I'm still puzzled over the fact that my first chapter, which – according to me – was bad, had 7 reviews while my good chappies (Ch. 5 and 6) had a total of 3. That was kind of sad but then again I blame school. And I'm just wondering about those you who put this story on your alert list and on your fav list... when are you going to review (again)?

Anyways, to my reviewer Sarah! (since she's anonymous I can't email her or anything): You said that Kyoya wouldn't be or fav pick for Yumi/ Hisoka. I've already chosen Yumi's pairing and I'm not going to change my mind. That doesn't mean that it is Kyoya. (And you probably think that I'm just saying that you make you think that it isn't him). I'm going to leave it a mystery. :D Well, at least until after their Christmas Holiday Trip. Enjoy the twins and the pranking contest!

Chapter 7 – Pranking Contest: Part 1

::Kaoru's POV::

"Kirio-senpai's the judge!" exclaimed Hisoka. Kirio-senpai? Aw... Hisoka has a pet name for Kyoya already, and they weren't even a couple yet.

"But wait, why is he the judge?" asked Hikaru.

"Because you two need the advantage," Hisoka said conceitedly. "Kirio-senpai is still probably holding a grudge against me for my pranking spree." Hikaru and I knew that we couldn't argue about Kyoya's possible grudge against her. But I didn't think it would really matter. Kyoya would probably judge us fairly since he probably hated us as much as he hated Hisoka – unless he really did like Hisoka which would be really strange. Hikaru and I just teased Kyoya yesterday because we were curious about how he would react. Tee hee. One thing was for sure. I knew that I wasn't going to tease him anymore after that evil and piecing stare he gave us. How does Tono recover from them? I was scarred for life with that petrifying look on his face. I guess that only person that could tease/ bother him was Tono.

"If I'm the judge, I get to decide the rules," demanded Kyoya.

"Wha-" I wanted to protest but Hisoka cut me short.

"Sure," Hisoka interrupted, "depending if they are reasonable."

"The object of this contest is to get the best reaction from the other party," stated Kyoya. "You can get anybody else to help you except for me. But that's up to you depending on how much you trust that person because that person could warn your opponent." I thought about that for a moment. Hikaru and I didn't need anybody else to help us. And I don't think anybody was loyal enough to help out Hisoka with her set of pranks. Maybe Haruhi would be kind enough to help us... "You have until tomorrow at midnight. And you have to provide proof of your successes." The three of us accepted the terms.

"C'mon Kaoru!" Hikaru exclaimed. "We have to get started!"


How long was Hikaru going to take? I was really getting tried... FROM HANGING ON THE CEILING. All I had was a pole to hold onto. I couldn't even sit on it because the ceiling was too low. My arms were getting numb. How did end up being the one stuck up here?

"No, it's okay Hikaru," I said cheerfully. "I always thought that it would be fun hanging from a pole."

Oh... Now I remembered why. I sweat dropped. I had to withstand the pain – for Hikaru's sake. I'm sure he would have done the same for me. I just wished that I didn't push myself to be the selfless one. No...! What was I saying! 'At least Hikaru was fine. Hikaru was fine,' I chanted to myself. It eased the pain somewhat.

I looked down and spotted Hani followed by Mori, Hisoka, and Hikaru. Finally!

"EHHHH?" Hani cried out in surprise. "Hika-chan, where's the cake?"

"Uhhh..." Hikaru tried to think of an answer. I guess he never thought about what to say when they would obviously find out that there was no cake in sight. I wanted to sweat drop but there was a risk that they would notice me if my sweat really did drop.

"Mori, can you stand here and hold out your hands?" said Hisoka as she walked right under me. This was it. I pulled out a fake spider from my pocket and held it by the string. Whoops! The spider landed behind Hisoka's head already. This was hard to do with one hand. C'mon Hisoka! Turn around.

When she saw the spider, I saw her jump slightly – I think. It was hard to tell from this angle. Wait. Why did she grab the spider?

"AHHHH!!!!" I screamed as I felt from the ceiling. Hisoka had pulled the string causing me to lose my balance and fall – right into Mori's arms. "Heheheh," I laughed nervously. "Hi, Mori-senpai. The weather is lovely isn't it?" Hisoka giggled and her cheeks turned a little red.


Okay this plan was a lot more reasonable considering that I didn't have to hang from a ceiling. Hikaru thought of this scheme so neither of us would get hurt. I hauled a bucket full of water to the top of the stairs. It weighed about 25 pounds. It was hard to carry since I couldn't let it spill. I finally placed the bucket on the railing. My hands were numb from holding its thin metal handle.

"Okay Kaoru. I'll stay here and watch the bucket so it doesn't fall by accident."

"But shouldn't Hisoka-san be able to see both of us?" I suggested. "If she sees both of us together she won't think that we're pranking her."

"Don't you think that the fake spider in the face would give it away?" Hikaru replied.

"Oh right," I answered sheepishly.

"Also, we have to make Hisoka think that one of us is up here holding the string."

"Okay then. It's my turn to lure her here," I said. Hikaru nodded.

I descended back down the stairs to search for Hisoka. Luckily, she wasn't that far.

"Hiso-" I started.

"Suoh-senpai," Hisoka suddenly hollered at Tono. "Can you do me a favour?" Tono came rushing towards her.

"What would you like me to help you with, Hisoka-hime, so that I could bring joy and happiness in your life?" Tono bowed gallantly in front of her. Hisoka sweat dropped.

"Can you stand right here, Suoh-senpai?" She pointed to the floor just about 5 feet from her – the exact spot where Hisoka was supposed to stand for the sponge to go in face. Tono followed her directions. Hisoka sped walked passed Tono. When Hikaru noticed this, he flustered with the spider and accidentally dropped it in Tono's face.

"AHHH!!" cried out Tono. I sighed. Hisoka managed to slip out of this one again but...

"Sorry Suoh-senpai," Hisoka apologized. "Hikaru was probably aiming for me. But if you pull the string..." She smiled mischievously.

Tono caught on to what she was thinking –surprisingly – and pulled the string. What happened next was hilarious! About three gallons of water rained on top of Tono. He was soaked! His hair was dripping like crazy and flattened by the water. More water streamed down his face and off his chin. But that didn't even compare to what happened to his clothes. I bet he could barely move like that.

"I'm sorry Suoh-senpai but I couldn't resist," Hisoka laughed her head off. "Don't worry I'll make it up to you," she said as she rolled up her pants since a little water splashed on them too. I felt that she knew about this all along. She was clever – I had to admit – but Hikaru and I had more pranks up our sleeves.

"Hey Hikaru-kun! Kaoru-kun!" Hisoka called out to the top of the stairs so Hikaru could hear her too. "Just remember that I'm brewing up a prank for you two." She turned and smiled at me. Her smile looked so innocent but I knew behind her smile was her mischievous nature. I froze wondering what she was going to do next. Just thinking about what she did to Kyoya frightened me. Nobody else would have the guts to throw his laptop out of the window. She could – and would – do anything to us.

"WAhhhhh, Tama-chan, you all wet!" Hani stated – out of nowhere – the obvious. "And I got it on film!" Hani continued to look through his camera and pointed it at me. I was still petrified from Hisoka's prank threat.

"Why do you have a camera, Hani-senpai?" Hikaru asked when he arrived at the bottom of the stairs.

"It's for a project." Hani smiled innocently. Mori followed right behind him.

"Mitsukuni," instructed Mori, "you need to sleep."

"But Takashi..." Hani whined with tear bubbles forming at the base of his eyes. "The Zombie Princess will get me." Hani sniffed.

"You didn't sleep for three days," added Mori seriously. Hani stuck out his lower lip as he walked gloomily when Mori led him out the room.

I raised an eyebrow. "Hani didn't look sleepy at all."

"I just figured that he always acted cute no matter what, even when he's sleepy," Hisoka shrugged. "But then again, I don't really know him."

Hikaru and I looked at each other, remembering the look on Hani's face when he found Bun-bun stained with coffee. "You have no idea!" Hikaru and I declared.


I thought of another scheme but Hikaru said that he wanted to the honours. We entered in the third music room to find out that the customers didn't come yet. That was good – for us at least. I looked at Hikaru. He was ready.

As we predicted, Hisoka came into the room early to meet up with Haruhi. I wonder if she's only getting tutored because she had a crush on Haruhi. If only she knew... I chuckled.

"Hisoka-san, can you wait by that table?" Haruhi directed Hisoka to a cloth covered table with no chairs.

"But... there are no chairs..." Hisoka said confused.

"Um... Kaoru will get some," she quickly fibbed. Haruhi glanced at me. Darn. Hikaru and I asked Haruhi to help us with our prank but I wanted to see it in action.

"Sure, Haruhi." Once I walked around the corner, I watched the scheme unfold as I stood behind the wall. While Hisoka was standing a few inches from the table, Hikaru lifted the tablecloth and crawled under the table. I watched with excitement when I observed Hikaru's hands – which were recently run under cold water – about to curl around Hisoka's legs. It was a good thing she rolled up her pants earlier. She was going to regret it.

"GAHHH!!!!" She screamed once the cold hands contacted her skin. But that wasn't all that she did. She impulsively kicked out her right leg with Hikaru still clinging onto it and Hikaru's head crashed into her other leg. This made her lose her balance and Hisoka landed right on top of Hikaru's back.

"Ow!" yelled Hikaru. I rushed over to him and pushed off Hisoka.

"Hikaru, are you okay?" I asked. Why did I let him do this prank? This was all my fault. I bit my lip.

"Oh my gosh, Hikaru-kun. I'm so sorry," Hisoka apologized. Worry was seen across her face. Now when I think about it, I don't think she'd ever want to hurt anybody. She even went easy on Kyoya so he wouldn't get burned or anything like that. I guess she's not as heartless as Kyoya.

Her beautiful eyes glinted behind her glasses. Seeing her gentle face, I didn't want to hurt her with pranks anymore.

"Well, that's one point for the Hitachiins," stated Kyoya. "I could give them a half point for that little setback but it was interesting to watch their faults." Kyoya scribbled on his clipboard.

Hisoka's tender face went from concern to anger. "I'm really going to get you two now, Hitachiins."

As she walked away, I gulped. I spoke too soon.


::Yumi's POV::

"Hey Hisoka-san!" Haruhi called me. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure...," I answered uneasily. It kind of depended on the question though. "What's it about?"

"Um..." Haruhi leaned to whisper into my ear. "It's about the secret."

I froze. She knew about my secret?!?! Oh my gosh! How did she know? Did she tell anyone? What?!?! Oh no! My mind was just going crazy. Not Haruhi too. It was bad enough that Kyoya knew. This secret was going to be even harder to prevent from getting out.

"Hisoka-san?" I stopped panicking and turned back to Haruhi. "Are you okay?"

'NO!!' I wanted to scream. But I took a closer look at Haruhi. Why was she so calm about this? Wasn't she going to tell the rest of the host club or something. Or even worse... she could get money from the media for spilling my secret. What was I going to do? Okay, act calm. Act normal.

"What secret, Haruhi-san?" I asked innocently.

"About me being a girl." That was what I was all worked up about? Phew. "Why? Do you have any other secrets?" Haruhi asked curiously.

"No, not really..." I tried to seem as normal as possible and hoped she wouldn't question any further.

"Oh I see..." answered Haruhi.

"Daughter!" Suoh suddenly appeared hugging Haruhi from behind. Hm... this gave me an idea.

"Suoh-senpai, why do you call Haruhi-san daughter?" I asked innocently. "Why don't you just call him son?"

"Because sh – I mean – he acts more like a daughter to me?" Suoh attempted to cover up his slip up.

"Don't you think that it's a disgrace to his masculinity?" I continued to question. I noticed that Suoh got nervous. Streams of water fell excessively from his eyes and he was biting his lip so hard it looked like it was going to rip off any minute. If that was being nervous I didn't know what was. Hehe... this was fun! To Suoh, I was about to 'discover' Haruhi's secret. Haruhi noticed this too.

"Senpai," Haruhi stated plainly. "Hisoka-san already figured it out."

"Aww... Haruhi-san, you ruined my amusement," I pouted. "It was going to be fun to tease Suoh-senpai."

"You know..." Haruhi paused to think, "At that moment, you sort of sounded like Kyoya-senpai," commented Haruhi. "Except, of course, he would say that it was going to be interesting instead of fun."

I didn't pay attention to that comment because when I recalled the moment when Suoh hugged Haruhi, it gave me another idea. I pulled Suoh away from Haruhi so Haruhi wouldn't hear. "Remember I owe you for the twin's water prank?"

"Yes..."

"I know a great way to owe you back." I smiled wittily.


::Hikaru's POV::

I stared blankly at the buildings and people that whizzed past the tinted limo window. Kaoru and I both knew that we had to take this pranking contest to the next level if we were going to beat Hisoka. She was probably putting all of her energy on a single, malicious prank. I shuddered. We should have planned out what we were going to do before we just pulled ideas out of nowhere.

"Hikaru," Kaoru broke the silence.

"We have to find out her weakness," I stated. Kaoru nodded. His eyes were serious. Like me, he wanted to win. We didn't want anyone to beat us at our speciality.

"But what if she doesn't have a weakness?" Kaoru questioned the possibility.

"Remember, even Haruhi had a weakness," I reminded him. I recalled all of the various attempts to scare Haruhi. "What if we did some of the tactics that we did on Haruhi?" I grinned.

"Bugs might work," suggested Kaoru.

"Yes, but what if she isn't scared of bugs? We have to be more efficient now. And not just doing anything that we could think of like what we were doing earlier today."

"That's true. We only have one more day left," replied Kaoru.

"Let's try all of them at once!" I exclaimed the random idea.

Kaoru sweat dropped. "Is that even possible?"

"Hm... what did we do? There was-"

"-fear of bugs..."

"Fear of skeletons."

"Fear of heights."

"Wait, I don't think that possible in the school," I pointed out. "Unless we bring her to the roof or something."

"But I think I remember her mentioning that she went bungee jumping before, so we could scratch that out."

"Hm... fear of the dark." I continued to list them.

"Fear of sharp objects and-"

"Fear of enclosed spaces." Kaoru and I grinned. We knew exactly how to set this up.


Yay! I love pranks. I could do almost anything with them. :D try all of them at once."re day left,"d think of like what we were doing earlier today." streams of water fell from his eyes. Yes, I'm updating slowly but I have an urge to hold this fanfic until the Christmas break. I doesn't seem like people are really reading this story. (I can't believe how long this story's going to be! There's still their Christmas vacation and even more!)

Please review.