Authors' Notes: So people! It's only been two days, pretty good right? So, uyay and I bring you chapter TEN. Yes, chapter ten. Amazing right? So big thanks to all those who favorited, reviewed, and/or followed. It means a lot! You guys are amazing and don't forget to recommend to FanFiction friends! ~don't-even-ask1

Hey! So here is the tenth chapter that you guys have been patiently waiting for. Sorry about ending with a cliffhanger last time, we couldn't help ourselves. So it's past ten here, so I realize that this is a little late, but it's still within the every other day time zone that I gave you, so I don't feel too bad. Thanks for all of your support. Read and enjoy, uyay

Chapter Ten

Daichi: Good or Bad?

"Chou," Daichi growled accusingly.

Chou smiled tauntingly at Daichi and walked out of his bedroom. "Nice to see you still remember my name."

"What are you doing here?" he called after her.

When he didn't get an answer, he left his bedroom and followed Chou into the living room. She didn't look up to him as she asked in a bored tone, "Didn't you already ask me that question?"

Daichi nodded and replied, "And I will keep asking until I get a straight answer."

Chou sighed and looked up at him. "I guess I always knew you were instinct driven. That's why I let you live after you lied to me." She paused before continuing, "Following your instincts keeps you alive in this world."

"What are you doing here?" Daichi repeated firmly, refusing to get off track.

Chou grinned maniacally at him and said, "Caught that, did you?"

Daichi didn't reply but settled at glaring at Chou.

Chou rolled her eyes and said, "Fine. Down to business then."

"Thank you."

Chou sat down on Daichi's couch and motioned for Daichi to sit. After he did, Chou said, "I got the girl."

Daichi's breath seemed to catch. "What girl?"

Chou rolled her eyes. "What girl have we been chasing?"

"Haruhi," Daichi breathed.

Chou nodded. "It wasn't hard. I don't know why you weren't able to do it yourself."

"She is powerful!" Daichi defended, his mind racing.

Chou scoffed. "She wouldn't hurt a fly if she could help it. She's weak!"

Daichi resisted the urge to snap back a reply. "So now what?" he finally said.

"Now," Chou started, taking hold of Daichi's wrist in her cold hand. "Now, we go see Haruhi."

"Wha-" Daichi managed before they both disappeared.

…..Time Skip…..

"-t do you mean?" Daichi finished.

When he opened his eyes, Daichi wasn't in his house anymore. Instead, he was in a rundown large room. He seemed to recognize the location but couldn't place it. "Where are we?" he asked.

Chou looked at him and sneered, "You don't remember this place?"

Daichi took a closer look around and noticed the fallen roof, the doors and windows. "It's," he started.

"It's where your dad died, how tragic," Chou mocked. She took off walking towards the front of the warehouse. "Now come on, the water mage is chained over here."

"Chained?" Daichi asked nervously.

Chou pointed to a limp figure hanging in the front corner. "There."

The corner was dark and her hair covered her face but Daichi could tell it was Haruhi. "What are you going to do with her?" Daichi asked nervously.

"Why?" Chou asked suspiciously.

Daichi quickly thought of an excuse. "Um, I wanted to see if I could tell her off for killing my father."

Chou sighed. "Are you still hung up on that?" At Daichi's lack of response, she said, "Fine. But make it quick."

Daichi raced to Haruhi in the corner and dropped to his knees. He held her chin in his hand and lightly slapped her cheek. "Wake up, Haruhi. Come on, come on! Wake up!"

Haruhi's eyes fluttered open and her eyes roamed around, not focusing on anything. "Huh?" she asked dumbly.

"You have to get out of here," Daichi said.

"How did I get here?" Haruhi asked slurring her words.

Daichi shook his head and looked behind him to check on Chou. She was shooting her magic at several rats. "I don't know but I need to help you get out."

"Yeah!" she agreed. "I need to get home and talk to Mori. We wanted to go on a date tonight…" Her voice was tired and slurred, as if she were drugged.

Daichi sighed. "Are you drugged?"

"I don't know but whatever was in that syringe was pretty good stuff!" she cheered.

"Shh!" Daichi hushed while putting a hand over Haruhi's mouth. "Well," he said out loud to himself. "We're not getting you out of here while you're drugged so I've got to come up with another plan…"

Haruhi licked Daichi's palm and Daichi brought it back and looked at her in shock. Haruhi giggled and said, "Your hand tastes like salt."

Daichi stood and walked back to Daichi, only turning around to yell, "And don't you forget it!" Haruhi giggled in reply.

Daichi huffed as he approached Chou. She raised an eyebrow and said, "Well?"

"You didn't tell me you drugged her," he accused.

Chou shrugged. "It's easier that way."

"Not to get any answers out of her!" Daichi argued.

"Oh drop that nonsense already!" Chou chided. "Now go home and tell the club that Haruhi told you that she had to go out of town to check on her dad."

Daichi nodded. "Very well."

…..Another Time Skip…..

"Daichi, why did you call this meeting?" Tamaki asked from the head of the table in the club room at Ouran High School.

Daichi stood and said, "This is going to be a shock, but you guys have got to trust me."

"Where's Haru-chan?" Hani asked. Mori nodded in agreement with the question.

Daichi sighed. "I'm getting to that."

"What's going on?" Mori asked suspiciously, his trained eyes not leaving Daichi's.

Daichi resisted the urge to shrink back from the kendo champion and earth mage's glare and instead met it head on. "Do you trust me?"

"No," Mori said immediately.

Daichi turned to the rest of the club. "Do you guys?"

They all looked at each other uncertainly before Renge spoke up. "Well, Haruhi trusts you, and I guess that's good enough for me," she said uncertainly.

Hani, Tamaki, and Kaoru murmured in agreement.

"Kyoya-senpai?" Daichi asked, nervousness creeping into his voice.

The dark mage looked up to Daichi, his glasses flashing. "I don't know. You have not given us a reason to not trust you, but you have also not given us a reason to trust you."

Daichi nodded. "Hikaru?"

Hikaru glared at Daichi. "I don't know."

"Come on, Hika-kun!" Hani said.

Kaoru placed a hand on his brother's arm. "Come on," Kaoru said. "Haruhi trusts him, so we should too."

Hikaru held the gaze with his brother for awhile before sighing and saying, "Fine. But don't expect me not to be suspicious."

Daichi nodded. "Okay, then I'm going to come right out and say it." He took a deep breath. "Haruhi's been kidnapped by the archangel, Chou."

The whole room erupted at once.

"What?!"

"What happened?"

"I knew you were a traitor!"

"Haru-chan was kidnapped?"

One reaction stuck out though. Mori stood swiftly and in one move, had Daichi pinned against the wall. His arm was across his throat, blocking the air, and his earth magic held his arms and feet to the wall. "You. Kidnapped. Haruhi?" he asked slowly, enunciating each word as if struggling to control himself.

Which he probably was, once Daichi thought about it.

"I didn't!" Daichi protested, his voice weak and breaking. He could feel his body grow weaker without the air. "I swear!"

Mori's eyes hardened. "Sure, just like you swear she's nothing but a friend!" Mori pushed Daichi harder against the wall and Daichi had to gasp for air.

"No, dude," Daichi insisted breathlessly.

The club stood up and all reached out to stop Mori. He roared, "Don't you dare touch me or help him! He's a traitor!"

"Takashi," Hani said quietly. "Daichi didn't do this. He brought her kidnapping to our attention."

"That doesn't make him innocent," Mori insisted.

Hani shook his head and put a calming hand on Mori's arm. "Come on, let's go cool down."

Mori glared at Daichi for a long time before letting him drop to the ground. He stalked off with Hani and left the club room.

No one made to help Daichi stand. Kyoya asked, "What do you mean the 'archangel' kidnapped her?"

"I may or may not have promised Chou that I would… um….. kill Haruhi?" Daichi offered nervously. Though his eyes were hidden by the glare on his glasses, Daichi imagined Kyoya's eyes were filled with anger and distrust. Personally, he couldn't blame him.

"What do you mean-"

"You may or may not have promised Chou that you would kill Haruhi?" Hikaru snarled, finishing his brother's sentence.

"I thought that I would be able to turn the tables on her, but it didn't work. She, she-"

"She kidnaped Haruhi," Nekozawa interjected, anger in his voice.

"This should never had happened!" Daichi growled.

"But it did," Hani stated, walking in the club room doors. "Mori's meditating," he informed them before getting back to business, "and now Haru-chan is gone. What state was she in when you last saw her?"

"She was drugged." Daichi hung his head low, ashamed that he ever allowed this to happen.

"Where was she?" Kyoya pressed, tablet in hand and ready for use.

"The warehouse."

…..With Chou….

Chou watched as Daichi told the club that she had kidnapped the water mage. "Just like I thought," she growled. "That treacherous little snake."

She jumped down from her vantage point and headed towards the warehouse. She would have to change hiding locations, and fast if she wanted to do it without getting caught.

After all, she wanted quite a bit of alone time with the Fujioka girl.