X. Compass
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"She didn't come after all."
"Well, maybe she had something to do." Kaoru said trying to calm Hikaru down but in truth, he was anxious himself.
"But it was her who said that would do everything in Haruhi's place! And it was just yesterday, too!" Hikaru said angrily.
"…" Kaoru hesitated. After all, just as Hikaru said, Hiru didn't show up even after all the classes were over.
"She is so dead when she…" Hikaru's voice dropped when he saw a certain person walking towards him.
"AH! Found you at last!" Hiru said sounding very cheerful.
Hikaru twitched. "You know… What time do you think it is now?" Hikaru questioned looking at Hiru who was supposed to come to school much, much more earlier.
"What class do we have now?" Hiru asked casually ignoring Hikaru which angered Hikaru even more.
"The classes are all over already." Kaoru said with troublesome expression on his face.
"Really?" Hiru said giving both of them a look of shock. "By the way, are you alright? You look pale… Ummm… Hikaru? Kaoru? Whoever you are." Hiru said looking at Hikaru who was in an extremely bad mood.
Hikaru twitched again. "So why are you late? Not that… what do you mean by 'Whoever you are'?" Hikaru said out loud with anger.
Kaoru sighed. Actually he was kind of relieved that they were the only ones there.
"Even though I might be Haruhi's other self, don't expect me to know every single thing. But well, since your actions are one level meaner than his, you are Hikaru." Hiru said with look of 'I didn't know a thing, I am innocent'.
'Even though you say that, don't you already know enough?' Hikaru frowned. "So? Can you explain to me thoroughly why you are late?" Hikaru said trying to control his action that is one level meaner than Kaoru's since it has become like a taboo to him hearing it from Hiru who looks exactly like Haruhi, or more like who has control over Haruhi's body.
"This rich bastards' school is so damn big that I got lost." Hiru said bluntly.
'Rich bastards? Is this how Haruhi calls us behind our back?' Kaoru and Hikaru thought obviously shocked. Although it was true, it pained to be called 'rich bastards' especially from Haruhi since Haruhi was special to them.
"Is that all?" Hikaru asked sounding hurt but still trying to reason with Hiru.
"Ah… there is one." Hiru said happily which caught Hikaru and Kaoru's attention. "Since I got up only a few minutes ago and had to rush to school, I didn't have any breakfast. So I am hungry."
Hikaru and Kaoru looked at Hiru at loss for words.
"Also you need to draw me a map. It was kind of hard to find the classroom. But well, thanks to Haruhi being popular I got here somewhat easily." Hiru said still smiling innocently. "When I asked some girls where the classroom was, they directed me although they seemed a bit hesitant."
Hikaru and Kaoru gulp in horror. "And just how did you ask them?" the twins asked.
"'Do you know where Haruhi's classroom is?' something like this." Hiru said without any hesitation or a second thought.
The twins smiled bitterly.
"I am really curious about what you will do next." Hikaru said with his eyes under the shadow.
"Well, I am kind of scared. Come to think of it, it is the first time that we had a different opinion." Kaoru said with the same look as Hikaru's.
"Anyway…" Hiru said and the twins embraced each other, scared of what horrid things Hiru would say next. "Since there aren't any more classes, can I go home?"
"You've got guts to say that when you still have club activities." Hikaru said grinning evilly as he let go of his brother.
"Let's go. We are late." Kaoru said.
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"You guys are late!" Tamaki exclaimed the moment Hiru and the twins set their feet on the third music room.
"We are innocent." The twins said in unison glancing at Hiru.
"Anyway…" Tamaki said grinning very widely unlike a moment ago, "I have something to give to you. Here." Tamaki said handing a small compass to Hiru.
Hiru fornwed looking at silver colored Compass. "Umm… I know this school is big. I get that, but I am not that stupid enough to need for a Compass." Hiru said.
"Tsk… Tsk…" Tamaki said shaking his head. "It's not for you but for Haruhi." Tamaki stated and everyone was surprise, yet confused at the same time. "You said Haruhi would have returned already if she wanted, right?"
"Right."
"You are wrong." Tamaki said flatly and Hiru was taken a back, "I think Haruhi does want to come back… it's just that she is lost at the moment. So she is gonna need a compass to find her way back." Tamaki explained and everyone just stared at Tamaki, stunned.
'For Haruhi to find her way back… huh?' Hiru thought holding the compass tightly and felt somewhat sad.
Kyouya grinned slightly. He too was surprise how Tamaki thought of something like that. "By the way, I heard you didn't attend any of the classes." Kyouya said to Hiru, obviously wanting for an explanation.
Hiru frowned. She really found it annoying about Kyouya that wanting to know everything. "Oh? I thought the infamous Otoro-senpai only cared about the merits but you too, have feeling like caring about others, huh? What an amazing discovery it is, although it is only a tiny bit."
Kyouya's glasses cracked upon hearing his modified name.
"O… Otoro-senpai?" Tamaki repeated then burst into laughter as well as other, except Mori and Hani. Actually Mori and Hani found it funny too but was just being careful with their actions since Hiru was there and it was something that had to do with Kyouya which meant that their very life was on the line.
Hiru looked at others questionably since it was kind of unexpected reaction.
"Good one. Good one. You really are a commoner's other self with a lot of nerves. But did you really want to eat Otoro that much that you were confused Kyouya-senpai's name with Otoro?" The twins said laughing but were soon silenced when they felt Kyouya's pure murderous intent.
There was a moment of silence, then they noticed Hiru staring at the doorway. And when they turned around, they saw Touji standing there without them even noticing him.
"If I am not interrupting anything, I would like to talk to Hiru. There isn't any problem, right?" Touji said looking at Hiru to others.
Hiru turned to Kyouya wondering what he might do.
"If you are here as a guest, I don't see any reason why you shoudn't." Kyouya said and looked at the twins as if he was signaling something. And when he did, the twins quickly got a blank piece of paper and wrote the word 'Closed' very roughly and stick it to the door.
Hiru couldn't help but laugh. Actually for a moment, she thought of asking about the 'closed' sign but since she already knew that answer, she found it pointless to ask.
"So? What do you want to talk about?" Hiru demanded glancing at Tamaki and others who were listening to every word she was saying not far from where she was seated with Touji.
"You said last time that my father started this, right? What do you mean by that?" Touji said getting straight to the point not wanting to waste another second.
Hiru sighed. She had feeling that Touji might come back to ask her about that again although she hoped he would find it out himself since it was kind of painful for her to explain every little details. "Why don't you…" Hiru paused and clenched the compass that Tamaki gave to her, to be precise, to Haruhi which was in her hand as she felt very dizzy. "Looks like this compass thing is working…" Hiru mumbled to herself. "Alright, I will tell you…" Hiru said as she glancing at Tamaki and others thinking what they reaction might be, "Your father killed Fujioka Kotoko… Haruhi's mother."
"WHAT?!" Tamaki and others shouted, shocked.
"And you should ask the rest to Haruhi." Hiru said looking at Tamaki and others with the last energy left in her as she closed her eyes. And when those eyes were opened again a moment later…
"Where… Where am I?" Haruhi murmured as she looked around just to find herself being stared at. And then she heard Hiru's voice.
It's time for you to tell them.
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Might be continued or might be not…
::: well… I know this chapter was horrible… Actually, I am going back to my country so I am kind of busy at the moment, not to mention I won't be able to update when I go back… So I don't think I can finish this story, although I want to finish it. Well anyway, I might be able to finish it or might not be able to… So well… I am trying to write it shorter than I actually planned. I even thought of finishing this story with this chapter but since I wrote very lazily in previous chapters I couldn't finish the story… anyway that's the situation I am in now… So this might be the last chapter and if I have time to write the next chapter, the next chapter will be about Haruhi's past. I hope I can finish this story… So enjoy and ignore all the mistakes… Also thank you for reviewing my story… I really appreciate it… : ) :::