A/N: We had a three-way tie, and so I had to break it. Fan voted (sort of) here is Ritsu Kasanoda's story. I'm sorry this chapter is late, but I almost fell asleep in my chair, and then I slept until afternoon. That's a typical after-all-nighter for me. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it despite it being super-late.

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club and I make zero profit from this, but I do own Devi Noriel, so please ask if you want to use her, ok?

It started with a kitten.

"Is Ritsu here today?" A brown haired girl peeked into the gardening club. She clutched a shoebox in her arms, with air holes poked in it and a blanket poking out of the corner, under the lid.

"He's a little late today." Ito, a girl in the aforementioned gardening club smiled at her. "You can wait for him in here if you like, he shouldn't be too much longer."

As the girl wandered into the club room, Ritsu followed her in. The girl spun, blocking his way, and though she looked surprised she didn't look scared in the least.

"Who are you?" Ritsu muttered, but the smile didn't fade off the girl's face. "You're not in the gardening club..."

"I heard you're good with sick and hurt animals, so here." The girl flashed him a smile, shoved the box into Ritsu's arms and ran out.

Ritsu blinked at the box he was now holding. "Who was that girl?" He muttered, lifting the lid slightly. A small black kitten lay inside, and meowed loudly at Ritsu for the disruption in its nap.

"That girl was Devi Noriel." Ito smiled. "She's not in your class, I don't think, but she's nice enough... and if you need to leave, I can make up an excuse for you."

Ritsu nodded, mumbled his thanks, grabbed his bag and walked out the door.

Meanwhile, the kitten mewed loudly in its box.

Devi stopped running somewhere two streets down from the school, and she sat down on the sidewalk. She viewed Ritsu as nothing less than a God, he was pretty hot after all, and she wasn't scared of him. She just had trouble conversing with the guys she liked in general, and he was no exception.

She sat down on the sidewalk and took a few deep breaths. Devi knew she could barely take care of a goldfish, let alone a little kitten, and she had seen Ritsu with sick and injured animals before. He worked his magic on them, and they got better.

Devi rolled her eyes as she thought of how afraid everyone was of Ritsu. He just wasn't scary, how could they be so terrified? Right, his asshole father. Typical.

She stood and started down the street again. She didn't know this street, but she could find her way home. It wasn't that hard...

"Tetsuya!" Ritsu jumped when his friend appeared from around the side of the building.

"What are you doing home so early? Don't you have gardening club?" Tetsuya blinked as he waited patiently for a reply.

"I left early." Ritsu stepped around Tetsuya and headed for his room. "Don't tell anyone you saw me, ok? I want to be alone for a while."

"Yes. I can do that." Tetsuya smiled at him. "What's in the box?"

The redheaded boy blinked, and then blushed red. "Nothing, just don't tell anyone you saw me, alright?" With that, Ritsu dodged any more questions by running to his room.

"Yes, Young Master." Tetsuya shook his head slightly and went back to sweeping.

"Damn it, I am such an idiot!" Devi growled as she glanced around. She didn't know the street, and absolutely nothing looked familiar.

"You lost little girl?" A middle-aged man asked. "Need directions?"

"Well, not from you." Devi ran into a neighboring yard after spotting a kind-looking blonde man with a ponytail. "Sir, could you... oh, sorry." She bowed quickly. "I'm lost."

Tetsuya laughed outright, smiling at her. "Are you new to Japan?"

"Yeah..." Devi sighed. "My family moved here for business a few months ago. Anyway, my home is on Chikafusa Street, and I... it's a really long story."

"Ok, you're not too far from your home." Tetsuya gently turned her to face down the street. "If you go down that way, turn right, and then left eight houses down, you're on Chikafusa Street."

"Thank you." Devi smiled at him. "I feel stupid."

"You were just confused." Tetsuya gave her a tiny push. "Now you should get going before Daisuke over there tries his hand again."

Devi laughed, revealing that she wasn't all that scared of "Daisuke" to begin with.

Ritsu peeked from behind his curtains, the kitten sleeping in his arms. There was that girl again, Devi Noriel. What was she doing here?

He watched as she waved to Tetsuya and ran off. What was going on here?

A/N: Again, sorry it was late. I didn't expect to sleep so long. Anyway, the vote is now up again, the twins or Satoshi? Kyoya's still going last. Also, I'm liking the idea of giving Tetsuya a girl as well, what do you think about that? And this was the first chapter, so what did you think?