Hi guys! So so so SO sorry i haven't updated for a while! I would've updated last week, but i was stupid and broke my leg. it hurt. like hell. Then I found out that the break was worse than we thought and I had to have surgery on Monday. So, I've been loopy alittle bit for the last couple of days. Anyway, thank you for being loyal readers and putting up with the wait. Here is you reward!

Declaimer: you know where. i also own Noriko and Daichi. read and you will know.

"Ney, Takuma! Why can't we go into your house already?" the twins asked.

"Kaito told me to keep you guys out here until she got here with Haruhi-sempai." Takuma explained as he and the rest of the Host Club waited outside in the front yard.

"By the way," Kyoya began, taking a drink out of his lemonade. "Where are your parents?"

"Mom and Dad went out for the day. We're actually holding a family reunion this break. So, I'm guessing that they went out to get some extra stuff."

"Your family is gonna come here, Taku-chan?!" Hunny asked excitedly.

"Hai, Hunny-sempai. Only the Kutsunai family, though. We have one every year around this time." Takuma replied.

Takuma looked up when a branch broke off from the tree above him and saw Tamaki climbing up it.

"Milord, what are you doing?" the twins asked from the tire swing below.

"I'm looking for my daughters! They should be here by now!" Tamaki snapped, holding onto the tree trunk with one arm and binoculars in the other.

"Tamaki, don't worry," Takuma said. "They'll be here soon."

Hunny was busy running after a small family of bunnies he had discovered, the twins were swinging back and forth on the tire swing, Takuma sat under the tree with a book, and Kyoya and Mori were sitting at the picnic bench next to the tree.

"Hey," Kaoru suddenly said. "What's that dust cloud over there?"

The others turned their attention to the fast moving dust cloud and starred.

"It's about time they got here." Takuma muttered.

"Are Haruhi and Kaito on an ATV?" Hikaru asked.

"MY DAUGHTERS ARE ON A SCREAMING METAL DEATH TRAP!! SOMEONE DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS AND THEY GO FLYING INTO A FIERY DEATH!!" Tamaki screamed from the tree when he found that it really was Haruhi and Kaito on the ATV.

"Oi! Tamaki! Calm down! You're gonna hurt yourself freaking out like that!" Takuma yelled up the tree.

2.5 seconds later, Tamaki fell face first to the ground.

"Too late. He died." the twins stated.

'The screaming metal death trap', as Tamaki called it, came zooming over the hills and screeched to a stop a couple of feet away from the house.

"WOOOHOO!! I haven't had that much fun in a while!" Kaito excalimed. As she tried to climb off, she was held down by Haruhi's iron grip.

"Uh, Mulan? You okay? Hello! Haruhi?" she said, trying to snap Haruhi out of her state of shock.

"That. Was. Terrible." Haruhi finally managed to say.

With Kaito's help, she was able to get of the ATV and start walking.

"For God's sake, Kaito! I told you to pick her up, not scare her half to death!" Takuma called.

"Ah, shut it, Takuma! She's just in shock," Kaito turned to Haruhi and smiled weakly. "Hehe, sorry, by the way, Haruhi."

Haruhi blinked a couple of time and smiled.

"It's okay," she assured Kaito. "I've never ridden on an ATV before. I'm fine."

Tamaki suddenly regained consciousness and grabbed Haruhi and hugged her.

"MY DARLING DAUGHTER! ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE ALRIGHT?!" Tamaki shrieked.

"Sempai, I'm fine. Put me down. Now!" Haruhi said in a dangerously low voice.

As Tamaki obeyed, Hunny walked up with a bunny in his arms.

"Now that Haru-chan and Kai-chan are here, we can go into the house, right?" he asked.

"Hai! Come on in!" the duo said, happily opening the door.

"Yay! Commoners home tour! Commoners home tour!" the twins yelled, grabbing their bags and running into the house.

As they all followed them in, Haruhi took notice of the house. It wasn't a hugh, over elaborate mansion like the others had. It was a good sized town house with two floors and a lot of space.

"Then again," Haruhi thought. "This is their vacation house. But, for some reason, I have a feeling that their actual house isn't that much bigger."

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"Aw come on! I so just chopped your head off!" Kaito excalimed.

"If you did, I'd be headless right now, but I'm not so NYA!" Hikaru said, sticking his tongue out at Kaito as he pushed more buttons on the PS2 controller.

"Takashi! It's your turn now." Hunny said happily.

Mori smiled as he and Hunny played a commoners game that was strangely called 'Candy Land'.

"Curse you, you evil cards! Place yoursleves in a formation and let me win at least once! Please!" Tamaki begged the computer.

"Milord, you can move that card right there, then that one over there." Kaoru said, pointing at different spots on the Solitaire game.

"Oh ho, Kaoru! Good eye!" Tamaki said.

"Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves." Haruhi stated.

"Yeah, even Kyoya-sempai looks somewhat happy." Takuma laughed as he and Haruhi watched Kyoya reading silently in the corner.

"What about you, Haruhi," Takuma asked. "Are you having fun?"

"Yes, actually. It's nice to be here with friends ado nothing for a change." she laughed.

"Glad you're enjoying yourself." Takuma replied.

Suddenly, the smell of something burning drifted through the air.

"Carp!" Takuma cried, running back into the kitchen.

Haruhi walked in just as Takuma opened the oven and a puff of smoke came out.

"Yeah, our oven's not the most reliable in the world." Takuma coughed as he pulled out the now burnt cookies.

"Oh well, we can always make more." Haruhi said.

"Or buy some. Buying them is easier out here," Takuma replied. "On the up side, we have lots of cookie dough. And cookie dough is GOOD."

Haruhi laughed at that last comment and helped Takuma clean up the kitchen.

"Hey, I wanted to thank you." Takuma murmured.

"What for?"

"For being our friend, especially Kaito's," Takuma replied. "I think it's awesome that she has a girl friend like you to talk to. Most of the other girls made fun of her and treated her like shit. But, to her, you're like the older sister she never had. So, thanks."

"No problem." Haruhi smiled slightly.

A noise outside caught their attention. It sounded like a car.

"Hey! Mom and Dad are home!" Takuma exclaimed.

"What?! Really?!" Kaito yelled, dropping her controller.

"Yeah, come on guys!" Takuma called as he and Kaito ran out the door.

As they waited outside, a man climbed out of the drivers seat of the shiny red van. He had dark dark brown hair and friendly, calming hazel eye that seemed to sparkle when he smiled. On top of all that, he was very tall. Like, almost the same height as Mori tall. Not quite, but really really close.

"Dad!" the duo shrieked as the ran over to their father.

"Taku, Kai! How are you guys, we missed you so much!" he laughed.

"Come meet our friends, dad!" Kaito said, pulling her father with her.

"Guys, this is our dad. Dad, meet our friends, Tamaki, Kyoya, Haruhi, Mori, Hunny, Hikaru, and Kaoru." Takuma announced, pointing to each person as he said their names.

"Hi, Mr. Kutsunai!" everyone greeted happily.

"You can call me Daichi if you want. Or uncle, either one is fine." Daichi said happily.

A high pitched squeek could be heard from inside the car as a woman ran out full speed toward the Host Club members.

"New friends! It's so wonderful that Taku and Kai brought over friends! It's nice to meet all of you." a smaller woman said happily as she screeched to a halt at the porch.

She was noticeably shorter than her husband, but not that short. She was about the same height as the twins. She had dark red hair that had noticeable black streaks in it. Her eyes were probably what caught Haruhi's attention the most, though. They were a dark green. A darker green than an emerald and were simply beautiful.

"By the way, I'm Noriko. Takuma and Kaito's mother, if you haven't already guessed. But, you can call me aunty if you want!" the hyper active woman chirped.

"It is an honor to meet you, lovely aunty." Tamaki said, kissing Noriko's hand.

"You're quite the charmer," Noriko giggled. "Come on inside and I'll show you some of my tricks on how to play solitaire."

"How did you-" Tamaki began astonished.

"Mothers always know." Noriko winked.

As they walked into the house, Daichi walked up to Kyoya.

"You're the third son of the Ootori family, correct?"

"That's right sir." Kyoya said happily.

"Ah, good, I've been hoping I would get to talk to the future heir of the Ootori business." Daichi smiled.

Kyoya seemed to be somewhat shocked at what he'd said, but kept his cool and continued to talk.

"Your parents are really nice." Haruhi commented to Takuma.

"Yup, they really are." he replied.

"Takuma! Did you try to make cookies again, I can smell the smoke." Noriko called.

At his mothers comment, Takuma turned bright red.

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"Alright everyone," Noriko chimed. "We're gonna go to bed, we'll see you kids bright and early tomorrow morning for our fun day!"

"Ney, what are we doing, Aunty?" the twins asked.

"Well, we were planning on going to the beach if you kids are up to it." Daichi said.

"Are we ever!" everyone exclaimed.

"Crap," Haruhi thought. "Of all the thing I packed, I forgot a bathing suit. Oh well."

"You can borrow one of my bathing suits if you need one Haruhi. We're about the same size so it should fit." Kaito chirped, as if reading Haruhi's mind.

"Uh, yeah, thanks a lot Kaito." Haruhi said.

"Aunty Noriko, Uncle Daichi. Our families are on vacation too. Would it be alright if me and Takashi's younger brothers, Yasuchika and Satoshi, came with us? They'd really like it!" Hunny asked sweetly.

"If their up to it, sure! We can go pick them up tomorrow morning on the way!" Noriko said happily.

"Yay!" Hunny excalimed, pulling out his cell phone.

"Night night, Aunty! Night night Uncle!" everyone said.

"Night guys." Daichi and Noriko said, walking upstairs.

Hunny dialed a phone number into his cell and put it on speacker phone.

"Hello?" a voice said on the line.

"Hiya Satoshi! It's Hunny and his friends! We were wondering if you and Chika-chan wanted to come to the beach with us tomorrow."

"Yeah, totally! Sounds fun! Hold on, lemme ask Yasuchika," Satoshi replied. "Hey, Yasuchika! Wanna go to the beach with your brother and his friends tomorr-"

"HELL NO!" an angry yell came from the background.

"Wow, way to say no." Takuma sarcastically remarked.

"Maybe Kai-chan can convince them." Hunny said, handing the phone to Kaito.

"Yo, Satoshi! You still there or did Yasuchika blow you up?" Kaito asked.

"Huh, Kaito? Uh, no no. He's just being a pain in the ass." Satoshi grumbled.

"Lemme try to talk to him. Maybe I can convince him to come." Kaito suggested.

"Ok, hold on," Satoshi said. "Oi! Sir pain-in-the-ass! Someone wants tot talk to you!"

"If it's my brother, go away!" Chika yelled.

"It's not, now talk!" Satoshi screamed, and what sounded like, through the phone at Chika's head.

"Ouch," Chika muttered. "Hello?

"Hey, Yasuchika, remember me?" Kaito said happily.

"Uh, K-kaito? What are you doing there?"

"Well, it is my house you brother's at.but that's beside the point. You should come with us to the beach! It'll be fun!"

"I, uh, don't really like swimming that much." Chika muttered, looking for an excuse.

"That's okay, we can spend time on the beach! There are other things to do at the beach than swim, numbskull." she replied.

"I, uh, um, well," Chika looked in vain for another excuse but found none.

A long moment of silence went by and no answer.

"Hello? Yasuchika, you still there?" Kaito asked.

"What time will you be here to pick us up." Chika groaned in defeat.

"Tomorrow morning! We'll call you guys before we leave the house!" Kaito chirped. Everyone in the background cheered.

"Ok, see you then." Chika sighed, hanging up.

"Well, look at it this way," Satoshi said, walking into Chika's room. "We get to go to the beach, have fun for the day, and you get to spend quality time with your girlfriend!"

"Get out!" Chika yelled, throwing his pillow at Satoshi.

lol, again, gotta love the duo. Poor poor Chika. i do love tourtoring him so! any who. Noriko is awsome! she's by far one of my favorite characters that i created. She's an awesome mom and a kick ass person! which, you will find out why later on it the next couple of chapters. ok i hope it was worth the wait.

R&R. cookies we have here for thoes who do. (lol i like talking like Yoda)