Hey guys! So here is the second chapter, it's Friday so we managed to squeeze this in, be happy. So the bad news is…. I just got writers block. Bad…. The good news is, don't-even-ask1 can still write, so even though this was my chapter she managed to write it for me….. I personally think she did a splendid job, and I thank her for it. So here it is… wish me luck but try not to jinx it, that would be my luck…. Enjoy, uyay.

So, it's me (don't-even-ask1). Okay, like uyay said, I've written two chapters for this story today, plus three chapters for my drabble series, so I'm all wrote out (does that make sense? Never mind, I don't care.) Anyhoo, writer's block strikes even the best of us, and I'm sure you guys are anticipating uyay's return as much as I am! Woo! I'm glad to help uyay out, and wish uyay luck! (No matter what she says, just do it.) See you guys soon! ~don't-even-ask1

Chapter Two

Mori and Daichi's Spar

Daichi and Mori shot glares at each other, waiting for Haruhi to give them their signal. Kyoya had suggested that they spar with Daichi so they knew what level he was at. Mori went first, his eagerness to fight the boy hidden behind his usual stoic mask.

"Dark vs. Earth, your match starts… Now!" Haruhi shouted.

Mori created an orb of earth and sent it flying at Daichi's face. Daichi quickly created a shield of darkness and deflected the orb. It was sent flying back at Mori who merely stretched out his arm and re-absorbed the earth.

Daichi ground his teeth and sent out several streams of darkness in an attempt to capture the earth mage's arms and pin them to his sides. He knew he was pushing his power to control so many at once but he would defeat the earth mage no matter what.

Mori was surprised at the many streams of darkness but quickly surrounded himself with walls of earth. The darkness ran into the walls and come to a halt in front of it. The walls them formed around the darkness, trapping it inside. Mori could feel the sweat forming on his forehead and could feel the strain of controlling so much earth at once but he'd be damned before he let the dark mage defeat him in battle. Mori shrunk the earth until Daichi was forced to relieve his hold on the darkness.

Daichi resisted the urge to sink to his knees and created an orb of darkness in his palm. He shot it with the little energy he had left. Mori was slow to dodge and the orb grazed his side. Mori cried out and gripped at his side.

When Mori looked up, a look of pure fury was in his eyes. He used the anger to create five orbs and fired all of them towards Daichi. Daichi's eyes widened as he attempted to dodge them all. He successfully dodged the first three and deflected the fourth with a darkness shield, but he took the last one in the shoulder. Daichi gasped in pain and was knocked backward on his butt. Instinct caused Daichi to immediately roll backwards onto his feet and jump back.

Daichi narrowly missed the stream of earth that shot through the spot where he had just been a second ago. Daichi ground his teeth and glared at Mori. Mori glared back and sent another stream of earth towards Daichi despite everything in his body telling him that he was overexerting himself.

Daichi matched Mori's stream with his own darkness stream and the two's power met in the middle of them, not moving. Mori poured all his energy into the stream, deciding that this would be the deciding factor in their fight.

Daichi directed all of his energy into the stream as well, but the balance of power never shifted. They were equal in power, fighting skill, and experience. Both hated the other for it.

Daichi's and Mori's power was decreasing at a steady rate and Haruhi could feel it. She saw the sweat pouring off both men's bodies and frowned. Those idiots, she thought.

Suddenly a wave was created between the two and pushed both of them back. They both hit the wall roughly and the water froze them there. "I don't know what you two are doing but you need to knock it off!" Haruhi shouted at them. "What the hell was that?"

Mori looked away from Haruhi's hard gaze, guilt filling him. Daichi was Haruhi's close friend and no matter how much he hated it, he shouldn't hurt him.

Daichi, on the other hand, met Haruhi's gaze fully. "Sparring," he answered simply. "Isn't that what we were supposed to do?"

Hani was tempted to jump in but decided to stay out of this. Haru-chan looks really mad, he thought.

Haruhi's eyes glinted dangerously. "Yes, but you aren't supposed to try and kill each other!"

"Actually," Kyoya cut in. "That's what you almost did when you first came here, remember?"

Haruhi's sharp gaze turned to Kyoya. "No! I didn't try to kill you! You guys attacked me and I froze you! There's a difference!" Kyoya shrunk back slightly at Haruhi's furious stare. Though he'd never admit it, the water mage scared him sometimes.

Satisfied that Kyoya was put in his place, Haruhi turned back to Daichi. "You aren't supposed to kill each other! You are supposed to spar!"

This time, Daichi couldn't hold Haruhi's blaming stare. "Sorry," he mumbled.

"Do you two have any idea how much energy you were using?" Haruhi continued. "It could have killed the both of you, or permanently damaged your power!" She alternated between glaring at them.

"Sorry, Haruhi," Mori muttered.

"Yeah," Daichi offered. "Sorry."

Haruhi ground her teeth before exhaling all of her anger in one breath. She un-froze the water and briskly walked to Mori's side, putting a delicate hand on his wound. He inhaled sharply. Haruhi muttered, "Come on. Move to the couch."

Mori moved stiffly towards the couch with the aid of Haruhi. Daichi was left at the floor, seething with anger as he watched Mori walk off with Haruhi. "Damn earth mage," he muttered as he started poking at his wound.

Mori sat down on the couch and held in a groan. The effects of overusing his power were setting in. His muscles were locking up, his head was throbbing, and his thoughts were becoming muddled. Haruhi placed a small hand on Mori's wound and closed her eyes. She directed her healing energy into his wound and started to repair the tissue. Once she was done, she opened her eyes and saw Mori staring intently at her. "What?" she asked.

"Nothing," he answered quickly.

Haruhi raised an eyebrow but said nothing more. She sat beside Mori and guided his head into her lap as he laid down. "Get some sleep," she instructed softly.

"Can't with the migraine," he muttered quietly.

Haruhi heard him and drew some water out of the air. She placed her water covered hand over his temple and gently instructed the water to massage his head and send out good feeling hormones.

Mori groaned in contentment as his headache began to release and the throbbing stopped. "Thanks," he slurred as sleep started to take him.

"Sleep," Haruhi instructed softly as she coaxed the water to release sleeping inducing hormones.

Mori didn't reply, but instead slipped off into a deep sleep with Haruhi gently massaging his head with one hand and running her hand through his hair with the other.

Daichi sat with Kyoya and the others, tending his own wounds. He grumbled as he watched Haruhi with the sleeping Mori in her lap. Tamaki was protesting letting his daughter be with the neighbor but eventually Renge settled him down enough for him to quietly talk about the next idea for Monday Host Club.

Renge sat hand in hand with Kaoru while Hikaru struggled not to notice his twin holding hands with her. He sat talking intently with Hani about something or other. Nekozawa was reading a book with a dark hand bound cover and offered no explanation as to what was in it. No one asked.

Kyoya typed away on his laptop about who knew what. Daichi leaned his head back, wondering why he strived for Haruhi's attention, and let sleep overtake him.

…..

Kaoru squeezed Renge's hand as she glanced over at Haruhi and Mori. She muttered, "She really loves him, huh?"

Kaoru nodded. "Yeah."

Hikaru shot the two of them a glance but it didn't have as much malice as it did yesterday. Renge smiled at him and Hikaru quickly turned away. She sighed. "He hates me."

"Not necessarily," Kaoru started.

"Yes he does," Renge interrupted. "I stole his brother from him."

Kaoru sighed. "He'll get over it. He's already doing better."

Renge nodded and let her head rest on the back of the couch. "It's all too stressful."

"What do you mean?" Kaoru asked curiously.

Renge sighed and closed her eyes. "The prophecy, dating, Hikaru, Daichi, all of that crap is just too much sometimes."

Kaoru chuckled. "I understand."

"How can we?"

Kaoru raised an eyebrow. "Can you be a bit more specific?"

Renge opened her eyes and looked intensely at Kaoru. "How can we bring peace to the world?"

"With Haruhi's leadership," Kaoru answered immediately.

Renge exhaled roughly. "Haruhi has no idea what to do. She's told me." Renge chuckled coldly. "Haruhi has no idea how she's to bring peace to the world, let alone bring the water element back to full power."

"I thought her just being back increased the water elemental power?" Kaoru asked confused.

Renge shook her head. "Then why haven't water elemental mages been getting more power? She has no idea what she's supposed to do."

The two sat in a thoughtful silence before Kaoru said, "Well, she has Mori."

Renge smiled. "Yeah, she does. He means everything to her."

"I noticed," Kaoru said grinning.

Renge let her head fall on Kaoru's shoulder. "I'm tired," she mumbled.

"Get some sleep then," Kaoru said. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Promise?" Renge asked, a yawn interrupting her halfway through the word.

Kaoru nodded. "Promise."

Renge fell asleep, comforted by the warm presence beside her.