Hello and welcome to my first Ouran High School Host Club fanfic. : D
This was just sort of a random idea I had, and thought it might make an interesting story. I hope you guys enjoy this odd little rambling of my insane mind. XD
Disclaimer:
I own nothing of Ouran…no matter how badly I wish I did. I do however own any OC's that may appear in this story and would appreciate you asking before you use them. Kay?
Chapter 1: A Pup Called Haruhi
Bright morning sunlight filtered through the cracks between the building into the cluttered ally way. Different boxes, trash, and varying other items laid strewn about the narrow place.
Towards the back of the ally sat a tattered, shabby looking cardboard box. Pink towels hanging over the front much like curtains to block out the sun. A small black nose suddenly parts the curtains, after a few seconds of sniffing the nose is followed by its owner.
A very scraggily puppy emerges from her make shift home. The pup can't be more than a few months old judging from her size, medium shaggy dark brown fur covers her skinny body. While chin length floppy ears perk at the sounds of the city, huge chocolate brown eyes scan her home as she stretches.
(Hmm…it looks like I woke up just in time. They should be just putting out the trash over at the market.) She thinks as she cocks her head to one side in thought. Haruhi, as the young dog called herself had always been a resourceful little thing, that was what had kept her alive all this time, or at least that's what she liked to think.
Shrugging a little she gets to her paws and begins the trek towards the market, the thought of a free meal making her long fluffy tail wag. Her chocolate brown eyes scanning the crowd as she walked, some of the humans looked at her, while others just kept on their ways. Either way she couldn't be bothered, humans weren't her priority at the moment.
After a short walk down several crowded human streets, and several back alleyways only known to the streetwise pup. Haruhi finally arrived at her destination; the market always had a huge trash dumpster filled with all kinds of leftovers. Mostly spoiled produce, and other things that couldn't be sold in the store. But what seemed like trash to the humans was a free meal as far as this dog was concerned. And passing up free things had never been in Haruhi's nature.
Sadly though it was this temptation that was about to get the young dog into trouble. For as she began to root through the variable feast before her young eyes she never heard the approaching vehicle or the slamming of the door behind her.
"Huh? I wonder if this stuff is really 'Fancy' or even Tuna for that matter?" Haruhi mutters to herself as she pulls a Styrofoam tray out of the garbage filled with Sushi pieces which claimed on the package to be made with 'fancy tuna'.
So engrossed in her find of tuna the little dog never saw the dark shadow with a net sneak up behind herself until it was to late. A quick flick of the man's wrist, and his catch was secured.
Haruhi let out a surprised yelp as her vision was suddenly blocked out slightly by the net. Her breakfast of fish suddenly forgotten as panic filled her little heart. She'd heard the horror stories of dogs and cats being caught by humans, and what would happen to them once they where taken to the "Bad Place" as most referred to it.
She swallows hard, her eyes huge as the man scoops her up and holds her close to his face. Terror was filling her as she wondered if something like this was the last thing her parents had seen before they were captured. She lets out a frightened yelp as the man begins to walk, allowing her to dangle in the net as she does. On instinct she begins to thrash around.
"Now settle down there boy. No ones gonna hurt you," The man says as he feels the pup begin to thrash.
He didn't want to see the little thing hurt himself, a cute one like this at least gave him some love of his job. Knowing that at least a few of the animals he rescued off the streets had a chance at a good home.
Haruhi blinked, not understanding what the man had said. Her chocolate eyes where huge and filled with fright as they arrived at the truck. She whimpered a little as the man put her and the net inside a steal cage.
She quickly tried to untangle herself and make a break for it, but the man was just a little bit quicker and shut the cage door and securely locking it. The man chuckled a bit as he looked at her before disappearing from view.
Haruhi began to breathe heavily as she realized that she was now trapped her eyes huge as she looked around the van from between the cage bars. She gulps a bit and heavily sits down on the floor of the cage her eyes filling with worry and sadness.
"It's alright Haruhi, just take a deep breath. You'll get out of this," She says to herself taking a deep breath and nodding.
Her level head had gotten her out of several situations, and this would be no different she decided as the van started to move and head towards the animal shelter.
It took several minutes for them to arrive at the animal shelter; this gave Haruhi enough time to conger up a plan of action to free herself.
She had positioned the net so that when the man opened the cage door it would slip between herself and his hands, hopefully giving her enough time to dart out and away. She prayed this idea worked. The sudden stop of movement and the engine noise made her ears perk forward. It was time to put the plan into action.
Just as expected the man came around the back and opened the doors to the van. Haruhi grinned to herself as the man began to move things to get to the cage. Her muscles tensed as he places his hands on the cage.
She blinks though in both confusion and disappointment when he doesn't open the cage. Instead grabbing the handle at the top and lifting the whole thing out of the van. Her eyes look up at him as the net falls to the bottom of the cage.
"Sorry boy, easier to take you in this way then risk you escaping," He says noticing the look on the pup's face. Who anime faints with a sigh.
(Great…I get the smart human,) She thinks with an eyeroll as she sits back up and sighs as the man carries her into the building.
Inside the building Haruhi's nose is assaulted by all kinds of smells, other dogs, cats, food, and other things that just made her stomach flip a little. Of course that could have also been the cage swinging from side to side as well.
She blinks when the man stops in front of a row of kennels and quickly opens one of them and sticks her cage inside while unlocking the door. She quickly looks up at the man before darting to the back of the kennel and turning to look fearfully back up at him.
The man sighs a little as he gives her a gentle smile as he retrieves the cage, and walks out of the kennel locking it as he leaves.
"You'd better start acting right or you'll be in the same spot I am. Kid," Came a male voice from behind Haruhi making her jump.
She turns to see a rather old looking scraggily mutt setting in the kennel beside her. His calm blue eyes gazing at her through the wire.
"W-what do you mean?" She asks her voice soft as she lifts her head and slowly makes her way over to the wire separating them.
The male laughs softly as he looks at the little pup and shakes his head a little as he does, a soft smile spreading across his muzzle as he does.
"I mean if you don't start acting like you want to get out of here, then you never will kid." He says motioning to the doors the man that had brought Haruhi through.
"Humans are just looking for a cute little thing like you. But if you don't appeal to their senses then you'll be just like all the rest of us setting around here waiting for our times." He says motioning with his head towards all the other dogs setting in the cages. Their sad eyes peering out of the wire.
Haruhi gulps a little as he follows his gaze, quickly wondering if this had been the last thing either of her parents had seen after they'd been captured. She sighs a little as she looks back up at the male and tilting her head a bit her floppy ears perking a bit as she does.
"But…what if…" She started to say but was cut off when the doors opened, she and the male both blinked as a young woman entered the kennels followed by an extremely tall man in a suite with a handkerchief pressed to his face.
"Honestly Lady Kotoko, when Master Ryoji said you could get a dog. I do not think he meant one from a place like this," The tall man said an air of disgust in his voice as he peers into the kennels while holding the handkerchief to his nose.
The lady who giggled a bit just blinked her dark eyes, her long dark hair flowing down her shoulders as she turned to look at the tall man.
"Oh come on Tetsuya. You know as well as I do that my husband will love anything I bring home, he did say I could pick anything I like," Kotoko said smiling wistfully as she looks in the kennels at the dogs.
"Poor things…waiting in cages…" She says sadly with a soft shake of her head.
The man named Tetsuya rolled his eyes a little at his Mistress's behavior, honestly he'd never understand woman. Or this family for that matter, but that was a topic for another time. His thoughts where suddenly cut off guard when he stepped in something soft and squishy. The look on his face was nothing but pure revulsion as he slowly lifted his shoe and gagged.
Kotoko giggled heartily at her Driver's predicament, she slowly shakes her head a bit as she continues down the line. Stopping for a second to look at the male in the cage beside Haruhi, a soft smile spreading across her face as she dose. She quickly glances over and sees the little puppy setting next to him and her eyes get big and she gasps.
"Oh Tetsuya! Look at this little one…isn't she just precious?" She asks excitedly as she moves over to Haruhi's cage and begins to move her fingers through the wire.
Haruhi blinks a little, the woman's voice seemed nice enough and friendly. Her floppy ears perked forward before she glances at the male beside her who grins and nods his head towards the woman. Her chocolate eyes go back to the woman before she slowly gets to her paws and cautiously makes her way over to the cage door giving the lady's fingers a quick sniff and lick.
Kotoko smiles happily as she looks at the puppy, the little one's chocolate eyes captivating her as she looks into them.
Haruhi isn't too sure what she should be doing, but for some reason looking at this woman make her happy. Like things might finally be working out right, she slightly notices her tail wagging and for once it wasn't for free food.
Kotoko smiles happily as she opens the kennel door and slowly bends down towards the little puppy.
Tetsuya looks up as he finishes cleaning off the bottom of his shoe to see what his mistress was doing. His eyes widening a bit as he does.
"Lady Kotoko…please…I really don't think you should…" He starts moving towards her his dirty shoe forgotten. Blinking and stopping when the aforementioned woman turns around the scraggily looking puppy cuddled in her arms her dark eyes shining happily.
Tetsuya sighs a little and decides it isn't worth the fight, knowing he'd already lost and hangs his head.
"Very well…let's take her home," He says dejectedly as he turns on his heals and stalks back to the door.
Haruhi blinks, the world wind of events that had just happened made her little head spin. She knew she was in Kotoko's arms, which made her feel safe but at the same time it also scared and confused her being this close to a human. After several tense minutes of being carried through the rest of the shelter, and having other humans handle her, and being put down by Kotoko to sign some documents.
Haruhi suddenly found herself outside, the bright light blinding her before she was taken inside a huge dark colored vehicle. Once inside Kotoko gently placed the little dog on one of the seats and smiled happily as she gently stroked the silken ears of her new pet.
"You know Tetsuya, I already have a name picked out for her." Kotoko says through the rear window to the limousine as she gazes down at the little puppy whose already starting to doze off on the seat next to her mistress.
Tetsuya rolls his eyes a little before forcing a smile and looking in the rearview mirror at Kotoko.
"And what might that be?" He asks tilting his head a little.
"Haruhi…I think it suites her rather nicely. Don't you?" She asks happily as the little dog sleeps her body pressed against Kotoko's side.
"Yes ma'am," He says wondering now how many times he'll be yelling that name in the park and in the middle of the night.
Kotoko smiles gently as she looks at Haruhi gently stroking her soft fur.
(Welcome to the Fujioka family…my little Haruhi.) She thinks lovingly as she begins to make plans in her head for the young dog.
A/N: Alrighty…well what do you think? This is just the first chapter and just sort of explains Haruhi's back-story for now. It'll get into more details in the next chapter and the other characters will start falling into place. 83
Please read and review…all flames will be used to roast marshmallows.
Preview to next chapter:
Haruhi here…and well things certainly have changed for me. Gone from street dog to pampered pet all in one day. And I must say things are getting a bit odd…seems I've bee enrolled in some sort of training school…Ouran Obedience School? Hey…who are you guys? And wait…I broke it so now I have to pay? And what's with everyone calling me a boy? Great…just great looks like I've gotten myself into a fine mess now.
Next time on Best of Show: Sit, Stay, and Pay?!
Until Next Time, Happy Trails.
