Contents
Ouran High School Host Club
Parings
Kyouya/Tamaki Hikaru/Kaoru
Narration
Omniscient
Beta
Alex
Disclaimer
I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of the characters mentioned. The pairings are fan based and inspired by the show. You can find the episodes of Ouran High School Host Club on
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No Balm In Gilead
Second Night

Prophet!' said I, thing of evil! - Prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!'
Quoth the raven, Nevermore.'
-Edgar Allen Poe 'The Raven'

Wakeing up was not pleasent at all. Hikaru looked around to see Kaoru somehow had fallen asleep on the dresser and the blanket was ripped to shreads. His chest was covered in blood, but it wasn't his own. The first reactiobn he'd gotten was it mustr have been Kaoru's.

"Kaoru!"

He scrambled to his brother on the dresser to find he was not hurt. This calmed Hikaru some, as he continued the search for where the blood came from. He looked within the blanket to find animal hair covered the underside. He looked under the bed to find two pirece yellow eyes glancing back at him. Hikaru jumped a little as this caught him by suprise as his index and thumb dragged out whatever it was. A snow white parralized Dove starred back at him. The Dove's chest was cut open. Kaoru opened his eyes to see Hikaru holding the dead bird, as he backed into the wall out of shock.

"Hikaru! what did you do!"

"Kaoru!" he paniced. "Kaoru you must belive me, i woke up in blood and you were where you are, and-and the blankets were torn!"

"But the Dove..."

"I found it under the bed!"

Kaoru took this into thought seeing as his brother hasn't ever lied before. He got off the dresser and walked over to Hikaru.

"I think we should tell Our Lord..."

Following Kaoru's sentence came a feminine screech in fear. The two ran out their room and to the place the scream came from. Tamaki's room.

"Snakes! Snakes in my bed!"

The two looked at each other wondering if they should open the door or not. They opened the door, Hikaru entering first. Kyouya showed up at the scene not to long after, not looking too happy. The twins were helping Tamaki with his snake in his bed problem.

"Would someone mind telling me why there was a rat's head in my bed?"

Kyouya growled. No one answered as a crash of a glass flower pot and a scream was heard across the hall. A pat-pat-pat of large footsteps were heard following by a furious roar and a mouse squeak. Hunny ran into the room calling for Takashi to stop fighting the 'kitty' and to come inside the room. Mori did as he was told, slaying the tiger as he came in. Hunny closed the door behind Mori and looked at Tamaki with big wide eyes.

"Tama-chan! There was a tiger in my room and Takashi woke up with mice fluttering in his mattress!"

"Hunny-senpai, Mori-senpai.. I'm sorry, the hollows don't like guests.." Tamaki appologized.

"Our room was no better, Hikaru woke up in blood and our sheets were torn. I woke up on the dresser to Hikaru holding a Dove with a missing heart."

"I cant say my awakening was scary, just weird. There was a rat head in my bed."

A maid walked into the room, no emotion strung on her face. She bowed in the presentence of the Souh heir.

"Master Tamaki, you and your guests are welcomed to breakfest served in teh dinning room."

She left with a devious smirk smacked on her face. The 6 of them left the room with Tamaki leading to the dinning room. It was sunny out with a few clouds. They entered the room and sat at the seats with their names sewed on them. Seating was:

(Left) (right)
Tamaki Kyouya
Kaoru Hikaru
Hunny Mori

They ate and talked about random dreams they had over the night. Half the things that came out of Tamaki's mouth would make an angel go to hell, and the sad thing was he didn't even realize what he was saying.

A butler had come out and put down a silver platter in front of Tamaki. Tamaki looked at this strangely and opened it revealing a small piece of paper. He looked up to the butler to find the butler was no longer there. He blinked and read the note aloud,

"Get out... well that a pleasent note."

Hikaru cocked an eyebrow at this, "what's it mean?"

"Obviously they do not want us here."

"They?"

"The hollows."

Hunny cooed, "Oh Tama-san had said something about hollows earlier!"

Hikaru blunk, "Hollows? what does bleach have to do with this??"

"The hollows are spirits who are chained to this level without a soul. they roam this house due to the fact we had to dig up their barial ground to build the house."

"Oh isnt that just lovely?" Kaoru lost his appettie.

the hosts finished their breakfest and proceeded to their rooms to get dressed for the day. Hikaru smirked to find that Kaoru's red shirt had ran in the wash and was now pink. And it didnt help that he had doodled an upside down triangel. Kaoru shot a small glare at Hikaru as he continued to laugh, forgetting Kaoru had packed the rainbow shirt he gotten him for his birthday. When Hikaru found he had been wearing the rainbow shirt he sighed,

"Ah shit."

"Haha."

"What are YOU laughing at?"

"You look silly."

"Aren't you just a little homo?"

"Look who's talking."

"What do you mean?"

"Oh don't play coy."

"No seriously, what ARE you talking about?"

"Nothing..."

Kaoru walked out the room rolling his eyes with a dissapointed sigh. Hikaru followed folding his arms in frustration. The two met up with the others in the main enterence area. Tamaki giggled at the outfits, not realizeing that he looked just as gay in his black leather pants and open-vest. Hunny, coming out of no where, pranced into scene wearing that of your average goth. Mori, who never smiles, found amusement in this.

"Hika-chan! Koaru-chan! Aren't i scary?!"

Hikaru snickered, Kaoru nudgeing him in the chest to be quiet. But this didn't silence Hikaru. So Kaoru answered for the both of them.

"Yes Hunny-senpai. Very frightening. I'm so scared."

"Aw! Kaoru-chan no fear! I would never hurt you! And if you get scared, just a tiny bit, I will loan you Takashi or you could hug Hika-chan and be not so scared anymore!"

To bad Hunny didn't know his last sentence made no complete sense at all.

"Why thank you."

Kaoru tried to be poliet to excuse his brother's rolling on the floor laughing.The only good that came out of this was Hunhy didn't notice the older twin about to go into a coma of laughter. Kyouya had been in scene in regular attire, waiting upon Tamaki for further instructions.

"Mon nami Hitachiins for the outfit!"

Tamaki thanked. Hikaru paused his laughing only to get a good look at Tamaki in all his glory. Then continued his 'rotflmao'ing.

Tamaki smiled and opened the door, the second he stepped out the rain poured.

"Well so much for going out... More civilain games!"

Hunny and Tamaki rushed to the lounge and began a two person circle. About time the others caught up, the two had a dreidle out and spinning it.

"My lord," Hikaru asked. "What are you doing?"

"Playing Dreidle! Care to join?"

"Dreidle?"

"Oh-hohohoho"

A familar voice interupted the innocent conversation. Renge had somehow appeared with an entery.

"Dreidle is a Jewish pass time! For you see, Tamaki's family is highly known as Jewish! You modle a Dreidle as such out of clay and wait for it to dry. Then, very carefully, you spin it about and depending on what you write on your dreidle depends on what the person it lands on does!"

her exit was very quickly after her explanation. Tamaki cocked his head and smiled.

"It's like playing tell or dare without any tell!"

Poor Tamaki, didn't know show and tell from truth or dare.

"What did you write on it my lord?"

"I haven't written anything yet, but i could write down things now.. Give me four dares!"

Random shouting could only be desifered scaresly.

(Hunny) "Eat cake!"

(Hikaru) "Leave the house!"

(Kaoru) "Are you trying to get us kicked out of host club?!"

(Kyouya) "100 customers!"

(Hunny) "More cake!"

Tamaki snapped his fingers.

"You guys have stupid dares. Now, i will chose the four dares since you guys are obviously not playing the game right."

He wrote down the following Dares:

1. Kiss someone
2. Streak
3. Tell Deepest secret
4. Expose the skeletons from your closet

He spun the dreidle, 3 landing on Hunny. Hunny had blushed,

"Sometimes i eat too much sweets, that i dont want them anymore. But then i eat more cake and im all better."

Hunny spun the dreidle, 2 landing between Hikaru and Tamaki. The two pointed to each other claiming it was more towards them but everyone could see it was smack dab in the middle. The two began removing their clothes. Both had felt uncomfortable sitting naked in front of their peers, but this feeling would surely fade. It seemed both Kyouya and Kaoru had enjoied this dare more then the others had.

"I do not fear what others may think, for i bare high self confidence!"

Tamaki smiled and tried to look dignified. Hikaru rose an eyebrow and looked Tamaki over before sheilding his eyes.

"Dude... Tuck it in!"

Tamaki flushed and did as he was told. After a short qurrel of who would spin teh dreidle next (neither of them wanted to get up, get the dreidle, and expose parts they'd rather keep hiden.) Tamaki was one to spin the dreidle. 4 had landed on Kaoru. His face flushed in embarrassment.

"Well Kaoru-chan, come out with it!"

"I uh-um... mm... when a man-"

"OUT WITH IT"

"I LIKE HIKAR-shit..."

"wha?"

Tamaki cocked his head. Hunny had misinterpit it.

"You like shit?"

Kaoru gave a blank glare and then thought it was better then coming out of teh closet while the one he adored was naked.

"Yes! in fact i adore it!"

Kyouya smirked, "That's not what you said."

Kaoru flushed knowing Kyouya would expose him.

"Kaoru seems to like Hika-"

"Yes yes we know he likes shit!"

Hikaru had sand in his ears. Either that or he was saving his brother from exposing such a secret.

"No, you don't understand. Kaoru likes yo-"

"Can we spin the fuckin dreidle now?"

"I suppose..."

Kaoru took the dreidle and spun it, as it landed on Kyouya. numbeh 1. Well to be as expected from last night, Tamaki perked his lips. Now what they didn't realize was Kyouya was a master at tricks, a mind freak. Instead of Ootori lips meetig Souh lips, they met Morisuki ones instead. The only expected thing that came out of this was Mori showed no emotion whatsoever.

a few hours later and the storm had stopped. Unfortunatly it was late out. But when has that ever stopped anyone? It was Tamaki who had come up with something to do next. It was called 'Run For Your Life', a game adolescents would play at night in a graveyard with friends. First step was to find a graveyard. Well that wasn't to hard, since the backyard WAS a graveyard for the Souhs. Now to find a serial killer. No, not a real one. They had to pick one out of the 6 of them.
Hunny wouldn't do, he was too hyperactive and sweet.
Mori wouldn't do, he'd want to be with Hunny.
Kaoru was too... submissive to kill someone.
Kyouya would be to vengeful.
Tamaki would be a good choice, although he scares easily.
Hikaru would also be a good choice, very manical, very malicious.

So it came between Tamaki and Hikaru, yet again. Time to vote on it. Supriseingly, Hunny had voted for Kyouya. Why? Because he felt bad that Kyouya wasn't picked for a choice. Mori voted on Kyouya, only because Hunny did. Kaoru voted for his sibling, just because everyone expected him too. So Kyouya it would be. They gave Kyouya a ski mask. Why? who knows. Made him look creepy. Second, they gave him three 'murder items'. A plastic knife that had a spring inside so when Kyouya 'stabbed' someone it would look realer... even if a toy. Second, a trick rope. If pulled to hard, it'd snap. But it was for looks and tripping. Third, paint ball gun. Kyouya was to use these only as 'murder weapons' unless he found sticks or trees as use. For the fun of it all they filled the plastic gun with red paint balls only. The rope, they soaked in red dyed water. And the knife was bought at a party store. If you put blood packets at the top, they'd break when you 'stabbed' someone.

They wanted this to look as real as possible. You were allowed to act bewitched if Kyouya was nearby, but once you did that you couldn't really run far afterwards. Tamaki stood on a bench, anoucing like.

"Kyouya Ootori will be out Serial Killer! Congrats to him. Rules! You cannot leave these grounds."

He smirked evilly, just as the gate locked shut.

"Do not try to hide in small places, unless you want to be cornered. Oh and no kissing or couple like things. Kyouya will have to quote 'serial killer' by motorhead, a commoners band, and at the end he will be allowed to slaughter his victims... GO!"

Kyoya began to recite the poem, smirking as he did so.

"I am the serial Killer, i am the bloody hand. I am the cheif whore taker, i am the chose one. I am the red staight razor, The one who bathes in blood. I am the boogey-man, I am The empty yawning hood. Look not for pity, no. I am the heartless man, I come to fix all things, I am the one man band. You cannot yet imagine, How you will dance for me. But you will dance forever To the tune that I decree. The kingdom of the worm, Is all things to us all. But I will teach you many things, before I let you fall. I am the black dead nightmare. I bring a light so bright. To illuminate the path we take I show the way that all hearts break. And I will see the old world's back be broken. As we descend into the awful, Howling, Night."

Kyoya ran out in the direction behind him, ripping off his ski mask. It had been hot in there, and he was sweating. The sweat drops illuminate his eyes with the help of the night's light. A shakeing bush nearby gave away a hiding place for a 4 foot teen. kyoya was quick to lasso the teen and pull him closer, closer, the rope snapped. Great he thought, Mori's pulling a rescue mission? But Mori was no where to be found. Hunny had grabbed onto the bush and held tightly.

"Sorry Kyo-chan! I snapped your rope!"

Hunny walked over to Kyouya and offered his neck.

"You can stab me for breaking your rope!"

Kyouya did just that, and refilled the knife. Hunny fell over and pretended to die in a horrible suffocateing way. Kyoya almost found amusement in this. He continued to look around for other victims when he heard the faint whispering behind him.

"Takashi, you can pretend to commit suicide over my death if you'd like!"

THUD. Leave it to Mori to fake suicide. Kyoya simply rolled his eyes, 2 down 3 to go. It should be easy to find the twins, they were always together. Kyoya's attention was brought from his thinking when he heard a pair of snickering. Only.. They were at opposite ends of the graveyard. Peachy... Kyoya sighed. Looking through some bramble he pricked his finger. The two snickers began to taunt him.

"One by one, we come in a pair."

"Always so gentle, always so fair."

"But what you failed to realize, we'll make you see."

"What happens when one plus one equals three!"

Kyoya looked around him, trying to decode the rythem. One plus one equals three? That makes no sense! As Kyoya was lost in thought, the twins were skimpering around him, going in opposite directions. They appeared to be like mirrors from far distances between each other. Hunny and Mori watched the twins dance as they hide, knowing exactly what their riddle was saying. Kyoya, who should have figured it out by now, sighed in frustration.

"Such devious twins Takashi.."

Hunny giggled as he watched Kyoya try to figure out the obvious puzzle. Devious twins... Maybe that's what they were talking about, being a pair.. But what does the rest have to do with it?... Kyoya sat down on a stone seat and crossed his legs at the knee. One by one, we come in a pair... Well, I've established that their talking about being twins... Always so gentle, always so fair... They trying to say their nice? Maybe.. But when you fail to realize, we'll make you see. What happens when one plus one equals three? Kyoya snapped his fingers, finally solving the puzzle.

"I've got it!"

"Really now?"

"You solved our puzzle?"

Kyoya nodded.

"You say that you're two different people, even if you're twins. Even though people see you as one thing you're usually nice about it. But when they think you are just one, you show them how you're two people, not one."

"ah! Smarty-pants got us!"

The two said in unison as they jumped out from a bush and behind a tree. Both faking a dramatic death, fell at Kyoya's feet only to snicker. That ment one body left standing. Tamaki. Kyoya trudged through the fog as it licked at his heels. Where could Tamaki be hiding? Kyoya began to get tired. It was dark out, Kyoya had been trudging through the damn fog for over an hour, and still he could not find Tamaki. Well, that was until..

"Mommy!!!"

Kyoya heard Tamaki shreik with fear. Kyoya ran towards the girlish sound. And there he was, curled into a corner claiming he saw a demon. Well, this was a chance to 'kill' Tamaki. So, Kyoya stabbed him. Tamaki, suprisingly, was the least dramatic of the five.