Thank you for those who reviewed, faved and alerted this story, you have no idea how much it means to me to see you guys enjoying this.
In this chapter, we'll include the situation in Lobelia and Ouran as Kaoru tries his best to blend in as the new 'beauty queen' of Lobelia and the Host Club's antics to change Tamaki's obnoxious personality to a lower level. And we'll also include a few creations of my own that will help Kaoru in his little adventure.
But what am I rambling about here? Scroll down and please enjoy the story.
At the Hitachiin mansion the next morning..
Hikaru gently brushes his brother's wig as Kaoru applies some mascara on his fake eyelashes. The younger twin is all set to head to Lobelia Academy for his first day there. Red skirt, yellow ribbon, white blouse, all are completed. Now all that's left is to step into the gate and pretend to be a girl for a whole day.
"Kaoru, are you sure you want to do this? I merely suggested you for fun you know.." Hikaru voiced out with concern as he place the brush down on the dresser. The entire Ouran students have gotten the news that Kaoru will be attending Lobelia, but he's just worried the teachers haven't heard of it yet and it might put Kaoru in the deep end.
"Don't worry about me Hikaru, and please call me Kaori now, I need to get use to the name," the younger twin smiled out brightly. Hikaru couldn't stop staring at those blue eyes, though he knew those are contacts but it's as if he could be sucked in if he stared long enough. Even his brother's amber eyes hypnotize him to an extent.
"Hikaru? What are you staring at?" Kaoru's voice snaps him out of his reverie and the older Hitachiin simply put on his best grin.
"Nothing, I'm just trying to get used to having a twin sister, and a cute one at that," Hikaru smirks out and gently pinching one of his brother's cheeks playfully. Kaoru puffs up his cheeks so that his brother couldn't get hold of the skin, but the older twin simply pokes it, letting the air out and quickly pinching it.
"Hikaru..." he whines out. "Stop teasing me.." Kaoru continues to grip his brother's hand and trying to dislodge them from his cheeks, but the older twin was adamant and he wouldn't stop, that is, until their maids called them out for breakfast.
Kaoru let out a breath of relief when Hikaru finally stop his assaults. The younger twin stood up and gently pats the wig to make it stay in place and spun around to observe himself in the mirror. A satisfied smile graced his glossy pink lips as he place a finger cutely to his cheeks that made Hikaru wats to just hug his brother and dress him up in a flowery dress.
"Really, stop staring at me, it's making me feel nervous," Kaoru pouts out when he notices that, once again, Hikaru is staring at him with a dreamy look on his face.
"Don't mind me, I'm just enjoying the view," Hikaru smirks out. The twins then head down to their kitchen to have breakfast before getting into their limo for school.
888
"Alright Kaoru, make sure they don't see that you're a boy, and remember what we practiced last night. You got transferred from Kyoto to here because you're following your dad," Hikaru reminds his brother as they reach Lobelia Academy's main gate.
"Don't worry Hikaru, I'll be fine. We both know that I'm as good as an actor as you are," Kaoru smiled out and pats Hikaru's head gently. He made sure that his voice is an octave higher than normal to match that of a girl. "Plus, it'll only be a few hours,"
"You know I'm worried about you, and this is the first time we'll be apart for such a long time. If you get bullied or anything.." Hikaru couldn't continue with his sentence as his throat closes up. Kaoru managed a small smile and hugs his brother gently.
"Hikaru, I have to go in now to see the chairman. I'll tell you everything that's happen later when we get home, okay?" Kaori grins happily. With a sigh, Hikaru bid his brother goodbye and watch the retreating form into Lobelia before getting back into the limo and heading off to Ouran.
888
Lobelia's chairman office..
Etsuko Ryouichi read the e-mail she received from Yuzuru for the umpteenth time in her office. She just couldn't believe what that man had wrote. Even her secretary is having a hard time believing the little piece of imformation, and she's smarter!
"Can you believe this Saki? Yuzuru actually wants me to think that one of his scholarship student threw a tantrum and decided to study here instead of Ouran. The nerve! And he sent one of his students to fetch her back by disguising as a girl! I can't tolerate this insanity!" she screeches out.
The chairman of Lobelia is a young and happy-go-lucky woman who let her students do as they want as long as they're not going overboard. She was surprised to find out about the Zuka Club early in her days, but the previous chairman was a fanatic of that club, she couldn't disband it least she wants to suffer her wrath.
"Madam Ryouichi, the male student that Suoh-sama sent is actually one of the son of your favourite fashion designer, Yuzuha Hitachiin,"
Etsuko's head snaps up when she heard that and turns to her secretary for confirmation wo which, she simply got a nod for reply. The woman leaps up and grabs her secretary by the shoulders, squealing like a child on sugar high.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER? You should know by now Yuzuha-san is my IDOL! I need to see her son as a girl! I heard she dresses them as girls occasionally and I want to see how they look like!" she screeches out whilst pulling out contents from one of her drawers that revealed magazines with Yuzuha's picture as the cover.
The door to her office was gently knocked and a young girl steps in. Etsuko's eyes widen when she sees the black hair and blue eyes, but with facial features much like Yuzuha.
"Umm..I was told to come here to get my schedule?" Kaoru drawled out with uncertainty. The chairman wasted no time in closing the distance between them and practically gave Kaoru a bone-crushing hug.
"You must be one of the Hitachiin twins! I'm a huge fan of your mother's work! This dress is my ultimate favourite!" Etsuko babbled out, showing off her black lacy dress with colorful floral designs and beaded necklace that encircles low down on her chest.
"Oh how adorable you look! As expected from the son of a famous fashion designer! Ah, considering your disguise name is Kaori, I'm guessing you're Kaoru, the younger twin, right? I've heard everything from Yuzuru and don't worry, Fujioka-san and you won't be permanently studying here, I'll be sure of that,"
Kaoru was caught off guard as the chairman continues to ramble about how sad it must be to have such a fight and broken bonds between friends and many other things he couldn't quite get. It was the secretary that fills in the gap for him.
"I'm sorry about her. She gets excited when it comes to your mother, been obsessed with her fashion designs since I met her. I'm Isamu Saki by the way, and the chairman is Ryouichi Etsuko," she said. Kaoru was relieved to see at least one of them is level-headed.
"Madam Ryouichi! Maybe it's best if you were to explain to him on what you will do?" Saki shouts over Etsuko's voice so that the enthused chairman could hear her and not get lost in her rambles.
"Oh, of course. Kaoru-kun, you'll go to class as usual and the teacher will introduce you as usual, but before that, I'll have a meeting with all the teachers here regarding your little rescue plan and fill them in, that way, you won't be in too much trouble later on," Etsuko smiles out with a wink.
Kaoru beamed when he heard this. He thanked the chairman and went off with Saki to the chairman's guest room which is situated just beside her office. And not a moment later, all the teachers in Lobelia are called in for a meeting.
888
Meanwhile in Ouran..
"Hey milord, I think you need to change your attitude if you want Haruhi to continue liking you," Hikaru drawled out boredly as he and the other club members, minus Kaoru and Haruhi, encircles Tamaki's desk. The blonde simply blinks in puzzlement as his friends suddenly assaulted his personal bubble.
"What do you mean?" Tamaki asks out with uncertainty. Kyouya pushes his glasses up and opens his handy notebook while everyone else, excluding Mori, seems determined.
"Haruhi said that she couldn't stand your obnoxious attitude and it's the whole reason she left yesterday. So from now on, we've decided to change your exuberant personality into something much more tolerable. It might take a while for Kaoru to fully convince Haruhi to return and until that time, you're under our training," Kyouya said with a tint of darkness behind his voice.
"We don't want Haru-chan to get mad again when she returns, so Tama-chan needs a lesson on how to be a better friend, not daddy, to Haru-chan," Hunny squeaks out as he jabs a finger to Tamaki's nose.
"While I'm not used to not having Kaoru here, and it's really upsetting me, but I don't want this to repeat itself so I'll do whatever it takes to tune down your obnoxiousness, that's my role," Hikaru grins out devilishly as Tamaki starts to sweat profusely.
"What..? Mommy! You can't let him hurt me! And you aren't suppose to hurt me either, don't you care about my delicate heart?" the blonde wailed as drops of tears continues to fall out from his lids as he begs Kyouya who doesn't look deterred one bit.
"On the contrary, I don't really mind about your delicate heart, it's your attitude that's been bothering me ever since Haruhi became a host, you became much more unbearable," the Shadow King hisses out as he looms over the now terrified Tamaki and his dark aura consumes the blonde entirely.
Tamaki shrunk down to half his size as all his friends start to chuckle evilly and their eyes start to glint with extreme pain that will soon befall him. Just as he's about to make a run for it, Hunny captured him and literally drag him to the third music room, class is still half an hour away anyway.
"Good luck Tamaki-sama!"
"We'll be cheering you on! Go go!" was all the girls happily did as they watch their beloved host screaming pure terror.
888
Back in Lobelia..
The teachers have been updated about the 'rescue operation' their chairman likes to call it and are trying their best not to stare at the young boy turned girl before them. Kaoru was profusely blushing as the younger teachers gave him a rather bone-splitting hug when Etsuko introduced him.
Now he's being introduced to class 1-A as Suzume Kaori, and the girls are staring at him like he's made of gold. He could see Haruhi sitting beside Hinako, and how he HOPED she couldn't see through his disguise.
"Alright everyone, this is Suzume Kaori, she's a transferred student from Kyoto and since she'll be following her father on a business trip, she'll be schooling here for a while," the teacher said in an all-too-cheery tone.
"Nice to meet you all," Kaoru bowed. He knew from the start on how to act as a girl, considering he and his brother have always been cross-dressed as girls when they were younger.
"Alright then Suzume-san, your seat is beside Tsubaki-san. Tsubaki-san, please raise your hand," the teacher said and said student complied. Kaoru could see she's a pretty girl with long, straight black hair that reaches her waist and cat-like oak colored eyes that seems to shine in the sunlight and a happy smile.
Kaoru walk over to his desk and saw the huge grin on Tsubaki's face. She mouthed out a welcome and turn her attention back to the teacher.
Beside Tsubaki and two rows in front is Haruhi. At first he wanted to melt with adoration seeing her in a dress, but mentally slaps himself because now isn't the time. He continues to learn like usual until the recess bell rang, and that's where his situation got in deeper.
"Hi there! So you're from Kyoto huh?" a cheery voice sounded above him. Kaoru looks up from his bag and saw two oak colored rounds staring at him just inches away. Kaoru recoiled slightly and nearly toppled himself backwards if it wasn't for the pair of hands holding his chair in place.
"You ought to be more careful. Seats have four legs, not two," a rather cold voice said. Kaoru whips his head up and saw a student with a face similar to the girl in front and wondered if they're twins.
"Umm..sorry about that. So..what are your names?" Kaoru asks as he tries to keep his voice from breaking. The cheery girl whom he only knew as Tsubaki stood up straight, but the smile never falters from her face.
"My name is Tsubaki Airi, you're allowed to call me Airi if you want. This is Mizuki Rena, most quiet in class and also my best friend," Airi introduced happily whilst gripping her friend's hand.
"Eh? You're not twins? But your face.." Kaoru started but the smile on Rena's face made him stutter and stopped completely.
"Our faces are the same? Yeah..we get that a lot, practically since grade school. Even our music teacher got our names mixed multiple times," Rena chuckles out.
The two look almost the same but Rena's ayes are much more cat-like and her eyes are a darker shade of brown that seems to hold such calculating look. And her black hair simply reaches beneath her shoulders and has loose curls at the end with a tint of brown in them. If one were to look closely, there's a barely noticeable birthmark beside her left eye.
Kaoru shivered when he noticed how much she reminds him of Kyouya. He peeks over to Haruhi's seat and was disappointed that she wasn't there anymore. However, his actions didn't go unnoticed from Rena's view.
"Who are you searching for, Suzume-san?" she asks that caught Kaoru off-guard. He flinched slightly and shrugs as if to pretend he doesn't know who he's looking for.
"The girl with the short hair and brown eyes, she..looks like a boy," Kaoru muttered out, still not looking into their eyes. Usually Hikaru would be there to silently calm him down but now, he's on his own. "Ah..you don't have to call me that, Kaori's just fine,"
"Oh? You mean Haruhi-chan? She transferred here yesterday from Ouran, though we don't know why," Airi said with a questionable look on her face. Kaori leered at Rena because to him, that girl is like a hawk, watching and observing everything yet doing nothing, almost like waiting for a chance.
True enough, she was watching him with those emotionless eyes. Kaoru tried to pretend he's not bothered but in truth, he's utterly freaked out!
"Umm..surely the Zuka Club told you girls, right? I mean, she's got their attention from before," he said timidly, trying to break Rena's icy stare.
"We're not a fan of that club. And how'd you know they've set on Haruhi-san when you just came in today, might I ask?" Rena points out straight to the point. Even Airi seems rather curious and her smile is now a slight frown.
"I have a friend in Ouran who told me all about the thing the Zuka Club did to win her over," Kaoru lied smoothly, though inside, his heart is almost bursting because of his little mistake. Just then, a young girl with wavy brown hair tied in pigtails ran in and nearly knocked Rena over with the sheer force of her glomp.
"Rena-senpai! Wanna have lunch together? Airi-senpai can come along too," the girl said. She's got green eyes and a few heads shorter than Rena and Airi. From her dress, Kaoru could tell that she's not from Lobelia High.
"Sorry we didn't meet you earlier, Hana. We're just meeting a new friend of ours," Airi said gently as she pats the girl's head. "Kaori, this is Rena's kohai from Lobelia's Middle School, Megumi Hana. She's a second-year student there,"
Kaoru look over to her dress and found out it's obviously different than Lobelia High's uniform. It's just as equal only the skirt is pink and the blouse may be white, but it has red vine-like decorations and the shoulder part of the blouse is puffed up slightly, and the ribbon is slightly bigger but cream-colored.
"Nice to meet you, Megumi-san, I'm Suzume Kaori, you can simply call me Kaori," Kaoru introduced himself. The young girl quirks a brow and stared at him for a moment before shrugging off and bowing at him.
"And you can simply call me Hana, nice to meet you. Wanna have lunch with us? Don't worry, the middle school and high school have the same extent of recess time which is an hour," Hana exclaimed cheerily. Before Kaoru could say anything, he was dragged out of his seat by the girl.
"So..can you read her?" Airi asks once the two of them are outside.
"Yeah..but I need to make sure first," Rena replied with a small smile on her face.
888
Just before recess ends, Kaori decide to go to the bathroom using Airi's guide. On the way there, the students were staring at him and complimented on how nice he looked. They were intrigued that Kaoru has black hair but blue eyes and were wondering his lineage. Kaoru calmed them by saying that he doesn't know how to explain it himself and went off to the bathroom.
Once there, he applied a little bit more make-up and texted Hikaru. Kaoru's rather disappointed because the Zuka Club doesn't escape from Haruhi's side and he's having trouble going near her. Even Hikaru was rather disappointed but cheered his brother by telling how they had fun torturing Tamaki back in Ouran.
I'll tell you everything about it when we get home.
Until then, continue blending in.
From; Hikaru
'Easy for him to say..' Kaoru sighs out. As he steps out of the bathroom, he accidently bumped into a rather tall and buff person that knocked him down to the floor.
"Sorry..I should be watching where I'm going," Kaoru groans as he rubs his sore nose. There was an instant warmness on both his forearm and when he opens his eyes, he could see a rather handsome looking man bending down to stare at him, face only inches apart.
"No, I should be the one apologizing for knocking someone as beautiful such as yourself. My name is Rokurou Osamu, I'm the new substitute teacher here in Lobelia," he said. His spiky black hair reminds Kaoru of Tamaki's, his attitude even but no way in heaven nor hell, is he going to get flirted by this man.
"But..Lobelia is a girl's school! Why'd they hire you?" Kaoru screeches out whilst trying to free himself from the man.
"Because the chairman is afraid that the students in Lobelia won't develop natural feelings for boys, and in order for them to at least know the word 'crush' on a man, they hired me," Osamu breaths out dramatically. But he then turned to Kaoru. "Though I think..I've met an angel with ebony hair and eyes as beautiful as a lapis lazuli stone,"
That does it, Kaoru shrieks and frees himself from the man before making a mad dash to his class.
"I shall be searching for you my angel! Wait for me!" the teacher said in a poetic pose. Unknown to them, Rena and Airi, who had gone to search for their new friend, saw the whole ordeal.
"Oh dear..seems the new teacher's fallen in love with Kaori," Rena said nonchalantly.
"We should help her Rena! We can't just let him chase her around!" Airi hisses at her smirking best friend. Rena simply gaze on Airi with a calm expression.
"Relax.. You know I won't watch from the sidelines. We'll help her, so don't worry about it," she replied with a shrug as the teacher soon made his way towards the chairman's office to report on his arrival.
888
Chairman's office, before Osamu's arrival..
"Hm? I just found out something...maybe I should warn Kaoru-kun about that new teacher," Etsuko said all of a sudden from her cup of ramen. Saki had a look of horror on her face when she found out that she'd completely forgotten about him.
"I'll do it later," Etsuko continues with a shrug and returns to her ramen.
"MADAM RYOUICHI!"
(laughs) And that's the beginning of Kaoru's adventure in Lobelia. I sincerely hoped that Etsuko's attitude isn't too much, I simply want to make it more fun.
Anyways, the names in this story are purely Japanese, I took them off a site. If you'd like, here are the meanings for each name.
Suzume Kaori - Sparrow of fragrance
Ryouichi Etsuko - A good one from the joyful child
Isamu Saki - Courage of hope that blossoms
Megumi Hana - Flower of blessing
Tsubaki Airi - Camelia and jasmine of love
Mizuki Rena - Beautiful moon on the second lotus
Rokurou Osamu - Discipline of the sixth son
I don't really know how to translate each name, but I tried my best. Etsuko's name is rather hard to translate..
Please leave your reviews! (bows)