Her return

Tabloids.

Ren walked into the living room of the Takarada mansion, fuming; his anger only grew once he seen who sat on the right side of his girlfriend, but Sho didn't know that...few did and he bit back the anger, "Fuwa-kun, it's been quite some time, hasn't it?"

Sho turned a pair of kind eyes toward the taller, older man, "It has, Tsuruga-kun, it has."

Astounded, Ren sat down to Kyoko's left, "Good, now we just have to wait on the Baka President."

Ren chuckled, but kept it quiet in fear of the ferocious anger the young woman was producing; both of the men in the room were frightened. Eventually, the silence was too awkward and unbearably stifling that Sho spoke up, "So, Kyoko, does he know about the beagle thing?"

Ren raised an eyebrow and Kyoko gasped, "That's right, Ren-san, that bastard has decided to attack again!"

Her voice was feral and extremely angry, Sho inwardly flinched. So they're calling each other by first name. Damn. Ren raised his gritted his teeth, "Is that why you sent me such an urgent text message?"

She nodded, scratching the side of her neck. Ren growled and Sho sneered, neither of them were happy to say the least.

"I'm going to castrate him with a rusted, dull knife."

At those words, both men subconsciously covered their definitive parts with both hands, clenching their teeth in silent pain. Kyoko didn't notice and Lory finally walked in with one of his rare, serious expressions, "Kyoko-chan, what seems to be the issue?"

"Reino."

Even Lory flinched at the usage of raw venom in her voice; they were witnessing an unseen side of Kyoko and they didn't like it. She pulled out her phone and opened blue tooth, "I'm proud to admit that I was smart enough to record the conversation we had and even prouder with the way I handled it."

The conversation begin to play through the surround sound and Ren growled, locking eyes with Sho, 'One time only team up to beat the shit out of him?'

'Damn right.'

It was an unspoken agreement between the two as their eyes flared back and forth in a silent conversation. Lory watched this and smiled slightly, how nice.

...Timeskip...

Kyoko tapped the eraser against her chin, looking at the ceiling; she had about ten minutes to get somewhere with this new song before she had to go film for TCP, but she was dry when it came to good song ideas. She had been far too angry at the time to truly think and the stress from working so many jobs at once we're getting to her. She hadn't seen Kuon in days, she hadn't seen Moko in a week, and Chiori was having trouble planning her wedding. Let's not forget to mention Reino and his warped desire to monopolize anything Kyoko held dear to her, to sum it up? Kyoko was a mess, a mess with hazelnut hair and a fake smile.

A knock at her dressing room door pulled her from her thoughts and she set down her notepad, letting the width of the pencil rest between her lips, before opening it. Upon seeing who it was made her face drop and her eyes blank, "Go away."

Reino grinned, "And if I don't?"

"I'll shank your sorry ass with a pencil." She didn't have time for his games, so she collected her things into her handbag and walked out. He followed behind her; discreetly she began texting Ren to come save her. He responded immediately: I'll be there in two minutes. Survive until then?

She sighed: I'll try.

The silver haired male wrapped a long arm around her waist, she jumped away, "Seriously, I'm going to file a restraining order."

"Can't do that without revealing yourself~."

He sang, before leaning against the wall about ten feet from where she was standing. Progressively, he began moving closer: a few slight inches at a time and when he was a mere two feet away, Ren arrived and was at her side in a flash, "Ready to go, love?"

Nodding, she lunged to his car and got in while Ren stayed behind. His fists were clenched so tight they were shaking and he turned around, "Look, man-to-beast here, pushing yourself onto a woman who clearly has no interest in you is about as bad as touching her without her consent (which you've done before). Leave Kyoko-san alone you bastard and go about the rest of your life regarding her as the 'one who got away' not the 'prey I so desperately need to make mine'. Okay? Okay."

Reino's face was blue at the anger on his face, all he could do was nod and swallow the lump in his throat with a very audible gulp, but as soon as the car was out of sight he called speed dial number seven on his phone, "Yes, I'd like to report a possible celebrity coupling."

...The Next Day...

'REN TSURUGA AND KYOKO A COUPLE!?'

'COULD THEY RISE TO BE THE HOTTEST SUPER COUPLE?'

'WILL IT LAST?'

"Fuck..."

Kuon said as he looked at the magazines lined up on the table, the male felt there was no other word to describe his shock and inevitable acceptance of the situation. The bleakness of it all was going to give him grey hair, and Lory agreed, "Yeah, that's a good word, but I was thinking: Goddammit."

Pictures of Ren and Kyoko going shopping and spending time together decorated every page of almost every magazine on the table; there was support for the relationship and there was also skepticism, but what really caught his eye was the name of the person who exposed this information: Reino of Vie Ghoul.

That bastard! I'm supposing he didn't like my chastising him like a child, did he? The large doors to Lory's office opened and a loud, frustrated yell filled the room, "What in God's name has that bastard done!?"

The two men gulped and Ren stood, walking over to the woman slowly, "Moko-san, calm down..."

"Kyoko, do NOT tell me to calm down. You were just getting happy! And this happens!"

"I'm frustrated too Moko-san, but we have to keep our heads if we want to get through this quietly and without further incident."

"I DON'T CARE! I'M GOING TO KICK THAT BASTARD TO KINGDOM COME IF I HAVE TO, WHERE ARE MY CAR KEYS YUKI?"

Yashiro tossed them behind his back into the fish tank, Kanae didn't notice, "I thought you had them."

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Hello my lovely Darklings and welcome to this chapter of 'Her Return'! I'm so sorry the updates have been late, really I'm a pitiful author-chan and you should all hate.

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Well, that does it for this chapter!

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