Episode 1: A New Band

"I feel like the Host Club needs something more!" whined Tamaki for the third time in the past ten minutes. Kyoya looked around the host club that was designed in another outlandish theme surrounding the lost world of Atlantis. He wondered what else his old friend could possibly want for the customers or, more likely, to entertain himself. He rolled his eyes for the third time in the past ten minutes.
"What do you suggest?" Kyoya asked.
"I know a band that will play here for minimum wages," suggested Haruhi. Kyoya's eyes lit up at the last few words. Tamaki's lit up at the first few words. It was quickly decided to bring in a live band for minimum wage.

Grimm and Iggy were lounging in their apartment when a knock came to the door. Grimm sighed and got up. She dragged her feet all the way to the door where she stood straight up and put on a polite face, just in case. She opened the door and smiled with surprise.
"Haruhi! What brings you next door? Come in?" Grimm invited.
"Hi, JP. You and Iggy are still searching for a gig?" she asked, walking inside.
"Always, always," Grimm-also known as JP- replied with her quirky double answer.
Haruhi walked with Grimm to the room where she and Iggy had been relaxing. Grimm got her a cup of coffee while Haruhi told them about the potential job she had found them. Iggy was very excited and Grimm agreed to the minimal wages though she knew that Haruhi's rich friends could most definitely afford more but as she'd always said, "Money is money and I like it any way." So the two agreed to perform for a bunch of "rich chicks and some dudes."

Tamaki was ecstatic to meet Haruhi's only girl friends. All day he had been rehearsing what to say and wondering just what they would be like. An hour or two before the Host Club was officially open for the day, two girls opened the door. They had pretty faces but dressed rather poorly. One had shoulder-length black hair in a ponytail. She had a black, Lolita-style dress with one black and white glove and another black and red glove. Black boots were laced up on her feet. The other had a brown braid ending past her hips. She had grey skinny jeans and a dark blue long sleeve. She had black men's shoes since they were more comfortable in her opinion and a lollipop. She had a beanie with ears and a Cheshire cat face. They both had black rimmed glasses.
"Oh! Where did you get those clothes?" Tamaki asked in shock.
The two girls could tell that he'd never seen anything gothic Lolita or punk-geek. They rolled their eyes at all the damn rich kids and looked at Haruhi. All five boys had crowded near Tamaki to see this two-man band. Before Haruhi could introduce her two friends and talented musicians, Kyoya stepped forward with his notepad.
"You," nodding to the brunette, "must be Moralez Lori. I believe you prefer Grimm(JP) or whichever comes first. You are the younger of the two 'sisters' composing the band Lucifer, in third year class A in the local public high school. You're at the top of your class. You are originally from America with bloodlines tracing back to Spain and Native America?"
Grimm nodded in agreement. Kyoya turned to the other.
"You are Ocacio Acacia, also known as Iggy. You are obviously the elder in the fourth year of class B in the local public high school. Also from America with lines in Vietnam and Europe?"
Iggy nodded.
"Pleased to meet you. This is Hitachiin Kaoru and Hikaru. Both are in second year with Haruhi. Tamaki and I are in third year. This is Honey and Mori, in fourth year. My name is Ohtori Kyoya."
"Nice to meet you," Iggy said politely.
"Pleasure, I'm sure," Grimm said with a smirk. She glanced up at Mori who quickly cast his gaze downward.
Honey raced towards Iggy, preferring her dress over Grimm's skater style. He held up his bunny and offered her a chance to hold it and eat some cake with him. Grimm heard cake and asked casually if there was any ice cream with this cake. Iggy eagerly asked for candy. Honey led Iggy by the hand towards a room with candy but denied the existence of ice cream at the moment. Grimm shrugged and sighed, sticking with her lollipop.
"Uhm are you going to wear that?" asked Tamaki.
Kyoya sighed with despair at Tamaki's insolence. Grimm looked straight at Tamaki with her mouth dropping open. The lollipop almost fell out of her mouth before she closed it and started laughing. She almost fell down laughing at his poor choice of words.
"Of course, you look like a beautiful princess right now. But seeing you in a dress would just enchant me," he came in close as he said it to charm her which only made her laugh more.
Kyoya smiled at her immunity to ridiculous charm. Perhaps she was good company despite her style. Grimm grabbed the backpack she had on her back. It was blue and green with little animals on it: a zebra, a lion, a giraffe, and a tiger. She pulled out two dresses and raised an eyebrow at Tamaki. He smiled rather sheepishly and nodded.

Haruhi showed them to the area they would use as a stage. There was already a grand piano in the middle. Grimm set her instrument cases down and stretched a little before sighing. She glanced over where Iggy was and saw her still playing with Honey, eating cake. She went and grabbed Iggy's instruments too and set them next to her own. Cracking her knuckles, she sighed again and picked up a case. The clasps came off easy to reveal a shiny black bass guitar with a green heart monitor line across the middle. Just as she picked it up out of the case, Kyoya approached.
"Nervous?" he asked.
"Nah. Just a bunch of rich kids. No big deal," she replied.
In the background, Tamaki was whispering too loudly to Haruhi: "Who are these girls? They're your friends? What kind of company are they? They seem a little...well, I don't know but are they O.K.?" Kyoya and Grimm looked at Tamaki, Kyoya with annoyed shame and Grimm with a laugh behind her eyes. Tamaki scooted closer to Haruhi.
"I'm sorry for that. Need any help?" Kyoya asked politely.
"It's alright. Not the first time someone's thought Unni and I were a little off in the head. And thanks but I'm just fine at the moment."

Iggy and Honey were eating delicious cake with strawberries. Mori was sitting with them but staring off into space. After five slices of cake in two minutes, Honey yawned and stretched his arms out above his head. He declared that he needed a nap and smiled sleepily at Iggy first and then at Mori. Mori, who was still in space, shook his head and looked at Honey.
"Mitsukuni, brush your teeth before you go to sleep," he said quietly.
Honey nodded and raced over to the bathroom where a toothbrush was kept for him. He brushed his teeth quickly and laid on the couch made up just for him. Iggy stood up once Honey was wished a good nap and turned to help her dongsaeng set up. She approached as Kyoya left saying that if they didn't need anything, he had a few more things to attend to before declaring the Host Club officially open for the day. The girls nodded and grabbed their guitars first. Iggy's classic guitar was black and red with a dragon curling up the spine. They plugged everything in and played a few chords to rehearse. Each sang a few bars and started singing some random things. Haruhi looked confused as their rehearsal was more like a jam session. "Lol to the party rock here we come!" The two laughed and put the guitars down, deciding they were done rehearsing with guitars. Grimm pulled out a sleek black violin with a sinister shape full of points. Iggy sat at the piano. They played something beautifully harmonious that nearly drove Tamaki to tears as the others watched in awe. Grimm grabbed a plug and soon enough, her violin took on a much more defined rock sound, vibrating with electricity. The rich kids were shocked at the twist of classical music. Haruhi was pleasantly surprised at the change of pace. She smiled and clapped along.
"We can stick to classical if you'd like," Grimm said to no one in particular once they decided rehearsal was over.

Iggy and Grimm sang OK Go- Here It Goes Again as Haruhi led them to a dressing room. They were barely finishing the song when they stepped out in their cute dresses. Grimm had a red dress with spaghetti straps. The top slightly resembled a corset and the bottom hung loosely around her knees. Iggy had changed into another black dress. It had the look of early 1900's school teacher but was much shorter and fluffed out a little by her knees. Kaoru and Hikaru nodded their approval as the two walked back towards the stage area. They grabbed the violin and sat at the piano and began with some soft piece.

Girls soon began wandering into the Host Club to be greeted by soft classic music and seven handsome boys waiting to serve them. The girls were mesmerized by all the romanticism of the scene. Soon enough, however, a few girls thought the scene a little too dreary. Nothing was voiced of course but Iggy and Grimm could tell by the looks past amongst the girls. They smirked at each other and Grimm plugged in her violin. She cleared her throat at the microphone and said softly, "Let's change this up." The jam began and light lyrics were added though in multiple languages by both girls. Needless to say, it was kick ass. At first, Tamaki was rather horrified because he thought that none of the girls would appreciate such a thing but it was quickly accepted by all the girls and the scene was livelier.

After a while, the Host Club emptied out to leave only the members. The two girls were paid their minimum wage which was gladly accepted. They all walked out to the parking lot to go their separate ways. The boys found their limos and chauffeurs as the girls stared in irritation at those damn rich kids. Iggy told Haruhi that she could get a ride home with her and Grimm took all the instruments. Iggy and Haruhi took a small sporty car that was black with red edges. Iggy pulled up next to a limo to wave goodbye to Honey with a promise to eat cake with him again. Grimm carefully loaded all the instruments into her very cool sporty car. It was black with a gold Legend of Zelda logo on the front (what a geek). The engine was loud as she drove up next to the line of limos. Kyoya's window rolled down.
"Nice doing business, sir. Let me know if you ever need another band for minimum wages!"
"I'll talk it over with Tamaki. This could be a nice little relationship here," he smirked and then blushed a little.
Grimm laughed and raced off after Iggy and Haruhi. Tamaki, in his own limo, panicked at the thought of Haruhi being in a fast car like that with two girls that seemed on the dangerous side. But he thought again and thought maybe they weren't so bad. But Haruhi popped up again in his head and he panicked. He gave her a reasonable amount of time to get home before calling her and getting scolded for thinking so lowly of Iggy and Grimm. He thought he wouldn't change his mind about the seemingly reckless girls until later that week when Kyoya, Honey, and Haruhi convinced him to hire them again.

END Episode 1!