Two Worlds
" Ne, Tono, it's kinda boring lately.", said Hikaru, slinging an arm around his twin's shoulder. " Hai, hai, let's dress Haruhi into a bunny suit", Kaoru added, a smirk adorning his handsome features. Tamaki immediately brighten up and looked at Haruhi who was studying expectantly.
" No. I'm studying as exams are around the corner. Don't you guys have to study too? Oh yeah, you unlike me, don't need to depend on your grades to remain in this school." " Stupid rich bastards" Haruhi mumbled.
"What's wrong with Haruhi lately?" " Maybe it's her time of the month?" The twins grinned at their inside joke. Suddenly, they felt apresence behind their backs. Only just any presence but his presence. The Shadow King, Kyouya. They both swallowed and plastered fake smiles on their faces.
"Instead of discussing unimportant matters, it is better that you tend to Tamaki. He's going to ruin another wall again." Hani looked up from his cake and exclaimed " Look at Tama-chan! That's his 10th Wall of Gloom this week. Ne, Takashi?" "Hmm" that was the only reply he could get from the ever stoic Mori-sempai.
" It is settled then. We're going to a park for a picnic. Haruhi, you are to prepare the food. After all, it's the way of payment for the damage Tamaki inflicted to the wall" Kyouya's glasses glinted dangerously, daring Haruhi to protest. " I'll reduce your debt by a quarter." That officially signed Haruhi's defeat. Kyouya got his way, as usual.
O.o.O.o.O.o
" What did I do to get myself in this mess? Oh right, a quarter deduction on my ever increasing debt." thought Haruhi as she looked at the boys running around the park.
"Daughter! What is this object in the commoner's park?" "Sempai, that's a vending machine to buy drinks."
Tamaki exclaimed " Look at the intelligence of commoners! They put this machine in the park so people can get drinks. How ingenious of them" Haruhi had to bit her tongue to stop laughing when Tamaki tried sticking his hand up the space where people get their drinks and roped the twins to do it with him. Passer by all turned to look at them as they made quite a hilarious sight with their attractive good looks as yet another reason to gawk at them.
Haruhi fidgeted uncomfortably in her seat, still wearing her Ouran uniform as Tamaki insisted that they leave for a picnic straight after school.
" Haru-chan, is something wrong? You seemed rather tense lately. You were never that blunt even for you." remarked Hani-sempai, eating a strawberry cake. Haruhi blinked. Since when Hani-sempai was so observant? Then again, looks are deceiving. Just like her.
" Hani-sempai, I'm sorry if I hurt you lately, I'm just…" Haruhi trailed off. Hani-sempai looked up from his cake expectantly, waiting.
" I've been having these nightmares lately. However, I can't remember what they are when I wake up. The only thing I remember is I was terrified, sad and lonely. I'm really sorry for dumping this on you, Hani-sempai. You may think this is ridiculous, but I'm constantly haunted by my nightmares."
" It is not ridiculous" " Mori-sempai"
Mori-sempai sat on a picnic mat next to Hani-sempai. He continued " Dreams can be very powerful. They can also be prophetic. Be careful" Hani-sempai nodded his agreement. " Thank you", Haruhi smiled a faint smile.
" Haruhi, it is best that you stop Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru from making fools out of them selves. Not that it really concerns me, but the reputation of our school and the Host Club are a stake. You would do it, right?" as Kyouya looked up from his notebook and smiled his Shadow King smile.
Haruhi froze and got up to check on Tamaki and the twins as the commotion was drawing too much attention. As she was walking, she started wondering why was that particular smile reminded of someone. But who? As Haruhi was deep in thought, she didn't notice a banana peel on the ground. Thus, Haruhi slipped and her purse which was dangling from her pocket conveniently fell into the pond nearby.
Haruhi sighed and immediately waded into the pond to retrieve her purse.
O.o.O.o.O.o
" Argh! Shori, leave me alone!" yelled Yuri, running away from his older brother.
" Yu-chan, you're not getting away with this! Finish your revision, your exams are around the corner."
Yuri clad in his baseball uniform, ran towards the park in an desperate attempt to get away from Shori. A crowd was there chatting and giggling about a bunch of boys near the vending machine. " Perfect" he thought as he blended into the increasing crowd.
" YURI!, You come back this instant! Where the hell are you?"
Yuri continued to run wildly, however when he heard his brother's footsteps coming closer, he turned around. That was when he tripped and fell, right into a pond.
" Yes! I knew helping the old woman to cross the road will give me some karma" ,Yuri grinned .
" Bye, Shori!" yelled Yuri gleefully as he was sucked into the currents, towards The Great Demon Kingdom. Little did he know, a girl on the other side of the pond got sucked in as well.
O.o.O.o.O.o
" Your Majesty, welcome back" Gunter stood the side side of a pond in the Tomb of the Great One , holding a towel. " Thanks Gunter"as Yuri took the towel from him. As he was drying himself, Wolfram pounced of nowhere.
" Where have you been? You have been gone for ages. Are you cheating on me, huh?"
" Wolfram, you should stop interrogating Yuri like that, I'm sure he's busy coping with two different worlds to go to." Yuri grinned at Conrad who was his savior, as usual.
" Yuri, who is that boy you brought with you? You have been cheating on me after all! You useless wimp!" yelled Wolfram angrily. " Boy? What boy?" wondered Yuri as he turned around to glimpse at the pond. Much to his surprise, he saw an boy wearing a suit, floating on the water.
Yuri leaned down to have a closer look at the boy's face. " Hmm, he look somewhat familiar, yet I'm positive I have never seen him before" Yuri frowned as he tried to remember where he seen him before. It was then he notice the enigma on the boy's clothes. " Ouran High School"
" What kind of academy is that, Your majesty?" asked Gunter curiously. Yuri hadn't realized that he had said it out loud. " It's a academy for rich people. And they are really, really rich. Oh my god, the boy's parents will be looking for him. They'll think he's kidnapped. I'm going to be sued, sent to jail!" exclaimed Yuri, panicking.
" Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the boy isn't a boy."
" What do you by that, Gunter" asked Yuri and Wolfram at the same time. It was Conrad who answered instead. " You see, he is actually a she."
As they stared open-mouthed at Haruhi, she finally stirred. " Where am I?" she asked, obviously confused. " Yu-kun? Why are you here?"
The only thought running their minds at the time was ' She knows Yuri?' Wolfram was the first to react. " Yuri! Who is she?"
" Ruhi-chan!" yelled Yuri, flinging his arms around Haruhi. " Why did you cut your hair? I couldn't recognize you." He pulled back only to look concernly at Haruhi, asking " Are you alright in Ouran? Were you bullied? I, uh,. I kinda missed you, Ruhi-chan"
Haruhi got out of Yuri's embrace and answered " I'm alright in Ouran, I kinda missed you too, Yu-kun. As for my hair, that's another story." Haruhi scratched her head sheepishly. Hearing Haruhi's reply, Yuri's cheeks tinged pink.
" Alright Yuri, confess! Who the hell is she? Your secret lover?" demanded Wolfram furiously.
" Uhh, Yu-kun and I are childhood friends. There's nothing abnormal about our friendship. Please do not make things hard for Yu-kun."
" Childhood friends? Nothing else?" Yuri nodded in reply. " I see, The Great Demon Kingdom welcomes any friends of the Demon King" exclaimed Gunter. " I too welcome your arrival." said Conrad, smiling.
" Ruhi-chan, how on earth did you get here anyway?" asked Yuri, slightly disturbed by it.
" My purse fell into the pond. As I was retrieving it, I was somehow sucked in here. When I woke up, I saw you, Yu-kun."
In midst of everything, no one noticed the arrival of Murata and Ulrike. " Your Majesty, welcome back." said Ulrike, curtesying. " Yeah, it's good to see you too, Yuri" said Ken, smiling. Then, his smile froze and he tensed up. " Is something wrong?" asked Yuri, clearly concerned for his best friend.
At the same time, Conrad noticed that Haruhi had froze too. Ken and Haruhi were looking at each other intensely, eyes filled with mixed emotions.
Ken spoke first, " Yulia?" However, it came out more of a statement than a question.
" Anton", as Haruhi spoke it, there were mixed emotions in her voice. She stepped forward but suddenly she grimaced. Haruhi fell to the ground, clutching her head, while yelling in pain.
Ken ran forward to embrace her only for her to yelp louder. Haruhi started whimpering in Ken's arms, murmuring " No… No… I don't want to remember…" Suddenly she slumped in his arms, unconscious.
The two worlds have finally meet.
Author Note: Whew, I've finally finished this chapter. If you noticed, Ken who usually calls Yuri ' Shibuya' calls him ' Yuri' and vice versa. this is because they gotten closer and finally see each other as best friends. I would like to thank iloveskkmforeve-welshchick for being my first reviewer. I only hope that I spelled your name correctly.
