Chapter 4: Headed to Hokkaido

Sunlight peeked through the window giving light to a viola colored room. The only items occupying the room were a black nightstand that had clothing neatly folded on top of it and a bed with matching colored covers with white pillows. A forest of black hair was scattered all over the pillow. Ren began to stretch letting out a yawn as she did so. Slowly she sat up. Rubbing her eye she began to look around to what she expected to be her room but wasn't. Panic was the first emotion she felt 'What…? When….? Where….? Where am I?' Ren threw the covers off from herself and almost screamed. 'WHERE ARE MY CLOTHE!' Instead of her black skinny jeans and shirt, she had on a soft grey nightgown. Ren spotted her clothing folded nicely sitting on top of the nightstand. She quickly grabbed them and immediately changed. Once she was done she ran straight for the door. She paused momentarily 'Wait….WHO CHANGED MY CLOTHE!' Ren shook her head out of these thoughts knowing that the conclusion of the thought would be a horrible one. Slowly opening the door she peered out spotting no one in the hallway. She walked out into the hallway turning her head left and right to see if anyone was around. She ran down the hall keeping her eyes peeled for any signs of life and anyway out. Ren was gasping for breath she had been running around for at least 20 minutes now and hadn't seen anyone at all 'Where is everyone!' Ren was agitated, tired, and hungry, not a good combination for her. She continued to walk around. Panic was replaced with a killing intent.

Else where in the mansion the Hitachiin brothers were just getting up. Hikaru had yet again pushed Kaoru off the bed unknowingly and was now paying for it.

"How could you just push me off the bed like that? The floor is cold you know!"

"I told you I'm sorry can't you drop it?"

The twins continued to argue but were stopped when one of the maids had walked in bowing respectfully.

"Good morning masters. I am pleased to see you are well. Tamaki told me to tell you, not forget to meet in front of the school at 12 today."

"Thank you." The twins said in unison.

"Oh and lastly, we seemed to have lost the guest you brought last night."

"What!" Kaoru yelled.

"What guest?" Hikaru asked confused.

"I told the driver to bring us home last night so we didn't drop off Ren, instead we brought her here."

"We? What do you mean we? I had no clue you brought her here!"

"It's not that big of a deal. The real problem is that she's gone missing!"

Hikaru didn't reply instead he stood up and got dressed in silence. Kaoru followed suit. When Hikaru was done he walked to the door before he walked out he turned

"She better not have left the mansion." The words were dripping with disdain.

"Oh no master she is still in the mansion we just don't know where." The maid said nonchalantly.

Hikaru stormed out. Kaoru sighed shaking his head.

"Um master if I may ask. Why is master Hikaru upset?"

Kaoru gave a faint smile, "He has feelings he can't understand. He's had them before."

The maid stared at Kaoru a bit confused but didn't ask.

Hikaru walked down the halls until he reached the guest room door. He opened the door but found no one there, instead there was a soft grey colored nightgown on the floor. Hikaru sighed and walked out of the room his thoughts were spinning in his head which seemed to agitate him more than he already was. 'What exactly am I mad at? Is it 'cause Ren is somewhere in this mansion or is it 'cause Kaoru let her into the mansion?' He wasn't able to pin point exactly what it was that was bothering him. Hikaru was violently knocked out of his thoughts when he ended up hitting the floor.

"OW, watch where you're going!" Hikaru growled. He stood up dusting himself off.

Ren was sitting on the floor in front of him. When he looked at her a dark aura was visible around her. Her bangs were covering her face but the glare she was giving was apparent through them. This glare was much more harsh and colder than the last time she attempted to do it. Hikaru stared at her in dismay. Ren stood up dusted herself off calmly and began to approach Hikaru an evil smirk etched on her face. Hikaru was backing away but didn't get far, for Ren reached out and grabbed his shirt.

"WHERE AM I?" Ren shouted.

"You're at our mansion. The least you could d be is thankful about it."

"Thankful! You guys kidnapped me!"

"I didn't even know you were here until a few minutes ago!"

'Where's the exit?" she asked coldly.

"Down the hall make a left…"

He was cut off when Ren pulled him by the shirt in the direction he had just mentioned. Ren continued to pull him around listening to the directions she was getting until they reached the front door. The door was swung open. Ren walked out, turning she bowed

"Thank you for showing me to the exit."

Hikaru nodded his head acting like he didn't care. Ren hugged him catching him completely off guard. She didn't seem to be letting go any time soon.

"Hikaru….I'm sorry for being rude earlier. Oh and I hope you get over whatever is bothering you. See you later."

Ren let go of Hikaru but when she tried to walk away she wasn't able to, Hikaru was hugging her now. He pulled her towards him and rested his head on her shoulder. He in-hailed deeply and sighed.

"How do you know I'm upset?"

"You're not energetic like usual." She stated simply.

Hikaru chuckled, "You're weird."

Slowly Hikaru released Ren. She smiled up at him he returned it with a warm smile as well. The moment was ruined when Rens' stomach growled from hunger. Ren put her hand on top of her stomach a blush covered her face. Hikaru began to laugh.

"Care to come inside for breakfast?"

Ren nodded her head all the confidence she had a few minutes ago were now gone. The two first years walked back into the mansion, they walked into the kitchen and found that it was empty. The sound of Rens' stomach was heard yet again this time a bit louder, Rens' face flushed. Hikaru said something that almost caused her to faint.

"Guess we're going to have to wait until we get to Hokkaido. I remembered we gave the cooks the day off because no one was going to be home."

Hikaru turned to Ren regretting the words he had just uttered. Ren was staring at Hikaru a dark aura was emanating off her yet again. Ren tossed Hikaru out of the kitchen and slammed the doors shut. 20 minutes' had passed, and during those 20 minutes ear splitting sounds came out from the kitchen at one point a scream was heard. Hikaru jumped from the couch he was sitting on and ran straight to the kitchen. Pushing the door open he began to search for the source of the scream but found nothing. Ren wasn't in the kitchen anymore no sign of any one stepping foot in the kitchen was seen. He was startled when she appeared behind him and said in a soft tone.

"Breakfast is ready….I put the food in the dining room hope you don't mind."

Hikaru followed Ren to the dining room 'Can she even cook?' he was about to ask her when all types of food smells hit him. Hikaru began to drool when he saw miso soup, nori, tamagoyaki, rice, and broiled fish with some tsukemono. He noticed there were three different servings.

"Who else is eating with us?"

"….Kaoru…"On cue Kaoru walked in.

"I see the cooks decided to make us breakfast before they left."

"Ren made it."

"Eh, really?"

Ren nodded her head she motioned to the table. The twins looked at each other for a moment before Hikaru sighed.

"Look I'm…sorry about this morning. Can you forgive me?"

"Yeah, would you care to play a game?"

Hikaru stared at Kaoru in confusion. Kaoru simply gestured to Ren who was now eating the food. Hikaru gave an evil smirk and nodded his head. The twins walked over to the table both had an evil smirk plastered onto their faces. Rens' heart sunk she had seen that expression on them many times before, whom ever was on the receiving end always had something bad coming their way.

"Would you care to play a game?" the twins asked.

Ren nodded her head trying her best not to show that she was worried.

"You don't…"

"…..Have a choice."

"The game is if the food is good we will do one thing for you, anything at all, but if we win you have to do one thing for each of us." The twins said in unison.

Ren gulped she watched as the twins sat down and began to eat the food, she had all ready finished hers'. The twins showed no emotions when they were done. Ren backed away towards the door but before she could make a run for it the twins called out

"We…..DIDN'T like the food."

Rens' heart sunk 'Dammit, I knew it.' She let out a sigh, "Okay what do you want?"

"Nothing now we have to meet up with the rest in about an hour and we haven't packed yet." Hikaru stated plainly.

"What! I have to go see you guys later!"

With that Ren ran out of the mansion and headed home. Hikaru was staring at the spot she had just recently been occupying. A feeling of emptiness was overcoming him. Kaoru noticed him staring, pulling him by the sleeve they went to their room to pack.

In the front of Ouran academy the rest of the hosts were standing listening to Kyoya explain how they would get to Hokkaido. Ren had just arrived and had missed what it was Kyoya was saying. The hosts' were still waiting for the twins to arrive and were now doing their own things. Tamaki and Haruhi were messing around with each other. It was mostly Tamaki who was messing with Haruhi saying that she was cute and causing her to blush. Mori was swinging Honey around because it was something Honey wanted to do for fun, leaving Ren with Kyoya. Ren was leaning on one of the hosts' luxury cars not really caring whose car it was. She had been lost in thought when Kyoya called her. Not hearing him she completely ignored him causing him to call her name a bit louder this time, "Ren!"

"…..Eh…?"

"Like I was saying, about your job, you do know that you are not permitted to have one while in school right?"

Ren nodded her head not startled by the question one bit, "I know. I actually made a deal with the chairman"

"Oh really, and what would that be if I may ask?"

"It's fairly simple. As long as I keep my grades as a 'B' or above I can keep my job."

"I see, as long as you have it all under control I guess."

"So far I do." Ren mumbled.

"Did you say something?"

Ren nodded her head. That was the end of their short yet informative talk. Another half hour had passed when the twins finally arrived. All the hosts' bound toward the twins, each yelling about how late they had arrived. They simply shrugged it off. Ren stared at the group 'They all seem so happy with each other….' Ren still felt like an outsider. It was true she had been with them for over a month now but she still felt like a stranger intruding on a happy family. 'How am I going to last three days like this?' The feeling of intrusion grew more and more.

"Ren we're leaving already, you coming or not?" Hikaru was calling out gesturing for her to join the rest. Ren shook her head out of her thoughts and walked over to the rest. Everyone was standing near one of the luxury cars the other three had left. Ren waited patiently for everyone to get into the car but nobody seemed to be moving. Right when she was about to ask what was taking so long Kaoru called out.

"Ren go over there with Hikaru really quick he needs your help."

Ren nodded her head and went to Hikarus aid. When Kaoru saw that Ren was out of earshot he called to all the other hosts and began to discuss things. Elsewhere Ren had managed to find Hikaru.

"Um…Kaoru told me you were looking for me?"

"No I wasn't."

"Eh…..but…he said."

"I don't need help with anything I was just waiting for everyone to get into the car already."

"Oh."

Awkward silence replaced the small talk but Kaoru called out to the two causing them both to sigh in relief. They walked back to the other hosts noticing they had already jumped into the car. Hikaru entered the car followed by Ren. The hosts were giving the two a grin, Kyoya and Mori included. All the seats in the car were taken leaving Hikaru and Ren sitting next to each other. They wouldn't have mind but the seats that were left were rather squished together meaning the whole ride to the plane they would be in physical contact with each other. Ren sat down and tried to push herself as far away from Hikaru as possible to no avail. The only way the two managed to get comfortable was when Hikaru reached his arm over Ren's shoulders and her legs rested slightly on top of his legs. The whole ride to the plane, Rens' and Hikarus' face were a bright red. The other hosts tried their best not to laugh at their embarrassment. The car had reached its destination leaving the hosts to jump on the plane and head to Hokkaido. Tamaki and honey were both jumping in excitement.

"Three day break! Three day break!" The two blonds were shouting in glee.

Haruhi smiled and followed them into the plane. Mori followed suit as well as Kyoya. The twins jumped into the plane both fidgeting in excitement before they completely entered they called out to Ren.

"Don't forget you owe each of us one thing we want."

Ren watched as they entered 'There is now way I'm going to survive this.'

Authors note: I forgot to put this in the first chapter but I think now would be a good time to put it.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Ouran. I only own Ren and I don't own the song 'When September Ends' Green Day owns that song. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review I want to know what I can improve on. Thank you. =^-^=

-From King Kazma555

P.S. Nori is edible seaweed and Tamagoyaki is a grilled egg omelette which is made by rolling several layers of cooked egg, it is sweeter than a normal omelette would be. Lastly Tsukemono are pickled vegetables, usually they are pickled in salt or brine.