Hello everyone! The Authoress has survived and has after a little bit of recovery can give another chapter to all the readers! Yahoo!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club...but I do own Royal, Royal's family and the plot of this particular fanfiction.

On with the show!


"Well, that can't be right, Royal is a boy. He's in the system."

said Kaoru to the rest of the group attempting to flip the page to the extra information about the girl in the photo. Everyone in the room was curious at this point about the identity of the mystery girl in the gothic Lolita photo. "What number was the photo?"

Hikaru instantly remembered the number,

"Three."

The group examined the other photos before reading the small information section about the mystery girl. Tamaki read the section for everyone,

"This girl is coming from both American and Japanese backgrounds makes her have the feeling of east meets west. Here are her stats…"

Haruhi was disgusted at the book and clearly voiced so,

"Stats? I swear that this book is like a home shopping guide for arranged marriages."

Mori normally quiet actually spoke,

"That is because it is."

"Rich Bastards…"

Although Haruhi did not fully agree with any of it, she was still curious in what the stats could possibly be. The stats read as followed:

A: 98

E: 97

I: 99

G: 97

El: 96

HD: 100

MA: 94

F: 96

Ap: 100

H: 99

Ey: 98

Total: 1074/1100

Percentile: 97.6

"What a weird script here. It is like you have to guess what each one means, right Hikaru?"

Hikaru sighed,

"Hold on a second…This girl seems too good to be true. Are all of them like this? I mean…It seems like this book is getting peoples' hopes up and what if they turn out differently then what they say. This thing seems a little bogus to me."

Sure, the mystery girl seemed like the perfect bride for anyone in the world. However, what kind of person willingly subjects herself to such a ridiculous guide? There much be a catch to the entire book, not every girl is exactly as the words say, are they?

Kyoya, who had already walked to his desk and looked up the book online, answered what everyone was thinking,

"It states that if the girl is not exactly what the description says that people are allowed to receive the next issue free and receive a free t-shirt."

"A free t-shirt…Is that what every company does these days when people are upset at them? Here's a free t-shirt and everything will be better now right?"

"Oh, yes. All that I wanted was a free piece of a 100 percent cotton fabric that has the name of the company that I am currently pissed at on it. I forgive everything!"

Hikaru and Kaoru were playing around to get everyone to stop being so serious about the book. Kyoya, being Kyoya, continued,

"Anyway, there is a gala that they hold every month to showcase their ladies. There people are able to meet them in a more social setting and extend offers to their parents, etc."

Honey gripped Usa-chan and pulled on Mori's sleeve,

"Is that what you are going to on Friday, Takashi?"

"Hai."

The tone in Mori's voice went from monotone to almost depressing. Everyone knew that Mori did not want to go to the event, but he was probably forced to go by his parents. Little did the hosts know, Honey agreed with Mori to accompany him so that his cousin would not be alone. In addition, Honey knew little to nothing about the exact details of the event but when he brought it up to his parents, they immediately agreed.

"Why don't we all go? After all, we will be able to help Mori-sempai."

Haruhi did not want to say that but she felt sorry for Mori and she felt that having more people there might help. Tamaki embraced his daughter. Well…it is actually more like he was putting Haruhi in a vice grip like hug.

"My beloved daughter has the best ideas! Mother can we all go please?" While Hikaru and Kaoru were attempting to pry their idiot host king off of their little toy, Kyoya looked up the details and found that everyone could go including Haruhi since a book holder could bring up to two friends that did not have a book. It just meant that she would have to stick by Tamaki and Kyoya for the evening. As for Mori, he was going to take Honey but the twins needed a ticket.

"Hikaru, Who would we be going with?"

"Kaoru, I guess we are going to go to with Royal-san since Mori-sempai is taking Honey-sempai."

Haruhi remembered Royal's reaction to the book…

Royal pulled another copy of the book that Kyoya had and handed it to him. Royal had a fake smile plastered on.

"I assume that your father gave that to you. I have one as well."

Kyoya examined my book compared to his and handed it back. Haruhi asked to see the book and flipped through the pages.

"Why would you need something like that Royal-sempai?"

Royal shrugged and took the book back. The fake smile that was plastered on had faded over the short period of time. When it was in the safe confines of the bag, Royal answered her with eyes mixed with anger and disappointment,

"I don't know either."

Haruhi may have been the only one to notice the slight emotions poking through in that situation but that was probably because she is a female who is around other females all the time.

"I think that Royal might not go to the gala."

Tamaki did not quite understand why Royal would not go.

"Haruhi… Why would he not be going? We are going as a family and he's just a part of it like anyone else."

Tamaki stood in glory of having just said something and everyone paused to think about it. Sure, they only knew Royal for at least a day now but since they accepted another member into the host club, he was just as a part of the family as someone like Honey or the twins. It is just as fair to say that if Royal was not going that Tamaki would hound him until he did.

"Mother! Can you find the house number of our son and call him?"

Kyoya was the usual two steps ahead of his friend and already dialed the number on his cell phone. He waited for someone to pick up on the other line and looked at Tamaki who was invading his personal bubble.

"Do you mind?"

Tamaki backed off and let the strategic host talk on the phone. A few seconds later, someone on the other line picked up the phone.

"Makira residence. This is Ryan. How may I be of assistance."

"Hello Ryan-san, this is Ootori Kyoya. May I please speak with Royal-san?"

"Just a moment, good sir."

Ryan pushed the red button beside the phone and wired it to Royal's room. "Young Master Royal, there is a phone call from a young master Ohtori."

"Patch it through, Ryan."

Royal picked up the headset and answered the phone by flipping a switch,

"How the hell did you get this number Ohtori?"

"It is called a phone book Makira-san. Listen, Tamaki wishes that you come to the gala this Friday."

"Gala? What the heck are you talking about?"

"The one from the 'Princess Guide'. We already assume that you are going since you have a copy."

"Hang on, this Friday? I am sorry but I cannot go. I have a very important meeting with Father's company regarding my future."

Tamaki overheard this part of the conversation and began yelling so that Royal could hear him,

"What? My son cannot go? That means we have to find another way of getting tickets! Royal you better come this instant!"

Royal sighed and rubbed the back of his head before continuing the phone call with Kyoya,

"You guys need the tickets? I will just give the book to whoever needs it during club hours. I apologize but there is no way that I can get out of this. Now if you'll excuse me."

The phone went silent and Kyoya shut his cell phone. He put his phone back in his chest pocket and stated,

"Royal-san will bring the book tomorrow. He has business to attend to with his father."

Souh Mansion…(3rd POV)

Tamaki was fast asleep on the floor since he attempted to help Kyoya with finances and ramble off some more ideas. He got the ideas across to Kyoya but as soon as he heard the words "you look at the food expenditures and calculate how much Honey used" he more or less conked out right then and there. While his friend was out like a light, he took the time to finish all the finances and now sat at a desk with the 'The Princess Guide' right in front of him.

Within a half hour, Kyoya had dutifully read the entire guide and found multiple people that were suitable. As for the girl that looks like Royal? There were other girls that looked like the other host members in female form. In fact, he found it quite funny to see that there were female versions of every host member (even himself). There was a set of red haired twins with yellow eyes from Ireland, the English girl with short hair that looked like Tamaki, the tall girl from Spain that looked like Mori, the Victorian girl from France that reminded him of Honey, the small Korean girl that looked eerily like Haruhi but with black hair, and last but not least the Australian girl that reminded him of himself.

He took his glasses off as he calmly shut the book and rested his hands on his hands.

Normal POV…The Makira Mansion

After I hung up the phone, I walked out onto the my balcony that overlooked the family gardens. I leaned on the railing and propped my head up using my hands. I severely do not want to go to father's meeting tomorrow. Why does he even care? Father is only going to harp on me about not having an arranged marriage set up yet. I just hope that he does not realize that the giant gala that they hold is tomorrow…


Well, how about that everyone? Was it worth the wait?

True to my tendencies I have left more questions for people to attempt to answer for themselves.

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