"Monday … first day of our week holiday," Shina said as she sat up in her bed her kinda frumpy hair falling loose and around her, "I wonder if today will go well." She pulled back the covers and stood up walking over towards her glass windows.

Shina heard a knock on the door and turned to face the guys, all ready dressed and waiting for her. They just stared at her as she held her hair, "what? Even a model can look a little bad when she first wakes up." The twins came in and examined her all around, "you say you're not a real girl and yet you're wearing a skimpy outfit." A few seconds later she kicked everyone outside of her bedroom, "if you're so worried about me wearing skimpy outfits then let me get ready for the day. Gee you guys are such pervs when it comes to girls."

Her father sitting in to living room reading a book when the guys came down, "did you see her cute night gown?" The twins nodded their heads then Ryo sighed, "which one was it?" Hunny sat on the chair in front of him, "it was pale purple and-," he said before Ryo cut him off. "Pale purple you say? Lucy! That's her covered up version that she wears whenever her back is in pain. The pink one you should be worried about the next time." Tamaki stood over Ryo, "what do you mean by 'the pink one'? I thought she wasn't a girl and dressed like a guy." He nodded his head as he put the book on the coffee table in front of him, "she does like to refer to herself as a guy, and yes she is a girl, but it's complicated once you know the facts."

The twins: What facts?

Ryo: Of her past life before she transferred to Ouran.

"Huh," they all said in unison.

"Well to start off," he began, "you need to know a little about Sakura."

"Who's Sakura," asked the twins then Kyoya, "her late mother."

[going back in time-her dad telling the story)

Sakura was weak to begin with; I'm surprised she even survived the pregnancy with Shina. While she was still young, we moved to America and went to France on her summer breaks. Shina loved it over there even though we went every summer because of her mother. Every time we went to the doctor Shina would travel around with a maid or a butler and play together. But one time, when she was around four or five, she and the butler got separated because of a summer sale on coats or something, I forget which. Anyways, she got separated but had already memorized that part of town and went to the park.

(Tamaki: A park?)

(Ryo: Don't bother me while I'm telling the story!!!)

(Tamaki: Sorry, continue.)

Like I was saying, she went to the park and started to play in the sandbox that was there. She told me about it, she said it was a bit weird but very uplifting from her usual mood. She met two boys and was about to get hurt when another boy showed up, she also told me that because of him the two from before let them alone. 'He was nice,' she said, 'he said he would be my friend as long as I'm doing well.' That was the first time that she ever met a friend. She also said that she gave him her necklace so that he could remember her even after she left.

(Hunny: What kind of necklace?)

(Ryo: Why do I keep on getting interfered?)

(Kyoya: Learning more about a friend's background is always polite.)

(Ryo: It was her mother's ok!?)

(The twins: Continue!)

Well, after we boarded the plane back to America Shina looked out the window like she usually did and told me, 'I hope we get to come back so I can meet my friend again!' I knew that she wasn't going to because it was her last trip to France. Her mother fell deadly ill and didn't get better. After she passed I told Shina that we would move back to Japan and live there since it was her mother's wish to live in America. Shina agreed and didn't speak to me since. She went to the Japanese schools and re-learned how to speak Japanese since American-English was her first language and French was her second because of the maids and butlers.

(Hikaru: That explains a lot then.)

(Kaoru: You can tell in her voice that Japanese wasn't her first language.)

(Ryo: A broken voice?)

(Kyoya: No just you can tell sometimes by the way she says some words in a sort of broken accent.)

(Tamaki: Then how did Ruri, Crystal and Van come into the picture?)

It was the second year of middle school for her and the first year for the girls. After she met them and their mothers she came home with them. Saki and Taki came rushing through the door holding Shina by the arms and yelling at me. 'Why didn't you call us and say that you had a daughter?' They let her go and she told them in a harsh voice, 'my father has the right to keeping secrets too you know…' she turned back to face me, 'even if he is an idiot.' Those were the first words she spoke to me since her mother died. I was so happy that I held her tight as she punched me for the first time. After that, I guess was my fault because she started to act like nobody can touch her; she grew bitter and even more cold than she already was to start out.

(The twins: So it was your fault that she started to act like a guy?)

(Ryo: Yeah …)

After that year she started to wear the boys' uniforms and control everything around her. Her grandmother heard that Sakura was dead and left a daughter behind. She quickly moved in and took control over the small business that I had started and combined hers with mine. She even forced Shina to take dancing lessons and forced her to sing in the school chorus, and even act in the school plays. Ah, and before you say anything she got straight failing grades, and yes her grandmother was upset but realized that her teacher gave her grades for walking. She realized how thin she was and made her go to a model try-out and won! That's why she's so popular in the model world because of her walking and her figure-which I found disturbing.

(Hunny: She likes to model doesn't she?)

(Ryo: Only because she was told that if she was good then she could travel the world.)

(The twins: She only wanted to go back to France huh?)

(Ryo: Only to get the necklace back from that boy she met.)

It wasn't until her first year in high school that she met Van. Come to think of it, she brought him and the girls home three days after that mysterious earthquake. By then she was already well known for her voice, her dancing, and her modeling as well as her ability to speak more than one language. I was, of course, very proud of her until she came home one night without her grandmother with a deep wound across her back. She healed quickly but was in trouble with her grandmother and wasn't allowed to go to school, she staid home and trained until she bleed from almost everywhere. The wound on her back healed and didn't even show it was there besides her two scared birthmarks.

(Hikaru: The two evenly spaced scars near her shoulder blades?)

(Kaoru: Those things are her birthmarks?)

(Ryo: She got those from me because I have the same ones on my back as well.)

(Tamaki: Why'd she come to Ouran?)

Because her grandmother thought it would be better for her since she ran off with van a lot. I found out the reason why she always did and told her to keep it a secret from her grandmother, she agreed to it and as the result we were both forced to transfer to this district. She didn't come home on her first day but called and said that she was at a beach, Shina also said that she was having a bit of fun being with a group of guys that didn't see her as this super person but just a normal teenaged girl.

[end)

"I also love the fact that you treat her as though she were part of your family despite the fact that her grandmother forced her too," Ryo said rubbing his head and staring at the coffee table. The guys smiled at her father and continued to listen, "the day she came back she worked a bit harder and was-," he was cut off. "I think they know from there father!" They all turned around to face a fully dressed Shina. Tamaki stood right by her, "are you glad that we became your friends!?" She rubbed her bangs to the side, "why do you ask such dumb questions all the time?"

Hunny: We all love Tama-chan for asking us to join and we were just wondering ourselves.

Shina: Well …

Tamaki: And, and?

She turned her head back to Tamaki and slapped him across the back making him coil in pain while he stared at her, "so far, it's the most fun I'd had my entire life." His puppy face came out as Hunny and the twins laughed with joy. Tamaki hugged her as her face twitched, "you're having lots of fun because of us aren't you?" She gripped her fists and punched him, "haven't I told you not to hug me!? I'll teach you for not listening to me!!" She ran after him until she got him and started to pound his head on the floor, at least until the twins pulled her off of him and held her back. A maid came by suddenly with an ice pack, stuck it on his head, and left.

Shina: Heh … at least my maids know what to do since I do the same thing to my father all the time.

Tamaki: Does your grandmother punish you for it?

Shina: She says I should try harder since he still lives.

The twins: Why does she say that?

Shina: I don't know! She just says that I should but I don't!

Tamaki: You like France don't you?

Shina: You lived there, you should know.

"True, true," he said rubbing the ice pack more on his head while the twins still held on even though she wasn't struggling, "it has that feeling I guess. But what did that boy look like and what did your necklace look like?" Her eyes became big as her legs gave way and the twins slowly let her down while a dark shadow fell over her face.

Shina: I haven't thought about it in a long time.

The twins: Are you ok?

Shina: I still bleed through scarred wounds.

Tamaki: Gomen!

She looked up at him with a smile, "don't be … the more I think of it, the more it hurts. But," she said as she closed her eyes to think, "I don't really remember the boy but the necklace I do!" Tamaki took a step closer while the twins got in his way and asked her, "then will you describe it for us?" She looked at them while they helped her up, "why? You might not find it." They waved their hands at her, "don't under estimate us ok? Now describe!"

She blinked and thought about it, "it's the size of … um … an egg but its round like a circle." The twins nodded as they took notes. "An engraved star in the middle …" they nodded again, "… and … umm … it has a crescent moon on the back," they nodded some more, "and it's as thin as a coin but opens up because it's a picture holder." The twins looked up from their notes, "a picture holder? Was there a picture of you in there?" She shook her head, "not that I can recall but it's also gold, or gold-ish by this time." They nodded their heads and ran for Kyoya, "can we feed this into your computer to get a better picture of our mission?"

Night time came fast. In a moonlit bedroom a hand reaches inside a drawer and pulls out her necklace. The hand gripped it tight as it came close to their face. It was the same boy that she met-only he was older now, "Shina … I'm sorry for not seeing that it was you from the beginning." The moon shone on his face to show that he had blonde hair and blue eyes, he opened it up to see no pictures in it, "I should've known it was you." He said as his face came into better view … it … was … Tamaki.