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Today, our story starts out on a rainy day, a week from the exciting endeavor at the school festival.

Our lazy heroine, Haruhi Fujioka walked down the hall. "I have to hurry if I want to finish this report and make it to the host club on time!" She muttered to herself.

"Oh geez!" A first year girl ran into the covered school hallway as the rain started to pour. "Crap, I'm soaked!" Oh, god. First day back in Ouran, and I've already messed something up! the girl thought. She watched one of the oh-so-famous host club boys (Fuji-something, perhaps?) walk briskly down the hall in front of her. They were the talk of the school, but she didn't see why...

Her thoughts began to wander, as they often did. Maybe her cousin had some sort of solution for her wetness, he usually did. Now that they were in the same school again, she would think it a good relief from having to make new friends.

At the Kendo Club

The girl swept red bangs out of her eyes and peeked in the Kendo Club room.

She wasn't surprised to see her second cousin sitting just inside the door,

"Oh! Pi-chan!" He said sweetly. He held his bunny in his hand as usual. "What are you doing here?"

"Well," the girl said. "I'm soaked and I was hoping Taka-chi would know how to help me. He was always able to help us in middle school, so I was hoping he could help me now. I mean, it's not everyday you move back to a rich high school and end up soaked."

Honey just giggled. "Your always kind of a mess, aren't you Pi. You should come with us to our next thing! They'll have something for you to change into, even if it's just Cosplay."

The girl smiled. "What kind of thing?"

"The host club!" And he said it as though it were obvious.

"Wow Mitsu-kun. You guys are a part of that?" She asked skeptically. Then, after thinking for a moment, the girl added,"I guess it's kind of obvious, after all, everyone's always loved you guys."

"Oh, people would love you more too if you would talk more!"

"I talk to you guys..."

Just then, Takashi Morinozuka walked over to the pair.

"Taka-chi!" Pi nearly hugged him. Then she looked down and realized she was still wet. She guessed she didn't really need to hug him. After all, she had seen him this morning and she would be with him until later when they would all go home together.

"Piper." He said, surprised. "You're wet."

"And?" She demanded, a weird, quirky smile twisting her lips. She was glad to see her cousin, even if he was three years older than her. What did that have to do with anything? She didn't know.

Promptly, he picked her up and began to carry her to his and Mitskuni's next "thing".

"Ya. Great to see you too. You can put me down now..." Piper said, unamused.

"No."

"Why not?!"

"You'll trip."

After reflecting on the thought for a moment, Piper figured this was probably true and grumpily allowed her cousin to carry her the rest of the way to music room three.

She realized, as they had almost reached their destination, that people were giving her funny looks and whispering at each other. Immediately, she realized just what kind of situation she was in. A famous member of the host club was carrying a strange, not to mention drenched, girl down the hallway.

Oh geez. I guess none of them remember me... It's only been three years. I mean, am I really that forgettable?

She just sighed as Takashi set her down, gently of course, in front of the large, fancy, double doors of music room three.

The pair next to her nodded at her to open the door.

Carefully, she turned the long, swirling design of the brass door handle. The smell of rose petals hit her so hard, she nearly puked.

"Welcome, princess." She heard a chorus of voices say, beckoning her inside their lair.

Wearily, she looked around the room, and then back to her cousins. "This is the host club?" She gulped.

They just nodded, Mitskuni had a silly grin on his face.

"Well, well, well. It seems we have a new guest." The tall, blonde boy in the middle of the tableaux* stood up. "Tell me princess," he said in a soothing voice. "Why are you wet?"

She took a step back.

"Um," Piper said shyly. "It's raining?"

"Is it?" The blonde boy asked.

Then, the raven haired boy broke out of his position and walked forward as well. He whispered in the blonde boy's ear.

"Oh, I didn't realize," He said.

"What?" Asked the red-headed twins. They looked sort of familiar.

"Welcome to the Host Club, Miss Sayanozuka," said the raven-haired boy.

"Okay, and what does that mean?" Asked the twins again.

"This is my other cousin," said Mori.

"Pi-chan!" Added Mitskuni.

Piper just stood there, kind of confused. What had her cousins been doing in the three years she'd been gone?

"She's in your year. I'm surprised you didn't recognize her," said the raven-haired boy.

"We knew who she was but we didn't realize she was your cousin, Mori-sempai," said one of the twins.

"She's only been here a day, and she doesn't talk much," continued the other.

"From what we can tell though, she can draw!" They finished in unison.

"An artist..." Mumbled the raven-haired boy as he scribbled in his notebook.

"Um..." Piper started.

"Can Piper borrow an extra uniform to change into? Her's is wet," said Honey.

"All we have is a male uniform," said the raven-haired boy. "I suppose you could see if it fits you..." He handed Piper a bag.

Honey showed her to the back changing room before bouncing back to Mori.

"Wow sempai," said Haruhi. "I didn't know you had another cousin."

"Well, ya!" Said Honey. "Don't you have two sets of cousins? One on your mom's side and one on your dad's?"

Now that she thought about it, she didn't have any cousins. Both of her parents had been only children.

"We've got lots of cousins," said Hikaru, his brother smiling behind him.

"Ya, but we don't really see them," continued Kaoru.

"I wonder if I've got any cousins?" Tamaki thought aloud.

"Who knows," said Kyoya, uninterested in their conversation.

Piper walked out of the changing room, looking quite sharp in her new uniform. She looked almost like a boy, with the exception of her ponytail of course. "Um, thank you." She said quietly, before standing with her cousins.

"Do you know a good hair guy? I figured I'd cut my hair. You know, a new haircut for a new place and all that?" Piper asked Mori.
He just shook his head in a silent "no".

"How's Ryan doing?" Asked Honey.

"As spazzy as ever," Piper replied with a small laugh and her quirky, little smile.

Suddenly,Tamaki's face grew serious. "The customers will be here soon! Piper, hide!"

Piper's face suddenly changed as well. "Wait, what?" pshe asked, kind of confused. "Why hide? Can't I just stay over here in this corner and draw? I have to wait for Mitsu-kun and Taka-chi anyway. They're my ride home."

"You might be mistaken for a new host," explained Kyoya with his usual droning voice.

"Why not make her a host?" Asked Mori.

Piper and the rest of the club just looked at the usually silent host with shocked expressions.

"What? But I-" she stammered.

"Your going to be spending most of your time with us anyways. Besides, you said you were looking for a haircut, right?"

"I guess so, but-"

Mori grunted, then shot Piper a heart-warming smile. For a crucial moment, she was at a loss for words.

Tamaki's eye gleamed all too quickly.

"Ahh! I see!" He said. "But what would her character be?"

"Ask Renge," said Kyoya.

(Powerful motor... Blah, blah, blah... Oh hohoho!... I don't feel like writing this part - you know what happens!)

Renge sat on her usual platform in the center of the room. "Cut her hair like Haruhi's and they can sit by each other. Then, I will evaluate her natural talents. At her age, she could be any number of characters! Still, I don't know why you would want a girl in the host club... See you later! Don't let the customers find that out!"

Her platform returned to its nest below the floor.

"You heard the woman! Lets go, go, go!" Shouted Tamaki.

Quickly, everyone scrambled to get Piper ready for the customers.

"Don't I get a say in this?" Asked Piper, meekly.

"NO!" The twins cried in unison before breaking into an evil laugh.

Piper was pulled into a chair as her hair was cut and styled in a manner similar to Haruhi's, who was sitting off to the side watching them change this poor girl into a host. She wondered if that was what she had looked like. They had decided fairly quickly to make her their pet, and even quicker to make her a host! However they hadn't known that Haruhi was a girl. What made Piper different? I guess it's because this was Mori-sempai's idea, thought Haruhi. Mori doesn't make many decisions like this, so he must have felt pretty strongly about it... I wonder why he would decide that this of all things would be a good idea for someone as shy as her?

By the time Haruhi had finished thinking, the twins had finished recreating Piper.
The two girls had similar haircuts, except now Piper had bangs that covered part of her eyes in order to emphasize her apparent shyness around strangers. Piper now looked more like a boy than ever before. She had kind of a deep voice to begin with, so she didn't have to disguise it.

"You can sit with Haruhi over here, Piper," said Tamaki as she showed the somewhat flustered girl over to her seat.

"Be good," said Mori, as he ruffled Piper's hair.

She smiled at him.

"Don't worry! We'll be watching you!" Said Honey enthusiastically.

"Thanks guys, but I'm still not quite sure what I'm doing here..."

Everyone got situated in a position for the incoming customers, including the unconfidant new host.

"Welcome Princesses," and the door to music room three opened in a flurry of roses, light, and the sweet scent of the host club.

*Tableaux (tah - BLOH) n. - the picturesque grouping of objects or persons, striking a scene

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