A/N: I'm thinking about making this into a separate series?  It's probably the only AU I'll do in All-Purpose Flour and likely the only continuous series as well, and it promises to be a bit darker than the rest of it with less of the feel-good, moral-of-the-story stuff and more plot.  Anybody have any strong opinions, pro or con?  Thanks!

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Nayeon steepled her fingers villainously and spun around in her wheely chair.  As the longest-tenured Korean superstar, she often felt as though she could feel her star fading, and the events of the previous night were the straw that broke the Squirtle's back.    

Yoo Jeongyeon, her long time competitor and an all-around terrible and fake person, had insulted Im Nayeon's pride for the last time.  She would feel the older girl's wrath.  Or, rather, the wrath of the girl that Nayeon would hire shortly to do her bidding.  

Nayeon picked up her bedazzled phone and punched in the numbers that would seal her fate.  

"Mob Boss-nim, hello4!" chirped the idol.  "I trust you have been well?"

"Well enough," replied the crystaline voice of the girl on the other line.  "We haven't spoken since, what, the hit on Bae Suzy-gwihat,5?"  

"That sounds about right.  And, Mob Boss-nim, I need you - one more time."  She broke into her typical toothy smile.  "I'm sure you know exactly why." 

"I've read about some interesting developments between you and Yoo Jeongyeon-gwiha at MAMA, if that's what you mean," replied the girl on the other line, her voice now slightly huskier than before.  "And I assume you expect none but my best girl?"  

"I always expect the best, Mob Boss-nim."  Which was somewhat untrue: she'd take whoever would get the job done.  "No mistakes."

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Son Chaeyoung was in her 3rd year as a member of the Presidential Security Service when everything went to hell1.  Presidential security was huge in Korea, particularly beginning with the incumbent Yoon administration.  The primary reason was obvious: the assassination of the previous president, Hyuk Jae-Hyun, by a pair of mysterious assassins had called into question the effectiveness of his security1,6.  They'd done a complete overhaul of the program, and Chaeyoung had battled through myriad rounds of mental and physical testing to earn her place on the force.  She also held the oddly specific, extremely contrived distinction of being the only recovered cancer patient in the group, and that was beginning to look more like a curse than a blessing.  See, Chaeng was born into a dirt poor family with no means to pay for the treatment of the malignant tumor fast developing in her teenaged colon.  Only the funding of a wealthy and generous Yoo Jeongyeon kept her alive and well and gave her the opportunity to pursue the Presidential protection job she'd always dreamed of.  Now, Chaeyoung was a loyal guardian of the President with all the