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Inside the car that was sent from the Aoki corporation, Kazuya looked back at the school that still had the students inside their classrooms. Summer had already passed and the temperature was slowly getting colder as the days passed by.

"Are you sure you want to ignore Hamasaki-sensei's instruction to meet her after classes?" Takaya who was sitting beside him curiously asked.

"Do you think I can afford to wait until classes are over to handle the situation?" Kazuya glared at him. Though he had no plans to interact with Hamasaki Hikaru before he found out more about her, Kazuya knew that not meeting her today was going to have some kind of repercussion.

Kazuya didn't want to increase the enmity coming from Hamasaki Hikaru but he didn't have a choice. Both Takaya and himself had received a message from Aoki Kanade, Kuronuma Ayame had been demanding to see Kazuno Kaguya.

Ayame would have been normally ignored since this was not the first time she had demanded to see her so-called best friend but she also sent a message to Kazuya declaring that she was going to barge into Kazuno Tech's headquarters if she didn't meet with her today. She didn't have to worry about disturbing Kaguya from her classes since it had long been known that she was a student that was 'home-schooled'."

"I guess not." Takaya concluded. He was already familiar with Ayame since they had been involved in a few projects together so he knew how this girl was. "Good luck man" he felt a little pity for Kazuya because although he wasn't a stranger to playing a girl throughout his career, he didn't have to portray a real one like his friend of his has to. "Which reminds me.. that song of yours.."

"You never heard me sing" he narrowed his eyes and looked at Takaya seriously. "You're lucky I needed to keep the identity of Kazuno Kaguya or you have owed me too much."

"Ugh.. fine! I got it, I got it!" Takaya crossed his arms and looked outside. He was going to inform Kazuya about something but he decided to keep quiet after being treated badly. All he wanted was to know who wrote such an emotional song because if such a person joined their company as a songwriter, even if it wasn't Kuronuma Ayame who got ahold of such songs, they would be really popular.

They rode Takaya's van which was used to go to various places. Since he was a rising star, the windows were tinted and no one could peek inside. Kazuya was assigned a similar van but he opted to change to ones that weren't being used so that no one could track the mysterious Kazuno Kaguya who had been like a ghost to both his fans and paparazzi alike. She had a reputation of mystery which made her even more popular among her fans in which people would only see her if she wished to appear.

The van entered the restricted parking space inside the building that was reserved for the higher ups of the Aoki group. Even known celebrities in the company would only be able to enter this space for emergencies so Kazuya had no problems when it came to the security here.

"You're finally here" Kanade met them accompanied by her trusted team of make-up artists who were grinning at Kazuya. They couldn't wait to get their hands on him and transform him into Kazuno Kaguya.

"Where is she?" Kazuya asked with a frown.

"I don't know what happened today but Kuronuma-san is in an especially bad mood. She never demanded to see you like this so something must have happened.

"Does it have anything to do with what she was doing today?" Ayame was a prideful person and although she was demanding at times, they were always somewhat within reason. He didn't know what had happened for her to be especially demanding when asking for Kazuno Kaguya but this was the first time that she was this pushy.

"Her appearances today went as scheduled but.. her pictorial during lunchtime was delayed a little because her manager said that she felt a little under the weather. It was finished after she had gone out of her dressing room but she sent a message asking to meet you after she was done" Kanade explained.

"I guess I'd have to meet her to find out.." Kazuya couldn't help but sigh. He had no idea why this girl suddenly wanted to call her best friend but he could guess what it was likely about.

"Did you send her a message yet?" Kanade asked. "You better send her one before she becomes even more impatient and leaves to disturb Mei-san's workplace. You know how she doesn't like that girl" she warned with a smile. She knew how Kyouko and Mei were overly attached to Kazuya. Unlike his mother though, Mei was especially against Kazuya interacting with Ayame or any other girl that was close to his age.

"I guess I should" Kazuya pulled another cellphone from his bag. It was was similar to his original one yet it did not have the same features and was in a shade of velvet that was supposedly Kazuno Kaguya's favorite color.

"[I will arrive at the Aoki group soon. I came from out of town so be patient]" was the message he sent before he let himself be taken away by Kanade's team.

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Ayame received the message and felt relieved after she heard from this antisocial friend of hers. Even though they got along and gotten close throughout the years, Kazuno Kaguya still remained a mystery to her. She felt that she was a little secretive because she was the adopted sister of the same Kazuno Mei that was labeled as a traitor by the mass media when it was announced that she was the CEO behind the company that took the country by storm with its products.

Though Ayame initially felt repulsed after learning that Kaguya was the sister of someone who had betrayed the Kouzuki family, she later found out from her grandfather that Kazuno Mei had left the Kouzuki Corporation on good terms and the bad press was the work of the Kurogane Conglomerate who didn't want the two companies to work together after they had acquired the remnants of the Ringo corporation.

This made her feel a little guilty about avoiding the quiet and innocent girl who didn't seem to mind her sudden hostility towards her so she apologized and tried to make it up to her as best as she could. Ayame felt that Kazuno Kaguya had been anti-social because of her upbringing in the first place so she didn't seem to know how to handle the changes between their relationship and tried to remain indifferent as best as she could.

To make up for her mistakes, Ayame even did a few projects together with Kaguya to promote the extremely popular products of Kazuno Technologies. Though she didn't gain much because she did most of them as favors, her popularity rose even faster because of the people who became die hard fans of the products the company produced.

Though Kaguya was supposed to have been younger than Ayame, she appeared to know a lot of things and almost had an answer to all of her questions. Whenever she asked for Kaguya's opinion, the quiet girl would always have a logical answer that she was satisfied with. There were a lot of times where she wanted to meet with Kouzuki Kazuya so that she could initiate her plan but she followed Kaguiya's advice to wait.

The Name Kuronuma Ayame had grown more popular through the years. She started out as a pretty and popular athlete who had remained undefeated. Now she was a personality that was known for her talents in acting and recently, singing.

Kouzuki Kazuya on the other hand had also become a popular athlete who was not only undefeated in the same field she was once undefeated in, he showed his superiority by dominating a championship in a different sport that started when he was in fifth grade. He had gained a name in various magazines as 'The Conqueror' because of his repeated conquests in any sport he participated in.

Because of this reason, Ayame was convinced by Kaguya to hold of on her plan. The words this logical friend of hers used were; 'Become a star that will outshine his popularity before and only then will your plan will have a tremendous effect.'

What Ayame wasn't aware of however was that she was sharing her thoughts with the exact same person she was making plans for and he was delaying her plans on purpose. Kazuya simply didn't want to deal with Ayame and listened to her plans so that he could find out what this girl had concocted in order to disturb the peace and quiet he wanted to have with his family.

*tap tap tap* a familiar soft knock on the room Ayame was waiting in made her jump up expectantly. She opened the door to find the neutral yet attracting expression of the friend she had been waiting for.

"Hehe, it took you long enough!" she pulled Kaguya inside the room and he was followed by the smiling assistants that had finished transforming him to his current appearance. She looked at Kaguya who was wearing a kimono. "You're really like a girl who was raised in the feudal era" she giggled at her friend's strange taste in fashion.

"So? Why did you selfishly demand to make me travel all the way from another town? I warn you, even if you decide to make a scene in onee-sama's workplace, I will ask them to not even let you through the gates" Kaguya warned.

"Don't get mad. I have a valid reason I wanted to talk to you. Do you know that you're very attractive when you're stern like that?" Ayame praised. She knew that she needed to calm her friend down first because even though she seemed like she didn't have a care in the world, Kazuno Kaguya would instantly get triggered when it was about her elder sister.

"Talk?" Kaguya frowned. "Did you really need to come all the way here just to chat? You could have called me"

"Oh please! You are barely reachable whenever there aren't any projects we are working on. I sometimes wonder why you even have a cell phone in the first place since you never pay any attention to it." Ayame was after hearing Kaguya's complaint. "It's your own fault that I needed to ask someone else to contact you!"

"Now, now, you two don't need to argue." Though Kanade found their quarrel interesting, she interjected before things got out of hand. Though Kazuya had always described Ayame to be prideful, he was the type to not back down when it was against someone like her. "I did what you requested and was able to call Kaguya-san here. I have completed my end of the bargain have I not?" she looked at Ayame who seemed to have agreed to something if they were successful.

"A deal is a deal. I will attend and perform at the next charity event" Ayame nodded towards Kanade. It was at that moment that Kazuya understood that these two parties collaborated to get him to come as Kazuno Kaguya.

With Kanade's knowledge about him, she instructed Ayame to send a message that would immediately catch his attention while Kanade's side herself used her son and her own message to inform Kazuya of how serious Ayame was with her threats which immediately caused him to come and show up. He couldn't help but glare towards Kanade.

"I didn't lie to you Kaguya-chan. Ayame-chan here initially came and demanded that we reveal your personal information. You are aware that we can't break the contract that you strictly wrote so I could only handle the situation like this before Ayame-chan made trouble for your elder sister" Kanade explained.

"Don't be mad at her Kaguya. It was me who wanted to get in contact with you today no matter what. Tell you what, I'm going to do a couple of promotions for your elder sister's company as well" she gently held her friend's hands to calm her down.

"Sigh.. I'm already here so what's the point in getting upset.." Kazuya felt wronged but there was nothing he could do. Ayame already promised to give Kazuno Tech some benefits so he could only accept.

"Then I will draw up the necessary papers for your manager to look through" Kanade smiled and Ayame's manager who had remained quiet throughout the whole ordeal stood up to follow. They left the two alone in the room so they could discuss their business.

Kazuya moved to make tea for the two of them because he knew that they might be here for a while. Ayame always liked to talk about her stuff and since it had been a while since they last met, he was most likely going to talk until he was up to speed about everything.

"You know.. sometimes I'm quite jealous of how you present yourself" Ayame commented as she admired her friend who was quietly making tea. Ayame admired the simple actions Kaguya did because she knew that she wouldn't be able to make such a simple task look as elegant.

"(No matter how much you try to make it sound nice, it only sounds like an insult to me)" he thought. "Flattering me won't work" Kaguya poured tea for the both of them before taking a seat on the opposite side of Ayame. "Why did you go through all the trouble to get me here?"

"Something major happened today." Ayame took out her phone and handed it over. It was the Sacred Forest Academy's message boards. Specifically, the one that had the most information about what happened during lunch break.

"(These people really have nothing else to do)" he cursed the students who made these posts. Since school was already over by now, this information should have reached the parents of those students who had some kind of influence or connection. He could do nothing about it except prepare for the incoming backlash of what he had mentioned today.

"You and my grandpa are the only two people who know my plans and how I feel. I already talked with my grandfather but I still feel a bit uneasy. Since you always listen to me and give me good and logical advise, I wanted to talk to you about it so that I can ask for your opinion on the matter"

"I don't think you should be too concerned about it. From what I've read here, it looks like Kouzuki Kazuya was forced to say that he already had a fiancé. He probably didn't want to offend Stockton International for rejecting their princess' proposal" Kazuya tried to soothe her worries in one fell swoop.

"No. He wasn't lying. You may not know it but Kazuya's engagement had already been set before he was even born"

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