I was bored so I made this little crossover.. I don't own either anime...

The Host Basket

It was a normal day for Haruhi Fujioka. She was hurrying toward the third music room on the second floor of the elite Ouran Academy, to spend her afternoon hosting to pay off a ridiculous debt that she questioned everyday. Not only did she question the debt, she questioned her sanity as well. It wasn't everyday that you saw a young girl hosting for other young girls.

She had just turned the corner of the hall leading to the music room when she saw a mysterious, black-haired boy at the end of the hall, in front of the door to the host club. "Excuse me," Haruhi asked, quickening her pace to catch the boy. The boy, not even acknowledging Haruhi, turned swiftly around and walked away. Before Haruhi could catch him, he was gone. "That was strange," Haruhi said.

Haruhi entered the room to see the various hosts rushing around, preparing for guests. They were all dressed as various animals- cat, rat, dog, dragon, bunny and cow. "What's with the animal?" Haruhi asked, looking at the various decorations, "And more importantly, what hell have you planned for me?"

"Actually, we were so focused on what we were going to be, that we just decided that you could be a girl instead," Kyoya said, "That is ok, isn't it?"

"Sure," Haruhi answered. She did not want to argue with Kyoya. Haruhi figured that if she was on Kyoya-senpai's good side, her debt might be reduced faster.

"Good," Kyoya said with no emotion. Then, turning to the rest of the club, Kyoya ordered, "Alright, the girls will be here any minute, get ready."

The boys took their places at various tables scattered throughout the room. Then, girls began flooding into the room, admiring the different decorations, but most of all, admiring the hosts. "Oh, I love your costume, Tamaki," one girl squealed. "Yeah, it's so cute. I love the dog ears," another squealed.

"Why thank you ladies," Tamaki told the girls, "But nothing compares to how cute you lovely girls are."

"Oh you're so sweet!" the girls exclaimed.

"Oh Kyoya, you look like such a ferocious dragon," girls said. Kyoya simply smirked in response, sending the girls into a squealing frenzy.

"Hunni-senpai, you look so adorable as a bunny," one girl said, "You look fabulous as well Mori. That cow costume is so cute." Hunni just smiled cutely while Mori looked vacantly (yet sexily) in front of him.

"Oh I love your mouse and cat ears," the girls said to the twins, "I just want to play with them all day."

"Thank you ladies," the twins said, "We don't know why, but we felt we should be these animals, even though, we are twins of course."

"Why didn't you dress up like an animal, Haruhi?" some girls asked.

"Because I had no idea we were dressing as animals, so the rest of the club suggested I should dress as a girl," Haruhi said.

"You know what pisses me off," a voice coming from the floor said. Everyone proceeded to look around for the voice. A portion of the floor in the middle of the room began rotating, lifting a girl from beneath the floor. She was dressed in a costume that looked somewhat like a boar. "Why did you dress me as a boar?"

"We thought it fit your personality," the twins answered with sly smiles.

Renge was obviously not content with that answer and persisted to complain about being dressed like a boar. Out of the corner of Haruhi's eye, she saw a flash of black hair from the doorway, but when she looked again, there was nothing there.

The day went on as planned. The girls fawned over the costumes and hosts while the hosts flirted with them. All was fine, until a girl decided to hug Hunni-senpai. In a puff of smoke, Hunni disappeared, and in his place was a small bunny. "Ahh!" the girl screamed and dropped the bunny on the couch.

Not knowing what to do, the girls grabbed on to whichever host was closest to them. More puffs of smoke were seen, and one by one the hosts vanished. In there wake were whichever animal they had been dressed as previously. This is strange, Haruhi thought, looking at the hosts, this has got to be a prank.

The girls who were standing by ran out of the room screaming. The only 'people' left in the room was Renge and Haruhi who were trying to regain some sort of composure. Renge ran over to an orange cat that was looking a bit dazed and scooped him into her arms. "Renge, what are you doing?" the cat asked in a voice that sounded like Hikaru's.

They can talk? Haruhi thought, amazed. "Silly, don't you feel it?" Renge asked. The cat looked up at her, "What do you mean?" Renge replied, "I just feel attracted to you. You're so cute!" The cat that was Hikaru just looked up at her in horror.

"Would you two stop and get me some water," a little seahorse-looking animal said from a corner. Haruhi ran and got a vase that previously held roses and placed the animal in the water. "Thank you," it said gratefully, "Now, we need to figure out why we all turned into animals. Any ideas?"

Every animal/human shook their heads. "Anyhow, it looks like we transform into these animals if someone of the opposite sex hugs us," the seahorse sounding like Kyoya deduced. Suddenly, there was a huge burst of smoke and, standing in the places of the animals, was the hosts. But they were completely naked.

"Ahhh, ugh!" Haruhi and Renge squealed, looking away quickly.

"And when we transform back," Kyoya added, "We are naked."

"Yeah we noticed," everyone else said. The boys collected their clothing and began to put it on. Finally, they were dressed and sitting at a huge table, discussing the events that had unfolded.

Suddenly, Haruhi had a thought, "You know, I did see a mysterious new boy earlier. Could he have anything to do with it?"

Kyoya began to search through some papers. Finally, pulling one out, he said, "You must be referring to the new student, Akito Sohma. He just transferred here for no apparent reason. It looks as though he transfers school a lot."

"I see that you've discovered the curse," a mysterious, shadowy figure said from a corner, making everyone jump.

"Where did you come from?" the host exclaimed.

"I've been here for awhile actually," the boy said, emerging from the shadows. He was a pale, skinny boy, with dark, jet-black hair and dark eyes to match. To Haruhi, he almost looked like a girl trying to dress as a boy, but of course, she was too careful to say her theory out loud.

"So you are Akito, am I correct?" Kyoya asked, "And you know about this curse."

"Yes," Akito answered, "I travel around, bringing this curse from one school to the next. I thought you were the perfect school to bring it to."

"So, wait, does that mean Renge and I transform as well?" Haruhi asked.

"Renge turns into a boar when hugged by a male," Akito explained, "You, however, are just the ditzy girl that always must be here in the presence of the curse."

"You do realize that Haruhi isn't ditzy at al, right?" Hikaru said.

"Yeah, Renge's more ditzy than Haruhi," Kaoru finished. Renge was appalled by his explanation.

"What do you mean she's not ditzy," Akito said angrily, "There always has to be a ditzy girl." Fire burned in his eyes as he realized he was wrong. Slowly, it left his eyes and he calmed enough to say, "Fine then, I must be leaving. With me the curse will leave as well. There must be a ditzy girl in the presence of the curse, and if there isn't, I must leave. Farwell." And with that, the mysterious boy left as fast as he had come and the host boys did not turn into animals anymore.

"That was strange," the twins said.

"Mmmm," Mori agreed.

"Men, let's never speak of this again," Tamaki said.

"Right," they all agreed.

In the background, Hunni was still jumping around like a bunny. The host watched him for a few minutes, deciding not to tell him that the curse was broken and he was no longer a bunny.

-Author's note:

I hope you liked it! In case you were wondering, I was going to have all the zodiac animals but I didn't know how to include them with the hosts so here they are:

Kisa-Kirimi (Really super duper cute)

Rin- Ayanokoji (that girl who hates Haruhi in the first episode)

Ritsu- Arai (Haruhi's friend from middle school)

Ayame- I want to say Tamaki but he's already Shigure (any ideas?)

Kureno-Umehito Nekozawa (Kirimi's Brother,dark and mysterious!)

Hiro-Shiro (Haha even the names are close)

I didn't know how to tie them iin… I'll think about it, maybe I'll add something in… I don't know. ;)