*DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of its characters. It all belongs to Bisco Hatori.
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a Priestess
The day was peaceful for spring. A girl was helping a wounded man and just got finished bandaging his wound. She wiped the sweat from her head and sighed in satisfaction.
"There. That should help your wound to get better." she said smiling.
"Thank you Priestess Haruhi." the man said shaking her hand. Haruhi smiled and saw that man go off back to the village. The wind blew which made her long brown hair move along with it. Haruhi gathered her medicine basket and went inside the house and closed the shoji. As she went to the living room, she saw her father cosplaying as a woman…again.
"Father! Get out of my favorite kimono this instant!" Haruhi yelled furiously.
"But Haruhi-chan, you're kimonos are so beautiful and you wear your priestess outfit almost everyday." he said with innocent eyes. This was true Haruhi wore her priestess outfit everyday, because she helps all the injured people almost everyday. She sighed and was about to leave. "Wait Haruhi-chan! You should go to the spring festival tomorrow and take a break." her father said happily.
"Oh. Is that tomorrow?" Haruhi asked cocking her head. Her dad sighed and went to Haruhi.
"Yes. It's tomorrow, so you should go and have a good time," her dad said smiling, "and if you go I'll stop cosplaying in your kimonos" Haruhi knew that her dad was trying to make a deal with her. She doesn't want him to wear her kimonos again so she nodded her head and went to her room. Her room wasn't that big but it was ok for her, she went over to her dresser and looked at the kimonos she has left after her father took favorite kimono. She closed the closet and took out a small leather bag. She opened it and took out a beautiful sapphire stone.
"Maybe I should go to the festival…" Haruhi said while looking at the shining sapphire. Her mother has passed away and before she did, she gave Haruhi this sapphire crystal, which was her prized possession. "OK! I'll go to the festival. After all I do need a break sooner or later." she said smiling. She giggled and got up to get dinner ready. As she was going to the living room she saw that her father wasn't there. "I bet he went out to do some errand." she thought.
She just shrugged and got ready to make dinner. Haruhi was preparing grilled fish and miso soup with rice. That was her favorite dinner and her father will eat anything she will make. In about 1 hour she finished and went to her room again. There was something that was a bit unusual about her though. She can use water magic ever since she was five. At first she thought she was imagining it, but when she turned ten she knew that she could control it somehow.
But she can control it now and doesn't show it off into the public. It was dark and her father came back and he was tired. Haruhi came up to him and helped him into the living room.
"Whew. That was a good workout!" her father said cheerfully.
"He went out for a walk…for and hour?" Haruhi thought to herself. She just shook her head and got dinner out. "Itadakimasu." she said as she clapped her hands. Her father did the same thing admiring her way of saying it. Haruhi was used to her father always admired by everything she does something… in a cute way. They ate dinner in their everyday way that it had become a routine. She sighed, and put her dishes away and goes up to her room. After dinner she went to the bathhouse and bathed for about an hour. Then she went to her room and got her bed laid out and went to sleep. Dreaming about how beautiful it would be tomorrow at the spring festival.
The next day was as beautiful as ever. Haruhi woke up and stretched her arms while yawning. She was really excited today because it was the festival. Some of the villagers asked her if she could help prepare for the festival which she accepted. So she got in her pink kimono and saving her best kimono for the actual festival tonight. Haruhi went to make breakfast, but when she came she saw food already served.
"Huh?" Haruhi asked with a worried look on her face. She usually prepares the food everyday but wondered why her dad prepared the food.
"Ah! Haruhi-chan sit down and eat." her dad said happily. Haruhi sat down and saw her breakfast was leftover miso soup and rice. She smiled at the thought her father actually prepared food for her. So after breakfast her day went on and Haruhi grew restless for the festival.
When the sun was setting Haruhi was wondering what kimono to wear. She was trying to pick between a red kimono with yellow stars and a dark blue kimono with sakura blossoms. She put some thought in it and decided to wear the dark blue kimono with sakura blossoms. After she wore her kimono, she went to the front door to go out. Before she could go she felt someone tying her hair and saw that it was her dad.
"You'll look even more beautiful with your hair tied with a ribbon." he said smoothly as he tied her hair. Haruhi blushed and put her sandals on and went out the door. The cool air brushed through which felt good and she saw lights which meant that the festival has begun.
"I wonder what I should do first…" Haruhi thought to herself. She loves to play the throwing game and winning a stuffed animal. But she wanted to do something else, and so she went to the festival and saw a lot of people having fun. She smiled and then she bumped into someone.
"Are you ok hime?" a young man said. When Haruhi looked up to see who it was, she saw a handsome blonde guy with blue eyes that made her blush.
"Um…I'm…..sorry…" Haruhi stammered while staring into his eyes. He smiled and then saw a shooting game.
"Want to see my skills?" he asked with his gorgeous smile. She just nodded and they headed toward the game stand. He picked up a ball and threw it and got all the bottles knocked over.
"Wow, he's good…" Haruhi thought while she watched him to see which prize he's going to pick. The young man looked and saw a tanuki doll and picked that one. "A tanuki doll?" she thought and wondered why he picked that one. When he got the doll he came over to her and gave it to her.
"Looks cute eh?" he said with as he gave it to her. Now that she looks at the tanuki, it does look cute. She smiled and hugged it.
"Thank you." she said cheerfully. Before the young man could say something, another young man with black hair, purple eyes, and had glasses and approached the blonde haired guy.
"Tamaki, I've been looking all over for you. Don't you know not to run off? Even if there was a festival." he said with intelligence and making Tamaki be sad.
"Um… so your name is Tamaki-san?" Haruhi asked as she cocked her eyebrow. She remembers that his name sounds familiar but couldn't put her finger on it.
"Oh my heart wounds me for keeping my name from this sweet hime. Yes my name is P..." his speech was interrupted by the black haired guy.
"Yes, his name is Tamaki the idiot." he said with a smile but still had an evil tone.
"Kyoya! Why'd you stop my speech?" Tamaki said with angry eyes. Haruhi watched them bickering for a few minutes and just left. "Ah! Wait hime I wanted to know your name." He said but she didn't hear him and he slumped into a corner. Kyoya sighed and waited for Tamaki to recover from being ignored. Haruhi was enjoying the rest of the festival and then watched the moon.
"Tamaki-san….." she whispered. Then out of nowhere he popped up next to her which made her jump.
"Yes hime?" Tamaki said smiling. Haruhi was still breathing hard by the surprise. "I wanted to know your name but you left so suddenly." he said whining like a little puppy. Haruhi looked at him and wondered why he was acting like a kid.
"My name is Haruhi, I'm a priestess." Haruhi said and then Kyoya popped up behind her. "ACK!" she screamed as she turned around. Haruhi was breathing hard from Kyoya.
"Hmmmmmm. You say you're a priestess eh?" Kyoya asked with a sneer which scared Haruhi.
"Uh….um…..yes." Haruhi stammered while Kyoya was staring at her hardly. He sighed and whispered something in Tamaki's ear. After Tamaki heard what Kyoya told him, he jumped up with a smiling face. Haruhi just stared at the two boys who were all joyous just because they now know that Haruhi is a priestess.
"Well now that we know you're the one we were looking for, you're coming with us to the imperial palace." Kyoya explained to Haruhi with a smile. Haruhi was too confused at what was going on until a few minutes have passed.
"HUH?!" Haruhi screamed into the air.
To be continued.
