HOST CLUB x Sailor Moon ~ Serenity is sent to Ouran Academy while looking for crystals. While there she will meet some interesting individuals that will teach her that destiny isn't always set and maybe her cold heart will learn to love again.
Host Club and Sailor Moon belong to their respective creators and this is just for entertainment purposes. *shifty eyes* I own nada.
A Quest for Serenity
"Think of it as a quest" said the low voice. "A way to occupy your time while we're away" said the voice as they softly caressed the silver hair hanging free.
"A quest?" she sleepily asked.
"Yes. A quest to find five crystals,defeat the traitors and cure them of their corruption. Can you do that?" asked a lower mysterious voice.
"Yes."
"But … as a boy?"
"They will be looking for you as a girl. As a boy, it will make it harder for them to find you. You will need to defeat them to free them of their corruption."
The silver haired figured sighed and nodded before falling back asleep.
Looking down at the Student ID card, the silver haired figure noted that it now said:
Name: Sere Tsukino
Age: 16
Height 5'9"
Sex: Male
This should be interesting pretending to be a boy. Wonder if they'll notice the difference, Sere thought while walking down the corridor towards her classroom. She ignored the whispers and the giggles from the by the other students, mostly the female students as she passed. The reflection in window showed a tall, handsome teenager with silver hair caught mid back with a dark blue ribbon. The blue academy jacket fitting comfortably on his slender shoulders, with the tie slightly loosened. Instead of the white button down shirt, he wore a pale grey shirt tucked into his black slacks. Finding the correct classroom, he entered with the other students and waited. The teacher had everyone gather together and as he called out names, he assigned them their seats. Sere was put next to a smaller boy with brown hair and behind a set of red-headed twins.
"Hi," said the smaller boy, "My name is Haruhi Fujioka, what's yours?"
Eh? thought Sere as she turned back from looking out of the window. "Uhm, Sere Tsukino." Looking Haruhi over, Sere said "You're not like the rest of the kids here, are you?"
"Well no, I'm here on an honors scholarship" he confessed as he looked down at his book.
"That's nothing to be ashamed of. Be proud that you got yourself in here on your own merit instead of depending on a family name or fortune." Sere said. "It's far better than the rest of these entitled brats."
Haruhi laughed and said "That's a new one. I've been calling them rich bastards. I like that one as well."
"Rich bastards fits them too," smirked Sere. This will be easy after all, the kids here only see the surface appearances.
"Alright students settle down and we'll get started with today's lesson" said the teacher as he called for order in the classroom.
Later that afternoon-
"Did you see his hair?" squealed one girl to another.
"It's so long and silvery!" cooed another as her face flushed.
"He looks so angelic" sighed another girl with hearts in her eyes.
"He's so handsome!" giggled another.
"I wonder if he's single?" sighed another to her friend.
Sere wandered down the hallway ignoring the various whispers of her newly forming fan group. She peered into the library and noticed it was just as loud in there as it was in the hallway. Hmm time I think to head outside she thought as she headed towards the courtyard.
As she continued to wander, she looked at the various buildings on the grounds. "Three dojos, four libraries, is that three different shrines... Five rose gardens..." she grumbled. "Where is this training area I'm supposed to go to?" she said looking down at the letter from her guardians and then looked up at the building in front of her. "Seriously? The Lunar Court" she snorted. "So much for being discreet, I guess it will make it a little easier to find. I'll head inside and see what instructors they have set up for me."
As she entered into the building a voice said "About time you showed up, we were wondering when you were going to show."
Her eyes widen in recognition as she blurted out "Jade? You're here?! What the hell?"
The tall blond smirked as he leaned down towards her and said "The three of us are here to be your tutors and trainers. Kunzite is currently overseeing other matters for Them. So for now, I will be your sparring partner. As you progress, you'll spar against the others. We have arranged it so you'll spend the first couple of hours with your classmates. Then you'll spend the rest of the day with us learning what you will need in order to find the crystals as well as various other lessons."
"I see, I guess we need to get started. What's first?" she asked.
A few days later ~
"Did you see him?" a group of girls said as they sighed heavily.
"Bishounen!" another girl said before fanning herself.
"He's wearing his silver hair in a thick braid today" gushed another as hearts circled around her head.
"I wonder if it's a soft as it looks!" another girl said.
Completely unaware of her fan club stalking her, Sere entered into The Lunar Court. After greeting Jadeite, she went into a private dressing room to change into her practice gear. She came out wearing a dark blue practice tunic with a cream coloured under tunic. Belted with a simple leather belt, to top off black pants tucked into black knee high boots and a pair of leather gauntlets completed the outfit. She walked out into the training arena to meet with Jadeite.
"Sere 10 laps around the arena as a warm up" said Jadeite. Once she was done, then he had her do various stretches before helping her into a practice haubergeon that came to her hips before dagging in the front and back to her knees. He helped with thick belt to help take some of the weight off of her back. He then checked over her practice gear before telling her "Today we'll be practicing with swords. Let's see what you remember" he said.
She nodded as she walked over to the wall and picked up a bastard sword hanging in a leather sheath decorated with silver roses and moons.
"Nice and slow, let's begin," he said as the two crossed swords.
There are gasps and squeals from the girls watching the two combatants fighting their mock battle. There was a loud gasp from the collection of girls watching as Sere was knocked backwards. She reached down with her hand towards the ground to right herself by using the momentum to do a back flip. She landed on her feet and immediately charged at Jadeite, connecting with his blade.
"Excellent" he said. "All warmed up?" he asked.
"Bring it" she said sinking into a defensive stance.
Jadeite laughed as they sped up. He swung at her left side, she blocked the move and spun out to deliver a round house kick to his face. He ducked and moved out of her reach. While they continued their mock battle, the group of girls steadily increased.
"Quick come out to the new building they put in-' said one into her cell phone.
"The silver haired boy is training" another texted.
"You have to see this!"
In a modified music room, a dark haired boy with glasses tapping away at his lap top, questioned a blond man who was sitting in a chair. "Tamaki," he asked "Have you noticed that our guest numbers are down? I'm not sure why we're having a decline."
Tamaki looked at the dark haired teen and said "Kyoya, I'm sure this a one time thing. Our little doves will be here tomorrow.
A couple of days later, Kyoya called a meeting of the host club. "Everyone, we have an issue," he said. "Attendance of our regulars has been an extreme low this week. We need to find out why the ladies have not been here all week."
Honey asked "You don't suppose they got tired of the cakes being served?"
"They might have gotten tired of the host club" said Haruhi, pointedly ignoring the frown from Tamaki.
"We'll need to investigate why our guests are missing" stated Tamaki. "Hikaru, Kaoru" he commanded "I want you two to find out where our little lambs have been going."
"Yes Boss" the twins answered.
The Day After ~
"Kyoya," the twins said as they swept into the room. "We have something to show you. Come with us."
"Hikaru, Kaoru, what did you find out?" Kyoya asked not looking up from his laptop. "Where are we going?" he asked as he paused in his typing.
"Come with us." Hikaru slyly smiled.
"Everyone should come with us." Kaoru said matching his twin brother's smile.
The group headed out of the music room and out past the courtyard towards a newly built building made of marble,oak and cedar. Along the roof line of the building, there were arcane symbols of the planets as well as carved reliefs of warriors fighting mythical beasts. Marble steps led up to the oaken doors and a large area of light and marble. Rose quartz pillars anchored each of the cardinal points of the building. Into the pillars an ancient language was inscribed along the full length. At various intervals of the large front area were marble benches surrounded by plant containers filled with small trees and flowers. Decorating around the sides and across the top of the doors were the different phases of the moon covered in silver foil and semiprecious stones,
"Kyoya," Tamaki asked in awe as he took in the building, "What,what is this place?"
"Let's see" Kyoya said as he consulted his tablet. "This building was just recently built. Specifically for a transfer student by his guardians. It has a large arena, an attached stable, several office rooms, gardens, both rose and herbal. Let's see, living quarters for the staff and for guests. A sizeable donation was made to the school by his guardians to allow him to be in classes up until lunch and then he is in the building for the remainder of his lessons. Let's see... The student is a one Sere Tsukino, male, age 16." Kyoya frowned slightly as he continued, "Unfortunately that is all of the information I currently have on him."
As the hosts entered into the building towards the arena, they noticed the large arena with multiple tiers of seating. The viewing areas were filled with most of their regulars from the club. They were escorted to a sitting area where they could watch by one of the squires on duty. As they looked down, they saw a rider on a silver horse riding a smooth canter. The rider was wearing a haubergeon of chain and leather over his practice clothes. A practice helm concealed the rider's identity from the Hosts. They could see a thick braid of silver that bounced as the rider and horse moved as one. The rider queue himself up at the beginning of the stanchions that had rings hanging down. He drew his long sword in his right hand and set his horse forward. As the horse galloped down the row, he held his sword out to capture the rings by sliding them down the blade. He scooped one, a second one, another and finally a fourth ring. He turned his horse and started down the other side. Scooping three more rings before losing the last ring as he rode back towards the blond man.
"Well done Sere," the blond older man said to the rider. "Are you ready to spar?"
A soft chuckle came out from under the helm, as Sere slowly brought the horse to a standstill. He lifted up his visor and said "Yes. Jadeite, what's the weapon today?"
"Soon as you are ready I think, today, we'll do glaive versus scythe" he said.
"Very well" Sere answered, walking her horse towards where a groom was waiting. Tossing down the reins, the teen dismounted the horse. Taking off his helm, he then placed his riding gloves inside and walked over to a table to set down the helm. He then picked up a pair of black leather gauntlets and started to put on them on while walking towards the weapons rack.
From the viewing area Tamaki whispered to Kyoya, "He'd be perfect as a host, a Knight in Training."
"I agree," said Kyoya as he pushed up his glasses. "Though, considering that the majority of our clients are here watching him. We will need to recruit him"
Sere picked up a glaive from the wall of weapons and walked towards Jadeite. Giving the blond man a nod, Sere took up her stance. Jadeite nodded back as he came to the center with a very large scythe with a wicked looking blade. As he walked toward Sere, he started to warm up with a flourish of moves bringing the scythe around his body finally ending with the scythe blade being over his shoulder. He grinned and said "Selune bless and protect, Submission or KO"
Sere repeated back to him "Selune bless and protect, Submission or KO" and give him a nod.
The two fighters lunged at each other with a large crash of the weapons. Sere swiped at Jadeite's left flank with the glaive. Jadeite countered with blocking with part of the shaft of his scythe. As the two continued on with their attacks and blocks, the Hosts continued to watch and talk softly among themselves.
Suddenly there was a large gasp from the horde of girls watching as there was a change in the fight. Jadeite had swung his scythe down against the shaft of Sere's glaive as she blocked his attack. In doing so, the glaive snapped in half. Sere was able to dodge out of the way with the two broken halves and took up a new stance with the two halves.
Honey said to Mori excitedly, "Takashi, did you see that? Do you think he's going to be effective with the two halves of his broken weapon like that?"
Mori softly replied, "He might." He watched as the silver haired male used the two halves against the scythe wielding man. Impressive he thought, he's using those to both attack and counter. I wonder what he'll do next against the older fighter.
Sere successively blocked another down strike by crossing her two halves and had thrown a side kick as an attack. She grinned as she heard Jadeite give a slight grunt as she connected with his side. She began another flurry of attacks against him, focusing on trying to disarm him. He continued to dodge and parry her attacks while trying to look for an opening. Finally, he found his opening as she launched a spin attack. He swung out a roundhouse kick to her side that sent her flying sideways towards the wall. Losing her weapons as she flew sideways across the arena, Sere brought one hand down to tuck herself into a roll. As she managed to get herself righted, she sunk into a defensive stance as Jadeite came rushing up to her in another attack. She dodged the first attack from the butt end of the scythe shaft. The second attack from the black scythe blade sliced the length of her thigh, cutting her leggings and leaving a trail of blood slowly wetting through the leggings.
A large collective gasp was heard from the female observers.
"Oooo did you see?" gasped one girl, pointing at the injured teen.
"Is he badly injured?" another girl asked with concern.
Tamaki and the twins were starting to turn a little green at the sight of the blood oozing down Sere's damaged leg.
Sere gritted her teeth, as she faced Jadeite. He attacked again, this time with another side kick to her injured leg. She grunted as his kick dropped her to the ground. He slowly paced in front of her, scythe pointed down at her. "Yield?" he asked as she defiantly looked up at him and shook her head no as she tried to stand up. He looked down at her as she attempted to get back up. He could see her mind trying to find a way to attack him. He sighed at her stubbornness. "Sere, yield and Zoi can heal your wound," he said watching grab one of her fallen weapons.
"No" she growled up at him as she tried to use one of the broken weapons to stand up.
"Stubborn brat" he said, backhanding her across the face sending her back into the wall. She hit hard enough to knock the wind out of her as she crumpled to the ground. He walked over to where she lay. He looked up to the horde of concerned girls in the viewing area and while picking up the unconscious teen, he said "Show is over for now. Sere will be fine, so please don't worry."
"That was brutal" said Haruhi. "Do you think he'll be ok?"
Honey said "I think so Haru-chan. He seems pretty strong."
Kyoya noticed the amount of girls leaving the arena and made some more notations in his tablet. "Tamaki" he said, "we need to get this boy into our club. If we don't, the club may have to shut down."
"Alright," Tamaki said as he started to lead the group out of the training arena and back towards their club.
"Haruhi" Kyoya said, "please bring this Sere to the club when he returns to class tomorrow."
"Wait, why me?" asked Haruhi as she stopped.
"He is in your class, is he not?" Kyoya asked as he turned to face her. "If you can bring him in, I'll take five percent off of your debt."
"Fifteen" she countered.
"Ten," he said pushing up his glasses.
"Done, I'll see that he comes to the club when he returns to class" said Haruhi.
Later the next day ~
Sere wandered out of the classroom and into the courtyard. I just need to find a quiet place to read she thought while rubbing her cheek where a bruise was slowly fading. "Damn that Jade, my leg is still sore and why did he have to hit me so hard. It's going to take at least another day or two for the bruising to go away." she muttered.
"Look there he is!"a shout from a small pack of squealing girls was heard in the hallway.
Eh? she thought looking at the girls running towards her. This isn't good. Need to run! she thought as she sprinted down a hallway looking for an escape. She turned her head to make sure she wasn't being followed only to run into someone. "Oof!" Realizing she was taking someone down with her, she tried to tuck the person with her and roll to better protect the poor person she brought down with her. Looking down she saw it was her classmate Haruhi that was tucked next to her.
"Are you ok?" Sere asked as she stood to help the girl back up. "I'm really sorry, I was trying to outrun a pack of girls and I didn't see you."
"Hello and I'm fine." Haruhi said accepting his offered hand.
Looking down at Haruhi, Sere had a questioning look in her eyes. "Uhm Haruhi," she asked as she helped the smaller girl gather her scattered things. "Why are you dressed as a boy?" Not like I have room to talk she thought.
"In part because I owe a debt to my club." she said. "The uniform I am wearing, is a "gift" so I can be a host and eventually pay off of my debt."
"Debt?" Sere asked.
"Yeah, I managed to break an expensive vase. So in order to repay it, I am their errand boy/host." she said.
Sere raised up her head as she heard squeals at the other end of the hallway. "Need quiet spot to hide" Sere said as she started to look around.
"Come on, this way" she said taking Sere by the hand, tugging the taller boy after her. "This way"
As they headed down the hallway towards the Music Room, they had managed to lose the stalkers. As they opened the door, they were assaulted with rose petals and a bright light. Sere slipped into a defensive stance, thinking Who the hell besides that idiot attacks with flowers?
"Welcome" came the chorus of male voices as the petals finally cleared and the bright light revealed a group of boys.
"Ah it's just Haruhi" said the twins. "Haruhi's brought along that boy."
High School 2nd Year Tamaki Suoh: "Host Club King"
"Ah the Infamous Knight in Training" said the blond haired boy sitting in a chair at the center of the group.
"Eh?" questioned Sere. "What do you mean by infamous?"
"Just that everyone and anyone is talking about the boy who rides and can hold his own against a Knight" he spouted dramatically.
"Seriously?" she said as she looked at the blond boy.
"Either way, welcome to The Ouran Host Club. Though I would never expect a Knight to be openly gay. What's your type?" he asked Sere as she stared at him. "Do you like the Strong and Silent type?" his arm swept over to the tallest boy with short dark hair who looked over at Sere with stormy grey eyes.
Sere stared at the blond fool in front of her. "Gay?" she questioned the blond as he continued to talk. Ah they don't realize I'm a girl. This will be entertaining, she thought.
"Or perhaps you like the Boy Lolita type" as a small golden haired boy carrying a stuffed bunny waved.
"There are the Devilish Twins" he suggested as he gestured to the red headed twins who posing with roses over a chair.
"Ah but then there is the Cool type" he swept his hand towards another tall dark haired boy wearing glasses.
"Or you prefer the Romantic type such as myself," he said sitting back in his chair. He then stood up as he looked Sere over. "Let's take a look at you my Noble Trainee" he said as he glided up to Sere and gently but firmly grasped Sere's chin. "Beautiful,simple beautiful. Alabaster skin, eyes the color of the night sky and hair the color of spun moon- oowwwww" his commentary cut off by a squeak of pain.
"First off, don't touch me. Second, don't touch my hair or I will hurt you," she said growling at him as she removed his hand from her face and giving it a hard squeeze. "Are we understood?" she asked while applying more pressure to his hand.
"Yes, yes.. no touch, right, please don't hurt me" he squealed. As soon as Sere let go of him, Tamaki grasped his bruised wrist and pouted.
Looking at the pouting blond, Sere asked "So then, Haruhi is here for your male clientele, correct?"
The twins and the blond gave each other a panicked look. The boy with the glasses said "What do you mean Haruhi is here for the male clients?"
High School 2nd Year Kyoya Ootori: "Host Club Vice President"
"I would assume that because Haruhi is a girl, she would be entertaining your male clients," Sere answered.
"What are we going to do" said the other one, mirroring his brother's panicked look.
"Oh no this can't get out" the blond leader babbled. "Kyoya, what are we going to do?" he asked wringing his hands.
"Interesting," he said. "How did you know Haruhi was a girl?" he asked while making notations in his tablet.
"It's pretty obvious that she's a girl. The delicate bone structure of her face, the wide eyes, the way her hair gently curls around her face…" she ticked off on her fingers.
"He knows!" said Tamaki, a look of panic on his face as he and the twins clung to each other.
"Get a grip Tamaki," Kyoya said to him. Turning to Sere, he then said "Haruhi's gender is a secret at present. Currently she is with us to repay a debt, so we would ask that her secret stay just that." He pushed up his glasses again and said "Now what to do with you so that the secret does not get out."
She then brought her hand up to the top of Haruhi's head and slowly began to pet her head before ruffling her bangs. "I could pay it for you and that would set you free' she offered.
High School 1st Year, Haruhi Fujioka: "Host Club Errand Boy/Natural Host"
"Thank you no, I broke it and it's my responsibility to make it right' Haruhi said after Sere removed her hand.
"Very well," she said. She looked at the one named Kyoya, squaring her shoulders she said "I wish to help Haruhi with her debt. I wish to become a Host in order to help clear up her debt."
"Sere you don't have to do that." said Haruhi looking up at the silver haired boy.
Turning back to Haruhi and giving her a slight bow, "What kind of Knight would I be if I did nothing to aid a damsel in distress?" she said. "Besides it should go quicker with the two of us working on it."
The next afternoon at the Host Club ~
As Sere slowly made a circuit of the room with a tray of tea cups, she noticed how the room was set up with different combination of couches, chairs and small tables in small, intimate areas for conversations. She wandered over by the twins with her tray of tea and snacks.
High School 1st Years Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin: "The Brotherly Love Hitachiin Twins"
She sighed as she could feel the eyes of the girls in the club following her every move. Every move she made, they would either sigh in delight or make some high pitched squeal with hearts circling around their heads. Sere stopped by the twins to refresh their tea cups, the boys were not paying her any attention as they were telling a story.
"So Kaoru had this nightmare that made him bolt upright out of bed." Hikaru gave a small laugh as he told his story.
"Hikaru!" Kaoru said as his lip quivered. "You said you wouldn't tell them that story" he said. He pulled back and looked down towards the ground heartbroken. Tears slowly filling his eyes as he said "I asked you not to tell anyone about that.." Small tears leaked filled the corner of his eyes as he pouted. "Why are you so mean to me" he asked softly.
"I'm sorry Kaoru" Hikaru softly whispered, slightly surprised at his brother's tears. He reached over and softly grasped his brother's chin. "I didn't mean to upset you" he said softly forcing Kaoru to look up at him. He bent down closer and softly whispered "You looked so adorable when it happened, I had to tell them." he confessed. "I'm sorry"
"I forgive you.. " Kaoru whispered back as they cuddled together amidst the coos and squeals of the girls sitting with them.
"Aren't they the cutest?" two of the girls squealed in delight.
Two other red faced girls squeaked "Such brotherly love."
Sere twitched as the squeals were irritating her. Deep breath Sere... in and out like Zoi taught you she thought to herself as she walked back to the refreshment bar with her now empty tray and set it down. She turned around to head back in and saw two familiar faces walk into the club.
"Sorry we're running late" said Honey as he yawned tiredly, rubbing his eyes while riding on Mori's shoulders as they entered the room.
"Honey, Mori, Hello!" cried out a couple of girls sitting at one of the couches by the window. "We've been waiting awhile for you two." said another two girls sitting across from the first pair of girls.
"I fell asleep while waiting for Takashi at the Kendo Club," he told them sleepily as Mori swung him down to the floor.
High School 3rd Year, Mitsukuni Haninozuka: "Honey for short"
"Hmm" hummed Mori in response.
High School 3rd Year, Takashi Morinozuka: "Mori for short"
Sere watched as the boys each sat down on a couch. Honey gave a cute little yawn as he rubbed his eyes again and said "I'm still kind of sleepy." The girls squealed about how cute Honey was while hearts floated around their heads.
For some strange reason, Sere felt a pull towards the two older students. She made her way over by their area and was standing behind the couch Mori was on, half listening to Honey talking about sweets with the girls while they giggled. Honey looked like a very young boy but she wasn't surprised that he was a little older than she was. She figured he must have a very slow growth rate and would be due for a growth spurt before too long. She glanced over to where Haruhi and Kyoya were talking, probably about Honey and Mori. She watched as Honey leapt up from the couch with his stuffed bunny in his hands and headed towards Haruhi. She noticed that Mori kept a watchful eye on Honey while he chattered with Haruhi. As she stared at back of Mori's head, she thought He doesn't really say much. I guess he truly is the strong silent type, she smiled to herself. She reached out to gently to touch the back of his hair to catch his attention. Mori blinked, before slowly turning his attention from Honey to focus his attention on Sere with an indifferent look on his face.
He looked at her in slight surprise "...?"
"You're quiet and I like that." she told him as she gently ran her fingers through his dark hair before ruffling his bangs. She then walked away from their brief conversation as Honey came back from his talk with Haruhi.
"He's soo cute!" squealed several girls as hearts started twirl and pop around their heads as they edged their way towards Sere..
Sere sighed as she ran her fingers through her bangs in frustration. As she attempted to retreat, she was quickly surrounded by squealing girls with hearts in their eyes. "Ladies," she said as she attempted to move back from the hands that were reaching out towards her. As she held up her hands to protect herself, one over eager girl glomphed onto Sere's braid and unintentionally pulled the ribbon holding the braid off. As her hair fell out of the braid, the girls started squealing louder as one. As the noise hit a crescendo, one by one the girls dropped to the floor as they passed out, leaving Sere standing surrounded in her silver hair unbound like a cloak. Unbeknownst to her, Mori was watching him, impressed that silver haired male hadn't resorted to violence with the touchy ladies.
"Dammit" she growled as she turned with her hair whipping around her as she made her way to the club room door.
High School 1st Year, Sere Tsukino: "Don't Touch the Knight"
Kyoya called out to her "But we haven't closed for the afternoon. If you leave now, I may have to add to Haruhi's debt."
"At this point, I don't care" she said. "The "Ladies" need to learn restraint. I am not something they can grab or manhandle. Next time, someone will get hurt" she promised him as she looked over her shoulder to Kyoya. As she reached for the door to make her escape, she felt a tug at her waist. Looking down she saw it was Honey looking up at her with big, brown eyes filling up with tears. Sighing she looked down at the older boy, gently wiping the tears away from his face.
"Yes Haninozuka-sempai?" she asked.
He softly sniffled and said "Honey, call me Honey."
She softly sighed, "Honey, is there something wrong?" she asked the teary eyed boy.
"Please don't go, please stay. You can sit by Takashi and I." he said still sniffling softly. She sighed and hung her head, defeated by the boy's tears. Honey smiled as he took Sere's hand and lead the teen back to the area he shared with Mori. "Sere-chan" he asked, "Why is your hair so long?"
She looked down at him and said "It honors my family and is part of our traditions." As they returned to where Mori was, she nodded to the dark haired boy. "Thank you for the rescue," she said to Honey. Mori watched as the boy pulled his silver hair to the side and letting fall down the front of his dark military style jacket, before sitting down in a chair next to Mori. The ladies sitting with Honey give a soft sigh as they watch Sere roughly comb his fingers through his hair. Sere ignored the ladies as she observed the two Hosts. She notice that while Mori kept an eye on Honey, he would every now and again do a room sweep to check on the others. As she let her mind wander thinking about the calming aura from the silent young man next to her, she didn't notice the stormy grey eyes observing her.
A few days later ~
Mori was sitting on the couch, listening to the chatter and giggles of the girls, while Mitsukuni was entertaining them. The girls then squealed at something cute that the small. golden boy did, causing the quiet man to sigh softly. A small, wrinkle formed in his brow as he brought his hand up to slightly pinch the bridge of his nose. He gently massaged the point between his brow and the bridge of his nose.
"..." after a few moments of massaging his brow and he felt better. He let his hand slide back down to the arm of the couch. He continued to watch over Mitsukuni with an indifferent look on his face. Soft fingers gently combing through his hair made him pause and lean his head back against the top of the couch. Grey eyes met dark blue eyes, Mori looked up in surprise at Sere as he gently ruffled his hair letting just a little healing energy through as she gently ran her fingers through his bangs. "Here," Sere said as she removed her fingers from his hair. "This might help" she said as she leaned down and held something by his chest.
"..." he looked questioningly at Sere as he placed his hand under Sere's closed hand. Sere opened her hand and place a small box onto Mori's open hand.
Mori raised an eyebrow at Sere as he examined the small box. It was a blue lacquered box with silver markings decorating it. He opened up the box and saw it contained silver and blue powder. He looked at Sere waiting for an explanation. "You have a headache right?" he asked. "If you put a pinch of the powder into your drink, you'll feel better." Mori looked a little surprised as Sere explained the directions of the powder. "Nephrite made the powder after I asked him for something to help with the loud squeals" he said.
Mori softly said "Thank you" as he opened up the box and took a small pinch of the powder and placed it into his tea. As he waited for the powder to dissolve, he put the box into his inner jacket pocket. He then reached down to take a sip of his tea. He gave a rare smile as his headache disappeared. He watched as Mitsukuni chattered with the girls again, he observed the silver haired boy sitting in the chair next to him. He noticed that Sere seemed content sitting back and observing the room. Sere wasn't really interested in the chatter of the girls and trying very much to avoid their attention.
Sere made herself comfortable in the chair, listening to the chatter of Honey and soaking up the quiet aura of Mori. She let her mind wander about the discussion she had earlier with Zoisite regarding the crystals. She took into consideration his recommendation of who to go after first. Hmm she thought, I just have to be careful and not involve too many people. She sighed again as she took another sip of her tea as she looked out of the window thinking all what needed to be done.
There you go - I'll have the second chapter out sometime later in the week or after the weekend.
