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(((OOC: I've posted up the stuff between Chiyou/Izzy/Narcissus in the post with Naoko's summary.)))

(((Below is the summary for Hayato by GAL!)))

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Due to the great advances in medical technology, Hayato was well on his way into recovery after about three or four days since the beginning of treatment. After that amount of time, the singer had regained usage of all of his major muscles, and was able to function quite normally, actually. However, he needed to last out the rest of the week, at least, if he wanted things to be completely back to normal—i.e. regain control of the finer parts of his body, such as the mental stabilization of his mind (if his mind was ever stable when he lived a "normal life") and his body's control over his moods and feelings. However, Hayato was quickly recovering, and it seemed like he would recover just in time for a certain charity event's pre-event party...

Hayato had heard wind of this party through a very interesting string of events, actually, starting from a reporter discovering him and reporting his whereabouts to the musical and public world. Then the hospital's front was bogged for days by reporters who were hoping for a glimpse, and possibly a good story, on Hayato, the mysterious ex-lead singer of Hikari Ya Yami, missing from the stage for three years. Then finally, a reporter had managed to gain entry through a few actions, of which the legality was pretty fuzzy. However, the reporter managed to interrupt one of Hayato's relaxation times and revealed himself to be a reporter. Hayato was a little alarmed, though he didn't show it, and threatened to call security unless the person left. However, the person had a proposition to make. If Hayato would allow a small interview of sorts, then the reporter would give Hayato the scoop to the musical world as it is today, along with some yet to be released inside secrets.
Hayato, however, wasn't interested much, and didn't feel like holding an interview at present either. However, he finally agreed that in exchange for one question only, he would then get the guest list for this Charity event party that has been all over the news. After all, the hospital does get television. Though it was less than he had originally hoped for, the reporter agreed. The question was: where have you been during these past three years of your disappearance? Hayato knew that he couldn't really answer this question with a very out there answer just yet, and the truth surely wouldn't do, so therefore, Hayato only replied, "Planning my solo career to bring a storm breaking back into the industry." He added a winning smirk and wink to seal the deal with the answer, and in exchange, obtained the guest list. There was a name that he was specifically searching for, and Hayato found it on that list. With a new resolve, he knew that he must attend that event and its pre-event party.

As Hayato had gained back almost all of his memories—except for a few slurred ones about what had happened that night of his accident, and of course, those three years in which he had been unconscious—the man could remember the name of his old manager. However, he knew that it was unlikely that that manager was still around, and managing Hikari Ya Yami at that. Nevertheless, if Hayato really did want to make the effort to break back into the industry with a solo career—not to mention gain an invitation to that event—the best place to start would be at his old recording label. And start there he did.

Soon, Hayato found himself with a new contract in the making, once again with SMASH. It was yet to be finalized because the people needed to hear him sing more, and possibly write a new song before they accepted him—but to Hayato, that was practically a done deal. By this time, Hayato had been discharged from the hospital, and he was currently living in a small apartment a person at SMASH had found him. Hayato would live there until he got his things back together and his life started running like normal again. There was yet to be enough time to accomplish that, however. That would all happen starting from the days after the Charity Event.

As he was making preparations for a solo entrance back into the professional side of the industry, the day of the Charity Event's pre-event party came. Hayato had been living by himself, but he rarely ever spent time in his apartment, except to sleep—and occasionally, at that. Most of the time, he found himself at other women's houses, though Hayato wasn't ready to dabble back on the men side yet. That would come after he regained a relatively stable career in the industry once again, or at least had a good start on that path.

Hayato had received an invitation to this event through SMASH, and was very satisfied that people seemed to be welcoming him back with such interest. He hadn't been forgotten yet, even after three years, and that was a sure good sign. Especially because he hadn't been remembered for something scandalous and career-damaging. It gave Hayato a good chance of reentering the industry and striking it big, and SMASH saw that opportunity too. That was why they were making his new contract process so fast compared to the usual painstaking process. Hayato had already passed the singing part of it. All he had to do now was gain inspiration, write a new song that would be his first as a solo artist, and pass the performance section of things, and he would be in with SMASH once again. However, Hayato was avoiding the performance part of his contract requirements until the end due to the last little touches he had to do regarding recovery—those touches that had to do with controlling the finer things—things that would matter when he was on stage and in the spotlight.

On the day of the pre-event party, Hayato simply went about his day as usual, though he figured that he would avoid the public and press today until it was party time, just so that he would stir more interest then. Deciding to relax the day away until it was time, Hayato did just that...

If there was one thing that the Chairman of Ohayou Productions was... it was on time.
Never late, not even fashionably.

He had hoped to drill that into the stars under his company's name, but alas, most liked to make an entrance. Of course, who wouldn't, given tonight's venue.

Anyone who was at all important to the music industry of Japan was going to attend the Charity Ball... including himself and his up-and-coming heir to be, Asato Hiroki.
Of course, Asato wasn't exactly as thrilled about the evening, which meant the young man had to play the role he had now been given.
It had been two weeks since Koyasu Akihiko had been kicked out of his grandfather's good graces... two weeks wherein Asato had been thrust into the media spotlight as the next Ohayou successor.
And as of yet, Aki's misguided grandson had yet to do much more than get hounded by the media for staying at his manager's apartment. Which wasn't anything bad, far from it, Aki was actually impressed that Izzy Lucky had taken the wayward youth in.

Tonight however, not only was the name of Izzy Lucky's official star, Nakai, on the list of attendees... but so was that of Narcissus.
Names from every corner of music were showing up, including a few that the elder man hadn't expected to see... given recent public relations.
Among those he recognized were Chiyou, from his own company, and Shou from SMASH. Apparently Shou was bringing along NAKO and Ryuukaze... which was going to prove to be quite the sight to see. But then there was another guest, one that he had heard of quite a while back... Hayato. His return to the music industry was going to be interesting to view...
And what better place to present oneself for a come back, then this very party.

Stepping from the limo and straightening his tie, Koyasu Aki carefully, amid flash bulb photography and a myriad of questions from various reporters, strode into the XEX Tokyo.

A beautiful restaurant and lounge, the place was positively brimming with the activity that such famous clientele was bound to deserve. Everything was perfect, not a napkin out of place. Bowing in salutations to the manager, Aki wasted no time in heading toward the lounge area to speak with the head of the Charity Benefit himself.




Links:

XEX Tokyo - http://www.ystable.co.jp/party/tokyo/
It has locations elsewhere, but this is the one we're using.

WOMB - http://www.womb.co.jp/#/womb/information/index.html
This is going to be the local for the concert itself. There's a floor with a classy lounge and eatery, and then a huge rave-like arena that would be perfect for the concert.

(((OOC: Yes, Koyasu Aki's character image is of Inoue Kazuhiko-san... If you don't know who he is... gomen... and go look him up! Hehehe!)))

K a i - H i g u r i


Kai had dressed in what he felt to be the best of his new clothing selection—which had been a tough choice, considering all of the clothes were absolutely gorgeous, and Kai was in love with them all. However, he knew that he had to make a deep impression at this event and show the world that Nakai was there and ready to compete for the top spot. The least he could do for the rest of the industry was make sure that they knew who they were up against, after all.

As Kai was driven to Izzy's, he couldn't help but be extremely excited for the coming night. Stars from all over would be present, and there was no room for error. There was a lot of pressure, since the large record labels would be present, not to mention the stars themselves, the head of Kai's own label's company, and general important people that could give Kai his big break. However, Kai didn't feel any of the burdens of stress at the moment. All he felt was the high of extreme excitement. Nakai had been anticipating this night for the whole week, and the Friday night too. That day was when the concert would happen, and Kai would get to show the world his talent and showmanship—but to those well versed in public affairs and fame, tonight would be just as important. Tonight was the night that Kai would get to mingle and meet new people, possibly important people—people that he could possibly call upon later on for a favor or two if the connection had been strong enough. After all, in an industry such as this, a lot of things relied on just who you knew and what connections you had. Nakai made it a goal to get himself as known as possible, and appear as genial and amicable as possible, so that he would be in the favourable light of many. It was the first step to the complete success that Kai was craving so badly.

Kai had had an opportunity to glance over the guest list, and his excitement had doubled at seeing who was going to appear. There were many stars, some of which he had never met before nor heard of—such as Chiyou and Hayato—and there were stars with whom Kai found himself incredibly well acquainted, such as Naoko... Ryuukaze's attendance would certainly make things interesting, especially if the three of them met at the same time. Then of course, there was himself and Narcissus, whom Kai hoped to finally issue an informal challenge to through a dazzling performance that he hoped to pull off. Generally, tonight's pre-event party and the Charity Event later in the week was looking up for Kai so far...

Upon arriving at Izzy's loft, Kai got out, thanked his driver as always, and slowly made his way a few steps to stand directly in front of the door. Every single time he had to go to Izzy's, Kai felt a recurrence of that backstabbed pain that he had felt the first time he had learned about Izzy and Narcissus's involvement with each other. Not to mention that it was coupled a little with an aching heart, since Kai never liked to be the one not picked between two people. However, that's sort of exactly how he felt sometimes with Izzy. Narcissus had no doubt been in Izzy's pants countless of times, but Kai had never even stolen a kiss. Sure, they had started off on the wrong foot, but things had been fixed, and they had moved on. Kai had long come to accept that their relationship was that of just friends, and he was happy with that. But somewhere, deep down, the singer couldn't help but question whether or not he wanted to actually change that... But if Izzy's heart was with Narcissus, then Kai would just let that be and move on to something else. However, something was telling him that Izzy wasn't completely into Narcissus, therefore Kai could still go for it if he wanted to. It would make an interesting point if he did win Izzy over, since that would mean that Kai would have beaten Narcissus to get there... But no. There was no time, and there weer far more important things. Plus, a relationship between a manager and a star at this period was crucial to success. Perhaps a little later, Kai might dwell upon the matter again... Perhaps.

Kai rang the doorbell, even if he had the key to Izzy's loft. Kai had asked Izzy for one a while back, because he often left some of his music at Izzy's house whenever he had been there, and had to come to retrieve it, but Izzy was off somewhere, busy with some business, or Koyasu's side of things. Therefore, Kai needed a key for those times. However, he rarely used it whenever it wasn't necessary, ringing the doorbell and waiting instead. He used the excuse of not wanting to be impolite and intrude on his manager's home as a reason, but in reality, Kai just wasn't sure he wanted to see Koyasu and Izzy getting it on inside. That would just further complicate matters, since so far, there had been no real proof of Izzy's and Koyasu's involvement—but if Kai were to interrupt them in one of their "moments" then things might start getting awkward... Though I probably wouldn't mind interrupting if I got to see Ruki naked, Kai mused, smiling a little. However, he quickly dispersed such thoughts from the focus of his mind. Business, Kai. Business. Nevertheless, if given the chance, Kai probably couldn't resist having a go at Izzy for real...








J u n - N a g a s a k i


Hayato lounged on the couch in his small apartment, thinking over life and the changes over the past three years. Obviously, Hayato couldn't remember any of it, and it bugged the hell out of him that he couldn't. Nagasaki always liked to be in the know, and when he wasn't, it frustrated him to no end. However, one can't just go up to someone and ask, "Hey, what happened during the past three years?" No one could possibly sum it up with information that Hayato wished to know.
Therefore, Hayato knew that he would just have to piece together the information himself, slowly, taking bits and pieces of what people told him and putting them together. Tonight would be the start of it.

Hayato glanced over the guest list again. There was nothing interesting on it save one name, the one name that had propelled Hayato to this event in the first place. NAKO. There was no way that even after such an accident and three years of coma that Hayato was going to forget that name. Naoko had been his bandmate, his love, his plaything. Jun was not going to let that go so easily, even if there was some newcomer in the way. What he had had with Naoko had been much deeper than that. If Nagasaki hadn't forgotten about their relationship in three years, including coma, then Naoko couldn't have possibly forgotten either. Whoever that newcomer was, he was going to have to go through Nagasaki first.

As time neared to go, Hayato received a call from one of the people at SMASH studios that had been working with him to get him this new contract. It was incredibly good news! Because SMASH wanted to seize upon this opportunity to kick start Hayato's new career, they had signed him on to SMASH once again, due to the promise he still showed, despite his three year disappearance. There were still some last minute things to go through in a few days, but things were basically set and done. They would make the announcement of Hayato's return at the pre-event party that night, and Hayato would get a spot to perform one or two of the new songs that he had been recording as basic examples for the studio. SMASH had liked those two pieces—pieces that Hayato had written himself during his recovery period—and wanted to display them to the world along with the image of new Hayato. Nagasaki really had no problem with that. He was completely excited for such to happen. Plus, this would definitely bring him closer to Naoko once again, and therefore he had to jump at the opportunity.

Already in the outfit that he wanted to wear for the event's pre-event party (SMASH had outfitted him already, right at the beginning when the new contract had been just drafts in the works), Hayato took a limousine to the party. SMASH provided him with that too, since he needed to get all of his finances back in order before he could own things himself, including his own house. But those things would be taken care of later, in about a week's time. For now, all Hayato wanted to focus on was the party at hand, and more importantly, meeting Naoko and showing the keyboardist that his old band's lead singer was alive and well.

Upon his arrival at XEX Tokyo, about fifteen minutes late, Hayato was met by a slew of cameras and reporters. It warmed his heart to see that he was such important news even right as he started making his way back into the industry. Things would be completely awesome from here on, he felt. Nagasaki waved to the cameras with his usual bad boy smirk and made his way inside.

Nagasaki could see many other stars around him, some of which he recognized from three years ago, but most of which were completely new to him. However, Hayato had spent time acquainting himself with these stars' works and public lives, so at least he didn't seem like a fool who was completely out of the times. How could a pop singer survive if he was stuck back in a three-years-ago time frame?
As he walked in the main door, Jun felt even more satisfied to see a few heads turn and a few whispers spreading through the crowd. People didn't stop and the place didn't quiet down because of him, but it was good to see that people at least remembered the name of Hayato.
Tadaima, Hayato thought sarcastically, picking up a glass of champagne. He set off to find the SMASH studios man that had called him earlier, though keeping his eyes peeled for a certain keyboardist with whom he planned to have an interesting encounter tonight.

((Nil, or anyone else who wants to decide/has decided this: What is the order of the artists as they are singing in the Charity Event? Count Hayato in too, since I'm planning on having him reintroduced formally back into the singing world at the event. But yeah, I was just curious.))

Never in a million years had Oumori Naoko thought that he would be getting dressed via one of Shou's personal stylists...
He and Ryuukaze had shown up at the studio, as per Shou's instructions, rather confused as to why they were doing this right before the party.
But when he was directed to follow a stylist... well... it became apparent that this was a makeover in progress.

At first, it seemed like a terrific idea.
Until he realized what exactly he would be wearing...
"Zettai!" Naoko exclaimed, even as he was suddenly being undressed. "You can't possibly think I'm going to make my debut to the world in... in a woman's kimono!"
The stylist sighed, "This is what Shou-sama chose. He said he hoped you would look good in it."
Blushing, the blond looked away. "So... sou desu ne..."
It wasn't that he had a problem cross dressing... Sai had dressed him in everything from a tutu to a full out furisode before... and, well, he had always made a cute girl...
Shaking his head to clear away that memory, NAKO sighed. "Fine... just, don't you dare dye my hair black. And no wigs. They're itchy." he demanded, allowing for the stylist to go about dressing him.

An hour later, Naoko stepped toward the limo, his steps actually rather small thanks to the kimono and the matching geta sandals. Extensions had been put into his blond hair, making it long and easily done up in a flowing fashion that mimicked more modern hairstyles. There was even a hair pin with trailing beads that resembled lavender petals.
His makeup was subtle, nothing like a geisha, but there was an obvious rouge to his cheeks and a bit of color on his lips. And, of course, lots of eye make up to force his amber eyes to stand out.

"I feel ridiculous, Shou-san..." Naoko said, stepping before him and looking the absolute picture of a prim and proper Japanese lady. "Like I'm some sort of arm candy for your grandiose attire."

Blushing, Naoko looked away from Ryuukaze for a second. "Hime-sama ja nai..." he murmered before smirking and focusing his amber gaze teasingly on the two beautifully clad men beside him. "However... I'm not going to dispute the 'beautiful' comment."
So it was going to take a little getting used to...
After all, he hadn't worn a girl's kimono since junior high. And that had simply been to let Sai have one of his strange fantasies.
Gracefully bending, Naoko seated himself inside the limo. "Hayaku hayaku." he said, waving both Shou and Ryuu into their ride. "We're going to be late if you two gentlemen don't hurry..." giving a playful wink, NAKO used his best female voice. "Ne?"