A/N::

I was here!

+Chapter Four+

Master Plan

It was strange. Just moments ago, she was hanging by her hoodie, dangling from the railing of the S.S. Suou… Where was she now? All there was in sight were plants, trees, flowers, and birds. The air smelled of wild orchids and the singing of every living creature bypassed her ears softly, not overwhelming her senses but pleasuring them. It was warm, the stroking of water up and down her arms and legs, her torso growing cold then warming with the water that seemed never to go away. It wouldn't leave her. It just came back to keep her at ease.

The animal's singing grew slightly louder. Finally, she could make out what they were saying.

"Haruhi…"

"Haruhi, wake up!"

"Haruhi!"

"Huh?" The young lady finally sat up. The sand was cushioned, and the water was still going up and down her legs. Contrary to the euphoric feeling moments ago, there was a sting on the side of her head from where a gash had been placed. She had only been dreaming, but the place in her dream was not fictional. Still, reality was beautiful.

"Hey, Haruhi's awake!" Came a deep voice from her right.

"Hm? Kyouya-sempai?" Lifting one hand to wipe her eye, she felt the fatigue getting the best of her. It would soon be flushed away when their conversation carried out.

"Did we go to the beach, sempai?"

"No. Thank god you're okay."

That was strange… Why would she need to be okay? For Kyouya to say that, something very drastic must have happened.

"What--" Haruhi stopped. Right behind Kyouya lay a mammoth looking wreck, a heap of metal by the shore. It was all coming back to her now. The kiss, the nosebleed, the free fall, and the catch. Then the soft voices took her to safety.

"We got shipwrecked." Mori stated to put it simply.

"We were all worried, Haru-chan!" Hunny laughed. He was making the bad vibe happier, acting joyous when he was really in grief.

"You… You were? Why, what happened?"

"Thanks to those clumsy twins, you hit your head on some stray glass as they pulled you up. Tamaki's window exploded from pressure and you blacked out." Kyouya explained, again looking carefree. He fixed his glasses and smiled, sitting with his knees folded in front of him and his arms resting on them casually.

"But at least we're okay… and my glasses."

"Ano… Thanks." It still hadn't sunk in. Folding one leg onto the other in a cross-legged position, she looked to Kyouya with blinking, curious eyes and a slightly opened mouth from disbelief.

"But where's Tamaki-sempai and the twins?"

"Well," Kyouya started, a hint of irritation in his voice. He turned to face the water, eyebrows coming together slightly in a small twitch. "Hikaru got angry and stormed off. Naturally, Kaoru went to follow. Tamaki is in the ship, searching for my cell phone. We made him go in because he caused this mess."

"I still think I should've gone in with Takashi!" Hunny objected, a look of worry. "We're better suited for it, Tama-chan's probably hurt!"

"No… He'll be fine."

"Hey! Kyouya! I found a phone!" Tamaki's voice was small as he yelled from far away. Jumping carefully down from the ship, he began running to the four that sat by the shore((THAT FLIPPIN' RHYMES!!)), laughing giddily and waving the phone in the air. It had battery, but not much. Just enough to last until at least mid-day. It was already 3 p.m. now.

"Tamaki-sempai!" Haruhi gasped, standing up and smiling. She was aghast, almost honored to see him again. He'd saved their lives, and she was not the only one who knew it. If he wouldn't have taken on that rock, they'd all have been goners.

"Ha-Haruhi!" Tamaki gasped, slipping the phone into his capris and giving her the hug of her life.

"Sempai!" She gagged, unable to return his hug, for her arms were being killed by his embrace. "I'm… Glad you're alive and kicking.." She was barely being sarcastic.

"No, Haruhi, I'm so happy you're okay…!" He cried, literally crying, as his embrace lightened a bit. It allowed her to throw her arms around his waist as his were on her neck. Despite her distaste for hugs, it felt nice.

"It's okay, Tamaki-sempai…" She sighed, smiling. "You saved us all."

"Kawaii!" Hunny whispered in excitement. Mori nodded with a small grunt of approval, and Kyouya sighed with a smile.

"Well… She's right. He did save us all."

"Thanks… Haruhi." Tamaki choked, letting her go and looking her in the eyes. It delighted him so much to see her smile so sincerely, truly appreciative of him. He was proud of himself. Mostly, however, he was glad to have Haruhi safe in his arms.

Wiping the tears away with his arm and sniffling the last bit of his runny nose, he laughed with a small crack in his voice. It was like a small child, but somehow it fit him better. Haruhi laughed back with him… She enjoyed good times like these, even if they were stranded on some random island. Kyouya could get them home safely.

right?

Hikaru and Kaoru's POV

"Hikaru, please!" Kaoru whined, wishing that his brother would come to his senses. "What're you even so angry about?"

Hikaru sneered. Sitting on a rock nearby his troubled brother, a 'hmph' escaped his lips as his head jerked to the side.

"Stupid dono-sama. He almost got us killed. He almost got Haruhi killed."

Finally, Hikaru'd spoken. He'd refused to say anything for the longest time now. Now that he'd given Kaoru a clue as to what was troubling him, he could see clearly that it was simply a severe case of worry.

"But he didn't, and that's all that matters, Hikaru." Kaoru pleaded, on his knees and resting his arms and chin on Hikaru's lap. "We're fine. She'll be fine."

"How do you know?!" Hikaru hissed, glaring down at his brother.

"Do you want to go see?"

"…." Hikaru didn't reply. He didn't want to appear anxious.

"Let's go."

Kaoru took his brother by the hand angrily. Despite Hikaru's protests, he dragged him back to where they came from. No way was he going to drag Kaoru down any farther because of his stupid childish nature. Matters were bad already. Plus, he was worried about Haruhi just as well.

There the two stood, watching as Haruhi got up to run to Tamaki.

"…She's okay!!" Hikaru gasped almost silently.

"Told ya!" Kaoru murmured.

They watched on.

"Is dono-sama… crying?"

"Looks like it. Let's go check it out."

"No… We'll look like rats!"

"Who cares, I want to go see them!"

"No!"

"Then you stay here."

"Wait! Kaoru!"

Kaoru stepped from the bushes. A friendly smile, he laughed and spread his arms out.

"Haruhi! You're awake!" He cooed, running to the group and stopping to listen to Tamaki's story of how he got the cell phone. His hands lay rested on his hips with actual interest in what his lord was saying.

It disgusted Hikaru.

'Kaoru… You traitor.' Hikaru thought as he stepped out as well. He didn't smile. He didn't run. He wasn't interested. His arms lay limp at his sides.

When he caught up to the others, he crossed his arms and looked away, not saying a word about how he was happy that Haruhi was awake.

'That jerk,' He thought. 'How could he leave me behind like that? That's not what brothers do. He doesn't love me. Geez, at least I would have…'

"…Don't you think, Hikaru?"

"Huh? What?" Hikaru's attention was grabbed by his name being called. Awake and alert, he blinked towards Haruhi, Kaoru, and Tamaki. He couldn't even tell who had said that.

"…Just testing you, Hikaru." Kaoru laughed. He hadn't said anything before what Hikaru'd heard. Laughing at Hikaru, the pestered boy blushed. He was only getting angrier.

Haruhi and Tamaki laughed as well, but they were soft.

"Shut up." Hikaru groaned. He looked off to the sides, lower lip sticking out in a childish manner. Had he just been humiliated by his brother at a time like this? Why would he do that? How insensitive.

Kaoru shook his head, sticking his tongue out and looking to Tamaki. That poor fool… He held his life in his hands. What an amazing feat… But then again, he started the whole thing.

"Hikaru, you have to admit, it was pretty funny." Haruhi burbled. Despite the sand on the back of her head that she'd neglected to brush away, wet ends of her hair, and tired looking face mixed with a gash, she was adorable with the smile she offered. It grew into an astonishingly cute look when her fist came to meet with her chin and the wind offered to blow the rubble from her head.

Hikaru looked at her expectantly. She was… too cute, almost. It was so unfair. Tamaki's sparkling features admired her as well, and Kaoru just studied her with a vacuous look. It was obvious that he didn't really care at this point, Haruhi was indeed nothing more than a friend to him. It made Hikaru wonder why their reactions were so different.

"Haruhi? You're awake?" He finally spoke, brushing his odd thoughts away. Smiling widely, he wrapped his arms around her neck from one side and rubbed his cheek against hers in a Tamaki to Kyouya manner.

"You just noticed?" Kyouya laughed from behind.

"Hey, I knew it, I just didn't say anything right away!"

With a smile and a laugh, Kyouya stood up.

"Right, Hikaru."

Dropping the subject as not to make Hikaru any angrier, Kyouya took a twig from the sand below. It was long and sharp at one end, almost like a pointer.

"Now, here's what's going to happen. We need a plan if we're going to stay on this island and survive." He began, drawing a little house to begin with. Under the house were two heads, one with glasses, a smile, and rounded hair, the other with short, messy hair and a scowl.

"Mori and I will stay here and set up a camp using the ship parts, trees, and anything else we can find."

Mori nodded in approval.

"Next," Kyouya continued. This time he drew two spiky haired things with fangs and horns, then a cute bug-eyed kid with a bunny in hand below a hamburger. "Since I believe the twins and Hunny would be pickiest about food, I don't want any complaints. Those three will get anything they believe is edible and bring it back here."

"Okay!" Hunny smiled radiantly.

"Hey…" Kaoru grumbled.

"Why do we have horns??" Hikaru finished. They each leaned foreword to study the picture more when that last sentence was spoken.

"And last but definitely not least," The last picture was a cell phone and a log. Underneath them was a crying boy with a crown and an irritated girl with two berets in her hair. "Tamaki and Haruhi will bring back any wood suitable for burning. Nothing wet or moldy, of course, and I expect you two do a good job on that."

His glasses shone as he looked up.

"And Tamaki, with that phone you just found, see if you can get service anywhere before the battery dies."

"Why am I crying? Haruhi, do you really think I'm that annoying??" Tamaki cried with a pouting tint in his voice. He'd latched onto Haruhi's hoodie, the face of the picture matching his expression.

"You have a dry sense of humor, Kyouya." She sighed, leaving the Shadow King to smile. The compliment was amusing from Haruhi. He always enjoyed being recognized for his constant yet silent mocking.

"Now, everybody ready?"

"Ready!" Chimed the twins, unexpectedly the first to salute Kyouya and stand at attention.

"Yeah!" Hunny nodded, having found his Usa-chan dirtied and lightly torn hours before and hugging it close.

"Ah." Mori said bluntly.

"Ready for anything!" Tamaki announced, a hand running through his hair as he said so.

"…I guess." Haruhi shrugged.

"Alright then." Kyouya smiled.

"Break!"

At that, the groups all assembled and went about their business. Time was a big variable, and they got running starts into opposite directions.

"Mitsukini." Mori stopped the boy before he made off with his team.

"Yes, Takashi?" Hunny turned around, blinking cutely.

"…Careful."

"Okay♥" He giggled and made off with the twins, a bounce in his step.

It seemed Kyouya had it all under control.

Did he know how to keep the members stable for long?

Hopefully,

Or else survival would be futile.

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A/N!

Wow, what a waste of space that chapter felt like. I was on the phone the whole time.. I don't think it turned out too good. ;;

Oh well,

It was a fast one.

Next chapter::

Family of Snails

R&R please:'3