Heres Chapter 7! Hope you enjoy, though its short! Please tell us what you think !
Chapter 7: Welcome to the Jungle
"Wait I gotta go back and get my Ipod!"
I stood outside our house waiting as always before we leave to go anywhere, on my family. It was a sunny day, with a light breeze and just enough shade to make it pleasant.
"Fine Elias, just hurry up. Everyone else forgot something too."
I shook my head waiting, when a black limousine pulled in the driveway. I was picked up by someone very tall, who turned out to be Mori. Honey showed up saying, "Ready for a fun day? "
"Ah."
I looked at my reflection in the limo window as it rolled down to reveal Tamaki and Kyoya.
"Zay! Do we have a surprise for you! Here's a hint, you're going to get wet!"
"But I didn't even bring a swimsuit."
I stared at the changing room the twins brought me to after we all arrived at the 'surprise' Tamaki was talking about.
"Don't worry, we have our mothers latest line of summer pieces in here for you to pick from." The twins said happily.
"Now get in there."
They pushed me in there as I wondered just where in the heck I even was. Then I was met by a pair of twins, maidly twins speaking in unison. "May we help you? We have all these lovely bathing suits Mistress Hitachiin prepared."
"Uhm. well I think I'll look a bit myself first. Thank you." I responded, noting how typical that that family would have a set of twin maids. As they bowed and scampered out of my sight , my eyes landed on a familiar brunette.
"Haruhi." I called, surprised to see her in the many rows of hanging bathing suits.
"They got you too huh?" I said seeing the confusion on her face, at suddenly being plopped here.
"Yeah." She said mildly, staring at a nearby string bikini, face turning white.
"I'm guessing bathing suit shopping isn't your forte?"
"Not really. I'm too busy with studying most of the time, and the host club." I listened while I skimmed through the bathing suits, noting which ones I hated and liked.
"Well I'm hoping whatever the guys have planned is relaxing for your sake." I commented slightly lowering my tone.
"Huh?" She questioned.
"Ah! Here's the perfect outfit for you. Not too revealing but adorable." I grinned taking it off the rack and tossing it to her. "Here try that on."
She barely caught it before doubtfully looking at it.
"Okay whatever you say."
A few minutes later she came out of the dressing room, and I looked her over. "There you go, you look great!" I smiled.
"And I'm still looking so you don't have to wait up okay?"
She waved a simple goodbye, and I turned back to the swimsuits.
Yet another ugly print... Too slutty... Too girly... Too pedophile friendly.
Ah, perfect! I grabbed it and put it on immediately. Hope the twins let me keep this.
I came out of the room pretty satisfied with my look.
"Woah." I turned to see Hikaru and Kaoru standing there, mouths open gawking at me.
They gave me the thumbs up sign and grinned, appearing at my sides looking me over rather graciously as only teenage boys would do , which only added to my ego at this point.
"You like?" I smiled and posed. My suit was black. It had an X shape wrapping around the bottom of the cups, accentuating my waist and chest. I thought simplicity could be the best.
"Yeah you look really fit. We should consider making some more revealing outfits for you." They cheekily smiled, and I couldn't help but wonder what they were thinking.
"Oh, do you know where Haruhi went?"
"Nope."
"Well lets go find her."
We rounded the corner to see Tamaki and Haruhi standing there. His face was really red, and he was spouting some nonsense about modesty.
"Whatcha talkin about?"
I noticed Haruhi had changed out of her bathing suit, and was now wearing a drab sweatshirt and shorts compared to her adorable one piece.
"Why'd you change the outfit I picked?"
"Because of the jealous pervert over there." Hikaru glared.
"I am sincerely looking out for the well being of my daughter, you rowdy twins!"
"Tamaki that's all good and well, but could you please tell me why you dragged us out- wherever we are?" I said raising a brow.
"Ah, You'll see! We've only just begun this excellent day, sure to bring lots of wonderful memories for all of us." He began leading us out to a pool type area surrounded by greenery and birds.
"Look Haruhi! Birds from the south tropics are here! I wonder what they are called?" He spouted blithe to her.
"Wheres the exit again?"
"See spending time relaxing is good for revitalizing our exceptional beauty."
"I don't really care about things like this, so can I just leave? I have laundry and studying to do." She said. I could see the sheer un-amusement etched on her face. I do wonder why would she rather be home studying and doing chores?
I walked closer to the extremely blue pool, feeling the sand between my toes. I sighed happily taking in the sunlight shining through the glass room above my head. Mmm I can't take it anymore. I just had to slide down on my back and feel it, closing my eyes in the rays. My back arched, and I stretched. A sound akin to a cat's purr came out of my mouth.
"Mmm….Mmmhahaha!" I felt two pairs of hands scratching my tummy. I instinctually rolled over on my belly happily for them to please me further. My pleasant feelings turned to anxiety when I felt fingers taking the liberty of running across the tender skin that was my scars.
"What happened to you Zay?" I immediately turned over on my elbows, eyes wide at the twins, at a loss of words for a moment.
"Uh...I had to have surgery on my spine when I was little...so yeah you know." I nervously flitted my eyes to the side getting up off the sand and straightening myself up.
"Oh sorry Zay." Kaoru said.
I laughed a bit. "It's okay, thanks for the love guys." I said patting them on the shoulders, walking towards Kyoya whom I already had the attention of.
"Soo I never got a straight answer from Tamaki, what is this place?"
I questioned sitting down on a chair nearby, resting an arm on my chin.
He picked up a rather fruity and festive drink, and took a sip.
"This is a themepark that the Ootori group runs, the 'Tropical Aqua Garden' A rehab facility of sorts."
"Your family dabbles in a little bit of everything doesn't it?Always thinking of the unfortunate? You're just hot-snot then aren't you?" I joked a bit.
I got a small smile out of him.
"So do you mind if I go and explore this jungle?"
Every turn was more beautiful than the next. I moved the large green leaves and I looked at everything in wonder. The sprinkler wet plants dropped large clear beads of water everywhere. Everything reminded me of a tropical paradise, like something in my childhood dreams. Looking back at it, growing up in a town where the weather was usually awful I can see how my dreams sprouted. While I grew up in wealth, I watched others less fortunate than I wither away in poverty outside. I spent a lot of my days out there though, instead picking fist fights with anyone who dared take me on, not as the rich heiress but as a common boy. I couldn't bring myself to bring up anymore of those memories though. I heard a rustle in the bushes near me. In a blur someone jumped out and I got into my fighting stance, reaching for my weapon but I realized that I left it. I soon realized it was only Honey and backed down.
"Honey! What are you doing here?" I asked.
He chuckled, and began talking " Well after I got caught in a water trap and it lead me a long way away from everyone! It was pretty scary and I didn't know what to-"
"Are you okay?" I grabbed his shoulders.
"Yeah Im fine!" He said with another bright smile.
"So what are you doing out here Zan-Chan?"
"Well I'm just exploring. I woke up and everyone was gone from the beach and I guess looking for you!"
"We probably should go find everyone then."
"Yeah." We started walking. For a while Honey and I made small talk about simple things. But all of a sudden he started asking about the day Mori and I had our fight.
I watched him take a deep breath and begin, " I didn't know that you could fight! Are you a good fighter? Who won when you and Takashi were fighting? Why was Tamaki blushing? And I want to have a duel with you!"
"Well, yes I can fight. And I wouldn't say I'm the best but I'm pretty good. I won. He was blushing because Tamaki saw something….. And of course Honey."
"Yay! It will be so much fun Zan-Chan!" He hugged me hard, then let go as if he'd realized something.
"What exactly did Tama-Chan see?" He asked looking up at me.
The words couldn't come out. I was confused because I didn't have a problem with it all when I happened, I just brushed it off. I suppose it was the awkwardness of telling him what happened when he was much younger than me. I took the easy way out.
"Why don't you ask Mori?" I patted his head and walked a little faster ahead of him to a clearing.
"What in the world?" I narrowed my eyes and ducked behind some bushes, and pulled Honey down next to me.
"Target confirmed."
"The target has been captured by a suspicious man.
We'll take the target into custody."
He gasped. "It's Tama-chan and Haru-chan! And those mean cops have them surrounded! We gotta help them!"
One of the men called out to Mori, whom of course was stoic as always, "You there! Put the boy down immediately! If you refuse, we'll remove him forcefully!"
"Oh, hold on!"
"The suspect is resisting! Prepare to fire warning shots!" I heard them shout.
"Okay, you go around to the other side, and we will get the drop on them."
"Gotcha."
As soon as I saw him motioning on the other side I headed in, taking out the guys quickly. After all there are only so many moves you can execute properly in a sexy swimsuit.
"Takashi, Haru-chan, out of the way!" I looked up and saw Honey swinging in a on a vine.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing, pipsqueak?" One of the guys rumbled out.
"You guys should be more careful who you mess with! Picking on my friends is bad. Got it?" Honey lectured them with a pout and a point.
"Haruhi! Haruhi, are you all right!?"
"Hey, it's Tama-chan." We turned to see a worried Tamaki and the rest of the Hosts. The twins didn't show their worry and as for Kyoya I couldn't see it either, instead slight interest.
"Oh, wow." Haruhi said.
"You okay, senpai?" Kaoru asked Mori.
"Haruhi! I was so worried."
"I'm not sure what happened here, but at least they're still alive." Hikaru said.
"It's pretty amazing that this is Honey senpai's work. He must have really been holding back." Kaoru replied.
I just smiled over to Honey who returned it.
"Huh?What do you mean he was holding back?" Haruhi questioned.
"So then…"
"You don't know about senpai? The Haninozukas are famous for their martial arts. Not only have they helped train the police and SDF forces but they've also worked with several overseas militaries." Hikaru said, hands on his hip.
"Honey senpai in particular has been called the dreadnought of the Haninozuka family. By the time he was in middle school, he'd become the national champion in both karate and judo." Haruhi's eyes widened at Kyoya's words. I was a bit shocked, and proud. Honey is something is isn't he?
"Mori senpai's no slouch either. He won the national championship in kendo when he was just in middle school." That I can believe. I fought with the guy after all. I thought with a grin at Mori.
"So, how are you able to find this, Honey senpai?" Kaoru asked.
"It wasn't hard. It didn't take Zay and I long to reach the end of the current pool, so we decided to look for you guys. I had to explain since Zay got left behind and had no idea what was going on."
I then heard whispers behind me.
"Zay? Could she be the Zay Blackwood? Head of the Blackwoods?"
"One and only bitches." I turned around and glared at them hunched over whispering.
"I thought she'd be older, and a lot scarier.." I couldn't believe it.
"But shes just a teenager, kind of thought she was a guy at first.." They had the gall. The tenacity to talk behind my back.
"Still hot though!" That's it!
I raised my hands up and jerked one of them up by the collar, practically fuming.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Poison accumulated in my voice.
Groveling apologies soon followed to my amusement, before I let the guy go sharply, leaving him to rub at his neck and his friends to start their spiel.
"We humbly apologize! I am a 2nd-generation student of the Ishizuka Dojo!"
I rolled my eyes. 'Like I care where you trained...'
"I am a student of the Todoroki Dojo!"
"And I'm from the Otake Dojo! We are in your debt!"
"Why? Is something wrong?" Honey wondered.
"Yes! We're so sorry, ! We were unaware that we were searching for Mitsukuni Haninozuka and Zay Blackwood. We've committed a terrible offense here. I apologize for this confrontation. But my Dojo will be so excited to hear that I've come face to face with the great Haninozuka and the Head of the Blackwoods . I cherish this moment." The policeman finished.
"Takashi, you did an amazing job of protecting Haru-chan. I bet you were pretty lonely without me around, huh?" Honey jumped up on Mori's shoulders and began.
"I don't know if I'd say that." Mori said in his usual voice.
"But what about me?" I teasingly said placing an arm on his shoulder.
He turned his head away, to hide a small blush.
"You know, maybe we should go to the beach next." Hikaru said.
"Yeah, the beach would be nice." Kaoru said.
"You idiots, Haruhi is not interested in anything like that!" Tamaki protested.
"Actually, I might like to go to the beach. I may not be into this silly water park, but I like the ocean. It would be nice to go to the beach. And it's so pretty."
"I agree." Mm gotta get a bathing suit.
"Yeah. All right. Then that's where we'll go next time." Tamaki said.
"We're all gonna go to the beach, Tama-chan? That'll be fun, don't you think?" Honey quipped.
"Yeah." Mori said.
