Just Because

Super Nova!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Ouran Hish School characters or the plot of the Anime or manga, just the OC within the story.

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"Do you understand what you have to do?" A tall, middle aged man in a slate gray uniform asked.

"I do." The subordinate replied, wearing a similarly colored outfit, but it wasn't nearly as formal and was not decked out in a number of metals.

"She is not to know about your mission there. Make sure that you don't blow your cover. During the school day she should be ok, but keep an eye on her after she leaves." The older man said.

The subordinate put its hand up to its head. "Sir!" He lifted up the picture and looked at the girl. "Um… So why am I watching her again?" He coughed, forgetting who he was speaking to. "Uh… Captain."

The older man sighed. "A friend of mine called in and asked me to have her followed. I don't mind helping a friend every now and then..."

'Yeah… because I'm the one who has to follow her.' The subordinate thought irritably.

"Good luck." The Captain said, raising his hand to his forehead in a saluting manner. The subordinate copied him, then turned and walked out of the dimly lit room.

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The warm breeze slowly moved over her skin. Her green eyes surveyed the area. The school looked like an oversized church to her, and the area was all around her was flat. She could hear the first period bell ring in the distance. "Whoops… Looks like I'm late."

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Kaoru stared out the window as his mind drifted away from the teacher's lecture. He glanced at Haruhi, who was taking notes over the subject. Shifting his elbow just a little gave him a clear view of his twin, who looked just as bored as he was. Hikaru had his eyes closed and his chin was resting in his palm.

He pulled his eyes away from his brother and Haruhi and went back to looking out the window. But… something else took his attention. The sound of… heavy soled shoes? And high heeled shoes? It got louder and louder until the classroom door was opened.

Everyone's attention was transferred to the woman and the girl who had walked in. The woman was somebody who worked here within the school, but the girl… she didn't seem to fit. Her hair was pulled into a high ponytail, her messy bangs framing her face, and her green eyes had already analyzed everyone's face in the room.

It was her cloths, though, that was what was being stared at. She had on a pair of slate colored pants, her boots were black, and her t-shirt was a little loose and was white. There was some sort of long sleeved shirt tied around her waist that was the same color as her pants.

"Mr. Tekata, this is your new student." The woman turned and left, shutting the door as she went.

Everyone continued to stare at the new girl. The teacher, Mr. Tekata, coughed. "Well, Miss…"

"Nova Larsting, Sir." She replied in a monotone voice.

"Well, Miss Larsting… Would you like to tell us about yourself?"

"No." The class all started to laugh… except one person. Nova and that one person locked eyes. "I wouldn't like to… but I will. I'm half Japanese and half American, and for the past eight years I've been living in a submarine where my father is the captain. I lived here when I was younger with my mother and older brother, but went to live with my father when my mother died. I'm only here because my father said it would be good to experience different lifestyles. I'd rather be at a public school-"

"Why? That's where the commoners go!" A boy called out from the back of the class.

"For too many reasons that I am not going to explain." She said calmly.

Hikaru lifted his head from his hand. "Where's your submarine at?" He asked, not bothering to raise his hand.

"That's classified information and it cannot be released to the public." She said.

"But it's in the ocean, right?" Kaoru asked, curious about this new girl.

"It is in some sort of water, yes." Nova said.

"Your father wouldn't happen to be Keith Larsting, would he?" Haruhi asked, still not breaking her gaze from Nova.

This surprised Nova, making her face show another emotion. "How do you know?" She questioned.

Hikaru and Kaoru turned to their toy. "Yes, how do you know?" They said simultaneously. She shrugged the unusual stares, like always.

"Well, Miss Larsting, you may take a seat over there behind the boy by the window… the one who has a look-alike two seats away." He muttered the last part.

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"That girl was strange." Kaoru and Hikaru said as the three classmates walked to the third music room.

"And you seemed to know something about her, Haruhi. Why is that?" Hikaru asked.

Haruhi shrugged. "I don't know. That name just popped into my head, and I asked about it. It's no big dea-" Haruhi fell to the ground.

"Haruhi!" Hikaru and Kaoru bent down quickly.

"Are you ok?" Kaoru asked, being the more sensitive twin.

"Uh… yeah, I wasn't paying attention-" A hand appeared in front of her.

"Sorry about that, Miss." The hand's owner grabbed one of her hands and pulled her up into a standing position. He smiled at her, then turned and walked away.

Haruhi stared after his retreating figure. He was wearing the school uniform. His hair was light brown and when he had looked at her, his green eyes had bore into her own. She had met those eyes before… but where?

"I wonder who that was. I've never seen him before." Kaoru said as he and Hikaru straitened up. Hikaru glared at the retreating figure. Kaoru glanced at his twin… and he could see the familiar look that his brother had given Haruhi's friend when they were on vacation.

Something snapped within the calm twin. 'Wait a minute… he knew that Haruhi was a girl!' He thought wildly as he pulled at his brother and Haruhi's arm. "C'mon guys, lets get going. We're already late." Kaoru said.

They weren't surprised to see that the club was closed today. They usually took a day off during the week, and luckily… today was that day.

"Hey guys-!" Kaoru shouted from running in.

"Kao- Kaoru quit pulling!" Hikaru said, not sounding very happy. Kaoru suddenly pushed his friend and brother back out and slammed the door shut. "What the hell, Kaoru! What's your problem today?!" Hikaru yelled.

"That Nova girl's in there." He said. His back pushed up against the door. Kaoru wasn't as clueless as his brother… he noticed things that went on around him. The girl… She had been staring at Haruhi while she spoke to the class. When he had turned around to watch her sit down, she was still looking at Haruhi. And that guy… he knew that she was girl. He figured that Nova was just a large pile of trouble.

"So." His brother said flatly.

"Uh… well-"

"Hey! You doppelganger! You and your clone get out from the front of this door!"

Nova's annoyed voice seeped through the door. The door jolted under his back, and then flew open. "What the hell! Why did you block my way out?!" She yelled at Kaoru, who had been tossed to the other side of the hallway, his body resting on top of his head.

"Oww…" He muttered as he rolled his body onto his back. Tamaki stared at the young woman who had kicked the door open, his eyes were showing his fear and horror that he only granated to Nekozawa.

"Where's that girl who asked about my father's name? I heard she was apart of this club."

"Haruhi is not a girl, young lady." Kyoya said, pushing up his glasses.

"Yeah… when I asked about her, the others said that she was a cute boy, but I'm not stupid-" The boys pulled Nova back into the room and shut the door quickly.

"So you know about Haruhi being a girl. There's nothing wrong if you tell, but-"

"Threats don't work against me. You can try as much as you want, but it'll all be just a fun game to me." She said coldly.

Her sudden tone change seemed to frighten even Mori and Kyoya. "You want to talk to me, Nova?" Haruhi asked, walking out form behind Hikaru… who had been hiding her behind his body.

Kyoya walked up behind Haruhi and tapped her arm, whispering something into her ear. Tamaki and the others assumed that his words were instructions.

"Yeah… but not in front of these guys-" Nava said, narrowing her eyes at the dark haired man.

"WAIT! You cannot speak to my daughter unless I am present." Tamaki said quickly. Nova ran her eyes over the tall man. "Do you like what-"

"Shut up fag." She said quickly as she grabbed Haruhi's arm and pulled her out of the room. She ran down the stairs and into an empty classroom. She made sure the door was shut before she turned to Haruhi.

"You… are Haruhi Fujioka, right?" Haruhi nodded. "I knew it!" She smiled for the first time. "Remember me? We were in grade school for a few years. You came to my mom's funeral!"

Then it clicked in Haruhi's mind. "Kalari?"

"Yeah!" Nova nodded.

"That's right… I do remember you." She smiled. "Nova was your middle name… and I recognized your dad's name because you always talked about him at school." Haruhi said.

Nova smiled. "Yeah. He made me come here, so I was really bummed out until I saw you. I wasn't sure if it was you or if it was someone else. Now I think I'll be able to survive."

She yawned. "Jesus I'm tired. School sucks… I haven't been to one in a year." She muttered.

Her green eyes suddenly shot at the door. She tiptoed over to it and then… kicked it so that the two doors would swing open and smash whoever's faces were by it.

Those faces just happened to be Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamakis' faces. "That's what you get for listening in on conversations that don't include you!" She yelled at the three unmoving bodies on the floor.

Haruhi giggled. "Maybe you should take it easy on them. I mean, you've been training for combat for about eight years now, right? That's what you told me that you'd be doing before you left."

She rolled her eyes. "I was being easy. They're just not smart or fast enough to move in time. Those two didn't have any problems with getting out of the way, and that guy who was going to says something to me earlier was the smartest… he didn't even try… Of course, he wouldn't need to with this." She pulled something off of Haruhi's elbow.

It was a microphone. "You're quite clever. I guess it left you in one piece." She said to Kyoya.

It was Tamaki who recovered from the three injured people. "So… you knew my daughter from elementary school?!" He asked excitedly.

"Yeah yeah." She waved her hand at him. "Well, Haruhi… I'll give you a call later. Is your number still the same?" Haruhi nodded. "Good." Her half lidded eyes moved over to Kyoya. "I'll know if someone is listening in." She waved and left.

"Oh man… she's scary." Tamaki said as he hid behind Mori and Hunny. "Ha- Haruhi…"

"Hmm?"

Kaoru and Hikaru pushed Tamaki down onto the floor and said, "Why is a girl like that so scary?!"

Haruhi laughed. "She's not. Just get used to her… Anyways, I have homework to do, and I plan on finishing it before midnight. I'll see you guys later." She walked away.

The boys all looked at each other. "You guys…" Hikaru smirked as he started a sentence.

"Lets follow that Nova girl and see what she's like at home." Kaoru finished.

"That would have worked if she would have just left." Kyoya said.

"Then lets do it tomorrow after the club." Hunny said with big eyes.

Tamaki nodded. "Yes. It's good that we know who Haruhi's friends are. Tomorrow, we're going to follow Nova and see what she's like!"