Yes, I finally crawled out of my dark cave to write on this story! (pulls cobwebs out of hair) Heh... Well, enjoy this chapter of Our Ouran Basket! But first-

Special Thanks To These Reviewers (Chapter Dedication):

x-twilight-x: For the idea of Akito cornering a host! Except, I had him corner all of them instead. Because Akito's bad like that...you don't know how tempted I was to just have Takashi or Honey "accidentally" kill Akito. Grr...I can't stand Akito.

EmilyIsisNephthys: For encouraging me so much when I was really down on this chapter! You really motivated me to continue this story, so thanks a bundle buddy!

Enicia24: For the idea of having a fashion show! That was a good idea, it didn't get a lot of air time but I hope you still like it. And thanks for reviewing like, all of my stories!

So now, please enjoy the chapter!

Haruhi and Tohru panted as they entered Shigure's house. They had run through the forest that led to the house. Kyo and Yuki looked up in surprise at Tohru and the visitor, while Shigure put on his best charming smile and scooted towards Haruhi.

"Well hello there, I believe we met before," he said.

"Yes, nice to see you again Shigure-san." Haruhi said.

"And thanks for letting me stay over your house for the night," Haruhi said as she and Tohru made their way to Tohru's room. Kyo and Yuki perked up.

"What...did sh- he just say about staying over?" Yuki asked.

"Oh, you didn't know?" Shigure displayed a taunting smile, "Tohru invited Haruhi-kun to stay the night."

"And you let him?!" Kyo and Yuki shouted.

Shigure cowered a bit. "Well...Tohru should be able to have friends too, right? Besides, I'm sure Haruhi-kun wouldn't do anything bad to our flower...she is a host after all," he said, and turned around so Kyo and Yuki couldn't see the smirk on his face. 'Ha! I know something they didn't know!'

To his surprise, Yuki or Kyo didn't jump up yelling, "WHAT?!"

"Wait-" Shigure said, turning around, "You mean you already know about Haruhi-kun?"

"Duh," Kyo and Yuki said in unison.

Knock, knock, knock

"Coming!" Shigure sang and went to open the door. He opened it to find none other than Haru, Momiji and Hatori. "Well, well, what a surprise!"

"This is going to be so much fun," Tohru said happily as she sat on the bed next to Haruhi. "So, what should we do?"

"Well..." Haruhi, who didn't have much experience in slumber parties, truly had no idea what to do. "I suppose we should-"

"Haruhi, Haruhi! Tohru, Tohru!" There was a couple of knocks at the door.

"That sounds like Momiji-kun," Tohru said. She went to the door and opened it. Surely enough, Momiji was standing in the doorway, along with a bored looking Haru.

"Hi Tohru, Haruhi!" Momiji greeted. The blond boy pouted a bit before saying, "I didn't know you were having a sleep-over! Can I join too, huh Tohru?"

"Well..." Tohru sent a distressed at Haruhi.

"Of course he can," Haruhi said. Tohru and Momiji cheered. Haruhi suddenly felt guilty that she had ditched the hosts. They would've loved to have a sleep over. Then again, Shigure's house probably wasn't big enough for all of the demanding, rich bastards.

"I have the perfect game we can play," Haru said with a smirk. Tohru and Haruhi sweat dropped as little glints of fire rose in Haru and Momiji's eyes, and behind them, so did Shigure's. Hatori seemed to be the only sane person in the hallway.

"Er- wait!" Haruhi yelled when she found herself in Haru and Momiji's grasp.

"You have really girly features like Yuki...let's play," Haru whispered, sending chills down Haruhi's spine.

"Yes darling, let's play," someone from the doorway said.

Haruhi stared at herself in the mirror. She was in the most frilly thing she had ever worn before. Ayame had brought the thing over- complete with ribbons for her hair and a matching dress for Tohru. It was almost as if Ayame knew she was a girl...Haruhi shook that thought off. There was no way- 'Then again...at times it can be obvious.'

Haruhi sighed and examined the peach colored dress further. It went to her knees and it had a white sash around it that she tied around her stomach. It actually hugged her in all the 'right' places. If one of the hosts had seen her in the get up, they would've went into overdrive. Haruhi stared blankly at herself. 'Why do I feel so guilty all of a sudden?' she wondered.

"Oh Haruhi-kun! We're waiting!"

"This is just sick," Haruhi mumbled. Tohru had already went into the living area, gotten her applause, blushed a bunch, then sat down. Now it was Haruhi's turn and she knew she would regret every moment of it. It was bad enough being ogled over in the host club, but now the Sohmas were going to do it too!

She made her way into the living area and, to her surprise there was silence. Widened eyes stared at her and Haruhi could feel herself melting under the intense stares.

'Why did I do this?' Haruhi wondered. Sense started to flood back into her slowly.

'I'm supposed to be a boy...they must think I'm a cross-dresser.' It didn't dawn on Haruhi that she was already a cross-dresser. Blood rushed to her cheeks. Just as she could feel her face begin to burn she saw a bright light.

"Picture," Haru said.

"What? Don't go around taking pictures!" Haruhi yelled.

Suddenly, a light flickered on in Haru's mind. He smirked inwardly. Then he stood up and sauntered over to Haruhi as Ayame snapped more pictures and Hatori told him to stop.

"Pretty good charade," Haru said, keeping his voice so that only Haruhi could hear him.

"W-what do you mean?" Haruhi asked.

"You know." Haru replied.

Haruhi was about to say something in response, when suddenly a loud SLAM sounded from behind her and she could feel the cold wind of outside on her back. In the doorway, stood Tamaki panting heavily, Kyouya's glinting glasses, Takashi's impassive expression, Honey's wide eyes, and the twins shocked ones.

"H-Haruhi...?" At first, Tamaki's face turned as red as the red roses he always carried around. He couldn't help but think Haruhi was beautiful in the dress. When he finally noticed all the Sohmas that were around, he gasped and pointed an accusing finger at his 'daughter' "HARUHI! What're you doing?"

"Tamaki-sempai," Haruhi yelled as Tamaki grabbed her wrist. She frowned and snatched it away. Tamaki froze; the look in her eyes was deadly. "Don't you know any better than to burst through other people's doors?"

Meanwhile, Shigure was crying waterfalls of tears over his door which was broken once again, by enraged teenagers. The twins stepped over top of Shigure and went to Haruhi's sides. As well as Kyouya, Takashi, and Honey.

"Haruhi...have you forgotten your secret?" Kyouya whispered in her ear.

"No, I haven't forgotten anything Sempai," Haruhi said, glaring at him. "But I think you've all forgotten your manners."

"But we were worried about you Haruhi!" Tamaki half way yelled.

"I don't need you to worry about me," Haruhi snapped. The boys froze as Haruhi turned to the Sohmas and bowed a little, "I'm sorry for this." she said, then turned back to face her friends. "Sometimes, I really just wish you all would leave me alone. I'm not some child- and I'm defiantly not some daughter- that you need to constantly keep an eye on."

"I see." Tamaki said. He turned to his fellow hosts and said, "Let's leave."

"But-" the twins were about to protest, then Tamaki gave them a look they had never seen from him before, and quickly shut their mouths.

"We'll talk about this later then," Kyouya said to Haruhi by looking over his shoulders. He ushered everyone else out the door and left Haruhi standing there. She clenched and unclenched her fists, not quite sure what to do next.

"Haruhi..." Tohru whispered.

Haruhi sighed and faced the other brunette girl, "Sorry Tohru. I didn't mean to cause something like this to happen...they can just be so random sometimes."

"I think you hurt their feelings," Shigure said as he had finally picked himself up off the floor. "Was it really necessary to um- yell at them like that?"

Haruhi paused and looked down at the floor. "I didn't mean to yell at them...but I don't think they would get the point if I didn't," she concluded.

Tamaki trudged through the forest, his friends behind him. The twins shared whispers to each other while everyone else remained silent. Suddenly, Tamaki stopped dead in his tracks, causing more than one person to collide into his back.

"Hey, why'd you stop? The limos are still-" Hikaru said, then he saw it too. He nudged Kaoru, and his twin nodded to confirm that he saw the shadow too.

"Who's there?" Tamaki asked. The shadow passed through the trees again, and Tamaki nearly jumped out of his skin. "M-Mommy!" he jumped behind Kyouya. "Y-you can handle this, right?"

Kyouya sighed and adjusted his glasses. They glinted in the darkness. "We know you're there. So why don't you just come out?"

There was a low laugh before the shadow stepped out and revealed himself. The man before them reminded the hosts of Yuki, only with darker hair and a somehow dark aura around him. His smile was so sinister it sent chills down their spines.

"Well, I see we finally get to meet," Akito said, coming closer to Kyouya. The latter didn't flinch, but a bead of sweat slowly formed on his head.

"Who are you?" Kyouya finally managed. It wasn't like him to be nervous, but there was something about this person that set him off. He didn't like where this could lead.

"I'm Sohma Akito," Akito said, as if he needed no introduction at all. He smirked and stood just inches away from Kyouya's face. "And who might you be?"

"Ootori Kyouya," he answered, managing to match the 'no need for introductions' tone that Akito had held and mixing the same coldness into it as well. Akito's eyes narrowed as he and Kyouya shared a staring contest- and it seemed to infuriate him when Kyouya won.

"Exactly what do you think gives you the right to befriend any Sohma?" Akito suddenly spat out at him.

"I'm afraid I don't know what you mean," Kyouya stated calmly, which only served to send Akito over the edge. Before Kyouya could do anything, he felt the stinging sensation of being slapped on his cheek. He was caught so off guard by Akito's sudden attack that he stumbled over into the ground, holding his injured face and staring up at Akito in shock. He'd only gotten one smack like that before, and that had been from his father. That had been natural; this was just crazy.

"Kyouya!" Tamaki yelled and ran to his best friends' side while Takashi held Akito back from Kyouya. The man looked as if he was planning on lunging onto Kyouya at any second.

"Why the hell-" Hikaru started, but Akito's mouth was quicker and louder as he struggled against Takashi's iron grip.

"Who do you think you are? All of you! You think you can just work your way into this- my family? You'll never be able to step into our world! Nor will I allow you near the Honda!"

"You can't keep us away from Toh-chan or anyone!" Honey yelled back, tears filling his brown eyes.

Akito laughed loudly and long, tilting his head back. Just as quickly as he had stated his maniac laugh, it ended and he snapped his head down and glared at Honey. "That's may be true...but Ihave complete control over every Sohma. I'll make their lives living hell if you dare to go near them again!"

"You can't control them," Tamaki said and stood up. "I don't know who you are exactly, but I know that every human has the right to live his or her live however they want without someone else having total control."

"They don't," Akito answered. He glared in Tamaki's violet eyes with his own hate filled orbs, and whispered, "I'll make sure that Tohru and all the others wish they had never met you. We wouldn't want to get any of them hurt, would we Suoh?"

Tamaki's eyes widened- how did this Akito person now his name? He was shocked at Akito's words that he forgot who his father was. How...what did he mean he would hurt them? Sure, he could find a search team to track down Akito if anything really did happen, all of the hosts could, but that didn't change the fact that someone would end up hurt.

Akito chuckled and watched realization etch onto the teenagers features. He snatched away from Takashi and slipped back into the shadows without another word.

Haruhi laid in bed next to Tohru. It was dark, and Haruhi wondered if Tohru was asleep. She sighed and rolled over. What had she been thinking- dressing up for the Sohmas? 'How was I supposed to know those idiots would burst through the door?'

She mentally scolded herself for her actions. Once everything had settled down, she could no longer grasp onto her feeling of anger at her friends. They would always worry about her, that would never change. Even though she knew that, she had let her temper get the best of her. Sure she wanted privacy, and some time away from Tamaki and the others for awhile- but not at the cost of getting everyone angry at her- especially over something so petty.

"Haruhi?"

Haruhi turned back around and faced Tohru. "Yeah?"

"I think...I think you should apologize to Tamaki-san and the others..."

"I know," Haruhi replied. Despite the darkness, Haruhi could tell that Tohru was smiling.

"That's good. I don't think they meant to be so- um...loud. I think it's sweet that they would worry about you so much. That means they really care about you."

Haruhi hadn't thought of it that way. She sighed. How much of a fool had she been?

"Thanks Tohru. I'll apologize to them tomorrow," she said.

Just as she said that, her cell phone started to ring. "I hope Dad isn't calling this late. He already knows I'm here," she whispered. She was surprised when she saw Tamaki's number on the Caller I.D.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Haruhi...you need to get out of that house- now," Tamaki said, almost so lowly that Haruhi couldn't hear him.

"Look Sempai, I know you're mad at me and all but I hardly think that's a reason to leave tonight."

"That's not it Haruhi!" Tamaki sounded so frantic that Haruhi jumped up. "It's this...this Akito person. I think he's going to do something horrible."

"Who's Akito?" Haruhi asked.

Tohru's eyes shot open and she sat up so quickly that she almost got whip-lash. She turned on her lamp and stared at Haruhi, "Haruhi, whose on the phone?"

Haruhi looked at Tohru and saw the shocked expression on the other girls' face, mixed with Tamaki's frantic explanation of what had happened in the forest- she knew something was wrong.

"Okay Sempai, calm down," she said and looked at Tohru, "Do you know a Sohma Akito?"

"I have to get Shigure-san," Tohru said. Haruhi didn't know Tohru could run so fast- she was already out of the room by the time Haruhi blinked.

"Haruhi...please...get out of that house," Tamaki said.

A/N: Well, since I'm doing like two other stories I've decided to make the next chapter the last. It's going to be filled with action (hint, hint) so look out for it because I'm going to be working on it as soon as possible.

Thanks to everyone who has stuck with this story and I'm proud to say that it's going to be the first story I've actually finished!