Chapter One: The arrival

You got off the train in Bunkyo, Tokyo and looked around for your cousin she was supposed to meet you here at your departure but you didn't see her. You frowned as you sat on a bench, you could walk if you wanted to but you weren't sure if you remembered the way the last time you had seen your cousin Haruhi and Uncle Ranka was at your Aunt Kotoko's funeral years ago. You and your mother left after she died even though that meant you were leaving behind everybody you knew and loved. You were happy to be coming back to go to school with your cousin. You heard your name being called and saw Haruhi ruuning towards you and as always in boy clothes. You smiled and waved "HEY!"

"-NAME!-" she hugged you fiercely and you hugged back

"I've missed you so much!" you said letting go. It was then that you noticed a group of boys standing behind her. As you surveyed them you noticed that they didn't look like they belonged here.

"Oh…sorry cous…" she said stepping back. "Let me introduce you…this is Tamaki Suoh….the founder of the host club that I've told you about" She pointed at the taller blonde haired boy and you smiled at him but baked up when he went to grab your hand "Oh sorry guys she doesn't like to be touched very much…the twins are Karou and Hikaru Hitachiin…the tall one here is Takashi Morinozuka you can call him Mori…" she pointed at the black haired guy without the glasses then the shorter blonde "This is Mitsukuni Haninozuka but you can call him Hunny. They are cousins, and this is Kyoya Ootori…guys this is my cousin –Name-"

You looked at the last one she pointed to and your ways widened you has seen him in some of the pictures that Haruhi had sent you of the host club and you thought that he was cute. You thought all of them were cute of course but this one had jumped out at you for some reason. You smiled "Hello nice to meet you." You said looking at all of them and noticed they were all looking at you funny…well all except Tamaki.

"WELCOME TO JAPAN!" he said smiling and jumping around you in a circle remembering not to touch you. You smiled slightly he reminded you of someone very close to you.

Haruhi look annoyed and grabbed him by the collar "Leave her alone Tamaki!" she said pulling him away.

You looked on as she yelled at him and he sulked in the corner and you smiled you were glad that she had found somebody to make her happier since her mother died. "Haruhi…" she stopped mid-sentence and looked at you.

"Yes?"

"I'm kinda hungry…"

Her face fell "I'm sorry come on lets go home."

You sat in the limo that Tamaki had forced Haruhi into to come get you and listened as everybody chatted with each other you didn't mind that they weren't talking to you cause it gave you time to observe each of them. You noticed that the twins were so in tune with each other that they moved and talked together as if they were two parts of the same whole. Tamaki and Hunny were the hyper ones of the group and then there was Mori who was very stoic and Kyoya was very quiet and always writing in his book. Where your cousin fit in you weren't sure yet but at the same time you could tell that they welcomed her in as part of their little group.

Kyoya looked at you from the side and noticed that you had focused your gaze out the window with a weird look on your face. Wondering why you looked like that he turned to face you.

You noticed that Kyoya was looking at you from the side but didn't say anything just kept staring out the window until you saw him turn towards you. Frowning you looked at him and he smiled "So you came from France?"

"Yes."

"Are you half American then?"

You shook your head "No, I'm half Japanese and half French"

"Oh, really."

"Yes my mother was French and my father Japanese."

"Then how are you related to Haruhi?"

"Her grandmother adopted my mother because she thought she would never get married and have a child of her own, then when my mother was two my grandmother finally did marry and had my aunt a year later"

"Oh…do you know who your father was?"

You looked away but didn't answer and Kyoya let the subject drop and you were silent the rest of the way to Haruhi's house.

You watched as everybody filed out and then started out your-self but stopped short when your bag got caught on the bar and everything fell out you sighed as you bent to grab your belongings.

Haruhi popped her head in "Hey you…'

"Yea I just dropped my bag that's all" you said smiling up at her she smiled back and grabbed your wallet for you as you finished picking up your stuff. You walked up the stairs and into the apartment and looked at your uncle before dropping your bags "UNCLE RANKA!" you yelled jumping on him.

He caught you and spun you around "Oh –Name- My beautiful flower number 2."

"I've missed you!"

"I've missed you too."

Haruhi looked on with a smile as everybody else was looking on in shock. "Haru-chan?" said Hunny

"Hmmm?"

"I thought she didn't like to be touched…"

"She doesn't even when she was younger she couldn't stand the feel of people touching her, she tolerated her mother touching her, she didn't have a problem with me or my dad at all though, its especially worse if a stranger touches her and she really tries to avoid contact with anybody she doesn't know."

"Oh. Why is that?"

"We never figured it out, we tried talking to her to see if something happened at school, even my mom sat down with her to talk with her and she said she didn't know what was wrong."

They turned their attention back to you to see you were now calm and sitting there engaged in a conversation with Ranka.

"So anything new since we last talked?"

You shook your head "Not really, mom met this guy a few weeks after we talked and then I left to come back, he seems really nice and she seems happy again."

"Did you get her to give you that picture she had?"

"Of my father? Yea finally she said I might as well know what he looked like incase I ran into him."

Ranka nodded "Yes that was smart, so who is it?"

"Mom told me not to show anybody. She doesn't want me to meet up with his mother. Said that even though they were casually dating and it wasn't serious and she still heard anything and everything that his mother had to say and she didn't hold back nothing." You sighed "It's probably better that I didn't know him, I'd be considered illegitimate and probably get some really harsh treatment from my grandmother. I'd rather not have to deal with that."

Haruhi's smile faded as she turned to look at Tamaki he was looking off to the side and she knew he was thinking about how his grandmother treated him. Her heart clenched at that but she knew that she couldn't do anything about his grandmother hurting him. "So –Name- how long you visiting us for?"

"Uncle Ranka didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"I'm going to the same high school as you for the next few years I'm starting on Monday."

"WHAT? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME DAD?" she said glaring at him.

"Must have slipped my mind…sorry." Haruhi sighed and shook her head.

"At least this gives us time to bond again." She said and you smiled

"Yea…I wish we had never moved to live in France...but mom couldn't live here much longer it was killing her walking by the house and seeing you guys everyday…she didn't want to cause she loved you both…you know how close mom and Aunt Kotoko were" Haruhi nodded.

"So what do you have to eat?"

"Yea we have some Kare Raisu."

You beamed at her "Mmmm My favorite! Is it in the fridge?"

"Yes, but I'll get it for you."

"I got it don't worry about it, I'm family, don't treat me like I'm not gonna be living here for the next few years you don't have to cater to me."

Haruhi smiled and watched as you rummaged through the fridge you would never change.

"So…" you said pausing to chew a bite of food "What's this school like?"

"It's a bunch of rich kid's school. But it's a very good school, great academics."

"That's good. I need more of a challenge the schools back home suck."

"What are you talking about?" you looked at Tamaki. "There are some great schools in France, I'm sure you could have found one."

You stopped eating "Yea…but it's more than just me trying to find a more challenging school." You smiled to yourself "I want to at least meet my father even if he doesn't know I exist."

All the boys stared at you in wonder, 'Why would you want to do that to yourself' thought Kyoya.

You stood by the rail as Haruhi said bye to the guys and then jumped when Ranka came up beside you.

"You came here to meet your brother didn't you?" you smiled, you always knew that he was smarter than he let on.

"Yes. I could care less about my father, I know it's not his fault that he doesn't know I exist but, still I don't know him and I don't care to know him. So do you really know who my father is?"

"Why do you think I tolerate Haruhi being around Tamaki?"

You grinned "Like you could make her not see them."

"Yea…you're right so you do know that your dad is the head chairman of the high school?"

"Yes…I do." You said waving as Hunny smiled up at you and waved up at you. You looked at Ranka "Don't let Haruhi find out just yet, I want to meet my father before that happens."

"Why?"

"I'm going to tell him who I am and that I don't want trouble, I just want to meet my brother."

"Will you tell Tamaki?"

"I don't know yet, depends on how this meeting with my father goes."

"Oh."

"Yea, I'm hoping that it goes well."

"What if it doesn't?"

"I don't know what I'll do…I came here to see you and Haruhi, and because I missed you, but when mom finally gave me that picture of my father and then I saw Tamaki...that told me I needed to meet my father. I hadn't planned on it but if I can at least get to know him and maybe be part of his life I'll at least have a brother."

"What if Chairman Suoh forbids you to tell him?"

"I'll threaten to ruin him…"

Ranka smiled "You are too much like your mother…"

"Might be that royal blood in me too."

Monday at school…

You sighed as you walked into the office of the chairman of Ouran Highschool you weren't ready for this but you knew that it had to happen.

The chairman looked up from his desk as you shut the door. "Ah...-Name- Fujioka…welcome, I understand that you are related to Haruhi Fujioka?" you nodded at him your eyes wide. "Is there something wrong Miss Fujioka?" he asked and you shook your head.

"No…sir."

"Come sit please." You slowly walked towards him a little dazed you knew what he looked like before you came but that picture was when he was younger. "So you're going to be a second year…"

"Yes sir."

"Why did you apply for our school?"

"I-I…missed my cousin and uncle, and also figured that I could find a better place of education…when I learned that there may be one more scholarship I decieded that I would try for it kill two birds with one stone so to speak. I could see my family and go to school here at the same time."

"What did your mother and father say about your choice? I'm sure that they were not pleased that you wanted to move so far away from home."

"I never knew my father, it's been me and my mother since I was born. France is not my home and never was…I was born and raised here in Japan, we moved only after my mother lost her sister. She knew that I was unhappy and that is why she allowed me to come back, live with my cousin and go to school here."

"Oh" he said frowning "Does your mother even know who your father was?"

"No disrespect Mr. Chairman but, how does that matter?"

"Of course your right I'm sorry, you just look very familiar to me…any way I have my son waiting in the office to show you around the school if you have any questions he will be pleased to answer them." He pushed a button on his phone "Miss Kaname"

"Yes Mr. Souh?"

"Please send in Tamaki."

"Yes sir."

"Enjoy your experience here at Ouran highschool."

"Thank you Chairman." You stood and bowed as Tamaki walked in the door.

"So how do you like the school so far?" Tamaki asked you after your first class together.

"It's ok…It's much better than in France."

"France really isn't that bad…"

"I have no reason to be in France my family is here and my home."

"What about your mother?"

You looked away "She made her decision to stay with her fiancé and I made mine to come back here and find my father."

"You know your father?"

You winced "Yea…my mother always knew who he was and told me who I just need to find the courage to tell him."

Tamaki smiled "I'm sure that you will find it. You seem like you're a very confident girl."

"What make you say that?"

Tamaki stopped "Because you remind me of someone that my mother met here in Japan."

You stared at him 'Could it be…?'

"Tamkai.."

You both turned towards that voice as Kyoya walked up behind you.

"Kyoya-sempai!" you squeaked and he looked at you

"Yes?"

"I-I-I…"you stuttered you didn't know what to say.

"-Name-!"

You turned and saw Haruhi running up the hall with the twins.

"Haruhi…" you smiled

"How was your first class?"

"It was ok…"

"You don't sound like it was ok…"

"It's just jet lag."

"Oh ok"

"Yea but I'll be ok…just need to get adjusted."

"How about coming to the host club with us?"

"I'm good…I wont fall for your…" you looked at Tamaki "Charms."

"Uh…"

"See you around." You spun on your heel and started off towards the library.