Hi guys! I just got done watching Ouran High School Host Club and figured I would have a go at writing my own fanfiction! I've read a few on here and can't help but feel inspired to write my own.

This is an alternate universe (AU) perspective where all of the Host Club is in the same year of school (unlike the anime where they are staggered between the three years of high school) Also, unlike the anime, I have written this so that once they complete their three years of high school, Ouran Academy also serves as a university as it is such a prestigious school.

This story is centered on my OC Asuka Umari, the only child to one of the most powerful families in Japan, heir to the Umari fortune… who has opal eyes that seem almost iridescent and who is also hiding a secret... Let's begin shall we?


Chapter 1

Asuka's POV

I stared up at the large, magnificent building that is Ouran Academy, my seemingly opalescent eyes drifted along its splendid architecture, the breeze ruffling my flame red hair, as I contemplated how my life was going to be different now. Until just a few months ago, I had been enjoying my life at another prestigious school, working hard and keeping top of my class in my first year of high school but then… but then things changed. Let me first tell you a story…

Nagaharu had longed for a son to become the heir to his fortune, his businesses and become head of the family. He had gotten his wish and his wife Nadeshiko had birthed him a son, an heir and they named him Hiroji. Sadly though, when Hiroji was just six months old he fell ill and nothing the doctors did could save him… he passed away just two days shy of his first birthday. As you can imagine, Nagaharu and Nadeshiko were devastated and entered a long period of mourning in respect for the boy.

Two years later Nadeshiko was pregnant again. She was immediately sent for tests and examinations to be sure that this new baby would not meet such a tragic end as its sibling had done. The pregnancy progressed wonderfully and soon the baby was born. Nagaharu was furious. The scans had all shown positive indications that this baby was a boy! But no… this baby was a girl! How could this be?! He had wanted a son and heir to his fortune, not a daughter! He did eventually calm down and proposed they name the baby a unisex name as he was not going to become the center of ridicule for not producing a boy. The baby was to be bought up as a boy in the public eye and nobody outside of the family was allowed to know the secret, for fear it might ruin Nagaharu's reputation.

The years went by and the baby grew into an intelligent child, top of their class by a massive margin, had mastered 15 different languages by the time they were 8, ranked highly among the top martial artists of the world and still nobody had discovered the secret. By the time they had entered junior high, things had started to change. Their figure now began to take on a more feminine shape and as such they were made to wear a binder to flatten their chest and their curves to keep that boyish appearance.

Junior high seemed to just rush past and before they knew it, it was time to enter high school. The first year seemed to be going well… until one fateful day. The teen had been walking home from school, something their parents were uncomfortable with but allowed since they lived relatively close to the high school. Two boys in the year above had decided to follow the teen, taunting them, mocking them for their above average abilities… before they knew what was happening, the boys had led the teen to an abandoned warehouse where they were ambushed. Now, you might ask how one of the top ranking martial artists of the world could be ambushed so easily but let me explain… Earlier in the day the teen had been eating their lunch and had turned away for just a moment… enough time for one of those horrid boys to slip something into their drink without them knowing. They had slipped a slow acting tranquilizer into the drink, knowing it would take a couple of hours to come into effect.

The teen tried their best to deal with the situation but because of the tranquilizer, their moves were slow, sloppy and a disgrace to the martial arts. Thankfully, a body guard from the teens home had seen them being forced off to the warehouse and had called for backup. By the time the bodyguards had made it to the warehouse, the teen was cowering on the floor, the two boys standing over them, gloating at their victory… and about something else. They boys were quickly apprehended and it became clear what they were so excited about. They had torn the teen's shirt open to find the binder, to which they had cut it from the teens form and had been jeering about how they were going to tell everyone what a freak they were.

The boys were dragged off and dealt with and before you panic, they weren't harmed… just paid off handsomely to keep the secret and made to sign several contracts that basically said, if they told anyone what they had seen that day, they would be denounced, their families would no longer have a high social standing and they would be banished... Not to mention that anybody would believe them, as Nagaharu was of such high standing that he could 'prove' the boys were liars.

The other term of the deal was that the teen would be sent to another school so the boys would have no temptation to break their contracted promises… that teen… was Asuka Umari.

That's right… I am the only child of Nagaharu Umari and I am about to start my second year here at Ouran Academy.