A Thousand Miles

A/N: Well this is my first Host Club (I'm not going to bother writing the whole name) fic and I hope I do okay. I'm going to need people who read this to do one thing for me. The first thing is I desperately need everyone to pretend that Ouran is optional for boarding; so that if you live further away you can stay in a dorm but if you live near by you can just live at your house, everyone still gets assigned a dorm anyhow just incase. Please, I'm begging you to pretend that. Also please review. Note: I've only watched the anime. Also I will only use actual numbers (I mean the characters 0-9) for dorm rooms and other rooms. I also need you to pretend that Haruhi stays in a dorm during school days but goes home every sunday.

Disclaimer: Idon't own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the songs that might appear in this fic.

"Normal" Japanese "Italics" Singing in English (center justification). Normal in center justification is singing in Japanese. Regular Italics is thoughts (no quotation marks normal justification). "Italics with normal justification" Speaking in English (though I doubt I'll need it).

Chapter One: Narita Ryu's New School

His alarm went off. Ryu reached out his hand to shut it up again to get more sleep. He had been having another dream about when he was younger and it was a good one. It had been about his childhood friend Ruri. He couldn't remember her family name but he always remembered her sweet voice from when she sang. They had often gone into the livingroom at his old house and he would play the piano as she did the vocals. This time it had been from the last time he played the piano for her. He had been playing some American song for her when they were twelve. It was a beautiful song, really. It was called A Thousand Miles but the name of who the song was by had become blurred on his sheet music and he couldn't remeber. This was Ruri's favorite song.

"Ryu, get up! You're going to be late for the cab that's taking you to Ouran!" Ryu's mother yelled from the hallway.

"Fine." Ryu said loudly. He got up out of his bed and pushed his light brown hair out of his face. His hair was longer than most guy's wore their's but he didn't care much. As long as he had his MP3 player and his sheet music he could ignore most things. He walked into the bathroom and combed out his hair. His hair had often been mistaken for blond because of its very light brown shade. He splashed water in his face to help wake him up. He moved into the kitchen where his mom had already sat down a bowl of cereal for him.

"To think you get to go to Ouran! I can't believe it! I knew having you learn how to play the piano would pay off some day. You always did have a talent for it." Ryu's mom said cheerfully.

"You've been saying that for the past month, mom. When are you going to stop bragging to every person you get to talk to about 'your precious little boy' getting to go to Ouran?" Ryu's younger sister Ren said. Ever since Ryu got the letter from Ouran that they wanted him to come to Ouran on a scholarship for academics and music, their mom hadn't shut up.

"Oh, honey, don't be jealous. If you study hard you might get to go to Ouran, too." Their mom said.

"I don't want to go." Ren said.

"I don't care much if I do go or not. But mom, I really wish you would stop reffering to me as your precious little boy." Ryu said as he put his bowl in the sink and headed for his room. He really didn't care if he went to some prestigious school or not. School was school and no mater where you went everyone was the same. In elementry school he was the short, ugly kid that everyone picked on. Everyone but Ruri. When he moved and went to middle school he was still short but during ninth grade he'd changed a lot and then that showed all the girls' shallow nature. Over half knocked it off and were a lot nicer to him, so did most of the guys. He'd entirely lost touch with Ruri by then and he wished he hadn't moved. She was the one person who hadn't cared much about how he'd looked. Now he'd been in high school for a while and it was about half way through the school year, it was the same as ninth grade.

Ryu slipped on his new uniform. He walked over to the mirror that was attatched to his dresser. He put on the silver hoop earing that went through the upper side of his left ear. He'd gotten that peircing when he was in sixth grade. Ruri had said it made him look cute. Ruri had said a lot of nice things to him, though. She was about a head taller than him last time they saw each other. He wondered how much taller he was than her now. He was pretty tall for an asian guy. About five feet, eleven inches. He shoved thoughts of Ruri aside and finished getting ready.

He walked out the front door after saying goodbye to his mom, dad, and Ren. There was a cab waiting for him. He threw his suitcases in the trunk on got in the back. He would be staying in the dorms because his house was about an hour's drive away. He would come back every few weeks to see his family and switch out his luggage. Most of his luggage was already in his new dorm room which he was shairing with a Suo Tamaki. Ryu had heard that most didn't stay in dorms but everyone had been assigned to one. He hoped that he would get the dorm room to himself.

Ryu arrived at Ouran thirty minutes before class started. He grabbe his stuff out of the trunk and headed for where his directions told him would be his room. He walked through the large gates of the school that led to a large courtyard. The school was huge and reminded Ryu of a castle. The further he went in the more it reminded him of a castle. Soon he found himself at room number 389; his new room. Ryu opened the door to find it was empty and saw his stuff lying next to a bed. He saw also that his keyboard had already been set up for him. He collapsed on the bed and was relieved to see no one elses belongings; he had the room to himself. Ryu was so happy that he would not have to deal with another human being that he set his sheet music on his piano. He began playing A Thousand Miles. He had only stopped playing when he noticed he was not alone. There stood another guy in the open doorway that Ryu had forgotten to close. He looked at the guy, he was short and looked a lot like a girl. He had large brown eyes and brown hair. Ryu waited for the other guy to start bitching about Ryu leaving the door open and disturbing him. He knew this was a rich kids' school and expected them to be spoiled and shallow.

"You're really good at playing the piano." This was not what Ryu had expected. He had expected something much more rude. The surprise must have showed in Ryu's sharp emerald green eyes. "Oh, did you expect me to say something different?" Who ever this guy is he is really blunt, Ryu thought.

"Oh, no. You just surprised me when you just showed up in my doorway." Ryu said in his usual uncaring voice. Ryu wasn't a people person and he wanted to stop this conversation before it even started.

"Okay. Are you new? I didn't think anyone besides Tamaki-sempai was assigned to this dorm. He doesn't stay here though." The guy said. Ryu thought his voice was kind of high for a guy's but it wasn't that higher than normal. He still thought that this guy could have easily just been a girl in a guy's uniform.

"Yep, I'm new." Ryu really wished this person would take the hint and leave.

"I thought so. Well you probably should get going now if you want to find your class in time. By the way, I'm Fujioka Haruhi. I live in the dorm next door." Even his name is kind of girly, Ryu thought.

"Okay. I'm Narita Ryu." Ryu said and he grabbed his bag and headed for the door where Haruhi had already moved from. He walked out and remembered to close the door and lock it.

Ryu was glad he'd been told to leave early, it was near impossible to find his way around here. He heard the bell ring and a few minutes later let out a sigh of relief. There infront of him was a door labled 1-A. He walked in just as his name was called for roll.

"Here. Sorry I'm late." Ryu said. The teacher looked at him. Ryu never made great first impressions. You look at him and you see a tall teenage boy with a peircing. He was thin but somewhat muscular and currently had his tie very loose. His hair was worn so that it went down to the bottom of his ear lobe and tucked behind his ear. It also didn't help that he'd been described as 'hot' by girls before (ninth grade and beginning of tenth before he transferred) and could already hear the whispers from the rest of the class. To most teachers he looked like someone you wouldn't want to trust your daughter with. After eyeing him the teacher spoke.

"So you're the new scholaship student? Piano and academics right?" She said in a unexpectedly normal tone although Ryu could tell she was displeased.

"Yep." He said, completely ignoring the rest of the class and the teacher's obvious displeasure.

"Well don't be late again. Take a seat behind Fujioka-kun." Ryu followed the teachers gesture and saw Haruhi. He sat down behind her. Class began and passed slowly. The lessons were easier than Ryu thought they would be and often found himself staring out the window.

"Narita-kun, so you're in my grade? I thought you were a second or third year." Ryu looked and found the eyes of Haruhi staring back at him.

"Yeah." Was all he said. He grabbed one of his MP3 players from his bag and pugged in one part of his wireless earpiece set. He put one of the ear buds in his ear and turned it on. He walked off with his bag seeing as he didn't care to have a conversation. He found the cafeteria easily and pulled out his bento. He then found an empty table by the window and began to eat. He only got to be alone for about five minutes. He soon found himself amongst at least ten girls, all of which were staring at him. Finally when he was sick of them staring at him in silence he moved to another empty table, they followed.

"Is there something I can do for you?" Ryu said through gritted teeth. He just wanted to be alone.

"No." A few of them said in unison. Ryu was now a little more than angry or annoyed.

"Then why are you staring at me?" Ryu asked through gritted teeth. The girls decided not to answer his question.

"Are you going to join the Host club?" One of the girls asked. Ryu was confused. What the heck was a Host club?

"What's a Host club?" Ryu asked in a curious tone of voice. A few girls looked sad and others looked shocked.

"It's a group of some of the guys and the girls choose one of them to go on a sort of mini date with us. They're all really handsome."

"Why would I want to join a club like that?" Ryu asked, once again using his cold and uncaring voice. He was insulted that they thought he would join a club full of shallow guys. All the girls looked dissapointed and the rest of his lunch ended up being eaten with a bunch of girls staring at him. He was releived when lunch ended and he was allowed to return to the classroom.

After school it was time for club activities. Ryu decided to see if he could find somewhere that had a regular piano instead of a keyboard. He soon found out that Ouran had multiple music rooms that all seemed to be occupied by clubs. Ryu came across the third music room and opened the door. Inside there were a group of good looking guys. He knew he'd just found the Host club. He turned to go when someone spoke.

"Narita-kun, what are you doing here?" Ryu turned around to see Haruhi walking up to him. He looked down at her.

"I'm trying to find an empty room with a piano but that seems not to be possible." Ryu said.

"Well we do have a piano in here but the room isn't empty. I'm sure nobody would mind if you played while we're here though." Haruhi said.

"My guess is that there are going to be girls that will show up here soon, the same girls that wouldn't leave me alone during lunch. I think I'll find an empty room." Ryu said and he turned to leave. Then another voice adressed him.

"Wait, were you in the center of that group of girls during lunch?" Ryu turned around again to see twin red-headed boys. It was one of them that had asked him.

"Probably." Ryu said.

"So it was you who the girls were squealing about during class. We're in your class by the way." One of the twin's said. Ryu already knew that they were in his class.

"I believe your name is Narita Ryu. Scholarship student for music and academics. Your family has a decent amount of money but they didn't feel it necessary to send you to Ouran until you were given the scholarship." Ryu looked at the black-haired, pale-skinned Host club member with cold eyes covered by glasses. Ryu was a little worried how the boy knew that but didn't dare ask. "Even some girls in my class were talking about you after lunch."

"What ever. I'm going to find a piano." Ryu said as he turned around and headed for the door.

"There is only one other music room and it doesn't have a piano. Please use the one in here." The dark-haired host club member said as if daring Ryu to refuse his offer. Ryu decided that it might not be a good idea to see what would happen if he refused.

"Okay. But can you make sure the girls that show up don't stand right behind me and stare? It's really annoying." Ryu said as he found the piano and sat down at it.

"Okay. Play what ever you want. I'm sure our guests will enjoy it." Kyoya said. Ryu began to play Beethoven's Ode To Joy from Symphony Number Nine. Soon there were girls flooding into the room as Ryu played. A few girls wandered over to Ryu and then were quickly herded away by Kyoya. Ryu played many things, including A Thousand Miles which a lot of the girls seemed to want to hear again. After what seemed to be only minutes all the girls left the room, leaving only the Host club members and Ryu. he stopped playing and gathered up all his sheet music.

"Thank you for playing. We seemed to have more girls stop by than usual. Will you play again tomorrow?" Kyoya said. They had made more of a profit than normal with Ryu playing the piano. Then Kyoya had an idea, Ryu was also pretty good looking. He might make a good addition to the Host club. But on the other hand he seemed not to want to have anything to do with the girls.

"Sure. By the way, what areyour names?" Ryu was surprised that he had just asked them their names but he couldn't take it back now.

"I'm Ootori Kyoya, second year. They are," Kyoya began to point as he said their names and year, "Hitachiin twins Hikaru and Kaoru, first years; Fujioka Haruhi, first year; Honney and Mori, third years; and finally Suou Tamaki, second year and also Host club president."

"Oh so you're the other person assigned to my dorm room?" Ryu asked Tamaki.

"Yep. But I want to give my Haruhi space so I go home." Tamaki said dramatically as he went to go hug Haruhi. Haruhi tried to pull away but was unable to.

"Tamaki-sempai, get off of me!" Haruhi said in an annoyed tone of voice. Tamaki was surprisingly obediant and let go. Ryu left and headed for his room, glad that he wasn't sharing a room with that idiot.

Meanwhile in the girls dormitory area...

"Endo-san" A girls voice whined, "How could you have not noticed the new boy in 1-A? He's so cute! And he was playing the piano in the Host club today. You should have been there. He even played some American song that I've heard you sing before."

"What one?" Endo asked. She wondered what boy would play any of the songs she sung.

"The one that you said was your favorite." The other girl said.

"A Thousand Miles? Are you sure, Shiga-san?" Endo asked. The only boy she'd ever heard play that was... no it couldn't be him. He wouldn't have come to a place like Ouran, he was too... she just didn't think he would be here. He especially wouldn't have had anything to do with the Host club. Also she'd never heard him called cute before, well except for by her.

"I'm sure. I can almost imagine if he joined the club having the name Endo Ruri written next to his on the list of people who he has to go on a mini date with. I think you two would get along well. But I doubt he'll join. He doesn't seem to like people much." Shiga said. Ruri was now wondering who the boy was.

"What's his name?" Ruri asked. Shiga shrugged.

"I don't know. I only saw that he was cute." It figured that Shiga wouldn't have bothered with the name. They each had been sitting on their beds and Shiga could see that she should let Ruri think. Ruri spent the rest of the night wondering if it really could be him.

In boys dormitory area...

Ryu found himself playing his keyboard with the door open again. He had been thinking about Ruri. He still wished he'd told her goodbye before they left but he couldn't have bared it. She was his only friend and first crush, it would have been too hard for him to have said goodbye to her. He was sure Ruri probably hated him for not saying good bye. This time he didn't even notice it when Haruhi walked right into his room and sat on his bed listening. Haruhi, who was notoriously dense when it came to noticing other people's emotions, even noticed that even though it was a happy song he was playing it sounded somewhat sad. Eventually her curiousity got the better of her.

"What's wrong? You seem like something is troubling you." Haruhi said. Ryu hadn't noticed her and jumped an inch or so in his seat when she spoke. He stopped playing and turned around.

"It's nothing. Just some memories." Ryu said. He hoped Haruhi would take the hint and leave. Haruhi had noticed the picture frame next to his bed though. It was a picture of a kind of goofy looking boy and a very pretty girl. The two kids looked about the same age as each other but the girl was a lot taller than the boy. Haruhi didn't recognize the boy in the picture but she thought the girl looked a bit like this one girl in class 1-B.

"Does it have to do with the kids in this picture?" Haruhi asked as she held up the picture.

"Only one of them. The boy in there is me if you couldn't tell." Ryu was sure Haruhi couldn't tell. The only similarities between him and the boy in that picture were their eyes. No matter how much he'd changed the only thing that stayed the same were his unfriendly emerald green eyes that had probably grown even more cold as he got older. When he was younger the eyes didn't have 'get lost' written on them all the time, at least when he was younger those eyes could show joy. He was certain that his eyes were no longer able to convey anything but coldness. Haruhi looked back at the picture and back to Ryu; she couldn't believe that the goofy kid in the picture was the same person as the good looking boy sitting infront of her.

"So what about the girl in there?" Haruhi asked.

"She's just a girl I used to know, okay? It isn't really any of your business." Ryu said. He didn't want to tell someone who he'd only just met earlier that day. Haruhi seemed to get it and after saying goodbye she left and shut the door behind her. When Haruhi got into her room she flopped down onto her bed. She wondered what could have made Ryu change from the goofy kid in the picture that actually seemed to be enjoying himself a bit, to the good looking boy who rather just be alone and was so antisocial. She also wondered about the girl in the picture who seemed to be making Ryu happy. She decided she would wait for Ryu to be ready to say anything about it.

Back in Ryu's room he was also lying down in his bed. He wondered what had made him the way he was now but he knew what had done it; years of torture was the cause of it. At some point he'd just shut himself down; he didn't know when but he had. He'd gotten sick of other kids and shut them out. If there was a god Ryu thought he had some sick sense of humor to make a kid's life hell for the first fourteen or fifteen years and the flip it around after the kid was beyond repair. Yeah, Ryu thought, I'm pretty much beyond repair.

The next day at lunch Ruri had decided to see the new boy everyone was talking about. She tried to look for the huge group of girls but there wasn't one to be found. Finally Ruri found Shiga.

"Shiga-san, where's the new boy you were talking about?" Ruri asked.

"That's where I'm headed! Apparently he didn't like it when we all grouped around him yesterday so he didn't come to the cafeteria for lunch today. We didn't know where he'd gone until someone heard someone playing the piano from inside a dorm room. We're pretty sure it's him." Shiga said as she grabbed Ruri's wrist and dragged her in the direction of the boys dormitory area. When they got there, there was already a small group of girls standing outside the door. You could hear the music from inside and faint singing.

"She's just a little too good for me,

She's gonna change me if I let her.

She's a little too good for me,

But I'm getting better."

Ruri recognized the song as an American one. She couldn't remember the title but she recognized the lyrics and tune. She leaned against the wall and listened. Who ever was singing it actually seemed to mean it a bit. Soon that song ended and was replaced with one she knew well. He didn't sing to it but she knew the song by heart.

"Makin' my way down town,

Walkin' fast,

Faces pass,

And I'm home bound."

Ruri didn't realize that she was singing out loud. The piano music just felt so familiar that she couldn't resist singing to it. She sang for the rest of the song and when it ended she decided to head back to the cafeteria to eat. As she walked away she passed Haruhi who was headed towards where Ruri had just come from. She turned and saw Haruhi go up to the group of girls but Ruri turned her head back around and walked off.

"Narita-kun, Kyoya-sempai wants to talk to you. I think it's about what you are going to play for the Host club today." Haruhi asked after she knocked on the door and quieted the girls.

"Hold on, I'll grab some of my sheet music first. I'll be out in a sec." Ryu said from inside his dorm room. He gathered together the papers and headed for the door. When he opened it he found six girls and Haruhi staring back at him. He turned to lock his door. He followed Haruhi towards the third music room. Inside Kyoya and Tamaki were sitting at a small table and looking at some papers. As Ryu walked up closer he saw that they were staring at sheet music, some of them had lyrics printed on them too.

"Narita, can you sing?" Kyoya asked. Narita could but he'd rather not in front of an audience.

"Yeah, I can. But I'd rather not in front of a bunch of shallow girls." Ryu replied.

"Will you at least show us your talent? You can use one of ours or one of yours for the peice you'll play." Kyoya said. Ryu had that feeling again that he shouldn't refuse.

"Fine. I'll use one of yours." Ryu grabbed one and found he'd grabbed the piano version of Alones. Ryu set himself up at the piano and studied the music for a bit, it wasn't a terribly difficult piece because if wasn't the full version. He began.

"Oreta, awaii tsubasa,

kimi wa sukoshi,

aosugiru sora ni tsukaretta dake sa,

mou dareka no,

tame janakute,

jibun no tame ni waratte ii yo..."

Ryu sang the rest of the song and when he finished he turned around to face the others. Kyoya was smiling and that scared Ryu a bit for some reason.

"Are you sure you won't even sing one song?" Kyoya asked. Ryu was dead set on not signing.

"Yeah, I'm sure. I don't need any more girls standing outside my dorm room." Ryu said. Kyoya smiled.

"So that's where they were..." Tamaki thought outloud.

"Well if this is all you wanted, I'm leaving." Ryu said.

"I have one more thing to ask. We are having an America-themed party for the Host club and its guests. We were planning on having karaoke and we want you to play the music. I am aware that you are in possesion of a keyboard that you can prepare for other parts to play as you play one part." Kyoya said. Ryu got the feeling that he had basically been made the Host club's pianist.

"I guess I can do it. Give me the sheet music now so that I can have the music ready. When is the party anyhow?" Ryu asked as Kyoya handed him a stack of papers.

"Two weeks from now. Are you sure you won't sing? I could find a way to keep them from your dorm room if you will sing one American song." Kyoya said. Ryu couldn't refuse that offer. He wanted those girls away from his dorm room.

"I'll do it. I know what song I'll sing so you won't need to give me the music for that." Ryu said. Kyoya smiled and Ryu left to head for his next class. Today he would have a music class so he headed for the second music room which was unfortunately a good distance away from the third music room. to make the journey seem shorter he put in one of his ear buds and turned on his MP3 player. He wasn't really paying much attention to where he was going and soon bumped into a girl with dark brown hair. He had knocked the books out of her arms and kneeled down and picked up her books. He didn't look at her and he only really noticed her hair color. He handed her books back without a word of appology and continued walking without looking at her face. The girl didn't protest his lack of words, she had seen his eyes. Those emerald green eyes that had become so much more cold since she had last seen them.

"Ryu..." Was all Ruri could say. Ryu didn't hear her as he walked further away, listening to his music and now paying a bit more attention to where he was walking. Ruri doubted what she had seen, even though Ryu's eyes had never been friendly, but they had never been that cold. She hadn't recognized anything else about the tall and handsome boy that had just bumped into her. It wasn't Ryu, Ruri decided as she walked in the direction of her singing class, Ryu never looked like that. It was just another person with really similar eyes. It couldn't be Ryu, not after all this time. It wasn't him, he wouldn't have been that cold. Ruri spent the rest of her walk to class convincing herself that that boy that hadn't been Ryu. She didn't want to believe that the goofy looking boy that she'd been friends with in elementry school, the boy who'd left without saying goodbye, the same boy who'd had those emerald green eyes that were still able to convey joy actually was the same as the boy who'd had those cold eyes on a stunningly beautiful face. Ruri wasn't sure why but she didn't want to believe that that was him.

Ryu on the other hand had already forgotten about the girl he'd bumped into and was now at his music class. He was playing sheet music that he'd played a dozen times before and was completely bored. He couldn't wait for this to end. It was really sad to say but he found himself actuall looking forward to playing for the Host club. He was releived when the teacher felt sick and had to end class early. Ryu began to listen to his music again as he walked ti 1-A and leaned against the wall and waited for class to start so he could go in. He would have to wait about fifteen more minutes. When the bell rang signaling the end of electives he opened the door to 1-A and stepped in. He and the teacher were the only ones in there. He just took his seat and continued listening to his music. Soon Haruhi came in and took her seat in front of Ryu. After that one by one more came in and class began.

After class ended Ryu headed for the third music room. He set his sheet music up and when the first girls entered he began to play. He did different songs than yesterday but his music was still well liked. He played more popular Japanese songs and had a few girls singing to it. He wrapped it up with a song from the American animated movie Hercules, the song was I Won't Say I'm In Love. Since the movie had been brought here to Japan as well a few girls knew it and sighed as he played it.

Among the audience was Ruri. She didn't dare go talk to the pianist but she was distracted her whole time with Haruhi. Haruhi seemed to notice her glancing in the direction of Ryu. Haruhi also noticed how this girl looked a lot like the girl in Ryu's photo. Finally Haruhi asked.

"Endo-san, is there something wrong? You keep looking at Narita-kun like you are troubled." Haruhi said. Ruri looked at Haruhi.

"I'm sorry Fujioka-kun. It's nothing." Ruri said. She, like Ryu, had forgotten her old friend's family name. Haruhi's look made Ruri continue, "It's just, I bumped into him earlier and his eyes remind me of someone I used to know."

"It's okay. Sometimes I've seen people that remind me of old friends and it distracts me a bit too." Haruhi said. She was certain now, Ruri was the girl in the picture. Haruhi decided against telling Ruri that Ryu was actually her old friend. She figured it would be better if she found out on her own. Haruhi was curious about Ryu from when he was younger. "Just wondering, but could you tell me a bit about your old friend?" Ruri nodded. She told Haruhi about how Ryu had been more of a loner but they had been practically raised together because their parents were friends so they had become friends too. She told Haruhi how Ryu had been picked on because of how he looked and acted sometimes. She basically told Haruhi everything. Haruhi kind of understood what had made the happy looking boy in the picture become the cold-eyed pianist only a few yards away.

After the Host club closed for the day Ryu left for his dorm room to begin working on the music for the party in two weeks. He opened his door and this time remembered to close it.

Back in the third music room...

Haruhi and the other Host club members were cleaning up the room after all the guests had left. Haruhi was slightly distracted though; she couldn't decide whether or not she should tell them about Ry and Ruri.

"Ryu-chan plays the piano really well!" Honney said happily as he picked up the plates he had used for sweets.

"Yeah, but he's a little unfriendly." Kaoru said. Haruhi decided that if she was going to tell them about Ryu and Ruri now would be the perfect chance.

"I know why." The others all turned to Haruhi.

"How do you know?" Hikaru asked.

"I got Endo-san to tell me."

"How does Endo-san know?" Kaoru asked.

"They were childhood friends that got separated after elementary school." And after that Haruhi told them everything she knew. When she finished Kaoru and Hikaru looked a bit confused.

"But why would they make fun of his looks? He looks like he could easily be in the Host club." Hikaru and Kaoru said in unison.

"Becuse he didn't always look like he does now. I've seen a picture of him from when he was younger in his room. In the picture is also Endo-san." Hikaru and Kaoru still didn't seem to get it. "Kyoya-sempai, can you pull up a picture of Narita-kun from when he was in elementary school?"

"I already have some on the screen now." Kyoya said. The Host club members gathered around Kyoya's laptop and looked at the pictures on the screen. Most of them looked like student ID photos but there was one that showed him playing the piano and a girl singing. The girl was clearly a younger Ruri.

"Wow, the only person I've recognized from these pictures is Endo. The younger Narita and the current Narita look nothing alike. How did she recognize Narita?" Hikaru asked.

"Endo-san still doesn't actually know it is him. What tipped her off though was his eyes. That's the one thing that is still recognizable about him besides the hair color." Haruhi said. Kyoya pulled up one of the elementary school ID photos and put it next to Ryu's current ID photo. The others saw the unmstakable similarity in the eyes.

"It's official," Tamaki said loudly, "We will now start 'Operation Get Ruri and Ryu Back Together'!"

A/N: So how did you like the first chapter? Also for those of you who might wonder, Alones is an opening theme for the anime Bleach that I like alot and it is easy to sing and play. Also sorry for any OOC-ness. Well please review because I can't wait to see if people hate this or like it. I don't know when I'll update again because my normal computer's hard drive crashed so I'm currently using a computer in the family room where others in my family feel the need to look over my shoulder. Please review! I don't care what you say I just want at least one reveiw! This isn't my first fic but it is my first fic for this anime so I had a fun time keeping people in character.