A/N
Melody: Hey guys—So, I decided to write a new fan-fiction, starring... Well, me!
Random know it all(Who has been constantly attacking me): That's against the rules!
Melody: Mm, not exactly =D See, 'Melody' is actually an OC that I[the author] created. It's a bit hard to explain... So... Lets try this.
Jewel [Walks in, waving]: Okay, so this, again isn't my real name(of course), but my family does call me this, so... Yeah. Anyways, Melody is my OC, or Original Character. She stands in for me in the Author's Notes, and such like that. She's basically my stand-in. Kinda me, but really not. And, there are appearance differences. See, Melody has dark-brown wavy hair, and blue eyes. Not sky-blue, like a dark-ish blue, ya know? And light skin, slightly tanned. ((BTW, in this first scene her hair is down.)) I look... totally different. Sorry, not sharing how I really look 'till later.
Melody: So you see, it's technically not against the rules.
Jewel: So, let's get to it! I may make another appearance in a Q&A thing? Look out on my profile for deets! Bye!
Melody: Later, Jewel! Anyways, let's get this started! Oh, and as for the title... Couldn't find anything that wasn't totally cliché :P Oh, and, I'm also introducing another OC, created by my BFF, who is also the author of the Eleanor and Tintin story, so... Yeah. Okay, it's seriously in the wee hours of the morning, and I MUST finish this before 5am. On with it! :D If you're confused, read the final A/N, and then re-read the story. It'll make more sense :D
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Chapter 1:
The hosts meet Melody and Blue!
Melody Uniyoke and her friend, Mary Johnson—better known as 'Blue'–walked down the halls of Ouran academy. Melody, a freshman, and Blue, a junior, were searching the school for Music Room 4, where Melody had music practice. As it was their first day attending Ouran Academy, the two girls were still trying to get used to their new school. Melody, like the other girls that attend Ouran, dawned the yellow dress uniform. Only she has taken the fluff from the sleeves, and the poof from the dress, while her dark-brown, wavy hair hung down her back, her blue eyes scanning the school map.
Blue, meanwhile, was helping her younger friend find the music room, before she had to leave for work. Blue herself had instead dawned the boy's school uniform, but had altered the pants instead into a long skirt. Her medium-length, sandy-blonde black-streaked hair was pulled into a small pony-tail, to keep out of her face. What made Blue even more interesting, is one of her eyes was blue, and the other was green.
Today was the girls' first day of school, and Melody was invited to join the music club. But being as it's only Melody and Blue's first day, and the didn't know anyone else in the school, they were trying to navigate through the halls, to Music Room 4.
"Hey, Melody, do you know where we're going?" Blue asked. Melody looked down at the map in her hands.
"The music room should be here somewhere..."she replied, and Blue frowned.
"That's kinda dumb how they did this. I mean, they tell you to go to the music room, but you have no idea where it is!" she said, and Melody simply shrugged.
"Well, we should be grateful we're here in the first place." she mumbled, and Blue rolled her eyes.
"Oh, right, a commoner like me doesn't really fit in at a prestigious academy." she said, smirking. Melody gave her friend a look.
"Oh come on, Blue. You know you're just as happy as I am to be here." she said, and Blue grinned.
"Yeah, it's pretty cool here. Plus I get to hang out with my bud." she sad, and Melody grinned, then looked back at her map.
"Okay, let's see if we can find this darn music room." she said.
The two walked down a few more halls, until the came to the end of the North hallway. "Music Room 3." Blue read. Blue looked at Melody. "Is this the place?" she asked, but Melody shook her head.
"No, Music Room 4 is what we're lookin' for, I heard this music room was abandoned." she said, and pressed her ear against the door. "I heard voices... Maybe we should go in and ask for directions." Melody said, and Blue shrugged.
"Hey, worth a shot," she replied.
At the same time, Melody and Blue opened one of the two large doors, and were greeted by a bright light, and rose petals. "Welcome, ladies." several voices said, and the two girls held up their arms, to shield their eyes from the light.
After the light dimmed a bit, the two girls lowered their arms, and were instantly greeted by two white roses, and a blonde boy, who they recognized from the hallways. His name was Tamaki Suoh.
"Welcome, my princesses," he said, offering the two girls a rose each. Melody rose her eyebrows ever-so slightly, then slowly took the rose.
"Uh, thank you?" she said, questioningly. Tamaki then turned to Blue, who simply stared at him. There was an awkward silence, then Tamaki finally said,
"What's wrong, princess?"
Blue waved away the rose, then said, "You're a little close, wanna get outta my face?" she said. Startled, Tamaki stumbled back slightly. Recovering quickly, Tamaki bowed to Blue slightly.
"Beg your pardon, my dear." he said, and then turned slightly towards the other six hosts.
Both Melody and Blue recognized the other six. Melody knew three of them; the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin both from their family's company, and they were in her class, as well as Haruhi Fujioka. Haruhi sat a few seats from Melody, but Melody never got a good look at him, until now.
Melody also recognized Kyoya Ootori. The Ootori company and the Uniyoke companies knew each other well. She had seen Kyoya at a few social gatherings held by her family's company. They never talked, but she knew plenty about him, as her father had nothing but praise for the Ootori boy.
Blue knew the other two, Takashi Morinozuka—or Mori and Mitsukini Haninozuka—or Hunny, as they were in the same grade as her. They weren't in the same class, as Blue was in class 3-D, and the two boys were in 3-A, for their social standings. As Blue was only admitted by lineage from Melody's family, and Blue's excellent grades.
"Welcome, to the Ouran Host Club!" Tamaki declared. Melody rose an eyebrow.
"Ouran host club?" she repeated. Tamaki nodded, and gave Melody a smile.
"Why yes, my dear." he said, and took Melody's hand, and gently kissed it. Melody's suddenly tinted pink, both from embarrassment, and a little bit of flattery. "We love first-time guests." he said, releasing her hand. "So, what kind of boys are you interested in?" he asked the two girls. Melody hastily shook her head. "Oh n-no, you misunderstood-" she started, but Tamaki cut her off.
"Nonsense, my dear!" he said, and then went over to the other boys, and began talking to Kyoya.
Blue leaned over and whispered to Melody, "I say we make a break for it..." Melody cringed slightly.
"I can't, I'm wearing these darn heels." she hissed. Then, they both suddenly felt the presence of two boys on either side of them.
"Hello there, ladies." Hikaru and Kaoru both said in unison. Both girls jumped slightly, and the two boys each offered the girls two roses, a blue and an orange one. Melody and Blue assumed they were artificially colored. Blue simply rose and eyebrow, as Melody cautiously accepted the roses, again.
"You're Melody Uniyoke, right?" Hikaru asked. Melody nodded slowly.
"We saw you in class today. Why didn't you say hello? You're so lovely." Kaoru said, and Blue mentally smirked. Yeah, but let her warm up to you, this shy thing is just a phase, she said mentally.
"So, you're into the twinset?" Tamaki asked. Melody gave Tamaki a bit of an exasperated look, then said,
"No, I'm sorry, but-"
But before she could go on, Tamaki snapped his fingers, and the twins took a step back, to be replaced by Mori, and Hunny. Once again, the two girls were offered a rose, this time a black rose, and a pink one. Once again, Blue refused, but Melody accepted. "How about the boy-lolita, or the strong-silent type?" Tamaki asked. This time, Blue spoke up.
"Thanks, but no thanks. We-" she started, to be cut off by a snap of Tamaki's fingers. The two juniors stepped back, to be greeted by Kyoya, who offered the girls a dark-purple rose. Blue simply rose an eyebrow, but Melody allowed Kyoya to place the rose in her hand.
"Surely, the cool type?" Tamaki asked, a little worry in his tone. Melody bit the inside of her lower lip, then said,
"Again, no. You see-" but again, Tamaki snapped his fingers.
Hikaru and Kaoru both showed up beside Haruhi, and gave him a little push. "Come on, Haruhi." Hikaru said quietly, forcing Haruhi to go towards the girls.
"They'll be the first two hosts in one-hundred, then your debt is payed off." Kaoru whispered, finishing Hikaru's sentence. Haruhi made an unnoticed face, then went up to the girls.
Haruhi offered them both a natural, red rose. "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you," he said. Again, Melody accepted the rose. Blue stared at Haruhi for a second, then looked him over. She noticed something... Odd. Melody realized this as well, and jabbed her elbow into Blue slightly.
BZZ! ... BZZ! … BOP! ... BOP! A light-bulb clicked on in the girls' heads.
Blue mentally smirked, and accepted the rose. "Thanks," she said simply, and Haruhi's tension eased a bit. Tamaki grinned slightly.
"So, you are fond of the natural type?" he asked. Blue rolled her eyes, and Melody looked at Tamaki,
"No." she said flatly.
Tamaki bowed his head lightly, and made his way to Melody. He took her hand, spun her around, and pulled her slightly, so she fell back into his arm. "So, perhaps, you want to try me?" Tamaki asked, and put his hand to the side of Melody's face, which was once again tinted pink.
"No chance in that, Suoh sempai." she said.
Tamaki froze in place, and then released Melody. "I see," he said, a little glumly. Melody blew a chunk of hair from her face, put the roses in her bag, and said,
"We just came in to ask for directions to Music Room 4. I've got music practice there today," she said. "But it's our first day, so we didn't know where to go." she added timidly. "I had no idea that this was a host club."
Tamaki nodded, and bowed slightly. "Of course, I'm terribly sorry, my dearest princess." he said, and turned his head slightly to Kyoya. "Kyoya, would you give these lovely ladies a map, directing them to Music Room 4?" he asked. Melody rose an eyebrow slightly. Does he really think this guy has everything at his finger tips? She thought.
But to her surprise, Kyoya nodded, pulled out a map from a black book, and handed it to Blue. He opened one side, and pointed to Music Room 4. "The music room is just down a few halls from here," he said. Well, apparently he does.
"Thanks," Blue said, and stuffed the map into her bag. Melody bowed her head slightly to her sempai.
"Thank you for your help. Sorry to cause you so much trouble, sempais." she said. Tamaki gave Melody a kind smile, and said.
"Nonsense, I just hope you come to visit our host club again," he replied. Melody nodded her head, and gave him a smile. Not if I can help it, both Blue and Melody thought to themselves.
"I'll be sure to try. Good-bye," she said, and she turned on her heel, and she and Blue walked out, and closed the doors behind them.
Melody turned to her close friend, and said, "Let's try and forget this, shall we?" Blue nodded.
"Oh we shall," she said, and the two began walking.
**::~*~::**
Tamaki stood in the same place, an rare intense look on his face, his hand on his chin, deep in thought. Haruhi let out a sigh, and the twins both appeared at his side. "Well, Haruhi," Hikaru started.
"That wasn't too bad for your first time." Kaoru continued.
"But you still need a bit of practice." both said in unison. Haruhi shrugged slightly.
"That wasn't bad. I could probably do it again..." he said.
The twins nodded, then turned to Kyoya. "Hey Kyoya sempai, who were those girls exactly?" the twins both asked in unison.
"First year, Melody Uniyoke, and Mary Johnson. Miss Johnson is a transfer student from over seas." Hikaru rolled his eyes.
"Oh, so she's a commoner, too?" he asked. Kyoya nodded, and Kaoru frowned.
"Another one? She's the second commoner this week." he said, and Haruhi made a face.
"I can't help but think I should take offense to that," he said to nobody in particular. Kyoya looked through his black book again.
"Apparently, Miss Johnson was admitted into Ouran through Miss Uniyoke's influence. Her grades are fair, she also got a semester scholarship for soccer. She came from over-seas to Japan in her final year of junior high. So she's lived in Japan roughly five years. She works at a small store, and lives alone. Other than that, nothing particularly interesting." he said flatly.
"What about Melody Uniyoke?" Haruhi asked.
"I think I recognize that name from somewhere." Hikaru said.
"Yeah, she seems familiar too." Kaoru added.
"Maybe that's the same Melody Uniyoke from the Uniyoke companies." Hikaru suggested.
"Indeed she is," Kyoya said. "She's lived in Japan her whole life, was privately tutored until recently. Excellent grades, outstanding social status, and an only child." Kyoya said the last part a little stiffly, then he continued. "She's quite brilliant, and a musical protegee. Been singing and playing instruments since she was two." Kyoya said, and snapped his book shut. "She got offered several scholarships, but instead she's paying for her tuition, as well as Miss Johnson's." he finished. Tamaki turned to Kyoya.
"They were going to Music Room 4, right?" he asked. Kyoya nodded. "Let's go see if she's truly as wonderful as they say, then." he said, and darted out the room.
Haruhi rose an eyebrow. "Why does he want to see Miss Uniyoke so bad?" he asked. Hikaru and Kaoru both rolled their eyes.
"Probably because it's the first time someone totally rejected him," they said in unison. Haruhi rolled his eyes, and followed the other hosts out the door, towards Music Room 4.
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After Blue left her there, Melody walked into the music room, to find that everyone else was there, and there was a boy she slightly recognized, playing the piano. He suddenly stopped, when Melody walked in, and all eyes were on her. The music teacher looked over at Melody from under his black-framed glasses. "Miss Uniyoke, I assume?" Melody nodded, and the teacher returned the gesture. "Well, take a seat. Right now we're testing all your skills, to see where to put you. As I already explained, either you'll be put into my class, a beginners class, or you'll be kicked out of the music program all together." he said. Melody nodded, and said,
"I understand, sir." she said, and sat down in one of the empty chairs. The teacher turned to the boy, and nodded his head.
"Continue," he said, and the continued to play the piano.
It was a simple piano piece, but Melody didn't quite recognize it. After another minute, the boy finished playing. The music teacher looked at the boy, wrote something down in his notebook, and said, "Thank you, Mister Giono. You'll be taking the beginner's course this year, in Music Room 2." he said, waving his hand towards the door. The boy stood up, and walked from the piano to the door. For a split second, he caught Melody's eye, then he left the room.
"Miss Uniyoke, why don't you tell us what you can do," the music teacher said dryly. Melody snapped back into reality, stood up and said,
"I play many instruments-"
"Define many." the music teacher said, smirking. Melody rose her eye-brows, and responded saying,
"Piano, keyboard, harp, violin, viola, fiddle, flute, clarinet, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, ukelele, trumpet, harmonica..." she paused, then said, "I also sing." she said simply. The music teacher stared at her for a moment, then pushed up his glasses.
"Would you mind performing something original for us then, Miss Uniyoke?" he asked.
"Original?" Melody repeated, and the music teacher nodded.
"Yes, right now please." he said.
Melody nodded. "Of course," she said, and dug in her bag, pulling out the roses and setting them on her chair. She heard the other girls murmur around her, but Melody simply pulled out a piece of sheet music. She walked over to the acoustic guitar in the front of the class, and sat down in the piano chair. She looked at the music teacher, and he nodded. Melody began to strum a song. "I wrote this about a year ago... It's called Smell the Roses." she said, and began to play.
**::~*~::**
"Where is the music room, again?" Hikaru asked.
"Should be around here..." Tamaki said, looking around like a lost dog. Kyoya suddenly stopped, and said,
"We're here," he said.
"How do you know?" Tamaki asked. Kyoya simply pointed his pen to the sign on top of the door, which read; Music Room 4. "Oh," Tamaki said simply. They then saw a boy walk out of the room.
"Er, excuse me." he said, and walked down the hall. Tamaki stared after him, and said,
"Kyoya?" Kyoya then opened his black book and said,
"That was Harima Giono, first year, class 1-C. Decent at music, grades are dreadful." he said, then snapped his book closed. Tamaki nodded, then looked into the room.
"Look, it's Melody!" he said. The seven hosts looked in the window that showed Melody sitting down on a chair, and they could hear her playing a guitar.
"She's not bad," Hikaru commented.
That's when she began singing;
Do you ever find yourself,
Looking from the outside?
Just watchin' your life,
Pass you by.
Here and gone again,
Like you're goin through windows
Of your own life.
Why don't we just slow down,
Take a look around,
Before it passes by.
Take time to smell the roses,
Before they start fading
Listen to the birds,
While they're still singing
Feel the spray of the ocean,
Watch the rising sun.
Smell the roses,
While there's still time.
Ohh ohh,
Stop and smell the roses,
While we're still young,
Stop, and stare,
Stop and smell the roses.
The whole time she sang, everyone remained silent.
Melody cleared her throat, and said, "That was just a piece of it..." she said. She looked up at the music teacher, whose eyes were closed. Melody made a face. "Excuse me, sir..." she said a little louder. The music teacher sighed, and opened his eyes, and gave Melody a genuine smile.
"Miss Uniyoke, you can be in my class this semester, only by one condition," he said. Melody frowned.
"Yes?"
"...Finish that song of yours." he said. Melody grinned, and looked to her fellow students, who were smiling up at her, encouraging her. Melody nodded.
"Of course, sir." she said, and began to play the rest of her song.
**::~*~::**
Outside the music room, the hosts had all strained their ears, trying to grab every note of Melody's voice in their ears. "She's amazing, huh?" a voice said. The hosts turned, to find Blue, who had her arms folded, and she was grinning.
"Yeah, she's always had an amazing voice," she said, and laughed. "Who knew, the name she had fits her perfectly." Kyoya pushed up his glasses.
"Miss Johnson-sempai, I thought you had work today," he said. Blue shrugged.
"I got called off—Wait, how did you know I had work?" she asked. Kyoya simply gave her a small shrug, and tilted his head up-ward slightly, so that the light reflected from his glasses, covering his eyes.
"I have my sources," he said simply. Blue nodded slowly.
"Riiiiiigght..." she said, then shrugged. "Well anyway, I came to see if she got in or not. What're you doing here?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.
"Well, we wanted to hear your dear friend's musical abilities, see if she is just as wonderful as the rumors say." Tamaki responded. Blue rose one of her eyebrows.
"And why would you care about that?" she asked.
"Why, with such a lovely lady, who wouldn't want to see her again?" Tamaki said, and Blue simply stared at him.
"Okay, whatever," she said, and jerked her head towards the music room.
"Hey, Melody." she said, and the hosts turned to find Melody standing behind them.
"Hi, Blue." she said, and nodded to the hosts. "Hello again." she said to the seven boys.
"I thought your practice was longer," Blue said, walking around the hosts to Melody, who shrugged.
"He said it was just placement, then we could leave." she replied. Blue nodded.
"Cool, then we can go home—I got called off." she said, and Melody nodded.
"Excellent." then she turned to the hosts, and bowed slightly. "It was nice to see you again," she said. Tamaki took Melody's hand and stroked it gently.
"Well, why don't you come and visit us, Miss Uniyoke?" he asked. Melody mentally screamed, but then smiled sweetly and said,
"I'm sorry, sempai. But I don't think I'd fit in very well." Tamaki gave her a kind smile.
"Nonsense, you'll both be just fine," he said. "We love first-time guests."
Melody looked at Blue, who rolled her eyes at the blonde host before them, and then back at Tamaki, and then the other hosts. Just one visit couldn't hurt, feed this guy's ego a bit. Melody then nodded.
"Alright, one visit couldn't hurt, I suppose." she said.
Right?
Jewel: Okay, FINALLY DONE! Okay, I said I'd be leaving, but I thought I'd give poor Melody a break, so I'll be handling the Author's Notes for now on. Okay, so let's clear up a few things:
This story takes place in the middle of the first episode. So far Melody, Blue, Kyoya, Hunny, Hikaru and Kaoru are the only ones who know Haruhi's secret. And Haruhi hasn't had her first guests yet, etc. etc.
The song used is written by me, and I've got full copyrights to it. Oh, by the way, I've got to do the Disclaimer-
Hikaru - Kaoru: Can we do it?
Jewel: Sure, why not.
Hikaru - Kaoru: Jewel doesn't own anything, except her OC's and her songs.
Jewel: Nice. Okay, so this IS a LOT longer chapter than I would have liked... But oh well, what can ya do? The next ones will be a little shorter... Or not... We'll see =]
Blue: Melody... we... were... so... SO... close. We could've gotten out of that prissy prison and hung out! WHY did you accept their invitation?!
Melody: Sorry! I just thought we'd humor them today, and then we won't ever have to come back again!
Blue:No... I've heard about these clubs. They are RELENTLESS!
Melody:Oh calm down, Tamaki-sempai looks like a moron. Besides, it's not like they can force us to go, ya know?
Blue:Ugh. Once... that's it...
Melody: Excellent Besides, once the other girls from the school come, we can duck out.
Blue: Okay, fine.
DorkyTinsleChik Team (Melody, Jewel, and Mary): We'll see you next time!