"Thanks for visiting. I hope to see all of you tomorrow," Haruhi smiled, causing her departing guests to squee.
In Ouran Koukou (1), family lineage comes first. Money comes close second, if not tied for first place. In this school of the rich and glamorous, the students expect anything but average. Likewise, you should too. Anything out of the norm (in other words, the norm or above average of us commoners), will be dealt with promptly. Too bad that-
"HEY! Just introduce us already, dammit!"
"Takashi, did you hear something?" Hani tilted his head, nibbling on a piece of cake thoughtfully. The other senior shook his head, knowing full well what the authoress would do to the poor soul who came before cue.
Too bad that sometimes normality just doesn't give a crap and barges in anyway.
But hey, the following peoples' terms of normal just barely counts in our book. Most of them are in the same social circle as these rich bastards. The only difference is some of them are barely in the circle as well. Oh well, reality, insanity, and karma are gonna bite and kick both their asses anyways.
"HARU-CHAAAAN!" Said girl was practically tackled to the floor by an unknown (well to the rest of the host club anyway) male.
"Haru-Haru! Guess what? Haku-kun and Mani have a surprise for us!" the boy tried to tango her out of the room, but was stopped by the mega-father.
"Unhand my dau-I mean, er...son this instant, you fiend! You have no right to kidnap-"
The black haired boy snorted, pulling Haruhi to his side, "You baka (2). Haruhi's a girl. My God you're stupid." While the King was sobbing in the corner, the real King walked up to the newcomer with the twins turning their heads in mild interest.
"Ootori Kyouya. Pleased to meet you," the Shadow King held out his hand, the stranger taking it. This served many purposes, mainly observation. As they shook hands, Kyouya noticed the boy had a gold watch on his right hand, properly trimmed nails, and a businessman's firm hand grip. He may have a uniform on but this proved that without a doubt the young man before him was indeed a student of wealth. Now to find out how he knew Haruhi was a girl and to silence him in any means possible...
The boy grinned, "Nice to meet you, Ootori-san. I'm Morita Moyashi (3), class 3-D. Anyway, Haru-Haru, would you rather the surprise be here or somewhere else because Mini-chan, Sara-chan, and I already agreed if you chose somewhere else, we'd kidnap you!"
"I knew it!" Tamaki jumped out from his corner grabbing the other by the collar, "Don't you dare touch my daughter with your vile hands or henchmen."
"Tama-tono, is that any way to talk to one of your best customers?" a girl followed by two others, skipped in with teary eyes. The girl was a blond named Minimee "Mini-chan" Isaneko (4), 3-A, and was indeed one of their best customers. She wore the basic high school uniform, plus a white stole and a white obi with the English letter "M" cut with a line in the middle (in other words, looks like this somewhat: l\l/l.) Mini had big blue eyes, forehead bangs with chin-length side bangs, the rest of her hair fell behind her back, and a black ribbon holding it together.
Behind her, another usual customer, Sayuusuki "Sayuu" Chizu(4), 2-C, and a rumored commoner who was usually seen in company with the other. She had short black hair with thin side bangs, squinted grey green eyes surrounded by black eye shadow and eyeliner, and her signature pale pink hat topping things off. Other than the sleeves of her dress being cut off, revealing tight black long-sleeves, and the bottom portion of the dress being thinner and swishy verses heavy and poufy, she too wore the standard uniform. On her neck was a thin wire choker.
In their records, Mini's file revealed that she was the co-heiress of the Minimee Firearms Corps, a skilled markswoman, was disciplined in several martial arts advanced basics (her strongest were juujutsu and aikido), and loved anpan(5). Her most preferred Host was Hani and had unknown (excluding Kyouya, of course) connections with each other. As for her companion, Sayuu, she too was one of Hani's regulars but was usually just seen keeping her small friend company on their visits and reading a book rather than actually interacting with her Host. When Kyouya tried to access her public files 'for strictly business' (face it, he just doesn't like the fact he lacks information on anyone), he found everything but her status (commoner) locked, particularly her lineage and other connections. Even trivial information such as her birthday was locked, requiring password and authorization.
The last girl had curly reddish-blond hair, thin olive shaped blue eyes, and wore a St. Roberia Girls Academy uniform(6). She too, like the first boy, was clearly somewhat connected to wealth, unlike the black haired girl beside her. The only difference between her and the two was that she clearly was more influential by her confident stance and wealthier judging by the complicated design of her diamond brooch. Comparing their heights, Sayuu (who looked roughly Mori's height minus several centimeters) was clearly the taller of the two, the strawberry being to her nose level, and Mini being to her shoulders.
"Hiya, Isa-chan! You and Zuzu-chan haven't visited in weeks! I didn't know you knew Haru-chan. Did you know that, Takashi?" Hani looked up at his taller cousin, who shook his head again.
Mini waved, "Hiya, Hani-kun! Sorry Chizu-chan and I haven't visited you in a while. We were tied up with our own clubs. If I had known Haru-chan joined the club much less our school, I would have visited you every day! But Haku-kun's so mean for not telling us and keeping us away from you. We'll get back at that meanie later," She giggled then turned to Haruhi with big sparkling eyes, "Haru-chan, why didn't you tell us you were in school with us? We would have gotten you to join our club."
The Roberia girl rolled her eyes, "Haku-kun obviously knows. You even said it yourself. Mani and Haku were the ones who said to meet here and kidnap her if necessary-ah! Moya-kun! St-stop tickling m-me!" She laughed while being pounced by the boy. This left Haruhi some breathing room (finally) before being bombarded with shouts of "My daughter! My daughter!" by Tamaki. She struggled away from him, before speaking to Sayuu.
"Haku-itoko told you I was here? But-"
"Haruhi, we didn't know you had a cousin! What's he like?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked.
"Turn around and you might find out what she's like," they heard a sarcastic voice along with the cheers of "Haku-kun!" and "Mani-kun!" behind them. The host club turned to a girl with a hairstyle similar to Haruhi's except sharper, darker, and slightly longer, along with two odango hair buns. She wore thin rectangle glasses and a mix between the high school girls and boys uniform. Like her cousin, she too wore the boys' top, except it was black with a yellow long shirt underneath. The shirt looked more like a dress that ended halfway down her upper leg, with light yellow pedal pushers ending just above the knees, and white knee high socks concluded her outfit. The most notable difference between her and Haruhi were their eyes: Haruhi had big brown shimmering baby eyes, whereas this other girl had small dark analyzing snake eye.
The boy beside her was clearly of Spanish descent but clashed with his Japanese genes handsomely. His shaggy light brown hair was short enough to stick up at some points, but long enough to frame his face and not hide his light brown eyes. (Imagine Fujiwara Tatsuya's hair when he played Light/Raito in the Death Note movie.) Out of everyone in the room, he was the only one not in Ouran uniform, but judging by the strangers' and Haruhi's reactions, he was a friend at least. So, Kyouya decided, he'd just watch from afar for now. All of Haruhi's guests might prove interesting, if not profitable, for him. As for the one not in uniform, if he caused any trouble or disturbance, he could call security in an instant.
The girl named 'Haku' was nibbling on a chocolate bar, scanning the room. Moya was being well Moya and tickling Sara, Mini and Sayuu were watching them along with their friend she called Chibisuke in her head, and twins were bombarding her cousin...oh and a blue eyed idiot was ranting about something involving 'stranger danger', 'my daughter's friends', and 'stop molesting Haruhi you scoundrels'! 'Haku''s eye twitched. All they were supposed to do was get her after the club ended. I should have never told them she goes to school here and just got her myself. Damn and all of this for a reunion. Haruhi better appreciate this because I'm getting pissed off.
'Haku' cleared her throat, "Everybody, be quiet. Hitachiin-sama and Kaoru-sama, please get the away from my cousin. Suou-sama, could you please stop yelling pointlessly at them as not only Haruhi-itoko but myself think it is a waste of breath. Sayuu and Mini-senpai, could you please get Moya-kun off of Sara before she kills him." She paused, "Speaking of which, Sara, what are you doing here? I told you to come later since your school-"
"Let's talk about that later," Sara grinned nervously, quickly changing the subject, "I wanted to see the surprise too, so I hurried over here. Besides, I think Haru-chan should introduce us to her friends."
Haruhi and 'Haku' sweat-dropped, "Don't change the subject. But you're right."
Haruhi turned to the Host Club, "Guys, these are my friends. Clearly you know Mini-senpai and Sayuu-senpai, so no need to introduce them-"
"That was a nice way of putting it," the blonde who was tickled by Moya smirked. She then proceeded to walk over to Haruhi, put her arms around her, and use the top of her head as a pillow. Haruhi regarded this with little concern and continued.
"-and this is Shimazu Sakira(7), but Sara prefers her nickname only. She goes to another school, but is in the same year as Tamaki-senpai and Kyouya-senpai. Um...Moya-kun already introduced himself to you. The one he's currently trying to give a bear hug to is Baleia-I mean Varela Ma...Maanure-wait no, Manuel(8). Sumimasen(9) for butchering your name again. Anyway, we call him Mani-kun mainly because I don't have much of a talent for speaking Spanish. And finally, my cousin Sonata Kohaku(10). She and Sayuu are in the same class," she took a breath and continued, "But call her 'Haku' because it pisses her off."
"Love you too, oh sweet Hihi-itoko of mine," Kohaku smiled, both cousins giving each other overly-cheerful scary looks.
Mini giggled, "It's really funny how the last part of Haru-chan's name doubled spells 'baboon' and the first part of Haku-kun's name doesn't really mean anything, so Haru-chan can only make a lame comeback like 'Koko-nee'." The girl turned to the others, "Its okay. They're not really mad at each other; it's just a cousin spat."
Sara nodded, snuggling her head into Haruhi's hair, "Yeah, they just bitch at each other for the heck of it. Anyway, what's the surprise, Ayatsuri-hime? I wanna spend the rest of the day with Haru-chan. I haven't been down here in a long time. And it's so boring!"
Finishing her chocolate bar, Kohaku got another one from her briefcase and opened another, putting the wrapper in her pocket, "If I'm a Puppet Princess, then you're an aisu-kisaki, Ice Queen. Anyways, beside that is beside the point. Ready, Mani?"
Mani, finally speaking, grinned and shook off Moya, "Back from our abuela's mountain home, presenting, Varela "Emi" Emelinaaaaa-ow(11)! Kohaku! I only stretched out her name. You didn't have to hit me-"
A girl dressed in rather bizarre clothes burst through the doors, squealing, "Haru-chan! Sara-chan!" Finding her targets, she tackled them to the floor, she began splurting out a mix of Spanish and Japanese. "Chica, you cut you hair? But it looks kawaii anyway, 'cept the boyish look so doesn't suit you. Mini-senpai and I will fix that. Sakira, guess what I bought for you in Matsumoto and Takayama. You owe me big time considering how I had to hike down from Hotakadake! So-"(12)
Meanwhile, the Host Club just stared, while the rest of the occupants of the room laughed. Kohaku had a camera out, taking pictures of the jumbled trio, "All of you pay up. Told you she'd dive for those two first."
Upon hearing this, all three girls stopped talking and stood up, the newcomer glaring at Kohaku, "I've been in your presence in only about half and minute and you're already putting bets on me. Meanie, all of you better give me a hug now! Well, except the strangers...who are they?" Emi tilted her head, staring at a bug-eyed -idiotic looking- blonde, expressionless -creepy- megane(12), another -chibi- blonde, a tall -handsome- boy by his side, and twins?! Oh...my...God...
"YOU GUYS JOINED A MALE HAREM WITHOUT ME?! Waaa! I wanted to be a gosurori! Ow! And now you're hitting me too, Haku!" Emi stuck out her tongue at the other girl. Kohaku rolled her eyes, muttering something about a bad idea.
"Emi, in no way did any of us join, hire, rent, set up, form, or -whatever else you're thinking- a male harem...or plan to for that matter. They're just some people from Haruhi's club. Besides, Sara already called dibs on Goth Lolita in the event we do something as stupid as that," Kohaku shrugged. Clearly this is where Haruhi got her blunt honesty from. The Host Club members were not 'just some people', they were rich, dammit!
Tamaki then (tried) making this point by being dramatic as possible (the flowers are being added to Haruhi's debt since they are her friends after all). "My dear Kohaku-hime surely you must be mistaken. For we are not merely some people. My companions and I make up the-"
"Host Club. Blah, and then you tell me what types you are. Am I correct?" Kohaku smiled, swatting the irritating petals from her face, "Haruhi's told me about you, rather reluctantly unfortunately. But I guess this is as good as any time to ask why she is in the Host Club in the first place. I asked her if she wanted to be in a club with me but she refused me, not even bothering with an explanation."
Kyouya chose this time to step in, "How about we discuss this over some tea, Sonata-san? I shall explain everything while your friends can catch up with each other and maybe even get to know the rest of the Host Club." He then put forward his hand.
Kohaku stared before holding out her own hand, shaking his firmly, "Hm, hoping to reel in some of my other friends to visit regularly as well? Smart business sense, Ootori-sama. Sure why not? So, tell me from the beginning..."