Hello! Welcome to Chapter 6! How are you enjoying my writings so far (it would be nice to know!)? Please continue to stay with me during my story! I know I am very much enjoying writing it! Enjoy Chapter 6 to the fullest! grins wickedly And welcome to the game.

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Haruka was tickled pink; oh that was a fun chase! She was now back in the main lobby with Kaoru, Hunny, Mori and Kyoya when she realized that one of the patrons in her game was missing; Tamaki Suoh. That imbecile... how is he later than all the rest?!?! Trying to hide her annoyance, she asked, smiling as sweetly as she could, "Where might Tamaki be?" a muscle in her forehead twitched, making her annoyance clear to all.

One of the twins (Kaoru, she assumed) spoke up, shrugging. "He was being annoying so I kicked him out of the car. He should be here soon, though."

Haruka grunted, annoyed beyond words. Why did people have to go and ruing her plans?? She had made big plans for the ones in her game!! But how could she possible play her game if all the participants weren't here??? Mph... she had wanted to annoy Tamaki some more with flowery words that rivaled his.. stupid twin!! But then again.... it had given Hikaru a chance to get Haruhi to warm up to him. Hmm... not all bad. But still...

Just then, Hikaru and Haruhi appeared from one of the halls; took them long enough to get here, sheesh. She grinned. "Hi! Have a nice trip?"

Hikaru glared at her. "Just show us our rooms, you idiot."

She cocked her head and her grinned widened. "Ah, yes. Your rooms." a visible shudder went through everyone, except for Kyoya, whom she had dubbed the 'Evil Shadow King'. He was evil, and he hardly ever worked in the light (To bad I'm his employee... she thought in annoyance.) of other's knowledge. "Unfortunately, I can't show you your rooms until my other... ahem, until that idiot Suoh gets here. You'll just have to wait."

"Can we have cake while we wait?" Hunny asked, smiling cheekily at her.

"Eh..." they all looked hungry... hmm, could she use this as a match making opportunity? Yes. Yes she could. She grinned, looking much like a wolf stalking her prey. "Not cake, Hunny. How's ramen sound to everyone?" she didn't wait for a reply. "Good, good. I need a couple people to run and tell the cook to whip up some ramen.. since I'm entertaining guests. Haruhi? Would you mind going?"

Haruhi looked up, looking a little 'out of the loop'. "Hmm?"

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Haruhi was distracted; she was hungry, tired and thinking. Hmm... what happened to Tamaki? She couldn't recall where he went.. not that she cared. It just seemed kind of weird not having the over-emotional Suoh blabbering off weird and random things. Oh well.. he would reappear soon.

Suddenly, she realized that someone was addressing her. "... mind going?"

A little confused, she looked up. "Hmmm?" she hummed. She had no idea what they were talking about.

Haruka sighed in exasperation. "I'm busy, I need you to go and tell the cook to make us some ramen for dinner; no elaborate meals until after the customers arrive."

"I'll probably get lost..." she said, not really wanting to go, but resigning herself to her probable fate of going anyway. She probably would get lost anyways, since this place was so huge.

Haruka smiled and Haruhi could feel icy chills run up and down her spine; geez, that girl had an evil smile. "Ok. Kaoru, would you mind going with her? I'm sure you're used to such a large establishment."

The twin that Haruka was speaking to nodded. "Sure."

And so, the directions were given and the two set off, leaving the other five behind. From what Haruka had told them, Haruhi was anticipating a long trip down multiple halls. Ugh... this would not be fun. Her feet were aching at the mere thought of the walk.. oh well. Just keep walking and get it over with soon.

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Kaoru was nervous; the silence was deafening. Haruhi wouldn't start a conversation, so he would have to. If he didn't soon, he would die from the silence. "Um... so, what do you think about that Haruka chick?" he asked randomly, glad for some kind of noise in the silence.

She shrugged. "She's nice enough; she's really smart though. She figured out that I'm a girl. Found my student ID, I guess."

A little surprised, but not really, Kaoru said, "You really should be more careful with that, you know."

She shrugged again. "It doesn't really matter. They'll all find out eventually."

Eh... there she went again, on her 'doesn't matter' opinions. He wasn't quite sure how to reply to this...

"What do you think about her?" she asked.

"Oh, um, she's ok. She comes off as a little evil to me. That grin sends shivers up my spine every time."

"I might be able to say the same thing about you and Hikaru when you two are up to something." she said easily. "Not me, necessarily, but you guys can get some pretty creepy grins in."

He winced. "Way to be blunt, Haruhi."

She looked at him and smiled. "It's the truth though."

He grinned back. "Yeah. I guess you're right."

There was a brief moment of silence. "What exactly did you guys do to Tamaki? I haven't seen him in a while. You didn't lock him in a closet or something, did you?" even though she was trying to sound suspicious, she had an amused smile on her face.

Kaoru grinned. "I kicked him out of the car because he was trying to wake you up. Have a long night or something?"

"I realized suddenly how long I would be gone; I think I packed my whole wardrobe. I'm not sure if they have a washer and dryer here. Hopefully my dad didn't decide to repack my bags."

"If not, I'm sure you can borrow clothes from someone."

"You guys are all taller than I am, nothing would fit."

He chuckled. "I'm sure we'd find something. Besides, we could go shopping somewhere. The guests don't arrive until next week, ya know."

"I don't have any money."

Grinning, he flung and arm around her shoulder. "That's why you have rich friends, Haruhi!"

She shrugged him off. "I'd rather not; Kyoya would raise my debt by x amount." she sighed lightly. "At the rate that it keeps increasing, I'll never pay it off till my dying days."

Kaoru smiled. "Sure you will, Haruhi. One of these days."

She smiled at him. "Thanks, Kaoru."

As they continued in their leisurely conversation, Kaoru couldn't help but think, Anything for you Haruhi.