The Circus Comes to Ouran!

I'm back! Waah! No-one reviewed my first chapter:cries: but I'm updating anyways because I really like this story! This might be a little confusing because I refer to the girl's eye color a lot to differentiate the two, I wanted to save their names for the end of the chapter, I hope it's not too confusing. This chapter really doesn't have a lot of the host club in it. I wanted to get a bit of background done for the girls and get them to Ouran. But don't worry, the next chapter will be chock full of the host club!

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club, or InuYasha. But I wish I did!

Please enjoy!

Chapter 2: Why would I do that?

The small apartment was silent and empty, the only sound being the radio someone had forgotten to turn off that morning, rambling on about the urgent news of which star dated which pop singer and so forth. Grumbling could be heard on the other side of the door as the handle jiggled slightly. The handle paused, before jiggling faster than before as the unknown figure on the other side grew impatient with their keys. Finally a click could be heard and the door innocently swung opened, as if it had never hampered the person in the first place. The homely brunette glared at the door, knowing it was mocking her, swinging back and forth like that, as if it had no idea why she couldn't get in. Haruhi sighed as she kicked the door shut, a little harder than usual for good measure. Here she was thinking a door was mocking her because she couldn't get the key to turn in the lock. Maybe Tamaki and them were rubbing off on her. For a split second she almost turned around and apologized to the poor door before stopping herself.

Yep, they were definitely rubbing off on her. She needed a nice long relaxing bath.

Rubbing her aching temples, she stopped by her bedroom to drop off her school bag, before returning to the kitchen to cook dinner for her and her father, pausing for a second to give her deceased mother a polite hello. She entered the small room and went to the fridge to get the ingredients for dinner. Or she would have made dinner, had she not noticed the note on the refrigerator.

'Haruhiiii! (There were several hearts and badly drawn pictures of her dad grinning inserted after her name.)

'Daddy is sorry! But the boss is sick and needs me to fill in for him! I had to run home to change clothes (because I can't wear the same dress to a different bar! I need to look fresh, as Haruhi of course knows! ) so I left you this quick note. Just do whatever for dinner tonight! Daddy loves you and I'll see you tomorrow. You can have friends over if you want! (just not that Tamaki person!)

Lots of love!!!!!!

Ranka (their were even more hearts drawn after this also)

Haruhi sighed at her father's antics. Invite friends over? It was about ten in the evening. Much too late to call anyone. Even though she knew if she called anybody from the host club they would be over in a heartbeat. Those guys never turned down a chance to see "The Commoners in their natural habitat!" as Tamaki so nicely put it. Well, if she didn't have to cook dinner for her father, then it would be much more convenient to just make a sandwich or something. Less dishes to do, less water used, less money payed for water bills, and an extra dollar in the pocket...can't beat that thought process. Haruhi grunted as she dug around the pantry for something to eat. It always seems that when you're looking for something to eat it's in the back of the pantry. Finally settling for a packet of beef ramen, she chucked the simple (for a commoner) meal in the microwave, after making the necessary preparations to the actual food, and hit the Time and Start buttons.

After finishing her simple dinner, cleaning up the kitchen, and finishing the homework she hadn't completed in school, Haruhi decided it was finally time for that nice long relaxing bath. She walked back into her room and grabbed some pajamas, then back tracked through the living room and into the bathroom. In doing so she walked right past the lonesome radio again, but in her anticipation for a soothing bath, forgot to turn it off. Soon, the sound of water running drowned out all other noises as Haruhi prepared her bath. The radio finished playing this week's greatest hit and switched over to the news, even though Haruhi didn't hear a word of it.

'Today's top story, sister acrobats from the circus have disappeared...'

-----( )-----(the night before...)

Lights, they were everywhere, every color of the rainbow. She was temporarily blinded as one flashed right in her face. She resisted the urge to blink. She had to watch her sister, she didn't have to look to know they were hundreds of feet away from the ground, and no safety net. The boss insisted it would add excitement to the act. 'More like stupidity.' she thought. Her sister finished her triple flip and had grabbed the bar just as she finished her flip seconds before. They were now rushing towards each other. She quickly switched positions and flipped upside down, her legs holding her to the bar, the crowd gasped in awe. 'Idiots.' she muttered to herself. Here it is. Her sister let go of the bar. She reached out to catch her, her sister reaching for her. Flesh met flesh as she felt her sister's hand in her own.

Then it was gone.

She was vaguely aware of the audience panicking and screaming, but all she could see was her sister.

She watched in horror as her sister, her best friend, her family, fell in slow motion towards the ground, a hurt look on her face.

'Why didn't you catch me?'

"NO!" blue eyes whipped open as the girl shot up from the pillow, sweat dripping down her face as her body frantically gasped for air. Pausing a moment, she looked around a bit before allowing her head to drop into her hands. It was all a dream, a horrible, horrible dream. Running her fingers thru her hair, she watched as the black silk slipped in between her fingers and fell back to it's place by her side. She had that nightmare from time to time. And it always terrified her, what if one day...She glanced over at her little sister, still fast asleep on the mat next to her. She looked back down at her hands, fragments of her dream flashing in her mind.

...falling towards the ground...

...that look of hurt...

...'why didn't you catch me?'...

"ARRGH! Stupid dreams!" she muttered, running her hand through her hair, making it even more of a tangled mess. She looked back at her sister, then reached over...

...and pinched her...

...hard...

"Ow! What the fuuu–reak!" her sister squeaked, quickly curbing the swear. "Whatcha pinch me for!" she pouted at her sister, rubbing the sore spot on her arm, still half-asleep green eyes glared at her.

"I wasn't sure if I was still dreaming or not, so I pinched you to see if I was awake yet." blue eyes answered thoughtlessly, arms raised above her head to stretch.

"You're suppose to pinch yourself you moron!" green eyes flashed angrily. She continued to rub her sore arm. "Dang it, that hurt, I'm probably gonna bruise now thanks to you." she muttered to herself.

"Why would I do that? I might hurt myself. That would be stupid." blue eyes muttered back carelessly.

"That's the whole point! To see if you're awake!"

"Well that's stupid, it's a lot less painful to just pinch you."

"Well it hurt me!"

"But not me."

"Thoughtless!"

"Touchy!"

"Jerk!"

"Baka!"

"CATFISH!" the fight ceased as blue eyes peered into green's eyes flustered face.

"..."

"..."

"Catfish?"

"Hey! I'm not good at thinking of insults quickly!" green eyes shot back angrily, the tinge of pink across her face giving away the fact that she was embarrassed.

"You sure do know how to ruin a good fight." blue eyes twinkled as she allowed herself to fall back onto her pillow with a chuckle. Everything was silent for a moment as both teens allowed their minds to wander. One's mind was wandering back to her nightmare, while the other pondered on the chances of getting catfish for dinner tomorrow night.

"Hey." green eyes glanced over at her sister questionably.

"Hmm?" she responded, blue eyes still closed in thought.

Her sister glanced around to make sure there were no eavesdroppers before leaning over and whispering. 'When are we going to get out of this place?'

One blue eye cracked open, suddenly intrigued.

'I mean,' she continued 'we've been planning it for months. And we have everything ready to go. When are we actually leaving?'

Blue eyes lifted from the mat again as she pondered this more. Why hadn't they left? She glanced around the tiny trailer. It wasn't exactly large enough for two teenage girls. Heck, it wasn't even comfy. And the circus had never been...home. It's just that, it was...

Familiar, constant, no new surprises.

And out there was just so...

Different.

Harsh.

Frightening.

If they left, where would they go? Oh sure, they had already been looking into all the different schools along their different stops. So education wasn't really a problem. But if they were caught they would be brought back, or worse, taken to the orphanage and separated and she wouldn't know what to do. She couldn't handle losing anymore family. She looked back at her sister, lost in her own thoughts once more. There was no doubt about it though...

"We leave tonight."

(A/N: That would have been the perfect place to quit! You guys should thank me!)

"What!?!" green eyes shot open in shock as she watched her sister get up and get the bags they had hidden a while back.

"We're leaving tonight." she repeated, grabbing a few extra clothes, and stuffing some food in the bag also. "Think about it, tonight was the last show in this area, so everyone is so busy packing up and getting ready to go that we won't even be missed. And of course we can't drive, so Jerry is driving the trailer this time, which will work to our advantage because you and I both know he's been wanting to get us out of here since we first got here. He'll definitely cover for us." Both girls nodded, before finishing up last minute preparations.

"I can't believe we're finally leaving!" green eyes squealed quietly, sitting on the floor of the trailer, waiting for Jerry to get there.

"Shh..." her sister hushed her. "you never know when one of those clowns might be sneaking around.

"I know! You never can trust clowns." green eyes agreed, wrapping her arms around her legs in fear.

Her sister rolled her blue eyes. "For the last time, they may be creepy but they are NOT going to eat you in your sleep!"

"Says you."

A knock on the door stopped the argument before it escalated any more. A grizzly voice followed. "You girls ready?"

"Yeah Jerry!"

"Why don't you come in for a good luck drink before we hit the road? We've got apple juice!"

They could hear Jerry chuckle to himself before opening the door. "Apple juice sounds great girls." A weathered old man walked in, stroking his long white beard while laughing. When the girls were younger they were convinced he was Santa Clause, except for the fact he was as thin as a rail, but very strong after working with raising the tents and taking care of all the general maintenance around the circus ever since it first started. He stopped short when he saw the girls sitting on the floor, dressed in old jeans and thick sweatshirts, bags packed on the table, and the trailer cleaned of anything useful. He couldn't say anything for a minute until a small, sad smile crept onto his face. "Seems you girls are finally leaving, eh?"

Both girls nodded, suddenly too chocked up to speak. Jerry had been the one to take care of them when the circus caught them twelve years ago. They had been stealing some of the food because they were hungry, but were quickly caught. They were only four years old, so they couldn't run very fast. Instead of taking them to the orphanage, the circus decided to just keep the girls as workers. It would be cheaper because they didn't have to pay them as much, and they had no where to go anyway. They were basically ignored by everyone, but Jerry had always been there. He had always been against them staying at the circus from the very beginning.

"The circus is no place for children to grow up!" He would constantly argue, but he was always ignored, because the girls were so cheap and useful, especially after they started their training to be acrobats. He was the grandfather they never had. And now it felt like they were losing him too.

"Paw-paw!" green eyes overflowed with tears as she launched herself towards her adopted grandfather, sobbing in his shirt. Tears trickled from blue eyes also as she ran next to her sister and also started crying.

"There, there you two. We've known for a long time that this was coming. Now don't be losing ye wits about it." he stated, softly stroking their hair in a comforting manner. "In fact I've got something for ye." He reached into one of his oversized carpenter pockets and pulled out a small box. "Now don't be opening this until ye two are far away from here. I'll cover for ya and give ye plenty of time." he patted both of them on the head as they backed away and wiped the tears from their eyes. "Now ye two need to git!" he whispered as all three stepped outside. The girls gave him one last hug, then quickly dashed over into the safety of the woods, and watched as Jerry winked in their direction before climbing into the trailer and revving up the engine.

"He looks so different." green eyes peeked out from between the foliage. "He seems older..." blue eyes appeared next to the green eyes and observed the same thing. "Paw-paw always seemed so strong and chipper, but now he looks old...and frail..." she sniffled as a few tears slipped from her eyes. "I'm gonna miss him."

"Yeah..me too."

Jerry switched on the radio as the front of the line began to move out. Glancing at the woods one last time before putting the trailer into Drive, he following the procession out of the clearing. Chuckling to himself, he reached up and wiped his eyes. "Heh...stupid dust...

Makin' me eyes water..."

----(I suck at sad scenes...)----

It had been a long night for the two sisters. No matter how tired they were, they pushed themselves harder, the constant fear of the circus coming back to get them urging them to go faster. They ran out of the small town and trekked on the highway, hiding whenever a car passed, until they entered the next city. They walked almost non-stop the next day too, before finally taking a rest at about three in the afternoon in the small local park, taking a quick cat-nap in a tree. Waking up right as the sun was sinking below the horizon, they continued on their journey and followed the highway. At one point they climbed into the back of a pick-up truck that was parked at a small convenience store and were now currently riding it to wherever it was going.

"Umm...the tree?"

"Right."

"Yay! My turn! I spy with my little eye something..."

"No more, if we play another round of I Spy, I swear, you're going to be spying more than just trees."

"You're no fun." her sister whispered, tugging her sibling's black hair.

"Shh..." their unknowing chauffeurs had the radio blaring and their windows rolled down, but they still didn't want to risk being heard. That would be hard to explain.

'...so if you have any information regarding these two acrobats please call...'

"Crap." blue eyes squinted dangerously as the radio continued to blare out their descriptions and who to call. "I was hoping to have a little more time."

"I guess we'll just have to keep going huh?" her sister asked, rubbing the back of her head.

"Yep."

"How far are we going?"

Blue eyes narrowed in concentration as she pulled out their little fold-out map. She skimmed over it, before pointing somewhere with a grunt of satisfaction. "Here, in Tokyo."

"Aaaah, I get it. If you wanna hide a tree, plant it in a forest...hey that's where that what-was-it-called school is right? The one we were looking at?" Her sister nodded.

"Yep, Ouran High School."

After several days of sleeping during the day at various parks, running at night, and the not so rare ride in the back of various vehicles, the two finally made it into Tokyo. That's when they finally decided to open the box Jerry had given them, and found he had given them 1000 yen, two letters of recommendation, (they had already been telling him all about Ouran) and a small wood carving of a fairy for both of them. It took a bit of work, but they both passed the entrance exam for scholarship students (they sighed in relief, Ouran only offered three scholarships), received their books, and were all set to begin their first day at the prestigious Ouran High School.

----(line break!)----

"Okay, which one of you have it?" the small brunette glared down the grinning twins, both feigning complete innocence.

"Took what Haruhi-chan?"

"We would never take anything of Haruhi's!" they responded, hands behind their backs.

Haruhi sighed while rubbing her temples. The first school bell hadn't even rung yet, and already she was getting a headache. "Hikaru, please give me back my mechanical pencil." her tone of voice allowed no room for jokes.

"Aw Haruhi! You're no fun!" Hikaru pouted giving her back the stolen item. They were going to have to tell Kyouya that they couldn't sell Haruhi's pencils anymore, she caught on to fast. It took Tamaki a year and a half to figure it out.

DING-DONG!

"Alright class! Please take your seats!" the general roar of the classroom slowly dimmed down to just a few whispers in the back.

"We have two new students with us today!" she chirped, a murmur rippling through the room before the teacher slammed her ruler on the desk to silence everyone. "Now I know it's unusual for anyone to join our class a month after school has started, but these two just moved here! You guys can come on in!" all eyes turned towards the door expectantly. Nothing happened at first, and the teacher even cleared her throat, trying to catch the two sister's attention right outside the door. Shuffling could be heard right outside the door.

"You heard her! Go in!"

"I don't wanna! I'm quite comfortable right here!"

"Baka! You can't lean against the wall all day!"

"Can too! I had to wake up early today and I'm still sleepy!"

"You're still grumpy too..."

"Must...sleep..."

"I don't care if you sleep in class! Just get in there!" Some of the class giggled as the two newcomers could be heard bickering right outside the door. More shuffling and, finally, a girl was literally pushed through the doorway and into the classroom. Muttering dark, angry thoughts to herself, she dusted her clothes, before walking towards the teacher. She had on a normal pair of jeans, a baggy black sweatshirt with a picture of Sesshomaru on the front, and a pair of black skater shoes with red streaks on them. Her long, silk black hair was pulled up in a bun with a pair of chopsticks, with a few strands of hair falling out of the bun and framing her crystal blue eyes. She didn't even acknowledge the class as she waited for the other girl to come through the door.

A second girl cheerfully followed her sister, grinning at her recent victory. She had on a pair of white tennis shoes, normal jeans, and another black sweatshirt with a picture of Shippo on it. Her curly, blond hair was left down, coming to a stop around the base of her neck. Green eyes glanced around the classroom as she spun to a stop by the first, glowering girl. The teacher cleared her throat before continuing.

"Would you two like to introduce yourself?"

"Hai!" the blond girl chirped. She turned to the class and waved. "Konnichiwa! My name is Kiki! It's an honor to meet you all!" she politely bowed, then she turned to the other girl, signaling her to start.

"Yo, my name is Kimi, and if you morons can't figure it out, I'm new." she crossed her arms as she finished the statement. Everyone was quiet until the teacher finally spoke up.

"Um...okay! Sooo...does anyone have any questions for our two new students?" a girl in the back raised her hand. "Yes Akira?"

"How come you two aren't in uniform? Are you two scholarship students like Haruhi-san?"

"Well, seeing as how we don't know who the he-" Kiki quickly cut off her sister.

"Hai! We are scholarship students! We were lucky to get through!" she gave her sister a warning glance. Hikaru raised his hand.

"Yes Hikaru?"

"Are you two sister's or something?" Kaoru and Haruhi groaned, not that it wasn't obvious or anything.

"Hai! In fact..." Kiki answered.

"We're twins." the two finished together.

--------(done!)----------

So? How bad was it? I know, I know, not a lot of the host club, no worries! Next chapter! Dang, this chapter was SOO LONG! Kimi came out as more of a punk then I wanted her to be, oh well, we'll just blame it on the fact that she's sleepy. Sorry about that whole crappy story with Jerry. I suck at writing sad scenes. You can tell at the end where I was trying to cut out unnecessary stuff...

PLEASE REVIEW:sniffles: I was very sad to not get any reviews, even if it's a review to say my story sucked...actually that would be sad too, but at least someone would have taken the time to tell me so. Constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcomed even recommended! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

(Reviewer still gets a Nekozawa plushie!)

See you next time!

Ja-ne!