Chapter Ten

My eyes slowly fluttered open at the sound of my cell phone going off. When I looked around me, I realized I had fallen asleep at the computer.

"What time is it?" I groaned, wiping my eyes. I looked at the clock and noticed it was 12 o'clock noon. "Holy jeez! I slept in that long?" I quickly got up and wiped the drool from off my face, when I heard my phone ring again.

I grabbed the cellular device from off my bed and checked the caller ID. "Oh, it's Haruhi." I pushed the talk button and pressed the phone to my ear. "Hello?"

"Hey Hikaru, how are you doing?"

"Good."

"Well, that's good," she smiled. "I was worried about you last night."

"No need to worry about me Haruhi, I'm fine. I'm glad you called though. I needed to ask a favor of you."

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Would you mind getting Honey-sempai and Mori-sempai and meeting me here? I wanted to talk to you guys about something."

There was a long pause on the other end of the phone.

"Haruhi?"

"Yeah, I'll do that."

I smiled. "Thanks, I'll see you in a bit." Before she could say anything, I hung up the phone and went into the bathroom to change clothes.

I could tell Haruhi was still upset that I wanted to summon my brother. But I didn't care. I had to do something to be able to contact my brother. And this seemed like the only reasonable option.

About an hour later, Honey-sempai, Mori-sempai, and Haruhi all came over and I had them head up into my room.

"Hey guys, thanks for coming over."

"No problem Hika-chan! We all know you're worried and upset about Kao-chan," Honey-sempai said.

I gave him a soft smile. "Thanks sempai, I'm glad I could always turn to you guys for help."

"So," Haruhi stepped in. "You said you wanted to talk to us about something. What was it?"

The three pairs of eyes stared at me, and I took in a long, deep breath. "I figured out how I'm going to summon Kaoru."

"R-Really?" Honey-sempai asked.

I nodded.

"Well, what is it?" Haruhi asked.

"I…I'm going to do a séance."

The room stayed silent for a moment until Honey-sempai broke the dead silence.

"A s-s-séance?"

"That's right."

"And just how exactly are you going to do that Hikaru?" Haruhi asked. "First of all, you need a medium to be able to conduct one. Do you even know any mediums?"

I put a finger to my lip and thought. I didn't exactly know anyone with psychic abilities. But I did know someone with dark magic abilities. So maybe…

"Nekozawa-sempai!" I exclaimed.

Haruhi sighed. "Why him? He's not even a psychic!"

"Yeah, well…he's familiar with the dark arts so…I think that's the same as being psychic."

"No Hikaru, it's not."

"Well, I at least have to try. It's the only thing I came up with so, I'm not stopping until we try this stupid séance."

The three swapped glances and then looked back at me.

"Alright Hikaru, you win," Haruhi said. "You can hold your séance."

"We'll support you all the way," Honey-sempai said.

"Hm," Mori-sempai nodded in agreement.

"Thanks you guys," I smiled softly.

"So…how are we going to conduct this séance?" Haruhi asked.

"Well, first off we need to get a hold of Nekozawa-sempai. Then we'll go from there." I took out my cell and dialed Nekozawa-sempai's number. Surprisingly, he answered.

"Hello, Nekozawa speaking."

"H-Hi Nekozawa-sempai…"

"Ah, the Hitachiin boy, how may I be of service to you? Did you want to put a curse on somebody?"

"N-No."

"Then why have you called?" he asked.

"I…I wanted to ask a favor of you."

"Hm? And what might that be?"

"I…I was wondering if you could help me and my friends hold a séance."

He paused for a moment, trying to think of what to say. "Sure, I'll help you."

That took me by surprise. "Y-You will?"

"Sure, I'd help anyone who's trying to practice Black Magic."

"Thank you sempai! You have no idea how much this means to me!"

"Meet me in the Black Magic clubroom; we will conduct the séance there."

I nodded. "I'll be there shortly, bye." I hung up the phone and looked at my friends. "Looks like we're going to the Black Magic clubroom."

We all went downstairs, out of the mansion, got into my limo, and drove off to Ouran Academy.

"So…how does a séance work Hika-chan?" Honey-sempai asked.

"I…don't really know. All I'm sure of is that you have a psychic chant the person's name and then their ghost appears before you."

"S-Sounds scary!"

"Yeah, but I'm not backing down from this. Not at all."

"You sound awfully brave Hikaru, I've never seen you like this," Haruhi said.

"Yeah well, I've never had a twin brother die before."

She stayed silent after my comment and then looked out the window.

After about fifteen minutes of silence, we arrived at the front gates of Ouran.

"Well, let's go," I said, getting out of the car.

Everyone followed me as I walked inside of the school and to the Black Magic Club. When we walked in there, the only thing that was used for light were lighted candles, and all the windows were covered by curtains.

"Man, can this room get any more dark?" I asked.

"Welcome everyone, please come in," I heard Nekozawa-sempai's voice say in the darkness.

"Um, we could if we saw more."

"No, that is out of the question. We need the room dimly lit before we can conduct the séance."

I shrugged. "Yeah, whatever, let's just conduct this séance already."

"Oh, pushy aren't we? Fine then, do you have an idea for your medium?"

"Yeah, you," I said, pointing at him.

He smirked. "I figured you'd want a professional like me to be your medium. Alright, I'll do it."

Haruhi's jaw dropped. "You can't be serious! You're not a psychic sempai! This could never work!"

"Do not doubt the skills of the Black Magic Club!"

Haruhi raised her hands in defense, and I cleared my throat.

"So uh, how do we conduct this thing?"

Nekozawa-sempai smiled and walked over to a round table which was set with a basket full of bread in the center and candles lit all around it. "If you are looking to bring forth a spirit, you need to lay out aromatic food and many candles. This helps attract spirits who still seek physical nourishment."

"Does Kao-chan still seek physical nourishment?" I heard Honey-sempai ask.

"I don't know," Mori-sempai replied.

"Now, everyone come over here. We will all hold hands in this circle and bring forth…um…"

"Kaoru," I said.

"Right, Kaoru Hitachiin."

Everyone gathered around the circle, and took hold of each others hands.

"Before we begin, is there anyone here who might not be able to handle this séance?"

Without hesitation, all eyes turned to Honey-sempai.

"Even though this is scary, and I would never do something like it normally, I'm not backing down. I told Hika-chan that we were supporting him. And that means I'm not chickening out of this séance!"

I smiled. "Thanks sempai."

"Alright then, everyone ready?" We all nodded. "Good, now everyone take each other's hands."

I looked around and saw Nekozawa-sempai take Honey-sempai and Mori-sempai's hands, Mori-sempai take hold of Haruhi's hand, and I took hold of Honey-sempai and Haruhi's.

"Now, everyone repeat after me." Nekozawa-sempai took in a deep breath, and began the chant. "Our beloved Kaoru, we bring you gifts from life into death. Commune with us, Kaoru, and move among us."

Once Nekozawa-sempai was done reciting the chant, we all repeated it after him. "Our beloved Kaoru, we bring you gifts from life into death. Commune with us, Kaoru, and move among us."

We waited for a moment for some sort of response, but so far, nothing happened.

"Sempai…did we do this right?"

"Give it time," he said.

A couple more minutes passed, and still nothing happened.

I sighed. "Sempai…it didn't work. Let's try something-"

My eyes widened as I noticed the table starting to shake.

"W-What's happening?" Honey-sempai asked, starting to let go of Mori-sempai's hand.

"No! Do not let go of each other's hands! That will break the circle and send the spirit back!" Nekozawa-sempai yelled.

As the whole room started to shake and things started to fall, a faded shape started to take form on the table.

"What is that?" Haruhi yelled?

The shape finally took it's form and I stared at it in surprise.

"Kaoru…"

Phew! Finally done! Sorry for the long wait guys, I wasn't feeling real well and being sick took a lot out of me. But I hope you all like the update! It's been a while… Please review! Your reviews inspire me to write! Love you all!