Chapter 7:Jungle Pool SOS!
"Only those with excellent social standing and those from filthy rich families are lucky enough to spend their time here, at the elite private school: Ouran Academy." The blond explained. "The Ouran Host Club is where the school's handsomest boys with too much time on their hands entertain young ladies who also have way too much time on their hands. Just think of it as Ouran Academy's elegant playground for the super rich and beautiful."
Waves crashed on the sand as the tide came in and exotic birds could be heard from the shore line. Tall palm trees lined the beach and the sun shone brightly on the water with not one cloud in the sky.
'Am I dreaming?' Haruhi thought as she looked around.
'This is Japan. There aren't supposed to be any tropics here.' Naruto thought at the same time.
Tamaki popped next to Haruhi, his eyes closed. "Behold, Haruhi." He started to sparkle. "Bask in the beauty of tropical birds." He pointed to the colorful birds in the trees above them. "Pretty, aren't they? I wonder what kind of birds they are."
"Where's the exit, again?" Haruhi asked flatly.
"Spending time taking it it easy like this is important for us to refine our 'round-the-clock beauty." Tamaki stuck a straw in his iced tea.
"Personally, I think this is pointless and a waste of time, so can I go home now?" Naruto asked in frustration. "I want to study and I have to do the laundry today."
"Where is this place, anyway?" Haruhi asked, looking down at her lounging senpai, sitting beneath an umbrella.
A little earlier… 15:38 (3:38 PM)
Ouran Academy, South Building, Front
Haruhi and Naruto were walking calmly out the front entrance before a certain pair of twins grabbed them.
"Abduction…" Kaoru started.
"Complete!" Hikaru finished.
A limo pulled up and the window rolled down to reveal Tamaki in sunglasses and a lei. "All right, take them with you."
"Roger!" The twins responded.
The window rolled up and the twins dragged the girls away.
"Hold on," Naruto struggled in Kaoru's grip.
"Where are we going?" Haruhi cried, slightly scared.
"This is a theme park that the Ootori Group runs, 'Tropical Aqua Garden'." Kyouya explained.
"But Kyouya-senpai, didn't you say that your family ran a hospital, or did some kind of medical therapy work?" Haruhi asked.
"Well, it's a diversified enterprise that does a lot of things, but you could say this is related to therapy." Kyouya answered. "There are many who suffer from feeling cooped up, who would like to spend time in the south tropics, but for economic reasons or lack of time, are unable to go. This is a convalescent theme park to help treat those people."
The megane teen sparkled and adjusted his glasses. "The Ootori group is always thinking of the happiness of others."
'This sounds relentlessly shady.' Haruhi sweatdropped.
"The park doesn't officially open until next month, but the Host Club was given a special advance invitation." He finished.
Tamaki ran his fingers through his hair as he basked in the warmth of the sun. "This feels so relaxing." He sighed contently. "We don't have to worry about keeping all of our guests entertained for once. It's truly a handsome young warrior's holiday, I guess you could call it."
Jungle Pool SOS!
"Naru-chan! Haru-chan!" Honey called with a pink bunny tube around his waist. "Wanna share some coconut juice with me? Or maybe some mango cake?"
"Sure, umm, the coconut juice sounds good." Naruto laughed nervously as the shorter blonde spun her around, giggling.
"I will too." Haruhi said in the same dazed tone.
The sound of a bird distracted Naruto from Honey. She looked over and saw Mori watching the same bird that'd made the chirping sound. He turned when he felt a pair of eyes staring at his back, his dark grey eyes meeting with her bright blue ones.
The twins slid over to the blond, the older of the pair eating a banana.
"Naruto, let's go down the water slide!" Kaoru suggested.
"Hang on," Hikaru interrupted anything the blond was going to say, and glanced over at Haruhi too. "What's with the pull overs?"
Naruto pulled on the collar of the red pullover she was wearing, Haruhi doing the same with her yellow one. "This?" They asked, flashing back to what had happened.
The twins dragged the two girls to a tall totem pole structure, with signs saying women and men, and into the women's side. They handed the girls to two maids.
"Here, do what you've got to do." They told them
The twin maids smiled.
"Very well. Come, Namikaze-sama" One said, her look becoming oddly similar to the twin hosts.
"Okay, Fujioka-sama, this way." The other said, her look mimicking her twins.
The short haired girls back up and into the twins in an attempt to escape. "Just a minute." They stuttered out, before each was grabbed by one of the mades and dragged into the changing rooms.
"Just a minute! Just a minute!" They yelled more as their clothes were removed.
"We have some swimsuits available for the two of you in this room." One of the maids explained.
"We brought all of this years latest, that our mom designed." Kaoru shouted from outside the room.
"You can choose whichever one you want." Hikaru added.
"Okay Namikaze-sama, Fujioka-sama, pick one!" The maids chorused, grabbing onto each other.
"No thanks, I don't need a swimsuit." The two deadpanned.
"Well, then, we'll select one for the two of you." One of the maids suggested.
Tamaki slid between the twins, outside the changing room.
"No, not that one. I don't want a bikini." Haruhi argued.
"But you'd look so cute in this one…" The maid whined.
Tamaki began sweating as he listened in on what was happening.
"Oh, look, this one would be cute." Maid helping Haruhi held up a red bathing suit that covered absolutely nothing.
"That's nothing but strings, isn't it?" Hearing those words caused Tamaki's head to explode, and he fainted.
"Do you have anything in orange?" Naruto asked, nervously.
"Ah, how about this one?" The made held up the bikini.
"That's surprisingly nice, though a it'd be better with more orange…"
Haruhi ended up in a pink one piece that had a pinkish white skirt on the bottom and straps, with hot pink accents along with a matching swim cap. Naruto ended up going with a blue bikini with yellow-green stripes and orange strings to tie it.
When the pair stepped out of the changing rooms, Tamaki walked up to them and looked the two up and down, blushing when he got to the brunette. He looked away from them and held up two pullovers, each with a pair of shorts.
"Senpai?" Haruhi questioned.
"Just hurry up and put these on." He said, his face beat red. "Girls should only show that much skin after they're married."
"So you're not going swimming, then?" Hikaru asked around his bite of banana, tossing the peel away somewhere.
"By any chance, can you two not swim?" Kaoru asked.
"I think I can swim just as well as the next guy, but I'm just not very interested in this place, and I'd rather go home than goof around here swimming." Haruhi said with a sigh. "What's so great about this overblown facility anyways? A vinyl pool should be all you need to play in the water anyway."
"What's a vinyl pool?" The twins asked, facing each other.
"Let's see, they're about this big," she gestured with hands. "And you pump them full of air."
"Dummy," Hikaru commented.
"That's called an air boat." Kaoru said.
"There's no way something that small could be a pool." Hikaru remarked.
"Yeah." Kaoru agreed.
"Guys, it is a pool. Little kids play in them a lot, you know?"
Tamaki jumped in and grabbed the twins. "Haruhi thinks it's a pool, so let it be a pool." He whispered not so quietly. "Don't go embarrassing Haruhi. She only has pitiful commoner's knowledge."
"Huh? But a boat is a boat." The twins said, confused about their orders.
"Never mind that, we've got a question for you…"Hikaru said to the blond male.
"Why did you make them wear those pullovers?" Kaoru asked.
Tamaki gulped loudly.
"Ordinarily you'd think,"
An image of Tamaki having a tantrum popped into the twins' minds. "I want to see Haruhi in a swimsuit!"
"Would be the first thing you'd say."
"This is unexpected."
"I can't imagine it's this, but do you think he doesn't want any punks besides himself to see Haruhi's skin or something like that?"
Tamaki was sweating as he'd been found out.
Naruto giggled, gaining the three boy's attention.
"Well, I don't know or care about why he forced me into one as when but I definitely plan on doing something is this swimsuit since I have nothing better to do here and I was forced to pick one." Naruto huffed, pulling off the red pullover and slipping out of the black shorts to reveal the swimsuit.
The twins blushed as they looked at all the curves of her body and clearly visible bust, but something in particular caught their attention. A black swirly looking tattoo on her left deltoid and a number of scars on her fit body.
"Hey Naruto…" Hikaru started, walking over to her.
"What's all this?" Kaoru asked. "Where'd you get all these scars?"
"Especially this one." Hikaru pointed to the large scar over her heart.
Naruto froze. 'Shit! Don't tell it wore off!'
"And this tattoo."
"This tattoo is a symbol of… authority of sorts, where I used to live, and I was lucky enough to be granted it. As for the scars, I had a pretty rough childhood, and I'm a fighter… That's all I'm willing to say about it. Normally I cover them up but I guess my… concealer… rubbed away." She explained as vaguely as possible. She wasn't ready to reveal everything yet, at least this way she wasn't lying to them.
Tamaki had tears in his eyes and the twins' eyes softened.
"My poor daughter!" Tamaki cried, throwing himself at the short blond girl. "I have failed as a father! Unable to protect her from harm!"
Naruto struggled for a moment before flipping the taller teen on his back and standing behind the twins, going on the tips of her toes to peek over their shoulders.
"Haru-chan!" Honey cried running up to the brunette. "Let's go play! There's a current pool over there!" He tugged on her arm.
"No, I'm not swimming today." She paused. "Wait, you know how to swim, do you still need that float?"
He smiled innocently at her and shook his head. "Just looks cuter this way!" He said before running off.
"I get it." Haruhi said with a small smile. "Because of the bunny design."
"He's so innocent." The twins said in unison.
"Tepid! Quite tepid!"
A powerful motor turned on and Renge rose from the floor of the water park in a black bikini, a parasol, and a blue tattoo going down her stomach.
"Is that rig set up everywhere?" Naruto and Haruhi sweatdropped
"That outfit's pretty impressive." Hikaru said.
"What's that pattern on you belly?" Kaoru asked.
"Don't you know? I'm cosplaying." Renge answered with a shrug.
"As who?" Hikaru asked.
"'La-La'." She sang.
"La-la? The manga magazine?"
"A dream, risen from the abyss; those blue eyes, lighting up young men's faces; that tone of voice… See? I am Kisaragi Quon!"
"We can't tell." Haruhi said.
"I had no idea who you were supposed to be." Tamaki agreed.
The twins looked at each other.
"Sir are you sure it's okay for a girl to be dressed up…"
"Like that?" Kaoru finished his brother's sentence.
"That might be okay." The blond king answered.
"Why?" The twins pushed.
"Maybe because it's cosplay?"
No one had noticed that Naruto was once again wearing the pullover, her chest appearing flat.
"In any case, your understanding of Haninozuka-senpai is lukewarm." She pointed to the aforementioned teen.
"Takashi!" He called, jumping into the water.
Mori looked at the shorter teen with a soft smile.
"How do you mean?" Tamaki asked the cosplay-clad girl.
"Think about what he said to you earlier." Renge said, her back turned to the group of 5.
"Just looks cuter this way!"
"I do not see that as being sweet and innocent."
Kyouya adjusted his glasses. "I agree." He stood. "Try putting the word 'I' at the beginning of the sentence."
The 5 thought for a moment.
"Just looks cuter this way!"
"Don't I?"
The hosts looked back at the boy. "He planned that?!"
"That's Haninozuka-senpai for you." Renge said. "He felt threatened as the little boy type in the last chapter, so he's taking steps to fortify himself." She sunk back into the ground. "I should give him more credit. He's quite deep."
The five hosts hunched over, disappointed in themselves for not seeing it before.
"Hey! Look at this everybody!"
They turned to see Honey sitting on Mori's back as he swam against the current in the pool.
"Look! See? No matter how hard we're swimming, we never move forward from the same place!" The boy lolita smiled innocently.
"So, what's the deal?" Tamaki asked Haruhi.
"Is that guy really that deep?" Haruhi asked.
Hikaru started pumping a water gun and shot Tamaki in the face. "Ha~ Gotcha!" He grinned
"Come on, Boss, let's go. Let's have a water gun fight." Kaoru suggested.
The pair turned to their partner in crime, who was no longer wearing the pullover, as the taller blond wiped his face with a towel. "You in?" They said smirking at the smaller blond.
Naruto mirrored it. "You know I am." They tossed her a water gun.
"It'll be the three of us against you. If you get hit in the face, you lose."
"Hmph, who'd want to go along with a childish game like that?" The blond said in annoyance.
The three trouble makers smirked at each other. Naruto made a discrete gesture towards Haruhi and the twins nodded before wrapping their arms around the girl.
"Haruhi, I think it's time that you and I got married~" Hikaru said.
"We'll have our honeymoon in Atami!" Kaoru added.
The blond grabbed a water gun and began furiously pumping it to create pressure. The three pranksters hi-fived each other.
"You really think anyone is about to let Haruhi marry you guys?!" He muttered while pumping the gun before turning to glare at them. The four sweatdropped at the older blond.
"Daddy will not allow it!" He yelled, shooting water at the twins, who smirked.
They were going to pull Naruto into the line of fire, but the blond was gone.
Haruhi sat down sipping ice water, with a sigh as she watched them battle. Mori walked up to her, tilting his head and tapping it to get water out of his ears, leaving Honey to swim against the current pool on his own.
"Taking a break?" She asked the tall brunette teen. "Want something to drink?"
"Yeah, thanks."
The twins ducked behind a tree, avoiding the next beam of water shot at them by the older blond, before shooting at him themselves. He dodged.
"I'll get you guys!" He yelled. "Surefire sideways-leaping beam!" He shot water at them as he leapt sideways. The twins held up wooden 'shields'.
"That's cheating!" He cried, slipping on the banana peel Hikaru had discarded earlier, and into Naruto's trap.
With the older blond clear in her sights she shot him clear in the face with the water pushing him forward and into the totem statue. The twins and Naruto sweatdropped as they watched the blond tumble into the wooden pole.
The eyes on the totem began lighting up red pair by pair. Everyone observed the scene in curiosity and suspicion before large wave suddenly appeared in the current pool, washing the smallest blond away.
"Honey-senpai!" Naruto and Haruhi cried out running after him.
"Mitsukuni!" Mori yelled, also running towards his cousin. He tripped on the banana peel and slid across the ground.
"Mori-senpai?" Haruhi asked with a sweat drop.
Tamaki stood up with a finger pointed towards the sky. "Guys, we're going after Honey-senpai!" He declared. "That pool looks like the quickest way! Charge!"
The Host Club, minus Kyouya, ran with the blond.
"Oh, that way is…" Kyouya tried to warn them.
The group turned around when they saw alligators in the water. "There are alligators swimming there!" They ran in the opposite direction.
"Okay! That pool is out!" Tamaki declared. "Let's take this route!" He pointed to another direction.
More alligators blocked their way.
"They're here too!" The twins said in fear.
"And here!" Haruhi cried from a different area.
"Why are there alligators here?" Naruto asked, the only one who wasn't out of breath from running besides Kyouya.
"There can't be." Tamaki said panting.
"Those pools are the tropical animal area." Kyouya explained.
"I guess it's dangerous to let the alligators run loose." He muttered to himself. "Although, it's the current pool's switch location that's the problem here. I'll have to speak to the designers."
He looked back up at the rest of the Host Club, smiling at them. "I have to thank you. I've gotten some good data here." He said cheerily.
"You what?!" They cried.
Guinea Pigs?
"This is Tropical Aqua Garden's area map. This is our current location. To get to this point, where I predict Honey-senpai got carried away to, we will need to go through the jungle area in the southern block." Kyouya explained to the group. "That's a range of about 800 meters."
"There seem to be a lot of indeterminate areas in this jungle along the way." Naruto commented.
"Those are zones that are still under development." Kyouya explained.
"There could be things even more dangerous…" Hikaru started, turning to his twin.
"Than alligators." Kaoru finished.
The male blond put on a look of determination and kneeled to the ground, balling his hands into fists . "Alright, this is a survival mission! We have to safely penetrate this jungle area, and rescue Honey-senpai!"
The others in the group watched him with a bored expression, annoyed at their leader's antics.
Jungle Pool SOS!
The sound of the exotic birds singing filled the air around the host club as they trekked through the jungle area of the building.
"This has all but become a real jungle in here." Tamaki commented, his eyes hard with determination.
"I've been hearing a lot of strange animal calls." Haruhi added.
"These animal voices…" Hikaru started.
"Couldn't be the real thing, right?" Kaoru finished with a scared tone.
Naruto rolled her eyes. A few jungle animals were nothing compared to some of the foes she'd faced before.
"I'm not too sure," Kyouya confessed. "In all of the work we do, we tend to be authenticity-oriented."
The two girls, one still covered by the pull-over and the other exposed in the bikini, looked up at the tallest of the group.
'As usual, Mori-senpai is poker-faced, and I can't tell what he's thinking, but even though he may look calm, it's times like these―.' Their thoughts were interrupted by said male slipping on a banana peel.
Startled, the group looked behind them to find Mori on the ground with a banana peel on his face.
"Mori-senpai…" Hikaru started in concern.
"Is acting about as clumsy as you, sir." Kaoru finished, making Naruto giggle.
"What?!" The blond king looked at the twins in annoyance as Mori sat up, crossing his legs.
'Sure enough, he's pretty concerned.' The blond and brunette girls thought as the sun-like light dimmed and the rumbling sound of thunder in the distance his their ears.
Kyouya looked at his watch. "Whoops, it must be time for the squall."
The twins and Naruto looked at each other in question as drops of water began to fall onto the foliage around them before turning into a downpour.
The group made their way to a wood and straw gazebo to escape the heavy rain.
"Mori-senpai is awfully close to Honey-senpai, isn't he?" Naruto asked looking up at the tall brunette.
"Are they childhood friends or something?" Haruhi asked.
"Those two…" Hikaru said.
"Are cousins." Kaoru added.
"Huh? They're relatives?" The girls asked looking at the twins.
"The Morinozukas have been serving the Haninozuka family for generations."Kyouya said.
An image of Mori bowing to Honey each in very traditional outfits popped into Haruhi's mind.
"Although, two generations ago they became relatives by marriage, and the families' master-servant relationship has long since faded." Hikaru said.
"Even so, Mori-senpai has always accompanied Honey-senpai." Kaoru added.
"It must really get his blood going. The blood of the vassals of yore, which flow through Mori-senpai." Tamaki said softly.
"What a great story! I'm so touched!" The twins cried into their tissues.
"That's what you call a great story?" Haruhi deadpanned.
Naruto and Haruhi focussed their attention on Mori. 'I'm not sure I understand all this about his blood getting going, but he does think an awful lot of Honey-senpai, huh?'
The blond walked over, placing a tan hand on Mori's slightly paler arm. "Hey, Mori-senpai, it'll be alright." She said softly, looking up into his eyes. She gave him a soft smile. "I'm sure Honey-senpai is safe." She gave a meaningful look before walking over to the other teens.
"He's a lot tougher than you might think, and if he gets hungry there are a lot of bananas on the trees." Haruhi added in attempt to comfort the brunette male.
Naruto, the twins, and Tamaki sweat dropped at the brunette's attempt at comforting the older teen.
"Bananas?" The three first years questioned.
"How is he going to respond to that?" The blond male asked.
Mori placed a hand on Haruhi's head and smiled back at her. "Yeah."
Tamaki watched the exchange, seeing sparkles float around the two teens. "Don't tell me Mori-senpai is out for my spot as Haruhi's daddy too!" He screamed in terror.
The twins and Naruto stared at him.
"Nobody wants that spot but you, boss" Hikaru deadpanned.
"It's kinda creepy when you think about it." Kaoru added.
Tamaki turned to face them in outrage and Naruto giggled at the ridiculousness of their club president before her sharp ears tuned in to the sound of a phone ringing. The blond turned to face Kyouya, who'd answer the phone while the twins continued to tease the violet eyed blond male.
"Hello? It's me… Well we've had an incident that's caused some trouble."
Jungle Pool SOS!
As soon as the rain stopped Mori was back to searching for Honey.
"Mori-senpai!" Naruto called, going after him.
Haruhi followed closely behind the blond. "It's not that way, Honey-senpai is in the other direction!"
Mori paused for a moment. "No, he's this way." Natural Instinct
"Wait!" The brunette female called again.
"It's too dangerous to go alone, I'm coming with you!" Naruto called to him before running after him again.
"I'm going too!" Haruhi yelled following the teens.
Naruto wanted to tell her no, but knew Haruhi would only fight her on it. Nothing would change her mind at this point.
"Ah!" Haruhi screamed over and over as she encountered bugs, pits of water and Naruto's least favorite: snakes.
"Haruhi." Mori said, gaining the smaller brunette's attention. He walked over to the first year and lifted her up, taking her by surprise.
'That's the first time he's ever called me by my name.' Haruhi thought, resting a hand on Mori's chest. She blushed lightly. A Little Bit Pleased.
Naruto just smiled at the two and the group continued walking.
"Yeah, okay, at once, please." Kyouya said into the phone before hanging up.
Back with the rest of the host club the twins continued to make fun of their club president while Kyouya attempted to explain the situation to them.
"My family's private police force is going to send in a search team." He said over their teasing and yelling. "They're better equipped to find him than we are, so let's just go back to the gate and wait."
His words went unheard by the the frustrated blond and mischivous red-heads.
Kyouya paused for a moment. "Hey where are Mori, Haruhi, and Naruto?" That earned the distracted trio's attention.
"Huh?"
Tropical Aqua Garden General Administration Headquarters
Ootori Family Private Police
"Emergency Mobilization order!" A male voice called over the intercom. "Kyouya-sama's friend has gone missing near the current pool! Search target is a small young man! Repeat, search target is a small young man! Also, eliminate any suspicious figures without mercy! Eliminate any suspicious figures without mercy!"
Troops of police from the search and rescue team marched out, armed and dangerous.
Back with Mori, Haruhi, and Naruto…
The trio continued walking, Haruhi still in Mori's arms and Naruto walking silently beside them hyper-alert to the unfamiliar surroundings they were searching in.
'Just like any other mission.' The blond thought to herself, her eyes and ears tuned into the slightest sounds and movements.
Naruto quickly picked up the sound of distant marching and she stopped shortly before Mori did. She scanned the area quickly turning before the officers dropped down from ropes, surrounding the group. She quickly got into fighting position.
"Target confirmed." An officer said, eyes trained on the brunette girl, Small young man?, and the tall brunette carrying her. Suspicious figure? Meanwhile Naruto had vanished into the trees, carefully watching her potential opponents.
It didn't take long for the blond to figure out this was search and rescue, that they clearly didn't know that their target was supposed to be a small brown eyed blonde and not the brown eyed brunette that was actually a girl. She quickly decided she'd only interfere if they actually attempted to hurt anyone.
Two officers nodded to each other.
"The target has been captured by a suspicious man." One of the intensely armored men said.
"Now taking the subject into custody." Another said.
Back with Kyouya, Tamaki and the twins…
"You know, now that I think about it, I didn't tell them there were any other visitors…" Kyouya mumbled to himself. Completely inadequate explanation. "Oh well."
Back with Mori and Haruhi…
"You there," An officer addressed Mori. "Let the boy go or we will resort to using force!"
The surrounding officers raised their guns and aimed them at the pair.
"Hold on!" Haruhi yelled before an officer grabbed her arm and began pulling her out of Mori's arms.
The older teen acted quickly and punched the officer away from the small boyish-looking girl.
"The suspect is resisting. Prepare to fire warning shots!" Another officer shouted and in response the surrounding officers cocked their weapons.
"Haruhi! Mori-senpai"
"Takashi, Haru-chan! Move!"
Two voiced called out from opposite directions.
Honey came swinging down to the pair from a vine, one way, and Naruto jumped from her hiding spot the other way, both ready to fight off the officers.
Honey swung down quickly, using his momentum to kick one of the officers in the head, smashing the armor and knocking him down.
"What do you think you're doing, pipsqueak?!" One of the men called, aiming his gun at the short third year with two others following suite.
Naruto acted quickly, focusing her chakra into her fist and punching him down.
Honey took the second using both hands to bring the man into the ground.
Naruto flipped another over her shoulder and gave the fifth a swift kick to the groin to bring him to the ground.
Haruhi and Mori watched the two fighting off the officers, Haruhi with slight fear and Mori expressionless.
The two blonds stood up with the last one down and stared at the mess of unconscious bodies before them.
"You shouldn't be so reckless..." Naruto teased, grinning like a fox.
"Picking on my friends is a no-no!" Honey said. No-no
One of the unconscious men twitched.
"Haruhi!" Yet another voice called.
The group of what was now four looked to see Tamaki, Kyouya and the twins running toward them.
"Haruhi, Are you alright?"
"Hey, it's Tama-chan" Honey said cheerfully.
"Oh wow…" Hikaru started.
"Are you okay senpai?"
"HARUHI!" The tallest blond yelled, running toward the brunette girl and holding on to her. "I was so worried about you." He said, his voice turning deep and sultry compared to his usual high pitched whining.
The twins poked two of the unconscious officers faces.
"I'm not sure what happened here, but at least they're still alive." Hikaru muttered.
"Well, Honey-senpai was the one who did this, right?" Kaoru asked.
"Actually, Naru-chan helped me! She was really cool!" Honey cheered, hugging the younger blond.
Naruto blushed, not looking at either of the twins. "I didn't really do that much…"
"That's not true," Haruhi chimed in, barely hiding her smirk. "You took out half of them without breaking a sweat. You were really holding back too."
"Honey-senpai must've been too." The twins chimed.
"What do you mean by that?" Haruhi tilted her head to the side pinching Tamaki's hand in an effort to make him let go.
"Huh?" Kaoru gasped.
"You don't know?" Hikaru asked. "The Haninozuka's have been famous for their martial arts for centuries. They've instructed the police, SDF, and overseas military forced as well."
Naruto glanced at Honey and Mori before turning to face Kyouya who'd begun talking.
"Honey-senpai has been called the most fearsome dreadnaught in Haninozuka family history, and by the time he was in middle school, he became the national champion in both karate and judo." The raven haired teen added.
Honey turned and smiled at Haruhi, giggling to himself innocently. Karate & Judo Champion
"Mori-senpai also became the national champion in kendo, when he was in middle school." Tamaki added.
Mori looked down at the younger brunette. National Kendo Champion
The twins turned their attention back to Honey.
"Honey-senpai, what are you doing here?" Kaoru asked.
"You know what? I reached the end of the current pool, so I went looking for everyone." Honey explained.
"We humbly apologize." A voice sounded from behind the tiny blond.
"Hmm?" The group turned to face the voice.
The now conscious officers were bowed down to the tiny third year.
"I am a 2nd-generation student of the Ishizuka Dojo!"
"I am student of the Todoroki Dojo!"
"I'm from the Otake Dojo! We're in your debt!"
"Oh, is that right?" Honey looked down at them.
"Yes sir! We are so sorry! We were completely unaware that we were looking for Haninozuka Mitsukuni-sama, and have committed a terrible offence! Although accidental, my dojo will take pride in the day that I was able to engage you, Mitsukuni-sama, personally, for generations to come." Deep
Haruhi sweat dropped, swooning. 'He is deep. This goes way beyond deep.'
Honey patted Mori on the head. "Takeshi, you did very well protecting Haru-chan." He cooed. "You didn't get lonely without me around, right?"
Mori glanced at the two female hosts. "I wouldn't say that." Honey giggled in response.
"We should go to the beach next, to clear the mood." Hikaru suggested as the group walked back to the lounging area, the sky a bright orange color as the sun began to set.
"I've never actually been to a real beach before." Naruto commented. "I've been to lakes and stuff and I've seen the ocean countless times, but I've never been to an actual beach before. It could be fun." The blond giggled.
"The beach would be nice." Kaoru agreed with light pink cheeks that matched his twin's.
"You idiots, Haruhi wouldn't be interested in that." Tamaki chided.
"I might not mind going to the beach." Haruhi cut in, causing the twins and Tamaki to face her in surprise while Naruto smiled. "This obviously artificial location may not be any fun, but the beach would be nice. It's pretty there."
Tamaki's cheeks darkened slightly. "Yeah, all right, you got it! Next we go to the beach!" He announced.
"We're all going to the beach, Tama-chan?" Honey asked with a smile. "That will be fun, huh?"
"Yeah." Mori agreed with a smile.
Naruto and Haruhi smiled at each other then at the rest of the group, who all smiled back.
This is actually about half as long as my other chapters, so I'm sorry it's so short but here's an update. The next one will be late June/early July my goal is to get to chapter 13 by the end of the summer.
Until then~
Chocolate Phantom