Disclaimer: Don't own OHSHC, but the the plot and OC are mine.
A/N: Reedited slightly, especially the title. Please review and enjoy your time with my first OHSHC fanfiction.
The cold morning wind swept up fallen cherry blossoms from the brilliant white marble walkway which made a clear path to an overly pink European building; to any bystander it could easily be mistaken for a Disney princess castle. However, every person within the area of the pink manor was considered, by most people, to be both beautiful and filthy rich. Only one lone person that did not fit that image at all; well you could say that they were filthy with dirty instead of riches. That person is a young man who looked uncertainly at the most prestigious school of all of Japan. The young man stood at the iron gate of the pink palace with a look of concentration and hesitation plastered on his dirty face. The chilling spring wind, once again, brushed his shaggy hazel hair over his eyes.
Tired as well as confused, the lost boy looked at the light pink cherry blossoms for some guidance. "Grandpa, is this the right thing to do?" In a silent, but gentle gesture, the wind swirled around him with sakura petals in respond to his question; like his grandfather giving him an encouraging smile like he always did. Smiling, the young man then began to take long strikes toward the grand doors of the pink mansion; now surrounded with an air of confidence and certainty. Once he stood parallel to the entrance, he sucked in some fresh air in order to fortify himself for the new and dangerous adventure he was about to part take in. Tightly gripping the handle of the door knob, he released his breath and opened the door only to step into a whole different world from his own.
~Lunch Time~
"Have you heard the news about the new kid?"
"Yeah, he is a commoner like Haruhi-sempai, but he didn't get into Ouran with a scholarship?"
"Isn't that strange?"
"Maybe he got connection with a rich family?"
"No, I heard that he is blackmailing the Chairman of our school…"
"What if he got connections with one of the Yakuza syndicates?"
"That's scary…"
"…let's stay away from him…"
Rumors of the newest first year of Ouran High School had spread throughout the school like wildfire. No commoner in a rich school would have ever gotten so much attention in one day. But there is one big factor that made students both curious, as well as scared, of the dirty commoner.
It was that he was very mysterious.
No matter how much both the teachers and students tried to make him speak, he would never open his lips at all; not even to say his name to his own class that morning. So from then on all students watched his every move while trying to come up with a believable story of his past, but each and every story grew wilder and more unrealistic. Up to the point where most students just stayed clear out of the way from him.
Despite being scared, all the students of in the high school were still curious, but not as curious as a certain blonde from third year, who listened to the young rich girls' gossip. These ridiculous rumors piqued his interest so much that he began to bounce around in his seat because of the fabulous plan that he had formulated in his mental theatre.
"Tamaki stop jumping around or you'll topple the table with your stupidness." Said a young man to Tamaki's left who continued to type away at his little black laptop.
"Mother I have a grand idea and I would like your assistance in it if you don't mind!" Tamaki said as he completely ignored his friend's response and dramatically slamming his hand on the table in order to show his excitement.
"Tamaki, I'm currently busy with calculating the Host Club's funds with all the other activities we have planned for this new year of school, so I have no time for your games…"
Said 'Mother' who glanced at his best friend to only find huge, teary puppy dog eyes staring pleadingly at him (Tamaki also had puppy ears and a tail. Chibi-style!). Tamaki even got the puppy whine nailed down as his eyes got even bigger than before (if that's even possible). A frustrated sigh escaped 'Mother's' mouth as he succumbed to Tamaki's idiocy once again.
"Alright, what do you want?"
With another jump of joy Tamaki didn't even hesitate to state his question that was burning at the tip of his tongue.
"Who is that commoner from 1-A, who transferred here just today?"
A glare on his glasses hide his eyes, but the mischievous smirk that slither on 'Mother's' face at the sound of gathering information, especially on a commoner that everyone in school didn't even know his last name, let alone his first name.
"Okay Tamaki, I accept your request, but this distraction will be added to Haruhi's debt."
"Okay!" Tamaki smiled happily with his tail wagging behind him.
"Why do you guys act like I'm not even here?!" A ticked off Haruhi asked as she continued to eat her fancy tuna.
"Well that's because the more debt you have-" An orange haired boy causally placed his arm around Haruhi's slim shoulders.
"-the longer you're stuck with us." His twin mimicked his action and placed his arm around Haruhi too.
"GET OFF MY DAUGHTER YOU FLITHY, SCHEMING DOPLEGANDERS!" Tamaki freaked out as he leaped across the table to push the twins of his precious daughter.
"Geez Boss, why do you keep calling her your daughter when you two are already dating?"
The twins announced while wagging their index finger at Tamaki as a way of 'shame on you.'
Still in a freaking out mode, Tamaki shoved both of his hands over their big mouths to prevent them to say if any louder.
In a hushed voice Tamaki whispered, "Shush! Didn't I tell you to keep that a secret?"
A giggle across the table caught the three's attention to a small boy eating cake with a pink bunny in his lap. "Tamaki you should be more open about your love to Haruhi. It's the same for you too, Haruhi! Isn't that right Takashi?!"
The man next the adorable boy labeled as 'Takashi' nodded in agreement.
"Hai..."
Both Haruhi and Tamaki flushed in embarrassment at their older sempai's advice. Before either of them could respond, the college student began to stuff his face with cake, again, as usual.
"Mitsukuni, don't eat too much cake or you'll get a stomach ache." Takashi wisely told the little blonde.
"Don't worry I got room for more!"
Everyone, except Takashi (Aka=Mori) and Kyouya sported a huge sweat drop on their heads and shared the same exact thought.
'Hunny's appetite is getting bigger and bigger…'
"Did you find something Kyoya?" Tamaki asked, being the first one to snap out of his trauma stricken phase.
"Well, Tamaki, that is a yes and a no…"
"What do ya mean 'yes and no'?" The confused twins tilted their heads to the side, in sync, while question marks floated around their heads.
"It means exactly as I said it." Staring at everyone's puzzled expressions once again; Kyoya sighed and decided to elaborate.
"From what I have found in the school database is that he just moved here from America, he lives alone, he has no connections to anyone wealth, or has a sponsor, and lastly his name is Ari Yamato. That's all I could find out about the new transfer student at the moment. So does anyone have any questions?"
Kyouya asked seeing that they were going to bombard him with anyways. He thought he might as well get it over with.
One of the cumbersome twins raised his hand; just to humor Kyoya teacher like aura.
"Yes Kaoru."
"What do you mean by a 'no' when Tamaki asked you about the information you found on Ari-kun?"
Kyoya adjusted his glasses before he smirked at this unusual development in the plot. "Earlier today I did some research about Ari-san's background information on my laptop, but I found absolutely nothing on him, not even his picture…"
Silence fell upon the group, for each and every one of them was shocked; deep down to the every core. Haruhi was shocked, but not as shocked as the others, so she had the capability to bluntly express everyone's thought out loud for them. "So, the Shadow King failed to get any personal information on Ari-kun..."
Turning to face Haruhi with the same smirk planted on his face, Kyoya had a look of interest mixed with determination as he said, "It wasn't that I failed, but more like the information hadn't existed yet on any internet resources I had. What's more intriguing is that when I just checked on the school database there was nothing there too, but suddenly some information began to type itself down on the page, along with an obscure picture of Ari-san's face."
Kyoya faced his expansive laptop screen toward the quiet group so their hungry eyes could devour the vague picture. All they saw was a messy head full of long hazel hair that covered his eyes and nose; and with what little skin was shown in the picture, they could only guess if it was tan or pale because dirt seemed to be smeared all over his person.
"Ew, this kid is filthy!"
"And his sense of fashion is that of a hobo's!"
Ignoring the Hitachiin twin's gagging, Haruhi proceeded with a question of her own. "How did the information start appearing on the school database?"
"It didn't just appear there Haruhi. Someone is writing, as we speak, the information right onto the school's database. Whoever is doing this had to have access to the chairman's computer or have hacked into the system."
Realization fell on Tamaki like a mountain of bricks as he looked in the eye Kyoya in disbelief, "Do you mean to tell me that someone was able to hack into my father's computer in order to change their information…"
"Yes you are correct Tamaki, someone with great hacking skills was able to pass the strongest and most expansive computer security that money could buy; but I wonder…"
"What, what is it Kyoya?" Tamaki demanded in a serious tone.
Another glare beamed on his glasses which hide his eyes, "Why would Ari-san go through the trouble of erasing all of his personal information from the school computers?"
No one could answer Kyoya's question, which only pushed Tamaki's determination to discover more about Ari-san's mysterious person. Tamaki stood on the cafeteria table with the posture of a Marshall as he recited his orders.
"All righty men and Haruhi let us invited this Ari to the Host Club!"
"Then what do we do Tono?" asked the twins who wear identical grins for they knew where this plan was heading towards.
"We are going to interrogate him!" Tamaki shouted as he, the twins, and Hunny raised their arms as if they were cheering for a basketball team.
"But how are we going to lure him to the Host Club without him being too suspicious about us?" Hunny asked with the most innocent voice while hugging his bunny to his chest.
Kyoya smiled an evil smile as he typed down secrets into his laptop which no one would ever or even try to peek at. "Don't worry; I have an plan. You just have to execute it."
Sometime during Kyoya's speech, the Hitachiin twins had moved away to huddle next to each other and speak quietly to each other.
"Hey, Kaoru, I feel a little bad for the new, dirty kid." Hikaru said as leaned onto Kaoru.
"Yea me too, but you know this is going to be quite an interesting year since we have a mysterious hobo in our hands."
Hikaru smirked, "You're right Kaoru! Actually, I already have a plan!"
Whispering quietly in Kaoru's ear, Hikaru told him his plan. Kaoru smirked. As always his older bro had a wonderful plan to make things more interesting. Proudly, Hikaru said, "Let me tell Tono and Haruhi about it!"
Excitedly, Hikaru left Kaoru to pester the distressed Tamaki crying in a dark corner because Haruhi said that she didn't love him anymore. Being by himself for once, Kaoru was able to further think about the current situation and how Hikaru, he, and everyone in the host club fit in this new puzzle. A small smile graced his lips as he thought aloud, but softly to himself.
"Maybe the pumpkin can once again be a carriage."
This thought surged through all the hosts' heads in different ways but they all felt a similar sensation in their guts; like this event is closely related to memories of the past.
They felt the foreboding sensation of déjà vu.