TITLE: STARSTRUCK!
SUMMARY: Haruhi, descends from a long line of famous actors/actresses, but their fame is faltering. So, she agrees to star in a small series on the condition that her six male co-stars are orphans from orphanages. This way they could be given a chance at stardom. Her public sees it as an act of charity to to six underprivileged kids. But is this really charity or a publicity stunt?
STORY PAIRINGS: Haruhi+Tamaki, Honey+Mori, Kaoru+Hikaru
PLEASE NOTE: This story is rated M. According to the FF site, that means it has to be appropriate for ages 16+ WITHOUT explicit content, which includes adult language, themes, and suggestions. This story meets those requirements.
Author's Note: I am just in love with filming plots in FF. Not sure why… But they always provide lots of funny scenes. Never thought of doing one for Ouran Before, but thought I would try. :) I have another story by the same name featuring a filming version of Kuroshitsuji if anyone wants to check it out.
"Miss. Fujioka…" her bodyguard said bowing as he opened the door for her. Ranka stepped out pulling down her sunglasses to look at the large and rundown building of an old campus university from the 1800s. She was wearing a business suit with large sun glasses, and an expensive shall draped across her shoulders. It hadn't been used in so many years she wondered how safe it would be to film here…
"How long until the contractors arrive?" she asked the man who walked up to her. This was her assistant Mr. Royce. He was an old British man and wore a professional business suit.
"They have already arrived Ma'am," he said.
"And?" she questioned glancing up at him.
"And?" he answered raising an eyebrow.
"IS IT SALVAGEABLE!? THIS IS MY HARUHI'S FIRST SOLO PROJECT! I WILL NOT HAVE IT TARNISHED BY SHOTTY CONSTRUCTION!" she snapped angrily.
"Ugh, yes ma'am," he said. "They said it is salvageable. If they get their entire company on it, they could have the campus ready in a month."
"A month huh?" Ranka said frowning. "Alright then, tell them they have a month to impress me."
"Ma'am, if I may ask…" her assistance said frowning. "What sort of project is the young Miss Haruhi planning?"
Ranka, who had turned back to her vehicle, and looked back over her shoulder placing a finger to her lips. "Shhh… it's a secret."
"Ugh," Haruhi sighed staring down at the papers in her hands.
As the youngest daughter of the renowned Ranka & Kotoko Fujioka she was expected to be just as famous. Their family business was show business. Her mother Kotoko was not only the family lawyer but a professional dancer. Her father / other mother Ranka was a model and producer. Her eldest sister Renge (and heir to the showbiz dynasty) was a novelist / mangaka artist/ as well as painter, though she also dabbled quite a bit in plays and modeling for she was quite gorgeous. Her second eldest sister Kanako had already produced a few professional plays that had been seen on Broadway (Renge would often act in them). Not to mention she was a semi-professional gymnast. As for herself… she was the third child of this prestigious entertainment industry focused family. Thus she had to do something BIG to even get noticed…
However, they ALL really needed to do something big to get noticed. Their fame over the last few years was slipping slightly. Other prestigious entertainment families were getting their claims to fame. While her family was probably the oldest one, it was very clear they were no longer the only ones.
That's why when she turned fourteen she went to her Father and asked if it would be alright if she be in charge of producing a television program. She knew she wanted it to take place in a school life setting, but… not much else…
Her sister was very helpful in this respect…
"You need a reverse harem!" she snapped the moment she told her sister about the idea. Her eldest sister had dirty blond hair. She dyed it though. As her natural color was much darker. More like Haruhi's hair. As well as brown eyes.
"A what?"
"Some of my most famous mangas featured harem or reverse harem settings. It's where there is one person of one gender and the other main characters of the opposite! Girls love this kind of shit!" she pointed out smiling. She threw a number of manga examples at her.
"I guess, something like that could work," Haruhi said frowning at the covers of the mangas she was tossed.
"It will! Trust me!" she exclaimed. "Have you thought of a rating for this show you're putting together?"
"Uh… Well," Haruhi frowned contemplating… "I want children to be able to watch it so, it should be appropriate for all ages."
"Ugh…" she sighed spinning around. Renge liked graphic and explicit content as that seemed to be the mangas of hers that sold the best. "It's your project; I guess you can do what you want…"
Renge collapsed on the bed beside her youngest sister. "So orphans huh? You plan to get a bunch of poor kids to act in your film?"
"Yeah," Haruhi said as she flipped through some of Renge's mangas. "Not really kids though… they're gonna be around my age…"
"Well then how can you get orphans, aren't orphans children… like little children?"
"No, not always," Haruhi said closing the manga she had flipped through and she got to her feet.
"Alright, try this on for size… There is a school for rich people, and the students are all a bit self-centered and uppity. Then a regular joe kind of person comes to this school and just can't understand all the selfish rich kids around him."
"Oh I know!" Renge said sitting bolt upright. "You be that regular joe!"
"Huh?"
"Yeah, you're the new girl in school, but you're dirt poor, and you befriend a bunch of rich kids there! And you're the only girl in your little group."
Haruhi put her finger to her chin in thought. "Yeah… I could see that…"
"See! Aren't you glad you have me as a big sister?" Renge said flipping her hair as she turned back and sat down in the chair at her drawing desk. "I just have the best ideas!"
About a month later Haruhi was riding with her mother and father in a limo on their way to a business meeting with some of the wealthiest families in their country. Haruhi nervously shuffled through the papers she had organized. She pretty much had the show figured out. Though every time a new idea struck her she found herself making changes.
"Relax sweetie, you're going to be fine," Kotoko said smiling.
"Daddy's here so don't you worry about anything!" Ranka said at her right. She was dressed in her girl outfit today. Her father was a very popular and very famous cross dresser. Seeing him dressed like a man was a rare occurrence but it did happen every now and then.
Haruhi took a deep breath looking out the window when they drove by a Host Club bar. "Stop the limo!" Haruhi called and the driver pulled over.
"Sweetie what's wrong?" Ranka asked looking concerned.
Haruhi opened the door stepping out she ran to the entrance looking at the sign.
"Dear?" Ranka and Kotoko followed her, and without looking at them Haruhi opened the door.
The place was well lit and designed beautifully. There were a number of men dressed in rather nice clothes. They were waiting on customers (mostly women, but there were some men too). As she watched them speak with their customers a man swooped in from the corner of her vision. He was tall with brown hair and green eyes and just about as handsome and anyone could be.
"My, you look awfully young to be in a place like this," he said smiling down at her.
She stared up at him. He was smiling at her like there was no one else he cherished more in the whole world. One of her eyebrows went up at this false reality that he was displaying.
"Unfortunately we serve alcohol here, so you must be twenty or older to come in," he said softly before pulling a rose out from inside his jacket. He handed it to Haruhi. "If you come back when you turn twenty, I will be happy to wait on you then my young Princess."
Haruhi looked down at it. "What is this place?" she asked as her parents emerged behind her.
"Why this is a Host Club little one," he said grinning.
"What is that?"
"It is a place where we strive to make every person happy and feel adored," he said thoughtfully. Haruhi (blushing slightly) stared at him. It wasn't the handsome man's sweet words that put a flush to her cheeks but rather an idea had come to her mind. One that she could let go of...
"Hello, well aren't you handsome?" Ranka said (Haurhi hadn't even heard her parents enter). Ranka walked up to him beginning to flirt. Haruhi looked back down at the rose in her hand. This was going to be the best idea she ever had...
"Thank you all for coming!" Haruhi said nervously. She and her parents were now in the meeting hall with some of the top names in their country. They were all seated around an overly polished business table so that their faces were reflected almost perfectly in it.
"I must say, I'm not overly fond of being called away from my business by a child," Ootori-san said softly.
"Ootori-san," Haruhi said smiling nervously. "I very much appreciate you and… and everyone else taking the time out of your busy day to meet with me about my project... which I hope will benefit all of us…"
"And what exactly is your project?" asked Suoh-san frowning slightly.
"A new television show," Haruhi said.
Haninozuka-san very noticeably rolled his eyes as he leaned back in his chair. Seeing this Haruhi frowned looking down at her notes. Her stomach seemed to have fallen through the floor at that small gesture. Sensing her daughter needed some help her mother stood up quickly.
"My daughter has a business proposition that should benefit everyone in this room and all you would need to do is adopt a child."
"Oh my, is that all?" Hitachiin-san said sarcastically. "Please sign us up!"
"Listen, some of you have children, some of you do not. But there isn't one person in this room who wouldn't benefit from adopting an orphan. No form of media frowns upon that," she said and she started walking slowly around the circular table as she spoke.
"My Haruhi wishes to bring publicity to all of your families by having the children you adopt acting in one show. Her idea is to bring the biggest names in the entertainment industry into a single project. Other than the orphans, everyone who has an acting role will be from big name families. The children who take your names will act on your family's behalf. If successful this show might be one of the biggest collaborations of big name entertainment families ever."
Walking around at her slow pace she made sure everyone one of them had to turn in their seats as she went by.
"Your family will already be shown in a good light based on the fact that you are adopting poor underprivileged kids of the street, and everyone loves a good rags to riches story. And if this project gets as big as I am confident it will, then can you afford to not be a part of it?" Kotoko asked smiling. She was approaching her seat again.
"But if you feel this project really won't benefit you at all then we can always find some other families in the entertainment industry who ARE willing to take this enterprise on. So if don't wish to participate then there is the door. Have a good day…" she said and with that she sat down in her seat at Haruhi's right once again.
No one got up, but a few people shifted uncomfortably.
"Well then," Kotoko said smiling turning to Haruhi. "You have the floor."
"Uh, thanks Mom… Um… Alright. Well, this project (as my mother said) would entail you adopting a child of my choosing and they would represent your family's name in the show. We would play up your family's abilities as well. For example, the child I choose for you Hitachiin-san would display a sense of fashion. For your Morinozuka-san, your child will display Kendo abilities which your family is praised for. But this would also entail your training the child (at least partly) in your family businesses. Because this would also serve as free advertising of your families and their abilities so you should take it as seriously as possible."
"I don't really see how this will benefit me?" Ootori-san stated rudely. "If I DID wish to adopt a child, which I do NOT. Then I could simply do so without all this show nonsense..."
"Yes, but who will really care then?" Ranka asked looking just as upset as he as she stared him down. "Rich Mr. So and so, adopts a child. Yawn. BOOORIIING! That'll be old new within a week. But imagine, if the child you adopt is on a poster in the bedrooms of almost every teenage girl in the country. Teenage girls who will grow up to be women. Women voters and female viewers who know love and remember said show whenever they seek hospital needs, or a resort to relax in, or even a new outfit from a clothing line."
Ranka had indicated Hitachiin-san when she mentioned the clothing line.
She suddenly started imitating an overly feminine voice. "Oh dear, I broke my leg. No, I don't want to go to that hospital, I want to go to the one where I can see that Ootori boy from the show!"
Ranka rushed over to Hitachiin-san's chair suddenly and imitated another voice. "I'm not going to buy dirty old rags from there. I wanna get something from the Hitachiin line, something like what the characters wore in episode 7."
She rushed over to Haninozuka-san suddenly mimicking a horrible fighting stance, "I can't wait to sign up for lessons at the Haninozuka dojo. If I'm going to fight, I wanna fight just like that one kid in episode eight!"
She then calmed herself and headed back towards her seat. "Think about it, how many times have children and teenagers watched shows and wanted desperately to visit the places and wear the clothes, and do the moves that the characters on the show do? For the first time, the talents that these kids display will be something that actually exists in their world rather than a fantasy made up adventure. I am sure, no... I guarantee this will be a success if you just give my Haruhi a chance."
Guarentee, Haruhi suddenly felt even more nervous (if it were possible).
"And what will be the title of this little show?" Morinozuka-san asked.
Haruhi smiled, "I'm calling it; The Ouran High School Host Club!"
I hope you all enjoy what I hope will be a very exciting series! :D