Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except the 'secret'.

AN: I have this setup to basically go through the episodes, but with the little 'secret' added in throughout. This starts with the second episode and I will skip over the episodes with the twins joining the host club (ep. 20) and the one where Kyoya and Tamaki become friends (ep. 24) Only because it really doesn't tie into the plot that I have going. I will do basic descriptions of what actually happened, but I won't copy word for word, cause that's not cool. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this, I put a lot of thought and effort into it!

Chapter 1:Episode 2 part 1

It was a typical day at the Ouran High School Host Club: Kyoya was watching everyone and writing in his black notebook, Honey was enchanting the girls with his cute face and love of cute things, Mori simply watching and agreeing with everything Honey said. The twins were playing up their little twincest act and Tamaki was…. well, being Tamaki.

Haruhi sighed and turned back to the three girls in front of her. She had just started hosting the day before after she'd broken a really, really expensive vase and was now the Host Club's "dog" until the debt was paid off. She'd hoped she'd just be running errands, but no. After her glasses had been removed it had been noticed how attractive she was. They immediately got her a boy's uniform, which she didn't really mind; gender wasn't that big of a deal. She was pretty sure they'd all figure out she was a girl eventually. And as she predicted, they had all known, except Tamaki. He'd accidentally walked in on her changing after a pot of water had been spilled on her, when Ayanokoji had made it look like Haruhi had attacked her, thanks to her jealousy. She just didn't understand some people. Man her life was crazy and she had a feeling it wasn't going to calm down anytime soon.

"Umm, Haruhi?" one of the girls asked.

"Hmm?"

"Aren't you going to wear an outfit like the other boys?"

"Oh yes, I'd like to see that." said one of the others.

Haruhi waved her hands in a "no way" fashion.

"N-no, I don't think it's all the appropriate to wear anything but spring attire during the spring."

"Wow, Haruhi, you sure are dedicated to the different seasons."

As they laughed and chatted on, a girl with short brown hair approached their little group.

"I apologize for interrupting, but I believe it's time for the hosts to switch clients." Haruhi turned to look at her newest client.

"Oh I'm sorry, you must be my next appointment. Miss…..?"

"Kanako. Kanako Kasugazaki. And you are even cuter than I imagined." Putting her hand under Haruhi's chin she said, " I've decided that you're going to be my new favorite host, Haruhi."

-Later after the club had closed-

Tamaki sat in a corner by himself sucking down some ramen. Exasperated the twins turned to him and said, "Hey stop heating that commoners ramen and get over and help with the party plans. Does it bother you that much that Princess Kasuga likes Haruhi?"

"He has no reason to be surprised. She's been sick for a while now, hasn't she?" Kyoya asked.

Concerned, Haruhi asked, "What illness?"

The twin jumped in saying, "She's got the host hopping disease. Aka: the 'never-the-same-boy-twice' disease."

"Most guest pick a favorite and visit them regularly. However, Kanako tends to change favorites… On a regular basis."

"That's right, cause before she chose you, she was with Tama-chan." Honey added. Haruhi narrowed her eyes.

"Oh, so he's upset because I 'stole' her?" she asked.

"SHUT UP!" Tamaki shouted, appearing in front of her. "I couldn't care less! Ugh, I'm almost out of patience with you, Haruhi! It's time for you to start dressing like a girl!"

"What?" asked the brunette.

"I don't understand how your so popular with the girls, when you yourself are a girl! Nobody even knows the truth, except for those of us here!"

"It's true, she opted out of gym class and the attendance records are all mixed together so no one can tell." chimed the twins.

Tamaki ran and grabbed a treasure chest, hauling it into the middle of the room.

"I've had enough Haruhi. Now listen to daddy! I want you to go back to the way you were!"

A vein throbbed on Haruhi's head. "Don't go pulling out my pictures without asking me first!"

"The more I look at this photo, the more amazed I am. How does this," Kaoru pointed at the middle school picture of Haruhi, "Become that?" he asked, implying Haruhi's rumpled look she had before the change of style. They all gave her questioning stares.

"Well just before school started, a neighborhood kid got some gum in my hair. It's hard to get gum out of long hair, so I just cut it all off. I don't care if I look like a dude." Haruhi said. Tamaki gritted his teeth exaggeratingly.

"A lady should never refer to herself as a dude! MAMA! Haruhi's using those dirty boy words!"

"Who's 'Mama'? asked Hikaru.

"Based on club position, I'm assuming it's me." Kyoya replied. Irritated Haruhi turned to the now crying Tamaki and said, "Look I'm not sure why your crying, but I can work off my debt as a host a lot faster than if I was just your errand guy."

"Hate to change the subject, but do you have any formal dancing experience? You'll need it for the party." Kaoru asked.

"Uhh no, but that has nothing to do with me right? I'm not really good with those sorts of things, so can I be excused?" Haruhi stuttered. Tamaki's eyes glinted.

"Most certainly not. A refined gentleman must know how to dance. Haruhi, I order you to master the waltz in one week and demonstrate for us at the party. If you fail, I will tell the whole school the truth and knock you back down to errand boy!"

Kyoya cleared his throat, glancing at the far wall where he was sure he saw something. "Hate to change the subject again, but I believe we have company."

"Huh?" All the hosts looked to where Kyoya gestured and noticed a figure standing behind a pillar.

"Hey who's that?" Honey asked. The figure stepped out from behind the pillar. It was a girl, relatively short, waist-length black hair, semi-tan skin, and brown eyes. Haruhi blinked, studying the girl. 'She looks so familiar. I wonder if we've met before?'

Tamaki, putting on his 'princely' act strode over to the girl and took her hand.

"Hello princess, can we help you?" he asked.

"Yes. My name is Rose Scarborough, and I'm looking for my sister-"

"Well as you can see we are all male here. But maybe we can help you find her?" Kyoya said.

"No, I know she's here. When I asked for her name they sent me up here, Music Room 3." the girl, Rose, stated.

"Well, tell us her name." Tamaki smiled at her. There was a long pause.

"Haruhi. Haruhi Fujioka."

Silence filled the room. All eyes turned to Haruhi. The twins were the first to speak.

"Haruhi, I thought you were an only child? Is she just joking? Do you know her?" they asked. Rose stared at Haruhi, then smiled and ran to the other girl. She practically tackled her in a giant hug.

"Haruhi! I'm so glad I found you! It was so hard for me to get the information, but I finally found this school and-"

"Wait, wait, wait." Haruhi interrupted. Rose stopped talking and let go.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Aren't you glad to see me?" her eyes were shining with tears.

"Hey, hey. Don't cry. I just think you have the wrong person. I'm an only child. And my mother died ten years ago. I don't think I'm who your looking for."

"There's only one way to find out." Kyoya said. Everyone turned to him. His glasses glinted as he straightened them. "Listen to her story and then we'll ask questions. That should tell us whether your lying or simply have the wrong person."

"And if she's not lying or has the right person?" Tamaki asked. Kyoya smiled.

"Well I'm sure that's fairly obvious. It means Haruhi has a sister." he nodded to Rose. "Alright then. Tell us what happened." Rose cleared her throat and began.

"Well, about 6 weeks ago, I found a picture of some guy in my moms room. Curious I asked her about him and she avoided the question. She managed to evade the subject for about 3 weeks before I finally got her to tell me who he was. It turns out he was my father. Ryoji Fujioka." Rose paused and Haruhi's eyes went wide. 'She could be lying.' she reminded herself. But she had a strong feeling that she wasn't. Kyoya nodded at her. "Go on." Rose took a deep breath and continued.

"She told me about how they met while she was visiting Japan. They began dating and he got her pregnant, but then left her for another woman he'd met just before. He saw both relationships as flings, but ended up falling in love with the other woman. He politely explained to my mom and that was that. She left back to America, had me and moved on. I always knew that my dad had hurt her, but I didn't know about Haruhi until later. She told me he sent her a letter of apology and asking how I was. He also told her about Haruhi, who is a month older than me, and how he hoped there were no hard feelings and that Haruhi and I would get to at least write to each other. Mom never replied. However, after I found out, I had to come meet you, a week later, here I am." Rose concluded. The hosts were all shocked. Well, except Kyoya and Mori, it seemed. Honey launched himself at Rose.

"That's so sweet of you to come all this way, just to see Haruhi!" he said hugging her. Rose blinked, then smiled and patted him on the head, looking a little uneasy.

"Well that's quite a story you have there, Rose. One question though: How is Haruhi older than you?" Kyoya asked. Rose thought a moment.

"Well, from what mom told me, it sounds like Haruhi's mom was pregnant before my mom. Either tat or one of us was born late or early." Kyoya looked at Haruhi for confirmation.

"I was born about two weeks early." she admitted. Tamaki gasped.

"So it's true!" he said. Kyoya shook his head.

"Not necessarily. I'll have some of the private police run a background check and see what they can find." he walked a few feet away, talking rapidly on his cell. Meanwhile the twins turned Rose so she was standing side by side with Haruhi, and studied them. They were about the same height, with Rose being only an inch shorter. The only thing that really took them back was the eye color. They were the same shade of brown.

"Haruhi," Kaoru asked. "Do you have a picture of your dad with you?" Rummaging through her pockets Haruhi pulled out a photo of Ryoji. The twins studied the picture, then the girls. Tamaki peered over their shoulders. At the same time they looked up at the two girls and said,

"It's a match. You both have his eyes." Tamaki snatched the photo and squinted at Haruhi's face, moving closer. When he was done, he moved on to Rose, who was clearly uncomfortable, and made it clear to Tamaki by taking a step back. Tamaki gave her a curious look.

"Don't worry, princess. I won't hurt you." he said soothingly. Rose just shook her head.

"Sorry, but I don't even know your name." she stated, bluntly. Tamaki dramatically slapped himself in the forehead.

"How impolite of me! I forgot to introduce myself. I am Tamaki Suoh. These are the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin. Over there is Mitsukuni Haninozuka; 'Honey' for short. And his faithful side-kick, Takashi Morinozuka, or just 'Mori'. And last is Kyoya Ootori. And of course you already know Haruhi. We are Ouran High School's one and only Host Club!" Tamaki said, gesturing to each as he said their name. Rose smiled sweetly.

"It's very nice to meet you all." she said. The twins and Tamaki gasped. Startled, Rose looked at them as they gaped, open-mouthed, at her.

"What?" she asked. "Did I say something-" Before she could get the sentence out the twins and Tamaki were all cuddling and cooing at her.

"She has the natural smile, just like Haruhi-" Hikaru began

"So they must be sisters." Kaoru finished. Tamaki was delighted.

"Ahh, my sweet, sweet Rose! Your destined to join the finest!" he said patting her head. Rose squirmed a bit. She looked at Haruhi pleadingly. Haruhi felt pity for the girl and turned to Mori.

"Mori-sempai can you-" she started to ask, but Mori was already in front of them, pulling Rose out of the awkward dog pile. He set her down next to Haruhi. Rose thanked him and he grunted. Before Tamaki and the twins could attack again, Kyoya came back.

"Well, what's the news?" Tamaki demanded. "What did they find?" Kyoya took out his little black notebook and began reading what his intellect had gathered.

"Rose Scarborough, 15 years old, born March 16. She was born in America, but is classified as half Japanese. She excels in her studies, but is mostly into novel writing and music. She can play the guitar and piano, and has a remarkable singing voice. She transferred her records over to Ouran High School about a week ago." Kyoya paused here and looked up, obviously holding something back. They were all silent until Haruhi couldn't stand it anymore.

"Well, what is it?" she asked. Kyoya looked at the notebook and said,

"At DNA test was ran. Her mother is Jamie Scarborough. And her father is…" he paused.

"Yes?" they were all leaning forward, knowing the answer, but wanting to hear it said out loud.

"Her father is Ryoji Fujioka." he turned to Haruhi. There was a stunned silence.

"It looks like you have a sister."

AN: DUN, DUN, DUN! Ah the suspense. How I love it. Anyway that is the 'secret' I was referring to above. This is just the beginning. I have so many plans for this fic, it's gonna go far! Well….. Unless you guys hate it… Then I'll just give up on life. But until then I shall work diligently! It's summer and I have plenty of free time! So R&R, and please, feel free to ask questions. I sort of have the smallest tendency to not make details super clear in my stories. So if you don't understand something, feel free to ask. I would much rather explain something than have my readers not understand what I'm writing. Peace out!,

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