!! Then hangs up. Shou starts wondering aloud how a newbie like her gets a call from someone so important (Shou still hates Ren), and Kyouko is really mad because he destroyed a call from Ren, and Ren is always so busy... Kyouko's demons start to wake up while Shou acts all jealous and tells her she said she hated Ren (see first chapter). Let's guess who wins. (^^; ) Ren eats dinner with the staff and his manager wonders if he is feeling fine because he seems so concentrated on something. Ren acts as if nothing is the matter, but internally he finally recognizes the voice in the keitai as Shou's... and doesn't seem too happy. (* : See chapter 19 (vol.04))
Chapter 46 (Mar'2004)
beta version Maria is desperate when she finds Kyouko in a weird passive and sighing mood. Kyouko is of course still going over the incident with Shou and the phone. Even though she tried calling Ren afterwards, she got an unreachable message. She wonders if Ren is mad at her. Maria tries to find out what is bothering Kyouko and even offers Kyouko her collection of vodoo items. Maria asks about Kotonami, and Kyouko explains she is still buy filming her drama debut. However Kyouko is a bit worried because she sounded weird when she called about her own success with the promo video acting. As Maria tries various plans to cheer up Kyouko, they run into Ren and his manager. Maria runs to greet him but Kyouko is very nervous. When she finally greets him as well... Kyouko's devil antenna wakes up! His voice is waaaay too sweet! That only happens when he is angry. Kyouko tries to apologize for the phone "problem". Ren assures her that he "is not angry *brightness*". Kyouko knows better! (^^;;; ) And to finish, he says she participated in Shou's video as one more part of her revenge plan. Kyouko is taken aback he still thinks like that.
Chapter 47 (Apr'2004)
Kyouko tries to explain to Ren that she didn't do the promo video just for revenge's sake, but runs out of steam on the way there. Ren gets so scary that even his manager and Maria-chan notice it, and tells her he is happy she had such a good time. Kyouko wonders in agony why he got so angry (^^;; ) Afterwards, Maria tells Kyouko it's the first time she saw such a scary expression on Ren's face. Kyouko admits this has been the 3rd time for her by now... Kyouko is a bit desperate and doesn't know what to do, and while she ponders this and Maria looks at her, the shadow of what used to be Kotonami passes them by. Maria and Kyouko wonder why Kotonami looks so... ghostly. Maria guesses maybe there is something wrong with work. Kyouko asks why she wouldn't have told her then, and Maria tells her to ask Kotonami herself. Which she does (^^; ) Kotonami reverts to her usual "I don't care" mode, and tells Kyouko nothing is wrong with her. Kyouko insists and Kotonami eventually tells her that she is the type of person who wants to deal with her problems by herself. Kyouko tells Kotonami that makes her feel lonely, since they are both friends. Kotonami seems about to say something when she sees Kyouko's sad expression (including the "ripping off flower petals" scene...), but then thinks better of it and tells her she has nothing to say to her. At the same time, Ren's manager, Yashiro, is having a conversation with Ren because he hasn't been too interested in his work since Kyouko's promo video job. Yashiro demands to know why Ren is so interested in Kyouko's relationship with Showa, since it's not the first time he has heard him talking about Kyouko's revenge. As for Kyouko and Maria, they have decided to continue their what's-wrong-with-Kotonami investigation by following her incognito. Ahem.

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