Chapter 2: Note Passing and Kidnapping

I'm back with the second edited chapter!

I got my first flame, so to Guest reviewer, I have a few things to say to you: Firstly, thank you for your opinion on this story. I knew that it wouldn't meet everyone's tastes, so I understand if you didn't enjoy it. However, I'm not writing this story for you (nor am I being a narcissist, so I don't need to "get over myself"; I know this story has its flaws), so if you don't like it, then all you have to do is stop reading.

And thank you to everyone else that reviewed! Your comments were very much appreciated. =)

~Square Root of Three √3

"WHAT?!" Tamaki's high-pitched scream rang throughout the Host Club's room when Haruhi had finished telling her story. "You had a cousin our age and you never told us about her?"

"And you've never met her before?" The twins yelled just as loudly. "Isn't that, like, illegal?"

The girl sighed and rubbed her temples. "Just stop yelling and let me explain!" Everyone quieted down and she continued with her storytelling. "Look, her parents said that it was a family situation whenever they came over for celebrations so we didn't pressure them into telling us. The point is that she'll be coming to Ouran Academy tomorrow and I don't want you guys—" She paused and took a moment to give stern looks at Tamaki and the twins, "—to harass her."

"Hey," Hikaru started.

"When do we ever harass people?" Kaoru finished.

They had these mischievous looks on their faces as they shrugged nonchalantly, trying to act casual. Haruhi realized that she probably shouldn't have told them about her cousin. But then they'd probably still harass her anyways, was the afterthought that she had.

She looked over at Kyoya, who looked like he was glaring at his computer screen as he typed. Hmm... Wouldn't he have at least added a comment about how he already knew her cousin's name, family, and blood type? Could it be that the almighty Kyoya doesn't actually know her either?

If so, what would that mean?

...

The teacher of class 1-A cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Class, today we have a new student." He nodded towards the front of the classroom at me. "Please introduce yourself."

Before I could say anything, the door burst open, revealing a girl with jet black hair. She was hunched over with one hand placed on the door for support as she tried to catch her breath. "Sorry I'm late again!" She cried out. Then, feeling the tension around the room, she looked up and saw me. "Oh, uhm... are you the new student?"

I nodded, not knowing how else to reply to her outburst.

"I'm Mayumi! Sorry about rushing in the classroom and scaring you like that." She giggled a bit and scratched the back of her head in apology.

I couldn't help but smile at her cheerfulness. "I'm Kakusa Himitsu, the new transfer student. Nice to meet you," I said with a bow.

The teacher sighed and assigned me a seat beside two redheads and on my way there, Mayumi whispered something to me before heading to her own seat.

"Watch out for Hikaru and Kaoru. They're known for their pranks."

I pushed the thought aside for now and focused my attention on today's lesson. First of all, I didn't even know who Hikaru and Kaoru were. Secondly, they wouldn't try anything when the teacher was right in front of us, right? It would be kind of—dare I say it?—stupid to try something like that with the possibility of easily getting caught.

Suddenly, I whipped my head to my left. The guy beside me was completely focused on copying notes down from the board and after a while of staring, I was beginning to feel a little awkward. I mean, rumours about this could start spreading immediately if someone noticed what I had been doing, so I went back to copying notes as well.

But I had felt it.

A poke on my left shoulder.

Don't even try to tell me that I had imagined it or that it was a coincidence. I don't even believe in coincidences anyway. I know that someone had poked me because a few seconds later, I felt another tap, only on my right shoulder this time.

Okay, what was going on? I turned to face the boy on my right and just like the other guy, he was diligently writing word problems down on a sheet of paper. And then, something inside me clicked. These guys must be Hikaru and Kaoru. Maybe I could get them to stop if they have a taste of my pranks.

So I went back to writing. Only this time, I slowly inched my feet towards theirs and when I was ready, I stomped down on them. Hard. This effectively got them to yelp out in surprise (and pain) as they both gave me a glare. I returned it with a satisfied smile of triumph while giving them my best innocent look.

"Is something wrong?" The teacher frowned at us.

"No," I replied quickly. "Can I—May I go to the bathroom?" I corrected myself, knowing how teachers preferred the word "may" over "can".

He nodded and turned back to continue writing on the blackboard, happy to have solved the problem. I scribbled down a note and on my way out the door, I slipped it on one of the boys' desks. They had played a smart trick, but it was nothing compared to what I used to do to the scientists. Hey, a girl's got to have fun, even in that horrid place, right?

Once I was outside, I realized that I didn't actually have to go to the bathroom. Maybe I could just—

"Hey!" I heard someone call out to me.

"Oh, hi Mayumi-san. What are you doing here?"

"No need to be so formal! Just Mayumi is fine," She replied with a bright smile that I noticed she had on the entire time since she entered the classroom. "I was watching you the whole time back there. That was a great way to stop their prank!"

"You were watching me?" That's not creepy at all.

She laughed, her brown eyes shining. "Well, I wasn't really watching you... I was watching the twins."

"Oh. Do you have a crush on them or something?"

"What? No, no, no!" She blushed and shook her head in protest. Then, "I guess there's no point in denying it if you've already figured it out on your first day. You know, you're pretty blunt." Linking her arms in mine, she dragged me down the hall. "Come on, I'll give you a tour of the school while we 'go to the bathroom'," She said with a wink.

Seeing as I had no choice in this, all I could do was follow her. "I prefer the word 'honest' instead of 'blunt', by the way."

We walked up the stairs as if we were best friends. There was a sign on one of the doors that read MUSIC ROOM #3. Didn't I hear somewhere that it was an abandoned and unused room?

"Hey, do you want to go check out—?"

That was all I managed to say before an arm reached out to cover my mouth so that I couldn't scream. I was dragged into the supposedly "unused" music room as I struggled to free myself. I couldn't believe it! My first day here and...

... I had already been kidnapped!

...

Back in the classroom of 1-A, it was almost dead silent. The teacher had his back towards the students as he continued to write practice questions on the board. The students were furiously copying them down with a few whispers here and there. No one seemed to notice the two grinning twins in the back of the class.

Haruhi's cousin had proved herself to be more than a little interesting. They couldn't remember anyone who could counter their pranks on the first day. A challenge, that's what she was. A challenge that they would conquer.

Unfolding the note that she had left them, they quickly read it over.

Nice try, boys. But it's going to take more than that to beat me!

~Kakusa.

The boys mentioned looked up and exchanged looks, a wide smile spread across their faces. The older boy, Hikaru, folded the paper and stuffed it in his pocket. Then, the two silently high-fived and got busy copying down notes again. But their minds weren't on the work—after all, it seemed like Haruhi's cousin was going to be a fun new "toy" to play with.

Oh, and the "no harassment" thing? Yeah, just forget about that.

Ooh, you better watch out, Kakusa! The twins are getting "fired up".

In the first version of this story, Mayumi didn't exist. I just felt like I should change things up a bit for my old readers out there so that it's not boring. But don't worry! She will become a pretty important character and will serve her purpose as... well, you'll find that out later.

There's also a reason as to why Kyoya doesn't know anything about Kakusa. All will be revealed in time, my friends. =)

Reviews are appreciated!

~Square Root of Three √3