It was on a whim that Tamaki called for an impromptu Host meeting.
"Listen, gents!" he cried into his laptop microphone, everyone else in the group Skype call quieting down. "We should all meet up downtown tonight!" "Tonight?! Dumbass, it takes Hikaru and me AT LEAST four hours to get downtown. "It's already eight!" Kaoru exclaimed, the other hosts all voicing their agreement; all except for Hikaru. "Guys," he said quietly, appearing next to Kaoru. "That was the last place we saw Haruhi." All the hosts fell silent once again.
It was true; before going to law school, Haruhi had had a part-time job downtown at some family owned restraunt. After she started school was when the hosts lost contact with her. It was a stretch, but Hikaru pointing that out caused a spark of hope amongst the boys.
"Hikaru's right, guys! Maybe she's still there!" Kaoru burst out excitedly. The hosts all discussed the possibilities of where specifically their seventh member would be. Suddenly Kyoya spoke up. "We all have to be prepared for the worst, I hope you realize," he murmured reluctantly, adjusting his glasses. The hosts fell silent for a third time that night. "Kyo-chan's right," Honey, of all people, finally said. "If Haru-chan's hurt, we have to be ready to act fast." "If anyone hurt my Haruhi, I'll kill them…" Tamaki growled, his jaw clenched as he pictured Haruhi hurt; or worse.
Haruhi lay sobbing in the moonlight, her entire body sore and aching. She gazed at the damage to her body with tear-blurred eyes, grunting weakly as she tried to move her broken leg. With a great deal of effort, the wounded girl flipped onto her back; breathing raggedly and staring up at the bleak night sky.
The hosts disconnected their Skype call. They had hastily agreed to meet downtown at the east train station as soon as possible; meaning only thirty minutes for some and four hours for others. They planned to start searching by 12:30 AM.
Tamaki was the first to arrive at the east train station. He had grabbed his coat and ran out of his home as soon as the Skype call was over. With tears insistently pricking at his eyes, Tamaki took the soonest train to the east train station. The trip took him only twenty minutes because it was so late; there were only two other people on the train. Tamaki looked around hysterically for the other hosts, wanting to start the search immediately. "Damn it!" he choked, sitting down on a bench to wait for the other members; knowing full-well it would be a good four more hours before they started searching for Haruhi. "Please be okay…please, please be okay…" Tamaki pleaded quietly to himself, allowing a few stray tears to slide down his cheeks.
Haruhi listened to the sounds of the city, choking quietly on bile and blood. After coughing up the repulsive mixture, she heard a distinct whoosh from across the street. "Who could be on the train at this hour?" Haruhi wondered aloud, trying to take her mind off the fact that the bleeding was still going strong. She weakly glanced at the teeth by her head and smiled pathetically. "Daddy used to leave me money for these…" she whispered, blurry images of her father flashing through her mind.
Over the next few hours, the hosts arrived at the train station one by one. Hikaru and Kaoru were, of course, the last to arrive. The twins hurried off their train and into the seating area. As soon as Tamaki saw the two, he bolted up right and shouted from across the nearly empty room "Hurry up you two shady twins! We have absolutely NO time to lose!" The twins came over to the group, and Kaoru puffed out "We're really sorry guys, the train got stuck on the tracks a few stops back!" Tamaki danced around impatiently, crying out "There isn't any time for apologies right now! We have to find Haruhi!"
With that, the hosts burst out of the train station into the cold night air searching for their beloved Haruhi. They split up to cover more ground, keeping their phones set to the loudest volume possible for quick contact; Tamaki and Kyoya took the seedy looking street littered with tons of alleys, Hikaru and Kaoru searched the park a little ways away, and Honey and Mori took a cab to the west side to search there.
"Kyoya, where could she be?" Tamaki choked out, ears pricking at his eyes. "I'm sure we'll find her if we keep looking, Tamaki," Kyoya reassured him quietly, just as distressed as the kingly blonde but a lot better at hiding it. The two continued searching one alley after the other, slowly losing hope along with energy. And, suddenly, a small voice emerged from a tighter alley. "Daddy?" the meek voice called quietly, echoing out towards the boys. There was a beat of silence between Kyoya and Tamaki before the two bolted down the alley, Tamaki in the lead.
"Daddy?" Haruhi repeated hoarsely, a head of blonde hair bobbing into her fuzzy vision. Tamaki stood quietly above Haruhi, his eyes wide and his jaw slack as his eyes wandered over her battered body. "Oh god…" Tamaki whispered, heavy tears flowing down his cheeks freely as he gazed at the once beautiful girl. He fell to his knees beside Haruhi, stunned into silence. "What could have happened to her?..." Kyoya whispered, looking from the crumbling blonde king to the bloodstained angel, tears starting to prick at his eyes as well. Tamaki sobbed quietly "I don't know…but she's here…and she's alive…" For the first time in seven years, Tamaki held Haruhi in his arms while Kyoya shakily called the hosts as well as an ambulance. "Haruhi…" Tamaki urged quietly, shaking her gently to keep her eyes open. "Hi daddy…" Haruhi whispered finally; her eyelids fluttering, her mind fading in and out. Only then did Tamaki realize the blotchy red puddles staining the asphalt and the small, shiny gems surrounding his little girl. He pulled back slightly, horrified to see Haruhi's blood seeping onto his clothes. "Take the teeth daddy…can you give me money like you used to?" Haruhi whispered weakly, her eyes slowly closing. Before she fell unconscious, Haruhi heard someone scream her name, and then she saw dazzling blonde locks above her fade away into black.