Disclaimer: same as the other chapters that had been posted before this.

A/N: A lot of things have happened since the last chapter was updated, but I wouldn't want to bore you with my life. I do know that this chapter is will over due for a very long time but now here it is... read on!

Yui's search for Kairi soon came to an end when she soon spotted the teenaged girl sitting on a bench. With first glance she did not recognize Kairi so easily when her hair was completely flat and soaked from the rain, unlike her usual unruly and spiky hair.

"Kai-kun!" Yui shouted with relief as she ran over to Kairi.

Kairi was taken by surprise when she was embraced from behind.

"Yui!" she said gasping.

"You know it!" Yui said smiling, "so why did you give your cell to Kaoru?"

Kairi lowered her head, looking down to the ground beneath her feet, she didn't bother to make any eye contact. However she answered, giving the same one as she had to Kaoru's, "I didn't need any more distractions, so I gave it to him."

"What do you mean by that? What kind of distractions are you talking about?" asked Yui pondering and soon her eyes widened. "Are you going to commit suicide!?"

"What!?" Kairi said getting up to her feet turning around. "Even though that idea had crossed mind, there's still something I have to do, I have to finish it. And don't you remember when you first showed up at my school? You nearly killed the both of us that day!"

"I'll always follow you to the ends of the earth, you know that."

Kairi let out a heavy sigh to say, "Things have changed, I'm not the same as I was before and after ten years-old. And you saying all that crap when you really didn't mean it just pisses me off."

Yui looked puzzled, even shocked at what Kairi had said and asked, "What do you mean by that. What has changed? And I certainly remember that you haven't changed one bit when I met you. You're not making sense, Kairi."

"Of course it wouldn't make sense," Kairi said sighing once more, "next thing I know you'll say everything is in my mind and I'm making things up as I go along. I will be needing to see a doctor to see if I'm ok or not."

"Kair-"

"Do you want to know why it doesn't make sense? It was because no one stop to think for a minute and ask me if I'll be ok with any situation. I may sound like a spoiled brat right now but I've kept a lot of things quiet…, from my parents, everyone… even Leon," Kairi said as her body began to tremble from the thoughts she was thinking. "I knew… the moment when Leon and I first met you, we were ten years old then. That was when I had a feeling things were going to take a drastic change… and it did."

In a large living room Kairi and Leon were working on an important project for school, that was worth half of their class mark, both happily enjoying one another's company.

"I don't know Leon…," Kairi sounded uncertain, "The Volcano project thing has been done so many times it's not even worth it."

"Oh we're not going to just use baking soda and vinegar," said Leon mischievously. "We're going to be using a powered motor for the volcano which will be place at the base of our project. And we're not going to be using some kind of liquid that will erupt at the top, it'll be candy!" he explained the project with more detail and enthusiasm.

"Ok, if you say so," said Kairi gathering materials they needed that was spread around them.

"Leon, Kairi," called their father from the door.

Both of the ten year olds looked up to the very mature looking man that they called Father. And another man who was present next to their father.

"What is it Father?" they asked in unison with curiosity when they saw an aqua haired girl hiding behind the other man's leg.

"Come and greet your guests," said their father and introduce the other two. "This little one is Yui Imamura and Mr. Imamura."

Leon and Kairi made a quick glance to one another and got up to their feet. They quickly made their way over the strangers and held out their hands.

"Hello Mr. Imamura, Yui Imamura. We're Leon and Kairi, it's nice to meet you two," they both spoke in unison.

Mr. Imamura, in the dark grey suit with a white accented tie chuckled pleasantly at the two's greeting. "What wonderful children you have, Arthur," he said as he kneeled down to their level to shake their hands. He glance over his shoulder and spoke to his daughter, "Yui, greet your new friends."

"H-hi," Yui said hesitantly as she slowly made her way over to them, but was now clinging onto her father's hand.

"Do you want to play with us?" Leon asked invitingly as Yui nodded shyly.

"Leon, what about our project?" Kairi asked, knowing that if Leon were to do anything else but the project they would most likely never get it done.

"Don't worry, we have another two whole weeks to get it done," he answered surprising Kairi.

"Oh, well I wanted to finish that project right away. So go and play with Yui by yourself all you want. I can do it by myself, with or without you," Kairi said becoming stubborn.

"How did that day change you?" Yui asked, still not understanding where Kairi was going with this. "You were stubborn back then and you still are now."

'It was that very day that I felt I had lost something important to me. Something I couldn't put my finger on so easily. It was different… and I knew things would never be the same again,' Kairi thought dolefully.

Kairi looked into Yui's eye for the first time in awhile and answered, "…I guess I can't handle changes so easily." The bitterness in her tone made Yui feel guilt, even if she didn't understand what was going on.

Later that evening Leon and Yui had already made themselves comfortable at the dinner table and so did the two adults, even their mother's joined for dinner. Kairi was the last one to arrive and late. She apologized as she took her seat next to Leon. Both Leon and Yui happened to have been in some kind of deep conversation that neither of them had notice her presence, giggling every so often. Kairi wanted to tell Leon that the project was coming along fine but she didn't want to interrupt their conversation, knowing how rude it would've been. She began to eat her the food off of her dish in silence.

"Your son and my daughter seem to be getting along quite well," Kairi overheard the conversation across the table as she stuff a broccoli into her mouth.

"Yes," agreed her father, Arthur. "They do seem to be enjoying each other's company."

Kairi couldn't help but glance over to Leon and see a bright smile on his face while Yui returned one back to him. She would begin to eavesdrop into their conversation but instead the adult's conversation had held more interest to her.

"I know that this will sound too early and something that would need to take time to open the opportunity. But I was wondering if there was a possibility of our companies worked as one?" asked Mr. Imamura.

"And by doing so, we could perhaps arrange some sort of… marriage?" asked Kairi's mother.

Kairi's eyes widened and she nearly dropped the broccoli that was in her mouth onto the plate in front of her. Everything around her suddenly lost interest to her when she went into shock. She had missed that her father willing to accept the terms of them getting married.

"Kairi, hey Kairi," Leon called out poking Kairi in the shoulder.

"Huh? What?" she asked nearly chocking on her food.

"I'll help finish the project with you after dinner," he told her.

"Sure…," she said looking over to him.

"Oh and one more thing Yui wants to help out and I told her she could."

Kairi stared long and hard at him and said nothing, while she heard wedding bells ringing loudly in the distance. 'But… it was suppose to be a project made by our hands. Not… her's.'

"It doesn't matter any more," Kairi said turning around with her back facing to Yui. She clipped her thumb at the edge of her denim pockets and looked up to the cloudy sky. "Forget what I was trying to say. Anyways, I won't be staying around here for awhile"
Yui took a step forward, hesitant to do anything but waiting to see what else Kairi had to say.

"I had received the call from my dad about a week ago from tomorrow. He wants me to leave this place."

"Where are you going? And didn't your father say that you'd be staying here for a whole year, Kairi?"

"Kairi?" asked a familiar voice that was approaching them.

"H-Haruhi-kun?" Yui said with surprise when she and Kairi looked to their right to see Haruhi running towards them.

'Great, now she knows the secret,' Kairi thought with frustration.

"There's no one else around so who's Kairi -" Haruhi stopped in mid-sentence when she stopped beside Yui. "Kai… you're a girl?"

"No, no, no! Kai-kun is definitely not a girl!" Yui said defensively shaking her head. "The name 'Kairi' came up was because -"

"Then it's a secret for a secret," Kairi interjected Yui's false explanation.

"But Kai… I was only just trying to help -"

"Help me with what? By hiding me? Like what you did to Leon, hiding me away from him?" Yui stood frozen, gaping like a fish out of the waters. Obviously shocked and hurt.

Haruhi stood where she was, eyeing Kairi, either in disbelief or shock. "I… had a feeling that you were a girl," she said slowly, unsure of herself. While she gradually become confident of the facts that was laid before her when she looked at them in her mind. "I wasn't able to put my finger on it before. But don't worry I can keep your secret from the others."

"Kai-kun," Yui said emphasizing the honorific at the end of Kairi's name, "What do you mean by it's a secret for a secret? Does Haruhi-kun have a secret that no one else knows about too, except you." And… what do you mean hiding you from Leon? Yui wanted to add.

There was no answer from Kairi and Yui turned to Haruhi, "Wait, how did you find out that Kai-kun's real name was Kairi -" she blurted out the words trying to keep silent. Realizing what she had done, she covered her mouth and looked back to Kairi. "I'm so sorry," she apologized.

"Heh, apologizing now won't change the situation," Kairi said coldly.

"What situation?" Haruhi asked.

"This 'Find Kai' game has to come to an end soon. By tomorrow it'll be a never ending game no matter how much you try to look for me, so give up on it already," Kairi answered.

"You think this is all a game to you?" asked Haruhi, "How can you call this a game when everyone else has been worried about you? We gave our time to look for you, Tamaki was even willing to close down the Host Club, just for you."

Kairi glanced over her shoulder to say, "So I actually made people worry about me, made them really worry. Somehow, hearing that… makes me feel… happy? I better get going. There are things I can't change in my life whether I want it to or not. I simply hate changes."

Yui looked even more puzzled by Kairi as she and Haruhi watched her slowly begin to walk away. Something unexpected happened right before their eyes. They saw two identical boys appearing out of nowhere. The both of them had tackled Kairi to the ground.

"Got you!" declared the twins arriving after the entire confusing conversation.

"Pin him down so he can't run away anymore!" Tamaki ordered.

"Yes Sir," said the twins struggling to hold Kairi down.

"What the heck!" Kairi shouted while she attempted to get out of their strong grasp. "Let go of me!"

"To allow you to run away? Not on your life!" stated Hikaru.

The remaining boys soon joined in and Hunny slowly edged his way to Kairi. "Kai-kun…," he spoke softly making Kairi look up at him. "Were you afraid of what we might find out? And that was why you disappeared for a whole week?"

There was no answer from her as she stayed silent to hear more what Hunny had to say.

"You shouldn't be," he told her.

"Yeah, if you want to cross-dress then go right ahead," said Kaoru making Kairi freeze with shock.

'E-everyone… now knows my secret too!?' Kairi was absolutely stunned. 'How could've they figured it out by now, I mean I wasn't with them for a week!'

"And we'll gladly help support you," Tamaki added.

"H-how did you all find out?" Kairi asked trying to cover up her bitterness. She had failed to achieve her goal, once again.

"Hikaru and I saw you walk out of a girly looking store," answered Kaoru.

'It's over, all over. Why did I come here in the first place - wait, I didn't want to come here at all!' Kairi thought with realization.

"If you were looking for more accessories we can help! Cross-dressing as a girl would be fun I bet. Kai-kun can do it whenever he has the chance to!" declared Hunny.

"H-huh?" Kairi was thrown off guard, once more, hearing it from Hunny. 'Does this mean that they haven't really figured it out completely!?' many more questions arose in Kairi's mind.

If it were possible, everyone around her could see smoke fuming out of her ears. Yui instantly knew that Kairi's mind had gone to overload, she couldn't handle the situation any more.

"Remember the time when the Zuka Club wanted to take Haruhi away?" asked Kyouya bringing back a memory they all remembered.

"How could we not!" asked the twins.

"Yeah, we dressed up as girls so that Haru-chan won't leave us. But… Haru-chan laughed at our plan," Hunny said making a small smile. "She's still with us and that's what counts."

"It's not that easy being a girl," Kairi said slowly once she had regain her composure.

"We can help you on that because Haruhi can!" declared Tamaki.

"Haruhi?" said Yui with surprise. "How can he help Kai-kun when he's a guy himself?"

"Didn't you know Haruhi's father is a cross-dresser? We can of course as him for help," Kyouya told her so Haruhi's secret wouldn't be given away.

"Ranka-sama," Kairi said slowly, she had finally remembered who Kyouya was referring to. "Yeah, whatever, now it's been decided… I think. Whenever there is time I'll go and ask him for advice. Now, will you two get off of me, you're getting heavy," she glanced over her shoulder looking at the twins.

"Did he just call us fat?" asked the twins looking over to the others. The both of them looked down at her head glaring, "For your information: we 'richies' do not get 'fat'. We get plentiful food with low calories."

Haruhi stared at them with a blank look, considering that she had read so many historic books, she distinctly remembered people who were rich was actually 'plump'.

Suddenly Kaoru jumped off of Kairi and immediately searched through his pockets to pull out Kairi's cell that was now beeping. A few raised their eye brows wondering who in the world would be calling near midnight. With one person off of her she took the opportunity to shove Hikaru off and get up. Kaoru on the other hand was hesitant but surely enough he answered the phone.

"Hello my sweet, most wonderful child in the world!" said her father over the phone. Everyone looked to one another wondering how on earth could the phone be so loud, especially when her father wasn't on speaker. His voice continued, "About tomorrow, I do hope that you have prepared yourself -"

Kairi had managed to get up from the mud and grabbed her cell from his hand. She instantly turned off her cell and stood staring at the ground.

"Why did you do that?" asked Yui.

"It's none of your concern," Kairi answered coldly.

"Are you planning something? What's going to happen tomorrow?" asked Kaoru helping Hikaru get up.

'Sometime I wish Dad never did change his mind,' Kairi's thought was her answer, but she said nothing aloud.

Next it was Kyouya's turn to receive a call from his cell. He answered and after a few minutes he put away his cell.
"So it seems we have another visitor from America staying with us for the remaining of the year with Kai," Kyouya informed everyone. Since he had already knew the information for quite some time.

"Who is it?" asked Tamaki.

Yui's eyes lit up with excitement, hoping it was the person she was thinking of. "Where is he?" she asked eagerly. She wanted to forget and move on from this odd situation about Kairi. Other wise she would begin to worry so much that she would not be able to keep her mouth shut for long.

"He is on his way to my estate as we speak," Kyouya answered.

"He's here! He's finally here! I knew he would come soon, I was right!" Yui said running off to find her ride waiting outside of the park.

"What is she so excited about?" asked Haruhi.

Kairi looked over to Kyouya then to walk past him and say, "You'll find out when we get there…" If only the time hadn't come so soon. Kairi wanted to add but spoke under her breath.

At the Ohtori estate a certain brunette haired boy was standing at the top of the stairs waiting for the others to arrive. A smile that was clearly portrayed on his lips.
He looked brightly into the gloomy day, taking a deep breath he said, "Sis…, you have no idea what I had to say and do in order to get here." He looked into the far distance seeing a few limousines coming, his smile grew even wider at the sight.