.:One Strange Day:
*~~Chapter 2: School Ain't Cool~~*
I COMMANDETH THIS CHAPTHERETH TO STARTEH!
(Yes, I've been reading Shakespeare…and reading it poorly at that. Sue me. XD)
-8:30, Monday Morning-
The black limo pulled up to Ouran, and heads began to turn. Not because some people didn't have limos. Most of them did. But because it was the rumored 'new girls', and 'new girls' were 'new prey' for clubs and such. They watched with baited breath as the limo door swung open…and into the land of suit-and-dress uniforms stepped Shiro and Gray, wearing their dresses, complete with all their…changes.
Eye's widened everywhere as whispers echoed around the Courtyard. "What did they do to the uniform?" "Are the allowed to do that?" "Who do they think they are?" Gray smirked. Well, that was a job well done. Less then a minute and they'd already set the gossip lines ablaze with their arrival. She glanced at Shiro, and she nodded. They both strutted through the sea of people, while they parted like the red sea did for Moses, their army boots clunking on the ground.
- MANY minutes later, Classroom 1-A-
Shiro and Gray stood outside classroom 1-A, Shiro glaring at her friend. "Thanks to your…sense of direction…We're half an hour late…." Suddenly, Shiro gave thumbs up. "GOOD WORK!" she said, an kitty expression on her face. Gray laughed and opened the door without looking-bad move- and walked right into someone at the front of the room. She wouldn't have fallen over if Shiro wasn't paying attention either; and so Shiro, Gray, and that poor schmuck went tumbling to the ground.
Gray managed to push herself out of the mangled heap of human while Shiro was still struggling with that other person….And the entire class was in hysterics. Gray gave them the finger behind her back. She helped up the poor schmuck while Shiro stood up. She peered at the person. He…she…? Was wearing a long sweater…and jeans. Even more against the rules then their own uniform. Gray grinned, and the schmuck opened its eyes…to reveal some large brown ones, sort of like Shiro's at times.
She chuckled, patting the girl on the back. It was obvious it was a girl now. "Nice uniform, girlie!" Shiro hissed. "We should have thought of that!" The girl seemed startled, but nodded nonetheless. "I'm…Haruhi Fujioka…." "Gray" "Shiro" Gray and Shiro exchanged looks, before… "FRIENDS~!" they called out, glomping Haruhi and all three of them collapsed in a heap again, laughing more hysterically then the class. (Even more then the twins. :O)
-After Class(es?)-
Shiro and Gray walked arm and arm with Haruhi, who was in the middle and looking slightly intimidated by her new friends, who were very loudly singing a very peculiar song. ("It's Log! It's Log! It's Big, It's Heavy, It's Wood! It's Log, It's Log! It's Better Then Bad It's Good!" XD) "Um?" she asked, looking up at them. Shiro and Gray both stopped, grinning. "Yeah?" "Do you think we could maybe….find a library?" They looked at each other, and then grinned. There could be manga. "SURE!"
-About An Hour And A Half Later-
"DAMN YOU AND YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION!" Shiro puffed. It taken them well…a long time to find somewhere quite enough, and it wasn't even a library. The three of them stood in front of a door which sign read 'Music Room 3'. It sounded quite enough, and so--
"Welcome. 3" The three of them stood in the doorway, stunned. A tall blonde boy, A tall black-haired boy….Takashi and Hunny…and Hikaru and Kaoru. The twins pouted. "It's a BOY….and…?" Hikaru's eye's widened. "Sombrero-Ero and Yakuza Girl?" Gray blinked. "Takashi and Hunny…?" "…." Haruhi was still looking pretty dumbstruck. But Shiro's jaw nearly had dropped to the floor. Gray propped a stick under it to keep it up, but--
"HUNNY!" Shiro yelled, running towards the small blonde boy and spinning him around again. "Oh, you're just SO adorable!" she cried, shaking Hunny back and forth. Everybody but Takashi and Gray was staring at them; they were used to it already. Gray waved to the blonde boy in a demanding manner, as in continue the sentence he was about to start with Haruhi. She was plenty entertained by watching Shiro.
"Welcome to the Ouran High School Host Club…Haruhi Fujioka, scholarship student! You are a rare creature in this place!" "Um…I'm…Huh?" Haruhi said, blushing slightly under her thick glasses. "It is my determination that common folk don't fit easily into our elegant culture…and that a scholarship would need a pretty thick skin and mulish stubbornness just to make it through, let alone achieve anything. If no one knows you, it's an uphill climb to get noticed, know what I mean?" The tall black haired boy with glasses said.
"Thanks a load…" Haruhi muttered. Gray gave her a sad look. Thick-skinned common folk…What a cruel comment. That guy must be really devious…She liked devious. The blonde boy rushed up to Haruhi, grabbing her by the arm. "YES!! In short, Fujioka, you're a trail-blazer!! Welcome pauper, to the world of wealth! Top student in your class, yet you're poorer than a church mouse. Some may call you a weed, or despise your low-class status! Fact is, EVERYONE will!" Gray raised her hand. "I don't". He gazed at Gray, upset looking. "YOU'RE RUINING MY SPEECH!" he whined. Gray held up her hands in surrender. "Uhm…Okay?" Then the boy began again. "There's nothing WRONG with poverty, of course. You're a CRUSADER, and a crusader only needs one thing—A RECKLESS HEART!"
Haruhi blushed, looking embarrassed. "No need to make…a big deal out of it…" Though he already had, and would continue on… "Of course, we heard the rumor you're a MAN LOVER…." "WOT? MAN LOVER?!" Haruhi cried in protest. Gray tilted her head in thought. She was a girl, wasn't Haruhi supposed to like boys? Unless this dimwit thought….She laughed, shaking her head. Let him think that for a while more.
But he carried on; clueless. "What is your type? Wild Man? Boy Lolita? Or…" he carried off, brushing his hair back. "Am I more you're style? How 'bout it?" he asked, a hand tilting Haruhi's chin up. Haruhi shivered. "YIKES!" She fretted, shaking her head. "No, it's not like that--" Hunny escaped from Shiro for a moment, clinging onto Haruhi's arm. "Are you really a crusader, Haru? Do you have tales of rescuing princess? I LOVE those!" Haruhi turned to Hunny, growling in the spur of the moment. "WHO YOU CALLIN' HARU?!" Gray blinked, and Shiro ran towards Hunny and Takashi, because poor Hunny was complaining that Haruhi had scared him. Gray blinked laughing. "Damn, Haru, you got some sweet reflexes…"
Haruhi sighed, pushing her glasses up. "Look, I was just trying to find a QUIET place with my friends here! So EXCUSE me…" Haruhi started backing up, and bumped right into an expensive-looking vase. It fell to the ground, crashing into a bazillion pieces. "Ooo…" Hikaru said teasingly a blank look on his face. "That vase was by Rune, It was to be the Featured item in the next school auction…" "The bidding was going to start at $80, 000, but I don't think it'll fetch that now…" Kaoru finished. "$80,000! Eeep!" Haruhi said, a look of shock plastered on her face. She didn't have that kind of money.
"I…I'll pay for it!" Haruhi called out, suprising Gray who was already planning on paying it for Haruhi. "You BET you will, but HOW?!" Hikaru asked, sighing. "You can't even afford a uniform.." pointed out Kaoru. "WHO CARES ANYWAY?! All my father could offer was this hand-me-down sweater…" Haruhi said, an sweatdrop running down the back of her head.
"Well, Tamaki, how shall we handle this?" The tall boy with glasses asked. 'Oh, so the dimwit's Tamaki….' She glanced over at Shiro, who was busy feeding Hunny cake. '….And there's another dimwit….'. Tamaki sighed, thinking. "Fujioka, are you farmiliar with the saying… 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do'? And this-- 'If tou don't have the CASH, pay with your CARCASS'?!" he asked, a sudden change in attitude evident. Gray frowned, looking at the dumbstruck Haruhi. Poor Haru…Tamaki pointed at Haruhi, smirking. "As of TODAY, you're the Host Club's DOGSBODY!" 'Mother! ….This is just too much…' Haruhi thought. Above her, a whispy thing with wings rose up. Gray started at it, dumb struck. 'Her SOUL?!'
Sorry to end this one here, but I'm doing the chapters on a day-to-day basis. Except when, say, Christmas holidays come around…Then I'll stuff a bunch of days into one story. XP Well, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. I had to dig up a lot of dialoge for this chapter, but oh well~ Worth it if you guy enjoyed it! Next Chapter; Haruhi's totrtue in the host club begins! Gray and Shiro aren't annoyed so much! Tamaki gets socked and Kyoya and Gray plot! Stay tuned for the next chapter; .:One Strange Day:. (Chapter 3, Lady Snake and the Dimwit King)
