Okay…I am reaalllyyyy sorry for not updating soon enough! I just got caught up in a bunch of stuff and side tracked a lot of times. So I hope all of my wonderful readers will forgive me! So to make it up to you, I will make this chappie super long, HURRAY! It's going to be lots of fun.

Chapter 11

"They should call it Tragic Mountain"

"AAHHHHHHH," came a scream from Haruhi's bedroom. All of a sudden the door was whipped open and Tamaki came running out. Mori, Hikaru and Kaoru where sitting on the couch watching the world cup, Kyoya and Honey were still sound asleep in their bedrooms and nobody dared to wake them up. When Tamaki crashed into the living room screaming, everybody looked up to see what today's freak out would be.

"Alright boss, what is it this time," the twins sighed annoyingly.

"She's gone! Haruhi's gone! I went to her bedroom to see if she was awake, but when I opened her door… the room was empty! Even the bed was made! Oh this is horrible, what if the mafia kidnapped her, or she got caught up with some gamblers and has an unpaid debt to settle…" he rambled on while pacing back and forth.

"Hey boss, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't this same thing happen two years ago during summer vacation," Hikaru sweat dropped.

"Yeah, all that happened was that she ended up getting a job in Karuizawa, remember? She was never kidnapped by gypsies or what ever," Kaoru finished.

"But this is different! We are in Las Vegas! Lot's of bad things could happen here, we must find her immediately! Kyoya… call for a search party," he appointed as Kyoya lurched into the living room looking very aggravated.

"Is it really necessary to be yelling at this time in the morning? If I may remind you, I was up until 3 am calculating last nights profits. So I don not appreciate being woken up by your senseless screaming," grumbled Kyoya in a very deadly voice. Tamaki cowered behind the twins.

"And if I recall, Haruhi mentioned yesterday during dinner that she was going to give souvenir shopping this morning," he stated rather annoyed that Tamaki had not paid attention when she said that.

FLASHBACK

"Your chicken alfredo miss," said the waitor as he handed Haruhi her plate.

"Oh thank you." The Venus Pool Club was bustling with activity. Everybody was seated in one of the hot tubs and was served their dinner.

"Guy's tomorrow I plan on doing some shopping before we get the days activities started. I will leave at 6 am, alright," she looked around to see who was actually paying attention. The twins just waved their hands back at her as they rated passing women in bikinis. Tamaki didn't seem to be paying attention as his eyes were glued to the flat screen TV that was displaying the OMG music video. Kyoya, Honey and Mori seemed to be the only ones that paid attention so Haruhi didn't bother to repeat herself.

END FLASHBACK

"Oh yeah, I remember that," the twins thought aloud. Tamaki stared at them in disbelief.

"So…she's out shopping…ALONE," he exclaimed. When Kyoya nodded, Tamaki grabbed the twins and called for everyone to follow him. They were going to find Haruhi, because this was one promise that he was not going to break. Not now, not ever.

The brisk morning air sent a refreshing blast of energy through her body as she walked the strip. Already, Haruhi had managed to find three presents. She first stopped at the Hard Rock Café to find her dad a vintage t- shirt. Next stop was the outdoor forum shops located in the middle of the strip. Dozens of venders had their carts set up and people had flocked around each one to observe the unique little odds and ends that were being displayed. After about twenty minutes of sifting through venders, Haruhi had finally found the perfect gift. In her hand she held a hand made crystal statue of a butterfly. The wings were decorated with the names of every single resort on the strip. She held it up to the sunlight and an explosion of different colors bounced off of the crystal.

"Pretty isn't it? This is one of my more popular pieces in my collection," said the lady who owned the shop.

"It's beautiful! Did you make this yourself," Haruhi breathed.

"Sure did! Everything here was hand made by me. Would you like to purchase any," she pressed enthusiastically.

"How much for this one right here?" Haruhi held up the small crystal butterfly.

"Well since you offered such kind critique, I will give it to you for $25. How does that sound?" Haruhi smiled and began digging through her purse.

"That sounds perfect! I will take it!" 'I'm sure Renge will love this' she thought.

"How wonderful! Oh I almost forgot. If you purchase any of the new additions, you get a scarf for free. So go ahead and choose one if you like." Now Haruhi, being the bargain hunting commoner, accepted immediately and began sifting through all of the different scarves. Finally, it was decided that she would get the light pink lace scarf. It seemed to be a pretty rare kind because lace making is almost an extinct practice. It would make an excellent memorial offering for her mother. With gifts in hand, she exited the outlet and crossed the street. Not two seconds later, her cell began to ring. She fished it out of her purse and pressed answer.

"Hello?"

"Hey Haruhi! Where the hell are you," Hikaru and Kaoru's voice rang on the other side of the line.

"What are you talking about? I told you I was going shopping. Besides I'm just about done. I'll meet you guys at the hotel."

"Well okay, just be care-" Hikaru was cut off mid sentence from someone snatching the phone away from him. There was much exhilarated cursing and arguing until someone finally spoke.

"No Haruhi, stay where you are! We will come to you," Tamaki demanded. 'He must still be freaked out,' she thought.

"Well, alright. If you have to, meet me at the entrance of the New York New York.

"Rodger," the twins chimed and then the line went dead. Tamaki turned to the boys and held his fist in the air.

"Alright gentlemen, you heard her! Haruhi must always be attended by one of us while we are here no matter what. This will be the only slip up I will allow. Now, hurry. To the New York New York!"

"Hurray! We are going to New York," Honey cried.

"No, Mitskuni. It's just a hotel," Mori grunted as they ran after Tamaki.

Haruhi waited outside the entrance on the front steps while glancing at her watch every five minutes. When she looked to her left, she could see a familiar blonde head pushing himself through the crowd, followed by two gingers, a tall dark and small blonde, and finally a raven black head bringing up the rear. Haruhi giggled as she saw Tamaki attempt to jump over a bush and then fail miserable as he fell of some poor unsuspecting women. He tried to apologize only to be smacked acrossthe face. Hikaru and Kaoru had to drag him the rest of the way. The finally reached the front steps and dropped Tamaki at her feet.

"I see you were able to make it here without any trouble," Haruhi sneered sarcastically.

"Well lets just say the boss doesn't think when he is on a rescue mission. Even if the person being rescued is in no danger what so ever," Hikaru and Kaoru sighed. Tamaki groaned and looked up. When he saw Haruhi, he jumped to his feet and dusted himself off.

"Well, I am glad to see that you are safe Haruhi. I hope you didn't face any troubles on your little outing, "said Tamaki as he attempted to sound like he actually had some dignity left.

"I was perfectly fine senpai. No need to worry so much," she sweat dropped.

"Well, now that we are here, we might as well look around," Kyoya added in once all of the chaos died down.

"Yeah, I hear they have a rollercoaster here. Might as well check that out," said Haruhi. Hikaru and Kaoru high fived at the mention of a rollercoaster. Tamaki just turned white and whimpered as they headed towards the coaster. Him and thrill rides just didn't mix. When they entered the hotel, the sight literally took their breath away. It truly was like a miniature New York inside. The floor that they were on had little candy shops and clothing stores, but then a large staircase led down to the second floor. They rushed over to the balcony that over looked it. There, lay and entire copy of Time Square complete with a night sky painted on the ceiling to make it look as if you are actually outside. Many different colors and lights added a warm feeling to the immense room.

"Now here is something you don't see every day," the twins thought aloud.

"Hey look, there is a sign for the roller coaster," Honey chimed. So everyone rushed downstairs and weaved in and out of the poker tables, stores and buildings until the singles staircase that led to the rollercoaster was reached. The twins seemed ecstatic, but Tamaki…well let's just say he was much whiter than usual.

"Haha, after you boss," the Hitachiins teased. Tamaki gulped and grabbed the rail to pull himself up. After many agonizing steps, the coaster floor was reached. Actually, the entire floor was made up of an arcade. Kids ran around the room screaming and having fun with the games. Tamaki's eyes lightened as an idea popped into his head.

"Hey guys, why don't we play on these instead," he offered, while trying not to sound like a chicken.

"Come one senpai. The coaster can't be that bad. Hell, even Kyoya is going," Haruhi added. Every one turned to Kyoya in disbelief.

"What? I don't find any harm in going. You act as if I have never done anything fun before," he defended.

"Well, last time we checked, senpai, you weren't exactly Mr. Daredevil," HIkaru and Kaoru pointed out. Kyoya simple shrugged.

"If you go, I will let you sit with me," Haruhi offered while grabbing Tamaki's hand. His face blushed at this tiny gestured and swallowed the lump in his throat as he weighed the options in his hand. 'Let's see, skip a chance to ride with Haruhi but stay alive, or die on a rollercoaster but while holding on to Haruhi." Before he could make up his mind, Haruhi was already pulling him towards the line. It was hard to think clearly while she was holding his hand, so he just went along with it. They paid the riders fee and climbed aboard. Hikaru and Kaoru grabbed the back seat, followed by Mori and Honey, Tamaki and Haruhi, and finally Kyoya. There was still an empty seat next to him, so the ride attendant had another person fill that spot. It was a young girl no more than a year younger than him. She looked to be of Japanese decent with long, straight black hair and illuminating, green eyes. She climbed in next to him.

"Do you mind if I sit here," she asked sweetly.

"No, go right ahead," he answered nonchalantly. Suddenly, as she turned to put her cell phone in her pocket, it hit him. 'I know this girl,' he thought.

"Excuse me, forgive me for prying, but are you the daughter of the owner to the imperial palace," he questioned curiously. She turned to get a good look at his face.

"Yes, I am. And…wait…aren't you one of the Otori sons," she asked incredulously. 'He's much more handsome than I thought he would be,' she thought to herself.

"I am. My name is Kyoya. You're name is Hanajima, correct."

"Wow, I had no idea you would recognize me, or know my name for that manner."

"Well, I always make a point to do my research before going on vacation. Besides our families have done business before. If I am not mistaken, you acquired a couple of first aid rooms for your resort."

"Hmm…now that I think about it…yes… we did do business. In fact I remember seeing your father their on the day of the construction. That was almost twelve years ago," Hanajima exclaimed. Kyoya smiled, now that he had made acquaintance with an important ally. Still…there was something about this girl.

Tamaki had Haruhi's hand in a death grip. Even the fact of her skin touching his did not calm down the hyperventilating. Haruhi winced as he squeezed tighter.

"Jeez, senpai! Haven't you ever ridden a rollercoaster before," she gritted through her teeth. Tamaki shook his head at the memory.

"I think I was only seven years old. When my mother was in her healthier days, she once took my to an amusement park named Parc Asterix. While we were in line for a roller coaster, I could here a bunch of screaming. At first, I thought it was normal because people always scream on roller coasters. But then, when the screaming got louder… I realized something was wrong. People at the front of the line started to scream. My mother allowed me to climb the wall to see what was going on and…that's when I saw it," Tamaki took a pause to calm his nerves. "The Coaster had de-railed at one of the loops. I could see the people sprawled out at the bottom, below the car. Some were moving…and some weren't. It was the most horrific thing I have ever seen," he finished in a whisper. Haruhi looked at him with bug eyes unable to respond. She had no idea he was this traumatized. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bring him on in the first place. Haruhi was about to call for the attendant to let him off, but it was too late. The coaster began to lurch forward.

"Wait," Haruhi called as it disappeared into the exit and up the ramp. Tamaki squeezed his eyes shut and held on to her hand tightly.

"Senpai, don't worry. Those kinds of things rarely ever happen. I have gone on dozens of coasters, and nothing bad has ever happened. As long as you are with me, you will be all right. I promise I won't let anything bad ever happen to you," she called over the clanking of the rails as they pulled up the ominous drop. This caused Tamaki to pause from his inner freak out. He turned to her with a sad, surprised, and yet… compassionate gaze. That was exactly what he had told her when she had the nightmare. Tamaki opened his mouth to say something, but it was too late. The coaster dropped suddenly sending then down at screaming speed.

"OOHHH YYEEEAHHH," screamed the Hitachiins from their car. Haruhi could identify each of her friends as they screamed for their lives. Especially Tamaki, whose voice almost drowned out the others. Even Kyoya could be depicted among the shrieks. The car twisted and turned all around the resort. If they weren't traveling so fast, this would be the perfect time to take landscape pictures because the view from here was absolutely amazing! Finally, the car pulled back into the building. It circled around the main room once and then into the loading dock. Haruhi had to peel Tamaki off of the seat for the other passengers to get on. She stared at him, waiting for a reaction. Tamaki looked back at her and was silent for a second. All of a sudden, a low chuckle emitted from his throat. Haruhi joined in with the chuckle and soon it turned into feverish laughs. They held their sides as the group walked out of the loading dock and towards the picture room.

Now this is probably going to be one of the most interesting pictures she will ever see of the Host Club. Finally the slide with their car popped up… and she couldn't have been more right. It was freaking hilarious! The faces will be described from the back. Hikaru and Kaoru had their hands up in the air with faces like… well… like manicall serial killers. She really couldn't think of any other words to describe it. Honey looked like he was about to cry and Mori…well Mori had quiet a surprised expression on his face. It actually looked like he had just seen a ghost. It was probably the most emotion she had ever seen him display. Next were Tamaki and she. Her picture was like any normal coaster picture, screaming and laughing. Tamaki, on the other hand, was not laughing at all. He had a look of pure terror on his face. Just imagine his face after spilling tea on Usa-chan and then multiply it by ten and you get a Tamaki who looks like he is going to shit bricks (pardon my French).

"Jeez senpai, you wouldn't last five minutes at Magic Mountain," Haruhi teased. Finally it was Kyoya's seat and to her surprise, a very pretty girl was seated next to him. Her eyes were squeezed shut in the picture but Kyoya… well lets just say once everybody saw his picture… there was a torrent of laughter. He looked like he was going to kill somebody. No one has ever seen such a hilariously angry look on his face and he probably didn't mean to make it look that way.

"Alright, alright, I get it. I look ridiculous. Can we forget about this now and move on," Kyoya sighed as everyone was holding their sides in laughter.

"No way senpai," gasped Hikaru between breaths. "We are going to capture this moment forever," finished Kaoru. All Kyoya could do was glare at the twins as they went to buy the picture. They soon reemerged with a decorated folder and held it up in the air triumphantly. Now he really was not going to live it down. Tamaki, on the other hand, was happy to get the picture. It was a constant reminder that he had conquered his fear. Besides… he was holding Haruhi's hand in the picture, which was also a bonus.

The rest of the day was spent in the forum shops and arcades of the New York New York. And of course Tamaki couldn't not resist to by him and Haruhi the tacky matching "I Love NY" t-shirts. He even insisted on wearing them while they were at the resort. After much whining and struggle, she was forced to wear it. Well, it's only for a few hours, so she endured it silently. The day's antics were only just beginning because tonight was the Blue Man Group concert and they are in for one big surprise.

Hey I hope that was long enough. Any who just to clear this up, the theme park Parc Asterix does exist and no there was never any roller coaster crash. I just did that to add drama to the story, so don't go getting any ideas. Please comment! I will probably post the roller coaster picture on Deviantart so keep an eye out for it. My channel is called imaging-infinity.