~Chapter 1~

.:That New Girl:.

Max leaned over the rail and looked at the busy streets of Japan. The winds making her long black and white air swirl around her, sparkling in the sunlight. She inhaled and the sweet smell of spring-time tickled her nose. She loved it here. Max moved to Japan from the United States when she was 10 years old; for her mother's job. Max sighed when she heard her mother curse under her breath. She's been trying to unlock the door to their apartment for over 20 minutes. It only took a few seconds for her mother's frustration to escalate to a loud scream.

FUCK! GOD-DAMNIT," Max's mother yelled. I'M GOING TO KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE LANDLORD FOR FUCKING MY KEYS UP!"

"Jesus Christ, Mom! Calm down, you're going to wake up our neighbors," Max walked over to her mother and took the keys and thrust them into the door, and turned. The door still didn't budge.

"SEE!? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT!?" Max's mother ran her fingers through her blonde hair in frustration, then hit her forehead against the door and stood there.

"Shhhh! Shut up!"

"Oh give me a break; these people don't have a clue what we're saying!" (They are speaking English)

"Just shut up for 5 minutes, I'll go ask next door and see if someone can help," Max walked to the door beside their own and knocked on the door, she was surprised when a smaller girl about her age answered. She had large brown eyes and shiny short, brown hair.

"Hello, Can I help you?" The girl said in fluent Japanese.

"Hi, I'm Max, me my mother just moved here, and we can't seem to get the key to unlock the door…. Do you think you could help us out?"

"Oh sure, not a problem… Nice to meet you by the way, I'm Haruhi. It's good that we're finally getting some neighbors!" The girl smiled warmly and Max smiled back. It felt weird for Max to talk to such a petite girl, she being pretty tall and all.

"WHAT THE SHIIIIIIIITTTTT!" Max's mother yelled from outside. Max sweat-dropped and motioned for Haruhi to follow her outside. Haruhi shut the door behind her and walked with Max over to the frount door of their apartment.

"Um, Hello Miss. Could I help you with that?" Haruhi fake smiled nervously. Who is this insane woman? She thought to herself. Max's Mom was a medium height and blonde, she had brown eyes and a very curvy figure. Her skin was tanned, too. She could hardly recognize her as being a mom, let alone being Max's mom. Max was very tall and slender; her skin almost hardly had a pigment. The sun almost reflected off of her skin. There was hardly anything similar about them except the shape of their eyes. Hmmm…. Must've been the father.

"Oh sure, thank you bunches, sweetie," Max's mother handed the keys over to Haruhi.

"The same thing happened to me and my father when we moved in, the trick is to unlock the knob and then the other one. I don't know how it works exactly, but it works!" Haruhi opened the door carelessly and handed the keys over.

"Oh thank you thank you thank you~" Max's Mom sang happily. She hugged the small girl tight to her chest, "Call me Leigh!" Haruhi squeaked a bit, she couldn't breathe. Argh! This woman's chest is going to be the death of me!"

"Mom you're going to kill the poor girl!" Max tugged at her Mom's shoulders. Leigh released a blue looking Haruhi.

"Sorry honey!" Leigh giggled and rubbed the back of her neck "But you have no idea how grateful I am! Max dear, come in and get ready, you do have school today!"

"Oh what school are you going to," Haruhi asked Max anxiously. She would be excided to maybe have a girl as a friend.

"Ouran Academy I believe…. the fancy one… I got in for grades,"

"Same here! I got here last year though. We should go together," Haruhi smiled "I'll show you around,"

"Thanks that'd be awesome! Hold on let me go change my clothes really fast and I'll be ready to go!" Max grinned and dashed in her house, digging through boxes looking for something decent to wear. She grabbed a gray long sleeved shirt and a short navy skirt. She pulled her clothes on, slipped on tennis shoes, grabbed her book bag and ran out the door.

Soon, the two were off to Ouran Academy. Max wasn't sure exactly why Haruhi was wearing a men's uniform, but Haruhi promised to explain to her later. They talked about what it was like in America for awhile, and Haruhi told them about school (Minus the host club). Soon they arrived at Ouran. Max gasped t the sight. The place was massive! It was pink, too!

"Jesus Christ! This place is huge!" Max's aqua blue eyes darted around, looking at all of the buildings and people. She spun around and looked at the beautiful school. She thought Ouran looked almost like a miniature city rather than a school. Everything was so perfect. Not a thing out of place.

"Yeah I know! I could hardly believe my eyes when I first saw this!" Haruhi smiled and noticed that everyone was staring at Max, probably because she wasn't in uniform.

"I see why you wear the men's uniform now," Max said, snickering "The girl's uniforms are hideous,"

"I thought I was the only one!" Haruhi laughed, but her smile quickly faded. She saw the Host Club coming towards her. Oh god! This is my first real friend here! I can't let the Host Club scare her off! Haruhi laughed nervously and grabbed Max's small hand and yanked her through the courtyard.

"Dude!? What the hell are you doing!"

"OH YOU KNOW!" Haruhi laughed nervously again, beads of sweat beginning to form on her forehead. "We're gonna be late to ummm….. LUNCH!"

"WHAT THE HELL?! It's 8 am!" Max was beginning to get impatient. Haruhi pulled her into a nearby shed and shut the door and locked it. "Okay…. Haruhi….I'd just like to let you know that I don't swing that way….. at all…." Max eyed her suspiciously and shifted awkwardly.

"Just shut up for a minute!" Haruhi bent over and peeked through the keyhole to the door and saw Tamaki headed straight for the shed, with the other fellow Host Club members following.

"Who are we hiding from?" Max whispered quietly as she walked over to the door. Haruhi motioned for her to zip her lips, Max heard a man talking outside.

"Haruhiiiiiii, where is my daughter hiding!~" The voiced yelled. "Haruhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, I know you're in there!" They heard the voice whisper and a cute giggle issue from outside. There was a loud bang on the outside of the shed and magically a cute little boy appeared beside Max. Max yelled and jumped away in freight, and hit her head on a ceiling fan in the process.

"Haru-chan why are you hiding from us?" the boy made a sad face at Haruhi. "And who is this girl?" The boy looked up at Max rubbing her head and he blushed a little. "She's pretty Haru-chan! Is this your girlfriend? Is that why you're hiding in the shed? You want some time alone?" Max blushed down at the little boy and then looked at Haruhi, an annoyed expression on her face.

"AHHH NOO… DEFINITLY NOT… " Haruhi looked like she was about to shoot herself, she clentched her hands in fists and looked down at the ground. Then she sighed and rubbed the back of her neck. The other Host Club members were trying to get inside. "I might as well go ahead and introduce you to the Host Club," She walked over to the door slowly and with an annoyed expression she opened the door, and almost instantly got tackled down to the ground by a handsome blonde haired man.

"Haruhiiiii!I have saved you! Now who is this mad-woman who has kidnapped you!?" The man stood up and stomped over to Max. Max held her hands up in defense.

"Woah! What the heck dude?! I didn't kidnap her you idiot!" Max screamed at him, her eyebrows making a low frown. The man jumped back; surprised "SHE DRAGGED ME IN HERE RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU ALL! COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON"

"Haruhi…." The blonde man said softly, sniffling a little.

"Senpai… Honestly I just wanted to make a friend without your alls obnoxiousness interfering!" The blonde guy sat in the corner and sulked, while 4 more men walked up to the doorway of the shed; Two of them being twins, one a smart looking man with glasses, and one quiet tall guy with dark spiked hair.

"Well well well, looks like the boss is sulking again," The two twins said in unisons they rolled their yellow colored eyes, the spikey haired one nodding in agreement

"Mori-senpai!" The little boy sang happily. He ran over to the spikey haired boy and hugged his leg, doing a cute little dance with his cheeks all blushy.

"COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? WHAT THE HELL IS A HOST CLUB?" Max screamed loudly, her patience completely gone. Everyone stared at her and blinked for a moment. Max threw her arms up in an questioning manner and looked at everyone. Haruhi finally got up and dusted herself off.

"Come with us to the music room #3 after school, we'll explain then…. We'd best be getting to class now.

Later on, after a day spent in the office of the school deciding what classes that she would be put in Max left and sighed. She wasn't so sure about any of this. Who were those crazy guys? Why was that guy calling Haruhi his daughter? All of this madness was beginning to give her a headache, but she slung her backpack over her shoulder and looked at the map that the counselor gave her. This was going to be interesting. Max then made her way to the music room, and opened the door…

"Welcome~" Said a group of voices in unison. She saw all of the Men she encountered earlier sitting all around a couch, dressed in some sort of weird flowery robes. Max curled her face up in a freaked out sort of manner and turned to walk away, but Haruhi jumped out and grabbed her wrist.

"Sorry sorry, we thought you were someone else!" Haruhi said shaking her head from embarrassment. "Please just let me tell you everything… I know it must seem weird but it will all make sense as soon as we all explain" Max nodded slowly, still not entirely sure whether to run away or not. What kind of Club is this? Why in the hell were they in robes? Max then followed Haruhi into the fancy room and sat down on the opposite couch that the "Host Club" was sitting on. She noticed one of the men was missing, He was sitting in the corner, curled into a ball. Max ran her hand through her hair nervously.

"That's Tamaki-senpai," Haruhi pointed to the blonde man in the corner who was still sulking from earlier. "I'll just go ahead and introduce him for himself since he's busy right now" Haruhi rolled her eyes and motioned for the other Host Club members to introduce themselves.

"I'm Mitsukuni Haninozuka, but you can call me Honey~" The young looking boy said happily "I hope we can be friends" Max smiled a little at his cuteness.

"Nice to meet you, Honey" Max said kindly, watching him wiggle around and smile.

"Oh and this is my very best friend," Honey pointed to the tall spikey haired guy leaning against a table. "He doesn't like to talk much, but his name is Takashi Morinozuka… Call him Mori though!" Mori nodded in Max's direction and she nodded back. Then the two red-headed twins stepped forward.

"I'm Hikaru Hitachiin," One of the twins said without looking at her; seeming to not care about her very much.

"And I'm Kaoru Hitachiin. It's very nice to meet you, Haruhi's friend" Kaoru smiled warmly at her and she smiled back. Soon the smart looking guy with glasses stepped forward.

"Maxeen Leo Miranana, 16… Originally from the United States. My source tells me you live with your mother and there's no father in my accounts. Strange that I have so much little, but it's probably because you lived in the U.S.," The smart looking guy smirked and Max didn't seem so amused.

"Well. That's a bit uncalled for and creepy," Max eyed him suspicously "Who are you…?"

"Call me Kyoya" He smirked even more.

"Don't worry, he's like that with everyone. Always constantly trying to form some sort of blackmail to use against us," Haruhi cringed and smiled up at Max, who smiled back.

"So, here in our Host Club we entertain young females with too much time on their hands, like yourself…" Kyoya started "We have many different young men for you to choose from," He held his palm up and presented the other members of the host club.

"Um, I didn't come here to be entertained. I came here because of Haruhi, and why are you calling her a man….?"

"Oh so you know…." Kyoya smirked and looked over at Tamaki. Tamaki quit sulking for a moment and shifted a little to look directly at Max.

"Well yeah? I live right next to her, plus that creepy dude was calling her his daughter and stuff so how was I supposed to not know. Sure, she wears the mens uniform…. But I mean, she doesn't even look like a guy. You can see it in her eyes and hear it through her voice." She laughed at herself "What idiot would believe that she is a man?"

"Well you'd be surprised. Our entire school believes she's a man. We were all fooled as well when she first strode in here," Kaoru said, laughing a little.

"Why in the hell would she pretend to be a man….Oh wait… So she could come here and make a little cash? Hmmm… that makes sense…"

"I joined the Host Club to pay off a debt," Haruhi said quietly.

"Ah… Well that makes even more sense then," Max shrugged and shifted around, noticing that Haruhi was looking a bit sad. "Hey, don't worry about it, I don't think you're weird or anything. I still want to be your friend. I actually think that this is all pretty cool… In a way" Haruhi smiled at Max.

"Well good, I was nervous," Haruhi laughed, stood up, and dusted her uniform off.

"Hmmm, kind and smart…" Kyoya looked down at his clipboard "Maybe you are fit enough to be able to represent the Host Club,"

"Uhhh, Excuse me?" Max raised one of her eyebrows at Kyoya.

"In other words, I believe you could increase our sales significantly, having female AND male students supporting us would send the Host Club to even more incredible heights…. Possibly even doubling our income…" Kyoya began to scribble some things down before he was interrupted by a laugh coming out of Max.

"Is this your way of complimenting me?" She snickered and Kyoya smiled down at his clipboard.

"If you wish it be,"

"Hmmm…" Max looked over at Kyoya and the other Host's. She couldn't quite tell if he was actually flirting with her or not.

"So are you joining?" The twins asked in unison. She shrugged and looked at the ground awkwardly, not knowing what exactly to say.

"Yes please join, Maxie-chan?~" Honey squeaked at her. She blushed again at his cuteness. She just couldn't say no to this kid.

"Why are you acting so excited Honey?" Hikaru said in a snotty voice, folding his thin arms across his chest "It's not like we need this girl or anything,"

"Hey kid, you can kiss my ass. It's not like I came here on my own will or anything,"

"Then you should just go…?" He rolled his eyes at her and huffed loudly. Kaoru elbowed his brother hard, trying to get him to stop.

"Ha! Maybe I will! But, before I do leave, let me do a kiiiiiind favor of SHOVING MY FOOT UP YOUR-" Max started to say, glaring at Hikaru. He actually looked a bit scared.

"No please don't go Maxie-chan~" Honey pulled on her arm and looked up at her with puppy dog eyes "I thought that we were going to be friends," Max blushed again, forgetting why she was mad Good god I am going to rot to the core just being around so much cuteness She thought to herself..

"Just for Hikaru, I'll stay here." Max snickered loudly "Just to irritate him," Hikaru rolled his eyes again and got up and left, His brother running after him.

"Yayyyyy!" Honey squeaked, he hugged her leg tightly, making her stumble around.

"Honey-senpai sure does like Max," Haruhi said to Mori, who smiled back. Mori pointed at Max's bag and hanging off of the back of it was many different key chains, them all being different stuffed animals and cute things.

"Well, Welcome to the Host Club Max!" Haruhi said happily. "Tamaki-senpai, aren't you going to greet the latest member of the Host Club?" Tamaki stood up and walked over to Max and held out his hand.

"Welcome to the Host Club, Maxeen…"