Kagome's POV
Kyoya had gotten an area by the edge of the room set up for me. It looks like the other host's areas with a few comfy couches and a table in the middle. It was out of the way of the main room though. I didn't mind really it would give me time to work on my homework and catch up with the few weeks I had missed. If I had to say I was between any two people it would be Kyoya and Haruhi. Which is simply perfect for me. If I get stuck on anything in my homework I can simply ask them. I had been working for about ten minutes when I saw the host members gathering in the middle of the room. I raised an eyebrow at this, it looked like they were getting ready for a picture. Then to my surprise the doors opened by themselves to show a large group of girls waiting to come in. Then rose petals appeared out of nowhere and blew past the girls, almost welcoming them in. I looked out the door as best as I could from my position but didn't see any petals in the hall. What in the world?
Then it dawned on me, it was most likely the twin's doing. No most likely Kaoru's doing, he is the best at doing illusions. Hikaru is probably making people overlook the fact that they come from nowhere and disappear just as fast. I looked over to them and they winked at me. Yup definitely the twin's doing. I giggled slightly and went back to my work. With what Kyoya told me the club lasts two hours and each group of girls gets twenty minutes with their host.
I looked around to see what each host was doing. Tamaki was treating each girl like she was the best in the world. Haruhi was simply being nice and talking with her girls. The twins were doing their brotherly love act. I looked over to Kyoya and for a moment I didn't think he was entertaining any girls. However I found his group, they were just admiring from a distance. I rolled my eyes, of course my brother would be admired they just don't want to get to close. I turned my gaze over to the two I just met, Honey and Mori. Honey was being positively adorable and eating cake like it was going out of style. Mori wasn't actually doing much, he was just being there for Honey. He would make small statements here and there but nothing major. Mori was very protective over him, which is a good quality in a canine demon. I squirmed in my seat a bit, I really want to know what they are. Oh well I guess I can just ask the twins later.
A few more groups came and went. If I counted correctly we were on group four. The fourth group was about halfway done with their session when I was approached. "Um excuse me?" a timid voice asked.
I looked up to see a girl with long, wavy, brown hair. She had pretty green eyes. She had a nice tan, she must be outside a lot. "Oh hi there. Uh, what can I do for you?" I was curious with what she wanted as she was the first person to approach me today. I had gotten a bunch of curious looks, but nobody had bothered me.
"I got here a bit early for my session that's when I saw you. I haven't seen you in here and I was wondering what exactly you were doing." She seemed to panic for a moment "I don't mean to insinuate that you are doing something wrong. It's just that this seating area wasn't here before."
I laughed silently for a moment, she reminded me of someone but I just can't think who. I stood up and put a hand on her shoulder stopping her mid-rant. I guided her to the couch I was sitting on and gently pulled her down onto it. "My name is Kagome Higurashi and you are more than welcome to sit her with me until your session comes. I am here because my brother is one of the hosts. I am waiting for him to get done with the club so we can go home."
Her eyes went wide "I wasn't aware any of the hosts had a younger sister. I mean Kyoya-senpai has an older sister, but she's been out of high school for a while now."
I smiled at her "Actually he didn't know about me until last week. Our parents separated us at birth." She was leaning towards me eagerly awaiting what I was going to tell her next. "I am actually Kyoya's twin."
She went completely still "No way! There is another set of twins in the host club?"
I laughed nervously, she was a bit loud just then "Um, no. I'm not part of the host club, only my brother is. Sorry to disappoint."
She seemed to deflate a bit but then said "It's alright, I mean you are a girl and it would be a bit weird." An alarmed look appeared on her face "Oh where are my manners? You've introduced yourself but I didn't introduce myself." She held her hand out "My name is Yuki Kobayashi."
I grabbed her hand and we shook briefly "It's nice to meet you Yuki. What year are you in?"
"I'm a first year, class 1-B."
"Oh I'm in 1-A. Too bad we are in different classes."
She gave me a confused look "Shouldn't you be a second year?" She got that panicked look on her face again "I'm not trying to say you are stupid or anything. It's just Kyoya-senpai is a second year and you're his twin… so."
I laughed at her "Its fine. I was sick a lot the past couple years so with how much school I missed and how far behind I am they kept me back a year."
"That makes sense, are you better now?" she seemed concerned.
"For the most part. I do still get sick every now and then but they don't last long. Take this afternoon for instance. I got a pretty good dizzy spell, but I'm perfectly fine now." I got a mischievous look on my face "So Yuki who are you here to see?"
She instantly blushed and looked out across the room. "Oh um I'm here to visit with Honey-senpai. He's just so cute!"
I laughed at her "Yeah he is pretty adorable. It's hard to believe he's a third year." Though with him being a full demon I would say he is about seventy years old.
She gave a dreamy sigh and just nodded her consent. I rolled my eyes at her. A chiming sound went off signaling the end of the current session. "Well Yuki looks like you're up, have fun!"
"Thanks Kagome. Are you going to be here every day?"
I thought about it for a moment "Yea for the most part, probably not every single day but most days."
"Well I will come visit you so you won't be alone for two whole hours."
I smiled at her "Thanks Yuki, see you later then."
She gave me a large pretty smile "Yup!" then with a wave she made her way over to Honey-senpai.
A small smile appeared on my face. It looks like I made a new friend. Great! I was about to start on my homework again when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked up to see Haruhi smiling down at me. "Hey Kagome. This is my free period and I'm making my rounds, filling up the things that need filling. Do you want tea or coffee? How about a piece of cake?"
I saw that Haruhi was holding a tray loaded with cups and different flavors of cake. "Sure Haruhi I'll take a coffee and a piece of strawberry cake please."
Sure no problem." She set the things on my table "So I saw somebody over here earlier. Who was she?"
"Oh her name was Yuki. She had gotten here early for her session and she was curious about me."
"I'm sure a lot of people will be. I know I was pretty shocked to find out Kyoya-senpai had a twin."
I gave her a smirk "Yeah so was Kyoya. He didn't know about me until a few days before we met each other. I on the other hand knew I had a twin for quite a few years."
A thoughtful look appeared on her face "Hm, something that Kyoya didn't know beforehand. Bet he didn't like that. He always does background checks on everyone, I guess it didn't occur to him to do a check on himself."
I giggled "Yeah that's true. Hey do you want some help Haruhi? I don't mind helping out, it'll give me something to do other than homework."
She seemed to think it over "Sure I was almost done anyway. The only groups left are Tamaki and Kyoya senpai's tables. Think you can get those?"
I smiled and took the tray from her "It's no problem. Happy to help." I took a quick bite of cake and sip of coffee before I made my way over to Kyoya. "Would you like anything Kyoya?" I asked him in the most Kanna-like tone I could. I still wasn't going to open up to him until he opened up to me.
He looked up at me, he seemed a bit surprised it was me and not Haruhi "I wouldn't mind a coffee." I handed him a coffee and was about to move on to his guests when he stopped me "Are you feeling alright Kagome? You seemed rather ill earlier."
I looked back at him, he probably just didn't want to waste his time looking after me if I were to collapse. "I'm just fine now, thank you." Then I walked to his group of girls "Would any of you like anything?"
I gave the girls what they wanted and moved onto Tamaki's group. "Tamaki, girls, would you like anything?"
Tamaki jumped up in excitement to see me "Oh Kagome!" he took the tray from my and placed it on the table "A princess like you shouldn't have to serve us. Join us instead Kagome."
I gave him a scolding look and picked the tray back up "I'm fine Tamaki." I passed out what the girls wanted. Then I left a cup of coffee and a piece of cake for Tamaki "Now if you'll excuse me my coffee is getting cold."
Then I made my way back to my area. Fifty minutes later the club finally closed for the night. I was helping Haruhi clean up, trying to keep my mind off of tonight, when a loud creak sounded off in the room. I looked up and saw a giant gothic looking door that was slowly opening. Had that door always been there? I don't think so I mean I think I would have noticed a giant door like that. Where in the world did it come from? A cloaked man peeked out of the door. Then I heard Tamaki scream like a little girl and run to hide behind Kyoya.
He was a demon, feline by the feel of it. I almost laughed out loud when I saw the cat puppet on his hand. That is what he chose to focus his powers with? I mean yeah the puppet had a dark aura around it but it wasn't scary, not at all. In fact it was kinda cute. Then in a low creepy voice he called out "I sense a pure being in here."
The twins and I froze immediately. If he can sense that I'm a Miko he must be pretty strong. Either that or he is a demon that is spiritually aware. Either way he could be trouble. I mean Honey and Mori only sensed that I was a demon earlier, I have my Miko side suppressed as much as I can, Sesshomaru's orders. Unfortunately for me Kyoya noticed my involuntary flinch and looked towards me questioningly. That in turn made the man notice me.
He took a few steps into the room "You, you have tremendous holy power. You are a true priestess."
I blushed immediately. Goodness I have to get a hold on my blushing. I have blushed way too much today. I needed a way to brush this off as not a big deal. I can't have anyone find out about me, not with this new rebel faction showing up. "Oh well, you know, I was born and raised on a shrine. That is probably what you are, um, sensing. It's nothing special really."
"No it is much more than that." He gave me a hard look probably studying my aura, then his eyes went wide "It can't be. It should be impossible. You are the Shi…"
Thankfully before he could finish what he was saying the twins intervened. The both had a flashlight in their hands and blasted him with the light. He shrieked and rushed away from the light. As soon as he ran through the door Hikaru slammed it shut.
Alright I know he was about to blow my secret, but that was just mean. There was another way to stop him from talking. I put my hands on my hips and glared at the twins. "Hikaru, Kaoru!" I barked out. They flinched slightly and turned to look at me. "That was uncalled for. What have I told you about being cruel to people who don't deserve it?"
They both gave me pouty faces and whined "But Grandma!"
All of us forgetting where we were for a moment I shouted at them "Don't you grandma me. What have I told you about calling me that?"
We probably would have kept going at it but we turned to stone when Honey innocently asked "Grandma? Hika-chan Kao-chan why did you call Gome-chan grandma?"
Shoot we slipped up, we slipped up big time. I glared at the twins as they looked at the ground in shame. Then I turned to look at the rest of the club. We had their undivided curious attention, especially Kyoya's. Darn it! Okay story time people. Lies mixed with truth always works the best. I took a deep breath and started to explain. "Alright I'll explain, let's sit down first." The twins and I sat on one couch with me in the middle. The others sat around us eager to hear what I was going to say, even Mori seemed curious. "It starts with a story from my shrine. This is just one of the many tales of the Shikon no Miko." As soon as I said my title Mori and Honey started listening even more eagerly. Just how famous did I become? "Long ago near the start of her journey, the Miko crossed paths with an orphaned Kitsune child. This Kitsune wanted the jewel shards she possessed to avenge his father who had been murdered. Moved by the child's plight she assisted in brining justice to the murderers. She ended up gaining more jewel shards in the process. After that rather than leave the child to his fate like most would, the Shikon no Miko took him in and raised him as her own. Their bond grew so much that, where it not for their obvious differences, one would think he had truly been born from her womb.
"Sadly when the Shikon no Miko's journey came to an end, she was forced to leave her adopted son behind as she returned to from whence she came. Before she vanished she left him the care of her human companions. The demon slayer woman and the cursed monk, they treated the child as a beloved nephew. Additionally he was trained by the Lord of the west, a powerful dog demon who allied with the Miko. When the humans died the Lord took him in. Over time, the Kitsune boy grew to adulthood. He found love in the Lord of the west's adopted daughter, a human woman who had thawed the Lord's heart as a child.
"The Kitsune child and his human wife are revered as the ancestors of the Hitachiin line. Where-as my own family are descended from the demon slayer and monk. While our families have taken different paths over time, the ancient bond has not been forgotten. In fact due to my having the same eyes color as the Shikon no Miko, the first in my family since the feudal era, some of the Hitachiin's like to joke that I am her reincarnation. It's gotten to the point that the twins like to call me "Grandma" as a joke. I mean it's not true but they love to call me that simply to annoy me."
I looked at each of the twins and they had stars in their eyes. Their Kitsune blood made them admire me for that elaborate lie I had just made up. Haruhi looked really impressed "Wow you guys have a really neat family history."
I looked over to Tamaki and he looked ready to cry. For a moment I almost panicked but then he said "It's so sad that she had to leave him behind. That is a really interesting story even with that sad part. How many more stories does the Shikon no Miko have? I have a feeling that she would be a very interesting person to learn about."
I smiled at him "Many stories, too many to count. Some of them are definitely more interesting and entertaining than others."
I looked at the clock and realized it was time to go. Finally! I had been getting pretty bored just doing homework for almost two hours straight. I turned to Kyoya "Hey can we head back Kyoya?"
He looked at me, checked the time, and looked back at me. "Yes we do need to get going if we are going to make it to supper on time." He wrote something down in his book then started walking towards the door "Let's go Kagome."
I turned towards everyone smiling and I gave them a wave "See you guys tomorrow." Then I hurried after Kyoya so he wouldn't leave me behind. Quite honestly I wouldn't put it passed him.
We were almost to our car when we heard Tamaki yell out "Wait Kyoya. Kyoya~!"
I almost laughed when Kyoya pretended he didn't hear him and kept making his way over to the car. I heard him mumble "Didn't hear a thing."
I rolled my eyes, I wasn't going to let Kyoya get away with this. Tamaki is his only friend from what I've gathered. Plus Tamaki is just the type of person that will help me get Kyoya to unwind a little. I stopped walking and called out "Tamaki, hey, what do you need?"
A broad grin appeared on his face as he caught up to me "I'm sleeping over tonight now. This solves two of my problems at once. I can get to know you better and we can finalize the trip the club is going on soon."
I smiled at him "Sounds like fun, I'm sure Kyoya will enjoy that." I didn't have the heart to tell him that I planned on going straight to bed when I got home.
Tamaki radiated happiness "Me too!"
A small devious smile appeared on my face "Why don't you go tell Kyoya the good news."
"Okay!" he started running towards Kyoya yelling "Kyoya guess what, guess what?"
Tamaki is really like a little kid, kinda like how Shippo was when he was little. I giggled to myself. Tamaki sure was something different that is for sure.
When I finally got into the limo I had to let out a small chuckle. Tamaki was practically bouncing in his seat, while Kyoya looked like he was just told his precious notebook had gone missing. Kyoya sent me a small glare when he heard me laugh. I had to hold back another laugh at that. That is when I felt my bag move "Oh yeah Kirara you can come out now. We are away from all the people now." Kirara had gone into hiding when she smelled Mori and Honey, wanting to keep the element of surprise if need be. Then when they were finally deemed not a threat she smelled all of the girls and decided to just stay hidden. She most likely didn't want to get smothered by all of the eager rich girls.
Kirara popped her head out of my bag and gave a small mew. Tamaki was by me in an instant pulling Kirara out of my bag and cooing at her. "Kagome she is so cute!" Tamaki said enthusiastically.
"Thanks she is a memento of a friend I lost. I honestly don't know what I would do without Kirara." I told him.
Kyoya gave me a disapproving look "You brought your cat to school Kagome? That has to be against school protocol."
I glared at him and grew cold instantly. I didn't even care if Tamaki was there to see this side of me, if he's friends with Kyoya he would see it eventually. "I will let you know I did not break a single rule. The rule book states that no pets will be in the school building during school hours. She was wandering the grounds until club hours." I felt Tamaki grow very uncomfortable. He totally wasn't expecting me to grow into an ice princess.
Kirara gave a small hiss towards Kyoya then snuggled into Tamaki's arms. You could tell that she was more than perfectly content with where she was as she was letting out a constant purr. Tamaki seemed grateful for the distraction from the tension between Kyoya and myself.
When we were close to the house I decided it was time to speak up "I am going to be skipping dinner tonight." Besides me wanting to get some sleep before I leave for tonight I would probably be too nervous to eat anything.
Without even looking at me Kyoya said "Dinner is not optional unless you give warning at least three hours before."
I gave him a completely blank look "Do you honestly think father will care one little bit if I miss dinner or not?"
I caught the brief look of utter sadness cross Tamaki's face at the thought of my dear old dad not caring about me.
He thought it over quickly "Hmm probably not. If he does happen to ask of your whereabouts?"
I raised an eyebrow "Just say I got sick again today and I'm resting in my room. Not a complete lie. I did get sick again today for a short bit." Yeah when that horrid teacher poisoned me "He just doesn't have to know I got better. I am going to go to sleep early anyway. I am still feeling tired from my bout of sickness earlier."
Tamaki jumped in "But Kagome I wanted to talk with you. Get to know you better!"
I gave him a small smile "Maybe another time Tamaki." Then I remembered the note that his father had given to me "Oh yeah, here, I was supposed to give this to you. This will give us plenty of time to get to know each other and you'll get to come over more often."
He gave me a questioning look and took the note. As soon as he read it he went ecstatic. "Oh merveilleux! Je voudrais bien etre votre tuteur. Je ne peux pas attendre!"
The small smile on my face quickly turned to a frown "What?" I asked. I decided to give him a heads up "I have not taken a single day of French, ever."
He blushed slightly "Sorry, I got excited. I said Oh wonderful! I would like to be your tutor. I can't wait!" he fidgeted in his seat a bit "Sometimes when I get really excited I start talking in French."
I patted him gently on the shoulder "its fine, I understand."
The next thing I knew we were stopped and Ban was opening the door for us. We all got out, Ban looked at Tamaki then smirked. Oh no. Ban took my hand and kissed the back of it. He kissed it a few seconds longer than he needed to though. He gave me a slightly seductive look and said "Welcome home my Lady."
Tamaki freaked out. He grabbed my shoulders and pulled me sharply away from Bankotsu. He wrapped me in a 'protective' hug and started backing away slowly "Keep your hands off of Kagome! You are a shady character, you don't get to touch her." Tamaki gave Ban a pathetic little glare, then he turned to me "Kagome stay away from shady characters. Nothing good comes from shady characters."
Bankotsu burst out laughing and I glared at him "Oh some friend you have there Princess. You knew him less than a day and he's already protective of you."
Kanna walked up behind Ban and slapped him over the head "Stop teasing Kagome and our guest. Act mature for once in your life." She turned to Tamaki "Will you please release Kagome, she seems to be having trouble breathing."
Tamaki released me a little, still not completely letting me go though. I glared hard at Bankotsu who was still laughing. The only difference was that he was now clutching the spot on his head where Kanna had hit him. "Tamaki let me go." I ripped myself out of Tamaki's death hug and turned to Ban "Ban I swear if you don't stop laughing I will hurt you. Kanna thank you for being the normal one." I walked away from all of them, Kanna was following me. "I'll see you all later, I'm heading to bed." Kirara jumped out of Tamaki's arms and trotted after me. I would need all of the rest I could get. I have a feeling tonight is going to be chaotic.
