"Okay, well at least now the police are looking for them." Hikaru sounded relieved after Kaoru had spoken to the Ootori police. "Maybe we should try and find Honey and Mori…they need to know what's going on."

"That's a good idea," Kaoru agreed. "We'll head over to the north side of the beach…they'll probably still be there."

The three walked to the north side of the beach in silence. Each was caught up in his own thoughts. Where could they be? Are they okay?

"The pier over there marks the beginning of the north side…they should be somewhere nearby," Kaoru remarked after some time.

Just as Kaoru pointed out the pier, a blue and white speedboat came hurtling towards it. The boat docked at the pier, and five Ootori police officers filed out.

"Mr. Suoh, and the Hitachiin brothers, I assume." The head officer greeted them warmly, but with some concern. "We have completed a naval search of the coastline within 10 kilometers of this pier. We were unable to find Mr. Ootori. However, this is not bad news: if Mr. Ootori were in immediate danger of drowning, we would surely have found him at sea during this search. As we did not find him in the water, it is likely that he is somewhere on land. We have now begun a full-scale exploration: Officers are carefully searching every small beach and all forest areas for any signs of Mr. Ootori and his friend, Ms. Fujioka."

"Thank you for letting us know," Tamaki replied.

From down on the beach, on the other side of the pier, Honey had just spotted Tamaki and the twins. "Mori, look! There's Tama-chan, and Hikaru and Kaoru! But…why were they just talking to those police officers?" Honey was perplexed.

"I don't know, Mitsukuni." Mori was a little worried…those three were prone to getting themselves in trouble.

"TAMA-CHAN!" Honey yelled out once the officers had disappeared. "HIKARU! KAORU!"

Eventually, Tamaki noticed Honey's incessant shouting and arm waving, and he and the twins ran down to the beach, as fast as they could, to meet Honey and Mori.

"Honey-senpai! Mori-senpai!" Tamaki begun, short of breath and wheezing dramatically. "We have some terrible news…"

Tamaki went on to tell them the awful tale of how Haruhi and Kyoya had simply disappeared into the sea. "….the officers told us that they did a search by boat and couldn't find them! I can't believe this is happening-"

"But," Kaoru interrupted Tamaki, "the officer said it might be a good sign that they didn't find Kyoya and Haruhi in the water. It means they're probably somewhere on land. Well, that's what they say."

"Oh, Takashi, I'm so scared!" Honey was very upset at this news. "What if we never find them?" His large brown eyes filled with tears.

Without a word, Mori pulled out his cell phone, and dialed Kyoya's number. It was a tense few moments until Mori spoke.

"Kyoya?...So you're okay?...And Haruhi?...Right. Did anyone try and call you before?...Okay."

Mori stared down at Tamaki and the twins with a mixture of anger and pity. How could anyone be this idiotic?