I carefully stepped off my motorcycle, neatly sliding my leg over to the other side then leaping to the ground. Dismounting a motorcycle while wearing a skirt and not accidently flashing anyone is difficult, but I had pretty much got it down. I took off my helmet and smoothed down my long brown hair, reaching just past my shoulders. Shoving the key in the pocket of my jacket I walked over to the entrance of Laser Zone, my heart already pulsing eagerly in anticipation of the playing laser tag, one of my absolute favorite games. As I went to open the door to the facility, bounding out came a short girl clutching seven blue game cards. We collided into one another, the smaller girl falling to the ground. Looking down at her I had to suppress a laugh of surprise and amusement. I knew this girl! In fact she one of my closest friends and we had just barreled into one another without even realizing! How is it that, without even planning, my old friend Kodomojimita Katherine and I manage to run into each other at a laser tag arena of all places? There must be some kind of magnetism that draws us to one another. My inner thoughts were cut short as Katherine excitedly burst out as she still sat on the ground,

"Kin! What are you doing here?" Mentally laughing at her, I reached down to lift her to her feet, once again marveling at the fact she hadn't grown an inch since 7th grade. Smiling at her excitedly, I replied,

"Oh, I'm just here to kick all these boys' butts." She grinned back up at me. Katherine knew that I thrived on competition, especially against guys, and I always wanted to win, no matter the circumstances. That tended to annoy most of my other friends, but Katherine had always thought, like me, that boy-obsession was just a little overrated and it was more fun to beat the boys then swoon over them. "So why are you here?" I asked.

"Oh Haurhi and I needed something to do. And we ran into the twins." At the mention of the twins, who Katherine had described to me in great detail, I couldn't keep down a shudder. I really didn't care for the thought of Katherine hanging around a pair of incestuous brothers whose favorite game was manipulation of others. "And apparently they had never heard of laser tagging so I hadto bring them here to play. Oh come on I'll introduce you to them!" I chuckled lightly, same old Katherine, always light-hearted and cheery on the outside. She would never let her anger or sadness show, only to those who she trusted most or when she was truly on the brink of self-combustion. She seemed genuinely excited for me to meet these 'hosts' as she grabbed my hand and dragged me over to where 6 guys and a boyish-looking girl stood. Katherine was happily smiling as she announced to the hosts,

"Hi guys! This is my friend Takara Kin. She goes to my old school." The tall blond boy stepped towards me, sweeping back his blond hair and winking his purple eyes at me in a way that would have been totally comical had not I been completely irritated at the words that came out of his mouth,

"Hello my fair lady." I scowled, my name is NOT fair lady, and that guy better not think that I would fall for something as practiced, artificial and not to mention arrogant as that.

"Humph…You must be the idiot Tamaki that I've heard about." Tamaki gasped and sounded like he was choking; he straggled backwards, no longer trying to flirt with me, and then disappeared to a corner of the building. I turned to Haurhi next; in her jeans and t-shirt she could have been mistaken for a guy at a distance, but up close there was no doubt in my mind.

"Oh you must be Haurhi, I think those girls at your school are idiots for not realizing you're a girl. You don't have an Adams apple; all guys have an Adams apple." The twins arouse next in my gaze. I narrowed my eyes at them and shook my head, yet keeping a dangerous smile on my face,

"You two must be Hikaru and Kaoru. Listen to me you creeps, you'd better not mess with Kitty at all or I will not hesitate to beat you up." I could tell that beneath their ivory skin and impassive faces the twins were silently panicking at my threat, they were obviously not used to be threatened with physical violence. Katherine, standing beside me, smiled slightly at them, she clearly realized they were afraid too. Looking down I saw a small blond headed boy, who looked up at me with wide eyes,

"Oh you're the Shorty, Mitsukuni then; Kitty seems to really like you." I couldn't help that last part, my evil side sometimes orders me to do random things and I really can't help it. Grinning at Kitty, I laughed silently as her cheeks turned bright red at my comment, confirming what I had just said. I was distracted as I saw a hugely tall figure in the corner of my vision. I looked up at a very tall guy who showed little emotion in his face.

"So…you're Takashi? Wow, you're really tall." Takashi nodded his head, his lips not even twitching to make a response. My eyes now found the last member of the host group. Kyoya. From Kitty's descriptions he was the only member of this 'host' club, aside from Haurhi, and perhaps Takashi and Mitsukuni, whom I thought actually deserving of respect. He had been slightly nice to Kitty, and besides I appreciated his calculating nature that showed a true intelligence and awareness outside of Tamaki's naiveté or the twins' perverseness.

"So you're Kyoya. Nice to meet you." Reaching out my hand I shook his hand, ignoring the shock on the faces of those around me. Behind his glasses I could see his dark eyes appraising me just as I was measuring up him. Then a voice came over the loud speaker, announcing it was time for the blue cards to go in.

"Okay guys that's us. Let's go!" exclaimed Katherine eagerly. We all filed into the briefing room and to my delight, Kyoya, Haruhi, Katherine and I were placed on one team while Mitsukuni, Takashi, Tamaki, and the twins were on the other. When we finally got onto the course we all sprinted around in the darkness for 40 minutes, shooting one another. I had an excellent time, eagerly picking off Tamaki and the twins again and again, gloating as they became increasingly frustrated. I was overjoyed when my team won, I got first on points, and Katherine was best on accuracy. We played again and there were the same results. Feeling extremely satisfied for trouncing the twins and Tamaki the narcissist, Ellie and I walked Haruhi home. Realizing that Katherine's mother wasn't home that night, I decided I shouldn't leave her alone for the night, so we went to my house to get clothes and then I slept over at her house. In the course of the night, she convinced me to come to her school, Ouran Private after school finished one day. I was excited to see her classes, and my school and her old school Ouran Public were close enough to Ouran Private to not make the journey troublesome. Besides, I was curious to see this 'Host Club' in their natural habitat.