Roy Mustang and Edward and Alphonse Elric sat across from the blond host King; Tamaki Suoh.
"Why do you wish to join my club?" Tamaki asked, his purple eyes shining.
"We have orders from Central to learn about high schools in a foreign country to our own." Roy Mustang said
"We thought that the best way to do this was to join your club." Alphonse said
"Why did you choose Ouran Academy, over all the other schools in Japan?" Kyoya asked appearing behind Tamaki. He lifted his glasses as he spoke.
"YOU SHOULD BE HONOURED!" Ed yelled standing up.
Roy took his wrist and pulled him down.
"Sorry about Ed." He said. Ed glared at Roy and Kyoya. "We chose Ouran Academy for it's excellent reputation." Roy said
"We heard that this school has many foreign students, and felt that it would suit our needs for the project." Al said
Kyoya nodded and wrote something down in his notebook.
"Why choose this club, there are plenty of better ones." Haruhi said
"HARUHI, this club is great!" Tamaki said with a flourish. "Mummy, our daughter is being disobedient." Tamaki moaned to Kyoya.
Roy looked at the hosts and shrugged, what they got up to was really none of his business.
Kyoya leaned forward. "I really don't care." He said before walking away.
Roy chuckled and Tamaki turned to him, clearly wanting an explanation. "My apologies, my Lieutenant is just the same." He said thinking of Riza.
Ed whispered something to Al, and Roy shot them a glance. They stopped whispering immediately.
"Can we be hosts yet?" Ed asked
"No not yet." The Hitachiin twins said
"You need to be trained first." Honey Senpai said over a plate of cake.
"Who will train us?" Alphonse asked.
"I will train Alphonse, Roy; I'll trust the twins to train you." Tamaki said. Hikaru and Kaoru smiled at each other and Tamaki looked menacingly at them.
"Be good. I trust you with this." Tamaki said
"Yes boss." The Twins said with a salute. Roy nodded at them.
"And Ed, I'll let Honey and Mori train you." Tamaki said
"I'll warn you now, they are both highly trained individuals." Kyoya said from across the room.
Ed made a dismissive noise. Two seconds later Honey senpai had kicked him in the chest and he was bent double on the floor. Roy supressed a laugh, but stopped as soon as Takashi looked at him.
"Brother are you okay?" Al asked concerned.
Al helped his brother up.
"Ok, got it!" Ed said in a pained voice. "Thanks Al, I'm fine." He said
"Come on Ed, we can have cake while we work." Honey said leading Ed to one corner of the room.
"I do like cake, Winry makes the best cake." Ed said following the smaller boy. He supressed the urge to make a short joke, for fear of being floored again.
"Who's Winry?" Mitsukuni asked
"A . . . friend, back home." Ed said, blushing slightly.
They all then began their training Roy showing off his fire power to the Twins' amazement.
"Shouldn't you be showing me how to be a host?" Roy asked after a minute
"Can you talk to people?" Hikaru asked
"Well yes. . . " Roy said confused
"Can you pour tea?" Kaoru asked
"Yes." Roy asked
"Can you be polite?" Hikaru asked
"And eat respectfully?" Kaoru asked
Roy just nodded.
"You'll be fine!" they said
"It's not that difficult." Kaoru said
"The boss makes it sound hard." Hikaru said
"Show us the fire thing again." The Twin begged excitedly
Roy smiled, he was always happy to show off.
Across the room Edward Elric, was being shown how to pour tea, by Mori. He mastered it after a few tries. Honey then showed him how to politely eat. This took a bit more time and led to Ed gaining a few bruises. He eventually managed it.
"Can I be a host now?" Ed asked, impatiently
Honey looked up to Mori. Mori nodded at him. Honey smiled broadly at Ed. "Of course Ed Chan." He said "But we have to wait for Tama Chan to open the club." Honey said sulkily
"Alphonse Kun's training isn't finished yet." Mori said in his booming voice.
Alphonse and Tamaki were getting on like a house on fire. Al had mastered his host training in minutes, now he and the king were talking away.
Kyoya came over to them. "Tamaki." Kyo said. "We will lose money if we don't open the club soon." He stated.
"Oh yeah." Tamaki said standing up. "Everyone we need to define these new hosts'" he said.
Roy, Ed and Al looked confused.
"Ed, you can be the short type." Tamaki stated.
"DID YOU JUST CALL ME SHORT?! A TINY PIPSQUEK!" he yelled, his eyes hollow and black with anger.
"That's and interesting effect." The Twins' commented
"How about the Rude Type?" Kyoya suggested saltily
Ed glared and nodded. It was better than being defined as short.
"Mustang, you can be the Dangerous Type." Tamaki said
Roy nodded, he liked the sound of that. He felt that Riza would laugh at that.
"And finally Alphonse, you can take the mantel of the Princely Type."
"But Senpai . . ." Haruhi said standing up. Kyoya put a hand on her shoulder.
"We must please our guests, Haruhi." He said threateningly.
Alphonse smiled and bowed at Tamaki. "Thank you Tamaki Senpai, I will do you proud." He said.
"Before we begin I propose a wager," Roy said.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"The person, who gets the least people visiting them, has to do a forfeit." Roy proposed
"What's the forfeit?" Ed asked suspiciously
"The loser has to wear A TINY MINISKIRT!" Roy yelled with a dramatic gesture.
Ed smiled and nodded. "You're on Colonel!" He said confidently.
"I'm in." Al said not wanting to miss out. He didn't really care about the wager, but was happy to take part.
Everyone got in place, ready to welcome the guests. The doors magically opened and rose petals flew from somewhere unknown.
"Welcome to the Host Club, my Princesses'" Tamaki said with all the flair of actual royalty. Tamaki introduced their three new guests. The request came thick and fast for the alchemists.