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Chapter Two

The Water element

Haruhi walked briskly through the halls as she looked for the testing room. It was just after lunch on her second day at Ouran and she was supposed to be taking a test at the moment. She turned down the hall and finally found Room 304.

"Finally!" she said, exasperated. She opened the door and walked in.

It's empty? Haruhi thought as she made her way in.. It was completely black except for a single light bulb in the middle of the room. As soon as she stepped in the room, the door shut on it's own and locked. She said, struggling to keep her voice steady, "Hello?"

"Hello, Haruhi Fujioka. You're late," a voice replied, seemingly from nowhere.

Haruhi took in the mostly dark room and saw nothing. "I'm sorry. I got lost."

"Well," the voice said. "We'll have to start with the test immediately. Good luck."

Suddenly, the room filled with a bright light. In the center of the room, a water fountain rose from the ground. Haruhi approached it hesitantly, expecting it to attack her at any moment. Inside the fountain, goldfish swam around. She muttered, "What the-"

The voice spoke before she could finish her thought. "Remove the goldfish from the fountain without spilling any water."

Haruhi was startled, but she focused on her power. She concentrated hard, well maybe not that hard, and felt her power rise deep within her. She imagined the goldfish rising up into the air in their own little water bubble. Almost immediately, ten goldfish rose from the fountain exactly how she imagined. Not one drop spilled.

"Good," the voice said. "Now combine all of the fish together."

Haruhi combined the water bubbles so all the fish were swimming merrily with each other.

"Now in the corner of the room, there is a container with a small funnel top. Insert the water and fish in the bottle," the voice continued.

Haruhi looked around while holding the fish in the air. Sure enough, in the corner was a small bucket with a funnel top. Just by glancing at it, she knew that it would be a tight squeeze for the goldfish, but she could maneuver them in. She stretched out her hand towards the bucket and the water bubble traveled over to hover above it. Haruhi took a deep breath before lowering her hand and funneling the water into the bucket. Again, not one drop spilled.

"Very good," the voice said. "Now freeze the remaining water in the fountain."

Haruhi sighed. If they thought that a little water freezing would be a challenge, they had another thing coming. She closed her fist and the water froze solid.

"Now, try to unfreeze it."

Haruhi nearly laughed. They think I can't unfreeze my own water. How cute, she thought smugly with a smirk.

Haruhi exhaled and the ice melted. She could imagine the shocked face of the owner of the voice and struggled to hold back the mocking laugh rising in the back of her throat. Her attitude probably wouldn't be welcomed here at Ouran High School.

"That's, uh, great," the voice continued, shock evident in his tone. "Now pick up all the water you can and make a wave out of it."

"Please," she teased quietly. "Easy."

Haruhi felt the water run down into the pipes of the school and knew that she'd be able to control all the water in the academy but her father's cautioning words returned to her. "Don't show anyone your full power. Don't use your full potential." She decided to pick up what she thought an ordinary water mage master could control (about a fourth of what she could) and pulled it out of the pipes. Once it was out, she spoke to it and persuaded the water to become a wave.

The water filled the room and grazed against the walls and ceiling, circling around her as to not knock her down or harm her in anyway. It didn't even get her wet. Haruhi felt her power rising and pushed it down. She had to listen to her father and limit her power. She created a ten foot wave and let it crash against the far wall. "How was that?" she asked feigning innocence.

"Um, very good." The voice, again, sounded surprised. Haruhi nearly smirked until she remembered that they were most likely watching her. She decided it would be best not to seem too smug.

"Now what?"

"We've seen enough. You can exit the room now and continue with your normal classes."

Haruhi nodded and walked to the door, fighting a grin. She exited and walked down the hallway. Her next class was on the first floor so she had two flights of stairs. Now if I could only find the stairs, she thought. She looked into a window on a door and found a class full of seniors. "Okay, not stairs," she muttered as she continued down the hallway. Haruhi had forgotten her school map in her locker. "Damn rich people. Damn forgetfulness. Damn big school."

On Haruhi's right, a low voice suddenly spoke. "Hello there. Can I help you?"

Haruhi spun to her right and found an odd looking man staring intently at her. He had green hair so dark it was practically black, and wore a big dark cape. On one of his hands he held a strange feline like puppet. "Who are you?" she asked, trying not to sound scared.

The man's eyes widened as he saw Haruhi's face, and he stumbled back a step. "Oh my Beelzenef, you're her!"

Haruhi took a step backward. "Um, what?"

The man composed himself suddenly. "Nothing. I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else."

Haruhi nodded, suspicious. "That's nice. I'll be going now."

The man put a restraining hand, the one with the creepy puppet, on her shoulder. "No, wait. Are you lost? I can help you." When Haruhi didn't reply, the man released her shoulder and bowed his head respectfully. "I'm Nekozowa. Who are you?"

Haruhi bowed her head as well. "Haruhi Fujioka."

"It's great to meet you," he said companionably. "Are you lost?"

Haruhi bit her lip as she thought about her options. She decided she really didn't want to wander around the school for another hour so she told the truth. "In a sense. I just need to find class 3-A."

Nekozowa smiled. "That's on the first floor. Let me lead you there."

Haruhi nodded and Nekozowa took off down the corridor with his cape sweeping dramatically behind him. Haruhi jogged to catch up to him and saw him open a door. He exited through the door, closely followed by Haruhi. They descended two flights of stairs before exiting the stairwell and into another hallway. Nekozowa turned to the left and passed three doors before stopping at one on the right. "Here you go," he said indicating the door.

Haruhi bowed her head slightly. "Thank you."

Nekozowa nodded before striding down the hallway. Haruhi watched his retreating back before turning to the door in front of her. Wait, she thought, Did he actually call me a girl? Haruhi sighed and decided she had enough to deal with before she started contemplating whether the man was a psychic or not. She opened the door. Inside, the teacher stopped talking to glance at Haruhi. When Haruhi showed him her honor's pass, he nodded and continued lecturing. Haruhi looked for an empty seat and saw one in the back, right in between of the two twins she saw yesterday. "This will be good," she muttered sarcastically to herself.

Haruhi pulled out the chair as quietly as she could and took a seat. She got out an empty note page and started to take notes. The twin to her left leaned towards her and said, "Hello again."

Haruhi nodded but kept her attention on her notes. She really didn't want to speak to them now. The other twin leaned in identical to his brother and said, "It's nice to see you."

Haruhi hummed in response.

The twins leaned over her notes and said together, "Why are you taking notes?"

"Why can't you just leave me alone?" she snapped back.

The twins glared at her before returning to their seats. Throughout the rest of the class, they alternating between glaring at her and glaring at the teacher. Haruhi had trouble resisting the urge to bang their heads together.

Once the bell rang signalling the end of the day, Haruhi stood suddenly and headed out the door. The head of the elemental mage's chair instructed for her to meet with the test taker after school so she could know where she placed in magical ability.

Before she could reach the door, identical hands appeared on her shoulders. She sighed before turning around to face the twins. "Can I help you?" she drawled impatiently.

They replied in synch, "We were hoping to introduce ourselves."

The twin on the left said, "I'm Hikaru."

The other continued, "I'm Kaoru."

Haruhi rolled her eyes. "Fascinating. I'll be going now."

Before they could argue, Haruhi wormed out of their grip and hurried out of the door. She turned left towards the office where she would find the test taker. The students filtered out of the doors and Haruhi resisted the urge to pity them. Most of them didn't have elemental magic, almost all didn't know it existed. Must be a hard life, she thought.

Haruhi pulled open the door to the office and heard the bell jingle above her head. No later than five seconds later, the chairman, Mr. Suoh, appeared from around the corner. He called, "Miss Fujioka! I have the results."

Haruhi nodded and looked around for anyone that could have overhear their conversation. Mr. Suoh noticed her reaction and said, "This office is secure. Only elemental magic users are allowed in here."

Haruhi nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chairman."

Mr. Suoh nodded before saying, "Your powers are quite impressive. We made an unanimous decision to place you in the highest section."

Haruhi struggled to hold her glee. "Thank you so much. It means a lot."

"You're quite welcome. After all, you earned your place there," he replied earnestly. After a moment he said, "You are the only girl in this 'club', although they won't be able to detect your gender by your clothes."

Haruhi shrugged. "I find it's easier when people think I am a boy."

The chairman nodded. "Well, they're a group of quite unique boys who chose to go by the name, 'The Host Club.' My own son is in this group," he said proudly.

"When do they meet?" Haruhi asked eagerly.

"Everyday after school in the abandoned third elemental room."

"What?" Haruhi choked out. That would be the idiot boys she had seen yesterday, the ones who thought she was a boy.

Mr. Suoh raised an eyebrow. "They are members of the most prestigious families in Japan."

Haruhi nodded, still in partial shock. Those bumbling idiots I met yesterday are some of the best elemental mages in this school?, she thought.

"They are holding a meeting right now, if you wish to join them," the chairman suggested.

Haruhi nodded. "Thank you, Chairman."

Haruhi left the office with her mouth hanging open. She couldn't wrap her mind around it; those idiots were adept at their magic?

Haruhi found the stairs and began to climb them. She thought of ways to explain how she was in their group, but found none before she reached the floor. She opened the door and turned to the right, counting down the doors until she reached the abandoned room. Haruhi took a deep breath and leaned against the door.

The doors opened suddenly and Haruhi fell inside, landing on her butt. Looking down on her were the twins, Hikaru and Kaoru. They said, "It's back."

A tall blonde was talking with the one with glasses when they looked over. The blonde shrieked and cheerfully screamed, "I knew he'd be back! No one can resist my charms!"

The one with glasses sighed. "Somehow, I doubt that."

Haruhi stood up before the overenthusiastic one could interrupt her. "I'm here to join your club," she said hurriedly.

That shocked them. Even the one eating cake looked up with a shocked face. The one with glasses recovered first, "Well, I'm sorry that's not possible, you must have permission-"

"I do," Haruhi interrupted. "I took the mage's test and passed. They told me that this was my group."

One of the twins said, "That's...impossible."

The other said thoughtfully, "I suppose it's very unlikely, but not impossible. After all, we did it."

The first nodded and said, "I guess so."

The boy that looked five years old stood and made his way to Haruhi. The others parted and let him through. He said cheerfully, "That's great, Haru-chan! What element do you control?"

Haruhi sighed and started, "Didn't I tell you not…" She trailed off as she looked into his big eyes. Instead she continued, "Water."

"Water?" a low voice behind her said. Haruhi spun around to see the tall man with onyx eyes towering over her.

Haruhi nodded. "Yeah."

Glasses, her new nickname for the one with glasses, said, "A water mage with enough talent to get into this group is extremely rare."

Haruhi shrugged. "I guess that's true."

The tall blonde recovered and screamed, "Welcome to the family!" He gave her a big hug until she couldn't breathe.

She muttered, "Can't...breathe…"

He released Haruhi and said, "I'm Tamaki Suoh, the King of this club!"

Haruhi breathed heavily holding her hand against her chest. It was going to be a long year.

He continued in a singsong voice, "My element is light!"

The one with glasses said, "Mine is darkness. My name is Kyoya Ootori."

"Air!" cheered the small boy. "Call me Honey!"

"Earth," muttered the tall boy. "Mori."

One of the twins said, "I'm Kaoru and I can control electricity."

"I'm Hikaru and I have fire," the other said.

Haruhi nodded. "Cool."

Honey grabbed Haruhi's hand and spun her in a circle. "Let's see a demonstration!"

"No," she said. "I couldn't."

"Oh come on!" said one of the twins; Hikaru, Haruhi thought.

The other, Kaoru, said, "Yeah, let's see the power of a master water mage."

"I'm not a master," she muttered.

Tamaki screamed, "Come on! Let's see your power. Draw water out of thin air!"

Kyoya adjusted his glasses. "That would be impossible. No one has successfully done that water bending in over 100 years. It wouldn't be safe to ask her to do that Tamaki. Maybe when I'm not here, but I don't want a death on my hands."

"Fine," Haruhi interjected.

Kyoya turned to her, surprise written on his face.

Haruhi took a deep breath and thought hard. She felt her water mark glowing on her eye as she concentrated her power. She held out her hand, palm up, and willed the water in the air to gather in her palm.

Within seconds, a large orb of water was hovering in her hand. "Is this good enough?" Haruhi asked.

"How do you have that much power?" Kyoya asked. "No water mage has had that kind of power in a long time."